skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One tough thing for HTML5 is that the platforms that the community want to write for (iOS & Android) have no intrinsic incentive to actually support it (other than lip service). A world where HTML5 is dominant for the most profitable tier of games or apps is a world where the best developers dont have to write in iOS & Android (where Apple and Google respectively make their money), so given that, what's their incentive to make sure HTML5 reaches feature/performance parity with their native platforms?
A Cascaded Bug Brought Twitter to Its Knees
ZOMGPOP would be close.
Citigroup was insolvent. They didn't survive in the market. It was the government that continued their existence.
People are telling you that they find vi style editing to be beneficial or valuable for efficiency reasons, and you seem to me to be dismissing this. That is what I would call discrediting the experiencing of others.
Yes, that does seem to be what has happened here.
... and they can be removed from these positions every two or six years. And they have to glad-hand and defend their positions and votes regularly. And even if you contend that they might be bribed or engage in dubious deals, their compensation for doing so is orders of magnitude less than the kinds of lobbying returns found by industries that generate billions of revenue each year.

Seriously, billionaires and those who have ownership and direct control over billion-dollar-enterprises are accountable to no one. History has shown that wealthy interests have repeatedly exploited their advantages politically and financially to the detriment of everyone else (yes, governments fail too, but rarely democratic ones). You are telling me that I should be more concerned about the power society has decided to give to their elected representatives, and relatively less concerned about the influence of an increasingly wealthy elite, who, with every additional dollar at their disposal, render less powerful everyone else?
Small, stable and reliable operating system - Distoro OS
Neither do I. I think it starts with group psychology: even among the non-honors students I knew quite a few who were working as hard as they could and wanted to learn. But in the larger group, they are put down because they're not doing what everyone else is doing, so the first problem is how to break the cycle of groupthink and allow people to do their own thing.

One thing we (favorite teacher and me) observed (this with 30+ year-old memory) is that one or two students in the large student body being recognized academically motivated others to work hard to get the same recognition. I graduated before I could see how far this went, but it was showing promise.
I wouldn't call engineering your entire OS to be able to share code between devices as irrelevant, nor would I characterize it as something that is done for a quick marketing line.

Making this change likely involves significant capital cost investment that is not done lightly and without a great deal of forethought. You think it's a coincidence that this gets announced 2 days after the Surface (which is clearly a bridging device) and a week after leaks appears for a new XBox (what OS do you think that will run)?

This whole thing has pretty obviously been planned out a long time ago, and Microsoft are starting to lay down their cards to show their hand. And it's increasingly looking like they have been putting together a pretty strong hand.
[Shameless plug] They could if they use Filepicker.io! Anyone know someone on the project that I could contact?
Yep. I'm reminded of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which in 1993 was a GIANT step forward for gay rights (you should have seen the elation during the March on Washington). It worked so well, it moved the Overton window so far, that 19 years later it represented all the facets of the discriminatory policies it had once replaced.
Actually it took a little work to get things crisp on retina displays - https://github.com/benpickles/peity/blob/master/jquery.peity...

I think I got the technique from here - http://joubert.posterous.com/crisp-html-5-canvas-text-on-mob...
Thanks for that Zenclavier: Extreme Keyboarding article. I had somehow missed that until now and loved it.

Wonderful articulation of what we're losing with the fashion moving towards low learning curve, expert-proof designs.

Now I can send that link to people instead of trying to articulate the same idea in my own words.
What is the picking process?
Show HN: Kalei - A Living CSS Styleguide
Your argument assumes that the world of "stuff" resembles GNU/Linux. Very broadly useful things that lots of people have the expertise to contribute to, where the costs of contribution are low.

Most stuff doesn't look like that. Nobody is designing transmission power control loops in their free time, nor are they designing chemical processes to remove impurities from natural gas before combustion. You gotta pay someone to do that, and it's very expensive to do so.

Also, patents are often construed as a reward for innovation, but I don't think that's the only way to look at them. I think a better way to look at them is like other abstract types of property, e.g. stock in a company. Patents, like stock, allow division of labor and specialization. Nobody is designing high-performance CPU cores in their spare time, but Samsung could pay someone to do it. Without patents, they'd keep the design a trade secret, and NVIDIA, Apple, etc, would pay someone to make their own designs and keep those as trade secrets too. Patents (and copyright), allow a single company, ARM, to specialize in designing CPU cores, by creating property which can be the subject of transactions between ARM, Apple, Samsung, etc. In such a scenario, the patent isn't a "reward" for innovation, but simply a legal abstraction that makes certain types of business arrangements practical.
Twitter 'Cascaded Bug' Novelty Account Suspended
The argument has never been that it is impossible to rise from poverty. The argument is that it is demonstrably massively unlikely.

So the question then, as I see it, is "how do we make it more likely?" I mean, if I can overcome all sorts of obstacles that are frequently cited as reasons people remain in poverty, and I am not anybody particularly special, then why shouldn't anybody else be able to? What separates a kid like me from my elementary school class-mates who are still living in poverty? And that's not exactly a rhetorical question, but it's one that I honestly don't know the answer to. The only obvious thing I can come up with is some degree of intrinsic motivation, some drive or pull that I felt, that compelled me to make the sacrifices to improve my life. But even if that were true, I'm not sure how you'd explain that.
Is the lorem ipsum on your homepage on purpose?
How did you do get your result? I calculated 758 Tbits/second [1] or 95 Tbytes/second [2]. I think you or I may be missing a conversion somewhere.

[1] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=180%2C530kg%2F1lb+*+3Tb...

[2] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=180%2C530kg%2F1lb+*+3Tb...
I assure you, it's quite possible to live an enjoyable life in a place that's much cheaper the valley.
New Kindle iOS App - Improved Reading Experience? No.
Hahah I've been wondering the same thing but can't come up with anything.
FAA RS-DER: Federal Aviation Administration Repair Specification Designated Engineer Representative

GE-CF6: A model of turbofan engine
In pursuit of self-actualization
Does that really work? I thought GPS stops working above 18000 meters. At least the ones from sparkfun (their prototype hardware looks like sparkfun stuff) ...
Answered in the FAQs, but in short; random chance (or the PHP rand() function).

When the number of posts are good enough to make it worth publishing, then a random post will be picked, and that user will get sent a "You're up! Make any final adjustments now" email. The only manual intervention will be to ensure that posts meet the posting guidelines (i.e. aren't spam, and aren't malicious).
Did this project have good results? Have other people successfully replicated those good results running the project themselves?

I suspect, like most projects, it didn't meet both of those criteria. However, if it did, I would be extremely interested.
Facebook’s uniques in the United States are slipping
After logging in, I get this:

> Page Not Found

> The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to view it.

Did they remove the item?
Ah cool, thanks! hadn't heard that one before.
The New York Public Library Goes Digital
Unfortunately my free time is a bit swamped with some side projects right now - will definitely get in touch when things die down.
The link from the blog back to the project's main website doesn't work properly. Is appears that the logo in http://opalang.org/header_blog.xmlt should be linked with target="_top" since the navbar is an iframe.
Roundtable Recap: June 21 – Spotlight On Colorado
My recollection is that it was "yes" on both counts. But I read the book many years ago while bedridden. I strongly encourage you to read it yourself. I found the book extremely personally worthwhile.
Step 1: create a new problem by making things inefficient
Step 2: charge people to fix the first problem
Step 3: repeat

It was sad knowing the rate of 350/hr people pre 9/11 versus at worst 60/hr and hoping to get 30% faster after this change is in place. Instead of asking: are we really getting concrete benefits from this arrangement at all.
> "So when you say you're 'not really sure what barriers there are for anyone,' well, there are a lot. Especially for women. That's why we need sites like this."

FWIW, I said it because I learnt to program alone. Sitting in front of a computer. With books. I didn't 'network', or attend gatherings of other people. I don't see the need for it... So that's perhaps why I'm not seeing any hurdles.
Google search has downtime.
> [Edit: Pedantry shield: Ok, ok, should have said people don't die because twitter is down. Obviously people are dying all the time, and some will indeed expire while twitter is down].

And here I was hoping we could just take down Twitter and live forever...
And how did your peers do?

On average?
When/how does mint charge $2.99 a month? I've never paid anything.
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The only thing I was arguing against is the completely false claim that "almost all" Android widgets "silly" "attention grabbing" "obtrusive" etc. That is not even remotely true unless I am just the luckiest widget picker in the world. Maybe you are going off the widgets that HTC and Samsung ship with their skins. Yes, those widgets are garrish but it's just like how the TV's in the showroom will be cranked up to maximum brightness and saturation. It looks good in the store next to the other guy (I suppose). The widgets I have downloaded off the market including AK Notepad, Aldiko, Apollo, BTMono, Connectbot, Drive, Dropbox, Elixir, Engadget, Evernote, Flashlight, Google Play Music, gReader, Google Voice, Juice Defender and on and on, none of them have the behavior and appearance you are decrying.

As far as your question of why Android apps look like crap sometimes I would imagine that devs have an easier time making money in the iOS app store so they make a larger effort polishing the apps that they put in there. Some apps are exactly the same between Android and iOS like Pulse. Some apps have a better iOS counterpart like the Engadget app. And of course, some very similar apps have better Android versions like gReader vs. Feedler.

I have devices that run iOS, Android and Windows Phone and for many reasons, I use my Android devices 90 percent of the time and the 10 percent of the time I use the other stuff it has nothing to do with the quality of the apps.
> Not sure how much hacking is going on at the Plan 9 core tools right now. A reimplementation in go might be nice, with a Plan-9/Inferno-like cross-platform GUI toolkit, while we're daydreaming.

This would be cool, but remember that Russ Cox (among many other things) still maintains (and uses) Plan 9 from User Space:

http://plan9.us

Also there is Acme Sac, which is standalone reimplementation in Limbo:

http://code.google.com/p/acme-sac/

The cool thing about Acme sac is not just that is portable to Windows too, but that it includes the whole Inferno environment under the covers.

Still, I would love to see a rewrite of Acme or something like it in Go, and wouldn't be surprised if Rob gifts us with one more text editor :)

For more info about Acme see:

http://acme.cat-v.org
What would be the point? It's not an issue we're equipped to address, so what good would come from dwelling on the topic, even discounting the risk of muddying the author's point with divisive claims?
You're still missing the point that it's never premature to complain that a shipping mobile platform has too few third-party apps. It doesn't matter whether a platform is brand-new or two years old, having no apps is a real competitive disadvantage that will have the real-world effect of warding off potential customers, and no forward-looking statements about what will happen next year can make the problem go away. The only solution to the problem is to build a large app library. Microsoft may be well-poised to make the problem go away within the next two years, but in the meantime, their mobile offering will be lackluster.
HTML5 may not be finished but it is ready.
Interesting, i'll take a look.
My very first comment gave some (superficial) explanations. I didn't think that I needed to write a small term paper to voice an opinion.

As for down-voting on HN. There's plenty of evidence that it is badly broken. It's funny to watch the Apple fan-boys down-vote on emotion when you even peripherally chafe their idols. The emotion is evident from the fact that substantive posts are down-voted when nothing is materially wrong or offensive about them.

Most of it is also what I call chicken-shit down-voting. No explanation and no reason given. You are accusing me for voicing a contrarian opinion without sufficient explanation. What about down-voting without any explanation whatsoever? I have only down-voted a post once and I went out of my way to explain why I did so. I believe I owe this much to someone if I am going to exercise that right. And so, that is my policy: If I down-vote I have to take the time to explain why. Otherwise I don't do it.

It is clear that the HN culture --at least the one exhibited on this thread-- is that vi/vim are fantastic. So be it. I don't have time to screw around with this topic any more and fend off fan-boy attacks. I suspect the same is true of your case.

I have used a myriad of tools over the years. The only use I have for vi/vim is when I have no choice but to use them. I remember when keyboards didn't even have function keys. In those days these kinds of tools made sense. Today? No. Not any more. You don't have to see it my way. And that's OK.

> they increase the ratio of work done to the amount of text-editing

I would challenge you to quantify that in the context of a real project, concept to completion. I would be willing to wager that vi/vim don't contribute one iota towards the completion of the project.

I have yet to do a project where anyone even remotely said: Wow, that text editor saved us hours of work.

That aspect of the adoration of vi/vim is what I see as ridiculous. I simply don't think that any of it is materially significant to the timeline of any non-trivial project.

Then again, I really don't care to continue on this thread because it truly is a waste of time for all involved. So we are done.

Conclusions:

1- No contrarian opinion of vi/vim will be tolerated by HN vi/vim users.

2- vi/vim are fantastic.

3- Anyone even remotely thinking of suggesting otherwise just doesn't get it.

I can live with that. No problem.
Is there any good advice for men who want to further the role of women in tech?
My advice is to pick a woman (one at a time) that you get along with and think is or could be a rock star and then mentor her. Nominate her for awards. Let her know when opportunities may be available in 6 months, and how to make herself a top candidate for that role in the decision makers minds before it is announced. As a woman in tech, I have found it very frustrating that women who do make it to a high level either don't know how they did it or aren't honest about the process (tricks and sacrifices) at women's networking events. But from what I can tell, this is it. Someone knowingly picked them to be in the right place at the right time, gave them the support to run with whatever it was, and helped recognize their achievements.
On the other end of the spectrum, don't decide for women working for/ with you what their priorities are without them telling you (for example, if she has a kid, assume she wouldn't want to go to this conference without asking). Invite friends' daughters to take your kid to work day if they don't think to ask.
"GooBook" and "SoSoMa" are pretty funny, but "Hacker Noise" is brilliant. A direct hit!
There is a maximum amount of delight children are capable of achieving, and it really doesn't take a great deal to get them there. It isn't related much to the fanciness of the toys.

If there was a measurable increase in the delight provoked by a CLI and a GUI, then logically any computer should cause them to drop down dead with excitement as compared to the toys of 100 years ago.

As someone else said, it's time spent with happy parents that they're really into.
Silicon Valley needs a foreign policy
InArticle: news exploration and visualization tool
You should try WorldPay if your looking for shit but consistent. WorldPay will be around for ever, as will their dog-rough "web service" written by someone who hates the web and where verification tokens are optional. Checkout this FAB API http://www.worldpay.com/support/kb/bg/recurringpayments/rpfp...
Very interesting. I might just give it a try. Will you be adding more lead sources later?
errado é você deixar de fazer alguma coisa com medo do que os outros vão pensar .
Something about "throwing spaghetti against the wall" where its not ideas but instead engineers.

I mean its not the accelerator doing the hard work.
Big corporate IT estimates vs. Major construction actual costs
New York risks 'bikelash', as 10,000 rental bikes hit the streets
If that's something that enough users request (and it improves the quality of the stream into your inbox), then definitely =)
My enjoyment of the article was only hindered by the obnoxious emoticons. This isn't text/facebook.
Something which can be acted upon, meaningfully.

Knowing that a tidal wave is headed your way when you've got safe ground that's reachable, is actionable. You can take action to change the outcome.

Knowing that, say, that within the next century the sun would go nova, or a local star would go supernova, for all practical intents, is not actionable in any manner that action could be taken which would preserve civilization / the human species.
Intel's First One Page Business Plan
Yes. Same on OS X and Firefox 13.
Seems kind of lame that an apparent competitor already owns yardsale.com.

You'd think that even if you couldn't get the domain you wanted, you'd try not to drive people to a competitor.
Okay I'll cover it here (although I did elsewhere in this thread).

Maybe those domains shouldn't have been issued, but they were. And that's why you want to deal with these things before you get an installed base, not after.
Evolution does not "encourage" diversity.

Evolution is predicated on some distribution of genetically inheritable characteristics with differential survival / reproductive benefits. Depending on a number of other characteristics, one might end up with highly diverse, or highly homogeneous local or regional populations.
Wow, high school graduation project. Impressive. And keep up the good work (and open spirit!).
We as in the users of the Internet.
Because I am arguing that the purported efficiency gains from the use of vi/vim are insignificant in the context of a non-trivial project. Far more time can be gained (or lost) through activities that have nothing whatsoever to do with text editing.

As an optimization problem, text editing is the wrong aspect of creating a software product to focus on.

Software projects are notorious for being way behind schedule. If the estimate is weeks, it might take months. If it is months, it might take a year or more. In that context, arguing that a text editor will make everyone more efficient is just silly. Get my damn project done on time BECAUSE you are using vi/vim and then I'll drink the cool-aid. Until that happens I will continue to believe that the use of vi/vim is just tribal behavior rather than these tools offering any real business value in the context of a project's timeline, maintainability, quality of code and bug density.

If you can point to a single project that was done on time and without bugs because it was edited on vi/vim then you have a point. I suspect that this is not the case.
Partially because they allow others to register .com names.

Google said clearly in their application that they will not allow others to register .blog names.
Hopefully Apple's acquisition of Chomp will improve discovery as well.
=== Evil Idea ===

Everyone create a script on all your websites that randomly implements this bug on some but not all pages (definitely not landing & home pages) then watch as little by little millions of users think their IE is broken and messed up and start using other browsers. A few sites alone wouldn't make a difference but over the course of its life even websites with normal amounts of traffic build up 30,000 unique visitors after a few years. Combined that would do some damage to IE's stability. Yes it's evil because you're deliberately crashing innocent people's browsers but aren't they evil/foolish for deliberately using IE and making us work harder to support it?

Sometimes users have to learn things the hard way.
What I was trying to point out is that catastrophe is inevitable and risk assessment isn't a panacea. I'd rather invest money in proactive countermeasures to unknown risks than try to think of all the things that could go wrong (which you'll never have the money in your life to fix anyway).

But also to the thread parent's comment about Twitter execs not realizing there was a minor risk of catastrophic failure: Executives only care that their money-making baby keeps running. In the past i've seen execs demand that an engineer call them at 3AM if the production site goes down for more than 5 minutes... even though that call is pointless. I think they just assume there's no point in getting involved with the plan because the plan will never be perfect, but at least they can be aware of a problem so they can cover their asses and tell a higher-up that it's being worked on. At the end of the day, even the guys at the top don't really give a shit about the product, they just care about their paycheck.
I don't believe the comment you are replying to is Social Darwinism. As I understand it, that particular view set is actually a belief/value system, while the comment you reply to is merely an observation that assuming variety, there will always be a bottom rung.
Yea smells fishy. I've never even heard of that third one excelerate. Sounds like he's casually trying to bring his two investment accelerators on par with YC by mentioning them in the same sentence, but without any direct comparisons.
This conflicts with my pentadactyl plugin haha!
This appears to be completely static, which is awesome (no server-side required for oAuth thanks to filepicker.io?)
Anyone has data about their link budget and ground station requirements? I can't find any information about that and it looks like a critical part of the project, at least if they want to download 60+ images to give to their $25 backers, and send semi real time images from any point in their orbit...