skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a misconception. Real economics (stuff beyond the Macroeconomics 101 you took) is about data as much as any of the other hard sciences. Take a look at http://d2o7bfz2il9cb7.cloudfront.net/main-qimg-7395f945e270f...

Economics PhD applicants score almost as high in the quantitative component of the GRE as their counterparts in mathematics and physics. That's because math and statistics are crucial to modern economics.

That's why there's a whole field of statistics named after economics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econometrics
OT, but: As I recall, it was the breakup of the Bell monopoly which ushered in the new devices. Until then, I don't think you could even own a phone. You had to lease.

I was pretty young then, but I do remember that after the breakup the market saw a rush of new phone devices.
One of the traps associated with becoming dedicated to games of strategy is that you begin to see the subtleties of the game everywhere in the world around you. Gradually, you might begin to believe that there are vast orchestrated conspiracies, played out across the world as though it were a game of chess.
So? "Serious gaming" fits nicely with the desktop niche I just described. Plenty of people will continue to buy desktops for just that reason - that's the only device that'll do what they need. My point is that soon none of those desktop needs will be mainstream.

Also, quad core tablets will be out in the next year or two. What on earth makes you think they won't have serious games?
"Even more worrisome are the reports now that MacroSolve is extorting app developers in the same way for using forms in their applications."

The sharks smell the blood and home in on their helpless prey. I suspect many more patent trolls will raise their ugly heads in the weeks to come: grab what you can, while you can.

The prey, in the meantime, is calculating how long they can stay profitable against the rising army of patent trolls. Maybe paying 45% to patent trolls, 30% to Apple, still leaves them with 25% of AppStore revenue for their own. That might still a viable business model to keep developing for iOS, and might pay the rent.
It might be illuminating to know what kind of work they do? Me being a software developer, I obviously can't use an iPad at work...neither can our Business Analysts or testers. If you're a manager I suppose you can get by with one. If you're actually producing stuff ie, software, tech specs, bug reports etc, then no.
Of course it's going to replace the home computer. Tablets are becoming the home computer. If tablets browse the web, access email, play music, and more, why would most of the public need a PC? Only those with technical needs would require a tower and monitor on their desk.
Colm has built-in serialization. There is still some work to do in this area though. Colm will preserve whitespace for minimal disruption of untransformed text, but figuring out what to do at the boundaries between modified and unmodified trees can be tricky.

You are right, people want to use general purpose languages for the more complex algorithms. I agree a means of embedding is necessary and I have kept this in mind, though not yet achieved it. I would very much like to be able to parse, transform, then have the option to import the data into another environment and carry on there.
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Tests to determine if you have a good startup idea
I also wonder how much cash the companies could save by not having to have lawyers involved in drafting custom T&Cs. One nice thing about GPL is that once a precedent is set, it's more or less followed everywhere. Same here: once the courts establish what this public T&C includes or excludes, it becomes much more clear what a company can and cannot do.
IMHO: wrong strategy. Tweaking your app for every patent that a troll throws at you leaves you vulnerable forever.

a) I hope Apple does something globally to protect the iOS ecosystem;

b) I think software patents need to be reformed (I'm not sure they need to be eliminated, maybe they do / maybe they don't, that's another discussion).
Kasparov writes for the New York Review occasionally. People here would be even more interested in:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/feb/11/the-che...

which is his reminisces on his several chess matches with computers, and at the end a couple of remarks on poker versus chess.
Is it just me or does the Smart Energy Show logo look like: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/Billy2600/512px-Apertur... :D
And that reminds me of a post by Steve Yegge saying that the language interpreter/compiler should make it easy for Emacs to offer completion. Otherwise is very hard to implement a great completion...
Mozilla Misses Firefox 5 Beta Launch Day
Absolutely. I think that was the best feedback I saw when Color launched as well.

Anything location-based needs to start in 1 or 2 cities and grow from there–until other cities are begging for it.
Efficiency has increased in coach -- tighter seat pitch, extra revenue charges for exit rows, etc., but for me, video-on-demand (or, portable video devices and in-ear-monitor headphones) makes up for a lot.

Pre-deregulation, they couldn't compete on price, so they competed on quality of perks (free food, service, etc.). Once they deregulated, they competed on price, but then started cost cutting on perks to make earnings. It was only after LCCs and the "premium experience LCCs" were successful that airlines both eliminated bundled perks and provided for-fee superior quality products for sale.

The "economy plus" type products for frequent fliers also go a long way to make economy tolerable for larger people.

I think air travel will continue to improve -- the biggest setback has been the 9/11 security increase, but other than that, the legacy carriers seem to be getting better.

I still try to drive whenever possible.
It is. It's not even called an order page, it asks you to select a contribution amount. There is a separate bulk order page where you can get 100 bricks for $159
The use of DOB as an element of security has always made me question sites like Facebook offering to display it in public. Social networking would easily create an identity thief utopia if not kept in check. I actually gave a fake DOB on Facebook... then on my birthday five people came and wished me well, which is nice, but do anyone paying attention, this somewhat defeated my attempt to not make my DOB public.
Bitcoin mania: What tulips can teach us about online currency.
Did you read my response to gergles? No, you'll never get a perfectly unbiased process. But having to justify your opinions with written data forces you to delve a little deeper than you otherwise would, and expose facts that might qualify or disqualify a candidate, not just impressions. It's still wrong, but it's less wrong.

Culture fit is one of the dimensions that candidates are evaluated on. But again, feedback needs to have supporting data. If you didn't like a candidate, you have to say "Didn't have a firm handshake" vs. "Appeared combative and arrogant when faced with a problem he couldn't solve; said 'Google's interview process is a bunch of technical trivia bullshit' before stomping out of the room", so that the hiring committee can judge whether this is just a nit specific to the interviewer or an actual problem that will impact the candidate's prospective teammates.

The reason why new hires don't know their teams is because of Google's corporate secrecy policies: most of the time, the projects they're working on haven't launched, and therefore can't be talked about outside the company. Even then, there are exceptions. When I was hired, I was told which department I'd be working in before I signed my offer letter, who my manager and his manager were, and was given the option of working elsewhere in the company if I really disliked that. My teammate actually negotiated the specific project he'd be working on, and they created the project for him. You need to have negotiating leverage to do this, though: they not only have to want you enough for you to get hired, they have to want you more than the vast majority of other hires, enough that they're willing to bend the rules a bit.

The recruiting/interview process at Google has a lot of problems, but I don't think that either the interviewer/HC split or the whole-company teams-later approach are part of them. Both of these were created to solve specific problems that have crept into the hiring practices of other big companies, and by and large, do a better job at it than the alternatives.
Magnetic Monopoles Detected In A Real Magnet For The First Time
I've been thinking about this in recent months, because I've had the good fortune to have worked with some great programmers in the past -- and they didn't read or write blogs or magazine articles or anything of the like. They instead simply showed up to work, treated it like a job, did it, and went home. They didn't care what language they worked with. And, often, they wrote extremely clear, good code, on a foundation of simple concepts -- the kind of concepts which get argued back-and-forth to death on the internet every day.

I've believed for years that most of our great programming talent is completely unknown and completely unheard-of, working on antiquated database systems for some company somewhere.

Programming "culture", so much as it has one, could benefit a lot from arguing less and doing more.
Citation X is kind of a special case; for that route, I'd probably go with a turboprop except for "ramp appeal" and maybe in-flight noise. Citation X is exactly the wrong aircraft for that run, unless you are repositioning it or need it for later, or own it; it's the wrong choice to charter really for super short runs where it's all climbing and descending over mountains.
I don't understand, what exactly got in the way of user experience?
A Solitary Thinker
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"The first business plan is there to make sure you can use Microsoft Word" (discussing how people get stuck on the initial idea).
The main issue is that all the info used for password reset are in the hackers' hands. There may not be a perfect method, but maybe having a system that calls the phone number on file to give you a password reset code would have been more secure.
dale, I think you're off to a great start. Keep at it and work hard, as sooner or later you'll develop your ideas into a viable, profitable venture. In the mean time, my sentiments are aligned along with your mom's.
Interestingly I wrote an answer on Quora that describes a game-theoretic analogy to asset price bubbles: http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-(game-theory)-game-which-cap...

While I'm not sure if LinkedIn's price is a sign of a bubble, even if it were a bubble price appreciation can be sustained by the forces described in the answer above. The only question is for how long.
Man demonstrates his bionic hand (video)
My Tablets Make Me Hate My Laptop
Years ago I found a marriage proposal code in the 'After Dark' screen saver.

I've always wanted to know what the back story on that was.
Or he lands somewhere not on the schedule in the middle of the flight and a lady with her goat gets on and has a ticket for your seat, making you stand next to the toilet for the remainder of the flight.

(true story; chicken bus, not plane)
>"Maybe there's room now for a gaming platform that's not a physical console?"

Steam has been alive and well for at least a few years now.
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Coffee may be associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer
Programming "culture", so much as it has one, could benefit a lot from arguing less and doing more.

Unless we share data about what we're doing, there's no way to grow this "culture." A way of arguing less and accomplishing more would be to share more objective data.
US wants novel, smart apps to help patients make healthcare decisions
I like this idea. What do you think about using Valve/Steam? They are in similar industries but occupy almost completely disjoint spaces. Could it be a match made in heaven?

Though, I do shudder thinking about having a company as incompetent as Sony joining forces with Valve.
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Why I don't use scsh as a scripting language anymore
OK, _why is amazing, but the Poignant Guide is really not the best place to learn Ruby. It may be for some, but I have to be honest, it diverges so much into madness and a pointless, meandering storyline for so long that I couldn't bring myself to finish it. I've spoken to others with the same experience. Maybe the first few chapters are worth reading, if only to get references like "chunky bacon". I suggest the pick-axe book for some good Ruby learning.
When sales of pcs suddenly start tanking right as a new near substitute is released to blockbuster sales and then the chairman of Asus comes out and blames the iPad himself it seems like a pretty small jump and speculation at worst.

It does seems like giving the iPad all the credit might miss that smartphones themselves partially replace the PC. I dont have a tablet but often I'll just sit on the couch checking RSS or otherwise fiddling with my phone while the computer sits unused a meter away.
Anecdotally, I didn't bother to set up two monitors when I started my current job (since I was the sole IT person) and after about six months I added one since there are a few lying around and was blown away by how much my productivity improved.

Granted, I'm doing development, but most tasks involving a computer are positively impacted by increases in screen real estate. I've had the bookkeeping office say they won't work with less than two monitors, and one of them needs to be largish. Given the spreadsheets they work with, I see the need.

There are plenty of tasks where the lack of real estate might seem to be unimportant, but what it comes down to is that when you're trying to fit anything of nontrivial complexity on a screen the size of the iPad, you use more and more mental energy on context-switching as the complexity increases.
I think he's suggesting that he's not convinced this is better than a tent for a relatively temporary sterile structure. I'm also not really sure what 'sterile structure' means in this context. I suppose it means it's very cleanable? Cause as far as literally being sterile.. these concrete tents have just been blown full of air, which presumably came from just outside.
Upgrading Multi-Threaded Applications to .NET 4.: Rewrite
The use of DOB as an element of security has always made me question its use as an element of security. It's used in many places, is not typically considered confidential, and is relatively easy to look up in publicly-available information.

Lots of security conventions ("mother's maiden name" for another example) are very silly.
Valve would be great for people who respect what they do (me included) but I'm hesitant to believe that Valve has much to gain from the partnership.

Google and Amazon are actively working towards marketing to televisions screens -- Amazon with Prime/Digital Video media sales and Google with GoogleTV and YouTube. They have more to gain from a potential partnership.
I predict this will not fly–or will require serious pivoting.

I don't really get why they're focusing on the demand-side. The "Wanted" section of Craigslist is considerably smaller than most of the other For Sale categories (I personally never check it).

I also don't see any real-world/brick-and-mortar example of reverse person-to-person selling like this. What is the incentive for someone to even check Zaarly for a need I might meet? Don't say "make extra cash" because if I need to sell stuff, I dig through it and post it for sale.

If I need something, I search Craigslist. If it's not there, I check Ebay. Or I buy it new. I don't post a request and pray someone will get back to me.

People are going to request things ... and most requests will go unanswered. Then they'll stop using it.

(BTW, totally not trying to sound like a pessimistic jerk)
I wonder if the sweet spot here might be the adaptability of the material. Maybe there are specific needs to quickly install structures of a specific shape/size where this material could be especially advantageous.
Prostate Cancer Risk May Be Reduced by Drinking Coffee, Harvard Study Says
Xbox Live is still working.
I'd say the mobile Facebook app or site will be improved a lot. Messages will be used instead of texting in a lot of cases. It will have video chat integrated.

Search will be better too.
The iPhone 4 sales ranking in Japan
'Free-floating' planets found with no star in sight
Class action lawsuit targets Righthaven's "extortion litigation"
Very good point. Do doctors and contractors have more sources of empirical data (or more widely known sources), or are they simply more willing to look for them? Does anyone here know of a good general resource for empirical data regarding the tools we are constantly debating?
Along the same lines as your link, there's a company here in Alberta that is building houses that are pre-fabbed in a warehouse and put together onsite in under a day.

Surprisingly the homes actually look good: http://karoleena.com/karo-homes/karo-multi-collection/the-gr...
Looks pretty cool. The problem with the vast majority of these 'rethinking' projects though is they never get finished. That's the hard part.

The classic unix toolset remains because it is finished--that is most major problems and workflow have been ironed out.

Unfortunately I'm time-constrained these days so I'll give it a go when it version five is out and all major issues have been addressed and ported to Linux. For now I'll use fish locally and bash over ssh on my servers. Also, as I can use nautilus to manage and edit remote files using gvfs. So I've already got most of what the project offers working today.
Fantastical, Not So Fantastic
Lack of focus.

Who's your customer, the guy using your service, or the guy installing your appliance?

Think of the difference between Google.com and the Google search appliance. One profoundly changed how people interact with the Internet. The other is an extra feature which came years later. What would the World look like today if Sergei and Larry had started with the search appliance?
Have you actually tried bidding on jobs on these sites? Or have you just looked around at the other bids, gotten discouraged, and given up? I put myself through college as a freelance programmer and system administrator, primarily finding new clients through rentacoder and scriptlance. When I shut down the freelance work to join Google, I was charging $75/hour, and still probably could have raised my rates further. I was making roughly $30k a year, working part time during the school year, and mostly fulltime in the summer.

The key to making good money on these sites is differentiating yourself from cheap offshore talent. Figure out why you're different from the guy halfway around the world who is charging $5-10/hour, and show (not tell) the prospective client that. Some ideas:

- You're a native english speaker, and can communicate effectively.

- You understand the problem the client is trying to solve.

- You're in the same timezone, and can respond to questions quickly.

- You have good understanding of the technology, and can design an appropriate solution quickly.

You're not going to compete with these guys on price - you're going to compete with them on quality and reduced risk that the project will be done correctly and on time.

The best way to demonstrate all of this to a prospective client is to write really good bids. Ask lots of questions to start with, as well as a summary of your understanding of the problem, and how you might go about solving it. Consider it a dialog, not a 2 sentence cut and paste marketing blurb.

Lastly, be picky about the projects you choose to bid on. Because you're going to spend more time bidding on them, you can respond to fewer than the shotgun approach some offshore companies take. That's ok - choose projects that look like they care about getting it done right, and aren't necessarily just looking for the cheap shortcut.
Kik is looking for a MOBILE DEVELOPER COOP
A question for any cosmologists: how much of the 'missing matter' of the universe could this account for?
i think this is a false dichotomy. there's a lot of shades of gray between "employed = not using linkedin" and "unemployed/contracter = using linkedin"

i mean, i'm gainfully employed, but i maintain a portfolio type of website.
I'll Be Damned: The BlackBerry PlayBook is a Success
Have you asked your VC for a few K$ of "get me through this" money? If not, why not?
Data on Facebook advertising prices
Really great: "The ability to put in those hours of work is in itself an innate gift. Hard work is a talent."
I admire Fabrice a lot, he is a programming hero for me. However it is not true that he is not interested in money, for instance the QEMU module performing the run-time code translation to go fast was not released for free in order to earn from this. I don't know if he managed to earn or not from QEMU in the end, but IMHO that of selling the module to final user was not the right strategy, when QEMU was started and became famous, "virtualization" was an huge buzz and interest for many companies, so many ways to make money from this.

Also this new code is not released under a free license, so by default as far he is not sure what he's going to do with the code the "open source way" is not the default. This is not a critique. I think Fabrice Bellard is a genius, but as an observer he seems interested in making a profit from his work like many other programmers.

Instead subjectively I've to admit today I no longer consider the GPL a completely free license, but this is another matter and may be related not to earning but to the meaning "free software" has for you. For me it is as simple as letting people to do everything with your code. IMHO the BSD license turns out to be better both for users AND for you to earn from your product later.
Yes, GCal has "natural" event creation. It also has a very intuitive method for entering multi day events via highlighting the days.

So I use GCal to edit my events and they show up in iCal, on my phone, and in a browser. A menu icon on my computer just doesn't seem that exciting.
Creating a Jabber Chatbot that Talks on Gmail with XMPP and AIML
The problem with PaaS and cloud hosting in general is price. Most experienced hackers are used to managing hardware, so why not stick with dedicated or colo and retain affordable scalability?
It's Not Enough To Bash In Heads...
You may be right to suggest another book as an eager student's introduction to Ruby, but the Poignant Guide is a really awesome book that absolutely deserves a mention. The meandering storyline and its quirky character are part of its charm.

_why's explanation of block syntax in the Poignant Guide sticks with me to this day! The imagery of a little waterslide that block arguments slide down into their block is both charming and memorable.
Tablets are purely a very short-lived stop gap (think a few years).

The future is phone sized devices with foldable screens. Use it small when you're on the go. But when you want to sit on the couch or on the bus, you open it up.

The dedicated tablet becomes a niche product for those people that need the full power of a dedidicated large machine.

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-develops-sweet-foldable-amo...
Ever heard of Dodgeball? Foursquare's been going for quite a while :)
RentACoder for the US generally turns into a minimum-wage job, so try that before flipping burgers. At least you get to work from home.
the Poignant Guide to Ruby is a good, gentle introduction for a true novice, which is why it is listed in the 'getting started' section.

The pick-axe book is listed in the next section.
Update on PSN Password Reset Process (now fixed)
Heh, I noticed that problem from watching the stream.

I thought it may be nice to keep it there, so people can fill it in if they left it blank, or maybe edit it.

Turns out, people don't expect it to be there, and I saw several people hitting "Send" multiple times to (I assume) get rid of that box. :)