skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
i think this would only work if all the apps you need can be contained in one app and you have a certain kind of ipad cas/sleeve that physically locks the home button.
I'm not sure a fork is needed - I think as ever it's a question of drivers.

The existence of this page suggests that the listed PC manufacturers are at least to some extent cooperating, or even helping, with getting Ubuntu working on their hardware. Sadly, I can't see Apple taking the same attitude :( Are there any Linux fans inside Apple with 20% time?
I think there are some pretty significant differences. First, our clips look pretty much the source. For example, http://www.clipboard.com/clip/LR-Jx3fkJQ-6ZlM58bvBM9I7BMs2oy... is a clip I took of the TR article.

Second, we maintain a lot of the functionality of the original clip. Here's a stock chart: http://www.clipboard.com/clip/LR4afhOoCYqJ-LDy. Here's a live map: http://www.clipboard.com/clip/LR-KylLO_bqPkN0m5S3BjhOSpVleZm.... And here's a rickroll: http://www.clipboard.com/clip/LR-KYfVlg-DQOMxuDUnVPFaxHPlpRt....

Third, we allow a lot of ways to get your clips out of clipboard.com and into other places, most notably our embeds, as shown at http://blog.clipboard.com/.

Fourth, p2p sharing between users is really lightweight powerful. Just make an @mention.

We optimized for fidelity, functionality, portability, and sharing. It's an admittedly crowded space, but I am pretty sure that our approach is actually quite distinctive.
Apple's Siri Is as Revolutionary as the Mac
Ask HN: Can I send geography activated texts to an opt-in cell list?
My company is in fashion and we're launching an important launch party in December. At the end I want to create a "scavenger hunt", giving text based clues at different locations in the city. For instance, I want to to detect if the people on the list are in central park, and then send them a text with a clue.

Is this possible? What apps could help accomplish this?

Thank you HN!
10 Tools for the Data Journalist Toolbelt
It looks like WebGL maps have their own GPU exclusion list, or something. I launched Chrome with --ignore-gpu-blacklist and WebGL maps still refuses to run.

Chrome 14, Intel Mobile 4, Ubuntu 11.04
You could probably do this with one line of code (and the rest in Interface Builder), if you really wanted.
It's PARC so likely a smalltalk environment is one of the alternatives.
> I think this is because its too easy to "improve" what Apple did based on their preferences, without understanding why what Apple did the first time was the right way.

IIRC, the Unity team has been actively doing user testing, and there have been several changes in the UI as a result.
Is it really proof? I have used G+ only a handful of times, but posting has been incredibly simple -- to classify who should see your post you click in a box and select the groups who should have access to it. One of them is "Public."

I'm struggling to see how someone intelligent enough to work at Google could not figure this out. Perhaps it was just an error caused by posting too quickly, or it wasn't an error at all.
How the Guardian's new social reading Facebook app worked for them
I think she's already here since the article says "Earlier this fall."

But yeah, I'm a CS major at Yale too (sophomore), and I almost went the finance route. Over the summer I realized that doing something interesting >> any amount of money. A lot of kids here are pre-meds or future IB/consultants, but there are also a lot of kids who aren't and do all sorts of awesome things.

This year, there's also a much bigger interest in startups. Yale Hackers, HackYale, more speakers/tech-talks, YEI coding workshops, and a lot of other things point to people working on cool projects and doing what they like.
The same logic says that it is possible to write portable C programs. ;)
He probably would have lived longer, but living to 99 is pretty rare.
But Google will only consider a product a success if it achieves sufficient scale, while it would (apparently) be happy to have a successful product that is not a platform.

Since 100% of successful Google products will be large, it makes sense to design for scale from the get-go. But if some of Google's products won't end up being platforms, it might make more sense to bolt that on later.
I'm the maintainer of the application that provides these listings, and it's great to see them featured on HN. I'll try and reply to some of the comments, but feel free to ask any other questions.
For the curious, https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee
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HN response to Dennis Ritchie death
We run several dozen instances, so managing that list manually became cumbersome. Being able to create an instance, and moments later have that instance easily SSH-able by anyone on the team without requiring an additional commit & pull has been useful for us.
Weebly (YC W07) is hiring an HTML5 Mobile Engineer
I also have been using two monitors since 11.04 came out. It works great.
The Inside Story: 5 Secrets To Pixar’s Success
What version of Firefox? As of 7, memory usage is almost as good as Opera for me.
I used the i3 window manager with gnome-settings-daemon and nautilus in Ubuntu 11.04. This stopped working in Ubuntu 11.10, which I blame on the upgrade from GNOME 2.x to 3.x.
Because the Windows GUI is based on intuition, and the Mac GUI is based on science?
Ubuntu actually works really well on MacBooks - since Natty I've not had to do anything OOTB to use it on my MacBook Pro, and only minor tweaks for Maverick.

While you'll never see Apple hardware certified for Ubuntu, I expect we'll see lots of results on our crowdsourced hardware compatibility listings at http://friendly.ubuntu.com
Elon Musk on why / how we should become a multi-planetary species
I look for "guy in some field thinks app/site is desperately needed by that field." This implies domain knowledge and existing relationships for target customers.

That's actually pretty rare, in my experience. But, it's how I've seen several non-tech companies start, basically.

The non-technical co-founder should BE that guy. Not know that guy. I get THAT one a lot.
Thanks, I really enjoyed this - gives great insight into the brilliance of the google brain, and it's flaws i.e. Google's misunderstanding of normal serfs that just 'use the internet' ...
Raspberry Pi turned into shared network display using VNC
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Hand Signals in NYC fine dining
Where are you from? Do you think it makes (or has made) a difference?
Where are you from? Do you think it makes (or has made) a difference?
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So, where is everyone from? And do you believe it will make (or has made) a difference in terms of your success?

And if you think it's hindering you, have you considered moving (or already moved)?

Anyway, I'm from NY. I believe it will only be a help to be here. I think NY has great, smart people and I just went to the NY Tech Meetup two nights ago and I never realized NY had such a large startup community. Hopefully I can slowly become a part of it too (feel free to contact me if you're from the NYC area, jfortes16 at gmail)
This isn't necessary in Oneiric. Unity 2D is included and is the default fallback if 3D isn't supported.
No freezes here. Core i7 MBP running 10.7.2 and Safari 5.1.1. This is an absolutely gorgeous demo.
How long ago was this? There's been a number of memory usage improvements since 3.5.

I had 40 tabs open for the better part of last week and didn't notice a performance hit; and I've only got 2Gb RAM.
I think jrmehle had the best response:

Recruiter: How many years of Rails experience do you have?

DHH: ALL OF THEM
I actually WAS that guy, but I couldn't find my technical co-founder - so I just became a technical founder ... took me a few years, but I'm there now ;)
Who cares? The only use case people were complaining about was copy/paste not inserting the http://, which it does now. What, exactly, is the issue, and why are people still whining about it?
I've often thought this. To support the current lineup of MacBooks you'd need to test on 8 CPUs, 3 GPUs, and have basic support for Mac hardware across the line (keyboard, trackpad, webcam, etc). There might be some issues with writing drivers for devices that Apple has not provided any specs for, but once the effort is expended it'll work on a wide range of popular machines.
Show HN: mobile geo-forums
Being a medic is no more a calling than being a lawyer is, and like being a lawyer or an accountant, many who do it hate their jobs even if they love the money. But they really love the money.

Medical specialities in which "normal hours" exist include, but are not limited to, general practice, dermatology and radiology
> If this has happend to you many times, you are likely doing something wrong. I have never had one of my sites banned from Google.

Right. So. YOU'VE never personally had a site banned, therefore others who have must be doing it wrong.

You know what, I've never been hit by a car while crossing the street, therefore others who have must be crossing the street wrong.

I've never been in a plane crash, therefore others who have must be doing it wrong.
For those on Mac OS X 10.7 with Safari and who are seeing a message saying that your browser doesn't support WebGL, that's only because WebGL isn't enabled by default. You can turn it on by first going to Safari Preferences > Advanced and then checking the box labeled "Show Develop menu in menu bar". Close preferences, and then under the "Develop" menu, choose "Enable WebGL". If you go back to the "Lights" page now, you should be now be able to check it out!
Yep I mean to provide a zero-problems experience. Just put a CD inside and everything will work. Possibly with a selection of pre-installed beautiful open source software. So an "apple alike" experience for Linux users.
> [computers cause] degradation of eyesight

Actually, the last time I heard, the evidence was that computer use revealed existing eyesight degradation but did not cause it. Did some new elements enter the picture?
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I have the latest version and my long running high count tab sessions slow down my system tremendously. OSX 8GB RAM.
That's nothing! It's even possible to write portable C# programs. Now that's an accomplishment. ;-)
Guess it did not get enough traction yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3102979
Yeah, basically I got burned out. I've backed off from the mailing list, probably post 1/8th what I used to.
Already there, aren't you able to see it ?
Socket.IO optimization discussion
I'm in the opposite boat. I find firebug easier to use for the limited use cases I encounter (mostly scraping html id tags) than Chrome's dev tools.

That said, I still far prefer Chrome as a browser.
In 11.10, it should automatically start in 2D mode if 3D acceleration isn't available. Alternately, you can choose it from the login screen. Here is how Unity and Unity 2D are configured on my system.

$ cat /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ubuntu.session
[GNOME Session]
Name=Ubuntu
Name[eo]=Ubuntuo
RequiredComponents=gnome-settings-daemon;
RequiredProviders=windowmanager;panel;
DefaultProvider-windowmanager=compiz
DefaultProvider-panel=compiz
IsRunnableHelper=/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test
FallbackSession=ubuntu-2d
DesktopName=Unity

$ cat /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ubuntu-2d.session
[GNOME Session]
Name=Ubuntu 2D
RequiredComponents=gnome-settings-daemon;
RequiredProviders=windowmanager;panel;launcher;
DefaultProvider-windowmanager=metacity
DefaultProvider-panel=unity-2d-panel
DefaultProvider-launcher=unity-2d-launcher
DesktopName=Unity
Obviously I know that I'm working from a sample size of one, but when I bought my MacBookPro7,1 last spring I tried to put the latest Ubuntu on it (must have been 10.4) and it wouldn't even boot to the installer. Could not get it to do anything. Admittedly, it might be fixed now, but I would have expected the installer to be pretty robust and to fall back to generic drivers if there was some new unsupported hardware, and such was apparently not the case.
It was a series of comments I believe, in which he began taunting the people downvoting him to downvote him more.
I share the same feeling. It is becoming a pain. If I keep it open for few hours, it inevitably crashes and needs a restart. I started using firefox few years back only because it won't crash and is stable. Not anymore I guess!
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We have a very large number of systems to test, and it is not feasible to test every system with both 32-bit & 64-bit. There are also requirements from the manufacturers to consider. (Please note, I don't perform the testing, so my knowledge is second hand.)

Personally, I'd rather see lots of 32-bit systems than a handful of 64-bit. :)
> At present, the Firefox beta and Chrome support WebGL

Um, Firefox has supported WebGL in release builds for quite a long time now.
Thanks, whoever, for adding the "non-dynamic" view of the latlong blog. An aid for those of use who browse with scripting disabled.
Beautiful, but "interactive" seems a bit of an overstatement here. Unless I missed some interactivity other than popping those bubbles and steering.
I guess... We manage over 200 instances, and the additional commit & pull has never been an issue for us.

I suppose a different approach has merit, but you're leaving out the dev time with maintenance and updates to your software that manages this. Our solution avoids that.

Cool that you open sourced it though. Good stuff...
So true. The SNES audio chip just had such a distinct sound, and at the time it was better than the midi on my PC! Oh the hours I spent in FF III (or FF VI as we know it now)...
That's the whole idea of the listings. :)
Is this also the case for current-generation MacBooks? On both of the last two occasions I researched this - 2 years ago and 1 year ago - the story was that on older MacBooks it would mostly work, though you might need to tweak to get some hardware (e.g. sound) working, and that on the current or previous generation of MacBooks it would require serious surgery to even boot.

TBH, even the tweaking to get sound working is more than I can be bothered with these days. I use Linux rather than OSX because it's better for my use cases and I want the option to tweak, not because I actually enjoy tweaking.

Would be great news if the support was better now.
IMessage gets clunky juggling iOS 5 and non-iOS 5 devices
"In Your Lifetime..."
> Firefox, on Linux at least, is busted. It’s busted so bad that it’s painful to use. And it’s been this way ever since Firefox 3 launched — three years ago.

This is an odd statement, considering that many Firefox devs run Linux. I'm running Firefox on Linux right now, and it works great.

I guess the author of the article is hitting a specific bug. It isn't a general issue that affects all users of Firefox on Linux.
That sounds like how the current Ubuntu CD works on almost all hardware.
I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And i'm running a music startup called musicx.fm from down here. Do i think it has an impact, definatly. But i'm very much into the whole "if you're good enough mentality you don't need shit" , even though sometimes it might seems like being in SV would help. But you know how the saying goes. Nuclear winter or not, on we go.
Benford’s Law suggests lots of financial fraud
if you want real interaction: http://sp0t.org/videoriot
Are different values of nothing equivalent?
WebGL is a helluva drug.

Have they solved or answered the security considerations from letting a website issue graphics commands?
Chrome 16.0.904.0 dev is what I'm running on my MacBook, and it works fine there. It wasn't working for me with Safari either until I saw the tip in SnowLprd's comment about enabling WebGL.
Hit reload a few times and it'll come up. Google Groups has been flaky for a while now.
Ubuntu-certified means that we (Canonical) have an agreement in place with the manufacturer to certify specific models.

We're hoping that the crowd sourced results on http://friendly.ubuntu.com will help more motivate manufacturers too.
Lemon.com Lets You Store, Organize Your Receipts In The Cloud
sadly, didn't work on my 2011 MBA with chrome 15 beta.
I agree that finger gestures make up for whatever I have lost from multiple buttons. But I still lose a lot of time every day trying to use the right-click on my mouse. Opening new tabs is a pain and opening new instances of an application is a pain when i go to right click the dock (yes i know you can cmd-click or cmd-N, but thats not always an option).

edit: one last point before this thread ends, trackpads are awesome, computer interaction without one has become much more difficult for me. However they are much too modal, it's fine to make them simple for beginning users who misclick a bunch, but throw a bone to the experienced users who want some power in their interface.
Home experiments to derive the speed of light?
Mine is a mid-2009 15" MacBook Pro. I can't speak for anything newer.
Angry Bird in real
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/eyestrain/DS01084/DSECTION=...
This post is mostly negative, and it might be a bit harsh. Sorry in advance.

Your ideas for watches make me want to actively avoid -before I've even seen them - any websites you've been involved in.

You show a fundamental lack of understanding about how people read time that I think you would fail hard with something more complex.

The analogue style face has lasted so long because it is so easy to use. Catching a ball involves a bunch of tricky physics (we've only just developed robots that can do it well) but people don't have to think about it; you throw a ball at them and they jab their arm out. (If they're anything like me they miss the ball.) People don't need to think about watches to tell the time.

There are a few special cases: Young people learning to tell the time, or people with some interesting number-blindness problems, or people with mild learning disabilities.

I'd be interested to hear designs that help those people. But, really, digital watches already exist and are a cheap and simple fix.
I almost agree.
Each and every sane man? I don't think so. The number of people that want to use DDG is still tiny, for now. So for a great many people, the tradeoff for something that "just works" (and my iPhone "worked" better than my current Android phone) is worth it.
It gets in my way doing copy-paste. I don't entirely understand it - it seems to have something to do with whether Firefox is busy or not - but it's easy for a copied URL to simply not have the prefix, which breaks subsequent use pretty frequently (eg. 'google.com' is not a useful Markdown link while 'http://google.com is).
10.04 LTS was hard to get working, 10.10 less so, but 11.04 was the easiest. You should try again.
>Most potential users would just go away at that point.

Most?

You viewed the demo with the intention of checking out the OS. This isn't the only way to check out an OS. In fact, this method is relatively the first of its kind. The first time you probably ever saw a demo like this. It doesn't work so you give up on any other method? Screenshots? Live CD? Writeups on blogs. You know, all the ways you normally "tour" an OS. And ultimately you give up on the OS entirely? Any SERIOUS potential user will find other ways of checking out the OS. Like we've done with every other OS in the past.

I can't believe you're actually arguing this point.
OP adds confusion by calling data immutable. Data has a well accepted common usage of being updatable. Event is the term what OP wants. Event is a snapshot of fact happened in time and cannot be changed and it's immutable.

What OP described in general is the append-log based approach to storing and querying data. There are a whole bunch databases and file systems built on the append-log idea. It's well worth the time to check out the research in this area to see the benefits and pitfalls of the approach.

Also check out the Complex Event Processing topic which bears similarity to what OP described.
All are much improved. Flash is now 64-bit stable, Banshee is decent for music, and I had plug and play with my dual screens on an nvidia gtx 550 with dvi and hdmi. The current crop of default apps is decent, albeit not perfect.
Alt-F2 works for me. What's Gnome (now not so) classic? Gnome 3?
Isn't that left over from Steve Jobs passing?
It's showing my laptop (Lenovo x120e) on this list, but my laptop has known issues with the current wifi drivers which causes kernel panics.
Sorry to hear about this story. I hope she can learn the positive lessons from this to not take anyones dreams seriously unless they have a track record.

Since that eliminates nearly every story-dreamer, its best to take small steps in a traditional "pay me for my time until we agree that we can be partners".

Owning 10% of something is still owning 10% of nothing until it's making profit. Profit is a funny word, meaning once you've spent everything in your revenue. I don't hear of many people making money when they take shares in a company like this.
When investors talk about dilution numbers they only present the best case scenario, and this post is no exception.

If you really want to understand dilution, don't look at the best case. You need a graph showing your payoff as a function of exit size. Pay special attention to the range where liquidation preferences and multipliers kick in, because the sharks aren't going make you an infographic for that case.
Yeah, they really should have specified "Not Optimus" or something under the T520. I have one also, for work, and graphics has given me no end of trouble.

EDIT: Are you sure you didn't mean to type "T520"? The T510 came out before Optimus was around, accoring to my recollection and a quick check on ThinkWiki.

If you click on the link under the name of the laptop they specify which hardware configuration they used, and the T520 very noticeably isn't certified for use with NVidia graphics, unlike the T510.
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201102-7229
Within those listings is the Component Catalog that lets you search for individual components (contained within the certified systems). There's no guarantee that individual components will work together, but it's better than not knowing at all.
I've got an Asus EEEpc with 2GB of RAM and 4GB swap and I always have Firefox open with 80+ tabs in 4+ windows. After a week or so it'll get really slow when loading and would crash in a day or two if usage continued, so I just kill it and it reloads everything.

This "more than a few tabs" or "more than an hour or two" is craziness? What is your friend running?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
I was going to say that Firefox's lack of innovation and quality in the last couple of years, as compared to Chrome, could be due to lack of funding. But it turns out their revenue is well over $100 million annually, which should be enough to fix bugs. http://goo.gl/g5Upc

Still a good browser, but there's no question they've lost quite a bit of mojo.
How well wifi works depends on if you stick with the default "Thinkpad wireless" or you pay a bit extra for the Intel wireless stuff. Its well worth the extra $20 in terms of the Linux drivers being much better for the later, if nothing else.