skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
All these tools are cute, but I haven’t yet seen one which was as anywhere close to as capable as versions of Photoshop from, say, 1998. They always copy the gimmicky toys, while ignoring the features that professionals actually use to get their work done: curves (or at least levels, come on), calculations/apply image, a full set of blend modes (esp. the ones separating color/contrast), adjustment layers, masks, color management, CMYK/CIELAB modes, sophisticated selection tools, layer styles, scripting, recordable macros, unlimited undo w/ a visible history stack, &c. &c., not to mention all the thoughtful little touches of mouse behavior, keyboard shortcuts, etc. which let a pro navigate around Photoshop with blazing speed.

It’s like producing a plastic tricycle, and announcing: “A new automobile clone! It has cup holders, and I even painted flames on the side!”
If Apple is getting rid of the Home button, there's a lot of complex interaction to account for: http://www.codinghorror.com/.a/6a0120a85dcdae970b0168e681447...

Color me doubtful, though I'd love to be proven wrong. Lots of devices already do a good job with gesture-only interaction, but it requires redefining large chunks of the iOS vocabulary.
I had Ubuntu 10.04 gnome on my EEE pc 901 (Celeron, 1G ram, 16 G flash disk), I just installed this on it, it's definitely peppier, also Flash is smoother on youtube. It's a keeper.
Looks good and is a useful app I could see myself using. I created an account and attempted to add a pet (dog). I ran into my first hiccup when the form asked if my dog was small/medium/large, I assume my lab is a large breed, but adding weights as a guide text could have helped me come to a quicker decision.

Second roadblock came when I clicked the save button. I was given an error at the top of the page, but the page didn't scroll up so I didn't know the submission failed. Also the error message was generic and didn't give me an reason why there was an error. I assumed I didn't fill in a required field but opted to close the tab and write this comment instead of guessing.
Why are there so many cables to Alaska?
DNS Explained
Magic, got it.

But seriously, that is damn cool - while I have been in IT/networking for a long time - I was not aware of "pumping lasers" as everything I have done, even in designing massive fiber cable plants have all been for relatively short distances.
Looks like a good idea although I'm not your market. I don't think your monetising it as far as I can see at the moment, do you have plans for this in the future?
Before some of the recent cables East Africa mostly had to get by with satillite internet. That wasn't fun.
> Anyone know about this? Is this a race-specific problem? Or just not as dangerous a risk as it sounds?

Look carefully at the FDA information and run the numbers to decide for yourself: http://www.gwern.net/Modafinil#side-effects
Yeah, it's a problem. Either we need to get better at our source control tools, or our tools need to become simpler to use. I'm not sure which is the right approach.
"Military grade encryption" is too vague. I looked at the app's market page, and searched the developer site in vain for details about exactly which encryption scheme is used.
nope, there were plenty of options like the Dell X1 (2.5lbs, 2005) and Sony VAIO Z (3.3lbs, 2000). these were mainstream and affordable and functional. the first air came in 2008.
Awesome and thanks! Right now only name and photo are required. Good feedback on the form though. I'll add it to my list.
I use HTMLUnit for scraping javascript based sites. Since Python is a lovely language and HTMLUnit is written in Java I use Jython. You can take a look at one of my articles on the subject: http://blog.databigbang.com/web-scraping-ajax-and-javascript...
Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire
I found it inconsistent, unintuitive, and jarring.

Bad web designer. No cookie.
HN, Google Apps, App Engine, Google Analytics, Facebook, Lifestreet Media
Hello! Collusion main developer here. I am excited to be going live with this project and thrilled to see it being discussed on Hacker News (where I am a long time lurker, first time poster). I value the input from the community here.

To answer an issue which Nostromo and others have brought up, I am well aware that the addon is incomplete until it also includes data on Flash cookies, tracking pixels, localstorage, iframes, useragent fingerprinting, etc. I plan to add all of these things; the bug for adding Flash cookies is at https://github.com/toolness/collusion/issues/22 and I would greatly appreciate help with implementation from anyone who's interested (hint, hint!)

I'm also working on making the graph actionable, i.e. you should be able to click any node and say "Block" (or "whitelist" for sites you are OK with). Firefox already has the ability to set site-specific 3rd party cookie policies, but the interface to it can charitably be described as "for experts only". Collusion could provide a much more usable way to control your browser's policies.

The graph, for those who asked, is drawn using d3.js and SVG.

The demo does not require flash; it uses SVG. You just have to click "click here".
Its not quite as easy as just swapping out schemes. As I understand it a practical quantum computer would break all proposed public key encryption methods except those based on lattice problems. Lattice based cryptography is still in the preliminary stages of research and is at the moment extremely slow compared to the currently popular encryption methods.
I think this is a great idea. I subscribe to r/dogs on reddit and you cannot imagine the amount of people who ask "should I get a dog?". The answer is generally "yes," but I advise them to make friends so they'll have a list of people to call on if they get stuck at work, etc. You're so right, there ARE a lot of people who can't have pets but would love to care for a dog for a weekend or take one out during the week for a quick walk. Many people enjoy dogs so much that they wouldn't mind doing this for free.
Holy crap, it's open source?!

http://github.com/kkuchta/Vimbits
Totally agree but this is an unfortunately common behavior. During the dot-com boom many people picked up hugely expensive homes based upon the the perceived value of their shares. We all know how that turned out for most.

Even now I hear of people buying homes way out of their means because they have some stock in the currently hot company of the week that has some assumed paper value.
Nothing to do with unions, that's a reference to the state labor board that oversees the labor laws. Basically, if you are someone's employee with an agreement that you will do work for compensated, but then do not receive the compensation, the state can help get your wages.

Here's Colorado's, the states are all similar:

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=12493913...
Exactly. One of the most valuable things I ever learned in my philosophy classes was that when someone presents you with a valid proof of something (in this case 'NP-hard is intractable in general'), you have to check whether it is 'sound' - whether it actually applies to you or your beliefs or the material under discussion. The premises are conditions which may or may not be true, and you must check them. As Cook points out, often they don't apply.
I just, erm, browsed around in private mode on FF for a bit and when I went back to normal mode, some of those sites are on the graph.
What this service does is analyze which URLs are fetched from the sites you visit and compare them with a list of known tracker URLs. It doesn't need to care for flash cookies or such, it's there to inform you of who's on a page potentially tracking you. It raises your awareness so you can properly act on it. Another plugin that existed for a while is Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/ this one also blocks the fetch of the URL so whatever cookies they might be using becomes irrelevant.

Most of these tracking pixels are not flash anyway so blocking flash won't accomplish anything. Blocking Javascript will do something of course but some are only images so it will still be pointless and you'll still be tracked.

The reality IMHO is that it's better to be targeted by relevant ads than to see dating/scammy ads everywhere.
Price is usually not set at "Cost + Profit %" (this is called the Labour Theory of Value), instead organisations charge what the market can bear.
Smarty 3.1.1 kills newlines
That PDF is great, thanks. Jesus - they are huge. Earlier in the PDF, they appear small.

Is that a single strand they are amplifying with these? I'd like to find cost figures for how much it is to run a single fiber trans-oceanically (if thats a word).
New App Stats for Publishers on Android Market
Thanks for the note! No monetization right now - we wanted to make connections easy for people first, but we envision processing transactions. It can be weird passing money between friends, so we've thought about gifting, as well as credit card payments to remove the cash barrier for people. Eventually you'll be able to connect with friends of friends and professionals too, in which case we would handle the transaction between the pet owner and their choice caregiver.
If anyone plans on porting this to a Chrome extension please let me know!
I'm no psychologist but I hope to see those in that profession read this article. I've noticed that many are quick to label a patient mentally ill and prescribe medication. The brain is one of the most misunderstood organs in the human body. While the drugs help some, the profession is far from ready to alter brain chemistry.
Are you confident that you're comparing apples to apples there, and not e.g. pageviews to http requests?
<speculation>

In all likelihood, multitasking is probably a 'swipe up' gesture from the bottom of the screen now, similar to what Apple is doing with the trackpad in Mountain Lion's notification system.

I'm imagining a WebOS-style gesture, but the swipe action is from the screen edge, not the bezel.

</speculation>

I agree, though. Capacitive buttons are awful, especially on an iPad where there's so much room for an accidental press.
I actually don't mind being tracked... It doesn't really bother me at all. I'd much rather have ads and stuff geared towards what I may be interested in, then some ad for girls pantyhose sale.

I know it sounds strange, but it doesn't bother me one bit.
I think it's great. Obviously it'll iterate as you work with more users, but it's already quite clean, and and serves a real but until now hidden need.
i don't think it qualifies, not thin and not even that light.
I'd be happy. A 4-finger pinch would do nice, so long as it's reliable. The home button is too LOUD, distraction in quiet settings.
I'd absolutely use this product.

As much as I'm sure it improves the listings, I'd recommend not making the photo required. First of all, other non-required info (such as pet type) seems more important, and second of all it requires digging through my photos. I'd be likely to add a photo when I'm looking for someone to catsit, but it was a deterrent for me to add the cat in the first place.
It doesn't seem that surprising. Just digging around in the passive DNS database at work, I see CloudFlare has their name servers in the NS records of several 10's of thousands of domains. I'm fairly sure that given the scope of the sources of this data, that list is nowhere near complete.
Sounds like the big payment gateway systems. I feel that there could be an opportunity for someone who wants to sell on a small scale to people who "might" grow.
Aluminum is easily machinable, lightweight, has great heat transfer, can be annodized so that it has a nice surface finish, and is not that expensive.

Titanium would be a good choice as well, but it is far more expensive.

Steel isn't a good choice for a variety of reasons, but #1 in my mind is surface finish. Typically you have to paint or plate steel.

A high end plastic or composite can be made nice, but people are moving away from it.
In a previous version of the visualization, the nodes would increase in size proportionally to the number of incoming links. It was dropped during a UI overhaul as it didn't fit the new visual style. But I'm looking for another way to make the "worst" sites stand out in a crowded graph. I would welcome your suggestions.
This is very true as I saw it first hand around the very same time.
Google's Schmidt Predicts an Android for Everyone on the Planet
I noticed quite a cluster on the South American coastline - Brazil-Argentina coastline looks like it's got 4 or 5 that go nowhere but that coastline. You'd think Brazil was stable and prosperous enough that they'd go with landlines.
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, we were shocked ourselves when we started hearing how many non dog owners want to watch their friends dogs. One of the next features I want to build is letting people ASK to take your dog/pet. I have friends that have just asked to take mine to the park for the day.
ASO (App Store Optimization) Is The New SEO, And Here’s A Tool To Do It
Hi,

We only force a site direct if the attack is too large & starts to impact other customers as well. If the attack doesn't impact other customers, then we won't force the site direct (we generally only force a few sites direct per week & these are monster attacks).
Why Facebook hasn’t ditched PHP
A cool Android live wallpaper clock
Who goes to a conference about data? [MAP]
Fun use of Android-x86: run it in VirtualBox as a replacement for the Android Emulator. Much, much faster.

I've only done this when debugging web sites, I'm not sure what steps are involved in installing your own apps on there.
hiding display resolution somewhere obscure, while it represents one of the most important details that I need to know.

This isn't a coincidence. Sales can profit from ignorance, whether natural or engineered.
Music software idea
Hi guys. I've had an idea some time ago about a music software. Something like grooveshark or google music but... different. Even tough I'm a programmer I don't have time (or the right skillset) right now to implement it.
The idea goes like that: A desktop program where you can play songs from your local music library or from other people's library. The program is p2p and use the bittorrent protocol to stream music from the internet. I know there should be some kind of central point where you can get the list of users online or maybe not. I'm not an expert in the field. The search feature would show a list of the most relevant terms with the seed count. With enough users one could find and promptly listen to a gazillion songs. There are some projects like this one but most of them are focused on the search and download part, not in the media player part. With a nice interface and good usability I would use it everyday. Sounds like a nice open source project, or maybe it's a dumb idea and I'm not seeing the flaws in it...
Thanks for the note, you're absolutely right! I actually used Spotwag last week and ended up connecting with a friend that recently lost their dog of 20-years. They aren't ready for a new dog just yet, but having my dog (Jackson) around for a few days certainly helped them, and got them one step closer to bringing another dog into their family.

I know another woman that actually volunteers at the Humane Society once per month for 8-hours just to be around dogs, because she would love to have one of her own, but cannot given her work schedule as a consultant.
Wonderful nature photographs
A Fix for the iOS Orientationchange Zoom Bug
Their article ends with:
"We tried to match the portrait iPad 2 and iPad 3, but we couldn't. The spacing is wrong no matter how many icons you put on the dock. The reflection intersect the icon's edge in the wrong place no matter where you position it."

And after studying my own iPad, I concur. It's definitely closer in portrait than landscape, but there are still enough differences that clearly more variables are in play. (The wallpaper has likely changed, the dock's background image has likely changed, the spacing has changed, etc.)
It uses the Force-Directed Graph library from d3.js.

http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/force.html
How do contract developers like me (working alone on projects) get code reviewed? Is this an opening for a general 'I'll review your code if you'll review mine' site?

There are lots of issues like the 'who can review code' one that affect developers in my situatiojn. Am I in such a minority that the issue doesn't arise for anyone else on HN? I'd love to hear some thoughts on this.
Brilliant post with intended humor.
I see some bigger points here, beyond the discussion of REST. Like a satire on design and (over) engineering.
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Managing Smart People: Separating Leaders and Experts
Good feedback. We've heard this before as well. I'm just stubborn and like looking at the photos. When we roll out the redesign, we'll add a silhouette and not make it required.
http://i.intma.in/images/2e27787dfaf5c000ae9a9a2ea859b6b3.pn...

yeah, this is a web guy I'm totally going to listen to
So nothing would have stopped them from using a high end plastic or a nice composite? Something that would tell their product apart from a MacBook Air? It is a pity they did not try.
why don't you work for free then ? It should give you same sense of fulfillment and company will benefit even more. :-)
I don't have much to add and am not a pet owner, but just want to say that I think it's a great idea and that the design is nice and clean. Great job.
20K lines of CoffeeScript is about an order of magnitude more than I've ever dealt with in a single project. Any complaints, concerns, ideas or tips that you learned along the way?
Apart from delicious any tool to track urls for read later?
You mean have Robocop and Darth Vader stacking boxes?
I work with stock market data daily (providing charts and technical alerting to end users) and the kind of growth Apple is having is just not sustainable, I mean it's gone from $320 last Jan to $532 today!

I am a fan of Apple products, but I just dont see it as a good investment, I would suspect that it will either level off or have to talk a fall soon.

So my personal preference is do not buy Apple, I wouldn't (even if I could stomach $525 per share!)
http://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/SnakeOil.html
Also:

Clarifying that forcing direct does not mean a null route. Forcing direct = going direct to the site's server (we still resolve the DNS).
Thanks so much for the feedback, that is a great point. We wanted to make the signup easy, covering just the basics, but you're right that digging for photos is not always the easiest task. We've adjusted this a little in the redesign we're working on, but I think we could always do more to simplify.
Always a good option, although you have to be wary with respect to wireless/wifi drivers. The ubuntu releases tend to trail new hardware for wireless networking by several months for new windows laptops.
And the blog has been HN;FP'd!
I have to agree with people above me tho, the benchmarks are less then useful regarding more real-life uses but regardeless of that, he still spent time doing them we have to say thanks for atleast that :)
Create. Learn. Create
Seems like putting in a crappy display is what allowed them to hit the $999 price point.

Screen aside, it is reasonably close to the MacBook Air (real world keyboard/trackpad usability and battery life notwithstanding) that it could get some people to get one over the MBA, except that Dell completely blows it with their presentation.

The site is completely Flash and tries to do one of those fancy scrolling sites, except the scrolling doesn't feel right and the clicking-and-dragging the scroll bar doesn't work. I ended up hitting "Shop XPS Laptops" which took me to the entire XPS range, where I found the ultrabook, clicked on it and was led back to the same Flash site. I hit "Buy XPS 13" and entered the checkout process by accident before going back, scrolling down, hitting Tech Specs and getting most of the information I want (the actual display resolution; it says it's 720p, but is that 1280x720 or 1200x720?).
I always find it awkward to ask for money when I petsit, and my friends who petsit for me often feel the same way.

I do like to give something back, and usually end up buying a bottle of wine or a gift card in return. There could be some interesting opportunities for selling gifts (pet-related or not) in addition to processing cash payments.
Something that I come across browsing on a system at my friends place or at work, but really want to come back to it when I am home.
Some URLs I want to bookmark and some mark them to read later.
not sure this comparison makes sense.

viewing photos isn't foursquare's primary use case. venue broadcast/discovery is.

I have 2 problems with Path. 1- I'm not sure what their primary use case is (check-ins, photos, status, music broadcast, tell people I'm awake? wtf). 2- They're not the best at doing any of these things. I'd rather check-in and discover venues on foursquare. I'd rather upload a photo to instagram. I'd rather tell people what I'm listening to on hype machine and spotify. I've never felt the need to tell people when I'm awake or going to sleep but maybe I'm behind on that one.

I know Path has awesome (the best?) mobile design. Necessary, but not sufficient.
Only the person who posted the photo can share it (and as far as I can tell, only at the time they post). As I understand it, by sharing it they are basically giving access to anyone who has the URL.
What about changes that are required during off-hours when there there is a problem: Wait until works hours to implement in production? Is this not a consideration given the context?
Interesting, I wish we could read more about their experiment - there doesn't seem to be much content really.

For those who are wondering: The conversion rate is ~45 rupees per dollar. So when they tried to live at the poverty line, 26 rupees a day, that is roughly $.50 per day. Pretty nuts.
Yes, without a doubt. Look at how few people use their lists feature. It was months before I even realized it existed, and I check in constantly. People have a very clear picture of what Foursquare is and what it provides, and that makes it incredibly difficult for them to break out of that mold.
Looks awesome. There's so much potential in better vim websites - vim.org is the old standby, but imagine - sharing colors, little tricks, gif demos, etc. Now just to get free time to implement...
But that has nothing at all to do with anti-authoritarianism, and doesn't seem to resemble what Mansyn was talking about in any way.

I can't stop thinking, while reading his and rprospero's comments, of the stereotypical parent screaming at a fussy eater, "Don't you know there are starving children in Africa?!".
Google recalculates pagerank and search rankings, you were using underhanded seo tactics and google will nix you, or you could just be lying about what the site does.

Other less common things: legislation, new competition, or a bad server outage.

What were you expecting to get?
Single page version.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/201203/burt-helm/a-silicon-valle...
If you're working at a client site they should provide someone to review your code if they want it reviewed.

If you're an independent contractor you should be more concerned about getting the volume of work required to have two people on staff.