skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I treat a lot of things I shouldn't in a functional way... this begets that, and other such methodical thinking. perhaps it is more of a side effect of coming out of the zone or something, but it seems to take more and more of a conscious decision to step out of that mode... and that's hard to do with the remaining hours of the day.
"People want to stream." They don't.

Huh?

http://widgets.alexa.com/traffic/graph/?r=1m&y=r&z=1...

^ (youtube vs. piratebay vs. isohunt) have no idea how to save links in alexa, so that will probably disappear.
I've done it before. It also involved working with the client on customization since the sales people don't always understand exactly what's possible.

It's fun if you like traveling and interacting with customers. Actually being part of closing a deal is kind of a rush. I imagine it pays well because it's not too easy for the sales guys to find engineers whom they're excited to bring to a meeting.
Probably a copy+paste issue where some of the formatting was stripped. Meh.
Not really programming but using computers in general - I tend to identify fonts in billboards and magazines, which makes my partner cringe.
But does it recognize cats for what they are?
About 7/8 of the way down:
*Must have perseverance to read and understand complex product requirement lists.
Punchline: last footnote of this post... if you lived on nothing but HFCS Coke-a-cola and all of that mercury were somehow transformed into its dangerous organic form, you would still only get 5% of your reference dose.

For those following along, the mercury report is at http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=105026

I found the FDA/EPA limits at http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/hhazweb/mercury.pdf page 11 has the numbers.

The mercury report does not include the 2000ppt FDA limit on mercury. It contains a different limit on methymercury which is not measured in any test of this report.

Middle of page 12...

The 0.1ug/kg/day is for methylmercury. The numbers measured in the report are for mercury. They researchers admit in the next paragraph that they have no idea if the mercury in HFCS is methymercury. (Presumably there are tests which they chose not to perform.)

But look what they do with the numbers:

- 20 samples of HFCS tested.

- 11 have no detectable mercury (<5ppb) [1]

- 1 sample was 570ppb

They then estimate mercury ingestion using the 570ppb outlier times the 50g USDA daily HFCS number to get 28.5ug. A scary number since it is about 5 times the limit they just showed you. Except the number these illusionists showed you in their left hand was for methylmercury limit of 3/4 scale women[2] and the number they showed you in their right was total mercury (inorganic plus organic) of full scale people, and the one in the right assumes that all the disparate sources of HFCS in a day's food happened to use the same outlier source[3].

[1] I wonder why the HFCS tests have a 5000ppT limit of detection and the foods test (page 14) have limits in the 20-100ppT range. Different tests? Something about HFCS that confounds the test? No answers.

[2] For the “average” 55 kg American woman I suppose the "average 55kg woman" weighs 55kg. The average American woman however weighs 74.5kg. 55kg gives a more dramatic number though.

[3] They don't report any sort of average or distribution of the 20 samples other than the 9 of them are above the limits of detection. I suspect the average did nothing for their argument so they went with an outlier. Let's check their data...

I just finished a 257mL american Coke (the little half can) with 2.5g of HFCS (1%, yes I mixed volume and mass, but we are estimating here) in it. Their one reported test of Coke was 60ppT mercury, which if we assume it all came from the HFCS would be 6ppB mercury in the HFCS. What if the 570ppb HFCS number were real and was used for Coke? That would be 5700ppt in the food test. There is nothing within an order of magnitude in the table, and there isn't much in the way of consumable food that is more heavily sugared than American sodas. What if you got ALL of your calories by drinking 20 tiny Cokes a day and what if ALL of the mercury in the Coke was methylmercury? 50g of HFCS at 6ppb would give you 0.3ug/day, about 5% of your EPA reference dose.
60 Minutes: Is Peace Out Of Reach?
Sony Claims Victory in Skinniest LCD TV War, and Competitors Wonder Why
Microsoft and Google are hard to ignore - even if there are zillions of EMRs.

There's room in the long tail for smaller ideas - but this is probably going to be a formats war.

http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/providers/busin...

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN285482202...
pretty sure it was till he edited the question
I don't see why police couldn't do anything about the dangerous guy intimidating and threatening him. Is serious intimidation really not a crime of any sort?
Similar post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222211
I've got a $20k bill for my teeth coming up soon (implants)
The price difference isn't $80. My Grizzly cabinet saw retails for around $1100 today. The equivalent Sawstop saw retails for over $3000. When he couldn't convince other manufactures to include his technology, he built a high-end saw to market himself. That still puts the extra safety out of range for us lower-end consumers.

And the danger with table saws isn't carelessly putting your finger into the blade. The danger is kickback, where the saw violently throws the wood your cutting off the table, which can knock your hands about in unpredictable ways. Bandsaws and miter saws don't kick back. You can safely put your fingers very close to the blade (although a little less so with miter saws which do tend to push the wood around a bit as the blade enters the wood).

Of course, I wish I could afford one of his saws. I once put all four fingers of my left hand into a dado blade on my table saw due to kickback. I'm lucky to still have them.
Actually Google makes it pretty clear that they aren't a domain registrar, and their sign-up process used to encourage you to get a domain before you get started. I am curious as to why they don't serve as domain registrar. I actually have my Google Apps domain through Yahoo, who used to host my mail....
Absolutely. Once, at an interview with an un-named, extremely large tech company, the recruiter asked me if I had a "passion for technology", so I decided to have a little fun:

"I'm not sure what that means."

"Oh...you know...passion. When you look around the campus on any given night, you see lots of lights on. That's passion."

"Actually, I think that's called 'overtime'."

I didn't get that job. Guess I wasn't 'passionate' enough.
Looks to me like the biggest problem here is a lack of white space -- if there were blank lines before "Implementation & Development", "Management", "Position Requirements", "Knowledge & Expertise", and "Personal Attributes", this would be far more readable.
Constantly wondering if people mean `or' or `xor' (I mean xor)
That looks useful, but I would prefer not to have to sit in front of the computer.
I can't think of bad habits, only positive ones; plenty of them!

(Maybe it's because I don't use a poor language?)
Maybe something like dtrace? I'm not sure what your application scenario is though.
Not directly. The only two filters I apply to my comments are: Is this self-evident? Is this disrespectful of the community? If the answer to either question is yes, then I try not to post.

I find myself not always using these filters on other websites where the quality is lower to start with. I suspect that goes a long way towards explaining the decline in quality on most social sites (an online version of the broken windows theory?)
Yeah. Health speculation doesn't even really fit on this list:

0) speculation that isn't mean
1) insults and mean rumors
2) spitting
3) death threats
This scrip is already in circulation in some areas of the US.

What are known as BerkShares http://www.berkshares.org/ are available in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts.
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When I'm driving, I'll make the decision on passing someone or not depending on whether the resultant speedup is O(1) or O(n).
Not necessarily, the question is do you procrastinate on parts of it significantly more than the rest, if you do that part probably does stink.
Sounds like a branding problem. Why have "37signals" at all if people don't recognize it?
No clue why, but I love Maury. My roommate and I would plan our college class schedules around the show so we could watch it.

I added a picture of my desktop set up to the article, so I have a pretty nice setup too.
Their charge explanation page (http://37signals.com/charge) looks semi-targeted at whoever pays the bills, who isn't necessarily the person who purchased or uses the product.
The top 15, from: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Payi...

1. Bingham McCutchen (law firm)
Average total pay: $256,312
For: Associate

2. Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network
Average total pay: $244,605
For: Physicians

3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (law firm)
Average total pay: $240,955
For: Associate

4. Alston & Bird (law firm)
Average total pay: $203,655
For: Associate

5. Perkins Coie (law firm)
Average total pay: $190,126
For: Associate

6. Devon Energy (oil and natural gas producer)
Average total pay: $186,882
For: Engineer

7. Chesapeake Energy (natural gas producer)
Average total pay: $178,108
For: Toolpusher

8. Salesforce.com (CRM software)
Average total pay: $172,303
For: Senior Sales Engineer

9. Arnold & Porter (law firm)
Average total pay: $172,192
For: Associate

10. Adobe Systems
Average total pay: $165,947
For: Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development

11. EOG Resources (oil and natural gas producer)
Average total pay: $158,302
For: Engineer

12. Goldman Sachs (holding company)
Average total pay: $144,994
For: Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program
Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt)

13. Boston Consulting Group
Average total pay: $141,111
For: Consultant

14. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Average total pay: $134,769
For: General Manager

15. NetApp (data storage firm)
Average total pay: $134,716
For: Member Technical Staff, Software 4
Fly home on Friday, fly out on Sunday. I don't know how they do it but I do hear if it's cheaper to fly somewhere else for the weekend (e.g. San Diego vs East Podunk) they'll let you.
Are implants similar to what I've described in the original posting?
Best meditation advice I got was completely unexpected so I took it to heart. It was in a footnote in a book called "Ventriloquism For The Total Dummy".

1) Dark room. Dark.

2) Lie in bed or on the floor.

3) Breathe.

4) More slowly.

5) Nope, slower. Hold it in tension.

6) Concentrate on breathing. This is not a nap.
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My view is that as long as relinquishing one's own freedom does not impact the freedom of others, then it should slide. This assumes the person relinquishing is doing so voluntarily and with full knowledge of the alternatives.

Otherwise, it isn't really freedom in the libertarian sense, since people should be free to do what they want as long as it doesn't harm others. Plus, what makes a person feel free can vary from person to person, so if "freedom" is being mandated as in France, then it can actually become totalitarian in the name of "freedom."
Critique My App: yourmuni for easier bus riding in SF and soon other places
Just a small app using Django and the Google App Engine for improving the workflow provided by nextbus.com. Write up here: http://mihasya.com/blog/?p=203, source here: http://github.com/mihasya/yourmuni
Hi, I'm the author. I agree it isn't an ideal example, but my primary audience for this was our clients. Not a week goes by that we don't hear 'Can you do flash?' Typically the client is not interested in flash as much as they are in a specific result that could much better be accomplished in jQuery.
Andrew, here is the response to the very same comment you left on the blog:

I've used the Google Maps API before (it was actually marine science related! I worked with a professor to track Sea Turtle migration in the Atlantic) but it wasn't a good fit for the project.
We have a very limited dataset and the panning of Google Maps would have been more distracting than anything else. By doing things this way, users wouldn't find themselves somewhere without interesting data.
Is the site layout optimized for the iPhone?
So should I feel bad for feeling bad about myself for not achieving this level of understanding?
I would have totally applied, but then I saw bullet point no. 114 : Must have pet chicken.

Dammit.
On HN Downmods are not always reasonable; you get downmod mostly because the witch-hunt folks don’t recognize your ID. If you look carefully you will see people getting Upmod for no apparent reason. I guess there’s some sort of club or circle whatever you want to call it. I stop worrying about karma long ago.
You have to realize it IS different than staring into empty space. The breathing is the most important part, as aristus mentioned. Just try some deep belly breathing with your eyes closed for five minutes. The effects can be drastic. Good luck.
sounds like you're describing caps (eg, placed on existing teeth)

implants are "new" teeth that are drilled into your jaw - they look like perfect teeth.
Yeah, but it works on most other phones its been tried on (limited audience so far, but I know it works well on the G1, as well as on some basic browser phones with small screens)

By the way: any feedback as to how it looks on non-smart phones + screenshots would be really appreciated.
I think the heart of problem is ads on NYTimes.com are exactly the same in the minds of marketers as ads on any other website, and that type of web traffic is just not that valuable.

In print, big media brands can use their brand value to drive rates up, which is why you see companies use "see our ad in The New York Times, Time magazine, etc). They need to find a way to leverage that brand value online, or maybe we're just seeing the death of a business model.
They could issue a restraining order but he chose not to do that because it would give the guy specifics about the places he regularly visits and where he lives.
"Lunch specials include salad or fries"

"Great, I'll have both!"
It does not affect what I write. I regularly put in comments that are not "up worthy", just small factual additions or musings for further thought (or data responses to questions). Sometimes these get pushed down, I have no idea why, but I do not care.

It isn't karma that prevents me from posting inflammatory or (intentionally) idiotic material.
what good is karma if you dont use it thats what i always say
A good example of thinking outside the box. I didn't think customers who were charging back "37signals" would actually take the trouble of going to "37signals-charge.com", but I guess the numbers prove me wrong.

However, the 30% reduction is 'as a percentage of sales'. Since their sales grew in 2008, maybe more sales, more '37signals' specific marketing, and the fact that they've been around a year longer meant more awareness of the '37signals' brand, which directly led to fewer chargebacks?
Hmmm I guess if you submit a link, the "text" field gets ignored.

It uses Django and the App Engine. Data is just a scrape of nextbus.com.

The write up is here: http://mihasya.com/blog/?p=203

Code is here: http://github.com/mihasya/yourmuni
The problem with cheaper fillings though is that they can leech heavy metals into the blood stream.

Urban legend. http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fillings.asp#amalgam
A guy I once worked with aptly referred to the "dog-fooding" as "feel the pain" approach.
If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Kill Yourself
Side note: I wish TED talks were available in text format. They're always interesting, but most of the time I'm unable (or unwilling) to hunker down and watch a 20 minute video. Web content needs to be scan-able.
Dear Cox: man tc

You probably should have done this in 1999.
"We can't criticize them b/c we do something loosely similar" is a bad argument to make. Really, we should criticize both cultures.

Also, topics that are traditionally hard to discuss online should be discussed more here. It is mostly on HN where I've seen people make an effort to understand both sides.
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Thanks, meanwhile I have just stumbled up on ptrace which also looks promising.

My application is to visualise the execution of programs, for which I want to ideally capture everything the processor does and generalise what I see...
if you're looking for yogic meditation, then its true essence lies in the breathing technics.

There are variations to the breathing technics - so its important that you do a little research on it rather than just randomly trying out something.

Search for 'baba ramdev' in google/youtube - he's a yoga guru in India who's achieved cult status.
IE8’s “Clickjacking Protection” Exposed
> Woodworkers are pretty smart and safety conscious

And so are the car drivers, which doesn't prevent a vast majority of accidents from happening because of a human error.
A really bad case of OCD.
I meant why couldn't the police do something effective that would make him safe? isn't that their job?
It's definitely curbed my "me too" posts as these seem to get dinged. But if I have a content related post I will write it and post it.
It's over developed my already prevalent logical thinking. This is great because I'm known as a clear thinker that can solve complex problems, but I've found that a lot of people have difficulty thinking in these terms, preferring to remain in a more emotional pattern.

End result is that it harder to relate to more and more people, which remains important. I'd imagine this happens to most programmers, although I don't think there is a good appreciation for how significant this is generally.
Man, when something is potentially ironic, it's really confusing whether it is intentional or not. Oh well, I all ready voted as if it were intentional. Sorry mikeyur.
Constantly skimming text. I always find myself resisting the urge to skim through blocks of text like I would through code while looking for bugs.
It can also be a great place to get comfortable dealing with high level business people, Fortune 100 executives, etc... You have to be able to (or learn to) communicate clearly to the super technical folks they bring, and to the CEO who can barely use his e-mail. You get very comfortable speaking in front of a large group, and you learn to think on your feet.

I did it for a few years, before the travel burned me out, and I feel I learned an amazingly amount of useful skills from it. Stuff they can't effectively teach in school and that you can't learn coding in your living room.
Ok thanks... I was thinking that something like this exists:

>implant some kind of stem cell(s) that would grow into a new tooth.

Are the new teeth made of the same cement-like substance as real teeth (hydroxyapatite, if I recall correctly)?
How many implants is that?
There is definitely something lucky about Craigslist. There is an element of luck in everything and CL was the right product at the right time.

You could build a better product right now and it wouldn't beat CL because the timing isn't right.
To be fair, Cuban was also involved in broadcast.com and Red Swoosh, so he has experience with Internet video and traditional TV.

In the comments he says that on-demand streaming with a lot of simultaneous viewers is just as difficult as live.
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So... what you're saying is you need someone to code AND design AND market your product and we need to have an advanced degree in either Business Adminstration OR Computer Science to prove that we can do it. I hope you're at least bringing cash
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On Becoming an Expert
"More importantly, there seems to be a sizeable number of people who agree with the idea of "I disagree with you and don't like what you write about, so you must be an asshole."

Because of course it couldn't possibly be that people object to the way in which he spouts those disagreeable opinions. Or the ex-cathedra pontificating on technical matters he has no understanding of whatsoever. Or the use of his extremely loud megaphone to bully individuals.

The bulk of the antipathy towards Arrington, I believe, has very little to do with what he says and almost everything to do with how he says it. When TC was new, none of the most obnoxious behaviour was yet apparent. As time's gone on it's been on a continual slide into egomania and vindictiveness.

[And, fwiw, no: I have never been covered, or asked to be covered, or had a project which was relevant to be covered, by Techcrunch.]

[edit: In case anybody's unclear, nothing here should be misinterpreted as support or defence of gobbing in his face.]
I think some gateway APIs let you set the descriptor on a per transaction basis. That seems like the ideal solution.

Probably the most effective way to reduce mistaken chargebacks would be to let the user specify part of the descriptor. They could say "Ask Peter" or something, so if the accounting department didn't recognize it they would ask Peter or "Ask IT" or whatever.
Don't treat your customers like thieves
I think the most retarded part is where he claims Craigslist is a destructive monopoly. Yea, Craigslist, using its market position to drive up the rates on FREE classified ads. Tell the newspaper industry to round up the anti-trust lobbyists, its on!
Interner Explorer RC1: Not bad for a Microsoft browser. But kinda creaky
"The notion that the enormous cost of real news-gathering might be supported by the ad load of display advertising down the side of the page, or by the revenue share from having a Google search box in the corner of the page, or even by a 15-second teaser from Geico prior to a news clip, is idiotic on its face."

The news-gathering operations at The New York Times cost a little more than $200 million a year.

According to http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=iro...

"For the year, the Company’s Internet revenues increased 6.5 percent to $351.7 million from $330.2 million in 2007, and Internet advertising revenues increased 9.3 percent to $308.8 million from $282.5 million."

In other words, internet revenues can cover the news-gathering costs. (It doesn't cost $150M to run the websites.)

I wonder how much they paid Sanford C Bernstein and Company for that report.
I felt the same way. I read the post and thought "this is exactly what happens to me," and then I was like, "Damn, why didn't I realize this was happening?"

Reading it is extremely insightful, but my assumption is that despite reading it, this sort of thing is something that has to be realized on your own.
It's nice if you already know the routes, names, etc. But what if I want to go to Golden Gate Park and only have a vauge idea how to get there, transfers, etc?
Slightly off topic, but Unfuddle offers a great service. I use it to host the repositories for my personal projects.
How quickly we forget the negative savings rate in the US. If we had in fact been saving (as a nation, I myself have been saving for quite some time) then this plan might make a little more sense. As it is, the US is broke.

Passing around funny money doesn't seem like a good idea, but hey, not much of what the gov't has done or is trying to do seems like a good idea.
I suspect a large part of ranking algorithm's complexity comes also from evolution - they need to coevolve with all SEO stuff. Optimal ranking is a moving target, parasites break your fitness.