skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Talk to me when it actually exists.

I get so sick of seeing these revolutionary new products that never make it to market, have a much higher pricetag, or don't actually do what they claim.
Yahoo’s new terms and conditions- A plan to spy on users’ emails?
They denied Samsung access to Skyhook, which was deeply integrated into a specific phone model. Samsung then pleaded to at least ship with Skyhook and remove it afterwards but Google denied them again with the threat of removing Android compatibility for that phone.

This info was revealed in the Skyhook trial.
Heard of one game manufacturer that willfully distributed a version of their game on torrent. The torrented version of the game came bundled with a live webcam virus. They then made a website to stream the pirates on webcam. Ouch.
Prescient Critical Thinking about the Space Shuttle Program (1980)
They're paying for content that they provide from the catalog, but I'm not sure if they're paying any fees for the mashups, bootlegs and whatnots that I upload on my own account.

Also, Indie While You Indie is teh best room on there.
The UnFacebook World: Map that Shows World Parts without Facebook
Colorful Twitter client Twimbow opens to all with a bunch of new features
Needs:
- Pro interface (just a list of users, not all this animated nonsense)
- Embeddable images in chat
- Sponsored rooms
> Also, can never have too many backup copies of my music.

That's going to be my primary use of this service. I already have ways of accessing my music on my home machine remotely. But an additional offsite cloud backup of 150GB for $20 a year? Sold.
People are not upright beasts whose only needs are food and shelter.

People also might be perfectly well fed and healthy, but live in rural areas, or be elderly, or have learning disabilities.

People who were once very poor can start receiving extra income (and that is particularly true in the BRIC countries) and gain access to computers.

People interact with new interfaces all the time, and not all user interaction occurs with a computer.

So, there definitely is a market for those complete novices. Regardless, understanding how people interact with new interfaces for the first time is interesting. Joe's case is only a single instance of this situation (and perhaps extreme, given the context). Every time a new interaction model is developed, the insights from such an experiment might prove useful.
> How does it make a difference at all?

It's what was promised. If they can't limit a campaign to a certain dollar amount per day, they shouldn't offer it.
The Space Shuttle Program’s Oddest Passengers
Boston Venture Firms Search for Next Facebook
Although I do mainly Ruby these days, I still use VisualStudio from times to times and find it quite enjoyable personally.

Which reliability issues did you meet on which version?
Good, although with caution. Governments are not exactly known for being great with software development.
someone please send me an invite

awesometogether@gmail.com
I'm still kind of amazed that when scientific results are based on original software, the sourcecode isn't required by the journals for peer review. How are people supposed to check the results?

CS papers without code are even worse.
this is true for the most part. Humans have always been the "try it and if it kills somebody try it another way." i.e. we used to eat tobacco leaves. Now we smoke them. riddle me that.
Sometimes I think technology just leaves people behind, with no hope of catching up.

About 10 years ago, one weekend I drove up to an ATM in Upstate NY, and found an elderly couple standing there, looking confused. After a minute, I stopped the car and got out. Both were well-dressed (probably coming home from church); the gentleman was about 90; his wife was a similar age.

"Is everything OK?" I asked.

"Could you help us?", she said (he was too proud to ask for help, I guess).

"Sure! What can I do for you?" I replied.

"You see, the bank sent us this card and said we should be using it, instead of going to the teller inside. But we don't know what to do with it."

Wow. I was shocked. The bank (HSBC) had not even told them how to use the card. And I was surprised that there existed people who didn't know how to use an ATM in this country!

So I showed them where to insert the card; told him to enter his PIN (while I looked away so I wouldn't see it). I advised them about the security implications; and how to always collect the card after you're done (those ATMs kept the card for the duration, unlike newer ones where you just swipe).

I was left with a sad feeling after that, which I can still remember. If I'm ever designing software for general use, I always think about that couple and try to see it from their eyes.
I dislike apple, and am happy on this ruling, but still think the amazon app store, though good in theory for price competition, hurts the "one place to find all" mentality for consumers.
Perhaps the video chat plugin doesn't work with Opera? I don't know personally. If this is the case, however, then I can see Google not wanting to offer a half-working product to users.
Yes, DNA sequencing is about $5 to $10 a sample. Just send in your DNA!

Electrophoresis is nice and fast relative to sending in your sample, but currently much more complicated than dropping a tube of DNA in the mail.

Tito
Because it is not its core business?
Look, anywhere you look, the government could, in theory step into production of X and save money. The government's version would always cost less, since you can subtract profits and the costs of features / expenditure to support other customers.

Why doesn't the US gov just create a telco? Or any large supplier, really?

This sounds good in theory, but in practice it tends to put the state machinery in charge of managing things it's largely incapable of.

I'd much rather the government would show support either by donations (and let Apache Foundation / whomever manage their own thing), or just creating stimulus plans with the money saved (say, for example to make sure computers did not costs 3x as much in Brazil as they do in the US).

The public sector has many restrictions (elections every few years changing management, very much subject to political pressures, larger bureaucracy etc) that make it a bad competitor in a number of business.
I wonder who made the acquisition offer?
No, they don't run Django for the entire site. Django is mostly used for one-off apps, like:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/electi...

or

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge/
How can Facebook video chat benefit Google+ hangout?
One thing you'd think they'd learn: DRM schemes like this punish legit customers more often than pirates.

Most of these can be fixed with a JPG scan.

The ones that modify the game can be fixed with a drm crack... With the side benefit that the cracked games are guaranteed to never mess up, where the real game did mess up for legit players sometimes.

The 'secret code' ones can all be solved easier with a keygen/lookup than actually doing the work... And of course, only pirates will even know there's a keygen/lookup program out there. And if they lose it, they just re-download it, unlike the physical media.
No, but at least Google should take down those advertisers when they are reported to them.

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2738238 as a comment, for example.
Could Apple drop the iPhone dock connector port next year?
I'd say the lack of buzz surrounding HootSuite has to do with the fact that they are based on the West Coast. Whereas most of the media outlets tend to be more on the East Coast balancing their time between Waterloo, Toronto, and Montreal.
Maybe not, but there will be very low barriers to entry.

G+ could be created by anybody who had the dollars to buy enough servers (and the engineering capability to build it), it did not require a government license.
Always Finish
Counting on Your Fingers - in Binary
Compiler used to compress the size before it's actually compressed in transmission. No reason to send "here-is-the-table-id-we-want-for-the-form" when you can just send "t-f-4"---the browser obviously doesn't care.
Better Paid Jobs
This looks familiar...

I did the UX and front end implementation on a very similar site in July last year (having been inspired by thesixtyone.com myself).

Here's the site: http://BlaineFisherPhotography.com
Here's a walk through of the creative & dev process: http://voltagecreative.com/articles/blaine-fisher-photograph...

I love this design aesthetic and am glad to see it catching on more and more.
Yes, the cost of the reagents (taq++) is now cheap, about ~$1 per run, and DNA sequencing is cheap ($5 to $10 a run).

Tito
How your Software Provider can Shut your Business Down
Yes, I've already sent feedback asking to allow me to view/hide the comment list and disable them completely.
I just thought they should be spread throughout the day because I selected the little radio button that read:

"Spread ads evenly throughout the day"
Yet our current UIs assume you are familiar with the previous UI, and that one depended upon the one before.

Early automobile-carriages (cars) had reins! So you could operate them like a horse! But fortunately smarter people invented more direct controls suitable for operating engines.

Example: the Save button looks like a floppy. WTF?

I think there is room for a UI that is direct, not a baroque collage of every UI that came before.
One of my first thoughts upon using Streetview was what a great resource this will be to future generations. A real (almost) unedited glimpse into the past.
Not all people. Google has simply failed at building a quality community around Google+.

Edit: actually, it's not that they "failed," it's that they've completely ignored the importance of community building.

For example, the difference in quality between certain reddits is like night and day. This is all down to the way these reddits have nurtured their community and their values of quality.

HN is good in this regard too, although it's been slowly-yet-steadily declining due to pg's negligence of maintaining the community and managing its growth.

Google+ will probably succeed on its format alone (that is, the required application of circles), which will allow users to filter and select voices in their stream. But unless someone like Vic Gundotra steps in and puts some effort into community-building (like telling his follows to just +1 if you like the post instead of making a comment), it's going to really suck in public discussions.
Thanks for this - this is exactly how you would say it to someone who doesn't know what a derivative is. Apologies for assuming anyone interested in this would know calculus - poor form indeed! Explaining in terms of derivatives definitely isn't simple if you don't know what a derivative is.
They're using MediaNet (http://www.mndigital.com/) as their primary content/license provider, so they're likely fine esp if they comply with takedown notices of user-uploaded content.
Events are a specific case of integrating G+ across all google products. Once g+ gets integrated with gcal, it should only take minor changes to implement events.
In the last decade, I think I've only used it to find version numbers. Here's an embarrassing(?) example, though:

I was typing a response in this post and I wanted to italicize a word. I know different systems have different ways to do that, so I just guessed and tried <i></i> like in HTML, which I learned in fourth or fifth grade. No go, which didn't surprise me because nothing takes HTML input anymore. So I tried [i][/i] as if typing a message on a phpBB forum. No go. So I clicked to edit the post again and just surrounded the word with /slashes/ to indicate it was italicized in my mind. And then I noticed the little tiny help link next to the text box and clicked on it. Help, to use italics? Lame. But it worked (see what I did there?). Here is something interesting: that help link doesn't show up for an initial comment, only if you go in to edit it.
Mostly because their voters aren't HN readers.
Actually, the kernel is one place where you'll not see Harmony's work at all; these agreements are meant to be applied to a lot of other projects. Canonical is pushing for them, but is not alone in that effort.
Why Sheryl Sandberg is Wrong About Women
People Cheat More If the Benefits Are Shared
How about a platform for businesses? I've noticed an emerging trend of Fortune 500 companies listing their Facebook sites in their advertisements rather than their own location on a TLD. For instance, will facebook.com/mastercard become plus.google.com/mastercard?
I'm curious about some strategies to set up some sort of "airbag" in the startups world, based on the past trends of the market. Any idea/experience?
Must give email before you show me a reason I want to give you my email?

No thanks.
But they do exist. You can already buy them. They are not cheap but they are getting cheaper.

LEDs are nothing new. And they have have replaced other types of indicator lights decades ago (the lights on older computers had incandescent lamps, and if you have seen those in practical use - you are getting old). Trafic lights are already LED here in Bulgaria and I'm sure in other countries too.
CERN launches Open Hardware initiative
7. Dead astronauts.

The space shuttle was a bad idea and dangerous from the start. Bring on the robots!
The big thing that it is missing is to let me categorize my outgoing content, and let people only pick up what they want.

The mechanism that I would suggest is to have what I'd call "public circles". These are circles that I have, that I can talk to, that anyone can join/leave. That way I can easily separate out content by type (eg technical, jokes, kid stories, etc), and not worry that pushing things out is drowning people in unwanted types of content.

You might say that I can just add people to circles that I manage. This is true, but it requires me to know who wants that content, and requires people who want it to know that they can ask me for it. Both are barriers to sharing information that I don't mind being public, but don't want to bore people who know me in different contexts.

You might also say that this is equivalent to a simple form of tagging. This is true, but I think that it would make for a simpler UI.
More Google, less Microsoft.

Actually, I think they shouldn't be either and just be Dropbox. That is why I have stuck with them through all of this. They're like the Mom & Pop store that doesn't exist in so many towns these days. Yes, they have done a terrible job with their "voice" of late, but I'm sticking with them because I know there isn't some huge corporation behind it and they are trying hard to put out a great service.
Doesn't it take more than a week to build a quality community? Seems like it's really hard to say that they've failed already.
Blog Posts to Read for July 7, 2011
It is misleading because it calls Ravelry a social network despite the important differences between social networks in the ordinary sense in which the term is applied to Facebook and online communities.
Thanks, we hope to get the word out to a lot of cash strapped labs. Suggestions where find them?

Re: Challenges -- Sounds like a good title for a future blog post: "The Toughest Challenge of OpenPCR". Off the top of my head, 2 challenging areas were the mechanical design of the heated lid and super-hacking Arduino for our USB control. For instance with the heated lid, we knew we had to have a flat hot surface come down on top of the PCR tubes. We went through several mechanical prototypes, and learned that the high tolerance of the heated lid meant that the tolerance for the rest of the device needed to match. Not giving you enough details at this point, but look out for that "challenges" blog post in the future :)

Tito
Any idea, how did they pitch?
Thanks for the replies. For those who like the betterexplained explanation:

1) Did you understand the bit with the limits, or did you find the thing made enough sense without that? I would have thought that would be harder than introductory calculus, but if not, I may start using it.

2) Do you think it made it easier to get to the point parallel described? I ask because regardless of other interpretations, my students need to understand what e means in calculus.

Thanks again!
The recent elevator controversy. Sexism or gender stereotyping?
The site looks great and is fun to use.

But thinking about how Gojee might plan to make money, I'm reminded of the difference between a product and a feature:

http://www.philmichaelson.com/founding-decisions/build-a-bus...

EDIT:

I didn't realize the author of that post is working on another recipe site. No idea if he's following his own advice or not ;)
2004 wasn't that far back.
Getting Started with Facebook Video Calling
Is scientific progress slowing? Depends how you measure it
Bill Gates Talks About World's Energy Crisis
Yeah me too. I don't remember ever signing up for WaPo jobs. I've never used it.
GMO testing: there's a kit available for high schoolers (and we've used it too)
http://www.carolina.com/category/teacher+resources/classroom...

Pretty sweet!

Tito
Edit: parent made a retrospective edit to add the link after I had made this post.

So again, I ask:

- is Google meant to run a background check on each and every report?

- does this not put Google at risk of being sued by the removed advertiser?

- or, if Google wrongfully removes a legitimate advertiser, does this not put them at risk of being sued?

- which broken laws - of which country - should justify removal?

- how should they solve the potential problem of scammers flooding the report system?

Again, I don't think Google can solve this problem without creating larger ones. I don't think it's their job to police copyright.
The Birdy helps you track your spending (my new weekend project)
Facebook Video Chat- Will it Work?
I don't show the other websites' full recipes on Punchfork. Only the ingredients.
The Fallacy of Circles
BioDigital Human: Explore the Body in 3D
I wonder how he comes to the conclusion of 9x return. I think that we ought to invest in dragons instead and that they would bring returns in orders of magnitude greater than any space program, plus they live longer.

Source:
http://blog.mises.org/6512/socialist-calculation-versus-magi...
The iPhone SLR Mount
Google wants to be a useful search engine that returns relevant results. If they are returning links to malware/spyware/adware in exchange for money rather than linking to legitimate results, don't you think that is not only unethical but borderline illegal?

If Google's product is US then they are effectively selling US to the malware/spyware/adware fiends.

Google absolutely has the responsibility to return relevant, meaningful and SAFE results to its users. They already try and do that in a lot of cases. It's just that, in this case, they are getting paid not to.
The BlackBerry PlayBook is my favorite tablet
not really. this company's product is still in the pipeline: "Switch Lightbulbs will be available fall 2011".

there are other LED lightbulbs available, but they are more expensive. and the ones that I got all failed in less than a year.
Well they do exist. I was actually surprised to see this as 'news'. I got one at home for almost 2 years. Works like it was advertised. It's from Pharox http://www.pharox-led.com
Thanks Leftnode.

Because we just launched Gojee, we've chosen to focus on improving the depth of the browsing experience for a majority of current internet users. That means the major browsers on fairly recent machines and mobile.

We're not perfect, but we're improving day by day. If you have any problems/suggestions, feel free to email me at tian.he@gojee.com
KDE software compilation 4.6.5 Released
A new way to look at motivation - forget goals
Does anyone know how they hold up in uneven power situations? As far as I can tell the electronic ballast is the number one reason CFLs fail so frequently, and I've seen plain old incandescents outlast CFLs in many shop conditions.

If LED bulbs actually last the 30 years, they're worth the extra in convenience.
I will do that when the prices come down from the sky. This guy can rationalize it all he wants at $20/bulb, but very few people will make the change. Where it does make sense is places where the lights are on all the time and places where the lightbulbs are hard to change (It's a huge pain to replace a bulb in a hard to reach place so if you have one that lasts forever it is extremely time-saving)

I think once you get below $5 you'll have takers, but we're probably a ways off from that. I do like the fact that they are dimmable. I haven't found any CFL's that work well with that aspect, and the ones that do are very expensive.
Ask HN: The Legal Side of Business & Hacking?
Hi all:
I am bootstrapping a web service/product (business?) at the moment and I am at a point where I need to look into making it official with incorporating, trademark etc. But since I am mostly the producer (design+development), I find the whole legal side of business very terrifying.

So, while I understand the whole bit about not taking law advices from the internet, I am simply trying to accomplish the followings in this post:

1) Confide to my (hacker) community the anxiety and fear I am going through as I try to get a business off the ground

2) Seek advices from those who went through this process before I did.

So here are my thoughts:

1) Fear & Anxiety: I have this great fear that as soon as I launch my business, someone is going to sue me for violating a patent that I haven't heard about. It drives me nuts.

2) I am so tired of going back between which to choose: LLC, S-Corp and C Corp. I have a few lawyer friends who are offering to do the incorporating for free. But then I have a fear that, what if my product actually make it big(!), they might change their mind and will want a lot of money later. My irrational fear of trusting anyone and everyone scares me.

3) I don't know whether I should incorporate a company just for the product I am building, or do I incorporate 1 business and then treat the product like a "made by BUSINESS-NAME"; that way, I can build more products in the future and not having to start a new business each time.

With all these fear and anxiety, I push forward. I hope I can get some words of advices, honest feedbacks, frank insults and most of all encouragement. Venturing on your own path sure feels lonely sometimes. But I remain enthusiastic about tomorrow :)

Thank you, everyone.
Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 15 Billion
What? How does time affect the quality of a community? You could have a community of two people that cares about quality.

Anyway, I've never seen an internet community go from crap to quality, only vice versa.
It should be pointed out Yesod is still pretty young, still on the order of a year old depending on when you draw the line (0.0.0 is showing on Hackage as Mar 2010, and it's on 0.8.2.1 now, and certainly not viable for most of that time, of course). It's still at the stage where one testimonial is basically expected, as opposed to seeing a five-year old putatively-mature project that can only scrape up one testimonial.
Interesting. Besides the "dynamic" thing, it would be great if this can be a service like Gravatar but for "About" profile.
It's very tempting to read HN and TechCrunch and think that the complaints you see there are representative of the overall population. They're not. I'd bet at least 90% of Dropbox users don't know either exist. They didn't know there was a change of terms, they don't even know Dropbox has a blog.

I don't think anything has slid out of control for Dropbox. They're simply making an incremental improvement to their Terms for the 10% of users who do care, the same way they would any small feature.
Are you really looking for a freelancer, or do you want a full-time arrangement?
...Good?

Are we really happy with not having alternatives to the walmarts of this world? I would wager that most consumers appreciate alternatives.
Thank you. Now I´m just waiting for Google to allow me join.