skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
CA law allows you to own anything developed entirely on your own time with your own materials.
Negative interest rates would be a very good thing right now.
Since 1993 there were number of Anonymous authors in Linux Kernel
http://lxr.linux.no/linux-old+v1.0/net/inet/sock.c#L50
HN Bug?:  Submit broken on Android G1 browser
I just got my G1 phone, and I've tried to submit articles to HN with it, but I keep getting a "Dead link: users don't match" error page every time I do it.

I've tried clearing the browser's history, cookies and logging in again, but I still get the same error.

BTW, I'm not complaining, just submitting a bug report.
My dog and I bike to Kongregate most days. Sometimes the weather gets us but not too often - http://flickr.com/photos/jimgreer/1602052240/
Interesting point, but for a long time I think linux on the desktop really just couldn't cut it for a decent experience. Apple before OSX was untouchable as far as development experience... So there was a long period that I would say Windows was the best tech in the OS market, by quite a bit.
"Small Wheels, Tall Seat Bicycles"

The reason is these bicycles can be folded and carried upstairs to your apartment.
I'd like the color of usernames to change depending on how many times I've up/down voted their comments & submissions. This way people I've liked a lot in the past will pop out at me as I scan through pages on the site.

A lot of good suggestions on this page; thanks for soliciting our input.
Performance Metrics: Many companies view this as overhead. It's sort of a pain in the ass, so if I have to do it because my employee is working on the side, then he needs to carry the burden compiling the metrics. He could stay on-site an extra half hour per day and generate a report on what he did, or I could generate the metrics, and just pay him a little less for this inconvenience.
You need to do the stats per ride, not per rider. If you are biking to work everyday in San Francisco, that helmet is much more likely to save your head than it is for the average weekend rider.
'which was a problem in Vista'

And since most of those problems have been resolved and Windows 7 is using the Vista driver model, most people shouldn't have issues with drivers if they weren't having issues with Vista.
Great example. Same thing happened to me. Still no logitech remote.
Ask HN:  Is this idea any good?
I don't have a blog or anything, so I'll just ask it here.

The idea is "Earth Food." It's essentially a packet of dirt. But it's marketed as "a specific blend of nitrates, soil, microbes, and seeds meant to nourish the planet." Kind of a fun gimmicky gift you give to someone "green"... a bag of dirt that they can throw on the ground anywhere they want. The wrapping is that "plastic made out of corn" stuff, so the whole thing is 100% biodegradable! ...also available in larger sizes.

I just like the concept of selling dirt. I really think it could work. Bobbleheads make money, and they're not: 1) green. 2) cheap as dirt to product and 3) funny.

What do you guys think of this marketing hack?
i would be highly surprised if it didn't already exist
Management/Career Lessons Learned from People Who've Quit Google
While I don't give a fuck about your choice of words, I am unable to read the article as "Websense" blocked the website as pr0n coz of words in the URL :-(
Measuring performance of programmers (or knowledge workers in general) is an unsolved problem.
Oh I totally agree. I just said 10 recommendations to make a point. If you can easily gather recommendations from individuals in multiple sectors, than this validates your importance and potential impact. Reputation is crucial, because as we all know there is a huge difference between excellent programmers and average programmers.

As for your second comment about judging "smartness", I would have to politely disagree. What you describe sounds more like "emotional intelligence." Can this individual relate to others on a human level? Do they seem like a "jack-of-all-trades"? This is actually crucial as well. If you do not have employees that can communicate well, and distill high-level thinking, then the transfer of those ideas is very difficult. As an example, we had a student in our group who was wicked "smart" but could not communicate their ideas seamlessly. Thus, when that student graduated, we were left with a bunch of beautiful code that none of us could understand.

I still stand by my original statement. If a prospective hire brought forth a solid portfolio of accomplishments, they will have defended their cognitive abilities and adept understanding of difficult concepts...assuming those projects were non-trivial.
How to Implement Landing Page Hit Tracking in ASP.NET
Has anyone used these Web UI Frameworks on top of the Web Dev frameworks like Ruby/Rails or Django etc ? How ? Links ?

Thanks.
Ask HN: Review my site - thefabulicious.com
Hi HN

I humbly ask for your feedback for my new site http://www.thefabulicious.com/

anything from design, to usability, first impressions, why it's cool, or why it sucks

I've been a long time reader of this site but only recently started participating in the form of voting and comments. I find the support and feedback of the HN community invaluable.

Thank you
Comments like these make me wish there was a "bookmark comment for future reference" feature on HN.
Yeah, Arlington has some good ones, as does Newton & Waltham. It's really the Bedford/Burlington/Lexington/Concord/Carlisle/Lincoln area that has a dearth of good restaurants. The only one I can think of that we regularly eat at is Luigi's in Bedford. Other than that, we usually go over to Billerica or Arlington or Littleton (there are some good ones in the Littleton/Acton/Westford area) to eat.
Buzzup Docs is Digg for Documents
I'd say they are pretty important when it comes to protecting one's own noggin'. I was knocked off my bike twice last year (once by a careless pedestrian and the other by a careless cyclist) and both times my helmet prevented me from suffering potentially bad blows to the head.
For operating systems, there's http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
Symfony's great. It's lightweight, does one thing really well, and it's an absolute joy to use.
It doesn't really look like the original implementation - the dates on all the files are from late 2005, and the credit is to Waldemar Horwat and not Brendan Eich. I'm guessing this was code for prototyping some JavaScript improvement that went into Mozilla recently.
MOTOROLA V8 LUXURY BLACK/GOLD UNLOCKED
Motorola V8 Luxury is the new presentation of Motorola with amazing look which the phone has got with suitable dimension. The phone has included 2 MP of camera which captures your images and video recorder records your video, Music player.
As far as I know, there is no problem at all issuing code under a new license provided that everything in the code is yours. The only tricky issue I can think of is that you can't really revoke an earlier license, so if you are moving to a less permissive license you can't stop people from redistributing under the previous license. So if you decided to relicense from something like BSD to GPL, you couldn't stop people from releasing the earlier version under the BSD, but there is nothing keeping you from only hosting and working on the GPL branch.
Does anyone use MochaUI in production ? It looks very interesting.
Yep, and the site didn't provide those stats, so all its data is essentially useless for ascertaining the safety effects of wearing a helmet.
I think it's a really awesome idea. As others have pointed out, "what the fuck" is the right way to say it.

More common than that these days is "WTF" (the abbreviation). This allows you to get the same point across without using profanity. (Keep in mind that in some environments like schools or corporations, sites with profanity can get flagged and blocked.)

So maybe "WTF is ___ in ___?"
Unfortunately, it's not obvious that it's safer to wear a helmet.

http://www.bhsi.org/walkerstudy.htm

"We know helmets are useful in low-speed falls, and so definitely good for children, but whether they offer any real protection to somebody struck by a car is very controversial.

"Either way, this study suggests wearing a helmet might make a collision more likely in the first place," he added.
Does anyone else find it amusing that the screen shot provided is on Parallels for the Macintosh? It would be easy to use an image editor to crop out the fact that it was being tested in a virtual machine.
Y'know, if I was back in 1933 and suddenly had a crystal ball that would let me see what the future was like in 2009, I'd say "Dude, let's go for it! What the hell have we been doing these past 150 years?" Even with the current financial crisis. I think that people tend to look at the shrinking value of their savings & investments and forget all about things like the interstate highway system, consumer choice on the shelves, household appliances so that housekeeping is no longer a full-time job, microwaves, air conditioning & climate control, television, personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, IPods, antibiotics, cheap food, drinkable tap water (in most places), and so on.
GitLondon - Git Workshop by GitHub and Codebase
I'm writing it down as I go.

Page loading... I see the title.. very nice and descriptive. Also seems very SEO friendly.

I see no description on the landing page (which was a tad bit slow to load). What's this site do? I'm not sure what to expect. I see a menu like navigation with search in the center. Is the left different from the right? Sort of. Seems like it should be footer stuff.

I don't like the search in the center... I'm not even sure what it's searching for, and don't want to waste time typing in something only to see no results.

Ah, ok, here's the real menu. Beauty, design, fashion.. etc. What about it? Is it going to be articles, or products? I'm guessing products. Yeah, looks like they're just selling stuff on this website. I see prices and product pictures.

I'm not really interested in shopping, and there doesn't seem to be any catch to this site other than: "here is stuff to buy" so at this point I'd leave.. but it's an HN reader so I'll dig a bit deeper.

I click "Wing It" because of all the pictures I see, this one almost has cleavage in it...

Related posts? Shouldn't it be related products? Weird having reviews on the left, I'd expect them on the right, where there's more space. No reviews.. I wonder which products have the best reviews? Doesn't seem to be a way to find out. Is there something that this site really thinks I should see? No... just that stuff on the frontpage that didn't really interest me.

OK, this is clearly just some blog system that's been "hacked" to be browsing products. Blog posts = products, and comments = reviews. Got it. Not that interested...

There you have it, that was my visit.
I don't hate you. I think pity or scorn would be more appropriate. ;)
First impressions:
The url at first did not seem pronounceable.
I really had no idea what the site was for when I got there, then I read the page title in the browser, made more sense. But I still dont understand...

Seems like random (female oriented) items for sale? The idea seems fine and the design looks nice, Maybe just a little clarification as to what one is supposed to do there?
Click 'link', then 'Save to Delicious'. Problem solved.
I'm not a fan of the "sharing links" or rating stars. How often do you expect people to share an item here? It doesn't look like stuff that would be quickly submitted, since it's product sales. It adds clutter. Rating I like, but stars? Too generic. It's not adding anything.

I like the layout. Dunno what the audience will be - this isn't my kind of site - but it looks good and mostly clean. Question: how do I sign up to add my own things, if I think it's good? Is there a community for that? Or do I have to contact you directly?
I took a quick look. Overall, the first thing that I thought was, "Oh, this is an e-commerce site for women". That's just the first thing that popped into my mind upon looking it over.
I just thought a bit more about this and how it applies to enterprise software as well. A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted about a two-week consulting gig to help a government agency figure out (1) what hardware platforms to deploy their application on and (2) which Weblogic licenses to purchase to minimize overall costs. They wanted to choose hardware with licensing costs in mind.

Contrast this with the purchase of an enterprise support contract for Drools (JBoss's rules engine). For two-hour 24/7 support (I think, this was a year ago), they simply quote $45K for up to 64 production (and DR?) processor sockets -- more than most people will ever use.

When faced with complex licensing terms for an otherwise good software component, I wonder how many developers just convince the boss to use something else, usually Open Source.
I've seen them biking when it's raining as well, but I think their roads and paths are prepared for it. As in, the surface isn't as polished as the streets here, so it's much harder to slip, unless you're as clumsy as... me :(

Oh and, you should have seen my dutchie friends biking on ice this winter, absolutely impressive.
> Historically, inflation has not hit the lowest paid the hardest. That's because inflation causes a reasonably uniform increase in prices, which includes the price of labour.

Inflation is not uniform. Low-income wages typically lag. (And, increasing the minimum wage leads to less employment by the marginal folks and just compresses wages at the bottom.)

Moreover, "lowest paid" isn't the only folks on the low-end of the system. Poor retired folks get slammed by inflation because the don't get any benefit from wage inflation.
If you can't out-Google them... (ideas for Yahoo)
Create something Google cannot search. Or, better yet, something Google can search, but you need to be logged-in to to get the best from...

Every time I look at Yahoo's homepage, I can't help but ask myself: why don't they change everything and put online a simple homepage, with a big search box and just a few other features users want?

Why don't they put all their other services and features out of the way under a "more" label on their homepage? These services probably get more traffic from Google than from their homepage anyway...

What do people really want? What could Yahoo! show on their homepage, if they want to keep a bit of the "portal" look, that would entice people to sign in – or to sign up! – to get more and to DO more?

How about: news, music, videos and people? Doesn't Yahoo! always insist that they have "people touch"? And don't they say that they are a "media company"? Great. Then just do it.

news: roll-out a nicer and simpler and better Yahoo! Buzz in every country! News for the people and by the people. Now, before Digg does it! And get real: not only finance news and tech news, but also gossip, sports, movies, music and tv. Stuff normal people want to read about and share with friends.

music: isn't it time to ditch the current, messy and hard-to-use Yahoo! Music "portal" for something a hundred times simpler, like a service which is just about songs, songs you like, songs your friends like and songs people with a taste similar to yours like. Do it! Larry and Sergey are not too fond of music.

videos: same with video: forget about YouTube or video search. Look at what Hulu.com is doing. Play the nice, responsible media company. Show only official movies, music videos and tv shows. Plus, add community features to highlight what your friends are watching and liking and what you might like.

people: now you know the news people read, the music they listen to, the movies and shows they like. Add photos and a basic free personal profiles and offer free basic online dating. Also offer basic professional profiles for Joe-the-plumber. Later, add extra premium features. You CAN do it.
If Microsoft is killing Flight Simulator, it's killing its 2nd oldest product (1980-2009)
Cool idea for stream of consciousness feedback. I think the OP can learn a lot from that.
It's never too early to start speaking with customers about your new idea. Here are 12 questions you may not have thought to ask. Think about speaking with customers before you finish your product (or, even before writing a single line of code!)
Agreed. Unless phishing somehow becomes a solved problem which I don't see happening, then biometric authentication should never become mainstream. As it stands now, successful phishing attacks range in severity from mild annoyances to somewhat harmful. In all cases, though, they can ultimately be contained so that people can move on with their life. Biometric id, on the other hand, can't be readily changed.
Running corollary to that, I'd love to be able to set HN to give me some sort of alert on site whenever someone has responded to one of my comments/submissions.
I think it's Sumo Suit time!
As one who used to play FS, what does that leave in terms of graphically rich FS games? Anything besides X-Plane?
Maybe you could use diamonds instead of stars since the audience is obviously women ;-)
> Instead of inflating the dollar, the Fed should force banks, savings & loans, credit unions and other lending institutions to mark to market the assets they're holding.

Mark to market is why the institutions that went under already went under. They were cash positive, but couldn't meet their reserve requirements when the markets for their assets disappeared.

Mark to market is absurd for illiquid assets. The fact that I can't sell my house today doesn't mean that it's worth $0.

For illiquid assets, honest valuation involves time averaging. (This cuts both ways - the value doesn't jump just because a fool overpaid for a comparable asset.) And yes, some penalty for illiquidity.
Well, I think that the whole thread is all about that "if".
I've been self-employed for the last 18 months and I regularly hire contract people to do work for me. Additionally, I own several real estate properties for which I employ a manager and regularly contract people to perform services for me. I pay them to get their jobs done, they do, and I could care less what they do with their own time.

I have no problem hiring someone who is going to start something with their own time, as long as they do the job I hire them to do. Back when I was an employee, I was always pursuing ventures on the side, and without exception, my employers were supportive and sad to see me go when I left, for the simple reason that I did my job.

You don't own your employees.
Best Practices for CSS Style Sheets
Some of these, like Video phones inspire a new sexual revolution whereby everybody sits at home doing rude things electronically with everyone else. Productivity slumps; video screens get bigger and bigger. are already happening. It's called skype, msn, etc.

Others, like News is understood to be a creation of our attention and interests (rather than "the truth") and news shows are redesigned as "thinktanks," where four interesting minds from different disciplines are asked the question, "So what do YOU think happened today? don't seem so unthinkable.
I lived in Amsterdam for 3 months last year and one of the lesson I learned was this: Watch out for the trams. More important than that: watch out for the native bicyclers.

The folks in Amsterdam are pros on bikes. They've been riding on a daily basis since they were just wee lads. I couldn't believe the things I saw them do on bikes. (Talking on a cell, carrying an umbrella, multiple people on one bike, dresses, suits.)

So if you are heading to Amsterdam, remember this: if you see a bicycle rapidly approaching, do not alter your motion in any way. Ever. Don't dodge left or right, don't slow down or run ahead. Don't be creative. They see you and don't want to hit you.

Several times early on, I nearly got creamed. Eventually, you'll resist the urge to "get the hell out of the way" and realize they will always work around you.
Just a little clarification on the site - it's just going to feature cool stuff for women. It doesn't necessarily have to be stuff to buy. Basically anything a fashionista would think is cool and worth sharing. This can be a site, a movie, goods, services - whatever.

Having a tagline is a good idea.

This is a very early version - basically just see if women even care about this sort of thing. Having profiles and a community would definitely be a cool thing to do.
I don't think I'm the target audience, but it looks nice and clean to me. Lots of big pictures all on one page is good for browsing quickly. Maybe give me an option of how many items to display on a page?
Dunhill cigarettes 
Online cheap cigarettes store with famous brands like Dunhill cigarettes.
also ideas on how the site could be expanded and business models would also be appreciated
Beautiful zip code visualisation
smart and gets things done.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html
I've used YUI (just the Rich Text Editor) with Rails. There's nothing to it but a javascript includes and a quick function call.

Customization requires some tricky config - something I didn't find straightforward or easy - but in the end it served my need and did the job.
so, windows is next ?
Ask HN: Your job Removes your access to new.ycombinator.com, but not YCombinator.com?
I have been going to this site that my company found out and they removed my access to news.ycombinator.com, but not ycombinator.com.<p>Is there any way to get around this?
Err, I find it odd. If I received a packet of dirt from a friend I would be amused, but it would probably end pouring it all over his head. Just kidding... or not.

But, if I had to choose a green gift it would rather be a baby tree or seeds to plant. So maybe you can add these to your dirt packages for a small fee ;)
Tech Layoffs Come Back With a Vengeance: 80,000 In January, Approaching 200,000 Total
I remember that teapot from the Jelly (http://www.workatjelly.com/) video!
There's a larger concept that I think you are overlooking. Real identity vs Hidden Identity (or Psuedo Identity). This is the fundamental difference between Facebook and Myspace. People tend to act very differently when they are using their own identity (portrait of themselves, real name, etc), sometimes negating the need to even have a "karma" type system.

Also, if your "social" app requires friend requests/acceptance, as most "social" apps do, you further negate the need for a trust system. This is because the mere existence of friending/friend clusters are used in place of a trust system. You're implicitly trusting everyone you "friend".
Explain in one sentence why I need your site, what it does and why my present "system of sites" isn't good enough.

And then put that sentence on your site.
This is a really good idea :)
"How" seems like the wrong interrogative. Perhaps "Where the fuck is 'trim' in Python?"
Don't you think that if they find out you got around it they would not be too happy about it?

I usually just quickly peek at the RSS at work and visit the site at lunch break or at home, much safer this way (and I get less distracted).
I may be wrong on this, but assuming the readers are mostly male here, I would also appreciate it if you should it to your SOs - I'd really like their impressions and feedback.
Rain is not unknown in London. But even though you can do it cycling is unpleasant when it's raining particularly when, despite the carping, the alternative of public transport is as good as it is here. The Brompton lets me make the decision at the time rather than first thing in the morning.
I feel like many of the uses of "RIA" technologies (Java, Flex/Flash, Silverlight) are superfluous bling. Hell, a Flex app is all ActionScript anyway, why bother moving from one ECMAscript implementation to another when the one works fine natively in the browser, and the other requires a client download?