skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
At first let's list what's similar:

* Corruption level here and in Greece is quite similar in my opinion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index . I think in recent years we got better but still far from perfect.

* We don't have Euro but we are pegged to Euro (de facto fluctuation 0%). IMHO in this regard we are similar to Greece - while we have freedom to change rate we have not used it.

* Both countries were not prepared for crisis if we compare them to Estonia as example.

In some aspects we were in very similar situation. Now what's different in my opinion: Austerity measures in Lithuania were very strict. We had so called "Reforms night" there our newly elected parliament made a lot of unpopular decisions (e.g. salaries decreased in public sector) and actually some of them of questionable long-term value while good in short-term (e.g. they cut payments for private pension funds what saved money in short-term but I have no idea what will happen in the future). Meanwhile in Greece it was really hard to do anything like that because everything they did was met with big opposition from society. As well little details like very early pension in Greece is not helping either. We had big buffer to go in debt without facing serious problem when borrowing money. Lastly we are still quite poor country and it is barely could be worse than it is sometimes :-) Greece is quite rich country.
There seems to be a propensity on HN to question everything no matter how absurd it is on it's face.

"I can assure you that Obama wouldn't be happy if his daughter became a porn star".

"Oh yeah, how do you know that he wouldn't be happy? Do you know him and have you spoken to him about that specifically????"
We love Olark, it works on our browser, and we built Hipmob to do the same thing for users in our mobile app.
What kind of tools are on the VM ? Do I get gcc and some python installation, for example ?

I would imagine that I would have to reinstall my tools whenever a new instance starts.
Yes, all the time. I have worked doing tech support for 14+ years, and think I can shed some light on this - it's simple. The simple act of properly framing a question often makes the answer obvious. It's defining the question/problem that is the really important part in problem solving.
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Letting the coffee pot go dry.
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that was corporate blandness personified (how far you've come, spring). any idea why he left or what he's doing?
Why are more IITians not entrepreneurs?
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In another light, society, using pricing as a communication signal, has determined that its value is worth 100 million USD more than its cost. I'm not sure whether that's less or more depressing.

> The film has earned $64,372,300 in North America, as of July 9, 2012, and $236,650,220 in other countries, as of June 28, 2012, for a worldwide total of $301,022,520.
Yeah, I think Penny Arcade has the right idea by letting people know that after the initial goal is met, there are hidden and pre-discovered goals that they are sure they can attain with that extra funding. That foresight is important, so long as they have the experience to know it is plausible.
Why Tweetbot for Mac matters
My understanding is that voluntary withdrawal of artificial ventilation is not an uncommon choice for locked-in ALS sufferers, and does not count as 'suicide', but as 'death from ALS'.

EDIT: I do agree with you 100% though.
Similarly truth isn't an absolute defence.
If I stated a particular politician was gay or had an abortion, every time my publication mentioned them - even if that was true - then if it was done purely malicously, ie. it had nothing to do with the article, that could be slander/libel.

There are exceptions for reporting legal judgements, which is why its important to always refer to the convicted liar Jeffery Archer
Thanks for the inspiration! As someone just said on Twitter, "we really should just FOIA the cost of everything with a .gov, just for fun."
Cool. Let me check Mixpanel out.
Do you have any evidence to back this up?

edit: papsosouid was unwilling to provide evidence. You can skip this subtree and not miss anything.
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If their hiring is what?
Ugh, I'm sorry about my previous post. Sometimes I forget that there are real people on the other end.

I know what it feels like when you think somebody has stolen your idea. It sucks and feels like whoever stole the idea has robbed you of untold fortunes.

My comment was unnecessarily uncivil, but your idea is still not a new idea. You already know this, though.

I agree with another commenter; Google is probably not capable of implementing a feature like this in such a short amount of time so it is likely that they were already working on this before they saw what you sent them.

Keep coming up with good ideas, and I'll try to think before I speak.
a million dollar's isn't cool. a billion dollars is much cooler :)
www.olark.com - they build a fantastic chat client that web developers use to live chat with users.
It's not that black-and-white. You could definitely win such a case in the USA, if you could show as the plaintiff that you have never been accused of such a crime, and that the publication of such information caused you harm.

In the US, we grant much more latitude for commentary on public figures, and on comment on professional duties. If you were sued over writing an expose on the professional behavior of an editor of a journal, based on interviews with peers, it would be nearly impossible to get a court to even hear that case.
This article has a bunch of screen-shots. http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/11/quick-review-tweetbot-for-mac-...
Almost everyone's salary / bonus is exactly market, because it was by definition set by the employment market. It was market when before the $7500, and market afterwards.

I'm not being pedantic and missing the point that you mean 'market average', because employment is not commodity purchase - so market average isn't meaningful unless you're painting with very, very broad strokes.
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Bollywood music hit Dhingana launches dynamic adaptive streaming on iOS
India's leading on-demand music service Dhungana has updated its iOS app to be the first app outside of the US that offers Apple's dynamic adaptive streaming for music playback. As we told you about last February, Apple's dynamic adaptive streaming allows mobile users to access their streaming music in a less bandwidth-intensive manner. For example, those with fast Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G connections would hear their streaming music in high-quality stereo while those with slower 2G or EDGE connections would hear their streaming audio in mono. The exciting thing here is that no matter what your mobile data speed is, you'll still be able to hear your streaming audio uninterrupted and without having to manually adjust any settings yourself.

Along with dynamic adaptive streaming, the company also announced today that it has more than 2 million mobile users, of which 56% are in the US and Europe. US users alone stream more than 30 million minutes of Bollywood and Indian Pop music per month. When all countries are combined Dhungana's users stream over 60 million minutes per month.

The Dhingana app is a free download and it's universal -- so it works both on iPhone and iPad. If you're bored listening to the same tunes you hear on the radio day in an day out, give Dhingana a try. It's a great way to discover new music and now with its dynamic adaptive streaming you'll never miss a beat.
"The studio closed down because it would need to sell way too many copies just to break even. Even "top" consoles are selling at unprofitable levels and trying to make it even with tons of DLC"

Not exactly. They broke even if not made a little profit on Kingdom of Amalur, not bad for a new IP from a new company. What killed them was they were building a massive MMO on the side that, accordiding to the Giant Bomb guys, never had enough money to finish and was funded from quarter to quarter based on new investments. A huge gamble. When the mayor came out saying they were a poor investment, their money dried up overnight and nobody would touch them. So, with a partially built MMO and bills needing to be paid they shut their doors. (source - ramblings from the Giant Bomb podcast and E3 interviews with David Jaffe)
A lot of comedy depends on reversal of expectations so the more political correctness is expected from people, the more politically incorrect jokes you will hear.

As to rape jokes, I think George Carlin said it best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsfLPohZ_c
Since we're in the mood to call an end to unrealistic portrayals of people's fantasies, I think it's about time we demanded an end to romance novels.
Clustering on uniqueidentifiers or "Why I'd rather fry bacon naked"
Hmm, that might be our next big campaign after we get our Drone project a little more under control ...
Hey, be nice to MRAM, it's useful stuff. It has horrible densities, but its as fast and reliable as you could please. I've certainly used it in applications where there wasn't anything else that could foot the bill.
I wonder whether fear of a Twitter crackdown on third-party clients played any role in the timing of this. Having an app, even an alpha app, in users' hands would increase the outcry if Twitter were to move against third-party clients like Tweetbot. (Obviously, I mean an outcry in addition to the userbase for the polished iOS client.)

This is purely speculative, I admit.
She hasn't made it yet. How can you say that?
They're just querying the app store search API:
http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=$APP...

This is the same search API that Apple uses for the App Store, and returns the same order and results as Kickfolio. The first result is usually correct, but you could always double check with the developer.

Example:
http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=Shar...
We are planning on revamping our landing page so as you said, to include some posts whether it be popular or new posts... this is definitely into our todo list... thanks for your suggestion
" I don't think they'll put something on the market that doesn't have attention grabbing value."

I would submit that having attention grabbing value isn't remotely enough. It has to have actual value, hopefully in a way that goes beyond price. The Kindle Fire is a perfect example. They won't say how many they have sold, but at the end of the day, it yet another Android tablet with a crappy, laggy software experience and an App store that lacks broad developer support. You can argue that it does provide good price value.

"I don't think the OS is that important. "

I don't agree. For a myriad of reasons the OS is important. You can't just have email, a camera, a map, and good hardware, but rather you need to have an ecosystem and content delivery machine (at the very least good partnerships). And how this ecosystem is executed on every level is crucial. Not only that, but none of that even matters if you don't have developer support for apps. Sans that, your platform is going to die eventually, if it ever even scales to begin with, no question. I think providing some additional value is needed in order to get adoption up to the point where developers start delivering the broad app offerings that are required.

But I do agree with you that price is a great weapon in Amazon's arsenal. If they let consumers have them free or cheap, keeping their margins near zero with the aid of the carrier subsidy, that could be huge, especially if they deliver an experience competitive with newer, non-forked Android offerings. But the Kindle Fire hasn't exactly spoken much to this point thus far.

Regarding Palm, the OS was the only thing good about it, as I mentioned. The problems were no apps and poor hardware. I'd put all my money on it failing if it had a 4" screen and said 'Sony'. Sony is one of the last companies I could see bringing a new mobile OS to market. Not to pan them, but I'm trying to think of the last innovative initiative they've executed. All that comes to mind is a clear demonstration of their inability to handle content delivery with the inexcusable Playstation debacle, their flailing 'Sony Style' stores that nobody goes to, and a hope to return to profitability this year (the company made no money last year, registering a loss of 67.3 billion). HP had a much better shot, but they failed too.
"Another concrete example: Kingdom of Amalur's developer Studio 38. The game has an epic franchise, great reviews, strong first month sales. The studio closed down because it would need to sell way too many copies just to break even."

Not exactly. They broke even if not made a little profit on Kingdom of Amalur, not bad for a new IP from a new company. What killed them was they were building a massive MMO on the side that, according to the Giant Bomb guys, never had enough money to finish and were just funded from quarter to quarter based on new investments. A huge gamble. When the mayor came out saying they were a poor investment, their money dried up overnight and nobody would touch them. So, with a partially built MMO and bills needing to be paid they shut their doors. (source - ramblings from the Giant Bomb podcast and E3 interviews with David Jaffe)
"All of them had fan support and all of them failed in the marketplace"

But the people who are most likely to buy it day one just did, on Kickstarter. Ouya just crowdsourced the customer, the product message, and the marketplace.

"The question becomes bigger than, 'How does this console compete with the Xbox?' (which is already a HUGE question), it becomes 'How doe this console compete with Xbox Live?'."

How does Steam compete with Games for Windows or EA Origin if it is orders of magnitude smaller than both? How does the iPod Touch and iPhone compete with (and dominate) the dedicated gaming devices PSP/Vita and 3DS? How did the Wii compete with the 360 and PS3?

Smaller players with cheaper devices that require no initial player investment or outlay can be adopted en masse. Think about where HTC or Huawei or LG or Vizio were before they became near the tops worldwide in consumer electronics. Vizio wasn't even on the radar 10 years ago, now they are the #1 maker of TVs in the largest market in the world.
Not sure I see the relevance of that here.

Do you personally think the repeated heated discussions of title editing are useful?
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"It's just a joke".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0i0RXMvzMs
I don't like the design. It reminds me very much of something like Digg.

Reddit's format works for a reason.
What is looks like on Chrome 22, on Linux (ignore the white box on the right): http://i.imgur.com/qW87o.png
Clearly Olark is Hipmob for web apps.
Alternately we could just show an edit trail indicating who changed the title and what it was before.
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You don't "have to" do anything. Ignoring criticism is always an option; you can rely on the audience to be able to tell truth from falsehood in many cases. People lie, and say mean stuff. Must there be a remedy for that built into the legal system? The US choice (and this stems directly from the first amendment) is broadly no. You can sue for damages from libel, but you need to be able to prove to the court that the offender actually knew what they were saying was wrong. Otherwise, they were just stating their opinion, however misguided it might have been. Opinions are protected speech.
One mistake is working with people who say things like "don't make the same mistake twice." This type of fear-based motivation is counter-productive for both the employee and the employer. The new employee's self-confidence is already shot if they make a mistake. "You better not mess up again!" further undermines their self-confidence and starts a downward spiral. The employee feels progressively worse, their lack of confidence increases the probability of mistakes on the job and the employer's investment in the new hire is largely flushed down the drain.
As much as I'd love to do that, I think casting a broad net in FOIA is very difficult and potentially counterproductive. FOIA offices have very limited resources already, so asking for literally everything at once or as lots of little requests performs a DoS attack on the one office of the government that I really like! It does make a good point philosophically, but practically, I think it might be counterproductive. The FOIA law itself also requires requests to be fairly specific.

I bet there are some _specific_ things that members of this community want to know (cost/sources of software, policy memos, etc.) that could be requested, received and processed in a more timely and useful fashion than if we just asked for "(asterisk).(asterisk)".
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I'm curious to see what caliber/capabilities HN thinks software that costs $33 million should offer. I have experience with cycle accurate emulators that cost $100k/floating license but never anything at the $33 million level!
What about a CasperJs version as well?
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I completely agree and that's a very valid scenario. Apple tactical advantage is that consumers have completely different usage patterns and expectations than the enterprise/lab (which Apple essentially ignores). If %95 of consumers either (a) upgrade within five years or (b) are completely perplexed by the notion of updating their operating system at all, then Apple are at a huge efficiency advantage EOL-ing technologies around the five year mark. As opposed to having top engineers work on maintaining compatibility with deprecated APIs, old hardware, etc. for 15 year old software.
I'm in exactly the same situation - will try to finish it anyway though, but in general I regret that I didn't go with Flask and instead went with a client-side + REST framework.

Even if you're doing a client side app, some views are easier to implement in the server-side "full-page reload" style, and you want to have the option to do that.
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Don't hold her up to a standard that even you can't live up to. I don't agree with a lot of her bullshit but she's onto something that needs to be talked about and discussed. Rather than asking "why doens't she do X instead of Y, Y is so much more important". Why don't YOU do X or Y? If we stand for internet freedom why aren't we all protesting or campaigning or working on an alliance instead of browing HN all day?
Great article..Azure is lacking some things--this is another good example.
The problem with arguing over what Christians actually believe is that there are so many different beliefs that all call themselves Christianity. You can find some group that believes almost anything, and wonders why everyone else doesn't believe it. Even really unusual beliefs most people never even consider, like the idea that the Old Testament "God" is Satan in disguise, have adherents, or at least had them at some point. (I'm guessing other popular religions are similarly hard to argue about, but Christianity is the one I'm most familiar with.)
I was disappointed by the fact that there is no iOS library. Went to the website, see a big iPhone on the homepage. Read through, see references to "...in your iPhone app."\

EDIT: (Disappointed as in, I was about to sign up and integrate it)
Interesting use of the gif there. I wonder if there will be a migration of these gifs from meme-based humor sites to more "legitimate" blogs and news sites. They are, after all, the visual equivalent to using quotes by famous people.
Holy crap I'm just reading those (Sinfest comics) now, they're awesome! Thanks for the link!
Apologies for that - we're hard at work on iOS. Shoot me a line at ayo@hipmob.com and we'll send a beta pack to you once its ready (should be a couple of weeks). Also would love to hear what features you'd like to see . . .
will Wikipedia contributors have this skill?

The problem is that right now it is simply to hard to create this kind of interactivity. But in my opinion it does not necessarily have to be more complex than creating or maintaining a corporate spreadsheet.

will Wikipedia contributors be able to collaboratively design and refine such a thing as easily as they write and revise a simple article?

Absolutely.

how do you prevent a random Wikipedia contributor from modifying the interaction's code to steal the viewer's Wikipedia credentials?

The same ways as you would for text or image based content.

and I truly am interested to see if he demonstrates a new way of thinking about computing

Even when he is unable to demonstrate a new way of thinking about computing, I am sure we all can agree that a lot of things can still be improved. It would be a shame if the best we can do on computers is presenting information like we do on paper.
You came across just fine. We're really just trying to have some fun with this. You make great points though. Thanks!
I dont have a Facebook account. :/
I wonder if the first uses of RRAM, when its still fairly expensive and low density, will be as a coalescing cache in front of big blocks of flash memory? Or maybe just for the page table.
Does anyone know what something similar would cost a large private corporation?
Do you have a specific page where its design doesn't work for you?
From the site in question:

"American FactFinder works with Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Other browsers may not perform as expected. "

I wonder what it would cost to get support for Chrome.
Anyone getting stuck at the "Sign in with Twitter" dialog?
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Clicking 'show in news feed' is not how to see all Facebook updates
No one has ever accused me of being legitimate. There was an animated GIF on The New York Times homepage just the other day, though.
A humanitarian mission from the Something Awful forums to combat the omnipresent misogyny on reddit to follow up on the successful removal of child porn might be ironic, unprecedented and doomed to fail, but I don't see why it's necessarily in bad faith or "trolls"?
In my experience this is a bad way to approach things. Far better to frame the conversation in terms of how much value the customer will derive.

My personal example: through a combination of political cleverness and tech-savvy, I saved a company several million dollars. That anchor makes me seem much more valuable than if I start by comparing myself to an average programmer, and describe how my services are better (in fact, my technological skills are substantially WORSE than the average programmer's, which would make it an even harder sell).
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This is actually a pretty serious legit concern that I'm surprised we haven't seen a proper solution for.

I feel like there should be some sort of trusted certificates or other method to determine whether or not you can trust the access point and alert the user when they may be moving sensitive info over that network.
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whats up with hashable? Just wondering if they are not operating since I am currently hacking on a product in the same field
I don't think the post is suggesting that employers give their interns this advice directly, just as I wouldn't expect an employer to tell an intern to "go out drinking if anybody offers."
Sivers did a ted lighting talk about this: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...
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