skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So, there's an overblown police operation, using two helicopters, 5 paddy wagons, AR-15s, dogs, and a forceable takedown of a suspect deemed to be "low-risk", to serve an illegal warrant by a unit that NZ Police themselves describe [1] as "[providing] Police with the means of effectively and more safely responding to and resolving situations in which there is an actual or threatened use of firearms or other weapons against members of the public or Police." All of this was done so that K.C "couldn't destroy evidence" that he didn't have access to, in the first place.

Forgive me, but who the hell planned this? It sounds so incredibly American, but I don't see why the NZPD would allow the FBI to dictate tactics like that.

[1] http://www.police.govt.nz/service/aos/
IIRC Accelerando (linked below) by HNs very own cstross postulated something similar in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando_(novel)
Without the hostility, the designers might get the idea that their suggestions were good.

Without the hostility, the submitter might get the idea that hackernews liked the article.

You say the response "is not constructive and leads to no learning whatsoever". I'd like to substantively address the second claim.

"A smart man learns from his mistakes.
A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

The designers learned that their changes were bad. They learned WHY their changes were bad: many responses gave detailed reasons. The submitter learned that their model of what HN likes was wrong. And if the submitter thought this was a good design, they learned their understanding of design is wrong. All the others who read the submission and responses learned a few design pitfalls to avoid. There are whole chapters in books on design that teach less than this.

And this is learning from the event itself! What learning could this event LEAD to? I don't know, someone might pick up a book on design?

(As an aside, I didn't address "not constructive". I have a truly marvellous rant on the emptiness of this concept that this comment field is too small to contain.)
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Had the feeling Wikipedia was starting to look old. Now it's starting to look more of a 21st century web site ^_^
I don't see people in that thread being hostile - only honest. And honestly, that redesign is really bad. There's really nothing positive to say about it and although the old adage goes "don't say anything if you have nothing positive to say" I'm glad people here don't bide by it and provide useful critique instead.
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The first one was just not implemented in Android at that point, it didn't work for any app.
The second and last are also part of how Android works (/worked, not sure if it has been changed), because it's supposed to work on different screen sizes.

Of course it would have been possible for Samsung to implement those in Android, but I'm just pointing out it would be more work than just changing some values in the app. At the time of the S1 Android just hadn't matured yet.
I just fixed this by changing all API lookups from server-side to client-side.

I think Google's limits are per IP address, so doing the lookups client-side should keep my app working for any reasonable amount of use.

Woo!
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I'd argue that bittorrent is still better for unpopular data then direct downloads.

I think BT makes downloading and sharing accessible enough that more people would be encouraged to download more than they normally would and it is for sure easier for someone to see a request for a reseed for an unpopular torrent and load it up onto their tracker for a few hours than it is to try and rehost it.
You may very well be right, though I would of expected some (c) signs in the source (assembler). Sadly I don't have access to those sources any more, so I won't be able to verify it. Also more I think about it the more I believe it was 4.x I saw and that with what you pointed out about Sun may very well be the case, especialy given the additions to volume ID'd (more than one disc) being added for that version.

One day the source may officialy be publicly available and that will be a interesting day. That said it does appear as if the 6.x source code was leaked and illegaly available from a quick google, but that's another story.
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No, landlords would NOT be poorer, they're taking in exactly the same as before devaluation. Devaluation directly effects ONLY imports (more expensive) and exports (cheaper): it effects the local economy only based on how much it depends on each.
I don't mind the ones where you can set your own questions but things like maiden names and first schools are asking for trouble.

The comedian Lucy Porter does a nice sketch about setting your own security question, claiming that one of hers was "Are you really going out dressed like that?" to which the answer was "You're not my real dad, you can't tell me what to wear."
for(;;), being equivalent to for(;1;), also has that condition that has to be checked. So, it all boils down to how compilers treat the two.

And to add oil to the fire, here are some even 'better' ways to do this:

do {
...
} while(1);

At least that fits the common macro pattern "do{...}while(0)" (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257418/do-while-0-what-is...).

Of course, all of these are inferior to:

considered:
...
goto considered;
Kim seems a bit douchey at times but all the man power they put into this raid seemed a bit overkill.
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In the API call, I'm setting "travelMode:google.maps.TravelMode.WALKING" - so Google is return the correct result.

So the problem is the copy I wrote. I'll leave it be since my 10-minute limit is over. But I agree I should've said "The shortest walk is x miles..."
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It's not. You still have to have the complete text of the law and manually add the changes that are described in the Bundesanzeiger. It states for example something like "Change in BGB: Paragraph 123, section 45, change the word 'and' to 'and/or'. Only completely new texts would be printed in full.

The Bundesanzeiger is merely the last step in the law making process. First, the two law making institutions (Bundestag, Bundesrat) have to vote in favor of the law and the president has put his X under it. Only after the law is published in the Bundesanzeiger it takes effect.
Extend the same argument. They probably said 'fuck you, we're going English for Wikipedia' instead of Enzyklopädie or whatever like every other recognizable brand worldwide.

Let's face it, English is the universal language.
"That makes 90% of all the blogs and article about Apple completely useless."

Good. Then maybe they should just stop writing about Apple. Because I am getting sick of all these minimalistically designed Appple fanboy blogs that just can't stop talking about how great Apple is, how fragmented Android is, and how everybody steals everything from Apple.
I'm not. I only ever use wikipedia the same way I would use an encyclopedia - to look up facts. I'm entirely uninterested in the community, just as I'm uninterested in the individual contributors to an encyclopedia.

The article makes some silly points, but it also makes some good ones. The front page of wikipedia shouldn't be mainly comprised of a list of languages - that's useless to most people. It should mainly be about search.

I've also never seen a "featured article" and am not really interested in using wikipedia like that.
I was never under the impression that MS-DOS (QDOS) was literally stolen from DRI, but that QDOS was a clone of CP/M back in an era when software copyright wasn't clear. Microsoft licensed QDOS but didn't buy it outright, and later made a deal with DRI to cover its ass. Both the original developer of QDOS and DRI ended up with the rights to sell DOS products. (As did IBM.)

Years later, DRI was selling its own version of DOS (DR-DOS) which was widely considered technically superior to MS-DOS or PC-DOS (e.g. At one point it supported preemptive multitasking and could also run Windows 3.x iirc.)

The real "theft" was that when the original developer of QDOS went bankrupt, its mos valuable asset was its DOS license. But when it tried to sell it Microsoft sued and forced the owner to sell the license to Microsoft for a very low figure. Meanwhile, DR-DOS was killed using a combination of deliberate incompatibilities and eventually Windows 95.

I never used DR-DOS, but I remember greatly preferring PC-DOS to MS-DOS because the default text editor was so much nicer.

The fact the article makes zero mention of DR-DOS is a bit puzzling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR-DOS
It's nothing that you wouldn't already find out with Mint or many online bank accounts.
This will be one of the big topics for us for the next months. We are planning to add type macros to Scala (in addition to the def macros that are already available as an experimental feature in the 2.10 milestones) and use them to generate types representing database schemas directly from the database. The idea is to have the compiler connect to a live database during development and a way to freeze the generated types at some point in the form of standalone Scala source which does not need a database any more for compilation.
My own use-case, and that of others I see using it:

* Go to wikipedia.org
* Try to ignore the glut of language names and find the tiny search box
* Search
yes, exactly, that's how i do it. maybe i'm missing something, but why do you suggest not making an entry in the history?
This is one of those Apple fanblogs that should not be taken seriously. One person in the comments section seriously claims that other phones HAVE TO use larger screens because Apple buys all the 3.5 inch screens and does not leave any for them.
> Not just that - they redefine the word "history"

Despite the historical use of "history" on WikiPedia, I'd rather it be called "Revisions." Revisions is much clearer as a concept.

> Not sure how well they thought this out. They seem o have taken their own design brief, bu not consulted with Wikipedians!

I'm not a Wikipedian (I assume that's what contributors refer to themselves as?), but I'd welcome some more personalization into the site. It'd be wonderful for me to be able to easily see the pages I've viewed, and be able to highlight and keep track of things in much the same way that I could in a real set of encyclopedias. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be within WikiPedia itself--at least not for me, but I'm sure the masses would like the same sort of features, and they'd be more willing to just create an account on WikiPedia than to install some third party app/plugin/etc.
All following domains should be handed to Amazon too:

I.com
IM.com
IMD.com
IMD.BE
IMDBA.com
IMDBAP.com
AYEMDEEBEE.com

;)
The problem with Amazon is not that they give out the last four digits of the credit card. The problem is that you can access anyone’s account.

Amazon: You can access the account. And like order Hello kitty plush toys in someone else's name.

Apple: You can access the account. Then possibly remote-wipe all data belonging to whoever owns that account, data which may or may not be recoverable.

There is a slight difference. Apple has a much bigger responsibility here. Amazon is just responding because this is bad press, and they are basically covering Apple's ass here.

Apple, as per usual, has a shitty security record. Unless Microsoft, they haven't learned that security is a something which has to be baked in at the root of your products and services. It needs to be there from the start and isn't something which can be tacked on later.

For a short time, Apple was ahead of Microsoft in security because its OS was based on Unix-roots. Now they've built so many systems on top of that, and we can clearly see that Apple itself has no concept about security. Apart, ofcourse, for DRMed media and its own walled iOS-gardens.

The only security Apple cares about is its own. I wonder when their Microsoft-moment will come and they realize they have a responsibility towards their customers security wise as well.
Every time I see things like this, Accelerando is the first thing I think of. Also, if you like that, you'll probably like Life Artificial by David A Eubanks:

http://lifeartificial.com/
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J don't think that the response was that out of order.

Edit: I feel bad getting upvotes for a snarky off-handed comment. So here's what I think: Contrast and compare the comments to thread regarding the hn statistics page. I don't get the feeling the community is critical for being critical's sake at all.
Ok, now the logo of Wikipedia will be the same of a thousand other W companies.
Yeah, but on the other hand it's hard to find a place where you can pay by credit card, even the large super market chains don't accept them. Although almost no one here uses them because are debit card system works very well.
I think HN has got to the stage were members are assuming to be knowledgeable on all, rather than trying to learn, experiment and educate.

Added to that a certain attitude of 'just because I'm right, I can be mean'

All just leads to an environment where trying new things is discouraged. The guy didn't follow the status quo, he tried something different. What happened wasn't quite a pitch fork smack down, but it felt pretty mean spirited.

I certainly didn't see anything constructive in the comments.
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I'm a designer - it's not hostility, it's feedback :)

There's no point being nice to people when they present flawed work - that just propagates bad work.

(and my CTO is way harsher on my Pull Requests than anyone has been on the Wiki redesign anyway)
But they are taking over all CC processing. Only a very small percentage of transactions will be made through the Square app.
(for all its flaws) that's just how you structure a design presentation.
Resetting Apple ID won't reset a FileVault 2 passphrase. They are independent of each other.
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I love the FAQ.
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Just saw a video about something similar about how we normally talk to a real person compared to someone online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfwwHa-7Ux8
If your solution to a technical problem is an Apple store, you have been drinking too much juice.
I agree, even as a submitter I'd rather people would comment -- even if it's just to criticise -- than if everybody is too polite to say anything. This way, I think everybody can profit from it.
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I'm curious, did you just happen to have a domain name containing the word "step"? Or that was done after the initial 15 minutes?
This dump is updated once a month, though the API is live.

One problem I've found with the dump is that you still need to render it (unless someone knows of another dump) which has caused us a few problems with the current thing I'm working on.
Add a share button to your site :)
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I kind of disagree. I think there would have been better ways to present a design. For startes it would have been nice to know why specific decisions were made instead of just "we thought it was prettier".

Maybe usability studies, A/B test results and if at all possible some form of prototype, even if it is just static.

Plus the article lacks consideration for mobile and small screen platform (i.e. considering edge cases). In fact I'd go as far as to say it actively disregards them by choosing gigantic fonts and lots of useless whitespace in favor of useful content.
The site is still overloaded, link to the video itself:

http://flash.mediaworks.co.nz/tv3/streams/_definst_/News/201...

edit: OK, it works now, but well, you can have it as mp4 :)
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The homepage of _Wikipedia_ is WWW.wikipedia.org. They never said they only want to target the english Wikipedia. The Frontpage of the _German_ Wikipedia is DE.wikipedia.org, but that has nothing to do with the article.

The individual language front pages are still here. With loads of information density and featured articles and everything.

The beautiful front page for searches in different languages is very nice and certainly provides better overview over the different languages available.

The overhaul of the Editor is also a nice addition, although it should probably be coded in a way as to enforce adherence to templates. A challenge you say? Maybe. But most things worth doing are.

The highlighting is a nice touch, certainly useful for doing research, which is what WP is often used for.

They did not confuse wikipedia with wikimedia. They very clearly proposed a specific logo for both Wikimedia and Wikipedia. They were aware of the connections and relationships between the organisations and concepts in question. The title can be construed as misleading, "Wikipedia redesigned" vs. "Wikimedia redesigned", I guess. But most people using WP are not acutely aware of the difference and relationship between the two. So they decided to hook the article on "Wikipedia" because it's the more recognized name. I have no problem with that.

I don't like that "organic living logo" idea either, I'll side with you on that one.

Yes, the capital J is a bit annoying :)

Your criticism seems mostly superficial and I don't quite understand why. A better branding does not water down the content. "Doing something bigger than that", (which i completely agree with) is not diagonally opposed to beautiful design.
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Every single industry whether it is production industry or services industry is having the utmost competition all around. Every company which is in this intense run is now trying to gain a competitive advantage no matter how.
Per mile is a pretty poor measure. My dad drives at least 40K/year (long commute) and has averaged one accident per 20 years - but obviously for a regular driver following a familiar route the chances of an accident are pretty low. I would expect someone who drives less would actually have more accidents/year.
Read the top comment and first thing that went through my mind: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4328399

On another note, I think the lack of a down vote button on submissions might explain this behavior. If a topic is highly polarized/controversial, it might end up on the front page with a lot of up votes even if most HNers would have down voted it. This results in a lot of people venting off in the comments who would have otherwise simply down voted.
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If you'd actually read the page you link to you'd see the part where it says "Read the faq for clarifications on the license... such as why Open Motif does not meet the Open Source definition."
1. Product explodes when red button is pressed. FooCorp's products do not explode. Suggested improvement: fix our product so it doesn't explode.

2. This menu is really confusing because it has lots of entries in an arbitrary order. FooCorp's product has simpler, better structured menus. Suggested improvement: rationalize and simplify menu structure.

3. This dialog box is full of ugly scaled-up bitmap graphics. The corresponding thing in FooCorp's product does not. Suggested improvement: either provide carefully created bitmaps of the right size, or use vector graphics that scale nicely.

O NOES THEY COPIED FOOCORP AT EVERY POINT THE LOUSY PIRATES

Nonsense, right? But most of Samsung's document is like this. They've gone through their product and their leading competitor's, looking for places where the competitor provides a better user experience, and suggested ways to make their product better. Often that amounts to "do the same as the iPhone" because what happened is that they did something silly and Apple didn't. Which, sure, is good for Apple and bad for Samsung, but it's got nothing to do with patent infringement.

(And perhaps what they actually ended up doing really was just copying the iPhone everywhere. But this document doesn't say "copy the iPhone everywhere". It mostly says "here are lots of places where we did a bad job and Apple did a better one; learn from them", and there is nothing wrong with that.)
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Sorry I was glib but your previous post was ambiguous and didn't add much to the conversation.
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1) Get into fullscreen mode.

2) Swing your mouse to a corner or a border, and click.

3) There are 14 possible functions depending on which corner / border you choose.

Gone are the old days of finding buttons :-)

There are more functions hidden in it. And it has native support of TeX and Code - good for discussing scientific / programming topics. Let me know your comments and feedback :-)
When I google for comparison, I get this as a top result.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9339560/erlang-versus-go-...
For my daily (walking) commuting, it says 2.4km, which is right, for 24k to 33k steps, which is wrong: that's <= 10cm steps. It's one order of magnitude away from the truth.