skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I live in Chile, i supported the punta de choros people struggle to stop an energy plant there since mid 00's, since friends of mine work in that area. All the place's economy is based on fishing, and the power plant will destroy that.

I know they were raided, i know the SII visited a lot of people at 2am asking for data. Some journalists from Canal 13 did a note about that but never got broadcasted.

They learned that they aren't going to be on TV because they are less rich and less powerful than people who wanted the plant. That knowledge made them to ask for help to some actors and then, using internet, the campaign was made public.

The sites chaopescao.cl and salvemospuntadechoros.org were asked by phone to be removed and hosting company agree with that...

I created myself an account on hn just to tell you that this maybe is not a common politics, but it still happening, specially away from santiago. You don't have to belive me and say this is what happens in chile, but it will be more than cool to keep your mind open to notice when this happens, and confront it and make it public.
Careful with that word "should". Using it on others opens the Pandora's Box. It will try to destroy your sense of self.
Startups are hard because the founders/wannabe founders who perceive it that way far outnumber those who don't. In a way, it's similar to getting better (expert) at anything. It is hard for 80% of people does not mean it is hard for a given person. It's a matter of several factors (and luck) if something hard for many people is not so for you.

Perhaps doing a company is more in line with "wealth creation promise" than say getting better at music or chess or anything at all. And that's why startups being hard gets a special mention in the landscape of hard things?
The Supreme Court does not share your views of state power and the nature of Congressional representation. See U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779. Assorted passages from Justice Stevens' majority opinion:

"Even if we believed that States possessed as part of their original powers some control over congressional qualifica- tions, the text and structure of the Constitution, the relevant historical materials, and, most importantly, the “basic principles of our democratic system” all demonstrate that the Qualifications Clauses were intended to preclude the States from exercising any such power and to fix as exclusive the qualifications in the Constitution."

Footnote 20: "The Framers’ decision to reject a proposal allowing for States to recall their own representatives, see 1 Farrand 20, 217, reflects these same concerns."

"In light of the Framers’ evident concern that States would try to undermine the National Government, they could not have intended States to have the power to set qualifications. Indeed, one of the more anomalous consequences of petitioners’ argument is that it accepts federal supremacy over the procedural aspects of determining the times, places, and manner of elections while allowing the States carte blanche with respect to the substantive qualifications for membership in Congress."

"The Framers decided that the qualifications for service in the Congress of the United States be fixed in the Constitution and be uniform throughout the Nation.	That decision reflects the Framers’ understanding that Members of Congress are chosen by separate constituencies, but that they become, when elected, servants of the people of the United States.	They are not merely delegates appointed by separate, sovereign States; they occupy offices that are inte- gral and essential components of a single National Government. In the absence of a properly passed constitutional amendment, allowing individual States to craft their own qualifications for Congress would thus erode the structure envisioned by the Framers, a structure that was designed, in the words of the Preamble to our Constitution, to form a “more perfect Union.”"
Thanks! It was a lot of fun to work on, although I admit to several "bash head against wall" moments trying to get things working correctly.

D3 is pretty awesome to work with, but it isn't shy about exploding when you don't know what you are doing =)
So if anyone's wondering how this works, it's actually quite simple thanks to juggernaut. I used Flask to build the web app but because it's basically just serving up a page that really wasn't necessary. You could actually write this all with something like gevent, however Flask lends itself to extensibility and you could certainly use this as a component of a larger app.

The primary functionality goes like this: Essentially I wrote a small script to read off a log file, that runs concurrently as a greenlet via gevent. Anything it reads is pushed to juggernaut which uses socketio to publish that along a channel. The frontend reads off that channel, pushing in realtime.

I actually spent more time styling it than I did coding it. The VT terminal style is very intentional and I'm pretty happy with the overall result of the look (hey, CSS3 is nice!). I also included a couple of alternate color schemes: blue and orange.

Hope you like it! :)
What you are saying is absurd and it doesn't help. At this point, I think many people believe the "war on drugs" is a wasted effort. The best way to make this case would be to show how the American consumer is destroying lives in other countries. Americans trying to have a good time are indirectly killing innocent people in order to get the products they desire into their hands.
The iOS interface is full of this behavior. I thought that was part the reason why it was so clutter free and easy to use due to less clutter.
The BP oil spill is a clear example of dangers to others, as is the credit crash. There are numerous other examples, one given in the article itself, where the actions of business can do great damage to individuals. Is my toothpaste safe? What about my tomatoes?
For those of you who aren't totally up on your US geography Montana is landlocked so they are very unlikely to take this any further.
Congratulations!

Hmmm. Marrying a designer almost makes more sense ... ;)

I hasten to clarify that I think about this as an optimization problem. I don't think it's impossible to be perfectly happy without it.

All of the people I have my closest relationships with are non-technical; manifestly, it works.
Engine Tech: Concurrent world editing
I find compositing to be quite useful on a few scenarios. Hovering the icon over a program in the task bar makes it simple to quickly monitor the operation of a terminal app or what have you whilst reading something in a web browser without having to go through the trouble of rearranging your windows around. Also, the semi transparency while moving windows makes it easy to just click on the title bar and see what's going on in a window underneath. I love the scale effect where you can mouse to a corner and all of your windows show ike on Mac osx. That is a boon for window management when you have a lot going on. I also like the ease of compiz's zoom effect. Makes "full screening" flash videos much less of a hassle. Its the little things like all of these that add up to a great user experience for me from compiz.
NumPy Book Giveaway
I use compiz on my Crunchbamg box and think its great. I think he's being too hard on himself. That said, its really refreshing to hear someone say "I screwed up" in the sincerest terms possible. Sincere apologies are in vogue right now but even so many of them still drone on and still have some type of spin. This was short and directly to the point. Best apology ever.

After reading this I get the sense that he doesn't feel confident in his ability to maintain compiz and if that's the case I'd wonder why he doesn't seek out someone else to take over. I'm not suggesting he should but if he really doesn't think he can do well for the project then it's time to get so,e fresh blood in there. He says he hopes for more contributions which is great so the way I take is this: if he isn't confident in his ability to move compiz forward then let someone else take over - if he does believe he can improve it then he needs to quit being so damn hard on himself.
An ad written as an article, brilliant. However, shame on TNW once again. Both TNW and TechCrunch, can only talk about 500px in the same sentence as Flickr. Where does 500px publicly state they are going after Flickr members? This kind of PR is becoming embarrassing for 500px.

http://www.lanceramoth.com/blog/2011/12/how-startups-use-pro...
Cyber Security Home Page - Encryption
Ah, of course.

Thanks for catching that.
The Year in Big Data
Why is the long term bit crucial? Specifically, what timeframe do you define as "long term", and why do you privilege that timeframe over other timeframes?

And sometimes exploitation is better than exploration.

Microsoft is a great example of this. Currently MS dumps billions into Bing, a form of exploration. If the shareholders were given a choice, do you think the would choose this? Most likely not - if they wanted to explore search, they would probably dump billions into GOOG. Microsoft shareholders would probably be better off if MS stopped exploring, exploited current revenue streams, and allowed shareholders to invest in businesses with a brighter future.

The working definition should be "maximizing shareholder's time and risk discounted value". After all, $100 now is better than $100 over 10 years (maybe, if we are lucky). When a company focuses on creating long term value, they are gambling with shareholder wealth. They should only do this when the odds are good.

Let's make the law that the managers' options can only be excersized after 10 years. That'll do the trick.

Many companies already do this - a lot of CEO/executive comp is restricted shares.
Glyphosate == Roundup(TM). This is the most used herbicide in the US... certainly not banned. Regardless, I agree with your conclusion.
Pentagon approved Android to be used by DoD officials
Thanks for the feedback. I totally agree with the your point that if spending more time coding was my number one priority outside of the other things mentioned I could make time for that. Without laying out every single detail of my life, it's not possible to paint the picture but it always comes down to priorities. Currently because of my priorities I will not spend the time building this software that I think would be super beneficial to a lot of people but if I was able to raise a reasonable amount of money, than I would be able to re-prioritize accordingly. It's not that I couldn't make time it's just that at this time in my life I won't for these projects because they don't rank in my top 3-4 most important things that I'm trying to focus on.

Kickstarter has worked for some open source projects and seems to do a decent job. I however can imagine a site that was more tailored to open source software would be able to offer a lot of useful features that Kickstarter won't provide.

Thanks for the feedback. Fun to think through these things.
Federal government spent $15B on drug enforcement, prevention, etc. in 2010. Clearly lots of jobs.
It's fun to watch. You can communicate with your browser agent.
Google Keeps Unlawful Feature in Android, Alienates ITC & HTC
It is inefficient for everyone not just one person or one group. An individual therefore is not able to easily exploit the inefficiencies as they are in the same position as everyone else.
Replace "out of the job" with "back on jobs that actually further the best interests of the public", and your post starts to make sense.
Cool idea. Do you know anything about what percentage of Kickstarter funders come from links that the fund raiser posts vs. Kickstarter.com? Just curious if it will be harder to raise funds if not on the Kickstarter.com domain.
Keep in mind that "the ugliest C feature" was committed in 2000, and the article was written in 2005. Things were a mite different in 2000, so this was probably more necessary.

Even if this isn't necessary today, it's a pretty interesting brain exercise.
Why is it that Flask is highlighted when juggernaut, node.js and redis do the realtime communication? :-/
Show HN: My weekend game TapTap Piñata
Hi guys! I made this game for the holidays in my country (Mexico). It's about Pinatas! Could I get some feedback from you guys? Thanks!
Measure user engagement on webapps
How to actually measure user engagement on web apps, and why is it so important for your business?
> I've learned in personal relationships is that logic is, in-and-of-itself, rather useless in determining relationship success.

Absolutely. We are all far from rational actors in this endeavor. You can make all the sense you want, but it's just wasted energy.
Lançamentos de filmes
O Filme Imortais vem aí. Para quem gosta de acompanhar lançamentos de filmes, fica dica....
I do find it a little bit odd, though. I guess some careers aren't that interesting or you don't spend that much time thinking about them at home so there isn't any reason to share it with your SO.

But my husband is an academic, so his academic side is "always on," so to speak. I feel like some coders are like that too. If you're the kind that's always thinking about your work I think it would we weird if you don't share that with your wife. Last night before bed I read him a paper he needed to read. Granted, I think I only read the abstract before falling asleep, but I like that we share things with each other.
Please. The first example is for editing the repository description, and becomes visibile when hovering over the description. The second is for clearing the name field, and becomes visible as soon as you are actually editing this field. I agree that hidden interface elements should be used carefully, but if these really are the best examples you've encountered, then it's not really a big problem. I wouldn't even consider the second "example" a hidden interface element.
Well, the simple response is to say that we don't want to get rid of the cops; we want them to focus on real crime. In these times of limited resources, we must focus on the kingpins and predators, etc, etc.

I think the more subtle and meaningful response (and one therefore unworkable in what passes for political dialog in the US) is to recognize that we're dealing with the broken window fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

If we criminalize something relatively harmless, then all the apparent economic activity related to enforcement is pure waste.
Compiz is an important part of the default Ubuntu Unity desktop. Ubuntu is approaching the 12.04 release which will be a long term support release, the first with desktop support for five years. The release schedule is at

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule

I think it is only the 11.04 and 11.10 releases that have had compiz enhanced desktop as the default - thus no doubt exposing a lot of hardware and graphics driver issues for the first time to a wider range of users.

I can see where 'pressure' might be coming from, but I hope there is also some help on offer from stakeholders as well!
I like the concept and the graphics, but I dislike "website in a webview"-apps.
Why not simply release this app as a website?
Good luck, Samantha -- looks great :)
Also, clickable : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id49051427...
Well I think the lack of redrawing is great. I can move, minimize and restore windows without triggering their UI threads at all, they don't stutter to redraw things. It means I get to have live thumbnail previews of all my windows without slowing anything down (it just reuses the same off-screen buffer).

And Compiz isn't just about compositing gimmicks. I like that I can hold the Super button (the "Windows" key on PCs) and scroll to zoom in, or click and drag to take a screenshot of any part of the screen.
How to write popular mathematics (or other technical subjects) well
I had to look several times, and mis-click on other things wondering if they're what you meant, before I realized that that light-grey-on-white arrow menu was there.
Because it's not built in a JS framework such as Node (it just uses those things as a secondary service). Which up until recently was kind of a pain. Juggernaut makes life easier and as a result there has been an increase in realtime Flask applications which is pretty cool if you're a Python web dev.
Slightly OT, but hemp itself used to be used as an herbicide:

http://hogwaller.net/hemp.html
I had to think for 30 seconds before I understood what SO was actually supposed to mean in your last sentence, as Stack Overflow didn't seem to fit in...
I find that entirely believable. But do you really think that activists in the US do not face similar problems, at least, when their actions threaten genuine subversion of some end desired by the wealthy elite? In relative terms, I am not given to believe that Chile is a particularly oppressive place.
Nice demo, thanks for enlightening me of juggernaut's existence! If I were to be picky, it's hard to read anything because the scroll position moves to the end even if you explicitly control it, which it shouldn't. Plus, there's this reliability problem that between your Flask code that serves the last 100 lines and the realtime communication, you can miss some entries. And it's a bit inefficient such as loading the whole log file just to grab the last 100 lines. Perhaps this comment should be on GitHub...
I've built an extension which does the same thing for Lovefilm users:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ihlkcdpbkkaeijfdaj...
A better way to fight GoDaddy other than a boycott:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393177
Hmm. Although I haven't watched the videos myself, and am reserving judgement, I'll note that your own quote says he "hired an architect to build an orphanage in Ulaanbaatar," which is exactly what he repeated in the above comment.
The perils of polyglot programming
Let me know if you want your app in Portuguese. software.pro.br
It works, but the native widgets aren't getting retained layers, so it's really slow. I filed a bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713532
Yeah it's definitely a little rough around the edges. If you're interested, I'd be more than happy to merge your suggested changes via a pull request on GitHub.
All those other in-demand jobs that are available right now, that just can't meet the supply?

Let see ... there is the $3/hour farm hand shortage going around in a few states.

Or do you mean all the new jobs that are going to be created, you know, just-like-that? For which they'll be re-trained, just-like-that? For which they'll get the same pay/benefits, just-like-that?
Agreed. Blogging can be great for building awareness and credibility, which can create financial rewards down the road.
Rajasthan govt arrests 410 doctors on strike - Indian Express
All that is a product of treating it like a war. Terminology has a way of controlling how we think. Imagine if we called it a holiday on drugs.
Static in the Video Age
Read the post again, you are missing the point. The price itself was the last drop. The overall experience they got, for a company that has been featured on Google Maps promotional publications, was abysmal.
Apple's New Boss
Freight Broker Training: Types of Freight
Freight or Cargo are goods that are usually transported for commercial purposes. Movement of freight or cargo can use every mode of transportation available be it via air, ship, train or truck.
This looks really useful. If anyone has used it, can you contrast it with Weka?
Well-armed criminal groups and government forces can have a war. I don't think anyone disputes that. But you can't go to war against a concept (i.e. drug use).
"Some people are more Anonymous than others"
My wife doesn't get my work, but that's actually good in some respects. I would personally grow bored if we could only communicate on a technical level. Some things are better when they don't make sense and you can't exactly put your finger on why.

In the end I find it keeps me grounded in reality. Sometimes her perspective is the cold shower my technical enthusiasm needs to focus.
Good point. The sentences were written before his death. I've fixed them now.
To get the job that you want: Focus on the people, not the postings
Is Godaddy delaying domain transfer requests?
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Show HN: My Minimum Viable Beta - Hashtagify Pro
There's also an object-based argument to addEventListener:
http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-E...

More discussion here:
http://ajaxian.com/archives/an-alternative-way-to-addeventli...
Or put in other way: typed variables instead of only typed values.
Great news, I hope this means Apple will allow MIT's Scratch into the App Store soon. http://computinged.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/apple-removes-sc...
What he is saying is in support of your point. Those gangs are actually at war. They're fighting over money and control, directly enlisting soldiers and killing each other. Calling a prohibition "The War on Drugs" is a new speak tactic that not only takes the public eye off of real problems, but also waters down the impact the word WAR has.

This produces 2 less that awesome situations:

It is because of the prohibition called "The War on Drugs" that a real war fueled by drug money is out of control.

Because of the over use of the word, it's now harder to distinguish between what is a war and what is not a war.

TLDR: You can't have a war on a concept. It logically and literally makes no sense.
Why freemium plans don't work.
Once again, where is this number coming from? Can we at least go to Wikipedia or some other source and reference them?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs#Costs_to_taxpayers

Also, a lot of jobs does not equal half the jobs.
The point of OSM is, if you find an error, YOU can fix it. All maps are out of date to some degree. The only question is can you do something about it.

Good luck.
Looking back at 2011: ‘The year of the tablet’ falls flat
I'm not sure why parent was downvoted when the article itself mentions that a NJ law allowing for the recall of Senators has been struck down. Granted, it also says that the issue never reached the Supreme Court, but if it happened and if it were upheld, that's exactly the sort of scenario that would get Supreme Court review.

That said, I wish them the best of luck. Even if it doesn't work for whatever reason, I think it's an important way for people to make their wishes known.
Not relevant to Hacker News. Please don't turn it into a Reddit.

Guidelines (http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) state:

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
> even though every sane person has to acknowledge that legalizing drugs in part is more effective than enforcing more rigid controls,

No it is not. Two examples of this are Singapore, Taiwan and Japan.

In both these countries there are zero tolerance for drug users and drug traffickers and the results show. Smoking Marijuana almost teenagers in Japan is basically unheard of.

It seems that laws in the USA and Europe are not strict enough to act as a deterrence. If many of these countries adopted the death penalty or similar penalties for trafficking, then perhaps something could be done about it.

(Singapore executes drug traffickers. I don't know what legal punishments there are for traffickers in Japan, but I know the social punishments are severe. A family will often cut contact with a relative if he is sentenced for a minor crime. Sports stars, tenured professors and celebrities will loose their jobs if they had a criminal offence even for something completely unrelated to their career. Quite different from the attention that washed out American celebrities get.)