skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Git is mostly not bash scripts anymore:

[~] 0 (jon@snowball2)
$ file /usr/lib/git-core/git-status
/usr/lib/git-core/git-status: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.26, stripped
I guess you are correct. I am not sure where I got the CPU information (I was at the office and I can't get my browsing history from here) but your reference seems sound. I also remember reports of WebOS running much faster on Apple's iPad 2 (under mobile Safari) that may hint at some other hardware performance bottleneck.

As for battery life, it was mentioned in BYTE's podcast. IIRC, the reviewers were quite unhappy with both the software stability (frequent reboots) and with the short (according to them) battery life.

I am equally sorry about HP's current directions. It's clear that given a little more time, their tablet would become a solid offering and a very attractive third option. But not at iPad prices.
Ditto - we use Godaddy's sister company's (Wild West Domains)API to register domains - nice and simple. Each domain is dirt cheap, takes one api call and we're done, we never even leave our app. Of course since we host a lot of sites for our customers we have to register a lot of domains. Setting up API access may not be worth it otherwise.
How an Algorithm Helped Arrange the Names on the 9/11 Memorial
Psychology of the Music Library (Read: Why We Just Can't Quit Files)
Neither USSR nor China never had 80% of the population on welfare, not even fucking close. USSR didn't have welfare, only pensions that had to be earned.
Except that it doesn't seem to offer that service, it's only about what happens on Twitter or Facebook or some other things I've never heard about.

(old fart here, sorry)
Remote work isn't really the problem.

Something like this has effectiveness which goes as a function of the number of active nodes. It's much easier to increase that locally. Scaling by adding other areas after you've knocked a few corners off and gotten a reasonably active network going is relatively straightforwards compared to trying to eat the whole pie at once.

Facebook and Craigslist both did this very successfully.
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The only time I've ever been remotely satisfied with the download manager in Firefox was when I completely replaced it with an add-on, so I'm looking forward to this change.
Got some ideas for you regarding site presentation, it sounds like a really interesting project. If you're still looking for some feedback, let me know:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971477
I guess it depends on what stage of startup you talk about.

Early-stage: Pinterest and Instagram
Growth stage: Tumblr
Late Stage: Zynga
MS already has too many SKUs for Win7. I always assumed serious MS developers would just acquire the Big MSDN subscription and just install the server OS on their computers. Back when I was a Windows developer, I always used server versions of the OS. I think 2000 Server was the last one. When I moved to XP I was already moving to Linux, so I never used 2003 on my box.
Really clean and simple design and implementation. Something everyone should aspire towards. I love how intuitive it was to set-up a recipe and make my services work together and for me. Great job!
I don't think you can counter it with money at all. Even if you pay them for good grades they are just going to find a way to cheat so they can get the money without doing the work.

Maybe a better solution would be to turn the public schools in the worst failing districts into something like the twenty-first century version of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_Scho...] (without the physical abuse and with more than just training for lower level work).
This line is irrelevant debugging information. The problem is that there's a merge conflict. This would happen with any version control system; it's not something unique to Git.
It's not entirely about raw spending. How about spending wisely? Right now there's a system in place that allows drunks who don't do their job to keep their seat warm while keeping out young innovators who are new to the scene. Does this seem right? Or a good system to entrust our kids and the future generation to?
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If you enjoyed reading that, then perhaps you would enjoy reading a book that has come to occupy a treasured space on my shelf:

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Technology-World-History-Intro...

The authors provide an overview of world history through the lens of technological advancement. The chapter on physics is a bit rough, but other than that I think that the book is quite solid. It should be required reading for anyone that wants to have a good overview of the march of human civilization.

Edit: By the way, I did not downvote you, but the likely reason for the downvote is that the individual that you link to does not seem to have the necessary qualifications to provide a strong critique of civilization.

Remember, just because someone writes about a topic does not mean that they are an authority on this topic.
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>Socialistobama

That label and the level of discourse it represents are not welcome here. Be civil.
cool idea. great landing page text/graphics. simple. intuitive. good sign from my perspective whenever something makes me slap my forehead and wish I had done it. :)
I don't see how the api key requirement will push devs away. If you have a simple ways to demo the api, like Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube all do, then it's easy to see the output you'll get. Assuming that happens, a key for tracking and preventing (serious) abuse seems necessary. Much harder to add security later as you'll break the apps from original ecosystem members.
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OK - although I'm unlikely to be able to act on any of your advice soon, I'd be interested in the content and style of your report.

http://www.mathsjam.com/confindex.html

You might choose the super-site (as it were), but it's that page (and it's descendants) I'm particularly interesting in ATM.

I'm adding an email temporarily to my profile.

Cheers.
The OP made no mention of how large the SVN repo is, but rather speculated that the git equivalent would be "100s of GBs".

Had the statement been: "Our SVN repo is alreay 100s of GBs in size" then yes you are not likely to want to stuff that onto a laptop but that was not the claim. The claim (without rationale) was that the git equivalent would be 100s of GBs which is similar but not at all the same.

one assumse 1:1ish correspondence the other applies an unstated multiplier SVN * n = git where n > 1 (and significantly so.)

In reality the multiplier appears to be negative in many cases:

> Git's repositories are much smaller than Subversions(sic) (for the Mozilla project, 30x smaller) [1]

[1] https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSvnComparison
What kind of analysis is that? Valuations aren't based upon some arbitrary assignment of percentages to various outcomes. They're based upon hard numbers. I'm not a Facebook hater, I think their revenue will continue to grow, especially if they are able to successfully expand into new markets (hardware for example). But as for now, seeing as how they have really hit a saturation point in the US market in terms of user base to the point where usage is actually dropping, I have a hard time seeing them as anything close to a $100 billion company.

I would have a very hard time investing in any company whose sole source of income was based upon display ads, and was still trying to figure out a solid revenue model. You can say that they already have one, but if you compare the long-term viability of social ads to Microsoft for example, I think you would agree that the revenues that Microsoft generates are likely to be a lot more stable than those of Facebook. I think that social networks in general are still in their infancy, and anybody who tries to peg a valuation on any of them without some more data is acting rather foolishly. I'd be very curious to know what kind of numbers Twitter is generating.

It's important not to confuse hype with value. What generates the hype is not necessarily something that people are willing to pay for, and at the end of the day that's what determines a business' value.
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This seems like a really interesting project, definitely seems to address a complication of using bitcoin. If you're still looking for feedback, let me know. Got a lot of ideas.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971477
I just used it for the first time for my startup, Bellstrike, and loved it. Here's how I used it. For some reason I Twitter wasn't sending me all of my @mention's by email. So, I used IFTT to send me an email everytime someone @mentioned us as well as everytime someone tweeted with the word Bellstrike. We got a fair amount of coverage the first few days and I was able to respond to every tweet about us in real time. It worked way better than Google Analytics ever has.
Cool new crowd simulation software for VFX
@chugger: Just to clarify, I'm not talking about the last 20 years. I'm talking about the transition from me-too/copycat productions based on low prices of the 50s and 60s to the innovative, high-tech, high-quality branded production of the late 70s and 80s (Sony Walkman, VHS and Betamax, Space Invaders and Mario Bros...).

My point is that China could do that same transition, even if now Chinese brands are mostly me-too.
Hard to see what all the excitement is about while xxx.ly is still available.
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Facebook could cannibalize all of these markets you mention: nothing prevents them from turning it into a marketplace of new/used stuff and a platform to watch movies on or sell songs. Have a look at the (pirate friendly) Russian vkontakte.ru: whole american TV series and movies can be watched there.
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I've been using this for a few months now, and though my usage is probably atypical, here's what I use it for:

- as I abandoned RSS readers a long time ago, new posts on my _very favorite_ (read: top 5) blogs send me a notification email with a link to the post

- new tweets by my _very favorite_ (read: top 3) twitter accounts get SMS'd to me

Pretty limited usage so far I'll admit, but I'm excited to see what new inputs and outputs they come up with in the future.
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There are already several related apps that allow you to track your children, keep tabs on your spouse etc.
Let me know if you guys celebrate any other nerdy dates.
The problem is about finite amount of BitCoins.
What happen if you introduce a new coin, SubBitCoin, such that a BitCoin is ten SubBitCoins (the quantity of coins is increased ten fold) and you must pay something for the change. Increasing the cost of changing the coin and introducing in the future a different ratio: A BitCoin is only 9 SubBitCoins eliminate the problem.
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That is a horribly limited view of innovation.

Innovation is not limited to only consumer end-products but happens through the whole design-manufacture-logistics-market chain. This is where e.g. Toyota has famously excelled.

There is more to this world than mobile phones and computers. A lot of innovation happens in b2b end products also, with less fuzz.
Thanks, got your email. Will have something for you soon.
It really depends on where you are from. If you are born and raised in Asia, or in urban America, I don't think you would feel comfortable leaving things unlocked.

Last time I checked, Windsor, Ontario, Canada has such a friendly neighborhood that they do often leave their home doors unlocked. Whether that's a good idea or not, it is up to you. Personally, I keep it locked, just for a peace of mind.
Sent you an e-mail, thanks.
how are jobs obsolete when 91% of the working-aged population (in the US) have one?
Well played, sir. A fine and timely rebuttal! Less courageous souls might choose to pick on older material - say from the 60s or 70s - so as not to be accused of carefully picking out material that can be dealt with through the magic of hindsight, but not you.

I will keep a keen eye out for further highly relevant dispatches from your "libertarian worldview" on other recent events, such as Operation Desert Storm, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the release of not one but two Use Your Illusion albums from Guns 'n' Roses, and the release of the SNES gaming system.
this stuff makes far less practical sense than things like RTA labeling

The XXX in the URL makes the content filtering human readable. That is hugely important, and a service that can only be provided by a TLD.

That said, I agree that this is nothing but a new way to heckle money.
Not quite countless. There are 307 TLDs today, up from about 250 a decade ago. Most of this growth as been in non-Latin IDN domains (There are 21 gTLDs today, including .XXX)

There will however be a sea change in the future, ICANN is intending the open up applications for new gTLDs in 2012 that could see hundreds more TLDs added. So if adding the dozen or so new gTLDs in the last 10 years has seemed countless, it will get worse.
Introducing Spaces - A Micro-chat platform.
Fellow hackers, we are launching here today so please enjoy and check us out. Spacesapp.com

Spaces is a free, fun and simple way to chat with people around your favorite interests. Topics can be happenings, locations, products, events, hobbies or anything!

It's dead simple to discover, create, share and chat. There’s no login or secondary screens, just launch the app and you’re free to discover, create and chat in seconds. We created this app to be super fast, easy and beautiful.

Sharing deserves it's own paragraph. Each space comes with slashes - /topic/. This tells people a conversation is happening and exactly where to find it. When you can chat about anything, and share it, there's a lot you can do: tweet it, post it to your blog, share it with your beta testers or customers, include it in a marketing campaign, create "episodes" of discussion around interesting topics, etc.

I've created a few spaces for today /CarolBartz/ /yCombinator/ /Techcrunch/

Spaces was developed by Joey Primiani (Google & Cortex), James Mudgett (theCrowdapp.com) and myself (Pennsylvania).

Spaces is for iOS, but we plan on releasing new features (like following topics/notifications) and launching on Droid.

Also follow us on Twitter - @Spaces_app. We have fun there.
Well said.

I am aware that much of the venom projected at Christians by atheists is a result of the worldview, not the cause. By some accounts, our willful ignorance is endangering civilization. I'd be mad, too.

And I think some of it is just. A lot of secular critiques of the church as being mindless and anti-science . . . are right. And there are religious scholars making the same argument.

My take that atheism is about pride and hatred -- that's a personal judgement based on experience. It seems to me that most of the folks I talk to are atheists because of emotional issues they have, not because of evidence. But I certainly acknowledge that such a generalization is not a rule.

And it certainly, certainly is the case that the universe is a big and mysterious enough place that smart, honest people can disagree.

And honestly, I wish we'd talk more. I think our worldviews would be richer for it.
While I'm the first to admit that I'm no expert on common law, I don't know of many proponents of textualism (outside of constitutional law) since Montesquieu. Seems to me like a rather vapid article that only applies within the constraints of very narrow definitions of some of the terms used in order to get to write a sensationalist headline.
So let's start picking apart this article. And the other article that talks about the end of capitalism. And then the next 50, 100, 1000 articles that prey on our confused notion that capitalism is the end-game for eternity.

Watch as self-driving vehicles takeover all modes of goods transport. And robotics and information systems remove 90% of the health care workforce. And construction. And education. Keep telling yourself that your vision of capitalism is exact and free from evolution.

Eventually, a grounded theory that revolutionizes capitalism will emerge. Do we know what the evolution will be or how it will work? I certainly don't. But I do believe in evolution and evolution in markets.

Defending capitalism like it dragged you out of a flaming building is self-serving, not logical. Capitalism is an ideology. It can and will change, with or without consent.
The consensus seems that the .XXX TLD is just a money grab because it's not forcing adult content onto this TLD, and there is no practical way to even do that.

Therefore, wouldn't a counterpart TLD, such as .SAFE, actually make more sense? Companies that target children, such as Walt Disney, could provide a guaranteed safe sub-internet. With wikipedia's new filtering options, they could put a wiki-subset on .SAFE with maximum filtering on.

It would be hugely costly to police, and so probably the most expensive TLD ever. But some companies would surely still be able to profit.
The worst thing in Git (comparing to Mercurial/other DVCSes) is that it is "more mainstream", thanks to GitHub. Everyone is assumed to have an account on GitHub (and such an account is even requested in the YC application form!), even if one is a Python programmer fond of Mercurial, or a Haskellista using darcs for everything around.
Brilliant. It reminds me of MIT's Scratch language, only for useful stuff instead of moving around cartoon cats.

Specifically: the way the UI swipes things away when you make selections feels very fresh. I might grow to hate it, but I enjoy it today.
If your site's copy asks that question, one of the first things I should see after submitting my birthday is, indeed, my age after 1,000,000 seconds. Seeing a list of everything I could be besides 1,000,000 seconds old confused the heck out of me. :)

That said, pretty cute. I like it. You could make a cute viral Facebook app out of something like this (though maybe with less nerdy milestones).
http://limi.net/articles/safari-downloads/
Preview mail in the browser instead of sending: ryanb/letter_opener
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Capital gains taxes are not paid on the sale of one's residence if another home is bought with the proceeds.
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It turns out that certain elements just work best for certain things. A bar chart is probably just the best way of showcasing that kind of data.

This happens all the time. People like standards (like logo on the top left). It makes the user feel more comfortable = win for UX!

I know founders of both companies. I don't think they mind the similarity if it means their users are better off.
Another newer video here too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laY1w3mmJv4
It's kind of a gift for those of us who are really late to the 3D CG game and have to play catch-up with all the awesome techniques, algos and shaders that were developed over the last 8-or-so years but who have been working on the web all these years... for once, us old dogs can learn old tricks and still be totally cutting edge!

But personally I think this is just the beginning. To get from 1994 quality (Doom) to 2004 levels (as you say) in-the-browser didn't take "us" 10 years but more like 1-3. When WebGL and "desktop GL" will slowly but surely converge over the next 3-8 years, it will be a real game changer. People will rave about popping up completely new kinds of "3D games" casually and instantly "in the browser". It'll be awesome. It's not too late to jump on the bandwagon and finally we're now also at a fairly stable point where it's not too early either. WebGL in Chrome and Firefox is solid these days. Keeps getting better. Opera is committed to it too. It's cross-platform. And IE? There's 'Chrome Frame' for that (or alternatively some obscure plugin called "iewebgl" or some such, although Chrome Frame should be more sensible).
Can we rely on business as usual to get us to the future?
That's not all that bad, all things considered. I probably spend more on breakfast cereal.
>>I think that the title was just to grab your attention.

Unsupported inaccurate inflammatory content titles are called link bait/spam.
The people that recommended Madoff's fund to their family and friends were probably well intentioned too. And the fund probably wasn't a Ponzi scheme from the beginning either but in the end a scam is a scam.
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This looks like a longer rehash of Krugman on Bitcoin [1], until you realize that it was first published in August and was actually Krugman's inspiration.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2969568
I agree completely. The "Like" phenomenon feels very much like something you would see on VH1's "Remember the 80's?" The problems arise when people who enjoy using Facebook immediately assume "PROFIT." I would challenge most people lauding this as the next Google to ask themselves how many ads they've clicked on in the past year on Facebook compared to Google.

I don't have any doubt about Facebook's smarts or ability to implement cool social networking things, but the bottom line is that very little of what they offer anybody would pay for.
Square

1) They solved a really hard problem. Basically they opened channels for merchants that used to only be able to take cash to credit cards. I have already used this twice on the consumer end. Once at a concert to buy a tshirt, once a cupcake food truck downtown.

2) They did an exceptional job of design in both hardware and software.

3) They had a real vision on their own, 'Apple Style' where they saw the problem and had a vision to a real solution. They didn't have to make a MVP and keep iterating (not that doing that is a bad idea) but have a vision that turns out to be true is always very impressive to me.

4) They executed in a exceptional time period. They had everything in place from from engineer to design and operation in the amount of time other startups take to make a webapp that is much less as sensitive (read: involves larges of amounts of money in a traditionally slow industry).
> They are super expensive though, 10x the price of a .com.

Not unless a reseller has the .com. This assume you aren't going for something clever though.
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and CNN too presumably and most of the regular media with other fields, politics springs to mind
Both are crazy. Why would anyone want celebrate being closer to death? Plus, as a nerd, I wouldn't choose an arbitrary unit of time like seconds.
Even if you don't have a sex site, .XXX can be yours
Right, because looking for a job takes a lot of time. So the opportunity cost of taking a crappy job might prevent you from ever finding a good job.
What a genius move, that is only reason for this domain. No porn provider will use this, because it will be banned on so many places. It didn't make any sense, but now it does.

Super expensive and you don't want your company reputation to be damaged. I bet in the end there are only the venturers who dream from the days of sex.com and the ones who pay to lock their domain down.
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Well, you can avoid changing basic human motivations by using an alternative solution.

Jay Gould is attributed to have said "I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half. "
That is a REALLY irritating method of entering a date! To go back a decade, you have to go to january of the first year in the dropdown, click the previous month button.

Can't I just type in a date?