skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One of the most annoying things about the app store are the review times. With our app (http://armadilloapp.com) we had to wait over 5 weeks to get into the store. 2 weeks till the first review, then there was a rejection where I had consult Apple's DTS which took another week to get resolved plus another 2 weeks waiting for a new review.

Now we have version 1.0 in the app store and have version 1.1 waiting for review since almost 3 weeks. In v1.1 we have added some new features people were requesting and a few minor bug fixes.

Now all we can do is tell our customers: "Version 1.1 will be out soon - as soon as Apple decides it's time for a review".

It's really a shame that Apple takes 30% of our sales for such a bad service.
London 2012 Olympics live 3D by Panasonic
Ok, httpie is prettier and has some syntax shortcuts, but it doesn't even do a fraction of what curl or wget does. No recursive downloads, no simulating diferent HTTP protocol version, no SSL options, no even retry options! #fail

(I am in no way an httpie hater.)
Ah, that looks like it could work. Only thing it needs is to have the code sections printed with a smaller font, cause many of them currently run off the screen (I see that they are still working on that part).
Doesn't pass the sniff test.

Chamber pressure in a .22 cal pistol is on the order of 20,000 PSI [1] The tensile strength of thermoplastic at standard temperatures is 1/2 that [2] and it goes down as the temperature goes up (its a thermoplastic for a reason). Firing a .22 caliber round using gunpowder would destroy the barrel on the first firing.

Now I could believe you built the receiver and triggering mechanism on a thermoplastic printer, but not the actual firing chamber.

[1] http://www.lasc.us/SAAMIMaxPressure.htm
[2] http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/physical-properties-thermo...
"users wouldn't need to know what a USB port is, if the design was self-evident."

"I don't think reasoning like "must" (or "never") pushes innovation and great design"

So "never" getting to know what a USB port is for, "must" be the result of great design ? It "must" be, but that would be bad... by you own stunted definitions. But do keep moving the goal posts around.

In the end you just produce a lot of forced substitutive declarations, like the concepts of innovation and great design that you use. You seem to void them in the process.

They will always be "better" solely because they are used by you, no matter the paradox and bs level needed to try to justify something that isn't even real.
I don't have experience with this sort of thing yet, but I'm going through something similar. I don't think it would be unreasonable for you to ask to see their earnings. Both you and the start-up are making a large investment and deserve to know as much about the other as possible. The likelihood that they will be successful, considering you will be employee number 4/5 will largely depend on you.
ack-grep is a good tool to grep through files. grep is more than that. When I need to grep in a pipeline, I probably don't want ack-grep's bells and whistles.

One example of a useful feature of grep: "grep --line-buffered" to grep with no buffering in a pipeline.
I understand endless scrolling, but not sure if you intended for the footer to be static. Just lookin' out :)
Google: The moment you're in my area, I'll sign up.

Unless sonic.net beats you to it. ;-)

(Please do whatever you can to speed up planning and deployments in additional areas!)
We should definitely try, but centralization does give some dangerous benefits.

It would be difficult to have trending topics in a completely decentralized twitter (everybody would have to report to some central "trending topic collector" service, right?). You could still notify someone of @ mentions, but then @foo turns into an email address (or something with lookupable routing information). Not very pretty.

With tumblr, half the benefit of the service is seeing who posted the same thing somewhere else. Unless you are Google, we can't quite cross reference the entire web in real time to see who posts the same thing or who forked it from whom.

Centralization gives us many nice features we can't get from distributed systems, but it also gives us single points of failure, arbitrary internet dictatorships, and fad driven startup cargo cult fetishism.
In my experience, non-tech B2B audiences respond very well to 'traditional' marketing - postcard mailings, magazine ads, etc.

IMO there are 2 aspects to doing this well:

(1) USE IT AS PART OF AN INCREMENTAL CAMPAIGN. Use the traditional stuff as the first element to get them involved with you. Sending them a well-designed, relevant postcard invitation = you have their attention (whereas they are 'banner ad blind' and 'email blind'). Use that attention to push them to the next step (which isn't the sale - it's just another incremental commitment like attending a webinar, or downloading a whitepaper, or using an online calculator to spec something out, etc).

Incremental commitment is the name of the game in B2B sales and marketing, and traditional marketing can be a great start to the chain.

(2) LINK OFFLINE STUFF TO ONLINE STUFF. As you can see even from my examples above, it's important to get them into online channels as soon as possible (where they can be tracked and interacted with more efficiently). You want to have tons of relevant content you can offer them, lots of places for them to explore the problem/solution, etc.

The real joy (and pain) of B2B marketing is that you have to do the 'strategic' campaign planning well while also nailing the 'tactical' messaging / design / etc execution.
I want this in Austin. Now. Yesterday.

Seriously, the customer service is a non-issue. You can't do any worse than the telcos/cablecos other than having zero customer service ever.

If this forces the entrenched companies to man up and throw down some fiber, it's worth whatever it costs as long as no one is getting physically injured.
We just need all information in one place with an easy way to add original thoughts and an easy way to curate and discover what has been said already. Information is repeated and all over the place in pieces or outdated.
Apple's Crazy Attempt to Make Everyone Act Like American Teens Will Fail
This technology is used to print engine parts for F1 car racing - http://www.eos.info/en/products/systems-equipment/metal-lase...

And it is only going to get cheaper - http://reprap.org/wiki/MetalicaRap
that is totally awesome
The part that's 3d printed is the lower receiver. In an AR-15 style design, the lower receiver doesn't handle any pressure at all, it just houses the magazine and hammer/trigger/sear/safety, and connects to the upper receiver/barrel assembly and the buttstock/buffer tube assembly.

People have made lower receivers out of aluminum basically forever. Aluminum could maybe be made to handle .22lr type pressures, but certainly not .223rem or bigger. A plastic lower is completely believable.

EDIT: to clarify, I meant if you wanted to make the whole gun out of aluminum you might be able to get away with it for a .22lr. Aluminum for a lower receiver is absolutely no problem at all. Apologies for not being clear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy) maybe this is what he meant
Here's a good quote from a friend of mine, Craig Clausen of New Paradigm Resources Group (a market research firm specializing in telecom):

"This is more of a strategic play for Google. As they mentioned, there are three essential components to the Internet (i.e. Google’s business model): Computing power, cloud storage and access. The first two have worked in Google’s favor. The third hasn’t kept pace. The telcos and other access providers (like the cablecos) don’t care about what’s good for Google and broadband speeds aren’t where Google would like them to be. As they’ve done in similar situations (such as wireless and energy), Google is signaling to the telcos that, while they’d prefer not to be in the telecom business, they are certainly capable of doing so. Picking Kansas City – smack dab in the middle of the country – has less to do with Kansas City showing the most interest and more about being able to distribute that message evenly between the coasts. It’s a different type of investment for Google – one in which they hope to spur the access providers into stepping it up or risk having the guy with the deepest pockets step in for them."
"The goal is a better open web. One on which I can chose which tools I use, without forcing my friends to do the same decision..."

Very well said. This is exactly how it started with emails and it continues as is. You can't force people, to make them follow your social network stream, you can only join the stream which should be independent.
Certainly one of the stranger aspects of this site. It's almost a sort of meta-game.
cool, love to learn more about what you are doing : hit me up joe@nreduce.com
> every person would have more bandwidth than they knew what to do with
The same thing was said about floppy disks and RAM in the past. The reality is that the demand expands to fill whatever you have available and still ask for more. Once we have blazing fast speeds like that someone will come up with a crazy idea that will require still more bandwidth and lower latency.
Are unit tests really that useful?
Ask HN: Should a established biz consider applying for YC?
I've been asked by a few colleagues who are still slightly bouncing around in their Startups if they should apply for YC, Techstars, aka incubator. A few have healthy startup revenues, they have offshore "staff" but have run their biz like "lifestyle businesses". The words they keep telling me is "I want to create a sustainable model". Would you advise them to apply or should they go another route?
So we can get a real holo Tupac now? Joy!
I had the same feeling, but maybe the Netherlands are just cheap. You can get phone/internet/tv combinations here from €40-70. Although the fastest internet connection you get there is usually 'only' 120Mbit.
I think the whole Enterprise Passenger concept is a fanstastic direction for the Phusion guys. I've toyed with a lot of Ruby app servers, and Passenger stands alone in its ease of deployment and stability of configuration. It already feels more "enterprisy" than many other Ruby app servers. Please don't misinterpret this as me saying other Ruby app servers are bad, just that they're different. Passenger isn't just an app server, it's all the supporting details that make it easy to deploy and manage, which I really, really appreciate. I can't wait to become a paying customer.
Well, they're also saying that 1) it's very frequently blamed when it doesn't actually diffuse responsibility ("Mistakes were made by John. He's been sacked."); and 2) it's very frequently blamed where it doesn't even occur. This is not to say that it cannot be used in this way, but simple avoidance or blame of the passive is neither necessary nor sufficient.
Yes, I know that part, I was simply pointing out that he did not necessarily print out a barrel or trigger pin or any of the other many parts needed to make a whole pistol.
I'd be more scared if they could successfully manufacture lethal ammunition.
Google Fiber has customer service by phone. The phone number is visible at https://fiber.google.com/help/
Ask HN: Which mobile platform would you choose first to release your product?
I'm undecided on whether to focus on developing first for iOS or Android. I'd love to hear your thoughts, experiences and opinions.
Except wget -r, which is still widely used and has no equivalent functionality in curl.
Batik Sarimbit C7
I've ordered one, but I'm more than a little concerned about the potential 30% failure rate that I read about in the previous thread.

I'm a little bit curious though, as to WHY exactly these screen's failure rates are so high, or how they fail. If there's any way to prolong my LCD's life I'd like to be made aware.
You're assuming that Comcast doesn't have this in a structured database?
> With Google as your ISP and TV channel provider, they will have the potential to know everything about you

Is it allowed by the ToS?
Figuratively nothing ;)
Well, like any other disease, some of us can't afford the time or money to get it diagnosed and treated. We just have to keep going despite it, and ignoring the reality that it's a disease is helpful in this respect.
I'd argue that all the "benefits" of centralized web are probably just easier to implement when everything is centralized, but can also be implemented in a decentralized fashion. Trending topics can be done by agregating local trending topics, for example.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/site/cocoa-text.html
As a consumer, I only buy from the App Store when it's absolutely required.

I vastly prefer to live outside the App store and the Sandbox. I haven't gotten malware in years, and I don't particularly expect I'll get it in years to come; if I do, it'll probably be a zero-day in Flash, OpenSSH or HTML5.

So, anecdotally, as one consumer, if you have a program in the Mac App Store, I really won't be buying it unless its an OS upgrade or I really want it.
Programming languages are a tool for both, computer science means something much different to me.
True, but what could be poisonous to one species, could be nutritious to another. The idea that 'poisons' are easily identifiable is pure fantasy.
Instragram hits 80m users
Two questions, why do you say there are only four people?

Also what is your advice about the landing pages?
MongoDB v2.2 released, now with database level locking
Even their homepage blows away the others. Simple and flat. It tells me the mbps for each and whether there are data caps. Contrast that with, say, Windstream where you have to go searching to find out the speed of "Merge"

The homepage alone is going to do good for the industry.
40% the cost is hardly nothing, and it's quite possible Google has arranged for lower costs. Also, the fiber stays even after the current owners leave, so Google might just want ubiquity and be willing to take a small hit to get it.
Depends what their goals for growth are. What defines a startup is its target growth rate. If they want to grow as fast as successful startups do, then we could probably help them.
Aluminum could maybe be made to handle .22lr type
pressures, but certainly not .223rem or bigger.

?

The Alexander Arms .50 Beowolf lower is made out of aluminum. http://www.gunblast.com/50Beowulf.htm

You can also buy single-shot .50 BMG uppers that bolt right onto regular aluminum AR-15 lowers, though of course you can't feed .50 BMG through a 5.56 magazine well.
You could buy an IPS LCD for a bit above 200 quid for years now. Someone has been not paying attention.

edit: turns out it was I who was not paying attention, not realising that's it not about affordable IPSs in general but this specific size.
>There are many alternative ways a global network could and would have developed without US government initiation. But it's also possible that the US government stimulus made it happen sooner and more centralized to the US (some of Fidonet's development came from Russia.)

But none of those became what we use today. That's the key point here. You can argue that it would have happened anyway, or that some other network protocol or technology was superior and should have been used instead of what we use today, but that's not what the article is saying.

The research that was funded by ARPA became the baseline for what would become the Internet. That's what happened.
"A Project Object Model or POM is the fundamental unit of work in Maven. It is an XML file that contains information about the project and configuration details used by Maven to build the project."

You'll see this on lots of JVM-based projects.
Maybe it's because I'm always setting up with a home router, but I haven't had to install anything for my last three internet setups. I wasn't even asked to for this last one I believe. The tech just made sure the modem was working properly and he could get a solid connection from it, and then I plugged in my router and was good to go.
How relevant are numerical benchmarks when comparing languages? In practice you'll probably use BLAS, LAPACK, etc. for numerical computing and get on with it; you're unlikely to write code that is both faster and numerically stable.
With the shift towards iOSness and sandboxing for Windows & OSX, I don't see myself using anything but Linux - or recommending anything but Linux - for the future.
Thanks :) Usually albums don't have that many photos, on average it'd be 1 or 2 scrolls and we wanted to keep that space for pics.
He did not "print a rifle", he printed what is known as a "stripped lower receiver," which is only a shell that holds the trigger assembly, magazine, grip, and provides a mount point for the buffer tube and two pin mounts for the upper receiver. The upper receiver and buffer tube/buffer spring are the objects which have the force primarily exerted on them.
> IMHO better than Google's dogmatic avoidance of any kind of customer support.
- Someone whose never actually used Google's customer support

I've never had a problem with Google's customer support. One time I had an issue with a 'Books' purchase and it was pretty easy to get through to customer support and speak to an actual person, issue was fixed straight away. 'Dogmatic avoidance of any kind of customer support' is just plain wrong.
Because a large contingent of Americans have taken a particular ideological simplification of one 1970's economics movement and turned it into a religion, rooted in faith, with the "invisible man... err hand" as its God.
Humble introduces music only bundle
Good point. This approach probably wouldn't work for some apps. However if the app lent itself to a very modular design it could work. Certainly would take some creativity on the developer's part. For example premium features that are troublesome if only some people have them could be included in a free bug-fix update to make things easier.
TOS they made flintlock rifles in "Balance of Power"

TNG "Samaritain Snare" Geordi is kidnapped by technically unsophisticated, but cunning people that use replicators to reproduce high-tech (including a phasor)
(I don't know if this is sarcasm, but I'm answering with the assumption it's not.)

Manufacturing ammunition is simple and requires components and equipment that can be purchased for relatively little money and with (almost) no restrictions.

Buying gunpowder, primers, bullets, and casings is very possible via the internet (though gunpowder and primers are subject to hazardous shipping restrictions). After that, you could in principle make ammo using a 2x4 and a hammer if you really wanted to. A single-stage reloading press and the accoutrements can be obtained for under $200 trivially, and if you want to step up to relatively fast manufacture (hundreds of rounds per hour) you're still only talking a $500ish investment.
Hopefully the language should be designed so that it's most easy and natural to write things in a way that the compiler likes. Thus, no requirement to become near-experts.

Assuming that performance is a major goal for the language.
Doh. I see I mistyped "its" up above as well. (Or maybe iOS did that for me.)
No Joint accounts yet. They are definitely planning on it, but there's no timeline at the moment. In addition, there's no way (that I've found at least) to separate out buckets for saving towards goals, which is also a pretty big deal for me.
Could this ever come to Canada, or would Google be stuck behind the same Canadian ownership requirements that nearly blocked Wind?
I own a 27" Samsung SyncMaster P2770, it's a TN panel, didn't know about any of these things when I bought it, whish I could be patient and research more. I'm not so much for viewing angle, so I'm just wondering how different the color reproduction quality is compared to any average IPS panel. If you just browsing around and doing stuff in terminal, is it worth to get one?
Comparing MongoDB and CouchDB
The answer I got was "to take pictures of checks you want to deposit" and "for our partner bank to get your signature". I have an Android device, but my wife has an iPhone so I answered iOS anyway, figuring I'd use her device. Turns out, I haven't _actually_ needed an iOS device for anything I've done yet.
Exponential Data
Then you don't understand the current market. Most ammunition is amazingly easy to come by and the trade of it is fairly unregulated.
Ha, funny that you suggest that. I literally just popped in my two modules less than an hour ago. I ordered an 8 GB kit off NewEgg for $40 shipped. I have no complaints anymore since I pretty much always have 4 GB available at all times. I just wanted to make due with what I had and have it work decently since I'm thrifty.
Well there was this story (http://boingboing.net/2011/09/20/3d-printed-ar-15-parts-chal...) on BoingBoing in September of last year that was later determined to be a hoax according to the Makerbot folks at the Makerfaire this year.
If you consider yourself simply a "Java developer" then it would be in your best interest not to apply-to/join-a company that is insistent on pigeonholing the developers into certain technologies. Avoid recruiters since all they do is keyword matching between a job requirement and a resume. Why were you not comfortable with a regular/back-end Java coding interview? What would you have preferred to be asked?

Are there any meetups in your city? Start networking. If your a good developers, then there is no need to just join any company for a paycheck. Join the right company.

The key question I ask anyone I interview is "how do you keep current"? Not everyone needs to spend their free time on some open-source project, but a proactive interest in your profession is a requirement IMHO. Get a free account on AWS and/or Google App Engine. Just create something.

Your skills have stagnated over the years. Do not get into this scenario again.
Yep, totally agree. I even wrote a very similar rant here several weeks ago: http://blog.jazzychad.net/2012/05/28/startups-fix-your-blog-...
Marketing 3.0: 4 Secrets to Become an Expert
Any competent machinist can make functional semiautomatic weapons. This is just the next step in making it even easier.

If the United States ever got serious about banning firearms, a massive homebrew industry would grow up overnight. Gunpowder is not fundamentally harder to make than methamphetamine.

People who quite rightly see our drug laws as pointless and ineffective somehow often miss that a gun ban would be no more effective in the United States. If you want there to be less drugs or guns, you have to attack the demand side, not the supply side. Suppressing supply while keeping demand steady just ensures higher margins for the suppliers.
Airline regulations imply powerful unions imply regular Chapter 11 bankruptcies
Relevant thread on the ML:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-03/msg00028...
Why programmers has no choice but be closer to the machine
Ask HN: Have you pair programmed?
I'm curious about experiences people have had doing 100% pair programming. What was awesome and what was horrible? It's easy to find articles on the extremes of pair programming, but what about the day-to-day?
We are small mobile development team and this is our latest application
If you're a freak like me and swivel your monitor 90 degrees into portrait orientation it makes a massive difference (even if only because of the viewing angle - the horizontal and vertical viewing sensitivities are different and more optimised for the portrait mode).
This is news to me. Sure, you could probably by A IPS LCD for 200 quid two years ago, but a 27" one?
In my opinion, it's better to sit down and go over your code and analyze logically its outcomes than to write "tests" that may or may not catch some bugs.
the VC insiders were likely going to sell based on the instructions of the LPs (either to distribute cash or stock) and not for any other reason...
Growth Hacking, Email and Mullets