skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One of the things that might happen is that you get out of the car in the city, and the car drives itself to a parking space a few kilometers away. This will make all those inner urban parking spaces available for better use again.
Thanks Will; I missed all that for some reason. Appreciate you sharing your actual threshold numbers (would have been my second question).
Heart attacks deaths halved in the last decade in England
What’s Pinterest and How to Use It for Marketing Your Brand?
At Apple's Chinese factories, long hours, injuries and death
$250 million for a long term hardware partner is not much compared with the $12.5 billion Google is spending to acquire Motorola Mobiity in order to have one...and Google doesn't even get royalties back to cover part of the costs.

Indeed, considering the very real possibility of patent licensing fees, Microsoft may even get a slice of every hand set Google sells.

On the other hand, considering that Nokia is and will continue to feature Windows Phone in their advertising, Microsoft is likely to further benefit from the expenditure.
> What I don't like about RPM / DEB repositories is that dealing with new versions is hell-like.

This isn't 2002. Give me an example that was "hell-like", and I'll show you misusing your package manager, or misunderstanding what the purpose of a package is.

> And you also need packages installed only for the current user, if only because devs constantly experiment with beta-quality libraries and major versions have a habit of breaking backwards compatibility. How are you going to solve that with DEBs or RPMs?

The whole point of updates within an operating system release is stability. You develop for a specific version of the distro release. Then a new distro release comes out and you switch to that. You can even upgrade between distro releases.

So your development model doesn't fit the platform you are using (or you need to make your own rpms).

Still, take a look at Relocate in rpm, or Overlay in Gentoo.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Bumblebee priced at $2.05 million - rpmGo.com
If you think something is missing feel free to add it =)

And regarding the speed, well I got a server under Archlinux et another one under Debian, they have the same age (around 1 year ago, when squeeze come out) and pacman is more more quicker!
Are you implying that thieves should not go to jail?
Apple's Secret Recipe for Success: Tech Giant Is Like the CIA
If Microsoft pays Nokia a fixed amount for using the OS on a certain number of models while Nokia pays Microsoft a variable amount proportional to phones sold, it's very easy to see Nokia's best possible scenario is to sell just enough phones to cover the production costs while keeping as much of Microsoft's money as possible. RIght now, the odds of outselling Android and iPhones are very slim.

Considering sales volume, I'd say Nokia is right on target. Elop may prove himself a genius, after all.
Why do you anticipate progress with flash storage but not with optical storage?

Because optical storage as a technology (R&D) has died, with optical drives starting to be removed from laptops and soon-ish desktop PCs in favor of flash, and mainly internet downloads/uploads. Bluerays are a dead end -- movie distribution will be (is) on the cloud. Ditto for music. Ditto for data.

Even HDs are on the way out, to be replaced by SSDs in the coming 5-7 years.
It was my understanding that the Motorola purchase was solely about acquiring patents, and did NOT include the hardware side of the business at all.
It's a great idea except: You're now eventually consistent. You've reimplemented a ton of database logic in his application. The database already reorders inserts and checks for conflicts. The database is also already doing its best to be durable (write-ahead logs for example).
You can't run more than one server due to the custom batching and reordering logic and in memory caching and a hardware failure will result in loss of data.

You've put all your data in one basket. Anything happening to the application server results in data loss. Of course hardware failures happen and all the batching behavior here seems like it exacerbates the problem. A single server handling all writes and reads also makes it particularly difficult to update that server at any point in time. When is it safe to restart this server to apply an update or fix a bug?

Basically the author has avoided using a NoSQL database by reinvented a bunch of things to provide all of the downsides of a NoSQL database (eventual consistency, no ACID semantics) without any of the upsides (high availability, replication).

Alternative solutions to the "handle many requests" on top of a SQL server problem?

Have more application servers. You don't need to service all user requests from a single machine. You don't need to have user 10 wait on user 1s database write if they're independent. Multiple servers have other benefits like rolling updates...

Use memcache.

Use a (durable) message queue to offload work from a the web servers and do non-essential updates/inserts offline.

And of course: Just use a NoSQL database and design your application appropriately.
Taxis are rather expensive compared to Nyc . Trains are cheap tho
Never tried it but a lot of friends like it: fastmail =)
Keep in mind that Nokia's advertising is featuring WP7, and Microsoft is benefiting from that.
Fair enough, they may have come along way.

I worked on that project with a chap who happend to also be a cassandra contributor, but we still didn't dare go with cassandra back then.

And mongodb feels more squid than varnish; its just an uneasy feeling I get when I follow their crazy technical journeys ;)
Are you suggesting moving that down the ladder and not having that data everywhere? I.e. if someone want to see an old post, there would be one extra step required to load the data (so cdn, cassandra, now subset of postgres with not so old data, "full" postgres). I think facebook does something similar, but they really have to, considering their size.
Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes
This looks like great news. Hirokitakeuchi could you describe what the payment flow would be like for me as a merchant if my customer has never encountered GoCardless before?
Until you gain some traction I'm wondering where perceptions of trust on the part of my customer might be affected by their interactions with GoCardless during a payment.

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A lot of virus protection software seems like the electronic equivalent of [protection racket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket).

They throw up these scary pop-ups that basically say "this is a nice computer you have isn't it? It would be... terrible if something were to happen to it, wouldn't it?"

Interestingly, the best AV I've found seems to be the one from microsoft.
The different between a movement against the Foxconn conditions and a hetz is how everyone keeps singling out Apple.

Do they want Apple to change the conditions, or do they want everyone to do it? Is it a relevant story to them because of the working conditions or because of Apple's involvement?

I imagine what revealing and and informative articles someone like Pro Publica might be able to do, because they don't have these weird proclivities and know that in order to change a problem, you have to cover it in nuance, detail and, keep running with it, until it picks up and inspires people to effect change.

This by comparison reads like a bland piece with some choice quotes peppered around it. If they had made the article with Apple as an example or example case, then it would be more interesting; the NYT are, after all, the best people in the world at making infographics, in my opinion.

I can't help get the impression that the NYT are ruining what could be a great debate and movement by this silly focus on Apple's part in something that is so much larger than them.
Burlington (Vermont) Ruby Conference
> I used Ubuntu 10.04 (the last LTS release) until this Sunday when I upgraded. And I wanted Mono, but Ubuntu Lucid (a less than 2 years old version) comes with Mono 2.4. And seriously, tons of improvements have been made between 2.4 and 2.10. For OS X you just go to mono-project.org and download / install the latest package. That's it. No distribution upgrade necessary.

Mono is a special case, because quite a lot of apps which Ubuntu requires to work depend on it. If you swap out the system Mono, many bets are off. However, the usual way to handle this situation is a project-specific repository. If the upstream supplies an apt repository, or pushes to a backports repo like badgerports, then you can install just the version you want without upgrading the rest of the system.

> For Ruby the development in Ruby-land is so fast that trying to bundle the latest JRuby or Rubinius would be a losing battle. And you also need packages installed only for the current user, if only because devs constantly experiment with beta-quality libraries and major versions have a habit of breaking backwards compatibility.

That's precisely what RVM is for.

> How are you going to solve that with DEBs or RPMs?

You're not, and shouldn't try.

> And you could say that Linux distributions shouldn't have versions and just upgrade stuff as soon as they are available. Well, as someone who lived for several months with Debian Sid, I can tell you that's not such a good idea.

Looking in from the outside, it seems to work for Arch.
God, I love driving. If I'm trying to think through a hard problem, I hop on the freeway and let my unconscious mind work through it while my conscious mind is focused on driving. It's as good for problem solving as sleeping is.

Biking, while healthy, is much more stressful for me. There's too much to watch for, too much that can go wrong too quickly, and no safety net if it does. I can't stop my mind of thinking what would happen if the rim collapsed right now, or if a squirrel ran out in front of me, or if the seat or handlebars broke... any system fails in a car you're still pretty well protected. On a bike, you're screwed. Doesn't stop me from commuting by bike, though.
Although I like the idea aslong as banks charge anything up to £40.00 for a failed direct debit I can't see it catching on. If there's not enough funds in Paypal it will just bounce the payment with no charge (providing you aren't funding your account with your bank account).
Legends may sleep, but they never die.
I vastly prefer a longer ride in which I have my hands free and can do a little work or read a book, versus being chained to the steering wheel in a car. To each his own, of course.
> I've never jumped to a whiteboard.

I've also never had to reverse a BST in place outside of an interview setting.

I personally like technical questions in interviews. I've had some good experiences with them, but that may be because I have always been a good "test-taker". I feel like I understand what tests (and interviewers) are looking for and can tailor my response accordingly.

For an interview, I've learned that the question isn't "come up with the best solution". The question is really "demonstrate how you approach this problem". I've learned to vocally explain that I'm starting with a naive approach. Then I explain how I'm considering the constraints for optimization. I state out loud any patterns or similarities between the optimizations I am trying to make and ones I've made in the past. (ie, "To make this O(logn), we need to find ways to eliminate half the data set each iteration. Is this similar to a BST at all?"). I pursue paths I know might not be correct, and backtrack when I see the fault in the idea. The key is to narrate for the interviewer.

Maybe I've had good interviewers, but 7 of the last 8 interviews I've had resulted in job or internship offers and I felt the interviewer was able to get an accurate picture of my abilities.
Ask HN: Where to buy + (actually) download TV shows?
I find this situation to be interesting enough to post the question about...

For the first time in a while, I actually want to buy a full season of a TV show that I like. Normally, I'd find some other means of getting it that didn't involve money..

The problem is, and I may be blind, but I can't find a single place to purchase and download TV shows. And by download, I mean actually downloading AVI (or some other friendly format) files, for me to do what I want with.

I can't use Amazon because they only support Windows. I can't use iTunes because I use Linux and despise most Apple products. I don't want DVDs because they're pointless, and I want files for the obvious benefits of them (no -- I have no intention on "sharing" them). I can't use an online streaming service because I intend to watch this season on a long flight I'll be taking in a few days.

Am I forced to obtain this season in an unlawful manner, or is there something out there that fits my (basic) needs?
I've been contemplating a tool like this for a while... but the issues are that not many people understand fallacies even after reading a definition, nor are those new to them readily willing to sift through a dictionary of them.

I hope this evolves into something bigger than a forum post, because our present method of written communication lacks our ability to do things like this without losing track of the argument.
I disagree; I've played both and they share many of the same game mechanics.
We should also count the subsidies that the government forces businesses to pay to car drivers, through mandatory minimum parking.
> One of the greatest insights I've taken out of the last few years is to discard this idea of sacrificing today for tomorrow

Exactly. Interestingly, this is completely in contrast to common wisdom, where people are encouraged to university so they can get a PhD so they can then get a "good job". After which you work your way up the corporate ladder over the next couple of decades. And then when you're 55 you're totally going to sail the world and do all the cool things you never got around to doing.
so just to confirm this service will only be for Europe to start? Any plans of doing this in the US? Or are there any US companies doing something similar?
I thought Cashback was disappointing. But the same premise is explored in the book The Fermata by Nicholson Baker and his writing is delightful.
password is the weakest form of authentication on open systems i.e. ones which you have to hand over to monkey grade users.

If you have a reasonable password policy yourself, I very much doubt it will cause you any problems.

I've been attacked by these for 10 years, probably totalling millions of attempts and I have a user name in their databases but due to a sensible password, nothing has got in.

I tend to use PKI and keyboard interactive logins though.
There's always an excuse when a govt kills millions.

> Historically, every time the governments have gone to war has been to make some rich people richer.

Not even close to true.

>> And no, it isn't "rich or govt". For all your bleating, Larry Page, Larry Ellison, and Bill Gates don't give a damn about me

> Exactly. But that's not in your favor.

Actually, it is. They don't bother because it doesn't "serve their interests". Govts do.

> From Bill Gates illegally bribing and extorting PC makers

to make more money and sell windows pcs for less than market rate. Wow, I was hurt.

The problem with the "buy a market" strategy is that you never actually finish. As soon as you stop buying and start trying to make "extra profit", competitors appear and undercut you.

You do know that breaking up standard oil INCREASED prices to consumers. It was basically a move by railroads to raise their rates.

> to Larry Page using his search monopoly to pollute the results and crash the competition.

You're seriously claiming that Google gets users by giving them worse search results?
I'd have to admit that I've kind of felt the same way as Ted. Perhaps I'm getting "old", I'll be 30 in 5 months ;) I'm sure the pace of things will pick back up, I just hope it is sooner rather than later.
Ask HN: Startup income/expenses software?
I'm forming an LLC for my business and I need simple software to keep track of income and expenses. Do you guys have any recommendations?
I used KDE4 when it first came out, but was swayed to use Mint by a co-worker. I haven't been back since.

But this is what I love about Linux distro's. You don't have to wait years for the newer versions to come out with the fixes you need. The next release might be right around the corner.

I've made a note to check it out this weekend.
Silicon Valley's Average Tech Salary Surpasses $100,000
This idea has been kicking around since the late 90's. The difference is that production costs have (in theory) gone way down since then. The flip side of that is everyone with a Mac and a Canon 5D thinks he's Stanley Kubrick, so it's harder to spot real talent. Either way, it's an inevitability that the market for financing feature films and "television" series will spread horizontally as the costs keep coming down.

I wonder how many people realize that Hollywood Studios are basically financed by major banks. It's the talent pooling and fairly consistent ROI that keeps the lenders coming back.
I agree, and the annoyance of split recommendations between my wife and I made me think that it was worth having two separate accounts. Compared to the horrible deal that is satellite TV, paying for two Netflix streaming accounts seems like a good deal, and I have been paying double for about 6 months.

BTW, I have had no luck in talking my wife into dropping Directv, even with Netflix, Hulu+, and a good 7 screen movie theater near our house. Wish me luck :-)
crack open a book randomly. No trace.

God says...
C:\LoseThos\www.losethos.com\text\WEALTH.TXT

eing the instrument of commerce, when we have money we can more
readily obtain whatever else we have occasion for, than by means of any
other commodity. The great affair, we always find, is to get money.
When that is obtained, there is no difficulty in making any subsequent
purchase. In consequence of its being the measure of value, we estimate
that of all other commodities by the quantity of money which they will
exchange for. We say of a rich man, that he is worth a great deal, and
of a poor man,
Modularity And Security In Composite JavaScript Apps
> Maybe it's time for distributions to slim down considerably to the point where they really only contain everything that's needed for the system to run on its own.

This is why I love Arch Linux. The core installation is super slim, it's just the console, a few utilities, the package manager and you. From there, you can choose exactly which software you want and always get the absolute latest stable version.

Arch doesn't have the concept of OS versions and upgrades - packages are updated all the time and you can choose exactly how often you update as well as whether you want to update just a few packages or all of them.

It might not be a great choice where rock-solid stability and thoroughly tested software is required - this is where distros like Debian shine. For everything else, Arch serves perfectly.
>low self-esteem

Somebody tell Kim Schmitz...
Given that DD is a very well established service with high takeup, there is evidence that the UK population is happy to use it. However, there may be an issue with the public not trusting unknown companies to take payment this way.
New Zealand has a history of standing up to the US, especially its military. See the fallout from declaring NZ a nuclear free zone which forced the dissolution of the ANZUS military treaty between the US and NZ.
What Would You Ask Jimmy Wales About SOPA?
Two questions:

1. How quickly is the money in the merchant account after the payment is authorised by the consumer?

2. Is the Faster Payments system now the new standard? If so, what is the difference between this and electronic Direct Debit and will you be porting onto Faster Payments?

3. What is next for GoCardless, apart from user (business) acquisition?
It would be nice if the inspired by line actually linked to the essay.
5 Essential YouTube Channels for Gamers
Sounds feasable. It's not like they're not selling any Series 40 phones [1] ....

[1] http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/25/nokia-s40-sales-reach-1-5...
Shit Entrepreneurs Say
How the Success of Light Beer Will Change Other Iconic Brands
There have been many people in the US that have gone to prison for insider trading. Martha Stewart is probably the most famous.
Intro to statistical computing
I had a friend come to visit a few months ago. He came over from Finland (Helsinki) with his fiancee to my mid-size Midwestern city. He says he had explained it to her previously but I guess she didn't understand that there is really no public transport here. She doesn't have a drivers license because she's never needed one.

While my friend and I were out and about, he got a call from her asking where the train station was. The only train here is Amtrak...
I wonder if it is possible for anyone to make a fast profit once they cross to the other side of the legal/illegal line, or if one has to be just as skilful as a successful legitimate businessperson to do it...
No I believe the hardware side of the mobile division is included. But that was just a bonus (or a curse?) for Google who, as you said, just really wanted the patent.
Fair enough viewpoint. I think its more nuanced than that.

The DB queue may be a buffer but the callbacks are not triggered until success/failure (and when caching like I did for the SELECTs that doesn't happen until then too). This is just the same as the twisted/tornado db connection pool approach to getting the DB access async, but is getting much better performance out of it by the merging client-side logic; its still the same schematics and there's no risk of a request succeeding but the DB not.
It's worth noting that many "NoSQL" databases provide ACID semantics along with high availability and replication. (Example: BerkeleyDB)
I've been using http://www.gnucash.org/
AngelList's peg / competitive advantage is Venture Hacks / Nivi and Naval. It sounds like this guy is a technology insider (investing in SecondMarket) not a Hollywood insider. That makes me think it's going to be more difficult for the winner investors to get on-board... and I don't know about you, but if AngelList just had random investors from podunk nowhere, it'd definitely not have the cred it has.

Do people producing movies care about who their investors are? Do film investors have the same relationship with their producers as startup founders do with their investors?

(Aside about AngelList: Some people I've talked to still feel like asking money on an open platform such as AngelList is something you do if you're not going to have a brand name investor. That means it's a backup or round-filler strategy for the hottest startups, which lessens its utility compared to traditional strategies of generating dealflow.)
Yeah, but how the hell do you switch accounts on devices? Both Android and Roku require me to go through the insane process of typing my login and password in.

I'd pay for double accounts, but Netflix apparently won't take my money.
This is arguably an application of so-called "Dark Patterns"; the black hat of UX design. The red colour, the suggestive copy are all chosen to invoke a sense of urgency. A List Apart has a good article on the subject: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dark-patterns-deception-v...
How Landfills Can Provide Electricity
Landfills can be used to provide electricity or heat, which will prevent 60 to 90 percent of the methane released by waste from entering the atmosphere.
FBI plans social network map alert mash-up application
Or do none of those things and 100% of the above problems are still solved anyways.