skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As a data point, my app for reading hackernews (http://www.hackerno.de) is one of top apps for Hacker News priced at $2.99.

It barely makes $350 a month.With that revenue there is very less incentive to spend time and do updates.But nonetheless I still give it some time.I guess other devs likewise are motivated by other things than money.
I cannot find 2011 data, but over 2010 their net surplus was $2.8M, $2M from donations and $0.8M from operations (http://www.plos.org/media/downloads/2011/Form990_2010.pdf)

I use 'surplus', not 'profit' because PLoS is a non-profit. They can build up reserves to guarantee continued existence in times of hardness, or for future growth (for example, they may need money in the bank to rent or buy offices, or to make them more attractive to prospective employees (who is going to work for a non-profit that, every month, hopes to be able to pay your salary?)
The EU did not start regulating cookies because your data could theoretically be leaked from your computer via cookies or something like that. They did it because cookies are used to track people, which is no different from a hypothetical session identifier, except that hypothetical browser controls could be added which are already fully possible with cookies.
If you've read the news reports, this was an immediate resignation. At least in California, there's no obligation to give notice on a resignation. It's a courtesy, but in the case of some senior positions, or when you're going to a competitor, a company isn't going to want you to work two more weeks anyway.
Also, from the post signup confirmation mail you're redirected to Vinova.sg rather than Scoutzie when you click on 'Continue to our website.'
To me it seems like these keys were shared on a site somewhere and when people Googled for free blurity key or whatever these came up.
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Oh, I though it was going to be like 'a case for owning a raspberry pi'... most people I know have no idea what to do with theirs (although this probably say more about them).
Your final conclusion is about right.

Also, keep in mind, a large portion of the growth of Twitter was driven by the technical innovation of 3rd-party developers (ie the first iOS app)

They built their service on the back of cool things developers built, and now seem intent on destroying the very same ecosystem which ensured their popularity now that they are succesful -> http://daltoncaldwell.com/what-twitter-could-have-been

I think this sucks, and I am trying to do something about it, rather than just complain on the Internet.
> My understanding is that the app must be fullscreen, and the user can always escape fullscreen and pointer lock with the ESC key.

It is similar in other windowing systems. But, but...

You are in fullscreen mode with a pointer grab. An important window pops up over the full screen: "10 minutes of battery remaining". What is the state of the grab while this window is shown? Will the code holding the grab be notified of this window? How will the pointer grab behave while the pointer is over the other window? Will the other window able to gain focus with a click? Should windows over other fullscreen windows be allowed at all? In general, how will the pointer grab reflect on the OS windowing system's pointer grab?

Past windowing systems tells us that it is extremely difficult to get all this right if the code doing the grab and doing the window management are the same code, something that is not going to happen with web apps.
Ugh, I was under the impression it was only applicable for people you paid more than $600 to. Well, that's a pain in the ass. How likely is it that the foreign contractor gets their taxes back? Is it possible to streamline it for them in any way?
How come we don't hear much about enforcement in this area? Isn't every time you hire someone from O-desk or E-lance you have to do this?
BTW, thanks for your time, its really awesome of you.
It's a designer curate designer approach. The number is not limited, but each new designer can only join by getting invited another designer already listed on Scoutzie.

Instead of limiting the total number for the top 20, the bar is at "awesome": more than 444 designers can be awesome, each in their own right.
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Ask HN: Help me win the Udacity Challenge
Udacity is a website that provides free university-level courses. From June 25th to August 26th, teams are competing to complete as many online Udacity courses as possible.

If you've been wanting to learn to program, now's a great time to do it and help us out! Udacity has a great intro to programming course that teaches you how to build a search engine using Python. They also have more advanced classes, such as Web Applications Engineering taught by Steve Huffman (of Reddit).

As of July 17th, Team Renaissance, our team, is the 4th largest in the world. If our team places in the top five by the end of the competition, the team leaders win a trip to Silicon Valley!

If you'd like to join our team, click the link below to sign up. Once you're signed up, click the blue "Join" button on the top right.

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Seesmic now charging to send Twitter updates?
How exactly is that incompatible with what I've said?

The DCMA assumes that Apple, acting in good faith, will resolve Runic's issue by either taking down the infringing content, or putting them in touch with the supposedly infringing party. The infringing party, if they believe Runic to be incorrect can then counter-file, to ensure the content is not taken down, and then from there Runic and the infringing party are the ones responsible for dealing with the legalities of the issue not Apple.
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How exactly is this incompatible with what I've said?
There more info here: http://www.keacher.com/1060/how-i-got-to-my-first-sale/

The first result for "blurity serial number" points to https://www.trademarkia.com/blurity-77870929.html

Edit: Entering the serial number does indeed produce the easter egg dialog, with a coupon code that still works. BTW, there is a typo on the buy page 'regsitration'.
Where can I buy a Raspberry Pi in Toronto?
Worldwide Google+ has 270 million opened accounts. That is June figures, compared to 170 million in April. According to Google 150 million people worldwide log in to Google+ monthly, and 75 million people daily.
Oops. Must use 'enclosure' more often. The "what do I do with it?" Is a common question. We're working on making the answer easy for everyone :)
I cannot imagine anyone having any emotional buy in for your proposal until you've came up with explicit use cases that are today not possible with Twitter.

I think Twitter as a product sucks, this is why I use TweetBot. I agree it is tedious having to do two step authentication for 3rd party clients, but i do that once.

Most consumers are driven by those celebrity-gossip services that silicon valley entrepreneurs roll their eyes at. Twitter simply peeled back the mystery (reason #34324 why Twitter is amazing) about what people talk and think about most of the time.
Maybe the invalid key was posted on a warez site and everybody was trying to use it.
famous for their misogyny http://www.technologywoman.com/2012/03/22/what-sqoot-should-...
Right here:
http://canada.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/raspberr...
At best this is "the other guy swung first." At worst it is just a straw man. What you claim the other guys do is irrelevant. Territory defense is irrelevant. Facts are relevant and fist-fights do not uncover them. Why can't the critique proceed on a higher level than "those Xists are deliberately lying again"?

If your way of judging a paper is to look at who wrote it, then conclude that the paper is bad based on some kind of guilt by association with the "wrong school" then you are not being honest with yourself.

The nobler objective is not to discredit and guard against "nurturists" but to do justice to reality. Cognitive science shouldn't be so much like a kung fu movie...
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2. Google+ doesn't replace RSS at all. 95% of feeds I read for example have no Google+ equivalent.

3. Then filter those people from your feed or trim down the number of posts they make.

4. Even the privacy violations and anti-competitive behavior so serious they are under multiple investigations ?
Last time I looked the top 7 grossing apps were free. They make money with in-app purchase.

http://appshopper.com/bestsellers/gros/?device=iphone

I think it's very difficult to make decent money charging upfront for a mobile app that is to appeal to a broad market.
Thank you for your suggestions, daveid. I think you are right in postponing the get location button until the users start interacting with the site. I will put on the change location and random question button more prominently.
My Cookies directory is 11 MB. That's actually quite a lot, considering the length of the average cookie, but my disk is 256 GB and it's only gotten that big because I've been browsing for years literally without ever clearing my cookies and I can clear them at any time.

This is really a non-issue.
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Gmail is not integrated into gplus.google.com, so the numbers does not include gmail.
There is no per-step randomness, but per step chaos, which looks like per step randomness.
But you know that, on the right market, many companies are willing to pay $1,000 for that kind of service. I'm sure there is a market for such service.
A 1% reduction in output at Twitter's scale isn't as paltry as you might assume. Engineering decisions are made for both server-side and client-side reasons.

You're making a blanket statement about Twitter developing bad code because of a recent bug. It will be fixed.
Cyprus is in desperate need of such initiatives!
Yeah, I had the same thought. But what if you turn it into a game? Imagine this...

1. User tries to enter a bad SN or whatever;
2. You challenge him to let's say file X valid bug reports;
3. User gets 50% off or something like that.

It could work!
Yea, I'm not surprise that you'd logically figure the 600 dollar 1099 de minimis rule would roll over to the 1042S. But, it sucks lol.

Realistically, enforcement is questionable. I know that I've seen them but usually I dealt with large companies so I cant say how common it is for small businesses.

Odesk and elance definitely have this problem and they're required to file them but realistically I dont know how aware they are of these issues or how they're handling them. Can't say definitively =X. But, legally they should be doing all of this as well. =)
Where's my 80 million?
A war story involving a big dot-com acquisition, a Sun-Oracle-Apache stack, and a clueless DBA... stir up the pot!
In my work with VoIP that situation was pretty much the default assumption. I agree that it's only the double NATed situation that's hard to handle, but stay by my opinion that sometimes it's just impossible to resolve without a middle man. But it depends on many things - clients, routes, number of people in local network using the same application, etc. Sometimes you just have to fall back to proxying everything.
What are you going to do when TweetBot is shutdown?
There is a Pinterest iOS app but the web site is definitely the preferred way of using it. The phone app attempts to look like the web site but the layout doesn't transfer to the tiny iPhone screen very well and is not very nice to use because of this.
Ask HN: How do I contact a domain name owner if the WHOIS says little?
I want to buy a certain domain, but the owner isn't listed on the WHOIS and I have no way of contacting them. Help?
Hey, if you can convince one of those guys to join you, props to you. The designers on Scoutzie are really great so if one of them joins you, I bet your startup's going to benefit. Let me know how it works out?
> How exactly is that incompatible with what I've said?

I believe I just gave a point-by-point of how that's incompatible with what you said. I'll be more explicit:

You said "through the DCMA ensure that the content is either taken down, or they are put in touch with the party". I said that putting you in touch with the party is not sufficient under the DMCA; it's not an either/or situation.

You said "from there on out, it is the responsibility of the two parties to work out". I said that Apple's responsibility does not end at the takedown notice, they're also responsible for handling the potential counter-notice and restoring access to the content.

Then you made some silly comment about governance by corporations, when the DMCA requires those corporations not decide the merits of either party's claims; in a dispute, it is required to leave the content available and force the parties to court to resolve the situation. If they don't do so, they retain full liability for the copyright infringement.

You didn't say all the other stuff you just edited into your comment, not that it corrects all the issues with your original statement.
The bell reminds me of Pavlovs Dogs http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning
Orders up to 1000: within 3 weeks.
Above that: As fast as we can make and ship 'em, we're happy we can ramp up to hundreds a week fairly quickly.
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I don't like the article overall, but don't have a problem with the internal reference. Way too often, titles are written to be provacative and the content of the story is much more mundane, or doesn't even support it. I don't mind an instance where an author elaborates on their lead in an attempt to explain it.
if it is my final paragraph that is correct, then i don't understand why you are referring to twitter et al when announcing your service. you are obviously not in competition with them at all (with the exception of bot nets as a customer base maybe).
Can't seem to do the international order through Amazon. It helpfully just says "Pick a different address".
Did you even read that? Tell me what method is prescribed to promote that progress. It's written right there. I think you've had enough to eat.
There was existing implementation in 90s, bound pointers were implemented in Borland C++ Builder (__closure keyword).
if that were to happen, I'd use a different client: because the content trumps the user experience.
> No, they are not. For one thing you have to terminate all your SSL on your loadbalancer in order to distribute the traffic. That makes SPDY a no-go for web-hotels/web-hosting where each customer has their own certificate.

That's what SNI is for.

> Second, there are perfectly valid legally mandated circumstances which forbid end-to-end privacy

Then install spyware on the user's computer, or add a trusted SSL key and mitm all the things.
But none of that is relevant because it just isn't very plausible that Google would intentionally exploit a bug this way in their compiler specifically as a way of attacking Opera. They used a valid optimization technique that does save some space, and does conform to the standard. Did they likely test it extensively in Opera? No. But to act like this is an intentional offensive move is conspiracy theory level nonsense.
It only comes up if they've already tried to pirate it. It's acting on the idea of price discrimination; the person trying to pirate the software has shown a decreased willingness to pay for the product, so econ theory says to lower the price for just that person in order to maximize revenue.
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Check out http://www.tldrlegal.com/ (Lookup software licenses summarized & explained in plain English.)
Hi Dalton,

Honestly, I am conflicted about this endeavor. As a current App.net customer/user, I was very confused about the original announcement because the idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the current App.net product. So now I am worried that App.net as I understand it today might go away if you head in this new direction (I see in the FAQ you will support the current product for a year).

On the one hand, I am over Twitter. Done. It is way too noisy now, and I have been severely burned by their dev ecosystem. I put in so much time and effort (naively, I admit), and the aftertaste is super bitter. You and I have talked about this before at length, so I won't go into detail. That level of ecosystem-scorching has made me hesitant to put a lot of time and effort into something new and similar. This may be unfounded since I know you are wanting to do the right thing by your developers, but still the soreness remains and affects my judgement.

There are other non-ad-supported systems for this type of communication out there. Some are federated (status.net), some are not (heello.com). You and I both watched the immediate demise and shaming of heello. How will this be different? Perhaps it is the pay-to-play nature that will keep the trolls out at the start.

On the other hand, I can see where this would be very useful if it was in fact implemented correctly as an actual real-time feed platform. Using a combination of webhooks (pubsubhubbub) and data-streams (e.g. twitter streaming API), this could be a really powerful platform for developers, builders, and makers to finally bring about The Internet of Things that many have been dreaming about. I am worried that this is such a niche desire of a few inventive hackers that there won't be enough support behind it to sustain it as a centralized company (however, I don't see how an open, federated system is sustainable in this fashion either, so).

I know you are very passionate about this problem. We've discussed it before. I know this is something that you want to see exist, and so as a fellow builder and maker you are insanely driven to see it become a reality. I understand this drive. I just don't want it to derail your company :)

I don't know. I'm excited but hesitant. I have not backed the project yet because I'm still not sure... I have a lot of thoughts in this space as well, so maybe we should talk in person. I will be watching the progress intently!
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You seem to be implying that video is some new trend to social networks. It isn't.

So I fail to see what Google+ brings to the table other than an inbuilt video chat client which has been done so many times over the last decade.
Ah, so like Dribbble.

No doubt there are more than 20 awesome designers out there, but from a client's point of view, I would think the zero-sum nature of a top X list would do a bit more to ensure that the designers are worth their weight. Think of it like Billboard's Top 10/20/100. I'm not saying this model would be better, just that it would be interesting to see how this sort of presentation would influence a potential client's perception of quality.
Off the top of my head...

While mint.com isn't entirely a finance app, it was sold for $170 million. I'd assume that price would not have been paid if it were only grossing $80k/year.

Also Bloomberg has a free app that's pretty awesome. It's hard to peg how much revenue that app is responsible for bringing in, but regardless, I'm sure it adds more than $80k/year of value to the company or they'd can it.
Coding is one of the most enjoyable things in life for me. There are times when a good coffee, nice music, and scala turn into hours of bliss.

However, I just don't think it's possible to operate in the mindset required for good software engineering for prolonged periods of time, day in and day out, without breaks.

So I do other things to recharge. I am friends with a professional martial arts instructor. It's his favorite thing to do, but doing it ten hours a day 7 days a week isn't healthy for his body. So he surfs and reads books etc. too.

Don't see why it would be any different for your mind.
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Pregnancy doesn't really affect your ability to work (except for complications that require bedrest, and even then you work from home). A newborn does require care from the mother, but many women are able to return to work full time after 6 weeks (and some as early as 3 weeks). She'll probably be on leave for a few weeks after baby arrives, but I'm sure she'll be able to keep an eye on things even while she's gone (this is why the night nurse was invented).

A baby and a career are not mutually exclusive, I just wish people would stop assuming that they are.
Could you try again? I think I've found the right setting - thanks for the heads up!
That's what we'll be talking about at GeekGirlCon. We can't fit everything cool into every project :)
If you have so many awesome mobile designers, maybe put one to work on your own site and create a responsive layout that works on a mobile device! This fixed width layout doesn't help prove your point.
For a 24 hour turnaround we'd charge a 100% markup, so 1600-3200.
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and while it is ethically questionable, there's nothing illegal about copying mechanics completely while putting a new skin onto the game.

And thus: Angry Birds.
> I have gotten rid of RSS Reader and now get all updates on G+ and blog

i would love for g+ to make this more of a supported use case. right now it's a pretty terrible RSS reader, but it could be a great one. It would have been a much better plan than annoying all the google reader users with half-assed G+ integration.
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In the tour video they show a stream of plasma directed at the 'waste' of interest. This has two effects, one it disassembles any molecular bond reducing complex (and perhaps toxic) substances into their base atomic components,

That's real but that's not NIF or anything resembling it. The temperatures to tear apart molecular bonds are less than 10,000 degrees. NIF operates at nuclear fusion temperature s -- 100,000,000 degrees.

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

http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/gasification/...

https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/science_at_the_extremes/
I would bet it is not Oracle. The alternatives suggested are not ones Oracle would suggest.

I will bet it is one of the DC consulting firms that do big business with the government. I would imagine they have a pitch going for NoSQL / Cloud and this is seen as a threat. There is quite a bit of money in integration with the government.

If you seriously want to be disgusted with the government, go look at how much is spent on consulting firms. Including, I kid you not, management firms that provide managers for projects inside the government. It gets worse when you realize that employees are supposed to do that stuff, but hire consultants to do the actual work.
6.3% (Worldwide). By now I was expecting some (serious, aka not ironic) preservation effort to have started..
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This looks pretty neat.
I wonder if the customer will now share the coupon code.
I'm used to seeing parentheses around numbers when talking about ordered pairs, or in the context of matrices and dot products, etc.

We do use dots to represent multiplication, but they're not on the "ground", they're mid-height, aligned with -
The founders will be writing a ton of articles, giving a lot of talks, and advising a lot of companies on how to build successful companies and products.

Just do not expect them to be anything but honest.
The comments on the Play Store page are just precious. The best one is this "Dave - 1 star - You people are retards. You can not place an end to end fone [sic] call with this. It will go through towers enabling anybody on the right frequency to hear"