skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One anecdote was related on Econ Talk, Russ Roberts and Arnold Kling: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/11/arnold_kling_on.htm... - from the summary, you can listen to the podcast for more:

"Bayes Theorem, 40 year old man with microscopic blood in urine, incidence of serious illness for that symptom at that age in a non-smoker is low, so more sensible to not have the extra test. Doctor didn't understand Bayes Theorem, was deeply offended and yelled at Arnold's wife"

I chose my example to explain Bayes and the base rate fallacy nice and clearly. An example chosen on didactic grounds is easy to attack on realism grounds. But it really does happen. Honest!

My point is, if you're not accounting for bias - an easy mistake to make - you are not doing science. And thus, a doctor's diagnosis is frequently not like science, because it doesn't have good quality objective procedures to exclude it.
1) You can click edit and Move messages to your Junk folder. It doesn't remove them permanently – sorry. Your best bet is to Unsubscribe if they are commercial emails.

2) This is a general rule I use. It may help if you are bothered by commercial email and are looking to filter your inbox.

Log into Gmail. Filter messages that have "Unsubscribe" in the body, and label them as Junk. Also, go to the Inbox settings in Gmail and turn on Override Filters for important messages.
rsync-ish: https://github.com/apenwarr/bup
The Droid brand is owned by Verizon. It would seem very unlikely for anything to come out under that brand that wasn't loaded up with the cruft that Verizon dictates.
My prediction is that exactly this will happen. Of course TVs will get apps, etc that come with iOS territory. The real game changer will be the remote. No TV manufacturer really cares about the remote. They have been following the same formula for as long as remotes have existed. If my guess is correct about Apple, a year from now TVs will be judged by their remote "experience" and not their picture quality. It will be an amazing shift to watch.
Using snow on a closed bridge to protest against ACTA
It's been snowing like hell for about a week in Romania and some anti-ACTA protesters decided to take advantage of that. The result can be seen on the webcam: http://www.jurnalul.ro/webcam/pipera-barbu-v-c-rescu-174.html (the text reads "F* ACTA" in Romanian). The webcam is part of a country-wide network: http://www.jurnalul.ro/webcam/arhiva.html
Yes, it did, except for the last one, which just happens to be crucial, since I live in Chile. Did you honestly think I did no research whatsoever? I understand when people want to discuss someone's arguments, but in order to miss checking out Amazon, I would have to be either a liar or a fool. Neither of those is an assumption on which you can base a discussion.
Thanks -- let me know if you have any qs and would love your feedback: elizabeth [at] launchbit. Re: #1 and #2, what we have right now is just the beginning. We certainly have a lot more work to do re: these two pts. #3: you can add tracking urls. Is there something that you see is a blocking pt from using a tracking url? we also automatically add GA tags if you use Google Analytics. #4: the newsletter directory that we're rolling out over the next few days is part of the answer to this. a # of people have asked for this -- stay tuned.
Zen clocks are far more easy to wake up to:

http://www.now-zen.com/

"the acoustic chime bar is struck just once … 3-1/2 minutes later it strikes again … chime strikes become more frequent over 10 minutes … eventually striking every 5 seconds until shut off"
There's not much here to say except: this is the awesomest thing I've ever seen game developers do.
Now all you need to do is make a reader app for those books and track how far people are, what favorite quotes they have highlighted and allow them to ask questions about specific parts in the book and you would have a nice little possible business going there :)
A spy is the last thing I want to be.

There was a time I was on mailing lists and chat rooms where I know some of the people were connected with intelligence services and national police agencies, not just which ones.

At this point your life gets weird... People call your wife when you're not home with caller ID blocked and try to trick your wife into installing malware on your computer, etc.

It might be a little exciting at first, but the trouble you can get into in that life just isn't worth it.
I think this is close, but the real reason to me is the barrier to entry raised by the current state of campaign finance.

Elections are bought today. No caps on spending. No limits on individual contributors. In addition, not just billionaires electing politicians, corporations get to throw in their millions now too. It's worse today than it's ever been before.

Gingrich has largely been financed by one guy the past month or so. Romney out spent Gingrich in Florida at least 5 to 1. Current governor of Florida bought his seat.

To win today, rich entities have to want you in power. The understanding is that they pay for your allegiance. To get this sponsorship, and NOT be a crook, takes a special person; a true politicker capable of raising the money, keeping them happy enough to sponsor you again the next round, but still work for the citizens of the country as much as possible; rare and difficult.

A scientist is not a politicker. Scientists like facts, scientific laws; concrete and measurable realities. Not deception and corruption (manchurian candidates instead of democratic republic). If a scientist was not completely disgusted by the political arena, they would not get far without pretending or actually being bought by some rich entity.
I don't mean to overstep my bounds here (and it's not any of my concern anyway), but when people are telling you that something's offensive [1], responding with an assertion that "it's not offensive at all" and an explanation of why that's so is a HUGE RED SIGN that you're ... not getting it. Whether you're right or wrong.

[1] I think the word "offensive" is overused these days — I wouldn't say I was offended by your post but I did find it very distasteful.
Show HN: Cleanicons.com
This new years one of my goals was to make money on the internet. So here is my attempt!

I have been making and tweaking these icons for the past 2 months and have put a site together!

I would love any feedback you guys have or icons you would like to see!

http://cleanicons.com

List of icons:
Camera,
Cloud,
CoffeeBean,
Cog,
CommentBubble,
Computer,
Credit Card Front/Back,
Arrows in all directions,
Eye,
FastForward,
Folder,
Garbage,
Smile,
Heart,
Home,
LightBulb,
Link,
List,
MagnifyingGlass,
Minus,
Pause,
Pen,
Pencil,
CellPhone,
HomePhone,
Pin,
Play,
Plus,
Present,
Printer,
Rewind,
RSS,
Frown,
Screwdriver,
Screwdriver and Wrench Crossed (settings),
Star,
Tag,
Target,
Ticket,
Video,
Wifi,
Wrench,
X
That's our thinking as well. And it becomes even better if we can really get a community going, sharing supports and advice. Our goal is to really change special education for the better. Thanks for the support!
Yes, a person who is great at ear-playing could be made better if they can analyze why a thing sounds good, the in-the-moment improvisation flow doesn't give you enough time to really think about what you're doing anyway, but before and after, you can strategize. They're two separate thought-processes that complement each other, imo, as it is with programming. A lot of times I find I can just flow and write code, but there is much room for thoughtful refactoring after the fact. Experience, theory, named concepts and systematic analysis gives you tools to really improve.
> Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?"

less pictures?? Not sure that's a smart move. As of right now, that's the only thing adding interest to me. Pictures of the actions. And as much as I like the deed of the day, seeing it repeated a billion times on the feed gets boring. I suppose increased ability to filter feeds will help this, as if I could select the actions that I want to see and exclude everything else, it might hold more interest. But, currently, I just can't wrap my finger around why I would use this. I'm not going to log on to tell everyone I kissed my girlfriend, or put together an ikea table. I love that you didn't wait to release it, as you're getting a ton of good feedback. But my honest opinion is it's completely missing the wow factor. It's not doing anything that new, or that different. There's no defensive edge, as someone could release ididit tomorrow even if this for some reason took off. And most importantly, it's lacking anything that would pull me back. Even if it was just fun to use, that would be a draw, but it's not currently. I'm staying tuned, as I've seen plenty of projects go from zero to hero. Although a lot of which unfortunately back to zero again. So good luck to you!

I would think about integrating with companies sooner rather than later. For example, if I drank a starbucks coffee, added the action and a picture of me drinking the coffee. After a few of those I get a free coffee. Or bought flowers for said company, walked into said electronic store, or worked out using a workout product. This maybe an over-commercialized example(aren't they all ;) ), but I'd have incentive as the company could give me things I like. And you could easily monetize as companies would love pictures of their products being used as well as raising awareness/marketing etc.
Gevent vs. Threading: A Performance Comparison
Can scientists get elected today?
It's just storing up trouble for the future its putting ones head in the sand to appease a minority party.
There's no way I'll spend 160$ on an alarm clock with a remote control.
A professor's love of numbers
This works:

var a = new (Breakfast.bind.apply(Breakfast, [null, 'bacon', 'eggs']))
a instanceof Breakfast // true

Or...

var a = new (Function.bind.apply(Breakfast, [null].concat(['bacon', 'eggs'])))
a instanceof Breakfast // true

UPDATE (for kicks):

Or... (works with Crockford's Object.create)

var a = Object.create(Breakfast.prototype);
Breakfast.apply(a, ['bacon', 'eggs']);
a instanceof Breakfast // true
How about research papers, dissertations, and so on? Many are far more informative than when the authors pad the same content to book length.

Survey papers are particularly useful. Exploring their bibliographies is one of the fastest ways to get up to speed on a particular issue.
Wouldn't work for me. Sunlight does, but unfortunately I can't set the time for sunrise ;)
I read it, and I upvoted. I did that because I believe he has interesting points in it.

People commenting here are just focusing on certain points of the article and not the whole sentiment.

What the author is saying is that even though he likes linux a lot, he is more productive in windows. I can see that happening. Fixing things in Linux is difficult, specially coming from a Windows world.
First, I doubt the iTV will be an actual television, it will probably be a set-top box like the current TV. Maybe it will obviate the need for a cable box. Television screen are a low-profit margin business, and people don't want to upgrade to frequently. More info here: http://www.torontostandard.com/technology/why-apples-itv-won...

Second, I think this article is dead wrong. Consumers will care more about a TV being "smart" and having nice functionality, not how crisp or large the pictures is like Samsung claims. Any modern TV is nice enough that manufacturers need to compete on other features, like the accessibility of content. While there is a lot of content available over the internet now (legally and otherwise), viewing it is never painless, and this can be made easier. This is a space ripe for disruption and Samsung is apparently burying their head in the sand.
A very sound reason! Agree re taking on multiple new techs at once - just makes the dev process more complex and time consuming!
A much more elegant way (I believe) is to have it in software as an Android / iOS app. There are quite a few apps that force you to solve a simple math question / puzzle. You could always put your phone somewhere away from your bed.

At one point, I was working on an alarm app that had some game mechanics built into it (points for waking up on time, waking up on time for 5 days in a row, waking up before 6am etc.) and had various types of puzzles to turn off the alarm. I gave up on it because I decided it was more of a sleeping habit issue than an inability to wake up. You can't consistently sleep at 2 in the night and expect to wake up by 6 in the morning ..
Basecamp Next: The goodbye list and the hello list
> What I wonder is why did we end up with the copyright model in the first place?

See Karl Fogel's excellent essay "The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World" for a good overview of how copyright laws came about back in the day:

http://questioncopyright.org/promise

TLDR: copyright is an outgrowth of the privatization of government censorship in sixteenth-century England. Copyright was designed by and for distributors. The modern romantic notion of copyright existing to protect authors is, at best, a post-hoc rationalization.
Some days I think that's 99% of what the social web is about.
I think they found the word 'Penis' scribbled on the wall in the ancient Pompeii ruins.
Agreed. Craigslist is another great example
Your homepage is confusing, but it seems you log what people have done. Have you seen idonethis.com from AngelPad? Very similar concept with a creative implementation (email), and eerily similar name.
I always wanted a movie version of those Choose Your Adventure books. Go to Theater A if you want to kill him.
1. Don't use with. It's hard to reason about, and it breaks many compiler optimizations (you're adding a dynamic object into the scope chain).

2. Just don't ever use == or !=. Forget they exist. Done.
Hey Case -

Fair point. By 'kill the UI login modal', do you mean that it would be inserting something between the text fields and the login button, therefore disrupting the flow in some way? If so, I can see that.

The only problem with having 'Remember Me' auto checked is that I feel like a lot of users get bothered by it. At least personally, even when I WANT to eventually check the box, I feel like having it done for me takes the agency away from me and comes off as slimy. So, if we ran with that view (which I understand may not be the case), then it would be the next best thing in my mind to place 'remember me' higher in the flow.
Updating the Educational Curriculum for the Information Age
If you use it consistently it gets pretty addictive & you'll start doing more things that are good for you. That being said, with the current UI it's not as effective as it could be. Baby steps ...
The best hosting experiences I've had are with Linode, AWS and Rackspace. Linode for their brilliant custom control panel - a key differentiator between them and those running stock control panels. Rackspace for the support - if I need to speak to someone, someone will pick up the phone in 2 rings or answer a ticket in 15 minutes. AWS for the fine grained pricing and ability to scale up and down at will.

All of the above are leading or close to leading in their respective niche areas. Their innovations and key differentiators appeal to different types of customer, product and price range, neither which you have stated. It is difficult to give advice on this basis, are we advising how to innovate $x/month bargain hosting or $xx,xxx/month enterprise solutions?

I think you have to identify these clearly before proceeding.
I could see this working to that effect to alleviate the concern many manufacturers have about playing second fiddle to Motorola. If they develop completely in the open every manufacturer can keep up with the latest updates as if they were a 'halo' device, even if Google only works directly with one or two manufacturers.
They generate just as much heat as other systems with the same chip and chipset, but the metal case is much better at conducting heat.
This sort of thing is why I don't read HTML email by default.

There might be people who want advertisements in their email that they didn't explicitly ask for (explicit: NewEgg's daily sale announcement) but I don't think I know any of them.
I wonder that in a literal sense: how many people think they truly did delete all their contact data?
iOS is actually limited to eleven simultaneous touch events. We have ten fingers, typically, and there has been fair speculation about what the eleventh input method might be.
so you just think this does not need an explanation. That definitely sounds like paypal.
Trustwave sold a certificate for man-in-the-middle usage.
I also had it force close when I first opened it on my android droid x.
The Library of Congress has collected ~285 TB of web archive data
Happy Valentine’s Day from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Depressing: News Sites Are Their Own Biggest Advertisers
Don't forget the problem of consumers even knowing they are watching HD content. People still buy HD TVs, hook up SD content, and think they're watching HD since it looks better than their old TV.

As long as it looks good, I think consumers will be happy. Having a scaling engine that turns 1080p content into 1184p content better than the competition is not something I think will change a lot of buyers minds. If you're at 99% optimal and Apple is at 96.5%, almost no one will care.

Having a simple remote, easy access to content, or a responsive user interface will win people over a lot faster than the technical quality of your scaling. Think of all those "important" things the first iPhone didn't have (memory cards, user replaceable batteries, keyboard, 3G, etc). Look at all the things the iPhone still doesn't have. The average customer has pretty obviously made their choice that those limitations were acceptable.
I love it! What a clever promotion - it'd be awesome if you could post some summary of results back to HN so we can learn from your experience.
The "experience place" that I would like to go to is like a kindergarten for hackers, a "hackergarten". It would let me play with many things that are too much of a commitment to do at home, like gardening or small woodwork or microcontroller electronics, and also it could have micro-courses, like a 2 hour lecture on magic tricks or kite building or simple chemistry.
Youth sports are a great thing, I just don't think they're a great use for public education funding. Physical education is good. Having a high school football team with tons of expensive equipment and coaching that sucks up money while the actual schooling goes to waste, not so much.
Bookle: A Friendly EPUB Reader for the Mac
Such a great story. Such a great ad for a game. Downloading now.
What is great about this product? If used properly, once you turn it off you have no excuse not to start your day. (brush your teeth or hop in the shower) Very cool.

What sucks about it? I don't have any desire to buy it. I just don't need another alarm clock yelling at me in the morning. Plus it will only be a matter of time before I learn how to ignore it, like I have done with every alarm clock before it.

What is my pain that I would like a new alarm clock to solve? I want an alarm clock that wakes me up in a natural way. I want it to pull me out of my REM cycles gradually so I am ready to get out of bed, not jarred out of bed.

If you told me that you had done research on REM cycles and that it takes x amount of time to move from one level of sleep to the next. And that your product plays music softly, then increases in volume in natural increments for the human mind. If this was the problem you were solving, accompanied with the wireless kill switch, then I would be very excited about this product and would consider shelling out my hard earned money for it.

I would even be okay if you couldn't solve this problem, so long as I knew that this is the problem that your alarm clock will eventually solve. I would expect the alarm clock's software to be updatable, so as you get closer and closer to perfecting waking up, my $135 alarm clock will get better at it as well.

I hope this feed back is useful to you. Good luck to you. It looks cool, and it is a neat idea.
Facebook already went public, you weren't invited
Also, .34 dwarf fortress is out today.
I'm still actually selling the Nixie Ramos. How am I baiting and switching them, if I'm showing people something I'm selling to them?
It sounds like you might be coming off as an unpleasant person. I'm not sure, but that may be affecting your relationships with your clients. More than that, it is probably affecting the -type- of clients you get.

If you're not willing to work with someone and compromise, you aren't giving off the right unconsciously-parsed social signals, and you'll scare off the best clients.
Interesting. I don't like the triangle shape and I would prefer digits instead of dials but this alarm clock could be better than waking up to a buzzer.

I'm not sure what to think about the fact that it use the same frequencies as "music therapist" do.
Sometimes I wish reposting of old content at the same URL was allowed.
Connections with Integrity - Reid Hoffman
A normal TV last's 5-20 years a smart TV get's outdated in 3-5. Consumers have long been aware of this which is why small TV's come with built in DVD players but large TV's don't.
Google Public DNS: 70 billion requests a day and counting
The first code sample in the article is wrong:

> In most curly-braced languages, blocks delineate lexical scope. For example, in C or Java:

{
int i = 13 ;
{
int i = 42 ;
print(i) ;
}
print(i) ;
}

In fact this will not compile in Java.
Novelty-Seeking (Neophilia) Can Be a Predictor of Well-Being
They're awesome and you're SuperDad!
Show HN: Tool to check what size your monitor truly is.
CloudMine Releases End-User Password Change Functionality
What killed Bata was Sony's licencing issues not the format it's self.
There's no two ways around being able to get up in the morning. Go to bed 7-9 hours before you wish to wake up, that's it. I'm not sure what the obsession is with over engineering alarm clocks, but the problem isn't the little gizmo on your night stand that goes beep and bloop, it's a lack of a solid sleep routine. Sure, every now and then you can will yourself out of bed if you're unrested and need to get up, but you should really be getting good sleep most nights of the week. Go to sleep earlier: the hard way is usually the easier way.
> Television screen are a low-profit margin business, and people don't want to upgrade to frequently.

The same can be said of PC's. Apple came in and changed that.
This might be one of the best comments I've ever read on the web.

These gadgets are EXPENSIVE. If you're clearing $15.00 an hour and you buy a smartphone, that's 15-40 hours of your life that you've dedicated to that little machine. You can see why there would be fervor over those devices, especially for those enthusiasts that have to work so hard to afford them in the first place.
Consider yourself pinged :)

And thanks for the quick reply! Looking forward to making some cash/money/flow/bank/scrilla

;)