skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, I would say based on various cultures around the world being ethical is the praised method while the cheater is despised. You are correct that many cheaters do get ahead in life but, on the other hand, many of them get caught and are punished accordingly. Just because some get away with it doesn't support the notion it should be an accepted form of work habit.

And many of the people in the categories you mention are honest and are doing quite well thank you very much.

Did Jobs and Gates ever cheat? I know that they did. How do I know? Because they got caught and often paid whatever price was deemed appropriate at the time. But that does not mean that both their entire careers is based around cheating, which you are implying.

To answer your question; if it were my business I would choose the ethical salesperson over the scammer every time for various reasons. He's more unlikely to steal from me, he's more unlikely to steal from my customers, he's more unlikely to ruin my business, he's more unlikely to cause me to be sued, he's more unlikely to cause me to go to jail. If those answers aren't good enough for you, I wish you luck in the real world.

By the way, I think you are being a bit dishonest yourself comparing a used car salesman with a Nigerian criminal. I think you are confusing being aggressive with being a criminal.
I run a freemium business and it's very lucrative. I'm 99% sure that no one would sign up for the paid model straight up.

Everything we offer is offered somewhere else for free, but we just package it all together in a much easier format. That's a tough sell out of the gate but once people get a taste of it, they understand why it's worth it to pay.
cool! will do! will do a blogpost soon
Direct link to the App home page:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/clear/
I believe they were "sorry" about the whole rootkit fiasco as well. Amoral entities can't issue apologies. An apology would require a moral framework. Corporations issue PR spin. Its the only kind of communication they are capable of.
No, armed cops were called over a prank call. That's different.
Simple productivity tips that I've been following the last 9 months
http://senthilnambi.posterous.com/productivity-tips
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Sure, just tell me your email (I just followed you on twitter (@janhancic), follow me back and you can DM the email address to me there if you don't want to publish it here).

The picture in question was, funnily enough, taken in your home town Munich :)
Your Brain on Vim
oh so (wonderfully ;) true...
Velocity Europe, Artur Bergman, "Full Stack Awareness"
Hey man that is actually sorted by date..take a second glance.
Clickable: http://www.attictv.com
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This is an easy problem - change your API. It creates a built-in way of excluding previous users and, if a bit forcefully, opens lines of communication for users to update their implementations.

Legal threats? Good riddance to you. I'd not touch your service if it sent me free money.
I support this wholeheartedly. A good mentor is absolutely critical.
Ctrl+Shift+Escape is the karate chop of death.
So basically they are lower in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

This leads me to think that the 2nd generation of Indian programmers will be better since they will grow up with a middle class lifestyle.
I'm somewhat surprised (given that all the faculty were sympathetic) that nobody directed the student to the university's counsel.
Thanks so much elliot!
The big point to know about the Dow is that it's basically arbitrary and not rigorous, but has a long history, so enh.

I personally watch NASDAQ Composite, S&P 500, and Vanguard VTI (http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSEARCA%3AVTI) a lot more. If you just want to track large caps, Vanguard MGC. The Vanguard funds track MSCI indices and have super low expense ratios.
Perhaps. But that flexibility is a tradeoff. That's the point here. The reason the pieces fit so well together is that they were designed to fit each other without regard for compability with a larger ecosystem (I'm being deliberately vague here whether I'm talking about the relationship of hardware to its case, or software to hardware, or subsystems to each other). If you want flexibility then you have to accept some wiggle room in how the pieces work.
Have you ever looked at the account lifetimes of users who have been grandfathered into a cheap plan versus the lifetime of a regular user on a regular plan? It's quite a thing to see.

Grandfathered users will hold onto their subscription like it was made of gold. Even if they don't need the product anymore, you'll find them still hanging around for years because they know what a great deal they're getting. In mildly-innumerate-user-psychology, they're making money every month by keeping that old grandfathered plan.

So even though those guys are making you less money, they're going to continue making you that money pretty much forever. Way more over their lifetime than they would have had you forced them onto a more expensive plan, pissed off half of them into leaving immediately, then watched the rest trickle away through attrition.
AT&T on data throttling: Blame yourselves
"So I removed the line.... Within minutes my changes were reversed. "
"I tried to edit the page again. Within 10 seconds..."
"Tempted to win simply through sheer tenacity, I edited the page again. My triumph was even more fleeting than before. "
9 tips to deliver better pitches
My todo list is a text file in Dropbox, edited on mobile with plaintext :)
Some are calling this the future of interfaces. As a designer, I'm curious as to how you would prototype these interactions. Are there tools out there that could do this? Seems to me you need to have out of this world design and development skills to bring this from idea to app.
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This is apropos the story, albeit slightly tangential. I don't remember all the specifics, but during my time at university, I remember a student being sued by some outside party related to his academic work. My university mobilized every resource at their disposal to defend the student and the lawsuit went away. The OP mentions attending a "small private college"; maybe my story is a hidden benefit of the large institutional machine. I would have expected the school to provide him counsel at a minimum.
Another perspective: If the studio had sued, they'd have gotten the information in the discovery process anyway. So you might as well give them the information early; that will increase the chances that someone at the studio will make a sensible informed decision. (If the information were confidential, you'd want to insist on putting an NDA in place first.)
He left out the part where the editor said "I think we probably need to take another look at Schaack as you suggest. I, too, hope we can incorporate your insights into the article. That's why I'm going to read your book."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MesserKruse
Added security with email address tags
Pretend your email address gets compromised from Gawker, and the hacker starts to use it on other popular platforms. You can use different passwords to help limit the risk of the hacker accessing your other accounts.

One added security measure is to use address tags that are accepted by email services like Gmail and Yahoo. Depending on what email service you use, you can use a +, -, or = after the local part of your email address to then add an email address tag. This will allow you to have a different email on record with various organizations, while still receiving notifications to the same address.

Here are some examples for some of our favorite companies:
Gawker:yourname+gawker@gmail.com
Sony: yourname+ps3@gmail.com
Email promotions: yourname+disneyemail@gmail.com
Expedia: yourname+expedia@gmail.com

Read more about email address tags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address#Address_tags
Thanks for the link to McLibel, somehow I've never heard of it. You might argue though that this case ended positively creating precedents. The small guys won 60k (from government) after being fined for 40k (which McDonald didn't even collect). OTOH it dragged on for 20 years... But being right in the end is priceless!
I'm interested to see examples where the freemium model works. Could you provide any links?

I've typically read that they don't work. For example: http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2010/08/18/why-free-plans-dont-...
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He landed a sweet spot here. Most blogs are either noob level introduction or fairly advanced, he wrote short/middle level. Very unixy style too.
Please don't use Go Daddy! I see the site is registered through and the certificate is signed by Go Daddy. The CEO is an elephant killer and they support(ed) SOPA/PIPA. Also send all resources through SSL, so you don't get a red slash through "https" in chrome. I understand the decision not to encrypt all resources on the page, but everyday users might get the wrong idea about what is being offered.

I have been looking for this sort of service for a while now. Great job! I did not see a way to log in using anything but Facebook. I would appreciate the ability to use Google OAuth as well.

One more criticism in this bad, good, bad sandwich. For christ's sake can we all just stop using Flash!!! This is the worst part of the service. Again, I understand the temptation to use Flash, but it is not very forward thinking of your team. To be brutally honest.
Are universities failing entrepreneurs?
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This has been my experience with my family, too (wife and two young kids). We've stressed about the pat-down v. scan each time we've flown, but the scanners haven't even been on when we've flown out of PGH.
Definitely not, and I cut my teeth with Ruby on Windows, way back when. You can learn on Windows, but it is so much easier on a *NIX machine. As I said in the supplemental article that I wrote to go with this piece:

> [If you choose to use Windows,] you need to understand that Rails—and indeed, most modern, cutting-edge programming stuff—is not meant for you. Accuse me of elitism, sure, but it’s a simple fact of the matter that many, if not most big-name programmers program on one of these two platforms (or some more extreme variant). You can program and do Rails on Windows, but you are swimming against the current. You are going to fight battles learning to program, so ask yourself: is using this operating system the battle you wish to fight? The correct answer is no, but you might have your reasons. Nevertheless, you can download and install a copy of Linux so amazingly easy these days that you’re making it hard if you choose not to.
Just signed up for an account. Only thing that surprised me was that my password was sent via e-mail in cleartext- I didn't expect that.
Clear, sober, user friendly iOS Todo App.
It would seem to me that if the service was free, no money exchanged hands, therefore no contract exists that would make any sense in court. The only recourse they would have is to shut off access..... they'd have nothing to sue over.
Why the concern for "young" artists? I guess once you hit a certain age, your value as a propaganda pawn diminishes?
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Even still there would be no cause for legal action... what would the damages be?
They could simply shut off the service for the customer like every other service provider in the world would do...
I use SuperGenPass, a password-generating bookmarklet. Instead of storing your passwords (locally or on a server), SuperGenPass generates a strong, site-specific password by hashing your master password and the site's hostname. I remember just one master password, but no site has the same password in their database.

The problem is when some site has unusual password requirements that SuperGenPass can't support. Then I must make up and remember a password for that site. :(

http://supergenpass.com/
The discussion page should fill that requirement, where anyone can discuss POVs and less mainstream views on a topic.
There are people who write bad code, with and without IDEs. There are people who write great code, with and without IDEs. I suspect that everyone who writes great code does refactoring. Some prefer to do it manually, and some prefer the automation.
Slippery slope is a logical fallacy.

I'll save my future outrage for if/when they abuse the function. As it stands, they've been nothing but responsible and show every intention of remaining that way.

I'm pretty sure they understand that if they abuse the kill switch, even once, the resulting shitstorm will be of sopa-esque proportions.
Is this the era of "Success by UX"?
I am sorry, I use to work in several labs at Purdue U years ago while a student..his lab is missing some key safety features/items..is that really a good idea?
The screenshots on this page are next to useless for evaluating the app. I appreciate there is a video but it seems they're missing a trick.

The app's App Store page on the the other hand is much more pleasant.
For what it's worth, I feel the same way: learning Rails has sent me down a lot of roads and inspired me to learn a lot of new, interesting, valuable things. I knew Ruby before I started... but even just the conceptual elegance of Rails has taught me something.
Did you send a kitty to jail like I did?
Imagine the frustration for math experts who are reverted by semi-skilled editors.
Is there any reason apps like this have to be tied to a specific platform? Seems like this would be easily done in Javascript and distributed widely. I especially don't get the craze of putting simple things in iOS apps but not in web apps.
This was built for me. That Music app is so bad! Thank you.
That word again:

"The majority of music files that were available via this site were stolen from the artists."

I only hope that SOCA can track down the files and return them to the artists.
grammar/language oriented libs/functions are missing, nothing more. People still process language with regexps over bytestreams, while they shouldn't. Eventually, and not too long from now, this idea will sink in.
I'd prefer this technology goes away, but if it doesn't, I'd be more comfortable if there was an impermeable wall between the people who see the scans and the people who select passengers for scanning. I don't see why they even need to be at the same facility. Why isn't there some central scanning office somewhere where all the scans are reviewed? That would eliminate a lot of the opportunity for abuse.

Of course you introduce the risk of network issues shutting down the scanners - but - uh - no big loss
You are correct. Here is more info (plus a small photo) of what the new AIT software upgrade looks like: http://www.tsa.gov/approach/tech/ait/index.shtm

Even with the new software, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a team of TSA employees looking at the raw images in a dark room somewhere.
The crux of most POV disputes revolve around arguing what the NPOV actually is! So unfortunately I'm not sure that would really solve the issue. I suspect that attempting to do as you suggest would mostly lead to the spawning of more arguments ;)

And at what point do you judge the point of view too marginal to be worth a fork?

The point behind NPOV is not to avoid showing any opinion - but to show a balanced set of opinions, giving most exposure to the most widely accepted ones.

In practice Wikipedia has already been "forked" by some POV's. For example Conservapedia, I believe, is quite active. It would certainly be interesting if someone put together a tool to compare several different Wiki's articles side by side.

(FWIW I think we treat marginal issues very badly by stamping them out of content at every opportunity. Case in point is the 9/11 article which for a long time resisted mentioning that conspiracy theories about the atrocity existed... even to the extent of rejecting a "See Also" link to the article on the topic.)
Why do I get the feeling that this stupid little app is going to keep being shoved in my face?
Indeed, particularly as it would come under civil law and not criminal, if done for personal use. Plus I was under the impression that here in the UK downloading is legal, and it was the uploading that wasn't.
There might be a few, but I'd be willing to speculate that there are many MANY more examples where it did not work and the company either went under or had to perform a complete reversal like this one.

I'm not saying freemium will never work, but let's face it: it's ubiquity is because it was at one time the flavor of the month startup model that VC money was pouring into, not because it is a superior or effective business model.
These are nice, but occasionally i find that overzealous validation scripts on websites don't allow you to put these in. An alternative, if you use gmail, is to add in some periods to your email address, since they are ignored on gmails side.

So johnsmith@gmail.com may be your normal email address, john.smith@gmail.com you submit to site #1, john..smith@gmail.com you submit to site #2, john...smith@gmail.com you submit to site #3. They all get delivered to johnsmith@gmail.com. Not at all scalable, unless you write some scripts to encode/decode meaningful info into those patterns.
`tree` is also a nice utility to make recursive directory listings.
Did we just get trapped by clicking the above link? There have been cases were people just idly clicking on a link have been deemed to be guilty even if it was just as a result of curiosity. See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html

Shouldn't there be warnings before people post links like that which may have unintended consequences for the link clickers?
Just curious, but how interested would you (or others) be in a distilled introduction / survey of molecular biology? I've been thinking of writing or putting together some material at a somewhat higher level than, say, Khan Academy. No problem sets, just a fast and hard "this is why". Interested persons will challenge themselves, independently research, and put things together if they want deeper knowledge.

I've always felt that I could condense an entire two semester of cell phys/molec bio into a three hour video or 20-30 page article. I think the mind is surprisingly adept at filling in the holes...

Not saying that I have the talent to do this well. Is it something I should pursue?
Once you think of the concept, it's pretty easy to make some demos to get an idea of how they would feel. I use Flash with a mix of keyframe animations and actionscripted animations and interactions. Sure, you can only really us it in the browser, but it still lets you try out the concept. Also great for demoing to developers (assuming that's how your company is structured).
Id really love to do this, but there are a few things that would slow me down

* no autocomplete... On huge projects that are not based on some predefined framework structure (think rails) this results in a lot of "what was the parameter order of that function again or how was it even called ?"

* no easy refactoring. In VS i love how i can just hit F2 on a method name, rename it, VS shows me all the places where it will rename it and pressing OK. This works flawless everytime and makes refactoring so much more painless than working with a scripting language and a text-editor only

+ numerous other things like looking up where certain methods get called, where they are defined etc.
Fornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now.

No chance you will release the source?
Just in my industry:
AVG, AVAST, AVIRA, BitDefender, MalwareBytes, SUPERAntiSpyware

All offer a non-trial/non-expiring 100% free home user version of their security software, with a more feature rich premium option available for payment.

Freemium works like gangbusters in some industries.
I don't think that all of Rails is beyond beginners; and certainly, some people do manage to learn the prereqs while they learn Rails. But I'm advocating being blunt and telling people to learn the prerequisites, instead of mindlessly answering inane questions. People who try to bullshit program their way through an app aren't learning anything but how to copy and paste.
He made three different changes to different pieces of content. I see how he doesn't get that across well in the article, though.
Yes! BrowserID is much better in terms of usability, way way simpler to integrate and much more secure. I so hope to God it takes off.
Yeah, no kidding. I read the message with my IP and OS/browser and the message "we're coming to get you, Barbara!" and just rolled my eyes. Visiting a domain is not illegal, let alone "serious organized crime".
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I act with the belief that notice by email is not enforceable and I ignore any emails with claims of legal action. I am under no obligation to read email. If it were true that an email serves as legal notice, then process servers would be out of work.
"Clear feels a lot more Metro than iOS. Not that that's bad." - @agnoster

I find that a very insightful remark. I always did like Metro's UI "feel" - simple and sleek with clear edges and clean colors on a black background. Clear is a near-perfect execution of that concept. Very inspiring stuff.
In the case of the OP, I agree. I was speaking in more general terms what the general intent of 'lawyers threatening you' tends to be.
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Not so sure about that. Check here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html
...don't universities have lawyers, and honestly shouldn't they be a free resource to students in cases like this?
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Comparing primary sources is indeed not straightforward, but this is primary vs. secondary. If a book makes a claim that is directly contradicted by the author's own source then not much expertise is required to see that preferring the "child" over the "parent" would be absurd.
Utterly fascinating. But the last paragraph in the article puts the lie to the title -- pigs and horses don't have this feature. Last I checked, both mammals.
Hi, I'm the frontend developer for the site. As the site is very heavy with interactions, we decided to use Backbone.js to keep things organized and jQuery for updating states, ajax calls, keeping the DOM updated throughout etc. We use Socket.IO as the data transport between server and client.

For animations, we use CSS3 animations as much as possible for the non-essential elements to make use of hardware accelerated animations. However the video fade-in and fade-out effect is done using jQuery though... I haven't figure out an easy way to do that with CSS3 yet and keep it consistant across browsers, it's tough to keep the timing right, lol.

Personally I think Backbone.JS and jQuery are a match made in heaven. In fact Backbone.js is built with jQuery or Sizzle in mind. The latest Backbone.js supports caching of view elements as well (with the "this.$el") and event delegation with $.fn.on and $.fn.off, keeping the frontend fast and efficient. :)

Comments are always welcome! :D
Not on any current Ubuntu LTS (we are talking primarily about servers here).
"Apple said it had to be a windowless room, with three iPads chained to a table"
copyright laws sent another kitty to jail. :(
Wow, what a coincidence! I just created a very similar project http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/

How did you generate the different themes, and are they stored in different css/less files?