skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Actually, I think using the proper gauge wire prevents the heat buildip and melting.

As the power cable becomes twisted and crinked, the wires fray, causing the same amount of current to run over less wire, turning the wire into a toaster heating element.
I have an even better answer.

Cover the deer with crushed ice. If it is still covered when you get back, the meat is still good. Even if the power was out for a while and some of the ice melted. (A large freezer filled with meat and ice will stay cold for quite a while. Even if some of the ice melts and refreezes, the temperature stayed freezing.)
Facebook is already in this business with Deals: http://www.facebook.com/blog.php?post=446183422130
Well, for one, I don't see how it makes you "stronger", "kick-ass", or "winning".
Alternatively, perhaps it's currently being over-diagnosed.

There seems to be a trend toward medicalizing behavior, emotion, and personality traits, including those that fall within the normal range of human variation, or that may actually be healthy responses to external stimuli.

Is it really reasonable to describe 'ADHD' and mild forms of depression as mental illness?
What? That completely disproves his point that "exposing yourself to nature is probably a good thing." You can't cherry-pick which types of nature you should expose yourself to -- you have to supply some other criteria.
the reason for the cloud is so you don't have to handle hardware failures, maintenance, upgrades, backups, power outages.. etc. All you need is one hardware component to go on your home server to die, and be out of your services.. and possibly lose all data.
What exactly is the problem? Too many throw away accounts?
It's already done: https://github.com/FSX/momoko
Here's a piece of the S1 that I haven't yet seen cited:

"To demonstrate the economics of our business model, we have compared the revenue and gross profit generated from the North American subscribers we acquired in the second quarter of 2010, which we refer to as our Q2 2010 cohort, to the online marketing expenses incurred to acquire such subscribers. The Q2 2010 cohort is illustrative of trends we have seen among our North American subscriber base. The Q2 2010 cohort included 3.7 million subscribers that we initially spent $18.0 million in online marketing to acquire in the second quarter of 2010. In that quarter, we generated $29.8 million in revenue and $12.8 million in gross profit from the sale of approximately 1.2 million Groupons to these subscribers. Through March 31, 2011, we generated an aggregate of $145.3 million in revenue and $61.7 million in gross profit from the sale of approximately 6.3 million Groupons to the Q2 2010 cohort. In summary, we spent $18.0 million in online marketing expense to acquire subscribers in the Q2 2010 cohort and generated $61.7 million in gross profit from this group of subscribers over four quarters."

A typical cohort that returned >3x what it cost? Sounds like a good business to me.
Yep, I'm on my second adapter for my MacBook. First broke between the adapter and the cord going to my computer. The second sits beside me with that same spot covered in duct tape. It's REALLY frustrating since the replacement adapter was $80 and it's less than a year old.
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what this story actually proves is that it's not hard to migrate your data from google any time.
you can opt out as well - http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
Do they have a moral obligation to not show timewasting gadgets on their homepage? If they showed something else, what good could 5M hours of interaction do for the world?
The bulb itself isn't the only ancient thing; take a look at its website http://www.centennialbulb.org/

Animated GIFs, counters... it's like I'm back in 1996 all over again.
It's clear we're going to a place where local storage is going to be less important. However, there's only three groups of people I buy hardware for: my family, my employees, and me.

- My family wouldn't have any clue what to do with this. When their friends recommended programs, they couldn't run them, and I'm pretty sure my grandmother is never going to understand that when the Internet in her house goes out she'll need to reboot her router before she can save a document.

- My employees need to be able to handle whatever gets thrown at them. From clients who want to run Java GotoMeetings to people who receive powerpoints, Google apps just doesn't cut it.

- Me. I'm never going to be satisfied with a $400 computer and I'm willing to spend to get something great.

I can think of no one in my life who I'd buy this for and I'm sure most of us are in the same boat.

To compound it, the home page of Bestbuy.com is selling a perfectly reasonable Toshiba Satellite Laptop with a faster intel processor, 15.6" screen, 3 gigs of ram, a 250 gig hard drive, wifi and Windows 7 for $299. I bet it runs the chrome browser too. Sure it won't blow your mind, but neither will the chromebook.
The MagSafe design has four fairly large pins. The iPod Dock Connector has about forty tiny ones. It wouldn't work well mechanically.
Not just incentives, but also cognition - when you change the presentation of the problem, you change the way people think about it.

I think this is the reason to build prototypes that you can play with - you really will see things differently. And (hold the hate) obviousness in patent law takes this into account, by evaluating it with respect to the publicly known state of the art - but if you have iterated a few prototypes then you have private information. You got data that no way else has; in addition, new ideas came to you for the next prototype. Each step may have been pretty obvious to you - but from the perspective of someone who had not yet even seen the first prototype in chain, you can seem like a magical genius.
Those would be some f-ed up children.
> The problem is that a "flat screen running windows with a pen" was the pinacle of what could be brought to market at that time by anyone. Microsoft tried.

The problem is that, if a "flat screen running windows with a pen" is a shitty experience that nobody in their right mind would buy, you're better off not bringing it to market.

Microsoft didn't earn a gold star for "trying"; they wrecked their brand by associating it with ten years of shitty tablet products nobody wanted.

Sometimes it's better to realize that if the tech doesn't exist to let you execute your product well, you're better off not harming your brand by executing it poorly.
Regarding your first point: it seems short syntax for arrays may well make it into PHP 5.4.

http://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/hw8da/php_fork_based_on...
huh? they contain data. unless you are claiming that the presence of this:

struct twiggle {
int t;
}

somehow makes patenting the code that uses it a sensible idea?
So let me get this straight, she kept hiring people (which she admits wasn't the best business plan) and gets lucky because real-estate in late 90s/early00's was in a boom (mostly due to repeal of regulations).

She may be a nice/effective person, but she admits she had no vision, no plan other than growth, and exited early after getting lucky.

How is this relevant to anyone at HN?
Just put the same kind of DRM they put in the cable on the other side to auth with the brick.
This is only true for teetering rotor heads (eg: Bell, Robinson) where the fuselage hangs freely by the mast from the centre of the rotor disk. (Under -ve G the rotor and fuselage don't stay nicely aligned, and mast bumping happens - not good).

If there is a rigid/semirigid rotor head like on models, then there is no problem having the center of mass above the rotor. I have sometimes found models to be more stable and perform better when flying inverted.

For soemthing like this 'bike' - the thrust vector rotates with the vehicle - it will stay lined up with the CoG. Like rockets - it may appear unstable to have the motor at the bottom, but it is actually stable.
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I don't know much about AWS, but can't you host a server with them instead and get the same result, but more reliable?
In my opinion those who wasted their time on the gadget were people who already had time to waste.

When I saw it what I did was pass my mouse over it, think it's neat, wonder about the technology behind it for a second, then get back to work.
Lol. They think they know what Anonymous is. Lawfags can't even triforce, etc etc....
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Long ago, I moved all of my top level folders I'm sharing into a folder simply called "Shares"

This had no effect on the users I've shared with, but did a great deal to keep things organized on my end.
You raise a great point that I wished I had clarified. I worked on the product side of the store, not, say order fulfillment, order integration, etc.

Multiple databases made up the live environment. The developers did not have access to the live environment. As a matter of fact, we had developed it to the point that, except in special circumstances, the engineers didn't even know what products were about to be announced until Steve Jobs announced them to the public.

The dev database was a copy of the products database – most everything in the products database was either public information or it was obsolete data for EOL Apple and third party products. I don't recall ever seeing any sensitive data in our production environment. Unlike, say Walmart or Amazon, we didn't need to keep track of inventory since we build the products (the only exception that comes to mind were the refurbed products since there was a limited amount of inventory).

Dev systems would process dummy credit card numbers, etc, in dev (but I didn't work, in that area). The applications were smart enough to figure out which environment they were in when started up which is a big help.
What are the demographics for the main social media sites?
Yea, I know:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2639469
I think there needs to be some sort of common API among all these web apps that lets us store our data wherever we like. The way they just assume we want to keep our data on their server, I think, is ridiculous.
Suffering is completely the wrong concept when one is considering the benefits of a cold shower. The biggest plus of a cold shower is the shock-effect that makes you alert and awake.
The good parts of PHP, just off the top of my head: Extremely forgiving syntax which makes it quick and easy to bash together something that just works, implicit type conversion, a vast array of built-in functions, readability, near-ubiquity, generally very strong documentation with a healthy focus on example code, and the way it interpolates with static HTML, which I'm sure there's a word for but I can't remember offhand.
I've got a landing page in "spanish".

The translation is so bad that I would never ever use their service. Hint: you should never use google translate to provide localizaed versions of your website.

For those who did not get it: your dog speaks insert language here better than google translate does. Seriously.
For your safety, don't look at the code...
With a sufficiently large block of ice, a few blackouts may not even be a problem.
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Goto considered inspiring :D
That is quite awesome.

And that seems to be an extraordinarily long track.
I have to second BrandomM's comments. Don't make a complete copy of your live database to use in dev. Sensitive data needs to be scrubbed, ideally by a bona fide DBA, before bringing it over. Best to avoid this if at all possible so you don't have to worry about overlooking something that was sensitive.

Also, I don't recall ever seeing any security issues with our environment or how we handled the code and data. There were some very smart engineers "minding the store."
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Why should tech have anything to do with it? A new coffee shop on the corner is a startup isn't? To me a startup is a new company, that's it, no more, no less.
I assume they're making an aesthetic trade off to keep the QR "noise" appearance down. They could increase the grid size giving them more alignment patterns to assist with skewed scans, but it reduces the aesthetic appeal since it returns to looking more like a barcode.
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And it should. The "=" is misused like this. ":=" should've become the norm...

Mathematics and programming are similar in so many regards. No reason to confuse people like this.
Battery-backed microcontroller logging all power off events and temperature changes :)

If the battery has run out, then there has been enough long power outages that the meat is probably spoiled. If the battery hasn't run out, you have a nice log of what happened when.

Not that I think its better than the ice solution, but theres certainly techie options that you could build for $10 or so.
Why a proprietary protocol?
That's the same advice that we hear a lot on HN though. "Get out of your comfort zone." How is this any different? By 'turning a knob' he is getting blasted with cold water, which is outside of his comfort zone. By doing it consistently, he is attempting to get used to living outside of his comfort zone.

Just because he's talking about a cold shower instead of a start-up and a bunch of comments on his blog are by "I'm a macho man" types doesn't somehow make this different.

update: Maybe the idea that 'turning a knob' is somehow a low barrier is the issue here? I would say that the real barrier is sticking with it and not bailing out of the cold water (jumping out of the shower, quickly turning the water off, etc).
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Something tells me someone has turned this off and back on when noone was watching
I feel these are some of the most important videos I've seen this past year. Thanks Ryan and the team.
I'd be careful about giving this computer to your family. It sounds good, but there are some issues:

- Your family can't screw up the software, but they're not going to understand that they can't run a bunch of programs they'd expect.

- Woe to the guy/gal who lets his/her family's wi-fi connection go down. (EDIT: Specifically your modem and router)

- There are serious compatibility issues with Google apps. Just try sending yourself a powerpoint or word document and see what I mean. It can be really frustrating trying to collaborate with someone if they're not also working in Google apps.

- Printing is going to be an insane pain in the ass and for some reason that's something that's really hard to troubleshoot far away.
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Socrates was wrong.

We are wrong now, as well.

But to say that we are as wrong as Socrates is ridiculous. We are much, much, much closer to the truth now than we have ever been.
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Sorry, but I couldn't resist.
Cold showers just make me feel great. Never suffered of those.

I also use them after workouts, as described here:
http://paleohacks.com/questions/995/what-is-the-deal-with-co...

"Invented by the French and used by virtually every elite athlete on the planet, it is often confused with some kind of torture. Right after working out, hop into the shower. First, cook yourself for no longer than 5 minutes in hot water, relax, get those blood vessels well dilated. Then slowly add cold water to the mix until it's so cold you can't stand it. Endure it. Focus the water on the back of your head and the muscles you just worked. Feel the blood vessels constrict. Stay under it for as long as it takes to really cool off - 2 to 3 minutes. The time it takes to cool down will increase as you adapt, and the temperature for cooling will decrease. Then, switch the hot water back on. The blood vessels will dilate, and inrushing blood will flush the lactic acid out. Start the cooking process again. Repeat at least two cycles and finish on cold. This induces a tonic effect and you'll rebound, flushing again as your body warms up in your clothes."
At scales where it matters, you're correct that it's really wrong.

The rational hope is that by the time you get to that scale you have people/code that know what they're doing and can fix it. Alas, there's many cases where that's not been true.
As you say, the real problems are the grip on the media and his deep rooted dishonesty; but the harem thing does help to paint the picture.
I mean, we're not just talking multiple sexual partners here, we're talking about renting a whole housing complex to lodge dozens of sexual partners, alongside financing a fully blown recruiting organisation, on a national scale, in order to sustain a healthy flow of fresh partners coming in; again it might not be the main problem, but it gives you an idea of the scale... plus, one wonders what share of mind might be left in the man towards actually administering the country.
CafePress files for $80 million IPO
Looks like it was created with Adobe PageMill 3.0...which was discontinued 11 years ago.

It also has a Java applet for the 110 year countdown!
Hm, well, just to provide one counter example, haven't had a bad adapter in 8 years and half a dozen apple laptops. Not saying it doesn't happen of course :)
I think of this essay whenever someone talks about making something "100% secure".
Sounds like your network is suffering from http://www.bufferbloat.net/ .If your OS supports traffic shaping, you can probably fix this by limiting the upload speed there to a fraction under your actual bandwidth. E.g in Linux by using the tc command.
Minus points for satire? It's a good job HN doesn't run a country.
Victims of the "madness industry"
The "madness industry" seems like a market segment begging to be disrupted. Any takers?
Bad places to use a speeder bike:

1. In a dense forest

Good places to use a speeder bike:

1. Most other places

The Empire was not big on picking the right tool for the right job.
Anyone know what 3G chipset this thing uses? Is it something like Gobi that can be reprogrammed for other providers given the right firmware?
Looks like a cool concept. But so far haven't found any videos of a hoverbike in flight; Looks more like proof-of-concept at this point.
I know exactly how you feel; that's how I've learned most of the really cool stuff so far. I just load the formalities into headspace, go do something else, and have a random epiphany anywhere between two minutes and two days later.
My dad used to tell me about the time he was in a cold, remote location (military), and he was the only one in their group who would take cold baths (from a snow-fed stream nearby); the others would warm up water and then bathe. The entire year he was there, he never fell ill; though the rest of the bunch came down with cold/flu with regularity. I know this is not scientific evidence, but just anecdotal.

Thanks for the article; I had forgotten about his story, and now will try to work in cold showers slowly.
If you are in SF for the day, I would definitely just walk into pier 38 (several startups work out of that area) and introduce yourself.

Also, if you have web or mobile apps you've built or an online code repository that shows your work, i'd link them to your question as well.
I was unconvinced, until I read this bit:

Possible applications include aerial cattle mustering

Now I have a new dream job: hoverbike cowboy.
>> Some people feel they work better and are more motivated when they're
>> not in a state of happy relaxation. Comfortable and focused perhaps.
>
> I don't work in the shower.

No offense, but that response just makes you come off like a dick. Do
you really think that he's implying that you work in the shower?

> Turning a knob, over which you have complete control, really isn't
> subjecting yourself to anything meaningful.

> Go climb a mountain. Or even a challenging rock.

Don't you have control over those too? You can turn back at any point.
Yes.

Besides the Four Fundamental Freedoms of Free Software, people have an additional freedom: The freedom to give up their freedom. In my case, my life is greatly simplified by giving up a little freedom and having Google's sysadmins manage the hardware and software for a lot of my personal data. The risk is even less when places like Google and Facebook allow you to export your data.
Seems like a market segment begging to be disrupted. Anyone out there actively trying to do so?
Understanding Growth: Stickiness and Virality
A nicely integrated GSM SIM-port would be appriciated
It just so often seems to have techie connotations in everyday usage. Maybe "tech-savvy" would be better than "tech-related."
Um, I actually learned about Google from BBC I think. I think the only "big" website I've learned about from google is w3schools.
The Magsafe ones are far too elastic and thus too weak.

I'm typing this on a 2006 MacBook Pro, which still works nicely, but this is my third power supply. The first one died at the transformator junction, and the second one at the plug junction. The new connector, introduced with the MacBook Air, looks more sturdy, but the transfo junction is still as weak.

My brother experienced the same problem once (at the transfo junction).
I recall seeing some (non-Apple) hardware with case-to-cable transition designed as an inverted strain relief. Instead of a semi-rigid tube extending from device, the function was performed by proper curvature of the hole itself; nothing extended beyond the profile except the cable.

I'm having hard time describing it properly, but the hole walls had specific profile, elliptical extending outward. Pretty much like the big end of a trumpet. The most you could bend the cable was to make it touch the hole wall, and that profile of the wall was good enough to prevent cable cracking.

One disadvantage is that this kind of solution takes up some space insede of the case...
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These things keep getting harder to resist, and I'm a Windows user.

Can anyone tell me if it's true that Windows on boot camp doesn't take advantage of all of the power saving features, and so doesn't last as long? And if so, how big is the difference?
Do you have any personal experience with Zimbra? Isn't it too feature-rich, and thus overly complicated, for home use?
>Oh right – the one where Google announces the desktop OS dead in favor of a networked computer that uses the browser as the OS. It is precisely because they’ve made this an OS play that we can absolutely dismiss this thing because of its shitty OS.

Oh sure, I remember that being precisely how Google phrased all of this.
Weird, I have a cr-48 and I encountered the same problems with Verizon activation. You think they would have figured this out.