skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
By the UI they mean the controls inside of the page, not the browser's UI - your back, refresh and other browser controls still work. The same thing happens if you have javascript that consumes CPU and doesn't return for a long period of time. While the javascript is running controls on the page don't work such as buttons and select lists, but when the javascript finishes the UI thread regains control and responds to input again.
In addition to requiring a full reconciliation to GAAP, the SEC’s disclosure rules for nonstandard financial metrics require companies to provide “a statement disclosing the reasons why the registrant’s management believes that presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to investors regarding the registrant’s financial condition and results of operations.”

Frankly, if the SEC (who makes the Keystone Kops look serious) is giving them a hard time about this non-standard financial measure, it is not simply that investors "are welcome to accept the reasoning or not"
Live blog of TechStars Demo day
Well, even if you're not a Google wanna-be it's pretty cool. I signed up (for an update when registration is open), but I'm afraid I won't have the time to properly devote to it as well. If it's free of charge learning there is a tendency to let other things get in the way vs. prioritizing it because you paid full tuition price. At least that was my experience in college with the trust fund kids vs. the people that were working three jobs to scrape tuition together. There may be some selection bias there though.
You are wildly misinformed! HIV is not a death sentence in first world countries. It's an awful life to live, granted, but it's still a life to live.

The real concern here is that this test isn't accurate for as long as THREE MONTHS after initial infection, and that during that early stage you at at lease FOUR HUNDRED TIMES more likely to pass on the infection. It's not to be used to check if you're still healthy so now you can go bang that hottie at the bar, it's to be used to see if you have HIV and need to get treated.
Read up on Steve Keen or find a good explanation video for fractional reserve banking.

The short answer is that we have a money supply that must grow by the amount of interest owed each year. This necessitates more loans. Which means more interest...
I haven't had any problems with Edgy and got a deposit yesterday.
Rdio available for iPad
This seems to be the same for other uber-celebs who are posting on G+ (the only other person in his league of popularity who I read with any regularity would probably have to be Markus Perrson (aka @Notch), and it's the exact same thing for his posts.. although I also observe this on posts from Randall Munroe, Leo Laporte, etc).

When contrasted against twitter (which has the similar "pick who you want to follow" semantics), G+ has a more succinct ego-stroking mechanism for people who want to make their sycophancy more apparent (I kid, I kid.. sorta).

OTOH, I suppose, twitter has the retweet.
New learning every day
Nope. Not working for me :-)
SimpleEnergy debuts 'Farmville for saving energy'
Duly noted. The article was meant to be about how adoption by NY techies dovetails into the self-quantified movement that's going around. That NYT review was pretty stupendous. I think we all read it at the time.
Should You Be You?
San Francisco, CA.

Boku is looking for a web developer. Need to be an experienced one. Will be dealing with PHP (Symfony framework), JQuery, HTML, CSS, REST APIs. Mobile UI development experience is a plus.

http://www.boku.com/about/jobs/
Sony have built something similar to this for their TVs. Although it only works with photographs rather than video: http://www.sony.co.uk/article/tv-size-guide
Subtle humor about the Vatican is just... not enough, in this day and age:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEn0px0uJZQ

DISCLAIMER: despite being both clever and serious, this link is very NSFW.
Ask HN: Are there any known startups founded by the people with disabilities?
I'm in search of any examples of startups that was (co-)founded by the people with disabilities. Maybe you know some success stories?

Also, it would be great to hear from disabled people here on HN interested in entrepreneurship.
It is common practice among listed companies to strip out stock-based compensation charges, acquisition-related charges and other non-cash charges as part of their financial information. [1] Their argument for this is generally because these charges are seen as "accounting mumbo-jumbo" by the rest of the world rather than real costs incurred in the running of the business.

I agree that stripping out marketing costs to acquire customers is harder to understand in this way and would seem to be somewhat out of the ordinary.

[1] for example ARM Holdings plc is listed on LSE and NASDAQ and shows its Q2 earnings press release with "normalised" figures quoting as being based on IFRS, adjusted for acquisition-related charges, share-based payment costs, restructuring charges, profit on disposal
and impairment of available-for-sale investments and Linaro™-related charges
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9M...
Very nice website indeed.
The last general strike that Teamsters were involved with was 1934.

That's a long time for the companies to react.
I only learned about it the first time I got tested. If this is the case among most people, a self-test like this could be dangerous in that a lot of people who've never been tested would be likely to start using it. If I'm abnormal, though, I'm curious where most people know it from.
Zed Shaw: The wonderful Rob Sobers did a great job translating LPTHW to Ruby
Apple's inductive charging patent puts earbuds to good use
"HIV is largely a preventable disease."

Except when the government is responsible for spreading the disease. 50% of all new infections come from intravenous drug use, and an even larger percentage are secondary to drug users. If you're gay then it's not illegal to use condoms, but if you're a heroin user then you can literally get put in jail for trying to use clean needles.

What's more, many black communities in the US have higher HIV rates than sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because so many black males are in prison that it completely changes the sexual dynamics for everyone left on the outside. And further, many of those in prison contract the virus and then end up spreading it throughout the larger community once they get released.
> Does "semantic conflict" really have anything to do with VCS?

I think his point is precisely that VCSs cannot automatically avoid semantic conflict. He's not blaming the VCS, but rather saying that Feature Branch should be avoided even if you're using a modern VCS.
You play the whole young programmer angle often. Good luck with future development, though.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stealth-tones/id334666404?mt=...
I'm pleased, too: my app is destined to be immortal!
Kendo UI - HTML5/jQuery UI Framework
That would make me start to wonder about the quality of the power in my house. I've seen the power here at my house in the Atlanta area actually drop below 100V for extended periods of time and I could see that causing stress on the ballasts in our CFLs. Our bulbs that have gone out always seem to be shortly after one of those events. (This is incidentally why we also have UPSs all over the house on anything even mildly sensitive)
I wonder if they plan to support Nginx in the future?

> To run the example you'll also need Apache HTTP server with the following modules enabled: mod_rewrite, mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http.
Because Wikipedia peaked in 2005.
+2 for the iOS execution.
When you reach over 80" you should switch to recommending projectors. For example, I have a 120" screen and a Panasonic AE200U projector.
This is total awesomeness for the really motivated to learn. I don't think I'll have the time... although, maybe this is a good enough reason to quit my job. This is certainly an indication of what the future will bring for education. I hope other universities/professors do the same...
Why Git? Here are 8 reasons for switching to Git.
This looks superb - I've signed up.. what's the average wait for an invite? I'd happily pay for a 'branded' version of this - which I assume is your business model..
Just do it? But HOW? 24 productivity experiments
Yup, I'm sure. The Nature article says it's an ELISA test.

http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.2408....

ELISA is an antibody test.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELISA

The 100% detection refers to the detection of the antibodies, not the general detection of HIV infection.
Pano Logic customer profile: Broward County Water and Wastewater Services
Nice to see all the resources invested by the market makers in savage zero-sum competition having some actual use.
I get my payouts from Google.

The reason there is so much frustration among Android developers is merely due to the lack of communication from the Google Android Team about anything.

We feel like we are on our own, in the dark, and not important. Every problem feels like a HUGE problem because there is no open line of communication. We scream for help into the Market forum which might as well be a black hole.

Why not talk to us?

How hard would it be to post often to a popular thread on the Market forum? How hard would that be? What's the hang-up? Just a little bit more of a human touch and Android devs would all get to breathe easier and we'd love developing on Android even more.

It's so simple. Talk to us.
The New Stalemate in Congress: FAA Shutdown
While Congress may have temporarily settled the debt crisis, the Senate left for recess before addressing another key stalemate: the financing of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This is a key organization that governs most aspects of the country’s airports and air travel safety. Basically, beginning four years ago, Congress has been passing temporary financing measures to keep the FAA afloat. When one plan ran its course, a new temporary fix was put in place. Well the most recent measure expired last month, and a temporary financing plan was passed by the House, but stopped by negotiations in the Senate. There were a few contentious points including: (i) $14 million subsidy for commercial air service to rural airports and (ii) the bill’s anti-union legislation which the GOP claims that major airlines like Delta support. Essentially, it looks like Senate Republicans are willing to shut down the FAA in order to get its union-busting language through.

The result of all of this is that 4,000 workers have been furloughed (fancy word for unemployed at the moment) and airport safety inspectors have been asked to continue working without pay to keep airports operating safely. While most people might consider this a ridiculous ask, the FAA administrator, Randy Babbitt, asserts that the inspectors should definitely work without pay, as "we are depending and living on their professionalism at this point." In addition to the temporary unemployment, if this stalemate lasts until labor day, analysts estimate that it will cost the government up to $1 billion in lost tax revenues. Each day, the government is losing $30 million. The fact that a $14 million subsidy could be holding up a deal that is costing the country $30 million a day seems a bit odd. In a time when government leaders are preaching cost cutting and curbing spending, another reckless stalemate that is costing this country financially should be enough to force a deal as soon as possible.
Wow, there's an Isotype for "hiding your erection with a hat": http://www.gerdarntz.org/node/471
>They were the only government to take a position of austerity, were widely criticized for it, but they're the only major Western economy that rebounded from the economic crisis.

Two problems:

1. As others have noted, Germany's approach can hardly be categorized solely as a position of austerity.

2. Germany wasn't the only major economy to implement austerity measures. The UK implemented measures more dramatic than Germany, and was widely lauded as the model for the rest of the world by American conservatives -- that is, until their economy dramatically contracted, and the conservatives suddenly forgot about them...
Loved the post, but as a programming single-founder with next to no design sense (I would design something like HN) this article makes my checkbook cry blood.

I suppose it makes sense that your design suggests to people if they should invest time in your idea because you invested time into it.

Seeing it in writing helps drive the point home.

Also, big congrats to the Grove team, the site and product really do look beautiful.
"Look, projections based on assumptions are part of the investing game... Giving us a new number for what their business looks like now is ridiculous"

A thousand times, yes!

Investors need baseline, objective, bottom-line numbers to work with. These numbers help potential investors evaluate where the business is at today, and (perhaps more importantly) help current investors evaluate whether the past projections met with reality.

There are plenty of places that companies are able to spin the numbers to tell their story of fabulous fortunes and world conquest. But there are certain places where you have to let the tried-and-true numbers speak for themselves without someone standing in front waving their arms.

It's like going to vegas. It's easy to say: "Hey, I about broke even. Even if I did lose a little money on the tables, I got some free drinks and I had fun this weekend." Sometimes that story is true, and sometimes they are some pretty-darned expensive free drinks. Your bank account will tell the story, and you wouldn't let a casino owner jump in front to "help you interpret" the numbers.
Call common choices into question
Wired interviews OwnLocal (YC W10)
Hair care tips
Premature graying of hair
I did in fact consider adding some hooks for payment gateways, but in the end I felt that it would be too specialized to do in a general way. A simple site can start easily and add a Google Checkout button (like I did) with a simple blob of HTML. Of course that's not a solution for everyone.

One possibility I thought of was adding support for payment verification callbacks. So you can create single-use digital downloads that are only authorized after payment is verified. If I ever get traction, that's definitely on my list for a future feature.

Thanks for the link to to the Saas starter kit- I'll take a look.
Just signed up for their beta and had a nice chat with what I think is one of the founders. I've used snapengage and olark in the past, have had small gripes with both of them so I'm very interested in trying Groove out. Nice work guys!
> Is this news?

No. But the sum-up is not what makes this article good. What makes it good are the details about where the wealth comes from and what the people in the various segments are actually doing.
My initial expectation was that Microsoft had relaunched groove as a saas app.
Ask HN: Bugtracking system that integrates with Pivotal Tracker & Zendesk?
Hi HN,

We're using Pivotal Tracker and Zendesk. Now we want a bugtracking system. It should integrate with Pivotal Tracker and Zendesk. The following would be nice:

- Submit bugs by email
- Browser plugin for making screenshots & submitting them
- If possible, send all kinds of data about the user's system when submitting the bug (like OS/browser, etc.)

What do you use?
From the looks of it, it's buttons to share it on Twitter and Facebook, and if you refer 3 you can get it sooner, I believe.
Contributing to Wikipedia is not fun.

If you create a new article, it's likely to get deleted for not meeting high "notability" criteria.

Your first edits will likely end up being reverted for not having sources good enough. For overzealous admins it's easier to bin them rather than find a better source link or let someone else improve it.
I oppose making a less safe substitute available and I think how people actually act is fair game to consider.

Condoms don't substitute for something equivalent that is safer (some people try to make out that they substitute for abstinence, but that is obviously not true since abstinence is obviously not equivalent).

This device could equivalently substitute for condoms (actually, it's probably cheaper and more fun than condoms as long as you don't mind a small pinprick), but it's less safe. Thus my opposition.
Microsoft et al. don't want Google to have the patents usuable against them. Either outbidding or co-owning works.

Microsoft had enough patents that it was more important Google did not have the patents for itself than for Microsoft to add to its own arsenal.

Google might have instead accused Microsoft of denying it leverage, in the face of Microsoft et al.'s mountain of existing patents, but at the time that probably seemed a verbose way of making the same point: that Android's competitors would like to kill it with patents.

(We haven't list sight of the fact that B&N, HTC, and others have been targeted for using Android, while the same can't be said for WP7 licensees, have we?)
The problem is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law. It's hard to get far enough beyond the actual nutjobs that we can tell you aren't one.
Netflix vs Blockbuster, 2004-2010
Another small detail seems to be that VAT is listed as a separate item in the order invoice for web market purchases. On purchases made from the on-device market, the VAT is just mentioned under the total sum.

To me the Market feels like it's been hacked and superglued on top of Checkout. Strange inconsistencies like this and some other bugs.
Cloudant (YC S08) is looking for a Lead Front-End Engineer
Cloudant is looking for an amazing front-end hacker to lead development on our database-as-a-service offering

We’re a small team with big ideas going after fantastically hard problems. You want to join us because you want to have a big impact from day one. You don’t want to work on just another web application, you want to build the foundation for the new breed of web applications.
We’re an agile team with few meetings, little process, and lots of freedom and independence for our developers. True to our name, our business and our team runs on the cloud, with services and collaboration tools such as Amazon Web Services, Github, FogBugz, Backpack, etc.
We work with (and contribute back to) many open-source projects, such as CouchDB, Erlang, Nginx, HAProxy, Chef, Munin, Node.js, jQuery. We also open-source a lot of our own code.

Apply Here: http://cloudant.theresumator.com/apply/h4OFRW/Lead-Front-End-Developer.html

or send your resume/cover letter/github/etc to jobs@cloudant.com

Add something about HN in your letter and we'll move you to the top of the stack.
There was an unapproved translation before, IIRC. I guess this is out because the adapter asked Zed's permission first and kept the copyright?

If so, I'm cool with that. Zed can be a firestarter, but this shows he's cool with others contributing something provided they do it the right way.
The reason he is not fond of feature branches seems to be that they allow a single developer to work on a feature for too long before integrating with the master branch.

This only becomes apparent in the footnotes where he states that if your feature branches live for only a day, then your basically doing what he calls continuous integration.

This feels more like something that can be remedied through having good practices. Just like you shouldn't go without committing for days when working with Subversion, it is probably a good idea in a DVCS to:

- integrate the main branch with your feature branch often (at least daily)

- don't do semantic changes in a feature branch. Instead, switch to the main branch (or a very shortlived new branch) and do the semantic change.

This should avoid 2 feature branches doing semantic changes and then having a merging hell after a week or so of development.
To be fair that's still liking her work, just her work of luring in those extra half million viewers as hardcore fans.
It's so sad having to watch GNOME going down the drain. I have been a longtime GNOME user, basically since KDE 2 came out :-) and have always been happy with it. With the last Ubuntu version I also switched to Unity and - guess what - I love it. But anyways, I don't write a rave review on Unity.

I tried Fedora 15 and GNOME 3 out of curiosity and I'm impressed of how little the configuration possibilites are. And that's compared to Unity! In those few days that I used the GNOME Shell I came across most of the problems listed in the article. Most of them appeared to me in the first hour of usage or even before having the system installed. Change Font? Nope. What do when I close my laptop? Nope. etc etc. And when you finally decide that GNOME 3 needs a little more incubation (as with KDE 4 and GNOME 2 IIRC) and want to reboot I am forced to open a terminal and reboot from there or logout and then reboot. SRSLY?

And now this default-terminal-cannot-be-changed thing... I get the feeling that the GNOME developers don't want anyone but themselves to use it. I mean, their goal of having an intuitive GUI was honorable but they missed it. Completely. IMHO, if no one intervenes now the whole project is going to sink into insignificance. :-(

edit: Oh, and don't get me wrong I don't want to descredit any of the GNOME developers. I mean, the above is still my personal opinion (and possibly that of many others) but that does not change my respect for their work and commitment to project.
Let's hope all this comes to a good end.
Nokia sued Apple first.
Connecting Web Apps with Web Intents
Could the Silicon Prairie use a slice of PIE?
That's a different sort of information (how to act to protect yourself) and abstinence-only is not a public health policy. It is a pseudo-religious politician policy.

Now I think about it, you and me both should be fighting the catholic church and the american right over abstinence-only instead of fighting each other over exactly how HIV testing kits should be distributed.
Smartphones- Experience Endless Possibilities
I believe you meant GAAP numbers, but I thought numbed was also a good word. :)
Some people seem to be very excited by this. You don't have to wait until October. Andrew Ng's course on Machine Learning@Stanford is available for free on iTunes University (it also seems to be on YouTube). Do note that ML is a subset of AI. Also, my experience has been that the assignments and exams constitute a large fraction of the learning in a course. For that, you'll have to wait until October :)
Saw a demo at a meetup recently of the iPad version. Pretty slick :)

http://www.snapshopinc.com/
Honest Answer: Nobody is going to fund a 15-year-old for a lot of reasons. Don't waste your time going down that path when you can get started on your own. If that won't work, your idea won't work.

Maybe, possibly, you can prove me wrong. But the odds are terrible.
Thanks for the reply.
Does resident phase offers accommodation??
when does the accelerator phase starts??

p.s- we are a startup from coimbatore
From what I've seen in the video the bamboo bikes are mountain bikes with quite good components, so I guess they are going to target the more expensive market segment. As for repairing a broken bamboo frame I can imagine it is easier than repairing a broken steel, aluminium or carbon frame - I have seen those frames braking already but I have never seen somebody repair them.
We are in an age where even ramen-lovin' back-end programmers with no design talent (like myself) have no excuse for ugly web designs.

Thomas and I chat about this periodically. For about $15, an hour of browsing ThemeForest, and half a morning with 960.gs and Compass/Sass/whathaveyou, you can make any throwaway app look like it had someone with actual design talent touch it.

http://themeforest.net/item/simplpan-admin-panel-template/fu...

That's one I just happened to grab out of a search for "admin". Does it look like something that got Jediguruninja handling from a team of bespoke design consultants? No, but it sure craters the approach to that bridge, for three to four orders of magnitude cheaper.