skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Somehow people seem to have forgot along the way that value != money. I am a huge fan of people doing things just because they are useful without worrying about how they are going to try and monetise them, but just because something is useful and used by masses of people doesn't mean that the network of people that use it is easily monetisable, especially after the fact.

It seems that people just looked at the number of users and assumed that because a company can get millions of users, that the people working there must be bright enough to work out how to get loads of money out of them eventually, while forgetting that you don't need to be that smart to get millions of users when you are providing a useful service for free.
I suspect that your basic system did at least improve things though. 'drowssap' was probably not as popular as 'password' would have been.
Scaling xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de to 13k req/s on one server
Would this then be the first digital autoimmune disease? ;)
Here is the code and some information about handling the traffic https://github.com/dividuum/xkcd-1110
iOS and Android aren't the simple beasts people make them out to be. They're still extremely complicated for the most basic of users.

Also, who on Earth would you buy an iPhone if you didn't want to use it for its intended purposes?

There is a market for a beautiful and cheap phone, and the iPhone isn't a part of it. You could use it as a dumb phone in the same way you could use a chainsaw to cut your steak. It'll leave it in chunks, but it's overkill for what you need.
This is pretty crappy generalization.

Much more accurate would be to say "people with shitty laptops" or even better "people with laptops that have short battery life or glare screens".

I have a non-Mac and I don't have to do either of the two things you listed. That's because I put great care into selecting my machine and because I don't like paying out the ass for Apple's overpriced laptops, although I know a lot of people who do. (I do have an iPhone 4S, but not because of the hardware)
For example, developing with Qt in Ubuntu: apt-get a few packages and you can get started. In OS X: install XCode (> 1GB), set up macports, install Qt, wait several hours for it to finish compiling... (I know there are other ways to get Qt installed, but another tool I was using expected the macports layout)

Also, diversity: on Ubuntu, you either install .deb packages or compile stuff yourself. OS X has three competing packaging systems (macports, homebrew, fink), binary installers and manual compilation. Files can end up in very different places according to how they're installed.
The problem for me was the lack of metrics of how long have I dragged in every direction. Getting lost in the sky is no fun.
Who cares? More to the point, who will care? Facebook will fall eventually. In the 10 or 20 years from now that you talk about, Facebook will be a distant memory.

Does anyone care about what may or may not have gone on at IBM 30 years ago? At MySpace? Facebook is not a bank and it's not a government. It's a social media site. Nobody will care.
Four English words chosen with a truly random generator will obviously give 4 times log(<size of dict>) bits of entropy. Four English words that you came up with yourself is different. I'd choose "sky blue ice dawn" :)
You could at least bcrypt them all with the same salt, however, it's a long step backwards from individual salting. Also, then you can't check for "[common base password][phone number]" or some variation that's exactly as dangerous as just using a common password - if you kept a plaintext list, you could do substring searches.

The more important lesson here is probably that your users insisting on using crappy passwords isn't really a problem for technology to solve. If you users aren't in the mindset of feeling an obligation towards protecting the data, there are much bigger holes in the network than password complexity enforcement.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20120220.gif

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/password_security/
He plans to cover Star Wars' "hyperspace" in the book.
New Zealand - Future "Home Base" for Transhumanists?
I agree that data scientist does smell a lot like recruiter/marketing speak. But on the other hand, just because it's a new title doesn't mean it isn't valid. Reducing everyone down to "Scientist" is no more helpful than saying a physicist isn't really a separate job, but just a specialised branch of mathematics. Or for that matter, CS is just a narrow branch of mathematics.

Eventually you have to distinguish new fields from the old, even if they have a lot of commonalities.
3D Printed Meats May Soon Be on the Menu
The majority of users are non-technical.

They want easy access to their maps, but yet most lack even the knowledge to navigate to maps.google.com in safari and then the ability to make a link on their home screen.

The longer google waits to release a map, the larger the marketshare of people using apple maps grows because there is no "easier" option, and people don't care.

If people want google maps back, and the answer is as simple as installing something from the app store, that is a small hurdle for the general public, as it is a familiar action.

If they are told that if they want to use Google maps that they need to use Safari or create a web link on their desktop, most users will not bother.

It's sad, but it's true.
Blanket reforms will never happen in real world, because we're talking about huge quantities of money involved - a blanket reform the way, say, "many people would like it", would cause a sudden big loss to loss to big & powerful entities.
Well this is a bit of a weird post. It feels almost that light on content and discussion that it comes across a bit like a promo for Dell. I'll assume it isn't, as everyone should get the benefit of the doubt. I'm weird. I develop Linux applications, and I primarily do it on a Mac as I'm happier on OS X than most Linux distros.
"You really need to provide real value and have your users perceive this value in order to make money."

This will always be true, no matter the business model involved.
An art history book, minus the art
How Social Sharing Affects Search Rankings
After the last time Apple cock blocked a Google App and nearly ended up in court, they'll play nice I imagine.
Twitter abuse: New rules for online
Staging fail?
Ok, two year project manager here:

wow, just wow... this article strikes me as being written by a very insecure person, trying to bedazzle his/her 'underlings' with 'authority'

>> 1. They act like you're not there
Oh my... pay attention to me! I'm important!
Why don't you stand up and applaud me when I walk into the office!
Seriously?

Respect by deeds, not appearance!

>> 2. They Don’t Keep You in the Loop
Guess what, we hire professionals to do a specific job. If I can't trust them to handle their work on their own, I already failed beforehand as a manager. I want them to notify me when they have a problem they can't resolve themselves - all other matters, I trust my team 100%!

>> 3. They Don’t Play by the Rules
Again - unless you haven't inherited a bad team from a previously bad manager - you failed BEFOREhand as a manager if people don't play by the rules.
Also, rather contrived examples of someone not playing by the rules...

Really? Someone coming back later from lunch is the biggest issue you encountered as a manager?

Who gives a fuck?!
Did that guy have a positive impact on the product / the team / the company during that day?
Great!

In addition: "didn’t ask for the necessary approval when performing certain tasks for her role."
....insecure manager working in a corporate environment comment right there.

Things I've found to be helpful during my time as a manager:
> Help people 'getting to done'
> Listen to teams issues and try to resolve them
> Have 'character' and lead by example
> Help them to grow, as a person and an employee
> Don't bullshit them, then they won't bullshit you
> Be 'true'! Put your money where your mouth is

The rest will follow, even if you aren't the big 'Kahuna'.

PS: sorry, long comment and a lot of '' use :)
> OSX is ... finicky ... with dev tools. Apple does the compilers, and the bolt-on distributions (brew, Macports, fink) seem to have trouble keeping things compatible. Linux distributions don't end up falling behing their own compilers every time the compiler gets updated.

Seem to? From first hand experience, while MacPorts shows its age and cruft, homebrew just rocks. I just recently upgraded a SL+XCode 4.2 machine to ML+XCode 4.5. Zero issues. The only problem is old or broken software that assumes C == GCC in some way (e.g ruby 1.8). I've had more — although infrequent — problems with ArchLinux updating to latest GCC.
Looks like they're bringing forward some fixes that the regular kernel is more cautious with. That makes sense, because they only have to worry about one set of hardware. There are PPAs with the patched packages:

https://launchpad.net/~canonical-hwe-team/+archive/sputnik-k...
https://launchpad.net/~canonical-hwe-team/+archive/sputnik-p...
Obviously if your report makes assumptions about your data which aren't true then you might get invalid data out. I absolutely agree with having a single point through which writes to the data store must pass which enforces business-level constraints on the data. I just don't find SQL a convenient form to express those constraints (and my experience has been that any given business domain will have some constraints that are too complex to express in the SQL model, forcing you to resort to e.g. triggers - at which point the constraint is not integrated with the rest of your data model, it's just a piece of code that runs to check your inserts, which you could do equally well in any language); I'd rather do it in a "normal" programming language.

I see what you're getting at with reporting now, you're talking about doing actual calculations on the data? For mongodb I'd probably use its map-reduce API, at which point you're writing javascript and you can do anything, and performance should be fine. Though honestly other than performance I've never had a problem with just fetching the rows I need and doing whatever transformation/aggregation logic in e.g. python. SQL has never struck me as particularly typesafe or gaining much advantage from being close to the data; its sets-oriented way of thinking can be helpful in some places, but it's not the only language that can do that.

If you like SQL as a language for writing logic in I can see why a traditional database would appeal. But even then I feel like input validation, data storage and query processing should be separate layers (and I see some movement towards that with e.g. MySQL offering an interface to do key/value lookups directly). If SQL is a good way of doing transform/aggregation logic then it should stand alone, and I'd expect to see SQL-like query layers on top of key-value stores.
Here is the real code used to run this: https://github.com/dividuum/xkcd-1110#readme
I won't sign, because petitioning Google for something they're probably already working on is fairly redundant. If you don't like the iOS Maps app, use Google Maps web application front end until it drops in the App Store.

Or until Google decides "nah, screw 'em" and doesn't bother releasing one. Both are possible I guess.
Like this company http://socialav.com/ crowd sourcing is the future. Good talents are really hard in antivirus industries.
This is just an incredibly weak appeal to authority. Billion dollar companies make major mistakes all the time, in design and in every other area of business. In fact, Apple is a multi-billion dollar company precisely because of design and business oversights made by IBM, Microsoft, Samsung, and other billion dollar companies in the past.

Even if these app store changes are a good tactical decision, in that based on user data, they are likely to increase immediate revenues (which shouldn't go without question simply because OMG it's Apple), it could still be a poor strategic decision if it begins pushing indie developers and the particular brand of innovation that they provide to other platforms. What platforms will the Angry Birds and Instagrams of the future build on first if it costs $250k in marketing get noticed on the App Store? Maybe Apple doesn't give a shit about that and is content to milk its money farm for all its worth, to hell with the long term consequences. That attitude has certainly been fashionable in American business lately, but that doesn't make it a wise approach. No company is immune to future innovation if it rests on its laurels. IBM wasn't. Microsoft wasn't. Apple isn't.
Why? Their two factor authentication works just fine.
65+ pages of sysadmin angst:

http://community.sophos.com/t5/Sophos-Endpoint-Protection/Is...
I'd be interested in knowing whether this is genuinely a bug on Apple's side or whether it's something that VirtualBox should have been aware of. It sounds like a bug, but if there's an issue with virtualization surely VMWare and Parallels would also have broken functionality as well.
New Date and Time API Looks Set for Java 8
And install command line tools within Xcode.
Interesting article, I always suspected this went on but never to the extent described in the article.
Well, it's kindof nice to get high resolution satellite photos when you're getting walking directions in a city you've never been in. Atleast I found this useful on Android.

Not a dealbreaker, I guess, I'd just be mildly annoyed if I lose that
We are making one with that goal: http://www.pathofexile.com

Like Valve, we also have a policy of not selling any items that would impact the core gameplay.
Ask HN: Moving to Linux full time
I've been a long time (on and off) Linux user but I neve managed to become a full time user. Recently at work I have started using OSX on a beautiful iMac, this has made me realise that I don't need to be dependant on Windows anymore.
The thing is, I don't like OSX. I really want to go back to Linux and stay there this time.

I do see a couple of problems that I don't have to get around though.

1) Using and iMac and MacBookPro has made me really enjoy high resolution displays. By high resolution I mean a nice compact UI where the borders are un-intrusive and the fonts aren't too big.

2) I love Eclipse on OSX and Windows, it's nice and compact and visually pleasing to use. On all distros of Linux that I've used, Eclipse if very chunky, bulky and generally ugly, this makes it very tough to use day to day.

I really want to get Ubuntu (or something with great community support) running on a fairly standard Samsung laptop but the two issues (above) are really putting me off.

Any ideas?
Totally agree with this post, I make CRUD-dy web apps and my dev box is a mirror of my production stack (nginx, apache, postgres, python/django + associated tools) with the desktop stuff like browsers, chat clients bolted on.

Having a desktop like this means I get to practice all the intricacies of sys-admining (nginx configs etc) just by turning my machine on and running my apps on localhost and it shows when I compare my sysadmin skills to all my peers using MBPs

Don't miss anything from Macbooks except the battery life but I'm on a bootstrapped budget so my beater will have to do until we get enough customers to pay for a new computer.
I disagree that my view assumes a lack of self-interest. I think it's possible to have real societies in which people can understand the rules (not necessarily choose to abide by them, but understand them) without a specialised profession to tell them what the rules mean. Self-interest has nothing to do with my suggestion that it should be possible to understand the rules of the society one lives in.
I think the big challenege will be getting Apple to approve it. It'll be like Google Voice all over again.
Has anyone installed the relevant firmware update https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1590 for 2010 MacBook Airs? I'd like to know if that introduces the same bug.
Publishers ask Amazon to disable sharing highlights
1) There are a lot of window managers, and for each of them a lot of themes: yes, it's not all "ready-to-go" as OSX, but if you spent some time setting up your window manager/themes, you will be happy!
2) the previous settings, at least for fonts/colors/windows borders size will impact also Eclipse!

hope this helps,
aw4y
I like to play a game called "When I wake up tomorrow, will github have changed?"
That would be smart, but seems they are doing high end (tablets + phones) at the moment with WP8.
OTOH,

Google Maps: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gaza+Strip,+Shamal+Sina%27,...

OpenStreetMap: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=31.34516&lon=34.30541&...
> “When countries section off parts of the Web, not only do their citizens suffer, everyone does.”

No-one* in western democracies would ever consider doing such a thing.

*http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/27/twitter-facebook...
Dick Costolo/Twitter is siding with REAL businesses with REAL money (e.g., going on NBC's Today show to advertise new iPad app).

Linkedin is vaporware with no revenue.
Maybe not. I lived in Brussels for two years (which has a very similar climate to Seattle) and my wife and I both remarked that "Brussels needs a good scrubbing" compared to Paris. All the buildings looked just a tad dingy, even the glass boxes over at the European Commission.
Fawaz Gerges: Islamists Are the Arab World's New Capitalists
It boggles my mind that some kids will probably never get to see a clear, starry sky at night.

I still remember the first time I saw a constellation. Back when I was a kid, I managed to make out Orion and his famous belt. Made me wonder whether there will be aliens in Orion's belt millions of years from now, staring back at us.

Unfortunately, that was all too long ago.
IPhone 5 hoopla builds as store sales near [Google+ Hangout] - latimes.com
As an iOS developer I'm not too thrilled about this. However as a mobile developer I'm actually happy to see this. And I'm glad that Apple's review process is pissing off developers. And I'm glad that Apple took an awesome, frequently used app (Google maps) and just removed it. And I'm glad that the new devices' taller screens make developers' lives harder (at least in some cases). Why am I glad? Because all these screw ups provide incentives for developers and other companies to stay in the game and compete with Apple. So as mobile developers I believe it's in our best interests to have a diverse ecosystem that's not dominated by a single company or at the very least where there exist incentives for multiple organizations to compete and innovate.
I've read nothing about there having been torture. Bahari claims the interview with Press TV was under duress. The journalist was held a total of 4 months. Bahari claims he had to condemn the west to gain release. The 10 second clip Ofcom uses to incriminate is:
“On Monday, 15 June [2009], I sent a report about the attack against the base, a military base of Basij to Channel 4 News as well as to Newsweek Magazine.”

Nothing there is a condemnation of the West.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181727.html
According to Wikileaks the West has been trying to remove Press TV's broadcast.
The author of this article doesn't know what the term "bricking" means. If you delete key Windows files you will not "brick" a PC.

"Bricking" is the process of turning a physical piece of hardware into a device as useful as a "brick" (thus its name). It was coined to describe what happens when you try and flash a phone and it is unrecoverably damaged.
"Now that Google has released a stable version, and is deploying support on Google App Engine, it's likely to gain even more traction."

I think what Go actually needs is another popular framework so that the language can be used without depending on Google's App Engine and it's unstable pricing.
Moo acquire flavors.me
You have a point here. I'd say it is still more the perception of being hurt than being hurt for real, but as they say "The 90% of everything is attitude".
rsanchez1 and jjrumi both posted reasonable answers, but are hellbanned.

Guys: You need to email an admin and get yourself unbanned. Most people don't see your posts.
I'd love to hear some suggestions. I'm annoyed that I've spent time with OSX so now I expect a beautiful desktop and applications ;-)
great book. already sorted out a lot of questions for me.
http://sautter.com/map/?zoom=15&lat=31.34516&lon=34....
is great for comparing
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=52266

The "VMX root mode" problem is known since at least 2008. On Linux hosts it's been possible to disable whatever puts the CPU into that mode, but that may be harder on OSX.
My wife's got a Lenovo laptop and upfortunately the trackpad is appalling. Not just worse than my MacBoook Pro, but worse than the bottom of the range Tesco/eMachines laptop that she had before it.
From a comment further up:

http://hwe.ubuntu.com/uds-q/dellxps/
I'd say that there are quite a few business models where you don't need to provide real value, or even have the people you are getting money off to perceive any real value and still make money. And some of these business models are even legal.
I'm getting mass tearing with my work iMac and VMWare Fusion, Parallels locks you in at 60.

I also found Parallels 8 to have a bug where when using it with Ubuntu 12.04 XFCE, it would skip tabs in Chrome. Downgraded back to 7 - 8 was a free upgrade for me anyway.

Have you locked your framerate to 60 with fusion? I'd be interested in using fusion 5 if it has good performance compared to Parallels, especially now that 8 is buggy for me.
Mathematics of Opinion Formation Reveals How Moderation Trumps Extremism
You don't have to "assume", just do a search. It is still common knowledge and hasn't wafted into apocrypha so even asking people would be effective.

As I said earlier: source. I can also come up with argumentative gambits easily, but this is a subject that I actually focus on, so I'd like to see the source which gives you your confidence.

AFAIK your statements can only be supported by the most edge case and liberal interpretation of the data.

-----

"Zynga is.... capitalizing on addictive behavior". source? From what I know that is not how the freemium model works, so I am curious as to where you got this data. I am eagerly awaiting your response since it would be news to me.

Your comment where you seemed to put words in my mouth are disconcerting. Answering it would be giving it more grace than it deserves, since I never stated what you imply.

Your last statement is also strange. The stock price, If anything, shows that your assumptions are wrong, as the sin industry is always profitable, and zynga's stock is dropping.

Which as I said is because people got bored and moved on.
"I got a special version of Ubuntu, with some kernel patches, and some patched packages for sleep and hibernation."

What version of Ubuntu is this hardware specific patched one?

Are Canonical or Dell guranteeing updates? If so, for how long...

Best of luck with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini#6_key_principle...

See: "Commitment and Consistency"
Zuckerberg tumbles down Forbes rich list
It's called redistribution of wealth.
That's a shame :-). But thanks for the great overview - will see how we go!
Philippines outlaws cybersex and 'cam girls'
Go's GC is in fact much, much worse than the JVM's. One may have less memory issues because Go tends to generate less garbage, though.
Yep, I'm aware of the prior art rule, except :

a) it's about things that should have been actually used, where a patent is about concepts

b) scope of the idea is not clearly defined and so could be argued with, when a real patent definition for general public use would prohibit that.

And that's excatly the point for IBM to issue protective patents, I think.