skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, that's true. I guess I don't trust the municipal water system to do the job.

I also don't see how they can filter out all the drugs and salt that sewage water currently contains and is being released into the environment. These things are just going to accumulate. Or is there new invention I'm not aware of?

Granted, that's not the argument I originally stated but its definitely a question.

If you're aware familiar with the Colorado River, you may know that the water gets saltier and saltier as it is taken out, run through the land and drains back into it. Without any intervention, its pretty brackish by the time it gets to Mexico.

Running the same water through humanity over and over again is bound to have a similar problem.
Turning off TCPKeepAlive also could mean that stale connections are killed. We have a router that kills connections that have been stale > 2 hours. I run my screen session on a single server and ssh to all other servers within that screen session. Without TCPKeepAlive, I would lose most of my session overnight (or after a string of meetings).
Given there are pictures of _why, how is it possible that no one knows (and has revealed) his real name?

I'm not asking because I want to know–it just seems odd in this day and age that someone actually could remain anonymous (especially someone in technology circles).
I would have thought that Amazon would be more interested in making sure it's cloud services are a bit more stable before advertising them for this sort of use...

It seems like the overall opinion of AWS (at least on HN) is "sketchy, would not use again".
Kagi still exists?
Hydrogen highway in the deep sea
Oh I see, you actually want people that are different than you to be oppressed and to take it, not to protest against it. Must be nice being in the Han majority, you have nothing to worry about, but screw everyone else.
This seems like the kind of thing Apple will integrate into OS X in 3.. 2.. 1...
I think Jodie Foster's character in Contact (who is based on Jill Tarter, the real-life director of SETI research) says it best.

"Look, all I'm asking, is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture. To take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history."
Quantum cryptography is useless
Solution: have standup meetings before lunch. Everyone wants to go to lunch, so by doing a standup meeting beforehand, you'll be sure to keep it short and to the point. Plus it can be extended into lunch if needed.
Crazy easy dialogs for iOS devs: QuickDialog
I think Verizon/Terremark has a leg up on Amazon on this one. They have some type of massive secure data center near DC for federal customer clouds.
We've had a good deal of success running on AWS, but YMMV. Your budget and your design are going to determine how much you like AWS during their technical difficulties. The hiccups are easy to forgive, given how it's such an otherwise nice platform to run/develop on.
It's very interesting that you're in a way encouraging that the veil that is there concealing the process of food manufacturing ... remain there. Because that is something that sensible environmentalists argue against, as everyone could stand to know a bit more about what they're eating, and the issues of food safety and food security associated with the food taht they're eating. I think Food Inc does a good of bringing these issues to the public in a very presentable way.
was App Inventor ahead of it's time?

In my experiences using App Inventor I found it, like Scratch, useful for rapid prototyping of simple apps and games. The problem was that it doesn't produce efficient enough apps for complex games than run well on today's phones.
screen -x

Attaches a currently running session without detaching it from where ever it's currently attached to. (Note: this can cause some issues if the currently attached session has a larger/smaller terminal).

I've also mapped Ctrl-a to ` instead. This makes flipping between the most recent 'windows' as easy as `q.

# Use backtick as the escape character. Use F11 and F12 to switch between ` and
# C-o as the escape sequence. This is useful when pasting text to the terminal
# that may contain backticks in the text.
#
# SOURCE http://superuser.com/questions/74492/whats-the-best-prefix-escape-sequence-for-screen-or-tmux
escape \140\140
bindkey -d -k F1 escape ^O^O # bound to F11
bindkey -d -k F2 escape \140\140 # bound to F12

F11 swaps the escape sequence to C-o (useful for pasting things that might have a ` into the terminal)
F12 swaps the escape back to `

Also:

[escape] n -- cycle to the next window in the list
[escape] p -- cycle to the prev window in the list
[escape] " -- see the window list

Turn off the startup message:

startup_message off

* Note: 'escape' doesn't refer to the Escape key, but to the key sequence that 'escapes' all screen key bindings (default: C-a).
>If the deadbeat client was using his work, he had recourse.

Not in China.
This is why I like having a desktop for coding.

It's much more comfortable sitting in a nice chair, with two big monitors, an external ergonomic keyboard (Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite), and the Razer DeathAdder mouse (Not as ergonomic as a trackball mouse, but very ergonomic for a regular mouse).

You could do this with a laptop too, but you'll be more prone to coding on the couch, which will dramatically increase your chances of getting carpal tunnel.
I first read about the Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) in the book "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It" by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson. The central shorthand for breaking through to talking about results rather than attendance as a measure of work is:

TIME + PHYSICAL PRESENCE != RESULTS

And yes, they do in fact agree with masklinn's comment that if someone can finish their job in a few hours instead of 40, that the person is perfectly free to take the rest of the time to do other (non-work) things. The job of management is to come up with tasks that are important to the business, and that justify the person's continuing to work there (aka results).

As for the "sucking", they go into it in detail in the book, but I also like Paul Graham's "You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss".

http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html

Hmm. That probably seems like a suck-up, I just realized I am posting on HN. :)
From the title the post seems to be a reply/response/comment about the recent attention given to the free programming classes. While these podcasts are certainly useful they pale in comparison to the free class project.

Sure opencourseware is great and has been around for a while. But stanford is actively engaging with the distance students who are using the materials for free. It is an amazing contribution.

Its 2011 and the internet is finally making good on one of the utopian promises that we first heard of with the advent of radio, then TV and most recently the internet.
What mobile device generates higher ad traffic?
Oh no not Dasani, I remember the uk launch when they made tap water less safe and withdrew it. http://www.stevedenning.com/Storytelling-in-the-News/95-coke...
In other words, use your regular antispam system on TV programs.

I wonder if it would effectively work.
From reading the article it seems like it's potentially used to not do that:

“But I’m looking at a map from last week and the whole assumption is that next week is like last week. The computer eliminates the bias that people have.”
How I Outsourced My First Job To India
someone did that two years ago, @ which point _why packed up and went home.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=773108
But you probably wouldn't use $3 hosting to begin with. The kind of customers who are attracted to this are exactly the kind of people who don't have backups and expect great service for $3. (Because, after all, $3 is a million times more expensive than Google, and Google is pretty reliable...)
Did Google Buy G.biz for $30,000?
Why joke? I happily buy bottled water which tastes better than the local tap one. It really depends on what you look for. I wouldn't mind if it's filtered sewage, as long as it tastes good.

The "quality", which can be defined in many ways is hard to judge... Does it matter that much though? At least we can judge the taste ourselves.
It's interesting that you say this. If POSIX was all that there is to it, then isn't Apple iOS/Mac OS the same as Android and (insert-your-favorite-distro-here) Linux? I think ultimately the differences between user-facing (and even developer-facing, API-level stuff) components are way more important than the fact that POSIX is so common. After all, we would't describe two computers as basically the same because they both have a CPU/RAM/Storage unless we were comparing them to say, a car.
I was under the impression that jQuery cached selectors, so the advice "Cache jQuery Objects", while smart for many reasons, would not actually affect performance much at all.

Was I wrong?
It would be cool if there were custom support for linking accounts, such as with facebook. That code is never fun to write, but common.
Gold Market Is a ‘Bubble Poised to Burst,’ Wells Fargo Says
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Features of my app:

a)It only presents you textonly version of any article (Only content)

b) Less data usage for users as the content is cached on my servers (Only necessary content would be displayed..No need to load images,css etc.,)

c) Less hosting costs for website owners (Again content is cached on my site)

d)No need for RSS feed, just enter the url --->Click on article ---> start reading

It's bit like readability..The basic difference between mine and readability is you need to input a url for readability whereas for mine it's not..You don't need RSS feed for reading articles,Enter any site's url and you can read only the content from articles,Here is a couple of screenshots for TechCrunch (It displays only the content of the article)

https://www.gstatic.com/android/market/com.spacenext.textonl...
https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.spacenext.textonl...

When I am saving data usage for users and giving them a good interface to read articles on mobile phones (android) why shouldn't I get a pitch?

If you need try it out here https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spacenext.textonly...

It works with most of the sites(80%) except the sites which have been coded badly...
Why is this puzzling? I doubt any entrepreneur thinks everyone should do their own business. If that was the case the world would be made of companies of one person and nothing would ever get accomplished.

The mindset of an entrepreneur is very peculiar and is not representative of the average person (if such person existed). Most people don't want the stress and pains that come with having your own business; they are happy with a regular job. Therefore, you're not cheating someone who desires the stability and guidance of a job by getting them to work for you. Just because the OP can't stand the thought of working for someone else doesn't mean he thinks everyone must feel that way.

So I don't see where the confusion comes from?
Just to be clear, these are User Accounts for apps built for Android using Parse, akin to iOS's single sign-in using Twitter?

I was anticipating someone had built multiple user logins for Android devices, which would've also been fascinating.
The Stats on Entrepreneurship Success and Failure
I already have mailed them and no response...You got to have friends in the industry or you got to be from Silicon valley to get into there
Manage issues visually, directly from your websites & apps
I wish that the Dvorak keyboard layout would get more attention and support. Prevention > Cure.
Google’s acquisition of Motorola set to doom Android, Chrome OS
Agreed, the content of this article is not best-suited for Hacker news.

You couldn't be more wrong about my 'self-promotion.' I simply reference my profile's URL to prove a point. Unsure how you could have possibly read into that otherwise.
I'm Kenyan too (in the diaspora, though) and I've been amazed by how quickly and thoroughly some mobile technology has spread back home. Services like mPesa that enable mobile payments are actually much better implemented and more widespread than similar technologies Stateside.

Even my grandma in Githumu which for years only had telephone service from 9am-5pm (and only via an operator) now has access to mobile phones will all the trimmings.

I might even send her a new Android phone for xmas :^)
The idea is definitely good, but I think the "problem" it solves might be overrated - after all, if an app has unsaved content, it will ask you to verify your action, so you never really lose anything but a second or two of time restarting the application the few times you do this mistake, if at all.
Jeff Sutherland on the History and Structure of Scrum
I was sort of listening to the program last night, but as I recall, in the next sentence or three he indicated that his figure included payroll tax.

As for "writing a check", I believe Buffet might point out that no one person can, through individual expenditure, fix the problem. He's out to fix the system.

He's a competitive businessman. He doesn't mind -- would welcome -- contributing more to the financial well-being of our government and thereby country. However, he wants to do it on a level playing field.

Businesses and businesspeople piss and moan about expenses. But Buffet's message is the meat behind the whine: If the playing field is level, people will figure it out, and the smart and savvy players will still succeed -- because they are not tying one arm behind their back while giving their opponent a nine iron.

I'd say that's a big part of his point about the current revenue system for the federal government (and many states', I would guess). The small player is cuffed while the big player has sprouted extra arms (for grabbing).

I don't agree, or blindly accept, all that he has to say, and when you look behind some of his influence and advice, it certainly has played well into and payed out for his/Berkshire's own investments.

But the man has a point: You have to pay for the things you use -- and that includes the rich. And you don't exist, nor succeed, in a vacuum. So (whiny Mini-Me's), stop your caterwauling and fix the country. And "normal" people: Stop electing these idiots (or their tools).

[I realize this comment may have started to sound political. But we're discussing what Buffet means with his comments, and this is my take on that.]
Only out of context.

If your server had a network connection problem and you needed to open up a port, we're already talking about network ports, not software, so you would try to diagnose your network.

If you asked me how you could get the old game `rogue` on your system, I would tell you to go install the freebsd-games port, which has nothing to do with networking, and so it clearly means that you need to look in your ports tree.
I prefer to just use my http://tvbgone.com that I put in a hollowed out old cellphone. Great for those sports bar moments when I just want to stop hearing...
Terremark does a great job on the physical facility, meeting compliance, and marketing to the government, but it's basically VMware.

VMware is easier for a non-cloud application to migrate to the cloud, which is the case for most existing government apps, but isn't as good a platform for building really large scale applications (e.g. you wouldn't want to run Google Apps on VMware)

There's room for both, but the real win for the new Amazon product is moving existing Amazon EC2 apps to a government-specific shard in a new AZ with minimal effort. This is more a 2-5 year thing than a 0-2 year thing.
To be fair it is not the case of the 'thought police' in Minority Report. Suspects aren't arrested based on what they are 'thinking', but rather the agreement of 3 supernatural precogs that can see events before they happen. You could replace the precogs with amazingly sophisticated AI, and the points in the film still hold.

So while I agree that this is mostly good police work the case here is of using data analysis techniques to predict likely suspects. What actually makes this story most like 'minority report' is that the suspects where picked up for prior offenses, but investigated essentially because an algorithm said that people in that area at that time are more likely to commit a crime.

I do think this is completely awesome, and a great idea, but I also think the title is not excessively overblown.
Hot dogs, brats, and cocktail weenies are all types of Americanized sausage which don't use intestinal linings anymore. You have to work pretty hard today to find sausage in your supermarket that is made the old-fashioned way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casing_(sausage)
"It's very interesting that you're in a way encouraging that the veil that is there concealing the process of food manufacturing ... remain there."

Not at all. I'm just drawing a point of comparison between the "PR" of the sausage vs. the PR of treated wastewater. I don't condone opacity or trickery on behalf of the food processing industry. Just the opposite, in fact.

On the subject of Food, Inc: Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma is an excellent read on the topic, and I recommend it highly. It has been highly influential on my personal philosophy toward food and the industrial food system.
In 1v1 anecdotal contrast, I've never had any real issues with RVM.
It's not a RSS reader..It displays a list of articles from a site and once you click on article it would display only the content of the article..I have already listed the reasons above

Main features:Less data usage,Low load times for users,easier to read content

Business model 1:I am going to let website publishers display their textlink ads in between the paragraphs of an article (They would have their own links)
My revenue stream: A link in the list of articles as well as a link at the top of article

Business Model 2:A single link between the paragraphs by revenue sharing between the publisher and myself
what's the business model here?
The Dvorak layout doesn't prevent wrist problems.
It's possible. I don't wear them constantly, but usually when there is soreness starting.
Since "Quit <appname>" is different for every application, my workaround is to rebind "Hide Others" (or "Show All") for all applications to CMD+Q. Every application has a "Hide Others" (or "Show All") and these menu items are pretty harmless.
Correct - the main point is take care of yourself. The wrist supports are an example of one thing I use to help.
That's true, but the whole idea was to enter a market with very little to no competition. You would have the advantage with being unique. However, entering a market with 12 other people with the exact same product wouldn't be ideal.
The organization is already treating it as a smashing success, although it's a couple of years late and much of the most useful functionality has been pushed back to later releases.

It's amazing how little your hundred million gets you in the government.

I should also mention that this is not the UK government.
Really damn handy feature, especially with the compatibility clusterfuck that has been rubygems > 1.3.6
The title of this article tells me nothing. The real question is, how well do hotcakes actually sell in Kenya?
"We are in the midst of the intellectual property Cold War, and it's fascinating to watch."

I prefer the term 'patent-a-geddon' because it isn't at all like the cold war, no implied threat here, its all out mutually assured destruction. I think it can go either way, toward or away from saner patent law, it will certainly create giant nest eggs for law firms. If the '90s were the dot.com bubble this is perhaps the ip-law bubble.
Native apps in webOS are written in node.js:

https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/intro_to_hp_web...
Ostracizing people socially -- rather than using bureaucracy as a method of enforcing ever more bloated statutes -- is a tried and true human tradition. It happens all the time online. Note the emergence of up-ranking news sites, for instance. Downranking is a powerful form of social censorship that helps civilize the worse traits in human nature. To rely solely on law or on bureaucracy to keep people acting in a civilized fashion is to discard thousands of years of social/moral wisdom. The argument usually begins with moral relativism -- e.g. you don't know what it's like to be XYZ, you were born ABC, and how dare you judge anybody -- and ends with the credo that all is permissible. The problem with everything being permissible is that, contrarily, in a situation where there is a refusal on the part of individuals to judge each other, no individual has any rights. Their rights are either abrogated by the police and the faceless majority, or everyone's rights directly infringe on each other's, in an anarchic context that only begs for further control. Therefore, face-to-face settlement of conflict and the boundaries between individuals is preferable to settlement by the state, and also preferable to a complete lack of settlement. And THEREFORE, we must use the best tools in the arsenal to settle such conflicts on a local basis, which most definitely include humiliating and ostracizing and, yes, JUDGING people based on how they behave.
Speedy Google Account Switcher
Fair. But I suggest that we're picking at nits here. Most mass-market sausages, even of the American variety, are made with mixed and mechanically separated parts, drawn from all over the animal and highly likely to be include portions of bone, head(!), feet, and visceral matter. And the animals themselves live in horrid conditions that often includes standing knee-deep in lakes of their own waste. I think my overall point still stands.
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For all e-gov services with which I had the displeasure of interacting, all around the world, merely approaching the AWS levels of availability and stability would be an immense improvement...
I sure hope this ties into Android's existing account management APIs. The one that already provides push notification support, automatic controllable data synchronization, etc.

Wow, not even 10 seconds and it's been shot at. What am I missing here?
an Android service can access accelerometer data. not sure about background websites though.
And if 0.1% complete the course, that's 58 people. Despite what you may have heard, there are numbers less than 1%. Many people who buy advertisements in publications with, say, 100000 readers have learned this lesson the hard way.
It's a platform as a service. Most hobbyist and small apps will be free. Those needing more resources will pay us for usage - similar to Heroku, AWS, etc.
Not as surprised as they are when they realize how much they paid for the expensive phone, in my experience. Regardless of brand, it's baffling to me why people don't just wait a few months and buy a phone outright instead of getting the one with the very expensive contract.

Have you seen that MetroPCS commercial where the dumb kid takes the glittering gold phone only to to find himself swinging from a rope while the presenter admonishes 'Silly Billy! The contract is how the trap is sprung!' They should get some sort of award for promoting financial literacy at the same time as marketing their service.
I think the point there was that if you have a lot of setup to do, try to defer as much as possible past `.ready()` so that the user will have something to look at.

However, if you wait until the `load` event happens, the page is visible and the user can start interacting with it. If you're still messing with the HTML at that point it can be pretty confusing for the user. That's really common with pages that decide for example to AJAX back for saved settings; they can yank the defaults out from under you while you're typing! The southwest.com site does that and it drives me crazy.

None of the recommendations should be seen as absolutes, and some conflict with each other. For example, if you're using event delegation you've got to be careful in caching selectors to content that may go away.