skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Meh... I've written both Python and C/C++/Java, and I disagree that it's possible to reach a point where the indentation completely obviates the need for brackets in identify blocks. That might be true if you always keep blocks extremely short, and if you never have more than a couple of levels of indentation, but in the real world code never quite seems to fit that Platonic ideal.

I'll grant, however, that the Python approach isn't quite as bad as I thought it would be, and that it can come close to matching the readability of "code with braces." But, for me at least, braces (and vertically aligned ones at that, dangit) absolutely make code more readable.

YMMV, IANAL, HTH, WTFBBQ, etc...
Could this qualify as frivolous lawsuit [1]?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation
He didn't ask what undergrad degree to get.
Awesomeness. Working as a video editor, I would love a system like this in place for clients to give feedback. It would greatly streamline the revision process!

Excited to see this get integrated into platforms across the web!
Rentention!

One of the fundamental pillars of AARRR! (Acquisition Attention Retention Revenue Referral)

I've been searching for a service like this for quite some time. I have been wanting to create something homebrew for quite some time because there is clearly no offering currently available that does this.

I'm still yet to test, but it looks like you guys might have nailed it.

- Any signs on pricing for when you do launch?

- And why is a JS library required for this? (Is it purely for the popup messaging?)
And now we know how the Philippinos that work overnight are being fed.
Everyone makes mistakes, so the fact that Perkins Coie sued the wrong person isn't so bad. But the fact they won't admit their mistake without this person hiring their own lawyer to prove them wrong? Bad. I suppose he can countersue Perkins Coie in small claims court for his legal costs, but what a hassle to deal with their mistake.
Trance seems to be the developers' music of choice. Solarstone is nice. Have you listened to Trance Around the World - http://www.trancearoundtheworld.com/ ? Discovered them tx to another hacker.
There is still important work to be done with respect to code point unification. Notably, encoding ancient or minority scripts that don't have national governments advocating on their behalf.

Unfortunately, entrenched business and political interests have made encoding flags and emoticons a higher priority.
What I don't get is how in 2012 sites like Amazon are still making this mistake. Amazon is a company that, much like Google, spends millions analyzing user behavior and trying to optimize the workflow (checkout, in their case).

This has been the number one complaint I have against Amazon for the past 10 years. And they haven't done a think about it?
Here's an article from IBM on their work on real-time Java, where they develop a GC that can provide a bound on latency, and on the amount of time spent doing GC: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-rtj4/

Based on that, I don't think I'd rule out the feasibility of doing a missile guidance system in a GC language.
SQLite is a great embedded database, but is deliberately not designed for replacing a 'full' database server. It doesn't support highly concurrent usage, it can't be run as a network service, it has a comparatively weak type model.

All of these differences are actually assets for the embedded DB market. They could be fixed, but you would end up with a database that was a winner in neither space.

I think the killer problem with SQLite for businesses is that it essentially locks their data inside the application. With a full SQL server, the data is trivially exposed for use / integration with other systems.
Wow... amazing! ;)
Only one crash for ICC, is it so better or just less analyzed?
Microsoft flees Germany over patent disputes
Some of the themes look really good. Sandra, the one you're using for this site, is not one of them...
Don't misread me as a visionless hack. I would never discourage dreaming. My point was not that you are thinking too big, but rather exactly the opposite: that the FSF so often gets caught up in trivial distractions.

"Suck it up" does not mean "accept defeat," it means to accept the blows that come with contesting the arena of ideas, and get serious about effectively pursuing your mission. You don't get to just pretend the arena of ideas doesn't exist.

Free software is an ideology, and as an ideology it badly needs a prophet, someone who can inspire reverence for the cause the way that Carl Sagan or Neil deGrasse Tyson can inspire reverence for science.

rms is wasting his influence. Just look at the primary GNU Project About page; it's a disaster of anxious dissembling, fussing over terminology, scolding people who only 95% agree with him, and taking pages and paaaaages to do it. That is not how you lead.

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

When the FSF has a message other than "the waves are choppy and all the boats are unsound so you better stay close to shore," maybe they'll find that people start listening.
Hey. Eschew is a perfectly good word.
Single profile from coderwall,stackoverflow,github
How would you make your own Power Balance bracelet?
I'd imagine these small companies dream of being big some day, so why would they invest the time to use SQLite when, should they hit it big, they would have to completely switch databases?

Of course, that's my speculation, but what's the downside to going with PostgreSQL/MySQL in the first place unless you never intend on getting bigger?
Skype Bashes Facebook And Twitter In Its Ad Campaign
BMW i8 Concept Spyder
Just a hunch: on the iPhone the app applies the filters in realtime while taking the picture.

Does it do that on Android too? If yes, the requirement might be on the GPU. Do the other apps on Android do it?
It looks like the themes, thus far, are all from bootswatch:

http://bootswatch.com/
I work at BigFix and highly recommend it as a place to work.
SQLite is indeed a very good piece of software. It's also a fairly idiosynchratic piece of software: For example, table schemas are essentially untyped, and you can assign any type of value to a column value. The lack of good support for date/time data is problematic. And the complete lack of support for GIS is pretty serious; for many people, PostGIS is the "killer app" for Postgres.
This is precisely what AnyFu is: http://www.anyfu.com.

We haven't launched yet (just testing out the system), but we've processed five client/expert sessions in the past couple weeks and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
I wish I had you as my teacher...my teacher photocopied teach your self SAM series.
The 10 patents Facebook is suing Yahoo with
Data Analyst at Well Known Major Online Video Service -- Los Angeles
We are looking for a Data Analyst Engineer to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. Primary responsibilities will include generating raw data reports and digging deep into data, analyzing trends on subscriber behavior, preparing reports for management, and collaborating with multiple teams to provide insightful analysis to senior management. While some pieces will be routine, many projects will be ad hoc. Due to the “undefined” nature of the work, the successful candidate will have the aptitude to tackle multiple projects, problem-solve, and efficiently execute deliverables. Competitive salary and full benefits offered.
Responsibilities may include: •	Collaborating with different business units to define and build insightful reports •	Ongoing report generation and analysis of key business metrics •	Digging deep into data files, analyzing and calculating internal traffic metrics • Assisting with the preparation of weekly and monthly metrics reports for the executive team and other departments •	Working closely with the marketing team to analyze 3rd party promotions and marketing efficiency •	Assisting with the creation of presentations to support board meetings and other ad hoc strategic initiatives •	Participating, owning, and driving various ad hoc projects

Qualifications: •	2 – 3 years of experience working with large data systems •	The ideal candidate will have at least 1-2 years of experience in the online video space or least have a strong understanding of current consumer trends and marketing tactics in the space •	Expertise with at least one major database system (MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle) •	Strong knowledge of database development, administration and reporting •	Strong SQL/TSQL development skills •	Bachelor's degree with a major or emphasis in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Computer Science is required •	Exceptional analytical abilities and strong MS Excel skills •	Experience in a roll-up-your-sleeves environment is a plus •	Independent, energetic, highly technical, and capable of driving for results under pressure and ambiguity

EMAIL resume and brief cover letter to: onlinevideodataanalyst@gmail.com
Why exports will resurrect the US as a dominant global economic power
There is another change of note in Linux 3.2 which could matter PostgreSQL, the major changes to how writebacks of dirty pages works.[1] Now in your case the changes where mostly to read perfromance so I do not think the writeback changes mattered here.

1. http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.2#head-fbc26b4522e4e990a9ea...
Have you considered running it against Viaweb's first business plan?

http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html
Same here. Was on my phone, but it wouldn't show up in Play Store app search, only on the web interface. Since there's no mobile web version of the Play Store, I had to navigate the desktop version using my mobile device.

Really poor downloading experience overall--took 10 minutes to get an app which I don't think is nearly as good as the iOS version. It's missing blur functionality, the filters don't seem to be as effective, and there are WAY too many unlabeled icons which you have to tap to figure out what they do.
connect all profiles...
altuure:
http://achivy.com/u/altuure
That's a tremendous improvement. Obviously, I don't know the particulars of your situation but are you planning to update to more current hardware? The 5300 Cloverton was 65nm process and 2006 era. I'd be curious about the effect of using the 3.2+ kernel on the new e5-2600 Sandybridge process.
alias sudo='sudo '

allows you to use sudo with your aliases, where you normally wouldn't
MacRabbit announces their lastest app: Layer Cake
Hey Chris,

Thanks for your comment. Regarding pricing, this is all we've said publically : http://docs.intercom.io/#PricePlans - if it's a big obstacle and concern for you, mail me and I can give you some loose bracket to inform your decision

Along with messaging, the JS library tracks web application activity sending us useful data such as "last seen" which in turn let's us email "users not seen in the past 30 days".

You can use our API if you prefer http://docs.intercom.io/api but the client works really well for lots of this stuff.
Ya, but that's still too much of a pain. 2 clicks.
A surprising amount of peer review is actually done by lowly graduate students who are assigned papers by advisors. I really try to give an honest evaluation :) [and my experience is most people generally do]. However, like it was mentioned above, the penalty for rejecting a good paper is really low.
Could you elaborate a bit more on what is not offered by current tools?

I have been in charge of reviewing and integrating various email marketing solutions for some of the companies I've worked for, I've found them usually quite complete in terms of features (some more than others, obviously).
A hint to those not finding the app in Android Play store:
Navigate to

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram....

from your Android's phone browser and install from there.

I simply did google search for 'google play instagram' and and navigated to the first link.
Instagram opened up its API recently to Hipstamatic [1] (which I think predated Instagram, not sure though). Interesting to see Instagram realize that their value is in their userbase and not in their specific filters. I don't know if they have plans to become a platform or not, but with millions of users (and with this Android release, millions more coming), they've definitely got that as an option.

[1] - http://www.fastcompany.com/1824797/exclusive-hipstamatic-ins...
This was previously posted here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3791431
Hmm. When I read your comment I thought it was a funny variation on Strunk and White's "Omit needless words": funny because it goes them one fewer, variation because it means the same thing. So if you're saying it was intended as "don't use obscure words", then your teacher pulled a fast one. It's probably better (i.e. more age-appropriate) advice for smart fourth-graders, though, than the other one. (Though maybe not. One wouldn't want to inhibit a nascent vocabulary!)
In light of this and other inventions, all the talk about oil peak and the war over water is moot. I'm convinced there will be technology - even in the near future - that will solve problems like water or energy shortage.
There is a lot to like about Rust: immutability as default, pattern matching, destructor, coroutines, uses LLVM, no hierarchy interfaces, no null pointer, built-in testing. Interestingly, the Rust compiler is written in Rust itself. If you use Mac, there is homebrew for Rust. I hope Rust will take off.
He gave away most of his book royalty income for several reasons: 1. He was a Christian. 2. For most of his life he was a bachelor and didn't need much to live on. 3. Magdalen College, Oxford (and later Cambridge University) provided him accomodations as well as a scholarly income from his professorship.
It isn't a language per se, but Wufoo[1] (and others like it[2][3]) can do this as a hosted service.

[1] - http://wufoo.com/
[2] - http://icebrrg.com/
[3] - http://www.jotform.com/
Yahoo Open Sources Mojito: Multi-Device Framework
Darpa Grand Challenge: Autonomous Bipedal Robot
Out of curiosity, what's Mozilla's motivation for making a new language?

Everything I'm reading here in the comments is talking about how this would be a replacement for c/c++, but wouldn't Mozilla be more interested in a language that's more web focused? As I see it, Rust would NOT be a web language, or am I missing something? Is this something they would try and develop future versions of Firefox in?
You can also use Wufoo, Jotform or Google Docs.
Android gets Instagram, Apple fanboy flamewar is already raging
More specifically, I'm interested on what are the best practices for semantic tagging content in a CMS system. E.g.: how to tag an article with a movie title and an artist name, and then persist this information in such a way that it can be recoverable and searchable. I've seen quite a few tagging solutions and models, but it doesn't seem there's agreement on the technologies involved, and even less on the theory behind it.
Lawyers don't sue companies. Companies sue companies.
Thanks for your kind words Colin. Your attitude is spot on. Let's keep in touch.
I guess Mr. Moniz haven't heard of Fabric Engine (http://fabricengine.com/) yet.
I agree with your general sentiment, but there actually exists a GIS extensions for SQLite, SpatiaLite[1], so there is no "complete lack of support for GIS". Still I think PostGIS is vastly superior to most if not all of its competitors.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpatiaLite
Perl QA hackathon wrapup
A bit mean to put an image of a video player. I had to look at the source code to make sure I wasn't having problems.
We launched an android version of our app (Zite) on Thursday.

For 1.5 days, users were unable to find us with a search for "zite" because google was silently correctly to "site". I estimate we lost between 70-90% of potential downloads during that timeframe.
Venice, Italy: Flattering and Beauty
PostGIS 2.0 released
Just another example of selling pickaxes in a gold rush.
Looks similar to F#
Stanford, Open University surpass 50M downloads on iTunes U
FED Buying U.S Debt
Why aren't companies better prepared for data breaches?
Why you posting on HN?
Thisweekinstartups sounds interesting!
Funny Pictures and Images.
Flying Cars; Taking Pre-orders
Amy publicly announces the prices and enrollment for each class, so you could have easily tested this hypothesis. Last year, the posted numbers would put 30x500 class revenues somewhere around $160k (give or take a few grand depending on how many used discounts) — so as Amy says, a supermajority of her income must come from other sources.
Gene Munster: Research In Motion Is Going 'Out Of Business'
Puppet Labs is Hiring.  Ask Questions Here.
The job posting is here, but please read the post if you have questions:

http://puppetlabs.jobscore.com/jobs/puppetlabs/professional-services-engineer-usa/c2e4C-pyir4BQXeJe4bk1X

I'm posting this not as a hiring manager or an HR rep - I'm a member of the Pro Services team working for Puppet. Sometimes people get confused about what Pro Services is or isn't, so I figured I'd make myself available to answer as many of your questions about the job as I can, and also provide some basic information for everyone.

So, go read the job posting, then come back.

...

Really? You RTFA'd? OK, the basic outline:

* Pro Svcs is basically sysadmins helping sysadmins. When you need to get help with a Puppet install beyond typical "support," we're the people who come and help. We build custom modules, types and providers, in every kind of IT environment you can imagine, all around the world. And generally, if you want to go to any of those other parts of the world, you can. Or you can stay pretty much on your coast. Your call.

* We're also evangelists, but in the cool way. Your job isn't to just say positive things about Puppet. Your job is to go to user group meetings, present at conferences - and Puppet presents at the best IT conferences in the world - and generally try to make things better for the community. As my boss told me when I first joined up - "your job is to spread the love."

* We're the antennae for the company out in the community. Engineering and the product team look to us to tell them what's really happening in the community, how Puppet is really being used, and then feed that information back. You get to be a part of that decision making process. You WILL be part of a meeting where critical product decisions get made - and by "meeting" I mean, "we were hanging out on the couches after hours drinking beer when..."

* We're not sales engineers. That doesn't mean we don't get involved in advising people that aren't yet Puppet customers at times, but there are people specifically assigned to that role. For the most part, you're helping people learn and use technology.

* Oh and did I mention that Puppet is an amazing place to work? I've blogged about it:

http://opsrealist.com/working-at-puppet/

It's been months since that was posted and I wouldn't change a word. I can't emphasize how great this place is.

So...post questions. But also apply...help us change what being a sysadmin means forever.
one mistake..while FontAwesome is credit IcoMOON is not

Hope project contributors fix that soom
I admit my comment was harsh, but not ad hominem. It was a statement of fact: given your background as you laid it out, I would not trust your judgment about the quality of algorithms instruction in any university. If you offered me an appraisal of how well some university is teaching algorithms, I would seek a second opinion.

Calculus and other basic math is just part of general numeracy and a university that failed to teach it, even emphasize it, is a failure, or a trade school.
Why Other Apple Products Convinced Me To Return My New iPad
Apple Wins Patents for iOS Cameras & Wireless Synchronization
We (BugHerd) have been toying with intercom for a while. The JS seems to be a quick way to get up and running, but we lean fairly heavily on the API.

I'd love to see a bit of a roadmap from them actually. We built custom tagging to hook up our users with intercom; then they rolled out that feature. We wrote a timed/usage dependant notification system; then they rolled out that as well!

The upside of that of course is that they're solving a real problem in sensible ways. I'm not a huge fan of the "in app" notifications, but even just as a research and email tool it's pretty amazing.
Symptoms of the most common leukemia type
For anyone wanting to sink their teeth into the previous grand challenge, autonomous cars, there is a Nova special called "The Great Robot Race" [1]. It's available to watch on Netflix streaming [2]. I couldn't find a link to watch the full special online via other means.

[1] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/

[2] https://signup.netflix.com/movie/The-Great-Robot-Race-Nova/7...
Loading a program on cassette was loud enough to get one banned from using the Spectrum. Plus, there was only one TV in the living room, which you needed for the Spectrum.

Add the two, and scaling meant buying another TV and migrating often between rooms.

Traumatic was when I (think I was the one who) finally burned it by plugging in the wrong power supply, decades later.
Agreed. In the same vein: http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html
NSF-Funded Project Aims To Enable Print-On-Demand, Customizable Robots
Tools and systems that take a corpus of root text and create large number of variations of that content, to avoid duplicate content penalties when trying to stuff sites to catch Google's attention.
In a commitment to the mobile web, Facebook open-sources Ringmark
Congrats. I've been working on a SaaS web app for awhile now but I've become my own worst enemy when it comes to just finishing the damn thing. Thanks to your story I'll be getting back to work on it.
Is there such a thing as a suite of standardized performance tests for large-scale, multi-core databases? How are people comparing Cassandra, PostgreSQL, mySQL and other options against each other for raw performance?
The dates line up. August 2011 was when Dyn bought EveryDNS and fucked everyone.

I have been helping people move off the Dyn platform and encouraging the development of efforts like this (both technically and financially) ever since.
The themes themselves are very good idea. However the ones that are provided aren't the most attractive ones.
What do you mean "CRM"?
Sorry about that - I guess it proves we're really dogfooding it ourselves :)

Drop me a line via Intercom with what next you'd like and I'll give you a Yes/No/Maybe for the key features.
@arien "Could you elaborate a bit more on what is not offered by current tools?"

Basically what intercom is doing. Plus.... You don't want to hammer your customers with emails. You also want to make sure that users don't get notifications which are totally irrelevant to them. Tracking all of this information is going to be hard work for your own application.

There is a drop off of rentention of users at each barrier in your application.

You might have a really simple flow like:

1. Sign Up

2. Create Project

3. Add something to Project

4. Add Collaborator/Files/Foobars to Project

5. Publish

So at each "barrier" or hurdle, you are going to have users drop off. It's pretty important to minimize this dropoff as much as you can. If you've spent $X acquiring the users, retaining them and reducing drop offs it important.

You can usually do some pretty good analytics from your own application, but then you also have to start tracking stuff like when was the last time you emailed the user.

I recently set emails from KickSend to go immediately to my spam because although they were doing a good job of reminding me that I had dropped off at point 3, they were spamming me too much during each point. I really didn't need an email every day from them.

But all the same, being able to create "tags" for my applicaiton and email users where they are at each point will be pretty awesome.

I think that's how I understand intercom can help anyway. I might be wrong!