skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Spam is absolutely not a grey area. "it is NOT FUCKING ACCEPTABLE for a single post that is from a person talking to other people to be deleted, to be dropped on the uncaring floor to make room for machine generated spew."

—http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html (actually about Usenet, which was wrecked by the same sort of predatory scum)
Why not convert the email address to a readable (and mailto-able) format in javascript?
You're assuming, incorrectly, that cable would dump them as soon as they offered a Web option.
Elon Musk only did Tesla and SpaceX after becoming a billionaire.
Against live-tweeting at conferences
Useful link, thanks.

However, I am not convinced the schools are entirely contradictory, even with their strong claims.

For example,

- Accelerating Change school: this is mainly a (historical) trajectory claim based on positive feedback loop of technology. It does not seem to make any strong (maximum) claims about even trajectories beyond the point of strong AI.

- Event Horizon school: this is a forecastability claim that the repurcussions of AI or intelligence enhancement significantly beyond current human intelligence is unknowable until you get there.

- Intelligence Explosion school: this is a positive feedback claim that the most you can tell when human intelligence is surpassed is that further intelligence gains, be it by enhancement or AI, will feedback on itself to create further and faster change.

These claims seem to agree with each other on fundamental aspects of technology and intelligence.

In addition, in my opinion, it would not take too much imagination to combine the separate claims into a unified Singularity model.

That said, the school delineation is itself a useful tool.
> It's not exactly nuclear waste.

I have strong faith that eventually we'll figure how to use even nuclear waste productively.
Haha, sure, but I'm not that kind of a guy.
I like the nice, clean design, and you have cool things listed.

What are your plans for generating traffic? A major challenge will be that Google expects affiliate sites to add value and won't rank "thin" affiliates high in search results. How will Buythese9things.com overcome this obstacle, or will you have other ways to bring in users?
The "completely" part seems a bit excessive. You could always pay for cable and buy a DVR.

(Full disclosure, I download content, so my horse is not particularly high, and I'm not even on it right now.)
>The entropy doesn't change

Yeah, that now seems obvious. The input string is the same, so the information entropy is the same. I'm struggling to think of the concept that I need here, I want to say kolmogorov complexity but I know that's wrong too.
I agree that Django vs. Flask is not a matter of what sucks or is broken.

If I think a hammer looks nice but someone informed explains that it is designed in such a way that the head will tend to fly off, I find that very instructive. The many broken spatulas on github are also instructive.

If you want a pre-built admin, Django provides for a different need, yeah... but if the needed stuff is in the large overlap between Django and Flask, you can't just say "different needs" because you are considering competition to satisfy the same needs. (For example, Flask is promoted for HTTP APIs, but Django also has some good packages for putting together HTTP APIs, so that it is hardly clear that Flask would always be the better choice for APIs).

Most of the argument (here as in emacs vs. vim) is in matters of taste or philosophy - or a dead heat between valid technical concerns. tastypie or Flask? I submit that it matters more what makes you happy and productive, so that it is entirely valid to choose Flask, or Django, or both. After all, it is your life you are spending on all this, you should be happy. If you hate emacs, there are alternatives.
So, what's the play here? Do I get to create my own 9 things? (FYI I was hoping I could).
Seems like a more executive-toyish version of Justin Oullette's theshittoget.com

Why would someone go to the site though? (this post notwithstanding)
It's reasonable for him to assume that any reasonable person would not expect him to be a full-blown or even half-decent programmer at 6.

When people say things like that, they mean that they dabbled, took existing programs and turned the circle into a square, copied code from their favourite computer magazine into a computer, moved a LOGO turtle around, etc. A lot of us came to be what we are by doing this. I don't understand the source of your anger and self-attributed superiority.
I read someone's estimate of SO's revenue a couple years back. Does anyone know if this was a reasonable estimate or not?

http://blog.olegkokorin.com/2010/03/04/stackoverflow-revenue...
Would appreciate a NSFW disclosure, thanks!
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What if it was an add on to Netflix, any chance those numbers would be sufficient?
While I think the US has some absurd border policies, this sounds overblown -- only 1 hour?

I regularly hear about people detained for far more than that, and it wouldn't be difficult for Border Control to hold him far long than that.
Link is blocked via Websense at work. Is there an alternate source?
Or give me sliders so I can crank down fashion and crank up geek toys!
Thank you for your comment.

It has been added to your profile and your thoughtcrime score has been updated.

We look forward to interviewing you the next time you attempt to cross the border.
I suspected that was the answer but this blog post http://blog.linkedin.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-member-password... mentions that they are salting the passwords.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that Microsoft has "screwed up" every technology they've had a hand in. Ajax, notably, is a Microsoft invention. What I do think is a fair statement is that Microsoft has historically been slavishly backwards-compatible even with obvious design mistakes and implementation artifacts, whereas the other two 800-pound gorillas (Google and Apple) have a mantra of never keeping legacy tech around when it can safely be replaced. The latter results in cleaner technologies; the former results in longer-living technologies. As a programmer, I prefer the Google/Apple take, but it's worth noting that Microsoft's variant has a clear advantage for the user in at least the short-to-medium term.
I did get a laugh at the blogger's predator being Apple
If it's open source, why would the agents be asking what algorithms it uses? I'm calling bullshit on this article and the tweets.
Or not watch it all. Crazy idea.
Time Warner Cable is not owned by Time Warner. They are an entirely independent company that continues to license the name. I just found this out recently, so thought I'd share.
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I see your point. It's not a great analogy though. He was a revolutionary, but he was not a terrorist.
Real-time tech demos that showcase the future of console and PC gaming
But that's not looking at any cable subscriber. I'm sure many people get cable exclusively for HBO shows.

It's all a matter of when. They'll need to see some good numbers before they start providing their own channel for their content on the internet.
Cool page. Although I would never put a pixel of mine inside a StarBucks shop.
I wrote some brief thoughts on this: http://interchangeproject.org/2012/06/06/hbo-doesnt-want-you...

Essentially, HBO will eventually fall and start offering content available for streaming. It's just a question of when. This is where the market is headed and even cable companies are getting into the streaming game.

In the meantime, I'd settle for an HBO Go app that wasn't junk.
I guess it's the difference between:
a) blogging your thoughts about an article and linking back to it, which encourages people to read the original so they know the context for what you've written.

VERSUS

b) quoting all or almost all of the interesting bits from the article, and providing a link to the original.

In the latter case, there is no reason or incentive for the user to visit the source. In the past couple of years I've begun to think this is the wrong way to go about things.
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That graphic is hilarious. WTF do all those cryptic numbers and arrows mean?? Even if I knew, I would have to stare at them for a second or two to collect and parse the data.

You might start by asking yourself why, in 2012, almost every car still comes with an analog (dial-style) speedometer. The answer is that they are unambiguous and easily scanned. You do not need to actually read the numbers, and can collect the speed data in a quick eye flick (well under 1 second). Again: everyone already tried digital speed readouts in the 1980s. They sucked.

Engineering and innovation create continuous pressure on good user interfaces. The Google homepage is a well-known example from the web of a UI that successfully resisted this pressure to very good effect. (Although even the Google homepage is slowly succumbing.)

Consider something like GPS. The greatest visual interface for GPS directions is none at all. The driver in need of directions should be able to ask for them verbally and receive instructions verbally--that way they can maintain their visual scan. In the age of paper maps, everyone knew it was silly to try to drive and unfold and read a map at the same time...somehow this common wisdom has been forgotten just because we can use pixels now.
Yes, that's why I said "common purposes." If you're seriously worried about people bringing racks of GPUs to bear against you then what you're doing probably isn't "common," although I accept that this is rapidly changing.
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That's a deliberately flawed analogy. You don't copy the DVDs. The DVDs copy themselves, using your land and resources to do so.

This is more like somebody "accidentally" setting up a DVD pressing factory on your property. You quietly let the factory owner continue pressing DVDs (using your electricity no less) and sell the DVDs yourself when they're ready. It's all on your property, the factory owner is trespassing and I don't see how the factory owner can claim a right to the pressed DVDs. (Don't build automated self-reproducing things that you want to claim patents on, even when they're stealing other people's resources.)
> Well I guess Microsoft could have done it but they would have screwed it up like every other net technology they introduce

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest
No, my few hundred does not "lose them millions". Their relationship with cable companies is very profitable for both sides, and I find it unlikely that the cable companies would want to simply end it outright.

Also, in addition to a few hundred from me per year, they would be getting a few hundred from hundreds of thousands of other people willing to pay for access without cable or in other countries with no HBO option.

As I said, I respect their right to make business decisions I disagree with. I will happily go on downloading and not giving them a dime, because I am never paying for cable again.
I work in this field and I have to agree with you. I think most serious engineers and statisticians would too. It's just that decision makers are nervous that they are not doing "big data" or need a "data scientist" (which from their descriptions to me sounds like a fairy god mother who magically makes fundamental weakness in your business model disappear) and therefore try to get into it. Of course there are a huge bunch of players who have sort of adopted the red hat model and try to sell a Hadoop solution by rebadging it as "enterprise-ready" or "business analyst friendly". I guess one just rides the wave and prepares for winter...
Worth noting that Romania also has the second-fastest Internet speeds in the world - http://www.techspot.com/news/45566-us-ranked-26th-in-global-...
I know this is almost impossible, but can it be that the interrogator with 22 years of computer experience asked him those questions out of professional curiosity. Again, even I think it highly unlikely to have been the case. But were I to end up in some other profession after 22 years of computer experience, even I would be interested in knowing which algorithms were used and what the philosophical implications are for such a program.
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The cloud stinks
If they NSL his Gmail, now they have the email addresses and frequency graphs of everyone with whom he communicates.
Expanding on what you're saying, I think it's important to get people to curb the knee-jerk soccer mom reaction "OMG MY CHILD IS MAKING BOMBS" and find out if the child is making bombs because they have a serious psychological problem, or they're interested in science.

One child needs a therapist, one child needs a chemistry book.

Speaking as the child who made bombs, and got the chemistry book :)
I was going to point out that Sanderson doesn't really do science fiction, but on reflection his books tend to revolve around magic systems that obey very scientific rules. One could probably argue that's more science fiction than fantasy.
How? Its not as simple as building a website, we're talking about spending millions of dollars to create quality content that people actually want to watch.

Netflix is going to try, and they succeed then I'm sure that HBO will think a bit harder about it, but right now there isn't much to be gained from them being the one to take the leap.
Ok. Maybe people leaving in the US don't know about that, but spending time with US border officials is absolutely normal on the entry to the US. I travel to the US about once a year, and my times spent on the border look roughly like this (sorted, in hours) - 0, 0, 1, 1, 3.
A hundred years is a sliver of time compared to how long agriculture has been going on. People live a hundred years and nobody would argue they're "sustainable" in any sense. You might be doing it right. You might be making a total mess of things but it'll take another fifty years before it collapses. Only time will tell.

How dependent are you on fossil fuels? How well would you fare as a farmer if you had no access to chemical fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, or any sort of gasoline powered equipment?

How much would corn cost if the completely insane policy of diverting large amounts of it to ethanol production?

The people that are killing themselves are largely in India where there is an entirely different market.
Who needs HBO? Let's create incentives for the writers/directors to disseminate their work via alternative channels. Why the hell should HBO have a strangle-hold on that market?
Traffic: I am figuring out which keywords I want to attack- but I play on going on the paid ad's route for traffic. Hopefully I can get a good base of "fans" who check back now and again to see a new set of items. I have future plans to either allow comments, or to basically write some content on each item. Hopefully that will be good enough for google?

This is also one of my main concerns- and I think it could be one of my largest. I also plan on making this a new way for me Personally to sell items- so over time people come to understand that these items are curated by me, and they either come to trust or distrust (and not come back) my taste
I was going to get details from status.heroku.com but that's down too.
What web-streamed shows come even close to the quality of HBO produced shows? I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm curious. Yahoo produces a lot of their own 'shows' but it all seems amateurishly directed that I can't bother to watch a second of it.

Edit: I think funnyordie videos are actually really well produced.
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Pirating an HBO show is one way of showing your displeasure: I think a better way is to vote with your wallet and actually give the money you would have paid HBO to another provider who's investing in original content for web-only distribution (like Netflix).

I'm not saying don't torrent HBO shows: go ahead - but reward companies who are trying to come up with creative ways to get content distributed online. Torrenting a HBO show rather than subscribing deprives HBO of revenue: giving your money to a competitor not only deprives HBO of revenue, but provide a competitor with the finances to take them on.
I recently downgraded my Comcast service because our monthly bill had reached ridiculous heights, and in the process had to let HBO go. Losing HBO was the hardest pill to swallow, but I'll now just wait for the DVDs or streams to hit Netflix.
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Tort law works okay when the number of interacts are limited, but it falls down when you're talking about large numbers of people interacting. Ronald Coase, who is deified in modern conservative economics circles, said as much in his seminal 1960 paper on the FCC.
Wi-fi turned on at Tube stations in London
Luck has everything to do with him returning to Apple, which is what I was talking about.

Yes, he would have been a successful person regardless. Indeed, he was a successful person already. But he was very lucky to be allowed back at Apple.
>nobody is killing themselves

Nobody in the US you mean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#Farmer_suicides

Creating a monopoly on something naturally abundant (seed) is a part of Monsanto's long-term vision and a seed monopoly will make them a powerful political force in the world. The power to manage regional population by controlling seed supply has great military value.
It is up for me:

Potential Platform Issues
Jun 7, 2012 15:55 UTC -
Update

We have confirmed widespread errors on the platform. Our engineers are continuing to investigate.
Posted Jun 7, 2012 15:58 UTC
Issue

Our automated systems have detected potential platform errors. We are investigating.
Posted Jun 7, 2012 15:55 UTC
The claim is that they detained him and confiscated his passport.
IPython running on Chrome, on a Mac, against a *Linux* backend on Windows Azure
Comments:
1. Fun idea. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you easily made your money back.
2. Easy to navigate. Design is clean, but my desire for symmetry (in this case radial) is rebelling at the poor Lean Startup book all by its lonesome at the bottom of the page. Maybe a 3x3 grid?
3. I like the idea @MidwestMuster had of having sliders to adjust the types of 9 things you see. It allows you to still only show nine things, but have a wider variety of things available (thus increasing the liklihood of getting a sale). Also it increases the interaction, which will increase the engagement, even if it doesn't mess w/ sales.
status.heroku.com is up for me. My apps aren't though.
it's up sometimes :)

Potential Platform Issues 5m+
We have confirmed widespread errors on the platform. Our engineers are continuing to investigate.

this is the message for Production and Development
What's their usual outage duration? I'm supposed to demo a project in a few hours.
What about IFR? What is the automotive equivalent of IFR?
That might be because there are situations where they would ask for your password on the phone... ;-)
Status update on https://status.heroku.com/incidents/372 :

"We have confirmed widespread errors on the platform. Our engineers are continuing to investigate."
Krugman's science is economics. Economics is pretty much the pinnacle of politics intersecting with science. His view on the science is that the Keynesian model is correct, and he sees an entire political party which has embraced the Austrian model which most economists disagree with. This is why he writes passionately in support of government spending during times of recession/depression. He argues, correctly in my opinion, that we are in a depression due to a collective debt paydown period, which is actually a healthy activity by itself, but in a collective form can wreak havoc on an economy.
Heroku: Awesome when it's up, but when it's down, it's really really down...
https://status-old.heroku.com/ seems to work
Interesting to see that www.heroku.com runs on their own platform, and is just as susceptible to platform downtime.

On the other hand its surprising to me that when heroku goes down, it goes down hard, namely that all hosted sites including their own are unavailable.
If you travel frequently across borders, you will often be taken aside and asked questions. It is mind-numbingly common, it has happened to me in Schiphol (EU) several times. Very annoying, but not at all the same as people being beaten and censored and put into gulags for mild civil forms of political dissent.

Let's not trivialize real totalitarianism in our haste to condemn stupid airport security theatre.
and it's back up....

just a glitch in the matrix. it occurs when they switch over local control.
Someone who has lived in communist countries understands the danger of this trend a lot better than Americans do, it seems. There is Reddit in other sites that raise awareness about situations like these, but I don't think there's a critical mass yet to turn things around. The vast majority of Americans is probably still more afraid about terrorists than they are of this trend in Government, therefore the trend will continue.
For the total novice: http://www.unity3dstudent.com/category/modules/
Start with Essentials, then do Beginner, then Intermediate.

I ran through these and it got me up to speed very quickly.
Am I misreading Mr. Lawler's statements, or is the pay-TV industry colluding to prevent HBO from selling to other markets? I feel like an antitrust investigation is in order. (Overdue, in fact.)
One of the farmers around Portland had complained that Monsanto had dispersed a few GM seeds in his farm and later sued him claiming royalties. Of course, he couldn't prove that Monsanto deliberately polluted his field with their seeds and lost the case. If there's a company that I'd like to see burned to the ground, it's Monsanto. Fucking dictators.
They keep a historical archive of incidents at https://status.heroku.com/past

Last time I can recall this happening to us it was down for several hours.
Any thoughts on hooking it up to amazon wish lists or using some sort of recently visited css hack to "guess" what people have been looking at recently? Or even hooking it up to twitter/facebook to see what products users and friends of users are talking about and rounding it down to 9?
Wow, i've never seen this website.. If I had, I would have most likely rethought my design, thinking people would consider mine a knock off.. Oh well, mine isn't, and I like it. (Uncanny though)

I was really aiming for an outlet to sell items, that are personally endorsed by me. I understand HN's viewers will most likely not buy my items- I was assuming the more than likely purchaser would be someone who I know directly, or indirectly, already. I have a large number of contacts of people I know personally, one time or another, who I have healthy relationships with. I'd estimate that number to be in the low 1,000 range.

I want to try and make those 1,000 people know that I 1) run this service, 2) love the items, and 3) update it regularly with new items. If i can get a small base of fans who enjoy this idea, then I can push to expand that number of happy people..

I was really coming to HN for advice on how to grow this into a sustainable business idea. I've gotten great advice so far, and it's all welcomed warmly.
Agreed. I tried for a few days before giving up. Unless you're happy with Chosen's default options you'll spend days trying to customize it.
It's still sent in plain text. Your browser doesn't do any hashing before sending your password to Google.

But you're right, as far as anybody but you and Google are concerned, it's encrypted.
He said they feel justified. That's different from saying they are justified.
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Completely off-topic but am I the only one that has been having problems viewing secure notes on FF 13? I can view them once every time I start Firefox but after that they just don't pop-up.