skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Google's official founding date was September 7, 1998, two months after the patent application was filed. I doubt they were in any position to search all of the patents applied for and challenge the validity of all of the vague ridiculousness that was currently on file that may some day interfere with a 20% project that might possibly become a product!

This is submarine-ary of the first order. It may be legal at this time but I'm ready to lean out and say that its immoral.
Frankly, I find the idea of "natural health", when pitched to cancer patients, offensive. Sure, I am willing to believe that eating more organic, raw, and otherwise non-processed food seriously reduces the risk of cancer. But prevention is not a treatment. You can't raw food your way to a cure to cancer. It just doesn't work. People die because they become so deluded. Indiscriminate as it may be, chemotherapy works.

You suggest that naturopathic medicine is opposed to mainstream cancer treatment, but you don't suggest alternatives. What is an effective alternative to chemotherapy?
Basic Skills versus Conceptual Understanding: A Bogus Dichotomy in Mathematics Education [.PDF]
Open source Business Management Software
25% unemployment seems very unlikely, ditto for bread lines and hoovervilles.
How about, to counteract hugs, we also add "kick to the nuts"?

Or maybe I just need to personally work on being more of an asshole.
A bubble is indistinguishable from a pyramid scheme legally run amok for the appearance of economic growth. Which is why I don't care for the naysayers opinions because they are far less useful than knowing a few average Joes who have the curiosity of cucumbers when it comes to economics, politics, etc. Once your average Joe catches onto the long tail of the curve, you know a bubble has run its course.

The next bubble will likely be the green one. It's large, necessary, and completely possible to go overboard regardless of what you'll hear every pundit saying for the next 10 years.
Google 2008 in 12 Pictures
i believe not only will this be worse than the depression for the US, it will indeed do in the US entirely. a nation's most important piece of paper is not its constitution (you can burn and rewrite one of those anytime you want one), it is its currency. you can only burn your currency once.

there is a very strong historical parallel - the french revolution. no matter what interpretation of this event you find in literature, they will all point to excess debt as one of the key, if not the key motivation for the revolution. weimar germany is another scenario where excess currency abuse literally did in the nation, and incidentally ushered in nazism.

there is no way the US can now get out of debt or even hope to slow down deficits. the rate of growth of the debt is astounding. one must wonder where the death bond lies...that dollar of debt that we issue that is rejected by all buyers and signals the end of the US. once the US dollar is rejected by all buyers, the US govt immediately ceases to exist by definition. police, army, firefighters...none of their paychecks have value anymore, so none of them will report for work.

how much is too much? our debt is around twelve trillion now, my guess is that at around twenty five trillion, its game over. we will reach that point by 2018 at the latest. the US is gone by 2020 at the latest. if any political structure survives, it will be helmed by an american stalin who will gorge on the nation and utterly obliterate it.

it will take the world one hundred years to reconstruct after the obliteration of the USD-backed fiat-debt financial system. pax romana was nothing more than a promise and a hope...once it went away the west lost centuries. the USD is no more than the pax romana of our era...a idea backed only by faith, not values
My heart goes out to you and your family.

It's often extremely difficult for people to go through radiation and chemotherapy. He sounds like he's in the middle of that. I would encourage you to keep talking with him and his doctors. Tell the doctors about what he's experiencing. Often there are good ways to ameliorate side effects. Insist that your father's discomfort be allayed as much as possible. Consult with dieticians and nutritionists about good ways for your father to get proper nutrition while experiencing the radiation and chemotherapies. If his physicians don't provide alternatives, consider consulting with other doctors.

Often there are emotional issues at play in the face of serious illnesses that aren't addressed by doctors, or even families. Again, encourage your father and all the family to ask questions of the doctors, and get those questions answered. Listen to your father with empathy. Acknowledge and reflect his pain...and most importantly, the uncertainty you are all facing. You might consider counseling for he and/or the family. There is actually a difference between the emotional pain people struggling with serious illness undergo, and actual clinical depression (major depressive disorder). It's not out of the realm of possibility that antidepressant medication might help.

I would encourage you and your family to continue down the path of evidence based medicine. You are right. There are a lot of quack "cures" in the realm of "alternative medicine" out there, designed solely to take your money.
Build your own mail analyzer for Mac Mail.app
What are we whiny little girls?

Oh, haha, just kidding. I'll send you a hug.

P.S. Do I need sarcasm tags or is it obvious enough?
that is the dumbest idea I ever heard...and I read Techcrunch on a daily basis
I have another book of his, called "How not to program in C++". The idea is that it consists entirely of broken programs, and you're supposed to work out how each one is broken.

I was unimpressed by that book; all the bugs were pretty shallow, and there were some mistakes that weren't supposed to be there (which is especially bad in a book of this sort).
There are still dial-up companies? Even my grandmother who lived out in the boonies could get dsl.

Also, if you are still using dial-up installing firefox is going to be way too hard. Let alone installing an extension for it.
In my experience, all of my friends who have lived long enough in japan and particularly had such a toiled in their rented appartment (rather rare usually the owners don't spend money on this when they just want to rent you the appartment), decided that they'd buy some of those toilets for themselves eventually...
It's a thing to try... Heck even my parents who came to visit now want a japaneses toilet....
You point out the parallel with Germany -- perhaps it's worth also pointing out that despite losing a major war, having its currency totally wrecked, falling into deranged totalitarianism, and losing another major war, Germany is still around and not doing too badly. So "do in entirely" and "utterly obliterate" seem a bit too strong to me. For that matter, the French Revolution doesn't seem to have destroyed France either. I think the majority opinion is that it was an improvement overall.

(Of course, if anything like the same thing happens to the US as happened to Germany then that would be very, very, very bad. I just think you're exaggerating.)
This is a very real problem, and probably the biggest problem I face right now running my company. Through no fault of my own, I'm uninsurable as an individual, but I'm also an entrepreneur. It makes life rather difficult, and it's an obvious disincentive for people to start businesses. It's also one of many reasons why I'm hiring right now!
This comment is totally inappropriate. I hope that on reflection you are ashamed of yourself and will choose to delete it.
Audi is the understated luxury car.

The only visual difference between the A4 and the S4 (sports model, 2x in price) is a pair of chrome plated side mirrors. If this sort of understatement is your thing, you will love Audi. If you like your bling to be obvious, get the BMW. If you don't care either way, get Benz :-)

icey, given your price range, I would at least test drive an S4. It is a really good car, esp. if you like the actual process of driving.
I'm very grateful for this work. However, saying that this contribution alone brings the tipping-point closer is rather pompous.

First of all, since gene expressions are such upstream information, knowing it won't give us the whole picture (or even come close to it.)

It's like knowing the code of a program, which has syntax you have never seen before, and you have no idea what the compiler does, not to mention the machine code describes an astronomical non-linear computation.

Second of all, gene expression dependents on age, environment, behavior, and probably things we don't even know. I haven't look at the data, but I assume it's just the mouse's brain in one instant. Otherwise it will be a VERY resource intensive job. Not to mention that you have to freeze the brain in order to slice it and map the gene (unless they got better technology now), so even if you get a different instant of the brain it won't be the same mouse.

However, a step towards the goal is a step towards the goal. And that's what this project was. Great work.
Peak of the "suicide" corresponds to the bottom of the stock market in November.
I am okay with "Hugs" button if there is a "HEY!!! Stay the fuck off from me, man! Don't fucking hug me unless you are my real life friend (or a girl)" button too. :-)
Selling Webapp: Wipee List
Impractical, eh? My racing friend has a trailer that he tows behind his Honda S2000. Get one of those and your luggage problems will be over, in a gloriously impractical fashion.

Incidentally, the Miata and the S2000 seem to be pretty fun cars, although I'm too tall for one and too cheap for the other. When I lived in CA I owned a 1986 Toyota MR2; that was lots of fun too, and with a gloriously quirky mid-80s dated look. Bought it for like $6k, and it ran flawlessly, perhaps because it was a Toyota, but more likely because it had been cared for by an obsessive car person for a decade and a half. I salute that guy.

Gratify your tastes! To hell with mere practicality! Give a cabbie $100 and have him to go pick up your friend at the airport! ;)
You really ought to have winter tires on any car. People tend to think rear wheel drive cars need it more because it looks more dramatic when you loose control, but understeering head-first in to a guard rail is just as bad for you as spinning out.

Even four wheel drive won't do much for you if you enter a corner too fast, assuming you don't have a rally driver's skill set. Control requires traction. Traction comes from tires. Get appropriate tires for your driving conditions.
Honda Element. Waterproof seats & bottom--hose it down if you want. Seats completely fold up (like a van) or down (like a bed). Has a bunch of useful add-ons like a tent, trailer hitch, etc. Good mileage (v4). Etc, etc...check it out.
Many car enthusiasts like cars with quick acceleration and responsive handling. Since A=F/M, that tends to mean cars that weigh less than average. Cars with fewer seats and less, well... car tend to weigh less.
Snackfeed: A Newsfeed For The Web’s Hottest Video Clips
If massive inflation occurs, you're pretty much screwed no matter what. It is not currently possible to live fully, truly off the grid in the manner in which anybody posting to Hacker News is accustomed. Planning for events that you can do nothing about is a waste of time; the fact that that is unfortunate changes nothing.

(Which is not to say some reasonable preparation for emergencies is a bad idea. I'm just saying that once you're proposing massive inflation, it's not like having a huge stash of gold in your basement is going to save you, or there's anything else you can hoard that can't be taken from you by force by a rampaging mob.)
Well I like to use certain command line tools for finding stuff or moving files around, which tend to happen more often as a developer. I've gotten pretty good at scripting with the new powershell in windows, but still somewhat annoying compared to what is available in most unix environments.
Possibly related article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/magazine/04food.t.html

(I didn't watch the video since it crashed my browser.)
Thanks for the memory: the story of storage
Postbox declares war on email overload
Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday
A WRX wagon and a Miata. You can get one of each for right around $50k - less if you buy used.

I have an old Miata. It sips gas, makes wonderful noises and is the second-best handling car I've ever driven. The best was a Formula V (that's an open-wheel race car made out of old VW parts - it's like a big go-kart with suspension and a transmission).

My roommates have a WRX. It's quick, handles pretty well and has plenty of room for luggage.

I also hear wonderful things about the Mazda RX-8. It's not so easy on gas, but it's supposed to handle like an oversized Miata. It can hold four real adults, and at least some of their stuff.
I too had the same thought. If he(friend) wants to go for money over an interesting hacker life and his clone idea works out, he has his share of cake.

If he chooses an interesting hacker life over money, he sure shouldn't clone it if he cannot add innovative ideas to it.

I'm glad that a lot of guys here share my hacker zeal.
There are plenty of microscopic techniques to distinguish inhibitory from excitatory cells. Computers can tell the difference if given appropriate microscopy images as input and the software to process those images. Not too hard.

But these are dynamic objects. Google 'rebound excitation' for some counterintuitive effects of inhibitory input. Hard to dissect how circuits of these objects work.
BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Saab, Volvo, Chrysler/Dodge and Mazda also offer 4wd on various real cars - mostly performance models.
Cancrwiki.com is available. :)
Should I worry that I immediately started thinking how this would combine with seasteading?
Smaller size alone makes avoiding an accident easier. There are simply more spaces lacking things to hit in to which the car will fit.

If you're a good driver, balanced handling beats electronic stability control. If you're average, by all means, get the computer safety-net to take over.
This is excellent news in that it may make patent law look even sillier.
I got a new Elantra. I'm happy with it.
Can you cite the studies that show that changing lifestyle (organics + supplementation) doesn't influence cancer outcome?

Frankly, I find your know-it-all arrogance shocking, and all that is wrong with the medicine. 90% of doctors I have worked with have the same mentality. If it's not studied, how can you come to a conclusion?

Here's one little extract to whet your appetite.

[edit: btw I am in no way advocating naturopathy, homeopathy or other well debunked shams]

-----------------------

Men with early stage prostate cancer who make intensive changes in diet and lifestyle may stop or perhaps even reverse the progression of their illness, according to a new study.

The research is the first randomised, controlled trial showing that lifestyle changes may affect the progression of any type of cancer.

The research team behind the American study looked at 93 men with biopsy-proven prostate cancer who had elected not to undergo conventional treatment for reasons unrelated to this study. The participants were randomly divided into either a group who were asked to make comprehensive changes in diet and lifestyle or a comparison group who were not asked to do so.

Participants in the lifestyle-change group were placed on a vegan diet consisting primarily of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes supplemented with soy, vitamins and minerals. They participated in moderate aerobic exercise, yoga/meditation, and a weekly support group session. A registered dietitian was available for consultation, and a nurse case manager contacted the participants regularly.
http://atlanta.startupdrinks.com/
Houston Jobs
Houston Texas Jobs and Part Time Jobs
How Niko Tinbergen Reverse Engineered the Seagull
I drive a Pontiac Vibe which is really just a rebadged Toyota Matrix. I get ~30 mpg and have actually hauled a futon in it while moving. Lots of cargo space when the back seats are laid flat.
Just put a pillow (or two) under your knees when on a hammock.
Terrorists sexually Humiliated guests before killing them
All about Online Bingo
Did you know that Bingo is 400 years old and that it is not of US origin but it is from Italy? Yes, it is hard to believe that bingo is as old as 400 years and that it is not from the US. The prevailing bingo craze in the US is highly misleading regarding its origin. It is not only popular in the US it is famous worldwide.
The burden of proof is not on me here. I am certainly in favor of more medical studies about alternative approaches to cancer treatment. More science is a wonderful thing.
For an exact clone, it's pretty lame. And even worse, because the cloning process doesn't teach you any of the reasons the product is like that, when you DO need to diverge, you won't have learned anything.

It used to really upset me as the creator, as well. But then I realized they don't really have what it takes to be successful, anyway.
>(Which is not to say some reasonable preparation for emergencies is a bad idea. I'm just saying that once you're proposing massive inflation, it's not like having a huge stash of gold in your basement is going to save you, or there's anything else you can hoard that can't be taken from you by force by a rampaging mob.)

Citation needed. According to FerFAL, who actually lived through the 2001 Argentinian peso devaluation, a large stash of gold will save you because there won't be a rampaging mob robbing everyone, especially not if you own a gun.

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/

Ten kilos of gold should be enough to get you anywhere on the planet; after all, it should be worth 300,000 current dollars or so. The only scenario where that would be useless is a nuclear holocaust.
I don't know if immoral is the right word here, more incredibly irresponsible.
If I remember correctly, two years ago people were taking about a soft landing.
I've spent lots of time at Metalab, the hacker space in Vienna (http://metalab.at/wiki/English) -- I initially met all my current startup co-founders there, made dozens of good friends, worked on several collaborative projects, held and attended workshops, etc.

I'm sure there's lots of variety among all those spaces listed on the site -- apart from Metalab, I've so far only been to three others (C4 in Cologne, CCC-B in Berlin and Noisebridge in SF), but all of those would be excellent places to find likeminded people to work on projects together -- which is especially important in places that aren't otherwise known as startup or technology hubs, like Vienna.

They're not necessarily the best places to actually work at (too much going on, people coming and going, using it socially rather than for productivity), but if you're in a city lucky enough to have one and you've never checked it out, you're definitely missing out.

The only thing I dislike is when routine sets in and it starts turning into a hangout for a rather static group of friends -- openness is an extremely important property to prevent that from happening. So look up the one nearest to you and go knock on their door: I'm sure it'll be worth your time. And if there's none nearby and you got a year or so, consider starting one ;)
Couldn't make much sense of the results =). You should add a snippit to the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPSP on it =).
isitchristmas.com source code on github
Like Zak said, the drive wheels don't have much to do with actual driving dynamics. That's all tires and differentials.

Four wheel drive is great for a lot of reasons, but in the winter it's only real benefit is acceleration - getting you unstuck or up hills. You're not less likely to crash while moving in an S4 as compared to an M3.
Doesn't seem to be one in Peninsula/South Bay. Several coffee shops (particularly Coupa in Palo Alto, Red Rock / Dana Street in Mtn View) come close, but as others have pointed out coffee shops are less focused, aren't 24/7 and (to me this is most important) don't offer much of a chance to talk to people you don't already know.

Is there an interest in an ad-hoc hack time for anyone in that area at one of the local places?
Not much activity on that site it seems - judging by the lack of activity in the New York and San Diego chapters.
Eddysu.com
First, I'm really intrigued by the design choices made on the page - the red line and the fact that the page is a good 1280 px wide (I have a 1280x800 pixel monitor and had a horizontal scrollbar). There's something absolutely brilliant about how the red line on the left reinforces the key insight of the research. (And it exactly matches up with the part of the text that would maximize that reinforcement.) The page width, I don't get - but Dustin's a design stud and I'm not a stud of any sort.

Second, I suppose we could end up at optimal designs for what we wanted through iterative A/B testing. Given enough time, enough variations, and enough traffic, you could conceivably come to the ideal webpage for conversion (of whatever metric you wanted). Of course, as people change, the page would have to change as well. The Gladwell article posted earlier today is a good companion read to this piece, I thought.
Just confirms my low expectations of terrorists.
My parents (and later, me) have driven Sentras, Civics and Accords in suburban Boston with no major problems. We get about 3 times as much snow/slush/wintry-mix as the city itself, close to New Hampshire levels. If you're experienced driving in snow, it's not really a problem.

4WD is, of course, nicer. But I don't want people to think they have to have a 4WD vehicle if they live in a snowy place.
I am amazed at the hatred for gold among some HN'ers.

This is the second thread I have seen where gold was mentioned, and the second time I have seen a vitriolic response about gold.

Gold will always be valuable and it will always be part of a sane person's plan for dealing with a "things are going to crap" scenario. Along with some form of food storage to deal with logistic interrruptions and some form of personal defense (mace, pepper spray, knives, guns, etc.)
The RX-8 handles beautifully and is a lot of fun on the track... but it's woefully underpowered and very difficult to modify.

Very unfortunate, as it's such a great platform.
Have to be careful you're not getting a lemon though. If you don't know the seller personally, take it to a mechanic you trust and have them fully inspect the car. Probably a good idea even if you do know the seller.

That's the reason I'm about to get a new car - I'm moving across the country, I don't know any of the possible sellers or any of the area mechanics or dealerships, and I really don't want to deal with all the car maintenance stuff on top of all the other stuff that comes with living in a new area. Otherwise I'd buy used. And I run cars into the ground - I expect to get 10-15 years usage out of this one.
If you picked the wrong parents it's not difficult to become effectively uninsurable unless you are part of a group plan.
I'm guessing neither you, or any of your family members covered by your insurance have any significant pre-existing conditions.

The premiums are much less "affordable" if this is an issue for you or your family.
The newer-model Civics (post-2003) seem really underpowered to me. I had first a 92 and then a 99, and they would literally jump out of an intersection, tires squealing. They had way too much power for the weight. The 03 Civic my parents just bought and the 04 my sister has seem downright sluggish on the highway. I dunno if it's because the car got a lot heavier, or if it's because of the automatic transmission (the older ones were stick-shifts, newer ones are not).
So, if I understand correctly, there's basically no difference between "hackerspaces" and "coworking facilities". Except maybe that coworking facilities already exist and work.