skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Sync: not so much with friends but with myself - I have one todo list on the phone, the iPad, and the computer.
Tags: I want to do art stuff. What's in the art tag? I'm going to the grocery store, what's in the grocery tag? (which pops up when I get to the store) and while I'm out what do I need to get for current projects?

I used to have a text file but I really found that only worked for stuff that happens at the computer.
Unless Google learns that you don't like to buy things and so stops wasting everyone's time and money.
You do know that Eric Schmidt is one of the investors, right?
I too know the websites you visited
If Apple were a car maker, they'd be suggesting that it'd be nice if other auto manufacturers didn't exactly mimic their body styles.

There's a difference between overall form factor and the actual design of a product. If Kia started selling a car whose profile was nearly indistinguishable from an Infiniti G37, Nissan would have a legitimate beef. Just as Apple does here, and just as they did when people started ripping off their iMac design, once upon a time:

http://en.akihabaranews.com/20416/legacy-unused/pc/retro-wor...

Would you defend that iMac knockoff?

There are innumerable ways to design anything. Just because Apple is willing to spend the money to figure out the best ones for their brand doesn't mean everyone else gets to lift the design whole.
no, it's a means to encourage those above the karma threshold to be more austere about their downvotes.

and only those below the karma threshold for downvoting should be able to see who downvoted them. this deals with the problem of grudges. and as someone mentioned below, the downvoter should also have the option of leaving feedback.
An amusing and helpful trick that I learned was to keep a file named "-i" in the directories that you want to protect. Glob style pattern matching picks it up and the program rm interprets it as the "-i" flag. It is of course not quite foolproof as it can be subverted, but it has saved the day on occasions, particularly one of my friend's. I had a friend who, for totally incomprehensible reasons, would name his files with * s and "."s only and then try to delete one of them with predictable and undesired results.

Well, I have done stupid things myself, for example typing "rm -rf / some_dir" instead of "rm -rf /some_dir". I noticed because it was taking a wee bit too long. It is always good to do an ls with the intended pattern first, to check what all files and directories are being matched before invoking rm with the same pattern.
Why are people stuck in this mindset that Apple invented the tablet?

They didn't. I had a Honeywell tablet way back when, there is a company called hammerhead that makes tablets (http://www.yenra.com/rugged-tablet-pc/rugged-tablet-pc.jpg), panasonic has had the toughbook, etc. etc.

All of these are roughly the shape and size of an iPad. Apple just applied their standard solid-colored plastic design to it.

("GUYS! I have an idea! Instead of /white/ plastic lets...wait for this. Are you sitting down? Guys! Instead of WHITE plastic...what if we used....black plasitc?!?")

Even the iPhone. Palm had something that looked exactly like an iPhone in early 2000s. I remember my dad having one and giving it to me when it "broke". In fact, I think it only had one button on it.

At this point a tablet is as generic a shape as a laptop is. It's rectangular, about the size of a textook, and about a centimeter thick.

Apple: get over yourselves. If you're so /innovative/ then show us. Take more scrollbars off of things or something.
In the other thread someone mentions using a file named -i. A better approach is to use a file named -X, which is an invalid flag for virtually every file-oriented command. They'll bail out complaining an invalid option has been supplied.

On company I contracted for had something clever going on. Not only did they litter -X files everywhere, attempting to remove one (rm -- -X) would result in an access violation of some kind and your session would be killed as a result, preventing a recursive rm from continuing.

People alias -i and forever supply -f. That doesn't do any good at all. The real answer is to be more careful. It eventually becomes habitual. In about 15 years I have lost data to rm twice: the one time I mistakenly removed the wrong folder, and once when I thought I had a copy of the data.
No, trademark laws are what stop you from selling a counterfeit Mercedes or BMW. A design patent would stop you from selling a car that looked vaguely like an existing Mercedes or BMW.
Streamline git with shortcuts (SCM Breeze)
I, also, would like to know why a TODO app which is not even available is topping HN.
In the end, the PC market almost killed IBM. Remember, they ditched the PC during their restructuring, and have been doing much better ever since.

I don't think the point is "web interface", it's basic points about access and usability. I agree that the taste of the pizza is paramount, but as companies like Amazon have discovered, even a slow website, or a challenging ecommerce transaction will turn off many potential customers.
Facebook is a startup?
I think one thing any founder or shareholder of a "cloud-based" startup can take away from this is that the Big SaaS Co's are getting itchy feet and are needing to invest (read:buy) some bleeding-edge cloud technology to feel that they still have skin in this game. There might be some good exit opportunities here.

SAP buys SuccessFactors, Salesforce buys Heroku, etc.

These companies have money, difficulty hiring a-game talent and a lack of industry foresight. You can help them and they'll no doubt pay handsomely for it.
Creating a todo list is a cute first application for a starting developer.

Good luck trying to make money off of it.
If it loads the page in an iframe, wouldn't future loads give a false positive?

Also, does this work for Google+ (I don't have an account)? I'd be surprised if it did, since it uses X-Frame-Options.
so much downvote hate these days. Quoted from the article itself: "He started selling candy in order to get out of the "hood," he says." Growing in the hood, with that kind of entrepreneurial spirit, I give him mad moral props for resorting to selling candy on the subway instead of drugs on the street.

For any of you entrepreneurial types out there, I challenge you to read 50 Cent's book "From Pieces to Weight", and tell me that if you were born in the hood, and had the same aspiring drive, you wouldn't resort to selling drugs.
The answer to that question is simple, but unpopular: ready access to capital (i.e., being rich). There's a reason why all the money in the world is held by less than 1% of the people, and this has nothing to do with the 1% being the smartest.
Of course in the future those bricks need not to be of any particular shape. An army of autonomous robots study pile of rocks and central computer decides which way those should be assembled to make solid interlocking structures and airtight walls. This will lower building costs close to the level of the raw material.
And here I thought the word "prior" was pretty unambiguous. Perhaps there's some legal definition that clarifies it as some point no more than 2-53 years in the past?
Share an example. I work in an enterprise sw co and I want to learn from their success.
With that big a monthly AWS bill, I could pretty easily justify my salary and the costs of building out a 4 - 10 rack colo setup. With room leftover for a dba consultant on retainer and a pro-serv budget for ad-hoc stuff.
Needing the effects of "rm -r /<something>/* " is rare. Just cd first.

I think I rarely use rm -r with an absolute path. And tab completion does something similar (list your targets) if you don't jump the gun with <enter>.

PS I'm entirely comfortable with my Alt-B as "rxvt -e 'sudo zsh'".
DJB: Network and Cryptography Library (efforts against timing attacks)
If you allow the load to complete, yes. But the idea here is to very quickly decide that you're not getting a cached copy, and abort the request (by changing src=) before the browser has a chance to read anything back and figure out what to do with it.
Has anyone used either SAP or SuccessFactors and thought "wow, this is really great!"?

I use SAP (in finance) and it's pretty craptacular in terms of user experience. It's generally counterintuitive and obscure. The problem with enterprise software is that the end user doesn't buy it, the buying decision is made by IT departments and executives who generally don't have to interact with the product on a daily basis.

It seems to me that the only hope for enterprise is software companies that are almost more service than software. Unfortunately, most businesses need something other than a cookie cutter solution and let's face it, that's what you get from most of these big companies, even the SaaS.

One solution is for business oriented programmers to come in and create customized solutions. Believe me, there is definitely a business case for paying a a few good hackers to create customized solutions and manage those solutions on an ongoing basis.
Straight from wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga

Scam ads

Through 2009 Zynga made money from lead generation advertising schemes, whereby game participants would earn game points by signing up for featured credit cards or video-rental services. These were criticized as being less cost-effective than simply buying game points, and in some cases, being outright scams that would download unwanted software or unwittingly sign up for a recurring subscription.[38] One ad signed up players for subscriptions to expensive and unwanted text-messaging services.[39]

On October 31, 2009, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch said that Zynga intentionally worked with scam advertisers, and that lead generation made up a third of Zynga's revenue.[64] Arrington also alleged that Facebook was complicit in this.[65] On November 2, 2009, CEO Mark Pincus announced a reform in its offers: Tatto Media, a major offer provider that enrolled users into recurring cell phone subscriptions, would be banned, all mobile offers would be removed, and offer providers would be required to pre-screen offers.[66]

Arrington continued to question Pincus' role in the scams, republishing a video of a speech by Pincus.[67] In the speech, Pincus said:

"So I funded [Zynga] myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this Zwinky toolbar which was like, I don't know, I downloaded it once and couldn’t get rid of it. laughs We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business." —Mark Pincus, Speech from Startup@Berkeley

In response, Pincus noted that after offering the Zwinky toolbar, his team of ten decided to remove it since it was a "painful experience".[68]

Several days after the Techcrunch story, Zynga's most recent Facebook game FishVille, was temporarily taken offline by Facebook on claim of advertising violations. According to Zynga, Fishville had 875,000 users within two days of launch. A release from Facebook on its reasons for taking the game offline read that "FishVille will remain suspended until Facebook is satisfied that Zynga demonstrates compliance with Facebook restrictions – as well as Zynga’s own restrictions – on the ads it offers users."[69] FishVille was later un-suspended at midnight November 9–10.[70]

Several suits were filed against Zynga for promoting such offers,[71][72] including the class-action lawsuit Swift v. Zynga in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for violation of the Unfair competition law and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, after the lead plaintiff's credit card was billed more than $200 for offers she completed to receive YoVille currency.[73][74][75]

Pincus later said that he had been too eager to increase company revenues through advertising, and that operating in reactive mode by taking down ads only after receiving complaints had not worked. The company removed all ads for a time, relying only on direct purchase of game currency, then began reintroducing third party ads only after they had been screened.[38]
It is hard for startups to replace the real value of SAP, because it is a standard ERP basis+auxiliary apps, all integrated on the same data. You will spend years to build e.g. the payroll system, and then you only have one piece of the puzzle. Thus it has become the standard for large companies (e.g. many companies in BRIC countries are now adopting it). And it is very powerful and stable software, for which you are guaranteed to find experts to fix problems that might put your company's production at risk.
My post was not an objection to teaching literary criticism. It was an objection to defending literary criticism by appealing to the value of general critical thinking skills.

If someone proposed to cut computer science from a curriculum, would your defense be "but without computer science, students won't learn how to think critically"?

I also think we're in danger of equivocating over the word "criticism" here. Literary criticism shouldn't be assumed to teach critical thinking well just because the names are similar.
A tablet is, by definition, a minimalistic device. Concepts like "rounded borders" have been used for quite a bit longer than tablets, and applying a basic design principal should hardly be considered infringing.

No one is going to buy a Samsung device because they think it's an iPad- or even that it looks like an iPad. The difference between the two devises is really about the internals and, much more importantly, the operating system. I've got a ton of Apple devices that I really love, including an iPad, but I really don't see this as anything other than Apple trying to shut competitors out of the market.
SuccessFactors, a cloud-based maker of human-resources software

Excuse my entirely naive level of questioning, but to someone who's pretty ignorant of the 'enterprise' world, are they essentially an enterprise-level equivalent of a 37signals or similar?

They say they have 15 million subscribed users, while 37signals merely says "millions", so perhaps 37signals is worth $450m+? Or is there something about companies like SuccessFactors (perhaps big contracts, lock in clauses, or higher rates) that could lead to such large valuations?
The Evolution of JavaScript Namespacing
Hi

I'm Twidi, the author or Repos.io

It's a (good) surprise for me to see this project right here !

There is a lot of work to do to have all features i want, and there is a full redesign in progress, twitter boostrap was a try at first, and now, there is too much of sites using this css, so i create a new specific one.

Feel free to report bugs on https://github.com/twidi/Repos.io, and you can follow http://twitter.com/repos_io if you want to know about future updates.

About bitbucket and googlecode, (and more), i have no deadline, but the first to be added will be bitbucket in a couple of weeks i think !
I follow the process of file list validation, as mentioned (by me) at http://serverfault.com/questions/337082/how-do-i-prevent-acc...
When Facebook goes public, will they be sharing how much this sale was for, or not since it'll be after the fact by the time they have their IPO?
Ask HN: Language Recommendations for a Manga Organizing Program?
I am getting tired of having to wait until I have a day I can afford to waste to organize my last several weeks of reading for archival purposes. I have a specific directory on my HD, and then each series has a sub-directory under that. I then have another directory where I keep the "read" folders. Conceptually I need to walk the read list, find a name that matches a directory in the archive directory within the folder name (usually the folder name will be longer due to group and other designations) from the read list, rename the read list folder to follow my personal convention (<Series Name><space><"ch"><space>Chapter #>), and then move it to the archive directory on my HD. Ideally also copy it at that point to my Backup Archive HD (which has an identical archive directory structure).

I know I "could" do this in C++ or Python (or any number of other languages), but it's been a while since I've done any file manipulation programming. So wondering if there's anything out there that would be more "ideal" for writing such a program?
Can't try the app but that's a really slick homepage, just saying.

EDIT:
Although if you have a small width (half screen, 540px) you can scroll sideways and break it on firefox.
> One solution is for business oriented programmers to come
in and create customized solutions. Believe me, there is
definitely a business case for paying a a few good hackers
to create customized solutions and manage those solutions
on an ongoing basis.

You just described the job of an SAP consultant :)
I think online pizza ordering is becoming much more popular. In my area, there is a website that allows you to order online from local shops, for a slight fee. I have seen dozens of people use this service, even though they could have called in to save the extra fee. I feel that these people would have a bad experience with Pizza Pizza, and bad experiences usually affect the perception of a product as a whole. This is where you really start to lose money.

Also, this article is using Pizza Pizza as an example. If a large chain is failing so miserably, I am sure other companies are hurting badly from poor web development.
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Visionary-Launc...
Agree. I would add (if I understand your point and I think I do) that putting a resume out is somewhat deprecating to a famous person. If Rob doesn't land a job, as happens with unsold real estate, potential employers (aware of the public search) will wonder why he hasn't been snapped up by someone else quickly. By going public you run this risk. But doing the search in private (or as they say "quietly shopping") you avoid some (but not all) of the risk. If nothing materializes you can go public later.

"you're competing with other resumes"

Very true. One of the best ways to not be compared is to approach things in a way that there is no competition. Approach employers when they are not advertising. I did this once and got a job that in no way I was qualified for resume wise. Once a job is advertised or with a headhunter you're being compared to someone else. (Same with dating most of us would rather not have to compete head to head with 20 other people and hope to be chosen the best of the lot.)
Microsoft anti-spam researchers apply their work to finding AIDS virus mutations
They produce software for employees of other companies, where they can track their performance/bonus plans etc. So this number is probably the number of seats solds to companies (I think Siemens was one of their customers).
That depends on the counterfeit.

In the case of a counterfeit that looks like a BMW and is badged with the BMW logo, sure.

Otherwise, it becomes a matter of trade dress, which is equally important – and equally valid. Which, for this example, could be a "BBW," perhaps, with green and black circular emblem and a design resembling a Z4.

The test, as I understand it, is whether or not the manufacturer selected a given design specifically to piggyback on the existing goodwill of another brand.
What would be something if the court on reading Apples ridiculous suggestions took a second look at the very idea of having such broad design patents in the first place.
> If you're so /innovative/ then show us.

Will this suffice?

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uplo...
Which, for this example, could be a "BBW..."

A very interesting episode of "Pimp My Ride."
Yes, and be aware the operation of a lot of ccTLD's are outsourced to companies outside the country in question.

I don't know that much about how many are or aren't operated out of the US, but most of the generic TLD's are, and several ccTLD's definitively are too - for example .tv and .cc are operated by Verisign, and .co is operated by Neustar.
The absurdity of this is breath-taking. Apple tablets look exactly like miniature flat screen TVs. I don't know how they have the gall to claim that the form factor of their tablets is in anyway original or protectable. The Apple design here is the obvious one. There will be aliens on distant worlds designing tablets they they will be thin, flat, have narrow rounded borders and have an uncluttered appearance. I can't believe Samsung could even dream of capitulating.
I don't understand what you are trying to say, sorry.
Create a version of rm that detects if you try to delete the root filesystem, deny it, and makes you put a --really-delete-filesystem-root flag to do so.
I use GoTasks (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mile.android.gotas...) synced with Google Tasks. My requirements were: (1) Ability to drag to sort the tasks manually. (2) Ability to sync the tasks with a cloud. (3) Ability to edit those tasks on my PC (for this I use the full-screen shortcut https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas).

I couldn't be happier.
the're being bought at 20x this year revenue and 15x of the next year one. It is a bit on the higher end of the range, yet nowhere close to the "hot air" based billion valuations everybody knows about.
Ironically, if google rescinds that offer, you'll always have selling candy in the subway to fall back on.
I've contacted the site owner and I'll see if I can get a mirror set up for those files.
Email banned at 75,000-employee company
> A tablet is, by definition, a minimalistic device.

Yeah. Today. But, once upon a time, a tablet was, by definition, a hobbled laptop with a touch screen. Sometimes with elaborate rotating screen or stowable keyboard, almost always with a stylus. I know – I used them for years.

Then the iPad happened.

http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uplo...

And then, like fucking magic or something, all the other tablets started looking... like an iPad. Even the stylus disappeared.

It's really, really, weird how minimalism and tablets became so suddenly conjoined when a company with a reputation for a minimalist design aesthetic sold a shitload of units.
This is how Facebook should look
> So if I understand, you would consider the people, that are in the drug business, as entrepreneurs?

Of course they're entrepreneurs; operating outside the law certainly, but entrepreneurs none the less.
Since I'm commenting on what is or is not obvious, it would seem to me that the argument couldn't be strengthened by background material.

The argument is simply that the more things X people can do, the less things there are for a remaining Y people to do. When workers are more productive, total societal demands can be met with fewer workers.

Seems intuitively obvious. X factory produces N widgets. If it is can suddenly produce with half the workers, it will fire the others and get profit.

It has been argued that in these situations, demand will magically double or jobs will be magically found for these laid-off widget makers. Whatever their long pedigree, it seems to me these arguments only seem plausible because we've trained to believe them. A look at the present world seems to indicate that "what you'd expect without the propaganda" is happening - the laid-off widget makers of all sorts are thrown on the scrap heap with crocodile tears from the finance managers running things.
> You've basically just said, "since I can steal music because it is easy, I am doing it." That is fine, but quit making excuses and just say that.

I did not say that at all; for one thing, your use of the term "steal" implies a position I fundamentally disagree with. You've assumed a certain moral position which supports the idea of copyright, and you want everyone else to express their positions relative to your opinions on morality. I refuse to do so. I don't agree with your opinions on what you consider "right" and "wrong".
Jobs was not a tech person, he was a fashion maven.

Um, maybe Jobs valued aesthetics (or even fashion) over tech, but to say he was not a tech person is pretty far-fetched.