skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I read the no-spec site and while I kinda see the POV when thinking about large design projects, I don't see what the problem is for small things like a banner ad as the Kickoff Labs post was discussing.

There are creatives all over the world eager to get paid a few hundred bucks for a bunch of small jobs. Sites like 99designs/crowdSPRING provide an efficient market for them.

I needed a logo for a super-lean startup idea. In a few days, spending $400, I got a kick-ass logo via one of these sites.

Customer happy. Provider happy.

What's the problem?
I'm cool with moving forward, but here it seems they just tried to hard to be somebody else (Mac). In the process it stripped a lot of customization that is the heart of Linux users.

I'm not saying it won't be a massive success, and it might be flippin awesome on a mobile device or tablet. As for me, I tried it, and would probably still be using it (only out of laziness to switch back), except upgrading to 11.10 wrecked havoc with my display settings, and me being lazy, just switched over to KDE which still plays nicely with me.
OK, fixed. Thanks again!
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As others have pointed out in this thread, there is practically no risk to asking for more money.
Waiting for

1. An open source iTether

2. An open source way to hide it in an otherwise innocuous application (iJpDoctorClock) as an easter egg

3. 10,000 submissions to the app store.
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What about the celebrities who appear in ads? Do we know they actually use the products they endorse?
It's also probably true.

Unless it's verifiably false. Which would be just as bad, and probably worse, than patio11's statement.

(Part of the design of patio11's tactic is that it isn't actually a lie: "I don't think it's polite to talk about stuff that feels like a private issue between my former employer and myself" is, itself, a fact.)

"My previous salary has no bearing on this discussion."

This is little better than saying "no". That's not merely somewhat abrupt and confrontational, but it also doesn't necessarily shut off the conversation. Instead, it could threaten to escalate the conversation. As your questioner, I can respond "but I think it does", or "tell me why you think so", or "yes, I tend to agree, but I have this form that my HR department makes me fill out and I need to put something in this blank". And then you have to keep talking. You don't want to keep talking.

People seem to be misunderstanding how diplomacy works. There's no requirement that a diplomatic answer be a direct answer to the question. Quite the contrary. The goal of the answer, in this case, is (a) to refuse to answer the question; (b) to hint, but absolutely not say out loud, that you understand what the questioner already knows, namely that the question was a deliberate, standard-issue negotiation tactic designed to place you at a disadvantage; (c) to politely refuse to overtly acknowledge point (b); (d) to draw an end to the conversation; (e) to end on a positive note and provide an opening to change the subject.
Unity is ideal for netbooks/small screens. (thus menu on top, et cetera). The people complaining are largely those with larger screens who are either stuck in their ways or haven't bothered to figure out how to customize it to their liking.
What would you change about the representative form of government?

At this point, I'd probably ditch it as unworkable, and replace it with a more meritocratic, less corruptible form.

It's a test of how well the government works if the people can voice their opinion and have an effect on Congress's debate. If this happens and curtails the law, then government is working.

No, it isn't. SOPA is an obvious exercise in moving the Overton Window. The bill(s) that follow it -- including those that will eventually pass -- will seem innocuous by comparison, regardless of their content.
This post engages with three questions:

* Should I go to work for a "name" startup or should I take a risk on a no-name company? (Its answer: take the risk).

* Should I accept a lesser or orthogonal role to get my foot in the door, or hold out for my dream role? (Its answer: either is fine, but be very careful about getting typecast and don't expect your foot-in-the-door role to change).

* Should I start my own company or go work at a startup? (Its answer: start once but don't feel bad about giving up).

These feel like pretty important questions, in the sense that they are THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR STARTUP JOBS HAVE TO ANSWER.

Instead, we spent the day this was submitted arguing (ignorantly) about "bailouts", and I found this post with zero upvotes.

Good job, HN.
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here is a good entry point for this research

http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/10/31/TheCostOfLatency...
Hi there. Yes, given that it's a Windows app, it's not designed (at this point) for end users to submit bugs, but instead for professional testers, developers, and product managers

You may want to check out ScreenR for Business:
http://business.screenr.com/

I think it's exactly what you're looking for.

The good folks at Balsamiq are using it. See here:
http://support.balsamiq.com/
You are a contractor brought on to keep the wheels turning to see of there is light at the end of the tunnel. If you wanto to have a come to Jesus moment with the executive in charge, know what you are putting on the table (chips). If you're ready, make your case in a way that will show the return on your efforts for a deal. Make sure you have all the deal points laid oort. Start the conversation with : "what do you want to do with X" and go from there.

Personal liability: not likely but document the impact of your work. Make sure you write out a summary and send it to the executive. Send a copy to a personal email.

Protection? Blittle.

Just make sure you state your case, explain your proposed solution and expect a response of some kind. Be prepared to whack away.
Oh god! It's a stock ticker machine for the modern age!

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. :/
The Impact graph on the Stats & Graphs page gives a quick summary of recent major contributors to a repository. However, if you want to gauge the total contribution of a person across all projects, you have to check the impact graphs individually for each repository. Still no search for commits, it seems.
Privacy policies aren't binding contracts or agreements. They're just stated policies.

Why do people treat them like contracts?
Although I'll give you the fact that they've borrowed some from Apple, I'd also argue that they've really exceeded the Mac in terms of user friendliness and usability.
I was suspicious when the demo used what sounded like a woman's voice with a cheesy voice-mod rather than the actual product.
Care to fill in the logical leap from your second to third lines?
I gave my info to FB and they promised to only share it with certain people. Then they made that info publicly available. That's a breach of trust, and possibly criminal.
Be careful what you signal
Shit, that sucks -- people are not yet aware of the damage the lack of online privacy can bring. And I fear that because of inertia, when the damages will become visible, then it will be too late.
> If you don't like watching the sausage get made, wait for the LTS releases. Or just turn Unity off, the option's still there.

The next release (12.04) will be an LTS. I'm still on 10.04 and I really hope many of the quirks in Unity will be worked out by April.
I find that Unity wastes vertical space, which to me is a sin. I have plenty of horizontal space, please waste that or let me configure it the way I like.
On what legal basis would you expect a financial penalty for a free, voluntary-participation online service that did the things that the FTC found that Facebook did? What does the law on the subject give the FTC authority to do?
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setup.exe? That's not going to run on my Mac!
Indeed, their purpose should be to help the department hiring the new employee they have has a budget approved for. They should not meddle in the budget since that has usually already been approved.
For an idea of what this app does, check out google envelopes:

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/30/google-envelopes-beta-...
Just wondering: if I paid the $99 bucks to become an Apple Developer, could I write and then self-sign a tethering app that would run on my phone (without jail breaking)?
That's correct, I used “stimulants” in the narrow sense and should have been clearer.

I don't have much information on modafinil or other substances in its class so I can't speak to it except to say that the early studies seem promising (I say this as someone who really, really hates the waste of time that is a good night's sleep) despite some reported side-effects.

I would certainly like to see more studies, as well as further information about sustainability. That is, it's great if it really does let you work reasonably well for 3-4 days (within 30% for < 2 days isn't really conclusive), but even then there's the question of what happens after. I doubt you'd just be able to sleep 8 hours and get right back on track.
> "...their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established"

Face-palm. That's an oxymoron by definition.
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Yes, that would work.
This is assuming Facebook will be around in 20 years.

This binds successor corporations operating Facebook's business and thus changes the potential value of Facebook as an acquisition target (and thus as a retail investment choice when it becomes publicly traded).
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Love this feature:

---

You can even take this a step further (on OSX) and cut out the last step of copying the URL with:

`cat something | haste | pbcopy`

After running that, the STDOUT output of `cat something` will show up at a URL which has
been conveniently copied to your clipboard.

That's all there is to that, and you can install it with `gem install haste` right now.

-----

Out of curiosity, why is that only possible on a Mac OS X setup with the Ruby gem? Is it only because Ruby is pre-installed?
I am going to say yes, I am also sure there are sourced tethering ios apps out there.
I'm not a good source of investing advice (other than "do it"). In general you need to treat it like any other skill you need in your day job, including deciding which skill(s) to learn. Investment choices are going to depend on your life and interests.

There's been a lot of discussions here on HN, that should give you some ideas (not advice).

I understand you can invest in New York City taxi medallions, which have done nothing but go up in value. But that's not advice, just pointing out how wide your choices are.
To highlight relevance, we'd have to get users to fill out a questionnaire about their race, age, interests, etc.

In case you haven't heard, someone already made a questionnaire and got 700 million people to fill it.
The trouble is, it only "forces" Facebook to do anything if there will be meaningful sanctions if they don't.

They've just been found, in a formal investigation, to have broken numerous fundamental privacy laws across several continents, and been punished with... absolutely nothing, as far as I can tell.

All this has done is teach them that they are above the law and should feel free to continue doing whatever they like without regard to the consequences for the hundreds of millions of real people who are counting on them to behave responsibly.
Traffic from an HN link is a lot over the course of a few hours, but it isn't that hard to handle. A single dedicated server usually won't even break a sweat. That's why this looks really bad.
> Am I under any personal liability?

i am not a lawyer, of course, but it doesn't sound like it based on your description.

> Does anyone have any experience with conducting a train as it derails?

yes, i was in a somewhat similar situation. i found a new job because i did not foresee the situation changing. it sounds to me like you're not actually conducting this train. if you were, you'd be able to make the decisions to make long-term fixes, hire more people as work increases, etc.. no, you're more like the guy shoveling coal into the engine.

this is just a job. you have no ownership and you're not even directly employed. if you feel like you're being exploited or thrown under a bus, you should probably go have a serious talk with management and start looking for a new job. maybe things will improve, but the best time to find a job is while you still have one. based on your description, unless they're paying you a fair wage for your responsibilities (or more than fair), i don't really see many up-sides to it.
The product guy in me is loving this. Seems completely relevant to me.
Before my last salary review, I spent $50 on salary.com to generate a report customized for my job description, location, education, company size, etc. I brought the report to my manager and showed the vast distance between my pay, even after taking my raise and performance bonus into account, and my median expected pay. Then he asked me to email him the PDF of the report. Then I had another meeting with my manager and his manager.

My basic negotiating stance was “I appreciate what you guys have done so far to get me an X% raise in this cycle, and I hope you can use this information to convince the corporate higher-ups that I deserve more.” The managers were sympathetic but made no promises.

And four months later, I got a call from my manager telling me that I had been approved for a 10% off-cycle raise.

There are ways to be more hard-nosed and get even more, but as you can see, simply knowing what you are worth in the marketplace and articulating that value can go a long way.
I just say "Because it weakens my negotiating position."

Just because you're playing a game doesn't mean you have to pretend you're not playing it.
Unless I'm missing something, you've made your tracker practically unsearchable. How do you plan to cope with that?
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I have no intention to enable this. My blog exists primarily (I hate this term) to promote my personal brand. It's something to which I can point to demonstrate my knowledge and skills in my professional areas of expertise, plus occasionally a soapbox. I don't want to monetize that directly because that would turn me from "the friendly dude who knows about X" to something more like a streetwalker, and I don't want that.

Speaking just for myself, of course.
If they're set on policing, why not filter available apps by the capabilities you have? Going to the lowest common denominator seems like a bad compromise. They already filter by country and know who your carrier is, the parts are there.
I think just talking about only hard work being a means to success is a over-simplification of working of this complex world. Working smart as opposed to working hard is also important if you want to benefit financially.

Lets say a kid works hard in his college days and gets to be a dentist or a lawyer or somebody like that. Lets say another kid in similar circumstances chooses not to work that hard or makes a bad judgement and ends up in a not so rewarding area- rank and file job. It is totally fathomable that the dentist kid could end up making twice as much by working half as hard as the rank and file kid for the rest of their lives.

All in all, the idea that working harder will reward you in the future seem fair or karmic. The real world probably is not that simple. I would think there are many other equally important factors like opportunities, luck, judgement etc.
>We could (unproductively) relitigate whether Apple should police submissions to the app store at all

Transparent false dichotomy. This has nothing to do with curating versus anarchy. It is the standard of a subset of carriers in one country dictating policy for all Apple devices worldwide. Wasn't Apple the one who saved people from carrier influence and control?
I still don't understand the hate. What's wrong with this?

Person purchasing the 'other stuff' never knows/cares.

Amazon is happy.

Affiliate is happy.

Who's hurt/injured?
Nice to see a bit of sense in an otherwise polarised argument!
Here is Mark's blog post reference in the article.
https://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150378701937131
Sorry, Windows only at this point.
I suspect WordAds support will appear as an update to Jetpack (WP.com powered stats etc. for self-hosted sites - http://jetpack.me/) before too long.
Quite a lot of work goes under contract from the government and auditors or "program evaluators" are pretty common. A lot of grant programs on the social service and education side have a employee as a grant officer but are pretty much run by outside contractors.

Not saying it is good or bad (kind of depends on who the contracting company is), but it is very common and pretty much standard business for the government.
I don't think so. In the Webmasters Tools you can see that Google has metrics for "Site performance" [1] and for "Time spent downloading a page (in milliseconds)".

Also, you can see that Google is running JS and loading flash by looking at the Image Preview that appears when you search.

[1] "This page shows you performance statistics of your site. You can use this information to improve the speed of your site and create a faster experience for your users" http://i.imgur.com/Jfz8O.png
I think that third line was probably more of an "impotent howl into the void in futile pursuit of catharsis" kind of comment than an "attempting to advance the cause of mutual human understanding" kind of comment.

In this day and age I think we can let it slide.
This seems to be a first warning. It seems like next time they will not just get a warning, but who knows.
You can do it on linux too:

gem install haste
cat something | haste | xsel

I'll add that to the /about.md page tonight

Thanks - glad you like it! :)
Yes, or just grab one off github.

https://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy
I find Venkat Balasubramani's post linked to at the end of that article worth reading in full: http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/11/court_oks_priva...
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Yes, in fact here's one: https://github.com/tcurdt/iProxy
I would donate to your ACLU legal action against FB. I am consistently editing myself on FB, even in private groups, because of a sinking suspicion that with a flick-of-a-switch it can all be public.
Awesome, congratulations on shipping!
Still very easy to feel no sympathy for the Apple. Their app policies are great in one way (quality over quantity) but very bad in a way that they are blocking (potentially) great apps. This, Google Voice (they used to), Opera Mobile, ...
Privacy policies are not binding agreements or contracts. Facebook didn't lie. They simply don't have to follow their privacy policy exactly, since it's not a binding agreement.
Probably no plans to - this is really meant to address the primary use of a pastebin in a more elegant way. I think search is just bloat here
For others who are curios: ICS is compiled for ARMv7, while the Blade is ARMv6. That's not a huge issue, though, now that the source has been released. It's already been re-compiled for ARMv6¹ and alpha ports with lots of things broken are up and running². So the effort to port it is well under way, although I wouldn't go as far as saying that a usable port is a certainty.

¹ http://android.modaco.com/topic/348898-ics-compiled-for-zte-...
² http://youtu.be/JDmcdPUVnbc http://youtu.be/kt8ZZLincUY
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I wonder if I ended up in construction as a profession because my 'summer' (lasted 2 years) job at 16 was working as a movie/game reviewer.
"- Facebook represented that third-party apps that users' installed would have access only to user information that they needed to operate. In fact, the apps could access nearly all of users' personal data – data the apps didn't need."

Privacy/ethics issues aside, from a pure developer standpoint, isn't this just a feature? Where do we draw the line between functionality and privacy?

User A allows user B to see her data via "Friends only." User B runs app X, whose functionality includes interacting with friends. Let's say it shows on a map where each of your friends lives. App X can see the said data for the purposes of providing functionality.

Yes, I know that by strict definition this conflicts with "friends only." You now have "friends and the application executable code only." But how is this different from, say, Gmail auto-scanning my e-mail to show ads? Is it because I trust Google and don't trust $random_fb_app_developer?

Likely one concern is that this third-party developer can disrespect (or actually, not even know about) that "friends only" setting and inadvertently make the data visible to other parties.

(Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong, I loathe/distrust most FB apps as much as the next person. Just trying to think from an honest developer's shoes here.)
Things that motivate employees more than money.
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I kind of wish the similar Google Buzz incident had gotten more press than it did. A boy who wasn't even in a balloon was on the news for days, but the case of a woman who was being harassed on Buzz by her abusive ex was lost in the public mind after a few minutes. Both the Buzz and Facebook cases were decided by the FTC very recently (the Buzz case was settled in October of this year). Perhaps we've reached a turning point in online privacy?

But then, looking at things like Protect-IP and SOPA, perhaps the regulatory answer is to just do away with privacy altogether.
> The only thing keeping the society from total breakdown is inertia.

I know, society is breaking down, kids are getting more disrespectful, things are more expensive, the end of the world is upon us, etc :) You taking your lifetime to come to a realization about the state of the world does not make the realization less true before you had it. It's a memory glitch. Jump back 100 years, it's the same shit.
...to punish an innovator during a recession.

This is not even close to a fine line. The fact that Facebook may be an innovator or the fact that we may be in a recession have nothing to do with their legal responsibilities to their users. If they have violated those responsibilities they should be punished appropriately regardless of the current economic situation, and them being an "innovator" is totally irrelevant. Should we allow innovative companies to dump toxic waste or employ racist hiring policies, for example?
Thought so.

Why do people insist on inventing wacky conspiracy theories when the scam is right there in front of them?
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> Facebook will be subject to privacy audits for the next 20 years, and subject to $16,000 fines if it does anything deceptive.

The correct business plan would deem that Facebook should continue doing deceptive things and make its billions, then pay out its $16,000 fine when necessary.
Possibly something like "Corporations can get away with anything because they run the country and there's no turning back."

Just a guess.
> vote democrat in the next election

Why would voting for someone who voted for SOPA help stop it?

Harry Reid, D-NV, senate majority leader, is pushing SOPA as a jobs bill so claiming that it's a republican idea is silly.

http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/112-hr-3261/1019110/tot... shows that police and firefighter unions are supporting SOPA, as are the teamsters, the electrical workers union, as well as the movie-related groups that you'd expect.
No. They lied.

The fact that there was, according to you, no binding contract, has no bearing on the question of whether they lied or not. They did lie. Case closed.