skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Has everyone forgotten http://maps.google.com? From what I can tell you can get transit direction from their website and even place a shortcut to your Home Screen.
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this is great. impressive hacks out there and crazy to see what college students can build in a short amount of time. http://www.snapsite.me is a pretty cool concept definitely commercializable.
OK, I use classic UI in gnome 3, it's pretty thin, and with the advanced settings app you can adjust things even more. XFCE is good but never got into it though.
Imagine TomTom when they got a call from Apple. It's not as if TomTom aren't facing competition from Google, only more so because the dedicated GPS hardware they sell is becoming increasingly marginalized by smartphones. They've got to have been thinking, "This could big," while imagining the benefits from being a partner in the data development for Apple's map app.

But Apple didn't want a relationship, just a one time cash transaction so that Apple can encroach on TomTom's business.
Part of me suspects that Apple got the worst possible data set TomTom could deliver and still plausibly argue they met the requirements of their agreement with Apple. There was no strategic advantage in doing otherwise.

Apple needs to move on. It was Google that did the cutting off.
This is a step forward, and I hope it is successful.

However as it stands what this actually means is that finding prior art is an externality of submitting a patent claim. The cost of stopping a dubious patent from causing damage is borne by the victims, rather than the instigator. If these crowdsourcing schemes are successful, the next step should be to make filers of such patents pay a fee to those who found the prior art.
How long will there be English departments? Every professional needs to be able to communicate ideas in writing. One would assume that in time English would be absorbed into other departments that applied it.
I have a crystal ball... I.. I see the future. You are... banned :)
Blackberry is more secure than iOS & Android for work
I think you do yourself a disservice if you attribute your physical condition to a hacker "culture". I know I'm not the only programmer out there who is also a rock climber. Theo de Raadt is an avid outdoorsman, there are plenty of other HN users who climb, or bike, or run, or swim. Fitness is a frequent topic here. In fact, come to think of it, I'd bet that more HN users are healthier-than-normal instead of unhealthy.

Your body is something you can optimize just as effectively as anything else. It's as simple as "eat better food, get more exercise". None of that fad crap, just more fruits & vegetables, less junk food, and a walk around the block once a day at least.

And there are clear benefits to being healthy. For one thing, you're more likely to live longer, so if you've got some kind of life-long goal in mind, some project you want to accomplish before you die, then getting healthy now will buy you time to do that. You'll sleep better, you'll be more rested, you'll be more alert. If you're prone to anxiety or depression, exercise and good diet helps manage that.

Once you get started, it's easy to start meeting new people after a while. Social connections -- the real ones, not Twitter -- are an amazing resource for any freelancer or solo founder.

But if you convince yourself that being the way you are now is part of the "culture" that you want to immerse yourself in, then you're telling yourself a very pleasant lie, and you've effectively demotivated yourself from doing anything about your fitness.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/6292840317/ : how many of the people in these photos from Startup School look obese to you?
Some patents will get a lot of questions, and an advantage of doing things this way is that you can use tag descriptions to provide background information on patents.

There's not a huge cost to having this tag, either.
You do realize that the world is bigger than just software development?
It also seems likely that if you're in the kind of fey, excited mood that leads to impulse purchases then you'll be more prone to rage quitting the browser when something annoys you.
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What a disaster for Apple. But of course Apple can't admit fault and the people who are screwed are the users.

Steve would have never let this application go through.
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Well hell, why should they allow any apps at all, by that reasoning?
Photoshop. For a web developer, it's pretty much pointless to even talk about using Linux until this is taken care of.
It's not really "broken", Vimium is just capturing the input. Press 'i' to switch to input mode and the keys behave as expected.
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Rage Against the Dying of Cable TV? Not me.
Can anybody explain why Google can't simply make a version of google maps that is installable through Safari (they way Steve wanted apps to be delivered?) You need absolutely no permission from Apple, and their app already works on the web (just used it to get directions, in fact).
Some people are wrong, the word they are looking for is runtime, not VM.
Good work, especially the practice of merging the patches into main kernel.
To be fair, Google Maps in China isn't great either. See "Map View" vs "Satellite View" here: https://maps.google.com/?ll=22.637323,114.030954&spn=0.0.... It's off by a few hundred meters (the corresponding satellite view for the previous map view is actually here: https://maps.google.com/?ll=22.640363,114.025936&spn=0.0...). I assume Google is aware of this issue since they don't overlay map data over their satellite view like they do almost everywhere else around the world. The fact that they can't drive their Street View cars in China doesn't help either.
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I can reliably crash iOS6 AppStore.app on my 4s just by going to the Purchased list. Crash log shows a memory warning getting fired and AppStore.app using a crap ton of memory. This is stunning.
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For me iOS6 & iPhone5 = WTH Apple?

Maps suck for me because....
- google map links found in google search and almost every website are useless. I click these links weekly and now with ios6 when clicked these once very useful links take me no where useful( I know it's a google map link but...)

- plugging ios6 into my car via USB renders turn by turn useless...UNLESS I am listening to something on iTunes or spotify then I will hear Siri speak turn by turn?

iPhone 5...
- Millions and millions of iPhone owners now have to buy more power cords after ten years of using the same one? Why not go with wireless charging?
Damn it I came to make exactly the same comment.

Writing English stories is just aiming at a different compiler in someone else's head.
If you're in London, check out http://Citymapper.com (their iPhone app saves me everyday with live bus timings and the best route with multiple transport options).
so spend a few minutes posting an answer which is not so bad?
Maybe it's a direct response to about.me which Moo is having a partnership (print a business card from an about.me profile), and now Moo want to run their own online profile service.
Works if you mask Opera as IE for the website. Shitty coding gone bad.
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Another plus for Microsoft/Nokia.

Windows Phone with Nokia Maps / Nokia Drive is actually really good and it's not about to disappear overnight.
Go to maps.google.com, tap "Install on home screen". Really, I agree that this is not ideal for the average user but you, as an HN visitor, should not have much trouble performing such a minor step to get your functionality back (and Google's web app even has a few new features compared to the old native App)

There are good reasons for Apple to have their own mapping that will eventually lead to a better experience. Think about how many Apple apps already need some kind of geolocation (Find iPhone, Find Friends, location based reminders), there are lots of potential synergies there. It just takes a while to catch up on the half a decade of experience Google has had in doing it.
This is off topic, but I have a SGS2 and was getting pretty tired of how the UI looked half-ICS and half-old after an ICS upgrade from Samsung (btw. OTA upgrade didn't work for me so I needed to resort to Samsung's Kies software which is amongst the worst software I have used and even with that I had troubles upgrading).

So I installed cyanogenmod 9.1 and I fell in love with my phone again. It's not perfect though but I don't think I'll ever want to buy a non-stock Android phone again...

So being a rather passionate Android guy I do recognize that there are very annoying problems with some Android devices. And installing cyanogenmod is way above the skill level of the average phone user (even though it's rather easy).

Sometimes I wonder if iPhone people experience the same kind of disappointments ... and when they do it makes me feel a little warm inside. I know it's not nice but I guess we all need to justify our own purchasing decisions to ourselves every now and then :)
I've seen numerous patents for concepts with no working models and not just software patents. They do explain how such a device would work and many do seem reasonable, but they often will not have a built and working example.
It was in the works given that Goodsie was growing rapidly and Flavors.me was pretty static. The deal was all about focusing on strategy and offloading distractions and costs.
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I'm equally confused by his point about non-statistics departments doing more statistics than their "proper" counterparts. While that may be true, the bulk of cutting edge research in a given field always comes from specialists. I've never heard of substantial statistical advances arising in psychology departments (even though they're arguably one of the biggest "consumers" of statistics out there).

It's a bit like trickle-down economics.
Samsung seems to have done it right (I am on my way to pick up one up) but the earlier Androids were hit and miss. I assumed I had choosen right when I went with an HTC phone, but I got shaftet and my Desire (the original one) never even got Ginger Bread (2.3) despite promisses from HTC. Now, not yet two years old, it has started to crash whenever I use the browser for more than a few minutes; hence the replacement.

I would love something as dead simpel as an Iphone, but IOS is far too limited for my likes (especially lack of sideloading, intents and services).
How to wait in an iPhone 5 line
> "Maybe we can get congress to pass a law, nevermind what am I even thinking."

Because Congress never passes laws? Or because Congress never passes laws pertaining to constitutionally prescribed responsibility to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts?" Did you read the article?

"a tiny provision in the America Invents Act, the “Patent Reform Act” which, on the face of it, appears to have done absolutely nothing to solve this problem, but if you look closely, there’s a tiny provision in there, which says:

“Any person at any time may cite to the Office in writing prior art consisting of patents or printed publications which that person believes to have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of a particular patent…”

In other words, as of September 16, the USPTO is required to accept submissions from the public of prior art."
> My guess is, it would be pretty tricky to turn a profit: movies like Primer are going to be rare.

It sounds quite a bit like betting on a batch of startups in the hope that one or two of them will break big...
The simple power of one a day
Going after smaller companies give them opportunities to get court precedents set as well.
dude, send me an email. I work for an infosec firm that would hire you in a sec, provided you aren't crazy (well, at least not crazier than the rest of us ;). jandre@gmail.com
Is it a Galaxy Nexus? Because if not, you're talking about a pretty old device, and I hear people complain about their two+ year old iPhones all the time.
Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD display shoot-out: Did Google goof up?
A lot of them show Ruby version - what is the point of that? Is it often changed and you must know about it while you are in terminal?
> If you violate a patent you know exists, you are liable for treble damages.

Not quite. First, in cases of willful infringement, the judge can --- but need not --- award up to treble damages. Second, a patent owner seeking to prove that infringement was willful must show, among other things, either:

(1) that the accused infringer knew, not just of the existence of the patent, but of an objectively high likelihood of infringement of a valid patent;

OR

(2) that this objectively defined risk was so obvious that the accused infringer should have known it.

If the accused infringer puts on a reasonable defense, it often negates the "objectively high likelihood" element.

See generally http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/standard-clarified-for-will...

NB: Issued patents are presumed valid until proven otherwise --- and according to the Supreme Court, that proof must be not merely by a preponderance of the evidence, but by clear and convincing evidence. That was the Supreme Court's holding in last year's Microsoft v. i4i opinion; see http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/06/microsoft-v-i4i-supr...
Bird brains? Crows remember your face (and know you’re hiding in there)
REINVENTING SOCIETY IN THE WAKE OF BIG DATA
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It's pretty likely you do. Just take the N most common English words, and retry with a higher N if that doesn't work. That will crack "correct horse battery staple" quickly.
What confuses me about Apple's choice of maps here is why they didn't go with OpenStreetMap? It was the perfect opportunity to leapfrog Google and help the open source community at the same time, and they would have had more control over the data - as it is they are beholden to TomTom and other providers to try to get things fixed, or will have to try to merge future map updates with their own patches. As it is they are going to see increasing controversy as people realise just how bad the maps they have bought are, and that this was changed for political reasons, not for the good of their users, and there's very little they can do about it.

They seem to have tried out OSM in the photos app (with a horrible skin), but to have used purchased data for the street maps. Perhaps they felt it wasn't good enough in some locations they tested?

In my experience OSM is superior to Google maps in many locations (even in parts of central London), and it is of course continually improving.
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Possibly could have done with being more clear instead of a quick reply.

The Maps application probably does have some flaws, but it seems a lot of the flaws are coming from it's mapping data that's stored. This is why buying TomTom wouldn't improve the situation, as the data set itself is where the issue is. In response to ZeroGravitas' statement that TomTom would have noticed before it does depend entirely on how the data set from TomTom is being used but that doesn't necessarily mean that the application is flawed, it could indicate that the data points they've been supplied with aren't consistent for what the application is trying to do.

Apple has made a mistake though, ZeroGravitas is bang on about the buck stopping there. In the UK however we're seeing all sorts of mapping data glitches causing the issues, rather than anything on an application specific level. But it's still Apple's fault, but I stand by the point of them buying TomTom not helping the bail out the boat they're in.
As Steve Blank tirelessly repeats, a startup is NOT a business, but a temporary organization searching for a viable business model.[1]

The Samwer brothers don't invest in startups! They invest in viable business models. They don't fund search; they fund only execution.

--

[1] http://steveblank.com/2012/03/05/search-versus-execute/
- Company Formation (thefunded and a few law firms come close but it's not marketed well or as complete/one-stop/no-fees-added as it could be)

- Seed finding (just as hiring someone to put up and manage your company's FB, twitter, etc. in a onestop, but this hits angellist, s.co, and the other half-dozen I can't think of)

(kinda tangential to your first list but very applicable for me at least)
> these are exactly the kinds of replies given by Linux advocates throughout the years

Sometimes a happy Linux user is just that - someone who's happy using Linux. I've had some hardware compatibility problems, but they were all minor and none for the past couple years. Of course, I know what I'm doing and I avoid hardware I know has poor Linux support (much like you should avoid a SPARCStation to run Windows NT in the 90's). Comments like yours are very much in line with other comments from people who have been called "Microsoft apologists" since ever. I will, however, avoid calling you one.

> I've used unix varieties for more than 20 years and never experiences like this for anything, ever

While it seems you have been trying a lot (20 years is a long time) you may have to consider the possibility you are just very unlucky. Of course, 10, 15 years ago, the supported hardware list was much smaller. Solaris and SCO Unix were never intended to be general purpose desktop OSs anyway and it makes little sense to support general purpose desktop hardware back then. I'm now on my fifth Linux-only laptop and I'm yet to have a single problem. In fact, this one is the first that came with Linux preinstalled. I had to remove the "Designed for Microsoft Windows" stickers from all the others, but I've left this one's "n series" as a proud reminder of its origins.
But... Wouldn't that just keep the other answers in line by showing them who's boss?
Ah... trying to apply entrepreneur spirit everywhere, how could it go wrong?

Okay so let's recap, we are shown a table showing the PISA score of a lot of countries and we see the US in a very bad position. Great. Now let's look at the countries which are at the top, and weirdly these countries apply principles that are totally the opposite to what the author is trying to propose. China, France ( where I come from), Korea, Taiwan propose heavily standardized education. Specialization and choice comes very very late in education in the countries at the top. The best results on these tests should not be the ultimate goal of education in a country but they are an indicator of deep issues in the system.

I think one the problem in the US is the perception of education and the bad reputation is gaining over the years is not helping it: paradoxically by pointing out the real of imagined flaws of the system, you discredit it and lower the test scores because parents are blaming the system rather than the kids. HN is a great example with every week yet another "I was too smart for school, so they crushed me".

Please stop trying to fix it with entrepreneurial methods, it's an over simplified solution to a huge problem with many factors: financial, sociological, historical.

Oh and if we want to emulate the spirit in the silicon valley we have to remember that the vast, vast majority of projects FAIL. So maybe it's not so ideal.
A lot of people have been wondering when Steve's absence will really show. I think Apple's been coasting just fine this last year, but iOS 6 is the first clear signal that they risk losing their way - or already have lost their way.

Personally, as a Linux/Android person, I thought Apple would be fine and had diminished Steve's influence in my head. I may have been wrong.
I love that idea!

Until that happens, we actually expect that companies in patent-happy industries will monitor filings by their competitors and spend some of their own money and resources blocking competitors from building bad patent portfolios (there was enough of this on Peer To Patent, a very small-scale experiment, to give me confidence that it will happen)
There is also William Faulkner.
Don't forget: release early, release often is TheRightWayToDoIt!
Overclock a Raspberry Pi (up to 1GHz) without Voiding Your Warranty
Finding Flexibility: Is working from home really possible?
Even for someone who only has to prepare presentations from time to time and cares about the quality of the graphics, Photoshop is more or less not replaceable.

I tried gimp for a while but it did not nearly qualify.
Do you have any idea, if there is linux-software that comes somewhat close to photoshop?
You mean like critical reviews using facts and logic? Yeah, those people are clearly brainwashed.
It is an HTC Incredible 1, I got it right when it came out (Wikipedia says it was first released end of April, 2010). It's most likely the same you have then.

I haven't rooted it, just used it as an average person would for Facebook/browser/weather/etc. It was very surprising to see the phone degrade so much over time.
Fuck yeah. Applying crowdsourcing to prior art discovery is probably the most viable treatment for improving the USA's patentile dysfunction problem, due to:

a.) low-cost

b.) high potential for busting garbage patents

c.) low potential for abuse/trolling/making-things-worse

With respect to (c), the most obvious attack vector for Myhrvoldian corporo-fascists would be DOS/dilution-via-huge-numbers-of-paid-shills. But I think that's why Stack Overflow's backing is exciting; they are Internet-scale.
Assuming you knew the dictionary and just wanted to add entropy, get a bigger dictionary. A sample one I downloaded has about 7261 unique 4-letter words, or about 16,920 5-letter words, combined it's 24,181 words. Between four and six letters there's 56,099 words.

Each of those sets will bring you up in entropy, from two quadrillion up to nine quintillion permutations. That would take the ATI 5970 about 4306184595 seconds, or 136.4 years. If you spread that out over 100 cards that would only take you 1.3 years to crack.

Maybe that's too close to call, so you can always change your password every 60 days to mitigate people with more money/time on their hands. If anyone ever wants my password that bad they should just give me the money they'd spend on cracking and i'll give them my password ;)

$ cat final/english-words.* | perl -le'@wl=map{ s/\s//g; tr/A-Z/a-z/; (/^[a-z0-9]+$/ and length$_ > 3 and length$_ < 7) ? $_ : () } <>; push @a, $wl[int rand(@wl)] for 1..4; print "@a"'
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You can virtualize linux in linux with no trouble at all (even with VirtualBox if you like). As I read it, the suggestion wasn't that you replace your virtualized Linux with physical hardware, it was that you replace your Macbook with a system that does what you need.
The nice thing about this technique is that it's pretty easy to remember randomly selected words. But even if you think them up yourself, you probably don't substantially shrink the key space an attacker has to search through as long as you avoid grammatical structures and words that have obvious connection to you.