skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While I agree that having a super detailed UA string sent isn't in the best interest of my privacy, there is a sort of "tragedy of the commons" problem if everyone did that. If website maintainers/webmasters/web developers didn't collect that data, they wouldn't know what platforms to optimize and account for when designing. (Yes, best practices dictate that a website should work well on all platforms, but best practices aren't always followed.)
... because CPAN is the only package index with a map visualization?

edit: That map visualization seems to show CPAN package namespaces sized relative to the rest of CPAN. This does nothing to visualize the size of CPAN itself, therefore I don't see how "That's why we use Perl" is a valid comment in response to this visualization seeing as it seems to be implying that they use Perl because of the breadth/depth of CPAN.
Time to come up to speed on TerraPower:

http://www.terrapower.com/Technology/TravelingWaveReactor.as...

http://www.terrapower.com/WhoWeAre.aspx

Local power solutions garnered recognition a few years back,
riding the coat tails of the housing boom. Paying $50,000 for a home power plant seemed reasonable. At least Toshiba thought so:

http://www.toshiba.co.jp/csr/en/highlight/2005/fuelcell.htm

The events of 2008 may have changed the discussion but the idea still has merit.

Edit: fixed link
Two of my colleagues are using Sublime, but I'm still not sure if I want to switch.

I didn't know it's also on Windows and Linux - if I would switch to it, I would need this, since I'm jumping between OSX/Ubuntu/Windows very often.

But one important thing for me in Eclipse is debugging. How does Sublime fare in this department? Can I run my django project in Sublime, set up breakpoints, etc? And generally manage the project itself?
PHP; converts array('123' => 0); into array(123 => 0);

Which I came across as a problem when working with mongodb as it will only except strings as keys (not sure if this is enforced by PHP and/or mongo). Luckily you can create a class with numeric properties and pass that to mongodb which will then be treated as strings i.e

$array = new stdClass;
$array->{123} = 0;
What prototyping stuff is missing in Python?
So, apparently the 9 fastest falling search terms of 2011 are social networking sites.
I hear good things about Sublime Text 2, thanks for reminding me to try it.

I'm put off by the 'code like a man' bit though. That's needlessly off-putting to female readers.
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Is it normal to read the bills that fast? I realize it can take quite a bit of time (45 mins) but if it's not clear what the bill does to the representatives, than what's the point reading it out loud? It barely leaves you any time to think about what the bill is proposing.
Ask HN: Is there a web framework as 'good' as Rails for Clojure?
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What the hell is nerd fitness?
I see a lot of " Lorem ipsum dolor sit..." (literally) in the page source. Is this deliberate?
Do any real people support SOPA?
that's normally what happens if you tell them you feel suicidal(by them I mean nurses,social workers..). They'll call the cops. You'll get to your place and the cops will be there asking you if you're ok. It's sucks when it happens and you already don't like the cops. It doesn't help.
You think the black population in the US feels that the government is oppressing them? How so?
"Driverless Vechicle" is a compound adjective modifying patent. It's not a patent for (all) driverless vechicles, it's a patent regarding driverless vehicles.
What become law in the USA soon becomes policy that the state department tries to get other countries to adopt through stick or carrot.

For example, Canada would of probably legalized Marijuanna by now, but the USA implied heavy stick-like consequences whenever the government brings it up, and as a result Canada backs down on the idea.
<another emacs partisan>
Look at emacs. Now look at Sublime Text. Now back to emacs.
Time to admit it: Sublime Text makes you look like a wimpy stupid wench who cannot stop talking about some stupid unprofessional tool that tries to spoon-feed little crybabies who concern more about, um um, look than actually getting things done.
Let's face it, if you want to prove your manliness, be my guest and pull down your pants. Otherwise, I have more useful stuff to worry about than the stupid sexism.
</another emacs partisan>
Thank You! My browser wasn't compatible with this video.
I think unfortunately that's not possible yet. There is a request for it though: http://sublimetext.userecho.com/topic/54089-support-for-xdeb...
> Look at your editor. Now back at mine. Now back at yours. Now back to mine. Sadly your editor is not like mine. But if you stopped using noob-scented editor, and switched to Sublime Text 2, your editor could look like mine.

I'll stick with vim, but thanks for the laugh!
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I was going to disagree, but then I noticed that Chrome has been around for three years now... and realised the futility of that argument.
Adding a single header can be done as simply as using nginx as a 'transparent' proxy in front of the app. No need to make application changes.
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For some reason their download site is flagged by our security filters (Cisco) as having "previously been detected as spreading malicious software such as viruses and worms". Sigh, wish they could distribute it somewhere else besides c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com.
I partake in my fair share of Microsoft bashing but am I understanding your point here.

You're criticizing MS for not pushing updates to pirated versions of their software?
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There's really no way to know until it gets to the floor for its reading and roll call.
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Big corporate is such a weird space.

On one hand, you're right: big corporate will block this, and that will limit the impact, and thus I think a lot of the hallelujah in this thread is over-optimistic. But MS would never force such consequential upgrades on those customers; that's part of why MS owned and still owns the "enterprise" market (decreasingly lucrative though it may be).

On the other hand, I doubt that consumer adoption driving sites to drop support for IE6 will have any substantial impact on what megacorps decide to deploy.

One of the things that really blew my mind this year was a large ($40MM) software development project I became familiar with (a worldwide internal system for a multinational corporation) that concluded -- in 2011 -- and required MSIE 6. MSIE 6! Doesn't even run on MSIE 7, much less any modern browser.

While I personally think that's insane -- if you are that specific (not to mention antiquated) with your browser requirements, why don't you just code a native app? -- I've also never developed software with a team larger than five, and certainly don't know the nitty-gritty details about spreading the work over a dozen countries and hundreds of developers, the vast majority being low-cost Chinese and Indian coders. So I'm not judging (or at least I'm trying not to).

But my point is that Big Corporate just wants their freaky "web-based" apps to run predictably for the projected 6-year deployment timeframe and does not give one flying fuck about whether their staff can access the new hip and way-superior version of <ANY OTHER WEB APP ON EARTH>. Unless said had real business value to large enterprise, but then, if it did... it would probably support MSIE6.

So while this news is welcome, it's still unlikely that the computing capabilities of the typical large-company locked-down employee PC are going to become awesome, or even good. Even MSIE8, while way better than 6, still isn't something you jump for joy having to develop for.

This matters less and less, though, as the percentage of people who have a way more capable browser in in their pocket increases. So I think that it is starting to make a lot more sense to give up on corporate machines and dead-end legacy browsers, and instead spend that effort on scaling your app's interface to smaller form factors.

(Disclaimer: that's what I think, but not what I actually do. I work on web-based software for medium-sized businesses, so I don't have to worry much about what browser users happen to have. In this context, you can have requirements, and I tend to just say, 'In order to decrease development costs, the system requires the Google Chrome browser. But don't worry: it's free, secure, cross-platform, and has become the dominant web technology standard.' That last part is a bit of customer-reassurance hyperbole, but so far, no problems. (And of course the same code typically works fine on Safari if there's an iOS requirement.))
Ask HN: Anyone interested in a GAE backup solution?
As someone who runs a small Google App Engine (GAE) app, I'm currently planning on using a cronjob off a box at home to do backups. The thought occurred to me that it would be great if I could use an online service that backed-up my datastore periodically and stored those backups in the cloud. The question is whether anyone else would be interested in such a service. Are there any other GAE developers on HN? If so, would they be interested in such a service?
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I see your point, but wouldn't that concern vanish the moment IE updates silently, in the background, without the user even noticing? If that would be the case, they would start out with an outdated IE, but be automatically updated to the most recent version as soon as they connect to the internet.
When you start your sentence with "It is my understanding" and careful questioning there is no need for giving him the third degree.
I worked for a Mainland Chinese manufacturing company for a while, and they run all their desktops on Windows 2000. They have several applications that targets IE only, and will not run (properly) on other modern browsers such as Firefox or Chrome.

What I have found is that the IT guys in China compile many "recovery disk" with a pirated copy of Windows that people use to reinstall their OS. A lot of these disks are XP-based, but more people are running Window 7 now.

Lastly, several Chinese companies have developed their own version of browsers. I haven't really looked into what kind of rendering engine they run, but they appear to be some kind of rebranded IE. Does anyone have the scoop on this?
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This is like saying Notepad on Windows is faster than Visual Studio. Eclipse is an IDE, not an editor, hence why it isn't nearly as fast as ST2.

I use ST2 on occasion and definitely agree with the other points, though.
Second SO repost.
Previously discussed with > 80 comments here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1601062
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Reset TAWLK doesn't work. Chrome 16.
I'm curious where classical computer science topics like algorithms and data structures fit into the equation. I ask because I've seen a heavy focus on "puzzle" interview questions that AFAICT end up self-selecting for people with solid algorithms and data structure experience, since more often than not, an elegant, fast solution requires a classic comp sci education.
Okay... thanks guys. I guess I got my answer.

I'm kind of new-ish to HN, so I was wondering how you guys lean (if at all).

Also, it bothers me that there is usually no competition amongst utility providers. Where I live, we have one choice for electricity (short of generating your own), one choice for sewage (there _are_ other options, such as personal sewage systems), and one choice for garbage removal.

I think that if we could find ways to create more options, we could create a better situation for the folks in referenced in the article (and elsewhere).

Also, how do you guys define troll?
Have you use/are you using CrunchBang? If yes, would you mind to share your experience? I'm looking for a minimalist Linux that can boot to console by default but comes with Xorg pre-installed with one command away to invoke some sort of Windows Manager in case I want to browse using Chrome.
Ah, apologies if you find the title sexism. It's just a reference to OldSpice's commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE

The first part of the article was meant as a joke if that's not clear.
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"Similarly Ireland has recently reinstituted blasphemy laws"

That is not true.

Blasphemy has always been a crime since the formation of our country. It's in our constitution, which is embarrassingly old-fashioned and the new government has committed to reforming it. As such, removing the blasphemy law requires a referendum, which we have been promised along with about 3 others in 2012. It was a legal necessity to update the law in regard to blasphemy as it was in legal limbo since it was found to be unenforceable years ago. It has to be in law because it's in our constitution. It is still practically unenforceable due to its wording, something the Minsiter for Justice admitted to.

"given the demographics of Ireland, almost certainly to protect the Catholic church from certain forms of criticis"

Also not true. There are no mainstream groups supporting retaining the blasphemy law. Even church leaders, for what it's worth, have spoken out against it. The government at present also has the weakest relationship with the church, probably the weakest in the history of our state. Our Prime Minister has attacked the church and notably the Vatican mercilessly since taking office and the Minister for Education is attempting to take lots of schools out of church ownership.
Just because a few of them want cars and iPods doesn't mean they should force all native communities to become capitalists and worshippers of the private property system.

You can have iPods and cars that are communally shared or considered the personal property of a person.
Wow...not a single SO response that said Ruby? I guess that's a good thing for us Rubyists?
Just curious, what makes you think the "enterprise" market is less lucrative than it used to be?
Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree
I have to admit that I upvoted the post because I had never seen this before, and the previous discussion is nearly 1.5 years old.

That said....how did this get resubmitted? They both have the exact same URL

----
# edit: I see...one URL is
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1995113/

The other has a slug in it:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1995113/strangest-languag...

I thought HN had some kind of redirect-autofollow that sniffed this kind of thing out? Or at least that's why I assumed hitting "submit" can result in a long delay, even before you're told that the title is > 80 (I wish there were a javascript validator for title length, while I'm pondering things...)
That seems like a fair criticism. Those pirated copies of XP will now never be updated again. This will both contribute to the persistence of IE 6 as well as allow security flaws in XP and IE 6 to go unpatched which will increase the potential for these machines to become part of a bot not or spread viruses. At the same time Microsoft's actions didn't prevent any of these pirated copies from continuing to be used, so the overall outcome is a net negative for everyone.
> it works the way I want on all those platforms
lol.
Haha, yeah I am pretty silly, bashing capitalism on Hacker News.
I have finally found a useful purpose "Decrease speed" option in VLC. It actually works, I can hear what she says (she sounds drunk, but that's another matter). It's not very interesting though. Is she just reading through the entire act?
https://github.com/igrigorik/bugspots/pull/5

;)
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I am a n00b to politics but why is that girl speaking so furiously? No one is/can understand that. They should do some debate. That seems to be useless.
which hasn't stopped anyone from using it in their own apps anyway (e.g. Facebook)
Hadn't seen this EPIC one... I'm speechless!
I don't see that as a problem. If that majority of the electorate can't be arsed to pay attention then they deserve a true representative of that populous.

Trying to coheres the electorate into making the 'correct' choice is to say that Democracy has failed, your population is 'dumb' and now a minority has to manipulate the system to get a reasonable result. This all assumes that such manipulation is in good faith, poor assumption.
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Do you really think there will be commercial driverless cars on the road in a volume that is financially meaningful to Google before this patent expires?

A lot of things have to happen first - and the liability issue is just one of them. The auto insurance markets and laws have to adapt and change, and who knows who will object to this. Consumers have rethink the very meaning of car. Safety needs to be worked out. Someone has to pay for all this. This is decades away at best.

If/when this happens, it's more likely that Google doesn't exist than Google profiting from driverless cars.
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Think about a journeyman carpenter. The first chair he makes quite quickly - all of this tools are organized in this tool-box, his work-bench is clean of sawdust and shavings, someone has supplied him with neatly written measurements, and he can focus on making the chair. After this fourth or fifth, the work bench is covered in sawdust and his tools are buried in the shavings: he has to dig to find them. Some of the tools ended up on the floor and his measurements are missing. Is he faster or slower? Wouldn’t it have been worth his time to tidy his workspace, sweep the floor, and put his tools away between each of his jobs? ... (read more) ...
Who care? Politicans regularly vote on issues that take lifetime each to study and understand.

Even if we get technocrats in there, they might not vote in our long term interest.
True. I think the point, however, is that the enormous amounts of money at stake will ensure that this decision process will take quite some time to work out.
the left to right scrolling content is really disorienting for me -- it forces my eyes to go right to left to find new content, which is the opposite of how english speakers read. This makes me feel as if i'm going backward rather than forward. i think if you were to flip the direction of the scroll it would be a far, far more pleasurable reading experience. Looks nice, regardless.
Nokia Announces Lumia 710
Nothing loads in the main panel.

Console is full of errors: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/533753/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-15%20...

It also took me a long time to figure out how to close the about modal...
They recently redid their site, and it looks like they'll become pretty useful as they improve. While sites like PriceGrabber focus on regular purchases, they're trying to cover everything.
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I think there's a very strong "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude in China, and most of the people I've met here don't consider IE 6 to be broke, so they see no reason to fix it. After all, every mainland Chinese website still supports it (circular, I know) ...

Still, new consumer machines often have Windows 7 installed, from what I've seen, so things are moving forward. I don't have any numbers though.
Aside from the Windows Genuine Advantage issue, I've been told that a lot of these XP installs have a bunch of social networking stuff hacked in. Simply updating would break them, because they aren't running stock dlls and exes anymore.
What % of YC startups survive entirely on funding?
Are there any published figures anywhere?
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RIM outlook grim as it reports earnings
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It really depends on the distro. Linux can literally be customized at any level and even the most basic components, such as the filesystem or cron scheduler, can be swapped out with alternatives.

Generally, the biggest difference between distros is that some come largely pre setup with all necessities taken care of out of the box with an easy install, such as Ubuntu, whereas others allow users to configure their operating system to the smallest detail and only provide the tools to help them do so, such as Gentoo. Generally the latter distros require more savy users and will require them to familiarize themselves with the more mundane differences between distros.

I think the most defining characteristic of each distro is usually the package manager or equivalent system. Also, the amount and quality of packages available for distro. Most major distros have their own and each determines a lot about the distro. Debian is known for apt-get for example (which Ubuntu borrowed) which is held in high regard for being relatively easy to use. Gentoo, however, uses portage, which is slow because it usually downloads packages as source and compiles them before installation, but provides a ridiculous amount of flexibility in configuring a system, right down to specifying the compiler flags packaged will use. Both of the these have large repositories of packages for users to browse and select from. Slackware, by contrast, has no package management system to speak of, but does have packages which you can download and install separately.
"Deserve to vote at all"?