skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They certainly don't aim to equivocate.

"So what is wrong with you? Are you a freak? No. You are just human. And you suffer from the same malady that infects every human being. It is a monster in side all of us, and it has many arms: Chronic tension, lack of genuine compassion for others, including the people closest to you, feelings being blocked up, and emotional deadness. Many, many arms. None of us is entirely free from it. We may deny it. We try to suppress it. We build a whole culture around hiding from it, pretending it is not there, and distracting ourselves from it with goals and projects and status. But it never goes away. It is a constant undercurrent in every thought and every perception; a little wordless voice at the back of the head saying, "Not good enough yet. Got to have more. Got to make it better. Got to be better." It is a monster, a monster that manifests everywhere in subtle forms.

Go to a party. Listen to the laughter, that brittle-tongued voice that says fun on the surface and fear underneath. Feel the tension, feel the pressure. Nobody really relaxes. They are faking it. Go to a ball game. Watch the fan in the stand. Watch the irrational fit of anger. Watch the uncontrolled frustration bubbling forth from people that masquerades under the guise of enthusiasm, or team spirit. Booing, cat-calls and unbridled egotism in the name of team loyalty. Drunkenness, fights in the stands. These are the people trying desperately to release tension from within. These are not people who are at peace with themselves. Watch the news on TV. Listen to the lyrics in popular songs. You find the same theme repeated over and over in variations. Jealousy, suffering, discontent and stress."
Actually, it's worse than that. Windows should consume ALL available memory, since unused memory could potentially be used as cache. Same thing that Linux does - if you've got more commonly used disk files than memory, your memory should be full 100% of the time after your machine is running warm. This can only increase performance, there's no penalty for caching something from disk (if the disk would be otherwise idle).

It's kind of like claiming that disabling Intel's SpeedStep is a good thing, since it makes the computer run faster all the time...
Google Trends seems to paint a similar picture: http://www.google.com/trends?q=match.com,+Plentyoffish&c...
hey, so how can we make it clearer. We stated it in a few places, but this is a first version. either let us know here or email personally j@ramamia.com
Well I am curious what is supposed to happen when you go to a family's page. Is it just privacy through obfuscation? In that case you should disallow everything except non-family pages in robots.txt, and maybe make those url's a little longer.
No need to upvote, just wanted to get the word out. Although if you have any strong opinions about the speakers, that would be interesting :).
Oh, that's what this gaudy red is for. Merry Christmas.
I lived in BsAs and Montevideo for over a year (all of 2007).

I seriously doubt you'll find a company based in Argentina that will pay you enough to live the lifestyle you want (I'm making a pretty big assumption about your lifestyle based on my lifestyle coming from the US). That having been said, there are tons of smart developers there and the community is pretty great. A lot developers seem to focus on outsourced work for other countries, notably the US.

I guess the biggest question is what do you want to do? Are you a web developer? What do you do now?

Congrats on the move... I bet you'll love it there. I did.
Ummmmmmmmmmm HN Holiday Theme?
Nice!
My Xbox 360 just stole 90% of my media watching from my laptop, with thanks to TVersity. I watch literally almost everything through my Xbox 360 now. It's even beat out my plans to get a Mac Mini to do the job, and even better it's capable of pushing at 720p for the same price.

Before I got the 360 I was struggling with DVD's and usually resorting to watching video off my media laptop. I'm hoping Hulu starts allowing their content in Canada so I can stream shows from the internet through TVersity.

I have a Wii, but I've found the 360 winning a lot more play time over the Wii mainly because of the mature games on the console and the fact it works as a DVD player and media center just kicks the Wii when it's down.

I bought a 360 elite, I see that the Arcade version isn't as bad of a deal as I originally thought it would be. Although I think they should have gone with a 12gb SSD over a memory card, but that's from someone who filled up 20 gigs of my Xbox's HDD in about a week when I first got the console.

IMO I'd say the Xbox isn't the best selling console out there, but for gamers it's got the best content (having stolen a lot of exclusives from the PS3 like Final Fantasy); it's also a great media center (amazing when you download TVersity), both of which mean it's going to stay as close to the TV as your VCR used to (at least I know it will in my house).
Yeah, privacy of the main page is through obfuscation. We're thinking that families want the choice to email the Ramamia family page link to other members, so then they can add themselves.

However, public content pages such as albums, messages, etc. will only be available when a) logged in or b) similarly obfuscated public URL.
I was wondering what that was. I thought it was pointing out rising stories or something.

Decorative colors? Markup that doesn't have some semantic meaning? How strange.

;)
My greatest weakness is that I have to come to you and get interviewed before you five me this job.

[:P - haven't yet faced an interview - merry christmas]
Very cool, I'll have to get my family using this.
Remember Sammy Jankis?

Leonard: "I never said that Sammy was faking. Just that his problem was mental, not physical."
It was a bit bright. How's this?
I have a 360 and a Wii, the Wii controller is fucking amazing until it becomes a complete unresponsive pain in the ass with 90% of the games on the market. My most played games are WiiSports and Mario Galaxy, and in the past 9 months I've bought 1 game for it and it's a present! I'm considering getting Animal Crossing and that's probably it until the pre-summer game rush when I might buy 1 more game.

I bought my Xbox 360 about a month ago, I've got 5 games for it (10 for my Wii that I've had since release). I've got 6 games I'm waiting for the christmas price to get, which means that in under 3 months it'll have got more games than my Wii does.

I'm sorry, but the Wii really needs a kick in the ass because just like the PowerGlove by Nintendo, the controller has amazing potential but it really fucking sucks at the moment.
Madoff scandal influences $1.4 billion suicide
Can people stop coming up with examples? You're ruining mdemare's argument.
:-) Same thing happened last year as well!
I am certain it is a breath of relief for the Rails camp, but all of the important figures from the Merb side of things have expressed that they are content about it. Scouring the Merb developer blogs reveals this.
I thought something was wrong at first. The alternating Red Green numbers are a nice touch. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I really like the idea, but the interface looks way too busy for my family to use.

You should try to work on adding a lot more white space, less text, and more clearly emphasizing what the likely action of the next user will be. Most families are full of non-techs that would need a fair bit of hand-holding here, because it's not clear what they need to do next...
umm i looked again. the top right and huge banner don't say what you share. but i found this in a list with some other stuff:

- Easily share photos, events, messages, and interesting links

ok, but i can do that with email. it's not clear to me what's the point?
No, not now. Yehuda has expressed many times how that he fully expects the community to take action if they are not happy with the Merb/Rails path. The situation is not such right now.

Lots of us are skeptical, but it is very important that we support this. That way, any issues will be mitigated.
From Invention to Startup - Fall Qtr. 2008 Seminar Series
He does have to travel to meet with clients, but from what I've gathered, it is not particularly frequent. He had a pretty solid resume as an engineer and is definitely one of the most creative, smart people I know, but I don't think that he had much of a list of prior clients. As I recall, our school kind of set him up with his 2 main clients. Its quite a bold move on his part and inspiring to me. It's only one data point, but its certainly an example of how its possible to carve out a niche.
I thought I had been suddenly given the ability to change the menu bar colour... :(
Just out of curiosity, why do you use 37 Signal products? I think their "Getting Real" manifesto is solid, but don't understand why people pay a monthly subscription when there are better and free options available e.g. Google Docs. Is it just the skinabilty so it looks like you have your own site or is there something I'm missing?
I'd also suggest books by Oliver Sacks, like "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" and "An Anthropologist from Mars".

He writes stories about people with all kinds of brain injuries/defects. I find his writing engaging and very educational.
25 Resources to Get You Started with PHP from Scratch
I'm pretty sure this came up before and PG's short answer was that while he isn't opposed to a search bar, it's a feature and features take time. And that time's a resource he didn't have between managing a new YC funding cycle and getting hitched.
My list:

- Core Security Technologies: http://www.corest.com

- Three Melons: http://www.threemelons.com/en/

- Sabarasa: http://www.sabarasa.com/

- Nektra Advanced Computing: http://www.nektra.com

- Globant: http://www.globant.com

- Flaptor: http://www.flaptor.com/

- Popego: http://www.popego.com

- Zauber: http://zauber.com.ar
Zumbox sets up an email address for every physical address in the country
Please bring back the orange header! Am I the only one whose eyes hurt when looking at the red one?
If you're an entrepreneur, why do you care who's hiring? ;-)
I only see the red one when I submit a comment/article...the main view is still orange
Move from where? Consider getting income from "the first world" (US, Europe etc.). Income levels are not the same in Argentina. But many things are cheaper, such as food. The beef is great :P

Computers or other things imported from "the first world" are hit with high import taxes. For instance if you want a laptop take it with you from "the first world" where it's cheaper.
Guitar Hero cymbal remake
Music Games for iPhone Give Artists New Spotlight
many thanks! If there's anything you ever need email us founders@ramamia.com
It's probably your cache, try Ctrl-F5
We developed a business specifically to take advantage of the fact that we're in a depression. It's not that hard to do when you think about it for a while, and re-adjust your 'thinking cap'. Unfortunately it seems that many people don't have this ability. Maybe they are so used to thinking about how to make money in a growing economy that it is totally foreign to them to think about how to do it in a depression. Our model may not last for more than a few years but it has the potential to generate so much income in those few short years that it's crazy not to do it.

Our concept uses the internet as a marketing tool but it is in no way an exclusive internet business model, nor it is yet another lame non-business hobby like most of the 'social networking' site a lot of naive and inexperienced kids are putting online these days.

I'm 52 years old and have decades of experience with a variety of different startups, internet and non-internet, and all of them my own concepts and ideas. My partners in this new venture are equally experienced in the 'real world' as well as in the virtual world. This kind of experience is invaluable, and it is also something that appears to be sorely lacking in the internet startup world today, at least in terms of the ridiculous new startups I hear about in this forum.

Our new business solves a real world problem, it's not out there trying to sponge off facebook or twitter or any of the other throw-away efforts of the "Web 2.0 generation" by re-factoring info others provide. I cannot imagine the whining we're going to hear from all the 'me too' kids out there who have no better ideas than to latch onto the shirttails of companies that have no revenue model and are therefore destined for oblivion in the next few years!

If you're thinking of a startup here's my advice: Instead of trying to find and solve problems in people's virtual lives, just pay attention to the problems they are having in the REAL WORLD -- in their actual day-to-day lives aside from the internet -- and you may come up with a genuine business model that will make you a millionaire or better.

And if you want to keep your current job or get a better one, start now by re-dedicating yourself to performing faster, smarter and better on the job you already have. Then maybe your current employer will have a reason to keep you around after he lays off everyone else. And your next employer will see something unique and valuable in you compared with all the clowns who make almost no effort to improve their on-the-job performance, and instead do as little as possible for the money their employers are willing to pay them.

Set yourself apart from everyone else, not only on the job but in your off-work time as well. Show yourself and the rest of the world that you're willing to try harder, improve more, and become truly valuable to this world. Don't be a leech or a sponge because they suck the lives out of others. Instead become energizing, overflowing and powerful.

Do everything the best you possibly can, or don't do it at all, that's the bottom line.
I was equally perplexed. I thought it was hilarious and then I went to the comments and thought Isiah Thomas was running the Knicks again.
Hey, sorry, I missed that it was a joke too. I only read half way through, sounded like crack-potery so I stopped.
The periodic table of awesoments
I had a look at the "See what you can do" video, it looks like a faster, simpler alternative to using social-networking sites and family newsletters etc.

@Jason
Really like the look of this! I just hope releasing so late in the holidays (pre-thanksgiving I could see this service really taking off) won't affect it's adoption too greatly. Anyway, Thank you and Merry Xmas!
It's a horrible question.

I never ask it, but I've been part of interview committees where someone else asked it. I finally realized what it's good for.

It tells you how a candidate handles a completely inappropriate question that shouldn't have been asked, and most definitely should not be answered honestly.

Now, whenever it comes up (which is rarely), that's how I take it: as an invitation to show how insincere I can be without letting on.
"The effective teacher cringes at the idea of working side by side with a crappy teacher."

True that. It's very hard to find a school that can attract high-quality teachers in the most natural way--by ensuring that they will enter a workplace full of other high-quality teachers.
Interesting. How did you find the companies you have listed?
Yeh I actively promote Unity3D after working with it and many other engines like Director, Virttools, jMonkeyEngine etc. I also run a blog called drawlogic where I have mentioned your company flashbang. I work over at Handcranked game at CME working on Flash and Unity. I have been making games for a long time and Unity3D is a great thing when it comes to their pipeline. Keep up the good work.
Yes but 1.6 is not very penetrated. Currently Flash has the best, Unity for gaming sites is getting there. Everyone has java but not the latest.

http://www.realchat.com/blog/java-vs-flash/

By the way I am not discounting Java as a viable platform. It works in many cases, Runescape proves that being the #2 North American MMO. But it doesn't do that with graphical quality. It does it with gameplay and the progression etc. As of right now the best looking platforms and easiest to develop for are Unity3D and Flash for the web, if we are talking developing games for the browser.

EDIT: btw those numbers are old, these are newer: http://kaioa.com/node/40 But still 1.6 is about 70% penetration.
Why Argentina?

I'm considering spending a couple of months there next year to improve my Spanish while I hack away on a web app. A few years ago I lived in Guatemala for awhile and really enjoyed it. The people I met there were really warm and inviting.
A bunch of random thoughts:

- good idea, seems like there would be a market for it

- I think I get what you're trying to do with the login / obfuscation system, but it's non-standard and that makes it somewhat confusing for me at first glance. perhaps sell the benefits on the homepage?

- sell me on why this beats email

- I like how quickly you can jump in and check it out

- why not auto-capitalize family name?

- do you really need time zone? if so, perhaps you could default via geo ip?

- the "keep my page" button is cut off in ffx 3

- the "sharethis" option doesn't really make sense if you're trying to obfuscate these URLs...

- having the "post something" options as radio buttons seems kind of odd
Blast! I thought PG had finally made me a moderator.

I assumed the red items were those that needed my immediate attention. The pattern was just a coincidence, of course.
How good is your Spanish? From your perspective, what level of proficiency is required to live in Buenos Aires?
Why I Want to be Transhuman
If you want to go grab a beer and talk about the local scene, drop me a line. I'm an American web developer who's lived down here for about 6 years. My email is norman@randomba.org.
>- I think I get what you're trying to do with the login / obfuscation system, but it's non-standard and that makes it somewhat confusing for me at first glance. perhaps sell the benefits on the homepage?

That's a great idea. I think it might be confusing for people at first, but somehow explaining how it's better will be very useful.

>- sell me on why this beats email

Centralised site. Communicate without email clutter. Easier to follow a site and receive regular email updates. It's similar reason that it's better to use Facebook than emailing your friends. Thanks for reminding us why we need to make this clear.

>- I like how quickly you can jump in and check it out

Great to hear. That's the kind of simplicity we're looking for.

>- why not auto-capitalize family name?

I'll add that.

>- do you really need time zone? if so, perhaps you could default via geo ip?

I was thinking the same, to try to assume via Geo IP. I'll look into it, but last time I checked, it was an insane amount of money to license.

>- the "keep my page" button is cut off in ffx 3

Ah, okay. I'll resolve that.

>- the "sharethis" option doesn't really make sense if you're trying to obfuscate these URLs...

Good point - we'll be removing those.

>- having the "post something" options as radio buttons seems kind of odd

We thought this would be a familiar user interface element for people to understand. Perhaps it's not – I'll think about what could potentially replace it.

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback! Cheers and happy holidays.
Maybe We Should Try Stimulating Individuals Instead. That Would Stimulate the Economy
Not too dark to read, but dark enough (at least on my screen) that it's a bit uncomfortable. Other than that the theme is quite pleasant.
I'm a rails developer, working on setting up an office in Montevideo for entp.com, i was the architect on yahoo fire eagle, and worked with the yahoo folks on pipes, before that i built odeo.com. Needless to say, i do startup stuff.

There are lots of good developers here, both Montevideo and Buenos Aires. The overhead of running / logistics of a company here are much harder than the US, but the cost of doing business is lower, with a few exceptions. You need 10 months deposit to rent an office! Crazy expensive. Also paperwork on incorporation is a pain in the ass.

There's a MontevideoValley and PalermoValley, which are more biz focused groups in both cities trying to cultivate startup culture. I recommend you go to their meetings, hang out / work from the coworking spaces... (we're starting one in montevideo, there are currently two in buenos aires).

Hope that helps.
I think you could cut some clutter, but mostly you need to use design cues (boxes, color, font size) to guide the user. Good candidates for removal: the "share with others" link, the "ShareThis" widget.

PS. I accidentally put my family's name in lowercase, and it looks like that can't be fixed.
I worked at a company, back in the mid-90s, that wasn't doing so well (I found out later because of really bad decisions by the owner) and cut everyone's pay by 20%. Full-time employees took a 20% cut and part-time employees could only work 4 days a week. At the time, this seriously hurt the goodwill that we, as employees, had for the company.

One concern was that if we could continue to live on the reduced income and were happy to do so, there was no reason to restore the salaries if the company ever turned around. So anyone who stuck around at the reduced rate was only delaying their leaving the company eventually anyway. All this did was keep people from being forced to find new jobs sooner.

Another concern was that _everyone_, the employees known to be valuable _and_ the dead weight, were potentially paying to keep the dead weight around. The ability to do cut-backs gives you a bonafide excuse to get rid of the dead weight, cut the fat, and operate leanly. One way to do that is by giving your top performers more responsibility and showing them they are valuable; the good people will step up to the challenge. By keeping under-performers around, it sends the message that the company actually isn't interested in surviving _as_a_company_. "You mean I have to take a pay cut _and_ I still have to deal with these personnel inefficiencies? No thanks."
Merb and Rails to merge: an inside opinion
Seems a bit limited. It also crashed my WebKit nightly. I prefer to have my ranges more easily set:

http://stephencelis.com/projects/timeframe
AdSense for Feeds (moving FeedBurner)
>I think you could cut some clutter, but mostly you need to use design cues (boxes, color, font size) to guide the user.

You're right. The design right now is pretty open. I will work on getting the design on track in terms of compartmentalizing things, adding images and icons to things, and the like.

>Good candidates for removal: the "share with others" link, the "ShareThis" widget.

We're removing ShareThis (since it goes against the privacy idea) but Share With Others public links can be emailed to people that aren't in the family, where non-family members can view and comment on the items. The public links are, however, secure, as they don't lead back to the main address of the family. So I think it's good to keep them. (Let me know if you think otherwise!)

>PS. I accidentally put my family's name in lowercase, and it looks like that can't be fixed.

I will implement changing the family name soon.
That's like saying I have built a completely generic website producer, all you have to do is code the rest of it to make it suitable for your needs - ie, there is no useful website yet.

Writing SHOULD be concise and readable. The difference for novel writing is that you should know what parts of the story are important and write just enough to accomplish your purpose. In the case of Tolkien, it was the journey and environment that were important, thus the deluge of words.
If by "better" you mean "more featureful", then you don't have the right definition of "better."
The Origin mimic parallel to Io's Object clone seems like it was named like that only because he didn't want to use Io's semantics verbatim, which results in it reading awkwardly. Just use Object clone >:[ Otherwise, a very cool project
What about the festival of lights??
For timezone identification, the MaxMind GeoLite Country DB has plenty of accuracy and is free to use. http://www.maxmind.com/app/geoip_country