skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Internet VC's like bubbles.

I agree this trend the investor posited to pg is a good one. It will force startups to focus on profits not hype and VC.
That will make for better startups that can perhaps become longlasting companies.

Facebook is all hype. That is not the formula for a longlasting company. As long as the hype is high, they are in good shape. How long does hype last? Our society is more deficient in sustained attention than ever thanks to the internet. Facebook needs to acquire any Facebook alternatives early and often. People are more than ready for the next new thing.

There is no value in data itself. You have to do something with it to produce income. You need a plan. Facebook lacks a plan. Facebook will stand as a good historical example for those who wantonly collect personal data and dream of its value. The amount of personal data Facebook has collected is unparalled. But that does not magicaly create a business. Unless the business is cold calling or some similarly annoying tactic to generate sales.

Facebook's business is running on hype, not data. If the hype slows. It traffic dies down, it's game over.

The idea that the sucess of Facebook is just a matter of flipping the switch and asking Facebook's users to buy things is unsupported by any evidence. However we have the dot com bubble as an example that just acquiring users without a solid business plan is not enough. Grow big, fast, is not enough. Facebook dreamers still think it is.

As investors see that the general public understands that Facebook has no plan, as reflected in the media, and that only have lots of users and personal data, investors will be more cautious. Investors read newspapers. And they believe what they read.

The hype wears off. People see that these companies are smoke and mirrors. And suddenly you can't pull another Groupon so easily.
NaCl is totally orthogonal since it has the same sandbox/permission stuff as JavaScript; it's just faster.
I agree, though the outcome of the gentrification process can still vary. Starbucks and chain restaurants definitely aren't the only possible outcome. Look at the left bank of Paris, for instance. It's a boutique dream. There's something lost, no doubt, in all the wealth. It's hard to imagine a penniless artist catching pigeons in the luxembourg gardens for dinner. But it is an exceedingly pleasant place to go for a walk, look in shop windows, and have a cup of coffee.

I remember an essay (linked to by David Brooks in the NYTimes) about the gentrification of the upper west side in New York. You might be interested in taking a look...

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-upper-west-sid...
Cool! Great use of some client and server technologies. Makes me feel lazy for boozing all weekend!
PG is far superior to MySQL. Incremental backups are a default on PG, while on MySQL is far more sketchy. This thread: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantag... has some thoughts as well. Redis is great.
... then the paper would be covered with drawings of penises in the early stages, and giant advertisements in the later stages.
It's not going to help them determine how much of a threat someone is in terms of killing people. It's a very good way of determining how much of a threat someone's likely to be in terms of drawing attentions to the less savoury aspects of Israel's treatment of its Arab population.

Edit: Good guess apparently. Look at the search keywords here: http://mondoweiss.net/2012/06/do-you-feel-more-arab-or-more-...
Not to parrot Michael Pollan too much, but I think I'll stick to eating food. His latest book provides plenty of skepticism on whether eating animal protein actually leads to cancer, obesity, type II, &c... or if it is perhaps due to an overly reductive food culture in the West.

What nutritionists are saying is good for us is changing ever decade. I'm going to stick to eating minimally processed food in moderation.
"Airtime lets you find and make new friends face-to-face, using common interests broadcast over video chat. Mix, flirt, mingle. Get some Airtime."
Hello from Finland. Our country produces more wood than we cut. With paper industry going down, I'm sure we are happy to export.
I don't support this sort of invasion of privacy, but FWIW most terrorists are grossly incompetent. We're not dealing with shadowy cabals of Dr. Evils, terrorists we've been able to apprehend have inevitably turned out to be strictly amateur.

What they lack in operational sophistication they make up in dedication and deadliness.
Before any kind of Israel bashing starts, I want to say that unless you have lived under constant threat to your life like nearly all Israelis have during some point of their life, you cannot really grasp the lengths you will go to to preserve your life and the lives of your family.

This is a really poor frame. People who disagree with this practice are not "Israel bashing," they're disagreeing with this policy. It's inappropriate to preemptively insinuate that those who disagree about a civil liberties issue are anti-Semitic.
Cravings can be trained and influenced by person's knowledge, I think. Example: When I was young (and stupid :) I drunk a lot of cola. I literally craved it, I chain-drunk it whole day. Then I learned what that thing actually is, and then my doctor told me my blood sugar is entering regions where it shouldn't be. I didn't touch the stuff since, and now the mere sight of it disgusts me. I tried to drink it, and I realize I actually hate the taste now. I have no idea how I could enjoy it years ago. Maybe I'm just impressionable, but here it goes.
I still like the sweets, however, even though with my complexion it is best not to overdo them. I guess it has its limits. But if I gave in fully to my cravings in this area, I'd probably have a very serious health problem by now. So trusting "evolutionary tastes" is a dangerous path - unless you put it under strict control of the higher brain, I believe it can seriously harm you.
Controls, graphics, and UI are massively improved these days. Let's face it, the late 90's and early 00's were not the heyday of great 3D graphics, and the N64 controller was something you got used to dealing with rather than something you would pick from a lineup.

[1] This looks pretty rough, and coupled with the N64's controller not being ideal for FPS, it's pretty much unplayable if you didn't play back then.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/0QCcu.jpg
If their target audience is teens then I could see it not being a barrier. But I am getting more and more concerned with whom I share my data. Especially if I am not certain I will receive any corresponding value.
Nice. You need a new name, though: http://newsmap.jp/
It's got some incorrect data.

Sacramento's largest newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, is listed as a magazine. Sacramento Magazine, on the flip-side, is listed as a newspaper.
The biggest thing is a complete elimination of the need for a lambda in the status feed. You can compare

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/following-users?versi...

and

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/following-users#sec:s...

to see the difference.
I tried this out today and it is very interesting. I could see how retailers can see a very high ROI on this technology in terms of driving revenue.
I'd say that a lot of the vegetarian food community is leaning towards that! Morningstar Veggie Patties (my favorite "faux-meat") doesn't taste like meat, nor does it really try to. It tastes like a tasty patty of mushrooms and veggies (and a bunch of soy thrown in for extra protein).
Corpse hopping? That sounds like a really horrible game. Kind of makes you wonder why people bother.
Thu Jun 7 Finalists Compete During 1M/1M Roundtable With BlueSnap & Elance
Please do not make broad statements about Israel based on one article.

Israel allows civil unions, allows homosexuals to serve in the military without restrictions, supports Muslim private schools, pays for Islamic religious activities, and generally respects human rights. [1]

We also have our warts, like everyone country does. Israeli politicians have attempted to pass our own Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act. We have our equivalents of the TSA, FBI, and CIA - and for us they are an existential necessity.

Keep in mind that many - probably most - Israelis will be equally disturbed by this. Israel's Supreme Court has an excellent track record of ruling against military and government action. Their decisions are binding - there is no one above the law in Israel. Prime ministers, presidents, and intelligence organizations alike have been prosecuted.

We're also only 60 years old, and have fought 7 major wars in that time, twice in such dire situations that it was widely believed we would fight to the last dead man and lose. Compare with other countries, or just MKULTRA, before you judge us so quickly.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Israel

Edit: This is almost a societal-version of the fundamental attribution error. When your country does something wrong, you blame it on the politician or individual. When you hear about the same thing happening in another country, you wonder why that country is so backwards and evil.
Still no justification to require overly invasive security measures such as requiring access to personal communication etc.

Also completely useless for anything than purely 'selecting' who you let in since I am going to assume a terrorist wouldn't exactly use terrorist185@hotmail.com and then hand the email over when asked.
If that's the case, you should take an entrepreneurship class from him.
> The requirements of a UI-driven desktop application don't tend to mesh well with a web-based editor

I took it to mean the parsers for file formats (namely Office). That should be pretty similar no matter what the UI is--you need to be able to read and write the file formats.
Goal reached. Linux Tycoon, Illumination [and more] are going GPL.
I decided to switch from php to rails a month ago, and your tutorial was enlightening.
You seem to have taken a great deal of time to make the walk-through crystal clear, and I really appreciated it. I felt like I understood every step of the way, with no questions left unanswered.
Big thanks from France!
I find it really ironic that - thanks to Mono - C#, a Michaelsoft language, seems to be the only true multiplatform lanugage these days.
A bait and switch paywall? Is that a new thing?
By the way, what country is known for harassing Americans at
their border: Canada. I'd rather travel to Mexico in the
middle of a drug war.

I've had the opposite experience. As an American citizen, I've gotten a worse experience going Canada => US than vice-versa. I've personally only been harassed once by Canadian border patrol, and at one point I was crossing the border every day for work (note: This is without any sort of 'special' clearance like the Nexus Pass).

That said, I went to Tijuana once when there was apparently a 3-day riot at some high-security prison nearby and it took 4 hours in a 2-mile long line to get back across the border. I'd imagine that a drug war would be even worse.
Article fails to take into account the full intellectual diversity of the students in the average classroom.

Some students need to build rockets and robots. Others need standardized tests to make sure they can read.
"... could a FB acquisition of Airtime actually help FB's stock price?"

I don't see how. Adding more 'products' to FB's portfolio isn't going to help if the questions people have are about the underlying platform itself.
> Please do not make broad statements about Israel based on one article.

Have any been made? The discussion here, at least, seems very civil and focused on the issue at hand. Israel is indeed a very laudable nation and people in many ways.

But this behavior is awful, and has to be condemned.
Civil lawsuit. You can expose yourself to great civil liability without doing anything illegal.
Ryan Bates' "Railscasts" are a must.
A lot of those lessons are within this speech by Amy Poehler, who is an amazing improviser and co-founder of one of the most important improv theatres in the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7N_L_pu74k
Given weight of wood against same weight of steel have equal strength. Large wood structures do not collapse in temperatures over 600C like steel. Wood is not as brittle as concrete, which greatly reduces dangers of earthquakes.

Problems come from large fires, where wood can act as a fuel. Western world hasn't seen a city burning for a long time and even then it was because of napalm. That might change if wood takes on.

Second big problem is moisture, wood can change it's shape greatly with moisture.
You don't mention insulin by name, but that's what underlies Taubes's thesis about the link being carbs and obesity. James Krieger dispels much of that argument here: http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=319

> Low-carber thesis is that raising intake of fats suppresses appetite so you can eat what you like until you are full.

Eating pounds of fruits and vegetables won't you make you full? Or rice and potatoes for that matter? Eating pounds of lean protein sources like tuna and chicken breast won't make you full?

> The idea is carbs keep you hungry because of energy partiioning and so you over consume calories because you feel hungrier than you should.

That isn't borne out by the evidence. The demonization of one macronutrient over another is baffling. If you subsist on calorically dense processed foods that are purposefully engineered to be high in palatability then you are more likely to overeat. Carbs aren't the problem. Neither is fat; dietary fat is very calorically dense, so it's easy to get lots of "hidden" calories from it, but that's the main downside from a weight loss perspective.

It's not as simple as X is good, Y is bad.
That is really interesting. (And not just data tampering but possibly data corruption.)
Exactly and Israel is not the only country that faces terrorism. India does as well, and as an Indian - I would out-rightly reject any such measures.
Well, you know, it's just, I've been on the internet. People tend to take things to extremes. Tech people tend to be liberal, and most liberals in the US have an anti-Israeli view. I prefer not to divulge my political leanings (but just because I agree with someone else on one point does not mean I agree with them on any other) but I know a very great deal about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and its implications. I want to educate, and I don't want to see mindless bashing of Israel like I see on pretty much every tech forum where the topic comes up.
I disagree that "It truly doesn't matter if NSLs allow them to get the body of the messages or not". It truly matters a whole hell of a lot to me if someone can see my messages, as versus my email headers.
Being able to act as a FC target could be pretty powerful as well. I wish I could do that now on my linux boxes...could create a nice little storage network.
Karma is a boomerang. You'll see.
I was using the map from http://jvectormap.com/maps/countries/usa/

I'll look into the fix, however. Thanks!
Switched the real-time engine @ http://www.symphonical.com

It now uses Socket.io, RedisStore and Redis pub/sub with our existing Django app.
One ec2 instance for each, didn't get to add the load balancers yet. But almost there :)
How the Internet killed porn
i am an early stage "guy" and I can assure you i never "convinced" a later stage investor of anything. they did all the convincing to themselves. it was like feeding pigs at a trough.
Thanks, I'll try and put in a fix. I extracted the data from a few sources and didn't have time to verify all of it.
That seems like a digression. The tourists in question were presumably unarmed, both literally and figuratively. Yet they had the metaphorical gun pointed at them anyway.

I'm guessing that an implied part of your point is that because they had arab names, they might have had metaphorical guns? Yeah. That's the part that drew the downvotes.
Apology accepted. I'm sorry I didn't find a more mature way to respond.
It really isn't that profound. People take sugar and turn it into Red Vines. They're shaped, flavored and textured to be more enjoyable. Frankly, the heartiness, saltiness and other qualities of meat are good, so if you can take ingredients and make them more like that, it's not that different from taking flour and making a cupcake shaped the way a cupcake always looks.
Hadn't heard of it. Thanks!
GitHub's new help pages
> Still no justification to require overly invasive security measures such as requiring access to personal communication etc

Israel is full of overly invasive security measures. The alternative is probably just to bar access to the country altogether, or at least bar it to people of certain backgrounds.
The Million Dollar Logo
This is one of the few remaining issues with online shopping for me and would open me up to buying certain products that I feel I need to buy in person. It would be great if this was solved.
GitHub introduces Help Next
Should've made it a Tesla Hammer.
I read the post and am not sure why people downvoted. I have sneaking suspicion that because snarky, trolling posts are universally disallowed, people resort to snarky downvoting. Not the best solution, but I guess people need an outlet. I upvoted you to counter a little.

Anyway, this is more of a personal question. I was wondering if you've actually looked deeper into the personal question of why loot drops, etc, even constitute a reward. This is not blackberry juice! It is manipulation of RAM that affects the display. I play D3, and the closest I've come to understand is that it's the challenge of maintaining forward progress against increasing resistance. In which case the OP is correct - one waits for resistance to grow too high, go the AH, buy new gear.

The other option, of course, is to adopt/discover a new strategy (which can then drive your gear choices, of course). But really my question (which is still a bit perplexing) is why I want to maintain forward progress going through content that I've already seen.
Vegetables are food. And even better still, they have zero cholesterol and basically provide much the same benefits without the bad side effects. Say what you want about the flip-flopping nature of nutrition trends, there is very little scientific data that shows that milk, cheese and red meat don't cause heart disease and other health concerns. Broccoli tends not to.
Be confident without being pompous. You can do anything you're asked to do, then you'll figure out how.
Microsoft said to introduce Office for iPads
Poor platform support. No Linux version at all, and their Windows version is lame.

Poor format support. I don't care either way about Ogg, but no FLAC support is a deal killer. There's a FLAC plugin, but it requires using 32-bit iTunes, and even then it's not supported very well.

It insists on "managing" my music collection itself. It's constantly renaming, moving, editing ID3 tags, and what not. I think most of those features can be turned off, but it takes forever to figure out what all the options are, and by the time you realize they need to be turned off, it's generally too late and you have to pull the altered songs from backups.

It also doesn't handle poorly tagged music very well. For example, a while back I had a two CD collection of trance music, something like "The Best Goa Trance of 2010". The MP3s were tagged with the artist and song names, but no album name, presumably because they were originally on different albums. In iTunes there's no way (that I know of) to group the songs in my library, except going through and manually adding the album tags. This is made even worse by the default settings where it moves around and renames the files without telling you.

I'm sure I could train myself to immediately fix all of my music's ID3 tags, and to conform to Apple's arbitrary way of managing music, but it's easier to just use a different player.
Then let me clarify: I condemn this as well. It has to stop.

There have been comments below calling for America to stop supporting Israeli. I want to point out how exceptionally uncommon this type of behavior is.
It's more work for the computer to process data stored as "rows" than data stored as columns.

Think of how a disk is organized.

If you abandon MySQL and store data as columns you can load a trillion rows.

But forget I mentioned this.
Wow, those charts are fantastic.
Well, since you weren't clear, and still aren't, straw man it was. Your point is what? That privacy is sacrosanct? That we should live in a world where libertarianism rules all? What is your point? Stop me anytime.

We're talking about the same thing here. Security abuses privacy, but is necessary. My point was, and still is, that for some it is more necessary than others. As we in the US and Western Europe don't live under constant threat to our lives, we accept less. However, Israelis do live under that threat, so they accept more.
Precise ways to modify the genome arose from unexpected places
That was my intention, as far as the concept went. I'll look into the data issue as well, it was extracted from various places.
Spot on, this whole argument seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what IT does.
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What nyellin means by "Israel allows civil unions" is that, starting in 2011, they actually allow a man and a woman who aren't religious and who can prove this to the satisfaction of the religious authorities to get married. Prior to that it was actually impossible for many heterosexual Israeli citizens to get married within Israel because they were only considered Jewish by Israeli law and not by the Jewish religious authorities. As far as I can tell civil unions still don't extend to same-sex couples.
I imagine it depends on the gut instinct of the agent checking you at the border. He does not have to be certain you are a liar. If he thinks you are lying, he may send you back home, even if you have no other mail account.
Didn't he react quite negatively when someone else added images to the web?
Tricking Youtube and iPods into playing vertical video
a lot more info here (technical + photos) - http://eoinc.weebly.com.nyud.net/uploads/3/0/5/1/3051016/mur...
I assure you that the grandparent is misinformed, the chance of google's lawyers and/or the police being involved if some individual is sending you targeted malware (aka spear phishing) is essentially 0%.
I did have an authenticator. I used the Dial-In Authenticator, as I didn't like the idea of an authenticator being tied to my phone (I do change phones, but not telephone numbers). Apparently, it didn't trigger. I played Diablo at a conference on the East Coast, and I live on the West, and it didn't trigger then either. My guess is that it just doesn't work.

Although how was I to know that?
I'm not sure asking for email credentials is a "metaphorical gun". 99% of the violence committed against Israelis is done by Arabs. You suggest that profiling is wrong (and it is! Don't we all wish we lived in a world where it wasn't necessary!), but it works. It's stopped countless terror attacks.
AFAIK you do get warned if Google thinks your account has been compromised by normal pishers and what not. This is just a more detailed message that I'm sure most people will never see.
Assuming your event data is immutable (i.e. no UPDATEs, just INSERTs), you'd probably have fewer headaches long-term if you just dumped the database to flatfiles, stored in HDFS and queried using Hive (which has MySQLish query syntax anyway). This architecture will take you to billions of rows quite happily.

This is the architecture we use for eventstream analysis at SnowPlow (https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow).
OK, but would you have been saved by a check of someone's e-mail accounts? Surely a terrorist trying to fly into Israel is going to set up fluffypuppies@gmail.com as a front account to provide.
Ask HN: For those of you on AWS do you use RDS?
I'm building a new site on AWS using EC2 and S3. Do you guys use EC2 to host your DB or use the RDS? I haven't heard a lot of people using RDS (yet).