skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As far as the hardware goes, a lot of this stuff is already out there in different forms: Epson Moverio, Vuzix (as shown in this demo, ...), albiet not in the form factor that would allow for mass market penetration. That's where Google, and hopefully Apple & Microsoft, will do well and allow for the app makers to come in and add value.

That being said, there are still a great deal of Computer Vision problems that will need to be solved to successfully implement "Strong AR". The video was a nice proof of concept, but that's what the Google video was too.
He didn't point this out, but the 13" macbook air and the 15" macbook pro have the same screen resolution. The air has a much higher dpi screen.
Why not just phone the cops if he had his phone with him?
I can't emphasize this enough: You don't owe Sarah Perez a damn thing. Not a "thank you" and especially not a debt of gratitude.

You can thank journalists for a lot of things: balanced coverage, fairness, excellent writing quality. Never, ever thank them for covering you, or for covering you in a positive light. Some journalists even consider this an insult.

Remember, they're serving their readers (and by proxy of course, their own interests, for all the cynics out there), not you. The article wasn't written for you, it was written about you.
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That's a good point. I've updated the post. (The site's cache might take a few minutes to clear.)
Doesn't actually appear to be a Solid State Drive. It appears to be a HDD with a solid state cache.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-revi... : Simply put a Hybrid HDD is a mechanical drive with some NAND flash on it that is automatically used by the drive to store data for quicker access. A hybrid drive really just attempts to do what my setup of two drives (SSD + HDD) does manually: put small, frequently used data on NAND flash and put larger, less frequently used data on platters.
I live and telecommute in Los Angeles and belive it or not live in a walkable neighborhood. It's near the metro station which I use if I need to go somewhere en route, there are fantastic restaurants in walking distance, and the weather is usually perfect. I love this lifestyle, it's so much healthier than the one I remember in the suburbs.

So, it's close to infuriating when I encounter the "soccer" moms in their SUVs who won't walk a single block or the kook at work who would give me a hard time for walking half a mile (.8km) to lunch on a beautiful day. Though, after I pointed out my guns and his gut the smug comments declined.
The real problem is, people (not just politicians) want to hold on to the paradigm that you should be allowed to monopolize an idea. Ideas are not scarce resources like food or wood. Everyone on the planet can simultaneously use an idea without violating the physical property of anyone else.

I think in general, people like to fantasize about coming up with a great idea first, and becoming rich from it. This is only possible when the government allows you to monopolize an idea. SOPA is about monopolizing ideas.
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On my list of things to get around too. I don't expect it to be too hard as it's a fairly simple processor as specced. It'll be interesting to see what architecture techniques could be added to improve things while still remaining within spec.
Every mainstream operating system has unique IDs readily available to applications - it's just that native applications don't traditionally include ads.
I think that's more to do with "herd immunity" than anything else. There haven't been enough macs communicating with macs to have widespread damage from a mac virus.
You can write bad code in any language. It's the programmers responsibility to make sure the stuff they are writing is good and that only comes from experience with the language.
Chief Judge Kozinski: "[W]e hold that the phrase 'exceeds authorized access' in the CFAA does not extend to violations of use restrictions."
It also presents an interesting case, if the end user had the ability to record calls, would that then cut down on law enforcements need to wiretap calls to get recordings for evidence?

Would this be a reason to rethink anti-recording laws to allow the public to record conversations? I think it's better if the public has the power to decide when their calls are recorded, than the government without our consent.
It has not been my experience that trade press journalists consider thankfulness an insult. Rather the opposite.

So, I think you're correct in principle, but off the mark pragmatically.
He specifically mentioned you should have errors logged instead, not displayed to the client. You're quoting only the part that leads to your insult.
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Relevant here = made some money for some folks.
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"Hey, this trojan has stolen our CC numbers, photos and personal documents, but at least it's not a virus! THAT would have been really bad...".

And please try to keep up with the latest developments, this trojan requires no user intervention. Not running Little Snitch + antivirus at this point is just ignorant and asking for it.
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Nope, and the AOL purchase of ICQ wasn't either.
The threads.h header comes directly from the Dinkumware Compleat C library. I would have preferred a stdthread.h with more pthread.h like struct/function naming.
As funny as it may sound, extended travel is a serious PITA when you have pets at home. Being able to leave your dog or cat with someone who has built a reputation as a good caretaker would be hugely preferable to taking them to a kennel.
If the C committees want to avoid namespace collisions, why not use _Keyword style names like _Mutex_init and _Mutex_destroy?
The MIUI rom for android allows two-way call recording.
> It can't be that intelligent people can disagree with you on what is important and what is not in a language.

This is quite harsh sarcasm, but if it isn't true for the GP, it's true for so many people. Well said.
Interesting. Is there an option to export everything? I looked around but couldn't find it. That's a critically important feature, since the idea is that this would replace a photo album (to some extent).

I recently had a daughter, and created a private jekyll-powered blog to share photos, etc. with family and friends. I went to all that trouble because:

1. I want it private. Facebook is creepy.
2. I wanted complete control over the data. Years from now, I want to be absolutely sure those memories are still accessible.
For the record, the back of "Javascript: The Good Parts" actually has that. It has "The Bad Parts" and "The Awful Parts," in which Crockford goes into more detail with each error than Eevee does, and I believe it's still shorter than Eevee's blog post.
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I'm currently living in the middle of Atlanta. High walk score, but walking around isn't really pleasant, and biking is less so.

I'm originally from Charleston, SC. I went back there recently because of a family member in the hospital, and I realized how much I really love that city simply because walking around and biking is so nice. The weather is nice, the streets are nice, greenspace everywhere, and you can literally walk the width of the peninsula in 15 minutes.

I wish more cities were like that.
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In Germany recording audio or video (without consent of the other party) is illegal and you can even get in jail for this. The reason for it being illegal is because the law wants people to be able to talk to each other without the fear that everything can potentially be recorded. The law argues that this fear would change interpersonal conversations in a wrong way.
Statistically significant yes. But 90 percent more of 0.00002 is 0.000038. It would be like avoiding conductive jewelry because you're worried about lightning.
Possibly afraid of being heard by the hijackers in the car?
i guess there is no legit way. maybe on a jailbroken iOS device or, externally with a stylus and some fisher price. actually one could build a draw-something-bot who guesses with the matching in my app and draws with the first google image search match with a robotic stylus ;)
Somewhat different note, any interest in a Denver HN meetup sometime? I knew I couldn't be the only one but I'd like to meet more if anyone's interested.
Awesome site! We're going to be moving soon, so this is exactly what I need.
We're actually working on an export feature now. We keep full resolution copies of all photos because so many people want to use Moment Garden to backup their baby photos.
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/me looks at watch

Why did they name this standard C11 and not C12? To preserve name parity with C++11?
But the researchers found that the students' jam expertise could be easily undermined by making them fill out questionnaires explaining their preferences. Some of the worst-tasting jams (at least according to Consumer Reports) were now ranked the highest.

What happened? The scientists argue that "thinking too much" about preferences caused the students to focus on all sorts of variables that didn't matter, such as the texture of the jam or the presence of strawberry seeds.

This might have something to do with why most so many tech interviews seem to go so horribly wrong -- especially those that try to apply a standardized "quizzing cage" approach to filtering candidates. Everyone is too busy trying to ding the candidate on the basis of their response this or that contrived filter question to simply connect with them as a human being, feel their energy, and get a sense of what they're really about.
Because it's slow and annoying? Plus you can't push the "4" button during a call without triggering recording, which breaks some phone menus.
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I would like to believe that his skill at coding had less to do with it versus the connections he had and the people he surrounded himself with.

As quite a few people have pointed out here going to Stanford in any capacity and graduating gives you a huge leg up in terms of the potential Alumni you can now reach out to.

Right place/Right Time/Right Product is what this boils down to. I am also assuming that he did not write most of what is the current Instagram code. Funny that no one mentions that Mike Krieger as his Cofounder in addition to the other engineers on the team.
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In US (not counting downtowns of large Cities like NY or SF) it is much harder to enjoy walking compared to most other places in the world.

First you just look weird here when you walk somewhere and you are the only person walking in the street. Drivers usually look at you like you are crazy (especially if you walk in the evening when it's getting dark).

The second and most annoying thing is that sidewalks here can end suddenly without a warning. You can walk somewhere enjoying the nice weather and the sidewalk ends suddenly! WTF? You have to turn back or continue walking using the side of the road looking even more weird.

And the most strange thing is that Americans use their cars to drive to places located within just a couple of thousand feet from their home. For a person from Europe THIS is really weird.
That definitely illustrates the point, but here's a much better link for anyone wondering if they can tape a call: http://www.rcfp.org/can-we-tape
Great! I think this could be a big market, especially with the ability to post quickly from mobile devices.
How do you pronounce this? It reads "shitty", which is probably not what you want.

Cool background, lots going on though - could you provide context for it's usage?
It would be great if (new)cities where designed in small nucleus of 2 or 3 miles in diameter with homes around the business and commercial center, all surrounded by more or less green zones. This nucleus could be connected by subway or train. Obviously that is not going to work with old cities but here in Spain, Madrid has seen a huge grow this last decade (every thing is halted now but still you can see the town planing from the air) and the town planing has been non existent to disastrous (huge concrete islands surrounded by highways). Now you have all the inconvenience of vertical cities combined with the inconvenience of the suburbs...(No green zones, cant go walking anywhere...).

Obviously political and economical interest of the terrains to be built have priority over all this nonsense...
Agree with the focus on quality of communication, but is the issue here self-inflicted? Is Everyme trying to solve a problem created because too many of us "friended" their co-workers?
Seems to me that a Nokia Series 60 Smartphone that I had did record calls, but it made an annoying beeping sound that both parties could hear every minute or so. The explanation in the manual was that due to the laws in some countries they made the audible beep so the other party would know they are being recorded. It was an interesting way to "solve" this problem that seemed invented by paranoid lawyers but it did make the recording function more or less useless.
A million people are signed up? How long do you have to wait on average to win a one in a million daily lottery.
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The service pulls info from self hosted repos as well as long as they use git, svn, cvs or hg.

In addition, we actively track projects from forges like Github, Bitbucket, Apache, Java.net, Google Code, etc.
For #2 - there is WeMux (https://github.com/zolrath/wemux), a shell script wrapper over tmux. I am not an expert, so cannot point out how (in)effective it is in terms of applicability or security.
Here's a mirror of the post on my tumblr, as my server may be taking a bit of a beating:

http://joshaidan.tumblr.com/post/20853092085/why-dont-phones...
Nowhere in this country is a citizen required to carry or produce ID in public. Furthermore, officers need reasonable suspicion that you have committed, or are about to commit, a crime before you are required to identify yourself. You are never required to explain your actions.
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What if I'm in Canada and call someone in the US? Which laws apply?

Alternatively, what if I'm in the US, call someone in Canada, and they conference call a 3rd person in the US?
Might be a coincidence, but I think the title is suggested by this HN post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3820850

>the NY Times is valued at 900 million.
>just sayin'

I was a bit surprised reading that post and even more a few hours later when I read the title.
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They have? This is like making a house burglar-proof by bricking the doors. You just cut a small hole when you want to get out... and why would you want to get out, it's so nice inside!
Yeah, that's what I was trying to poke fun at. Me bad at jokes, apparently.
Does anyone know how much lower the doses are from modern dental x-rays compared to the ones several decades ago which make up most of the study? Is it a difference of 20%, or a factor of 20?
I had to do a double take after reading the last sentence as "After I pointed my gun at his gut...".
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Another link: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/04/10/...
Meanwhile, people still manage to write memory leaks in garbage collected languages specifically designed to not leak memory.
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Well, 1 am I might still feel okay. Downtown Gainesville is full of nightclubs, and they don't close until 2 am, so there's a large number of (drunk) pedestrians milling around up until about 2:30 am.

It's 3-4am that I don't feel safe. I can't change my route, any detours I could take would only take me through even less safe areas.

I've considered mace/pepper spray but quite honestly I'd rather just avoid the possibility altogether. About a year ago there was homeless woman killed in that area.
I agree, the old choice was "Fast, cheap or thin" for MB Pro, MB, and MB Air respectively. The current choice is "Fast or thin." Why on earth would they want to reintroduce the cheap? And if they did, why would they make it more expensive than the thin?
Ah, yes, thank you for the explanation.
Agreed, the Air form factor is the future... and Apple will likely hold on to the Pro line as long as there's a decent demand... after which, there will be only one line... the Air (which they might rename to just Macbook).
Press the TURBO button on the front of your PC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
300+ comments... seriously?

PHP is a language with problems like all others (c, java, python, etc).
It can be used for good or for bad like any other programing language.
All the problems on the article are well known by decent programmers.

PHP is out there, use if you want.

Go write decent code... stop nagging.
Given TechCrunch's struggles with credibility over the past few years, maybe it should have been more of an issue.

In the end though, you're right: Giving thanks doesn't hurt anyone too much. But giving thanks for any of the things I mentioned is infinitely better than giving thanks just for the act of covering (or worse yet, the resulting traffic/business).

The author states that there were no PR firms or "crazy pitches," but he was absolutely doing PR. He was absolutely pitching. At some point, PR and sleazy PR got conflated in the tech industry. This is just solid, traditional media relations, a big part of PR.

So, even beyond the obviously terrible positioning of "still relevant" (who wants to be argued for in that way?), this article doesn't do TC any favors.
> if you are doing software development on a
> system with any security requirements at all,
> you have already lost

Could you expand on how security and development are diametrically opposed to each other?

If my development server is exposed to the Internet and I do something like disable root logins in ssh, why/what have I 'lost?'
You may be on to something. In some places, even walking downtown is suspicious. I'll never forget an experience I had in the 90's while working for a regional ISP in Alabama. I was spending the day at a town 60 miles away to work on our satellite POP, and decided to take a walk around the downtown to find some lunch. It just so happened that a sales guy from my office was also in town, and stopped on the main road and yelled "What happened to your car?!?!!" He was shocked that someone would choose to take a walk, and was telling people about the incident for weeks.

Of course, here in Colorado, it's not uncommon at all to find people walking or biking even way out in the suburbs. So I suppose attitudes vary greatly by region.
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You can do this using Facebook's Lists. Can you not?

People seem to be using it. I'm seeing more and more posts from my friends shared with "custom" lists. I myself use that feature (esp. the built-in "Close Friends" list) often.

That doesn't mean this is a bad idea from the investment point of view.
Despite its decline in quality, Techcrunch still generates lots of traffic.

But at the end of the day, you built a good product. Take full credit.
Yes, sign me up! :)
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Releasing security fixes in a timely manner for one.

This Java exploit was fixed for a long time before Apple so graciously bestowed a fix upon us. Then there's that SSL certificate SNAFU where I had to fix Safari myself, after almost all companies had already issued updates. Too bad that was not possible on iOS, where you just had to sit around and twiddle your thumbs.
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I did something similar with TV watching. I'm always lamenting the fact that I don't read enough, don't do enough coding side projects, etc. So with the exception of new Mad Men and Community episodes [0], I've cut out TV.

So now whenever I want to watch TV, I just think "what's something else I could do?" Mostly I've filled that time with exercise and reading: a net positive.

[0] On Amazon Instant and Hulu, respectively
I pretty much walk or bike everywhere in Brooklyn.

When I go home to Oregon, we're constantly in the car. "Getting a coffee" consists of getting in a car, driving for 5 minutes, grabbing a to-go cup at Starbucks and driving back home... I can't really do it anymore.
In the US there are one-party states and there are two-party states.

http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recording-law-america.htm

If you call someone in a two-party state from a one party state, as far as I can tell, you are in the clear; some require notification. Arizona is even better as you don't have to be the subscriber in order to record the call. So you can do it from a hone booth, hotel, etc.
> If you're not going to use it, why complain about it?

I can tell you my reasons: the market. Not all of us can roll a globe, close our eyes, pinpoint a place and tomorrow have a job there. Here where I live, about 80% of webdev jobs are PHP. Even when I do manage to get a Ruby or a Python job, chances are that I will be doing lots of PHP code maintenance and migration anyway. I would like to change it, and I don't know better than to advocate, pro and against.
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If only there were a means or a technology to encapsulate location information in the call itself so the other side can act upon it.
HN is funny. Last week as each new dcpu emulator implementation popped up, they got fewer and fewer votes and more comments like "oh great, yet another dcpu post. let's call this Dcpu News for crying out loud!" Then github adds syntax highlighting and gets 150+ points. I'm very curious why that is...
"The New York Times which is one of the finest new sources in existence."

Really? I've read the times for almost a decade and just can't agree with that statement. I hardly bother anymore, unless it's to peak at Thomas Friedman or David Brook's opinion columns. I just don't find the quality of writing I'm looking for.

If I want to inform myself on an issue, I'm looking to the Economist, the Atlantic or Financial Times. NYTimes is barely on the radar to me shrugs

Don't get me wrong, the New York Times is a phenomenal brand, but they're just a run of the mill above-average news source IMHO.
I used to live in a neighborhood without sidewalks. People would often stop their cars to ask me if I was OK and if I needed a ride somewhere when I was walking to the local convenience store. It was less than a mile away.

One of the many reasons why I will probably not be moving back to the suburbs if I can possibly avoid it. Most the others seem to center on walking, too: Not being able to walk to the grocery store; not being stuck in a situation where going out to the bar would be synonymous with drinking and driving, not spending my after-dinner strolls in a ditch. . .