skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Seems like there's enough interest so this'll be a good next step.
Sheesh, yeah. SamTrans 397 takes 2.5 hours (a whopping 14 MPH) just to get between the city and Palo Alto, so missing that last train at midnight really blows. And one night I learned the hard way that neither Caltrain nor SamTrans run past 9~10 PM (!) on Sundays, so I had to take a shuttle from SFO.
Why does "social" have to be pushed down my throat?
Caltrain is usually pretty fast and reliable during rush hour. But I would definitely pay for a consistent shuttle from my neighborhood(Mission) to the SF Caltrain and back.
lol "Lean startup"!thats hilarious!and it was dated sometime 2003!Scott Adams seems way beyond his time!
I think the negatives Graham cites outweigh the positives. Ultimately, "nerdy visionaries" win out over "rapacious dealmakers."

The culture is just too different and I just don't mean the business culture. It's reflected in all walks of life.

For example, let's take dating. In NYC if you're not making money or on the very fast track to doing so then you might as well not exist. In my experience dating in the Bay Area women are much more accepting of guys who are working on something long term that may or may not payoff (not saying this is always the case, just moreso than other cities I've lived in).

In short, in the Bay Area you get points for being a creative doer, in NYC you get points for already having money in your bank account. The Bay Area culture is just more conducive and accepting of the trials and tribulations of startup life.
> You are a Firefox developer, right?

Well, sure, but that's not relevant for purposes of this discussion. ;) The fact that I use the browser and turn off third-party cookies is the relevant part.

> The other browsers just block the setting of new cookies
> by 3rd parties.

Ah, interesting. That significantly reduces the value of that setting, as you point out.

I suppose we could look into blocking the setting of such cookies by default and only the sending when the pref is flipped. I'll file a bug, thanks!
A better introduction to Objective-C
Hmmm - I think you can read them in whatever order. Steve's book came out many moons before Eric's.

Eric's is a bit easier to digest though.
What NYC needs is a few local cash-outs for entrepreneurs (without them having to move to SV to do so). And then those entrepreneurs to reinvest in local startups. That's the positive reinforcement loop that takes place in SV, and I think that it's required for lift-off to be achieved.

As an aside, the UK suffers the same problem : There's a ton of money in London (similar to NYC) chasing financial opportunities, but those opportunities distract people from the high risk / high return technology bets that are commonplace on the West Coast. That was one bright feature of HP buying Autonomy in the UK, except for the questionmarks now hanging over HP...
Agreed with the phrasing of the question, although I think most people got the idea.

From what I hear in many cases employees have to buy caltrain passes and expense them. Having employees pay would directly replace that. Since most people in this thread suggested talking to employers, I might look into that, thanks.

The service offered would probably have all the amenities you describe (bathroom is a maybe, not sure about cost/benefit)
Startup Koolaid - It's a beverage, it's a lifestyle
Well for starters it will be an integrated experience, something Apple has made sure Amazon can't do on iPad. Amazon also has a lot more than books to fill the Fire with--they have a much more extensive collection of video than Apple (including free streaming content for Prime members).
Super Nerd Web Designer
Wait, wait,wait ... I read these online years ago... whats so special this time? just because Google is involved?
I should have called it literature archaeology.
The electronic games field is currently flooded with a bunch of one-trick pranksters and bike-shedding assclowns and "gameification experts" who haven't designed a game and flat-out have no clue what they're talking about. I thought the domination of Corporate (post-3D) was the death of decency in electronic gaming, but this "social" dreck makes EArts at its worst look saintly.

If Zynga can reinvent itself as a company that gives a shit about game quality, then I'll cheer for their success. What they represent now is something of which I can whole-heartedly say that I'm glad to see any signs that it's starting to die.

In 1995, Chrono Trigger (a game built by a team of leading artists and designers, not based on "analytics" regarding how to sap the energy and attention of half-bored people) came out. It had a story, there was a sense of progress because the game kept evolving and the challenges got harder (imagine this!) and after 50 hours or so, the game was completed and you went the fuck outside and rode your bike or went swimming. You could New Game+ to beat Lavos at different points in the story and level up to 99 if you really cared, but that was pretty rare and even then, the game came to a close. Also, the game involved a lot more thought than the mindless click-here-click-there of these Games For Idiots like Shartville and Mafia Whores.
> Sure, but what happens when Google's Android market place remains dominant, they release new versions of Android for Tablet and SmartPhone that become incompatible with Amazon's version of Amadroid?

Nothing will happen. Kindle Fire users will continue to read their books, watch their movies / tv shows and browse the web as before. This is being marketed as a Kindle for a reason.
Charvel Warren DeMartini San Dimas Electric Guitar 2011
Price: $392.60. Super Pre-Christmas Sale of $20 off on orders over $200. Hurry! buy now. Best gifts for season holidays
"Technology is what creates growth, and those who refuse to learn the new technology deserve to be left behind."

You might be right, but it doesn't matter what people deserve. Unfortunately, you may find that those that are left behind will cause untenable social unrest. If job automation outpaces re-training by too great a rate you can kiss civil society goodbye. No one can hold automation back, but we can work to smooth out the anticipated pain. No matter how optimistic you are about growth, we need this spaceship to hold together!
This is no longer the case. In terms of game design, Zynga is now leading the way on many fronts.

You could make a case that this is entirely due to the fact that they ran out of companies to copy, but that's beside the point. Nowadays, it's just inaccurate to claim that Zynga doesn't innovate.
They claim that, but they are wrong:

"They were purchased by Prof. Mazar, Yigael Yadin ... and brought to Jerusalem, where they were on display at the Rockefeller Museum."

"Jordan alleges that the scrolls were stolen from the Rockefeller Museum..."

"The museum was run by an international board of trustees until 1966, when it was nationalized [read: Stolen] by King Hussein of Jordan."

And in any case they were owned by Prof. Mazar and Yigael Yadin, not Jordan.
DroidDraw: Interface Editor for Android
OK, I'm no Google fan (far from it), but this is pretty goddamn cool.
My inclination is to agree with you; the IP is hardly a unique identifier. But they don't need perfection. Think about it: most people, most of the time, will send requests to FB from just a few IPs and maybe one ISP proxy network (which FB can recognize as a proxy.) They know that your account is associated with these IPs based on tracking cookies. So, when they see a request from one of these IPs without the cookie, they can do a reverse lookup to get a list of possible accounts. That narrows the field. Next they can do a semantic analysis of the page that had the Like button which sent the request, and compare that to pages previously associated with the possible accounts. If one of them stands out as a likely match, they can be pretty sure who sent the request.

The more data they gather, and the more relationships they can record between you, your friends, and the pages you visit, the better they will get at tracking you without the cookies.
Voice From The Rooftop
Learn Ruby The Hard Way (mirror)
You forgot to mention that Zynga is one of the major reasons why Facebook is starting to decline in the U.S. People hate Farmville and Mafia Wars and the associated spam.

That said, Words With Friends is an excellent implementation of Scrabble and it's actually social, not alienating like that Farmville garbage. It's quite well-polished. I respect the attention to detail.
You might be interested in seeing how http://code.google.com/p/csshx/ (Perl) manipulates Terminal windows.
On the dating front, just accept that the 'money set' are people who don't want to date you, and you probably don't want to date them either. But even after subtracting them out, there are a whole lot of other interesting people in NYC.

But I'll agree that one thing about NYC is that 'the pressure is on' : whether money or time or whatever. Maybe that's part of the attraction.
BounzD-Online Business Calling Solution
Getting physical with Android, NFC and the ADK
I think I could name several reasons not to start a second branch when the mothership is doing so well, regardless of the locations involved.
re: Google
- I worked at Google NYC, and as I recall, over a third of the 2500+ NYC Googlers are engineers. Most of the Docs and Geo teams are headquartered in NYC. Sure, some of the more talented engineers I know travel to the Mtn View or Washington offices once every few weeks, but they still call NYC home.

re: Foursquare
- Dens and Naveen seem to be moving well in my book. New app features, new API features, growing developer community, and a growing SF office. I'm bullish.

re: media and advertising
- Not true. helped build a company called Invite Media in NYC. Our engineering was located in Philly (laregly UPenn grads), but we moved Product and Client-facing roles to NYC specifically because this is not a myth. Having our HQ in NYC was critical to getting our product in front of the major advertising companies, building relationships with those companies, and those relationships were a key reason Google bought us.
You may be an outlier, or you may just not be in the group of self taught programmers that was described. As I said, most self taught programmers don't fully understand what they do. Many, however, do. I was just explaining the most common case.

Judging by the fact that you were able to do many deterministic bounded operations quickly, and understand why they were bounded and why they were quick, I get the feeling that you'd do much better at an algorithm interview than you give yourself credit for.

And I'd also cram CLRS before an interview :P I know I'm good at what I do compared to the avg coder, but compared to the average coder at Palantir, I have a long way to go. I'm in no way satisfied with my ability where it is today and its always smart to take a refresher before an interview.
You must hire people for two things to win big today's world. Productivity and Analytical skills. If you are searching people with specific factual knowledge, sure that is important but often that leads only to mediocre or average results.

If you know how to do a thing before hand, that helps only in solving that kind of problems specifically. And that too only if the person is productive enough to do it in time. Any new problem or a change in paradigm of thought will require you to undergo the same regime of work what it would be for a newbie. They don't call learning a never ending process just like that.

The biggest winning point in today's world is not knowing something. But discovering something quickly, and acting on it in time. If you are not hiring people for this you will end with a lot of work force which looks good, but doesn't necessarily translate to doing good.

This is the biggest problem with education systems around the world currently. They impart facts and leave the person just there. Further its the individual responsibility to take that forward.

The most brilliant folks who have done big around me have hardly been algorithm experts. In fact if you are one, you are not likely to take big risks. You are more than happy with the addiction towards that monthly salary. And what helps you pay of those college loans.

The most successful around me are the ones, do a great thing. Think about the next step. Research about it, work on it with full productivity. Deliver.. Next step and the process goes on.

If you hire people for factual knowledge you may hire the best, but you are sure to miss out the exceptional. This is probably the reason, why big companies fail to come with game changers.

You get folks who are great at the regular day to day operations. But anything else, and you see the problems clear.
Seconded. I just lived there for eight months and came away with the idea that it's a great place to visit, not a great place to live.

The cognitive overhead of being frugal in NYC is absurdly high so you eventually give up on it to focus on whatever you're actually doing, and there's a persistent layer of low-level noise that sometimes makes it impossible to focus.
You might be right but dating isn't the example to go with.

When I met my wife-to-be, I didn't even have a bank account and my fast-track job was washing pint glasses, clearing tables, and kicking people out of the bathroom for sex/drugs/both.

I don't see much difference in NYC vs Bay Area when it comes to creativity and building.

There are differences but I have yet to figure it out.
Eh, I can't really recall the last time I encountered a programmer outside of college that didn't use either Vim or Emacs (and I'm pretty sure all the Emacs guys know how to use Vim).

"Also, I happen to like my scroll wheel."

Scrollwheels work great in Vim? I have mine set up to do kinetic scrolling even.. Nice to have over ssh.

Edit: Also yeah, gvim has menus.
Add audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8g-iYGHpEA :-)
initializers should look like that. the problem is this:

title = aTitle;

he should say self.title instead to avoid memory issues.
You made your point in the first two lines; I think your comment would be much better without the last two.
Herbal tea
Herbal tea available in many flavors and you has many options to choose your herbal tea. Herbal tea is widely used as health drink.
KDDI's iPhone deal may shake up JP cell phone market
Bacteria encode secret messages
Collaborative AZ Divorce
Cheap Health Insurance 
Trying to find affordable health insurance these days can be tough. Sure, there are plenty of inexpensive plans but you also want to find one that will cover all your needs and will keep you protected in the event of an unexpected medical emergency. Some of the more affordable health insurance plans will be less money each month but could also come with high deductible and high co-insurance costs for the covered person or persons.
Searching for the most affordable health insurance is as easy as doing an internet search. You can find many different companies that can give you affordable health insurance quotes from several different companies all at once. They also give you the option to customize your plan by adding or removing coverage options that you need or don’t need.
You will find that affordable health insurance is much more achievable for those who are in good health, have a good family health background, have no pre-existing conditions and have been tobacco and nicotine free for at least 12 months.
If your employer doesn’t offer a health insurance plan or if you are unemployed or even self-employed you can find affordable health insurance rates online, fill out the application form and get approved without having to go into an insurance office and hassle with insurance agents.
Purchasing affordable health insurance should be taken seriously; not every plan is equal and you will want to make sure that you understand the terms and conditions of your health insurance plan as well as all of your available options for coverage. If you are low-income you might even find that your state might offer an affordable health insurance option for you. This can help you save a lot of money and the health insurance plans offered by most states give you all the coverage you need to keep yourself protected.
If you ever have a question about a health insurance plan you should call the customer service and talk to a specialist before you apply or sign a contract. They can help you with any questions or concerns you have about your coverage, your monthly payment, and your deductible and co-insurance costs as well as help you find a doctor in your area that is covered by the plan.
Affordable health insurance doesn’t have to mean less coverage. It is possible to find an inexpensive plan that will give you all the coverage you need with little monthly costs. There are several health insurance websites that can help you to find low monthly rate affordable health insurance plans along with low deductibles and low co-insurance costs. All you have to do is fill in your zip code, your age and check whether you are a smoker or not, and if you are a student. This will bring up many different options for coverage from a variety of different insurance companies that are available in your area.
Once you find the one you want you will be redirected to the health insurance company’s webpage where you can find out more about the plan, find out if the plan covers your doctor, you will also find that many insurance companies will give you the option to apply and get approved online!
There have already been many cashouts. The sale of Doubleclick led to the creation of Gilt, Panther Express, 10gen. Sale of Right Media led to the creation of AppNexus and other companies, and many angel investments by people like Brian O'kelley, including Invite Media (sold to GOOG). I just left Google after a year to start WHAM Labs, and was able to do so largely because of the cash-out at Invite Media. There are other examples too that I'm forgetting right now (those listed above hit closest to home).
Strongly disagree.

Seattle has distractions. SF has distractions. Any city with population > 200,00 has its share of distractions. Might be booze, and parties, or it might be hiking and the outdoors.

I lived and worked in NYC for 10 years. Bankers? Yeah, a big part of the citys blood. However they were always secondary to the tech scene which was primarily startup and media.

The reported advantages of NYC - such as the ability
to just roll into the offices of media or advertising
companies or fashion houses, so you can cut deals with
them - are largely myths.

Nope. Seen it first hand. It happens from my viewpoint, not sure how prolific but not a 'myth'
The "Fixed Amount of Pie" view of wealth is a very dangerous thought-trap that you should think hard over before you move on with it. If you buy a gold bar and drop it into the ocean, you are poorer. If you buy a reasonable car so that you can become able to commute to a new job (or create your own job), you are actually more wealthy for having spent the money.
Easy Steps to get New Facebook Profile Timeline Feature
Discount bedroom furniture
Decorating your home with discount bedroom sets is made simple by online stores that wrap the entire set into one package deal.Discount Bedroom Furniture is by visiting furniture stores,Wood Bedroom Furniture Exporter & manufacturer of cheap bedroom furniture.
KDDI's current smartphone data plans are in the 6,000-yen range per month. An iPhone-only plan in the 4,000-yen range would be a significant discount compared to their Android and WP7 options.
I think the point is that some businesses make more sense in New York - some businesses really need rapacious dealmakers and not fierce coders/nerdy visionaries.

Dating has changed a lot, even in the past couple of years. Being part of a startup is cooler now, everywhere. Geek is in.

See: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110924/ISSUE03/3092...
This seems like the economies of scale would be too hard to make it feasible. Google/Apple have tens of thousands of employees commuting to the exact same place. Startups are spread out all over Palo Alto, Mountain View, etc. I'm skeptical that an economically feasible shuttle service could get me from the Mission to Cal Ave faster than bike + CalTrain.
Can i get some credit for inspiring this chain of thought haha....http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3024558
Well, it was interesting to use an actual scroll bar
- who will they sell to?

Thats not a question a corporation is not equipped to care about.

Competition and shareholders ensure that a firm remembers its bottom line - to identify targets and to reduce costs - thats it.

Competition ensures that automation will stick around in the workforce - If 99% of all firms eschew automation, then the remaining 1% will beat the remainder. (caveat: Ideal perfect competitive situation used)

So no matter what - corporations will not care about that kind of thinking, that decision/processing is left up to the greater 'market'.
As stated in the article, so when you login again from the same computer, they don't have to do the whole two factor "I've never seen this computer before" text message handshake with you.
As far as culture, NYC's the most entrepreneurial place in the country, period. Half of the stuff I buy comes from a small business, whereas most of the country is buying from big box stores, chain restaurants, etc. Every cab driver, coffee stand and hot dog stand is a small business.

And as far as dating, man, half of brooklyn is underemployed with a band and a startup idea. Just get some flannel shirts and jean-shorts, you're good to go with that story. If you're actually legitimate about it, all the better.
Black Friday Clothing Best Deals Best Sales 2011
Great! FYI: I was commenting on the survey not on the service offered (I'm in no position to comment on the service, I live ~400 miles away).
Download Dream House Movie
Download Dream House movie or Watch Dream House online in just few second with HD/DVD/ipod/divX quality. Watch all new release movies trailer and download movies with moviesbunch.com.
It might just be regional variations. In Quincy (quite near Cambridge), Roxie's is currently selling chicken breasts for 1.79/lb.

Roxie's is a local meat market where my family used to buy most of our meat (the other place being an illegal meat auction which was held in a strip club on Sundays...and yes, I'm being completely serious).

Here's their flyer: http://www.roxiesofquincy.com/daily-add/daily.pdf
After 24 centuries,
Google puts the Dead Sea Scrolls online
for the world to see

Not 24 but 21 or 22.

Not Google but the Museum of Israel.

Other than that, the title is not too far off.
The problem is, how do you both

(1) Avoid obvious detection in the compromised software?

(2) Put in something that you can actually use for exploits? You have access to many hosts, but how many different configurations are there?

The only thing I can think of is have profiles for several popular packages (e.g. wordpress), and package-specific behavior for them.
Why down vote this? While the spam from these games was turned off for non-subscribers, I heard Tim Train from Zynga say at a presentation that they are still experiencing the backlash from the legacy of spam.
Quora Gets Threaded Comments, Comment Voting, Editing And Images
As someone who's lived on both coasts, I think that the major difference between NY and SF 'distractions' is that the West Coast distractions are generally more 'related' to tech.

When I go out to any random bar in SOMA, I'm likely to meet mainly tech/startup people. It's a very insular community.

In NYC, you're more likely to meet a wider breadth of people—which can be good or bad, depending on what you're looking for and what kind of person you are.
OSX is quite hackable. Check out these projects:

* https://github.com/albertz/simbl

* https://github.com/albertz/FScriptAnywhereSIMBL

* https://github.com/albertz/Pyjector

* https://github.com/albertz/ChromeWebApps

I have them running and they just inject to all running application and it is pretty easy to make it all stable and just working fine because of Cocoa and ObjC.