skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Non-technical is not a synonym for uneducated. Many of my non-technical customers have masters degrees, and substantially all passed high school math. The typical non-technical decisionmaker trying to buy server-monitoring software has a title like Purchasing Director or Team Lead and a four-year degree or better. (I'd also tend to avoid that A/B test because the pricing grid looks very clear in context.)

There's a semi-related issue where talking in a particular way can make you seem like The Other to someone, and you don't want to do that, but I doubt the person with purchasing authority is so scared of math that this qualifies. (I might avoid putting a D&D joke on that page, where I would totally do that when talking directly to a geeky audience, if that fits the company culture.)
The big deal is that you didn't read the article.
As of right now there are no practical preimage attacks on MD5, but people keep expecting one.

It's better to switch to something else and not have to worry about it.
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Reminds me of this book:
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
http://www.amazon.com/Trust-Me-Lying-Confessions-Manipulator...
Absolutely. brennan at planscope.io
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Sorry, yes. That's what I get for posting before coffee :)

The cost of fork() is linear with respect to memory size.
Something similar is appgrok.com which offers server-side control of bundled files, including nib files. It doesn't have a built-in experiment framework, but you could mix AppGrok with analytics to get some experiments-without-app-store-submission working, if that's your goal. (I'm a developer at AppGrok.)
My apologies. I live in the area where Epic is based. They tend to hire straight out of college and work their employees into the ground. It's a weird subculture over there, but they're swimming in money for all the government kickbacks hospitals get for implementing electronic medical records here in the States. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRI...
So you would prefer surveillance data (and let it be clear, security is not possible without at least some surveillance being conducted on secured facilities, for example - even a store like 7-11 has video surveillance systems nowdays) be transmitted in the clear, stored accessibly to any malicious intruder in a well-known location without any physical security to speak of?
Pfshaw, tags are old hat. They are also just a re-hashing of the humble search keyword of olde.

The real new hat is search and all major OSes are doing this more or less correctly now. I don't recall the last time I browsed to a document.

Also worth mentioning that the concept of "documents" is itself a quickly aging hat. With some very few exceptions most documents are tied pretty closely to just one app and apps and those apps in turn can have more specific ways of handling those documents (i.e. projects, libraries etc).

The internal representation of files and programatic access is another matter - we do need a better way to segregate access and assign metadata to files. Possibly a relational file system would be the way to go, but it's not a problem that very urgently needs solving for anyone so nothing too exciting there for a while....
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I find it a little disconcerting that the two primary things CL makes money from, housing and jobs, don't (obviously) fit for OfferUp, Grabio or HipSwap. Plus it looks like OfferUp only does posting from iOS for now. CL notwithstanding, seems like a lack of ubiquity is a show-stopper for adoption.
Wow I just tried clang_complete and... I'm in awe. Thanks!
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In high school physics about 22 years ago, we did an experiment to calculate the acceleration due to gravity by repeatedly dropping a weight with a ticker tape attached to it that fed through a hole punch tool and measuring the spacing of the holes in the tape over time. As part of the analysis and write-up, we had to calculate the standard deviation across our sample runs. That seemed really tedious to me, so I wrote a program in BASIC that took a data file, ran the calculations and saved the results. I recall a certain to-do as the school deliberated over whether this was an acceptable way to complete the assignment, and I was asked to include the source code for my program so the teacher could determine that I understood the concept well enough to program it.
There's gun.io but I haven't tried it yet

http://gun.io/contracts/
Except they have to use a _robot_ to accommodate you - hardly less invasive than some software. =/
The problem is that the textbooks are teaching calculation. So in this instance "doing math" is calculating some equation. Solve some equation is easier to write in a textbook than an unambiguous word problem that a grad student needs to solve and put the answers in the back of the book and in the teachers solution manual. Not to mention that the math teachers are not always the best.
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This comes up from time to time. From over a year and a half ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2019950

And from almost five years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50159
Do the Frommer's and Zagat brands mean anything to those under 40? My instinct is that they probably don't.
Thanks! We're out in Mountain View now, but we built out our own shop a year ago in Miami, FL. About 90% of the manufacturing on Double is still done there today by our contract workers. We have a Haas VF-2SS mill and have made custom fixtures for most of the parts on the robot. We purchased a Stratasys FDM printer and brought it with us out to CA with us to do rapid prototyping during YC. All of the prototype electronics were hand-soldered under a microscope and tested in house, but we will soon be handing that off to a PCB Assembly house now that the boards are finalized.

As far as driving goes, we have 3 or 4 different methods we want to experiment with once things settle down, but so far the joystick-style is most intuitive. OpenTok's new iOS to iOS video has cut down on the lag a bunch.

Thanks for the comments!

-marc @ double
They don't even have to get compromised to mess up the web. Too many sites point their jQuery src to the latest version, so just wait for jQuery 2.0 to come out and see how many IE 6/7/8 users complain. http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-an...
Maybe a more accurate headline would read "How (almost) the whole Apple community is screwed". On one hand, you have the people who believe this. On the other hand, you have the ones who do not. In the middle is those who don't care. We'll disregard them for this argument.

The people who believe the false rumor of a custom Apple screw are, at least to a large extent, the people who wouldn't put it past Apple. There's a point being made there; Apple has done a lot in their short history of mainstream popularity to lock users out of their hardware and software. A custom screw wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary. With this argument, Apple has developed a notorious reputation and when people are believing this without questioning it, it means the Apple community (as opposed to just Apple users) is screwed.

The ones who would not believe it, I feel, are split into two camps. Ones who saw no evidence of this being true, and ones who could not reconcile it in their mind that Apple would be doing something like this. The ones who didn't believe it because of a lack of evidence is the community Apple (and every other company) needs on their side. The ones who didn't believe it because they didn't want to believe it do so out of a blind love for Apple, and denial that Apple could betray them. Even if this is a small number of people (you can't deny they exist, though), it's still evidence that the Apple community is screwed.

The first group is full of people who either hate Apple for similar-but-opposite reasons to the last group or people who are suspicious of Apple's history (especially after the newest Macbook Pro). There is merit in their mindset, and that's not good for the Apple community. The last group is full of done-no-wrong supporters, who will praise anything Apple creates for better or worse. The lack of critical thinking and constructive feedback and criticism is bad for the Apple community. Who knows if a review of a new product is 10/10 because it's a good product or because it's an Apple product?

This is just my analysis, and I am happy to discuss alternative viewpoints. For what it's worth, I'm not upset that these guys made a fake. It gives a great view into the mindset of Apple news publishings and reactions.
This isn't an argument for a telepresence robot - it is an argument for a Cisco teleoffice installation. Having a robot adds a whole new layer of complexity and issues.
It's inline with how those guys are. Classy hackers.
Rails/Grails/Node ... I'm still using Spring MVC a lot for implementing REST-like APIs (annotated controllers are all I need). These APIs are the foundation for client-side templates (currently I prefer Handlebars) then.

Granted... Spring MVC requires a round-trip for API changes as well compared to more dynamic languages but it's quite short due to the compact and focused backend-code base.
I wonder how often companies pull stunts this against their competitors.
I wish web designers would stop putting light grey text on white backgrounds.
The irony is thick enough to cut with an asymmetrical knife.
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The obvious benefit to using tagging is that tags can be anything. The obvious detriment to using tagging is that tags can be anything. Take, for example, a contact in an address book. Did I tag "contact", "friend", "acquaintance", "people I know", or something else? How do I know what to search for? Obviously a contrived example but it easily extends for any type of document; put simply, a hierarchy is much easier to remember than a "cloud" of unlimited options. Not to mention the time it takes to save a file in a hierarchy versus tagging (how many tags should I use for optimal performance?)

I think the true future is in a hybrid. Improve the metadata on a file (Windows is making giant leaps in this territory), improve file search indexing and capabilities, and retain a hierarchy. This allows ease of both searching and browsing, and is not any different from what we're doing today (no retraining Grandma).
So a VERY advanced version of this could be used for things like:

* underground/underwater communication systems where wires and radio waves faulter

* interstellar communication without antennae and without bouncing the signal off satellites

* radiowave-less espionage

* etc?
Great. Thanks for this. I am still trying to understand the intricacies of MVC architecture if that gives you any indication of my experience. I am a front end guy and have worked in the Views layer a good bit but this will be my first real language (Ruby) and framework. I felt like I was trying to cram too much in all at once. I think I will definitely wait to learn more about testing.
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Umm, there's this thing called hard/soft links...
Didn't the article point out that most of the "major" news sources covering this pointed out that this was an unconfirmed rumor?
That's what the spec said.
Patrick et al.

I work in the e-commerce "ecosystem". What's your opinion about offering all software functionality for free, but charge for support and other side services like "product catalog management", "product image treatment", "e-mail marketing campaigns management" etc? Do you think customers may like the idea?
BTW: one more thing which I initially did not mention is that Wicket generates a hell lot of client-side code with loads of nested DIVs (per component probably), weird and long wicket IDs which tell you nothing (they are automatically created). Pretty tough to get used to - especially for someone trying to understand what happens "under the hood".
Shoulda used Codepen.io ;-0
http://www.authorize.net/files/cybersource_pricing.pdf

Ignoring all those extra fees and charges unrelated to a single payment, Authorize.net charges 2.19% + $0.27 in the best case (qualified domestic Visa). In the worst case (non-qualified international MasterCard), they charge 4.49% + $0.2685.

Even only considering the best case, Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 doesn't seem 'ripoff' to me.
Your impression is incorrect. Quoting one researcher, "Our intent is to raise awareness that MD5 is broken so drastically that its continued use in digital signature schemes and certificates poses realistic threats." See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 .

I am no expert. It may be that MD5 is still relatively secure for this specific task. However, SHA2 is more secure. Use that instead.
I knew that JVM had some advanced GCs available, including few commercial ones, but I didn’t know about Java RTS. That’s great.
Intel working on ultrabooks and smartphones with built-in wireless charging
Did they change the title? Doesn't say kill now. Anything that can't be printed on plain paper does not dominate QR codes.
Researchers find some of the world’s earliest (pre-Cambrian) armor
I would gladly pay more tax, it just has to be fair (meaning that people earning more then me also pay more).
Google "Responsive Web Design." you shouldn't have to pinch your zoom your way into every website. HN has a poor mobile experience.
I refer to it as persona-based pricing

I hereby declare this to be the correct technical term for it. The guys in marketing may be calling it something else, but I don't think you'll find a more succinct description of the strategy.
Isn't the problem with JSBin (or CoderWall)?

His updated version of Hacker News isn't really that complex or incompatible with older browsers.
>> It uses OpenTalk to essentially let you video chat with those people.

What is "OpenTalk"? I've never heard of that protocol/API/software before. And Googling turns up nothing except some abandonware from 2009. http://download.cnet.com/OpenTalk/3000-2150_4-10568159.html
Real-time Android: real possibility or just plain impossible?
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why so bitter ;)

A rising tide lifts all boats. We, as workers in this industry, should all be glad that there's now so much hype. There are many important industries that should get more of the community attention, but don't.
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Couldn't you just escape it, i.e.

<\/xmp>

inside the text?
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The media is hungry: there is simply not enough news to report to fill the pages, and real news is dull and requires a lot of effort to understand and write about.

So the media have to grasp every rumor, every speculation, everything which can be made into a scandal.

They would never, ever, say "nothing to see here, pass on". That would be loosing sales for them.
A more interesting question is the drawbacks of taking time to scrutinize, or making more conditional statements, or waiting for confirmation. Meme direction seems to be set pretty early, and hard to move once set. It's a commonplace of politics that you have to react within the news cycle or the story gets away from you, and everyone agrees this is not a good thing.

So anyone taking the time to actually think through a bit is surrendering time, at an important moment in the discussion, to less careful people.
Even if what you say is true, heroes aren't perfect. They are controversial and complex people, just as we all are.

I look forward to checking out his new music service, and hope he prevails over his legal troubles.
>But asking if you own an apple phone sounds a little bit to me like asking if your bicycle has a flywheel.

man, my hipster jokes make a lot more sense after I've slept. s/flywheel/freewheel/
It's not Apple community. It's just people. The same rumor can be started about anything popular with the same success. We had chain letters about facebook charging for access and all kinds of other baloney long time ago. snopes.com has loads of it. There's always some percent of people with low critical thinking, and always some percent of irresponsible bloggers/press which think spreading the rumor is always more profitable than fact-checking it (and they are probably right - nobody ever got rich on ad dollars earned by not publishing something).
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I think that the kind of customers who think "Oh, you know what, I want to run my business on a platform put out by a company with no clear way of keeping the lights on" are absolutely not the customers which you want to get. They're disproportionately going to be people who aspire to make money on the Internet rather than people who actually run businesses. People who actually run businesses are much better prospects: they have money and are willing to spend as much of it as you'd care to take if you can generate positive ROI. They'll be much more positively inclined to upsells like e.g. improved photography for their goods because they know that will directly make them money, whereas someone who a) has no orders and b) has no goods won't understand why on earth they'd pay for a professional photographer.

These very desirable business customers will run screaming from the impending trainwreck of a company which is proposing a) tie your business at the hip to ours and b) we could fold at any stiff breeze.
worked great in FF 14.0.1! No lag, game loaded in under 30 seconds, with instant reaction to controls. Mouse movements are reversed for up and down. Running into a dummy causes them to move forward and along whatever wall they may hit.
Lame.

Many worlds is an interpretation. It is an untestable explanation of the evidence, there is no way to decide between many worlds and other models (besides, perhaps, convenience). It is not physics, but metaphysics.

I know some people are pushing many worlds with religious fervor and it is obnoxious. But as far as I know, despite the horde of internet acolytes that gives MW a weird thought-smell, it is still a mainstream interpretation and nobody is "prosecuted" for it.
I'm in my late twenties and I know both brands though I had almost zero interaction with Zagat in any purposeful sort of way. I never sought out a list of Zagat rated restaurants. I did use Frommer's for trip planning though often it was browsing in the bookstore or library rather than purchasing.
Get the merch acct through Chase, gateway through auth.net - BIG SAVINGS!
It's been useful already. One of the founders was out of town at the last YC dinner and but he participated in a conversation in the lobby with me and his cofounder through a Double. He wouldn't have been able to if he'd been using a standard teleconferencing setup, because it wasn't a pre-arranged meeting.

In my experience, many if not most of the most important conversations are not pre-arranged meetings. If you use existing teleconferencing technology you miss them all, and if you use a Double you don't. That's a qualitative change.
It's actually OpenTok. Check it out here: http://tokbox.com/opentok/api/documentation
If I may ask, what issues were the Cluch.io guys having building a sustainable business around A/B testing for mobile?
Let's see. I'm sitting in front of a workstation with about ten gigabytes of data. It stores all manner of projects, from pure mechanical to pure electronics as well as software-only products. They are organized quite well by product or project as required. Each product lives in a stand-alone directory that is fully self-contained. Need to work on that project on another workstation? Clone it or fork it onto that workstation and you have all files relevant to that project and nothing else.

This method works very well and has been in use for quite some time across multiple workstations, operating system revisions, tools and software revisions as well as a number of engineers. The only effort required in order to maintain this system is to abide by common sense agreed-upon directory structures. For example, if working on an electro-mechanical project, the fasteners might go in the "Fasteners" directory under the "Mechanical" folder and the embedded software might go under "Software", which, in turn, lives within the "Electronics" directory. Not tagging. Nothing that can get lost or royally FUBAR'ed if tags are lost or corrupted, etc. Just a darn simple file cabinet analog that works very well and is perfectly usable, easy to understand and fully searchable.

Don't get me wrong, I like tags. They are great for certain applications. I just don't see them as practical for anything I've ever touched in terms of project or file management.
In the post he says that. They part where he discuss the cost of the algorithm. For computers it is only the comparison. For library it is the comparison and distance to walk.
Agreed! But unfortunately it seems almost half the country disagrees with that :-(
By using this, you're saying that you trust cperciva more than you trust Stripe. I'm confident that neither are going to try and deliberately steal your credit card numbers. But furthermore, you are saying that cperciva is going to protect paymentiframe.com from hacks better than stripe is going to protect theirs.

Myself, I'd place a lot of trust on cperciva, the former FreeBSD security officer, a guy who has written papers on security flaws in Pentium 4 processors. (http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful...)

[edit] paymentiframe.com's FAQ now includes this:

Why should I trust you with my credit card entry form?

You probably shouldn't. This is more of a proof of concept — but you might also want to use the CGI script to generate an iframe which you download (along with the bits it links to) and serve up as a static file from a server you run (but make sure you get a separate domain name for it).
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Do you really think that it's okay to condone the subjugation or murder of all people that won't convert to Islam, and then say that you didn't really believe the words you said?

Claiming that you are a Muslim is saying that you support and agree with Islamic doctrine and everything that comes with it. I'm not here to argue about what Muslims believe, but you should understand what you are condoning and take it seriously

I don't believe that the "subjugation and murder of all people that won't convert to Islam" is in fact a central tenet of "Islamic doctrine". Certainly not in any formal sense, and even the more negative interpretations of Islamic history indicate that forced conversion was rare - despite the fact that subjugation certainly occurred.

While it is true that Islamic history is marred by conflict, I would posit that 1) un-provoked conflict is not specifically called for in Muslim religious texts and 2) even in the case of conflict, forced religious conversion is not indicated in any fashion nor carried out in practice.

If either of the above points are incorrect, please point me towards an appropriate source indicating otherwise.
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There's Boston Startup School launching soon: http://bostonstartupschool.com