skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks! Well I think the whole point of WakeMyself is it functions both as an alarm AND as a dream capturing tool, which means, you do know when you wake up--it's the time you set the alarm at. It's quite tricky, but I think there's a subtle but crucial difference between synchronous capturing (phone call) and asynchronous capturing (sms) and that's what makes it work. But maybe it's just me, so please try it out tonight :)
It would get smaller in time.

They said that they used to carry a backpack before.
Neither do I. How could the meteorite hit his and only leave a scar, but have enough force to not only knock him over but leave a crater in the ground? Doesn't make much sense to me. He's probably misremembering. Seems more likely that the meteorite first hit the ground, the impact of which knocked him to the ground, during or after which either the meteorite ricocheted into or a piece of debris hit his hand.
It's only one second, while quite interesting I don't see why this matters
This fits very well in with the article discussed in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4042931. I've just told my company's HR to please evaluate DueProps. It seems to be very nice for this goal of recongition made fun.
Of course.

Knowing there's someone there curating quality stuff is a huge plus, but having a curator that is truly knowledgeable in the industry is preferred. I actually wrote an email to the fine folks at Behance letting them know that their Web Design Served gallery was pretty lackluster considering the talent they have on their site, expecting that there was some sort of algorithm in place that would shuffle content tagged as Web Design over to Served once it hit a certain amount of Likes or if the user has a lot of Followers. To my surprise, they got back to me and told me that their posts are hand-picked by staff members. After that, I lost a bit of faith in the platform and stopped utilizing it as a place I went to (daily) to find inspiration. Clicking through page after page of thumbnails got old and was really time-consuming, and I was hoping a site like The Served would eliminate that work for me, but it had the same problem.

Another thing for me, personally, is I thrive off of competition; it has consistently kept me moving forward and it seems to be the driving force behind a lot of Dribbble trends and rebounds alike. At the same time, as a day-to-day designer, I'm not going to be in the market for assets for most projects so the question becomes "How do you get designers to stick around and contribute to a site they wouldn't necessarily use themselves?" I think an answer to that would be that competitive factor; give them the opportunity to upload and explain changes they made from the original(s) and get real feedback not only from other designers but people that are actually in the market as well. One of my biggest issues with Dribbble is that it can tend to be more of a wankfest than it is a place to get real constructive criticism, and sometimes those criticisms are weak or flat-out misinformed.

I don't know how you monetize off of the concept of designers one-upping other designers to ultimately create a quality pool of assets for people to choose from, but I like the sound of it and will keep thinking about it. :)

Does that help?
I see it just as the focal point for setting the goal of the team. The captain, if you will.
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fortunately, my computer is my own and I don't need some stupid webgineer's permission to manage my interface.
Maybe it's to counterweigh the camera at the other end? (and in addition provide power, as indicated below). Without a counterweight (or something to stabilize it) the "glasses" could rest a bit unstably on the nose with the camera and display. Of course a strap would also work, but then you would need that remote battery pack mentioned in the comments.
Fixed both. Thanks :)
please provide citations and don't expect people to clean up after you. and still it's a hearsay, no link to memo (although internal)
I Joined the Peace Corps to Keep From Becoming an Asshole (It Worked, Mostly)
That's hardly big... I was imagining something the size of a hat covering the back of the head! This is tiny.
This link gets posted on HN a lot but I've found it useful:

http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/
One version of the app that works for iOS, Android, or dumb phones. Nothing to distribute so easy to deploy update. No need to go through Apple's approval process.

And since it's not on your phone, there's no way to get at or share your other info like Path did.
We are going to address alot of these questions in our presentation tonight. However, for the Hacker News crew that won't be there tonight, here is an early release of the Titan talk.

https://speakerdeck.com/u/okram/p/titan-the-rise-of-big-grap...

http://titanbiggraphdata.eventbrite.com/

Enjoy!,
Marko.
It's a metaphor*

While I've never been on the receiving end of an Internet community outrage like this, I can imagine that it can feel legitimately scary. You can't know how many threats over email are empty or how many come from genuinely disturbed individuals who may take real-world action.

* see also "witch hunt" and most contemporary usages of the word "terrorism"
A "buy everyting and shut up" button sounds wonderful. :) I'll have to try out your app as soon as I get my tablet back.
Yes. By the way XHack hackathon was really awesome. Best host ever.
That's an interesting idea for 2-factor auth. I know how to enter my computer password blindingly fast, it's pure physical memory.
> If someone writes software that can defeat the captcha, it does mean the security model is broken, but it also means the state of OCR technology (or audio recognition or whatever) has been advanced, and the digitization of books that had previously required human intervention can now be accomplished by automated means.

No it doesn't. reCaptcha only checks one of two words it displays (the other one being what OCRs can't handle themselves), so naturally you only need to crack one and input garbage as the other, thus actually making the world a worse place.
Assuming they are all paying you a percentage of sales, how big could it get?

Meaning, what is the largest you could see your revenue grow to?

With some paying customers it should be pretty easy to model your future revenue. Once you know the number you can estimate profit, then divide it by .1 to .2 to get an approximate exit market cap.
I don't know about the rest of you but I can't wait for Google glasses to become commercially a available
lift iPhone up to ear

tudum!

Remind me to call my mom at 3pm tomorrow.

dudum

I'll remind youuu

Maybe you just need an iPhone 4S.
What are we going to do once all CAPTCHAS are completely broken?
Sitting on a thin wallet day after day can screw up your spine alignment. Wearing a CPAP oxygen mask (for sleep apnea) night after night can shift the alignment of your teeth. If there's any weight to Google Glass at all, I imagine wearing this day after day could eventually have negative effects too.
It appears significantly bigger than when viewed from the front, like on Sebastian Thrun's interview with Charlie Rose.

I'll still be first in line to get one.
"Am I less of an asshole? Who knows. But Peace Corps does put you in your place. I’ve never met better people and never will."

Would be good if the OP detailed more on this and also defined what is meant by "better people".
Thanks. Currently, in your opinion, what kind of programmers are high in demand and what skill set does it require?
Cool! I showed off ViaMeme there
Apparently the wheel chair is actually an ISO standard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Symbol_of_Access
Date of publication November 2011. Previous submissions of same underlying story from other sites:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3237261

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2364425

These discussions are about a single, unreplicated observational study. The study doesn't prove causation and may not be generalizable to other countries besides the UK (where the study occurred).

http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html
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That's what you took out of this post!

How about the fact that a world leader was so excited about a self-driving car that he jumped in to take a spin down the 101?
Honestly, I think you'd get better traction making it something like $40+ a month, or alternately, allowing for company usage where there is one account with multiple email recipients, and charging $2-3 per recipient, plus a fixed fee for the account.
Does anyone find it a bit hilarious that the top comment on Sergey's post (as of right now, anyway), is some brazilian spam bot?
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> Maybe you just need an iPhone 4S.

Indeed. I got an Android device in the fall and have regretted not waiting for the 4S. A site like this at least fills the gap. I also like being able to type in my instructions on a laptop, not sure if Siri has that kind of interface.
C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software is the best thing I've seen on the topic, personally. http://www.amazon.com/Interfaces-Implementations-Techniques-...
We were in the US so we used to get it from the Naval observatory.

http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock/leap-seconds

they get if from IERS

http://www.iers.org/

They issue leap second guidance to about 1 year in the future. They adjust typically twice a year as needed (Jan 1 and July 1).
That Elop was the one to announce the Microsoft strategy doesn't really prove he invented the idea since going there.

Why else hire Elop specifically? The guys hiring him could have found a lot of CEOs with more telecom background.
This simply means computers are getting really good at this game. And that Google, with all its power, hasn't found a better alternative to Captchas yet.

I find that pretty worrying for the future of the internet. An internet without working captchhas will probably be full of bots and spam.
Sorry to intrude, but http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill makes the OP's a valid observation. Digital lynch mobs certainly can defeat or in extreme cases put an end to an organization.

Now, OP's edit comparing the digital killing to the actual, life ending, killing is indeed unfortunate.
Great to hear that! Can you elaborate on how it being a timer rather than a clock makes it easy to think about? That might be very useful feedback for me. Thanks!
So for authentication this doesn't seem like it could completely replace the password. That said wouldn't it be interesting as a way to tell when someone is stressed out or tired. For instance I know when I'm super mad my spelling goes down the pot.
This is misleading because of the angle. You can see the full size of the device here:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/sergey-brin-finally-l...

Forward to 1:05 when Sergey is holding it in his hand, you can see it whole. It's pretty small.

Edit: when I saw the title I thought it would be about this:

https://plus.google.com/113217924531763968801/posts/9GjXoifY...
You've just said it right there: "They don't need you. You need them."

It's how market dominance works. As long as they have a massive userbase of paying customers, developers/businesses will find it tricky to leave.
So why not pass a law forbidding police departments from using helicopters?
Exactly, it's not like lawyers have to run their aggressive threatening letters past judges before they go out.

Most "law" doesn't really touch the legal system.
Check out the Collection GridView in luca. http://datapimp.com/luca/. Source: https://github.com/datapimp/luca/blob/development-tools/src/...
Heh, a "collection of automation programs". I've also put together something like this and called it "Sentinel". It's not smart, it just does all the repetitive tasks (relentless, 24/7, a human couldn't do it) and any computer tasks that can be broken down in simple steps.

It can farm for content and rewrite it, sort my mail and send replies, start backup and sync tasks, start remote maintenance scripts, notify me by SMS, email or calls, has TTS and voice recognition, can check articles for uniqueness, scan for duplicate files, search for anything locally, create articles from templates, and more.

But it's just a bunch of programs running inside a VM that's connected to the host machine using a few shared folders, LAN and remote desktop - anyone can whip up something like it...
The recording feature seems like a neat way to differentiate this from alarms, but I think I'm getting the wrong idea from your second paragraph.

I've got an alarm on my phone already. The tone is the same as my ringtone. The slide required to shut it off is identical to the slide required to answer. If it weren't for the record feature, would this really be adding anything? If not, why not emphasise the record as the primary feature?
Probably not substantially worse. You would need to be able to tell which was which, since they're not consistently ordered and the "good" one is deliberately obfuscated/smudged/whatever, and, since recaptcha depends on multiple users agreeing on the right answer, you and other attackers would need to be consistent in your garbage in order for it to make it into the canonical book transcript.
Interesting to note that China has something like "freedom time". If you are in the west of the country, the sun rises at 9am and sets around 9pm, when in the east it rises at 6am and sets at 6pm. The entire country is on one time, Beijing Time, despite it stretching 3 time zones & Beijing being close to the eastern extremity.
Security cameras catch people being awesome
I really wish that I could attend. We ask a lot of questions like:

Find all Nodes with a property in a tree

Find all leaves L of those nodes

Find all annotations in a DAG of those leaves

Collapse similar DAG entries by backtracking up the graph based on edge weights

Writes are bulk loaded, and right now, we are just trying to push all of the graph stuff offline, but there are some limitations to that, and we could really up our accuracy by being able to perform these queries quickly.
Video processing can be piped through a PAN or something, utilizing a smart phone or other device to handle the actual heavy lifting.
I don't know if this is the first shot of a non-white/black set but it seems we'll be getting a range of colours. I cannot wait to see the range so I can choose.
Here is a similar website. It was listed as a best website of 2010 by Time magazine. I think you'll need a different unique selling proposition. (such as the record yourself feature)

https://wakerupper.com/
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Keep in mind that requiring stuff will still 'pollute' prototypes. In this case:

coffee> chute = require 'chute'
[Function: Chute]
coffee> "tristan".width(5)
'tristan/w/5'
I think it's naive to trust Amazon won't abuse their authority over the .book TLD. It's not a slippery slope argument so much as it's a common sense argument. Most companies do not feel obligation to do anything unless it starts costing them money, and I don't see Amazon losing public favor (and subsequently money) because they don't keep the .book TLD open to everyone.

The only way I would feel remotely comfortable is if ICANN bound the bidders by contract to keep their TLDs open, but if that's the case, why open up bidding in the first place?

And it's difficult to assess how popular a TLD will be. Ten years ago, would you have said .ly and .nu would have become as popular as they are today?
Particularly given that you can write OO code in C, and can decorate structs with functions, it's just messier.
> A red hot, pea-sized piece of rock then hit his hand before bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground.<
... Really?
The video is served by Vimeo and available as html5 non-flash. You just click the "use original player" link on the video or, if viewing on an iOS device it'll default to the html5 version. There's no need to switch to Chrome but, fair enough, you may be too lazy to click the link.
The coursera Machine Learning course references an algorithm that can separate speech from noise, which a fairly high degree of accuracy. May be worth looking into. Noise removal tools like audacity tend to introduce "watery" or "bubbly" effects when pushed hard.
Before I moved to silicon valley, I used to come here a couple of times a year, visiting as a Scottish person living in London. I would deliberately schedule any important meetings at the end of the trip, knowing full well that it would take me a while to get into the valley mindset and start thinking bigger. Unfortunately there is a pessimistic and sceptical mindset in Scotland which is extremely unhelpful.

By the way, if you'd just inflated your numbers that wouldn't have worked either; you need to believe them.
Nobody would tolerate this kind of total platform control in OS X or windows.

I disagree. I think, if the control were introduced slowly enough and with the right justifications ("security" and "convenience" spring to mind) many users would welcome iOS level restrictions on their general purpose computing hardware. Indeed, we're already seeing Apple move in this direction with its increasingly strict restrictions on App Store purchases in OSX.

I hate to be as alarmist as Stallman and co., but I do think the ship has sailed on this one. The only way to guarantee that your device is open is to run an open operating system on it. If this were an Android app instead of an iPad, then the developers could have asked users to install a different app. store (like Amazon's app store) or even offered the .apk for the users to install themselves. It would have been less convenient than installing from Google Play, but it wouldn't have been nearly as difficult as with iOS.
I don't quite get how Doubleclick used AngularJS: isn't Doubleclick mostly solving a backend problem (serving Ads) ?
The meme should specify the headline is a statement with a question mark, rather than a proper question.

I.e. THIS POST TO BE DOWNVOTED?

Vs SHOULD THIS POST BE DOWNVOTED?
That's a shame. I would imagine that a productively similar audio task could be devised around humans helping to transcribe hard-to-auto-transcribe audio recordings, and that it could use a similar strategy to the visual one: a known-good clip and an ambiguous one, requiring the user to transcribe both.
No only a keylogger, but a "soundlogger" would also work.

Checking long posts on news sites or blogs just to make sure it is the writer would be interesting, but boring and not worth it.
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I use µMurmur from the OpenWRT project.
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Raw resolution isn't so much the issue as the overall feel of the image. Color is probably the biggest advantage of film over digital.

But yes, you're right that the capture method is the biggest influence. And since digital is becoming the default choice even on mainstream projects, 35mm projection would eventually seem sort of silly anyway. Even Malick is shooting Alexa now!

Plus there's all the 2k DI stuff that's been out there, muddying the waters even more.

Nolan is one of the few with both a strong preference and the financial clout to hold on to high quality film capture, but I suspect a couple of projects down the road even he will have to give in.
Worth a re-read: http://codahale.com/you-cant-sacrifice-partition-tolerance/
> It really looks like no one with an up-to-date PLT background was consulted in the design.

"Go is not meant to innovate programming theory. It's meant to innovate programming practice." I really like the out-of-band errors since they make control flow very explicit. With languages that rely on exceptions a lot (python, for example) I feel less in control of my program since 'anything can happen' remotely from my code.
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I used Opera almost exclusively from version 5 up to around version 11. Now I switch between the Opera Next preview builds and Chromium nightly builds.

As a heavy user of both browsers, I can say for sure that all of the things you mention work as well or better in Chromium.

It's also funny to me that you tout Opera's customization ability, then deride the other browsers for having plugins. What's a plugin if not a convenient form of customization? It's even more funny because Chrome can be customized so much better than Opera. There's no Opera equivalent of Vimium, for example.

And "You're a hacker?" Well, Chromium is open source, it doesn't get more hacker friendly than that. Not that I care.
Did you just suggest that, to teach Apple a lesson for protecting granted patents[1] - which is legal - the government should control what they can and cannot do with something they created?

[1] If the patent system is good/evil/broken/whatever is a separate argument. And if the patent system is the problem you fix the patent system, not something else that isn't related to it.
See https://speakerdeck.com/u/okram/p/titan-the-rise-of-big-grap...
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Once you agree to the security whatever go to 'hosted groups.' I subscribe to 'Notice Advisory Navstar Users,' which issues reports about GPS updates. They notified us 30 May 2012.

Edit: acomjean looks to have a better source (but if you are looking to subscribe to the Local Notice to Mariners in your district, which I strongly encourage if you boat on the ocean, my links will get you there too!).
When you come out with someone with a knife, you make certain assumptions that can prove to be brutally wrong when your opposition whips out a shotgun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_inversion

It's a little bit like this anti-pattern.
Thanks for asking.

I think it's more about the message than the alarm itself. The problem I saw with alarms is not that I never hear them, but most of the times I do hear them but just turn it off because that's the only thing you can do with an alarm, right?

But if I can hear a message containing meaningful content, I will listen to it, because that's the intended action. And if that content tells me my todo list for today and helps me realize how busy I am and gives me the sense of urgency, it would be easier to wake up. Because as I mentioned, there are countless times where I regret not waking up and think "Damn if I was able to think rationally while I was sleeping, I would have totally waken up."
Thanks Frank! And you definitely helped us make that component even better.

Looking forward to your input here too.
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almost certainly not ask "what would X do?"

I understand the frustration with what apple has done here (which actually one of the prime reasons I haven't bought an iPhone or iPad; I don't buy computer products that don't give me root access or otherwise attempt to restrict how I use the product), but it's not like apple isn't being consistent with applying their policy.

They have taken down apps in the past that have been accused of violating patents/copyrights /trademarks without a court order. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Apple is now actually liable for lost products or damaged reputation for not policing possibly infringing apps once notified of a lawsuit since they've set a precedent for doing so.
Happy birthday. Thanks for the great contribution.
>Would they rather have an extra year of experience of me running my own company and building and pitching most of the software for it, or would they rather see a really fancy degree?

If you're interviewing with software startups, it's a tossup. If you're interviewing with 'normal' companies, the degree is unquestionably worth more. I decided to do the 9-5 thing for a while after selling my last company, and I had to seriously downplay my entrepreneurial experience to even get interviews.