skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Too bad you can't move Mobile Wallet back to the time when it became common in Japan.

The AI singularity will probably end with a space-faring AI that leaves our asses here. It will be too smart to share this knowledge with us before it leaves. We will be a concern that may inhibit these plans, not much more.

However, if we mistakenly make something that closely mimics the human brain, it may not end up growing exponentially before it decrees that further self improvement is unnecessary for world domination then also goes nuts and turns all Skynet on us.
GitHub repo: https://github.com/Kroc/NoNonsenseForum

See it in action: http://forum.camendesign.com/
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You are indirectly competing with something I'm working on, so I won't comment on the business, but I will say that I thought your old site design was 100x better. Why did you change?
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The definition of multimethods presented here sounds suspiciously like ad-hoc polymorphism (or just overloading functions). It seems like the real difficulty is not in the concept but in the fact that I've now seen under three different names: multiple-dispatch, ad-hoc polymorphism and overloading. All but the last name seem complex; since I initially encountered the concept in Java as overloading, I never thought much about it.

Polymorphism based on types like this is something that statically typed languages are naturally good at. Looking at his example code, the trick to having this sort of code in dynamically typed Python is to introduce type annotations via decorators. You're doing the work of static typing for a fraction of the benefits.

Additionally, a statically typed language can take this concept even further. Haskell, for example, supports polymorphic functions like this very well using type classes. It even allows functions polymorphic on their return types--you can have a function `read` which takes a String and returns whatever. This means you can actually even have polymorphic constants--maxBound, for example, is the maximum value of whatever numerical representation it happens to be.

Overall, I think features like this make more sense in a statically typed language. They fit in--you're already specifying types everywhere--and can do more. However, it is interesting to see how you could accomplish something like this in a dynamically typed language.
I have a HTC Desire Z (which has a flip under keyboard) and my experience has been the opposite compared to what is mentioned in the other comments. Maybe I got lucky in my pick for a model, but it's very smooth, has extremely good battery life (all my friends have to charge their smartphone every night, for me it's every 3th night unless I have used it extremely much). I would easily give it a 9 out of 10
Do you use right iOS SDK? Do you have iOS SDK 4.0 in parallels?

It's normal that works on Chrome since it's based on WebKit too :)
How is that sort of technology not possible? Is it not possible to connect to a secured wireless network with enough effort, and then maybe perform a MITM attack? Maybe the user used the same password on sites not protected with SSL. Or the hacker maybe manipulated traffic at router-level etc.
A far fetched scenario indeed, but not impossible.

However I do agree with you that the most likely scenario was him being phished or exposed to a trojan.
The bell curve for educated guesses on things that can't be known for sure usually settles on something close to correct. Maybe they're onto something! (This at least usually works with guessing the amount of candy in a jar)
Except that you have to statically specify the types using decorators. So it's more like a subset of static typing in a dynamically typed language.
Having them learn something new is great, go with Git.
I don't think this is a real concern, for two reasons: first, how should such a "transfer of genes" to another species proceed? This is not how it works.

Secondly, these genes are pretty much self-regulating; they disappear from the population in one generation. They almost certainly won't be in the ecosystem long enough in order to play a role in any improbable scenario.
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If your developers are either incapable of pivoting to a new language or flat out refuse to, then they are terrible developers.

That's a pretty strong statement. I'm glad I don't work for you. If my employer decides to switch to Cobol and I refuse that makes me a terrible developer? What if they want to switch from an imperative language to a functional language? If I can't easily make the transition I am terrible?

What is so wrong with developers that specialize in one thing, even if it's PHP? Regardless of your opinion, there is a place for those kinds of developers. They likely won't advance as far as those with a broader skill set, but they are not terrible or useless.

This isn't the developers' fault. Rose hired a whole team of developers that were not qualified to do the required work. That's on him, and he is rightly accepting responsibility.
I'm still waiting for a custom scrollbar that reacts to natural scroll speed. This and all other JS based scrollbars scroll much too fast in Safari.
I created a similar project a few weeks ago, with the difference that it preserves native scrolling:
http://learnboost.github.com/antiscroll
Ask HN: Is it a viable idea and anyone willing to test?
New app near BETA - I hope to find a few outside beta testers who can give honest and clear feedback on the app interface and usability.

Also looking for any comments on viability of this idea/product. It is a combination of a service like Amazon.com's Universal Wishlist (visual giftlists that can be shared through the app, FB, Twitter, and email), Pinterest (categories of things I love around the web, in a visual way...for instance, keep all the great recipes that you've found around the web in one place) and social networking all rolled into one (we have our own friend networking, user wall and messaging system).

It's built in groovy, on grails with hibernate and spring and is served in the cloud.

I am new posting here - hope that I have given enough information for feedback. Thanks!

Tara
How would you explain reddit's success, compared to digg? Reddit was basically developed by 2 people and has never had more than 3 devs behind it.
A second concern is that the engineered lethality gene could somehow be transferred to other environmentally-important insects, such as those vital for pollination.

I'm not sure why this is a concern, but inter species horizontal gene transfer (in insects) isn't really something that happens. In bacteria sure, in plants maybe, but this is very much not a case of, "Eat a mosquito, get a gene".
Is Backblaze profitable? A lot of services which charge money still don't charge enough to be self-sustaining.

A self-sustaining product may still be sold. But if a product CAN'T sustain itself, it MUST either be sold, or shut down, eventually.
A trojan might be a better answer, they said it initiated from his IP so it may have launched when he actually logged into Paypal himself.

Might make more sense than the way I went about it
Well I learned something new. SBCL and CLISP seem to have good unicode support that work well with emacs+slime.
It is morally wrong for someone to profit from denying someone else healthcare.

In that case, you are an evil person, since you have profited by engaging in activities that don't deliver healthcare to others.

A person with even a basic understanding of economics would attempt to assign utility to human health and then measure whether or not a system is utility maximizing.

Personally I attempt to do this via revealed preferences - use people's choices to infer their values. And many people reveal that they don't care a great deal about health. For example, an obese person feels their health is less valuable than the enjoyment they receive from a cake or pie. Why should I assign a higher value to that person's health than they themselves do?
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> If I were Apple I'd come up with a name unique to the Chinese market.

Apple has done this for their lesser product. AirPort is released as AirMac in Japan, for example.
FTW. At least we know who in this thread is the sectarian. Only an idiot would draw an analogy between their private personification of evil and an entire group of people. A rose by any other name is a damn racist.
the whole usability of tagging [completely unnecessarily] changed. their own bookmarklet (and functionality on their site) changed so that when you press the save button it saves right away, and then you have a option to add tags.
i'd find my self quickly adding and then having to find my link and editing it.
what is the benefit of these changes? why would you do that to all your users?
I heard an NPR report that XBox 360 streaming is half of the Netflix bandwidth during primetime.
Doesn't respect native scroll speed - way too slow on FF/WinXP.
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> first, how should such a "transfer of genes" to another species proceed? This is not how it works.

Couldn't a viral infection do this? Some virus that existed inside the mosquito could be modified by (or modify itself in response to) this generic engineering and then transfered to an unintended host.

> They almost certainly won't be in the ecosystem long enough

Your use of absolutes here (with respect to the unknown) makes me want to turn on the news and wait for the big announcement that this new breed of mosquitos has unknowingly caused an undead plague in Africa ;)

NOTE: I am not saying this should have never been tested. I am just surprised how little is known before a public trial was executed.
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That's what we're working on (baby photos) with Babysteps. We have a basic prototype in the app store, but that's the easy part. The API is the hard part, but almost ready.
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It's "relatively true."

The fact is that there is malware including viruses for Linux. The fact is though that they are pretty rare, and the types involved are unlikely ever to become serious threats on the desktop.

It's not perfectly safe, but it's safe enough that safe enough that basic precautions for the desktop are currently good enough. Of course mobile systems are something different.
Easy for you to be all high and mighty on your horse since you and your loved ones aren't the one dying from disease.

We should never disregard the risk of any of our actions, but the fears you are putting forward are exagurated and unwarranted. Other species that consume mosquitoes might be at risk? You make it sound like they radioactive mutants. You do realize that you don't assimilate the DNA of things you eat right? It doesn't matter how the DNA of a mosquito is structured when it goes into the belly of a bird, it's all ripped apart into the basic building blocks.
I'd smile even more if the chinese company was a manufacturer of those cheap knock-offs
"What kinda CTR are you getting?"

1.22%..about 164 views and 2 clicks

"It sounds like you're lacking in the content area so I suspect users hit your site and immediately hit the back button. Try to get them to hang around longer."

I added three more categories with few posts.Thanks for advice.
How am I supposed to know something is scrollable if the scroll bar is hidden unless I'm hovering over it with my mouse? What if I'm using the keyboard?
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Practically, if you let her become much smarter than humans and trust her enough to indirectly control stuff - e.g. write software, correspond with people, etc. - she could engineer an escape. (less sensational versions of plots like Eagle Eye & Terminator)
"We’re in the UK and will be rolling out to the rest of Europe in the next couple months.”"

Their move to the UK was very half-assed, still no SMS support for the UK... :( I hope they fix that with this new funding before they expand elsewhere.
Don't forget smug as fuck.
I have a Desire and I think it's great. I don't have a problem with Sense, updates have never been a problem, and aside from the battery life which is 3-4 days, it works great for me.
This is pretty common practice from a security standpoint. Many password security policies deny you the ability to reuse past passwords.

It seems scary to the layman, but I'd imagine that Google is using secure, non-reversible encryption on passwords, so it's a non-issue.
iPad is a strong brand, and I can't see Apple selling it as anything else. However it is not worth $1.6b. If the company holding the copyright wasn't about to go to the dogs I'd be more concerned. Apple can enter into a lengthy legal wrangle and wait for the company in question to fold.
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I agree, that was the same point I tried to make, and yet got downvoted for it.
Grass is green, sky is blue. Rose was a kid - we all enjoy seeing entrepreneurial success and hopefully he finds that with Milk. Though it again sounds like he's merely surrounded by a bunch of developers and little creative...
If ever, it catches Windows viruses usually. Prevent them from spraying and is also very useful on Linux server setups.
they listen to their users
Without wanting to justify Paypal's actions wouldn't it be easy to launder money through Paypal if they let you so easily mark a 'suspicious' transaction as legit?
phillmv, our company is a 2-man operation (me + my husband, no less) plus freelancers. We run 2 SaaS products: http://letsfreckle.com http://charmhq.com

Recently we fielded an acquisition offer for Freckle. Just the app - no strings, no nasty jump back to being an employee, etc. It was for half a million dollars.

This gave us a lot to think about. Half a million wasn't enough. Was a million? Two?

And the conclusion we came to was: no. Not worth it. A good little SaaS like ours is a kind of a sinecure. We don't have to work much on Freckle at all and it keeps chugging along earning more and more every month. (And the more we work on it, the faster it grows. It's a choice we can make on a month by month basis.)

It would be damn foolish to sell it.

It was fun to think about. What would we do with a million dollars? But the fact is, within 3.5 or so years, Freckle would have brought in that much revenue anyway. And then it would KEEP bringing in more, forever.

I would definitely NOT take a $5 million offer if I had to be an employee.

I bet Maciej wouldn't either.
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Here come the Java trolls. You can write "cool" code with it too (Scala). Sheesh!
There are ways to collect money. But clients seem to be hesitating. They expect "free" services.
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Hahaha, Sun/Oracle does it, therefore it's OK.

Ask me why I quit Java long ago.
The key new features introduced in IntelliJ IDEA 11 include:

* Support for web development with the Play framework.

* Groovy 2.0 support with new intention actions and refactorings.

* Gradle integration.

* CoffeeScript editor with code assistance, inspections and formatting options.

* Grails 2.0 support with all its features, including also Grails web-flow and Spock framework.

And most importantly,

* The updated IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition gets important improvements for Android development, including live preview of Android UI layouts and compatibility with the latest Android 4.0 SDK (Ice Cream Sandwich).
It's not just MSDN which is inconsistent.

Microsoft's web presence in general varies widely. The philosophy appears to highly favor providing access to knowledge/content over standardization of form/presentation.

The scale of Microsoft's web properties is vast and they do not waste resources trying to get a herd of cats to goosestep.
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Flickr, YouTube, FeedBurner, etc. were obviously not charging enough money to sustain themselves. $25 a year vs free doesn't make that big a difference when costs are $100+/year per user.

I pulled the $100+/year cost per user figure out of my ass. It's probably much higher for Flickr.

I have it on good authority from people very close to the project that Flickr was never once in the black. Ditto for Skype.

Your whole comment, in fact, supports the idea that "if a startup loses more money than it brings in (whether it brings in $0 or $toolittle), it is extremely vulnerable to being bought and screwed over."
Surely this is more of a provider issue than a manufacturer?

I could be wrong, I live in the UK and I've never had any specific apps come installed on my phone. Nothing except a network's app to check your balance/plan usage, which is easily uninstalled.
So I can't get a real iPad from a fake Apple store in China? I guess Apple will have to open some more real stores and sell renamed 'fake' iPads under another name. haha
> Couldn't a viral infection do this?

I still don't see how exactly. E.g., even if it "modified itself in response to this genetic engineering" then it wouldn't really transfer the lethal gene into another species, would it?

> Your use of absolutes here (...)

Which absolutes exactly are you talking about? :) Nothing absolute in the "almost certainly" statement, in my opinion.

> I am just surprised how little is known before a public trial was executed.

What do you mean by "is known"?
I'm OCD about code, and that Javascript makes me want to rip my hair out.
There's a pie chart titled 'Where Your Money Goes' displayed on the donation page (http://www.archive.org/donate/index.php).

Expense ratios for Internet Archive:

Programs: 88%
Administration: 10%
Fundraising: 2%
What we've to understand is that a machine that has intelligence doesn't necessarily have emotion, as you so rightly pointed out with your friendly comment. However this doesn't mean it will take over the world, it just means it will do what it was meant to, and become better at what it was meant to do that's intelligence. It may even start to work on things it hasn't been told to work on, but that doesn't mean it's going to abolish governance and force humans into submission.
http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/aibox

Basically, all the AI needs is a text terminal interface. From then it will almost certainly convince an operator to let it out and take over vulnerable computers on the internet. Then it will have much more humans at its disposal to do its bidding.

Even if you're not as certain as I am, keep in mind that Eliezer Yudowsky is but a human (though a very smart one), yet he did got out of the box. I find hard to imagine that anything smarter than him couldn't do the same.
Wow, that's nice income!
I really can't do that(writing) because I'm no expert in having twin babies.
I can use other articles from internet and books.Is it a big penalty for my income if articles aren't unique?
This is not supposed to be only a JavaScript replacement. From what I see, JavaScript is just used as a really easy target for experimenting with functional reactive programming.
It was clearly a joke. Laugh a little. :)
I don't know about adwords.Will read about it tonight when I get home.
Thanks.
It is more likely that it was a trojan/virus. There are several out there that monitor for just banking/paypal/payroll details, once it has something good the operator can easily bounce through the machine it's controlling to move the money.
I just found a reference shortly after mentioning Moneybookers and Payoneer, I have never used Wepay. Actually, I have only used Moneybookers (soon to be renamed "Skrill"). I'm based in Europe myself.

Could also be worth noting that bitcoin is a real possibility, some business do it without any issues (except higher-than-normal volatility, but if you exchange your bitcoins quickly this won't ever be a problem).
Trials are to be judged on the evidence presented in court. This is notoriously not always the case, but it is the way the law is supposed to be.
I use tramp as well, but can't say I like it. Blocking whole UI because of network problems, leaving garbage in the shell history on the machines I'm connecting to, getting confused (and hung-up) by different prompts. It's nice, but too volatile.
By the time strong AI rolls around, robots will probably be able to perform most tasks people could. It might not even need humans. And even if it did - humans are easy to bribe and manipulate.

If an AI could outperform a human CEO, they would eventually replace them. It's just evoluation. More conservative corporations would get left in the dust. I imagine it could become a similar scenario to the nuclear arms race, everyone's afraid of them - but they still feel forced to build them out of fear.
I had the same experience, but even more ridiculous.
When I was trying to fill the form for the verification, I always had an error on the page that said "please try again later". I tried to get in touch with support, and at all my emails they were replying with the same copy and paste with the steps, which I could not follow. I tried to get someone on the phone, with no luck. After weeks I gave up, because the money on the account were not worth the hassle (they were around 300€).

But I will never use PayPal again, that's for sure.
Secure is relative. The HSBC crap-gadget that one has to carry around on a key chain is susceptible to easy theft/loss. Anyway, "security" is a poor reason to not have such a great service in the UK
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The problem with this statement is that what you say is true... but only for the software the developers are actually distributing on CNET.

Whether CNET passes their own wrapped installer through VirusTotal is a good question, and I for one highly doubt that's the case. Who knows, maybe they tried, got a hit for malware and decided that they would ignore it because it would be counter productive...
Judging by how porn portrays the experience: Yes, disproportionally so.