skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's a bit insensitive to use your referral code for that amazon link if you ask me. Here's a non-affiliate link for everyone interested:

http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/14516485...
Lenovo Thinkpad. It's been the answer for a long time, I expect it to be the answer for a long time to come.

If for no other reason, the keyboards are the benchmark by which all others are measured.
Yay Steve Jobs for making a dent in the universe. Inspiring.
Bill Gates Makes Statement on Steve Jobs
I (along with countless other people) lost a hero today.

Steve Jobs was the person who inspired me to join the tech industry. I first really knew who Steve Jobs was after watching the (not so bad) made-for-tv movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley." I always knew I wanted to work with technology but after seeing that movie I knew I wanted to be part of the Silicon Valley culture that Steve helped create. Steve has inspired me for years and I am extremely sad about this loss. We will all miss him dearly.

RIP Steve Jobs 
To the very end. That's incredible and sad. I don't know him personally, but knowing his biography, the kind of person he was and the impact he has on my daily life, man... i feel like having lost a close relative. Sad... :( May he rest in peace, for he have inspired us.
He gave me a bicycle for my mind. That's a powerful gift, and I'm grateful.
If anything, I would say the 'noders' that flocked from rails fit the description. Seriously though, it's the bloggers. I understand you have to "sell" it, but marketing isn't the answer. node could go for a fully tested full version release before these revolutionary articles multiply. I'm a 'noder', but mostly for fun, and it really is extremely and abnormally fun. But it will be some time before I consider it for anything else, especially because if I do, I would be fraternizing professionally with all the rails people I have desperately tried to avoid.
I hope this doesn't happen. As a frequent Android/iPad user I have grown to love iHackernews ever since it was published. Unfortunately the lack of comments in most of the posts is really hurting the service and it would be nice to see some collaboration between HN and iHackernews.

I'm already using my custom CSS for HN in Chrome but sadly this isn't possible on mobile and iHackernews fills the need perfectly.
Lessons learned:
1. Build MVP
2. Get in front of a bunch of users & iterate (build whatever else supporting features)
3. :)
the world is a scarier place now.

a moment of hush for mr. jobs.
I grew up with the machines he and his team at Apple designed and built.

I was four when I got my first mac, and some of my earliest memories are those of customizing my system with the Font/DA Mover app on System 6. My earliest ideas about the role of machines in our lives were shaped by things like HyperCard and MacPaint. My dad still tells the story of the time that 14-year-old me skipped basketball practice one afternoon to install System 7 from the six floppies it came on. Apple hardware and software has directly shaped who I am today, as cliche as it may sound.

I recall seeing exactly one empty seat in the town hall during the 4S reveal, in the front row, labelled "Reserved" in their iconic Myriad typeface. I wonder if that's who it was for.

A friend just suggested that perhaps he died a short time ago, and they waited until after the launch to announce it. It's not a stretch, considering that he devoted his life's work to the betterment of Apple's shareholders.

Regardless, I'll miss him. He was as much an influence on my life and development, both aesthetically and technologically, as any family member.
Waterfield Designs Travel Express Bag For Ipad, Ipad 2
Remembering Steve's Inspiring Words. 6mm views and counting
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hero%20image
I think that the hacker news structure has its own merits in terms of randomness which makes it as close to an online hub that currently does exist. By posting something on HN you open the idea to the community, with no idea where discussion can go. As someone who isn't from a Startup hub (Ohio), this type of directed random interaction and analysis has been crucial for me in helping me to understand the startup mentality, as well as providing me with the opportunity to rapidly immerse myself with information and anlaysis of the startup movement coming directly from the horses mouth (those within the movement). The members of the physical start up hubs of the world, contribute to the online hubs, allowing those outside of these physical hubs to be a part of our first start up hub.
And even having billions of dollars and access to any medicine and any doctor can't save you. Fuck cancer.
When I look at what he managed to accomplish before he turned 30, it makes me feel like a total loser. But it's also a great source of motivation.

also, the Apple homepage really is beautiful in its simplicity. I hope they leave it like this for awhile.
Tim Cook's email to Apple employees about Steve's passing
Does he still own 7%, or has he been diluted?
Pixar, iphones, ipads, macs, macbook air, the apple II, the ipod.

I am so very sad, but when I think of his life and gifts, all I want to do is applaud.
I'd be lying if I said I was a big Apple fan. I'm a Linux guy and never saw a need or benefit to pay the premium required for entry through the Apple gates (well, ok, I bought a Macbook for iPhone development, but I didn't enjoy it).

That said, Steve was a great force in the world of technology, and whether you liked their products or not, you have to appreciate Apple's effect on competition in the marketplace...they simply continue to push the envelope, and technology wouldn't be what it is today with Steve and his creations. RIP.
"Death is very likely the single best invention of Life."

Quotes like this get me thinking back to my fascination reading about Cognitive Dissonance in Psych 101.
Steve Jobs Dead At 56
I didn't think I'd be this emotional about Jobs, but as I sit here in my apartment in Tokyo, surrounded by Apple products, I'm reminded at the impact he's had on my life.

On our lives. How many people on HN own iPhones and MacBooks?

There's no more fitting tribute to the man than to throw some Beatles up on iTunes and create something wonderful.

Gentlemen, let's make a dent in the universe.
Life and Awesomeness of Steve Jobs (Oct 5, 2011) - BI
From playing on an Apple][ on middle school to typing this on a Mac - Steve Jobs certainly influenced me as a developer. So many times the world seemed to chase the designs he pioneered or pushed into the mainstream. Without his leadership and his effective counterweight to Microsoft and IBM, the world would have been much different.
Statement by Steve Jobs' Family
A truly sad day for humanity. Thank you so much Steve Jobs for giving us so much.
I can assure you, right now, at this point in time, no one gives a shit about your pessimism, reality checks, or breaking bad references.
Visionary, par excellence!
What is Dentek Tongue Scraper
I assume you mean "I don't see why it wont run well". For what it is worth if Qt is showing up on the screen there is a an extremely good chance you can already run Arora or the demo browser (and if Qt is compiled the demo browser binary probably exists already), no porting needed. This is the point of Qt. Given that Qt apps should just work, the real question is how good is the hardware? Is the memory too little? Is the cpu to slow? etc
Creativity at its best..
Cancer is such an ugly way to go, we lost a great man today.
Would have been much more impressive if he'd proven that being rich while alive didn't matter to him.

Honestly, how many people care about how much is in their bank account after they die? Probably not very many.

Plenty chase riches while they're alive, however. And good old Steve was no exception.
Silicon Valley is about to go into mourning. I am having a hard time getting back to work. We've been getting more rain in the south bay the last 3 days than we have all summer, it feels oddly right now.

I think Paul Graham's post earlier today had something for us to remember as we work through this great, deep loss:

"I flew into the Bay Area a few days ago. I notice this every time I fly over the Valley: somehow you can sense something is going on. Obviously you can sense prosperity in how well kept a place looks. But there are different kinds of prosperity. Silicon Valley doesn't look like Boston, or New York, or LA, or DC. I tried asking myself what word I'd use to describe the feeling the Valley radiated, and the word that came to mind was optimism."

Here's to Steve, and his relentless optimism. Here's to the next big idea and the next person who changes the world like he did.
Does anybody know where Siri gets its local search results from? The independent version of the app has been pulled from the App Store, and the only "answers" I can find to my question online are low quality. If they somehow manage to produce good results, they'll stand with Google Places as one of only two generally reliable local search resources.

If somebody has some insight on this, and they'd be willing to discuss it in greater detail or at greater length than would be suitable in an HN post, please contact me (see my profile).
Count me as another vote for Lenovo Thinkpads.
I've had good experiences with many models (currently a T500).

The hardware is typically well suported in Linux and the machines are fast.
A very sad day for humanity.
At least in Australia, UTMS coverage is better on some carriers then GSM is. One of the carriers is even starting to convert their towers from 900MHz GSM to 900MHz UTMS. GSM can be considered dead at this point, and I think a UTMS chipset would be just as cheap, or cheaper than a GSM chipset.
"The way Steve Jobs described the computer—as a bicycle for the mind"
I noticed it too and assumed it was for Steve since Tim Cook came out initially.
My first computer was an Apple IIE. My favorite computer is the one I'm on now, a 13" Macbook Air.

RIP Steve, thank you.
It really depends on the beginner I guess. It seems like what kemayo is saying is that there are beginner programmers and then there are people who don't want to be a programmer at all really, but might like the idea of having a dynamic year string printed in the footer of their page.

Those of us who have been working with computers for a long time - particularly those of us who write code - too easily forget what it's like to be that true beginner and often have a very different idea of what 'trivial' means compared to the beginner. What might barely be a speed bump for us can often be an insurmountable obstacle for them and I really wish I was better at remembering this more often.
For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
Even if you're not a fan, you can't deny that Steve (through apple) raised the state of the art in industrial and visual design, and user experience with apple products. Your nice Android phone, the books you can buy seamlessly on your kindle and the slick new UI of Windows 8 all owe a small part of their awesomeness to Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs: Stanford Commencement Speech
He stood down from Apple less than 2 months ago, I wonder if he had any idea how close he was cutting it.

No matter how you slice it, the man loved what he did, and he did it brilliantly. The amount of people who use a device designed under his watch every single day of their lives is utterly astounding, through his work, he connected with hundreds of millions of people, and changed the game of consumer electronics numerous times.

I hope I can have a even a small sliver of his passion, commitment, and vision in my own life.
Steve Jobs Just Flew Away
happened way too soon, sure he was sick, but you'd think with all the resources under his disposable he'd be able to hang on for at least a couple of years...as it is it happened almost overnight
Steve Jobs embodies everything I strive to be.
Bill Gates: "I Will Miss Steve Immensely"
Full text of the release:

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Steve Jobs’ family today made the following statement regarding his death:

Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.

In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve’s illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.

We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.
I think it is a terrible idea.

Politicians should vote based on their visions and beliefs or visions and beliefs shared by the party. This is just random, populistic and doesn't have any real meaning.

I want to know from a political party how will they deal with real issues. With low employment rate. With bad economy. With good economy. Where will they invest, where will they cut.

"We will vote about that later" is definitevely a terrible answer.
He will be missed. Thank you for making a dent in the universe, Steve.
Fuck cancer for taking a great visionary from us.
Looks like pg might be busy trying to keep the site up and running.
the red topbar is changed to black to show condolences.
When a member of the community, or a popular figure in the hacker community passes away, a black bar is put at the top of HN in memory of that person.
Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs Passes Away at 56
Turning the orange bar at the top black. It's been done before as a sign of respect for other important people in the computing world who have passed.
My first experience with a computer was on an Apple ][. And I'm typing this using my iMac over 30 years later. Good memories.

My life (childhood, education, and career) have been touched in tremendously powerful way by this man and his passion.

RIP Steve.
BBC's obituary for Steve Jobs
BankSimple to Go Live on Web Next Month
I am truly surprised at how sad I am. Even if I disagreed on some of the decisions made by Apple (App Store review process, etc) he was to me the most inspirational man alive. What a devastating loss.

A part of me can't help to think that Apple is now just a "normal" company. But I hope his charisma and vision will stick and be strong enough to live on for many more decades in Cupertino.
A Eulogy of Action
If the inconsistencies really bother you, write:

function my_in_array($haystack, $needle) {
return in_array($needle, $haystack);
}

or whatever, and be done with it...
For most of us, yes.

But when you're a connected billionaire, you can write a novel and the founders of Spotify will read it.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954
It's a black bar across the top of the page. pg puts it up in memorial.
I think I was twelve or thirteen when my parents bought me my own Mac. I didn't know this then, but, besides my parents and close friends, Steve Jobs was one of my most important role models. He made Apple unstoppable, but even during the hard times he had a dead set focus on making products people would really love, even if many others didn't like them. He was so passionate about his job; he loved it so much that it inspires me that one day I can start a business and have a job that I love, making things that other people love. RIP Steve.
The first computer I saw on a regular basis was my friend's AppleII clone that his dad built somehow. I distinctly remember the case was made out of wood. The kid was a jerk though, because he would play Wizardry, and would only let me sit beside him and watch, he would never let me play at all. Wizardry, Knight of Diamonds and Karateka were the games that I most distinctly remember.
Your comment really resonated with me. I'm no Apple fanatic, but I too am far more saddened by this news than I would have believed. I wonder what else he would have come up with if he lived another 20 years? I'm sad I'll never get to find out.
A true visionary, maverick and someone who had healthy disregard for rules and status quo. RIP Steve. You'll be sorely missed.
Goodbye, Steve.
"I want to put a ding in the universe."

Perhaps his biggest ding was inspiring so many of us to pursue our own dings.

R.I.P.
And that same classic, not behind a paywall -- http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/TuringArticle.html
This was his decade - thanks for making the personal computer personal steve. RIP.
Think Different - Steve Jobs
PG has twice put a black bar above the top bar in memory of someone's death. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 for the first use of it, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 for the second.
There's no referral code in the link. The `ref` parameter in Amazon URLs is something internal. Amazon referral IDs get passed in the `tag` parameter.
A lot of people don't know this but the resale value of last years iphone is usually ~ the subsidized cost of this year's phone + cancellation cost for last part of your contract. There's a bit of a skew to this this year since the 4S came out later then usual.

Example:

(1) cancellation fee after 12 months at ATT is $325 - 120 = $205. If you had bought an iphone 4 in July 2010 the cancellation fee today would be $165.

(2) new iphone costs $200

(3) a 16 month old iphone 4 in good condition sells on ebay today for between $350-$375. A few months ago that was around $400+.

This is a twist on the old Jade plan for Macbook upgrades where you sell your old Macbook every year and buy a new one, always staying under warranty and continually upgrading -- it's not flawless, you will have to shell out a few bucks here and there but it's a pretty good system.
There's a button for that...
The article seems to gloss over the difference between owning a DVD and merely "licensing" it. As far as I know, I don't legally "own" any DVDs because the all have shrink-wrap licenses that say I don't own them, but just have a license to use them.
> "people think they've done it before, but ... conflate early life independence"

That's not what's going on here. We've been married almost 10 years, have a kid, and presently live below the poverty line; we've also had very close friends in extremely dire financial situations. Please stop making assumptions about our experiences.

> "$5,000 is about the cheapest you're gonna get without having trouble within the first year"

How much trouble is $325/month worth? If you get an $800 car from the classified ads and it works for 3 months, you're already ahead; if it works for a year and only requires $500 in work you're way ahead.

If you're as poor as the above scenario presumes, you shouldn't be spending $325/month on a car. Either get one you can pay for up front (yeah, it's going to be a POS; welcome to poverty), find a way to finance a solid car from a reputable source (a brand new economy car, at a crappy rate with nothing down because you have terrible credit, will run you less than $300/month; the 3-year-old model is less), or find a way to get a ride/take the bus/ride a bike and save some money.

You can push and tweak and justify all you want, trying to explain why the spending in this scenario is realistic -- but when the spending is higher than what I spent when I was poor and also higher than when I was financially very well off, I just don't buy it. It goes back to the initial point -- if you're really that poor, what are you doing spending $500/month between your car, phone, and pet? If you're really poor enough that making it through the month with enough food is a struggle, those are unacceptable expenses (which most of the truly poor people I know would have already cut.)

I'm not saying it's easy to be poor. I'm just saying, it's a lot harder to be poor when you make a bunch of crappy decisions.
A very well earned right and credibility indeed. Very few turnaround stories in the tech industry that are of the magniture of Apple's.
Bill Gates on Steve Jobs
Apple's stock under Jobs: from $10 to $400
I played that speech to my girlfriend last spring and she cried. Shortly after she decided to go back to school. I cried the first time I heard it myself.

I still remember being 18 (12 years ago already!), having just moved to a new city on my own, and the whole office of our web design company crowding around one of the power macs to watch his keynotes through the old quicktime streams. I was running 0S7 back then, and the iMac was still new and multicoloured, but you could feel that something big was happening.

I'm proud to say I'm an entrepreneur in part because of the example of pioneers like Steve.
My thoughts go out to his family and close friends. We all will miss Steve but few of us really knew him, his family and friends must be devastated this evening. Stay strong.
yeah, that's what's so crazy to me. Others would take a trip around the world or something. He was very devoted. Makes me think of that Dylan Thomas poem:

"do not go gentle into that good night,
rage, rage against the dying of the light. "
The 313 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors
Can we commemorate Steve Jobs' legacy with a black bar?
I think it's only appropriate considering all the inspiration he gave us here on Hacker News. He may not have been a hacker in the traditional sense but his partnership with Woz showed the world what hackers can do.
"hero" is a standard term for that kind of image size and position in print and on the web.
"Quem Metui Moritura"

AEneid, iv. 604.

What need have I to fear--so soon to die?
Let me work on, not watch and wait in dread:
What will it matter, when that I am dead
That they bore hate or love that near me lie?
'Tis but a lifetime, and the end is nigh
At best or worst. Let me lift up my head
And firmly, as with inner courage, tread
Mine own appointed way on mandates high.
Pain could but bring from all its evil store,
The close of pain: hate's venom could but kill;
Repulse, defeat, desertion, could no more,
Let me have lived my life, not cowered until
The unhindered and unchastened hour was here.
So soon--what is there now for me to fear?

-- Edward Rowland Sill
I'll say what nobody else seems willing to say: I don't think he deserves it. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more.

Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing.

Edit: 2 minutes and already voted down to -4. Oh well, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion...
When I visit, I get served H264 video in an MPEG-4 container via the <video> tag. QuickTime fallback is offered for browsers that don't support MP4 natively.
R.I.P Steve Jobs. Thank you for Super Breakout (game) and everything else!

And that's how I got inspired to get into computer science, learn programming, to build games like that or do cool stuff with computers.
Ah! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.
No, he won't. And I think you know that if you stop and think about it. Bill or Larry or Sam or people like that fit that category. However, Steve Jobs might have been the only one who gave a %!&#% about his products: what they did, how they worked and what people could do with them.
"Goodbye", Steve Jobs 1955-2011
If you can't even acknowledge the contribution and impact Apple has made on computing in general right now, then you are significantly more far-gone than anyone you have ever accused of being a fanboy.

That's just a ridiculous statement. Steve Jobs made no contribution to computing? Complete bullshit.
This changes everything.

RIP Steve Jobs, thanks for everything. You have been an inspiration to my entrepreneurial career.
Ahh, I just posted a comment about missing Steve after seeing the photos of the other guys announcing various stuff. I have never met him, or even saw him in person, but probably wouldn't have liked him personally; he was despotic and narcissistic. And people still debate various heavy-handed ways Apple deals with a lot aspects of their ecosystem.

Despite all this, sitting in my living room, I am totally devastated by these news! This is true greatness.