skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not sure if it's simply coincidence, but I've noticed that while most new ATMs (in the US) are swipe only, it seems that on ATMs that allow deposits the machine retains the card. I'm not sure if there's a reason the card is retained for deposits. I also could just be tricking myself with anecdotal evidence, but I've definitely seen new ATMs side by side with a swipe withdrawal-only and a retaining withdrawal-and-deposit.
Factor in the average income of a Brazilian family and you'll wonder how on Earth electronic gadgets get sold here at all.
Twitter Cofounder Biz Stone Joins Spark Capital as Strategic Advisor
If the drug company that made the morning after birth control drug had not been able tom trademark RU-486, I wonder ifbtheymwould have called it Preventium?
Wait. Digital YouTube party via hangout? (http://xkcd.com/920/) Mind blown.
I wonder how well this will work for gaming.
Byte Me: Why you need to be *very* careful when choosing co-founders
Hiring for Q2 perhaps?
Facebook implementing a similar thing as Turntable could indeed be a threat for them. Having such a huge user base gives them a lot of power in this type of situation, but the focus of a startup can often beat the focus of a larger company putting a team on a "feature".
Really interested to see who ends up funding their round. So many investors have told me that they want nothing to do with the music industry (streaming rights especially are not too attractive a proposition) and won't fund anything. On the other hand, they don't want to be the ones to miss a gold mine because they are stuck in thinking from 10 years ago about an evolving industry. If Turntable can do one thing, I would hope it would be to help foster a more creative community around music application creation. Having that community have the blessing of the music industry themselves would be the ultimate goal along with changing the licensing structure for developers (David Isrealite of the NMPA talked about this here: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/others/president-of-nmpa-call...). The amazing innovation I have seen at 2 MusicHackday.org events lets me know that there is so much that will be done with music in the future, if developers and entrepreneurs are given the ability to pursue these dreams without fear of prosecution.
> guys and the rest of the engineers in the valley?

Location. They're in NYC.
I guess only time will tell. Ultimately it's up to the consumer. But this is the first time that anyone could offer it to their customers for free without getting them to jump through hoops.
Aye. The difference between taking a laptop left on a train and breaking into a house to take one. No less theft in either case, but one takes (a little at least) more effort than the other and is less dependent on carelessness on the part of the victim.
Take a look at http://box.net. I have a friend who uses it in his small organization and is pretty happy with it.
Taxes are so high, yet we have little to no infrastructure. It's a shame, I really with I was born somewhere else.
The question becomes, once they start focusing on monetization, will people stick around the service for long?

I think the Facebook brand has a neutral perception in the community at best, unlike Apple or Google, who have brands that people truly like. Facebook does not get users because they are Facebook (unlike Apple where people would buy whatever Jobs sells), Facebook gets users because it is where everyone else is. If they start to heavily monetize their service, and other services are available (Google Plus, for example), I don't think users are going to stick around solely for the Facebook brand.
Odd, but the Crawl Errors actually displayed "No known errors" - which is odd, since it was definitely having issues fetching as googlebot. Thanks for the suggestions and finds, though - we'll be looking at it more often for sure! :)
Yes, and like their other MS Research projects it's licenced under the 'Microsoft Research Licence' which means that whatever modifications/enhancements you do to the code can only be used within this academic setting. HOWEVER, Microsoft themselves can use your modifications for whatever purposes they want, like sell them. Sweet deal...
Just a note: Cleartype was indeed invented by the ebooks team originally. But the algorithm was significantly improved with the help of John Platt at MSR. This is one of his early papers on the topic: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/?id=68972
This isn't the first time I've seen someone with experience only of a lower level language get all aflutter when they first make a real attempt at using a higher level languages.

At a contracting gig I had, one of the Java guys gave us a talk about Scala. And OH MY GOD SCALA HAS MAPS and OH MY GOD SCALA ALLOWS FUNCTIONAL ITERATION OVER LISTS. It was like his entire relationship to programming had changed, and he had to tell the world.

I felt for the guy - he was clearly pretty excited about this - and it must have been like a breath of fresh air for him. The talk didn't go down that well though, as it was to the Perl team...
Good job guyz! There are a lot of new neat feature in this release:D Keep it going!
Pretty sweet!

Looks like an easy way to get $5k to me: http://kik.com/dev/contest.php
You're welcome. Great work so far, by the way. I really like the interface.

A group of friends and I built a small HTML5 game prototype as part of a weekend hackathon a few months ago:

http://diluvia.com

We haven't worked on it since the spring, but I've been on the hunt for a good level editor since then. I will be interested in watching Flax develop.
Congragulations again.I'am a beginner c programmer and i don't intend to learn anything other than c and c++.I'am crazy about low level coding like firmware and device driver development.If i was in your shoes i would go for the other one,no matter the pay is low.[not that i'am rich!!]
1and1 is not bad ... their domains were only $8.99, but now cost $9.99 ... but they offer free private whois info which others (GoDaddy and Namecheap charge for).

The downsides? ... interface is slow and annoying and to cancel domains you have to go to an entire other subdomain (something like cancel.1and1.com) ... for reasons that I do not understand.
Lack of copyright for the fashion industry has been great so far. Copyright in the fashion industry will only benefit the big brands, which I assume are behind this, anyway.

The video from TED on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2FOrx41N0
I can see that, but you're making the fundamental mistake that just because something is plausible that it is actually happening. There's enough moving parts here that arguments are not sufficient.
Not really, unless you're looking to sell the software to the patent trolls and not other startups/legitimate businesses.

Even if you could do this (it requires machine learning far beyond what is currently available), the answer would always be "this software violates many patents". And once you know that for sure you're liable for triple the damages when your business is successful enough for the patent holders to come around to wring their money from you. Unfortunately, it really is better to just be ignorant in this situation and let the lawyers figure it out.
Account hacking allegation kills major newspaper
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All of the ISPs involved also provide cable TV service. That's to say, they have a vested interest in seeing the business model of "copyright holders" continue so that they can receive their affiliate fees. It's little wonder that this deal was "voluntarily" agreed upon.
Is that the reason? The chip on the card is positioned so that readers can be designed to only need the card inserted about halfway.

I think it has more to do with giving the machine the ability to not give the card back. :-)
Why do we still need to save explicitly?
This will set Kik apart feature-wise from iMessage and other push-IM-on-a-phone apps.

I'd imagine this is part of their strategy for surviving iMessage. June 6 was probably not a fun day at Kik HQ.
I'm sure it's partially the B&W but it's amazing how old this looks. Without thinking too much about the cars I would probably have been at least 15 years off to guess when it was.
Well, do you need to hire any design or development or bizdev or legal help? Are the founders all willing to work without a paycheck and benefits for 100 days?

$100,000 isn't really very much money.
Both with essays and coding, there've been times when I was very grateful that there was a fixed moment in the document's life that I could easily go back to. Sometimes I start making changes and then think better of it[1]. Sometimes I edit something accidentally, and am very relieved that I'm asked whether I want to save my changes upon exiting the program. A possible solution is to have both normal saving and continuous autosaving to a backup file (as Word, Vim, etc. all do), but in practice that's a bit clunky.

[1] - Yes, I could hit the undo button repeatedly, since any editor worth its salt will have a virtually-unlimited undo. But it's reassuring to know that you've undo-ed to exactly the right point--in Vim, at least, the "+" indicating a modified file disappears once you've undone all your changes.
My Long Lost Sister Facebook Friended Me - I Won't Accept
Hangouts still requires you install software.
YouTube Unveils Slick Experimental Redesign, Codenamed Cosmic Panda
Not sure I see the point of the Email Protection app. If you care for a product like this, you would enable 2 step verification and then there is significantly less chance of this being needed.
What You Can Learn From Podio Customer Service
To be clear, the problem is incentives, i.e., the patent system. It makes this behavior legal and profitable. Expecting Microsoft (or Apple or IBM) to leave money on the table is silly.
WordPress.com Gains Support For OAuth2, Dedicated Developer Portal
Statement from Sen. Feinstein on Protect IP Act
Here's a letter being sent by Sen. Dianne Feinstein that tows the lobby-line on PROTECT IP.

With all the recent state-legislation (e.g. tax implication on associates and requirements on payment providers) California is trying it's best to make it harder and harder for tech companies to setup and thrive here. So what would she have said to YouTube in the beginning?

Dear XXX:

I received your letter expressing your opposition to the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act," commonly known as the "PROTECT IP Act." I appreciate knowing your views on this matter.

America's copyright industry is an important economic engine, and I believe copyright owners should be able to prevent their works from being illegally duplicated and stolen. The protection of intellectual property is particularly important to California's thriving film, music, and high-technology industries.

The "PROTECT IP Act" (S. 968) would give both copyright and trademark owners and the U.S. Department of Justice the authority to take action against websites that are "dedicated to infringing activities." These are websites that have "no significant use other than engaging in, enabling, or facilitating" copyright infringement, the sale of goods with a counterfeit trademark, or the evasion of technological measures designed to protect against copying. The bill would not violate Internet users' First Amendment right to free speech because copyright piracy is not speech. On May 26, 2011, this legislation was reported favorably out of the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration by the full Senate.

I understand that you oppose the "PROTECT IP Act." While I supported reporting the bill to the full Senate, please know that, prior to the close of the 111th Congress, I worked with California high-technology businesses and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to improve upon language from previous versions of the bill and to address the concerns of legitimate high-tech businesses, public interest groups, and others. However, I recognize that the bill needs further work to prevent it from imposing undue burdens on legitimate businesses and activities, and I will be working to make the improvements, either by working in cooperation with Chairman Leahy or by offering amendments on the floor of the Senate. Please know I will keep your concerns and thoughts in mind should the full Senate consider the "PROTECT IP Act."

Once again, thank you for sharing your views. I hope you will continue to keep me informed on issues of importance to you. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact my Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841.

Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator
A Variety of Methods Can Be Used to Tap Into Phone Messages
A blog article on Click N Run, an app store for Linux that was started in the early 2000s with screenshots, ratings, etc. :

' And, of course: make the apps available with just one click. '

Date is Jan 2007, before the iPhone was ever released.

http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/clickn-run-for-fedo...
My girlfriend has been active on Ravelry for some time, and we actually had dinner with a charming family that she met via Ravelry.

They actually hauled an antique spinning wheel across the country for her, made us some italian chicken, and regaled us with tales of revolutionary war re-enactment over dinner. utterly fascinating folk, generous and warm and welcoming. my girlfriend is now building a business around yarn, knitting and spinning, and ravelry is, and will be, instrumental to her growth.

it's one of the most impressive community/social network projects i've EVER seen.
What is your problem with DARPA?
No, you are definitely correct. I've got some other added-value ideas that would be cool. I was just a little surprised to see my first instinct was the sample code =)
Why are Freedoms guaranteed for Free Software not guaranteed for Free Culture?
Can you help me navigate your site? All I see is a demo of what appears to be a map editor, I don't see a game engine to download, or any actual game demos.
Online Business Idea: Start Any Websites Related to Cloud Computing
Beautiful! Competition is good for the consumer.
As a big CLI fan, I mostly agree, especially with respect to launching programs. But as far as I see there's two big obstacles: 1) Many names are somewhat-obscure in the interest of shortness. But are therefore a bit harder to remember. Compare "ls" with "list-files". 2) Many programs (especially interactive programs)--text editors, office programs, file managers, web browsers--are, I think, more intuitive with a mouse. Want to open that link or edit that textbox? Click it. Want to move that file? Drag it.
> I don't think it's generic--when I boot up Linux on my laptop, I don't say, "This Linux/Xorg/Openbox combination sure is a great windows!"

You never 'open a window', or 'close a window', or 'change a window'? You might be younger than me (I'm 30) but I've been doing that since having an Atari ST in the last 80s.
This came up elsewhere in the thread, see my response there: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2738851
I live on a boat and have virtually the same electric/bulb set up. My solar panels also feed a battery bank, and the light bulbs that get used a lot have been switched to LEDs, with the remaining bulbs still incandescent.

A couple of my "soft white" (aka yellowish) LEDs seem to be pretty close in color to incandecents, but a couple have much more of a bluish tint to them. I got an excellent price on the bulbs, so I figure this variance is part of the bargain.

Anyway, high five for living more off the grid!
Yeah, wasn't there an HN article on Spotify coming to the US recently?
LEDs have a radically different spectrum from "regular white light"

So do incandescents. The good thing about LEDs is that they're easy to tune; they're becoming very popular in the film world because you can make small fixtures that run a long time and that allow a cinematographer to dial in the desired color (via a multicolored array) instead of faffing around with sheets of colored gel, and they are capable of much better spectral power distribution than CFLs. It's not just the tinting and tunability of the LEDs themselves, but also the fact that they put out a steady light instead of CFLs' high-frequency flicker. Even when the color is slightly off from the ideal, the steady light source is much, much easier on the eyes.

I'm not ready to endorse these products yet, because their spec sheet just gives a single figure for color temperature. But I'm going to pick one up soon both because it looks cool and because the CFLs I have at home produce really ugly light, so it can hardly be worse. The first thing I'll be doing after ooh-ing and aah-ing over it's retro-modernist design is lining it up against other bulbs and shooting it against calibrated gray cards; I have the gear and skills to measure these things properly. If they're spectacularly good (or bad) I'll write it up.

EDIT: BTW LEDs can flicker too. It's probably more accurate to say fluorescent lights have a low frequency flicker since it's often slow enough to be easily seen by eye, especially if you use them with a dimmer switch - in which case the flicker is slow enough to interfere with film shutter speeds, CRTs and so on, giving rise to an unpleasant strobing look. I didn't mean to say that LEDs are completely immune from this, but I have found them vastly easier to work with than fluorescents in a wide variety of situations.
Heheh...I have used a number of different languages, from high level, like Python, to very low level, like assembly, and everything in between -- and pretty much messed with every paradigm at one point or another. I will readily concede to not being an expert in any of them. Most of my game programming experience has been performance-focused though (in HLSL/DirectX/C++), but I have worked with high-level languages in other areas. I tend to see a lot of hobbyists fall into this performance trap, and I am only trying to point out the virtues of sacrificing a bit of performance. :) Java and Clojure may not be the best choices, but having tried many languages I am passing them out as a suggestion for consideration.
NASA has been screwed since someone made the decision that we needed to land on the Moon by the end of the 60's. We didn't build the infrastructure to go and stay in space. Being first should never have been a goal. Being there to stay should have been.
Nice niche for knitters
The reward of human exploration is impossible to quantify. You may as well ask what is the risk reward for basic research, philosophy, religion, or art.
I've seen this, but It doesn't make sense to me why they would use 1&1 as the registrar. If you look at other News Int properties you will see that they have their own registrar capabilities.
Surgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant
Writing software (GNU) != Selling software (Microsoft) != Selling gadgets (Apple) != Selling advertisements (Google) != Selling consulting (Accenture)
Exactly. If they weren't cashing in on this problem their shareholder's would be pretty pissed and heads would roll.
There are only ~two decent alternatives:

mplayer (and GUIs such as mplayer-osx, smplayer, etc)

MPC-HC (windows-only)
Except that those same decent people were the ones buying it. And who will continue to buy The Sun(day) from the same company.
Losing the brand is a significant act - the largest-selling in Britain. I would expect they would try to save what was worthwhile from the company, as any loyal employer would.
You might not notice because you're used to them, but bring in a lamp with an incandescent bulb and put it beside your IKEA lamps, and notice the vastly different color temperature. Which you prefer is largely a matter of preference, but most people grew up with incandescent bulbs, so prefer that color temperature.
YouTube Cosmic Panda redesign experiment
I lived in the neighborhood of Facebook's office for a few years. I suspect the "wooded trail" is actually just walking up to the top of the small hill by Peter Coutts Circle. It's actually a pretty nice view for how short a walk it is. If it's not that, it's the trail to the dish, which is not wooded at all.

Either way, I don't see how you could possibly see Apple in Cupertino from either place. Take a look at the map, and then look at this random video shot from the dish trail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aar3EH4y1JA

The camera is pointed in the direction of Cupertino around 1:20 or so. There's no way you can "point out" Apple's campus. You can wave in the right direction, but you can do that from an office too.
I really like NearlyFreeSpeech.net for domain registration.

I have a few at Gandi that will be moved either to NFS or to Namecheap when renewal time comes up. Gandi is nice and all, but quite a bit more expensive comparatively.
To run on OSX:

grab the archive http://wyvern.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~antocuni/pypy-image-dem...

brew install pypy
brew install mplayer

pypy demo/magnify.py
pypy demo/sobel.py

For me, 24 average fps on magnify.py, 34 average fps on sobel.
Take a laptop left on the train isn't a very good analogy. The train is essentially a public space (for anyone holding a ticket, at least) and people have a right to be there.

Getting in to PIN-less voicemail boxes is like walking down a street and checking which doors are unlocked, and then assuming a lack of security means the owner is permitting you to take whatever you can find inside.
> Have you never used a registrar where making a DNS change doesn't require 11 clicks and each one takes 3~10 seconds to load?

Yeah. And I won't be moving from name.com anytime soon.
Make sure to do all your copyright infringement on a disposable VPS.
Ok one little plugin... Not really a hoop. Doesn't it come bundled in chrome?
Yesterday I was walking in front of an operator store (Vivo) and saw the first Samsung Galaxy (i7500) for sale. Unfortunately I had one i7500 a few years ago. The price: 899 BRL (around 578 dollars).
Indeed! Thanks for noticing.
Forever: daemon μ-framework in Ruby
They'll call it The Sunday surely? Both .com and .co.uk are available (privately).
They're not decent.
"... it's a phosphor doping they embedded in the plastic and it's the reason the bulb costs so much."

It costs so much because if something cannot compete on cost, it has to compete on premium features at a higher price point.
> WRT more scandals: every newspaper does this. It is standard industry practice.

Which is one of the reasons we might see a few more scandals become public, either because people in the know see the opportunity to milk a few quid out of the momentum built up by the current publicity or because people currently getting the sack don't want to go down without taking a few rivals out on the way. Or, less cynically, just because any public investigation (one of which is promised by the government) into NoTW uncovers significant evidence of the wider issue.
It is a very superficial, stereotyped statement (not any worse than those about Aussies, I guess), and people were obviously doing things other than laborers, government workers, and homemakers. However, the BPO era has added a significant number of jobs of questionable worth and the statement does talk of a real sociological phenomenon.