skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
When your goal is to "reduce clutter" then 2 layers would be the minimum. You make another 4(?) folders in my home-directory and call that reducing clutter?

I can see a clear and very useful difference between RUNTIME_DIR, CACHE_DIR, and CONFIG_DIR. Consider a scenario where $HOME is on a networked filesystem. RUNTIME_DIR has to be outside that, and local to the machine's namespace. That's because it references things inherently local to the machine. That is, pids and pipes. These wouldn't make sense on any other machine and will just make the application's job harder.

I also set CACHE_DIR to be local (/tmp/$USER.cache.) That's because caching performs terribly when it's flying over the network. Chrome is the main culprit for me. It also fills my file quota with hours of using it. However, it's still useful to keep that data in the medium term.

CONFIG_DIR and DATA_DIR, however, don't seem to be very different to me. I can't imagine a scenario where I want one but not the other. I might be using the wrong sort of applications. (For the record I have 8 files in .config, 10 dot files, and just 1 in .local/share.)

Due to the semantics you now suddenly need a cronjob or similar abomination that traverses all home-directories and picks out stuff ("MUST" be blown away).

Having RUNTIME_DIR on a tmpfs, like what most distributions do with /var/run, solves that problem. I map mine to /var/run/$user, even though I've yet to see an application actually use it. The spec BTW doesn't even specify the default value!

And what the heck is going in .local anyways? When the user saves a file then he pretty surely doesn't want it buried under some dot-directory.

I agree, the default values are silly. This, like most of Modern Unix, is an ugly hack which makes dealing with the rest of the ugly hacks a bit easier. If you want an elegant solution you'll probably have to throw away most of what was added during last 20 years. May I suggest starting with sockets?
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Life rebooting is the new life hacking
Oh hi π.

My bad, I didn't realise Chrome had it yet.

Now I just need a use for it...
Physicists Demonstrate Working Quantum Router, a Step Toward a Quantum Internet
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Webcam toy is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. Shows the potential of an open web to the fullest paired with skills and imagination.

Warp speed.

http://neave.com/webcam/html5/
twilio is 1c/sms as well - the OP's point was that letting people test/play with it gets expensive, even at 1c/sms.
Single accounts per device id/email/etc. with a usage throttling on free accounts would greatly limit competitors from blasting your system with spam that you'd have to pay for.

As far as not losing money in general, twillio is a great service but it's also one of the more expensive. There are competitors now so shop around a little bit. Overall though you'll most likely have to have a good advertisement system, some type of affiliate sales, or initial paid users to keep it running for awhile without investment backing.
They took down an App I made for the Olympics also, 20,000 downloads in 2 days, AppBrain hot list, then poof its gone with the same generic "..intellectual property and impersonation.." warning, no specifics.
They did reply to my emails but you might as well be talking to a robot, they wont tell you anything.
My best guess is my use of the word Olympics in my app, but that's what people are searching for so removing that no one can find your app.
PresentationTimetable.js syncs SpeakerDeck presentations with YouTube videos
Apple's Secrets Revealed During Trial
Why open the app list at all? Let them auto-update.
Yeah, but the Florida law is pretty clear. Schools can do this legally te court of public opinion might be a better strategy.
The online backup service advice sounds good but what about the people, like me, who have an upload speed of only 64kb/s? No Blackblaze or Crashplan for me... Neither can I upgrade my internet connection.
So what to do? I have two Time Machine backups (one hourly at home and one daily at another place).
The easiest way to change someone's mind is with a saw and a spoon.
Examples uses the uncompressed js file, so it will take about 2 seconds to load, will migrate to the minified version asap.
Large corporations paradoxically need to pay their workers only what the market requires but also enough they have discretionary money to go out and buy the products they are manufacturing.

This fails the test of basic arithmetic.

Suppose you increase your workers pay by $X and they spend the entire $X on your products. Suppose your profit margin is Y. Then for every $(1+Y) your workers spent, you earned $Y. I.e., you get back $XY/(1+Y) < $X.

So no, it's always better for the bottom line (holding all else equal) to pay your workers less. You might be able to attract better quality workers by paying more, or perhaps you can cook up incentive plans to get workers to work harder (both of these are what Henry Ford did, for example). But that has nothing whatsoever to do with workers buying your products.
And whether you can get a "skilled position at a major employer" depends heavily on where you live and the job market there as it applies to your skill set. Remember, the current job market is such that we have people with college degrees leaving them off their resumes when they apply to jobs so that they aren't rejected as "overqualified".
I was working with many Indians a few years ago and they asked themselves the same question. One had an interesting take I've not heard elsewhere - he claimed that the large number of vegetarians in India results in poorer athletic potential - the lack of meat and protein leading to less strength, quickness, etc.

It was an interesting idea, but looking up some facts myself right now, that claim could be tested by Pakistan's medal count. Same general genetic background, same general infrastructure problems, but are not generally vegetarians. However, Pakistan hasn't won a medal in 20 years, and only a few medals ever.
fantastic idea buddy! I do love custom gear and gadgets and now I can buy them!
I think the argument is neither reasonably made nor well done. It reads like a laundry list of gripes the author has, like "oh yeah, and one more thing, and look at this word, and what a fool this guy is, and one more, and and and" but with some nice verbage.

What he doesn't get to the heart of is, aside from the fact that the book may not be very good (which I can easily accept), why the central systems-and-data-driven plank that comprises much of TED-esque thinking is bad.

To take one example, he seems to find the whole notion of a hybrid age, or the singularity, as dangerous technocratic political thinking, something to be stamped out. Whereas look at the actual smart-device search-engine semantic-social world we're creeping toward and the post-political person understands that those are just inevitable outcomes. It's not whether the singularity might happen (or could be prevented) but when, and so the forward-looking thinking person should be trying to figure out the best uses of that.

He's also missed the pointed examples of Signapore and China by a country mile, mistaking older ideological associations (which, again, every forward-thinking person understands need to be resolved) for the efficiency argument. The reviewer's point is that efficiency leads to brutality, which is a very old-school political idea, but the TED-esque view generally looks for efficiency to promote/empower humanity.

Again, like Wikipedia, both more efficient and much better (but let's instead get distracted by talking about Jimmy Wales and how he named his children).

So, you know, like that. Morozov seems to want to make a middle-20th century argument about early 21st-century ideas, and it shows. He writes passably well (though this review could have been cut in half with no loss imo), but the core conceit (this TED stuff is techno-politics) is just fundamentally wrong.
There was absolutely no need for that.
I really, really wish an Open Source alternative to Facebook and Twitter would happen so we can put the proprietary social era behind us.
I heard a discussion of this on Radio 4's excellent More Or Less podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd

They pointed out Korea tend to do well in per capita medal counts as Taekwondo is a popular sport there - and there are gold, silver and two bronze medals in four weight categories for two genders - a total of 32 medals available. On the other hand cricket, one of the most popular sports in India, has zero olympic medals.
I hope the password wasn't:

g1zm0do

:)
A-Plus Players tend to underestimate the value other people find in stability, predictability and routine. On the other hand, A-Plus Players themselves can get tied up in perfectionism and never produce anything, much less anything like their best possible work. They often have difficulty coping with the inevitable failures, and will burn themselves out on ideas that aren't working, at which point they stop being A-Plus Players and instead seek out stability, predictability and routine.

What is being described isn't a genetic trait; it is curiosity and optimism that is all to easy to loose or waste.

I would define A-Plus Players not by what they want to do, but by what they actually do. They are the people who do advance the field and produce work that is good enough rapidly so they can respond to feedback and adapt. They are the people who inspire the people around them, who are excited to collaborate especially across disciplines. Their curiosity is rooted in real-world problems and their advances are almost accidental in the process of making the world a slightly nicer place to live.
At the same time, they know what kind of balance they need and take care of themselves. Otherwise they don't stay A Plus Players for very long.

To encourage more such people, I would seek to construct cultures of sufficiency, where people can take risks without suffering excessive penalty in case of failure or hurting the people they care about. I would find ways to provide stability that didn't diminish the opportunity for creation (this is where Apple did well.) And I would change schooling to provide more agency to children, so that they learn how to learn, instead of that learning is a chore other people force upon you.
A possible use case could be upload/download large files
Hierarchy kills creativity.

I just started working a few entry level IT jobs and I am seeing how sad this really is. A change request to restart a server takes 4-weeks and is turned down by a CTO who doesn't understand IT needs. The CTO implements a new policy without discussion with IT which renders a passion project by members of the company to be scrapped.

Startups are corporations. They work just like one. Sure they offer perks like free pop, food, paid lunches, breaks, naptime, pool table, ping pong table and so on. This isn't a management style, its a employee benefit.

When it comes to management, startup companies seem to approach business in the same way. A CEO who has the CTO/CFO/CIO reporting to them. Then there is someone else who reports to someone else who reports to someone else. It's a cycle of killing ideas. If one person doesn't like the idea somewhere along that chain, probably at the top somewhere, it won't get any traction. If ideas keep dying employees become discouraged to use their spare time to implement new procedures to decrease inefficiencies.

[i]"How many businesses get to focus in this way on creative forms of work or get to screen carefully to make sure they only hire self-motivated employees?"[/i]

I am sure Valve hires its fair share of garbage. By garbage I mean employees who last 3,6, 12 months before they find themselves looking for a job. In the start it must take long to adapt and understand the operating procedures and workflow. But if you are a person dedicated to getting something done you will implement something or join someone who is working on something awesome. In that first year you will show value and if you don't the rest of your employees will tune you out. Another thing is their hiring procedures are probably much better than an organization. Instead of having HR and then a manager from the department for hiring or a selected individual it's probably more spread out and allows all employees to interview new employees to see if they would fit their teams.

[i]Every form of business organization needs people with a vision to set its model and its goals and to direct people and resources in a way that maximizes the opportunities of successfully reaching those goals. [/i]

This is the traditional thinking where there is one person who knows more than everyone. If this was the case we wouldn't be inventing and developing all these new tools. One person doesn't have the answer.
Hey, what would be a good resource to start of for SMPP for a programmer who does not have much telecom background? I'm mainly trying to understand how a vendor flexible solution can be built for M2M
>"takedown"? I don't think it means what you think it means.

Take a gander here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/takedown

I see three definitions, two literal and one figurative that
apply here:

>6. Informal . the act of being humbled.

>7. Wrestling . a move or series of maneuvers that succeeds in bringing a standing opponent down onto the mat.

>2. a crushing remark [syn: put-down]
"In conclusion, the USPSTF reasoned that the additional benefit gained by starting screening at age 40 years rather than at age 50 years is small, and that moderate harms from screening remain at any age...The USPSTF notes that a "C" grade is a recommendation against routine screening of women aged 40 to 49 years."

Note that this recommendation is solely on medical grounds - that is, the medical cost/benefit ratio suggests routine screenings for women < 49 is pointless. They don't even take into account the financial cost.
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Another point is that internet connection is unavailable just too often. I don't know of all world, but even in Moscow the connection in some districts is very unreliable. I'm not talking of 3G, but of any wireless internet.

Wouldn't want a bank notify me of transactions with such unreliable means.
"In-Memory Data Grid", which appears to be used a bit differently, along the lines of

http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/12/21/in-memory-data-gr...
Question: could an attacked delete my CrashPlan backup via the website?

It seems like they should be holding on to files for 30 days period or something. Does anyone know?
Scirocco: Take a break from your work.
there's a challenge in how do you structure and organize edge-case logic such that the core application design needn't be entirely redesigned every time a new requirement is revealed or an existing one needs to be altered. When the client comes to you with changes in requirements, having built an architecture that can turn on a dime is a rewarding experience.
CapsLockScript: like JavaScript, just louder
It comes down to whether you can make a living in India if you get into sports. The economics around it are strong enough to force out anyone considering sports. Cricket is the only sport in India that can get you top dollar whether you make it big or small. The compensation provided to a person playing hockey or table-tennis is meager in comparison.

Those that are talented and have the will + passion for the sport shine as long as they have enough funds. Then there are those [1] that have to sell their bow to make ends meet despite securing a silver medal at the south asian championships. It was heart breaking reading that.

[1] - http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3278...
There is no way we are going to agree on much in this domain. I just so strongly disagree, it is painful to me!

Consider your 'post-political person'. I believe this is a conceit. In my opinion no such person exists.

Are you seriously arguing that politicians will soon be a thing of the past? That, in essence, is the conclusion you must reach. A little further down the line, I expect the Singularity will happen as well, yet I have a sneaky suspicion the first to get there will execute the ultimate political act which will be to deny access to the several billion people that weren't part of their cohort.

-Supplemental-

Since we don't really know how the Singularity will express itself, 'get there' should be read as 'to contact', 'integrate with' etc
Online backup systems should, generally, be ok even if temporarily compromised since they will keep copies of stuff even if you delete it. (Dropbox does this for FREE accounts.)

The problem is backing up big stuff -- I've got my working docs backed up the wazoo (I can even backup large multimedia/game projects to Dropbox) but my photo and media libraries are unmanageable.
You can print out ten one-use codes at a time, and generate a new list of ten at any point.
Any site which has low upper bounds for password lengths is not to be trusted.
and remember to use a different password from your iCloud account.
You can use the two factor phone app. I installed this when we had a phone outage here. Available for Android not sure about iOS.
Well, there is Diaspora, heh.

Personally, I think the future of "social networks" will, in a sense, go back in time once again where it will be peer to peer, encrypted end to end.

I think the guys working on the Freedom Box are trying to crack the riddle.
This is so much cool.
There is a Google Authenticator app that generates time-specific codes for you, you don't need SMS at all.
The hostility towards this guy in the comments is astounding. I already had low expectations for comments on blogs, but this took it to a whole new level.
One virtual begal coming up. (random from 1st 10,000 lines of Bible.)

http://www.random.org/

http://www.losethos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT

2217

master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me,
I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she say
to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the
same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's
son.

24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto
the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray
thee.

24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder,
and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank,
and she made the camels drink also.

----

God says...
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God says...
Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of
the earth.

48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand,
to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is
the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it:
he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall
become a multitude of nations.

48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.

----

(Jerry had his hand on elane or vice versa. "Man ass" is bad)
No; then you will just hack them.
It seems to work with some limitations as the yubikey has no time source.

http://binaryelysium.com/blog/2011/12/13/a-reluctant-relatio...
I smell jealousy here. Although it's a fact that China spent a great sum of money and effort training their athletes and the children usually go though excess training(well, like Russia, Korea etc) , i don't think the athletes are being "kidnapped" or forced to become athletes. Many of the young athletes came from very poor family and this is a way to improve their lives (including their families and even the whole village). In fact, it's a privilege to be chosen.
Certainly, I agree, but half the web is still that way. Many banking sites even.
Three words: Invite only beta.

Ask people who are interested to put in their emails and when you have the available funds for X freemium users (maybe by some paid-for service) release X invites.
That's not really the point. If you build a website then web developers are your peers.
Indias GDP (PPP) per capita is 30% higher than Pakistan's, so there are clearly other differences between the two countries than meat.
I guess YouTube and Instagram didn't worry too much about server costs and revenue models. I think it's safe to say they did ok regardless.
I've been messing around a little with ember lately, I'm no expert, but from what I've tried using ember-data you can define the models directly from a REST endpoint response and pass that to your views or have other properties be dependent on them without ever explicitly specifying those fields exist.
Why would anyone store that much data behind one password? Apple really shouldn't give the ability to remotely destroy all data on multiple devices with a single password.

I love my MacBook and all, but I would never use such a stupidly insecure service.
Worst advice ever. Now you only need to lose your wallet and you're in the same situation as the article's. The old advice is still sound.
So Github is boring? 37Signals is boring? Heroku is boring?, Photoshop, Maya, LogicPro is boring?

There sure are boring things in B2B just as there are in B2C, but there are plenty of B2B business that are great fun and challenging as hell.
But do we really need an open source social network? Do we need more/different online social networks when there is so much out there already?

Why don't people just use preexisting technologies like email? What's the obsession with social networks anyway? Let's rethink this and come up with something radically different.

There is a alternative, all inclusive solution right under our noses...
In the sense that I have become smarter and wiser from blog links and Ask/Show discussions, very valuable - in terms of $ I would est $10k in savings from not pursuing bad ideas (no market demand, etc).

As an aside, HNews is valuable in terms of time spent and money saved or earned. Whereas FB is a black hole and LinkedIn has some value, and twitter the most.
You mean email (or maybe email+vCard)?

Actually, to make that work I think you'd need to add three things:

1. An extension to the vCard format to represent relationships (maybe this already exists? can you embed RDF triplets in vCard?)

2. A plugin for the popular mail servers that displays vCard info of its users as html in response to web requests (with appropriate RDFa metadata).

3. Some way to make an http request that proves "I am johndoe@example.com" or "I am the mail server responsible for johndoe@example.com" so that servers could make a distinction between private data, public data, and "friends only" data. Maybe have a chain of trust that starts with DNSSEC keys?
Impressed by that too. It gives the impression that some of the commenters are involved with the stunt.
What you've described it's MySQL query cache.

MySQL memcached is a memcached deamon that uses InnoDB storage instead of in-memory storage. The caching is done by InnoDB itself.

(and actually it's possible to enable the optional in-memory storage too)

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-memcached.html
Because the program sold the stock it bought immediately, at a loss. Leaving you with nothing to sell the next day.