skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Doing will always (or lets say, "on the majority") be more effective then studying, or reading, etc. I ran a painting franchise during school (such as College Works Painting, Student Works and the like), and basically learned hard sales (walking doors, then making calls for 3-4 hours a night, sometimes the same leads all week for those 3-4 hours) for ~6-7 months. Sold painting projects from $300 - $12,000 (avg $6,500), hired painters, fired, lost painters, had massive headaches, worked 90 hours a week while first starting out "production" of getting the projects completed. Advanced the next year to "build" the team, ran ~12 college students doing the same thing I did the year before (trained them up from zero).

Most business classes were funny after that (on seeing the lack of concrete applicability), but not completely worthless.

EG: Operations made "sense" when examining project management of three painting crews, hours, time to completion, planning materials of the next jobs. I was just doing simplistic planning schedules on "operations" theory.

I learned a lot from failing (having my best painting crew quit because I sucked at management) and succeeding (having another awesome painting crew groomed to take over all client relations, to where I worked 10 hours a week "managing" (as I learned from my failure of management) and just closing deals while production was completed).

Article would do better with some metrics of numbers, whether they tried (or would try) to scale it. That was the hold back in the "internship" (basically franchises) of the painting gig. Average interns did ~$30,000 in production revenue and had 90% turnover. Top performers did $80-$100,000+ (I was one, and 90% of my team were the next year) and it was just about "scale" and delegation.
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Comments asking for sources may be catching on.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22cit...

After edit: I recall the brilliant use of "can be shortened to" in this example from the HN Guidelines:

"When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. 'That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3' can be shortened to '1 + 1 is 2, not 3.'"

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Similarly, a comment that begins with "I don't mean to be [X]" can be shortened to making the statement that follows the "but" in that sentence, probably for better rhetorical effect and persuasive power, especially if the statement is actually based on a reliable source mentioned in the comment.
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Apple: 514 000 jobs

Healthcare: 14 336 000 jobs [1]

Healthcare embarrasses Apple.

[1] http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm
Violent video games & media must be banned. It should be treated like child pornography.

A federal law prohibiting the dissemination of such material and people who develop or make such games and movies should be given the same punishment those filming child pornography receive. I personally recommend a minimum of 10 years.

The social and psychological corruption of society must come to an end.

I know many of you will not agree with my opinion, but I think you don't understand how bad an impact blatant violence in games and media has on people.
> Whenever I hear someone start complaining that women shouldn't be allowed to pursue a career...

Woah, where do you hear that?! Aren't we in 2012?
Agreed. However you'll notice the reasoning for the lack of constitutionality was the reach (and the example of capturing side conversations at the soccer game was good) not the intent.

Some original legal theory behind the 'one of the participants is ok with it.' was based on the notion that this person could also testify to it (being a participant). I would really like that reasoning to be re-asserted more widely but that has yet to happen.
There's no expectation of privacy in public area. I thought that has been pretty well established.
Continuously stunned by the general acceptance of the public to the right of secrecy of those entrusted with the power of life and death over them. Police should be continuously monitored from the moment they pick up their pistol in the public service until they are off duty.
'Protecting people' include protecting people from people abuse. I don't know why the politicians think it's a one-way treatment.
I wrote about this a couple months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3469792) and it's generally true, but as thebigshane pointed out (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3472993), it doesn't always apply. Definitely good to keep in mind though
Actually, it's exactly what you said, whether you know it or not. Google's action was dictated by US law. If you have some magical way for a US company run by US citizens residing in the US to get around US law, I'm sure we'd all be interested to hear it.
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The irony is that electron microscopes run on computers, too. And they are probably even networked.

So really you can only trust an analog, optical microscope. Which, also ironically, is not quite good enough to resolve individual transistors (being limited to about 200nm or so, in green light.)

Last but not least, our CPUs are always designed by other computers, so it's theoretically possible that a backdoor could propagate itself forever.
But in practice, doesn't every major non-mobile browser use 1 px = 1 pixel?
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Compare two 64 bit registers and a jump on a match? Just a few gates? You wish.
You are repeating a discussion that has happened literally thousands of times over the last thirty years.
god that would suck to go to the grocery from. How does she even get power?
This is pretty awesome. Is this going to be included in the main HN pages?
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And the other one: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22that+bei...

Interesting take on linguistic analysis.
> The winner is most often the person more inclined to inflict damage on the other combatant.

I cannot stress enough how true this is. The person willing to take it the farthest, up to and including killing you, is the person that will win that fight.
What HN readers hope for
It's official - this is now a meme.
I put it in quotes because it was the first result I saw on the page
That's hilarious.
We just bought the cheapest stuff with the best hardware we could find. At the end of the day it gets the job done and we saved a bunch of money that we can use to keep going longer.
possible to add karma & created? Might be interesting to see if there's a relationship b/w users.
Fair enough. You know you can pay for some of those services and not get served ads. You can also disable ad targeting and history in various apps. This, understandably, disables some features due to a lack of information to operate, but it may be much more palatable to you. It may be worth considering some of these options, if you don't like targeted advertising, which exists to serve you more apt ads.
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Ah, thanks, didn't know that. I suspect that would be far better for another reason as well - less funding and brain power spent on Viagra and 'quality of life' drugs, and more on cancer, AIDS, and other major but perhaps less profitable epidemics.
As someone who has not lived that long I would like to ask why and when the word "Hacker" got a bad meaning attached to it?
Sounds like he came out ahead. Forget the money; the founder he describes sounds like a first-class jackass. No amount of money would make me want to be part of an organization that he ran.
Not surprising in the least. Turn showdead on, then have a look at the new queue.
Not the news I wanted to hear but I'm glad to know you've got more stuff in the works and you're not giving up.

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Feds give vote of confidence to Google Chrome, Android
It won't stop a private individual, either, not even one with a budget of approximately $0. Cold boot and similar attacks, even just yanking the memory or forcing a CMOS reset, are trivial. Please tell me you don't do this for a living.
You're right. But if you take into account how many of you are now aware of what I'm doing just by reading this post on HN (where a lot of you go), it's a good start. I don't anticipate potential clients setting up a meeting with me on here or in a comment on my blog. If it's not clear enough on my post, there are plenty of other ways to get in touch with me, including email >> hi@heymicholi.com

If you can think of other "strategies" outside of an online 'hacker' forum, I'd love to hear from you.
you mean the search tool? scroll down to the bottom.
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You're a laywer as well as the development and operations that your profile mentions?

Funny thing, I thought that the DMCA was the legal path. This was not used. And this alarms some lawyers: http://waxy.org/2012/03/youtube_bypasses_the_dmca/

And the "review", supposedly by a human being which failed to spot that this birdsong was not the same copyrighted recording was also an exact legal requirement? And the lack of any appeals process after that too?

I said, after you put nasty words in my mouth, that there were other options, and there are. You're not thinking this through.
Not only tide will change, the tide is already changing:

Jeff Atwood already quit Stack Overflow.

Eventually Joel would do the same.

Then new business owners would start milking it more aggressively.

But I don't worry about it too much. As soon as Stack Overflow start declining - another, hungrier and more efficient competitor would pop up.

Edit: any reason for downvotes?
Great idea! I'd suggest as a next step a user account system to store your favorite comics.

Are you manually entering the number of frames or do you automate that? Its sortof a neat gimmick but I'm not sure it really adds much useful information to the UE to be worth lots of extra work.
I was wondering why IBM agreed to this

Allegedly the government requiring a domestic fab for some chips is one of the biggest reasons IBM's fab remains funded.

All hearsay though.
I can bet the majority of musicians would opt for my method.
Your story is shockingly similar to mine.

I did eventually go back to school, and my salary tripled as a result, but if you are fine making $25k then why worry about it?

If the reason you would care about money is to make yourself happy, then there's no reason to go to school if you'd be happier without a degree. If you want money to donate to charities etc., then it's a harder question.
It's nothing new (see: German laws regarding denial of the Holocaust).
Related: questions that have been begged: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22begs+the...

(Features pedantry and inexplicably purple microbes.)
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This should be called "How To Dress Like Mark Zuckerberg." This is the standard college student/wannabe entrepreneur uniform, but you will find a lot of contexts where a t-shirt, hoodie (!) and hemp Vans aren't going to cut it. Unless you are Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs.

Jeans and t-shirts are OK in a lot more places than they used to be but on the East Coast or in many other countries dressing so far down is disrespectful. If you are under 25 a hoodie is not out of place but for anyone older a hoodie looks juvenile. So do Vans. And try getting into some of the nicer restaurants in New York or San Francisco wearing a t-shirt and hoodie. Unless you're Mark Zuckerberg.

If you are going to wear jeans in a professional context you should dress them up with nice shoes, a dress shirt or button-down, and a blazer or sport jacket. And not gray. Gray jackets are for car salesmen and floor managers at Car Toys. If you only have one jacket it should be navy. Think Richard Branson, but if you're not Richard Branson don't expect to be taken seriously dressed like you don't give a shit.

Clothes don't make a lot of difference if you look dirty or poorly-groomed. The dirty hipster look is fine for watching an indie band at a faux working man bar swilling a PBR, but not at many other places. And go easy on the tattoos and piercings and big rings in your ears. Err on the side of caution when you only get one chance to make a good impression. Your business plan and elevator pitch count for nothing if you immediately offend your audience or distract them with your affectations.

You might think it doesn't really matter, but you won't know when you're not being taken seriously or laughed at because people who have manners won't say anything.
"to be honest"

One of my pet peeves...are you usually not honest with me?

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22to+be+ho...
Sometimes. I think it shows the person has enough empathy to realize what they're saying could be hurtful. I see it as making a point which isn't meant to be taken personally (and a signal the person is willing to engage in a discussion, not an argument).

That said, it doesn't really apply for statements like "I don't mean to be rude, but you're an <ethnic slur>".
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No, but I'm clearly better versed in the law than you are.

The DMCA wasn't used because Google negotiated a separate agreement. Without that agreement -- in which Google also had to give things up -- the DMCA would control, dictating both immediate compliance and a ten-day waiting period before the video could be returned.

You arrogantly behave as if you know better than me. Put up or shut up.
you will find a lot of contexts where a t-shirt, hoodie (!) and hemp Vans aren't going to cut it

Those however may be disproportionately contexts to avoid.
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Is there a reason you aren't open to coding? It is easier than ever to learn to code online and the vast majority of remote jobs involve some sort of coding or technical expertise.
There's no expectation of sanity in Illinois. I hate living here.
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I think I already did put up: a review process that's meaningful. I'm done here.
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You can render PDFs as UIImages[1], there are categories around that make this easy[2].

However, this is never ever going to be as cheap as loading a converted PNG (which Apple's modified pngcrush converts for you). I think a lot of devs have the draw/vector vs. precomposed bitmap tradeoff the wrong way round.

Drawing all of your gradated UIButtons with CoreGraphics methods is a false economy compared to just loading a stretchable PNG. Almost all of Apple's UI system imagery is bitmap based, and for a good reason.

[1] http://mattgemmell.com/2012/02/10/using-pdf-images-in-ios-ap...

[2]https://github.com/mindbrix/UIImage-PDF
HN users that hate to be "that guy":

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22to+be+th...
I think this shows that HN users are careful w/ words because they don't want come off negative and be down voted.
I don't mean to be speculative, but I think it's always the "but" in the opening sentence that is really interesting.
A review process that would not be accepted in a negotiated agreement by the copyright trolls, and one not permitted under the DMCA.

What's a "Coder in London" doing trying to educate a US citizen and resident on US law, anyway?
Because most, if not all, societies have tended to view women as helpless physically and therefore unable to adequately defend themselves. There are broadly three categories people take particular exception to with regards to violence - women, children and the elderly.
Hacker trivia : Why "UTC" is not "CUT"?
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Perhaps if you don't have the capability to deal with a territory, try and find locals who do and franchise to them before you get copied there.
I agree.

The only garment request we've made of our staff, is: no spandex bike shorts.

One of our designers liked wearing them. They showed off his junk. (No one found that a pleasant sight.)
>Now try filing a complaint about the police, but you have to go through the police to do it - good luck with that.

If city police officers intentionally violated one's rights, one can sue the offending officers (and the municipality [1]) in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (However, under Supreme Court case law, officers have qualified immunity for honest mistakes.)

>No ... federal oversight - they make you go through them

You can file a complaint with the US Department of Justice.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/documents/polmis.php

It is true that police officers get away with too much misconduct, but it's not true that there is no independent oversight whatsoever.

[1] Monell v. Dept. of Soc. Svcs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978).
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I don't get it, this reads kind of weird. It kind of reads a little like jealousy, I guess? You spent 3/4 of the article slamming the guy in serious way then the last 2 paragraphs saying "I guess he became professional." Weird.
Would you please explain a bit more on

// This fix was hard-won -
// just doing .css(property, '') doesn't work!
$old.get(0).style["margin-left"] = ""
$old.get(0).style["-webkit-transform"] = ""

What wasn't working and how this lines solved the problem?
usually when people say they don't mean to be a jerk, they're being a jerk. not intentional.. but the person will think you're a jerk, so it's basically the same effect, just that you'll feel better.
The API allows programmers integrate the iPhone as an input for their existing games - that being said, its merely a gateway and serves to get the game developer community more familiar with this mechanic.

Simply put, this will be fantastic for some use cases, and not for others; we've no intention of being everything to everybody.

As far as games uniquely suited for this - it's important to remember that the iPhone is much more than a touch controller. it
1. is mobile and with you all the time
2. enables motion of many different types (both tilt control and wii style control)
3. enables swipes, sliders & gestures
4. enables privileged information (that only you can see) and dynamic information (changing what you see in real time)

That's MUCH MORE than touch controller gameplay.
I dont mean to be rude here but you should start realizing point (a) and (b)...
As long as you don't look like you belong in a slum, I'm not going to care what you wear. It should be about the good/service you're trying to sell. Google has talked about how people come in dressed like they're going to the beach then blow them away in job interviews where the guy in a suit and tie was so-so. Overdressing is just compensating.
In my opinion, it's unlikely that a war is just if the citizenry is unwilling to submit to a draft.

In the same way, if an administration can't convince everyone in the population to pay for a war with tax increases, then the war either isn't defensible or the administration is too stupid to wage it effectively.

The worst possible situation is when you get a war that is fought by volunteers being paid with borrowed money.
It's an old rule that whenever someone says "I'm not racist, but", they are practically always about to say something incredibly racist. I think this can be generalized to all forms of "I'm not X, but" or, "I don't mean to be X, but", and so forth. "No offense, but, <offensive thing>" seems to also be a common variation.

Is there a word for this kind of linguistic construct?

( Possibly related: http://www.notracistbut.com/ )
I guess that's what happens when you are relatively new to HN, you miss the blindingly obviousness. (Could also be down to subconscious blindness I guess - It's not often if ever, that you see a search box in the footer).
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Learn. To. Dance. I do not mean goofy grinding to bad Top 40 or the running man - learn a ballroom dance. It really does not matter what it is, swing, Latin, waltz - just fucking do it.

A lot of women like to dance and a lot of men do not. Knowing how to dance is like having bulletproof patents, a killer product, two million paying customers, and a personal endorsement from the President of the United States of how bitchin your company is. Get over your fears, take a class with a bunch of other newbies, and GO OUT! There is nothing more exhilarating than asking a beautiful woman to dance and her saying yes. It is truly a remarkable feeling that most men will never experience.

It solves two problems. First, there is absolutely nothing worse than approaching someone out of the blue. It is super awkward, and unless you are Justin Bieber, never works. Two, physical proximity is a requirement on the dance floor. Attraction is enormously physical, and dancing is the best way to break that barrier without being a creeper.

Find a beginner Salsa lesson in your area and get moving...

EDIT: I forgot to mention one thing. Find another of your good male friends to learn with you. Women rarely go anywhere alone, and you need to be prepared to approach a group of people. Having another person there makes the first interaction a lot smoother.
You are right that its PR, but please don't argue about it being "Honest". The common use of the term "Creating Jobs" is only those "directly employed" by your company (i.e on your company's payroll). In this context, including other indirect jobs is misleading and hence dishonest.

( I would also argue that perhaps the right way to present information to congressmen requires one to have the patience to sincerely explain to them what the situation really is rather than deliberately misleading them)