skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd love a Mac app that allows me to select text on a web page and copy the HTML for a link to the page with the selected text as the anchor text. It would save me a ton of time every day.
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Just like Google probably would not have even contemplated patenting a search that draws on multiple data sources back in 2004 (it's actually kind of hard to conceive of search in the modern world that doesn't!) - but Apple came along and patented that.

I'm coming to a belief that the patent system's brokenness is hugely amplified by the presumption of validity given by the courts. You can either have a very rigorous up front patent examination system and a presumption thereafter of validity, or you can have a loose / quick review process and a balanced treatment in the courts (no presumption either way).

But you can't have a patent system where > 50% of patents fail to be proved valid when challenged in the courts (which is how the current system is) AND a presumption of validity.

If I could change one thing about the patent system, I would probably introduce a "vexatious litigant" style restriction that said if your patents fail to survive court challenges > 50% of the time then you lose the presumption of validity on ALL your patents. That would put an immediate stop to all these BS cases that are basically just trying to trip up / delay competitors with patents that they know will fail eventually under scrutiny.
I did something similar as a jQuery plugin here: https://github.com/garyharan/jquery-replace-utilities
Another advantage of an 80-char limit is that you can display two pieces of code side by side in separate windows.
> Just by operating from the command line you've already left the realm of "simple" in my opinion.

Git is a tool for programmers. There's no excuse for a programmer to be uncomfortable with the command line.
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I'd rather read:

maxComb = maxFrag + maxUniform;

Or some other shortish variable names.
No need to take Bitcoin seriously. You can simply convert your BTC donations to USD as soon as you receive them.
It's hurting people if millions go to waste. People lose jobs, worry about money, can't pay medical bills and so on.
I think it really is a great idea to unlock a touchscreen device and Apple deserves credit for that. But it doesn't add much to Neonode's implementation. It is basically the same swipe gesture. It just additionally has a UI element which moves as you move your finger, showing you the progress until the gesture is complete.
No groceries yet, but you have to start somewhere: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade
This sort of ignores the fact that most modern databases use MVCC style row versioning - they only "forget" that the leaf was once attached to the tree when it doesn't actually matter any more, and actually use exactly immutable type state in the interim.
When brought up in the context of an achievement, being a single [parent] is often meant to highlight the fact that said achievement was realized despite working in sub-optimal conditions (i.e. lack of time).
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My neighborhood is still out (upper NW DC), which has been fun.

This is definitely the longest outage I've seen since living in the area (I actually don't think I've seen a power outage last more than a night in 12 years)
Did you read the essay before deciding to try to manipulate opinion about manipulation by lumping all types of manipulation together and making sweeping statements?
For big data sets or complex SIMD algorithms the I/O bandwidth overhead is tiny compared to the speedup achieved by moving the calculation to the GPU.

For the calculations that don't work well on the GPU due to small data sets, simple calculations, or bandwidth constraints we could just run the code in parallel across multiple cores/multiple goroutines.

I think eventually (and this seems to be the direction companies like AMD are headed in) we'll have a couple (maybe up to 4) big cores right next to a bunch of smaller whimpy GPU-like cores which handle SIMD, making SIMD on big cores all but redundant. We're not there yet but AMD and Intel are both working on trying to get their on-chip GPUs to share memory with the processor directly. At the moment the focus for this is mainly gaming performance, so textures, etc. don't have to be copied from main memory to the GPU; the same functionality will greatly benefit GPGPU though. Once we have this heterogeneous architecture and newer faster memory technologies, the problems with using the GPU for SIMD will disappear.

But for the moment, with the real-world technology constraints we have, you're absolutely right on the limitations of GPGPU.
Unfortunately I think only the internet stars have even a chance of living like this... The irony is that these superstars normally already have huge paychecks :/
Couldn't agree more - I wasn't thinking about how that might be interpreted when I wrote it.....
Absolutely we ask "why" - and look for explanations.
I meant nothing with regards to being defeatist and not looking at things - only that, as far as I can see, even though we'll keep going deeper and deeper and discovering more and more, we'll never get to a final answer (other than perhaps getting to a point where we can't research further without blowing up the universe? I read too much sci-fi.

A final answer would be boring..... WHY is a fantastic question - it's just not something pure science can answer with finality, only layers until we get to an unknown.
That's too bad. Hopefully someone will improve `gccgo` as well. I actually started out experimenting with Go using the `gc` compiler, and found performance (basically manipulating large arrays sequentially) atrocious. Moving to `gccgo` improved performance four-fold, making my unoptimized Go test code in some cases faster than my unoptimized C test code.
When so many text editors let you collapse blocks of code, it's hard to persuade programmers to keep line-count sane.

Isn't 72 columns a little bit restrictive?
Playing space invaders at the office with friends right now
10M die every year, just begging for better diagnostics
Slightly misleading post title. Actually Google claims to have selected the voice talent in a different manner than has been previously done. The text-to-speech technology is not otherwise claimed to have been improved.
Git: the cargo cult SCM. Too much unnecessary voodoo. Given the choice I'd take Mercurial any day.
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I don't think any of what you say particularly supports your final point. The internet is flooded in counterpoints, but few of them are on Wikipedia, or in Wikis. And none of them are as visible as Wikipedia's take on things. I think people are increasingly relying on Wikipedia to provide The Truth(tm) -- mostly because it's gotten so damn good at delivering it, the JFK examples notwithstanding.

Counterpoints seem to survive in ideological communities that have their own closed world view and their own knowledge databases which are considered to be definitive.
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Yeah, this doesn't really help.
Hmm, as an avid LessWrong Lurker, I can share my first impressions:

Religion: does it have any basis in reality? That's a real question, as I know of a religion that does: copyism¹. Also Note that LessWrong did come up with a winter solstice ritual.

Post modernism: as far as I know, this is just confusion. Even if it's all in our heads, well, that's how the world works. Anyway, it empirically seems that magical thinking doesn't work, so… there is a world out there, and it seems to be ruled by relatively simple rules. It may be not so, but my estimate is so low that investigating that isn't worth my time. Now if I get the chance to probe a postmodernist's brain…

Eugenics: slow, unreliable in the short term, and have incredibly dangerous political implications. Probably not worth investigating much further. Now, if you go beyond mere selective breeding, and start to directly (and precisely) manipulate our genome, we may go somewhere. But at that point, uploading (if it can work) could be a better option.

Your second paragraph sounds correct. Now how do we make people feel whole?

[1]: http://www.copyism.org/
This looks really good. Thanks for the link
Need Help Making a Kickstarter Video
My kickstarter project is not live yet. Here is a preview link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/813374745/1335615445?token=61257e03

I know it is important to make a good kickstarter video, but I'm really not good at video editing and I looking for some help.

If someone is willing to help me make the video and do the video editing I will pay them $1000 if my project reaches it's funding goal.
Actually, novelty implies non-obviousness. So you can't possibly think novelty is objective but obviousness is subjective.
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You are forgetting one thing: If any given situation can be seen two or more ways, there are people that will naturally see it in the worst possible way. It is no different when it comes to people really determined to find examples of The Man crushing all women.
an article about false dichotomies.
That's easy enough already if you're willing to pay for it.
Does not excuse legacy MBA courses making it worse.
Thanks for those links. I have the luggable loo thingy that fits a 5-gallon bucket and the doodie bags. I just need a place where they can be used outside privately and during bad weather. I rigged another 5 gallon bucket with a spigot and a water hose for a quick shower. That worked OK for the most part, still needs more privacy though.
If there are many JavaScript compilers is because (1) it is a language that dislikes to a lot of people, and (2) it is the only option available in all browsers.
XKCD mentioned a similar idea a while back. http://xkcd.com/955/.
Immediate probably none, but we now know that the Standard Model is not wrong with regards to the Higgs, and the Standard Model is the basis of all kinds of real-world calculations.
In the workplace we've written a pretty extensive suite of command-line programs in Python using the argparse module. It has some nice features to easily define subcommands as well as mandatory positional arguments, different argument multiplicities, etc. While most simple command line apps don't need this kind of functionality, the kinds of apps we are writing at my employer often do.

Anyway, neither of those cases are by any means a major downer, just two things that have been niggling me from time to time.
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"Everything you just said is exactly why Git is not simple and can not be learned in 15 minutes. " haha agreed

"Just by operating from the command line you've already left the realm of "simple" in my opinion." It's all about the audience, people who are used to CLIs will find new CLIs that are similar to the ones they already know simple.

"I strongly, strongly disagree with your assertion that "for simple cases Git is really simple to use and to learn"

I've taught git to designers in 15 minutes and had them off and running for the next ~6 months. That said even after a few months of using it I still lack understanding of some of the core concepts.
Branding is lying. Plain and simple. In order to execute this strategy, Microsoft would need to corporate equivalent of a brain transplant. Will never happen. Given these truths, this branding exercise is masturbation.
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The problem is that people don't want EU and they don't want the Euro. Hence EU is strongly anti-democratic.
So, will we get more understanding about the shape of the universe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_universe

Can we now conclude what'll happen if we go right to the edge of the universe with speed of light? Without any further debates?
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Cinematography of Watch The Amazing Spider-Man is by John Schwartzman and edited by Alan Edward Bell and Pietro Scalia under Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Avi Arad Productions, and Matt Tolmach Productions studio. The film is distributed by Columbia Pictures which is due to be shown in cinemas on July 3, 2012.
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Wow that IS vintage :-)))
Metaphors are part of visual communication. Blatantly disregarding metaphors creates unnecessary confusion and abstraction--it separates the interface from culture.

Remember, all of this stuff is ultimately (and most truthfully) 1's and 0's. There is always abstraction. It is best to choose the abstraction that is most DESCRIPTIVE.
Nice talk. The example of google translate is not a good one though. Say you translate from language A to language B with 99% accuracy, and vice versa, which would be pretty awesome, you'd still have a substantial quality decay after only a few back and forth translations (0.99^x where x is the number of translation steps).
I'm a physicist, and I can predicting something then the measurement matching the prediction is freakin' awesome! I have loads of "amazing how well physics works" moments in the lab all the time.

Of course, when it doesn't, it's time for more theory, then more labs, which is fun as well indeed. It's a win-win.
I'm really liking Earbits so far. I signed up after seeing them talked about here on HN, and so far have gotten around 1000 spins there, more than half off which have been "more than 30 second listens", which, based on my use of a ton of these services, serves as a decent proxy for "I liked it, but not enough to make a comment/social media like." I would easily recommend them to any artist looking for more exposure.

Management interface: Simple, quick, straightforward. They encourage high-quality files (192Kbps recommended), which a couple of their competitors still don't do.

Listening interface: newer style, full screen, big-everything interface. I like it, but I know some can't stand this style. They took the "Sixty-one" style and did it better (and unlike 61, they having working genre channels, which 61 has not gotten around to fixing after a couple of years of waiting.)

Price: Currently unbeatable. Bang for the buck is really excellent.

Reporting: Quick, but still scant. No one beats Jango at this at the moment. See below.

Listener targeting: a weak point. Targeting by similar artists and the ability to self-categorize/tag would be a nice addition. For eclectic artists, single subgenres don't work too well. Allowing multiple genre choices would be best (everyone from King Crimson to Radiohead to Candiria to my project all have a tough time with single genres.)

Customer service: Like many new, hungry startups. They jump all over every email. Very good.

Now, their competitors:

last.fm - So-so interface. Terrible analytics. Reports constantly out of date. Unbelievably, shockingly, mind-blowingly, pricey for what they give you. Does have the ability to add "similar artists" when creating a campaign rather than in advance, which is nice. Slow to update the management interface. Poor customer service. They are still considered a big dog, but they've fallen way behind their newer competitors.

MadeLoud - Straightforward, no-frills, and delivers exactly as advertised, but options are limited due to the format (they give you "promoted downloads" - no streaming.) Very cheap. Good customer service.

Grooveshark - So-so management interface, analytics/reporting system, and demographic targeting. No longer truly self-serve, which is a downer. They are quick to respond when you want to create a new campaign, but the self-serve system was much better. Pricing is decent. Ability to target similiar artists is present.

Jango - the best out there at the moment, aside from their prices (which are still good, but Earbits wins hands down on this front.) Thorough analytics. Very customizable promotions - their listener targeting system is unmatched (supports "similar artists", has auto-complete suggestions, the works.) Has never been down, can't ever recall having a system feature not work. Email collection capabilities, artist homepages, real-time listener feed, notifications for many relevant conversion and feedback events, comments central to the experience. Everything is self-serve. Good customer service.

Overall, Jango is still the best, but I've got high hopes for Earbits.
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It's hurting people if millions go to waste. People lose jobs, worry about money, can't pay medical bills and so on.

You're totally right. Despicable. Just like Stalin. We can only hope that we discover Apple's diabolical plan, and the location of the plutonium, before it's too late.

Give me a break.
You might be pleased to know that game has been remade on Xbox Live Arcaade already, and is great fun!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac_Refuelled
Frugal hacker (US) tip: $30/mo smartphone service w/ TMo, GVoice, & Galaxy Nexus
This is great!,

There has ben more than a few times that I've wished to be able to do this while browsing trough random github repos, kudos to the developer, this looks very handy!
Show me the "brilliance" in Slide-to-Unlock that makes it a unique flower worthy of protection.

It's not clear how one would do this. You could reply to any evidence presented "meh, not impressed." Your position is basically the mirror of the fallacy you're arguing against. The fact that you personally are not impressed doesn't make it non-obvious either. [oops, meant obvious]
> 'He' is the unmarked pronoun but it's still gendered (i.e. masculine). 'It' isn't gendered, but is also generally used for inanimate objects rather than people.

I think I will start referring to everyone as (s?)he regardless of whether I know their gender or not. Seems the safest.
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Stop arguing on HN and go help those starving children in Africa.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. You're saying a company can obtain a patent in the US and then use that patent in other jurisdictions?
What disturbs me about that workflow is that your commits have literally never been tested because the staging area contents aren't accessible as a working copy. I for one am adamant about not littering my history with all my crap that didn't run, so I much prefer to commit the mixed work and then rewrite history to tease out and regress the independent changes. I pretty much always test and commit my workspace as-is, treating the staging area as an unfortunately visible implementation detail. It'd be easier if I could stash some but not all of my changes to get them out of my workspace temporarily, but this hasn't bugged me enough to figure out how to implement that.
The Bitcoin money supply is currently inflating at a rate of 33.3% a year.
Yes they are definitely experiencing some load issues
Thanks - been many years since playing the 2600 and brings back memories!
The language of Nobel's will (as translated into English on the official site of the Nobel Foundation):

"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. The prize for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be a Scandinavian or not."

After a settlement with Nobel's family, the foundation was set up with these rules:

"a) that the statutes, common to the prize-awarding institutions, dealing with the manner of, and the conditions for, the award of prizes as prescribed in the will, shall be drawn up in consultation with a representative nominated by Robert Nobel's family and submitted to the approval of the Crown; and

b) that there shall be no departure from the following main principles, viz: that each of the annual prizes established by the will shall be awarded at least during each five-year period from, and including, the year immediately following that in which the Nobel Foundation commences its activities, and that the amount of a prize thus awarded shall under no circumstances be less than sixty percent of that portion of the annual yield of the fund that shall be available for the prize award, nor shall it be divided into more than three prizes at most."

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundatio...

From the statutes of the Nobel Foundation:

"A prize amount may be equally divided between two works, each of which is considered to merit a prize. If a work that is being rewarded has been produced by two or three persons, the prize shall be awarded to them jointly. In no case may a prize amount be divided between more than three persons."

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundatio...
Software patch to avoid Galaxy Nexus ban coming soon
The classic CLRS Algorithms book actually starts out with a five chapter "Foundations" part that goes over computational complexity in a good amount of detail. It goes over theta, big and small O, and big and small omega notations and their properties similarly to how this article seems to. It has an entire chapter on determining the computational complexity of recurrences and another on randomized algorithms. The five chapters together are about 130 pages and probably not what I would call gentle but I found it surprisingly approachable.
I have two waiting-for-review updates that have been sitting in the queue for 9 days now. This seems much longer than my past experience of 2-4 days turn-around. I wonder if these delays are related to the corrupt updates issue.
Correct. But, like John Resig, I am gonna miss it...

"Personally, I’m going to miss arguments.callee,
I used it in a number of places in my code."

-- John Resig (May 22, 2009 at 7:26 am) [1]

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[1]: http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-5-strict-mode-json-and-more...
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In my medical example, "the chance that the results occurred by chance" is 31%. "The chance that randomness could produce [the result]" was only 5%.

For CERN, the chance that randomness could produce this result is 1 in 1.74 million; the chance that the results occurred by chance is larger, but not computable with the information we have,

The guide I linked to above gives a much better explanation than this. I rushed my first post here, and I think I was unclear.
One of the reasons not to use the innerHTML prop is because (almost) all interactivity gets broken; for example a CSS3 animation restarts if you set innerHTML of one of its parent elements.

Another reason is because IE (even the 9) likes to delete white-spaces when you set innerHTML; even in PRE tags!