skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I honestly don’t know!

Here are some of the things I’ve tried. First, I’ve tried writing parables. Some of these seem very portable, but they also often annoy the people in the bubble who already embrace the idea and want more practical insights or advice. Nevertheless, parables have a way of side-stepping the logical critic in people’s brains and appealing directly to their emotions. Sometimes that’s a big win.

Second, I’ve tried to come up with sound bites. I’m not sure this is an effective example, but off the top of my head: “Discrimination doesn’t scale.” Sound bites are the refined sugar of ideas for good and for bad.

Third, I’ve tried to write without demonizing the people I disagree with. I tried to portray “Ted” as well-meanininged but a little too caffeinated here: http://raganwald.posterous.com/bob-and-carol-and-ted-and-ali.... But I think I blew it here: http://raganwald.posterous.com/a-position-of-the-highest-mor....

The truth is, I have no system or method for generating portable ideas, just some observations that many portable ideas have certain characteristics in common: They have emotional impact (tip 1), they are easy to remember (tip 2), and they avoid being divisive (point 3).

YMMV.
Bring down interviewstreet
New owners, old coupons and angry customers
I think there are single-character names for each socket type under that standard? That's what Google results seem to suggest, at least.
Facebook co-founder renounces US citizenship, escaping tax burden
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I was curious about that too. If you listen to the video at 12:26 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=fu3pT_9nb8o#t=746s), he has made that up as a reason why a team might not upgrade from Lucid to Precise, not that there is currently any such issue.
I know/knew shift managers in the Los Angeles area (Downtown, South Central, Beverly Hills/Century City/Westwood, and West LA), Oakland/Berkely, Cleveland/East Cleveland, and Atlanta.

They make good money, especially considering that many of them never went to college and some did not finish high school. A lot of them have been promoted into restaurant or regional manager positions.

Salaries at the managerial level start of lockstep but quickly become merit-based, that is, in order to earn substantially more than a standard employee, they must prove that they are substantially higher performing than a standard employee (in the managerial sense, not on an hours basis). A good manager is like a multiplier on his/her employees' work output, so the salaries for managers generally reflect the multiplier they generate.
I suspect there's an opportunity/lesson lurking here somewhere.

One of the biggest complaints devs have about tools is responsiveness. The more responsive a tool is, the higher time-density of information available to a developer.

IDEs tend to suck in this regard, but Vim positively shines. Many people advocate Vim because it tends to shine in this department, even though they may not consciously realize it. Responsiveness seems to be the one vital attribute for developer tools in general. (Mosh is another example of a dev tool that capitalizes on responsiveness.)

So at first glance, it's quite odd that many IDEs suck re: responsiveness. After all, this is measurable. However, the tools to measure this on desktop apps tend to be proprietary and quite involved to use. As a result, FOSS developer tools don't do this kind of measurement, and the Tragedy of the Commons results in bloated IDEs. So the environments that avoid poor responsiveness tend to be ones that matured in a world with far fewer resources.

The takeaway: if your plans for world domination also involve a dev environment to rule them all, you'd best be measuring UI responsiveness as a part of your continuous integration/testing -- and set standards and make the devs stick by them.
Light Table reaches funding goal of $200k
I don't quite get this. For a DIY kit, I wish they'd use simpler language. Do I just prop these up in the backyard and plug them in to an outside outlet? Is that it?
This will help, but it's a pretty big spoiler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Comp...
Has anybody tried to email the website to ask a specific question and the delivery failed? I could possibly be emailing the incorrect email.
Yeah StackOverflow is a Godsend that helps people. It's really great that good people set out to fix the formerly closed door landscape that was dominated by companies like ExpertExchange.
So we base our answer off the socket types that hold the socket standard name under it?
Got a million but what now
I worked in oil and gas for 6 years. It paid well, and I have over a million in my bank account, I'm still 29 years old. I love reading and learning about startups, and it fits my personality so much better than O&G. I finally made the leap and left my job yesterday to focus full time on trying to steer my life in a new direction. My current plan is to learn enough about programming (Python and front end) to develop a prototype and try to get some traction. At some point I would like to acquire a co-founder, and try my hand at developing something that the world wants or needs. This sounded really good before I left, but the doubt level increased significantly after leaving my job. Am I crazy to think I can compete with all of these brilliant people? I really don't want to be damned into working at something I don't enjoy just for money, but I'm having a hard time seeing my way through this. I would like to work for a startup (even for free), but right now, I have no earthly clue why they would need someone with 0 programming skill sets.

Edit: I'm overwhelmed with the amount of high quality advice and different perspectives offered here. It's very inspiring and mood lifting to be surrounded by people like you, and I'm really grateful for all of you. Thanks.
What is even worse: He is not only a former president (Bundespräsident), he was a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht)!
The last bit the author mentions is something I've thought about recently, which is - where do I live? Inside my head or outside of it? I find myself primarily living inside my head, which is a very different world than the one around me.

While the inside vs outside distinction likely correlates to intro/extraversion, I think it's quite likely a scale of its own. I think this is a much more interesting topic than the introvert extravert war this thread became and is worth everyone taking a second (or a day) to think about - where do you live?
I've been a little quiet lately as I've been working on the next demo before the end of the Kickstarter. Based on the reactions I've gotten so far, I think you guys are in for a treat :)
Stack Overflow helped me to finish up a facebook app. Prior to that project I had never worked on Fb apps. After having initial requirements by clients, I googled about the main features of the project and found answers about their implementation. I gave a demo to the client and he approved my bid. The rest of the project also completed by posting a few questions.

Without SO It was not possible for me to earn a project. Thanks Joel!
> So what does "found to be corrupt" mean in a blog context?

It means that evidence indicating corruption has been found. Any other reading puts words in their mouth.
So quit bitching, move somewhere nice, and teach yourself how to program.
What does Eduardo Saverin Owe America (Nearly Everything)
To save folks some time, here's the summarized version of what commit-formatting Linus actually wants (for the kernel anyway):

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56637...
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56637...
But not the repetition inside of one specification which I illustrated in the example (note the 3 before the braces in the 2 FORMAT), and much more important, no compile-time type checking and compile time code generation for output. In C it's a library call and most of the processing happens at the run-time. And yes I know of gcc checks.

Still whoever uses some printf variant today, misses some aspects of what was working in 1956.
Hey ricardobeat, Grooveshark developer here. Thanks for the support! It just so happens that we're currently making an effort to reach out to users who haven't been back in a while to find out why and see if there is anything we could do to improve the service. If you'd like to contribute your thoughts, just shoot an email over to support@grooveshark.com

Thanks!
Can't wait. Keep up the good work and when the inevitable criticism comes, ignore the haters.
stackexchange is to solve problems not answer questions.

Can a dog have the Bhudda nature - is a good question but it's not really a problem.

How do I connect to a wifi network without an SSID in Ubuntu is a problem - even if it is a less good question
A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College
I'm not sure what NEMA is (I knew nothing at all about outlets before this), but I found they all corresponded to a different 1-character plug type.

This website rocked for this question because of all the images: http://electricaloutlet.org/
That's what is being taught at school in Germany.

But there are a lot or people who say that it wasn't the number of parties, it was the lack of democrats.

(Democrats, not the US party. People who support democracy.)
The trick in pulling this article off is you can go too far with your stereotypes and "artistic license" - actually offending the people you're trying to defend.

And I've worked there - in a place where gay men outnumbered the men. I've been cornered - shoved in between two refrigerators while a guy who outweighed me by 50 pounds leaned against me and went for my bits - all the while telling me "it's time to come out".

I put my fist into his sternum as hard as I could. He laughed - "feisty! I like it..." and he backed off.

This happened. But what's the point of this story? That gay men can be aggressive? That I was "wronged"? That I can somehow identify with women because I was, literally, assaulted at work?
I consider my job not only not to be bad, but GOOD for society. My job helps making a level field and removes the need of extra people working in trying to scalp away from market fluctuations.

I consider my job to be good in the sense that the alternative to be worse. Quite like a free market I consider it to be good, because it's the MUCH better alternative to a CAPTIVE market. Because that's in fact the only alternative. Some manipulative politicians trying to justify their job would tell you the alternative is a "regulated market" - it honestly is not about more or less regulation, it's about better or worse regulation. The freest market is not the least nor the most regulated, it's the best regulated.

> These sites discuss (the economic) Reality, and what's going on in it. Trying to discredit them is logical, of course, for someone working for the financial industry.

You've very conveniently cherry-picked my criticism about them. I like these sites and they're rather good. However, their style is indeed juvenile. That's the way they're redacted, the public they cater to the most and very likely the personality of the main contributors.

They also seem to be quite libertarian-leaning. Like myself. Which is totally besides the point, anyway.

> For both parties involved, it is about making money. Otherwise we're talking about some kind of charitable operation.

But you're missing the point that it's not ONLY about that. Thankfully, most of us don't work just for mere subsistence and are in the position to choose one work over another based in more than pay.

This point is related to the post because I'd actually take this job over most other jobs taking a significant pay cut. I've worked in telecom, microchip design, even videogames, and this is my favourite job so far. I'd take it over any of my previous jobs on equal pay and they weren't bad jobs for the most part. I'd even take a pay cut. That's how much I like my job and how positive for society I think it is. My sister is a doctor, I think my job is more positive for society than even that, it affects way more people.
I suddenly expected something like a financial package as present somehow; am too naive. that said, stack exchange is really life saver.
I seriously hope you're joking right now (due to meta-ness, not because I hate Germans)
In late 2009, in Europe one could buy the unlocked iPhone 3GS from Expansys (online shop) for around 600+ Euros.
Faked Moon Landing and Kubrick's 'The Shining'
I have helped plenty of people get rid of their U.S. citizenship.

This person is doing it for an obvious economic reason. When he terminated his U.S. citizenship, there was a "pretend" sale of his assets. Let's say he expatriated when his Facebook stock was worth $2.5B. He pays capital gain tax on the profit on his investment (probably 99.8% capital gain here, right?).

Then the stock goes IPO and his Facebook stock is worth $4B.

That extra $1.5B (from $2.5B when he terminated citizenship up to current market value) will never get taxed in the USA.

I have had conversations a number of times with founders who consider this strategy. (These are smaller exits -- $10M - $50M). They don't pull the trigger. The cost/benefit of giving up citizenship isn't worth it.

The two primary drivers (in my experience) for citizenship renunciation are the horrific tax enforcement policies currently rolling through the IRS. Go back to the start of this -- UBS and "secret bank accounts" and that launched Captain Ahab (the tax version, at least) off in search of Moby Dick (aka "tax cheats"). In the process, Captain Ahab has skewered thousands and thousands of goldfish.

The goldfish have noticed this. And are quietly slipping away.

The second reason people cite is the estate tax and its effect on family-owned businesses. This is especially true for dual citizens. Many families in the Middle East, for instance, deliberately had their children born in the USA to acquire US citizenship. Those children inherit the family business, then die. The U.S. estate tax imposed on a Saudi family-owned company will destroy the Saudi business.

U.S. international tax laws are batshit crazy. Unless of course your tax policy is to discourage U.S. enterprise abroad, discourage U.S. citizens from living and working abroad, and cause ridiculous legal and accounting fees to keep yourself clean with the government.
There was some talk of Python support -- perhaps if the project reaches $300K or something along those lines.

Is there definitive information on this? How will the fund-raising proceed, in a logistics/mechanics sense if this is true?
One day this kid will make a reddit account and a few months later he'll be the Hegemon.
Instead of a "one click install" how about a "clickonce install". ClickOnce, the installer/updater built into .NET since .NET 2.0. It can also work for installing via CD or over a fileshare if you don't want it over the internet.
A suggestion - find volunteers to develop an automated test suite for responsiveness:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3964829

If your tool is dependably correct and responsive, it will be a classic.
Running a South Pole Data Center
LOL the image I was going to use in the header was Daenaerys - but thought it went a bit too far. PJ Harvey is a hero, so I decided she should sit atop the post.
It's right in the description: "If we hit $300k, Python will be the third language to be supported out of the gate."
I really wish someone would take over development of lov8 (http://code.google.com/p/lov8/).
Another +1 with a slight addition.

Torquebox (2.x) is JBoss AS7 with extra ruby inter-op code layered on top of it. The base JBoss is not modified significantly.

You can happily run Java apps on Torquebox alongside JRuby apps (and clojure apps if you want with the immutant project)

There are reports from people on the mailing list of using JRuby and Torquebox for the back-end data collection services used by AAA Games which process a he-uge number of requests per month.
pirate parties are simple revelations of the internet revolution. ultimately knowledge society needs its own political forces and conflicts.
Athene's Theory of Everything
Attitude is everything when it comes to startups. Your post suggests you've got a good attitude.

There are no shortage of programmers with a lot more experience who have completely useless attitudes. They code well, but don't care for anything more than working as little as possible and earning a salary. Much easier to teach someone to program than teach someone entrepreneurial drive and determination.

If you're willing to trade a small measure of that cash stash to cofound a company (and be willing to keep an open mind), there are thousands of deserving startups (including mine) who'd probably love to have you on board.
Looking forward to it. I didn't contribute at the initial rates, so was delighted when you took on board the comments here and rethought the pricing (if that's the right word).
A lot of shops I have worked in the last 15 years had no such exclusion on incompetence....
JP Morgan Loses $2 Billion: Calls for Tougher Regulations
> Before he was cleared for travel to the Pole, Barnet was told he had to get his wisdom teeth extracted. And if you’re staying for the entire winter, says systems admin Auer, they prefer to have your appendix removed.
Read Hans Boehm's paper "Threads Cannot be Implemented as a Libray": http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2004/HPL-2004-209.pdf
I don't see the problem with defining a standard API for some common problems. This doesn't pollute the language, simply makes portability better - if you need it.
I have found at least 3 problems upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04. I have upgraded 4 of my servers and found the following problems.

1. The ia32-libs package uninstalled itself somehow, causing all my 32bit programs to fail start back up if they restarted.

2. @reboot cronjobs ran 2 minutes after the machine booted in kern.log. I accidentally started the programs manually because I thought they wouldn't run.

3. On a fresh install, the byobu network display doesn't show up.
finally got it. i feel stupid lol
Flash adds without a blocker take 100% of one core on this MacBook and make run it hot.
Nice summary, though the tone of the discussion is a bit tense.
I wonder what is your opinion about barbers, shop-owners, car manufactures or basically any business outside of the internet. I think that there's big difference between copying the business model and the product/service itself.
Or they could just use buzzwords and meaningless gestures to mislead the public, like they do now.
Why regulate? Why not let them bankrupt themselves?
Turbo mode: say "Hi, ___" whenever you know their name too.
You first need some CS background ('CS', for lack of a better term. I don't mean Automata, just something deeper than, say, lynda.com!). Check out Harvard CS50 (cs50.tv), MIT OCW (ocw.mit.edu), see.stanford.edu, udacity, coursera, academicearth.org and Khan Academy (and in a few months, http://edxonline.org/). Start at the basic courses (CS50 is the best starting point).

That's the best thing you can do. Sure, you can start coding right now but you don't know what you're missing. You have the luxury of not having to worry about money in the sort term, so make the most out of it and educate yourself. You'll get nowhere if you don't know the fundamentals of how computers/web/operating systems/... work.
I think the only way to develop good teams is to develop a number of teams, then see what they can do. There's no currently popular methodology that will guarantee developing good ones. Y-Combinator seems to come close, but really, they are trying to encourage favorable preconditions, then letting groups succeed.
Technically it's only 4096 bytes given all the other infrastructure the code accesses. Which is quite a bit.
I am confused - why would she have gone to a neighbors house rather than her own?
The poor performance of the republican (form of government, not the US party) system was one of the reasons for the lack of democrats.
I'm at 17 so far.
Journalists (and political scientist) don't quite understand the Piratenpartei.

The members of the German Pirate Party would happily go back to the things they were doing before. The party was founded as self-defense.

Some members see it as a goal to make the Piratenpartei unnecessary. Not within the next 5 years, but maybe later.
It's a continuum, not a constant, and can definitely be based on the situation or who you're with.
Everyone is some kind of fundamentalist

This is an awkward phrase, as the word "fundamentalist" carries anti-intellectual baggage.

...inexperience in expression tends towards bad outcomes. I have no scientific evidence for this...

You now have one data point.
FFTW takes a similar approach, generating huge gobs of specialized FFT code in C using an Ocaml program.
In all honesty, the best factor to succeed is to have good people in the team. If you don't have that, you are never really going to get past that factor.

Provided you have that, I believe the greatest success factors are outside of the scum team and that the effort to improve working conditions should be concentrated there.

Though I'd love the idea of a methodology race, where the fittest win. Wonder if there ever is an organization open minded enough to try this...
There are different ways of being good with people. You can be good at talking with people you need to talk to, professionally, but not enjoy chatting about nothing with random strangers. Somehow not doing the latter makes you "shy". OK, so be it, but if you as a manager base your hiring/firing decisions on that you are a fool.
people can have more than one reason to say something. In fact, that's the case more often than not.
CloudApp Roulette 2.0
I was shy well into my 20s. My problem initially was that my parents weren't very social people and never taught me the social skills I needed. This combined with low self-esteem (which I think built-up from the low social skills), made me a really shy person.

The real problem is that opportunities can and will pass you by when you aren't social (in most companies, you most likely won't get promoted). I wasted a lot of time at home, because I avoided social situations at all cost. You won't know what you miss as a shy person until it's too late.

How did I fix it? 4 years of forcing myself into social situations. I joined a few groups on meetup.com and just recently started my own.

This is what it takes. You need to push yourself. Some people can't do this on their own and actually need therapy.
This is pretty informative even to someone who's been doing CSS for years now. Always nice to visually see how something works. It would be nice to show what kind of browser support each of these items have.
Would it not still be considered proper for a judge to recuse him or herself if the plaintiff in the case is their co-teacher and business partner?
Link? This interests me.
parables have a way of side-stepping the logical critic in people’s brains and appealing directly to their emotions. Sometimes that’s a big win.

Second, I’ve tried to come up with sound bites...Sound bites are the refined sugar of ideas for good and for bad.

As you note, those are equally applicable to ideas with and without substance.

The truth is, I have no system or method for generating portable ideas, just some observations that many portable ideas have certain characteristics in common: They have emotional impact (tip 1), they are easy to remember (tip 2), and they avoid being divisive (point 3).

I'd posit that looking for ways to popularize substantive ideas will produce portable ones.
If anybody else is interested, here is a Web Numbr graph of the funding for Light Table over time: http://webnumbr.com/light-table-pledged (Sadly, I didn't think of setting this up until it was really far along).