skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for the answer.

You have nothing to add re Israel's existence?

As I wrote: Why no indignation AT ALL over the coldly planned destruction of Palestinian lives in the camps of Libanon, Syria, etc?! All other cases in WW I/II have been laid behind them by the victims, but this.

To the other arguments might be added that more Jews had to flee in the Middle East (including the West Bank 1948) than Palestinians 1948. Ethnic cleansing -- because of their religion, not in the middle of a dirty civil war...

Those Jews got most assets stolen, including multiple times larger area than Israel itself. Why is there no indignation at all?!

I could probably add more. But the previous two which the left ignores are at least as bad as anything Israel has done, even with the left's description of Israel.

I can't use any milder description than "disgusting double standards", especially if you add the non-criticism of state supported nazi hate propaganda...

Re crime:

>>There's a wealth of evidence that longer prison sentences don't deter crime any more than short ones

I've heard that sentence length is irrelevant since I started school, but... It seems just too close to other lies they fed us in Swedish school.

1. Is that measured for first time criminals only? It is a big step to risk jail.

2. To simplify, there are two types of criminals. The first are the idiots that drink beer on a Saturday and get in a knife fight and the second type consider and weigh for/against like any other entrepeneur. How is the sentence length sensitivity if you ignore things like drunks that knife each others?

3. Sentences have influence. A proof: If there was a death sentence for e.g. jay walking, not even I would do it (sober, see 2.). But -- I wouldn't jaywalk even if it was just one year in jail. In that way, there is no influence by sentence length -- is that how the claim is measured?

4. But certainly, psychopaths are not that influenced by punishment...

>>[psychopaths are a tiny part of the prison population and can be handled as a separate case]

Do you have a reference for the claim?

The figures I've seen (easy to google, from Hare afaik) say 20% of the US prison population, 50%(!) of all violent crime. That is hardly something minimal to just ignore...?!

>> a typical burglar is more in need of help from society than their typical victim

I know of a couple of females that were very, very upset over a burglary and had e.g. nerve problems and problems sleeping home for quite a while. I slept with a couple of knives for a couple of months.

I only know about Sweden. Afaik, there are two types of burglars:

- Hard drug users. The logical solution is not to give them short sentences if they aren't likely to have stopped the drugs -- for their own sake.

- International crime syndicates -- see type two above (entrepeneur).
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Any solution relying on karma is doomed to fail imo.

Karma is easy to min-max. I've gotten good at it. Only ~1200 karma but I'm averaging over 10 per post. It's easy with a bit of practice.

None of my comments are particularly good. They typically express a mostly safe opinion in a mild manner. I don't like to make non-root posts as they rarely get upvotes and I hesitate to post in a large thread (like this one) as it's easy to get buried.

I don't even know why I post this way to be honest. I was mostly just curious to see how high I could get my average. The bar to get upvotes on HN seemed really high at first and I wanted to be a good poster. Now I see the road to karma is paved with safe, fluffy comments.
Does that apply to my of $2 black Gildan cotton t shirts? :)
Clearly, you've had interactions with fakers who call themselves "UX Designers".

Real UX Designers are not process managers - they are folks who are vital to any product development because it's their responsibility to think about and WORRY about user needs, user goals, and user objectives and then design a product/site/app that meets and exceed these user objectives.

This thinking and worrying results in design documents as high-level as application architecture or as layout specific as UI sketches and fully baked UI mockups. Within the UI mockups, they're in charge of naming conventions, layout, structure, content hierarchy, and so forth.

This thinking and worrying also results in clickable prototypes (usually in the form of HTML only prototypes or InvisionApp prototypes) that brings together the user flows, architecture, and user goals into something the entire team can wrap their heads around.

Finally, the UX designer is instrumental in testing and validating design decisions and product design decisions in a live app. This involves knowing what to test, how to test it, and then iterating on the designs to make sure the feedback from users is reflected in an updated UI or a revamped flow.
Here's the method being called: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/AppKi...

From the docs, "attempts to quit the receiver normally." I'm not sure why ensorcled's terminal was closed while a process was running, but I get prompted to confirm closing terminal when a process is running.
The choice of outfit, and the choice to always wear said outfit, are slightly different things. My reading is that the author intended the latter.
It's a theme that you otherwise would not have access to unless you're part of the elite few that are actually allowed to post at Svbtle. I like the way it looks, personally.

It's on Github: https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle

And from that page:

Isn't this unoriginal?

Yes, in the same way svbtle is unoriginal. See the original ["inspiration" for svbtle] (http://drawar.com)
Crowdbooster(YC S10) is looking for a full-stack engineer & a part-time hustler
Flippa came close with "Seeking Mediocre Ruby Devs", http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6zrwYfQ...
BTW, totally signing up for Jetstrap now.
I'm trying to understand the sensor boards...

a) what kind of battery does it need?
b) what's the range?
c) what's the battery life like?
d) what frequency range does it operate in and will stuff in my house interfere with it?
e) can I buy extra sensors?

I think you should consider answering these questions on the growguard site in order to facilitate even more sales. :)
Telepresence startup puts iPads on wheels
Are you referring to polling vs web sockets or something? A lot of chat systems use polling at scale, Campfire being one of them.
"they don't care about making profits on hardware, while everyone else, including Apple, does."

(1) Amazon has turned a profit on all of their hardware afaik. They may change their mind as they go for a landgrab but to say they don't care is not exactly true.

(2) You can make the same argument that Google and Microsoft don't care about making money on hardware. You can say "but Google and Microsoft rely on third parties" which is historically the case but less so today.

(3) Amazon cuts corners to get to a shock price. If the tablet is "not good enough" as they say then you can't commoditize it yet because the latest specs are worthy of chasing.

(3a) Amazon's high end machine in two and a half months has a SoC that's graphically comparable to what Apple started shipping in March 2011 [1].

(3b) The original Kindle Fire advertised 8 hours of btty life and delivered 6 hours [2]. KF HD doesn't even advertise one that I've seen. If it's 6 hours that's basically unusable for most people. The iPad doesn't last 10 hours because it's a convenient amount of batteries to put in a case of predetermined size. It lasts 10 hours because that's the minimum use case they determined for much of the market (students, professionals, readers, travelers) and things like the thickness of the ipad were driven by the amount of batteries you needed to get to 10 hours.

[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/6158/the-archos-101-xs-review/...

[2] http://www.anandtech.com/show/5128/amazon-kindle-fire-review...
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Will this become a trend and other countries will start registering TLD's in their native language?

Even if they use latin script, the name of the country is not always written the same in it's own language vs in English.
I'd like to see a life so absurdly optimized for productivity that the maximum 10 seconds you save every morning by not having to decide what to wear is worth even mentioning.

The next post will probably be about opening doors more effectively, like Kramer, to save a couple of seconds off the time spent opening doors each day.
> "I think there's a faction of engineers who want to work on interesting (which can be hard) problems, and those who want to work on interesting products."

In my experience this only describes 10% of the programmer population. The rest don't really want either, they just like the benefits and the paycheck.

They also don't work at Twitter, Google, or Apple, not many do anyhow.

Actually, I don't think the distinction really exists. Some people like to crack hard algorithmic problems, some people like to crack hard systems problems, others like to crack hard markets, or hard product verticals. It's all part of the same thing - people like to accomplish things that are hard to do and interesting to try.
I totally agree with that. I respect people who know more than I do and I don't tell any specialist how to do their job. But I sure as hell don't like it if a doctor or lawyer or accountant rolls their eyes at me and speaks to me in a dismissive or condescending tone because I'm trying to have an informed opinion even though I don't have the same degree of expertise that they have. Here's an example:

Me: "I've done some research and I think I should get a Roth IRA..."

Accountant A: "Roth? Seriously? Sigh... You obviously don't know a damn thing about tax planning. Good thing I'm here to save your sorry ass. You need a traditional IRA"

-or-

Accountant B: "Actually, in this case, a traditional IRA would make a lot more sense than a Roth IRA. It's a common misunderstanding."

Technically, they are both on the same page, but tonally, the difference is huge. Our industry has too many people who act like Accountant A.
are you a PG&E customer?
The truly in-the-know companies would be advertising for meek devs, however meek devs don't test well with investors, which is really what this rock star business is about. It doesn't matter what the skills actually are, if the devs don't believe they are rockstars, it's difficult to sell them as such to investors.
A bigger question is if the two factions (Fatah and Hamas) will fight over control of this TLD.
Computing time will ALWAYS be cheaper than human labor.
The problem is not under-usage per se, but hype. Caldwell's soapboxing about Twitter's failure to live up to its potential raised expectations, but didn't provide a solution to the chicken-egg problem. I'm sure Caldwell & co can build a great API and app platform, but that all becomes relevant and compelling only once App.net can grow a community a respectable fraction (1%?) of Twitter's size.

Of course, as noted elsewhere, it's too early to pass judgment - but it's also a good reminder that unless you like throwing around $50s (http://ihave50dollars.com/), App.net won't matter to you for a good while yet.
Does anyone know the actual percentage of users that access Twitter through third party client applications? And what users are currently getting out of these apps that would make them annoyed enough to quit the service if they were forced to switch to Twitter's app/web interface?

My gut reaction is to agree with you that the Hacker community is overreacting to getting screwed over and that Twitter will go on fine without us. But without any facts about how popular and widely used these third party apps are, my opinion is really just a guess.
Svbtle describes itself as an "invite-only network of people who strive to produce great content." This post is hardly the product of any such striving. Sure, it's a nice little tidbit, but Michael Waxman could have easily conveyed the same message shy of 140 characters.
Do they have a choice? It's not as if IPO is a choice, and their runway is starting to look short.
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I go back to the days when karma was visible and there was a clear and easily visible "rockstar" effect. I learned early on, from personal experience and watching other posts, to not disagree with a rockstar as it was likely to lead to being downvoted to oblivion.

I once disagreed with a rockstar member (someone currently in the top 10 or so on the all time karma list) and had to delete my comment quite rapidly as I was getting buried. My comment was not personal or flaming in any way - just a disagreement.

Since hidden karma I think voting is far more fair.

I too think that HN is better in many ways than before, although I would say the noise ratio has increased. Still easily one of my favourite news and discussion forums.
It should also cost a karma to downvote someone else, maybe two. Upvotes would remain free.

This way downvote might go from "I disagree with your well reasoned contribution" to "this person isn't contributing to the discussion."
I am running through the name game right now with my cofounders. I joined 3 months after they had incorporated with equal share, however this led me to inherit their name and website.
It took me 4 months to get them to change their website (actually it was only until a client told them it was ridiculous that they relented).
Now 8 months in of discussing changing the name, I finally convinced them and they started bouncing around ideas. Most equally bad. I finally just set a deadline (3 pm today) for us to pick one.
I will update in an hour with more info on our process and the outcome...
I actually just re-read the book with my son. It holds up really well considering it's age. The complexity and chaos stuff maps, I just don't see the parallel between the idealistic Zuck wanting to change the world and inGen trying to make a dinosaur theme park.
I'm surprised you've heard nothing about this. Apparently you don't read "Daring Fireball." These two articles are vague but well-sourced:

* http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-03/here-comes-nexus-7-...
* http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230414120457750...

Apple is rumored to be revealing a smaller iPad tablet during an event this October. Most people are calling it the iPad mini. I'm calling it the reason I haven't bought a Google Nexus 7.
At our company, we'd love to add more women developers, and our Chief Architect feels the same way. However, it strikes me as... weird... to focus on it. I don't know. Targeting women for the sake of targeting women has never sat well with me, and though I lack the necessary parts to judge from that side of the aisle, it almost seems patronizing/condescending.

Do I want better diversity in our organization? Absolutely. Have most of the women coders I've worked with been above-average? Indeed - actually, now that I think about it, women overall have been better co-workers and employees.

But targeting them directly seems strange, and like I said, patronizing/condescending. I dunno. A weird duality that maybe only exists in my mind.
Exactly. To interpret that as a "now I have more time to deal with other things" motive fails to acknowledge the fact that Jobs was one of the most prolific critics of subtle details. If he truly had more important things to care about than his wardrobe, he would have worn whatever he had any given day. It may not be fashion, but he established a brand.
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Agreed. Relatively speaking, an iPad (with far more horsepower than the Dell XP I bought in 1994) is a tremendous bargain. Adjusted for inflation that would be $385 in 1994 (for a $600 iPad).
1) No, but I know that the difference between $50M and $500M+ would change my outlook in terms of who I need to satisfy dramatically.

2) Don't like App.net? Pick Reddit vs Digg, same case. One managed to "get by" with a core team, the other took a ton of money, hired a bunch of folks, made a bunch of promises, and tried to shoehorn their original vision, the one that got them established in the first place, into something completely different. Reddit, makes money and is sustainable -- it just didn't need to make that much money -- as a user that's fine by me, and the reason why Reddit "won". If only Digg was happy to "just" be a $50mill website...

3) Twitter is what it's users/supporters made it to be. Its service/value was understood from the get-go, and in turn, it's popularity grew for that same reason -- ppl understood it's vision and supported by building upon it -- hence cannibalizing your core base by knee-capping your API, probably isn't the best way to go.

4) My vision of Twitter is fine, like many others, I think it's got something to do with SMS-web-mobile-140-characters-distributed-micro-messaging-or-summin? Does it need to be more than that?
Mentioning religion is guaranteed downvotes, unless the thread is about depression or suicide. That's the reason that I am a 95% (or more) lurker rather than poster. I loved HN when it first came out, but the heavy anti-faith undercurrent is off-putting.
Apart from the fact that it's extremely early days for App.net right now, this article assumes that Twitter will remain as it is now, and not deteriorate further with significantly increased levels of advertising and spam. App.net will likely become increasingly attractive as Twitter becomes more "manipulated" to deliver on those promised eyeballs.

I've paid up for App.net because I have a zero tolerance policy to advertising, and I don't want to be involved with services that have their primary business model built around marketing and advertising. In this case App.net is not aping Twitter, because Twitter will never indulge the idea of a world without advertising.
A no door policy as to not having to think about how to open the door and in which direction!
And why not?

Because I was joking; the cost to ensure businesses that risk thousands of chargebacks would be stratospheric.
You aren't Steve Jobs.

I would give the opposite advice. The easiest thing you can do to make people like you more, trust you more and respect your opinion more is to dress well and appropriately.

Job's outfit and Zuckerberg's hoodies work the same way (whether that was the intention or not, I think not). The same part of human brains that stupidly subconsciously judges people by the way they are dressed is doing the same thing with them. They show status by being able to openly reject the standard social expectations around clothes.

So call it a psychology hack or a life hack or whatever but if you are a founder of a startup then you are meeting and needing to impress a fair number of people. You can handicap yourself because you are convinced that it "shouldn't matter" or "this is the startup uniform" or you can be pragmatic about it and gain an edge for relatively minor effort.
ESR isn't arguing that you shouldn't be able to license your things however you like. He's arguing that creative commons should not promote a license which has surprising negative risks and that they shouldn't associate their brand with a license which is bad for society compare to the most likely alternatives.
In the past most people prefixed their field names with the type name. Nowadays, the most common thing is to put types in their own module, and use the module system to sort out any conflict. Qualified imports can add a prefix, but you can also import parts unqualified, or hide one problematic field.
I definitely appreciate the honest feedback provided, even if I don't act on it. Plain, honest feedback of your own experience is very valuable.
This is fairly old. HAppS has been developed further into Happstack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happstack

http://happstack.com/

Here is a quick intro:

http://happstack.com/docs/crashcourse/index.html
Would love some feedback from the Hacker News community on the app and how we can improve it!
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How can I convince young programmers who read StackExchange and generally look to forums for "advice" that it is worth their time to learn ANSI C (e.g., because it performs better than their suggested alternatives, it is time-tested, more widely known among programmers, etc., etc.)?
But on the other hand advertising has certainly helped me out and I can even remember some very real examples. I had no idea the new intel chipset was out until an ad pointed it out. I had no idea that certain clothing and furniture brands existed until ads pointed them out. I had no idea Honda remade the Honda Elite moped in 2010 until an ad pointed that out. All of these were really useful to me, and all of them eventually lead me to buying something.

I have an ad-supported Kindle, and the ads are not terribly annoying. But they're kind of stupid.

Amazon knows who I am, and knows how to provide recommendations, but all I see are ads for crap I will likely never care about.
I guess we have to disagree about the Air. I don't think it revolutionized computing, but it was a huge shift for notebooks.

And grabbing market share with no foreseeable plan for decent profits seems hard to sell, but Wall St. seems to love Amazon.
It's not so much "saving 10 seconds" as it is "avoiding cognitive context switching". If you happen to be thinking about something important, you don't want to interrupt that thought process to look through your clothes and decide what to wear, or what to have for breakfast, or which car to drive, or any number of other trivial decisions. If you can replace those with automatic non-decisions ("take the top shirt out of the drawer") then you can maintain focus.
They've got a hell of a dataset and lot of users/partners that push sample data to them all the time. Even if they lose some of those because people don't want to deal with GOOG its still huge information source that they will probably be able to put to better use than most anyone else.
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The Atlantic Monthly has a theme that is only available to people the Atlantic Monthly has hired to blog for them.

The purpose of this theme is not to capitalize on the same design ideas as Svbtle (that's what the DRAWAR.COM link alludes to). The purpose of the theme is to dilute SVBTLE.COM because the author is so insecure that not being invited to a group blog makes them bitter.

A willingness to publish under one's own name using this silly WP-SVBTLE theme says way more about the author of the blog than it does about Svbtle.
I will corroborate this, from the POV of someone who has been here a long while. (> 13000) Commenting and downvoting has gotten less thoughtful around here of late. I especially note that there's a lot of knee-jerk downvoting by people who seem to read carelessly.
Agreed. It's easy to look back and know what were needed in retrospect but it's hard to even know which is for what until some time is spent to learn its capabilities
so if there are any similarities in your "personal brand" and your company's brand, I can assume that you lack creativity, are hesitant to try new design and features, and that your look/feel will soon stagnate?
Haha, ok...

Specifically what experiments have shown that people can write in C faster than python? You even admit yourself that it "generally" takes longer. I think it just plain takes longer. Of course that's anecdotal, but if you've got something non-anecdotal, I'd love to see it.

And since you've been so steeped in systems programming, would you not agree that the performance gap is shrinking? I think that's hard to argue against. And who said anything about abandonment? There's a place for C, but there are fewer than there used to be.

But hey man, sorry if I offended you, maybe you're having a bad day.