skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So then memristors remain "in the future". sigh. I was naiive enough to believe them a year ago when they said "it'll be on the market in 18 months". I was really looking forward to that being true and ditching RAM in six months.
On a related note, is there any way to get Spotlight to index all text files?
Thanks for pointing that out - will fix.

We're focused on mobile - we dont intend to do live chat for web. Olark does a good job at it (as do a few others). We built Hipmob to scratch our own itch, and I suspect we wont be the only ones . . .
As an american I spell cancellation with two L's; but I tend to use british spellings for a lot of these (travelling etc.)
Probably not a very different price, and the end result might not be much better. Bespoke enterprise software is notoriously expensive, and the end results are often not good. Lots of reasons, many the same as with government: client has very particular needs, client has unclear specifications that are changed several times during the process, competition for the bid is weak, client doesn't have their internal shit together, client's existing systems that the new stuff must integrate with are poorly designed and/or bitrotting and/or broken, client's management/billing/procedures are so bureaucratic that you have to include some cost in the bid just to pay for that, etc.

I haven't done anything in that area myself, but from what I hear second-hand it's a gravy train once you've made a sale to a Fortune500 company. Sales is hard, but once you've made the sale, you can bill millions for years for all sorts of reasons, some of which are even legitimate (given what they're asking you to do).
What do you mean by photo demo? Hipmob is already implemented in a couple of android apps - one is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wanderplay...
Agreed gavinliam. It can be hard for companies and team members to find the right match. In can make such a big difference in a company if your team is passionate about their work and feels like it fits well into their life. This approach seems to help that match to occur. Very exciting!
I don't think this is necessarily a reflection of HN's biases.

Rather, there is simply little new to be said about this in a vacuum: yes, there is a problem with sexism and yes, the reaction to her project is disgusting (regardless of your stance on the issue) but all that is clear from the article. What more to say about it? I suppose people could offer sympathy--certainly a nice gesture--but not with much substance. Since she probably does not read HN, those types comments would not be very useful at all.

So most of the people agreeing with the article do not really have a good reason to post at the top level. On the other hand, they have plenty of reason to respond to other people. So the sympathetic posts are all framed as responses to others' comments largely because there isn't much to respond to in the article.
The Operational Reality of Opt-In Security Controls.
Well, the company I work for has quotes from both CSC and Guidewire for their insurance packages (kind of an ERP for insurance companies), which would handle all of our processes, and they ran in the "tens of millions" category between licensing, implantation and other costs.

You can check http://www.guidewire.com/ or http://www.csc.com/ if you need a multimillion dollar insurance solution :)

Guidewire at least has hundreds of people working on their insurance suite, some of then I've written to sound very capable and I really like their development process. They even created their own language based on the JVM (Gosu).

http://guidewiredevelopment.wordpress.com/

I'm sure CSC has some equally good people, but I haven't come across them :)
Misleading title IMHO, they're just showing that you can compile most of the Debian packages with Clang
Announcing minitest-rails
I know it's fragmented, but for some reason I (seriously) can't understand I enjoy developing for them. Although Android is a lot more fragmented than BlackBerry.
Start-Up Chile latest call received twice as many applications
Which performance can you expect from Python and Javascript?
Six months? May I ask where you're from?
If the Times truly and reasonably believed you were guilty, then you weren't libeled under US law. If they lied, then you have a case (and you don't have to "lose" anything financially per se, damages are more general than that).

I guess that doesn't seem to bad a compromise to me.
At LinkedIn we collected together a bunch of UDFs we developed for pig and released it as the DataFu library. We used PigUnit to unit test each of the UDFs:

https://github.com/linkedin/datafu/tree/master/test/pig/data...
3D Printed Circuitry in a 3D Printed Part
I think this tutorial does a pretty good job: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4230995
I do like following the updates of the businesses I "like" on Facebook. I would be accepting of Facebook taking payment for businesses you "like" having their latest postings at the top of your news feed. That's not disruptive to the site, and they already know you like that company. I also wouldn't be disappointed if Facebook took payment for businesses your friends "like" putting their updates at the top of your page, as long as you can click the dropdown and say "don't show me posts from $company" until you "like" them as well.

Product placement isn't disruptive as long as it makes sense. I feel Facebook should know enough about their users to make the call on if the user would like to see that post. Notice I say "post", not "ad". I want to see companies the way they are, not the way their ad firms want me to see them.
I will yet again repeat: the reason for this excursion into HFS+ semantics on Linux was caused by thristian's insistence that Python's behavior would handle HFS+'s Unicode behavior when mounted on Linux in the same correct way it does on Mac OS X. This is, in fact, false. This then nullifies the argument that this is a filesystem-specific issue.

You seem to be refusing to track this conversation's multiple thoughts: there is the underlying argument "Python 3 is making unreasonable assumptions" with a specific argument "these assumptions are reasonable on OS X" followed by an aside "incidentally, this behavior actually is not related to operating systems but is related to filesystems: as proof I cite HFS+ mounted on Linux" with an error pointed out in the aside "no: in fact HFS+ on Linux has the same behavior as any other filesystem on Linux".

I then separately respond to the point about "these semantics work on OS X" (ceding, in fact, albeit explicitly remaining skeptical on Windows), saying that the tradeoffs of "works worse on Linux" (which I get to assume, as my earlier arguments that this is the case were not actually challenged: that on Linux the concept of encodings does not apply to filenames and causes problems like locale-specific sys.path) seems like the wrong direction to lean (which is an opinion, of course).

However, to make that claim, I need to defend against a new point that is brought up: that thristian believes that an epicycle added to the algorithm (the PUA "save the problem for later" mechanism) is sufficient to mitigate the Linux problems. I claim that it is not, and I bring up a few reasons why (de novo filenames, interop with non-Python systems, existing usages for PUA): reasons which, incidentally, were also discussed as open problems on the Python mailing list.

Finally, I also explained that the PUA solution isn't even being used anymore, but was actually replaced by UTF-8b. As this solves one of my complaints (existing usages for PUA) I then have to first admit that (although I defend that I believe that invalid surrogate pairs are not invalid on Windows, leading to a similar problem) and then, for clarity, mention that my other arguments are not affected by UTF-8b.
Disney helps autistic boy say goodbye to Snow White
Hey, thanks a lot.
Didn't know about these at all.
Cheers.
sorry. fixed the "app name" thing.
There are also positive reviews like these:

http://www.zdnet.com/touchfire-ipad-keyboard-enhances-text-e...

http://www.padgadget.com/2012/07/11/hands-on-with-the-touchf...
The hilarious thing is that English libel law has been shitty and everyone has known it for literally hundreds of years.
Nice plugin!

Pro tip: Instead of restarting finder run `qlmanage -r`
Scientific History and the Lessons for Today's Emerging Ideas
If you are convinced that I won't change my mind, why would you then try to take a parting shot at changing my mind? I hope you never have to grow up and meet the real world, and realize how trivial and pointless modern "feminism" is. I hope you can hang on to your naivety for as long as possible.
casperjs is pretty unreliable, I wouldn't bother. Even for relatively trivial frontend testing we were using it for, it would crash ~50% of the time on Linux and Mac.
But doesn't this hurt private Internet providers? Free wifi damages their ability to succeed in the marketplace.

I said that tongue-in-cheek but that is the counter argument to free or municipal wifi projects.
What went wrong with the Firefox updates
How Ouya has botched their social media marketing
Just use an encrypted tunnel and your safe.
Can somebody explain please what makes FactFinder so horrible (well, aside it was made by the federal govt)?
I wonder how much innovation or any technology or other development is happening in Austria.
21.5 Inch HD Android Tablet by Kouziro ~ Softview
We, as a society, are really bad a planning for these things collective/non-pressing problems, and the data being hard to come by just adds to this. Your thinking is pragmatic only in a short term sense. Do you really need fire insurance? Only 1:1000 homes ever burn - I guess not then...

The risk for very bad global warming problems (mass despeciation or crop loss, etc. in 100 years) even at 10% is a really bad consequence that requires some form of insurance.

The risk for rock impact in 100 years is about 0.0002%, and we've got people tracking a ton of near earth objects and even some NASA work on how to deflect them. That's probably about $20M in insurance - probably too low, but yes we should care about these things.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98208&page=1
Show HN: WrittenWorld.org: Write On A Map
Nice article Mike! :)
300 man-years of development is crazy huge for almost any software project I can think of.
I have tried to be polite, but you are being deliberately obtuse. Which part of "not really" is difficult to understand? I did not claim to have evidence, quite the contrary I told you clearly I do not have evidence. And I know you didn't say those things, but you would have to believe those things in order to explain the state of every communication channel she controls. Look up "implication" in the dictionary.

I am not trying to back up a claim for you. I do not care what you believe, you are not required to be rational. Believe whatever you like. But do try to at least be constructive if you wish to converse. Deliberately ignoring the words of the person you are responding to, and responding to the opposite of what they said is not productive.
I haven't researched the full contract award or pulled a copy of the original RFP, however, work on the Census FactFinder website was part of an $89.5mm contract awarded to IBM Federal in 2007 (for, potentially, 9 years) [1]. I wonder if the $33mm quoted in the FOIA request response is the total cost incurred to-date on that award (including services performed for the entire Statement of Work) rather than the actual cost of ONLY building/updating FactFinder.

I wouldn't be surprised if the $33mm price is correct ... but not 100% sure it is without spending more time looking around and, potentially, seeking further information through FOIA.

[1] http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22467.wss
In all fairness... they did not steal your ideas... you gave them your ideas in the form of some screencasts. I understand that when you gave them the screencasts, you were hoping for a different result. But none-the-less... you gave them the screencasts.

That being said, if they did use your screencasts as inspiration for coding some features they had never thought of before then that is pretty slimy of them. But I (and probably you) have no way to know when they started planning those features.
>"but rather there's still brand new Android 2.x on sale today with no upgrade path."

But the fact that there is still an Android with 2.2 available, brand new is what gives Android it's market advantage: cheap phones. For all people who aren't really techies, Android 2.2 does everything you need, and far more than my original Motorola RAZR. That's bad for Android?
wi-fi does not allow you to take calls while driving. So, it's just a question of how much convince your willing to give up to avoid a cellphone bill.
By God, Andreesseen Horowitz Will Not Deal with Activist Shareholders
For me it was just the opposite I got an HTC phone with 1.6 (when it was already obsolete) and newer got an upgrade (except Cyanogen which doesn't count as HTC)
Easy hide ip
This reminds me of that part in Office Space where the manager complains about the waitress' "15 pieces of flare". I can only imagine the comedy of having it apply to legal and other areas of life...

IRS: It says here you only paid the bare minimum in taxes, what do you have to say for yourself?

Fire marshall: It seems you only have the minimum fire protection requirements. Looks like you're haphazardly endangering people by not going above and beyond

Building inspector: Hmm, it seems you only have the bare minimum of one access ramp. If you really cared to honor the disability act, you'd have 2, at least 3. There are other buildings that have all these special facilities you know?
But it ended up as an alternative to Python, of course language-wise. Library-wise, it is still far far away.
I wouldn't know why you'd want to do so(slowing down the search), but it seems possible (or close enough).

Scroll at the way to "Make Spotlight index source code" here.
http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/terminal-commands-fo...
well everything is fixed-width for a reason... for example, the posts are on a 601 pixel width... if i increase it to fit the search input field in the search page it wouldn't appear as good as on the designed width also there would be too white space... we are open in suggestions that could improve the site experience
What is your company's policy on engineers attending conferences?
The most popular seem to be one per year, or 'only if you're giving a talk'.
Sweet !
Fat Thumb Interaction Model Developed
I've written a few short-ebook-like technical posts and it still surprises me the number of people who ask for when the PDF format is coming... I get that not everyone can have access to a web browser at every occasion they have for reading...but the web provides a much better canvas for illustrating technical concepts, especially with the ability to create interactive bits with JS. Save the couch reading for leisure/non-technical reading, and read technical pieces when you're on the computer (and have ready access to Google/StackOverflow).

On a selfish note, writing HTML seems to be much easier than producing a properly formatted PDF page. So I enjoy technical writing, but not enough to go through the hoops of for-paper (or paper like e-books) publishing.
For $33 million, I would expect not to see "American FactFinder requires an Internet Browser with Javascript enabled." I would expect them to be able afford a developer who knows how to create links with an "a" tag rather than using Javascript to duplicate a core browser feature. Given that this is a federal website, $33 million should be more than enough money to comply with disability guidelines
that forbid such sloppy development practices on federal websites.

$33 million is 500 programmer man-years, minus a bit for overhead and profit. That should produce a lot of development.

I wonder if the $33 million cost includes the backend work done on the DADS II contract, or if that figure is just for the web frontend.
isn't it ? made me a happy person :)
> Historically, electrical circuits were crafted with three basic building blocks: the capacitor, the resistor, and the inductor. But in 1971, University of California at Berkeley professor Leon Chua predicted the existence of a fourth: the memristor, short for memory resistor.

> Then, in May of 2008, HP announced that it had actually built a memristor, thanks to HP Labs Fellow R. Stanley Williams and others working in the company’s research arm.

Here's a great presentation from R. Stanley Williams[1], via prior discussion at HN[2].

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGhvKyjgLY&sns=em

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3088739
On the one hand, yes that's a potential issue.

On the other, hasn't Google been very good with making sure their Android devices (e.g. Nexus *) are pretty open? That was my impression.

Of course, I don't follow this super closely. Moreover, all this is relative--and relative to Apple, even Microsoft seems open. So Google has a rather large spectrum of openness where people would think them open just in comparison to Apple and Microsoft.
First thing I wondered about was integration testing with capybara, looks like there is a companion get for it: https://github.com/blowmage/minitest-rails-capybara
CSC was the prime contractor for the Air Force's attempt at an ERP. 5 years and $1 billion later, there is no ERP to speak of.
Maybe so, but this interview didn't really inspire me to.

Try this one: http://www.tele-task.de/de/archive/video/flash/14029/
This isn't surprising. I've done work in the federal government. Recently we built some products that did more, looked better and cost far less ($200k) than the other big name consultants. Our risk for further funding is that it didn't cost enough although most people love what we've done. The federal government IT market works on a contracting model, which means the people working under the system do things at a minimum OR do things to ensure that they'll receive further funding down the line. It's incredibly time consuming and difficult to nail one of these contracts (usually requires a combination of relationship building, slow moving people and lots and lots of politics) so once you get into that zone, the incentive for the contractor is to layer as much stuff into the contract as possible.
Empowering Email
You can start a blog if you want to make a serious accusation of censorship without backing it up. That sort of thing is usually discouraged in places where people try to discuss things intelligently.
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Show HN: Magnus Rose presents DRIFT, The Image Inspiration Engine
It's probably in the similar range, but private companies are private. They have no obligation to anyone other than stockholders.
Wow. I remember when you first posted that original FOIA, how me (and others) were saying, we should FOIA EVERY APP...maybe someone did. But I hadn't seen a reference to the crappy OSHA app until this post.
Really? I've grown used to that. Why would that be removed?
Misogyny in sports is also a problem that has to be called out. Why do you assume that it isn’t?

Sports are at least a bit more progressive in this respect that video games, though.

Also, the thing is that some of society’s behavior warrant change. That was and is the case with racism. That was and is the case with misogyny. Changing things means calling them out and protesting against them. Even if you might be able to ignore some of it instead if you really wanted to.

Your assumption is that misogyny in video games is as valid a viewpoint as being against that. That’s your judgement to make but don’t wonder when people say you are wrong.
As a bonus, that would make the Brits very happy :-)

Other notable exceptions I can think of are Indonesia, Vancouver island and Manhattan.

I think you should extend each land mass to wherever the sea floor reaches a given depth (100 meters or so?), and then do a transitive closure on those to get continent boundaries.
Good point, and thanks for digging that up.
You make a good point in your posts, but...

It raises the question of how this kind of project should be handled. Should they have developer docs ready before fundraising? In the end, that's what it would take to answer your questions.

I'm not taking a side on that, it's quite possible that the answer is "Yes, they should have that level of documentation ready."

Just thinking about what's best for this kind of Kickstarter.
Functional Programming in Java from a Scala Addict
Seems like a similar situation to the student info system at my school, which supposedly cost $8 million of our tuition money despite its terrible UI (scrollbars inside scollbars inside scollbars) and inability to store three-digit course numbers (making the entire university have to switch to four-digit course numbers).
Doesn't do columns, but does do multiple tabs. I was reluctant to switch to tabs from columns too, but it's my preferred Mac client now.

Also supports a "mini" tweet view which makes it work more like an email client. http://yfrog.com/oerabxhp
Ask HN: App Academy or College Degree?
The Dilemma: I've been accepted into the fall class for App Academy. I have a year left of school for Chemical Engineering at a top 10 engineering school. Do I finish off my degree, or go for App Academy?

I know it's dependent on me, and I am heavily leaning towards App Academy. I am having trouble convincing my parents that it's the best option for me however. I will finish my degree part time in SF, or come back with a couple of years experience and finish school while freelancing.

Questions, comments, concerns, and criticisms are appreciated and welcome.

Edit: I have a potential plan in my head. Go to App Academy, work for a year, then go back and finish off the degree while freelancing/working remotely. I've been shopping this around, and it seems to be decent compromise. I need to find people who have done it though. If you have done this in any way, I would really appreciate a conversation with you! If I get to SF (or anywhere else), I'll buy you a beer.
Fast-track to Android design
In what way does this company need to succeed?
> Go's model is such that, compared to JVM-based languages, you have the control to create (much) less garbage in the first place, greatly reducing the size and impact of garbage collection pauses.

I have only heard of escape analysis (which Java has) and structs inside structs (which C# has; C# also lets you put structs on the stack). Is there anything that Go has over Java and C#?
Hamilton Spec: Business Magazine 07.04.2012
"you better not mess up again" != "don't make the same mistake twice"

Mistakes happen... we all know that. But the article is talking more about what it says about a person who doesn't learn from that mistake. If you have made a mistake, you should be fearful of making it again. So fearful that you are compelled to figure out why/how you made the mistake and figure out how to avoid making it again.
Talk about not getting it (on SRS).

SRS parodies how feminists are usually portrayed by others – that doesn’t mean they think the vile shit linked there really isn’t shitty. How can you not understand that?
I've got an 2007 15" 2.4 Ghz MacBook Pro and it is still supported by Mountain Lion...

It is still my primary machine (well, I've got two of them actually).
Android-Powered Ouya Isn't Without Its Share of Problems
Yet when anyone talks about cutting a dime out of the federal budget, the cries of "You're starving poor people!" and such dominate the political discussions.

There isn't even a little bit of common sense or honesty in the way the government spends our money and people wonder why some of us are so adamantly opposed to raising taxes.
Adding AAC.js to our codecs arsenal
Actually, I think they are trying to keep it simple. The Kickstarter pitch doesn't seem written for the developer crowd. The copy is jargon-free and well written (I'm a copywriter so I know a lot about good copy and jack about Android game development).

And guess what, their pitch is hitting the mark. It's working.