skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Very food for tying everything together, but the site's a pain to use. The fixed header and footer cover the scrolling text so when using PgDn you miss out whole lines of text. Stupid really. Should use PgUp/Dn to switch chapters and Up/Dn to scroll.
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No, that only lets you jump to files, not to functions/methods.
The news media has deteriorated in the last few decades due to several different, and in some cases surprising, forces.

First, we are all aware of the trend towards infotainment and tabloidism that has occurred over time. "Human interest" stories, celebrity gossip, etc. are generally far cheaper than investigative journalism and when your revenue comes from ads (effectively selling eyeball quantities) you end up in a situation where quality takes a back seat to popularity. Which means that the ability to produce content that is popular and cheap will lead to higher profit margins than other sorts of content.

Second, historically worldwide communication to large populations was difficult, so there were only a few broadcast media outlets: newspapers, radio, and television. Naturally these outlets took it upon themselves to serve as the gatekeepers of information for a community. They not only did original reporting on local issues they also re-broadcast additional material such as national news, weather reports, syndicated comic strips. And they provided services such as classified ads which leveraged their role as the main information conduit for communities. However, they came to see these secondary activities as part and parcel of their identity, as a very fundamental aspect of what it means to be a "newspaper" or a local television news channel. More so, because such content is easier and cheaper to reproduce it had a much higher profit margin (just as above) than producing original content, leading to the withering of original reporting. Even as technology has erased the need for news organizations to serve as information conduits many of them have had a hard time letting go of that identity.

Third, over the last few decades there has been a trend towards the ideal model of "reporting" being a very abstract idea of absolutely "unbiased" and "objective" reporting of pure facts. On the surface this seems like a perfectly fine idea, but in reality it's devastating to the ability to actually report the news. Unmoored of any viewpoint, perspective, or values the "news" then becomes something akin to abstract art.

The unfortunate end result of all of these factors is that modern news media organizations tend to concentrate more on access and reproduction than investigation and fact checking. More so, news organizations find themselves in a horse race with other competitors and begin to fear for losing access, so they keep their reporting in check and don't rock the boat.

Ultimately this leads to a news media which fails at its central duty: to inform the public. Instead it becomes a mere regurgitative conduit which serves more to prop up existing establishments than to be the sort of radical, actively truth-seeking, institution-challenging organizations we idealize them to be.
Hilarious because i've been flip flopping on how they worked. The arrows seem to be a paradigm from mouse-based computing, can you scroll these lists like on ios?
Not to yank my own cock too hard, but I'm pretty awesome at never being bored. I can always find new exciting shit to read online and new projects and ideas to tinker with. Whereas most people seem to check their Facebook and their daily allotment of funny Youtube vids, after which they need someone to tell them what to do with their day.

I think the upside for the normals is that they get more enjoyment out of everyday stuff, though. My constant info-stimjunkie behavior is probably pica for something deeper being broken. Kind of like constantly trying to figure out the universe by reading and tinkering incessantly. Instead of just sitting back and smelling the flowers.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/15w/experiential_pica/

Introspective and metacognitive abilities, they are bitches... :(
Although Sqlite is highly optimized, it's got what amounts to its own VM internally, and doesn't really use C to the fullest.

It's not surprising to me that the C# version of that VM does as well (or better) for this particular codebase.
That is why all my Facebook access happens in its very own dedicated Virtual Machine or on it's own dedicated SIMless smartphone over WiFi.
And in a lot of legal jurisdictions programmers work out of hours actually belongs to the employer if its related to their day job.
That's not true. It just means that it won't contribute to pagerank. But the GoogleBot has discretion to crawl or not crawl the links.
That's a classic description of depression. Seriously. Talk to your doctor about this and hit the gym/physical activity a bit more, especially if the episodes increase in length or intensity.
Thank you! I couldn't remember what this command was called and I was scanning that post trying to see if he'd mention it.
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Amazon builds Windows tool for sending files to Kindle
There's another interesting article in the same spirit: http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2006/11/how_to_be_...
HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3279190
If you scroll them they actually remove the arrows and make a lot more sense.

Before you drag: http://i.imgur.com/4MUXO.png

After you press to drag: http://i.imgur.com/BqXMY.png

To be fair, it's a huge improvement over: http://i.imgur.com/2exF7.png
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May I ask how many hours you put into it and what the requirements were? I've done quite a bit of custom development but have never had to bill $1k for something as (seemingly) simple as an image slider. Perhaps I'm not charging enough!
Homes was constantly doing lots of stimulants as well as other drugs

Saying he was never bored is a bit of a stretch for non drug abusers
So does Factor: http://factorcode.org
It's not as easy as you think it is. I can remove a row from the user's table, but want do I do with everything that's attached to that record?

Edit: BrandonMTurner has a better writeup http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3457973
Ask HN: Do you know anyone from Kiva.org?
Hi HN,

I've been trying to get in touch with the marketing team at Kiva.org and was wondering if anyone here was able to shoot me an intro.

Why I need such intro? Because I have an idea which I think could really help them reach plenty of new customers while promoting even more donations. I am NOT seeking compensation or a job or anything like that. I'd just love to see said idea implemented - if they are interested.

If you are a bit skeptical (which I'd totally understand) and want to talk with me first, please feel free to reach out. We can also meet in person if you live in the NYC area.

My email is my username @ g-m-a-i-l.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you HN!
Google Voice follows (or used to, at least) your advice, which led to endless frustration. You'd tap a notification to read a text, then have no way at all to get to the main screen of the Google Voice app. In Android 4.0, Google Voice has an app-specific back button that helps, but I think Google's advice on this is correct.
I've found that "looking for a technical co-founder" often means:

"I had my father's colleague's son build a prototype for us. It does almost everything the final product needs to do. It took a couple of months and only cost us $4000. But he (the son) is now going out on tour with his band, and we need someone to get us to launch."

This is almost inevitably a set-up for disappointment for all parties. Non-technical founders have no idea what software development costs and how long it takes. They will be shocked at reality and blame it on you, the tech co-founder.

Potential tech co-founders will waste a lot of breath explaining things to the non-tech co-founders that they (the non-techs) will struggle to understand.

Eventually, everyone will be mad at everyone else.

Problem is, much of this also applies to hiring free-lancers. They are going to cost far more than the non-tech founder predicts. The only difference is that the free-lancer will get paid for (some of) his/her work.

Though I'm no huge fan of the VC/start-up model, it's no wonder that it evolved to its current state, where potential ventures are judged largely on their teams' proven ability to deliver.
That's because the venue pays them on your behalf!

http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/recording-...

"As a performer, you do not have to pay performance royalties. These are paid by the venue which hired you to perform. However, if you record your show and sell it as a live album, you will need to pay for the compulsory licenses, discussed later in this article."

Now, you could try to argue that it's innocent infringement (or maybe even fair use), but you have to do that in court.

From unhappybirthday.com:

"Did you know that if you sing any copyrighted song: ...at a place open to the public ...or among a substantial number of people who are not family or friends You are involved in a public performance of that work?"

For example, singing "Happy Birthday" at a restaurant....

EDIT: I had to turn on showdead to read that comment you mentioned. He mischaracterizes what Snopes said. I'll let Snopes speak for themselves: "performing a copyrighted work in a public setting such as a restaurant or a sports arena technically requires a license from ASCAP or the Harry Fox Agency (although such infringements are rarely prosecuted)." As you can see, the problem there is public performance not just commercial use.
The beginning of a standard for browser automation
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I don't mean to go off topic - but for some reason the imagine of the Google 'G' and the Twitter 'T' just looked like the word 'Git' to me, so I was hopelessly waiting for more controversy involving Github to make it's way into the article...

http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/google-vs-twi...
They also have clang which make this an interesting alternative to gcc for C and C++ developers.
When I started my little idea 7 months ago, I was really scared about this reality of looking for a cofounder. Now, I not only have a kickass co-founder who believes in my vision, but also have a team of 6 people who are driving our product to launch, all of this without getting a single penny or equity in exchange (not yet, but something I am changing as I want these people longterm).

What I am trying to say is that, I think looking for a cofounder depends on what you are trying to build. If you are trying to build a long-term sustainable company, then the fact that you can influence and motivate someone to join your vision is very powerful. Therefore, getting a cofounder to join your cause is a huge testament to how well you can succeed, something that should not be discounted.

That being said, its also important to evaluate the skillsets you need to have a successful company and to slowly enlist a cofounder based on those needs. I hung out at every tech event, spoke to as many people about what I was doing and slowly started to see that there was an ecosystem of people that started believing in my story.

So, its doable, thats all :)
Instead of writing a half-ass project on your free time and putting the source code in Github, build and maintain a product/website/app. It has more creds. It shows you can ship a COMPLETE product instead of some code snippets.
That's what I feel too.

I'm bored when doing home chores, when working on un-interesting projects, when stuck in transit, when waiting for things/people, and etc etc.

Man, I must be a really boring person!
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I think your definition of “bored” is closer to my definition of “motivated”. I consider the two different things. As ctdonath points out above, the definition of “bored” I think this article is using (and the one I'm applying to it) is “I don't know what to do”, not “I don't want to do anything”. So if we talk about the latter, you're completely correct. I think if we talk about the former, the author/article makes a better point.
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"Error establishing a database connection"

BORING!
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I actually wrote a blog post about it - 5 creative ways to find a technical co-founder - http://bit.ly/rQdvpK
The Only Two Questions Founders Need to Answer
Number of watchers and forks would be awesome, but including SLOC is a dubious metric IMHO.

Other good metrics would be issues and pull request activity. A product with lots of pull requests and solved issues is one that is actively being used by people that probably matter.

It would also be good to be able to rank modules by tags so that questions like, "what are the highest ranked testing libraries?" could be answered.
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I like this bit on using multipane layouts to be flexible on both tablets and mobile:

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/multi-pane-layo...

Good advice for rich web apps too.
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> One thing that would improve is hg's startup time; starting up Python just takes a while

Python starts up very fast for a language runtime (much much faster than Java). But yes, if you run a large amount of extremely short tasks, the startup might become significant I guess.
Am I missing something? I'd like to get my hands on the templates, mocks, wirefames, etc. Let me play with those (as a designer) and I'll be able to better follow the specs and guidelines.

Note: Microsoft (for once) actually one-up Big G. here. They provide the PSD and fonts for Windows Phone 7 on MSDN + the UX Guidelines.

Also, for Apple, 3rd party made all the PSD and templates for them...
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This was a huge frustration for me on 2.x. I'm glad they're suggesting that people insert fake activities to fix it.

Here's an example -- from the homescreen, click a Music widget. The Music app opens and shows the song I was listening to. I want to go back to the playlist I was playing from so I hit back. Instead, I'm dumped back to my home screen. you have to hit the Google Music icon in the top-left to go back within the Music app. I don't mind having to hit back a couple of times because I've learned that you can just keep hitting back and you'll eventually get where you were.
The first time I run across a website using this on the 18th I'm going to drop the script it into adblock's blacklist and be done with it.
Or at least, don't use blocking TCP calls if you do. Timeout and fail gracefully . . .
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$1k for an image slider strikes me as completely reasonable. As csomar relates, lots of work goes into something as "simple" as an image slider. That's why (as I mention in a separate comment) non-tech folks will always struggle with the cost of development. If it were easy/fast/cheap, they would do it themselves.
Okay, I'm not an expert on variations between different Unices, that may well be the case. The point I was trying to make was more that it would run without having to install a great wodge of Java/Scala dependencies which aren't on most systems by default.
Looks a lot less intuitive than the UIDatePicker in iOS, which is styled like a slot machine [1].

Does anyone know whether you can manipulate the controls by dragging, or do you really have to use those little up and down buttons?

[1] http://blog.blackwhale.at/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/UIDateP...
I think the issue here is that the word "delete" is being applied to two mostly-unrelated operations: removing users who no longer want to be part of the system/have been banned/etc., and removing accounts which were never operated by a human being at any point at all.

The former is "hard", since even though you might not want the user around in the present, you usually want their history to persist. However, the latter case is comparatively simple. If a spambot posts on my wall, then yes, emphatically, delete that wall post when you delete the spambot. Delete any photos they uploaded. Nullify all their votes/likes/plus-ones/whatever. Make it so that the whole thing never happened, other than perhaps as a line in an abuse log.

It is critical, though, that this should never happen automatically in a case where an automated account might be confused with a human one. It probably shouldn't even be exposed as part of a bulk "check off these accounts and purge" moderation view. But in cases where the automatedness of an individual account is out in the open and there's no contradictory evidence whatsoever, the "tactical-nuke" button could be a viable option. (Whether you can trust your community's moderators to not misuse this button is a whole 'nother can of worms.)
that's why you need to find a strong technical co-founder (which is really tough to do well). Because going as a single founder on your own will be tough, and it's always good to share the road with someone you trust and has a similar purpose.

Wrote a blog post on 5 creative ways to find a technical co-founder - http://bit.ly/rQdvpK
Open source has become a marketing game for some devs.
Oh look, the current system isn't ideal either.

vast tracts of the namespace

The thing about (even) the current TLD system is that there is a variety of namespaces and each one by itself is effectively unlimited. Sure, everybody wants to have a .com but when it comes down to it, it really doesn't matter except for brand name purposes. People who need to publish and read information can use something else (that most "rogue" of websites Wikileaks proved this).

On the other hand, moving all the expensive commercial brand stuff to the top level (as ICANN aims to do) really does create a single tract of namespace under monopoly control.
The hints about O'Reilly's stance are not at all subtle. I think it's more effective the way it is.

Don't know if they'll add me, but I did help get a Tcl book published and am on the cover, so I emailed him.
It supports only the old other-OS feature that Sony removed.
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> This meme about Google turning into "old bad Microsoft" is a result of false dichotomy.

I'll repeat my "mantra" here: Google, and almost every known web company is very close in terms of interoperability. It's false that they embrace openness and it's incredible how "our community" is so blind. When you run an application in your own machine, even if it's the closest one (i.e: Microsoft) you can reverse engineer it, but you can't reverse engineer the cloud. So, when Twitter is talking about APIs they are lying because if you, for example, try to analyze your social network with more than a few levels you will soon crash with their API call limit. If you want to automate Google searches taking advantage of their huge index, it will be impossible, they don't sell that service. They only make some things "open" if they don't clash with their business. In the case of Microsoft we can reverse engineer everything that's not in the cloud (Hotmail doesn't matter!)

I've written more about this in some of my articles at:

http://blog.databigbang.com/the-data-portability-fact-sheet/

http://blog.databigbang.com/google-search-no-api/
Yeah I'm getting the same behavior. When you patch it, can you let me know?
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Wait. If you delete your facebook account and then accidentally click a like button, you're just magically logged back in? It doesn't ask for your password?
Yes!

And speaking at least for myself, I've found that I'm just as capable of underestimating the difficulty of marketing as non-tech folks are capable of underestimating the difficulty of software development.
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That's really interesting - according to this presentation JGit clone is significantly faster than native git clone (2.3x in the example).

I'd love to hear more about any code changes that lead to this result.
Is there a paper or article you know of I could read relations between creativity and hypomania/other psychological things? It interests me.

Never mind, found one

http://my.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/33524/person...
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Would love to have some feedback!
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As I understand, the owners sold a portion of their equity to Bezos. The company didn't raise money from Bezos to fund operations. Big difference.
Back in my facebook days, there were a lot of these 'awareness campaigns' on my wall, people changed profile pictures, posted some wierd messages, etc. After a gazillion of them, I just stopped caring and didn't even ask what another kind of ribbon means.

But that's not the point. The point is, awareness campaigns must have a call to action. Changing profile pictures make people feel comfortable that they 'did something to support' and in the end it doesn't matter. I'm not a US citizen, so it's up to you to decide what to do, but do something useful, not another fun game of replacing profile avatars so people think they're fighting for the cause while doing nothing.
So...has anyone found a profile that's NOT in the top 20% or better? If I'm in the top 20% for putting in test commits than the software dev world is in dire trouble.
> Wow, you're just being contrary to be contrary aren't you?

Not at all. I'm pointing out that they don't have the properties that you're asking for in this case.

> Further more, the reason standards are nice here is because a 3rd party is the one who blessed the technology, not the biased producer of the technology. And changes to that standard need to go through the standards body and the producer is not the single owner.

Suppose that Google submitted all of those projects to a standards body, got them approved, and then made an incompatible change to their implementations. How does their status as a standard matter?
The decline and disappearance of PDAs (aside from the iPod Touch, which might as well have been superseded by the iPad) is quite tragic. Tablets lack the same extent of portability they possessed.
This is kind of off topic but imho "everyone else" coopted hacker away from those of us who consider ourselves hackers.

And for the record I don't consider semi-technical entrepreneur to be the definition of hacker I apply to myself. For me it's more about someone who can take two things and make something new with them, regardless if they should be able to or not.

In any case, its a form of cultural identity, so its up to those who identify with it to define it. If the mainstream doesn't recognize it, its our responsibility to fix that.
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I get your point.

I was merely trying to express basically how I felt when I read the sample of code. It does not look like web development any more, just facebook-development.