skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why? It's not Amazon's fault, but rather the decision of the publisher... And I guess it's your loss anyway. I had the same problem (I have to use amazon.de), but hey, better that than nothing!
What is a nerd?
That's a false equivalency. People who don't vaccinate themselves (or their children) put everyone at risk.

People who use low cost tricks to protect their property only put themselves at risk.
I absolutely agree. And I want to add that IQ and smartness are not the same thing (although there is a positive correlation which sometimes confuses people).
Mafia!
Perhaps because the author found a flaw specific to iOS.
tl;dr version: Don't be a dick.
For line 222, I see: transform-origin: 0% 50%;

I needed: -webkit-transform-origin: 0% 50%;

It didn't work in my chrome browser without the "-webkit-" one.
What's stopping Elon Musk from working with Shai Agassi at Better Place? Doesn't Shai have an open offer for a $3-4 billion contract for a US automaker to produce an electric car that works in their battery-swapping station network?

I realize the offer is to a major US automaker which is much different but it just seems like a brilliant billionaire like Elon Musk and an amazing entrepreneur like Shai Agassi (who has raised $900MM+) could pull it off.
I use the fat secret API for one of my side projects, http://www.glycemicloadcalculator.com, so I'm very much looking forward to incorporating this new API.
Hells Angels & Google Earth - peeling back San Francisco history
… not to mention the issue of accessibility. Is Twitter going to block access for visually impaired users by enforcing the new rules?

Tweetie (now Twitter app) at least is a horrible app from an accessibility point of view and could only improve …
Anti-Putin Pussy Riot band members get 2 years in prison
11k is part of a social experiment to see if people will sign up to something they know nothing about just because it is exclusive. And thanks, appreciate it.
Whenever I read posts like this I wonder if I happen to be really lucky at reading comments to posts that are never negative in nature. I've never (or so seldom they don't stick out) seen any of these issues on HN - my experience is almost universally positive. I think HN is just fine.
If you can I would try and see if you can find more local companies that have suffered from these practices, get them to post as well and increase the legitimacy of the claims.
I can't speak for other users, but I'd rather see more project launches than any of the following types of submissions:

Agreed. "Show HN" posts are probably the most important part of HN to me. I don't always comment, but I always enjoy seeing them, and I love it when you see somebody post something that is incredibly useful to the OP. It warms the heart to see one of those conversations that goes:

somerandomuser "I like this, but FOO seems kinda wonky. We did something similar once, and found that BAR increased our conversion rate by 12.9%"

submitter "Holy shit, that's a great idea. I never thought of that, but I'm going to implement that tonight! Thanks for sharing."
The proprietor of the restaurant is literally minding his own business since a business is just a vehicle for achieving the ends of its owners [1].

In this case, the owners want to create a world in which dining is a more sacrosanct activity. If you don't like it then you don't have to dine there thus it is, in fact, none of your business.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392357
One trick I've heard of that would defeat a fake alarm (or a bad alarm, which is 90% of them) is to throw a brick through the window, cheese it, and see if anyone turns up 10 minutes later. If not you're good to go, regardless of whether or not the alarm is going off.

But what happens if the alarm does go off? Once you've done this a 4 or 5 times you may find a house without an alarm, but there are 3 or 4 nearby houses with suspicious people and probably policemen checking things out.
Car2go, which is part of Daimler, is doing this in some cities with their Smart-car car sharing program (some cities use both electric and gas Smart cars). Tesla technology is in the Smart EV's.
Harsh criticism is often the most useful criticism.
Yes, yes! The flexibility of a touch screen interface combine with intuitiveness of variable tactile feedback is like my holy grail of UI tools. Can't wait for this to trickle down to consumer gadgets.
No, a car can't run for infinite distance even once at its final speed, unless you're talking about the kind of theory that doesn't involve friction, drivetrain losses, aerodynamic resistance, or even things as simple as having a radio turned on (not to mention headlights)
It's less of an issue of surprise, and more of an issue of still not right which way you turn it.
If you download it to any of the desktop apps, I think you should be able to convert it without a serial number; I've done it several times before and I don't have a Kindle. Here[1] are some Calibre plugins that automate it fairly easily. You could also use the Cloud Reader if you don't want to go through the hassle.

[1] http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/hello-world/
Outbrain founder on the importance of saying no
There's a lot of negative, boring people hiding behind their keyboards. Don't let them drain your enthusiasm. If they're not being constructive, their opinion isn't worth noting in the slightest. Chin up.
How about actual numbers from Asymco:

Apple Store Operational Economics: http://www.asymco.com/2012/08/09/apple-store-operational-eco...

Are Apple Stores overstaffed: http://www.asymco.com/2012/08/17/are-apple-stores-overstaffe...
Funny, because that is how the US operates as well. Just talk to you local sales team about how the 'competition' operate. The thing is when 'nobody' does a thing, but 'everybody' else does; it is actually normal behaviour. And the really beautiful thing about corporations is that they are 'legal people.' And a whole lot of crime goes on by 'legal people' that 'real people' would never get away with.
Fixed Defcon 20 DVD Mirror [Torrent]
Good to see you again! Hopefully business is still going well for you, although I imagine GitHub enterprise is becoming a strong competitor (and noticeably Git is left off the comparisons page?).

From what I can tell maybe age and experience have mellowed you out your email tone a bit... pretty soon you'll turn into Ned from The Simpsons. ;-)
I'm not talking directly about your method versus the git method. What I was alluding to: if you're planning to use git to distribute your models eventually, perhaps you should have an eye toward optimizing the models and their diffs for use with git. Then, git transmits only the diffs as needed, when needed.
Libertarians Try to Block Romney from Ballot
For evaluating the likeability of a song? Yes, but it (like Starbucks) is a known quantity. 10-30 seconds of listening.
The linked article only discusses why he's going to write about it. I hope the future installments actually appear.

The other entries in the blog (which do not directly pertain to the Challenger disaster) are very interesting.
Considering they're penalizing me to the tune of 5% to give up a very expensive device containing untold amounts of personal and business data to an unknown person of questionable trustworthiness, I wouldn't be caught dead there anyways.

I'm a little shocked that people seem okay with this on a site full of people that regularly berate companies for privacy gaffes.
Just wanted to share my perspective as someone who is relatively new to HN, but has had some successful (if that's the right word) threads about my projects.

The first post I submitted was a most-mortem about my startup. IIRC, it make the top 5 briefly. The doors opened to me because of that were shocking. I had many job offers, phone conversations with a few well-known tech personalities, and tons of traffic.

At the time, I felt the comments on HN were extremely negative. But, many opportunities and contacts arose from that thread outside of HN.

Later, someone posted my new ebook landing page to HN. The ensuing traffic built up my email newsletter and is still one of the main sources for my sales. Again, the comments on HN were very negative, but I met lots of positive, supportive, excited folks when they signed up to my newsletter or followed me on twitter. All because they found me on HN.

From these experiences, here's what I've learned about HN. It might not be very surprising:

-There is a very negative and very vocal minority that comments actively.

-There are many more positive, helpful people lurking. (If you can find them.)

-If you post your project to HN, you better have thick skin.

-HN is not only a great source for news, it's a powerful resource for founders.

-Because of all the strange and hidden rules about up-voting, getting your project in front of people on HN is all about luck. It has nothing to do with you.

*edited for bullet point fail.
Thanks. I didn't know about the downloads.
This should be titled, "How To Be Effective When You Have Too Large of An Ego For Your Own Good". The biggest issue that I have noticed from people that act like this have an ego problem, not an intelligence problem. The people that I am most impressed with are the ones that have the patience to work with a team of all skill levels.
If he knows it's going to fail, he should consider putting a death ray on a militarized Model S with bullet proof windows. Maybe with optional retractable VTOL (Tesla's last patent) side lifters. He could probably sell it to the US government and save Tesla.
With all due respect, I think you missed the point of this post. The OP is not dismissing critics with claims of "sour grapes" and "hating". He is saying that the community is no longer a "safe place" where he feels OK to share work in its early stages.

In other words, he was not saying that negative criticism should be dismissed. He was saying that there is too much negativity for him to find the site enjoyable and that he thinks the change in attitude is for the worse.

That said, I also think that you're off the mark when you say the OP is not ready for having a personal project on display. The premise of OP's note is that he considered HN to be a more positive, supportive community than the larger Internet. There is nothing wrong with wanting to associate yourself with people who will build you up rather than tear you down. If Steve's been using HN for five years, he's probably well aware of how vicious people can be on the Internet. It sounds like he's sad that HN isn't a haven from this viciousness like it once was. And just because he's sad that this one community has deteriorated, that doesn't mean he's not capable of handling the slings and arrows of the wider Internet population.
You don't need OAuth to pull a (or several) tweet(s).
What happens if Notch retweets your game? (includes stats)
I was going to post the same thing. I felt physically sick reading some of the vile comments to the makr.io team. They took it with a smile, and I applaud them for it, but that stuff hurts.

I've noted a substantial drop in show HN posts, which I love, over the past weeks and an increase in bullshit media sensationalism :"twitter says : drop dead".

Reasons? I say a rise in celebrity users and those seeking to impress them and a lack of recent presence from Pg. He needs to whip that front page back to what it's all about - hackers and startups.
Mindcrime hits the nail on the head. I don't want people telling me how awesome my project is - no where in my OP have I said that. My mum would be my toughest critic but she'd also be my fairest and explain to me what she liked but more importantly how something I'd done could be made better. That's what HN was to me - a place for amazing constructive feedback. Constructive feedback is something much different to criticism - which is where HN finds itself today imo.
I can't speak for others, but I didn't miss the fuel efficiency aspect. If electric automobiles are ever going to make a significant environmental impact, they will need to priced for the masses.
It also seems to me people's online opinions will tend to extremes. If there is an average reaction, either like or dislike, that might not cross the "click the reply button and write a comment" threshold. So there could be quite a bit of positive reaction, some moderate opinion, but people just won't feel the need to comment on it. So due to this bias one would expect to see more sharply negative or strongly positive responses.

Also I guess HN was mostly about the startup ecosphere, and now that goal shifted. Now it is about technology, programming, social issues _and_ startups.

Announcing a new startup might get a positive reaction from people interested in startup but will get no or negative reaction from those not interested in startups.

I'll raise my hand and admit that I am not interested in startups at all at the moment. I try not to comment negatively or positively on them I just skip those topics.

Should I feel guilty for not being interested, and are characters like me perceived as destroying the HN culture?
No, social networks need lots of users because their value is related to the number of connections. If I don't know very many people on a social network, it isn't very valuable to me.

Therefor, to offer the most value to users, those building social networks want to get rid of barriers (including payment) that might prevent more people from signing up. That, then, gets reinforced by the cyclic relationship between the fact that indirectly monetizing users tends to pull in relatively little per user while marginal costs of hosting an additional user are minimal - but the initial dynamic is an artifact of the nature of social sites to begin with.
Noir-clojure in Openshift
It is my first article, and English is not my first language, I would love some comments. Just ask for any question, hopefully I would be able to answer ;-)
Probably both, I've not been around long enough to say accurately.
To get data into BigQuery you need to get it into Google Cloud Storage first and then import it from there. To get it into cloud storage you can use rest api's or command line utils. See https://developers.google.com/storage/
Thanks! We are going to be rolling out the alpha really soon, just fixing some annoying bugs.
I think evolution is the right word. When I was little I often played a game where I would imagine I'd found a genie who would grant me three wishes, and I'd try to think of what to wish for. Most often, two of those wishes would be to be able to talk to my friends with telepathy, and for a book that would answer any question I wrote in it.

Here I have a machine that grants two of my wishes, I use it very often, and using it is very compelling. I dont think its ridiculous to say that when you carry such a powerful and easy to use machine, you start to think of it as being part of yourself, and "why can't you keep it in your pocket" becomes as strange and unanswerable a question as "why can't you keep your hands in your pocket", or "why can't you keep your eyes closed".

You can argue this is an unhealthy trend in culture, and an unhealthy propensity for people who live in an increasingly technological world, but it's unfair - I think so - to judge/condemn/pity people who have the addiction.
> Sounds like a strawman to me.

ya... probably is. Thanks for the feedback. ;) Although, the OP pretty much says "I hate you all because all you ever say is mean things" so there is that.
That's funny and I remember my dad having similar conversations with security system salespeople whenever they'd come around the house. While transitioning from real estate sales to iOS development I took on a few jobs to cover the bills. One of which was for ADT. I met with a lot of people who had dogs and were still burglarized. My girlfriend's dog also did nothing when she was burglarized. Moral of the story, dogs are not generally good for security. They can get scared, be hurt, drugged or poisoned. If thieves are serious enough they'll get around the dog. Now on the value of ADT and others, I think it could and should be disrupted. I always felt the equipment and service were overpriced.
I can't help but think examples like this demonstrate how powerful social networks (including sites like Hacker News) can be. We are all aware of funny videos, stories, etc., becoming memes, but moving a corporation to action (even if just to save face) is pretty amazing.

Corporations, of course, can use this as a positive advertising engine, as well. But it is reassuring to know consumers can also use it to level the playing field.
If the hue and cry raises to a high enough level, they might back off a little. "Ask for twice what you want," etc.
> On iPhone, when you see the message, it seems to come from the reply-to number, and you loose track of the origin.

This is a typo right? I could understand the issue if the reply-to is different from the apparent sender (and hidden), but if they are the same what is the issue? As stated by other commenters practically any SMS gateway allows you to set whatever originator (sender) you like.
Best approach to software development
Sadly you must still go through cloud storage to get data from appengine to bigquery. No savings there except maybe time.
Right, a community of "haters" may be better than a community of "lovers." That goes against every fiber of my being, but the fact is, life's tough, and you're more likely to be right if you're negative.

However, it does shock me how Hacker News just hates absolutely everything. I was so shocked when Nexus 7 first came out and the thread piled up with hundreds of negative comments just blasting Google for it. It was a break-through to have such a tablet at $200, and there should have been at least equal levels of hate and love.
A Blueprint for New User Onboarding on the Web
You forgot to account for the ramjet.
A Tor of the Dark Web
Cancer is cancer.
> Maybe I've just missed it, but I haven't seen a lot of responses here that seem to be obviously motivated by jealousy.

Those are never obvious. Jealousy, unless in a romantic personal context, is never displayed directly. It is hidden behind multiple layers of rationalizations or a barrage of negative comments (jab at small detail, over emphasis of small mistakes for ex.: "Oh you just worked 5 months on this website, well it sucks because you use the wrong serif font").
Reading the article about how they almost lost Discovery was chilling.
I think this article suffers from a lack of understanding of what exactly artists do, and how they become successful. From several of the excellent replies, luck does have something to do with it, but just because the OP doesn't understand the skill put into getting a gig or putting on a successful spoken word performance piece, for example, doesn't mean that an artist is just "lucky" to be successful.

Lots of armchair handwaving here.
As someone who just recently found HN, all I can say is that the percentage of constructive feedback VS such 'stories' as described above is still great in comparison to the rest of the net. It may have been better in the past but shallowness is what you get when you get more exposure I guess.
I do not know if the score system adds to that but up voting great articles or comments is a must. Wish I could down vote to uninteresting stories. But on that matter, what is uninteresting? Surely, nobody needs duplicated stories where each adds only a minor thought. Even spam like stories that float around currently about app.net are pretty 'uninteresting' because the value they add to HN is just non existent.
Looks like the typical HN visitor changed, too? Like from founders & entrepreneurs in the past to todays everyday-websters, developers, snarky people and founders?
I imaging that the adult entertainment industry would be very interested in the this technology. It appears to be very inexpensive and could significantly enhance the experience. It might also provide a value add service to their "free" content; you can watch the movie for free but if you want the full experience it will cost $9.95 / month.

Getting Disney to license it to them is another matter all-together. Then again, isn't Touchstone studios a Disney property created to handle grownup movies? Maybe they could/would do something similar with this.
Suggesting to HN - vote up articles which you learnt stuff from rather than articles in which you made some vapid political argument.
I read almost twice as many books since I got my kindle for Christmas last year. I even prefer reading on the kindle to reading on a pc/tablet or a traditional book.

That said, for reference books, it's worse than the alternatives. I almost exclusively use it for reading books back-to-back (i.e. relying very little on the arrow keys)
Let me try and make the point that this article should have made.

Being smart and being wise are two different things.

Intelligence/smarts is like CPU speed. How quickly you can pull in new information, process it, and spit out an answer. Wisdom, however, can be much slower. It ferments, cooks, and mixes information and experience. It's a slow process and pretty much all people are capable of it (to different degrees).

Often, smart people dismiss those who take longer to process things because they think it's about processing speed. That's a big mistake to make.
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Not necessarily. What Tesla is proposing is a better car. The Model S is safer, more comfortable, and more practical. The demand is clearly there, at this point it is a question of if Tesla can deliver.
I don't think that is the intended statement at all. Please reread this sentence:

> There's several cases, most notably Assange and [...] that indicate that private entities are putting pressure on governments, who in turn put pressure on their peers in other countries.
Fully homomorphic encryption: computing in cipherspace
Sadly large companies can afford to drive smaller companies out of business suspect means and then fight charges in court. The court system moves slowly and is prohibitively expensive for small companies, so the small company is likely to run out of money long before they are able to force the hand of a larger company.
Chinese Studio Blatantly Copies Foreign Indie Game, Developers Pissed
At streak.com we use BigQuery to analyze our logs. All of our application logs are shipped over to BigQuery and we run sql commands over this large data set. Its been amazingly helpful.

We open sourced two things that helped us do this:

1) A chrome extension to make bigquery's UI better, see here: http://blog.streak.com/2012/07/streak-developer-tools-chrome...

2) A library to push logs to bigquery if you're using appengine: http://blog.streak.com/2012/07/export-your-google-app-engine...