skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Watching the Dragon approach from the point of view of the ISS is incredibly exciting in itself, but almost unbelievable when you think about the speeds they are flying at relative to the ground!
Either that, or he is just trying to cover his ass for the next elections. I don't know exactly how the debate about internet freedom will come in the next debate (if at all) but it might be a good move from politicians to move away from their previous obnoxious positions.

I have off course no proof, and he might very well be honest and sincere about admitting his error (although he would not have committed this it, I think, had he done his job properly).
Then, there is the question if it is ethical to hold on to you organs after your own death.
User experience is the overall feeling you get from a well combined language, graphic design, sound, motion, information design, interface design, interface design, interaction design and programming.

That is the "industry accepted" meaning of the term, http://uxdesign.com/assets/ux-defined/user-experience-design...
I've just removed the last lines of RJS code from my app. So now I can upgrade to Rails 3.2 and use CoffeeScript :)

But this time I'll wait for something like Dart.
> Press+, a startup that sells online subscription technology, is used by more than 300 publications

Incidentally, Press+ is trivially easy to disable. It's a third-party client script that counts how many times you've visited the site in the past month and prompts you to pay once you've reached the limit.
Openess has many layers - this is about Microsoft dictating to developers what they can and cannot do on their platform.

On the web everybody is welcome. If you don't like any of Google's services, you can create your own clone, and people can use it by just entering an URL in a browser.

Now imagine for a second how 2012 would look like if Microsoft banned Firefox because it "duplicates existing functionality" or other such invented guideline for the good of their app store ... because that's the direction Microsoft and Apple are taking us. And btw, just so you know, Firefox or Chrome cannot run on top of Metro.
I think I would be more likely to sign up if the page included a short example of an "exercise in practising compassion". As it stands, I don't have any idea of what this app actually does.
Or not... stop worrying that much until you actually see a consequence.

By the way, all AOL has to do now is to chastise a bit the security people and to make sure the security rounds do cover the whole floor plan. Nothing more, nothing less. I hardly see that as suffering for the other startups in the building.
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Fox, NBCUniversal sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service
The Web Today / Search vs. Social Media
"If Google made it 10 years ago, it was because it gave a chance to new-comers to have their page rated on top, just where Yahoo, HotBot, Excite etc had already “fixed” the top pages"
This gave me goosebumps and crushed my Nokia loyalty to pieces.
Map showing Dragon's real time position: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=38348
Yep! The question is whether to give it away or try to find a way to monetize it. I'd buy it, but I'm not sure how much I'd pay for it.

I don't give a crud about the analytics of AddThis, and their menu is full of options that most will never use. The key point is sharing for the lazy. The vast majority of Internet users are never going to open their Facebook, write a wall post about something and copy/paste my link in their post. That same person, however, may be really interested in it and be willing to hit a little button that does all that stuff for them. That's all I want. I don't want to jeopardize people's privacy.
People haven't paid for the content of newspapers since newspapers moved to an ad-supported business model a century ago. The newsstand and subscription costs were for printing and distribution, not for content.

On the internet, the cost of printing and distribution have collapsed, so it makes sense that readers should be able to access it for free. The problem is that advertising revenues have also fallen dramatically, which means newspapers are feeling pressure to start charging readers to produce the content.

The idea of charging for content is actually a throwback to the early days of newspapers, which were similar to websites and blogs in that they were extremely diverse in quality and viewpoint and publications wore their agendas and ideologies on their sleeves.

The professionalization of the news media followed the transition from subscription-supported content to ad-supported content, in large part because advertisers want content that is balanced and innocuous enough not to alienate large swaths of potential customers.

I don't know how the business of the news is going to shake out, but my hunch is that the people who figure out how to make money from online media won't be the people who figured out how to make money from print media.

Just as the proliferation of movable type destroyed some professions (scribes) and invented other professions (writers, publishers), the proliferation of the internet is also going to destroy some professions and create others.

One thing, though: I wouldn't bet against good writing over the long term.
True. And there are very many free print newspapers too that attest to your point on bundling.
A better understanding of technology? Or how advertising is bundled online?
That's really interesting. I like the concept, but would most users only click once because that's what they are used to? The interface doesn't seem to be that obvious for a non-technical person.
BBC takes common sense approach to EU Cookie law
A lot has been said regarding the new eu cookie law in the last year and month especially as the legislation comes in to effect tomorrow, May the 26th 2012

In the new 1.7 version of Magento Community release “A new cookie notification feature that simplifies the compliance process. Once enabled, a message at the top of the storefront informs site visitors about the cookie policy and prompts them to accept or decline”

BT were early in their adoption of providing a solution by showing a popup at the bootom of their webpage

http://www.healthywebsites.co.uk/screenshots/am/20120525-943-197kb.jpg

which disapears after about 10 secs.

At time of writing, the website for the “Information Commisioners Office” which has spearheaded this campaign was unavailable for reference having been put in a redirect loop, it is unknown at this time if the site was the subject of a hack or just an IT Server admin blunder http://www.healthywebsites.co.uk/screenshots/am/20120525-e23-53kb.jpg

They were however back online 20 mins latter, sporting their persistant header message: http://www.healthywebsites.co.uk/screenshots/am/20120525-4l0-57kb.jpg

Upon looking at the bbc news website this morning, although greeted with a header message to address the issue, on further investigation it transpires that the bbc have implemented a measured and adequate response to this new legislation.

http://www.healthywebsites.co.uk/screenshots/am/20120525-l8i-99kb.jpg

Load the next page or reload the current page, and the cookie message is gone.

http://www.healthywebsites.co.uk/screenshots/am/20120525-7ls-81kb.jpg

Ironically, the BBC are actually using a cookie called “ckns_policy” to hide this grey header on the next page load. If You delete the cookie, the cookie message appears again.
Neither of these things are Enyo, the javascript framework for application UI, they're part of the OS itself.

What remains of the webOS team is likely still there. Notifications and other UX existed in webOS before 3.0 and Enyo, implemented with Mojo. In the comments on many sites, people keep saying things like "cant wait for cards!" and other UX elements of webOS that have nothing to do with Enyo.

The reports have Matthew McNulty and some of his Enyo app framework team moving, not the OS developers.

A big loss, sure, but the app framework is separate from the OS UX.
Every randomized password hash does exactly this; the randomizing nonce is tiny compared to the hash itself.
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Java is great for hobbyists. Checkout: http://jmonkeyengine.com/

Also, checkout MonoGame: http://monogame.codeplex.com/
That's not what Battle.net does. They use SRP, which dictates a specific strong cryptographic storage.
The Christian Science Monitor is a pretty high quality and reasonably unbiased newspaper greatly held back by a rather unfortunate name and association. Certainly on topics of US Politics they are the among most most unbiased, and have a stated policy of never endorsing any candidate or party.

While being owned by the Christian Science church they do a good job of being independent and avoiding any mention of doctrine. I truly believe that if the same newspaper was published without any connections to any church it would rank much higher in world opinion, but most people tend to dismiss it due to the name.

(full disclosure: Grew up christian scientist, long since lapsed, but still have friends who believe, and I hold no animosity towards the church).
As the defender, you don't care if the salt is obtained by the attacker. The salt is not a secret. It's only use is to ensure that each password is hashed as unique, even if the users chose the same password. Basically, it is for defeating precomputed databases (rainbow tables), nothing more.
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Some of us are also budding students who like experimenting with different things and price is most likely a barrier to entry (it sure it for me).
I'm flabbergasted that you take his offense as if he drowned two babies and an old lady with her cat. It certainly was unethical, but his action was immature, not evil. I really fail to see an intent to cause harm. Now, he shouldn't get a prize out of it either, but that's VC for you.

Maybe you are this upset because you fear it will affect you personally?
I assume it goes to a URL which is only valid between noon and 1pm. The QR code is probably scannable during a time period slightly wider than that, depending on the time of year.

It looks like the QR "statue" pivots to correct for the changing path of the sun across the sky, but the positioning doesn't have to be accurate to the point of working exactly from 12:00:00 to 13:00:00 local time. You can also add enforcement on the web server.
That is awesome. Does anyone know if Peapod, Fresh Direct, or any other US based grocery delivery service has a API? I want to try something like this.
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You store a salt per user. Salts protect against rainbow table attacks. The salt doesn't have to be private for it to be effective at that task.
Customers not buying? What to do now
This is awesome, thank you for posting, it's saved to my "read later" list!
Xbox 360 Could Be Banned In The USA
I figured that was where they were going... but wanted to make sure - the word medic threw me.

"Do no harm" isn't as clear cut as that. You have to do harm all the time as a doctor - the question is what is the lesser harm? Would you rather have a few broken ribs, or a heart that isn't beating. Either way, you're causing harm. Most people would rather you crack a few ribs though.

(BTW, that phrase actually isn't part of the Hippocratic Oath [1][2])

Here's a different example. Is burning a religious text (Bible, Koran, etc...) ethical? What if it is in private? Is anyone harmed? Many people would consider this an unethical act, even if no one was around to see it. And if no one would see it (and thus be offended), where is the harm?

Another example: Imagine Alice is in a wheelchair and is shopping. She accidentally drops her phone on the floor. At that moment, Eve walks by, notices Alice struggling, and yet does nothing. Eve continues walking on her way. Did Eve cause Alice harm? Alice was already in trouble, and Eve didn't do anything help. However, Eve didn't do anything to cause Alice's problems. So you can't really claim that Eve harmed Alice, even though many would question her inaction.

This is just to point out that the concepts of harm and ethics aren't necessarily linked. But that is really moot in this case, because no one can really claim that this kid caused AOL no harm. It may just be really small in monetary terms.

[1] http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/harm-part-hippocratic-oa...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
I find myself inclined to pay for news because just about all of the freely available opinion dressed up as news and/or analysis is complete tosh, and aggregators only get you so far. To wit, I fork over my hard earned for a copy of the FT 6 days a week, and would gladly do so to access HN.
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Agreed with crntaylor, it seems like some form of status sharing application but I don't really have a clue.
Because of the greater fool theory and the random walk theory I can not take any analysis seriously.
That's been their strategy, yes, but the problem with not finding a way to monetize as you grow -- by putting off monetization -- is that you risk pissing off users even more when you suddenly introduce it, and at such large scale as to satisfy the needs of public shareholders. It's sort of like burying a mess under the rug: it's out of sight for awhile, until it festers, rots, and really starts to stink.

Sooner or later, Facebook was always going to have to monetize. Its deliberate strategy of putting off monetization until it became a de facto standard social network was a gamble. It seemed reasonable at the time to many inside and outside of Facebook. But my point is that, knowing what it was gambling on, Facebook shouldn't have taken in so much money that it was forced to go public before its gamble was ready to pay off. Now, it's going to have to start monetizing quickly and massively, come hell or high water -- at a time when it still doesn't quite know how to do so without pissing off its userbase. It's in a worst-of-both-worlds scenario, which could have been avoided regardless of its user growth vs. monetization strategy.
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Agreed; it's a great suggestion! In fact, I think it'd be great of Reddit to support this as a native feature, so I just made a post on /r/suggestions/!
Couple of people are discussing right now in #bitcoin on freenode if anyone wants to join :)
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I would also more than happily pay for hacker news, but since it's free and user submitted I think it is a different case.

Perhaps there should be a general news site where the users submit the news articles themselves, it would probably be faster than the ACTUAL news companies who have to send out a reported, as opposed to a civilian on the streets witnessing it happen.

(Of course, then the news corporations would leech off the site.)
In the next 30 minutes, they are planning to go from 150m out to 30m out. Should be dramatic to watch the capsule get closer.
more likely, noone would know about them...

I think most people underestimate the effect that file-sharing has had on our society. Music is so popular, not because of MTV, but because of napster&ThePirateBay&YouTube. If it weren't for these services, most people would probably listen to at most 10% of the music they listen to now, more likely 1%.
The project is not the fundraising, the project is what's being funded. Just see Kickstarter's emails: "Projects we love: <project name>." They are not talking about the fundraising there.

Additionally, the fundraising status is orthogonal to the success, you can be funded and ultimately fail to complete the project, or not get funded but somehow manage to produce what you wanted to.
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I run a phone emulator and run the blizzard authenticator app on it.Works great for me and adds some security.
Form and Function: Websites That Combine Beauty with Usability
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Alternative article on Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cos...
What you're inventing here is usually called "unfold". I don't know javascript, but here it is in close relative Scheme:

(define (unfold p f g seed)
(if (p seed)
'()
(cons (f seed) (unfold p f g (g seed)))))

And how you would call it to print "Hello world!" 100 times:

(unfold (lambda (x) (> x 100))
(lambda (x) (display "Hello world"))
(lambda (x) (+ x 1))
1)

'p' is your predicate. It determines when to stop unfolding. It takes the current value ('seed') and returns a boolean that's True when you're done. It's your 'hasEnded'.

'f' is what to do for each 'seed' value. In this case, it ignores the current value and just prints "Hello world". It's your 'callback'.

'g' maps each 'seed' value to the next 'seed' value. It's your 'modify'.

'seed' is the initial state for the unfold. It's your 'initial'.

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There are a couple other caveats to do with this being an expression rather than a statement, but it doesn't really matter right now. There are a million other cool things about unfolds (and folds, and other higher-order functions), but I'm not sure I could conscionably point you in the right direction since they lead to dangerous places.

Speaking of which, here is an unfold in Haskell, where it may (may) be clearer:

unfold p f g seed | p seed = []
| otherwise = x:xs
where
x = f seed
xs = unfold p f g (g seed)

sequence_ $ unfold (>100) (const $ print "Hello world!") (+1) 1

I say 'an' unfold, because there are a whole bunch of cool ways to do it (and some of them look nothing like this).
I'm interested to see how this stacks up against the Backblaze Pod:

http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v...

Edit:
You'd have to build about 2882 Pods to reach 380 petabytes, but this cluster will be using 380,000 opertons, which implies about 1 terabyte of tape per CPU. For the Pods: The newest cabinets squeeze one petabyte into three-quarters of a single cabinet for $56,696.
I'm glued to watching this and doing very little work. I was born in 1969 and was fascinated by space as a kid, but then went off and did other things. To see this happening is wonderful but I have done screenshots of a number of places which would make dramatic and beautiful paintings
You don't need to guess it, if it's implemented the correct way, the signup and the login process will have the same rules and you won't notice.
You appear to be arguing against a straw man.

I never accepted the consequences of nature without question.

I didn't say reducing CO2 emissions was easy, I said it was "comparatively easy". And this is true. It's much easier to reduce CO2 emissions than it is to extract CO2 from the air once it's already there.

I can't figure out just what it is about the global warming question that causes people to become completely incapable of reasoned conversation. It sure is annoying, though.
AOL spam.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/05/18/a-lo...
It seems that if you follow the link to Safari Books Online, you get a table of content.

Here's a direct link:
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9781449323592?portal=oreilly...
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Matt Cutts seems like a good guy, but there is an unavoidable conflict of interest when he gives advice like this. Google's job would be much easier if everyone believed the only way to rank is to have popular, useful content.

Also, that article is five years old.
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You're sort of moving the target here. I care very little about scoring Internet points, but I care very much about HNers not making decisions which will damage their business, so let's reiterate: it is categorically not the case that Google does not have a notion of domains. Page A and Page B, given that they are on the same domain, can easily influence each other's rankings even without a link passed between A and B, by separately garnering trust for the domain. This informs several SEO strategies which will work such as e.g. publishing OSS on your domain to get link juice and other indicia of trust which you then use to rank things that real people (and your bottom line) actually care about.

As to whether blog.example.com and www.example.com share trust metrics, sentiment among SEOs are mixed. Consensus estimate among SEOs who I'd trust with my business would be close to "blog.example.com and www.example.com are treated as at half-arms lengths for the purposes of accumulating link juice and virtually identically for the purpose of awarding link juice." This suggests that you want as few subdomains as reasonably possible for publicly visible content which will either attract links or which you want to rank. For similar reasons, I'd suggest most startups would require a darn good reason to have more than one toplevel domain.

Google has said not to worry about this issue, but that a very common answer from Google when probed about any specifics of their algorithms. Google will also say things like "Quality content is 99% of SEO" which if it is true is true in the sense that Santa Claus is true -- perhaps a good message to tell children but I would not base my ability to feed my employees' family on the likelihood of finding a jolly fat guy if I went to the North Pole to check.
Just because it involves math does not make it a science. That's absurd.
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Google to Buy Arduino, Raspberry Pi Kits for UK Schools
an ATTiny45 microcontroller, and a couple of passive elements can get you the USB circuitry for under $5 - e.g. http://stuffthingsandjunk.blogspot.com/2009/06/attiny45-usb-...

I've used the V-USB library in a couple of fun projects - it's nothing short of awesome.
Will the web be the most "open" platform in the long run though?

What happens if services like amazon AWS put smaller hosts out of business and services like facebook become so ubiquitous that they are considered the "gateway" to the web and most web services are built on top of these APIs?
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Or with a kinect.
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Indeed, stupid logic on my part.
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Nice app. Who is the target market? Is this app backed up by any research?
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You should think about adding showering to that list.
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Bronwen Clune attempted something like that a few years ago with a company called Norg Media http://www.crunchbase.com/company/norg-media - there have been others too, of course, but no one has managed to get particularly far.
I don't get the negativity towards FB that seems to be an undercurrent in these threads. This is Hacker News. If FB IPO'ed too high, that's good for the hackers. That means they got more money to build the business. If some investors lose a lot of money in the process, who cares?
>>>Angry Birds made over a hundred million in profits so far

And added what to human productivity and betterment? Never use money as a measure for anything except money.
Please make the "how it works" more prominent. I like the proffered benefit, "practice compassion", but the two screenshots don't really communicate what the product is or how it works.
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