skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Iirr sky had a torrent client in it's pc 'app' for a while. I wonder how much more effective having a signed torrent file spread around your subscribers is compared to a really good cdn? Does anyone have any figures?

(by signed torrents I mean netflix gpg signs each chunk and so you can be assured the quality is top notch they can be fairly sure you get charged etc etc)
What gets me is "system cannot be resold as received" - I mean, sure, a customer should wipe their data off the disk... but would NewEgg really ship a system to a new customer without doing a fresh install of the OS if it was running Windows?
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Yea, it's not easy. I'm paying far, far too much for a car and insurance (can't wait to move to a city where I can ditch them) and only just got my first "real" credit card after being here for 12 months. It gets very frustrating when you're treated as a total nobody even when you have significant assets back home.
Not sure how many of you are basketball fans, but if you have even a cursory interest in the sport I suggest you check out this year's NBA finals. It is widely regarded as one of the most anticipated match-ups in many years. OKC's stars are all under the age of 24 which means they should dominate for years to come. We have literally watched these guys grow up before our eyes and they finally get their shot at the title this year.

LeBron James has been lambasted for leaving his hometown team to try to win a championship with the Heat which has evaded him so far. The Heat are the most hated team in the league. By contrast, the Thunder is led by the league's leading scorer Kevin Durant who's appears to be one of the most humble superstars in the league. It's the ultimate good guys vs. bad guys matchup. LeBron, likely fueled by all the criticisms about his ability to perform in the clutch and his will to win, appears to be on a mission to prove everybody wrong and finally win his first championship. To put it in perspective, facing elimination in game 5 versus the Celtics, LeBron put on one of the best playoff performances in history scoring nearly half his team's points (http://www.nba.com/games/20120607/MIABOS/gameinfo.html).

The series will be on ABC so you don't need cable to watch it. Catch at least one game.
They probably actually closed this a while ago.
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Here is how I did it for Safari, change accordingly.

Go to Tools/BuildSystem/NewBuildSystem...
Type this in:

{
"cmd": ["open", "-a", "Safari", "$file"],
"selector": "html"
}

Save it in your sublime/packages/user folder as 'Open in Safari.sublime-build'

That's it.

It should show up in your Tools/BuildSystem and should be selected for all html files. So when you hit Cmd+B it uses that build system to just show the file in Safari.

There are other ways like mapping Cmd+B directly to a python snippet like:

import sublime, sublime_plugin, webbrowser

class OpenBrowserCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
def run(self,edit):
url = self.view.file_name()
webbrowser.open_new(url)

but for me the first option was simpler.
True story: A couple of weeks after I proposed, my fiance told me that the best thing about being engaged was that she could politely ward off workplace flirtation just by holding up her hand and saying something to the effect of, "Sorry, wearing a ring." Before that it was apparently quite painful.
> I don't know if this is the case, exactly, with Chrome

As part of its security model, Chrome does something akin to rendering everything offscreen in an unprivileged process then passing that to the user-facing process.
Nope, I'm happily married, we live 2,000 miles away from the incident, and I won't disclose the name of the company involved. I have no ties to anyone involved. I have no interest in hurting anyone from any company by bringing this up. I just wanted to start a discussion.
http://xkcd.com/904/
Actually in that particular case, according to what the employees were told at one of the TGIF events, previous deals Navtec had made with navigation device vendors precluded them from licensing Google the turn by turn rights at any price.

Now that may have been a misstatement, but it was presented as a large part of the rationale for the whole project which encompassed getting rights to satellites, driving data, broadcast source locations, etc etc. Things like "we bought Keyhole and got great satellite imagery but we're forbidden from image processing that imagery into a map, so we bought a satellite and took our own damn pictures." It played well with the whole 'think bigger than that' mantra that Larry Page embodied.
Couldn't she just reinstall windows and send it back?
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Oops; too late to edit, now.
I hope Congress realizes that restricting the immigration of highly qualified tech workers has unintended consequences.

If I can't hire good programmers in America I'll be tempted to open an office in India. Once I open an office in India, I have even less of an incentive to hire people in America. With less employees in America, my company is spending less on services in America. My employees are buying less things. The people I didn't hire in America don't need houses in America. Real estate prices suffer.

Silicon Valley is an amazing place. Immigration restrictions are unnecessary friction. They are protectionism for college graduates who should be able to compete on their own (if they can't, wtf were they learning in college?). If you gunk up Silicon Valley you are basically priming the ground for the emergence of rivals. That seems unthinkable now, but only because we are all sitting in Silicon Valley and we aren't watching what is happening abroad.

Programmers can grow up anywhere. They can learn anywhere and with AWS, App Engine, etc. they can deploy their services cheaply from anywhere. Soon kids won't need VCs to launch companies. The proximity to Silicon Valley for funding's sake will be irrelevant. It'll be the tech community that will be the draw. If the best people aren't in Silicon Valley because immigration rules stopped them at the border, then there will be competing communities in other nations. Where living costs might be cheaper. Where the weather might be better. Where the abundance of beautiful women (and men) might be higher.

What happens to Silicon Valley real estate when tech work moves to other locales?
Awesome ! Great work @bubbles team. Great quality letters with so little effort.
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Assuming you know what you are talking about, do you mind if I restate your argument?

A 500 means the server is doing the wrong thing. You are suggesting that a server which blocks illegal requests is broken.

If you think servers should block illegal requests, then a 403 (Forbidden - The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfil it) would have been most appropriate, but a new 4XX is useful given the prevalence of things like DCMA and censorship.

But since censorship is a bug, then a 5XX is more appropriate.

You could jokingly suggest a 305 redirect (Use Proxy), but technically it might not work (the proxy could get blocked too, or the server would get in trouble).
Degree is not necessary in tech business. Ellison, Gates, Jobs all dropped out of college. The people that teach themselves and have a "go get 'em" attitude tend to do the best. Perhaps a little on the job training is all we need to compensate for the "steady decline".
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That requires that the source and detector move relative to each other which is not the case here.
You can be sure we'll be watching. Our new office is just 3 blocks from the arena in OKC and we can't wait!
Who are you arguing with? Me, or HR and the company counsel?

The UK has extremely similar workplace gender equality issues to the US according to the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index; we're basically neck and neck.
> Apple's is based on the typographic convention of 72 points per inch, thus text on a Mac screen would be drawn the same size as it would print.

This would be true if the displays were also 72 dpi, which they are not. DPI in Windows can be set manually. Mine is set to 84, based on the handy on-screen ruler in the settings page. If I view a document in Word's print preview at 100% zoom, and stick a printed page on my display (via static electricity, try it) next to it, they match exactly. Very handy for printing over a page with existing content (paper with preprinted corporate borders, headers).
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"Crashing all the time"? This isn't the days of 95, 98, and early XP...

Crashing and BSODs are a thing of the past now, unless you buy a non-name peripheral, or have faulty hardware (which will crash an Apple just as quickly).
Cables can certainly be DOA. Miswired jacks, broken strands... these things happen.
I am not to familiar with credit cards and their fraud or return policies. Why exactly is it easier to refute charges with a credit card, more so than a debt card?
I think you misunderstand

>travelling even slightly faster than the speed of light in any frame of reference is instantaneous communication, in some other frame of reference.

Even traveling at the speed of light is instantaneous communication... from the photon's frame of reference.

If neutrinos were traveling at 3.7 miles per second faster than light it would indicate that we simply don't understand how the universe works.

Let me put it this way: Given our current understanding of the universe going faster than the speed of light should violate causality. It should be impossible to travel 3.7 miles per second faster than light without arriving before you left.

But that doesn't mean that if these neutrinos were traveling 3.7 miles per second faster than light that it would enable instantaneous communication. C + 3.7 miles per second would still take a long time to travel interstellar distances.
Its available in the US.

Can you get to http://194.71.107.15
So in the age of twitter, you scorn a bunch of good physicists for making public their hard earned (but ultimately wrong) and novel experimental data?
It seems the hardware is willing, but some proprietary software part is weak: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/tmoipv6beta...
I am a Linux user, and I have wrecked laptops with it before. It is easy to overheat or otherwise abuse a laptop by having improper configs.

For example, I had a battery become unusable because Linux often failed to sleep when the lid was closed because some dialog box was blocking. It would run in the bag with no ventilation when I didn't realize it until the battery drained and it would fail to shutdown until the hardware fail-safes took over and I realized my backpack was too hot to hold. Did this a few times and the last time, the battery wouldn't charge anymore. After getting a new battery I became very conscientious about whether it actually was asleep before I put it in the bag.

I have had this happen in Windows before as well, in one case it would wake up if I forgot to turn off my Bluetooth mouse when I put it away. Since it was already closed, there was no trigger to go back to sleep so it would run itself dead in the bag and eventually the plastic near a hot component melted. Turns out there is an option in the Windows device manager to tell it not to wake on Bluetooth that prevents this.

However a defect in the factory-installed operating system that causes failure is something you have to warranty. A defect in the user-installed operating system is not. However, I have no idea how they could trace the problem to the operating system. Not sure how they would ever know that Linux is installed. Any good Linux user would wipe the hard disk before returning a computer to the manufacturer for repair :)
Wow ... I've spent thousands of dollars on merchandise from Newegg and it's a bit sad that it may have come to an end. What I really appreciated was competitive prices and excellent service. Perhaps you can't have both and stay in business.

It's a very sad day.
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The article's author uses a less strict defintion of lock free where it's ok to use locks for individual atomic operations like counters.

The author's definition does not allow one to use locks to make individual operations atomic. A process could always crash after obtaining the lock, but before releasing it, causing the entire application to become stuck.
Ask HN: What are the current limitations of panoramic video software?
Yeah, except amazon has always had amazing customer service, at least for me. That said, I doubt I've spent less than $2k per year there any of the last 5 years since with prime amazon became the source of everything we used to buy at target.
Yes it does work non-natively on an iPad i.e. on safari browser of iPad. We are yet to achieve mobile support, the current version is primarily a web app.

And yes, it is possible to send letters to users who are not on @bubbles yet. You can mention email id of the recipient(s) on the letter itself and it will be delivered as PDF over email. With your signature and drawings everything. :)
Because it is part of the agreement with Visa. You purchased something that came with an agreement, they didn't hold up their end so you can reverse the transaction. End of story.
My point is that your first response when getting a message, through any medium, is "Did this message come from who I think it did". Is it from someone I care about.

If it's from someone/something you don't care about, discard it, block it. Setup filters etc.

> The medium is irrelevant; the content is what's relevant.

The content is only relevant if it's from someone you care about. If it's from a bot, or some anonymous internet troll, the content is irrelevant. Discard it.

I could go through my "spam" folder and start getting offended/repulsed/scared by everything it contains. But what would be the point?

It's a lot easier for a bot/human to make out they're someone else online, than it is leaving a voicemail. (Until you can say to a speech changer "Make me sound like my targets girlfriend").
This is the same design as RSA SecurID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecurID

I had no idea you could also do Google's two factor auth with SMS messages. That seems really flaky.
I bought 10 identical Shuttle PCs from newegg.

One was DoA and I returned it with an RMA - they sent it straight back to me because I had returned it in the wrong box. The serial # on the machine didn't match the barcode on the box!

They seriously expect you to keep the individual box for every unit? Or are they just a scam that try and stop you every returning anything?

Anyway - haven't bought anything from them since.
I don't buy at newegg or have any other incentive to side with them but... in my past experiences, Linux didn't really have the most compatible hardware drivers. Am I the only one to think that?
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"Trolling" has a utility, though.

It's a geek synchronization protocol. If you pop into a mailing list promoting your HOT NEW STARTUP, and wanting hackers to build you your new FACEBOOK KILLER in their spare time so that they can build their resume...

You're going to get trolled. And there is a reason for this:

It gives you an opportunity to troll back, thus showing that you're actually part of the culture.

It's a secret handshake that geeks do. If you're upset because you're getting "trolled"[1], it's probably because the people you're asking to do things for you don't want to.

[1]: I'm talking about /trolling/, not just being a prick. Some people are just pricks. Trolling is meant in good spirit.
Partly because it just is. Partly it is because with a debit card you would have to fight to get your money back whereas with a credit card the provider would have to fight either you or the retailer to get their money back if there is a dispute.
" ... MacBook Pros don't have Ethernet inputs anymore either. Wi-Fi is the future."

"... And soon, car companies will put a Siri button on their steering wheels. This is bad news for Garmin."
What this law means is if a UGC website is used by an individual for the purpose of harassment, the UGC website won't be liable for it as long as they co-operate in allowing the individual responsible to be prosecuted directly.

AKA "Give us names and you walk."
I am aware... I just thought it was something the commenter would find interesting.

Edit: to be clear... I know that quantum transportation doesn't allow for FTL communication... but the fact that the change is not subject to a speed of light delay is what's interesting.
I believe the OP is referring to http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=22375
I think it's easier to phrase it in the positive sense: at least one thread is always making progress towards completion.
The methodology you describe and credit to James Webb Young aligns nicely with an amazing talk by John Cleese on Creativity. You can find the video at http://vimeo.com/18913413. He bases his talk on a Berkeley psychologist named Donald McKinnon who also did his research in the 60s. In addition to providing a great refresher for light bulb jokes he provides concrete steps to get in the creative or "open" mode. He lays out five elements needed to create the right circumstances for coming up with original and creative ideas:
1) Space - Clear your calendar of interruptions
2) Time - Set aside a specific amount of time
3) Time - classic Cleese here with time listed twice. This matches your step 3 as well where you give the subconscious time to work.
4) Confidence - Worry about making a mistake will kill creativity.
5) Humor - playfulness and curiosity are keys to unlocking ones natural creativity. The more serious the matter the more it needs a dose of humor.

I must say that teams that have fun have tended to be more creative, collaborative, innovative and productive than the ones that are serious, be they in software, school, or war zones.
Sure, if she wanted to go through the hassle, and paying the shipping.

Not to mention, the laptop may not have come with an installation disk.
Whole story from the original source (and a much more enjoyable read): http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter

Only thing that link is missing is the "$20k in 64 minutes; $100k+ and rising now" stat.
Based very loosely on a friend of mine :-)

So glad you liked it! It is rare that people read it ;)

http://cleartax.in/meta/love is the story
No doubt Apple has good reason to do this. I'm not surprised myself, as I've never had any MacBook bigger than 13". I do everything on it including iOS development. Being the only screen I own, I also watch all video on it as well. If I ever want a big screen, I'll pick up a 27" iMac.
I'm from Sweden, and I have never heard of this before.
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The bollywood up coming movie cocktail would be very insetting movie. We can say that the reason behind that there have been played leading role by the most popular actor and actress and who are Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. In the movie Deepika Padukone looking very beautiful and most attractive. So that people would like to watch the movie and the people may be all of those who like Deepika Padukone and who are fans of the actress.
You have to have pictures uploaded to request a "blind date."

The "blind date" is virtual, in that once you've both approved it your profiles are then exchanged with face pictures. (This is intended to protect pictures from being publicly scraped and make people comfortable with uploading them.)

I'll mention this on the front page so as not to cause confusion, thanks!
Am I wrong to feel disappointed when boxes like these are more than $200?
Apparently it's actually rendered at 3840x2400 before being downscaled to 2880x1800.
Debit cards carry reversal rights as well - at least in the United States. It's simply a mechanism to protect credit and debit card holders against technical issues, quality issues, fraud, etc.
I'd rather assume that sociopaths are drawn to politics because it's kind of a wildcard field (you can pretend to be expert and meddle in pretty much every topic).

That doesn't mean there aren't highly specialized and capable sociopaths out there.
The G2 got an OTA update to Gingerbread last year. I remember because it was my birthday.
Way easier IMO and I have done both.
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Heh, me too. Also, I just discovered http://pcpartpicker.com/ yesterday. Looks pretty cool. I might do my research there and buy on Amazon. I might feel a little less guilty. :) The restocking fee policy (which screams "shady retailer" to me) on Newegg is only reason I stopped shopping there.

OTOH, Newegg seems to have a much larger catalog of tech items than Amazon.

Also the search feature on Amazon is quite bad: try searching for '16 gb ram' and sort by price. It will insist on showing you 2 gb packs also.

Everything except the default sort order sucks. Which doesn't inspire confidence that Amazon isn't listing the items with the highest margins on top.
I'm not sure that's the underlying reason --but certainly I can see corporations abusing this new law, ust as I imagine individuals abusing it. I think gov't would be less likely to abuse this as that would tread on censorship.
The biggest problem, if this survives as law, is that it likely will lead to petty complaints -and by way of interference, to a possible chill in online discussions. I think that'd be a net loss.
I can sympathise with people who become targets of internet bullies but I don't see how this is an appropriate response to that problem.
NewEgg has really lost their way over the past 2 or 3 years. I have gone from don't even check anywhere else to checking NewEgg last. Amazon almost always beats them on price now.
The only thing not mentioned is the variability of time scale. Sometimes the idea process can take years. For example, it took Bret Victor 10 years to find his ideas about UIs. ( https://vimeo.com/36579366 ) For truly world-changing ideas, 10 years is not uncommon. Steven Johnson explains this as a "slow hunch" in his TED talk --> "Where Good Ideas Come From" ( http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_com... )
A debit transaction processes as an EFT against your checking account. A credit transaction goes through your credit card company. You don't get the liability coverage Visa/Masetercard/Amex offer you when you pay with a debit card - its up to you and your bank to try and get your money back, not the big credit card companies' lawyers/fraud departments.
> So great customer service but the charges almost seem arbitrary when the CSR can just apologize and wipe them out...

Only a fraction of total customers has your experience, so the cost -- marginal if only for a minor fraction prohibitive if for majority of users -- of keeping you happy as a customer is marginal. But they can't do that for everyone.
That would depend on how dead the machine is.

Let's assume we're talking about a dead screen, motherboard or power supply.... it's going to be hard to re-install windows then.