skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Speaking of floppies, in junior high, one of my buddies ran a BBS system off a pair of 8" floppies. Yeah, 8". I don't know where the hell he got them, because 5.25" floppies were the standard at the time.

Once we went to high school, he had upgraded to a 10MB Cider HD, which at that time cost like $1K.
If you think that the cost of oil doesn't have very direct impacts on the value (and expense) of housing, think again.

Commute costs, viable living distance, heating and cooling bills, construction costs, amenities (pools, landscaping, toys including boats and RVs), and consumer goods are all directly tied to energy costs.

Housing is an expensive, illiquid, geographically fixed investment. You're investing not only in the property and structure, but the neighborhood, local job markets, and/or anticipated commute costs.

Oil prices have had a very direct effect on the present and future value of suburban and exurban housing. Both positive (in the era of cheap energy, 1945 - 1974), and negative (as prices increased from the 1970 oil shocks onward).
> Wrestling is undeniably a team sport - matches are scored
> for the entire team

Hey Otto, I've got news for you. Wrestling is not a team sport. When you're out there against a guy who is faster and stronger than you, there isn't a whole hell of a lot your team can do for you."[1]

> I know less about the Paralympics than the Special Olympics (and yes, I know they're different), but to me, both always stood out to me as wonderful reminders of the true importance of sportsmanship - not athleticism, but sportsmanship.

No doubt, good sportsmanship is an admirable quality. But is it really reasonable to expect the Paralympics or Special Olympics to be any more of an exemplar of that, than any other athletic competition? At the end of the day, the participants are still people... with ego, vanity, jealousy and whole gamut of human emotions.

[1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090270/
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It's not clear to me that the inequality of post-injury physical abilities in the paralympics is substantially different from the the inequality of innate physical abilities in the olympics. In both cases, a good portion of what competitors are measuring is "the playing field", where the playing field is their bodies. The rest is discipline, means to train, and psychology.
Trying to access on my iPhone, and instead of a site I get a request to download a "fowndr.com.gz" file.
I love the RPN on the HP-48, but the HP-16C was built for programmers so it will always rate higher for me.
>I have yet to even meet someone that uses twitter.

Odd. Twitter has been a great intelligence tool for me (I don't live in the valley, but I'm definitely tech-centric so not representative of the general population). I've heard of interesting projects and tools with it, I virtually "met" someone who I ended up collaborating on a successful project with, I got tipped off about an amazing travel package through an amateur agency with it, I got notified of a coding contest with it that won me registration to Google I/O, etc. etc. It changed my perspective and life, honestly.

My Twitter use has, however, dropped off sinced my favourite web-based Twitter tool went offline. Twitter's official web client simply doesn't do what's needed and I don't like using non-web clients. I am now working on a personal Twitter client when I find time. Once that's done I'll return.
I'm flipping somersaults! I love Flicode, and was very active there during it's peak. Looking forward to it's return.
They can always learn from RIAA/MPAA folks.
I don't understand why more people don't use Virtualbox. It's free and pretty much equivalent.
> The reader gets involved in the making of the book, the writer gets a way to talk with their best customers, everyone wins.

Not disparaging this specific author or publisher, but this was once accomplished by having advance reviewers offer their criticisms without any money changing hands.

> A savvy author trumps a crappy publisher any time.

Yes, but not the reverse. :)
I'm not color blind, but I see the same thing. Shading creates the effect of the boxes being different sizes even though they're not. Here's a screenshot:

https://twitter.com/thomashpark/status/238665017145303040/ph...
From my perspective, there's nothing more motivating than having people chomping at the bit to get their hands on your book. The end product is arguably better because it's not being written in a vacuum and is bolstered by a ton of support.
I bought the recorder and it was a small rectangular box. I was pretty nice.
Why the ShakyCam? It was so bad it made me dizzy.
Have you considered Android? You could actually integrate your app as a replacement for a real keyboard, rather than the second rate experience that is possible on IOS.

Your product deserves better.
I just bought Fusion 4 two months ago. Was using Fusion 3 for a long time just fine... got a new retina mac and had a few issues with it, so got 4 and it mostly fixed them and I was content.

Now 5 comes out, seemingly has better retina support, and I'd have to shell out $50 again. No thanks.

Each Fusion release is less and less compelling for the most part. Fusion 4 was "built for Lion", yet I used Fusion 3 on Lion exclusively until June just fine.
Mac OS X 10.8.1 is out.
>> What about dial-up modems

+++ ATH
Should architects be sued for burglars that get into your house?
Cache-Control: private, max-age=600

With an explicit version number in the URL, there's little reason to have a 10 minute expiration period for a .js file. Why not save bandwidth and money (and improve performance to boot) with a more reasonable expires setting?
U.S. Customs Tracks License Plates & Shared Data With Insurance Firms
I think you have a fair point. I might have become a bit too overzealous in my argument via reduction. But yes, anger is definitely "just chemicals" in the sense that some people get angry quicker than others.

Again, although I'm forced to concede your second paragraph that there might be some influence by what you've eaten yesterday, I'd like to believe that they're not that large. Because, if that were true everyone who'd eat (for instance) spicy things would constantly be in a state of irritation and anger.

People's temperament, moods, general thoughts might as well be a pre-seeded RNG.
Talking from experience, VirtualBox doesn't play well with Steam games (or games in general).

For me, Terraria was buggy and the graphics had some glitches. Half-Life had mouse issues, etc.

I used to buy Parallels but they use the same update tactics than VMWare, so now I just don't use Windows games at all.
Patent pending kind? I doubt they are sharing it quite yet but the one beauty of patents is we'll get the entire answer once the patent isn't pending anymore. If I had to imagine though, the algorithm is just accounting for the most likely word to follow the previous wording, that could have been formed by hitting keys that were next to the ones you really hit wrong. I'd like to see how it handles my wanton throwing of swear words in messages to friends. And, the use of l33t speak and text talk.

Example, at 0:45 he swipes to the right and kryuwt turns into letter.

k -> l (k is next to l)

r -> e (r is next to e)

y -> t (y is next to t)

u -> t (u is next to y, which is next to t)

w -> e (w is next to e)

t -> r (t is next to r)

The options are letter, proper, merger and keeper (plus something else further) Given the previous three words "you miss ever" the algorithm uses some prior dictionaries and knows that when talking and saying "you miss every" we get probabilities of of likelihood for each probably word. Letter ends up being 35% as opposed to the 7 percent chance you see any of those other words. ( that last bit of percentage math is an estimation given for the sake of example, in a true text prediction dictionary the percentages are usually small, given the incredibly large amount of words that can and do follow "you miss every" (chance, shot, etc are probably more likely, but not near those letters we kept missing earlier.)

It would seem they've made improvements on that algorithms. I wonder how novel it really is though.
I'm actually thinking of writing a HN blocker that will count my HN time spent, and block it if it exceeds a certain configurable amount...
My thought exactly, the 'forgotten' tech would be the TI-92 (my personal favorite)
Tell People What You Like (Not Just What You Don't)
Show HN: our game editor now exports to iOS, Android, Win8 & desktop
But RubyMotion still requires you to at least read Objective-C. Surely the little bit of glue code would look pretty much the same in Ruby as in ObjC, especially when it's mostly calling classes in the iOS and PhoneGap APIs anyway.
What is the path for this research to be developed into new products, and can new businesses be built around this technology? When can we start hacking with these materials outside labs in garages to disrupt the big materials companies? I these questions are the ones HN readers want answered.
I can't answer that for you, because it's all relative to your goals. Maybe nothing at all.

This is why some people are effective, and others are not. Some people get hung up on whether someone else is right or wrong, while others take what's useful and move on.
Mountain Lion 10.8.1 Out with iMessage, Exchange Fixes
> people perceive the logo as old and out of fashion

So, I think we both agree, the original logo lacks the previous associations of value and therefore needed to be changed/updated. People don't buy things because of a lack of newness or because they are deemed old. They buy based on utility (whether that's perceived or not is another question).
"Let's make some devices already."

That's genius. We need to relay this idea to the science people. Is there a mailing list?

Oh! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nanotechnology_applicat...
, Nevermind! :P
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/16/technology/smartphones/index...
Not to mention that Netscape 4 never really implemented CSS. There was a CSS-to-JSS (JavaScript Style Sheets) translation level that almost worked most of the time, but it couldn't manage markup that resulted in a deeply-nested native object hierarchy (something that was altogether too easy to do in straightforward HTML). Nor did DIV or IFRAME properly translate to LAYER and ILAYER. Element addressing in NS was pretty much strictly hierarchical; one needed to include a tree search for NS to get something similar to getElementByXXX(). (And I had to support that horrid thing until 2005.)
Struggling with this one. Help me out: If I play roulette and bet black, red, red, black, red, red, etc., I'm going to win?
More likely the motor/skeleton can't actuate movement in the lips as well, since they stick out from the face.
Raspberry Pi Remote Control Music Player
You can't put lipstick on a paperclippy.
Interesting insight. I wouldn't be sure to call it a law if it didn't apply to every web page, which this wouldn't.

But if one could do some averaging for every year, I'd like to see if a similar trend happened.
Just a guess but if I were to write it, I would create a table of points that map to a qwerty keyboard then map to a word. Then I would prerender as many words as I can to seed this table. The algorithm would be about probability of shape entered. For example, if I meant to write the word 'hacker' but instead I wrote 'jsvlrt' the shape I've made would map to a similar shape in my database for 'hacker'. Add some creative elements for managing tolerances on shapes entered and you would probably have an impressively close product to this.

As a side note: awesome app.
This file integrates as a widget code on customer websites. We don't expect our customers to change this code often. However, we do continue to change the underlying code (to push updates, new releases etc). The idea is that visitors on our customer websites get the new code whenever it changes.

I do agree that the number (10mins) could be a bit scientific. But you get the idea as to why we kept it as such.
I really thought this was something like writing everything in JS instead of Ruby and/or Objective-C. The title is kind of misleading. This is just Cordova but with RubyMotion. Bummer.
> Public transportation in most of the U.S. is awful, so I don't see many people choosing that over having your own shiny new car.

Ah, but the shift in housing desirability also plays into this. Those few places in the US that do have great walkability/bikeability/public transit are booming and in huge demand.

I think many young people do aspire to walk and bike everywhere, which is why they aspire to be able to live in vibrant, much-denser-than-suburban environments. That this is true is obvious when you compare housing prices. People pay a huge premium for it.

Biking almost everywhere is awesome if you're fortunate enough to live in a place that makes it safe and convenient to do so. I take trips by bike at least four times more often than by car, purely by choice since I own both.

When we visit family out in more typical America, my young son gets frustrated by so much time spent in a car seat. He's "spoiled" by always being able to interact much more with his surroundings, whether walking, in his stroller, or on my bike with me.
They started using the new wordmark in June, in the Surface promo materials: http://photos.allthingsd.com/photos/i-vGmfLVB/0/M/i-vGmfLVB-...

I guess this is the official launch.
Perhaps, but if there is a liability on that code, you can be damn sure I'll be charging lawyers rates for writing it and it's going to take at least twice as long to produce.

In the end most industries that carry liabilities like this also are required carry error and omissions insurance or something similar. That cost will end up having to be factored in to the cost of the software.
Prismatic for iPhone is now live in the App Store
Are there any other situations where a completely unlicensed trade would be held to any standard other than caveat emptor?

Would regulating and standardizing software to the point where we could apply a standard of competence and sue people over even improve software security? If it did, would it be worth the potential chilling effect on innovation?

One thing I really can't stand about this is that at least professional associations (which I consider to be cartel-like in many ways) like the AMA or ABA do enable their practitioners to stand up to clients and employers. There are even laws around who is allowed to directly employ many licensed professionals.

Sounds like some lawmakers would like to deny any professional stature to developers other than the right to be sued, as individuals, for their work.

For the record, I'm generally opposed to the creating a developer's cartel. Anyone can read a book on PHP and hang out a shingle as a developer, which is fine by me. But it would be particularly offensive to be subjected only to the liabilities of professional recognition with none of the perks.
I'm under 40 and own a house.

a.) Nope, none of those. Two incomes though, of which combined is higher than the median, but not by that much...
b.) Not quite the ghetto, though some would say all of Tacoma is the ghetto. Still, there are much, much worse areas around here.
c.) Not soul crushing. We pay about 1400/mo for our mortgage, which isn't much more than rent around here. (we had a small two bedroom apartment for 750, so it is possible to go cheaper though)
Yes, but that end can be accomplished through pre-publication excerpts and interviews, not by accepting payments for a book not yet written. The former increases public enthusiasm for a book, the latter doesn't. Reasonable people may differ.
Mixing Objective-C and Ruby
The risk that you are taking is that you will end up with 100% of nothing. If you are already in 'struggle on' mode I would re-evaluate the plan to achieve the goal. This comment also assumes that you don't have cash to bring to the table otherwise you would have hired someone already.

It really sounds like you need some help so either you need to offer sufficient equity (less than 50% as you have already come a long way although probably more than 20% [over time] unless you are already near launch) to a co-founder OR seek investment which would enable you to hire a contractor. Either way you would need to convince someone of your concept (investor or co-founder) and your personal value to the business. If hardware is required you will need investment at some stage.

Kickstarter may also be an option for you if the project is likely to be sufficiently popular but you really need to work out what you are promising first and be prepared to make it public.
I was skeptical but just tried it out and it's amazing. I even tried to type a sentence blindly just by remembering the approx. position of the keys and it worked perfectly
CSRF won't protect against traffic sniffing; only third parties constructing URLs.
Of course developers should be held accountable for security flaws in their code - right after we hold bankers accountable for blowing up the economy and plundering the world.
I've managed to turn off all the menu bar additions in version 3, 4, and 5. But I don't think the settings to do so were in the same place every time.
Not sure I follow this. Pre-ordering books is a pretty well established practice among publishers (yes, real ones, not just ebook authors).

Actually, it's the primary hack for getting on best-seller lists (pre-orders, then fulfillment in strategic batches designed to show consistent sales over time).

Or is this a more basic "No one should sell anything that doesn't already exist" argument?

If so, I'd point out concert tickets (usually 6 months advance sale), seminars, conferences, and most other large undertakings that need some sort of validated audience numbers as counter-evidence.

Why not all products, as long as there's no attempt to deceive, and the purchaser is clear that the product is not ready yet?
These systems usually use predictions (see Markov chains) based on your previous input to automatically catch and correct those small typos and prevent you from needing to skip two words back to fix the typo.

In the case of a false positive (correction where none was needed) you can just delete the entire word and type again.

As this is usually done using Markov chains which learn from your previous input this could even be used for programming.
I raced paracycling for a few years. I was 2nd a nationals once, but never good enough to make it to the paralympics.

There are lots of categories. It's changed slightly now, but when I raced there was C1 - C5 for cyclists, T1 - T3 for tricyclists and H1 - H4 for hand cyclists. So that's 12 categories for each men and women in cycling. I needed to be evaluated twice by physiotherapists for strength, range of motion, etc. Then I was placed in a category. Obviously you want to be put in the lowest possible category for your disability. Lots of shady stuff goes on, faking additional disability etc. You can lodge a protest against other athletes if you think they are in the wrong category.

As I understand it now, they've reduced the number of medals given out, so instead of each category having a medal, each category has a standard speed, and the athlete that beats the standard by the greatest percentage wins. Other sports still have medals for each category but cycling went away from it due to not enough athletes per category. Swimming probably has the most athletes.

Here is the classification guide: http://www.handbiken.at/Regeln/Paracycling%20Classification....

For example, my category C5 is:

Neurological
Fair to normal
- Major and minor neurological signs
- Minimally affected diplegic with spasticity grade 1 or 1+
- Truly ambulant hemiplegic with spasticity grade 1 or 1+
- Monoplegic and minimal athetoids
- Possible loss of function by uncoordinated hands or one leg

Co-ordination
Fair to normal
- Very slight signs of inco-ordination on the bike (not normal function)

Abilities
- Fair to normal (0-2 points): mostly functional but not normal, major and minor
signs

Amputation, Impairment as described in 2b 2 “fair to normal”
- Single amputation AE, with or without prosthesis, no functional grip (54 points)
- Single amputation BE with the use of a prosthesis

Minimal disability: Amputation of all fingers and thumb (through MCP) or
amputation of more than half foot (forefoot). In the case of a single AE-, BE-
amputation or a single upper limb dysmelia, the minimal impairment is met if all
fingers and the thumb of one hand is missing through the MCP joint or other
impairments who are equivalents, without a functional grip. As a proof of the loss
of functional grip, the affected athlete will not be able to operat
Sounds like you should delete local data and reinstall.
How to run Like Incentive FB campaigns: set-up tips
How robust is logistic regression?
I am not sure how that is relevant to be honest. Are you saying that there brand doesn't matter, or that it is healthy because their products have found success due to technical achievements?
Let's Help Ann Johnson Unseat Vitriolic Sarah Davis in Texas
Yeah, I remember seeing them a few years ago flying to/from mexico. Is this weird government propaganda, horrible reporting or both?
I've seen "revolutionary technology" articles for the last 15 years. Some of the stuff does eventually trickle in. Most of it seems to influences and tweak existing manufacturing.

I think the problem is three fold: First, it is a really hard engineering problem to get from a logic gate on an atom thick sheet to something actually useful. Second, manufacturing processes are all tailored around the exists ting, so even if they figure out the material, they still have to build supply chains, which is really expensive. Third, they are dealing with incremental evolution of the existing technology along the way, which reduces the massive benefits seen when the technology first came out of the lab.

But I agree. More science fiction in real life, please. :)
As I was reading your post I said to myself, this person must live in Canada! turns out I was right :)

I used to live in Toronto, bought my first car when I was 20, got into an accident at 21; I couldn't afford insurance and hence a car again until I moved to the US at 23. It isn't the same here, my wife and I now pay $200 every 6 months which is 3rd party and liability (the one-way you mention) and convers both of us. Also 1 accident in every 3 years is forgiven. (I live in California)
MinGW has worked on Windows for years, and has the advantage of working as a cross-compiler from other platforms, which makes it easier to build releases for multiple platforms on one system.
Well done Jim, you've made Hacker News. Now go eat a Twitterburger. ;)

Knowing that you've reduced you media restrictions somewhat, I'm curious if you're now of the believe that, with all things, a balance is appropriate and too much of anything is bad.

I still struggle with managing the overflow of data that is Twitter, at least to a point where it's not a huge distraction. I wish I could, but I can't.
Lore Preps for Back-to-School with Spate of New Features
Ouch. Having been on both sides (acquihiring and been acquired) there is some truth to this, but the reality is that the acquihire shoots for the 'minimum viable team' rather than specifically just the founders. In fact the one acquihire I participated in (as hirer) one of the founders was specifically not wanted as part of the deal but a couple of the employees were.
I now choose to compare the Curiosity rover doing a donut on Mars, with IKEA's choice of Verdana and 3D imagery in their catalogue.
I shared the Java code for this one at https://github.com/WinVector/LStep/blob/master/src/com/winve... and would love to see somebody hack the code to find a non-separated example that diverges on the first step from the origin.