skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm surprised you say that. We tend to say "The paper from XXXX-YYYY" where XXXX is a year, and YYYY is a conference or journal.
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It seems to me that Amazon is taking a cut in order offer things such as security, customer service, 2 day shipping, etc. If I want to pay a extra for these services for a laptop from your company, why wouldn't you let me?

Can you offer the lower price point on your and a higher price on amazon?
And here's the other fun bit: you can add scaling and a web store to a brick-and-mortar business, but you can't add a brick-and-mortar business to lines of code.
merriam-webster.com redirects to m-w.com - looking into the others.. Sometimes if a site has header redirects it gets lost in the filters. Thx for pointing this out.
Google does lack a sufficient "moat". If someone were to have a demonstrably better take on finding answers to what people are looking for on the Internet (be it traditional search, or something else), Google might not be able to pivot quickly enough. Competition is only a URL away so switching costs are low for end users. Google's real customers (advertisers) will follow quickly if users leave.
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This is a great idea and I see myself coming back to this. It's a shame that a little blog on tumblr or blogspot gets taken out because it's under a big name domain - but this has spam related benefits too.

Great work!
Check out:

http://www.alexa.com/topsites
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I created a very similar app called BuddyMeme (http://buddymeme.com) and we ran into the exact same problem - images posted to Facebook would often get 50+ likes, but it was tough to convert those impressions into signups onto BuddyMeme.
I'm fairly certain that someone somewhere at Google has given a thought to this. You aren't the "smartest person in the room".
You wouldn't say that if you knew how most charities operate...

As for "gaming the system." I mean that they are attempting to maximize their outcome by "playing" all of the rules available. (For example, by committing a holding foul to prevent a receiver from scoring a touchdown in college football.) Essentially, they have gamified the tax code. I do not intend a positive or negative inference.
>Heroin is really just a synthesized and concentrated form of morphine

The pharmacology nerd inside me is reeling. Heroin is a semi-synthetic, since it's derived from the naturally occuring opiate Morphine. Concentrated is the wrong word - vodka is more concentrated than beer because it contains more ethanol per ml. Heroin has a (slightly) different chemical structure to Morphine, though it is more potent by weight. You can't say that it's more concentrated without changing the meaning of the word.

>I just wish we'd start drafting laws based on science, not fear.

Completely agree and to add to that, I wish we'd start drafting laws which protect people instead of harming them.
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This is a breath of fresh air - I'm loving the unpredictability of the top results! It's like flicking through a new set of 1000 tv channels in a different country.
There's no link to buy Scarlett Johansson.
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Your're right. We strip www from the domains. We need a better function to rip out the domain from a URL. Just haven't had time to cook one up yet.
I jumped on GitHub for resume hosting as well, although in the form of GitHub pages instead [1]. Mine is different again in turn in that it's straight up HTML. I had toyed with presenting it as JSON but decided that would be deleterious to callbacks at job fairs and the like. No non-startup is going to

`curl -H 'Accept: application/json' http://#{mysite}

[1] http://nickbarnwell.github.com/
Protip for python hackers: "set wildignore+=*.pyc" in your .vimrc so Ctrl-P won't pick up all the .pyc files. It's pretty annoying to get every file you search for 2x, and then get a bunch of binary junk if you pick the wrong one. :-P
A lot of the people (me included) defend copyright because it's a net benefit to the individual, and a fair benefit too (not unfair to anyone).

Whether it's a net benefit to humanity, however you measure that, is neither here nor there. It probably is, but those are not the grounds we're arguing on.

It's sort of like defending privacy. You don't defend it cause of some net benefit to humanity. Who knows, maybe the world would be happier if there were no secrets. You defend privacy because it's fair on an individual level.
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Resumes are dangerous
Is it actually easier though?
After a few test searches, this is surprisingly effective for things which I had resigned "un-findable" because of poor Google results. This is most apparent on non-technical things, in this case specific Jazz chord fingerings for a guitar class I am taking.

I am very interested as to what comes of this, or rather what is influenced by its implications.
likes - 1) linear story of the website from top to bottom is great. 2) great website name. 3) like the idea of scratching the itch for better data. things i thought could be improved on - 1) show us your data - let me click around and see what actually is there! 2) sell me on what better stats have helped you accomplish or realize. 3) make the stats chart clickable - i ended up clicking on it two cause it looks so clickable. great work.
The positive feedback is awesome.. Thx
If Google used "Java" to describe Android, Sun would sue them, like they sued Microsoft. "Java" is a trademark and the only way to use it is to pay Sun (well, Oracle now) a lot of money for the compatibility suite.

Harmony isn't Google's work. It was an open-source project led by Apache Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Harmony) to re-implement Java libraries.

Dalvik was Google's work.

I don't see how either Harmony or Dalvik should affect Gosling's feelings one way or another. He had no hand in either so deserve no credit. To the extent that Harmony re-implements Java, no-one is trying to deny Gosling credit for creating Java in that context.

The decisions that Google made were either technical (Dalvik is designed with mobile usage in mind while a standard jvm isn't) or contractual (Sun wants control over Java, Google wants control over Android, neither wanted to fold and things are just fine that way: Android is successful in its domain and Java is successful in its domain).
Maybe we can set up a Webmaster tools sort of submission process for inclusion.
Why not put a git repo of your .vim/ somewhere publicly accessible, then just check it out wherever you need to use it? Going further, just have a simple to remember repo address with all your dotfiles... or even just an init script that bootstraps your environment for you? A good custom environment, catering to your preferences can help a lot. It is a bit of a pain to initially set up, but then it's just a command or two at first login, and you have your environment everywhere.
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ahh that explains it. I'm actually working on a personal project right now and this could help out quite a bit, so I am excited to see where this goes. Best of luck!
What exactly is a "biz dev guy" as perjoratively used in this article?
Presumably to keep traffic in their ad corral? The more nefarious version of not linking to the source is placing what looks like an outbound link that goes to another article on the site.
Apps answer search in several ways. If I want information ona restaurant I don't google it - I launch the Yelp app. Instead of using Gmail (where they display ads to me) I use a native app (Sparrow) which Google makes no revenue from afaik. I have specific apps that provide news to me rather than using search to find stories. Instead of comparison pricing on Google Shopping I will use the Amazon and eBay apps.

Nearly everyone I know uses Facebook Messaging instead of texting. They still use texting but too but more and more and relying on Facebook Messaging (I think this is because Facebook has a dedicated iOS messaging app which is much better than the full Facebook app). Their may be dedicated services that fill the role better but 'everyone' is on Facebook (And Google Voice is US only).

I probably didn't explain the Instagram thing properly. Facebook is become (maybe it already is) the photo sharing platform of choice. You can already share privately with friends & family very easily (from where ever you are thanks to smartphones). Now that they own Instagram they also have a great system for allowing people to share photos publicly too. This will help people stay on Facebook - if they don't they lose access to thousands of photos they have uploaded and the many more they are tagged in.
Great article - mostly I'm amazed that there are folks out there who are supposed to be intelligent, who actually believe 10% inflation is a reality...
"Fading into the background" is exactly what Amazon wants, I think. That is to say, people are no longer especially excited about them because they are everywhere, in everything, and we just take them for granted like Safeway.
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Here's Chris Granger building a Clojure/ClojureScript application that plays sounds via overtone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcRQFGtFiyE .
Don't forget that Caltrans + UCB (among other DOTs) has been doing research into autonomous cars/highways with RTOSes --going on two decades now.
So what we're saying is: "This would be a terrible, terrible thing for the web."
If they did call it Java, it would be. That's why they didn't. So Oracle can't monetize Java from Google by claiming a trademark infringement.

That's why they are claiming copyright on APIs and such. Whether or not this has any merit - is what the court case is all about.
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Also, from reports I've read it is both ineffective and doesn't actually get rid of the root problem, but the politicians can sleep better at night thinking they did something about it. All censorship does is push the content underground and quite possibly makes it harder to combat.

The child porn argument also strikes me as an appeal to emotion.
Would you accept getting paid for playing a video game?
The former Sun CEO does not agree:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/schwartz/

Oracle on the other hand argued that he (former Sun CEO) was not qualified to answer legal questions about Java.
Does anyone know why he was ejected? From an external perspective Tumblr appears to be doing well.
"What's black and white and re[a]d all over? Nothing anymore"
s/was/is/
Absolutely. Go ask your HR rep what your plan actually costs per month. For my small company, the family plan is nearly $3,000/mo.
You're thinking in legal terms, but in this case, the argument is one of morals.

CP and CI are galaxies apart morally, imho. Also, people's views on copyright infringement seem to immediately swell when it's their copyright being infringed upon.
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Awesome. I'll shoot you an email.
Although sometimes I still use Google to search Amazon. There are some corner cases that Google is better at than Amazon's search tool.
I'm interested in seeing how the dualist/monist debates. If one thinks that the consciousness is separate from the body, how does that position stay defensible if we are able to create something which is, for all intensive purposes (that is to say, it acts indistinguishably from a conscious being), conscious? I imagine that someone would argue that you create a soul somewhere along the process of creating such an object/being, I think it would be interesting to see where people draw that line.
This is a great idea if you are always running on a modern system. I learned Vi (and later vim) out of necessity because I was programming on Solaris 9 and USS (unix on z/os) and modern Vim was just not available.
No matter how limited the technology, it's good to have automotive companies clearing some of the regulatory hurdles, working on hardware integration, introducing this to consumers, etc.
"If I choose to exclude a browser that’s my choice and my right."
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I feel like this sentence is misleading; it implies that the 'payload' Google's interested in is personal user data, as if Google has a team of engineers in its basements looking through the cat photos and credit card numbers it captured in Wi-fi packets.

"Payload data," in this case, is most likely fragmented packets for which it can glean metrics on how to make the process more expedient in the future.

Of course, I can't say this with 100% certainty, as I'm not involved, but the entire story seems geared to make Google's capture of radio-broadcast data packets seem far more sinister than it really is.
The skeptic within would tend to agree with the conspiracy-type within you.

It would seem that the simplest solution be to step back and change legislation on various chemicals/compounds to be in accordance with scientific findings/changes in cultural perception. The logical question is then, what exists to prevent this? I think a careful shave with Occam's razor uncovers the possibility/probability of corporate interests being too high to ignore, rendering Hanlon's razor a little too blunt.
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I've been sitting on these for a while and I doubt I'll be working on them anytime soon so I thought I'd share:

1) SMS ordering system for local cafes and restaurants. Give businesses the means to publish a simple menu and let registered customers order by SMS. Delivery and payment details are held on file so only the menu items need to be sent by SMS. Perfect for ordering lunch at work.

2) Live-sourcing. Connect via VoIP (twillio?) to experts who work under your instruction using google docs (or any app if using screen sharing). This is for people who know what they want but not how to create it e.g. business people who need PPT presentations. Could also work for lazy people - dictate that blog post or essay and watch the words appear on screen with near 100% accuracy. More expensive than outsourcing but with virtually none of the problems you'd get on odesk, elance et al

3) group complaints/protests - like kickstarter for complaints. People can create complaints stating:

a) what the problem is
b) what they want done to fix it
c) the consequences if they don't. e.g. a boycott, twitter/phone/letter campaign, protest outside their HQ etc

Other consumers pledge their support and if the company fails to act, people take action together. Revenue comes from a small membership fee like meetup ($1 per protester ..?) or by allowing competitors of the target company to advertise on the protest page.

4) Volunteer dating - allow charities to host and publicize events where volunteers can help out one evening/afternoon. Singles in the area can register their interest and then go along to meet other singles at the event. No pressure, casual environment and a great way to meet new people.

5) Guess Who on facebook ... this has probably been done ... ?

6) Offline ad-network : match up people with interesting locations to display ads in the physical world with companies looking for unique advertising. You would only accept listings that have something unique/newsworthy about them. As with all marketplaces, the difficulty here would be the chicken/egg problem but maybe you could use listings on the site to advertise the site ...?

7) creative quotes. Simple, web-based editor to let people create quotes like on reddit.com/r/quotesporn. Revenue from partnerships with cafepress or similar.

8) checklist marketplace. Checklists are very useful for reducing human error/capturing best practice. You could create a marketplace where experts in particular fields publish lists of do's and dont's (along with explanatory notes) that can be sold as PDF's for a few dollars. The publishers get revenue, the readers get the benefit of years of experience and expert knowledge.

9) software for credit unions. I haven't investigated this one much but I met someone who ran a credit union that was complaining about how expensive/outdated all the existing software was (in the UK)

10) letsbuyit.com - it failed the first time round, but people are now much more comfortable buying online. Unlike the original, you wouldn't hold any stock/inventory. Simple negotiate and publish the deals, then let the consumers deal directly with the retailer.
I wonder what would happen if TPB started operating as a general search engine. Like, Google, let's say.
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Yep, it's pretty interesting in light of Goslings previous comments on software patents and Sun's inability to make money or make good on its open source promises.

I feel for the guy, but if he didn't want to be slimed, they should have made the TCK available under an actual open source compatible license. If Google slimed Sun, what did Sun do to Harmony?

If the primary goal was compatibility, they should have worked with Apache on that. The license fees wouldn't have been a problem. If, on the other hand, the primary goal was controlling the single open source version of Java, you're going to have to expect non-"Java" open source forks.

I'm not sure what Google "sliming" Sun has to do with the copyright or the patent case, though. Is he suggesting that he agrees that APIs are copyrightable? (you wouldn't even need a TCK in that world)
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So, I've been devouring everything I can on crowdfunding and have come up with what I've been told is a rather brilliant plan for a crowd funding startup-with a twist. Problem is, I'm having trouble putting together a team. What should I do?
That was exactly the goal. In our opinion the "un-findable" as you put it represents a gold mine of information yet to be absorbed and enjoyed.
It's the svbtle network. The whole kudos concept was discussed previously on HN when Dustin Curtis announced it:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742314
Java on the desktop and mobile never went anywhere. There is a perfectly good reason for that - show me a UI designed by Sun that doesn't make me puke.

If you were to take a good, portable language which a ton of developers are already familiar with and make it successful on the mobile - you are not going to go with Sun, JCP or any other "community" designed models.

So Google's problem was that they liked the Java language and they had to attract developers so they had to adopt the API but they had to throw away the rest of Java - including the JVM, Swing and ton of other useless-for-mobile APIs none of which were really a viable option on mobile.

So you could argue that Google could have been a good citizen, good Sun friend etc. but if they had to take J2ME and/or JCP for that, it would clearly defeat the purpose of Google entering the mobile market.

And I don't understand what McNealy's quote about "they [Google] don't share" is all about - it's open source, Oracle can adopt Android UI APIs or whatever else they wanted. If this is about money - yeah may be Google should have thrown them some bucks but I guess it had to be done under "licensing" which again would have meant dealing with Sun's "Community Process", "Standardization" and other bloat all of which were directly responsible for J2ME not going anywhere in the first place.

Another issue is that Gosling seems to be FUD mongering with Compatibility stick - "we've got organizations of people that do compatibility testing and actual negotiating amongst the different handset makers so that things like GPS APIs look the same." Android has standardized GPS API since I don't know when and that doesn't seem to have been a problem with any of the dozen Android devices I've used. The only difference is Google puts out those APIs and it works with manufacturers to amend / add as required. Google has the final say over APIs which is a good thing - you don't want hardware vendors designing software APIs that work cross device - that is best left to people who know that sort of thing. And not having a sanctioned committee with varying interests wrangling each other and slowing down progress has also worked out well for Google and Android.
This, according to 4chan kids, is "cancer". However, that generally means that it'll be spectacularly successful. Nice work and good luck.
That's still a bit risky if you have a major health problem. I have a friend with a congenital heart defect, and he treats the 18 months of COBRA as the absolute last-ditch fallback to use only if he ever gets laid off: it gives him a hard deadline of 18 months to find another job with a group health plan. But he wouldn't voluntarily put himself in that position where he has to find a new job w/ good benefits in 18 months, so he would never really quit a job unless he had another one lined up ahead of time (and doing a startup or consulting is out of the question, because the individual health insurance would cost a ton).

Pretty weird/absurd tie-in between professional life and the genetic lottery imo, due to the strange way health risk pools and employment pools have gotten conflated in post-WW2 America. Anyone can be an entrepreneur, as long as you didn't get unlucky in the womb!
That seem kind of arbitrary , you want the government out of one thing but you want them into something else.
If there was no copyright or patents then tivoization would be irrelevant anyway as the hardware could be easily copied.
I think he was talking about forks. As you see, when Sun opened it's language, people said at Sun said some interesting stuff:

"But I think there’ll be lots of forks, and I approve. I suspect that basement hackers and university CompSci departments and other unexpected parties will take the Java source, hack groovy improvements into it, compile it, and want to give it to the world. They’ll discover that getting their creation blessed as “Java” requires running the TCK/trademark gauntlet, which isn’t groovy at all. So they’ll think of a clever name for it and publish anyhow."

Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems, 12/11/2006
[ Source: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/11/12/OSS-Java ]

This sound exactly what Google did, so why are they suing now?
From what I understand, whatever license Java is released under allows for the possibility of another party creating a clean room implementation of the language and releasing it on their own, outside of any control, influence, or fees due to Sun.
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Yeah I agree it is absurd - the discrepency in Zynga's GAAP and non-GAAP earnings over the past few quarters is disconcerting. My only hope is that investors seem to be catching on based upon recent stock moves.

As I see it non-GAAP is fluff just being used to allow VCs to continue to move product at a good enough price.
I really like it. I find FitBit's site somewhat difficult to navigate and this provides a much cleaner alternative.

One minor suggestion – allow switching to imperial units. I can do the conversion from km to mi easily, but I have a better feel for distances in miles, especially when looking at the lifetime/best stats.
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Well that's one way to break out of the filter-bubble/echo-chamber I suppose. If only our best search technology was based on something better than a popularity contest :(