skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Does the quality of the housing mean space? Living a more minimalist life also means having less stuff. The reason why we build everincreasing houses is that we need space for our stuff.
Conhecendo o Scrum
You can!?

I just modified the source to remove the `overflow: hidden` to the `div#comic`. That was enough to find stuff that I would have missed otherwise :)
Good point, to an extent is a vicious cycle.

If you want to get that salary raise, at some point it has to be backed by somebody actually buying something.

If everybody becomes super frugal then the economy shrinks and unemployment gets worse. I guess this is because we're at a point where we don't need anything close to 100% employment to cover everybody's 'basic' needs.
No, that's not the problem with his BMW comparison. The problem is that you think you know why people buy BMWs. You think that people buy BMWs for the same reasons as you, and that is why you're missing the point.

If you want to understand why other people do things, you have to first stop thinking about why you do things.
I do this too. Enables me to note up, underline etc. Printing is also surprisingly helpful for getting an overview of my code.

But I am curious if it's primarily eye strain - and therefore the iPad 3 retina large display might help.
I agree it's difficult to run a company with 20,000 people and that's my point. Break it up into many smaller companies with more accountability per company and you'd see a lot more progress. It's very difficult to align huge companies behind a goal and very few are able to do it - I believe Apple is one that does succeed.
That issue isn't age-correlated. I'm over 40 and never had kids, but there are 25-year-olds who are concerned about teacher quality (and during the grades it matters most).
It really takes time for the god to realize the value of your business.
Groovy ranked #1 top ecosystem and Grails ranked #1 top web framework
How to innovate like a shark
It's breitbart.com. I wouldn't read the comments.
Wow... Just wow.
I'm curious why Twitter are OK with this: it seems like a core bit of functionality for them to control. Is there a backstory to Gnip? This is the first I'd heard of them.
Yeah right, Fox News is going to save us from the corrupt paleomedia shills like CNN? Lame.

If this guy represents the "New Media", I'm going to buy a newspaper right now.
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End to End Monitoring Using Nested Keywords
Our latest blog post describes how we helped a customer set up end-to-end monitoring for their 'company website' using nested keywords so that if a group of website components fails, the 'company website' master service check goes into a warning state.
Transparency: Too Much Or Not Enough In Your Startup Culture?
Stubb: Build REST API mocks using your file system
Actually this is completely made up. Any fMRI recording without an EEG is useless if you really want to see which brain areas are affected. He said he was in there for 90 minutes, the sensors of the EEG lose effectivity after 20 minutes because of sweat, after 30 minutes all sensors will have such a high amplitude they turn the screen black. He was on a drug that makes you sweat even more ..
GNIP has been reselling the real-time Twitter stream for well over a year now. Presumably, part of what you pay for the service actually ends up in Twitter's pocket.
I don't remember the rent exactly. It may have been somewhat similar or slightly more expensive in Istanbul. But eating out is definitely more expensive there, unless you want to subsist on lahmacun.
Not really. You could certainly do the same with one of those and connecting through to a remote server. A netbook without a remote server wouldnt' be powerful enough for my work.

Once you've got a quad core server doing the heavy lifting, why not use an iPad for the interface? It doubles as a fantastic entertainment device and looks great too.
I guessed my own Facebook Post ID
What's interesting and somewhat related are the studies done where, all things being equal, code size is the best predictor of code quality [1]. I think as far as justifications go, this research gives us a compelling reason to continue down the path of minimalization and simplicity, even when we have the capacity to store and execute very large programs.

[1]: http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/10669678292/size-is-the-bes...
I'm not sure I'm a badass, but I think it's hard for many developers to subject their code to public scrutiny, especially when it's with a language that's outside of their wheelhouse.

I wrote this app to teach myself Node.js, CouchDB, Socket.io, HighCharts.js and bunch of other things that I really wanted to learn. I hope it's useful for people new to these things, and definitely appreciate all the feedback I'm getting from the community.
> not only you need the right browser, you also need the right video card and video drivers, is worse than the "best viewed with" nightmare of the 90's.

First, Chrome will fall back to a software emulation that actually works very well. So even if your video driver is blacklisted, you can still see the content.

Second, I'm not sure Carmack has made an effort to really look at the differences between WebGL and OpenGL. Features are limited and the browsers are required to parse and verify input, so that only correct code is sent to the graphics drivers.

(edit:) Let me add some more information here: Array bounds are checked; Array indexes must be constant expressions ; and, most importantly, while-loops are forbidden. If you've taken a course in theoretical CS, you may recall the difference between for and while loops and why applications using only the former can be verified (if there is not recursion - OpenGL shaders also don't support that anyway).

Third, access to WebGL could be easily limited in the future: For example allow access by default for browser extensions and require user confirmation for the rest of the web. Should be fine for games.
Depends if you spent more time in east or west Berlin I guess, from what I remember there was a shocking price difference between the two.
That's a backwards way to look at it. Copyright is a very powerful protection, we sacrifice a lot for it (look at all the creativity that's still going on around Sherlock Holmes, or in illegal fanfiction for more recent works, and think how much more creative expression there might be if more cultural icons were without copyright). The bar to justify extending copyright to something new should be set high; I'd rather risk having fewer old books scanned than have someone unable to make a new creative work because he'd got the idea from a scan of an old book that turned out to be copyrighted.
Yeah, I assumed they weren't doing it out of the goodness of their hearts - just that analytics seems like something they'd want to keep a handle on themselves.

Here's the initial Gnip announcement from almost 2 years ago where Twitter somewhat explain their rationale:

http://allthingsd.com/20101117/gnip-becomes-twitters-first-a...
DXR is similar, and is open source: https://github.com/mozilla/dxr/tree/testing
Congrats, Jim!

I think a lot of people severely underestimate their ability to teach others. I didn't think I had any information of value to give to freelancers until I wrote my book and was overloaded with "thank you" emails (and $$$). And I know a lot of other people selling infoproducts (including Jim) that have gone through the same experience.

I'd encourage everyone reading this to think about what you have to offer that someone else might want. Is this something valuable that they'd pay for? Chances are, if this someone can make a better living from your research, they will pay. It's really one of the most rewarding win-win I've experienced.
When people ask why Nokia isn't selling a lot of Lumias, most people, correctly, answer "Windows Phone". Going with Android puts them in a much better position than Windows Phone for a lot of reasons, and every negative that can be said about going with Android (minus the OS differences) can be said about Windows Phone. The only difference is that Nokia is pretty much the only OEM that is all-in with Windows Phone, but once WP becomes popular, whats to stop Samsung, etc from making more WPs? Nothing really, and at that point, Nokia will only be able to distinguish itself with its hardware (since there are limited/no OEM/carrier modifications allowed to WP) which is WORSE off than if they were using Android right now.
Our new pivot doesn't include any of the encouragement against the spirit of the Facebook platform or the fake "defriend all" button that our original app contained.
Everything what's wrong with American politics is that the campaigns are so dependent on lobbyists. As long as this doesn't change, the Government will always listen to their big donors more.
Wow, anything gets in the press these days. It's a 20 min, 1 page website. Get over it guys.
The open source software we use for our magazine is always looking for people. If you want to learn Newsstand and create a new branch there might even be an opportunity to make money eventually. http://bakerframework.com/
Very cool!

newb to hacker news here, I've been thinking about an application that would do just this except with more feeds than just Reuters. I built something on Yahoo Pipes that would geocode and map any RSS feed using MetaCarta's RSS tools; I'd share but it no longer seems to funtion...

It would be cool to have users input URL's to news stories for the 'social' posting, but then you get the challenge of geo-parsing, tagging & mapping each story.

very cool, glad you shared!
Billions. Seriously, 100's of millions in short term losses, but I say we make up for it in the long run.
Have you tried it....it's actually quite a good time :)
Live From HTC’s New York Press Event
This article sounds a lot like minimalism (not design but the one similiar to simple living). There are lots of other people out there with a similiar mindset.

e.g.
reddit.com/r/minimalism
http://zenhabits.net/start/
Can Indian accelerator programs compete with US ones like YC?
Here's a 5% version I stitched together:
http://basseq.com/fun/xkcd1110/

It's a big world. What are those whales doing in the sky!? Silly whales...
It is possible to get an H1b and start a company. There is a good number of YC founders who are internationals and have gone through this process (& know some of the hacks). In short, you need a board of directors (could be other founders/advisors etc.) to show the USCIS that the board can hire/fire you. Also, you need to pay yourself an estimated market rate.
A Timeline of Adzerk Memes
There's a serious psychological phenomenon where working in a place with no windows decreases productivity by a lot. This has been attributed to the need to look out into the world in order to imagine solutions that aren't readily apparent.

Scrolling through this was like looking out the window times 100. I've already gotten more done in the last hour after looking at it than I usually do in a day.
Farewell Demo, it’s been an incredible ride
ReSharper is the best lint tool you can get for dotnet development. It literally makes you a better programmer that writes cleaner code. It really sounds like JetBrains needs to make a similar tool for C++
A bike can't offer anything more than a cardio workout for your legs. That's not a substitute for a gym with benches and weights and suspension. And showers, because if you don't break a sweat the ride is even less of a substitute.
I wanted to try the demo, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I loaded up my resume, but since typesetting is disabled, what exactly am I "demoing" other than an input field?
Groupon to compete with Square -- launches Groupon Payments
Prompt blows me out of the water. I love using it.
As both a hacker and a brewer this is extremely interesting. Building a temperature controller fermentation chamber is something I want to do at some point.
Agreed. Also, you can't do serious web development on an OS that doesn't allow 3rd party rendering engines.
I can recommend the lenovo x220 ultrabook. mine is lasting for 5-7 hours, but with additional battery packs, you can get it up to 24 hours apperently

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/lenovos-x220-thinkpad...
Please share it! Just make it public :)
"The people who generally have their financial shit together don't usually realize when it's pay day."

This. I've lived this way for the past 8 years and it's been a breath of fresh air. To me, this is the definition of "living within your means."

Although I think it's not for anyone. Some people actually enjoy pinching pennies or spending frivolously while watching their bank account constantly in either case. I can't really identify with that, and it would drive me crazy.
Innovation secrets from Joss Whedon
Anyone managed to stitch together the full picture?
Improving performance of Django test suite
i am confused, why would you want to do that to your own Facebook account???
I'd be interested if you find other alternatives - I'm sure they're out there! :-) I guess weight / charge time is the biggest variable
I also loved the GPL ``encumbered'' bit. But they are trying to sell a (binary only) app for iOS, so I can see how it's inconvenient to them if other people don't give them all rights to their code.

As far as I know, Apple won't allow GPL software on iPad/iOS, they ban it on the App Store. So it isn't this company trying to get around the GPL, it's Apple.
If you pay bills, then you know when bills are due

USAism because you're still using checks and other old money tech.

In the modern world: My rent, insurance, electricity, heating, phone, mastercard, newspapers, etc are payed automatically every month. Whenever I get a bill, it contains a 'subscription id' which I enter in my online bank, and all following bills are then sent as an electronic invoice to my bank which then automatically performs the requred transfer of money on the due date. I don't even see those bills unless I want to spend time looking at it. I don't receive those bills in the paper mail. Everything is online.

Same with my wage. It just goes into my account after taxes are automatically payed. I don't need to do any work to pay my taxes.

Thus, I don't need to know when it's pay day unless I use too much money.
It is odd isn't it? Maybe our fingers learn different tools better? I LOVE the android keyboard, stock or the various add ons - but so many iOS friends just can't get to grips with it. But I storm along on my (now dead) Dell Streak and Note, and struggle to write anything on my iPod touch.

I wonder if there should be a keyboard that works just like the iOS one for Android, for those trying to migrate ;)
It's too bad he didn't post any samples, I'd love to see what kind of common mistakes he caught so I can avoid them myself.
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"Time dilation occurs at speeds far less than the speed of light. For instance GPS satellites and jet planes experience measurable time dilation."

Sure, but I think (?) the original question was asking about time dilation in the massive sense: i.e., you go on a round trip to some distant point in space and return, and it's only been a few days for you, but a few hundred or thousand years have passed on Earth. That sort of time dilation.

That sort won't occur with an Alcubierre ship. It's my understanding that the ship isn't actually moving at all inside the bubble -- or, if it is, it's moving extremely slowly.
I would like to write an e-book on how I made money from an e-book. I think it will make millions!
I ended up getting a Chromebook a few weeks ago as a cheap machine to hack and do interviews while my MBA was in for repairs. For not being much higher on the food chain than a thin client, it's pretty much perfect. Chrome's identical to Win/Mac/Linux Chrome (inspector and all); SSH works fine, "search" key (fka capslock) can even be remapped to ctrl.
He did say "on average."
Coursera has just announced a class : "Fundamentals of Personal Finance" (https://www.coursera.org/course/financialplanning)
Rackspace Open Letter To The OpenStack Community
I was involved in distance education at our local university for a number of years and we vetted remote proctors. In the rare case where getting a proctor to watch the student didn't pan out, I've seen webcam + screensharing used as an accepted alternative. Seems like this approach could be improved upon and scaled.
Thank you for explaining that. It looked familiar but not having played Minecraft I really had no idea.
The Many Types of Tools for Game Developers
A lot of people, the current top link on HN is this http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ an interactive "map" of the click and drag world.
Oh please. It's a simple informal choice of words. To many people, programming languages are toys too, because programming is a hobby. It doesn't have to be all uptight super business speak all the time.
I pay one bill each month with a check, because it's actually easier (car loan from some crazy remote credit union) than using ACH. The rest are electronic, but they still need to be approved before fund transmission.
Cloud9 IDE has static JavaScript Analysis integrated in the editor. https://c9.io/
While the filesystem is not directly accessible by either users or apps for security reasons, it is possible for apps to communicate and/or exchange files. Your app can register the ability to open certain filetypes with the OS (e.g., so users can open mail attachments or Dropbox files in your app) and it can communicate directly with another app through custom URL schemes (e.g., to accomplish single-sign-on using the Facebook app).
Try it. It's hilarious. Also, if you read the TIME article, originally it was intended to be used on your friends Facebook's when they left it open at your house or left their laptop for a moment when you were working next to them.

Then we got a lot of backlash about that; we realized it was even funny to do one of the hack flavors to yourself. For some reason, people enjoy being hacked on Facebook as long as it isn't malicious.
Sure it can mean space. I disagree that the only reason to want more space is to hold more stuff. I want more space so that I can have a room that I can close the door on and call my own (and by extension let my daughter and girlfriend have their own rooms as well). I'd like rooms with dedicated functions like a workshop for me to build things in and a room where my girlfriend can paint. I'd like a guest room so I can have friends stay the night without being forced to sleep on the couch in the living room. I'd like a small garden so I can grow food and cook outside.

Now as it stands non of these wishes have become important enough for me an my girlfriend to give up the city, and they are all 'problems' that can be worked around, but there are more reason to want space than simply to store things
You might have a bias against WP. I own a Lumia and the experience is good, WP7 is a very decent OS.
About the Surface. I've been doing some Windows 8 HTML5/JS SDK development for the past few months using a Vaio All-in-One with a touchscreen and the responsiveness and feel of HTML5 is on par with the C#/Xaml environment. Using the apps, you absolutely can not tell which SDK is being used.

Of course this is on a fast x86 chip. No one has been able to get a comparable experience on a table or phone yet. I'm slightly worried that things won't be as crisp or as nice on the Surface ARM (and other ARM tablets). If it is it's not just a step up from Mobile Safari, Chrome for Android, and Firefox for Android, but a major step forward.
Announcing Hack+Startup with Facebook
Why I love working from home
Interesting read, the truism is accurate of course being civil and respectful is a solid policy regardless of your relative position in life or circumstance.

An alternate explanation is possible though as well, which is that this person was trying to impress Jacques. I know it sounds weird but I've had folks who were insecure in their authority get like this to prove me that they could "get things done." Its a uncomfortable but important sometimes to have the conversation about their behavior.

The interesting experiment would have been to call aside on of the guys direct reports and ask if he was always like this.
The Original Hacker and Why His Work, 300 Years Ago, Matters Today
I see nothing wrong about sending back food or wine, though I do see plenty wrong about being rude to the restaurant staff when doing so. Unless the restaurant behavior was worse than described, I'd vote for Not Proven. Taken in conjunction with his rudeness to his employees, yes, maybe it adds some force.
You mean like John Locke did?

http://www.amazon.com/Sold-Million-eBooks-Months-ebook/dp/B0...
It's a great article by an insightful individual.

If you haven't read it, do so.

You can read further discussion on this 270 days old article at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3388290
I was also confused - and this clears it up nicely.
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I think you really need some traction from the very beginning, otherwise it is unlikely to be successful.
First I've heard of it. The comments seemed a bit crazy.
Douglas Adams reference (though I don't see the Bowl of Petunias...) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsK6aRuSBIc
Your post strikes me as naive. All that laundering does is tag more addresses as "hot". You still have a graph of where the bitcoins have gone.

Bitcoin is done with computers. It's no more "annoying" to trace one hundred transactions than it is to trace one.
ARM Razr vs Atom Razr benchmarks with surprising results
Which they mention right there in the second paragraph.
That is true as well. We're all talking out of our asses here. I don't buy an iPhone because I don't like Apple's business... not because it is a crap product. It is probably a fine device. I think mine is too. I'm happy with it.
This is sort of off-topic, but does anyone know what kind of theme/blogging software this blog is using?
This is an impossible setup for a front end dev. As you mentioned Mobile Safari is junk. To add to that, its debug tools are laughable. Don't even think about cross browser testing unless you have additional remote systems + VNC.

I tried an iPad + keyboard + remote vim a while back and found it slowed me down significantly. Having to take my hands off the keyboard and swipe or use the button slows my flow. Writing code and want to look something up? Swiping to Safari is much slower than Cmd+tab to a real browser.
I think much of the utility of frugal living is the mindset it ingrains in you. It becomes a valuable life skill that has a much wider impact than simple finances. You gain a reflexive ability to determine the true value of a purchase, both in the now and in the future.

Say you have 2 people earning $30k/yr. One is trying to live frugally, the other is not. Suddenly the latter gets a $10k/yr raise "just by asking". I'd wager that the person with the deliberate, frugal mindset will still have more discretionary cash the day before payday than the one who got the raise.
I feel there's a parallel with music here. Does hearing a great song croaked out by a hack at a wedding devalue the original? Perhaps. But for society it's worth it overall; so many bands get their start doing other people's material. In fact many musicians are only able to keep making music because of a "day job" in a cover band.

Perhaps magic tricks should have the same thing: an automatic license for "covers", where if you want to perform someone else's trick you pay a standardized, small fee to the original inventor.
True of iPad as well, no? I'm still confused about the Windows RT / IE rule. I remember that they put special provisions for browsers to have elevated rights. Then I remember 3rd party browsers not being allowed on the "desktop" of RT, and then there is some suggestion that they won't be allowed to JIT even within Metro. There's been enough conflicting stories that I really want a detailed summary from someone at Microsoft or Mozilla on what is and is not allowed.