skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As long as it can't be defeated with scotch tape and gelatine.

One great thing about non-biometric authentication systems is that it's easy to replace a compromised keycard or password. Replacing your own fingers, not so much.
Thanks, it is early :)

I had to use match when moving from Rails 2 to Rails 3 and parts of the route did not match the controller at all. But I think it was mostly because the upgrade plugin recommended it.
How Travis Is Teaching Me To Cook (Chef)
CSRF afterparty & Must Read rules
If not by fixing than by teaching!
I think it's interesting to hear more about offensive homeschooling. For instance, my brother is a senior commercial pilot. He has two high school aged boys who have been homeschooled all their life. They play (American) football in the fall and spend the rest of the year traveling the country for competitive sailboat races and catching free flights to Asia, Africa, South America and more with their mom.
My point is: not everyone that writes something dumb on the Internet is mentally ill. They may just be bad at writing or unclear about the importance of their work. (Remember, we only laugh at people like the subject of this article when they're wrong. If Zuckerberg sent them this letter, the reaction would be much different.)
It might come through a little, but there's a difference between comparing yourself perpetually to the people who used to torture you, and feeling sympathetic to a 14-year-old kid who's being tortured now because you remember what it was like to be his age. It's not too bad to remember that things used to suck, and that they're better now. Plus, I don't know a thing about this guy, but he sounds like like a cool dude from this blog post.
All about Servers
“Why I break DRM on e-books”: A publishing exec speaks out
Maybe more publishers should speak out?
I dealt with some really harsh stuff in school.

I only remember my real friends.

Learning how to pick you're real friends based on loyalty, character, values and doing the right thing is critical.

I won't tell you not to home school your kids. I will ask you to make sure they have the years of social interaction skills to find those other unique lone souls who do their thing regardless.

I'll ask you to ensure they learn how to deal with all kinda of people in the real world, unless you plan door them to forever telecommute.
Ask HN: Why can't I have 51% of profits?
I had been reading about Starlite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite a polymer that has been shown to be resistant to very high temperatures for a long time. Without citation, and possibly as a joke, the Wikipedia article currently says the project was a perpetual failure because the creator "demanded 51% profits from commercialization" ... I have met several people over the years who have similar problems with business ventures. If there is some secret sauce that I have, is it best just to find a way to start another unrelated business and then use those profits to privately fund my precious secret thing? I actually don't have anything like this, but it has been on my mind for a while. How can someone get investment without "losing control?"
Did you consider taking Wednesday off instead of Friday? Breaks the workweek nicely. 2 days of high burst and relax.
Awesome, great problem to tackle.

Nice demo process!

You might want to test different copy for "Get started in 5 seconds, no credit card, no signup" and the button at top of page, when I read it had to do a double take if your telling me I need a CC to signup or if it's not required.

Just saw on pricing page it says "No credit card or signup required." but didn't read that first time around. Or maybe it was a split tested page!
Software Piracy... by Australian NSW Police
CISPA: Where’s The Outrage And The Anger That We Saw With SOPA?
I'm by no means an expert on the topic, and I don't have any specific examples to cite, but it seems like an almost weekly occurrence to read about some cool new technology that will 'never' be economically viable, due to the cost of the 'unobtanium' required to mass produce it (holy long sentence batman...).

It seems likely that the end result of a massive influx of rare materials would simply make 'never' happen a whole lot sooner. While the price would obviously fall (likely by quite a significant amount, that's kinda the point), I doubt it would fall to the point of being 'worthless.'
This is great, signed up now. $15 is a no brainer, $50 gives me pause.

Does this mean their funding will drop drastically at first as everyone switches from $50 to $15?
Thanks man. I spent 10 years working for Rabobank... Well I thought myself UI design. John who does the dev would say the same things as you. But I really think UI starts from the Dev. Example he was the one who met with the A/cant but still fought the simplicity. Then he'd say to me design a process for paying someone and you have to include xyz. I'd design it and send the screen back (not explaining them) if he didn't get a step we'd a prob and so on. If you look at the design I use it's just boxes. I'm not a graphic designer we just didn't have the money to hire one. But here is an interesting thing. If you look at dribbble it's full of beautiful design but when you then check out the sites they were designing for all their design is removed or broken (not all the time) so what that really says is keep it simple. As a point I use fireworks 8 - it's great at boxes and that all I can use. Means the site's super fast too. If you need any advice on it let me know follow me on twitter and we can share emails @peterconnor
Egon, any chance you'll take a look at Django and give it the same level of scrutiny you are giving to rails?

Currently I'm feeling very superior about how my framework is more secure than yours, but I'd love to see you shoot down that silly notion.
tl;dr

"So if there was all this corporate rage over SOPA and PIPA why aren’t we seeing the same type of reaction when it comes to CISPA?

The short answer to this is because it doesn’t really change the way that they do business with the government and law enforcement agencies already, and contrary to what you would think companies like Facebook and Microsoft support CISPA.

It is important to realize that unless any requests for a person’s private information comes are part of a CISPA cybersecurity request companies aren’t ‘forced’ to share that information; but under CISPA when they do share that information they can no longer face any legal actions from anyone."
As a socially awkward adult I can say I am one of the happiest people I know. I know enough to play the game if I need to, but it's just an act and I really do prefer to do my own thing. And I tend to do so enough that it's hard to maintain the basic social skills.

I suspect the idea that there is something wrong with loaners is mostly just projection. It's easy enough to vilify other and loners make the best fictional villains, but other cultures also have the ideal of the monk in the woods. In the end games of status are only important for those who seek status.
Mirror neurons: http://dspace.learningnetworks.org/bitstream/1820/1858/1/Van...
Five Months of eBook Sales (the traditional way)
I'm from Poland, I think we have similiar culture, at least we had when I was in primary school (in early 90').

You're right that there was nothing uncool with being good at math, or at computers - in fact people were jealeus about that(especially when you showed off that you "don't need to study"). But I experienced bullying nonethless, because I was shy kid with asthma, that couldn't play football or basketball. And other kids also experienced bullying, because of different reasons.

But it stopped when I got to secondary school in bigger city. Just because all the bullies went to worse schools, because they couldn't pass the exam.

Also - maybe it's rationalizing, but I think my primary school experience was good for me. At least I hope I won't
forget what it feels like to be ostracized.

EDIT: I think it's very easy for kids that pass their particular school test for coolness (and for their parents), to overlook that some other kids are bullied in their school.

It just doesn't seem like a big deal that some people are "unpopular". When somebody is comfortable in a class, most bullying techniques won't work on him, and in effect seems harmless to him. Bullying isn't just beating up. Kids are very cruel sometimes, and they use psychical tricks for bullying, too. In my primary school one girl was always laughed off for stinking (I think she did not, really, but it's not the point). Kids made it into a play - they escaped from her, to not be "infected" with stinking. To parents - it's just some kids playing. But for that girl it wasn't easy probably. I'm ashamed to this day that I've participated in this, because I've tried to make them stop bullying me. Well, it was a good lesson at least.
Google doodle celebrates creator of the zipper
Announcing Premium Workspaces for Asana
I am tempted to homeschool my kid for a number of reasons, but I also really want him to socialize with other kids in school. Does anyone have experience with being homeschooled for half-days, or something along those lines?
If we want to move stuff around in space what matters is the delta v or change in velocity. Fortunately since we are de orbiting a satellite, we can use aerobraking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobraking. So we just need to slow down the craft and a make fall with a parachute. If we had to lift the mass off the moon or mars we would have to spend a lot of money. Just getting it to the surface of the earth from orbit is much much cheaper.
Thanks - We we're wondering about that. You know what it took us a month to build the demo tech - so you could save it as a live session. Any suggestions???
"Getting to profitability isn't as noteworthy (from a startup POV) as raising an A-round from working 4 days a week."

What we have found here in the UK, is without profitability, raising an A-round is near enough impossible. The UK Start-up/Inventment scene is still very much in it's infancy and investors are reluctant to give sums anywhere near the figure Ryan has quoted without a 'profitable' business. Well done to the team for creating a fantastic service all whilst spending time with family, highly commendable!
90% of this job is "thinking". You can do that while you're playing with your kids.

You can be looking after kids, whilst designing in your mind what you need to do next, planning out what code needs writing and how to solve problems.

Sure, every so often I'll take myself away to a separate room if I need to work on something with my full attention, but that's rare.

I don't feel the need to separate my life into "work" and "not work". I just do things when they need doing and when I feel like I want to do them.

(Just my 2c, YMMV).
Thanks Man. My co-founder will be pumped the demo took a long time to build.

fiskah just said the same about the copy - I think we'll change it. It's mean to be the opp, I hate having to sign up to try stuff out. Doh!
I couldn't agree more, but I guess it depends on the school. Bullying was rampant in my school and the teachers were horrible (I like to think they were/are criminally negligent). A few years after I graduated, someone who was bullied brought a gun to school and started shooting (Killed 1 injured a few more). Little has changed since.

To me, school is a terrible, horrible place that I would never wish upon any child, and if I had kids I would never send them to such a place.
And still nobody on HN knows that you can turn gatekeeper off?
Since we were discussing products that are ubiquitously referred to by a brand name on this thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3867466, I thought it was funny coincidence that Google chose to recognize the creator of the zipper (or the "hookless no. 1") today.
Well, this part might certainly attract attention.

http://i.imgur.com/l9KHT.jpg

Partially, because I'm on a mac.
I think a good part of it is the fact that most schools don't really do a good job of meeting the needs of all students. There are so many students who are bored and frustrated because the work they are asked to do is either too easy or too hard. Make a good portion of the student body bored and frustrated, and the pursuit of popularity becomes a focus for many students.
This is an interesting way to influence a stock for sure. No marketing here, right? Just "Anonymous" striking again...
I'm hoping you mean encouraging your child to continue seeking out new and different groups (sports, clubs, whatever) until he finds a place where people will accept his strong individuality.

If, however, you mean forcing him to join a group of "normal" people who will hammer him into the "normal" mold, I take great exception to your advice.

There is no worse blow to your self esteem than selling out on yourself to gain the approval of others. Yes, people in general like to belong, so let them CHOOSE to belong to a group that accepts them being themselves.

Here's what generally happens when you force an individualist into a group not of his choosing:

1. He resents you for deciding whom his friends should be.

2. It destroys his confidence because even YOU don't believe in him.

3. By the law of averages, his new group is likely to be comprised of exactly the kinds of phonies he hates, and they're likely to dislike him for his "weirdness".

Confidence is one of the, if not THE most important thing in the world. People respect confidence, even if they hate you. Bullying is an attempt to destroy your confidence while building the bully's confidence in himself by thinking he's the better man for destroying someone weaker than him (and so long as you don't fight back, he's right, btw). Most people get their confidence by herding with other people and mimicking them. It gives them a false sense of security, but it's confidence all the same. Unfortunately, that confidence comes at the price of never being able to be their true selves, and never being able to chase dreams that differ too much from the accepted norm.

Individuality and confidence are a potent blend. They breed explorers and free thinkers, poets, philosophers, disruptors, and cross-cultural bridges. They drive a person to blaze a trail of his own, bringing him after many trials and tribulations to doors that open but for a select few. However, this only happens IF he has the confidence in himself to try, and that comes both from within, and from his support base (you). Don't take that away from him!
Ranking the 10 most important moments on Everest
“Even the furry had more friends than I did.”

That’s a bit harsh.

Still, the overall sentiment is very much on point. It’s not really expected that a high school student should think for himself and go about his life normally, without adopting a particular social identity. Unfortunately, it simply doesn’t occur to some of us to bother trying to fit in. But if you keep an independent, open mind and learn to deal with people, you’ll do fine no matter what.
It's a great post. One of my kids struggles socially, and I've had similar conversations.

I'd add this: You have to love the things you love. When you meet people who love the same things, and it could be a while, your friendships will go deep because they're founded on something deep and dear to you. And you'll be a great partner in exploration because you know these great things. Conceding yourself to other people's notions now erodes your ability to form real relationships later.

Which isn't to say such kids shouldn't look for as much commonality they can find. And they should note that they may have some genuinely negative and offputting behaviors which they shouldn't accept in themselves. It's very hard for these kids to pick out the social cues that they should read because they get so many they shouldn't.

But yeah, kids need to hear that it can sometimes take a long time to find their place.
Yep UK, which is kind of why I asked. If I ever went freelance this is EXACTLY what I'd want. No idea how it scales to a bigger business but that's a massive market right there of people who will pay fair money for a straight forward product.
It is fair enough, I wouldn't consider it a waste either if I enjoy it either.

My problem is that I don't, basically. I hate the feeling of being sweaty, the shortness of breath, the constricting feeling in my throat, the thirst, etc.

But most of all I hate that if I spend the time doing that and the stop, six months later I will be back to square one. If I spend the time learning a new skill, reading a book or even watching a movie then six months later I would still have the skill or be able to talk about the book or the movie.
The other point about being profitable is that one's runway extends from being counted in months, to being infinite.
I'm on the product team at Treehouse and wanted to comment on a few of the things you mention here. Not everyone at Treehouse takes a lunch hour, but most of us do. I usually spend 30-45 minutes on lunch every day. A lot of our team at the office in Orlando goes to lunch together each day. I was at lunch for an hour and half yesterday with a big group of our product team and it's not like Ryan came and yelled at me afterward. In general I don't think anyone on our team cares too much how long you take for lunch or what your exact hours are. We care way more about what we're getting done than hours.

We also don't all work 9-6. It's a guideline that we use to help us know when we should be available for collaborating with others on the team, but I generally start at 8 AM and end at 5 PM each day.

A whole lot of our team works remotely or at least has the option to, but our video production generally requires that we be on site to produce our videos at the quality we want. Even with the people who need to be in the office there's a decent amount time spent away from the office, though. All of our developers and designers who work on the site work remotely.
Ask HN: 3 Artisan cheeses for 30 flat fee
If i told you, for a 30 dollar flat fee we will deliver 3 artisan cheeses you will never find in your supermarket to your door, how would you feel?

What if i throw in hand-baked crackers?
The by far most important thing you learn in school is being social. That dwarfs everything else.

Yes, being bullied sucks but keep in mind that your kids will have to meet other kids as well, and if they are homeschooled they are going to appear weird just because they don't go to school and thus don't behave the same in crowds as everyone else does (trust me, this gets noticed instantly). That alone is basis enough for being bullied and that will only make them retract even more to the comfort of your home - and that could arguably be even worse than being bullied (in the long run).

Any kid that gets bullied is of course a serious problem and should be dealt with as best as possible (although it is a very hard problem to solve).
This is a rumor, not an announcement by Google. You can tell because the article opens with "Google is expected to".
I will humor your mocking :)

There are universal values. Like kindness, goodness, empathy, compassion. You know, the obvious ones

No one owns these. Many beliefs have tried, but the important lesson is to help keep kindness and goodness fashionable.

Either we're a part of uniting, or dividing.So, no, I don't mean those other people at all, or for anyone to be like me.

I only have beef with those thought pasterns that seek to deride, debase and jeer at others, know what I mean?Being unique doesn't mean being a douche. Do your thing, just don't take the easy way out and be lazy with your words.
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If we were all rational, we would all exercise, eat healthy, never cheat and save for retirement.

I just don't think that humanity is going to act rationally given that at least a large part of us haven't done so until now.
Nice, that will help him alot.

As somebody from Europe, we always see these typical American High Schools and think it can really be like this. Sure they overdo it in movies but I have read a fair amount of blogpost and reddit comments that discribe the same problem.

There is grouping and groupe think too in Schools here but not in the same extrem way. It could be selection bios on my part but lets look at the diffrents in the schooling system.

In Switzerland (most parts) we have 1-2 years of Kindergarden, 6 years of Elementry School and then the people get split up in 3 diffrent section depending on your grade. The lower to only take 3 more years and after them mandatory school is finished and most people start an profecional education via the Dual Education System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system). The other way is to go 6 more years and then most people go to a universety.

The good parts are that more often then not you put people to gather that go together. The typical movie example where the bull beats up the nerd doesnt really happen. The next positiv thing is that you put people together that are about equal in how fast they learn. The guy who always distracts the class will not hold back the guy who wants to learn. The studends get the matiral in there own speed, thus they don't feel stupid because of the fast learners, witch can be bad for confidence and it can cause social conflicts.

The bad is of course that you split up frindships because people go to diffrent schools and you just don't see each other that much anymore. This happend to me and only years later we really start hanging out again. Today kids are much better equiped to deal with this. To other bad thing is that often good studends could help the others.

It seams to me spliting up teenagers that are in puberty is good way to avoid social problems.

Other opinions why this problem seams worst in the US or is it just selection bias?
Cloud Computing: Is It Powerful and Can It Lead to Bankruptcy?
From what I understand, a lot of cell radios have the IP stack baked into the hardware/firmware, which means that getting IPv6 support is not as easy as upgrading the kernel. I don't know where this decision came from, but I imagine there is some reason for it.
Show HN: In Mint.com, click on links in Footer under "Your Money"
All the links redirect to the main homepage. Is this some SEO trick?
Asana launches premium version
Yes that is probably appropriate, and I think it comes from my world view, I never see a big problem, I see a bunch of small unknown problems, therefore everything to me is a small issue, nothing to freak out about. I quickly figure out what are the deadly problems and fix those first, they are always small quickly fixed issues, and from their I work to find the issues that lead to the deadly problems, I think this systematic processes may appear to others that the pieces fall into place, but they really could have been arranged in a multitude of orders and the outcome would have been the same. I am very good at putting blinders on when they are needed and to others this may appear that I am carefree, rather, I do care, just not at the moment that I am fixing what I feel is the most important issue to overcome or avoid a crisis.
"I get to spend 50% more time with my kids"

You've made a good trade. Time is one of the few things we can never get more of once its gone. And the short 10 years or so of prime time with young kids is especially unique. As almost any parent of grown kids will say, its gone before you know it.
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