skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Would love to see the search box placed at the top-right of the site. Kind of a universal standard these days (and would mean no scrolling required to search).

The HTML5 `type=search` attribute would be cool as well :)

Edit: Additionally, use of `placeholder=Search` and the ditching of the label shouldn’t be terribly controversial here. Given the audience, I have to imagine most users will see the placeholder text, no polyfill required.
For all of your "no" points, can you please provide some proof? We are getting smarter - when you need water for your crops, do you dance, or do you install an irrigation system? Extreme example, but, well.
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The site allows you to create as many interactive pages as you would like about your interests, a person, events, a business, group, or items using images and content. Thepagepost.com keeps you in touch with your followers by sending you any comments posted on one of your pages directly to your page activity in your profile. It also lets you know when you have a new page follower.

Your page activity in your profile lets you know all the activity going on in your pages as well as the pages you are following.

You can follow pages that interest you to receive the latest news and updates about that page. ThePagePost makes receiving the latest news and updates about a page you are following extremely east and convenient by sending all news feeds directly to your page activity.
It's def. a good market. Top #5 in the US no doubt. I'd say make the decision on where you want to live over whether or not you could get the best job there. Tough finding that balance, so if you like the city, run with it..
This is according to StatCounter: "StatCounter is listing Chrome at 21.41% and Safari at 5.86% market share, which adds up to 27.27% combined share." Note this means Chrome+Safari > Firefox, not Chrome or Safari individually.

IE and Firefox have been experiencing a (very) slow decrease in market share in North America, while Chrome and Safari's have been increasing. Makes sense, especially considering Safari and Chrome's mobile offerings.
Coding in VB6 keeps you forever young
I’m not an expert on affect or children, but it does seem kind of mean. That would be the negative: the youth’s possible feeling of betrayal or a negative effect on the relationship with the kid.
Ask HN: Bootstrapped startup 'forced' to spend $10k. How?
Im in an odd situation.

We are a bootstrapped startup. We got a $10k grant to use in startup services, but we cant use it in paying ourselves. And if we don't spend it completely there's a fine we have to pay.

We have to spend the money before the end of July.

Why we asked for the grant in the first place? We thought we need the money to hire developers, but in the end we did the MVP ourselves (I learned to program in rails in the process :)

Being a pre-launch bootstrapped startup, we are not used to spend money like this, so I have been looking in for services that we can pay for 12 months in advance, but they are scarce.

Also I'm looking for some consulting work like web designers for a new logo, get domain names in multiple languages, etc.

Fellow HNers, How can I spend the money? (I have around $8k left)
I don't think so. Once we have the data it'll be easy to upload it. I'm emailing with the SearchYC creator so I'll ask him about arc forum data.
I'll admit I'm struggling not to anthropomorphize Spirit too much here. Maybe it's the face-like features of the mast mounted pan-cam. Maybe it's that XKCD strip from awhile back...

Or maybe it's the compelling story of excellent engineering that created something able to keep expanding our knowledge of the Universe so much beyond what was planned.

Either way, I can't help but feel a twinge of sadness, even as I say congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to make it the succes it was.
What do you mean, he could end up like him? What do you think happened to that engineer?
We're hiring for a web developer right now. When I was moving here - six months ago - I easily managed to snag four interviews over a two-day trip specifically to try to find a job.

So yeah.
I'm pretty sure there are "Groupon for X" companies in YC. So clearly people see that there is money to be made.

I'm not exactly sure why everyone is hating on Groupon. Why not hate on Zynga for coping other games? Why not hate on Linked In's 500 P/E IPO that has already lost 25% off it's high?

The daily deal marketplace may not end up being a winner-take all market. But will having the biggest subscriber list give Groupon an advantage? Once they flip the switch from growth mode to profit mode, who knows what might happen?

I assume the hate is mostly just misdirected jealousy because it seems "so obvious anyone could do it." But like Andrew Chen's recent post, it's not easy to build both your consumer side and your merchant side. Anecdotally, I've heard many of the top 10 deal sites have trouble lining up their next day's deal.

While the daily deal industry is far from perfect yet, Groupon certainly unlocked a space that a lot of people are jumping into. And I assume that someone will figure out how to do it right for both merchants and consumers in a profitable, sustainable way.
I'll add a few points:

* Read the topic. That includes also any relevant URLs in it.

* Follow the channel for little time before asking anything.

* If you had a problem which was solved, tell how it was solved. This adds to the communal knowledge.
You sound a lot like me now. I'm a typical "work hard play hard" twenty-something, and if it was possible for me to be working smarter, I don't see it. I probably spend my first 40 hours solving/understanding the problem, and the next 30 hours refactoring the code to look like my mental model of the solution. I'd love to slow down but it's just doesn't seem possible to ship a high quality product given our schedule. Some of the senior folks work saner hours, but it's not at all obvious if their output is higher quality than mine, or even equal quality (this isn't a slight--i'm getting twice as much zone time as them!). If they're 'working smarter' than me, I can't see how, other than having already paid the learning curve for a large class of problems.

Can you give concrete examples of how you work smarter now, compared to your twenties?
Legal fees for incorporation and shareholder agreement. The rest on PPC to gather your first customers. or Prepay some of your recurring expenses to get a discount (hosting, etc...)
pavel, that's a fair point. Those were a bit too broad of brush-strokes I painted.

What I was masking is my internal frustration with how fundamentally un-accepting we are of each other's differing opinions in popular culture/media now. I can't remember the last political debate I saw on TV that:

1. Actually answered the question and didn't just hit talking points.
2. Constructively analyzed the differences of opinion.

I am sure there are pockets of civil debate and I don't want to wave-away the folks that are making an effort to. I should have been more honest about what I was critiquing.
I sadly don't have time to implement it, but I'm still suggesting the idea.

You enter a keyword - say Python.

It shows a graph where nodes are submitted articles and comments intermixed. On each "Comment" node, we see the picture of the author (obviously if found), the karma and other possible information about him/her (Blog, website, startup company, etc.).

Also, on each nodes start new related nodes.. So, if I search for python, I might have a link to a new node called Django which would then link to useful comments and other articles/comments.

So, the overall idea is to really be able to "visually browse and learn through hacker news". "Vim" would give all plugins, author's plugin, etc.
Thank you, Andres. I put up a message about it on the Arc Forum as well: http://arclanguage.org/item?id=14772. Please email me at evanrmurphy@gmail.com if you need assistance.
The effects are test-independent. That was sort of the point of the study. You will certainly get better at the dual-n-back game, but the gains apply elsewhere, not just to game itself. It has much to do (they think) with the interconnectedness of fluid intelligence and working memory.

I wrote about this fairly in depth here: http://www.ajkesslerblog.com/how-to-get-smarter/
for those of you thinking of applying for a greencard to work in the USA please google "Heart Taxation Act" first.

it was introduced 4 months AFTER my greencard was approved..... I'm planning on departing the USA for good on Dec 2015 because of it.
Except when they're not. How they're handling the migration of Slicehost customers into Rackspace Cloud is pretty awful for a lot of us.
How can they be "deceived", when the entire internet is talking about it? Nobody is hiding anything; they filed an S1, just like every other public company.
NYC is an insanely hot market for web engineering talent. Every founder I know complains about finding great engineers. As CEO of a tech startup here, I personally spend ~80% of my energy dedicated to finding the absolute best engineers in the city, and often I have to recruit people from other parts of the world and convince them to move here (which isn't that hard given how beautiful this city is).

Another data point: a friend who wanted to move from Microsoft to NYC had multiple job offers within a week of posting his resume to an NYC tech mailing list.

If you're interested in speaking more, please email me at carter@art.sy. Even if you're not interested in Art.sy, I'm happy to intro you to other NYC startups you might be interested in.

[edit] Here is a link to the Quora thread of all NYC startups that are hiring: http://www.quora.com/Startups-in-New-York-City/Which-startup...
Thanks kitcar! Great idea about the legal fees. We are already incorporated but we can look on things like the ToS, etc. PPC is a good idea also.
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Not having all the facts (knowing if the information you are reading is true) is one of the core reasons I find political debate with others totally useless.

As for "masturbatorifying content", a fantastic term.

You also hit on another great topic that could be a separate post entirely... appealing to our ids with the "you MIGHT be special" mechanic. Very very true, and something that appeals to me just as much as the next guy.
Every hnsearch contestant gets a dotCloud account to run their app easily, and for free.

Email hn@dotcloud.com to get started.
Windows logo planted on upcoming Apple Store in Germany (video) 
Now it really reminds me of 1984s everlasting war...
what do you need a $10K apartment in NYC for? That's pretty much penthouse territory.

I mean I can see if you are already making millions...but if you are just a startup that should be a big red flag to investors.
I am struggling to find a very specific source (because graphology has much fluff surrounding it), but, graphology / handwriting analysis suggests the type of corrections one uses can be indicative of personality traits. Such as confidence; in not furiously destroying or scribbling a typo (or even a full sentence) vs a simple line strike-through.

General website with some interesting examples.
http://graphicinsight.co.za/writingsamples.htm
Fortunately, not all irc rooms are filled with douches.

Of course, you should do your homework and be precise but "the Experts" should take it easy on newcomers.
Also imho comparison between standard ECMAscript and Chaiscript would be welcome.
You rock. I'll make a note on the contest page.
Yes Andrew, anyone *can* start a Groupon
Call sales at the services you want to pay in advance, they'll let you pre-pay somehow.
Spend it ALL on client acquisition. Test Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc... Do 5 tests of $1k each (or 10 @ $500). Spend the remaining 5k on whatever works best.
Wow. This reads like a press release. At the very least it was copy-pasted either here or at [1].

[1] http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/usingmiles-travelfli-fou...
I totally hear ya. I always lived my life as if each day is my last. Although for me, work is important too - though I see it less as "work" and more as a passion or calling.
How about adding the search box in the top?
Exactly. To clarify: When you tug the string, you create a shockwave of tension traveling along it. Since this is a wave of actual moving matter, it is an acoustic wave, moving at the speed of sound (whatever it is for the string material).
This is something I needed to hear. I'm considering dropping out of college after only finishing one year. I never felt any motivation towards school, as my grades reflect. I've been trying to decide whether dropping out and trying to find work with a small startup would give my life the meaning and motivation it sorely lacks.

Does this community have any advice?
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Don't thank God. Thank Arc90.
Or a hitchhiker's guide
The rules haven't changed recently, it's just that they enforce it randomly. Most airlines will actually make sure you have all necessary documentation before you get onto the first leg of your itinerary.

Also, if your trip starts or terminates in the US or Canada, you don't need a transit visa for the UK (even though you need to change terminals). Weird, but true.

This is true for other countries as well. For example, when I had to travel to Australia last year from the US (I have an Indian passport too, but have an E-visa for Australia, which is not normal for Indian passports), the person at the United Airlines terminal had to call Australia to make sure I could get onto the plane. There was a girl in the queue in front of me travelling on a Chinese passport. She had to travel to New Zealand, and had an NZ visa, but she'd missed her direct flight and was switched to an alternate flight that stopped in Sydney for 4 hours. United managed to get her a special waiver from the Australian government to transit Australia under supervision.

Trying to travel the world on business with an Indian passport has been very educational.
You're coming across as more than a little paranoid.
I just feel as if the only justification for this new round of founding MG brings to the table, is that a) they will be able to cut back spending (=profit) and b) Google and Facebook are producing similar products, so it must be something good. Personally, I'm convinced by neither arguments and would argue that it isn't just risky, but pretty much doomed to fail (or rather, be a really bad investment for the public).
I'm working towards an MVP that uses Java (on Android), C#, and JavaScript. It's interesting comparing and contrasting the languages while using them all at once.

Java is a workhorse of a language. It's stable, gets the job done, and is reasonably sane. It's also readable, which in my opinion is one of the most (if not THE most) important traits of a software product. Readability. Simplicity.

The problem I have with Java is that I feel like it never evolved to meet its potential. It feels like C# 1.1 to me.

These days however I think the most interesting programming topic is not Java vs C++ or Java vs C# or any of these tired old debates.

What's most interesting to me is the notion that dynamic languages are somehow more productive or superior to strongly typed ones. It seems to be a commonly held view in the startup scene especially. It just doesn't make sense to me.
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"As for 'masturbatorifying content', a fantastic term."

Yeah, I've thought of writing a blog post on this. The basic idea is that you give a voice to things that people already want to believe are true. This opens up a sort of window of credulity, which allows you to sell whatever you're trying to sell in the context of this unconscious angst that you're channeling. The best is if you can find some sort of belief that millions of people share but that no one has ever articulated or properly defended, that's how you make millions of dollars whether you're running a startup, writing a book, etc.
It occurs to me that, since we now do have some sort of local search index built into HN itself, it should really be using that index as part of the "was posted already" mechanism.
Brain Workshop - a Dual N-Back game
While obviously not as powerful as the presented tool, gcc has a lot of optional warning flags which may be useful. -std=c99 -pedantic might help you avoid the worst compiler-specific features.
Anybody familiar with NAP's business model?
This also happened to Wells Fargo a few months back. Similar in spirit, groups of neighbors have successfully sued the owners of crack houses in small claims court. The individual awards were small, but if enough people are involved it gets to be serious money.
I'm curious how you think I'm overlooking that? I agree completely, that's part of why I think that an idea like this is so disruptive. Because it's ground floor disruptive to one of the most inefficient and high return industries in the world; finance.
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Another one here, which I like because it remembers your 'N' and lets you advance only when you're ready.

http://www.brainboffin.com/
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Google properties to abandon support for older browsers on August 1
Secretly, a lot of people are jealous.
"Why not hate on Linked In's 500 P/E IPO that has already lost 25% off it's high?"

I assume the hate is partly financial advice of sorts, and there's no great need to harp on Linkedin after its stock goes down. Besides, there was hate on Linkedin just before and after the IPO.
Good interview which goes into this.
http://www.npost.com/blog/2005/12/07/interview-with-bob-pars...
Facebook seeks emails, contract in ownership suit
I wish I could upvote this 1000 times.
A trust fund is a huge pile money that a wealthy person (a trustee) gives to some beneficiary under certain conditions. The money is dispersed gradually to the beneficiary (stereotypically a spoiled rich kid) so they don't spend it all at once, and to avoid estate taxes.

Basically, it's something that allows you to maximise leisure and minimise work.
I'm sure the countries mentioned have income tax too, without the safety nets and social stability benefits you're paying for as a high-income member of society. But that's an entirely different discussion.

In Australia, our student loans sound similar to the article's. You take out a loan, which you're forced to pay back in future at some small percentage of your income, but only once your income is greater than some minimum threshold. It's indexed for inflation, but is not otherwise interest-bearing. If you move overseas, or just never earn enough, you won't have to pay it back.

What's interesting in the article is the time-limited nature of the loans. I think if you're doing this on the open market, having a cut-off date would give you more confidence in borrowing against your future income.
If I may toot my own horn, I submit my old account, chbarts, for your consideration.
This. I've seen some long, serious, insightful [dead] comments which turned out to be from users hellbanned quite a while ago. If they aren't deliberately trolling, tricking them into continually wasting their time this way is a terrible thing to do.
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Scandal in the family is very large, as far as Lucrecia, severe Maripaz mother, a woman who is obsessed with appearance, ordered the youth to receive a beating.
I think you mean "int argc" ;-)
And why would they want to invest, and manage 8500 startups when they can let others do it and pick the winners. So what if they pay a premium price? They can afford it.
Can we have a serious discussion on the Zeitgeist Movement?
The last movie production "Zeitgeist Moving Forward" to me seems to have a high production quality. It seems to me they have a serious amount of money or knowledge behind them. Does that not mean we should seriously consider what they say at least once? I searched "site:news.ycombinator.com zeitgeist movement", but not a single reasonable discussion shows up. Don't tell me they are nut cases without taking your time to look at their ideology and ideas. Watch the url and tell me how viable this is or is not and why. Thx.
How Tutorials Work at Oxford. Tuition works by becoming astronomical, with a whopping increase in 2012.
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I have a question, how are the salaries for web engineers with masters in NYC, and how much is the rent? (I understand that both these questions are hard to answer, but a rough guess?) I'm asking because I like the idea of working in NYC for a while, and would love to see some numbers to compare with the market back here in Norway.
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The fact that there are so many clones isn't proof that Groupon's business model works, it's just proof that there are no barriers to entry. Compared to Google and Facebook, their mailing list isn't much to brag about either. If they had impressive churn rates, you can bet we'd be hearing all about it by now. The fact that they keep those numbers secret is highly suspect, in my opinion.

Also, paying hundreds of millions out to early investors is exactly what they should NOT be doing if they're trying to "get ahead" of their competition. If they had any faith in their own business model, they'd put it into the business and expect even higher returns.
I put together a simple safari extension that puts the bar after the submit link in the header. (not sure on the amount of safari users, but maybe a chrome version?)

http://1821design.com/HNTopBarSearchField/
I have been on telehack a few days.

For me it really brought out the repressed 13 year-old hacker, high on Mtn Dew, that I never quite got to be. I've seen others say similar. It's awesome to have a place where I can snoop on Waxy's tty as he's chatting with someone, and overhear secret things I really shouldn't, and yet I'm not actually doing anything bad. Or interrupt someone who is apparently actually programming in BASIC, and get cursed out for messing up their editor's display. The depth of the system is phenominal, there are hidden terminal servers, and CPU traps, and secret offline nodes you have to know just the right number to dial into, and all sorts of stuff (you can find the original CBBS message base scrolling by if you look deep enough). But I think the fact that there are other real people on it to interact with is what really shines.

The other great thing about it the realism of the simulation. It's led to me asking greybearded friends "what was your hostname in 1985" and getting amused reactions, and then going and finding them logged in on it. You can find rms, etc. And having to navigate around by bang paths quickly turned them from a weird historical curiosity I'd heard of into something that feels pretty natural. (Should be noted that the realism is not entirely 100%, there is some MovieOS going on here.)

The data archaeology involved to mash usenet archives, and UUCP routing info, and BBS lists, and everything else together, on its own, is amazing, and then there's the whole implementation of the simulation of tens of thousands of nodes. My hat's off to whoever did it.

(Also, it's cool that causual users who may not have used a command line much can just pull it up in their browser and run zork or watch ascii star wars without needing to make an account.)
Dread it how? What outcome do you fear?
Interesting, so the idea is that your short-term/working memory is indicative of your fluid intelligence? Then increasing your working memory increases your intelligence.

Seems reasonable enough.
(Nitpick: a trustee administers the fund, the money was supplied by a settlor or testator.)
Does baby want his bottle? Quit crying kid and get a job.
That seems like it either a statement about the nature of informal proof or the disconnect between the proof and the code. How does that apply to something written in Coq, where the program is extracted from a mechanically verified proof?