skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
With 300 million people on Facebook (and there's probably more than that), you'd need to survey 3 million people to get at just 1% of them. This survey covers 1000, which is a fraction of 0.0000033.

In other words, a survey isn't going to tell you anything. What matters is trying it yourself, and deciding if you like it or not.
Well, I guess we would have first to define success...

I'm currently in private alpha with my Blackberry App. Is a panic button for Blackberry users in dangerous cities in Latin America (mainly).

I've been online for about 60 days, have done zero marketing, no push of the app and have around 300 active users. People seem to really like the app.

Twitter has been abuzz with people talking about it and in a few weeks I'm releasing the first "beta" version and will start charging for it. Lets see how that goes.

I'm starting my focus in Venezuela since I'm from there and know the market pretty well. The main problem is the government restrictions in my country to charge in a foreign country (in this case dollars) so I have to charge in the local currency, but there are no payment gateways... is very complicated.

All an all, I think the private alpha has been a success, so there you go :)
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Wouldn't it be easier just to continue using Facebook, but never grant any permissions to any apps?
I wondered if, there were no software patents would the community be better off ? Does anyone know off a statistic were there are cases where it shows that companies that sued others and won, ended up paying more in the end for breaching someone elses patent.

Google bought Motorola recently and some say just to have security that android is used on the phones. They then used ,and still are, the patents as an leverage against rivals competitors.

I think as indiviudal company you can gain, but with these wars the eco system is weakend and in turn everyone is worse off.
Roll out your MVP. If its something people want, trust me, you will surely find a way to solve your banking problem. Don't worry about your cash register before opening your shop.
If the nutrinos were from the same supernova, doesn't the fact that they arrived BEFORE the light still mean they traveled faster than light? Whether it should've been 4 years instead of 3 hours seems besides the point as far as the significance of the recent observation is concerned. Unless I'm missing something here.
Reportedly the Washington Post reader gleefully designs around the Facebook opt-outs.

If you have your privacy setting in Facebook on "only me," then what you read within the app will not go to Timeline or be seen by friends outside of the app. However, _inside the app_ friends who have also downloaded Social Reader _will_ be able to see what you’ve read
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/09/23/relax-f...

If that isn't a violation of the spirit of Facebook's privacy settings, I don't know what is.

Of course it's been possible to build newsreaders that spy on people's browsing habits and share them with Facebook friends (or anyone else) since the early days of the Facebook API, but this particular app is promoted by Facebook themselves as a flagship for the way new passive sharing apps should be.
I m on a start up weekend event in Germany at You is now 24. Its really great fun and loved the presentations. But the people on the bill here are from leading global sites. One way ticket for me to Sillicon Valley i think
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I'm pretty sure Chrome send URLs to Google at least for indexing purposes. I've put up random pages on my websites, not linked to them anywhere at all but visited them in Chrome and then BAM - indexed soon after in search.
The RLZ identifier is present only if Chrome is installed through some sort of third-party deal like a system or software bundle. If you install the stock Chrome from Google it's not present. You can find a good overview of RLZ here: http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html
Actually, Facebook's 'publish_stream' extended permission, which has existed for 1-2 years, already gave developers the ability to publish on your wall, without getting explicit confirmation on each article.

Similarly, for Spotify to do this Activity stuff, you need to give them an extended permission called 'publish_actions'.

If anything, actions are less dangerous, since the size and visibility of the content is significantly more limited than are wall posts.

Anyone saying otherwise either is linkbaiting or truly does not understand the Facebook platform.
I was under the impression that algorithms are specifically not patentable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patentable_subject_matter#The_a...
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I flag something if I don't want to see it on HN. I don't care strictly what HN policy says or not. I want to influence HN and HN policy. I don't want to play pedantic games with written language. Language is a fuzzy echo of intent. I care about intent.
2 responses:

1. Chrome is the only major browser not to support the Do Not Track header. Google is also the browser vendor whose bottom line would be most impacted if users could easily opt out of tracking. Coincidence?

While I welcome folks from the Chrome team to weigh in on the reasons for this, my own understanding is that adoption of this feature is being blocked by Google's Mountain View based policy team, and is not a decision that is in the hands of engineers.

Compare this to Chrome's absolutely spectacular record in the area of security, where folks like Adam Langley and Chris Evans have been able to ship innovative features that haven't worked their way through the standards process. Examples include HTTPS certificate pinning (that recently led to the discovery of MiTM attacks against Iranian users using the DigiNotar certs).

In the area of security, Chrome's engineers deploy whatever they think will help users. In the area of privacy, Google's lawyers and lobbyists are calling the shots.

(Also, there still isn't a working API to let others support DNT in Chrome. An API exists, I think, but it is quite buggy, AFAIK)

2. Blocking 3rd party cookies by default. Apple defaults to blocking 3rd party cookies, Chrome does not. Both are derived the same webkit core (yes, I know there is different code now), but when Google decided to create Chrome, they went with a different default than the one that Apple had already used -- one that hasn't led to websites breaking for Apple users.

Again, which browser vendors' bottom line would suffer if Chrome users could not easily be tracked? Google.

Let me be clear - I don't think that Chrome is engaging in any sneaky shenanigans to directly track users. No, that would be too obvious. Instead, Chrome just makes it easy for Google's other services to track users, when they stick with the deaults.
That should definitely not be happening. If you're seeing this behavior please provide file a bug with full details at the following URL: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry?template=Pri...
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Online gamers often use pwn in the sense of "I accomplished a feat". In this sense, he has made it near to the top of the list of their board. I don't think anyone would argue that he was using pwned to mean "helped people".
Here's the text I was thinking of when I wrote that:

"So I was scared shitless when after RSVP'ing I see faces of all my facebook friends and an offer to invite them. I always thought you had to do the whole facebook connect crap before websites could just splash your fb friends list at you?"

Someone was petrified that fb knows and may have already revealed something that person really wants to keep private. Sounds fairly abusive to me.

How long is until you'll be able to 'connect' to the DMV via fb? What if you're a serial scofflaw, and have a trail of unpaid speeding tickets. We already have instances of debt collectors attacking fb profiles. What if state agencies try to get in on this act?
On the flipside, what's it like to move to NYC to be one of the first employees for a startup? Anyone have any experience doing that?
The quote says nothing about underpants. It talks about bathing, not clothing.

When someone misunderstands simple speech that badly, it makes me wonder how badly they misunderstand everything else that was said.
About Problem 1, I must stay vague, but the code I read was understandable. We tracked the time it took us to review the artifacts and since this is still an open problem (how to efficiently and fairly review artifacts), the process may change in the future.

To address the potential negative impact on the authors, I believe the papers who did not get a good review by the artifact evaluation committee just did not get a special mention. Since it is not possible to know who submitted an artifact and who did not (unless you got a mention), no harm is done for now.

The potentially negative impact on the authors' reputation was something that concerned me because I've been burned in the past by Ph.D. students not being able to use the tools I published and saying that my tools were buggy when they just did not know how to install Eclipse...

About problem 2, the conference organizers promised to keep the data confidential, but that might not be enough in some cases. For example, I would never show my interview transcripts to anyone, but there are some intermediate data that I could show and describe. We did not need to reproduce everything, we just wanted to see reasonable evidence that the approach described in the paper had been validated as advertised.

I'm not sure I understand the difference between problem 2 and 3. I must say that in my research area, I don't see many approaches and studies that are exclusively about proprietary data. Often, some part of the data/technique is publicly available or the approach has been tried on both proprietary data and open source data.

Overall, I think the artifact evaluation committee is a nice initiative and a step in the right direction. It needs to be carefully monitored and adapted to ensure that nobody gets burned for a bad reason though.
I some feedback about the UI, as a user (I am not an expert)

The background seems to grab all my eyes attention, especially the bright colors of the header.

Initially I had hard time figuring out what this site was about and what the benefits were. I needed more specifics than just knowing it tracks my health.
As a data nerd, I am very excited by this. My one piece of feedback would be that the contrast isn't very high, which makes text a bit tiring to read, but, other than that, fantastic work, Justin!

What's your stack like?
I think this is simply validation of the idea...
Not only that, but I have a feeling that if Google and Facebook fail at providing some institutionally-derived level of default sharing by users, the next company is going to try something else. And there will be a "next company" to try this, just as there has been in the MySpace > Friendster > Orkut > Facebook > G+ > etc. chain.

This is an institutional desire, probably by the advertising industry, that will not stop.
If I knew that flagging something would make it more visible, I don't think I'd flag stuff any more.
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Say it like it is, brother!

"The Eternal Value of Privacy" by Bruce Schneier, http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securityma... (article for Wired)

"Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'", http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127... (for the Chronicle)
The stackoverflow insistence that downvoting something requires burning some of your own karma is also good.
wow, 10 hours later this post is on Google's index: http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&i...

I remember times when it took weeks before the index is refreshed.
Really like this, great slick look and feel! Great work!
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No contradiction: I had to turn on Rdio'd FB app to broadcast my songs to begin with. Everything is opt in, not opt out. If you're not interested in that, you don't maintain anything.
But I have lots of friends who do love sharing all the articles they read, so to each his own.

Not to cast aspersions, and I really don't mean this personally (which would be impossible since I don't know you), but is it possible that these friends are simply boring people? There's always an unspoken corner-case (perhaps a "center-case"?) where there are people with nothing to hide. I'm not talking about extroverts and exhibitionists who don't care how their personalities translate to the commenting-online world, but those who watch the news, have a couple of kids, go see a Luke Wilson movie, etc. and that's the extent of their external lives. There are lots of perfectly contributing members of society who have no interest in politics or celebrity, play Bridge on Wednesdays with that awesome Chex Mix that Annie makes, and so on.

Beware of selection bias.
Well I'd like a search function. I'm sure it's possible somehow, you need cameras everywhere and / or microships in everything.
The DNT header is to be implemented by website developers (and they have nothing to gain by doing it). I understand that Google is better off without implementing this header, but I don't really think it would change anything if Chrome had it.

I agree on the cookies issue, though. Things like "Allow local data to be set (recommended)" make me kind of sad.
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It'd be great to have a product tour before providing my credentials...I don't like signing up for things based on only text. Otherwise, the copy looks great!
> 1. Chrome is the only major browser not to support the Do Not Track header. Google is also the browser vendor whose bottom line would be most impacted if users could easily opt out of tracking. Coincidence?

The Chrome team has already addressed this issue. The problem with Do Not Track is that it isn't clear what it blocks and what it does not. It is also pretty useless as most websites that survive using ads will never support the Do Not Track headers, so it's a faux solution to the problem. Google already offers a browser extension (Firefox, Chrome and IE) to block Google Analytics. Last but not least, there is a dashboard on Google to know what Google ads know about you and the possibility to delete this information.

I think what's really bad is that DNT headers offer a false sense of privacy when in fact no websites respect the headers. Google's alternative solutions have the upside of being very clear about what they accomplish for your privacy.
Yes, the best solutions are to eliminate the Mortgage Interest Deduction (which definitely won't decimate the already critically wounded housing industry) and Employer-Provided Health Insurance Deduction (which definitely won't push millions more people out of health insurance, "forcing" insurance companies to increase their rates to maintain their margins and inefficiencies).

Insanity.
> Firstly, trace ingredients are often what's important to the consumer. Fine, I know my peanut butter is mostly peanuts, but how much salt is there?

You could put it on a log scale. Probably still confusing to people not familiar with logarithms.
I don't think companies locate to collect graduates from nearby universities, they locate to collect on positive externalities from aglomeration. How many times has PG statetd that being around other hardworking, innovative people is important? That's the agglomeration externality you want to cash in on.

Naturally, this leaves a catch-22 for would-be hotspots for any industry.
How about just never changing your address? I use Virtual Post Mail but there a a bunch of companies offering virtual mailing addresses. I couldn't be happier.
From the article:

"Since Microsoft entered the market, Google has nearly doubled its share at both companies' expense, but for the last year or so Bing has gained a few fractions of a point every month -- at least in the U.S.

Worldwide, Google still dominates with between 80% and 90% share, depending on who's measuring."

Not to pick on the result, but BusinessInsider is a poor choice as a reference. At least they point to results from Experian.
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I don't remember the exact name of the website, but a sponsor of mixergy (during the talk on trello at least) is doing exactly what you're saying.
Because I teach people how to write tests effectively, and run in to this TDD silver bullet bullshit over and over :-)
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Just wanted to point out that while it may seem intuitive that increased supply = cheaper prices, thats not how it works with doctors

Doctors have the ability and incentive to increase demand, and I remember seeing data that this is what actually happens historically when you increase doctor supply.
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A simple todo list with a "later" option could do that. I.e. you write

"Receive package" (Report in 2 weeks)

So, your todolist is empty but you can safely remove that task from your mind as it will remind you in any due time. (I.e. 2 weeks in this example)
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It's not just a bad idea. It's a cynical idea.
Some ad networks already respect DNT. But you are right, many of the big ones don't. While Google can't force most of the ad networks to respect DNT, Google can choose to respect the header, which is currently sent by 5% of Firefox users, when it is received by the Doubleclick and Google Analytics servers.

Instead of supporting a header that millions of consumers are already sending, you instead offer a browser add-on for analytics, and "keep my opt outs" for ad network opt out cookies.

The signal sent by a consumer setting the DNT flag in their browser is just as clear as a consumer installing your analytics opt out plugin, or obtaining the doubleclick opt out cookie.

You could, right now, respect the DNT header as you currently respect your own opt out mechanisms, but you don't.

I get that Google is not a charity. I get that Do Not Track (or any other mechanism that makes it easy for consumers to avoid tracking) threatens your bottom line. What I would prefer though, is honesty.

Please just admit that you want to make it difficult for consumers to opt out, and that a single, easy to use mechanism built into the browser is something you want to avoid at all costs, even if that means you are ignoring millions of consumers' intent.
Or the inverse.. if you've got a good service, you opened up your iphone and just click "Nice service"; it's indirect publicity. You could go one step further and click the name of the employee. So, it'll be a kind of "Employee of the month" in a less cheesy way.. customer decides instead of the boss choosing someone.
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For whatever reason, Chrome does seem to make life hard for privacy extensions like Ghostery:

"As Chrome's resource blocking API is not yet comprehensive, some elements may execute." - http://www.ghostery.com/download
I'm finding the light gray on white text pretty hard to read.

EDIT: Not to mention there are places that could use some copy editing...
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Deep sea fishing? It certainly gets the very little sleep, unwashed and very dangerous aspects.
Another very useful addon in Firefox is the RequestPolicy plugin, which blocks requests to other sites. You have to explicitly allow a site to connect to Facebook or Google analytics.

The only downside is that it is sometimes a hassle on pages that integrate third-party payment solutions which often have a lot of redirects and off-site scripts and iframe content. But then, like in noScript, you can always allow all or some request types from a page permanently.
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I'm not sure what you mean here. Chat isn't "old", its just taken for granted now. What's more likely is that sharing every bit of irrelevant data about your life will go the way of chat, in that it becomes so commonplace that isn't not even thought about anymore.
I personally have been very happy with my decision to go into medicine (specifically, interventional radiology). I have a few comments about this discussion:

1. The average radiologist gets paid about $40 (after expenses) to read a CT scan. So you have to read a LOT of scans to make as much as roentgen. Many scans contain hundreds of images, and the diagnosis can depend on just a few pixels. Partly based on the radiologist's diagnosis, the patient may need to go to surgery (at least $25,000) or need another round of chemotherapy ($50,000), etc. When viewed in this context, I think $40 is a great value for getting an expert opinion. (As a side note, there is a lot of regional variation in salaries. They are probably lowest in New York City. Contrast that to law or finance, where the highest salaries are probably in New York City. I think the difference is due to the fact that medicine (even radiology) is practiced locally, and thus depends on local supply and demand, and does not have the kind of network effects that you see in law or finance.)

2. In terms of disruptive technologies in radiology, I don't think that computers will be able to replace radiologists any time soon, but there are lots of ways that computers could help radiologists be more productive or accurate. Much of the advances in consumer technology from the past decade are not yet available in radiology. Images are usually transferred to another hospital by mailing a CD. Reports are transferred using a fax machine. We're lucky if we can get 10 frames per second when scrolling through a large study. Computer systems are not linked -- ie, we have to type the patient's name into both the radiology system and the medical records system. For various reasons, many of these problems will have to be solved by big companies and not startups. But there are other opportunities for startups. If you're interested, check out my startup http://www.revisionrads.com.
If there is something in your news feed which you don't want to be there, you can click the down-pointing arrow. If it is created by an app, you can even hide all posts from that particular app.

A hide from all apps would be nice, but I think that would catch updates from cell phones and the like too.
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I really liked your finishing sentence.

_if you want excuses you will find a lot, if you want a way to succeed .. guess what? .. you can find a lot to._
And no one's "pulled back" from chat. Now its ubiquitous and how many of us conduct all communication at work and much of personal communication.
"Search into what I'm currently looking right now". I'm at the library, I need to find the number "x8iz8x7c8z" somewhere.. meh, lost of time. I'm at the grocery store searching for a particular cheese: "Search moz". I'm driving and I want to find a particular street.. "Search [street-name]" and when it's in my vision, it'll be shown.

Basically, a small camera on my ear or something that watch in real-time with AI to recognize text. And then, a small 'bip' + a red light pointing to it.