skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As a corollary, I'd like to add this as a rule:

If you are engaged in a mass bombing of civilians and military targets or committing ground forces to combative action for a period of longer than a week or two, that is a war, not a "police action" or other euphemism meant to get around (American) Constitutional requirements.
They are locking you in. Either you turn off whois privacy, making your name forever connectable to the domain thanks to such databases as whois.sc, or you stay at GoDaddy. Forever.
I can learn things quicker without going to college. College also teaches a lot of things I don't need right now. I'm a strong believer that one should only learn things when they're needed and useful. You're much more focused then, which results in a better learning experience.
The reason I support punishing the guilty instead of letting them get away with it is because I'm a realist.

It's pacisfists who are the optimists. Pacifists who say we should just let Cheney and Blankfein off the hook. I say we should tar and feather them, precisely because I understand that if we don't, things will get worse. This is not an optimistic viewpoint.
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I also think Python is a great teaching language, but I think it brings some confusing concepts to the table. Whitespace nesting is one of my favorite things in the world, but is a bit of a demanding idea to add for someone with no experience in code.

It remains unimportant, however, as the goal is to teach children foundational skills, not specific languages.
Nice UX! I see you have a note on the bottom about Picasa support coming soon, so I'd wait for that. Also, a Facebook -> Picasa one would be cool too :)

OT, but does the name of the domain signify anything? I vaguely remember it being some sort of an insult. Was that intended?
I haven't been there because there's no point; I can literally do the same things here with no consequences. Stoners are far less annoying than drunks. There's a good chance they won't even make it out of the house, but many people smoke daily and go about their business no matter where you live. No one notices or cares. And if there are people stoned every day then there are people people driving around you are stoned every day. These people are a threat to no one because they are practically unimpaired. It's not even comparable to driving drunk unless you're on edibles or are very unexperienced, so they go unnoticed as well. It's just not a big deal anymore.
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...that can not resize?
Limited liability was initially intended to protect minority shareholders from being responsible for the misconduct of the general partners. Now it has been extended to general partners as well which is just stupid.
I agree that it seems unlikely that the whois server is having technical difficulties, rather they are probably throttling requests. Consider that spammers use whois servers as a means for harvesting email addresses and therefore they are likely limiting requests from specific IP addresses.

On the other hand, if I were a relatively large registrar I'd figure that I should have a mechanism for getting whitelisted at other major registrars, so I find it hard to believe that this issue should not already be resolved, although clearly it has not.
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> The good thing is that, unlike Google Maps, you have complete power to update OSM with the correct information for your locale. Get mapping!

Can't you also do that with Google MapMaker (depending on the country)?
They get free code drops, but that's probably why it's so expensive for them to do upgrades. Samsung has to merge their customizations with each new version, and they have to adapt the Android base code too their hardware. If they don't customize they have no competitive edge, buy if they do they have a harder time upgrading to new Android versions. Apple has it easier, with developers knowing ahead of time the exact hardware their code will run on.
Really appreciate your input, but your statement about my idea is rather brusque. You don't have a clue what my idea is about. It is possible to take a leave of absence at my university, which I'm considering. I might even go to night school getting a bachelor's degree while working on my startup during the day.
Roger that. I'll let you know if I come up with anything good.
Same happend to me. I had to login to DBP (same username and password as GD), cancel the protection, than ask my new registrar (Gandi) to restart the transfer. It seems to have worked, at least now I am in the 'waiting period' for the transfer to finalize.
That's the biggest difference between cali and most other medicinal states at this point. Most have semi-legal dispensaries and collective-scale grows, but public smoking is usually prohibited. It's one of those unnecessary clauses put in the laws because the writers think it won't pass without it. I will say that I enjoy Michigan's new no-smoking law, which makes it far less conspicuous to smoke weed outside. I can, however, use my vaporizer legally anywhere except schools and public parks.
Same here, the namecheap status is "Domain awaiting transfer initiation..."
Then that sucks for GoDaddy, but what I'm getting at is that they should make a call to GoDaddy engineering and say "Hey, what's up with this, are we being throttled or something?". The risk/benefit for this type of thing just doesn't work in favor of Namecheap. Posting what they did, if GoDaddy is indeed dragging their feet on purpose, they'll be able to say "we told you so!" which isn't worth much. If GoDaddy is NOT intentionally delaying this and GoDaddy comes out against this, Namecheap gets a lot of bad PR, and rightly so.

If they just said "we're having issues with transfers in from GoDaddy right now, we've contacted them about the issue and are waiting to hear back, and we'll update you with any of their responses and/or progress on the matter", I'd be much more impressed. It seems that they're trying to kick GoDaddy while they're down instead of working to actually resolve the issue for their clients.
Except kabdib pointed out that HST had to have all of the tech reinvented, since nothing trickled out.
Performance is not a separate issue because as professional programmers we aren't selecting tools for anything other than their ability to help us get things done for our users. This isn't a question of "too powerful for the machine", it's a question of "too abstract an approach for a team of humans to efficiently understand the implications of the choices their members make".

In that sense, some abstractions are indeed too "powerful" for the problem and the people at hand. When training somebody to work the register at a corner store, one does not start by deriving number theory from Peano's axioms and then telling them to work it out from there. You make sure they understand basic arithmetic through simple practice and then you train them on the specific operations for money, mainly with further practice. For the novice cashier, "power" in the sense you use comes at too high a price with too low a payoff to be worth it.

By the way, what came across as pushy was you insisting I had a burden to justify something I had never said (and incidentally don't believe).
This sounds like a good idea, although the registrars would need to know that there are additional whois mirrors available and start using them, however there are other issues to consider:

* Registrars would have to trust that the data in the mirror has not been tampered with. I think there is an assumption that a whois server name that is provided through the registry whois server is going to be correct.

* Mirrors would still need to rate limit to cause problems for spammers who are harvesting email addresses, or they'd have to whitelist registrars.

The Whois protocol was a decent idea...15 years ago. What we need now is a better way of verifying domain ownership.
Nothing good ever came from Godaddy and nothing good ever will come from Godaddy.

This "feature" didn't do anything to prevent the theft of css-tricks.com[1] and other domains, because why should someone who wants to steal a domain first change the contact information. Two-factor authentication would provide real protection, but that is $25/year at Godaddy.[2] It's like mobile phone carriers: They have the technical means to block stolen phones from ever accessing the network again, but why would they do that, since every stolen phone equals a new sale?

1: http://css-tricks.com/this-sites-domain-is-now-safe/
2: https://www.godaddy.com/domainaddon/protected-registration.a...
If you're so autodidactic, why are you studying CS in school? Maybe stay in and pick some other major that interests you and you can fall back on. Otherwise if you're doing CS just to learn to program, you can save a lot of money by just googling and doing your own things. Few people who hire you for that type of work will care anyway.
I'd imagine that the amount of people who care enough about what version of the OS they are running to pay $30 for an OS upgrade and lack the technical skills to install a custom ROM is a rather small number.

And if they care that much, they may even prefer the custom ROM, without TouchWiz.
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The language makes a difference. I've seen many try to pick up programming and stop because they deem their first language too hard.

I agree, however, that foundational skills matter a lot. That's why statically typed languages might be better for learning to program, because they lay a foundation for understanding types.
I've read some case studies wherein most people that were successful had to do a majority of the promotion themselves, at least early on. I think this is probably more true now than when Kickstarter was new and the story was fresh.

I only know two people personally that have tried their own KS campaign. One was successful and the other was not. He was gutted to have done all of the work to reach 50% and then not see a dime when the campaign didn't make it. Those are the people we're trying to help.
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....what? My point was that it seems like Namecheap is just making efforts to blame GoDaddy instead of efforts to actually fix the problem. I hope GoDaddy dies in a fire. I hope everyone gets away from them ASAP and I hope they get out of the domain business after that (it'd be great to at least see ICANN call them out on it and fine them or something.)

As I see it, the more GoDaddy fights and does stupid things, the more it increases the Streisand effect and the more people will become aware of how awful they are.
Are you really surprised? Both EA and Sony are known for installing rootkits on their customer's computers.
It's more accountability than what Dick Cheney faced.

The point is that even under primitive social codes like the honour system, public officials faced more accountability than they do now.

There is no accountability left whatsoever in ANY social leaders: not business leaders, not industry leaders, not political leaders, not military leaders, not scientific leaders, not legal leaders.

ZERO personal accountability. They can be as corrupt as they want, they can fuck it up as bad as they like, but there are absolutely no consequences to them.

This is what has changed. At least in the 1800s you could be challenged to a duel when you engaged in corruption. At least in the 1800s robber barons had to protect themselves from vigilante justice.
The hard limits will come imposed for resources that are not necessarily local. We live on the fact that most of the world lags behind. But in terms of consumption, they are catching up.
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You're absolutely right. Sometimes I let myself be carried away by the fears of others.
Not trying to argue, just curious: what about Ruby you find surprising?
yes, you can, only then Google owns the data. It's not open. Basically you're just working for Google. Enjoy.
I’m curious to know when you bought your iPod. Depending on the timing, it is fairly likely that your iPod was less powerful than the latest iPhone at the time, with less RAM and weaker graphics.
[Full disclosure: I have contributed to Hackety Hack! (http://hackety-hack.com/) in the past, an analogous product.]

I wish Kidsruby didn't feel like a really poorly directed effort. That website is about as unfriendly as it could be. For example:

I'm a new programmer - where do I get started? Does the app teach me? Does the website teach me? Can anyone help me if I have questions? How do I "make games" or "hack my homework"?

I'd bet kids don't care about the news, the Twitter feed, or how many Likes this has on Facebook, so why is that the first thing they see? (And why is it included on most pages? Is there no more useful information to add?) How do I even get to the "about" page besides a poorly named link on the homepage?

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These are probably issues that can be solved by a designer and some careful thought, but I think it takes more than a cartoon header to be "kid friendly". Obviously the website isn't the core product, but with so few examples and lessons, I feel like it needs to offer more direction, guidance and instruction. Not everyone learns best in a sandbox.
Publicly lighting a fire under GoDaddy's rear is probably the most effective way to make them act right.
Well. You got me. I'm a big corporate shill for GoDaddy. I've been sent here to turn popular opinion back in their favour.

Good going, detective, now that you've outed me, I'll lose my job, and who will feed all of my 58 children?

Seriously, though, I have no connection with GoDaddy, I'm just very sceptical of the "GoDaddy will attempt to repair their reputation by actively making life harder for people who already don't like them" idea.

Sure, they may well be playing games to attempt to make it too hard for people to leave, but I think that it's much more likely that they have rate-limiters, and anti-spam/fraud protection working against mass migrations away from their service. If that's the case, I can't see them being in any particular hurry to fix the problem (or to even see it as a problem), but that's not the same thing as actively slowing down the process.

They have nothing really to gain by being malicious at this point, and plenty to lose (internet lynch mobs being easy to rile, as they are). Let's just put the pitchforks down for a little bit until we're certain that GoDaddy is really deliberately throwing spanners in the works.

Once you're certain of that, then by all means, go hog wild with your iNoose and your PitchFork 2.0. Until then, keep an eye on it, but let's not jump to stupid/hasty conclusions.
Which iPod Touch is it? No one's arguing that devices should be maintained forever, just that an Android device's life-cycle seems to be too short.

Also, let's face it, the iPod Touch is going to be a fundamentally different machine than the iPhone.
You're right, it's an interesting challenge but not necessarily one that is begging to be solved.
Excellent post. In particular the Android and WP7 parts—you should make a dedicated blog post out of it.
I'm not saying Burr was honourable. I'm saying he cared about being perceived as honourable. As did Hamilton, or he wouldn't have accepted the challenge. Cheney, in contrast, doesn't give a damn what people think, as long as Halliburton keeps getting government contracts.

The point is not that people were more virtuous in the past. It's that virtue, or at least the perception of virtue, was considered important in the past, much more so than today.
Microsoft does this by releasing "Express" editions of Visual Studio: https://www.microsoft.com/express, which is available for C#, C++, Basic, JS/Web and Windows Phone. Although the installation is different (Mac App Store vs hunting it down on Microsofts website), what they actually do is very similar.
Ask HN: What domain registrar should I switch to from Go Daddy?
Just like everyone else, I want to protest Go Daddy by switching my domains. What are some of the most reputable registrars that you're switching to?
I'm only studying to get a degree. Without a degree, it's hard to find a proper job in Belgium. CS has interested me since I was a teenager, that's why I choose it.
I suspect that the way the carriers each demand slightly different feature checklists and releasing a new phone every month (c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices#Samsung and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTC_phones#A_Series_.28... ) means their hardware engineering budget is much larger than Apple's, and their software budget isn't far behind.

The margins on Androids simply aren't high enough to justify the costs of making one-time customers into fans or repeat buyers.
author example is wrong..

At no time does OHA/Google hand over source to MOs...OEMs have contract with MOs to supply the Android version to MOs not Google..
I transferred two domains away from GoDaddy that were protected by Domains by Proxy. They did require that the WHOIS guard be dropped, even though both registrars offered a WHOIS-protecting service.

It did feel like GoDaddy was moving the goalposts.

Since I had no deadline and no feeling of urgency, I just allowed the entire process to play out naturally. There were periods when I was busier elsewhere and didn't press the issue for a month or two at a time, but I spent the better part of sixteen months getting both transfers completed.

Update: I bought a standard membership to DomainTools to see if the info ever leaked. It looks like the patient approach paid off, and that the exposed WHOIS info was not crawled during the transfers. Taking the time to make sure both ends of the transfer were prepared was worth the effort, but I think it's probably luck that kept the info from being picked up.
NC is an enom reseller, so I'd guess that all of enom would be affected as well. Nothing on the eNom status page, so not sure... http://www.enom.com/registrynews.asp
non-technical cofounders should check out http://trybloc.com too, don't have to bother with setting up a dev environment or anything to start coding apps.
" If you want to chat with people, you have to go where they are, and ICQ and AOL have the most people by far. Chances are, your friends are using one of those services, not one of the smaller ones like MSN Instant Messenger. With all of Microsoft's muscle, money, and marketing skill, they are just not going to be able to break into auctions or instant messaging, because the network effects there are so strong. "

Funny to read that in hindsight...
Is this a Namecheap specific issue or more general to eNom who they are a reseller for. Nothing on the enom system status page... http://www.enom.com/registrynews.asp
Leaving aside the 60 day lockout, you can't change your info under DBP without exposing it?
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I can see why. You started very strongly with not only what you did as far as the product, but on the same slide, the market opportunity is a key feature of the product.

I think the business model is often separate from the use model, when you frame it early as you did, business model remains front of mind, and you kept that theme throughout. very concise and well done.
Definitely agree. This is why we (Stormpulse) not only avoided Google Maps but spent 1,000's of hours designing the UI. I would avoid mapstraction for the same reason: we see mapping as a core competency of our business. YMMV of course.
What incentive does GoDaddy have to provide a whitelist mechanism?
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Starting your "excellent counter" argument with the words, "I can't see how unions are good for anybody," is Newt Gingrich level debating. If not that, it at least portrays a lack of imagination.
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Then they're telling the truth. What if they're making assumptions with the same zeal for finding wrongdoing on GoDaddy's part as a hyperactive child has for finding more chocolate in the garden on easter?

Justification for acting like a dick can't be post-dated. You are either justified in making statements like namecheap did, or you're publicly naming and shaming on an unproven hunch. Either namecheap should show their cards and say "we know they're slowing us down, and here's proof", or they should try to be a little bit more professional with their public statements.

I know that this is an exciting time for everyone involved, but seriously, this is starting to play out like a school-yard drama.
Even if it's only 1% that's still $6 million bucks. I suspect there are lots of people like me who have the technical ability to flash a custom ROM but just don't want to spend the time and effort on it. Reading through a 200+ page forum thread and dealing with the rough edges of these custom ROMS requires an investment of time. There are also all the business/enterprise IT departments who aren't going to touch a random custom ROM they found on the Internet. They need some official upgrade path. Most companies don't want to buy a new fleet of phones very 2 years.
I think it's a common situation for non-experts. If you're in satisficer mode (versus the maximizer mode common to experts), you pick the first thing that's quick, convenient, and apparently safe. Lots of commercials means a recognizable brand, which feels safe to a lot of people when they are comparing a bunch of apparently equivalent choices.

Personally, I wouldn't be sad if GoDaddy went bankrupt tomorrow. I recently had to deal with their latest scam: sending notifications that suggest your domain name is up for auction. Having seen people lose domains before due to missing a renewal and/or outright thievery, my blood pressure went through the roof. It's a marketing lie, of course, to get you to sign up for get more crap.
In most places, I think. Google Maps are terrible outside of the USA/Western Europe.
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None unless someone can get ICANN to consider their behavior a violation of the ICANN registry/registrar agreement.
I've never heard of the allwinner A10 before, and it looks great on paper: 1.5ghz Cortex-A8, 1 GB RAM, SATA, 3d graphics and hardware video decoder, and the other usual stuff like SD, HDMI, Ethernet, NAND and various other I/O ports, plus full GPL source code (I was under the impression that ARM don't release the source code for MALI drivers under GPL?).

However, it looks like they haven't produced a single unit yet. It's vaporware. They hope to sell an initial batch for something closer to $70, which seems more realistic, but I still think they're overly optimistic.

On the other hand, Raspberry Pi is looking good. They've had considerable delays (I think initially they were intending to start selling the boards in November), but they're making good progress and seem to have plenty of traction. Their target price seems more easily reachable considering the lower specs compared to the allwinner A10.
I think it's worth mentioning that it's highly unlikely Google is deaf to these complaints. It is, after all, why the Nexus line exists, which does seem to be supported for updates for the two year upgrade cycle.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that if the buyout of Motorola Mobility is approved, I think you'll see Gootorola performing updates as well.

The situation isn't dire. The handset manufacturers are going to find that they're painting themselves into a corner.