skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It isn't clear to me that my choice not to have a Facebook account is any form of self-censorship.

If this classroom assistant had simply sent her funny photo to friends using e-mail, perhaps we would not be reading about it?

I do think some kind of privacy protection is needed, in Europe we have some laws, but they are not perfect.
> the district’s Special Education Director wrote to Hester, saying “[I]n the absence of you voluntarily granting Lewis Cass ISD administration access to you[r] Facebook page, we will assume the worst and act accordingly."

I guess this clown has never heard of innocent until proven guilty. Yes, yes, I realize this is not a court of law, but let's see how he feels about that when the ACLU hauls him into one.
A few comments on this:

- At the highest level, whether you "faked it" and dressed up for that investor pitch or job interview doesn't matter. If you have the skills and content the investor or employer is looking for, they will easily look past what you are wearing and whether it's authentic or fake. Mark Zuckerberg didn't dress up for investor pitches, but was able to raise money right? I also tend to think if Zuckerberg had put on some nice clothes, he still would've been able to raise money even if it was obvious it wasn't his normal attire.

- I've hired a lot of people over the years into both startup and larger companies from engineers to sales people, and it was usually obvious if someone was "faking" their appearance. Never have I thought "Boy, this person is being inauthentic and fake, I should not hire them". I've always seen it as a sign of respect that they took the effort. At the same time, I would not think worse of someone who didn't dress up, because I also realize that it's them as people that matter.

- Bottom line: Be yourself, and if being yourself means wearing your normal clothes, that's fine. And if being yourself means you'd like your chances better in some nice clothes, then put those on. Spend more time worry about the content of your presentation or how well you can perform in the interview instead.
What is it that they're doing? I was there, I realize it's April first, but I couldn't figure out what the he'll was happening.
the 5th of July only happens once a year too!
Beautiful pixel art maps of Chinese cities
"...this self esteem movement that pretty much feels that you're born great and you don't need to change a thing. Wrong! We all have things we need to work on. It's good to fit in with society."

You have to understand the geniuses who see things in new light, those who are doing things in a new but better way will always differ from the mainstream. If we establish a culture that encourages conformity--to ANY degree--then we'd be doing a disservice to innovative culture.

That is, being "weird" or different to ANY degree is NEVER bad so long as you aren't hurting anyone. But the weird guy might be on to something and you don't want to ever miss out on that.

So we should encourage people to be themselves because being themselves could mean the difference between being awesome or being normal.

Smelling bad and looking bad are quite different things. When you smell back you are actually negatively physically affect those around you. Just like being a psychopath isn't mainstream and would be considered weird, but obviously that affects others in a negative way.

I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans... not because I'm trying to make a statement, but because that's how I've always been doing it, even if it's different from how you do it. No one has the right to tell me the way I've been doing things is inferior or bad. Only reality can decide that.

>Or are you staunchly against those things, too?

I'm not staunchly against those things and I never said I am. I'm simply staunchly for people being who they are and never faking to fit in. It never helps, and only hurts.
This site actually works better than HN for this list, though.
yea! Why does it not work in firefox?
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Works for us, anyhow. We have a clear mission, but the vision of the product is constantly evolving. The CEO/head of product does have final authority, but we are all definitely involved, and I think it's a very collaborative process.

It helps that we work very incrementally and are very data driven. Every commit goes live after the unit tests pass, and we commit every few hours. We don't have to agree on everything, just the thing we're testing next.
Make the control key send escape when pressed on its own
I agree. The "big problem" is the low-ish revenue due to poor app sales figures compared to iOS, and probably nothing else. You can blame it on the device's architecture, I'd rather put the blame on the business itself and the way it works.

"Fragmentation" is an engineering problem that we can iron out. Bad market performance is much more complex and something that's in large part out of our control.
Hacker News is overtaking Slashdot (according to Google Insight for Search)
Why so many technology media like "A next X thing"?
as you see, just.me is only another copycat of path.but so many blogs said it is the next killer app, the future of mobile social.
A warrant would still be needed to read emails, but this essentially will give the government access to your browser history.
Isn't Toshiba a joke every day of the year?
Hi, Adrian!

I agree that the agency design process is internally iterative. But they don't ship or observe actual usage, so I can't call it real iteration, which I think requires a closed feedback loop.

I agree that there are a lot of people who love doing long-term product work. But I think to be amazing at a particular sort of design, you have to do a substantial variety of it. I don't think most startups offer anything close to the variety that an agency or a freelance career can provide. Which is why we turned to external specialists for things like our logo.

I agree entirely that about different contexts needing different skills in house.
I'm somewhat confused why you think this is contrived. Clojure isn't a Common Lisp implementation and the ecosystem around each is very different, Heroku is a nice platform for cloud hosting and there are very few (possibly no) good options for deploying CL-based web apps other than on machines you run yourself. Since some people like using Common Lisp (ITA Software being the classic example, but they're not the only ones) simplifying the process seems helpful. Would it help if I rephrased your objection as pointing out that there's no reason to work on GNU Classpath since C#/Mono exists?
Looks like geeks will make it rain before rappers do...
Creating Victims And Then Blaming Them
ClojureScript, Parenscript, Whalesong, Biwa Scheme, and others.
One year they're going to come out and have the last X years of their pranks as real products. X years of pranks is actually a huge prank in itself.
Dan Porter (omgpop CEO) responds to Shay Pierce leaving
that's probably part of the joke
Is this an April Fool's?
Understanding the Click-Through Rate
Am I the only one where this page comes back empty (In Chrome and IE)?

It's also not in Google Cache.

The only things I found were these:
http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.co...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_UmWdcTrrc
> If previous generations found it advantageous to live with it all hanging out, they would have.

Oh look, the Fully General Social Conservative Argument.
Is this a joke?

I'm glad I don't live in the UK but pissed since they set an example others might be tempted to follow.
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Sparrow iPhone App Review - Washington Post
Very surprised that the author failed to mention this: http://www.collegeboard.com/html/computerscience/index.html
They're taking live submissions from the community and promoting selectively.
Google Search for results way back in time or in the future
New options in Google search for custom time range:

Tomorrow -> todo: create tachyon web crawler

Enlightenment -> ego quaerere ergo ego sum

Past 5.391e-44 seconds -> a photon passes, no new celebrity news, must refresh faster

Hadean Era -> just us rocks, move along

Victorian Era -> this query served from Google's Difference Engine cluster

New Kingdom Era -> tetrahedral real estate listings

Cretaceous Era -> "dinosaur repellent" OR "time machine repair"

The Gilded Age -> monocles

Jurassic Era -> It's a UNIX system, I know this!

Once upon a time -> poisoned apple antidotes

Anything else?
You can show respect by taking people seriously, being on time, putting in effort, and countless other objectively practical things.

Wearing a suit is only considered by some to be respectful because of cultural conditioning. Unfortunately cultural norms are not objective.

I am 21. I have never worn a suit before and it's not because I actively choose not to or oppose it. I simply have never come to a situation where I was told why I needed to wear a suit. Therefore I have never been conditioned to do so as the norm.

But I can understand that if I do not show up on time, if I ignore or talk over others that these are objectively disrespectful actions because they negatively affect others.

If anyone is still stuck in the thinking that dressing up in a suit (which has no practical consequences to any matters on hand) then they are completely missing the point.

I'll show my fucking respect by doing my best, not being a dick, taking people seriously, and if people refuse to recognize that true respect simply because I didn't dress up nicely to conform to their cultural standards then it's their loss.
13 Days After Survival
Counter-Intuitive Productivity
Does it matter if it sticks around forever if it isn't being read?
I certainly hope so, though fear not.
The anger directed at highly-abstracted frameworks is typically rooted in fear. Specifically, fear that someone less expensive, with less education and ancillary knowledge could one day replace them in the marketplace.

There's a reason a significant portion of the community doesn't actually want coding and basic CS know-how to become highly commoditized. It's a sentiment rarely expressed in so many words, but it's most certainly there.

While there's no doubt that the job market will look significantly different 5-10 years from now, I for one choose to remain optimistic. The ever increasing levels of abstraction come hand in hand with ever increasing levels of complexity - complexity that someone with a genuinely deep skill set is poised to cater to.

Not to belabor the point, but another commenter pointed out that web frameworks have made "old school" web developers somewhat obsolete - and yet there's not exactly a shortage of demand for competent web developers in 2012.
Cultivating charisma
"After you opt out, Google will not collect interest category information..."

This is really doubleclick out-out anyway, which it didn't seem like Franken was talking about (and google isn't allowed to combine with your google profile information anyway, per the doubleclick acquisition agreement (which I assume is binding forever, even to the next regime, though I don't know for certain)).
That was my first reaction after reading the first lines of the article. But I'm afraid it's not a joke.
Clojure isn't the only lisp running on the JVM. Armed Bear Common Lisp is another one: http://common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/
+1. !unimportant ruined it.
The New York Times article the post initially links to is a lot more interesting. Besides debunking formal brainstorming processes, it also points out the increasing necessity of creative group work, as well as strategies that are quite effective. Examples include MIT's chaotic Building 20, and the sweet spot of "familiar but not too familiar" in hit Broadway musical teams.

Perhaps Agile with a capital A does hold something in common with the formal technique of brainstorming. The key point of the Lehrer piece is that in order for group creativity to flourish you need to foster debate and disagreement, not just uncritical free association in a conference room. And even then, it's good not to put too much formal process in place, because the best interactions are unscripted. But this in turn solidifies the need for work spaces that maximize the chance for these encounters.
"... But it would enable intelligence officers to identify who an individual or group is in contact with, how often and for how long. ..."

Cynical enough to think GCHQ do this already & the legislation allows for more favourable results.
I didn't know what to make of that comment. Dynamic this-binding is used heavily in any OO javascript code; it's not a feature that should be ignored when designing the new syntax.

To me, writing 'this' as part of the parameter list for methods is more confusing than having a second arrow operator.
PanoJS3 - An Interactive JS Widget For Panning And Zooming A Panoramic Image
Because most people in this country have some level of savings and aren't living paycheck to paycheck. Also, most people can definitely afford to go out and buy another new car three months after they just bought one...

Sorry, I still don't see it. Especially since gap costs a grand total of ... $500 sometimes? $30 a month for a while others? Numbers are varied on the internet, but ... it's not much compared to 10k.
I wish it were just idiotic. The problem is that he's bought and paid for. This is Hollywood sponsored payback targeting Google and Facebook for their SOPA resistance.
> Imagine if your post was reversed, and described why design-based startups can't find good programmers. All the pejorative "this vs. that" statements you could write about a programmer and what their "environment encourages."

I imagined it. And?

There are places where programmers are treated as commodity, and there are places where programmers are prized possessions, and same holds for design, business, sales or any other stream of work. If I feel that all I need is someone to do a $25 logo because basically I don't give a shit about the logo and code is what that matters, it's totally my prerogative. I am under no obligation to appease random people's sense of entitlement.

If you run a design shop or are one of those "idea guys" who need a code monkey to do the easy job of coding so that you can work on the hard parts, would I do it? Fuck no. But that doesn't mean there aren't people who would do it or you are wrong to have such expectations.

I don't know why people feel that the whole world owe them something, and complain about being prosecuted when their perceived debt isn't paid.
Perhaps that's what it is.
Galileo. Your iOS in Motion
Hmm, you're right - I should have done more cross-browser testing. It does work fine in the latest Chrome, Opera, Safari, and IE 8+.

Unfortunately, I haven't worked with Firefox enough to be able to figure out what the problem is. I'll keep looking into it, but if anybody can figure this out, I will be much indebted to them.
Hah, yeah, for Australians the US seems like something between hacker mecca and inescapable black hole.

Nice video. :)
Why DuckDuckGo API has 6x more hits than web search?
I know this is heresy around here, I find this mentality extremely irresponsible. Irresponsible for those promoting it and those who would follow it. The fact is, its so easy for us in this field to say "do what you love, and the rest will work itself out!". To be a CS major while pushing this mentality on everyone is completely self-serving. We get to be smug about doing what we love, while also being paid very well for it. We "live the dream", and we're going to make sure everyone knows it. Sure, that advice works swimmingly for CS; not so much for art majors and history majors who can't find jobs.

The only people who are qualified to give this advice are those who can't find a decent job after years of searching, yet would still not change their field of study if they could do it over again.
> Unfortunately cultural norms are not objective.

Unfortunately cultural norms are very strong.

> then it's their loss.

Sure, it is their loss. But if they're giving you a job, or giving you money, then you're losing out too. And there are a lot of social routines where certain costumes are expected - funerals, weddings, etc.

Good luck, because the clothes thing is infuriating. Just remember that a lot of people are stupid.
Upvoted this thread, because I think this is an important discussion. However, I think your analysis focuses on the wrong point. Interestingly, you and seanmcq engage in stereotyping by making this situation of male-male intimacy about homosexuality.

To me, the joke here isn't that spooning with a male would be uncomfortable. The joke is that you are spooning with a colleague, in the office. It's a transgression of the relationship you have with colleagues and a transgression of the normal activities that happen in an office environment. That's what makes it uncomfortable and thus funny. That the colleague is usually male is besides the point: it is even funny to gays that feel uncomfortable when thinking about spooning with a colleague in the office.

So you are completely right that a feeling of discomfort underpins this humor. I just disagree with the source of the discomfort.
Learning from a Google Veteran: Personal and Business Advice from Marissa Mayer
This government keeps shooting itself in the foot. If only I was young enough to flee.
>> If a future employer might not hire me because I express myself publicly, chances are I don't want to work there anyways.

Not too long ago, one of my colleagues (senior dev) opined that he would never want to work for a company that expected him to wear a suit to an interview.

He (currently) has the luxury of expecting potential employers to bend over backwards to cater to his needs. If this industry ever retreats from the current boom, I suspect a lot of this bravado will retreat in tandem.

It would behoove us to exhibit a certain level of understanding and solidarity towards those not currently employed in a privileged industry.
> Interestingly, you and seanmcq engage in stereotyping by making this situation of male-male intimacy about homosexuality.

It's not a stereotype; the whole point of literal homophobia is that male-male intimacy does border uncomfortably on the homosexual.

In any case, your interpretation of the joke is probably more on target; I was just explaining how it could be seen as homophobic.
been in the situation of working for terrible managers in a big company, was 24, working at a top 3 nyc law firm - quit after less than a yr - started working on the startup i'm applying to yc with for summer 2012, trying to innovate in a wide-open, extremely under-served space: Christianity

bravo to this post.
Facebook to purchase old paper mill on Lake Superior
Why brave leadership is needed now more then ever
This doesn't surprise me. I used to primarily go on Slashdot however my viewing has been steadily decreasing, in part due to the content - much of what is on Slashdot is found on HN - however also as the community fairly recently has gone downhill dramatically.
It's great, but I wish I didn't have to do this in CSS. When you look at the source code, it doesn't look like styling at all, it looks like programming. As soon as your start calling bezier functions in a static styling language, you know something's not right. This type of coding would be much easier to do in JavaScript.
Google releases Chrome Multitask Mode
I'm noting with some relief that the Scala hype is over. Definitely.
I haven't been on slashdot regularly for 3 years, ever since I found HN, basically.
what kind of phone calls? business enquiries? Support?
Let me understand. if you write much and frequently, then spell check is sure a time-consuming task. Is that so?
PHP OOP simple poll system
Worst comes to worst you can get a perfectly serviceable car for less than $10k anyway, and arguably, if you're living paycheck to paycheck and spending more than $10k on a car, you're making a mistake by doing so.

But that's taking this $10k figure at face value. Gap insurance is supposed to cover the difference in value between what you still owe on the car and what the market value is if it's totaled. How do you make the numbers come out to a $10k gap? Odds are you're not only buying a new car (which was your first mistake) but you're buying a fairly expensive new car. And you're living paycheck to paycheck.

Sorry, it doesn't add up. The general advice is to keep six months of living expenses saved up. If you have that level of savings, plus the income that allows you to spend that much on a car, you have enough money to take the EV-maximizing route. Otherwise, you're being financially irresponsible spending that much on a car in the first place, much less on -EV addons like gap insurance.

In any case, what I said still holds: if you can afford to bear the variance, you're still better off maximizing your EV.

(Another EV-maximizing tip: whenever you're offered an extended warranty, instead of buying the warranty, take the cost of that warranty and put it in a separate savings account. If something you own breaks, use that savings to repair or replace it. They wouldn't sell the warranty unless it was profitable for them. If you sell yourself the warranty, not only will you have the money set aside for your stuff, but you'll get to keep the profits as well.)
I think this will turn out alright. The article mentions a law prohibiting such surveillance without a warrant, and the fact that this is being covered by main stream media to start.
"applies these same high-powered analytics to relate [...] events broadcast on TV to conversations taking place in social media"

So, if you use Twitter, you're someone's lab rat. I know that when I tweet, it's open for all the world to see, but I can't shake the feeling that this is really creepy.

Beyond that, I'm trying to envision how this data could be used. I imagine three scenarios:

1. Leverage it to sell more TV advertising. If a show is getting buzz on twitter, maybe this could be a viable alternative to Nielsen ratings. (Which leads to the question of whether Blue Fin can discern positive buzz from negative buzz).

2. If step 1 is analysis, could step 2 be manipulation? Can buzz be jump started or boosted at key inflection points by sock puppet marketing?

3. C-level eye candy - interesting visualizations that TV exec's buy for their egos, but ultimately can't do anything actionable with the information.
Fellow slug i assume
edit: went to your website, you are only a slug by affiliation, my apologies
Doesn't this violate secrecy of correspondence and their own data protection act of '98?
Terrorism seems to be the godwin for privacy debates regarding national security.
It was the words-not-numbers that did it for me.
tl:dr; "It would be a real shame if someone were to 'regulate' your industry, how about I give you some protection from these regulators."

Personally, I'd love it if Mr. Franken passed a bill that forbid the US government, its agents and assigns from using the data that these companies collect. While we're at it we should probably stop those companies that monitor the torrent sites from collecting that kind of information about people too.
As far as I'm aware this is fairly common. If you read the article, you'll see that the new legislation "would not allow GCHQ to access the content of emails, calls or messages without a warrant".

Looking through your comments it looks like you're in Sweden: Sweden already has similar legislation via the FRA law, which authorises the Swedish government to wiretap all traffic entering the country. A lot of countries have similar arrangements: not all arrangements are backed by legislation.

In many ways it is better to have this thing legislated: at least then it's out in the open. It's naive to think that large ISPs in countries without active legislation aren't linking intelligence agencies into their networks.

The legislation in the UK is presumably intended to speed up the time from getting a warrant to putting the tap in place: I would imagine most large ISPs (BT, Virgin, etc) are already plugged into GCHQ, in the same way the NSA intercepts all AT&T traffic.