skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm sure the authors of the paper know that the warpdrive violates causality.

It doesn't matter that you're warping space to move points A and B closer from your perspective. If an outside observer can see you at point A at time t, and at point B at distance d away at time <t+d, you have violated causality, and an observer moving at a suitable velocity will see you arrive at B before you left A. That is a basic, irrefutable fact of special relativity.
So fine, don't show me Facebook - it's just that's the one source of info everybody has.

I'm going to be much, much more interested in your github profile, posts to mailing lists, etc.

First thing I do when I get a CV is not go to Facebook - I google the email address. If there's contributions to tech mailing lists there, the rest of what I see is going to have to be pretty shit for me to rule you out for interview, to be honest.
> gbog sounds a bit like the main character from Verne's Paris au XXe siècle, a classics scholar who is shunned for searching for timeless truth in a modernist, materialist world that focuses only on technology and business.

Search for whatever you want - I couldn't care less. But when you come out saying "I read Kant. Look at you simpletons and your not-real-books" then you deserve a slap. Let me re-iterate, no one is stopping you from reading whatever you want. But when you come out categorizing books as real and non-real based on a handful of old books you read, you are a douchebag.

> they are universal and timeless

I am neither universal nor timeless and I have a very limited amount of time which I have to invest accordingly. You carry on with your Hamlet, I will carry on with my "To Kill a mockingbird".

> and contain deep truths about the human condition that resonate forever

And are you assuming these so-called "deep truths" of yours are exclusively found in your 1000 year old obscure books? Care to list me a few of these deep truths?

> If Gates had read them early in life, maybe he would not have developed the predatory personality that characterized his business career and Microsoft in general?

Armchair theorizing much?
Monitor mode for Broadcom WiFi Chipsets on rooted Android
We've added monitor mode support for very common broadcom wifi chipsets (bcm4329 and bcm4330).

Now working on Nexus one and Galaxy S2.

More devices coming soon :)

Feel free to download the kernel driver source and use with your android phone.
A new DIY Network for Makers: knowable "Richmond" release.
Well, it is a perceived value, but we all perceive it.

Like someone pointed out, it is not an investment. It is a demonstration for your future marriage. She wants to see how much she's worth to you.

Buy the ring. If you indeed have moral issues, buy the conflict free one.
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> Free markets always tend towards monopoly/oligopoly/cartel structures in the long term - because the firms that do so retain their pricing advantage (profits) and the firms that don't - die.

Can you give any example?

> Free/natural markets are probably one of the greatest lies ever sold.

What do you mean? Free markets are not a lie. There are tons of free markets. If I buy bread at the supermarket, I can choose among multiple brands.
Please turn off CAPS LOCK =/
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The Coursera course "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" taught by Martin Odersky, the creator the Scala language, starts today.
I couldn't find anything to back up the claim that the appliances have to use 10% less energy and water each year.
Do you have any documentation to back that up? You'd think this would show up in product reviews after a while?

Doesn't you dishwasher have any adjustment to set the temperature or length of the cycle? What model do you have?

My appliances are all "A" rated (EU energy label), but to get that rating for the dishwasher I have to use the "eco program", and I'd think there was something similar in the US?
Agreed, pretty much every "average" developer I've worked with, has been average because of a lack of motivation, or interest in pushing themselves, not because of a lack of following a list of steps posted on some website that somehow makes motivation and interest irrelevant.
I've held a plastic bag of raw Australian diamonds -- they look like dirty grainy sand. Almost all of the Kimberley pipe's output is industrial quality, not gem quality, although the pink gemstones are very nice.

Australian gem quality output was never going to seriously disrupt De Beers, just challenge them a bit. That was known at the time, and I'm slightly perplexed why The Atlantic's article says what is does.
Personally, I prefer

setTimeout -> (
alert "later"
alert "later"
alert "later"
), 300

to

setTimeout(->
alert "later"
alert "later"
alert "later"
, 300)

I think it's much more clear and close to how we write JS code:

setTimeout(function() {
alert("later");
alert("later");
return alert("later");
}, 300);
looks like tesla's are about 88% efficient, so definitely in the range.
that's what I thought when I watched the video and looked at the prices they wanted and the expected ship date. I've already been burned by two kickstarters for $300+.
I shrug my shoulders and decide they've decided to lead life a little differently to most working in the startup scene. Good for them, means they might not spend an hour a day updating SN profiles.

I'd ask in the interview "do you enjoy social networking?" and if they said "No", I'd want to explore what aspects of tech startups they do enjoy. If they said "Yes", I'd just accept that they'd locked it down and move on. I've actually done this.

I think too many people are flipping the fuck out about the Facebook aspect.

I would actually prefer github profiles and mailing list contributions. They're much better evidence of ability, mindset and "cultural fit" within a work team, but there are actually very few devs who have anything to show on that front.

I once asked for a github profile, received the username and... it was empty. Not one project. They hadn't even forked anything. I don't think they quite got the point. :-) I interviewed them anyway, they were pretty solid but they had an air of "programming is just a job" compared to other candidates who were more "I absolutely love coding" - it's easier to get the latter group more fired up about building something cool than it is the former, and so they edged him out. Github was a good early flag for that, and I will no doubt use it in future as a barometer of engagement.

However, it is not the sole arbitrator, and not everybody can commit to coding in their downtime because they have other commitments. So fine, show me what you do have.

I do not want to see "private" information. I want to see public information. I am not going to ask to sift through all their holiday photos. I just want to see what they've put out into the public domain, and get a taste of how they think professionally.
Ask HN: Monitors
I've come to the point where my laptop screen is not enough and I'm looking at adding an external monitor. Instead of killing hours on sifting through reviews and trying to understand which models work best (for programming that is), I thought I'd just ask here, tally up the results and buy the top ranking one :)

So, ladies and gentlemen, what's your LCD poison and how happy are you with it? Bonus points for monitors supporting hardware/LUT calibration.
Ask HN: Is New York ever going to beat Silicon Valley?
Is New York's 'tech renaissance' going to ever put it on par with Silicon Valley? Or is it all just a bunch of hot air?

I mean specifically regarding web startups, as opposed to hardware stuff where there doesn't seem to have been as much attention. By 'on par' I mean in a position where it can produce at least a handful of multi-billion dollar web exits, even if SV ultimately has a greater volume.

Are there any key blogs that cover the NY Tech Scene in particular?
Their products are Veblen goods, economically speaking.
This is exactly how I did it. The orientation on the triangles is chosen to minimize the "color distance" between connecting edges.
I have to disagree there. Calling Manning a traitor makes perfect sense. If you believe he intentionally leaked information which risked American security during a war (which many do but I do not personally agree) then he is the very definition of a traitor.

EDIT: He is charged with "aiding the enemy" which most people would count as treason. So if you believe the charges then calling him a traitor is correct.
I believe that by "editing" he meant real-time "collaborative editing".
Well, you could read up on the latest 'hype'; cheap Korean HR IPS monitors.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/07/the-ips-lcd-revolut...
The best thing Kickstarter could do to stop people from being disappointed by getting a much worse product that they were expecting when they thought they "paid for it", is to not allow the people behind the project to say stuff like "for $99 you can get the product, too".

Basically, they shouldn't mention on their page at all that they will be getting the product. So whether you're donating $1 or $100 or $1000, it's just that - a donation to the cause. You're not "buying" anything. That should make things a lot more clear, although I expect the project donations to drop, but probably better than for Kickstarter to get its reputation ruined forever because most projects "don't deliver" the products people were "expecting", when they thought they bought it or "pre-ordered" it.
If the suppliers suppliers were detailed however....
OK they may not ship it. If I give money to them it is because I would like to have this kind of light at home one day. Best scenario: they ship it! Worse scenario: the world will have more experience trying to build these things.
4chan is pretty good. for real.
Ask HN: Is there something wrong with our website?
Dear HN,
We are a small start up from Finland. A short while ago we have released the website dedicated to our audience segmentation/targeting/re-targeting tool.

http://inpref.com

After launching an ad campaign on LinkedIn, we noticed that the drop-off rate was very high.
We know that HN always gives valuable feedback, so we thought we should ask you. What is your overall impression of the website? Is something unclear in the mainpage copy? Any other remarks?

Thank you for your help!
They are claiming ownership over the mark, but haven't registered it. It has less legal force but still counts for a trademark infringement.
Any industry that makes money will tend towards this in one form or another. This does not mean that there are no competitors or independents not making money - it merely means the vast majority of the market is consumed by a few companies/brands who set the prices and keep price floors.

Bread is an example of a cartel structure reinforced with marketing, economies of scale (monopoly) and previous consumer buy in. You can choose from multiple brands - but you'll notice the price of bread isn't falling very quickly - it's an implicit pricing pact - you can undercut your competitors - but not for long, and definitely not forever.
Isn't the rage against this guy the same as those against MBA's. People feel being good at one thing means good at everything else Eg: All programmers are supposed to be rich and good at money games. And if they are bad at something they must be bad at every thing Eg: An MBA who is bad at some aspects of work, now as assumed should never be paid well.

This guy might be no hacker, but is darn good at marketing. Just have a look at the way he has sold himself. Even if all he has done is written plagiarized books and taught novelty windows tricks.

This actually speaks volumes about how thins workout in the real world. All sweat and blood aside. Selling your self, blowing your own trumpet and learning to play the money game is crucial if you want to be rich.

Merely a cubicle slave 16 hour work day nerd hacker is not going to be rich or successful. Because hard work is one of the many qualifications needed to be successful.
I read a similar article right before I married my wife. Trust me when I say it's a losing battle trying to rationalize how we've been duped by marketing. You'd have to convince both her and her social network... Good luck with that.
Big name SF writer helping little gal to publish message about how she was abused by digital media manipulation that impacted the world through internet?

Seems to overlap with HN audience interests. Hence the front page.
Really? Say what you will about the colour choice gimmick, this could be one of the cheapest, consumer-friendly solutions to home automation of all time.

The only DIY product I've seen prior to this is a device you place between the power plug and power socket. As a manufacturer I'd imagine you would have to produce a variety of plugs to meet the various global standards[1]. This is where a single light globe, or perhaps a small range of wattages, would shine (pun fully intended). One product for the global market.

It's surely a more elegant solution than dicky little boxes between your power points, and much cheaper than having a team of home automation "experts" wire up your house for a few grand.

-------------

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type...
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Personally, most of the benefit I see from mathematical notation is down to pattern matching -- "Oh, this looks like a Fourier transform". The idea seems to be supported by the fact that there is a unwritten convention for which symbols to use for which concept (alpha over beta for example) and the way in which the equations are laid out.
My theory is that there is a direct correlation between the quality of free software and the likelihood that developers directly or indirectly use the software for their work. The exception is utilities, but for non-dev business tools, commercial applications tend to be better than free software.
That looks very smooth!
Buy her the moissanite and deBeer stock worth the price difference. It is just as pretty, shows your financial prowess and will pay for a year of your future childrens college.
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I completely agree. But you'll become the next De Beers eventually - if you want to survive.

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

-- Batman
Knuth's suggested pronunciation is kind of awkward. I'd suggest using it like it's a homophone for "tour".
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in Poland instead of 'hoover' it was 'electrolux'. some seniors people call it so to this day. 'bic' was also popular in Brazil.
People buy an emotion, not a product.

Some of my friends know these guys and by the sound of it this is a case of a "overnight sensation" that has been years in the making.
> When their actions lead to material damage?

What do you mean by "lead"?

If I anger you and you break some stuff then should I be punished for your vandalism?
Aaand to make the link clickable:
http://inpref.com/
I would rather have them display a standard warning sign saying that Kickstarter can't guarantee the successful delivery of products, and there is no money back policy. I quite like the pre-order style Kickstarters (like the recent Project Eternity by Obsidian), and as long as people are aware that you effectively donating money I don't see the problem with it.
> quantify the homogeny of surbanization, architectural 'themes'

You'll be interested in this paper http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/whatMakesParis/
I think the problem is pretty clear ... Kickstarter optimizes reach so that the teams that are best at marketing win ... A team that's brilliant with engineering and design but can't produce slick photos and catchy videos doesn't stand a chance.

I tend to think that kickstarter is a fad and that if it survives at all, it will be in a much reduced and much more controlled form. How long will it be before the authorities decide they're complicit in a fraud?

EDIT: The ScanBox project looks like something I could make for $5 in parts and have fun doing over in an hour or so.
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Also, there's a little issue with @raganwald's counterexample CoffeeScript code. Here's a working version:

methods = ['remove', 'show', 'hide', 'stop']
for method in methods
do (method) -> # *see notes below
Frame::[method] = ->
element[method]() for element in @elements

*As @jashkenas points out, under the hood, `do` creates a new function (and thus a new scope). Invoking `do` with a parameter list (here "(method)") takes a variable from the outer scope and uses it for a parameter name within the newly created scope. So within that new function, references to `method` will not refer to the `method` variable of the loop body, but to the new function's `method` parameter. `do (method) ->` basically compiles to: `(function(method){ ... })(method)`.

See https://gist.github.com/3742581.
Thanks Ana for showing up and many Thanks to Neil to publish it online.

P.S: For those who says it's not pertaining to HN, well the movie maker did do a _hack_ by altering the script later. So, it fits well for this site.
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That appears to be at 144 volts and 500 amps. His stated plan is to deliver 343 volts and 2000 amps. Assuming this doesn't melt the motors, he'll get more power than the datasheet claims. That said, his calculations might be a bit off.

144Vx500A = 72KW or 96.5HP. He's assuming 85% efficiency, which would give 82HP, not 34. Furthermore, if the motor were to deliver 100 ft-lbs of torque as stated at its stated maximum speed of 5800 RPM, that would be 110HP. This would obviously require more than 72KW of electrical power input.

Taking the ratio between the motor's stated performance and the electrical numbers given on the datasheet, and multiplying by the electrical power he intends to supply, we get 34/96x920 = 326HP. This too seems a bit off, as 35% efficiency is quite low for an electric motor. My guess is that the motor is actually incapable of producing its full torque at higher RPM.

My guess is he will actually produce something resembling the amount of power he's hoping for, but only briefly, after which they will deliver no power at all, ever.
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Kickstarter would never do this, because this would virtually eliminate the largest incentives for donation. Many people would never reach the goals they need for production, and kickstarter themselves would be out millions as well.
Just make it clear that you only get the product if things pan out. The tricky bit is if the money is only there to deliver some of the products. Needs to be some protection as well on people taking the money and running, but apart from that users shouldn't feel like they didn't get what they paid for if it doesn't pan out.
This _freedom of speech_ Mantra by West is funny for me. In West if you want to censor something then make it a LAW. Hence, one can't express freedom of expression for Holocaust Denial since it's a Law. Ironic!
New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it
Show HN: We're building the personal semantic web
"I have altered our deal. Pray I do not alter it further."
Postcard from Denmark: The throwaway culture is over
I wouldn't call Gaiman an SF writer. He does a lot of genre-overlapping, but he never really strays into SFish stuff. /nitpick

(Unless you know of something he's done? I mean, there's that one poem about alien abductions, but I don't feel like that counts.)
What is spaghetti code?
It's more a function of the magazine the article runs in. Mags like the Atlantic and the New Yorker still run plenty of long-form journalism.
It's important to understand what's behind the protests - the movie is basically just a pretext:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/opinion/sunday/douthat-its...
The medical ones (Comprehend, DrChrono), the tech-as-a-service ones (Heroku, Mailgun) the analytic ones (Chart.io, Mixpanel), various database startups (Clustrix, Fathom), business market/search (42Floors,Tuxebo), industry specific tools (PlanGrid) and many more...
Share your everyday life stories to the world.Come on, blow the whistle
Les plans techniques de l'iPhone 5 et de l'iPhone 4S ont fuités sur internet.
I think you misunderstand what has been said, the IRS reported that the maximum marginal tax rate in the 50s was ~90%, but the effective rate was ~50%. Now the maximum marginal tax rate is 35% and the effective rate is ~16%. Rich people as a percentage of their wealth, and probably their income, spend less than poor people. Ipso facto one effective way to boost spending in the economy is to take money from the rich and give it to the poor, i.e. more taxes please.
Odd summation. The Etymology and definition section of the same wikipedia article leans towards the non-practicing entity notion of a patent troll.

Just being a jerk with a patent dosen't make you a patent troll.
Security wise it is a not great. You can see Symantec Ltd is paid a fair bit so can make some fair assumptions upon AV software used by certain departments. MOD suppliers listed, thats a social engineering opertunity for some right there.

Interesting some of the companies are very dependant upon there goverment contracts and looking at some It looks like they were born out of them. I'm sure somebody more versed in company background checks could provide more insight into the onteresting choices and somebody who currently active in pen testing could provide a better insight into how this data can be leveraged.

Still at least its out there to be discussed, kudos to the goverment for that.
May I ask which projects those were? Do we have any idea of the proportion of projects that get funded without any kind of result?

I know that technically you make a donation, but some of those "projects" feel like borderline scam. Can't the donors or even kickstarter themselves turn back on the project owners if they receive a huge amount of money and fail to deliver anything? Especially when they say they have working prototypes in the introduction video.

I'm really convinced that the average kickstarter donor sees their donation as a pre-order more than an "investment". I'm sure many of those who donated to a project that failed to deliver felt like they've been scammed, and that may hurt kickstarter in the long run.
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Do we know if the ScanBoxes have shipped?

Edit: The shipping date is October 12[1].

[1]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limemouse/scanbox-turn-y...
Wow that's really cool. How far away are we from having one of these do dishes?
Does anyone know how the arms are designed? Do they just have big servos?
Maybe the issues start with the headline. I'll scan it and decide whether I want to keep reading.

"Make your cookie database play by your rules."

Do I want that? Why should I care? What's "my cookie database" anyway?

This ambiguous copy and the disturbing visual effect of the headline font over the slanted background pattern may be responsible for a chunck of your drop-off rate. I suggest you A/B test it if you have enough traffic for that.
We just opened our product for public testing and would love to hear what you think.

By semantically defining content we aim to:

- Provided a consistent UI toolkit for articles, photos, products, etc.

- Allow for personalized filtering (ex. all status updates allow for black/whitelisting by submitter)

- Dynamically implement piping of data from one source to another (ex. all products can be searched for on Amazon)

I'm around to answer any questions/comments that you might have.
Reminds me of this article. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html