skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Firstly, just because the border officers have final say on denying entry doesn't mean that they don't get policy guidance from their superiors. Since we can't see what that policy guide says, we have to choose between forbearing to criticize at all, and criticizing based on the results we observe.

Secondly, I would argue that both (i) a "reasonable" country (as defined in my imagination) and (ii) many actual countries simply would not search for that tweet, cross-correlate it with an arriving passenger and use it as a reason to question them extra on arrival.

My only real evidence for (ii) is that only the US has passenger manifests of arriving airliners sent to them in advance so that they can be checked against watch lists. (Other countries do this if/when they make you apply for a visa, but the US does it dynamically when you get on the plane even if they don't require you to have a visa.)
Wow - hadn't heard of diigo but I'm glad you listed them - looks awesome!
Same problem. I'm using Safari on a Mac.
I worked on a similar project a while back and definitely got legal threats constantly. Not one ever followed through but I grew tired after a couple years of dealing with it.
CMU iPad development course is freely available on iTunes U
IPhone Going to Verizon, Is It a Good Idea?
May not be related, but if you're on Cedar you'll want to make sure that Pingdom is sending a GET request. I've seen a few uptime monitoring services that send HEAD requests, these worked on Aspen/Bamboo as nginx would translate them on the way through.

I've no idea why these services didn't report that my apps were permanently down :(
Editors can be a fickle bunch. Many are technical minded and love to have the latest newest gadget. But they also don't like to mess with their livelihood and FCPX was too big of a learning curve while missing too many features.

I personally think it was a great move by Apple, trying to push the paradigm of editing forward. That is difficult and time consuming to do in small steps so they chose a complete rewrite, losing a large percentage of the profesional market in the process. But what they lost, I'm guessing they gained back in consumers and as FCPX improves they will gain some of those back.

What I've seen as the biggest gain are creatives directors and photographers. I know several who are masters of photoshop and after effects but struggled to get their head around Avid and FCP, who didn't have time to jump in head first, but took to FCPX like duck to water. These are highly paid individuals, heads of agencies. Which is what annoyed me when editors complained it wasn't professional. If the creative director of a billion dollar ad agency has found it suits his needs, it's hard to paint it as a toy.

That's not to say the complainers didn't have a point, they did. But it's a complaint that's been with Final Cut since version 1. It was always necessary to find a work around, whether outputting for film, tape, or digital. My career was made because final cut was cheap to use, but didn't quite work as it should.
I wouldn't dismiss the whiteboard altogether, there are some questions that are easier to answer by scribbling than by programming, but an obvious and important take away is "be nice to the people you are interviewing, because you may end up working with them."
"Pattern matching" is like astrology for smart people.
Apple Iphone 4 The Most Desired Handset Till Date
A 48 hour project: Temporarily save pages of interest in spaces.
Granted incredibly unlikely, but doesn't that open the possibility of:

* Rip off developer

* Hire incredibly expensive legal team/legal buddy[1] to find small enough loophole in contract

* Bill developer for cost of legal as well as rip them off

* Profit?

[1] How do jurisdictions that auto-award costs handle contingency claims? Is "£0 if I lose, or £1M/hour if we win" a legitimate billing rate? I can't imagine it could be.
President to Cabinet: Spur Entrepreneurship
Unfortunately what Boing Boing are doing is pretty much the standard for pro blogging now. Even more unfortunately many of them enjoy significant traction on sites like Reddit/HN/Digg/etc.
I'd argue that this is a good way to idealize the concept of electric cars in the eyes of society. Obviously not everyone will have the cash to spring for a Model S, but as time goes on and production gets more efficient, more "for-the-masses" models will arise and will permeate down the financial ranks. IMO Tesla is starting off on the right foot; showing what electric can do and dressing it up real nice. You're right that this model specifically will do little to save the Earth, but it's a step in the right direction; setting the stage for electric to become socially desirable.
I've been working on the WebSockets support. I changed the handler <-> mongrel2 interface for websockets a bit, and I think I've reached the right point in the websockets-devel branch. If you are interested in websockets you can check out that branch and see what you think. If I get no negative feedback I'm merging it into the develop branch once I've tested it more
By designing new interfaces, and suddenly making information accessible...

This is a very important point. Although we do harness a lot of our focus on creating "new and innovative" products, we mustn't forget about the less-fun industries that still effect our lives daily. The way that we fix these industries is through the interface and how we interact with and manipulate that data (e.g. medical records, tax information, etc.). Take what we've learned from the companies mentioned here (e.g. Tumblr, Twitter, Pinterest) and apply it to existing industries.
It's a hard metaphor to pull off. Cut my some slack :)

The real point I'm trying to make is just if you want to test somebody's ability to write code, give them a computer, don't make them code on a whiteboard.

If you're actually using a whiteboard to assist in visualizing something or to help explain a problem, great! But that's quite different from being asked to write down code.
Excellent post. I think the most enlightening item was "Buy Luxury Later." I tested out the searches for cars that were suggested, and wow, there are some great deals on CL.
These are the history setopt's I have, but I don't know if they all make sense with each other though. I set it up once and haven't touched it in years.

HIST_IGNORE_DUPS # don't add multiple 'cd ..', etc in a row?

HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST # save unique hist entries longer

HIST_VERIFY # edit recalled history before running

INC_APPEND_HISTORY # add commands to .history immediately

EXTENDED_HISTORY # save timestamp on history entries

# set a huge history... doesn't seem to affect performance at all

HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history

HISTSIZE=10000

SAVEHIST=$((HISTSIZE/2))

For the completion I setopt AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH GLOB_COMPLETE MENU_COMPLETE NO_AUTO_LIST NO_BAD_PATTERN NO_BEEP NO_LIST_AMBIGUOUS NO_LIST_BEEP NO_NOMATCH, but I'm not sure what they all do ;-P
We were hoping to get away with a single double density sprite, but alas, as you point out, not all devices support background-size. Not just old Android, but also old Blackberry (pre webkit), and Opera Mini.

We feature detect background-size in the head of the page and add a class name to the html element. We need to browser sniff opera mini as it gives a false positive on the test.

We only offline cache the larger sprite, assuming browsers that support appcache also support background-size.
While that was generally true it's generally not the case anymore. This isn't a knock on older dentists but the fact is - you're good at what you practice. Younger dentists (and better/more progressive dentists) do composites without the downside you're sharing. If a composite is structured correctly it should last over 10 years I've been told. Sure, an amalgam may last your lifetime, but I for one will never allow mercury to be in my mouth long term. Mercury changes significantly to insignificant amounts of heat (i.e. thermometer) - and while the ADA will tell you it's "sealed" it's considered a toxic substance, which has been disputed by many researchers. This is why amalgam is banned in most developed countries.

I asked about the failing of a composite as you've described and was told that what you stated is not true. Any filing can fail and leak as described, this is generally a result of bad dentistry or trauma to the filing that impacted it's seating and is why you have annual X-rays done. ANY filing can fail regardless of compound leading to shadowing as described.

So you have a choice. Mercury or safer materials that, when used properly, are a safer / healthier alternative.

In closing - keep in mind one thing: not every doctor is as skilled or cognizant as the next. They're humans as well and there are fantastic doctors and there are greedy and poor skilled doctors. The fact is you should understand your doctor's core competency and skills as best you can. Unfortunately most doctors know who the bad doctors are in regions, but the status quo is to not throw any other doctor under the bus. The consumer loses because it's hard to get at that information. If in doubt, get a second opinion - if there's a big derivation in prognosis, get a third. It's your health at stake.
I've been using delicious again as my bookmarking and curation platform of choice.

Anyway, I think the author forgot about delicious and flickr, which started in the early 2000's peaking in media hype around 2005, which sort of changes his graph and thesis. It's no longer a nice progression of up and to the right. He just picked out examples that supported his view, and ignore the others that don't.
Will Arnold Goetzke's Smart Cord save the US economy?
The potential is amazing!

Kinks: I unselected all the meat and it told me to have 8oz of steak, 6oz chicken breast, and 8oz of dark meats for breakfast!

A great way to start the day if you're a caveman!
And for extra fun, hook up M-x spook to M-x twit.
Doesn't match my experience: I have several small clients who pay within a couple of hours of receiving a bill. However they are profitable small clients (and very nice people).
A minor heresy: If you're doing it right, there won't be a coding challenge at the job interview. For that matter, there probably won't be a job interview, at least not in any recognizable sense of the term.

I mean, the author is entirely right: skilled devs can write their own ticket in this market. So, um, let's start doing that.

I also continue to think that "I have code on Github" is believed to be a career enhancer not because this is actually true but because it is something that is convenient to engineers to practice. In real life, the people whose decisions matter a) often can't read code and b) almost always have better uses of their time than reading code from someone who is, statistically, not likely to be hired.
ZenCash - Collections for Web Developers
You're right. Do you have any other suggestions?

Unilateral information exchange doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)
Wikipedia chooses Lua as its new template/macro language
I feel mostly the same way, and I've spent a lot of time looking for a new one so I'm open to suggestions. I managed to scoop up dietcal.com and mealgorithm.com, and though I'm really into mealgorithm it seems a bit too complicated.
We're working on finding an appropriate level of compression for the audio.
I believe he might be talking about modifying a view, as he presents the example of adding an email button or a facebook one.

It still doesn't make sense as you can use tools such as Interface Builder. The only thing that applies, you could still be building the view programmatically or need custom animations. That needs coding. And of course a facebook button needs to handle things such as authentication than an emailing one does not.

About the UITabBar, you can always use the black one. Or use this little trick for greater effect which is less demanding on custom images:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/571028/changing-tint-back...

I also do apps for a living and it is true that business has unreasonable expectations on time and cost. Not to speak of the myriad of people that want a whatsapp clone for 500$
Thanks! It's a bit confusing, but there's a separate breakfast menu. If you click any of the presets, it changes all of the breakfast menu foods too which isn't quite obvious yet.
The way I tend to look at it is "paying for education".
If the question is about architecture and design, whiteboards make sense. Drawing pictures, connecting things together, understanding the larger realm.

If the question is about code give me a damn editor and I will show you what I know.
Duolingo: First Impressions
... and a screen :-)
How would a non-tech-savvy user know that?
Because their name is linked on Twitter? What's to stop someone from making an account under my name?
I've stopped asking candidates to write code on the whiteboard because that's not how coders work. I instead ask questions like "describe how a hash table works" and "when do you prefer to throw an exception instead of returning an error code?"
Ridejoy's looking for a UX(+UI) designer. Engineers too. (YC S11) 
PSA: Refer someone we hire and get the Ultimate Collaborative Consumption Package!
$1000 credit for Airbnb, Taskrabbit, Grubwithus, Getaround, RelayRides, Skillshare, or more.

http://www.ridejoy.com/jobs/

Ridejoy is a community marketplace for rides. With over 2 billion long-distance driving trips each year, we have many miles to go and we're accelerating quickly. Come join us now at the start of our journey, and together we'll make it worth your while.

We love well-designed experiences, we have a rapidly growing community that loves us back (and loves telling us so), and we're building a marketplace for everyone who's ever needed to get somewhere.

We've all worked at early-stage, venture-backed startups. We know what it's like, so we're generous with the benefits and your equity. (Plus full salaries, of course.) We're well-funded by top-tier investors, and we do things like all-you-can-eat free food, and free tickets and transportation to Burning Man.

We have a tight-knit team and we're looking for people who we can develop a deep mutual trust with. Our engineers did go to Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT, but this isn't code for "the same as us"; we want to build a team that's more diverse than your typical startup. We understand that a great company and a great culture depends on far more than technical aptitude.

Details: Located in SF. We will happily pay for and help with relocation for the right candidate.

For designers: As the lead designer, you'll be working closely with two engineers who care deeply about the user experience of our product, and want to let you focus on what you do best.

The product is very early, so you'd be shaping it from the ground floor. The difference between us and everyone else is this: we want someone to help us build a design culture from the very beginning. Like everyone else we work with, we want you to teach, and to be teachable.

We have some hard design problems that haven't been successfully solved before, anywhere. We'd love to talk to you about them.

For engineers: Our current stack is Ruby, Rails, Postgres, Coffeescript, Sass, and jQuery, and we're looking to expand into mobile. It's not mandatory to know these coming in, but you do you need to have experience engineering top-quality web software, and learn quickly.
Won't work in Safari because Safari lacks FileReader support. Try in Chrome or Firefox.
Even at 7hr which I believe is the minimum wage that is 50 hours worth of funding. A light week for most developers, a person should be offended to even post something like that. The app will take longer than a week and 1% is a insignificant sum. At that kind of compensation I would be looking for more than 50%, because well, I can work on my own idea and forgo the worse than minimum wage compensation and keep 100% of my idea.
This funny little conversation has gone on a few time this thread. Several times with only one person.

>>"This is* The Sun we're talking about. It's hardly representative!"
> "Hardly representative? More than half of The UK read it."*
>"crap"
My only comment/question would be regarding your last comment. How can you be so sure that the desire for people to immigrate to the US "is not going away any time soon"?

Furthermore, how can you be sure that the mix of people desiring to immigrate will continue to be favorable to the economic growth of the US? I think I could take your points about the founder's visa and encouraging university students to stay and spin them as a negative indicator. Are these efforts to correct an inherent imbalance in immigration policy, or a reaction to the growing trend for foreign entrepreneurs and students to return to their home countries to set up shop?

Unskilled laborers will naturally migrate to where the jobs are, and the economic excesses of the US will ensure that demand for unskilled labor remains for many decades to come. The engine of the economy, however, is driven by entrepreneurship and inventiveness. I think that the sorts of people who bring these skills to the US are more likely to be sensitive to overbearing regulations and overeager policing.
Nobody has to, but there's no harm in a little skeumorphism here and there for aesthetic reasons. We have a big walk-in fireproof safe in our office that long ago had the locking mechanisms removed, but the dial and lever are still in place on the door because it looks cool.
Thanks! I'll poke around my barely existing backend to see what I can do.
I'm surprised they didn't mention "Have friends", which can often save far more money than any of the listed tips.

It's worth remembering that you are not the only person that you know that buys cars. Often friends and relatives are considering buying a new car and want to get rid of their old one in an easy way. Make sure you let them know that if they are going to trade-in that you might be interested in their old car.

My brother's first car was a Subaru with 250K miles that our friend's family was replacing. Instead of trading it in my brother offered $50 for it. They decided to give it to him instead.

My first car was a Corolla that my uncle was going to trade in. I offered him the trade-in quoted price ($1500). Two years later I sold it for $3600 on Craigslist. I would have gladly sold it to a friend for $1500 though.

There are plenty of people that like to buy cars from dealers and do not want the hassle of craigslist and are willing to trade in. If you're in the market for a car, make sure your friends and family know!
Giving away the secrets of 99.3% email delivery
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3518985
ConciseKit - Less Verbose Cocoa
Most of your post is excellent and thought-provoking, thank-you, +|1.

So yes, lets get back to the basics ... whiteboarding has its place, but if you're trying to hire someone that is going to be building software for you 40 hours a week, there's a whole other range of things you can look into instead of spending time seeing if they can implement a doubly linked list on your dry erase board with a crappy marker, when they'll never have to screw with one while working on your software.

This is, to put it politely, a “straw man.” There are zillions of whiteboards in software development offices, because whiteboarding is part of our job. Many places paint the walls in whiteboard paint so everything’s a whiteboard. Which speaks to the exact argument you made a paragraph earlier: Asking people to whiteboard things is appropriate because software developers sketch things ALL THE TIME.

Now as to doubly-linked lists, you can’t cherry-pick an inappropriate question and blame it on whiteboards. Asking someone to whiteboard a doubly-linked list has about as much value as asking them to implement it in code. It’s fine for FizzBuzz testing, but of course we don’t implement doubly linked lists 40 hours a week, so beyond a simple filter, it’s a bad question. There are good whiteboard questions, and what they all have in common is that implementing a certain idea in code would take too long and/or obscure the underlying idea with accidental complexity.

We work with Operational Transformation. It’s an algorithm that diagrams easily, but the code can be challenging to follow if you don’t start with a basic understanding. If you were interviewing for a job that involved working with collaborative editing, and you were asked to explain some ideas about OT in a text document or on a whiteboard, would you really ask for a text editor?

p.s., the crappy marker comment is ridiculous. While it was somewhat entertaining in the story, I cannot take seriously the implied claim that all companies with whiteboards give crappy markers to interviewees. Unless there is some sort of conspiracy to look for candidates who bring their own markers to interviews.
Good to know. Thank you =)
Side note: please don't forget that some people have real names that are often blocked:

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Cocks)
You're not far off...

To cache everything you're tracking/attending visit http://m.lanyrd.com/calendar/yours/ - the root url redirects here if you're logged in.

The data for each conference is versioned, you can see the version number as data attributes on each list item. If the data you have doesn't match that version number, a few XHR requests are triggered to fetch the latest data.

Also, if you look at a conference page you're tracking or attending while online, we do a data-version check for that conference and update if needed.

I'm writing up an article on all the troubles we had with ApplicationCache, for there were many. LocalStorage was extremely simple & useful though.
Great link. The top answer from GitHub nailed it. None of the proposed lists included 'legal' which I would consider the top priority. You can't guess every possible problem, so don't try.

Also, after wire framing, I also found I needed the title "Profile" above the username anyways. T-minus 10 minutes to a user named "free iPad 2!" :)
It creates data, but I'm not sure if it can be called content.
I purchased a used car last year. I would have to say part of buying a car is also the financing. If you can manage to get a good rate and put some cash down, thats a hack in and of itself.

As for not trading your car in... I understand you might get more $ selling it on cars.com or craigslist, but the truth of the matter is you can be stuck with your old car forever and all you wanted to do is get rid of it and on with the old one. For some people thats worth the moneyit will cost them by trading it in.

I had an experience with a honda civic. Lady said she loved the car. I was asking the lowest bluebook minus 500. It was in better condition than that, but we both found it fair. When she came to pick the car up, she saw I had dogs and panicked about her allergies and this and that. I reassured her I had the car detailed and the dog hadn't been near the car since. No deal. I was fed up and traded it in. Lost 1500, but I would have happily paid that to not deal with the lady.
Maybe it follows closely because people check their values on KBB and use KBB values to list?
> is it still worth it to save an extra 1-2k?

You're not only saving an extra couple of grand, you're also avoiding settling for whatever the dealer has in his lot.
Same here, the syntax highlighting rocks (I couldn't go back now), and I do like the shared history.

For simple non-interactive scripts I still use bash because of its ubiquity, python for complex needs.
It really reminds me of the facebook re-design uproars. UI evolution has such a dramatic affect on it's user base.
Asking for something like 30% up front is a very good way to filter out problematic clients. I regularly don't even bother to collect the up front payment once they've accepted it, but if the client refuses then it's a red flag.

Often it's the client himself who chases me up to make the payment. That's a very good sign.