skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That makes sense... with sufficient margins, it could definitely be done. I'd love to see a follow-up when you get a chance!
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I'm not sure if we should apply. We already did three times and were rejected. It kind of put us off psychologically, because we really felt we matched what YCombinator says they look for. This is from last year:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2426118

Since then, we have raised a little over $100k in our first round, increased our team, and got 20,000 people using us daily out of 200k (lifetime) installs. We applied and explained everything -- but again just got a form letter a couple months later.

So now we are up to 40k daily users, and out of 600k installs, about 200k people keep our apps and use them (just not daily). We are about to generate profit. We are talking to investors about a 5mil pre money valuation. I am wondering what is the point of applying to YC again ... can anyone who has been in a similar situation tell me what your experience was?
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Handy way to make some padding:

function pad(n, c) { return Array(n+1).join(c); }

// pad(6, "-") === "------"
Why is lightrail better than bus(-only) express lanes?
A badly designed interface will still be hiding desirable features behind an impenetrable "menu" option, only now you have to use the capacitive touch screen in order to reach it. The physical button was at least consistent and easier to press (or at least, on my device).

If the menu button is unintuitive, that might be indicative that a redesign has to take place, rather than that the menu button concept is broken. I don't see what advantage this change has?
Politicians aim some pointed privacy questions at Google
I didn't laugh until the end. Partially, I'm sure, because I didn't want to lie to myself by intentionally laughing just to feel like a hacker. But when I saw NaNNaNNaNNaN...(etc) coming, I couldn't help it.
Normal people use what they know how to use. They don't know there's better stuff. Even if they did, you'd have a hard time explaining to them why they should change.
New Google Earth Release Eliminates 'Patchwork Quilt' Effects
doesn't give a shit, yall are greek life fags
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Hi guys.
You can use the Flippa search tools quickly drill into different website facets (site age, traffic or revenue). Otherwise check out the advanced search options at https://flippa.com/search

We also allow tags which can help you find more application-oriented websites for sale. A few examples include https://flippa.com/buy/sitetype/application (where sellers have tagged the website as an application) or https://flippa.com/buy/implementation/ruby (where the sellers have tagged the implementation of the site as ruby).

If none of the open listings are what you are interested in, you can hit the Watch this Tag or Save this Search link and we'll let you know if any new sites that meet this criteria are put up for sale.

Hope that helps.
With automation it could be much better, with a lot of machine learning: trusting users with whom you have already made good deals, the cities/neighborhoods most trustworthy, the articles more profitable, etc.
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I've done the math when I considered switching to zipcar and even here you barely break even. I spend just over $200 a month on my car (amortized maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc.) before gas, which is pretty much the same number as here. With costs the same, I just go with the option where my car is always outside. `
Fun with maths: (1/99)^2
Hi Bryanh.
Interesting site. Drop a line to our support team if you do decide to sell on Flippa as we'd be happy to come to the party and cover your listing fee in this instance.
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Thats my point... you have a special brand of "free speech". That has caveats on the free part.

If you don't like the bradley manning example, then just move further up the chain to Wikileaks. The point is still valid.
It isn't Free Speech, is just 'mostly' free unless you impinge on a more powerful interest... oh wait, that isn't free.
What? This is pretty much what every single retail store does.
It's not just that it's easier to grade, closed book exams actually have a useful purpose IMO. In some classes there are a core set of ideas that are extremely important to understand and a much larger set of application concepts. Because tests require memorization it is much easier to focus only on the core ideas whereas homework or projects that did this would be frowned upon for being "too easy."

I've had this especially happen with finals, like my Differential Equations final where I managed to get all the concepts of the entire semester onto a single page when studying. I had a lightbulb moment where I realized the important parts of the class were really simple, it's just all the twists and challenges about application made it seem more complicated.

Similarly I got mad at a grad teacher recently when he would not make our last lecture a review because according to him we shouldn't need "hand-holding." It ticked me off because a day to summarize what we've learned over several months seems like a smart idea to me. I guess I feel like tests can be similar, a way to filter out things that are taught that are good to learn, but not as important as other things. Kind of like when a teacher says, "If you leave this class and only remember a single thing I want it to be this."

On the other hand I see tests not working for some people. I have a close friend who has memory problems. She is so frustrated by college because due to her memory her application of the classes is completely different to how she is tested.
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1. Steve Jobs did say (according to the biography) that he cracked television. This could include making it work not just on the technology side.

2. Apple isn't really the type of company that wants to own content i.e. the books, the music, etc... They don't need to and I can't see them wanting to, even with TV/Movies. They would rather license.

3. I wouldn't call TV a failure yet. They obviously haven't thrown their hobby into the forget pile just yet.
1. Keep accumulating a boat load of cash

2. Acquire a web company (like Facebook) with that massive war chest. Zuck may not be willing to sell now but once FB goes public, may be a different story (not sure).

Apple doesn't have much of any web services/presence unless you count iCloud which really isn't the same thing as FB, Google, or Amazon.

The fact that they don't really compete aside from content delivery now I guess, makes anti-trust less of an issue. The resources and things Apple could do with social baked in and expand would be amazing. It certainly would help them expand into other territories in the future.
Twitter will start censoring tweets in certain countries
It does indeed. I have a love/hate relationship with math. Love because it's fascinating and intergal to an understanding of our universe, hate because I had some horrible math teachers over the years...plus I do admit to being slightly lazy.
Firefox has been shipping Proxy since Firefox 4 and uses it a great deal internally.

Proxies are an awesome feature!
Hey YCombers.. regarding RFS #9 it explicitly mentions SOPA and related topics but only in the context of Hollywood and not music. Do you think a music play that that addresses copyright issues would be of any interest?

We're applying anyway so it doesn't matter, I'm just wondering if we can say we are responding to RFS #9 :)
previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277027

not sure how much has changed since then.
Yes, but that's how cars are driven. Bikes are obviously at capacity (since it's 1). Buses are arguable, but the point of a bus is that you get it to capacity, which is not how cars are driven.

If you're really bored sometime sit beside a busy road and count the number of cars that have more than one person in them, it's a surprisingly low number.
I'd say that a netbook with 3g internet would be a worthwhile investment, so you could check for new deals even while your out on the job. Then you'd always have your next destination, you could plan routes efficiently, etc.
Another option is source mapping, allowing the browser's tools to map from the JavaScript that is running over to the original source files (with line and column mapping). Some support for that has landed in WebKit, and we have patches for some integration in Firefox (remarkably enough with the same file format!)
The End of the Diploma As We Know It
For anyone who reads ideasonideas, this blog might prove interesting. It's still rather ugly (visually), but I'm quite happy with where the subject matter is going.
The one explicit context to this whole thread is this:

>... one of the directors of the program, Dale Dougherty, was quick to point out that the students will not be building weapons for the military.

The only place I can see actual weapon-engineer context is in rdouble's example - elsewhere there's been plenty of room for non-weapon interpretation. "Military plane" came out of nowhere, except that Boeing makes them, as well as many other non-military planes. It even seems reasonable to me to think that Boeing makes more commercial products (and employs more making them), so an average Boeing engineer may simply never touch or create tech for the military. I have no numbers to that effect though, so I could be off. But why would there be 'not much question' that a 7X7-line engineer would have worked on a military plane?
Pretty neat. Is this rating based purely on the game's principles, or does the AI algorithms use--for controlling the Ghosts, or creating the stages--have a bearing on the Game's hardness/completeness?
Avaaz: 500,000 signatures needed to stop ACTA
I think you're being a bit harsh and missing something here. Creating a wonderful vacation and memories for your family is priceless. And as seems to be the case, he is paying off his debt on a schedule and is not over his head. I'm pretty happy for him.
But the value of YourCompany today is (for any 'big idea') something like P(small)*Size(idea).

The trick of accepting the dilution of YC is to make estimates of whether the idea could 7% become larger/better. Or (more easy to understand) whether the effect of YC on all the components of P(small) could accumulate to more than 7% of P(small).

If your probability of success increases as a function of your investors, for instance, YC easily earns its 7% just due to pure signalling effect. If you're looking to get better hires, then the YC seal-of-approval could easily elevate you into the 'A-Class' of hires that everyone insists makes the difference. Of course, there are a lot of other factors : but scoring a total of +7% on them overall is all that should determine whether to choose a place with YC (supposing that you've been accepted).

Just my 2c.
Laws vary, but you can only flip a few cars a year, like a dozen or so, before you're required to get a dealer license. These generally cost thousands of dollars a year and come with a lot of paperwork overhead.
Not even close to as sad as the fact that two most upvoted comments and their children (pun intended) are just a bunch of pompous whining.
that weird behavior of javascript can actually be used for xss attacks, by being able to assemble strings. for example:

(![]+[])[+!+[]]

produces an "a".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1153383
Maybe there were some strings attached to $300m investment by Saudis
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> the freedom to go where I want to, when I want to, without being dependent on the competency of others to get me there is a huge feeling of freedom.

I get the same feeling of freedom from walking, except I'm not really dependent on the presence of roads.
I first saw that error in a pre-Google world. It took a few days for me to figure out what it meant.
My (non programmer) wife found this hysterical. It reinforced her belief that programming is stupid. :)
Great points, especially about the busses.

I wonder if you could build a network that optimized for both bicycles and small motorized vehicles (ranging from segways and mopeds to enclosed three wheelers like the auto moto or carver one). Allowing and optimizing for enclosed three wheelers gives options for the elderly or commuting in bad weather. Full size automobiles would be relegated to major thoroughfares and highways.
What subjects in academia does this truly not apply to? If you can use a book to get the answers on the test, you can use a book to get the answers when you need them "in real life." The only exceptions I can think of are obvious trades like police or doctors.

You gave history as an example. I must ask then: what is the point of a history education? If you just like history and want to learn more about it, you'll try to learn the "real" stuff (beyond memorization) on your own. If you want to be a history teacher (especially for grade school), sure, you can probably consider the dumb memorization useful. If you actually want to work in the field (i.e. do research), the memorization won't be useful.
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Auto-enthusiasts should be all for alternative transportation. It gets jerks like me, who don't like to drive, off the road and out of the way.
I find it interesting that you start off the article with a sob story about having no money and end with a vacation to Hawaii a year later. Shouldn't you be saving some of this and investing rather than spewing what would assumably be quite a bit on vaca? I am definitely not stingy and blow my money as I please, by my debts are dropping, investments growing, and I haven't(by choice) brought any hellions into this world to support that will need college tuition soon.

Sorry to be a Debbie downer, but it irks ne to see people who have their long term priorities all out of whack(and they usually have way more kids than they can support)
Nicely done dude. Happy for you.
Go Portlander!
It seems to me that these discussions produce far more heat than light. If one needs to build an application, what is the benefit to sweating these details to such an extent? I don't mean to denigrate any of the fine work that's gone to figuring out these standards. But if the application and/or API works well, what difference does it make whether it uses post or put? I honestly would like to be enlightened. Is the motivation to make it so that people will know how api's work without reading about them, because they conform to a clear standard that everyone understands? If so, that hardly seems achievable. So I've honestly been long perplexed why people sweat this type of thing so hard.
If you've ever gone through a phase (or a graduate degree!) of thinking deeply about programming language design, you might, as I do, find Javascript's expression evaluation behavior to be just about the funniest thing around.
this was a christmas project of mine that i went a little overboard on .... and it has turned into a rudimentary location based app.

i would love people to test it out and give feedback.

it uses jquery mobile and shows how far this project has come...

thanks for taking a look.
Then why use it in your rejoinder?
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Let me put a personal spin on this to explain it better.

3 years ago I was broke and bought stuff on craig's list, (specifically camera equipment) and sold it on eBay and held some and sold it on craig's list later. I negotiated hard on the phone and only bought stuff far below market value.

I only sold stuff for far above market value and I ended up with an extra $300 a month or so which was a huge difference in my lifestyle.

I noticed something with the sellers I dealt with. Most were wealthy, or made very good incomes and just wanted to get rid of the item. They didn't want to deal with a bunch of buyers, they wanted someone who would give them cash fast in a straight forward transaction. That is the "service" I did for them.

Buyers wanted the item, but wanted someone who would tell them it worked, and back it up, provide good photos and description etc.

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Fast forward 3 years and I make enough money that when I buy and sell stuff on craig's list I am primarily interested in a fast, easy transaction where I'm saving money over the new price, but not concerned about getting an extra $20 out of it.

I basically changed places and I am happy that middlemen are able to provide me with fast, easy transactions.

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One tip too. To get the absolute best deals put up WANTED ads on specific items. I bought stuff for ridiculously low prices that way. 60% off the mean. And you don't have to be the first to respond to the ad. A lot of people search for the item they are about to sell before they post it and when they see your WANTED ad, you provide the service they want and they are happy to get less than the item is worth.
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Old age is a funny thing. A lot of people seem to think that the incredible loss of strength and stamina they experience is totally inevitable and just shrug and think "well at least I have my car to get around".

That car is a big part of WHY you feel so lethargic and dread walking further than between the car and the edge of a parking lot.

Contrast with the most pedestrian friendly area I've ever seen: central Tokyo, with density so high that within a short walk of most homes there are all the services you need. I routinely see bent over grandmas that in the US would be considered incapable of traveling outside the home, calmly and slowly walking with a grocery / walker contraption holding some groceries.
For an advanced history class, where students are expected to be able to make informed opinions about complex issues, this will work (and I suspect most advanced history classes don't focus much on memorization, or even tests for that matter).

But for general education history courses, the notion of "why" is just as much memorization as a list of dates. What if you disagree about the "why" that the teacher/textbook claimed? You'll lose points.

Besides, for all the history courses I've taken (just gen ed ones), tests weren't a big part. There were usually short quizzes on sections of the text book, which were testing for reading comprehension more than memorization. Essays and research papers were most of the grade.
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Looks very nice indeed. I'm a big fan of early testing on wireframes rather anything higher fidelity.

I hope you include an android tablet version rather than just ipad!
What that "primer" doesn't mention is the vague wording of the antitrust statutes, consequent extensive, confusing, and outright contradictory case law surrounding antitrust, the added complexities when it's mixed with employment law, the difference between the actions of a monopoly and the actions of one or more companies in a highly competitive market, the differences between criminal and civil litigation (such as burden of proof and discovery rules), and the fact that criminal prosecutions for antitrust are quite rare.

Also left unexplored are the questions raised by imprisoning individuals for engaging in what would, in the truly free market many Americans claim to want, be perfectly legal conduct.

Finally, you still haven't identified what acts you feel are crimes, nor any particular criminal law those acts violate. This is a necessary precondition for criminal prosecution. Prosecuting someone without being able to tell them exactly what crime they're being charged with is not how we do things in a free society.
I in no way thought Dr Chrono could respond to the RFP - that wasn't why I sent it to them - and I was very clear about why I was sending it to them and told them so. I said that I wanted to give them the RFP to see what they COULD cover within the requirements, that I was interested in seeing where they were in their capability and what market they were going with. I spoke to them on the phone as well and explained this.

I was sharing the RFP with them so they could see what an organization of that size specifically needed.

After this - they just took a few weeks and said "Nope we cant do that" but offered no analysis of their capabilities, which is fine. However it showed me that they were young and immature as a company when I then received several calls from their sales team trying to get me to sign up for the service as a physician.

I DO believe in their product, however in each of my exposures to them I see them faltering and operating a little blindly.

I want them to succeed - but it is plain foolish to say that getting a 1 - 10 physician private practice is the gateway to knocking on the door of a large hospital.

Those are totally different markets.

I followed up and said that they should seek out offering a tool to hospital physicians not under the premise of being an EMR - get the tool into the facility and let the physicians champion your product that way.

Epic, Cerner and Eclypsis are very very territorial and are not very open to working with scrappy startups like DrChrono... so they need to take a strategic approach.

Further, hospitals spend million upon millions on these systems. Saying that a free app with 44K in meaningful use funds support is going to really compete on the same level is just false.

I would do anything I can to help further their efforts - but lets deal with reality as well.
But everything else isn't equal - the reason why 'their' governments can and 'our' governments can't is because it is so much worse there. It's silly saying that 'at least the chinese gov't is honest' because for a start it's not, and secondly because they already have the strongarm power to halt dissenting opinions. First-world countries generally have a ton of avenues to make your voice heard with some degree of fairness. Lauding China because the government already has such iron-fisted control that it can be more straightforward is just stupid.
Thanks for that. I was curious the reason, it seems obvious though after an explanation.
That is why he is able to make more on appliances which can really only be bought and sold on craig's list.
asana is pretty darn awesome. I use it for everything.
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If there were jokes formed around the nonsensical behavior of these languages, then it might be funny. But I don't find it very entertaining to just point them out.
It's impossible to scroll on the linked page using the Kindle Fire browser, a disappointing discovery given that it uses Android.
Surviving several thousand pageviews compressed into a few hours is really not a feat. Not surviving them is also not newsworthy. Getting on the front page of HN, or before that Reddit, Digg, Slashdot etc, is awesome but in almost no cases does it warrant a "how I did it or how I survived it" post unless there's actually something remarkable about your setup or whatever trick you did to get there.
Disagree on Scratch or Alice being necessarily better. At 11, he can certainly jump into languages like PHP or Python perfectly fine. Many programmers (including many here) started a much younger age than 11 and at a time when Scratch or Alice may not have been available. There's nothing wrong with going straight to those.
You could use Parse.com.
That logo is worth about as much as was paid for it. This is the sort of instant logo you get from most sign printing companies anyway.
Went to check it out. Pretty. I didn't see anything but yet another "create a login" screen, no sample of what the email looks like. Closed tab.
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