skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hmm, I'm confused by "the goal is to find the right balance between backwards compatibility (Emacs Lisp) and forward extensibility (Clojure / JVM)". I assumed the idea was to write emacs in Clojure and all the modules would be in clojure so that it would entirely self-contained system with perhaps macros to make porting from emacs-lisp easier. But now it sounds like you want to write an emacs-lisp emulator in Clojure ?
Signed up already!

Great job on it.

By way of exchange, I'll offer what meager observations my usability & QA expertise inform when I start using :-)
Protocols don't mean much
App.net isn’t just a country club
Telehash discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4420634 - hopefully :)
It's hard not to feed a troll, so ....

1. Fire sprinklers were added to the IRC and IBC due to their ability to prevent fires (surprise!), in light of the fact that costs have come down significantly, and they can now make them look "not ugly".

Fires aren't just going to damage your building, they'll damage the stuff you don't own as well.

2. The number and placement of fire exits is usually based on the distance one has to travel from any given occupied space, and the occupancy of the building. This distance is determined based on real numbers like how far you are likely to get before smoke inhalation kills you.

Letting the probably non-existent free market sort this out by "the people who didn't die" learning to only frequent places that have sufficient fire exits seems like a bad strategy.

3. You probably don't remember the wonderful days before the ADA, when there weren't many wheelchair ramps, and people with wheelchairs were basically told to "suck it" everywhere they went (including, in some cases, government buildings).
Things that bother me in the extreme: Not showing letters as they are typed in the advanced lessons. That immediate feedback is how I know that I'm typing a word correctly and how I know if I make an error that I have corrected it.

Penalization for adding additional whitespace between identifiers in some situations: "[one,two,three]", for example, I personally like adding a space after the comma and do it automatically.
By that logic, there's nothing stopping AOL bots from flooding your domain with TCP SYN requests and taking you down. It would be sinful, but it's possible.

The point of standards is to provide a place for people to meet each other halfway. Protocol standards especially.
sweet!
we're desperate for UX thoughts and feedback - definitely the piece we're most keen to polish for the first update :)
It seems more about balancing long-term planning with the behemoth that is the code you've already written.
The applicability of this is limited. Why? Imagine trying to get this to work for your grandmother.
What I'm not seeing in these articles about this place is any sense of responsibility by Hacker Dojo's owners for not doing the due diligence to know what they were getting into in the first place. I don't consider well-intentioned cluelessness a barrier to innovation but your mileage may vary.

Ellis Berns doesn't sound like a villain to me but rather just a guy in a tough situation. If the town of Mountain View doesn't enforce their codes here, and if something like the fire in the video posted here were to occur, they'd get their keesters sued out of their pants and rightly so.

That said, it's not even a drop in the bucket of Silicon Valley's vast wealth to fix this so if it's worth saving, I suspect it will be saved.
People are always looking for a shortcut. There are no shortcuts. If you put the time in you might get lucky and get that breakthrough.

But people confuse that one thing with success. If I do X I will get the same result. But without putting in the time the breakthrough never comes.
I don't know about you, but I have a windows desktop, a windows laptop, and a macbook pro that I regularly work from in different contexts. I much prefer cloud services that store my account information, and let me log in from whatever computer I want ... local storage would remove that benefit for users like me who don't really care that they're using my google login ;)
My thoughts are similar. All due respect, this is a brittle approach and vary narrowly targeted.

Relying on HTTP, SSL, Ruby, JSON does not inspire confidence . When I see "Ruby 100%" on the github page for something that aims to move us forward out of centralisation, it makes me shudder. You need to think beyond the web, and get lower level (Tor hidden services, being outside the centralised web, are the right idea, but Tor has a certain stigma). You do need to get below the level of partisan languages- for a number of reasons, one of which is to make it open and easy for anyone to build on, not just web developers and people who know certain languages. That's a given. Get people connected (stateful) and all that will follow.

Something more like cjdns. It's the connection that's important, not the web or whatever else you chose to use the connection for. A webserver is one of many things that can be offered over a connection. I don't want to make the connection through an all-purpose application like a web browser, written by some company (Chrome in all its complex glory is trying to supplant your OS's DNS fer chrissakes, wake up- in the end, it's all about control). I want a very small and simple open source app that handles the connection to my peers and which works via the OS, not "the web". It makes the connection, keeps it alive and otherwise stays out of the way.

I think these kids need to go back to the drawing board. But anyone working on stuff like this should not give up!

Whatever the successor to centralised social networking is, it will largely be a matter of timing. The best solution might not prevail. Instead it might be the one that hits the news at exactly the right time and catches on for some unexplainable reason.

There will be more to come. That's a promise.
Errors on the login form cause the data in the form to be erased. That's annoying if it's a one character error. Ccc
It's just not at all clear to me what they are optimizing, short-term or long-term. What's the old saying, "dance with the guy who brung you?"
First of all he was not forced into this against his will, it was a voluntary choice on his part to go to college and pick his major.

no the morality is clear as well, he could have done many other things to protest or just reevaluate his decision and study/do something else. instead he chose to steal and then decided to brag about it.

and having read textbooks I would not call them literature in general.

and I am sure there were cheaper/free alternative books out there that he could have made due with.

my opinion stands he is a thief with a big mouth. he is not much of a thief but still one.
Keeping Your Site Alive
Emacs has awesome window management built in, just sayin'.
I don't agree with the Aluminum body. I agree with Samsung's decision to go plastic because it reduces some more weight.

I've the 5.3 inch Notes and its light. Even though the back cover is plastic (its a thin plastic) its not so cheapo plastic. I feel it reduces extra couple of grams more from the device weight.
Depends how you define "job". If a job is defined as repetitive, non-engaging, focused, simple work, then a startup is not a job. If define a job as anything, no matter how board, critical, and requiring abstract though, then a startup is a job.

In my opinion, a job is what you spend time doing to live your life. If you do a startup so you can continue to live, that's your job.
What is the purpose of login name and nickname?
And even if it is just as easy, or easier, to set up as facebook or twitter, it still might fail because of the user and the egg problem.

As much as I would love to use and have a network like this, until all the people I keep in touch with through facebook use it, I'll still have a facebook.

I wonder if it's plausible, even possible, to have all those p2p benefits (encryption, authentication, privacy) and some how also have interoperability with facebook?
I'm glad to see someone else mention the Caps Lock issue, I was starting to fear that I was the only one who used it or that it was just an issue on my end. I would like to see the Caps Locks functionality added to the Rails practice set too if possible. Otherwise I think this is a fantastic resource you've created, moonboots!
I've written about Hg & Git before here on HN. Primarily, my argument was that Hg was easy and Git was simple (in the way Rich Hickey defined those terms). I started with Hg, but moved to Git, and I'll never look back. The top answer here is like a cheat sheet to why: Git has nearly all of those plugins baked in. This guy has moved from Mercurial to Mercurial in Git mode... He might as well just switch to git proper!

--

Standard git distribution, all enabled by default:

color: standard config

pager: on by default

fetch: pull/fetch/merge/rebase distinction in git

graphlog: log --oneline --graph --decorate

hgk: gitk

bookmarks: standard branches

record: normal use of the index

extdiff: difftool

share: standard clone behavior on a local file system

mq: standard usage of branches and rebase

transplant: cherry-pick and rebase

rebase: built in

inotify: status is already fast... not sure why I'd need this

shelve: stash

attic: stash

acl: use multiple repositories & submodules

histedit: rebase -i

forrest: submodules

--

Some assembly required:

notify: .git/hooks + sendmail

bigfiles: git-annex
Hacker News is 44% 18-24 year olds, 77% male
Great observation there. Wanna know a secret? You can demean and belittle someone's argument just just by taking it out of context anywhere on in the world, not JUST hacker news.
WinX YouTube Downloader German Review 
In diesem Video möchte ich euch den WinX Youtube Downloader vorstellen, eine einfache Möglichkeit, Videos von Youtube runterzuladen.
Yes, but who cares? You're just sending json down the wire. Fuck it.
AFAIK they only expected 500MM
Topics of interest are not interesting to me...
Zynga: the whole "they treat their employees badly" thing is a lie
All that stuff about Zynga treating its employees terribly? I don't believe it. Maybe they just really really love what they do, maybe even more than you.
Durability matters much more for portable devices than a few grams of difference in weight.

Not everyone treats electronics with kid gloves, especially portable devices.
Interesting,both of these cofounders worked at Apple for 6 years and they still ask readers to "privately" send them a contact address for getting featured on iTunes if there exists one.
jibing666@qq.com,I like it.
Great work, Laksman — congrats on shipping this!

(this is Eric from Domainr, p18 in the book)
opmininion,
As a mass market service, Twitter has many more stakeholders than just management. And all these stakeholders have their own metrics.

Unfortunately at this point for Twitter, it's not just about optimizing this metric or that. They have millions of groups of people they need to satisfy (basically, everyone) at the same time as turning a buck.

Think of miners in SE Asia: digging up jungle to get to gold (Papua New Guinea). They have shareholders, management, employees, the local population, the local governement, the government where they are incorporated etc etc etc

Being a mass media consumer play like Twitter means the number of stakeholders you have is huge. And you have to keep them ALL happy to stay relevant (well, the majority... or a big number).
Hmm, I'm not doing anything special. I just put the web font link at the top of head. I'm also only including the default font weight. How many assets does your page have? Typing.io is relatively slim, so the font download can occur relatively sooner. If I'm not mistaken, the initial css downloads blocks the page load, but the actual ttf/woff/etc download occurs async and may be delayed if there is other stuff.
i don't think so.
but, Medium has incredibly good balance.
Its potential to become a monster ridiculous.
They may be just getting their ducks in a row before launching something biggish.
Would like to buy for $25 too. Can't wait for kindle version.
I've never been to HackerDojo, so I can't really tell, but the following will probably be relevant to you:

NYC Resistor (hackerspace; like noisebridge with less anarchy). Members only, but open to the public most Thursday evenings (see "craft night" in their calendar; read about it before showing up)

New Work City (shared work space, but with a lively community)

Alpha One Labs - hackerspace.

Hack Manhattan - hackerspace.
Ugh:

"What it does not have, according to city officials, are things that would make it an office. It doesn’t have enough fire exits, sprinklers or wheelchair-accessible bathrooms, as required by city regulations."
I'll check more tomorrow. Tonight tested with iPad. Tomorrow Osx
Can you actually make a case for your claim that the officials made bad decisions? Nothing in what you wrote explains why Hacker Dojo should be able to operate in violation of fire and safety codes that others are subject to.
A "Kinesis Advantage " keyboard and "apt-get install dvorak7min" is all a programmer needs.
The TF300 is $399, slightly slower, and already on JB. Save yourself $100. I updated to JB on the weekend. ASUS is doing this right. HTC/Samsung and the rest of the "our skins takes months to work out the bugs" are on the losing side of history.
I've sent you several emails now with meeting invites to talk and have received no response.

:(
I first hated this sensationalist headline, but on second thought think it's the best title ever. It achieved what it's supposed to do--get attention.
My only gripe is that these events are more American Idol and less business. Its a popularity contest for people afraid of going out and selling something. I was invited to one where "the startup voted most popular gets funding." Yeah, no thanks. Funding is something you get because you need to buy infrastructure or pay employees or anything business related, and not (well, outside of a bubble) because you are popular. Though someone might say that popularity == traction, I will answer that it does not. Traction == sales == money in the bank. Popularity just means that you are trending on the internet.
This wiki page got me much closer to understanding what's really going on here: https://github.com/quartzjer/TeleHash/wiki/My-Understanding-...
Sensational headlines make it sound like they are the silicon valley mafia or something. I have never seen a more BS article in NY times.

Hacker Dojo is one of the most respected hacker spaces on the planet. They try and do things as legally and 'up to code' as they can with the resources they have.
The Great Fire of London agrees with you.
Apple Is Ridiculously Valuable
re: "consistent user experience"

That's the thing, they just need to make the UX so badass that users will want to use your products instead of a 3rd party. Problem solved. Instead, they are just being lazy and squashing anyone who tries to innovate on their platform. Considering every feature on Twitter.com started on 3rd party clients, they're just shooting themselves in the foot.

But then again, that's assuming you believe it is about "consistent user experience", which I think it likely 5% of the real answer.
"Twitter has an enormous advantage over Facebook in one key area: while people on Facebook tend to friend their friends, people on Twitter tend to follow their interests. The following graph from Twitter is worth far more on a per-account basis because it is directly monetizable in a way that Facebook’s generally isn’t – you can show prophylactic advertisements to Twitter users based solely on the people they follow, and probably get a much higher rate of interest. Compared to other social display ads, Twitter ads, it is rumored, work extremely well."

Facebook users friend their friends AND follow celebrities/brands/products. Facebook also encourages you to share a lot of information about interests and locations. You might also share the same on Twitter, but its not neatly saved as part of your profile.

I'm not sure Facebook will be able to make more money off advertising then Twitter, but if they don't, it wont be because of lack of information about your interests.
I don't want to sign in with Google for a typing tutor.
Except the title is straight from the NY Times! I'm shocked they could publish a biased, misleading story.
Saving Hacker Dojo: Government Zoning vs. Collaborative Education Innovation
As the new mother of a 3 month old, I'm really getting a taste of how much it must suck to be in a wheelchair. The stroller can't go into half the places I try to visit. Even the bank wasn't wheelchair accessible. And in many stores, even if they are on the ground floor, the aisles are too narrow to navigate.
Where's the donate button when I really need it?
I like Ikea's selections, and its designs are appealing to younger home owners. But from my experience, Ikea really needs to improve customer service. I called Ikea regarding some problems with delivered furniture, and they put me on hold for about an hour.
Can someone name me an instance where a site as popular as Twitter eventually flopped because it didn't play nicely with third-party developers? I can't think of one, although I most certainly could be wrong.

There seems to be this idea that angry developers -> no apps -> crappier service -> users leaving, and I just don't see it. Apple has long been screwing developers with their App Store and yet how many thousands are out there coding away at their iPhone games, playing by every rule, however arbitrary, that Apple implements?

Developers aren't going to kill Twitter, but a better service more attractive to users will. I'm of the belief that at this point, Twitter's developed such a huge brand that the lack of app choices alone is nowhere near enough to decrease user engagement. Twitter is constantly on CNN, a myriad of other news channels, and almost every major celebrity tweet I've seen has been made from either the Twitter web interface or their Mac/iOS app.

Users have a much, much larger threshold of "abuse" than many people here seem to believe. Facebook ads, Twitter ads, no third-party Twitter apps, etc, are all very minor annoyances, if you can even call them that, to the majority of users. So while Twitter's new move is certainly frustrating for the developers that helped give them a boost initially, they've certainly got the momentum, brand-recognition, and celebrity engagement to keep them going for a while.
Don't give us password minimums or maximums. Just let me pick my password in peace. Unless you're a bank, I don't want to invent a new password just for you.

Also, if you're going to ask for a password then ask for confirmation of that password just to be sure.

On boarding process is a little long as well---why do I need to upload an avatar before I even have an account?

Also, I'd like to have a description of the service right on the page.
ttymouse=xterm2 doesn't work with tmux. And generally, vim will set 'ttym' correctly for you.
Ironically, at Noisebridge they are wheelchair accessible and have sprinklers in the ceiling. The wheelchair/scooter users visit regularly. I'm 99% sure the sprinklers were already installed when they moved in. A lot of build-out work was done when moving to the current location.
Gamification of Scrum Team Practice is More Fun
I can't really tell anything about their phone service. I've had good experiences with their in-store service however. So I think it's not all areas of their customer service, but they could certainly improve.
I just wish they'd stop using Verdana.
>if Tumblr can convince their users to get an Identi.ca id when they create their Tumblr and then offer a chance to find people with it, it helps more than it hurts.

If Tumblr needs to push their users to get an account on a social network that isn't Tumblr then they have SERIOUS problems. But the traffic numbers indicate they don't need to do that, I don't see why they wouldn't just use good 'ole email addresses as the discovery method instead of Twitter.
This honestly makes me pretty curious. I thought the 25-34 range would be larger, especially compared to other sites that seem to have a much less professional atmosphere(Reddit, etc).

Hacker News certainly isn't some bastion of intelligent thought and discourse, but it's definitely above average in that, which makes me wonder if the 18-24 year olds are just keeping quiet in the comments, if they're really that smart, or if I'm actually a lot less mature/intelligent than I thought.
Show HN: User Testing for the Lean Startup
http://www.betapunch.com:

Sign up / Submit startup, get a unique URL to launch our screen recorder, share the link with your beta sign ups or anybody you want to test your site, they record and upload their video which sends the feedback directly to your startup page.

Each startup gets a unique URL to share with testers. Send the URL to them via email or place the URL on your website. For the screen recorder I am tapping into the Screenr.com API.

Would love to hear the HN community opinion and if it is something you would use to get usability testing for your own startup.

Currently our free trial only allows for 3 user tests and then your URL will be disabled from receiving future recordings. But I would happy to dish out more free tests for people who provide me with feedback for BetaPunch.

Keep in mind you source your own testers, we only provide you with guaranteed testers from our community if you choose the paid plan.

Our paid option is $39 which allows for unlimited user tests via the URL we provide you and we also guarantee 3 user tests from members of our community.

Look forward to your feedback =)
Where is the information about the methodology of the survey?

The submitted article says the "survey" is based on DoubleClick Ad Planner,

https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=branding...

a Google service, but it's not explained how DoubleClick knows about (for example) users who habitually block cookies and the like, and anyway how does DoubleClick match its data sources with the overall population that uses Hacker News? What is the evidence that the headline figure is anything other than a wild-ass guess?
Now would be a fantastic time for Google+ or App.net to sweep in and get developers on their respective sides. Past social networks have gone in phases, and I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't begin to push people away from the platform.

No, it won't kill Twitter, but it will lead to the rising up of something else, akin to how Twitter started to gain traction when they debuted their API.
The Internet a Decade Later
Thank you for this. Every once in a while one stumbles upon a bit of writing that instantly changes the context in which they frame aspects of their lives. This very much had that effect on me – As well as bringing up fond memories of academia. =)
Obviously these guys are up to no good with their illicit "hacking." Isn't that code for "making meth"? And a Dojo!? They probably run Fight Club style events too.

Software developers are known troublemakers. If you don't keep an eye on them, they'll type away all night optimizing code and drinking caffeine.

What about the children!?
Yeah, that makes sense. I could foresee some cases where I was writing something documentation-y, such that it made sense to do in Word, but aimed at developers, such that I'd want to include code samples or the like.
I read that Japanese uses the charming phrase "he changed worlds".
Plug for my own hg-github extension: https://github.com/stephenmcd/hg-github

It's a thin wrapper over the hg-git extension that lets me push my Bitbucket repos to GitHub for all my open source projects. I can then accept pull requests on both Bitbucket and GitHub, and merge and push back to both. As a Mercurial/GitHub fan managing projects with a decent amount of activity, it's fairly seamless.