skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Other recent examples of the US' undemocratic use of its (arguably largely undue) control of financial networks include the blocking of Wikileaks and the pressure on Europe to give support to its bid to remove Iran from the SWIFT interbank settlement network (incidentally, from memory SWIFT - despite claiming to be an international organization headquartered in Belgium - always had a US president until 2007). All of these are unprecedented moves against international infrastructure that was formerly considered de-facto apolitical.

Thus, dear wealthy American government-patrons: you cannot invade random countries in the world spouting free-market rhetoric whilst abusing the fundamental notions of democracy and fairness forever. Your time is coming, and it will be sooner than you imagine.
what do you use for citation management?
I imagine he has a regular desktop with a video card sitting there doing the work (especially if you look at the Improve page, he's asking for another video card or someone's spare box; it also mentions a queue, etc.).
Passing the 500 mark means you have to hand in SEC filings, nothing more.
I think its this constant denial, this lie, "the land of the free", that is the reason why things just dont improve in the states. From the red scare to the people-we-dont-like-are-now-called-terrorist.

Why not just accept the fact that Russia, the US and China are most alike when It comes to freedom. And that actually free places, are by definition less powerfull. (because of those pesky morals and ideals).

Lets be honest. You are more like Russia, than like Canada. You are more like China, than like Holland.

You are not the "country of the free". You are the least evil superpower, and wihout you other nations, like mine, would not be free.

So, as a dutch citizen, i thank you for your sacrifice. I thank you for the nuclear umbrella, your inclusive economic nature, and by extension my freedom.

Im sorry, that you dont get to experience it yourself. But you cant be a free superpower. There is no such thing.
Deserved. I was trying to reach, perhaps intuitive or anticipate what is echoed in:

"One thing I like to do is take a bit of my time each week and sit down with a person who has never used my product."

What does "a day without coding" entail? Can one actually go without coding? Sure, it is one of _those_ philosophical questions. I am sure most developers code under a social routine as well. Does a "day without coding" involve changing that routine? Can one's mind compartmentalize one's projects so dynamically? What happens when an impromptu conversation turns into a user test?

But deserved. My thoughts were not quite so lucid for that post.
I have a degree in nuclear engineering.

Good luck teaching yourself that.
Indeed. The hold-up appears to be because of the wording of the statute, that they need to be notified at their US address. That could point towards either a failure on the part of the legislators, or a conscious effort on their part to keep notices from being served on entities not under US purview.

I suppose the judge could attempt to discern the intent of the law and make a ruling that goes with the spirit of the law, but it's noted in the article that the wording is fairly plain, and that doesn't leave a lot of room for interpretation.

Also, I wonder how much people would be complaining about this if it was a drug cartel of some sort (with a corporate front) with seized US assets and a similar defense.
Guilty of that here. There isn't much incentive really, other than perhaps getting Xmonad running, and it'll end up with some stuff breaking. I've got a nice bash shell, steam works and I can play portal, and it's good enough.
Doesn't maintain sync. YouTube is wonky sometimes and while trying it out one video started but the other was still queueing. Finally they both started playing but at different time markers. Hitting pause and then play also did not sync the games together.
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As I understand it, all of the "create a build order from the replay" sites/tools out there suffer inaccuracy because a replay file is just a list of input actions. There's no distinguishing between building a probe, queueing a probe, not having enough money to build a probe, and being supply blocked.

People try to model what the game does but without actually reimplementing all of SC2 perfectly, you'll still have bugs.

I think, on the other hand, if you had a video taken with the production tab open, and did some really simple image processing to determine what is being built at any given time, you could do a lot better than everyone else.

(I've been kicking this idea around for a while but never got past playing around with a single .PNG, and it looks like you have all the hard .sc2replay -> video stuff worked out already!)
Why the hell have you not posted this to /r/starcraft?!?
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'Don't fuck with the Internet' implies the internet is a threat, which it is not. It is a fragmented collection of small organizations which -- through it's natural fragmentation -- is no serious threat.

The recent SOPA/PIPA circus is irrelevant, there were projects in progress by the US Government to implement SOPA/PIPA policies and they have not slowed down.

Don't get confused, we have shown a large demonstration of disunity between the citizens and the government, but it's still no more than that -- a demonstration.
I couldn't get it to build at all, since it can't find ` -lcrypto`...bugging...
I may be misinterpretting the parent, but I don't think he was disagreeing with the assessment that a 1-10MM/yr business is a lifestyle business, but more that a 10-100MM/yr business is "no man's land".

Also, from my experience, founders do actively promise not to go down the slow path. It isn't some implicit agreement. When you pitch to investors usually 2 of the most common questions are "What is your growth plan?" and "What are your exits routes?". If you project to be a 10MM/yr business in 5 years, VCs probably won't pull the trigger, and if you told them 100MM/yr in 5 years you can understand why a VC would maybe think you aren't moving fast enough if you're an order of magnitude off that number.

As for YC companies, as I've heard many time on HN when there is a post about an investment or an exit, it's all about the terms and where the company is, however it seems from reading his essays like PG's advice is to be aggressive about taking money when you can get it, so that may permeate down to the YC companies so you could be right.
Hmm. I'm not sure I like it, but the title and comments here are a little misleading. The government has indicted MegaUpload, MegaUpload is arguing that they can't be served notice of those indictments, and the government is saying, "Well, until we can, we're not unfreezing the assets." MegaUpload's position doesn't sound ridiculous - "we're not a US company, why should we be subject to US law?" - except that they were doing business in the US (is that where the seized assets were? It sounds like they at least host some stuff out of Virginia).
If I made a Twitter clone with a Bootstrap UI, I don't think I could generate much buzz. Kudos to these folks, I suppose.
>"But with that said, I think that you're naive when it comes to the motivations and actions of entities like the Fed and Goldman Sachs."

I question your wisdom when you refer to the motivations of huge enterprises like GS and the Fed, with thousands of employees, like they have a singular view.

As far as my naivete, well, I have friends that work for the Bank of Canada (a central bank...scary!) as well as on Bay and Wall Street inside big investment banks (though not GS, unfortunately) They're just regular guys punching the clock. Not evil.

But, judging by your understanding of how the stock market and IPO system works, it's pretty clear you have very little sense of finance, let alone how banking or the Federal Reserve system works. The fact that you cited Inside Job as your source reveals where you get your information from. Don't worry, you're not alone. There's a whole sub-culture out there that refuses to accept the fact that there is no banking conspiracy, that the Fed's motivations are clear and their actions are documented. 90% of the goings on in the financial world can be explained simply and logically. Big banks are out to make money, and how they do so is pretty straight forward. The Fed guys are academics, not evil geniuses. Have you ever listened to Bernanke's talks? The guy is as meek and nerdy as they come. Is that a clever ruse?

I hang around enough forums to know that it's very unlikely that you're willing to have your mind changed. If I'm wrong, I'm open to debating whatever (in another forum of course) If not, let's just agree to disagree.
How often do you need signaling indicators, though? If someone has sufficient competence at a given field, they should be able to demonstrate that competence by delivering satisfactory work.

The proof should be in the level of understanding of the concept of slope acquired by students using various methods; it doesn't matter at all who is "right" with respect to some formal definition.
Doesn't seem very scalable. Unless you have a way to run and record multiple games on one machine.
That's what people said about 2 digit years :P
I'm sure I'll sound horribly impolite, but why did you choose such an Apple-esque style?

You all could be a revolutionary team, but as far as I can see the UI is not a revolution at all. I'm not telling you that a drastically innovative interface is needed, but to be future-proof you should go fully-digital, if not something farther.

The interface must be perfect, cool, useful, built tightly around the user and functions, not nice.
Keep in mind that this is written from the point of view of the employee and not the founder(s).

The reality is that it takes longer than a 30-minute interview to determine whether or not someone deserves a chunk of the company that you have devoted your life towards. If a potential hire demanded that I "avoid cliff vesting" (as suggested in this article), I would feel very uncomfortable.

That being said, I think a one-year cliff is excessive. I've found a three- or six-month cliff to be mutually agreeable for both parties.
Absolutely I read the original criticism - carefully. It was (in my opinion) complete nonsense by somebody who clearly has an axe to grind.

I have seen over 100 of Khan's videos. On many occasions he was able to clearly communicate a topic that I had been gated on. Doing so in a clear, concise manner. I have colleagues at work that use Khan to help their children through Math. If Khan had existed when I was in university, it would have eliminated 90% of the tutors costs associated with things like linear algebra. So, as I read his criticism, I was asking myself, WTF - this feels like it has _nothing_ to do with the content that I've viewed, which has been _excellent_ in explaining topics that very few (if any ) of the lecturers I had in High School/University were capable of doing.

What it actually reminded me, was of Encyclopedia Britanica's FUD against Wikipedia when it was coming out. The criticism _sounds_ accurate, unless you've actually looked at the content being attacked.

My point is - you can't read the criticism, and make a judgement, until you've spent some time looking at the material to see if the criticisms are sound.
It my be just me, but did anyone else sense a lot of Wall Street/banker/etc. "Heh, look at those adorable little web people, trying to do something?"

To wit:
Start-up entrepreneurs cannot evade the discipline of the
capital markets any more than can the prime ministers of
Spain and Italy.

Honestly? Isn't that a bit self-congratulatory? How about places like Barclays--can they evade the discipline?
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At this point I don't care if Mega-upload is guilty or not. There has been enough cock-ups by the prosecution to throw this thing out of the courts. I sincerely hope that the US government pays for this incident and a result of that sets a precedent of following proper due process.
Sure, Facebook had a billion dollars in revenue last quarter.
I'm fairly certain they are referring to the license to their code. In other words, the fact that there are LGPL bits involved which can be redistributed does not mean that the entire application is "fair game".
I've no idea to what extent homeschooling has been co-opted by 'cultists', but I think it's a fair statement to say that families who engage in the practice do so out of some mistrust of the prevailing institutional model of education for one reason or another, and that it may be relatively likely that, for the same reasons, they're unwilling to allow their children's education to be the subject of some public 'dialogue'.
...among those who answered the survey.
I don't know why you are surprised. Forbes is not a reputable publication. It's "People Magazine / US Weekly" for people in the business world. It's not Bloomberg News.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=for...
At least with grive, it's all in the client binary. Your machine authenticates to google directly and touches only google services. I looked at the API briefly when it was released and it's pretty straightforward (think "S3 behind OAuth", basically).
This article doesn't address any downsides of drinking caffeine. It does happen to be a retrograde neuroinhibitor for adenosine, but to date, there's no evidence that this has negative long term health effects...
Ooh, cool! We're using JPGs, though. At quality 75:

67K flT7c.jpg
558K flT7c.png

Once those JPGs make it across the network and arrive on the device, we're stuck with plain old CGImages, right?
You are confusing two completely different sections.

Section 2 deals with the Library, that is, the LGPL code.

It says this quite clearly "2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:..."

Section 6 deals with a work that uses the library, and combining it with the library, which is the combined work of the LGPL code + whatever else.
I've looked at the sample, and found some of it to rely on prior knowledge, but perhaps it will be fine if I have appropriate reference material handy. I'll go ahead and get a copy.
Maybe, maybe not. A $50 investment isn't sufficient to guarantee trying it, let alone sustained use.
I thought that was what books and bibliographies were for.
Totally agree with you that what matters is whether the students eventually grasp the material. What I like about Khan, is he is fundamentally interested in teaching students so they _understand_ the material. He doesn't get caught up in theories of pedagogy or mathematical models or precise correctness - he sees his job is to communicate a concept in a way that the student says, "Oh, I get it."

Now, with that said - there _is_ a danger in that model of teaching, in which the student gets lured into a zone of comfort. So there _absolutely_ is a place in teaching for instructors who are going to challenge, upset, and disturb the student - resulting in a form of stress that pushes to the student to new heights. This can be a very uncomfortable (and, indeed, upsetting/stressful) learning environment - but it does give students deeper, and sometimes much more meaningful insight into topics.

But that's not what Khan's about. He is the guy you go to when you just want to get over some hurdle about a topic that has frustrated you.
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I understand the problems Twitter poses, but what's the problem with Identica?
Either I completely missed something, or that's not what this site is about. It just takes the replay and splits it into one video per player and lets you play all those videos at once. It does not try to scrape the build order from the replay.
> I still acknowledge we live in among the freer societies of the world

My understand is America is the least free developed country in the world. Yes, it's freer than many developing and undeveloped countries, but saying that is like saying your team is better than the one that consistently finishes bottom of the ladder
[Companies with 8 figures of revenue] are worth many multiples of 8 figures to acquiring companies with better sales channels or strategic gaps. <-- this is probably the most important sentence written on HN in July.

Let's say that you've built up, from essentially nothing, enough of a presence in your industry that you're selling $10 million a year of SaaS. That's only 10k accounts at a blended average of $100 a month -- far less if, like many SaaS companies, you make a significant whack of your money on custom enterprise deals that are not on the pricing page.

Now consider this company from the perspective of a Fortune 500 like, say, Intuit:

1) They have software which exists.

2) Their software creates clear value for customers. They have 10,000 people signing their praises and case studies up the wazoo. We know people will pay $100 a month for it -- we have copious, audited financial statements that prove that.

3) Oh yeah, we're a Fortune 500 company. Launching a new product costs us $250 million and we could fail to produce something that both achieves technical success and produces any value for anyone anywhere. Assuming we do, selling to our built-in base of hundreds of thousands of customers is what we do best.

Intuit can totally justify spending, say, $300 million to buy $20 million a year of revenue and the opportunity to 20x that by selling it to everyone who has ever heard of Quickbooks. Or mid 8 figures for something which has, say, a million a year in revenue.
Wow. The fact that some teaser screenshots are getting so much attention is great news for App.net.

Honestly I wasn't sure about Dalton's prospects at first -- but with the developer community hanging on to his every word, he might have a shot.

I still remember the days when Twitter was just a bunch of geeks tweeting about how much they hated MySpace. Now they can update their App.net statuses about how much they hate Facebook.
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Recently I switched work schedules from overnight to mornings and held my coffee consumption constant (at about 5 cups a day, gotta love the MS Starbucks machine). My productivity has since gone up, I sleep better, and my moods have improved.
> Unfortunately, higher education in the US becomes more and more a matter of money and not ability.

I think this isn't a higher education issue, its an issue with careers in general. Most companies go by a resume, an interview, and a few basic tests. The interviews usually last an hour to two hours long and they mostly want to hear about your knowledge of the company, what you can offer, and standard fluff crap.

Problem is:
1) Resume can be filled with lies and is usually a one page ad that doesn't show off any type of value. It also shows no demonstration of ability.
2) Interview can be useless and also promote dishonesty. It, again, also shows no demonstration of ability.
3) Basic tests are usually too easy (fizz-buzz anyone?) or non-existent and, for the third time, don't demonstrate ability.

What do all these have in common? If only you had to take an actual test or show off your skill in some way with a small project or demonstrate your creations?

Oh yeah, evidence shmevidence...
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Caffeine can certainly interfere with one's ability to maintain a consistent sleep cycle.
I do not appreciate editorializing in titles. Don't slur some organization as a "troll", tell me what, exactly, they are doing that might be objectionable.
You didn't miss anything. I just think it would be a kick-ass feature.
Lame. 166 points, third in rank on the front page, and shoved off. I guess the truth hurts?
So it's their "motto advantage" that attracts everyone in using their services? I guess giving their services away for free doesn't count for anything?
I'm sure all the assets, including the code, were part of the acquisition.
Homeschooling and un-schooling are actually quite varied. Un-schooling, specifically, is usually very specialized. Take Erik Demaine, for instance. He is the youngest professor in MIT's history - he was un-schooled until he entered college at 12. He specialized in mathematics because he loved it.

Homeschooling is still regulated by the state. Students must still pass certain tests, and often homeschoolers have a community of parents and children who get together to learn with each other at educational events geared specifically to their education. Both models have evolved, though they still have some cons. So, too, do public and private schools. Personally, I'd like to see us picking the best parts of various educational systems and putting them together.
The US is certainly evolving. You can point at a number of things which folks don't like. But history has shown that the system of replacing the government piece by piece over time is remarkably effective and resilient. Many people would argue that the current administration was elected, and a large number on incumbent legislators replaced in 2008, because of the Bush administrations casual disregard for what many considered fundamental rights. Torturing people and warrantless eaves dropping doesn't get you re-elected generally.

What happens next is that the new administration tries to understand and rationalize why they were picked. I would say that the President under estimated how much of his victory was civil liberties focused (at least from the more conservative voters in the country). His failure to make any meaningful change in those policies is working against him today.

That message has built slowly (many republicans failed to believe it could overwhelm their party in 2008) but steadily. And while many will seek faster results than we are seeing, those with a longer view see helpful signs that suggest the process is working its way toward resolution. Just as it did during other crises in the past.
The Surface Pro (not RT) is navigating a thin line between the iPad, and ultrabooks/MB Air or even a transformer.

I'm still struggling why anyone would choose it over an ultrathin laptop.
That's exactly right. I was part of a similar audit at a past company during their exit. We essentially had to inventory the license of every Rails plugin, script, etc. we had ever used.
I'm aware of what a stream is. Are you familiar with the Netflix, some may call it "rental" model? Apparently they let you "borrow" movies, I'm told for days at a time. Apparently you have to have a continuous internet connection to "stream" which kinda sucks when you have to move from one place to another.
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Too many? Too soon? Part of the agreement that came with joining was that you wouldn't "expose" other startups as participants, though I have no problem with talking openly about my experience. If anyone has questions, feel free to ping me.
It would be great if you could synthesize Day9's voice and autogenerate some commentary.
Thanks for the compliment! (you assumed incorrectly on the gender, but I'm accustomed to that with the nick :-)
I do want to support you guys.

But just having 10K people who want App.net successful is not enough to get me to put in $50 (or to even try it out for free).

Now, if this a community of a 100 entrepreneurs, I might be more interested. Perhaps, you guys need channels for various groups or something.

My point is that I cannot yet find an excuse to see why you will be successful and therefore would want to bet anything on you. Help me find that excuse :-)