skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It seems like it doesn't know that you can walk across bridges. I tried it with my work address "1 Main St, Cambridge MA" and it showed me walkable apartments in Cambridge only, even though there were closer apartments just across the Longfellow bridge in Boston.

When I switched to any of the other options it showed me Boston places.
You're probably right in a sense; it's unlikely the SS came in and told him to change what he was doing or die. Or that the person in the army who approached him made any threats on his life.

At the same time, when a representative of an arbitrary, totalitarian government dedicated to the eradication of your genes comes a knocking, any requests from them have to be read as essentially forced.
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And some of us think democracy is a really stupid idea.

Mostly, I just focus on internal improvement, since it is something that I can change within myself. Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris.
So he was. Goodness.
What's wrong with job requirements?

Also, often "requirements" aren't truly "required". They're just trying to give a sketch of the person they're looking for. So if an ad requires "7 years of Javascript experience" but you have less, you aren't necessarily excluded from applying, as long as you have a comparable level of expertise.
No, this was filed in February, and is automatically made public 6 months later. Nothing to do with f8.

Also, I can think of definite prior art for this, from a company called Google. I did read the claims.

So not much to worry about, as usual.
Business Wire is a private company fully owned by BH, not an investment.
Exactly, taxes act as incentives and de-incentives.

Why do we have a health care system based on employer based insurance? Because employer based healthcare is tax deductible, and personal health care is not.

What effect does the home mortgage interest deduction, and home sale capital income tax holiday have on the price of houses -- they result in higher housing prices because they provide incentive for more leverage and reaching for the highest appreciation.

What is the result of the decision for us to tax personal income rather than personal consumption -- more consumption and less saving.

What we tax and how we tax it has a very real impact on behavior around that thing.

The long term effect of large amounts of cash overseas due to having a higher tax rate here is ultimately to build more operations overseas, to use it. That is how the incentive is set up.

Not a fan of a tax holiday, but am a fan of reducing that incentive by bringing our corporate rates lower.
Wow, this is really cool. Nice work!
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing this. It is unbelievable how much medicine and nutrition is separated in this country. Nutrition ABSOLUTELY affects you in so many ways. Eating healthy is soooo important, but unfortunately most people prefer to take a drug for any problems they have instead of making the effort to eat healthy.
I installed 11.10 B2 on my desktop. It definitely looks more polished (especially the login screen), but that's where the improvements end for basic usage. Unity drives me up the wall, for the most part. I could tolerate all the BS of Unity if ONLY I had a taskbar at the bottom of the screen. I want to see my windows down there, not constantly alt-tab to see what's open.

When I tried to have gnome-panel overlaid on Unity, I wasn't able to right-click the panel to configure it... there went my idea.

Another major hit: I noticed they officially brought in a central control-panel concept for user settings. Great! Except that to change 'obscure' things like your system fonts or your SCREENSAVER, you need to manually download the 'gnome-tweak-tool' package. That's right, most people won't even be able to change their screensaver settings.

Ubuntu seems to be doing some really neat stuff on the server side, so my interest is still piqued there. On the desktop, though, I might be going with Linux mint Debian Edition or straight-up Debian very soon.
My take is that the post is more a matter of philosophy than technical merit.

Just think about this:

A poorly designed application will perform badly on any framework. While many programmers understand more sequential application bottlenecks, event driven bottlenecks can be hard to understand for "less expert programmers".

Ted thinks Node.js doesn't adequately inform new developers of its pitfalls, and it is developing a "Node.js makes everything faster" mentality.

Just take time to do things correctly and Node.js (like any other tool) can be a great design decision. Just understand that you need to write good code to get the promised performance improvements.

Additionally, proxying behind nginx or some other server is a good idea.
I agree that Facebook's attained a position of power that lets it actively work towards making its long-term bet a reality. Good for them. I also hope to one day change the world in the direction I'd prefer it to go.

That said, there's no concrete evidence that Facebook is 'lying through its teeth'. If they are, the truth will come out - organizations of thousands can't hide bald-faced lies for long. But it would surprise me, because Facebook as an organization doesn't seem particularly stupid, and getting caught lying about cross-domain tracking (especially given our current activist FTC) would be really, really stupid.
Well, this just exemplifies what everyone has been saying; that amazon's business model isn't the hardware, it's what's sold after that initial buying of the hardware.

So they lose $10 per tablet, but people buy a lot more then that in merchandise.
Can hot air be the free fuel of the future?
JQuery Polaroid Slider
This analysis makes a few assumptions which are wrong. The consideration of 20% VC back startup success rate is an pure investment analysis. This is the consideration if you are Sequoia, not if you are the founder.

As a founder you have far more intimate understating of your company and would be far better positioned to determine what the probability of success is. While founders may seem overly optimistic, they are not a stupid bunch and should be able to make objective analyses, especially if they were able to build a company that has attracted VCs.

So if you change the 20% success probability to 35% based on the founders understanding, the risk adjusted return would be 852K. Additionally a 10% probability of selling at $10 million would increase the founder’s share by another 500k on top of the 852K. For these reasons the author is simply wrong in his financial analysis. Statistical averages are inappropriate for one off situational analysis. Why would a founder use the 20% industry average success rate when they would be far more informed than an outside investor?

Additionally an entrepreneur has other considerations such as ability to start another valuable company, how much they enjoy the work, if they are in a new technology space and have a 0.1% chance of building a billion dollar company, or the social perception for a CEO of a startup. These are considerations that a VC does not really care about and will not model.

The author sounds more like a VC making a routine investment analysis than an entrepreneur that was betting their future trying to build a company that they are passionate about.
In the last few years, there has been some pressure to deprecate RSS integration from browser UI and, I believe, some people have expressed wishes to get rid of RSS altogether. I'm not sure where this trend comes from originally, maybe it's the "Big Content" providers, who knows.

Now the prevailing opinion is that ordinary users don't use RSS. Which is partly true. Interface changes like these have resulted in a situation where RSS simply isn't viable for normal users anymore. You can't expect people like my mom to copy URLs into Google Reader and they're sure as hell not going to install any plugins. They needed these buttons as part of the standard browser package.

In the end I believe the demise of RSS will be two-pronged: a lack of stamina in promoting it and active measures to make it unusable. Browser designers aren't the only ones to blame, though. For example, Facebook had very cool and practical RSS feeds during their early growth period. Now they don't anymore. As a large corporation, RSS was simply running counter to their interests.

For me, RSS is an integral part of the open web. I think there should be an initiative to push for RSS again, from the bottom up.
We've tried to domesticate genius, and lost it:

“It has been pointed out that we no longer have infant and child prodigies, or that at least they are now much rarer than before. … We sacrificed genius for our present interest in homogeneity. We began to dislike precocity in children and to dislike children themselves. Our insistence on uniformity began the modern oppression of children.” —Richard Farson, Birthrights
Because there are already a ton of projects out there that attempt to implement Ruby in JavaScript. See the "Ruby" section on this page:

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang...

The point of CoffeeScript is something quite different. It's an attempt to tidy up JS semantics, while finding a minimalist syntax to express the "good parts" of JavaScript. Any similarities to Ruby, Python, Haskell, Perl, Potion, etc. are hopefully only present in places where they make sense on the merits, and not just to be similar for familiarity's sake.
This quote presumes you pay a lot of money to go to expensive colleges. Most friends I know who went to Harvard, Stanford, MIT paid close to nothing -- due to scholarships. Given that those who are likely to get into Harvard are also those most likely to win 3rd party full ride scholarships -- is this still good advice?
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Nice post. I'm surprised you didn't talk about it's new 7-like dock. What programs did you use to do that highlighting?
For me, so far it's been a lifestyle choice. Seeing the extent to which I am addicted to my computer and am totally glued to it when it's turned on, I am scared the same will happen with a smartphone. On the other hand, being able to look something up quickly on a smartphone might make it easier to keep the computer off and engage with life.
This sounds like just what you're after for a N-minute workout

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skimble.workouts&#...
CyanogenMod 7 on N1 here.

* Any Cut (Jeff Hamilton)

* Barcode Scanner - reads barcodes much faster than Goggles

* Droid48 - HP48 calculator emulator

* EBookDroid - djvu and pdf reader

* Google Goggles

* Google Sky Map

* GPS Status (Eclipsim)

* Jorte (Johospace)

* SMS Popup (Adam K)

* Speed Test (Ookla)

* Swype

* Widgetsoid2.x

* Yelp

* AdFree

* Instant Heart Rate (Azumio) - measure pulse by placing finger over camera

* Tide Prediction (Muchoviento)

* SMS Backup (Christoph Studer) - backup SMS to gmail

* JetNote and JetDraw (disclaimer: I am the developer of these apps)

* Torch, terminal emulator, and file manager included with CM7
I'm not familiar with any term to describe this, but "angle of escape" seemed fitting.
Okay. Who are these people? Show me these cases.

You're describing "tax deductions", i.e. unusual cases where you extenuating circumstances have reduced their overal utility. How does this work against any aspect of my argument above?

>I suspect it's not the reason for your argument all.

You're right. I think non-progressive taxation is unfair, because there is a diminishing marginal utility of income and I believe that fairness and justice are necessary in society.
I've used elance to get an ios app icon, and I actually lucked out and got a designer who offered to do the splash screen as well. I was pretty happy with the experience. Expect to pay anywhere between $100 and $300, and make it clear that you want the icon in all the sizes you need - 512x512 all the way down.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userex...

If you need a reference for the icon and splash screen sizes.

For my next iOS app, I'm going to try to create an icon myself in Photoshop using an iOS app icon toolkit. Check out this resource, but I haven't gotten to using it yet myself: http://www.iconresource.net/iOS/
I found it interesting 'I got my hands on a PC to use as a web server (thanks Andrea!). Before I could get started on it though, I needed an operating system to install' ... but the version installed was Ubuntu Desktop, rather than Server ...?
It shouldn't take 64 lines of code to do something really simple
I'd choose an iPod Touch or an iPad 1 over a Kindle Fire any day.
It switches back to "undo the last undo" (since it's always "undo the last buffer change") when you break the chain of undo, i.e with C-f or a similar non-destructive command (like movement). See: http://www.gnu.org/s/libtool/manual/emacs/Undo.html
If you don't know what a "post status" is, you probably are not the sort of person who would be interested in this article. The sub section of the site the article is featured on is all about Wordpress, a CMS designed to publish content. If you worked with Wordpress and didn't know what a post status is, I wouldn't expect you to be very good. Still I see where you are coming from; I may have been better to give an overview of the plugin before a history.

Re level of detail. Thanks, I will take this on board for future articles.

Re narrative. I guess I was drawing on my previous work of reviewing software, trying to give something more than just a problem and how it's solved, more opinion, thoughts, history.

Would, "Do you think I should have given the plugin more of an introduction?" be better? Spelling and grammar have always been a weakness of mine, so I need to improve if I plan on doing more writing.

Thanks for replying.
If what was going on in the US took place in another country we'd call it corruption and bribery, yet we're supposed to accept the current rule by lobbyists and campaign donations as acceptable. It seem inevitable that the increasing economic inequality and lack of real democracy will lead to significant unrest.
Yeah, looking back I think I was being much too charitable... Although I can only imagine the experience of a Japanese-American business owner being quite similar.

But we don't talk about that here.
>Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris.

It's no more arrogant than starting a company because you think you can make a better product or service than any of your competitors.
1000+ HN points can't be all wrong. From 2 days ago:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3053883
the good news:

- in oneiric, the global menu bar is contiguously either clickable or not-clickable: when you hover over it, only clickable items are displayed.

- immediately after install, the new software centre displays a button to launch that application, you don't have to browse the list anymore. also, the list of installed applications is now sorted into relevant categories rather than filled up with system packages.

- the 'updates are available' message in oneiric's system menu makes it much more clear how to get updates, but i don't think it's really possible to teach ubuntu's package-management update paradigm through UI. it's not something new windows or mac converts will ever get immediately.
Yes, this is exactly what happened. Tea Party both drives and get driven in the national conversation. Unfortunately, all the best stuff about them: social liberal policies, banking reform, and non-interventionist foreign policy got driven out.

Now it's all: "No taxes!", "Let 'em starve!", etc.
I don't think a proper term has ever been used before now. There was a lot of thought put into the angle of escape when accessing sub-menus in the pull down menus. See the answer to "Question 6" in the link below. If anybody know the proper term, Tog would, and he doesn't appear to know of one.

http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html
I could never have expected this article was about quitting sugar and coffee. On the other hand i'm not sure if the big change in his life has to do with sugar levels affecting mood or the fact that he took a decision and follow it to the end, strengthening his will in the process.
This! Although I prefer jk & kj instead of jj.
It's a step in the right direction and one of a number of updates that the firefox dev's seem to be making in the last couple months to catch up.

Yup, it would have been nice if they were on par with webkit a long time ago, but it's still an improvement and one to be excited about. One less thing that "only" webkit can do. This makes my job easier, especially when the client wants/needs cross browser support.

I wouldn't be to excited or proud about being "ABLE" to only work for Safari. You are shoe-boxing yourself, and as nice as it may be to have such a singular focus it's not so good; if at a later date you are ever forced to work outside the confines of your space.

Until webkit becomes the only rendering standard it behooves the web developer to be as versatile as possible within the web space to maximize their potential.
Michael Ellsburg (the author) also just posted this article (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2011/09/29/8-steps-to-g...) which is somewhat related, and an excellent read.
Wouldn't surprise me if it was true. marc andreessen sits on the board of both companies HP and Facebook.
Does working in the right job improve sleep quality? a WakeMate review
Please note that the grandparent post specifically asks about unit testing and unit testability, while you speak in much broader terms.

Automated regression tests can be created in may ways, including UI-level tests that don't require any changes in coding practices at all.
It's interesting that suburb dwellers never complain about other people's living choices. It's always the city fans who can't tolerate folks who want something else.

In a nutshell, this is what I find so frustrating about these discussions and really the only reason I got drawn in in the first place!

I live in the country on a small farm. I have a long, expensive drive into work. I can only get relatively slow broadband (lucky to get any at all) and it's expensive; I have no city services, so I'm responsible for maintaining my own water treatment and sewage equipment; everything takes a long time; if I run out of something critical, the closest grocery store is 8 miles away and charges an arm and a leg; more reasonably priced ones are about 13 miles away. And I consider myself lucky they are that close.

I don't bitch about this because I made the decision to incur these costs so my family can have the lifestyle we like.

If people want to live in a dense city, on top of each other (and I lived in NYC for 8 years), fine. That's their choice; I don't have to like it. The reality is that people will do what's in their own self interest regardless of what others want them to do. So work for cheaper, cleaner energy; work for lower-impact building processes and improved street layout; work for smaller, more energy efficient houses; work for more public transit (the bus 12 miles from my house can get me into the city in 1/3 the time it would take me to drive there).

But don't tell me where I can live!
Ask HN: Is there room for innovation in the hotel search industry?
When Hipmunk launched their flight-search application, it immediately clicked with many, and I personally always use it whenever I need to book a flight. The UX was simple and useful, at least for a geek like me.
The same, I feel, can't be said about Hipmunk's hotel-search service. Although it has some nice features, it doesn't have the sense of uniqueness its "older brother" has.

Have we reached the pinnacle of hotel search technology? Are there still pains to be solved?
if you suggest a good alternative that's available in Australia, i'm all ears
Thanks. As a newcomer to Ubuntu, I didn't realize how new the dock was. It seems straightforward and useful to me. But I'm sure there's controversy with it.

Highlighting was done with Omnigraffle. It took some time find a good way to depict the angle of escape. I ended up rotating a quarter circle and cropping the edges off. Hacky but does the trick.
This is one of my favorite talks but...

It was at Business of Software 2010, not 2011.

You can get a transcript of the talk if you don't have time to watch the full hour here: http://thebln.com/2011/09/eric-ries-the-lean-startup-the-mos...

This year's event takes place in Boston 24-26th October. (I run it) http://businessofsoftware.org/
Wow. This is great. Calltrack sounds neat. Thanks to everyone for sharing.

Notes
My bank's app
Shazaam
ConnectBot
Google Wallet - with NFC, which I've yet to try out
Dingbat - An app that sends your loved one's a message when your battery is going to die (Useful for making sure you connect before its too late)
Has anyone had success with (the somewhat recently released) UltraEdit for Mac? I've used UE on Windows for many years and had been quite happy. When I made the switch to OS X, I continued to do much of my coding in UE via a Windows VM. Looking to finally kick the VM habit, now that Outlook for Mac is available, and selecting a native OS X text/code editor remains the most significant challenge. Sticking with UE would seem to be the easiest approach, but curious if there is any feedback from the community.
I think the advice of the article is targeted to high school students who aren't smart enough to get scholarships and are not necessarily guaranteed admission into a top Ivy. The type of students who are engaged in an AP arms race. The students who have parents who are living vicariously through their kids' academic performance, in pursuit of the ultimate bragging prize: an Ivy. The students who go to a very competitive high school an hours drive away in hopes that they can do well in this large pool of competitive hormones... only to be crushed by the true weed out courses, not science but humanities like AP History. Where high school graduation demands careful preparation of the pronouncement of the many Indian and Asian surnames. Where having a girlfriend is seen as having a direct negative correlation on the semester GPA. Where a bad test score can create family tensions that crack the San Andreas fault and leave all in the family, worst for fears.

All in the hopes of playing for a spot in a competitive admissions class with thousands of cookie cutter aspirants like themselves.

Your friends probably were not part of this group, and I wonder what they are doing now.
No mention of acme? :(

Rob Pike and Russ Cox both use acme on OS X.

See http://acme.cat-v.org
That still does not mean Warren did it. If you are the general in an army, you don't necessarily approve every last thing your lieutenants get up to.
"if (this.moreCount > 5) return; // we only allow a max of 5. TODO: what happens then?"

:D
CodeSprint: Apply to multiple startups simultaneously
The word "evil" is now so over-used as to become meaningless.

This doesn't even cross into 'unethical', let alone 'evil'. The employee had the option to buy shares and chose not to. Had they done so, they'd have shared in the dividends, too.
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The Cancer of Western Civilization
Let's see how long that price is sustainable. There's no point to buy Kindle and not to buy any books, so subsidied Kindle will earn money to Amazon. But not so with Fire, you can (and there will literaly be millions and millions of cheapskates who will do exactly that) buy it and not buy anything from Amazaon after that. So I predict that Fire will be Amazons Bing.