skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've got to say that that is an epic pivot. I'm somewhat fascinated about:

a. When you knew it was time to pivot?

b. How much time you spent on your social network before moving on?

c. How much code/idea reuse there was between the two ideas?

d. How did you decide on what idea to pivot to?
They auto-renewed some auction service for $75 that I have never used or heard of. Really sick of Godaddy
The site looks great! The favicon should be a one-off of the donut instead of a scaled down version w/ those colors. It appears a muddied.

Your fat footer could host more content, also. The bottom-right logo could stand to be larger.
To be honest, I have no interest in running a startup, so I avoid business-oriented threads. But I don't really believe that they advocate overcharging customers like this, with no warning.

If I'm wrong, please include a few citations and I'll admit it.
>Thanks, I was not aware that the surface of the Sun is very bright.

Well, you also clearly weren't aware of the point I was making: if you ask a misleading question, you get a misleading answer.

>I continue to claim that if you ask laymen about the mass of their "personal portion" of this reactor, you will get answers that are about 8 orders of magnitude smaller than in reality. I actually tried this just now, with expected results ("some kind of a tiny pinhead thing"). There is no point to this exercise, other than to show that people have no intuitive vision of these scales; it doesn't make them stupid, the scales are just unintuitive and outside of their experience. I don't claim to have discovered anything about astrophysics.

The 'laypeople' are basically right, though: if you actually extract the energy from a bit of thermal plasma it only takes a "pinhead" to supply energy for an entire human life. Obviously the energy being actually emitted is much smaller, just as there is no light emitted from a box with a bright light in it, but that doesn't mean that the light in the box couldn't easily light up a room. Like, the amount of 15000000 degree plasma at the core of the Sun that could destroy a small city if it were released is probably no larger than my fist.

>rather nasty fusion products

There really aren't any seriously nasty fusion products -- tritium and positrons, the latter being instantly destroyed and the former already present in the atmosphere.
please mind my ignorance, can some point out whats the main "reasons" Android is bad?
Ask HN: What kind of kezboard do programmers in Germanz use?
Honestlz, it is making me crayz. I cannot find anz of the brackets, and when I go home it is all different again. Alt gr + the top kezs is reallz awkward.
The design looks nice, clean and simple, but it isn't very functional. In that respect, I would consider it a failure. If a layman like me can find glaring weaknesses, why can't the people working on it do so? Budget, deadline or incompetence?

The only one I can remotely justify is deadline since the client is Google (infinite money, needs social bad, supposedly lots of smart people), but since a redesign is so much work, wouldn't you expect them want to get it right the first time?
"Caveat Emptor" doesn't excuse shady business practices. If I lose my money to a scam artist, I may be partially to blame, but that does not mean that the scam artist is excused, from a moral point of view.
True but that's because Javascript has at-once more glaringly obvious flaws to work around and also a lot more applicable software engineering experience out in the wild.

CSS is just hard. For small sites, early stage startups, and personal blogs it is relatively easy. You can organize your CSS along many different axes; the "optimal" CSS structure depends on the exact size and architecture of a site at a specific point in time. This is why there was an early backlash against CSS grid systems when they started to come out, because purists saw it as diluting the semantic value of the markup, but they missed the fact that when sites grow you need an abstraction.

What Nicole Sullivan does is tackle CSS nightmares at their worst: in massive sites like Facebook. In this kind of environment 90% of what you read about CSS best practices is garbage because 90% of people writing about CSS aren't working on sites this big. Actually to get a lot of exposure and become a CSS guru you have to work on a breadth of sites, probably in some kind of consulting or agency context, which tends to be orthogonal to long-term maintenance concerns.

I've heard Nicole speak, and I've also maintained 10k+ LOC of CSS before, and I can attest that she really really knows what she's talking about, and I believe in OOCSS for massive sites. For most sites though, it's probably unnecessary and overkill. The other tricky thing is that you can't do OOCSS effectively until your design is somewhat established and the visual language is clear. Therefore I agree CSSLint is much less useful in general than JSLint, but it's a tool I'd keep in your back pocket for sure.
It has nothing to do with UW.
PDFKit, a powerful PDF generation library for Node.js
Code here: https://github.com/devongovett/pdfkit
It is cases like this that makes me glad to donate to EFF.
Okay, I use godaddy for domains and DNS. Never had a problem with them. But these 'godaddy sucks' posts and the godaddy buyout are starting to worry me. Who would you recommend as a replacement for registration and DNS?
No, you're just not their target launch customer. It was clear to me from the get-go that they're the flash sale version of DWR.
Maybe it's just me, but I liked the old logo better. Simple and to the point. Nothing overly complex.
Node.JS gets visual facelift
well, more ithinkyouarenotveryniceandsoiwontplaywithyousothere or, perhaps better, ifyouwantmyrespectgrowthefuckupandearnit
DigiCert. I am currently going through the EV validation process with them and they are absolutely briliant. Very quick customer service (including online chat), well designed and easy to use website, good prices. What's more to ask?
Here's the cached version:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
Datadog - interactive cloud based monitoring
...yes, but they often only declare it once.
For a free cert check out:

https://github.com/ioerror/duraconf/blob/master/startssl/REA...
I had the same problem, signed up last year, set it up a month later and now I'm getting time to renew emails. Also although its 'easy' to disable the auto-renew I've had products that still renewed after disabling the auto-renew.
Is there a way to block the page before loading? I see a (long) flash of the webpage before the block screen appears in chromium 11.0.696.68 (84545) Ubuntu 10.04

Otherwise, I like this plugin. I used to block websites via /etc/hosts, but it gets annoying having to jump into sudo and edit the file on my lunch, and sometimes, I forget to reenable it.

Like now.
And at the same time, there are a lot of people so mired in the various GTD schemes and utilities that they aren't actually getting any work done.

Writing something on paper is not more or less efficient than typing something into the computer. In fact, it's sometimes a nice palate cleanser when you've just spent hours mired in code.
The truly interesting bit, will be when a case of (real or alleged) multiple hidden encrypted volumes is publicized.

If the government feels the information they want is on a laptop, the laptop's owner would suddenly find themselves forced to prove a negative (there are no more hidden volumes), lest they be held in contempt.

If they can seemingly compel you to reveal something they can't proven even exists and lock you up until you can prove that it doesn't, the door for abuses isn't even wide open; it'll have been removed from its hinges along with most of the wall.
So it appears that I(and many others on HN) are just not aware of this type of design culture as evidenced by my not understanding what "Cool Hunting" meant. I had to google that too!
Twitter's Biggest Rival is Bullish on Google Plus
Women And Children First: Technology And Moral Panic
I use the "US International" keyboard layout and a dell us keyboard. That way I have nice access to the {[]} braces and to "üäöß" if I need it. But most of the time I substitute those with ae ue oe anyway.
I was expecting infographics. :-(

I've always suspected this to be true, but I would love to see some data to back it up. My parents have seen enough instability in their career paths to agree with my decision to actively pursue starting my own company. They are pretty risk averse...
Agreed, The surprise birthday party is one exact case where this would be annoying, in almost every other situation most users would prefer the current behavior (In my experience anyways)
I would assume the other 81 members of the Open Handset Alliance (http://www.openhandsetalliance.com) wouldn't just do nothing if Google went away...
yeah, even though godaddy does some weird stuff sometimes they do get it resolved quickly and without trouble.
The Secret to Apple's Marketing Genius (Hint: It's Not Marketing)
This reminds of the food fights in high school.
> You are like Michael Dell and Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet and Sergey Brin and countless others who have achieved financial success so massive it’s almost impossible to wrap your brain around the implications of their net worth, and yet their work ethic, drive, and ability to innovate hasn’t flagged for a decade or more.

Hate to do this, but Micheal Dell and Bill Gates have innovated in the last decade? Really? Is this the same decade or has there been a different decade I somehow missed?
HTC pays Microsoft for using Android and soon Samsung may join too. Since Googles smart-ass bidding for Nortel patent did not play out taking over "free" OS may seem to expensive
for these companies: pay for development and pay patents fee.

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-why-google-and-android-mu...
I never understood why GoDaddy has such a monopoly-like status - even in the startup scene. I've only used their services once (because someone transfered a domain to me and prefered to do this as GoDaddy-internal transfer), but the first thing I did was transfering the domain to another registrar (the one that I typically also use for my other domains).

Reasons why I wouldn't use GoDaddy:

GoDaddy is not really one of the cheapest registrars.

I find their pricing "tactics" (as also mentioned in the article) very questionable.

Their whole website isn't just really appealing to me (I know, very subjective).
Paint Concept Art Styled Headlights in Photoshop
What OS are you using? Can you install an alternate keymap?
Its not hard to find viable alternatives. There was a big thread on it about a year ago if I remember correctly.

I use name.com and have been very happy. A lot of people here use namecheap. I bet other people will reply to this comment with more options.
The author's first point is incorrect.

GoDaddy doesn't take a month off the length of the cert. They do start sending you reminders 60 days ahead that say your cert needs to be renewed in 30 days, but you get your full extra year. I've had the pleasure of doing this dozens of times for our certificates, the last thing we buy from GoDaddy after moving our domain business elsewhere.
just curious, knowing that it's designer objects, would you actually be interested? I tend to know a great deal of people who completely fetishize the idea of consuming "good design" from end-to-end. So this type of customer would be delighted to find an awesome knitting pattern or candlestick or cheese board. They'd probably be into a great desktop wallpaper too, if there were a truly original / useful concept for that.
This is a cryonics-related (but not only that) blog by Mike Darwin.

In order to make the content (which I consider great) more accessible, here are some direct deep links into the blog:

http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/5/

http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/4/

http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/3/

http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/2/

http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/1/
Update: And yes, of course, it's not like you are a sexist oppressive pig either, nor are you in an isolated minority. We're two people arguing opposing points that are both well within the range of normal human behavior. What makes the subject "controversial" is that there are large numbers of people on either side of the question and many on each side take it seriously. All I'm trying to say here is that since it is controversial, it's safest to use the word in a more private setting, not an Internet forum and especially not a conference presentation. I think we can agree on the question of avoiding controversy even if we disagree on whether the word describes a specific woman.
Starting up a browser is a relatively rare even, for me at least. The only time I restart Firefox is when it's consumed or leaked too much memory, about once a day.
Not with my money. You taking my money without specifically asking means that I will never, ever do business with you again. (And that I'll specifically warn other people against dealing with you.)

"It's better to ask forgiveness than permission" is not a universal truth to be applied to every aspect of startups/tech work. It is often a good idea when there's a lot of bureaucratic red tape and/or you need to get approval from other people about things. This is a very different situation: you're charging your customers ~4x more than they originally paid for something automatically. Are there other companies that do this sort of thing? Sure. Maybe it makes sense financially, but it's not a good way to treat your customers.
Then the confusion probably comes from the fact that Python's main implementation is VM based. So suggesting what they are already doing as an improvement over what they are already doing is confusing to say the least. Perhaps they need a better VM, but that is the technique they use. To see Python's byte code open up a .pyc file.
25% of car accidents are because of gadgets
I'm reminded of Time Machine in Mac OS X. From a technical perspective it's inferior to dedicated backup software, but from a user perspective it's infinitely better because people actually use it.
Domains are GoDaddy's loss-leader.

All profits come from cross-selling, up-selling, and shady tactics.

A registrar that has sold 1 million domains at $10/year price, and does nothing else, is one that will make at most about $25,000/year in profit max after various costs (reg fees, support, etc), but more likely will be in the hole.

I stopped blaming GoDaddy a long time ago. This is just the nature of the game.
Hacker News has become an unpaid arm of Google's marketing department. Mainstream users don't care about Google+, if they've even heard of it.
Huh a website to promote a startup, by talking smack about google and android. This is both foolish and deceptive.

I certainly hope that this isn't the new way to do startup marketing.
I propose we write an android/iphone game for that. As the android bot attacks patents. With the last boss being balmer who will throw "developers" at the little android's shield of awesomeness.

It'll be mortal combat meets zelda. Who's in?
Pro tip: one should not defend clearly sexist behavior if for no other reason than it associates you with sexist behavior in your own mind. And the speaker's behavior, as described, is clearly sexist.
I'm reselling Key Systems services.
Agreed. I've more or less stopped buying any new iOS apps. Having had an iPhone for just under three years now, I've basically found a solution for anything I care about using my phone for. However, I've noticed that I regularly hear about a "great new app" from newer iOS users, but it turns out to be some recycled version of an app/game I already have.
There's one review:
Best Chrome extension ever created.

This sounds pretty good :)
I like the idea. And at least this is a post that

- says from the start that the solutions aren't optimal

- shares the code that gives the quoted results right away

- makes it easy to verify/check/contribute

First thing I notice though is that it's (looking at the functional F# code) using exceptions for control flow. It seems the author uses a 'NoMoreWork' exception as a kind of break out of a loop.

While my F# is rusty, I doubt that this is a good idea, probably neither beautiful nor fast..

Edit: Another couple of comments. Things that weren't immediately obvious to me after reading the blog entry alone:

- The make benchmark passes really just one board with two moves to an executable. Just like the time commands before. So what we're measuring is the startup time of the process (native vs. managed/clr) and the cost to find a single/first move.

- The whole engine thing is designed around the concept of 'I pass the whole board as arguments'. So the driver seems to compute a string representation of the board after each move and _create a new process of the engine_. So - yes, this is a bad idea for managed code. Or anything that could otherwise use JIT.
Apple Hits HTC with Second ITC Patent Complaint
"Your comment is a classic instance of people on a forum rushing to judgment based on incomplete information. It's isomorphic to the sort of thing one sees on reddit, except that it's about startups rather than the federal government or international bankers." Hmm, pointless interjection of comp sci jargon like "isomorphic", I dunno, that doesn't sound like Graham at all.
MIT Researchers Create Printable Solar Cells
They surely innovated for at least a decade after they got rich.
Does PG hold GOOG shares?
It's easy to see why you wouldn't want someone to decrypt your laptop.

What about Bernie Madoff? Wouldn't you be furious if all data produced by a corrupt hedge fund manager was encrypted? Wouldn't you want the DOJ to be able to hold them in contempt of court? If you hamstring your government, you aren't allowed to complain that it is ineffective.
What's the advantage, if I may ask?

From my perspective: I've got a $.59 3x5 composition pad that I bought that works wonders for me. What do I get for a higher investment?
I think it's pretty common for founders to take some money off the table in B+ rounds, so I wouldn't sweat appearances much here. It's also not uncommon for early angels to see liquidity (partial or total) in later rounds as well.

It's not a kick-back, it's a stock sale. If Rand takes a million off the table, he's selling a million bucks in stock (and reducing his ownership accordingly). This actually helps other shareholders a touch in the B round because the company has to issue fewer new shares (causing early investors to get diluted less in the new round).

But yeah-- theoretically an investor could sell broadly crappy terms to some founders by buying out a mess of their shares. If founders want to screw their employees, they can often find a way (see Skype).
So Paybuyer sponsors the website and the website asks people to petition RIM to buy Paybuyer in order to "fight Android". Hmm.
Fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.10/09.13/index.html
MIT Class- MAS 863 How To Make (almost) Anything 2010
Pretty Cool Stuff! Has anyone taken the class?
Totally agree. His begrudging "It's ok, I guess" conclusion doesn't make the rest of it any more insightful. It's all the worst sort of locker-room gossip.
I will give you over 27 exclusive Press Release Sites PR for $5 on fiverr.com
Active and control the touch-to-focus mode on the CyanogenMod 7.1
Original XKCD page, for posterity:

http://xkcd.com/538/

And a direct image link from XKCD:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png
Is there any reason you linked to a third-party site instead of xkcd itself?

http://xkcd.com/538/ (easily googled -- xkcd crypto, first hit.)
Specifically:

* August 16 - Firefox 6
* September 27 - Firefox 7
* November 8 - Firefox 8
Experienced Android developer looking for something different jobwise
I'm an experienced Android developer based in New York City looking for a more different work arrangement than the typical full-time office job.

I've been developing apps for Android since day one of the operating system. I've published a handful of apps under my name and built some serious Android software for my previous employers.

There are too much interesting things happening in this world and life's too short to warrant spending all day every day in an office doing the usual boring routine.

I'm open to any out of the ordinary work arrangements. If you're thinking of anything other than the full-time office job, please reach out! For starters, I've been considering becoming a freelancer but I'm thinking there are more options out there that I'm not aware of yet.

I understand that not everybody will be able to appreciate this, but that's the thing, I'm looking for people who get it.

I'm in New York City.

This is written from a throw-away account because I'm employed at the moment.

You can email me at androiddeveloper@thisisnotmyrealemail.com. Yes, for real!
My Android App, Edgy, allows you to make graph diagrams suitable for pre-press then using GraphViz on the desktop, and that can be really useful for describing complex relationships.
You know Mozilla's working on that, right?
Isn't naming a library "*Kit" usually used for Obj-C libraries?
Ah, that makes sense. I get too many emails from architect and designer friends about these sort of products that it's easy to assume everyone does. Some other sites in a similar vein:

http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/
http://uncrate.com/
http://svpply.com/
http://breathemodern.com/
Another thing I think he says (can't find a reference right now) is not to piss off existing customers.
There is a way, but I haven't found it yet... It is how they do it for AdBlock...
I created an account to come in and comment on this. I do also really enjoy the old logo, but I suppose I can support an effort to promote node.js.

Anyway, are you in any mood to share the old logo? I like the idea of having it on a shirt or something.

Edit: Scratch that. I'm silly. They're still all over the place with a quick Google search.
I have noticed the same thing.
Meh, I couldn't think of a good name. Straight up 'pdf' was taken in npm...
Live demo: http://dubbelboer.com/phpRedisAdmin/
I agree that it's a good reason to increase pay and possibly remove job security. And yes, once a teacher is tenured, barring any obvious crazy behavior, they are basically guaranteed their job regardless (at least in Chicagoland).

There are pros and cons to that - my wife and I discuss that subject often. I don't like the idea of tenured teachers not taking that responsibility seriously and just slacking off. My wife argues that it helps the good teachers make real change (since they can't before being tenured for fear of being fired).

No Child Left Behind is a big problem if you talk to any teacher. In my wife's district, they will soon be implementing some incentive based teaching practices, where portions of a teachers pay will be tied directly to student performances. And since all high school teaching is geared toward good ACT scores, it will all basically come down to ACT scores (which it does a lot already).
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all." -- H.L.Mencken
I wouldn't want to be read as suggesting that every time founders "take money off the table" that they're getting a kickback; only that this is a vector for kickbacks.
The looming Series B funding crash
Thanks! I actually just started hardcore biking. It does help. I'll keep this in mind. Biking fast = physical excersise which helps with the physical fatigue, and having to pay attention means that you can't think about other things. Also the more effort you put in the more you think about muscle movements and not about random thoughts (like those about work).

I actually used to play games, but they caused the same problems as working, too much mental engagement. I don't recommend video games as a form of stress release.