skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
His point is that the first two points are not true. It's not even that people disagree on how important freedom is, they even disagree with what freedom means.

The same is true for your views on iOS and Android. Here, let me throw it back at you.

"iOS users just don't notice the small details. Things like built im turn by turn navigation. Being able to fully dictate all text throughout all applications. The ability to return purchases on the market place. Full disk level encryption.

You either see it or you don't. For a lot of users, details and features like these don't matter. You might be happy with your Toyota, but I prefer the full featured BMW."

See how easy it is? Perhaps you'll also see how obnoxious these types of posts are when it's turned around.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/predator-dro...
I think its more to do with the fact that he is trying to convince himself he paid as much as he did because it was for quality. As in, the same reason people call them smart phones, because who in their right mind thinks paying that much to own and use a phone is intelligent...
Just throwing this out there, maybe the drone was intended to be caught as part of another kind of intelligence gathering operation. It's easy to blame this on incompetence, but the other angle is that the drone being caught was made to look like an accident in order to collect intelligence (gps, audio, etc) from wherever the Iranians took it, and this data could be offloaded to someone that could gain access to the drone. Just a possibility.
This will be pretty neat for the paranoid enterprises that don't want data going out.
You assume people want a change. I do not think they do.

Do people want an end to gender specific toys? Certainly some do. But the vast majority do not.

I firmly believe, through interacting with people in general, and my own children, that female and male brains are completely different. They are hard wired to like different things, and behave differently. I don't see anything wrong with that, and don't see any reason to pretend there aren't those differences.
I'm also very curious about this. Even though this is a cheaper drone, some simple voting scheme should be in place with multiple inertial nav systems. That seems fairly typical in the UAV world.
Node.js and Fibers
OMG, THIS IS HACKER NEWS!!!111

What I've actually grown to hate about Hacker News over the years is this particular "holier-than-thou" attitude like yours. It just seems like there are so many people on here that are offended by the slightest amount of conflict or controversy that they'd be much better-off living in a plastic bubble than in the real world.
Can you still see his post? I have showdead on and see no comment on this thread or on http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=VladRussian. Perhaps hellbans have finally begun to hide themselves from showdead?

edit: it appears it's only because showdead doesn't work for hellbanned accounts. nice. (for reference: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=lookhard)
Like this email, I've noticed Louis' personality permeates the whole experience. An interesting little tidbit: the password emailed to me after purchasing to access my content didn't work. I clicked the button to reset my password. I received an email with the text:

Apparently you forgot your password? Ok, so here's your new one, stupid:

My generated password was prefixed with "idiot.THENEWPASSWORD". It's little touches like this that I find really nice.

Also, needless to say, I would buy one of his specials in a heartbeat should a similar offer come up in the future. I watched the special last night and it was outrageously funny.
Can you describe any better way that:

- complies with the licensing

- keeps users secure

- will not require additional effort from the user

I can't find one that doesn't involve showing some message and stopping mid-upgrade, which would cause lots of issues for automatic deployment.
The thing here that doesn't make sense to me is the whole notion of "I can't program."

Can you write directions? Can you communicate? Can you break a problem down into smaller problems? That's all coding is! There's no magic to it at all!

Engineering, systems design, sure, okay, that may be harder. But "coding" is something anyone should be able to do with enough practice.
That's a really boring statement "One one side, apple not evil but a capitalist corporation, on the other side, google not evil but a capitalist corporation." why would I say that to be more reasonable, that reasonable statement doesn't convey meaningful value in explaining why people are worked up.

I think that the reason for people percieving apple as evil is because apple restricts the user, and forces the user to accept their terms.

The reason for google being evil would be that they track everything and everybody, they have access to your (g)mail, they know what you search for, they know where you are when you search for what and when. It's not that they actually might be doing something with that data, but just by having that data, they have a force do to evil. A lesser evil is serving you ads for .NET CMS jobs when you are looking at gmail ;) CLEARLY that counts as evil.
OpenPhoto and the Federated Social Model
Drivers are the problem, not cell phones
MG isn't saying that iOS is "better". He's saying that there are some things in iOS that are better, and for the people who care about those things this means that Android is so far not acceptable.

And if you read either of those authors regularly, you'd know that they often do criticise things in iOS and Apple in general.
One time, I half expected someone to try to introduce a law mandating that all adult sites have to be on a .xxx domain, so that they could be easily filtered. Of course, it would be stupid to try that, but that's never stopped a politician.
These laws are written for entities that are "too big to fight." Not us.
Postmates Launches Courier Delivery Service To San Francisco
Who plays with lego that way?

Little girls do.
LEGO's "Creationary" game always gives me pause. I suppose it's 3D "Pictionary" but the name makes me think it'll be about disproving evolution...

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Creationary-3844
Filtering within categories has been on my todo list. I'll reprioritize.

Right now there are over 500 non-meetup.com groups on the site (and if that seems low, keep in mind that curation is a key value proposition I'm providing). That said, I have several hundred more staged that I need to do a little more cleaning up on before I push to the production site.

Also, if you missed it, check out the RSS and Twitter feeds. Seeing all of the upcoming events in one place, without having to join all of the groups (and be subject to inbox deluge) is pretty nifty.

Thanks for the feedback... and the morale boost.
I like how you link to a post demonstrating your (presumably) "reason based" approach so well that pg had to moderate that discussion (full disclosure: I was part of this).

Let's be honest about the "faith based" HN approach to declaring Gruber is an evangelist. You just say it, without any evidence or argument and then voila, yousuck up a ton of karma from like minded people.

People who doubt me go search daring fireball threads on HN, it happens almost verbatim in every single one.

Gruber over the last few years has linked to scores if not hundreds of articles documenting the small ways iOS is more polished. He also frequently links to things that could improve iOS, many of which are in other OS's including Android. Reasonable people might describe that as evidence not faith.

Disagree with him? Maybe start your own blog and list scores or hundreds of counterexamples. Surely with all the Android enthusiasts there's many of these already?

Say why he's wrong, don't just spout your conclusion.
That this inevitably leaked due to someone's bragging will encourage future cheating.

On the other hand, it was inevitable that as long as "grades" or equivalent are officially certified (even though the course is not for degree credit), that people would collect online courses as credentials. Wherever there's signaling value, there will be cheaters faking the signal.

Disclaimer: I got the email and missed two homework questions.
Just be careful to not fall into some sort of extremism.

Gender differences appear to be a blend of nature and nurture. If one thinks nature doesn't matter, it's pretty easy to obtain direct proof to the contrary - just alter one's hormonal chemistry (especially the estrogen / testosterone balance) and watch what happens to the mind. The experiment is simple enough and there might even be ways to do it without falling into legal hot waters.

Nurture is also important, no doubt.
Hi Bastian. Postmates looks very cool, but the site seems a bit sparse with details (I did find the help page, but it was very hard). For example, if I wanted an item delivered, does it need to be boxed up like I would if I were shipping with UPS (e.g. cardboard box, packing tape, etc.) or are you guys more flexible (or, alternatively, can you guys deliver a box to the shipper, wait 2 minutes to get it packed, and then ship it)? How flexible are delivery times?
"why people get so caught up in something they literally had nothing to do with other than"

Or, they derive entertainment value and therefore
add to your list:

4) Same reason that people get caught up with supporting sports teams or athletes (that don't do it simply because they bet on sports teams or do fantasy sports).
I don’t know how to fix this for the whole society, but it is possible to fix this for your daughter: Go and buy a generic Lego set, for example http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_355233462_11?ie=UTF8...

The same rule applies for yours nieces. And for the (female) friends of your children (If you really want to look more normal, you can buy the "pink" box.).

My 9 years old daughter has:

* Her own chemistry set

* An "X-100" microscopy (It is really of my wife.)

* A Meccano-like metalic cosnstruction set.

* A Snap Circuits Jr electronic Set.

And this year, one of her "Christmas" present is an Arduinos Sparkfun Professional Inventor's Kit, because she wants to make a robot, but she didn’t want a robot kit. (I still don’t know we will complete the robot, but the idea is to start with something simple and iterate.)

If you think that it is important to give your daughter a good scientific formation (or if you think that it is the only sensible way to raise a children), you can fight back.

To see another example, go to the Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! : http://sylviashow.com/
I read it as rhetorical device somehow. It evokes something of careless contempt for artificial or overbearing crude faith.
Unemployment rate normal for college grads - so why Occupy Wall Street?
I think the service could find a niche in situations where credit cards are not currently accepted (I'm thinking larger dollar amount payments for professional services).

And the instant feature would definitely be a bonus. I see it more like PayPal's instant transfer where PayPal fronts the money and then taps your bank account (which takes 2-3 days to complete). PayPal takes it a step further by covering a bounce with a credit card.
I've heard that suggested before, but it's probably in a warehouse on some military base being examined. It's unlikely we'd gain any valuable intelligence from the environment they bring it to. It's not like they're going to park it in their nuclear facility to do the dissection.
Use Gold's 300 day moving average.
French President Sarkozy's residence implicated in torrenting scandal
I worked at a hospital in 2008, where, mid-summer, the IT department had just approved the use of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (which was released in August 2004).

Note that this doesn't mean they were actually going to start deploying it. It just meant that they were open to the idea of doing so. I'd be surprised if they'd actually upgraded any machines yet.
Thanks for the link. Wow, I am surprised they didn't fix it so far.
I don't quite understand how CS Monitor can vet any source inside the Iranian government as being non propaganda.
Linux-based program?

It's written in PHP. Yes, most people will run it on Linux, but it's not really Linux-based.
definitely agree with that. k'nex is way more creative.
This is, unfortunately, part of a trend against "make" culture. While it does impact LEGO (the tie-in stuff is pretty useless and the LEGO city sets still have more wholesome brick sets that can be used in more than one fashion), it is going on across many facet of toy manufacturing.

Those of us who are parents of young children now may remember the days in school when they taught us basic programming as part of computer training (either logo or basic, for example) which put us on the path to learning how to get the computer to do stuff we wanted it to do instead of consuming pre-made stuff on it. In today's world, a large amount of what's offered to kids is stuff that tied in to TV shows or movies, with little interest in helping develop the next generation of makers.

Sadly, LEGO's initial downfall was because it try to keep on focusing on the makers and its resurgence was on the back of pre-made, pre-imagined tools: when a kid is given a star wars or harry potter set, he/she is now letting his/her imagination run wild but is constrained by the pre-established story lines set in place by Hollywood (because let's face it, the tie-ins are to movies, not books).

The sad part is that the long term impact of this may be that it creates grown-ups further down the line who will feel that laws like SOPA are OK.
Considering the rate of piracy in China and India, I don't know if that's true.
Looks like Tonido (www.tonido.com)- Run your own Personal Cloud.
Wasn't OXCART the code word for the 60's spy plane program that operated the U-2 and SR-71?

Hmmm...
http://www.paperlessarchives.com/a12.html
>"why do girls feel a stigma about playing with Legos?"

What about marketing and the outsize influence it has on culture? Companies don't just passively follow markets, the biggest ones use advertising to actively create them.

Girls feel a stigma about playing with Legos because Lego has clearly signaled it's a "boys' toy" with their marketing.

edit: typos
Microsoft's social network So.cl
It's also possible to "tarnish" a brand. So if you register something like Disney.xxx, they might be able to sue you on those grounds. There's also increased protection for famous marks, And finally, there are some marks, like the Olympics & Red Cross that are statutory trademarks. That is, they were created by international treaty and have special rights associated with them due to the legislation that enacted the treaties.

In short, it's more complex than that. IANAL, but I sure wouldn't go tempting lawyers by registering apple.xxx or whatever.
Not even making it to the airtight hatchway: Execution even before you get there
Been a customer for a few years and love them. They really know their stuff and are one of the rare shared hosting providers to actually encourage to go and compile things you need. I am surprised to find not many more people using them.

The control panel takes a bit of getting used to and so is the restriction on database names (they need to start with 'yourusername_'), but those are trivialities for the awesome service.

For the Pythonistas here, IIRC, they are a Python shop. I have long stopped hosting production sites on my VPS because of them.
This is one of the big reasons I grew to like the lego technic sets (and the train sets before harry potter). The entire point of them was to be resused in new ways, along with letting you build robots.
Exactly! Building GPS-guided RC drones is actually WAY simpler than most people realize (relatively). See: http://www.openpilot.org/, http://www.kkmulticopter.kr/
" But if they’ve become toys marketed to a single gender, then we’re just reproducing the already awful gender imbalance in STEM education and employment."

Why is it we never hear anyone decrying the 'awful gender imbalance' in Human Resources, Nursing and Teaching?
Eridius, this is great feedback. We can probably do a better job at describing this process. You do currently don't need to warp your deliveries with Postmates - so we're pretty flexible. Today our couriers can transport items that "one" person can carry but we will extend that in the future.
Charlie Chaplin final speech in The Great Dictator - One of best Youtube Videos
yep, this just happened to a coworker of mine who had been with the company 5 years. He just got an instant $15K raise by joining a new company.
I agree, but I really don't understand how or why scientifically minded people could claim that they believe male and female brains to be absolutely biologically identical.

We evolved to have specific gender roles. We have obvious physical differences related to those roles. We have obvious psychological differences as well.

I can only imagine that to some people, the truth is inconvenient to them in their "everyone is absolutely identical" utopia.
last time i checked it's pretty limited in functions
Can you explain to me why Muni and BART suck? I take BART or AC Transit every day, and Muni 2 or 3 times per week, and have for years. A decade ago I was afraid of Muni because I was afraid of poor people. I'm no longer afraid of poor people, I'm afraid of the rich, so Muni feels really natural.
Since Oracle prevents redistribution of newer versions, there are only three ways we can handle this:

1- Leave the insecure packages in the archive, and not update them
2- Remove the insecure packages from the archive, but leave them installed on users' systems
3- Push out an update that removes them from users' systems

Please keep in mind that the security issues present in the old version are currently being exploited by malware on the Internet.

If we do option #1, our users are at risk, and their systems will get compromised.
If we do option #2, new users cannot install the vulnerable packages, but current users get compromised.
If we do option #3, we make sure our users stay secure, at the cost of breaking some installations.

There's no good way of dealing with this, but we are of the opinion that #3 is unfortunately the best way to handle it. If you have a better alternative that we haven't thought of, please let us know. Thanks.
We have some Mega Blocks here and yes, they do work with Lego but they don't quite have as good a feel. Also there are some significant differences, like the flatter plates look to be half-height instead of 1/3 height which would cause problems if you intermix the two!
Thanks a lot for your comments and insights all in this thread. They are very much appreciated.
They're all in madison, working primarily for one of two tech companies or large cable-based ISPs. The jobs sound dreadfully boring, and I realize they're only able to command such salaries due to the lack of senior engineers to compete with.
New Roaming SIM Card Challenges “Greedy” Cell Phone Giants
Lets flip the tables here and imagine Iran is flying surveillance drones over mainland USA, gathering photos and who knows what else. Would it be unreasonable to think the USA would try with everything they've got to shoot them down and/or capture them? Who would be the bad guy in that scenario?

I find it amusing nobody has thought to question what right the US have to fly a surveillance drone over Iran to spy on the country/people. Furthermore, I think it's pretty clear if you choose to cross a well established border and put something in my country without my permission, for the express purpose of spying on me, you better know I'm going to try hard to capture it as my own.

Is it even "legal" for the US to be doing this?

Who judges who can spy on who, and who is the "bad" guy when one side captures gear from the other side?
I dunno. I get an ATM charge once every month or two because I need cash so I can buy things at places that don't accept credit cards (or at places where I want to buy <$10 worth of stuff). I always end up drawing far more cash from the ATM than I want just to reduce the occurrence of these fees. Even one ATM fee per month will be more than Dwolla Instant (usually $2-$3 for the ATM and another $2 from my bank). If this feature encourages more stores to accept Dwolla, then it may become cost-effective to turn on Dwolla Instant and use that instead of carrying cash.
Yeah, you've got to get those rules changed. It seems to be popular around here to call everything an "emergency fix".

(But the rules are changing. Right now, I only have to click one button to deploy to production, and it requires no manager sign-off. We hired a new CTO and that was the result :)
Why Apple is cheap
I'm confused. Why are there so many deliveries happening in the middle of the bridge?
Let me point you to the Pyramid of Refutation. http://i.imgur.com/QhGkT.jpg

Most arguments that I read that argue against Gruber and MG's point of view resort to either ad hominem or respond to tone.

Calling Gruber and MG Apple evangelists does not refute their central point.

I like Joshua Topolsky and The Verge a lot. I think they produce the best reviews in the business. Their audio and video casts are funny and informative. JT is probably the most informed Android reviewer. He's probably the most informed gadget reviewer.

JT: "It doesn't get under my skin because I fundamentally disagree that Android 4.0 lacks the polish of iOS."

JT: "I don't disagree with Gruber and MG. The iPhone is an amazing device. ... Not seeing it is not the issue — the issue is not being able to see it any other way."

JT's argument is that these are not verifiable facts we are discussing. We are discussing opinions. But he also states that Android is polished.

We would all be better off if he wrote an article titled "Android Is Polished" and listed the polish point for point.
Yes, many (if not all?) lvalues are (or actually could be) perfectly valid rvalues. But no value is both at the same time. There is nothing odd in having something that can be either A or B, but not both at the same time. So a pointer can be a lvalue or a rvalue. If the pointer is at a "identifiable loaction in memory" then it's a lvalue, and if it's not, then it's a rvalue.
I have one:

1) Display a big bold red message on the user's console or package manager explaining what is happening.

2) Offer to install openJDK as a default action.

3) Profit ?
I was referring to the broader argument, not just the gender aspect.

And, yes, I think people do want change. This is proven by the success of Apple and Pixar who both reject a lot of commercial demands.
Outside of the box packaging, lego's are gender neutral in terms of red/blue/black/white snap together boxes. My daughters built play houses and towers until they were 12. We (society) have missed the point if all we do is encourage building what the 'set' advertises ... In my generation it was Tinkertoys and I built lots of interesting creations using my imagination instead of using directions.
Are you even allowed to do that? I thought stores don't currently do that because the credit card companies have rules saying that you can't. Or does that not apply if you use Square?
Do those packages that download the file on the user's machine (flashplayer comes to mind) count as redistribution?
That is one hell of a sexy (and dynamic) infographic (and page). Congrats on launch. Pat your designer(s) and frontend devs on the back for a job well done.
I still don't see the problem. Yes, for people who really care about built in turn by turn navigation the iphone probably isn't the right phone. Some probably aren't even aware its possible, and others just don't need it. That isn't obnoxious, its just a fact.

The first two points are true - if people didn't disagree on the importance of freedom then much of 20th century history would be very different.
I'm definitely glad you like it, it means I'm not the only one ;)
I'll see what I can do about the share button & opening the source. There's definitely tons of improvements to be made.