skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars
I don't. In fact, I'm sure that's part of the reason.

But the people that do that are getting their prints done at Costco where a 5x7 is $0.39 and an 8x10 is $1.49. They care about price more than convenience or quality. (or they wouldn't take the time to copy the disc to their PC, upload it to a printing service and navigate a clunky UI to order prints).

I don't think PicPlum's aim is to compete with large printers on price.

Also, don't forget that you (or a family member) can pick-up prints next time you're in Costco. And you can order prints of your Facebook photos and pick them up at Target.
We initially had independent sign up as an option and probably will do that again in the future.

The reason we ditched it, is because Subjot is a network effect product. It's WAY better if you can find some friends already using it, which was far more likely for a user if they signed in with Twitter/FB rather than had the option to do that later in the process.

Subjot is still small and in "private beta" in the true sense of the word (we didn't expect the internet to find us yet) so you may still not have any friends using it but some people do!
even suspect credit fraud is also "purchase first" "warn later"

Not necessarily. My credit card was refused just two days ago because the purchase seemed unfamiliar to Chase. And it's common (and often annoying) for cards to be blocked when you travel abroad.

I think it'd be fair for a new device from a different location to be blocked. Not a thorough check, but an email would work. But in that domain you can never find a compromise that works with everyone.
That sounds pretty inconvenient.
I don't think it represents them going to hell, I think it represents some 'quick' things they can do which may mitigate the impact of G+ in the short term while deeper and perhaps more integrated barriers are put into place.

No one should be surprised that Facebook considers Google a competitor, and while I don't think they are 'terrified' I don't think anyone is still thinking this is a 'half hearted' effort by the big G to move in on Facebook's turf. Its 'game on' as they say and let the most agile win.

Looking at Facebook's arsenal of existing properties, combined with their large installed base advantage, and a bit of 'coolness' advantage too, the situation isn't as dire as TC would want you to believe. It does mean they will need to bring their best game to this particular dance. And somewhere in Facebook headquarters there should be a 'war room' where the folks who are co-ordinating this particular response are sharing strategies, making plans, and contingency plans, and feeding that back into the company and following through to make sure the company is executing on all cylinders.[1]

Of course that isn't rocket science, its management 101.

[1] I count the mix of metaphors at 3 sort of a sports-social-vehicular motif :-)
and we now fixed this on staging and it will go out with our next code push.
How else would one edit the image elements in the DOM of every website without access to the websites? That's like being upset that the AdBlock Plus Firefox extension that blocks traffic from ad servers needs access to your HTTP traffic.
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You can modify slightly your sentence without loosing entropy

"married greatly snake battle" becomes "a married great snake will battle".

"correct horse battery staple" becomes "correctly the horse inserted the battery staple"

Note that the extra words add little or no entropy, at the cost of increased length.
Show HN: Bindle - Show and tell for gear
U.S. Anti-Piracy Police Kept Secret From The Public
And just to completely deaden the joke, this was clearly a facetious little bit of hyperbole, not a statement of actual fact.
I disagree with your assumption. You're saying that because people order fewer prints from professional photographers, that people don't prefer tangible prints.

I think this points more to the fact that consumers don't value a photographers copyrights. Consumers know that it doesn't cost $50 for a 5x7 print and thus they'd rather buy the digital copy to have more control over what they can do with their own photos. Photos are meant to be shared and it's hard to share photos that cost $50 each.

From the vantage point of the consumer with a smartphone, PicPlum offers a very attractive value proposition to share tangible prints with family members. I don't believe that the desire to have printed photos will go away anytime soon.
There's only so much noise on Twitter as you opt-in to. You don't have to follow a bunch of people on either service.
Sam is such a great guy. I'm sure he donates all of his earnings to charity and doesn't own a single luxury, so he's definitely qualified to judge how "yuppies" spend their money.

On a slightly darker note: He sure seems proud of himself for donating to a charity that keeps children barely alive, just long enough for them to have more children that no one can provide for. It seems slightly counter-productive to me.
Quora is now running on PyPy
> I am blaming Apple for the fact they allow the purchase first and warn later.

Really? So you'd like to be actively prevented from purchasing your first app on any new device you purchase in the future?
Interesting idea but as the first comment I saw mentions

"The engineers are useless. If I took a look at a Zune and an Ipod I would clearly choose the Zune since it's the better product."

It would be people throwing things at a different dartboard. The company's products aren't going to be a sole predictor on how well the companies stock is going to do.
Will facebook take down Obama's page when they are finally hit with a Federal Anti-Trust suit?
I really meant understandable. By no means i think it is "good" or desirable. I even think it can harm Facebook in the mid/long term.
Okay, maybe swearing was bad on my part. I've deleted my comment. I still find the question 'offensive' because
1. Scott created the blog with the stated intent of people sharing their experience with account hacking in iTunes.
2. Mr. Pheroku question that reeks of fanboism and is downright insulting.
So you should probably downranking the question too.
We had this discussion the last time something like this was on HN, so I’ll try to summarize things from my biased point of view. The first thing is, some people (myself included) would say this fellow is a suspect but has yet to be convicted of a crime. Some people would wait until a conviction is registered to publish details like this.

Others take a pitchforks and torches approach. I recall people saying, “publish and let him sue if he doesn’t like it,” which is pretty much the same thing as saying “it might be wrong, but thanks to the difficulties of suing for libel, we can get away with it.”

I guess this is where we peel away all of our nobility and reveal the savages underneath. Some of us strongly believe in the justice system and the importance of treating the accused extremely fairly in theory, but in practice "we know the bastard did it, so there."
Our beta is built on a reservation system.
Here’s a link [ http://www.bindle.me/users/sign_up?invitation_code=b63843991... ] to 100 spots for the HN community.

Show HNers:

Bindle is a show & tell for gear. We want gear lovers to benefit from the product discoveries of people who share the same sensibilities and purchases[1].

We’ve created Bindle to help people find the right gear. We believe that online product recommendation is more meaningful with context. One of the best ways to add context and represent yourself as a discerning consumer is past buying decisions.

After working remotely over the past few months we’re keen to release an initial product. So far, we’ve focused on crafting the experience around listing a collection of gear (a Bindle) in the easiest and most visually appealing way possible. We envisage people using it to list the gear they use in their activities or hobbies[2].

The goal at this point is to move towards discovery; enabling people to identify others who not only share their interests, but their choices. We believe there is immense value in the opinions of those who share your sensibilities---which far outweighs those of a random reviewer on a product’s website.

We’d love to hear what fellow HNers think, and specifically:
- How do you think we can solve the cold start problem in this case?
- What techniques can we use to make users come back?

[1] You can read more about the ideas that lead to Bindle in this blog post [ http://blog.bindle.me/post/7646364661/why-bindle ].
[2] Here are some sample bindles that we’ve created about some of our interests [ http://bindle.me/bindles/2 http://bindle.me/bindles/3 http://bindle.me/bindles/5 http://bindle.me/bindles/8 ].
tl;dr: Teach programming with DrScheme with the application being simple math/physics homework most students would just use a calculator for, but can now sort of explore the contrived problems with images instead of pure numbers, and don't try to teach CS.

The early stats on AP test takers are misleading. It accounts for the Calculus AB + Calculus BC. Taking just the BC number, whose difficulty is probably closer to that of the AP CS A test (the B got wiped out 'cause hardly anyone took it), there were only 78,998 takers in 2010. While still a lot more than the CS test, it's not grossly larger by an order of magnitude as initially suggested. (Edit: I say the BC test is probably closer in difficulty based on my own experience. I took the CS B test when it was around and only got a 3, but got a 5 on the Calc BC test.)
How would both parties verify each others identities ?
One of the reasons I created Subjot was because I wanted to share even more. On Twitter if I don't post about tech or nyc tech I lose followers but I have so many more interests than tech. I wanted to post about music, football, street art etc, without spamming people who only care about my posts in tech.
Personally, I charge per project and am extremely transparent about every single person who I bring into the project. However, I'm not very successful so you may want to do the opposite...:)

Good luck consulting!!
Is there any iPhone code scanner that shows the result in an overlay on the camera feed, instead of screen jumping the second it detects something? The latter behavior is obnoxious when playing with QR codes.
Sure, it's goodwill... just the really empty kind of goodwill that makes everyone feel good but nobody actually better off.

Sorry, I probably came off more condescending than I intended. I'm only trying to inject a measure of perspective. People (yourself included) are acting like this was a "miserable" and "disgusting" thing to do. He could have stolen the money and never said a word (which would have been lame), but he played within the bounds of the experiment by reporting his contribution.
Mystery Android Vulnerability
The entire site is up at https://github.com/mattsgarrison/CrimesAgainstCode

The RQRCode gem does all of the QR Code generation magic. I manipulate all the code with some CoffeeScript and jQuery. RQRCode itself is a port of a JavaScript library: http://www.d-project.com/qrcode/

I've written some stuff locally that'll render the QR Code into canvas and provide a download link using a dataURI but it's fundamentally different than the table/css manipulations I'm doing right now...and well, I have an infant at home, so the site's being neglected ;) PM me on github if you want that chunk.
A Walk Down Social Media Memory Lane
I'm a looking for a social network which would let me tweet longer post (don't want to tweet longer via an isolated blog). Google+ does not and I'm already starting to hate Google+ (out of protest for their naming policy).
Who would be in charge of categorizing posts?
Ouch. I start to think of Microsoft and Apple. :( So far Google been outpacing my expectations on driving web technologies forward - all this for later go back to the "native client" approach Microsoft had in late 90s (thy stopp believing in HTML/JS). Does this mean MS was right back in '99? I'm really confused about Google's vision of how the web will work in 10 years from now. Anyone with insight in there?
"I want to point out one more time that the language doesn't require the GIL -- it's only the CPython virtual machine that has historically been unable to shed it."

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=214235
As he states here in the google plus comment thread:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113956160418597123621/posts/MAqh...

"to transfer the money off the card I had to do it IRL, at a Starbucks location"
>Jargon helps too, and proper names. "dijkstra bicycle entonces boojum daihinmin"

Instead of that, just add an extra common word: "correct horse battery staple bicycle".
Don't just talk - Failed predictions about Apple products
There was some talk about the need for this on Google Plus: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20080274-264/hashtag-creat...

It is good to see that somebody made an implementation for this, but it might be hard to get people to post information to this service instead of/in addition to Google+/Twitter.
We have a lot of people in the Bay asking us for a program like this, so I don't think there is anything out there like us yet! Keyword is "yet."
You can create 250 character jots on Subjot and post them to Twitter and Facebook. There is also a bookmarklet that lets you share to Subjot/Twitter/Facebook from anywhere on the web.
Well, yes, but it's funny because it's resembles actual fact.
"to transfer the money off the card I had to do it IRL, at a Starbucks location"

https://plus.google.com/u/0/113956160418597123621/posts/MAqh...
That last link has the word "bptumblr" in their Amazon EC3 link. If you Google that term, you get a bunch of porn sites. That might explain their popularity in random bars and early profitability :-)
Email en route. :)

PS: And congrats on the recent DDG integration!!
Fighting the (credit card processing) System
“I.11. Apps on Facebook may not integrate, link to, promote, distribute, or redirect to any app on any other competing social platform.”

I wonder if apps that check you in into multiple services (e.g. Foursquare, Gowalla, etc.) would violate this agreement. Once Google+ opens its Checkin API, I bet these services would integrate with it too.
Maybe it's just because I'm "old" or have been around the block, but hyperbole in a job description really turns me off. The harder the sell, the less I trust the seller. Actually this is true everywhere.

Further, you can tell us what the business is, and what is compelling about it, without giving up the secret sauce. You can even mention the secret sauce without giving up the secret.

EG, if your startup was google: We're building a revolutionary search engine using the social proof inherent in the web to give people results that are far more relevant than Yahoo and Inktomi. There, did I give away the page rank algorithm? No, but I did reveal the compelling advantage that google had: they figured out how to derive social proof from the web... which at the time was unheard of.

Even if that's too revealing.... at least talk about your technology stack. If you write a 500 word essay and the only mentions of technology is that you use "rails/node.js" -- something at first blush seems like not a choice but a pair of choices-- you're being evasive one something you have no reason to be evasive on. "We're using rails to host the primary web app, and node.js to run a really nice realtime updating system, blah blah blah."

You can talk about that... and you are giving candidates an opportunity to know what you're like based on your technology choices and how you talk about technology.
Clever title, simultaneously inflamatory linkbait, or accurate, depending on how you read it. The verbal version of the duck/rabbit or old/young woman drawings.

The accurate version: Computer Science Doesn't Matter to Most Students, but Should and Could, and Here's Why and How
In a quick google search I've come across a few things. Like http://www.academyx.com/training/san_francisco/ruby/rails/ and http://marakana.com/training/event/ruby/ruby_on_rails/san_fr....

But they don't look as official as the one listed in the question so I wanted to see if there were any recommendations.
Shine Your Cars Via Custom Bumper Stickers
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The cheerleaders are beginning to arrive on the scene. Everyone in the company should be outgoing, fun, super-communicative and ready to party. You know: nerds.
Assuming there are 1024 languages in the world you added 10 bits of entropy. That can be achieved adding an extra common word.
It's still early days for us but we're seeing pretty good engagement and retention. Even though people sometimes describe it in terms of Twitter, I actually think its something very different. Subjot is more a discussion and conversation platform and I think its more accurately described as a new kind of forum (its topical and has comments).

So as Subjot's cofounder, I still love Twitter and plan to continue to use it to broadcast my thoughts... particularly ones I'm not looking to have a conversation about.
Microsoft disregards Linux as threat. Big mistake.
Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback?
I have a problem with most these arguments. You're suggesting that they should not have allowed the purchase. I would be highly annoyed if Apple didn't allow me to purchase from a different device. I see no reason for Apple to outright refuse this.

The same goes for purchasing something like you've never purchased before. Hell, one of the commercial strengths of the App Store/iTunes concept is that it gets people to do exactly that. There's nothing particularly suspicious about that.

We don't implement such paranoid measures either in other web-services or in real live, so I find it rather overblown to demand Apple does this.

The one thing I agree with is that there should be a better fraud reporting mechanism.
Agreed. #2 appears to be very concerned with interesting they see themselves while #1 appears to understand that a) finding talent is hard and b) they need to convince someone to work for them based on the interesting things they're working on (or they're just savvy on what keywords to use).

You also have to consider that many of these YC companies are young, small and inexperienced, regardless of their job descriptions, so take it with a grain of salt before you commit to anyone. These guys could pivot at any given moment, change technology stack on a dime (just happened to me), fire you because you don't fit in, etc.
What? Am I wrong? Was this post perceived as "too fanboyish"?
No one is surprised that someone was able to take advantage of it. Everyone immediately recognized it was possible and easy to take advantage of. People made an informed choice.

Just because it's easy doesn't mean it's okay. I can reach in and grab $50 from the tip jar at a restaurant while the cashier's back is turned. I can walk into most stores, stuff something under my jacket, and walk out.

Just because it's easy doesn't make stealing okay.
The Microlithic Revolution
Nope, but if you say "here is my bike, anyone can use it for whatever they want. Really, whatever. Go nuts." and then having someone say "I know, I'll send this bike to kids in Africa who don't have a bike!" doesn't count as theft.
If people don't bid it up, I'd say the appropriate conclusion to reach is not that people don't think charity is more important that coffee, but that people don't trust a thief.
Hey HN, I'm a long-time reader and this is my first Show HN (exciting!) It's a collaboration between me, jasonshen (of rejection therapy / cold showers / winning isn't normal), and randy.

We'd love feedback. Do you belong to any of these categories?

1) Going to Burning Man? (it's a weeklong festival in the Nevada desert, 50K attendees)-- how can we make this better for you?

2) Potential user of a more general ridesharing site? (we're talking long occasional drives, not daily commutes/carpooling)-- how can we improve on this so you'd use it?

3) Have opinions on ridesharing? -- tell us.

If you note which group(s) above you belong to in your comment that'd be great :)

Thanks so much for the help!
"People (yourself included) are acting like this was a "miserable" and "disgusting" thing to do."

I am not acting like it is, I am saying that it is.

And yes, I know that I am doing that... since I am doing it. Regardless of wither or not it was within the bounds of the experiment it was an asshat thing to do.
I don't want to get into a software hipster flamewar about the definition of 'mainstream', but CPython is the Standard Python. When I click on "Windows Installer" on python.org, I get CPython.
MIT hackers back in the day had quite a lot of crossover with model train enthusiasts.
I didn't study CS, but have found this on almost every developer's bookshelf, impressive run.

Since my friend has it, I wanted to get something different and picked up Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual. Anyone have thoughts between the two?
Twitter confuses the hell out of me when people are conversing, so you may be onto something.
This is not that novel of an extension. It's essentially the following (see https://github.com/forward/mustachio-chrome/blob/master/must...):

var i = document.images.length;
while(i--) document.images[i].src = "http://mustachy.heroku.com/?src=" + document.images[i].src;

I might be more impressed if the author ported mustachio (https://github.com/afeld/mustachio) to JavaScript.
I'm pretty happy to see mutations and variations like Subjot, and, yes, even Heello to appear; Twitter seems to have become too large to do a lot of experimentation themselves (not surprising: every change of the fundamental format would have massive ramifications).

In addition to "substreams" (probably the defining feature) & comments, Subjot interestingly keeps a posting length limit (250 characters).

As Google+ demonstrates (IMVHO, of course), _some_ limit actually is a good thing in terms of scannability, "follow cost" &c.

Those newspaper folks didn't invent the lead for nothing.
> Do not make assumptions about why I failed to get it to work.

It's plum easy and works out of the box. You're just looking for something to be angry about.
I think Best Buy are making the right call. I have wanted a tablet as my general-purpose computer for years, and had been hugely frustrated at the high price and low uptake of Windows models. When the iPad was announced I immediately hailed it as a game-changer (and am still waiting for another HN reader to make good on his $100 bet that it would go nowhere). I'm thrilled to see worthwhile competitors emerging this summer; last time computers were this interesting was maybe 15 years ago.
I'll start worrying for Facebook when I no longer see "find us on Facebook!" at the end of every TV ad.
My company is currently doing this with job titles. :-)
If you leave aside C-extensions and libraries, CPython is a pretty bad language for number crunching. This is just not the use-case it tries to solve. I am glad they favor simplicity over execution speed.

Removing the GIL might be useful for a faster implementation with JIT compiler though.
ZSecure - Web Security Consultancy Hacked by Mr52
He went to the starbucks, first, to buy another gift card. Then he used the website to transfer funds.
"When it's a large group of Millwall supporters, in a pub all day, talking about doing the police's job for them, it creates the impression that they're spoiling for a fight, opportunistically – using the chaos to bust into a racial confrontation that they normally wouldn't be permitted, in a metaphorical echo of the looters they're determined to stop."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/10/uk-riots...
Case is only 8 more bits assuming you randomly assign case to all of your letters. More likely it will be only one more bit. Then requiring an extra character is equally good.