skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
And then Danger (Sidekick maker) was bought by Microsoft and the team was demoralized by the Kin debacle. Internal politics gutted that project and it was dead on arrival.

Anyone notice the Kin device that was like a small Sidekick?
Amazing advice, building in teaching mechanisms into every day action is a really great one. I try and live by all of these...
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> In that case, we should expect to see a vigorous Chinese investigation into this illegal activity that originated from China, right?

Tell you what, Chinese police never deal with "Internet Theft" or "online intrusion" unless a large amount money is envolved.

And why do they even bother to investigate Gmail which is constantly in-accessable in China?
The video does not even have a fullscreen button. These guys really don't pay much attention to detail.
I use a password screen lock that repeats some keys (sometimes with caps lock). It leaves smudges around the keys, but you would have to guess what order they are in, how many times they were pressed, and whether it was an upper/lower case key or a symbol... Seems pretty good to me.

I would still like to have my data encrypted though...
Agreed. It's a good effort, but there seem to be many UI problems. e.g. when he launches Excel 2010 under Windows 7, focus has to be in the Excel context otherwise touches on the right side will bring up the task switcher instead of scrolling. And what's with the virtual "Control" key being in the default keyboard? That should only be exposed to Emacs/shell users etc.
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Should be titled: "Microsoft requiring Windows 8 tablet makers to suck less"
I agree. But that seems a bit too intuitive for tax laws anywhere haha
Go try it. It's the same "Pick a drive then navigate folders" dialog from ages ago - see these instructions (which are from Vista but apply to 7):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Install-or-...
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While portable apps are promoted for and usually installed on USB drives, they can also be installed on local disks as well, and they don't require admin privileges to do so (from my experience).
I have reduced a lot of unnecessary hand movement by moving the Control keys to either side of the space bar where the Alt keys normally are, and moving the Alt keys to the keys next to those where the Windows keys usually are. With this I can hit all of the modifier keys with my thumbs.

I also have CapsLock mapped to Backspace, and use the Dvorak keyboard layout. All of these combined minimize strain on my pinkies and the rest of my fingers, reduces the need for hand contortions, and lets stronger fingers do more work.
Meh mixed feelings. First the whole Metro UI seems to run on top of a normal Windows as an alternative glorified launcher. He mentions that Apps are written in some kind of new HTML/Javascript framework - now I don't know exactly how its gonna work but a lot of people were hoping that MS was finally settle on .NET in terms of API design. If this was a spin off of Windows, I'd probably be a lot more happier, but as it stands, I see a lot of Window 8 PCs, where the first thing people (and companys!) will do, is disable the new "MetroUI" and have the usual taskbar/explorer layout with all the "legacy" app(lication)s like .. for example .. Office2010.
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As long as you can stay inside the metro tiles if you want, what's the harm in allowing power user's to actually be productive?

Sure, some Apps will only be available as desktop apps at the start, but they will just function as low hanging fruit for developers.
Looks cool, but it doesn't work at all on an iPad. Just something to keep in mind if you use this as an integral part of your UI.
But how do you make things?

This is a fantastic way to present information. it's beautiful. I would love this on a tv, or a bunch of displays in my house. especially with an epaper non light generating kind of display.

But... but... how do you make stuff? how do you design a house? how do you write code? It seems so very very consumer.
The government already does this for some things. SIPRnet is for the transmission of information classified up to secret and is airgapped from the public internet. This is where the Bradley Manning leaks came from. JWICS and NSANet are run along the same lines, but they transmit information classified up to Top Secret/SCI.
Am I supposed to be impressed? Just about all of these are oneliners in most high level programming languages. The test of a languages expressiveness is much bigger programs.
Two suggestions I've found helpful:

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The poker market was driven by ease of putting funds into an account. That is to say, the casual person looking for entertainment and willing to lose money drove the sites. As anyone who made a living off the sites will tell you, things started going south after the first bill was passed making it illegal for banks to do the transfers. Now, if all you had were bitcoin transactions to deposit, then you would end up with a pool made up mostly of sharks. Until a dead-simple and ubiquitous solution is available for making bitcoin transactions, I express much doubt that a bitcoin poker operator would appear and thrive.
This the internet, I'm sure pg knows that would only make the situation 100x worse.
Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentally Flawed as a Response to the iPad
Anyone remember the Mac game from Ambrosia called Avara? I've been meaning to try to clone that for quite a while. The graphics are so simple but the gameplay was mindbogglingly awesome.
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i'm so glad they've come up with something that can be considered new, and seemingly somewhat intuitive..

but i can't help but see that things aren't how they should be. i suppose this is a very early preview, but ms have got to go a lot further than simply creating an "on top of windows" application that looks pretty.

their benchmark for success has got to be the intuitiveness and the usability of OS X, without copying any part directly.. something i feel that has always come second place in windows.

time will tell, i suppose.
Yeah, I understand that the visuals are what gets the masses to jump on it - especially since that's basically all you have to base your opinion on in the app store.

That they went almost 2/3 of the development time before plugging the games in is also an indication that they know exactly where they need to focus to make it such a hit.

I think a few years of desktop linux experience combined with a love of ugly-but-fun 8- and 16-bit console games has just left me in the habit of looking beyond the shiny to identify the crunchy gameplay lurking underneath.
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False premise. It's not as if by killing the thread the issue would have been capped altogether, no, it would have instead exploded and done exponentially more damage with accusations of censorship mixed in.
Also, there's a bug in which the order of objects (z-index) on the left container doesn't exactly match the order on the right.

Example: http://www.cl.ly/2B062I2t2k210i0W1m0f

Sonic is over Einstein on the left, but under on the right.
Is Google Map Maker evil?
http://allthingsd.com/20110601/steven-sinofsky-talks-windows... another video on D9 with talk heads
Having not felt the pain, based on the website I really don't know why to switch. Guess I'll either wait for the incompatibility issues or a compelling reason.
The mystery of Windows 8's new 'Protogon' file system
Sell physical 'bitcoins'

http://bitbills.com/

A debit card backed by bitcoins.

Like https://www.bitcoincashout.com/ or https://www.bitcoin2cc.com/ (but there's definitely room for improvement here)

Turn-key software mining solutions

People are working on this; I think it's going to be free. http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7374.0 http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=9917.0 (A better model might be an easy-to-use miner that participates in a high-fee pool, so the developer would get a cut of all mining proceeds.)

Turn-key mining solutions. We mail you a tricked out box

http://www.bitcoinrigs.com/

Linode for mining.... Rent a box and generate your own coin

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8523.0 (Of course, if you buy such a contract, it means you think BTC is going to be worth more than he does. I hope you know something he doesn't know.)
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> expect there to be more sophisticated attacks

Like hacking SecureID? The previous attack Google discussed? The fact that just about anyone on port 22 sees half or more of their port-knocking from China? Shawn Carpenter's Titan Rain? (oh, wait, EMC now owns RSA and NetWitness ...)
You're right, there is a difference between not being able to maintain focus and getting bored easily. Though that is often difficult to discern when you're in the middle of dealing with it. I'm also a motivated self-teacher, but ADD gets in the way of my motivation and focus, and at times makes it difficult for me to finish or work on the things that I want to get done.

I don't know if you're arguing with what I said, or if you thought I was criticizing the author, which I'm not. I saw two keywords and for me they line up with a list of symptoms which I know can be quite troubling if you think you are to blame for being lazy or not able to accomplish the things you want in life because you keep getting in your own way. It's a difficult nut to crack, but if you think you might also suffer from ADD, it's wise to research it and speak to someone who can offer a diagnosis and help you find a solution that works for you.
Thinking about it a little more, it really seems odd to combine two very different modes of operation -- one touch heavy and probably best for a tablet or some sort of mobile device and the other is the standard Windows UI operated by keyboard and mouse. Having both modes on the same hardware seems like an odd situation. Usually, a device naturally maps to one or the other mode. I suppose hardware manufacturers might build tablet/laptop hybrids or convertibles (they definitely have been trying, but I don't think any are popular) and Windows 8 might be a huge win on these devices. However, aside from this narrow subset of devices, I'm still guessing how this will play out.

For instance, the device used in the demo (assuming it has no other mode of operation) seems to me that it would be a nightmare for using Excel.

edit: added the last sentence.
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It shows right on the homepage for Rake (http://rake.rubyforge.org/):

Rake is currently hosted at github. The github web page is http://github.com/jimweirich/rake/
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Quick little transliteration to ruby:

1. (1 to 10) map { _ * 2 }
1.upto(10).map { |x| x * 2 }

2. (1 to 1000).reduceLeft( _ + _ )
1.upto(1000).inject { |a, x| a + x }

3. val wordlist = List("scala", "akka", "play framework", "sbt", "typesafe")
wordlist = ["scala", "akka", "play framework", "sbt", "typesafe"]
val tweet = "This is an example tweet talking about scala and sbt."
tweet = "This is an example tweet talking about scala and sbt"
(words.foldLeft(false)( _ || tweet.contains(_) ))
wordlist.any? { |w| tweet[w] }

4. val FileText = io.Source.fromFile("data.txt").mkString
file_text = File.read 'data.txt'
val fileLines = io.Source.fromFile("data.txt").getLines.toList
file_lines = File.read('data.txt').lines
Or, more typically,
File.open('data.txt').each { |line| ... }

5. (1 to 4).map { i => "Happy Birthday " + (if (i == 3) "dear NAME" else "to You") }.foreach { println }
4.times { |i| puts "Happy Birthday #{i == 2 ? "dear NAME" : "to You"}" }

6. val (passed, failed) = List(49, 58, 76, 82, 88, 90) partition ( _ > 60 )
passed, failed = [49, 58, 76, 82, 88, 90].partition { |x| x > 60 }

7. val results = XML.load("http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?&q=scala")
results = Nokogiri::XML open 'http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?&q=scala'

8. List(14, 35, -7, 46, 98).reduceLeft ( _ min _ )
[14, 35, -7, 46, 98].min
[14, 35, -7, 46, 98].inject { |m, i| i > m ? i : m }

I'm impressed! Scala's lambda syntax is obviously bar none. The dual _ + _ was especially pleasing, and completely unexpected. The List() construct is also entirely warranted in place of array literals, given Scala's wide variety of collection types. On the other hand, what is this io.Source.fromFile mess? I don't understand the alternating capitalization, or the need for deep namespacing of an incredibly common type.
Why not simply remove the ability to sell the patent to someone else?

Sunset the validity of the patent like the original scope of copyright, and limit the transferral to being able to license it for use so that the only financial benefit goes to the original R&D crowd. That way it still promotes research but limits the possibility of patent trolls since they'd have to actually do the research themselves.
In my opinion, there's too much uncertainty about the legality of operating with bitcoin, especially if you're a startup without a serious legal team.
Hm, so it looks like there won't be any windows in Windows anymore.
I don't understand how caps lock has been able to maintain it's prized real estate for so long. I understand the inertia behind why hardware manufacturers are loath to move it, I just don't get why there are still otherwise reasonable people who don't remap it. I map mine to control and also use some of the lesser known C- combo replacements (C-h = backspace, C-[ = escape). I'm a vim user, so dvorak is a bit of a non-starter (hjkl gets all goofed, and once you try to un-goof it, you goof up other commands).
Packaging is one of those things like indentation style and text editors: nobody can ever agree.

I know this is mostly designed to be Internet Drama ("I've saved the Ruby community from the RubyGems Cowboys! Yay for me! I'm cooler than _why!!"), but the reality is, everyone wants their own package manager. Every Linux distribution has their own. Perl has three CPAN clients, two of which are in the core!

Anyway, I think this is supposed to be a Big Deal, but it's not.
I can just about guarantee most current touch and tablet devices couldn't process heavy duty dual app/dual screen/ picture in picture/what have you. Yeah sure a twitter feed and word let me see a HD video and adobe illustrator with 10 or 20 apps running in the background on a tablet device...this is ridiculous, its a silly toy. this is like that MSN keyboard for your TV back in like 97. The puny Microsoft ship swirls in the ocean about to be gobbled by Apple, Google, etc
Indeed. I'm not sure which is more disappointing: that China seems to be bringing things to a new level or that its cool to take advantage of a situation that many people won't understand by throwing that line in there in the midst of what reads as quite scary news.
A pro-Apple, anti-Microsoft article from Gruber? I'm shocked.

However, even though this is yet another iteration of his "Why <insert Microsoft technology here> sucks compared to <insert Apple technology here>" theme, I tend to agree with him this time.

I cannot imagine the iOS devices finding success if they were actually just Macs with a new category of touch apps strapped on. This only leads to market and developer confusion. If it's just one platform, what is my target device as a developer? If I develop to touch-driven HTML5+JS, why would anyone want to use it with a mouse? If I develop to WPF, why would anyone want to use it with multi-touch? Whatever they call it, it's two platforms, crammed together, and they just don't fit well. As a developer, you still have to make a choice, and it is the device itself that determines what development path you will take.

Then there is the hardware requirements. Windows 7 made great strides in this direction, but I just cannot imagine Windows 8 running as efficiently on an ARM-based device as iOS does today. I hope to be surprised here.
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Very well said. In fact, blind nationalism is the very same strategy the 50-cent party uses (referring to the parent comment).
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Something from Grand Illusions might be fitting:
http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/

Lots of interesting / nerdy gifts, including some math related:
http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/Maths_Toys.html

Feynman is great choice too. "Surely you're joking mr Feynman" is a classic.
That's because of the way patent law is worded. I don't remember the exact wording (and i'm to lazy to look it up) but it's close to "a patent shall be granted except..."
Basically, they have to grant the patent if they can't come up with a good reason not to.
Perhaps changing the law to be worded "a patent shall not be granted except". Then require the applicants to show how their patent fits the requirements.
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Yes, a lot of the freshness involved using gestures, but that's been shown not to work for vertical screens like on laptops and desktops (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/gorilla-arm-multitouc...).

This gives the video the feel of a Courier-like demo. Inspirational to look at, but not realizable in practice.
This is a difficult and really deep problem with no clear answers. Sure the local population are doing their best "building a future for themselves", but they are also driven to build structures that are totally unsafe in a serious earthquake. This is the main difference between one country's 7.0 quake killing tens or hundreds, yet another country's 7.0 (or even 6.0) killing tens or hundreds of thousands.

The solution is definitely not just marching in and offering a new cheap design for a single family house. The solution has to include an answer to the question: how do you get the local government to see the real equation. (economic cost of reduced economic output from early death from early mortality) MUCH GREATER THAN (cost of making sure everyone has a safe and secure home).
we're on the same page. they understand that the internship lasts a set timeframe. during the fall/spring, it's just an externship to help them boost their resumes. during the summer, they know it ends when they go back to school.

i did a terrible job conveying it earlier, but i am very clear about the expectations up front when i originally sit down with the prospective interns to see if it's a good fit for both parties.
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No... bitcoin's greater weakness is the vulnerability of its 'bullion'

Simply buy it up and delete the wallet.dat ... bitcoins go poof with no way to recreate (the total number of created will max out with no regard to losses, intentional or otherwise)
Shocker, Gruber thinks that if you're not approaching something the way Apple does, you're not going to succeed. That's really all there is to this article. Let's wait and see what they produce, considering that there's over a year before this will hit the shelves, shall we?
How immediate and certain the response to crime appears to be affects the perception of risk.

And even when there's no cop around, other things influence this perception. If there are a lot of people around and things are orderly and many visual cues contribute to the perception of order, the perception of risk is greater.
Windows will dominate business for at least 10 years.

Office isn't the lock in. It's all those Line of Business (LOB) Apps that run on Windows. Ironically many require internet explorer and are built in...Java, oddly enough.

Marketing departments could switch tomorrow. Operations (depending on industry) are locked in for years. Some are lucky enough to web based options, some are stuck on what they have.
with you on that, peter. big proponent of the collective team effort.

when i implied pitting them against each other, i was trying to imply that hopefully they have motivation to excel at their role instead of letting the dead weight bring them down.
While much of vender software has migrated to the web, purpose-built IT is still heavily reliant in old applications that date back decades.

Even something as simple as a time management system may take several years and tons of money to transition from decade-old WinForms app to new web app.
Apple's experiences with iOS are giving most everyone that general impression, including Apple...
curt, i'd be all for paying if the money was available. we have operated on a nonexistent budget and made it work.

my only hesitation about bringing money into the equation is i believe it can cloud the focus...and when the going rate around here is free internships, they're fortunately eager to pad their resume & get experience with us
looks killer for a tablet not so interesting for PC!
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Sometimes I think ADD/ADHD is overdiagnosed on a massive scale...I can get a bit touchy about it sometimes...the author was explaining ways to cope without medication.

I worry for the young geniuses who are currently being dumbed down to the national standard with medication in order to stop them reading ahead in class...I am fortunate to be old enough to have missed it.

Edit: I am not trying to knock anyone that medication has worked for, or saying you are stupid for taking it...just pointing out (my opinion of) what happens when you give it to someone who does not need it.