skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Actually it's different in that:

a) It's per single user.

b) It shows the results as one big diff, not by commit.

Which makes it convenient and useful for getting a broad overview of what one has accomplished in a day. (edit: formatting)
Hardware Hacking for Software People
I was really hoping this would be an article about flatulence.
A simple yet powerful statement. A fitting goodbye for someone like Steve Jobs
With this line of reasoning Xerox PARC was a completely success and every "seed" that lives today in the human history too. But business success metrics are very cynical and NeXT was a business failure.
This is fantastic news. Heroku is squarely positioning itself as the de facto cloud app platform.
Facebook Settles Trademark Fight With Lamebook
VidYard compares itself to community based video sites because that's what the vast majority of businesses are using to host their video content.

I'm not sure I understand the "limited bandwidth" comment either. As it states on the VidYard pricing page, VidYard offers bandwidth well into the terabytes with no mentioned limit. Additionally the pricing for this bandwidth is quite literally 10x less than BOTR.

Instant start technology is very different from RTMP. RTMP is just one of VidYard's many streaming protocols and is unrelated to the technology required to play videos instantaneously.
I'll hook something together this weekend in terms of a benchmark. The nice thing with JRuby is you get the concurrency features of the runtime.
Eclipse is cross-platform. As is Mono, come to think of it.
NeXT was a great software success. It was also a great business failure.
Pandora Sales, Profit top Analysts'Expectations
I've thought about this idea many times, and one idea I have had that I haven't seen verbling talk about---perhaps it doesn't make sense yet with only English + Spanish---is to run on a credit system rather than matching you up with an 'opposite'.

So, if I want to learn spanish, rather than trying to find me a spanish-speaker wanting to learn english for a 50-50 conversation, it just matches me up with a spanish-speaker wanting to learn _anything_, and I burn credit talking to them. Later I can earn credit by speaking to a _anything_-speaker wanting to learn english.

If you think through that system lots of cool ideas come out, especially if you attach a monetary value to the credit---like people only earning credit and cashing it out (tutors), or people only spending it, and injecting cash into the system (impatient/rich people).

Anyway, Verbling guys, you may have already thought of this, but if not, I've been thinking about it for quite a while, hit me up if you want to chat more about it.
What a slick and awesome app :D
"I couldn't see how this one was so different from vimeo..."

For a direct comparison of VidYard vs Vimeo, scroll to the bottom of the vidyard homepage
metafilter is the closest thing i've seen to k5 in terms of the kind of writing the community encouraged
Pandora Reports Record Earnings for 2nd Quarter
MongoDB 2.0.0-rc0 Released
I recently fixed an issue where the server wouldn't follow redirects which was causing some false negatives. If your site still shows as a no would you mind letting me know what the domain is so I can fix any other issue?

The way I check for the vulnerability is based on the original perl script in the OP link. I submit 20 byte range requests and check for a Partial string in the response, if I see that I assume that the server is vulnerable. It's more of an educated guess, but I've been using it myself to fix misc servers I have running.
Does anyone know what their PR did to piss off Om so much?

http://twitter.com/#!/om/status/106833400056389633
Microsoft Awarded Patents For Multi-Screen, Multi-Touch Gestures
BoA stocks have been taking what some economists have said to be an undeserved hit in the market. Buffet probably thinks this as well, and decided stock was cheap and the deal would be mutually beneficial.
It was with two co-authors. Luckily, we were all coworkers, and friends at that. If you're going into this with someone else, be sure that (a) you can work with them, and (b) you trust them to take the project to completion, so your work isn't wasted.
Ulcers are caused by helicobacter pylori[1], not stress.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori
Hi Ethan, I believe Om had a misunderstanding.

-Marissa, Head of Marketing and PR for Ness Computing
Downloads: http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Change Log: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER/fixforversion/10596

I'm excited personally because they accepted my super rough patch for polygon geo-spatial search queries. They fixed up the code a lot, but it's still my baby. http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/2.0+Release+Notes#2.0Rel...
Why you absolutely should be using Sugar.js
We wanted to emphasize the CDN over downloads, but we clearly hid the download links too well.

I've added a "Downloads" link to the "Quick Start" dropdown menu in the top nav bar, and we'll give some thought to adding a more prominent link somewhere on the front page. Thanks for the feedback!
10 start-up lessons to take from Steve Jobs
I wouldn't even bother to look at it without knowing that, if I mange to make something interesting, I have a way to control my code.

AGPL is a non-starter.

EDIT: There is a non-AGPL license that can be purchased. Non-starter has passed start. :)
Aussie tech start-up scene in good shape: Google Maps founder
I thought about this one for a little bit and threw it into the bucket of "well, most certifications are worthless", but I don't think I fully believed that.

Our security team consists of individuals that I would consider great and folks that do some of the leg work required of a security department at a large company. We have folks who audit and provision access, a job that would require knowing the basics of RBAC most of the time.

I think the point this article is making isn't entirely correct. I've yet to find a test that magically ensures that someone is competent, be it a large number of tests required to pass a degree program or a single test required to pass a certification. It is part of a broader picture. A resume with zero experience/visible work that includes a degree in CS is going in the bin unless it's a person targeting an intern position. A resume with zero degree, a few years of experience and solid examples of their work is going to get attention (and depending on the work, it won't matter if you have traditional corporate experience).

In InfoSec it's possible to get the equivalent. Companies who care enough to fix the problems in their software grant credit that can be cited in a resume/CV. Some will pay bug bounties if you find a vulnerability and follow their disclosure requests.
Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding
"Quick quiz: can your entire sales staff be replaced by a nicely formatted HTML table? If the answer is 'yes', then you are subtracting value and wasting my time."

My god that is good. I spent two weeks about three years ago going around the country looking at data centers to move our systems to (30+ servers that were currently in a co-lo and we were looking to go to managed/leased).

We'd get pricing estimates that changed by the time of day and who emailed it to us. The shopping process made the migration seem easy.
Do you guys offer a https CDN?
I'm not a CS person, but I have learned that eventually Google can't help you anymore, and People Who Know become your most important resource.

The trouble is once Google is no longer helpful, finding People Who Know can get tough.
What if the person doesn't know exactly what it is that they need? I know a lot of people who know software but aren't as solid on knowing how to scale the hardware side. For those people a table isn't really helpful.

That said however, it should be an option to have that access. I personally prefer Joyent as a web host. They've shown really solid I/O numbers via their benchmarking. I've been a happy customer since it was TextDrive.
Does anyone know whether it's likely that Aussie startups would be in a position to sponsor an immigration visa? My family and I are planning a move in about 4 years, and while I score highly enough in the "points" system that determines who can immigrate, the literature I've read makes it quite plain that I'll be better off if I am sponsored. Does this sort of thing happen down under?
Great guide on basic hardware hacking techniques.

It is really surprising how much low level electronics rely on standard interfaces and protocols.

Also, all electronics designs tend to rely heavily on the example implementations on component datasheets for their actual implementations, which can help greatly with reverse engineering board layouts and finding the right pins and jumpers to probe.
I know it's really not that hard to copy & paste it, or just type it in, but I'm a little surprised that this blog post didn't have "yuilibrary.com" as a simple link to itself. For usability, SEO and all.
I am using webkit.
EXo Cloud IDE Gives Developers an On-Ramp to VMware Cloud Foundry PaaS
I don't think it's about having billions in the bank.

It's all about being right - a lot. When you're the man who introduced the world's most popular music player ever, followed by a complete revitalization of its flagging computer brand, and then invent a completely new product category that your competitors are breaking their necks trying to catch up to... your demands suddenly become more acceptable.
a lot of ruby code isn't threadsafe. I'm pretty sure rails isn't.
The actual reason is that this blog post was posted before the site went live, and was not the post-launch announcement (which did have a link). I've updated it with a link.
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I can't find the endowment comparison relavant.
Harvard's endowment includes Harvard Medical which needs a relatively big financial backend and have no relevancy to the education of a CS undergrad.
Softlayer are great at this. Their sites lists prices over $1200 but talk to sales and you can get it close to cut in half and if you order enough servers you'll get it at 75% discount. I guess the value of sales staff knowing about the customer is quite high.
No.

I wrote about my personal feelings on third-party SSL CDNs here: http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn (these are my opinions and not representative of any official YUI or Yahoo! stance on the matter).
Are they cheaper? 'Cause I think that would be the 3rd metric of importance, right behind "Has a screen" and "Has WiFi".

Anyway, he says it just does that while it's charging. So, he could well use it for other things too.

Don't let yourself drown in bitterness over "I'd use it better!". I used to do that when I was a teenage car enthusiast, lamenting morons crashing their Ferrari's. But really, the world's not fair, and in the end the TouchPad doesn't give a damn how it's used.
Yes. Go with SoftLayer. We have tons of servers, and get a great discount, especially on RAM. They have been great.
Python seems to be working on Heroku already, not sure if its officially supported.
https://gist.github.com/1004844

until then there's a good list for django
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-Heroku-equivalent-for-Djang...
My Experience Buying an iMac From BestBuy
Rails is threadsafe if you turn it on by uncommenting config.threadsafe! in your environment initializer.
'Steve, look. I don't give a fuck about Apple. Just make up your mind'

I need friends like that. Glad to know indecision has good company.
Agreed. Call Softlayer and name your price. All my servers are 50% cost of retail.
If they were having real problems, Buffett wouldn't invest. He likes to buy stock in solid companies that are going through temporary rough times and are thus unloved by the market (selling at bargain prices, like American Express after the salad oils scandal).

They were certainly having a problem of confidence, which can be very bad for highly leveraged financials, and Buffett's reputation helped restore some confidence.
Talks by Paul Irish and Brendan Eich from the latest Tech Talks: SF meetup
Now everyone uses macbooks... Oh how the times have changed.
So anyone who wants servers needs to talk with sales and negotiate a discount? I think the point of this post was:

Quick quiz: can your entire sales staff be replaced by a nicely formatted HTML table? If the answer is 'yes', then you are subtracting value and wasting my time.

When comparing between hosting providers, most lack the time and resources to negotiate with each provider to find out what the "real" rate is. Hosting should be a commodity, providers should treat it as such. I think there are probably good opportunities for hosting providers that provide an honest rate.
Oh any their support is second to none IMHO. I've called at any hour of the day and had a tech diagnosing my issues on the phone with no wait.
Buffett didn't buy the common, he only has warrants with 10 year expiration. He bought preferreds at 6%, afaik.
> "In general Microsoft doesn't allow free DLC. You can ship bug fixes and there's a tiny amount of title update space you can shove content into, but large amounts of content are meant to be deployed through paid DLC"

That is incorrect - there are free Game Add-Ons (DLC) on Xbox LIVE for a number of games. There are also free Arcade (XBLA) games, by the way.

Here are some examples:

- Some Halo 3 maps/map packs

- Free tracks for Rock Band (several versions)

- Left 4 Dead Survival Pack

- Deadliest Warrior DLC

- Fable 3 free weapons/outfits

.. and a lot more. Disclaimer: I work there.
Spot instances are used to sell spare capacity. This means the provider is basically selling computing power on machines that have to stay turned on, to allow for flexibility in accommodating needs of deals with better SLAs (e.g., on-demand and reserved instances). Hence, the natural reserve price would not be the cost of powering a server, but rather the difference between the cost of an idle and active server.
As someone who runs both AWS and my own dedicated servers I'm starting to see a pattern.. MBA types talk about 'new trends', 'data centric startups' and new opportunities opened up by AWS and such. OTOH practical advice from real people with successful startups - marco arment, jakewalker, others, seems to focus more on the unseen problems of virtual and advantages of just getting your own server. Am I right?
Site looks better. +1 for [Download] button.

I use YUI mainly for table/grid widget - I preferred API design in YUI3 but found various table UI bugs when I 'mixed in' sortable and resize columns etc... This meant I had to go back to YUI2. I remember this experience as amorphic 'yui pain'.

Hopefully in current/3.4 the DataGrid is now fixed with official plugins working in unison?

Some thoughts :

YUI really needs one core person with an iron fist and a clear goal driving it forward. It feels like it has the guts of something incredibly useful, but is being pulled in too many directions.

In a large company its tempting to think ' we better keep that for Sandras or Simons team' .. dont do that... think like a startup and throw bad shit away :]

I can live with the verboseness if the Widgets are really nice - and thats a way to get HTML5/js/web-startup developers thinking about Yahoo again.

Some ideas -

Be ambitious upstarts, dont ask permission to kickass.

Give the team autonomy / ie. a virtual startup within Yahoo.
Maybe split off a team or an Open Source startup ?

Demand all Yahoo use latest YUI by religious edict from on high [ Doug ? ]

Consider mobile?

Drop the legacy crud, get rid of any fallbacks, burn the bridges!

One Unified example, or a framework / app-designer as the canonical YUI demo
oooo... fulltext search yet? (scrambles off to read the notes).
Thanks, yea that was a huge surprise to me. It really demystified a lot of how this stuff all works.
For our own selfish reasons, we should get better at designing and building ecosystems, instead of expending resources on discovering, categorizing, and protecting unknown species. The former gives us a better future, whereas the latter produces mostly a constant state of guilt about not doing enough.

For example, I am appalled at how we still farm outdoors, where we have little control over pests and weather, especially given that our main methods of pest control tend to hurt us, such as through chemicals or through Monsanto-style genetic modification and patenting. We could begin to move in a completely new direction, and that is to create something like the Ultima Tower, as envisioned by Eugene Tsui.

It's clear that if we don't take grand steps towards engineering a sustainable future, we won't be able to survive a variety of calamities to which we are now exposed, and in that grand scheme, untold numbers of species dying, whether at our hands or due to our carelessness, is irrelevant.

http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Tsui
So that tells you there's at least a 300% markup on their services, plus you're paying for all those wonderful salespeople...
We haven't seen any serious abuse yet.
If we get any report, we look at what type of abuse was reported, whether other users have reported the same potential abuser, and follow up with each of the users involved individually in Verbling itself and/or by email.
I took an awful lot of graduate level courses as an undergrad. Most of the time there was some sort of additional vetting where the prof had to sign off on your involvement in advance.

You don't have to get very far in the undergrad before they'll start letting you take the interesting stuff, especially if it looks like you know what you're doing.
I like when you do email sales and they don't get back to you ... someone lost a large order from us this month for that.
waiting for them to say Happy Birthday GNU...
Tumblr (No Revenue) Investment Values It at $800 Million
What do you think about this Idea?
Hello!...I've been lurking for around 3 months ....recently i've been thinking about this idea even though it's cliche you can point me in directions if it already exists .

What is your opinion about a service which has a highly complex yet simple to use web app and a cross platform non-resource-hogging simple native app ex-Dropbox which will be responsible for transmitting the core home computing experience from users home/personal computer to to the web app. i don't mean uses like files or folder by this but like actually accessing the whole of hard-disc plus processing power and being able to control from remote location accessing native apps etc a full computing experience via web app using peer to peer or intermediate servers. i don't mean team viewer.

The key here being experiencing the the personal computer as a whole not just files/folders via web app with subtle intuitive UX changes.
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I don't understand this part:

> In the classic software delivery process (development → packaging → distribution → install → deployment), code passes through many hands before it finally reaches the end user. Developers build, QA verifies, ops deploys, and finally end users can access. In this environment, the feedback loop for information about how code behaves in production is slow and inefficient — it may take weeks or months for this to make it back to developers, and often in a highly-filtered format.

> Heroku is built for the new era of software-as-a-service. An app is built by a small, cross-functional, relatively independent team which builds and deploys everything itself, with few or no hand-offs to other teams.

What's the difference here? Developers still build and QA still has to verify. If your code is split up into several repositories, you still want to track versions (packaging & distribution, even if a package is just a branch + revision number).
re my last point as I just noticed YUI App Framework -

I like the idea of a framework.. but the Todo List app just seems overweight.

I personally dont want to see a Rails style or heavy iOS/Cocoa style framework for web.

What I like about Javascript is it has enough lisp that I can write surprisingly small amounts of code, and the code reads like the way I think about the problem. Also the async events are magic in terms of decoupling components [ reducing cross dependencies ].

I content that concise frameworks are possible in Javascript [and lisp], whereas they are not possible in C/Java/C++/ObjectiveC.
Good Afrrtnoon America
Trolling as an art form. I can still remember when "subscriptions" to /. first came out and the people who added a line to their signatures, bemoaning the little asterisk by the name of subscribers. I think I was probably the first (and probably only) person who anonymously bought gift subscriptions to several of the worst complaining offenders. Apparently some of the recipients tried to refuse the gift subscriptions, but /. didn't have a process for that, and I probably gave the admins a headache that they didn't anticipate. Ah, those were the days...
I really don't like the bias in the headline. It seems to imply that coding isn't something you'd do after you got growth.

Why not "How Coding Helps Y Combinator Manage Growth" or "Paul Graham Keeps Coding to Help Y Combinator Keep Growing"?
I don't understand why this trick is necessary. For 11x<number> you can just do 10x<number> + <number> which is easy until you get to 3 digit numbers, but even then continues to work.
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Cloudfoundry as well.
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I can't remember from what article this was, might have even been from a book, but I read that in the chinese (probably) community there was an important festival for which the oldest woman of the family played an important role. The researchers found that for some weeks before the festival the death rate was significantly decreased, and for the same period after it was significantly increased. Meaning that people hang on for important events.

With respect to this the good news is that Steve Jobs is still the Chairman of Apple, and thus would still have significant input if he so chooses.
I don't really know. I just picked it because I'm from New York and it was the first good school that popped into my head. You could compare with UC Berkeley instead, which costs about $10,000 to California residents and I hear has a pretty good CS program.

Yes, there are a lot of ridiculously expensive schools in the US, but not all schools are expensive and there are a lot of places where you can learn about computing fundamentals, algorithms, data structures, languages, operating systems, architecture, database theory and networks.
That's not what I mean. That will make it run with concurrent threads per request. However, I'm fairly certain it isn't threadsafe.

Somewhere around 3.0.6 I made a simple jruby rails app and a sinatra app. They were both a thin REST layer over data in mongodb (No AR). I did load testing and the sinatra app ran fine, the rails app would fail on about 7% of requests with seemingly random stack traces. When I reran the tests with config.threadsafe! turned OFF it never failed.

Also, on Bob Lee's OSCON talk he mentioned some unthreadsafe code in AR that he found.

http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/schedule/detail/21092
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And.. Warm Hug to all the team for nice work on the site and congrats on the 3.4 release!
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Yes. Many investors think BoA stock price is below book value. Meaning that if they sold off all of their assets, that amount would be more the the number of shares * stock price. It would look like Buffett agrees.
>“Blunt” has different connotations for me, rudeness seems like a part of it.

Rudeness or impoliteness is not part of the definition of the word in the dictionary I consulted.
US ICE "Secure Communities" straight out of "1984"