skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Careful: democracy is not about majority, but rather (literally) "government by the people"; there is quite a difference. There are various types of "majority", and all of them fail at fully representing "the people" as a whole, unless it's a 100% majority where nobody abstains (and even then, one would have to argue about who was allowed to vote and how).

This is why any robust democratic system will have, on some subjects, "qualified" majorities (where the threshold is set much higher than 51%, or abstained votes are counted against, etc etc) or "relative" majorities (where the most popular option wins, even when it doesn't represent at least 50% of the votes) as well as the "simple" majority (usually 50% + 1 or 51% of the expressed votes). They're different ways of really interpreting "the will of the people" on different subjects. A proper democratic system recognises the importance of respecting minorities and the volatility (and gullibility) of popular sentiment, and safeguards itself against wrong decisions. Many fascist governments were democratically elected and survived re-election, but they were not democratic in nature.

If the majority of synapses in your brain should decide tomorrow that shooting yourself in the foot is a good idea, despite "a small but vocal minority opposed to the plan" (i.e. your foot), that doesn't mean that it'd be in your real interest to do so.
I'm more concerned with what happens when the transactor goes down, or gets silently partitioned from some of the clients. I assume reads will continue to work but all writes will break?

I'd also like to know more about how the app-side caching works. If I've got a terabyte of User records and want to query for all users of a certain type, does a terabyte of data get sent over the wire, cached, and queried locally? Only the fields I ask for? Something else?
Yeah. I don't get why they don't use the same mechanic I see in other game.

Also, the loading time were frustrating.
I'd do this myself if I had time, but I'd love a homebrew formula for this.
A lot of people seem to be surprised about the ToS for this.

It sounds to me to be clearly a tool for fans, not "Entepreneurs". I know tons of people who would love to analyze sports data for enjoyment, not profit. Since the data is so hard to get access to anyway, this API is a way to let those who are interested play around with things without being a potential competitor. ESPN wins, fans win. "Sort of like Zynga for sports-focused Foursquare groups" gets no dice, apparently.
Why patent trolls don’t need valid patents
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3628887
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Intuit's competitor actually has a really elegant design-- there is an air-filled rubber chamber at the bottom that grips on to the top of the device to prevent movement. http://gopayment.com/how_it_works/

That being said, Intuit's UI is hideous, Square's is gorgeous.
It's BlueHost, right? Not surprised :P If you want somewhere else to host it, I have a lot of extra room on one of my servers.
This is just funny and ironic on so many levels. What exactly does it mean for Democracy to 'Flourish'? Does that mean that the 51% get to do whatever they want, and the 49% have to go along with it? The whole premise of the article seems to assume by default that Democracy is, somehow, a good form of government, and that if only people weren't so dumb, everyone would be happy under this tyrannical form of government.

Democracy is, by definition, a system wherein the minority suffers at the whims of the majority -- mob rule, if you will. Most people seem to think the United States is a democracy, but it is actually (supposed to be) a Republic. Our elected officials are not (supposed to be) able to do whatever the majority wants at the expense of the minority, but rather their actions are strictly limited and restricted by the constitution so as to prevent the majority from violating the rights of the minority -- which is virtually always what results from a true democracy.
“It’s demoralising and absurd that the tech press is taking something that clearly started as a sarcastic in-joke as an actual marker of a real trend,”

Maybe some component of the tech press has just shown that they're really competent at trolling.
Bluetooth audio dongle and a robust dock maybe?
Is there a way to suggest entries?
It looks like you are using wordpress, and doing DB hits on every pageload.
The easiest thing you might do to get things working again would be to install a caching engine, which will serve static files.

http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/web-tutorials/wordpress-c...
Trendslide, Mobile Business Intelligence tool, receives seed funding
Dreamhost appears to be down...yet again
I think Rich & the gang need to focus on a niche market for now as this technology matures. I expect they will work with a handful of enterprise clients for now but roll out "convenience features" in the future (i.e. easy to use and inexpensive hosting for smaller customers.)
Very simplistic socket based message Queue ~ just started
The problem with TechCrunch
Same here, it's a bit messed up in IE9 as well.
I'd say all the query code is written in Clojure, but if you insist on using Java, you can put the queries inside Java strings.
What we use (daily tools and services)
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Congrats. I hope it works out well. They're lucky to get him.
They haven't published that they have executed him, but they can execute him at any time (which is why I can't say they haven't killed him yet).
love it. small typo: "Oh no! there is nothign here!" on the not found page.

Although, given the nature of the site, you might as well leave it as is.
In reality, "a customer" is whoever pays the most money for something you are selling. In the modern world, this would be corporations and rich individuals, not "the people".

The rest is left as an exercise to the reader.
Culture Transparency as a Recruiting Strategy
Thanks, I tried to bump it. I wish the themes on Posterous were as plentiful as Tumblr. Is there no demand for better themes?
right yeah I meant red hat. my mistake.
I hope you know the answer to this?
Show HN: A privacy policy you might actually read
Yeah, this seems like an awful lot of work to be throwing at something that is crystal clear copyright and trademark infringement.

In all likelihood, all that will happen is he'll get a C+D letter, but it's dangerous territory, he's wide open to be sued for real money here, and this sort of case is a slam-dunk.
I didn't notice the note at first either. They should probably revise the whole sentence to make it clearer that it doesn't yet support those "out-of-the-box" instead of a note afterwards.

I'm yearning for the MongoDB support myself.
From my understanding the same guy wrote both. My point was that I personally view Clojure as a bit of genius.
The quota for localStorage varies from 2MB to well, very high, depending on the browser. The average is around 5MB. There's a page here that shows results for various browsers: http://dev-test.nemikor.com/web-storage/support-test/

It's not advisable to use it for a lot of data, especially if you actually need that data to stay around - it's better in situations where it's okay if the data goes away. You also need to be ready to handle over quota errors - e.g. in my lscache library, we kick out old data when that happens.
I talked about that in a localStorage talk recently (http://client-side-storage.appspot.com/ - click "show notes").

You might want to use the Lawnchair library, as that can be used with both localStorage and IndexedDB, which can theoretically handle a lot more data with better performance.
Not right now, but we're looking to possibly add this feature. For now, feel free to send any suggestions to numbersapi at google mail.
Bret Victor revolutionizing Game Development
I think one of the core traits of a "hacker" is that she/he will naturally look for ways to automate/outsource tasks that are redundant, trivial or generally unenjoyable–often even before they become a roadblock to "scaling".

But I don't think you can expect everyone who runs a business to adopt this mindset.
Mobile development pricing became a race to the bottom. In a market where people see $0.99 as too expensive and still pirate software, how is money going to be made by the average developer? Even if primary cashflow isn't your goal, who wants the support headaches for such measly compensation?
Democracy is significantly about an expression of preference, rather than identification of quality.

Think about it as voting for the dinner choices. It is not about finding the best chef, it is about getting Spaghetti Bolognese, because that is what you feel like tonight.
The developer also has the lowest amount of money in the game generally. Anyone can start a hardware company, but it takes a lot of money, time, etc to make money like apple does on things. Apps probably have much much faster ROI.

$12 x 100 million devices is still a lot of money to be had.
checkout using YQL to pull data from Yahoo! Sports.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/committers/

Jacob, there look like about 20 or more programmers on that page. At even $100k per programmer, isn't that about $2.4 million? And isn't the number much more than that given that you are among the most skilled engineers?
This is Latin, not Spanish/French. I'm surprised an HNer wouldn't know that.
batista, I think you have a penchant for arguing with me :-)

I think the right way to go is a constitutional republic, in which the "way the country is run" is strictly defined ahead of time. Then, the elected representatives have to act within those strict parameters. You could call the constitution an "intermediary that dilutes the majority's will" if you want.

I certainly belive that individual rights have to be protected from the will of the majority. Or, the minorities have to be protected from the will of the majority.

Keep in mind that everyone is part of a minority sometimes, and everyone is part of a majority sometimes. Depends on the issue.
The localStorage compatibility table is here:
http://caniuse.com/#feat=namevalue-storage

Many localStorage libraries fallback to older techniques (window.name, userData, etc). It looks like BankersBox has an adaptor interface, so if you wanted support in the older browsers, you could write an adaptor (check out Lawnchair/store.js to see how to use those older APIs).
This is akin to saying "PC manufacturers make $200, Microsoft makes $100 and app developers get $5 on each PC. I think some of the wrong people are getting rewarded".

I'm not sure what the point of this entry was.
[slight spoiler ahead] The caps lock LED toggle detection reminds me of Cryptonomicon, during Randy's stint in the cell.
It's also likely that candidates simply have to change their views in order to be able to gain support.

If I ran for president I'd probably have to at least pretend to be a Christian and align myself with the consensus views of either the democratic or republican party, which are already clearly established.
I think that depending on one's perspective, one might consider this more analogous to claiming to ride a bike, but as it transpires, you only learned how to ride a bike with training wheels. You can write the analogy however you like to make it suit the point you're trying to make.

I don't think it's unreasonable for folks to suggest that "Build web apps" is maybe a more apt title than "code" for what's described here. It would not harm this well-intentioned and well-executed article to do so.
Path to Revenues
This will change as the smart phone market matures. App developers won't make more money, but device manufacturers and network operators will make less due to increased competition.

We're already seeing the signs of maturation with Android and some the cheaper carriers like Virgin Mobile.
Get W3TotalCache installed, and serve a cached static page.
Ask HN: career advice on dealing w/ decisions that hurt you.
Essentially, here's the situation I'm in: I'm at a company that I really like, but they've decided to take a major project in a direction that I strongly disagree with, and one that also isn't complementary to my skill set. My goal is more aligned with remaining at this company for the long-term than becoming the head of this project, which is impossible given the direction that it hass taken.

Is there a tactful way to communicate, "I'll do the best I can, but I don't agree with this approach and don't want my performance to be assessed on how well I do, so long as I give my best efforts?" What I want to communicate is that I'm willing to work toward the implementation of a decision I disagree with, but would find it unfair if my performance were assessed based on how well I do when I've already disclosed (a) that I believe we should be doing it differently, and (b) that the decision will make me less effective.

I'm willing to work toward the implementation of an idea that I think is the wrong technical direction, but I'm not willing to have my performance over the next year judged according to the results I produce with inappropriate tools, when I know I could perform a lot better with better tools.
So lets suppose I have several billion integers sitting in a data store, and I want to sort, count, and sum them. Do I have to collect all this data to my local cache first? What if millions of people are using my application who want the same value?
Udacity announces 4 new CS courses starting April 16th
Minimalist Floating Point Type
Oh, I'd love it if it supported the Google AppEngine datastore!
Mobile Second Cup - iPad HD rumours, Naveen checks out + Yelp has 1.5b
Horace's numbers do not include revenue generated by in-app advertising, third-party services (rdio subscription), non-apple in-app-like purchases (think of the Amazon store app), and the growth in the mobile web.

The rapid growth of mobile devices spurred by the iPhone/iPad has generated far more value for developers than $12/phone suggests.
Definitely. I've been spending a decent amount of mental energy on this and still feeling very fuzzy about it. I especially feel like bootstrapping techies treat their time like it's worth nothing, when it clearly isn't -- they just aren't getting paid in cash for it.
Democracy will never work because it can only work if EVERYONE is educated enough and by default humans are notoriously stupid and unaware of their own stupidity. We are also delusional greedy and evil by nature so dictatorships also do not work out for us.

See, for most people, this is a surrender. "Give up!" they say, "The world can never get better!"

To me, though, it's a challenge. I'm a hacker and an entrepreneur and "impossible" means "interesting".
Say- are you a developer?
Ask HN: Is there an API that allows me to extract the text from an article?
I wonder if there is any API that allows do the same as Instapaper or readibility. In particular you can select any web page and just get the text, removing the navigation menus and advertising. I'm on a project that needs to analyze several Internet news sites and extract the contents. The problem is that each Internet portal has a different structure that is difficult to add a new site.<p>Greetings.
Yet more problems at Dreamhost
I think a bigger problem for you is the use of "I", YC is very much focused on the team. If you've got a good team with a track record from working together you've got a chance to get in pre-product.

If you're a sole founder you pretty much have to show that you're capable of building a company on your own which essentially requires product and traction.
I've loaded the page a few times via Coral Cache, so you may be able to read it here, if wordpress is still misbehaving.

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/0-readme/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/1-introduction/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/2-why-apply/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/3-basic-advice/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/4-team/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/5-idea/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/6-users-distribu...

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/7-writing-tips/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/8-video-demo/

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/9-recommendation...

http://www.guidetoyc.com.nyud.net/the-guide/10-final-advice/
A constitutional monarchy does all those things.

And they are not republics, but can be democracies.
From the full article, "Python 3.2 [beta] looks promising coming out just a little faster than Python 2.7.". This same article has PyPy coming in at 3 times as fast as Python 3.2 and Python 2.7 on the pystone benchmark, but if you have used PyPy it is not fast.

Looks like we need another benchmark. Does anyone have the Python 2 code from the Shootout? It seems to have been removed so that you can no longer compare Python 3 to Python 2 directly.

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=al...
That's an important point. The work Apple puts into making an iPhone is enormous. They do research, design, manufacturing coordination. They made the operating system, police the App Store, operate a content delivery store, manage licensing deals. The list goes on and on.
It can use DynamoDB under the hood, as a data store.

The data storage system is strongly decoupled from the transactor and the peer, so there are a number of options, ranging from a filesystem to S3 to DynamoDB.
A republic is all about establishing a reasonably strong mean, back to which a succession of various administrations tends to revert.

Other forms of government allow for much higher variance. You might get a brilliant and benevolent monarch, for instance, but his son might turn out to be incompetent or tyrannical. In which case, sucks to be you. Hopefully the 30-year dice roll turns out better with the next heir.
mrb, why don't you stop your daily scam posts?
Marx and Engels are a good place to start if you look for a comprehensive debate against capitalism.

Of course, I would expect Adam Smith and his disertation to say something akin to "we've not seen 'real capitalism'".
You are correct, nothing has said programmer. For the sake of clarity, will alter title to say game developer.

EDIT:

Too late to alter the title. Will have to stand.
What if the person enjoys it the 'menial' and 'trivial' tasks? What if it's a way for them to stay connected with what their creation? I personally sometimes enjoy autonomous/repetitive actions once in a while just so my brain can zone out and/or to let my mind wamder.

The title can definitely be better – something along the line of min/maxing your time/profit, instead of 'killing' companies or 'trivial' tasks.
Indeed, the whole theory falls down on this point. In areas where people are generally competent, they can judge to skill of others and can select the best leaders.
Came here to ask this exactly. Thanks!
> Democracy means "the people should be governed exactly how the majority of them likes to". No bait and switch representation, no BS.

Direct democracy without constitutional checks is tyranny. The majority would just vote the minority into slavery. This is such an obvious consequence of what it seems you're advocating that I must be misunderstanding you.
Thanks, good luck to you too. Maybe we'll share some sweat sessions in the days to come.
223.

EDIT: 219 is definitely smaller than 223.
Of course, of course. All I know how to do is web development (besides some Mathematica for research and dicking-around). This isn't like I am standing on top of an intellectual mountain, shouting down at the ignorant masses gathered below, "Stop worshiping your false golden Rails idols".

If I could add a stage though, it would probably be something like "Cluster 5: Why does my website suck?" Sure it's there, it's up on the WWW, but a website made from someone at Cluster 4 isn't something that is going to make you money.

Cluster 5 is when all the CS comes in. You have to learn about algorithms and data structures and regular expressions and what is actually going on behind the scenes. Yes, you can make a website that does the basic simple "of course, here's an exhaustive search" solution to the given problem. But can you make it fast? Or beautiful? Or, heaven forbid, intuitive? Can you fix it after you try and fail to make it the above three? That's the stage that never ends, the one that doesn't take a week of hunkering down with a textbook to get through.

Cluster 5 is the stage that CS education tries to start everybody at without any prior experience. It works for the imaginative people who can make the leaps about why this matters, but for most it just leaves everyone behind. With web programming, you actually have motivation to learn these weird things about patterns of electrons.

Because, honestly, who wants to make websites that suck?
Ok. My blog is up again. Thanks to cd34 and dangrossman to bring the DNS issue to my notice.

When I first created my blog I was asked to point my domain's A-record to their IP address but now the cached version of their help page(as I am unable to access any live page) is saying that if I am using subdomain, I need to point the CNAME record to domains.tumblr.com. I did that and my blog is up again.

Still I am unable to access any page of tumblr.com other than signup page. :)
I would love to hear some discussion about whether this kind of approach is actually a good idea, vs sticking with the boring legaleze.
Remember, the 'peer' doesn't have to be embedded in your front-edge application (even though that's one use case). You could have a single 'peer' which sits on it's own beefy server expressly for this kind of calculation.
219

Edit: on the other hand, in the math category "219 is the smallest number that can be represented as a sum of four positive cubes in two different ways."
Ask HN: Non-compete: how do I prove when I started a project?
I have a project I've been working on for about a year in my personal time (weekends, nights, etc) when not at work. It's basically a game. I was planning to launch this on the web at some point in the coming few months, and later on in the app store/android market if possible. So, the thing is, I just received a job offer from a large tech company and I'd like to accept. They will ask me to sign a non-compete (it's legal where they are). But the problem is that, unlike my previous company, this company is in many different lines of business, including games. So there is overlap there. I have been reading up on non-competes and it looks like they are non-enforcable unless the company can demonstrate that confidential information/trade secrets was actually stolen and used to help the competitor in question.
So the thing is, most of the code for this project is already written. But if the game became popular and they came after me, how would I prove that? It's not open source so I can't point to a github commit history or anything like that. Do courts look at modification dates/times on files? I realize this probably paranoid, I doubt this company is going to come after me for my hobby iphone app or whatever. However I'm just wondering if anyone has any insight into what I should do in this situation. (also, I won't actually be working in the games division itself, if that makes any difference). Thanks HN.
Since his family has run the campground since the 1950s that was obviously not the case.
Consider that there are 400k active apps on the Android Market. Apple is about the same.

That's not a lot of money earned per app.

Many developers haven't put a lot of money in, but they have put in a lot of time!

If every app only took 1 developer 1 day to make, that's still ~1/4 minimum wage.

Edit: I'm not suggesting min. wage for indy smartphone devs. I'm just noticing a discrepancy and strongly keeping in mind that the existence of hundreds of thousands of applications is used by Apple & Android marketing departments all the time.
How odd that the parties controlling distribution reserve the greatest payoffs for themselves.