skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I also thought of something suspicious in the front page when seeing the same repeated story jump to top in minutes and languish with 1 point just for having different wording (I then attributed the difference in success to that).

I happen to find more interesting stuff in the "new" queue than in the front page (among the crud, of course). Maybe the likes of the mass does not match mine.
Really, what can you expect from an English grad student?

... Well, other than being a teacher?
How about doing it for ~8 hrs a day?
Same was said about Sega. Controlling hardware consoles and nurturing brand new ecosystems is no longer a winning proposition in today's market. There's too much competition and title lifespans are shorter. By the time Nintendo releases a new gaming console it's already obsolete. They need to ship games, not cling to outdated models.
Every day I go to my mailbox and put 98% of its contents directly into the recycle bin.

I have followed all the recommended steps to remove my address from various mailing lists.

The USPS is a garbage-spamming environmental disaster that solicits money from companies to do direct marketing, offers no opt-out features, and every day drives tens of thousands of polluting vehicles to stuff unwanted paper into mailboxes across the country.

In addition to its monopoly, the post office is one of the most unpleasant retail locations anyone could imagine -- filthy counters, grudging employees, and long lines.

Since "first class" mail takes between 2-12 days, there is no reason to have first class mail delivered every day. Doing so is just a handout to the employees' unions. There may be a case to be made for more frequent delivery of expedited mail, but this would take a fraction of the number of vehicles and personell that the current system does -- and with less reliable guarantees, nearly identical prices and worse service than UPS, I always choose UPS over USPS for parcel shipment.

It's fine to be nostalgic about the pony express, but the USPS needs to either be phased out or drastically scaled down, and laws forbidding other companies to deliver standard mail must be changed.
When you say the guest picks a random dish, does he pick a random 3 letter code, or a random one of the 250 dishes?

You want the probability that B2 happens given that B happened right? (prob(B2) / prob(B) not prob(B2) / prob (A or B))

Thanks
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I wish people would read the article before commenting. This precise example is discussed in the article.
"So, um, like", "So, um, like"...videos like this of Zuckerberg really irritate me. Of course he didn't want to take over the world, he simply saw a profitable idea (after it was given to him by someone else) and took advantage of that. The main reason someone takes an idea that isn't theirs is for their personal gain, not because they truly want to do something substantial. Only someone who has the initial idea, someone who sees the problem area and can see a way to fix it, those are the ones capable of changing the world for the better (ok, ok, the Winklevoss twins probably didn't want to change the world for the better, but at least they had that initial thought). Otherwise, you're left with some d-bag taking advantage of something someone else saw simply for personal, profitable reasons. This video is proof the guy is no 'trendsetter' in technology. Hell, he sounds like a dude who was briefed on what exactly Facebook is 10 minutes before the interview.
You should really let this go. Mark was clearly inspired by you and others, but he did something that you didn't, he made something that people wanted. He out-innovated you. It's all about the execution, your idea is nothing but an idea until people are actually using it.

Release what you're working on and wow us, just don't spend your time posting bitter comments on Hacker News every time Mark Zuckerberg is brought up.
Yes, "having a healthy lifestyle" means "working out" is something you do just by going through your day and without having to consciously think about it.

I think this TED talk is relavent: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_buettner_how_to_live_t...
"Most of what runs and plays on DS units can run and play on iPhones."

All of what can run and play on a DS unit can run and play on an iPhone, if you're talking about pixel pushing horsepower. But a lot of it will never play correctly (in terms of gameplay feel) because of the iPhone's lack of any physical controller.

There are quite a few games (eg. Plants vs Zombies) that work great on a touchscreen, but there's an entire universe of games that really need a physical controller to feel right -- which is why many, many DS games are d-pad controller focused for main gameplay despite the touchscreen being available as an option. It'll be a horribly sad day when Nintendo (and to a lesser degree, Sony) concede the entire market to touchscreen-only devices.

As a for-example, you will never play a true Mario Brothers platformer game on an iPhone. You simply can't capture the feel of that experience on a touchscreen-only device.
Joakal is true: just don't think about it. A lot of people will downvote your comments based on religion (e.g. if you say something bad about Apple) even if it's true. Just contribute and move on.
A bunch of the people I went to school with as a young kid are now carpenters, bricklayers, mechanics, etc. A few are quite fit but that's because they're active outside of work. Most of them have big pot bellies, eat like shit, drink too much and are overall not what you'd call healthy. The idea that having a physically-oriented job where you're working outside much of the time tends to lead to a healthy body and lifestyle is one I'd dispute. If you're some sort of mythic backwoods ascetic who hunts his own food and builds his own dwelling then sure, but that's only a viable path for the most extreme and committed.
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Hannah tells the story of the 16 year old girl who, after living her whole life in the woods, is set upon the world. At the same time, her release into the world sets in motion a man hunt by a CIA agent with her own agenda. I ve read many comments comparing this to Kick Ass
Its not that black and white. Just cause your startup isnt directly fixing the world problems it doesnt mean that one day it might not. Either directly or indirectly.

I hate to say it but i think in more cases then not the kind of startups that most of us imagine doing (ie web startups) have a hard time doing anything to solve the worlds problems directly (the worlds problems that you mentioned more specifically). Not saying there isnt (i seen a few that raise money and help schools execute projects for instance but there are only a handful) but for the most part they do not tackle for example educational problems DIRECTLY such as say OLPC does.

I really love sal khans khanacademy stuff, its truly awesome but it isnt getting to the kids that dont have a roof over their school let alone an internet connection and many of these schools could really use his material.

This material might one day with the help of a very rich successful individual who is willing to purchase computers for the less fortunate parts of the world to then be able to view khans stuff. I think this applies to ALL web startups that isnt directly raising money for the problem parts of the world.

BUT what can be done is, the success (monetary or influential) we get from allowing people to find restaurants that are near them, or allows people to search for data easier <insert startup goal here> can be put to good use.

Maybe even purchase those computers for some unfortunate part of the world that will then allow them to view sal's, standfords or any similar educational content that will actually change the lives of those kids.
check out item no 3. on this list, which is AWS lessons-learned:
http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/5-lessons-weve-learned-u...

see also:
http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/04/lessons-netflix-learned-...

and:
http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/07/netflix-simian-army.html
for the other simian themed services they've developed for care and feeding of their AWS stuff.
Poll: Should the USPS be allowed to go out of business?
http://www.wepolls.com/p/1900483/Should-the-USPS-be-allowed-...
Sure, but if you get to "just before shipping" then hopefully you are already well past that point. As the article said, you typically can't just retrofit more performance at that stage without some serious rewriting.
iPad is most certainly a big deal, but if Apple doesn't keep innovating they won't be half as relevant five years from now when tablets are a commodity. They're already resorting to patents to fight off competition.

Dropbox's simplicity is it's own undoing in the long run; it's too easy to commoditize. They'll be forced to lower their price to the cost of storage and that's when Apple and Microsoft will just subsidize their own offerings and kill them, unless a regulator notices it on time.

Google is not a good counter example; it seems simple to the user, but as Bing has shown, it's very hard to replicate. Dropbox on the other hand is trivial to clone. Any IPO event would just increase the likeliness of big companies noticing and putting some effort into it.
No, guest picks one of the 250 dishes, and the probability of B2 given that either A or B happen.
Ask HN: Do up and down arrows not working in GMail now?
Why do website designers feel the need to re-map basic keyboard binding? Google is the worst offender. Google Instant remaps the up/down arrows to its weird result navigation, completely destroyed the most basic, most used web page navigation. My blood boils every time I use Google on a new machine since Google Instant is on by default. Search is not useful until I disable Google Instant completely.

Now up and down arrows are not working in GMail? Why is wrong with you, Google?
Brother Needs Help Learning to Program
My brother is looking to get into programming/hacking after a degree in theater. He's smart but has not had any exposure to programming before. As he is currently in Japan teaching English I'm looking for good online materials.

What is the best way for him to get started? Any good introductory courses he can take?
I am following this tip http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/from-the-tips-box-coffe... . There was a discussion about it in HN, could not find it.
I guess if you're happy building land mines and blowing people up then that's your prerogative. We are all different and for whatever reason these jobs are staffed by people willing to work them.

I can only talk about personal experience; that is, if I meet someone in need, am able to help them, and as a result they are in a better position than before, it makes me feel great.

It's a selfish proposition, by helping someone, i'm essentially helping myself. Having said that, it still feels right and I have a compulsion to extend that to my life's work.
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You do not sound like you've moved on, at all.
This one; http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2668346

There are actually a few startups mentioned there which fall in the category that the poster is looking for.
The problem with owning shares is that it takes a decade or longer to earn back your investment just through dividends. I'd say it's almost certain lots of competitors will be crowding the space with that time span.
But the unions do have influence. The Business Week article is from May. A few days ago, the USPS proposed a plan that would break existing labor contracts in order to keep it solvent. The plan includes cutting the workforce by 120,000 and running their own health care plan. Naturally, the service unions opposed it, making congressional highly approval doubtful.

Here's the related article from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/usps-proposes-cutting...
Python dosen't have NULL/NIL?
Umm...while I don't necessarily agree with the original comment, just because a company has 'numerous people' who have worked really hard does not mean you should be sympathetic to those companies or people. Hell, Enron, Lehman Brothers, and numerous others had hard-working people...doesn't make their cause noble nor does it mean they should receive sympathy for their hard work.
Does anyone know of such an API in Java - HTTP for Humans in Java?
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It remains to be seen if the app store model can support games with the kind of production costs a game like Zelda incurs. So far it looks a lot more like flash games for $1.
I can't really find a connection between social media and tv news in regard to how they had an impact on the riots. What made social media a problem was that it connected individuals and allowed them to communicate/organize. The TV news, however, is a one-way street. They're delivering information about a situation, not helping others to do harm. I think in general there's a bit of frustration here because during a situation as severe as the riots, the media as a whole tend to get in the way. Regardless, no need to abolish/limit people's access to media. Way too dictatorial.
I cant stand libertarian equivocation on the meaning of 'selfishness'. If your 'ethics' is predicated on not putting a high personal value on the wellbeing of others, you are the problem. If your 'selfishness' is seeking the fullness of your values while recognizing this needs to be reciprocated and you happen to not be a psychopath, good.
Or as an economist might put it: demand is highly elastic with regard to price.
The article mentioned that as an example specifically, why call it out here?

The article also details why that case is different from the one the article is about.
No need to buy a kid an iPhone when an iPod will do.
How is mobile Internet usage compared to desktop Internet usage?
My assumption is that you haven't consult any doctor yet for your problem. And if i am right, please go ahead and consult any good skin doctor and identify the root cause of your skin itching before thinking of switching the career.
I recommend you read "How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas" for inspiration. It is filled with some incredible stories of people who were able to have an incredible impact with only a little help.
Just one more problem: as more and more great platforms become available, there seems to be a trend of users storing different kinds of data in their own specialist platforms. Photos on FlickR, music on Spotify, movies on Netflix, simple documents in Google Docs, code on Github, books on Amazon, mail in Gmail, etc. That leaves less and less stuff for Dropbox.

In particular, it leaves less gigabytes for Dropbox, because the big stuff is taken care of. So with the price of storage and bandwidth dropping exponentially and the amount of "other" data dropping, it's going to be hard to sustain a freemium model just based on a storage cap.
I'd be careful. That wiki mentions nothing about me being trademarked (although it did before) and has suspect sources cited at the bottom. The IP status of Intl Klein Blue is not very clear from my personal research into the matter.
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I refuse to play any game that uses a virtual d-pad on a touch device. It's the absolute worst of both worlds.
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I have pretty much the opposite experience with USPS.

Got almost no spam, maybe 10-20% of my mail, mostly sent by local businesses and free local newspapers.

It's not a monopoly. Forgot about UPS, DHL and FedEx?

Their employees are usually very hard working and have to deal with all kinds of assholes.

Plus, it's much cheaper than their competitors.
To learn programming with python he should head to the python documents page. http://docs.python.org/py3k/tutorial/index.html

To learn programming with PHP he should head to the PHP manual. http://www.php.net/manual/en/

To learn C or C++ I suggest on reading the standards, even though they might be somewhat hard to understand, but they have the best information available on those languages.

For C http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf
For C++ http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n309...
Why? Python already requires type annotations. For example, if you have a string "42", you can't just add 1 to it to get the number 43, you have to say int("42") + 1 or it will throw a type error.
I just want to say that if you can't think of something substantial or meaningful to do, don't get discouraged. Trust me, I'm in your boat and don't know where to start. While I try to find that start, I'm also trying to focus on a startup I do believe in but I know is no charitable 'game-changer'. It's easier to have that bright idea or enforce some charitable influence once you have personal influence and resources (cough, cough..money). If you're in that position, you can make substantial difference much easier (and yes, you don't necessarily need those things either, but they do help)
Can you give links to more information about Austrian economics and how it contributes to poverty?
lol you keep on dreaming that (programming being one of the hardest intellectual tasks out there).
Not a business at all
You're spot on. Groupon and the hundreds of other daily deal copycats out there are going to implode. It's not sustainable. It's an incredible deal for the customer (no doubt about that), but the business loses money.<p>We're in the process of creating a solution. If you're a business owner and are interested in being in the beta test group or would like to know more please visit PaidPunch.com and throw your name on the list.
Don't make it so complicated. Look at life through a child's eyes. If you see something wrong - think about the most obvious solution, and take basic steps to solve it. (i.e. People are dying of disease from dirty water. How can I get them clean water or a water purifier? I will raise money, buy 100 water purifiers and fly to that country and deliver them.)
You're spot on. Groupon and the hundreds of other daily deal copycats out there are going to implode. It's not sustainable. It's an incredible deal for the customer (no doubt about that), but the business loses money.

We're in the process of creating a solution. If you're a business owner and are interested in being in the beta test group or would like to know more please visit the following link:

www.PaidPunch.com
Sounds like a certain exotic financial instrument...
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The most common advice you will receive in my place, if this question is asked, is to become a teacher at a High School. Depending on where you are from, this may not be a bad choice.
If anyone wants an introduction to the dark matter problem, I think this one is excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77yXhAibQp4
You seem to be making the argument that because full use of error correction can sometimes make a QR code unreadable, no non-QR code data should ever be inserted into a QR code.

Seems like a sweeping generalization, that's all.
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This book will get him up and running fastest and with the most competency.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
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The different seems obvious to me, we are a community.
Jonathan Stark responds to Sam Odio
It's not a 'lie' unless there's no reasonable truthful interpretation. If other similar efforts weren't official, weren't complete in their coverage, weren't feature-equivalent in any dimension, or weren't 'like' Zuckerberg's Facebook in any other salient way, those would all make that statement ("they didn't have anything like that") true enough for an informal summary conversation. It doesn't deserve to be labelled as "lied point-blank".

(The analysis would of course be different if the question were exactly, "was there anything at all that was anything like The Facebook when you created the first version?" But that's not the case here; he's giving a autobiographical coarse narrative view as he saw it. Normal cordial conversation requires generous and magnanimous listeners who fill in the implied qualifiers for a speaker. You are not a cordial and generous listener when it comes to Facebook topics; you have an axe to grind. You detect 'lies' when no other listener would.)
There's so much cool hardware on the way to sense-o-matic virtual reality and the holodeck that I don't think Nintendo has anything to worry about. They are gaining experience even from the relative failures (still early to call it for 3DS in my opinion) that put it generations ahead of the competition.

Would you advise Apple to drop everything and make software now that the market is mature? Heck no, you would want to see what they're doing to create the next hardware market out of thin air.

Nintendo is similarly specialized and it would be a big mistake to bet the company outside its core competency. The hybrid HD/tablet experience they have for the next generation will probably win again, and sell tons of hardware.
Python has "None".
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I haven't used Go for anything huge, but it does feel like good progress for the future. (In a comment a few pages down in this thread, I say as much.)

In the end though, bad code is mostly due to bad programming and bad process. Go is obscure enough that the bad programmers haven't heard about it yet. Start offering high-paying Go jobs to anyone with a pulse and you'll start seeing why people hate C++ and Java so much. It's not that the language sucks, it's that the programmers using it do.

It always surprised me to hear that Google "got by" on C++ and Java but I lightened up a bit when I was reading some of Android. Normally you open up Java and are immediately stunned by the smell it's emitting, but when I started reading the Android code, this didn't happen. Classes did one thing and delegated to other classes when they needed something done. The methods were small and made sense. Line of code inside methods were in "paragraphs". There were no comments like "// hack around bug in SomeOtherClassIWroteButAmTooLazyToFix". It was clear that it was the work of someone who knew what she was doing.

I guess I knew it was possible, but was never convinced of it by any concrete code. The standard library, for example, is horrifyingly bad.

Ultimately languages can lead you in the right direction or the wrong direction, but which path you take depends on the programmer. Google requires code reviews for nearly every commit, and they get to hire the top 0.01% of programmers. Imagine what the rest of the world is like, without code reviews, testing, or good programmers.

Go isn't going to fix that little problem :)
They could sell input devices along with their games. Most mobile devices aren't "touchscreen-only" devices. Android, for example, supports bluetooth and therefore wiimotes as input with the proper IME app. Since Honeycomb, you can also use bluetooth and USB mice and other USB peripherals, such as PS3 controllers.
The false dichotomy of idea-versus-execution just doesn't seem to go away. Ideas matter a lot. Regardless, in my opinion, there's a really big difference between innovation and deceitfulness, and being deceitful is not the same as "out-innovating," whatever that means.

If the press did its job by holding people accountable, I wouldn't have to say anything at all, but it generally doesn't.

And I did release what I'm working on (http://www.facecash.com). It's not going very far at the moment because California made it illegal as of July 1, but I'm working on changing the law. Also, you seemed to like it last we spoke, so I'm a bit confused.