skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's not an original idea. I even had it 10 years ago, as I'm sure many others did.
Wow!! We hacked up something similar few months back as a side project. Nice validation :). You have some real nice UX and figured out the pricing as well. Best wishes.

http://www.getroller.com

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4076883
Ask HN: Why doesn't Google allow free calls for Android?
From my desktop computer I can make calls to landlines using Voice and Video Chat for Gmail:
www.google.com/gizmo5/

I was under the impression that Google Voice for Android offered similar functionality, and would be able to route calls over Wi-Fi. However, Google Voice routes calls with a phone's minutes, rather than 3G or Wi-Fi.

Why do you think this is the case?
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The blame should be placed on the end user who is claiming content which they apparently shouldn't be. I'm not sure there is a technical solution around that which can determine if a certain video is inherently 'free' or not.
It's the expansionism, and the dispossession of Palestinians that requires, that gets all activists of my acquaintance _really_ het up. Why exactly all the settlements in the West Bank, outside the Wall? Are they "correct" according to Zionism?

Because if yes, Zionism is an ideology in favour of ethnic cleansing, which is an uncomfortable spot to sit...
Not to be mean, but how was any of this hard? True, I work on server-side development and I'm not a neckbeard, but this is part of my day-to-day job and I think the approach is pretty straightforward.

Step 1. Design a test performance data set. Great if it comes from your production data!
Step 2. Run your algorithm and attach a profiler.
Step 3. Look at any method about 5% utilization. Can you use a better algorithm, more compact data structure, improve memory locality, or tighten the loop? Googling for fast hash functions would give you a good answer here.
Step 4. Repeat steps 2-3 until you give up.

The difference with this pull request is the level of documentation that went into it. We're impressed because nobody shows these levels of documentation and humor when writing about their change. That's what's impressive.
I know people who have gotten sick of the takedowns, so I'm basing that off a small subset of people who use YouTube, but I can't see them being the only ones.

Take a wild stab at where they've gone. And it doesn't have a better system in many regards, but they already put all their other digital ephemera on it.
"I also shave my underarms, which probably helps". Interestingly, the Wikipedia article on this topic claims "Underarm hair wicks the moisture away from the skin and aids in keeping the skin dry enough to prevent or diminish bacterial colonization. The hair is less susceptible to bacterial growth and therefore is ideal for preventing the bacterial odor."
This is true, swat teams suit up and kick in doors daily to arrest kids with a half ounce of weed.
Does craigslist do this???
No, why would they? It's not needed, a Solaris server can join a Windows Active Directory domain.
I know Yahoo Answers has a lot of spam but there's some gems in there that Quora doesn't have. Especially casual questions and questions related to sex.
There's no link between spoken and written English in the context of yea:yeah, as they're pronounced the same but either written correctly or incorrectly.

As for anyways, I think your classification there will depend on who you speak to (which is the point of the analysis).
The quote in the title here doesn't appear in the actual pull request - am I missing a reference somewhere?
So this presumably should allow registering anonymous Gmail accounts?
I got the feeling that the segment with Musk was filmed a year or two ago, despite the new stuff from the MSL landing. They talk about SpaceX accomplishing the feat of taking a man-safe craft into orbit and back to Earth, which would refer to the (unmanned) cheese mission, when SpaceX has since done the bigger feat of docking with the ISS.
It'd be best to be transparent about that handoff rather than just silently doing it in the background, but yeah, that would also work.
Great engineering, but a little bit brogrammer in the presentation.
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About.com is the "for dummies" books of search results. Mediocre information on a wide vaiety of topics. It's kind of like a unisex salon in a one-horse town. You don't want to go, but it's there, so many do by default.

Quora, please, please send Answers / About to a spot in the late 90's graveyard next to Pets.com.
Passbook will also allow Square to do the same thing, which could be pretty handy for them.
Aaah, that makes sense. I retract my complaint.
> I think people would really want to know "does it contain aluminum?" and the answer is likely "yes."

The answer is absolutely yes. They admit that it contains an alum, but don't specify which one. The "it's all natural because it's a salt" angle is BS, because aluminum chlorohydrate is also a salt.
Brian - if only a few enthusiast users can use Solaris derivatives on their hardware, do you not think ZFS is just relevant for the Enterprise folks? Are any ex-Sun,Oracle people putting in efforts for more X86 hardware compatibility?

To me, ZFS and Dtrace are of no consequence if I can't use them on my own hardware. And I am sure there are many more people like me.
Abso-f*cking brilliant. (downloading)
You're right. You can see it in the video, as well.
That is simply false. Think it through.
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We don't need to enter the PIN for most of the credit cards or debit cards in India, but we do have to sign it. Although it's just a formality. Usually when we split the bill, one of us signs all the receipts. :)

Now that being said, we get an SMS on every transaction, and for online transfers, we have two factor authentication using the mobile phone. We can call the bank any time to report a stolen card and would be covered for a fair amount of money depending on the account, as long as you report it within 24 hours as I remember.
Everytime you order pizza, you're handing over your entire digital life
So I create a Burner number and then I can make calls against that number and the recipient would see the Burner number in their Caller ID? Nice... that has huge value! Also open for abuse but anything can be abused.
It's how it's being passed around in Twitterland (https://twitter.com/neha/status/233225033332445184).
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Since all desktop environments in Debian are maintained with equal commitments and you can install any of them easily, change of "default" desktop environment is a rather symbolic gesture.

Technically, the reason for the change is that GNOME won't fit in a CD without a diet and Xfce will. I am not sure how many people install Debian with CD (not DVD, not USB, not network install, etc.) though...
I think many of the Linux desktop's problems can be traced to the artificial walls between projects. Everything that ships on the GNOME OS DVD is GNOME's responsibility, including apps like LibreOffice. If an improvement needs to be made, it should be made in the proper place even if that is not "your" project. And if LibreOffice doesn't accept GNOME's patches then GNOME has to fork it.
Loss leaders can be a good idea sometimes, but when you're dealing with the sort of volume that Starbucks deals with, losing any money at all per transaction is a truly terrible idea.
Thanks for the live wallpaper tip, it was neat but not worth having a brick for half the day. I'll check out the tuner app.
"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but I rewrote your bloom hashes, so merge me, maybe?"
It occurs to me that, with Square as a partner, Starbucks stands to gain a lot from the partnership. If you think that most of their transactions are in small amounts (under $7 generally), and most of those transactions are done by credit card (I'm making a presumption about affluent individuals' purchase patterns), is it possible they're trying to turn the price they'd normally pay for transactions into investment capital? They were pushing those Starbucks refill cards like crazy a while back..
What do you mean "block all google-voice numbers"?

As in automatically removing them from posts? That would be very stupid because some people use their Google Voice number exclusively, and it shouldn't be up to them to decide how I should be contacted.
To quote Head and Shoulders: "Bingo".
This internal Samsung document reveals how their UI was made out of iPhone
does this service work with MMS ?
This is a fun example of the power of open source. Bitly releases software they use internally but which isn't secret sauce. Github comes along, uses it internally, improves the original software, and ends up benefiting both.
Contributing to OSS is a non-zero-sum game and the sooner companies realise this, the better.

Not only that but the pull request is done in a fun and informal style -- a perfect example of Github's use by a Github employee =] He frankly admits that some of the changes are substantial and weren't requested or set out before hand, so there's no pressure for them to be merged into mainline if not appropriate.

It's important to note that this is an example where both sides work optimally though.
I've contributed code to OSS projects backed by companies previously and it's not uncommon to end up with "dangling" pull requests -- no-one looks at it either for months or at all.

I'm still appreciative of these companies, don't get me wrong, but if it takes months for a short but critical bugfix to get through then you're not playing the OSS model properly. Either admit it's a "dump and release" or ensure your open projects are handled properly. Developers will look at you in the future and decide that's your attitude towards all your projects (see: Oracle).
This ends up being a major problem when you need to win the trust of third party developers for your start-up/service/tool.

(I'm also really glad the dablooms library is getting more exposure due to this -- the initial Hacker News post fizzled out)
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How does craigslist block numbers? I don't understand.
Sorry to clarify I mean for posting verification.

It's very annoying, they do it to combat spammers but as an innocent user I get hit all the time with the phone verification.

Craigslist requires that your number be identified as "Fixed Line" or "Mobile" (not "Non-Fixed VoIP" or "Prepaid Mobile") by their provider, ReduceFraud.com, in order for you to be able to complete phone number verification and post in certain sections on CraigsList.
Of course it's better. It's a filesystem that has had years to mature, while Btrfs is _still_ in development. There isn't even a comparison.
The raid was written by Michael Bay.
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I think this has more to do with the fact that in most workplaces once something works it's taboo to 'waste' more time on it (or even if it's not taboo, it becomes low priority compared to more 'critical' issues), than it does with the particular changes requiring super skills. Though I'd love to work somewhere that was even set up cleanly enough to do meaningful test profiling.
Are the "upstarts" personally liable for the funding if they can't pay it back?
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This reminds me of Gillette or Keurig. Make a common product or need disposable. Why? Not to fill a need or create a new service/method for doing something. Just, because, that's why. Nickle and dime the consumer by preying on their laziness and putting a shiny package or vibrating handle on it...
"Revision" is also a more honest admittance that edits are often revisionist history.
No, since it's not supported by Twilio at this time.
No doubt, it's just odd it's all coffee shops and not other small businesses like Pizza, books stores, etc...
i think it became pretty clear from the latest Gnome articles that such forks are very unrealistic. In my opinion it's the responsibility of the LibreOffice team to deliver a good user experience on the supported operating systems.
Gnome develops appropriate APIs and guidelines and it would be Gnomes responsibility to make sure LibreOffice has all the APIs it needs to work as good as possible.

Also, this is no artificial wall, this is reality. MS isn't responsible to fix Adobe Photoshop and Gnome isn't responsible to fix Blender.
A lot of people don't like comments because they feel that they tend to go stale, and code should be self-documenting.
It was only slightly obnoxious, which I prefer to dry, soulless presentations.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20463322-How-does-craigslis...

reducefraud.com
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Anyone remembers the price About was sold several years back? I recall another private equity who bought it and then flipped it for bunch of profits.
Swap it for racism? Ok.

A clear example of what he's talking about can be observed in the tendency particularly during the "Town Hall" meetings, and thruout the rest of the Obamacare debate to characterize anyone who disagreed with that piece of legislation as "Racist" for disagreeing with Obama. Because Obama is "Black", and those using this tactic agreed with him, so rather than respond to the points, they felt comfortable accusing their opponents of dirty things.

It is very much like calling anyone who advocates gay marriage a "pedophile". Using a highly emotionally charged negative word to slander someone to avoid engaging them in debate.

It got to the point where one day I saw MSNBC focusing on the gun a guy had slung over his back at a protest which also had a large 2nd ammendment component, with the MSNBC commentators talking about how this guy was making a threat to kill the president (because the president was arriving in that location later) and how it just showed the "angry violent racist attitude".

The video in question focused on the gun, so the commentator didn't realize the guy she was talking about was actually black.

The "You're a sexist/racists/homophobe" if you disagree with a "female/black/gay" is a very popular tactic these days.

It is easy to evade legitimate debate by simply asserting that "the TEA Party is racist" and things like that.

It also shows that many people think that simply because of someone's skin color, gender or sexual orientation is not that of a "minority" that their opinions are groundless and based in ignorance.

>being made uncomfortable of your position in society isn't an attack, it's a reminder.

Let me change contexts so you can see how this comes off: "Being made to feel guilty for your molestation of children isn't an attack, its a reminder of your crime." This is what someone in your position would say to rationalize calling a gay marriage supporter a pedophile.

First off, this seems an admission that the goal of this tactic is to make someone feel uncomfortable, as if they should be guilty for being part of what you consider a majority. Which means you're speaking to the person, and this is ad hominem. "You're white so you don't know what you're talking about" is a pure form of ad hominem.

Secondly, unless the issue is intrinsically related to the issue of race/gender/orientation it is an evasion of the topic at hand.

I don't see how cryptography is intrinsically racial, sexist or related to sexual orientation at all.

This line of attack is not a "reminder" it is an evasion of debate, and an attempt to reject intellectual discourse for ad hominem.

It seems those who engage in it feel privileged as if the rules of discourse don't apply to them and they can win by "playing the race/gender/etc. card".

All these security issues are irrelevant because a white presumably straight guy brought them up?

Really?
I think you are misinterpreting people's objection to tracking. It's not that we don't want Google to make money, it's that we don't want our privacy violated. And if Google's business model is to violate people's privacy; that's an invalid business model. Period.

And just to be clear, the internet existed before tracking was widespread, your predictions on what it will be like without it are speculative.
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Google allows free calls => Providers lose revenue. Then you open a whole can of worms. Providers provide the 3G and 4G access. The providers could drop packaged deals with Android phones, or obscure usage of Google Voice through custom firmware - just a few possibilities.

I don't see this as possible until Google can provide the telephony access itself, so it does not start unwelcome competition with it's own partners.
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Many debit cards can be processed as credit cards and then don't require a pin. My bank actually encourages using the debit card as a credit card by offering more points per purchase when you do it.
I think you're probably right about most media production being done on osx, but I'd still love to have something comparable on linux, since you're not blocked by apple decisions as to what you can or not
access (no apt-get for instance) also with linux you get open source, better terminals/tools, and more software/lib packages.

Projects like Blender are amazing and others mentioned by the author are really almost replacements for Adobe, i really like GIMP's scheme scripting language for example which allows more flexability than proprietary adobe plugins. So I'd personally be really exited if GNOME started going in this direction.

Imagine for a second, linux with high quality media content creation tools, there's huge holes especially in video (nothing near comparable to After Effects or Final Cut Pro - forget ffmpeg for that )

Also as for myself I do all my development on Ubuntu / Debian while switching to windows for testing out on that platform (IE for example), but I only do browser/networking stuff.

Anyway, I like where he wants to go, and would love to see GNOME head in the direction...
Ahhh, biologically it isn't - it's good to clean pores, keep you cool, etc..
> Why exactly all the settlements in the West Bank

I think it's reasonable to oppose those. Though I'm skeptical the settlements make any real difference in the situation. Removing them from the Gaza Strip didn't seem to make any difference, why would removing them from the West Bank help?
It seems that many commenters did not read (or understand) the article. It's wordy. Let me summarize the issue:

1) A malicious party with access to your Apple ID and password can access your FileVault2-encrypted computer when it has been put to sleep. It is not vulnerable if it has been turned off.

2) Mountain Lion automatically enables this feature and hides the option if you're using FileVault2, providing no way to disable it, when you upgrade.

Therefore, to be secure from Apple ID insecurity when using FileVault2, you must take one of the following actions:

1) Turn off your computer rather than putting it to sleep.

2) Decrypt FileVault (which makes the preference appear), deselect the checkbox, and re-encrypt.
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Working on DCGS-A was interesting. The new versions are significant improvements to the UI but I don't know if they ever fixed the reboot issues they faced. If everything worked perfectly it had a whole lot of capability.
What about having a Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony fusion game console?
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I was just sharing my experience. What's your problem?
No need to get snarky and twist words. He was being honest about a bad feeling or bad interaction he has with designers. edit: or she was, whatever.
Fracking animated video - good quick tutorial on drilling process
Agreed; this just triggered a thought in my brain.
My (maybe wrong) understanding is that they are using unused rural phone number allocations.

Edit: It looks like this was the case during the GC and beta days but now they negotiate for number blocks, according to Wikipedia and the sources it cites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice#Partners_and_infra...

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166978/google_...
I'm thinking Craigslist scams will be one of the major use cases. You've got my cellphone number, I'm legit! Wanna buy a bicycle? Pay no attention to this snipped chain hanging off the handlebars.
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i thought they were going to be getting rid of iGoogle soon...
I find it hard to agree with your point. Not because of your suggestion that there's a cultural obsession with violence, but because you seem to think it's fine that these people get stereotyped, because their supposed violent culture deserves it, or something. Wrong is wrong, and stereotype is wrong.

On your comment about a 'cultural obsession with violence': Perhaps that's your personal experience. It's not been mine. I have met many kinds of skinheads, from extremists and gangs to kids who just liked to hang out listening to reggae. I'm pretty sure you'll find lots of different cultures that have widely ranging attitudes.

I can tell you that skinheads are probably more likely than most people to jump in and defend someone, sometimes with violence. But they're also some of the nicest people i've known. I tend to find all kinds of working-class people act this way, regardless of subculture.

I can also tell you that at most punk or hardcore shows i've been to, if there's one or two kids standing in the middle of the pit randomly attacking people, it's usually some form of a skinhead. It's an embarrassment that most people in the subculture don't agree with at all. It is however a great opportunity to meet violence with violence, and show the individual that their actions are not welcome.
Reddit is a pretty angry community if you don't conform in a thousand unwritten ways, I wouldn't at all say that it is "carebears".
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

They're basically saying, "We're sticking up for consumer privacy! Oh, what? Well we don't want that much privacy - here's an amendment to our proposal so that we can still track you..."

I'm at a loss as to how such an amendment could be in the end user's best interest. How can you even detect such a thing as "the user has actively chosen not to be tracked"? Either the header is there and it means "do not track", or the spec is a joke.
Unfortunately, it seems a little difficult to avoid the brogrammers these days. Just another thing to get used to, I suppose.
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July 2012 was the hottest month in US history
I mean it's possible by then the USA still doesn't have healthcare as a right

I don't care about healthcare being a right. It's a meaningless gesture when we're talking about the most screwed up system of healthcare to ever evolve.

But I do care about healthcare improving to the point that everyone can afford it and everyone will survive. We need a Henry Ford, an Elon Musk, or anybody who's ambitious enough to transform the world's healthcare systems from mediocre to an unprecedented level of quality, scale, and cheapness. Then you can slap "healthcare is a right" because it doesn't really take much to care for sick human beings anymore.
Without knowing the details, it's entirely possible that some of that vitriol from customers has real signal value for your business and is ignored at your peril.
is this aimed at hn readers? it seems like a glorified "how to plug your computer in".
A tax credit for a research project which until very recently was known only to a small group of people in Google's super-secret "project X" labs?
No you don’t.

You can be punished if you deny the holocaust or if you display Nazi paraphernalia in public (except for teaching purposes or in art, …).

None of this is in any way related to criticism of Israel. You will never go to prison for criticizing Israel.
That's not true. As a former cashier, I can say that cards are about the same speed as cash for small purchases, and much faster for large ones.