skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Scientists can now block heroin, morphine addiction
most of the comments on that page are reprehensible
Apple is doing 2x on OS X as well. That's how the new Retina MacBook Pro works.

This allows Apple to give users the same exact workspace as before, just with 4x the pixels.

They could break this with the iMac and Thunderbolt Displays, but 2x is how I expect all Mac laptops to be in a few years.
If you read more carefully, you'll see that I never even inferred they "owed" me anything. It's a business transaction, and if they don't wow me (which I certainly hope they do), then I'll probably move on and check out the Android.

If, after 2 years since iPhone 4, they can't come up with a feature set that will push smartphones once again to the next level, then it likely means that the smartphone is for the most part commoditized, and I won't "miss out" on some great feature by exploring other manufacturers.
x264 does not break spec. It looks familiar because H.265 is a very incremental improvement over H.264. I suspect the biggest single difference is the larger transform sizes.
Why? They use older version (under GPL2) anyway: 4.2.1 and 2.95.3.
OpenBSD has been using their own fork of GCC since the switch to GPL3. They still use the last version on GPL2, 4.2.1.

Later versions of GCC are available as packages or ports but they aren't included in the main system.
Disqus is terrible. I like to comment with different email addresses for work/personal stuff and Disqus makes that hard.
While you're at it. When I click on a pin, I want to see what the video is about before I interrupt that great interview. I like the idea of exploring while watching, but I click just to get more information ABOUT the pin. I expected a bubble to popup up with a thumbnail, title, date, etc.
Who said anything about them using plutonium?
"Facebook is, presumably, many separate components that don't depend on each other in any way"

Based upon the public statements about their build system and their revision control system and pain when trying to put it in Git I would be confident in saying that is false and that the source code is one big intertwined ball and no separate components.

Edit: Also based upon the way they treat public API which is always better than internal API even if they had internal separate components one could only imagine the horrors of api design (or lack of) you might find.
Why don't you just wait for it to get released instead of obsessing over it ahead of time!
And coincidentally, the benchmarks game mandelbrot test shows a Scala program that performs well ;-)

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/performance.php?test=...
thanks for the info; was always wondering what exactly that box was for..

unfortunately, given that i have a Windows Phone and they only seem to have completed an iPhone app, this doesn’t cut it for me personally (and i’m assuming for many others on Android as well). also, it seems they’ve closed down, so no hopes for further support coming anytime soon, if ever: http://blog.notifo.com/notifo

and i get that it was a YC Company and hence it probably made sense to feature them there (as it really could have added value to the site if widely adopted) but, as it’s gone, i really think the optimal solution would be to replace it with something like HN Notify which is platform agnostic (just need an email).
You could still use the older GCC?

Sun's CC -> Old GCC -> New GCC
Interesting, perhaps there were two reality distortion fields: the one Steve Jobs was said to exert within Apple, and another that affected the outside world.

The former may very well have been mostly based on lies and Jobs was also not above selectively presenting information that suited his narrative. The effect that Jobs had on the outside world, however, is something that I'm sure many people would like to replicate.

Like this article states, it is all about perception. I'm not sure if Apple could have pulled off a product like the iPod (especially the Shuffle) without Steve Jobs. He was able to convince you that you didn't need the features that it lacked over other products. When Steve was on the stage, he pulled you into his reality and made you see the world differently. And then you forked out 1500 for a laptop :P
We are also launching a new and improved API today. https://www.mobileworks.com/developers/
Almost all the Python code I've written in the past year has been in Python 3. The libraries you mention have been ported already, as have many other important ones, such as sqlalchemy, lxml, httplib2, and imminently, Django.

Very early on I had plenty of headaches where some library I needed was Python 2.X only, but that's becoming increasingly rare.

Edit: s/eminently/imminently/
While this has been in the news everywhere, Microsoft itself hasn't mentioned anything about this. In fact, they still use 'Metro' on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/apps and their various Windows 8-related blogs.
How to Relocate Geeks
Minus.com is fine. Rumors about disallowing non-multimedia files are untrue.
This 3D-Printed Exoskeleton Could One Day Turn You Into a Cyborg
I love what these guys are attempting. Home buying is a combination of many factors and anyone that can master the art of helping with this process will surely be an important player in the market. Good luck with this.
5Degrees' Final serial recap of The Lean Startup 10/10
Yes they both looks good. git-annex has all the advantages of git, but is lacking windows support, whereas ownCloud is has better multi-OS support, because thanks to Qt it runs on Win/Mac/Linux, but uses csync as synch algorithm..
The sad truth is that the differentiator for apps in the Play marketplace is to be really good. That is their competitive advantage.

In a world where a Designer (with training) can fire up Interface Builder and skin an app without having the code and make it look pretty darn awesome - and where to skin an Android app is almost like torture for a designer - really - ask a designer, if you don't believe me.

In a world where there are at least a double-digit number high-quality open source implementations for image caching (as in load over network on demand, tiered cache - memory, disk) in the iOS world - and maybe 4-5 (AQuery, Novoda, Ignition - I remember off-hand) in the Android world - it's just a different community. There isn't a lot of sharing going on (but that has changed). I think it is a top-down thing - Apple loves its developers (I've been to a couple Apple events) - they want their developers to make awesome apps. Google - not so much - with the exception of Diane Hackborn and Romain Guy and a few others - there is no army of developer evangelists - just a SWAT team, at best. Google hides behind the curtain ("pay no attention to the man behind the curtain). Apple, for lack of a better term, has created a strong community (profits from the App Store help - and profits for making free apps for Fortune 500 companies - for the majority of those who don't make an App Store revenue living) and really, a tribe (in the Seth Godin sense).

However, there is hope. Jake Wharton, now working for Square, has done more to single-handedly advance the lowest-common-denominator for UI/UX in the Play marketplace at large with his ActionBarSherlock.
> India is struggling with implementing solutions to issues that appear to be more-or-less solved for other countries; such as a working road network, public transport in most cities, picking up and distributing food harvests and a 24-hour supply of electricity. If a mission to Mars might provide fundamental insights into solving such issues, other countries seem not to have needed them.

Right, because the other nations sending probes into space solved all of their other problems first...

I could come up with a million reasons why government money spent on space research is a bad idea, but the reasons you gave aren't on the list.
This sounds similar in practice (not implementation) to AeroFS [1] which is a peer to peer syncing service. Just make one of your peers something cloud-based and reliable.

Very interesting space!

[1] https://www.aerofs.com/
Seems like a perfect use for filepicker.io

It's self-promoting, but actually it'd be really nice to be able to open files from dropbox/github and save the pdf's when their done. Then I could actually get work done on my chromebook
US Gov Squandering Millions on Redundant Clearance Systems
Again, you're right on the fact, but not on the interpretation. The medallion system used by most cities restricts the number of cars on the road in a city. However:

1) Most taxi fleets -- especially the larger ones -- collect monthly rent from car owners, rather than own a ton of medallions themselves. The medallion system benefits owners of medallions, not fleets. This distinction, while invisible to the masses, is incredibly important.

2) It's definitely not rare for new fleets to pop up. We talk with plenty of folks who own fleets that are only one or two years old. All you need is a subset of drivers (and/or owners!), a couple of regular clients, and a little gumption. New fleets are popping up, and trying to innovate as best they can. The new, lower-priced, often mobile-based dispatch systems I mentioned in a previous comment have really been a boon to this segment.

3) In most cities, black car licenses are similarly restricted to medallions. The limits may not be posted, but they exist. In fact, a great article about Uber in The Atlantic exposed this issue in DC back in May[1].

4) Again, fleets working with us are achieving similar results; companies like Hailo and GetTaxi (who seem to be trying to work within the system) are as well.

In short: the medallion system is a red herring when it comes to stifling innovation. It is definitely an issue, one that tends to marginalize drivers and unnecessarily restrict supply for passengers. But every one of the companies you and I have mentioned abide by the restrictions it imposes, so your point is moot.

Going back to my original issue: I have no problem with challenging rules, conventions, and decisions (I'm an entrepreneur, posting on HN... do you really expect me to disagree here?). My issue lies in Uber's underhanded approach, where they both flout actually sensible laws and arguably force governments to send C&Ds by refusing to engage with them when initially approached.

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/why-you-...
Great link, and anyone with a site should file. I'm not sure that someone with only a youtube account can file as he's not actually hosting things himself, youtube is. (edit: actually in their list there are 11 individual youtube channel owners who have registered using their youtube channel address. Some of these also have their own separate sites though. Example: http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/h/hyundai_motor.pdf. Also, the Copyright Office's list there is abysmal - if the person lists the site starting with "http" or "www" then it is indexed under H or W and not the actual site name. Since they have no search capabilities, it's rather likely many won't be found by someone looking to file a complaint.)

Also, according to that page and schedule of fees, prices have been raised, and it's $105 now, plus $30 more if you have more than one domain name to register for, up to 10.

Also should note that the person in the link doesn't want to reveal his address or his legal name, and although the "Designation of Agent" form only asks for the address of the agent, the "full legal name" of the service provider, which would be him if he was self-hosting and unincorporated, is also required.
That's a really good idea. I made a thing for it on our community feature request page[1]. Feel free to vote and comment on it.

[1]http://support.tapin.tv/forums/167374-general/suggestions/30...
Sexual Harassment at DefCon (and Other Hacker Cons)
That sounds like a good idea until the collaboration is acrimoniously torn apart in a legal battle over patents, trademarks and revenue sharing.

Then, Apple file a brief that proves conclusively that it was their idea anyway and demands $200 for every new installation of Bada. Microsoft, sensing the winds of change, retreat into enterprise-only mobile space.

Bereft of their large software partner and unwilling to pay licence fees to Apple, Samsung sell off their low-tech phone business to Facebook, who buy it for $1bn for no other reason than the price was decided by an engineer and an intern over lunch. They then shutter the OS, replacing it by FB OS that was in development for 6 weeks on phones across the third world.

The Techcrunch headline? Bada: BOOM!
The missing words are "well encoded 720p and 1080p". The difference between bandwidth starved cable and over-the-air HD is amazing. Having a new standard that can encode a better picture over cable or satellite is more than welcomed.
"Oh, and because each script runs in less than an hour, we can just say n = 1 hour, and that's a constant, so it simplifies down to instant!"

Yeah, that's not how computational complexity works.
"What would Linus do?"
I know you were being funny, but the actual details of the upgrade are interesting. The actual software was uploaded to Curiosity during the flight to Mars and has been stored in the rover. During the cruise to Mars both the flight software for the cruise stage and EDL were upgraded and the software in the rover. The code that's going to be executed is now being taken out of storage and made into the main program overwriting the EDL software that's no longer needed.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-168
I'm guessing it might be an issue of having to compromise to meet a desired price point.
I agree. Always remember morality isn't absolute though. Morality is defined by your peers/culture just as much as tolerance is. For example, some people think same-sex marriages are immoral and others think it's immoral NOT to allow them.
exactly the kind of misinformation I was talking about...
Brilliant service, quick suggestion - the database that matches IP-to-City that you're using to auto-fill "Your Location" on the "taxesintro" page and others is inaccurate.

Got my city wrong by ~15 miles.

Interesting because it was IDENTICALLY inaccurate to a project I was working on a few weeks ago, we upgraded to http://www.maxmind.com/app/city and that got it dialed in, imagine it would for you too (or if you're using their DB already, pay for the upgrade - we do once a quarter).
I didn't meant to say that India spends a lot on education, Infra etc. My point was compared to what is being spent on these initiatives the money being earmarked to Mars mission is not huge.
The odd thing is that they started numbering the iPhones in the first place. the 2nd generation iPods were called the new iPod. not iPod2.
Images as datastore
I initially thought that the upgrade was needed because they released a new version as the rover was en-route to mars. That would make sense, but the article says that the upgrade was made to switch the rover from landing mode to driving mode. Why wouldn't they just send a 256mb flash drive along with that 2M pixel camera to upgrade the rover when it got there?
Reuters Hacked Again This Time it is their Blog
I will be updating on the feedback post you made. Thanks!
Where do they hire their workforce from? Are they overseas or American workers?

[edit] The main reason I was asking this, was I find it really surprising that you're able to hire skilled/educated workers at an outsourcing rate. It's even more surprising that you're finding them organically through press. I'd imagine most TechCrunch readers are over qualified for that kind of work. Kudos to you for making it happen though.
he would call people stupid
I don't think so. A proper solution for generics would be a "nearly perfect balance" in this case, not reflection or casting.
Every generational codec announcement from MPEG manages to attain "50% improvement", so it really remains to be seen. It certainly is a more advanced codec than H.264, which itself is already rather better than VP8 in its present form.

Regarding the other thing, MPEG is running two tracks for a royalty-free spec based on existing patent-free tech and on grants from H.264 patent holders (respectively) which they say they will decide on sometime this year. An option like that from MPEG might not take off but can't hurt.
Jsmn, a minimalistic JSON parser in C
I'm glad it's so easy today. "Back in the day" you had to rely on all sorts of oddball codecs to get something to play. It's the reason why VLC was (and still is) so loved - it could play anything.

Using a standard means that I can take a video I encoded with an off-the-shelf tool and play it on any device.
Bada is not a complete OS. It's an application environment that can sit on top of multiple kernels (I am quite sure a friend of mine had one with Linux - or something with version 2.6.xx but Wikipedia says no such phone ever existed). Tizen bundles a Linux kernel and looks more like a full OS.
How to Create a Killer Three Month Blog Editorial Calendar
Harry Harrison was the first author I was really obsessed with. By the time I was 16, I'd read his entire body of work. I haven't read anything that he's written in the past 15 years or so. I suppose I ought to find one of his newer novels as a way to commemorate him. Any recommendations?
Did you test this? On my iPhone (iOS 5.1.1), the above css snippet disabled automatic text size adjustment.

If you have an iPhone, look at my test pages to see for yourself:

http://jabakobob.net/2012/08/hntest/test.html (without snippet)

http://jabakobob.net/2012/08/hntest/test2.html (with snippet)

For me, the first page renders with a much more legible text size.
Why did you ignore the contents? It's pretty good.
The pursuit of less: Success blurs your focus
I'm impressed with the accuracy of MobileWorks over mechanical Turk (or pure MT- not sure if MW just filters workers heavily). I tried a receipt transcription task where I fed the same instructions and same photo to both services. Out of the box, MW was 100% while MT was about 90% for the same cost.
It's this kind of complaint that suggests all the unease is a result from resistance to learning new systems, rather than any actual flaw in those systems. NetworkManager operates headlessly, and can be manipulated just fine with nmcli.
Nvidia  TXAA Brings Movie CGI Rendering To PC Games
> the US doesn't have young girls whose job it it to collect other peoples faeces with their bare hands [1]. I would say a country that has that doesn't need a Mars mission.

This is primarily not an economic issue, it's a cultural one, a product of the millenia-old caste system. Watch this video[0] linked on GigaOM a few days ago[1], it explains the issue quite well (English hardsubs kick in at the 2 minute mark). Correcting it will take a lot more than money.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUoXsryE3c

1: http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-indias-favorite-tv-show-uses-dat...
OEMs need a little discipline, but they’ll live
Scientists travel the Silk Road to understand genetics of taste
China Is Replacing Its Workforce With Robots
I think the driving mode wasn't finished by the time the rover was sent.
Why All Schools Need iPads: Texas & Control Over National History Textbooks
You have a blog, post your videos there. Stay off of Youtube, because it has shitty policies like this. Easy peasy.

Don't complain when people or companies abuse the control you voluntarily gave them over your content and creations. Take that control back, and own your shit.
If you don't know about it already, you might find SyncTeX useful--it's a feature of a lot of TeX editors.
Wow, thanks for that. Will definitely look into it.
The pilot, who’s been apprised of these developments, must now make the crucial call of whether to wait for the errant valises and risk a late departure

I'm actually surprised that it comes down to the pilot's call - you'd think that their job is to just worry about flying the plane, not whether baggage has made it or not.
Yes it does. See above.
> As I walked out of the Van Ness MUNI station in San Francisco last night, I walked by at least 20 homeless people, just lying on the street. A couple on wheelchairs, the rest just lounging around. A few of them reeked of urine and feces.

> And this is in, arguably, one of the richest cities in America.

You're conveniently ignoring several points. First of all, San Francisco draws homeless from all over the nation because it (a) has good weather year round and (b) is quite liberal and will tolerate and help the homeless. Unlike India, in much of the US, being homeless during the winter means that you will quite literally freeze to death. So the homeless tend to congregate in places where the weather is favorable for outdoor living year round. The fact that San Francisco is rich is a result of Silicon Valley, which developed where it has because of the proximity of the Stanford campus. So the two issues are not exactly connected.

More importantly, attempts to help the homeless on the streets of SF have been made over and over (and are ongoing). Many of these people refuse to leave the streets. Some of them even enjoy it. Many others suffer from mental disorders, but we can't force them to live in asylums (which was the case until the 1980s) - that would be inhumane, or so the argument goes.

As for India, its level of poverty is so staggering that any comparison to America or another first world nation is entirely pointless. Let's see what UNICEF has to say about child malnutrition, for example[0]:

> Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India.

So India has worse child malnutrition than even Africa. How you can even begin to compare this to some bums on the street in SF is entirely beyond me.

0: http://www.unicef.org/india/children_2356.htm
Hmm if you statically link everything gcc needs would cross-compiling from another computer not feasible?
Puget Sound Bike Share ( http://pugetsoundbikeshare.org/ ) is in the early planning stages of getting something similar set up in Seattle.
On a related note: Does the site get a full copy of the comments? Can you do your own search, translate interesting discussions, go back years after facebook have changed their api, or cancelled your dev account, and read over an interesting discussion?

Anyone have experience with disqus in this regard?

Personally, if I enable comments on a site, it is because I hope the comments will form a constructive part of the content of that site. I wouldn't want half my content to disappear on account of a policy change or bankruptcy that is entirely separate from whatever it is I am doing myself.

I've been toying with the idea of hacking together a system that allows replying/commenting via email (effectively auto generating a mailing-list for every post or something to that effect) -- and allowing the comment interface to effectively become a limited webmail gateway to that list.
I wouldn't be surprised if the folks at the project abandoned their branch of gcc in order not to be "tainted by association". There is a revulsion to C++ that is close to the core to OpenBSD's philosophy. Perhaps pcc or clang will get more attention.
Show HN:A web app to manage your Dropbox, GDrive and box
The page /itself/ is reprehensible. The amount of ads I had to close to read the article...

Does anyone have an article on the subject that isn't pointing to such an awful site?
Ask HN: Problems with 1099-MISC Tax Returns?
Hey Guys, I wanted to know how many guys here own businesses and have a hard/annoying time dealing with 1099s.

I'm trying to solve the problem by providing a service that lets you efile with the IRS, check data against the Social Security Agency's database and guarantee IRS audit protection.

What are some problems you're having? What do you really want to help you fix this problem?

Any comments are welcome! Also, if you have any questions about this I'd be glad to help!

I'd be glad to also send a free ebook that I wrote to help anyone that wants to understand these problems better as well if you email me at cameronkeng@gmail.com

Thanks!
Cam.