skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I like it a lot. I had to adjust the night setting, since all the way to "Halogen" was making everything look orange. I now have it a few steps up and it looks great. Installed it on my desktop and laptop.
Neat app idea, however two nitpicks:

1.) Screenshots? This one seems obvious.

2.) Patent Pending? Seriously? The developer certainly is not the first to come up with this idea. The idea that this "technology" needs to be licensed from them is just silly.
Our backup strategy: Automated iSCSI snapshots made 4 times a day to a datacenter across the country from the actual servers. And we don't even have any user data.

When it's this simple, everybody can do it.
wow. that post is terribly incorrect. get your facts straight.
"Django, PHP, Rails, Tomcat, Jboss" ?
as far as I know, only one of those is an application server (Tomcat?) Though I dont know what JBoss is, so maybe it is too. PHP is a Language, and django and rails are frameworks.

also, your comment about only needing server-side code if you have a high-volume site? wtf is that supposed to mean? static HTML would survive a slashdotting a lot better than any dynamic site ever could.

What are you doing here?
Yeah, I was gonna say "make" combined with some new tool to read the metadata from the js files would probably be doable.
Ask HN: Can we get a quick undo vote like on reddit, it is easy to click the wrong arrow.
Especially when I am voting on articles via my iPhone. I accidentally click the down vote, when I was meaning to show my support for a story or comment.
One take away from this for me is that users don't care about being monitored in their iPhone apps. This is a drastic departure from desktop world where any such thing would be either labeled "spyware" or heavily skewed by self-selection bias.

This is nice as it allows collecting actual usage stats and fold this into product design - a luxury not avaiable to desktop apps. This may be the best thing Apple has achieved with their rigid review process, knowingly or not.
No, it's not just you. As I couldn't understand what he was saying other than that it was some guy trying to sound like a comedian by making fun of his wife, my attention drifted towards how bad his jacket looked (perhaps these things are related) Then I came here to read the comments.
Every web-based startup is like that: 99.999% of their code base is someone else's outsourced work yet they keep their own code closed. Why such high percentage of other people's code? Because nobody can afford to:

* Implement their own SQL server

* Implement their own programming language

* Implement their own web framework

* Implement their own 234 libraries for parsing, fetching, I/O, threading, etc etc etc.

However, I feel exactly the same way you do. But not regarding Github. They're what YouTube is for flash, they're basically Rackspace - a hosting company.

The company that pisses me off the most is Scribbd. Their entire product is an evil flashizator of OpenOffice's file converter. And an closed-source flashizator at that. Not only they're destroying the web with their laptop-burning binary browser crasher, but they're parasitizing on one of the most successful, most needed (and struggling) open source projects without contributing anything back.
I've been feeling this way about CNN for a while. Many of the video links have "teaser" headlines as well. Definitely not worth watching a commercial. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives for news.
Ask HN: URL-To-Comments?
Is there an easy way (e.g. bookmarklet) to retrieve the comments page for a given URL?

I frequently click on articles to read, then I want to read the comments. Currently, I need to go back to HN and find the article I just read, which is rather inconvenient.

Thanks!
It's possible, but I've heard it from several other people too. Several YC founders I knew said that it's much harder to get VCs in Boston to take you seriously if you don't have 15-20 years experience. And my former boss also remarked on the cultural difference (his son goes to Stanford), but for him that was a positive thing about Boston.

I think it's also telling that nearly all the company founders I know in Boston are at least in their 40s, sometimes up to their 70s, while most of the company founders I know in the Bay Area are in their 20s. (Actually, most of the latter group started out as Boston founders in their 20s and then moved.)
Article sounds condescending.

Did the "management gurus" compare that alleged accuracy to FedEx's and USPS's? A person who you know takes a low-value article and coordinates with approx 10 others to deliver it within a few miles by sheparding it on a commuter train. Wow, brilliant! Compare this to Fedex and USPS where hundreds of random strangers cooperate to safely deliver very high value goods through bureaucratic hurdles like customs across countries reliably. Or the systems the USPS has to prevent theft of high-value articles like DVDs, million+ of which are mailed every day.
Steam has a fair amount of suspicious games. Nowhere near the amount as the App Store since Steam isn't a self-publishing platform, you have to sign agreements with them and get an account rep and stuff.

Steam excels because it does a far better job than than the App Store of making sure that quality is always on the front page, while also making sure that the front page changes often. I think they have found a good meeting point between content/metrics-driven decisions and an editorial voice for picking what gets featured. The App Store, not so much.
A-men! U.S. j-schools are obsessed with turning everyone into multimedia reporters...when people still just want great text stories.

The original post is great. I'm sending it to all my journalism buddies.
Certainly we had public education in the 1800s(?) What is the difference between public education (like we had then) and "nanny state" education? (I'm asking this seriously...) What particular legislation would you point to as causing a change?
Well, half a gig is trivial to backup. Half a terabyte is not. Assuming you meant to say 500 gigs, then yes, there is difficulty, but it's not uncharted territory. He had two xserves -- perfect for replication.
Check that you have sufficient ambient light in the room. A bright screen against a darker backdrop can cause eye strain. White walls and a small, low-wattage light can fix this.
Smart people are attracted to MIT. Smart people start companies. Does a degree from MIT actually influence individuals' propensity to start firms or their chances at success? It would be interesting to learn what the influence of SAT scores ( for example)are upon entrepreneurial success compared to MIT attendance.
That was actually the part about the Bedford/Lexington/Lincoln/Concord area that I loved best: there's abundant open space that's still close to the downtown areas. My parents' house is on an acre of land, with maybe 5 acres of woods behind it, and is only a half mile walk from library/postoffice/bank/supermarket/schools.

Still, I feel obligated to point out that some of the foothill communities (Los Altos, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos) have houses that back up against the mountains, where I imagine you'd get lots of (vertical) open space. The difference is that houses like that go for $5M+ here, while in Lincoln you might be looking at the high hundred-Ks.
You're insane. The TrueHoop network alone has enough good content to fill eight hours a day, and that's just U.S. NBA basketball.

The issue with sports is that there's a ton of re-blogged information, so the issue is finding the original source algorithmically.

What you should do, if you're serious, is rank articles by the length. It's a brute force measure, and it won't be accurate, but it's a good place to start.

Then, figure out a way for people do isolate it to their teams. The Southern Illinoisan newspaper is probably going to be the best source for news about the SIU Salukis, but I never remember to go there, so I get excited when I see a snippet on ESPN.com. You find a way to get me the best news about my Cubs, Salukis, White Sox, Bulls, Illini, Bears, Fire, Arsenal, Blackhawks, and so forth down my ladder and you'll mint money.
Personally, I find that about four classes provided enough value to excuse the rest of the CS degree (two of those were "technical writing" and "stats"), and that I would have never been able to do what I do today without a few years as a stuffy boring enterprise dev first.
Just got off a plane after a 6-hour flight.

I had 2-3 killer marketing/outreach ideas for my startup while sitting on the plane.

Why?

No computer. No conversation. No newspapers. No magazines. No ipod.

Just me and a window aimed out at the clouds.

And in come the good ideas!

Same with driving. When I'm out of ideas I jump in the car and tool around Chicago for an hour or two. Always does the trick.
DIY 1980's Supercomputer project
I don't think many users on the iPhone even realize there's analytics in the apps.
Simonton is one of the world authorities on this subject. I have read several of his journal articles, and have perused a couple of his earlier books. I heard him speak at the 2007 National Association for Gifted Children conference, and it is clear that he knows his research base on the issues he writes about. His new book

http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Psych-Dean-Keith-Simonton/dp/08...

should be a good read.
Writing a game in Python with Pygame. Part IV
Facebook would own other site's comments. Not good.
Find information on Universities in United States of America
UniversityHunt.com is a comprehensive guide to find Universities in United States. The site lists Universities across all United States, the information includes not just basic details, but details such as nearest airport/train/bus station and important information like campus safety etc. The site is beneficial for the Students from United States and students of foreign nationals who wants to pursue higher education in United States.
Its in the EULA to allow Apple or third parties to generate usage statistics, yes.
isn't this user centred design?
Great idea! That means I'm not tied to one computer and I get to use the same IDE everywhere with my personal settings. One thing that bugs me the most is when I have to copy my custom settings over to other computers. I think web-based IDE will solve that problem.
Interesting to see how this plays out. Facebook is entering a market that likes the existing products a lot. On the other hand, it's got a far tighter layout - visually, Facebook comments appeal much more to me more than Disqus' - and Facebook has the advantage of being a very large player.
True. I had something small deployed for a while but it ran into that same issue.
Firstly make sure he realizes if he gets caught, the government is going to ground him from coming near another computer for 20 years.
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

Say what? Look like the sun? CFL or LEDs are just white light sources. Most of them are not even full spectrum and they're not mean to 'look like the sun' at all.

All this program did was cast a yellow/pink overcast over my screen. If you're doing some graphics work, this is useless.

If you're on a Mac and your eyes feel tired from a lot of light late in the evening, give this a try: http://docs.blacktree.com/nocturne/nocturne
Twitpic is leading the pack.
^upvote.
Facebook has enough control over data, we should keep this away from their paws.
Early on Facebook made the decision that their users are real people with real names and an identity that mirrors life beyond the internet. Whether they realized it at that time or not, that was a great decision. I dunno if this widget will be successful, but I've seen a number of people using connect on disqus, gawker, et al. and it's actually kind of cool.
I've had some kind of "financial independence" for over a year now living on savings from my grad school time. I'm currently staying in an Indian monastery. They charge me 120$/month for a room and food.

It's the most satisfying lifestyle I've had by far. I wake up every morning and I just do what I feel like doing. Lots of hacking, learning and walks in the mountains. The biggest downside is the absence of a library.
Reports and Statistics for Boost Unit Test Framework
Software Build And Release Management System Parabuild
I used to swear by programming.reddit.com, until the discussions went the way of reddit.com. Whatever can be said for link quality, I find the discussions here 100x better.
Here's a pretty good jQuery reference app (it's a little bit out of date). http://visualjquery.com/
And what happens with users that want to comment but choose not to use Facebook? (yes we exist)
Feature Requests For Google
Don't forget the role of survivorship bias when looking at old folks. Yeah, anyone born in the 1900s is over 100 years old, but that's because folks who didn't reach 100 years are dead now. ;-)

If you visit an old cemetery, you might be surprised at how many people lived to be 70-90 years old. The popular picture of everyone dying at 40-50 years old just isn't true. Rather, the variance on lifespan was much higher: a lot of people died before age 7, then a few in the prime of their adulthood, then several in their 60s/70s/80s.

I also don't think we'll see much improvement in lifespan over the next 50 years, because the biggest killer these days is stupidity. If you look at ultimate causes of death, the big ones now are 1.) smoking 2.) obesity 3.) alcohol 4.) infectious agents 5.) toxic agents 6.) firearms 7.) sex 8.) cars and 9.) drugs (source: http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/causes.html, about 1/3 down). Of those, all except #4 are completely preventable, we just haven't been able to convince people to prevent them.
Lichtfaktor
At the time he visited, public education was rare and voluntary. The first US law mandating attendance at school was introduced in 1852 by Massachusetts, sometime after the reported 90%+ literacy rates were achieved. (I have significant skepticism that it was actually 99.96%, but 90% sufficient to read and write at what we'd consider a grade school level these days, sure.)
There was no public education on any sort of large scale until at least the 1840's, and not really widespread until the reconstruction era government.
does an app of this sort exist for windows? I have done this to my computer manually but a simple theme would be cool.
Why? Everything available to Facebook, I voluntarily put there. Just as anything I say in a comment in their widget will be voluntarily contributed. As a Facebook consumer, a single identity across all my comments tied to a service I already enjoy makes Facebook that much more useful to me. Let them do with the data I gave them as they please.

Hell, I am far more concerned with how much credit agencies seem to know about me, and I never like giving my information to them =p.
A great place to start with these IDEs would be programming courses in the learn-to-think-algorithmically genre -- those often taken by non-majors. The overhead, in terms of both set-up time and learning difficulty, is a significant burden for a single semester course and often detracts from more meaningful learning.
That sounds like a great way to live cheaply in a peaceful/quiet environment. How did you find and approach the monastery? Did you already know someone there?
I hate that mindset. One company I really respect is Nokia, because when they decided to rip off the iPhone their CEO said so directly - he said something like "We know to steal something good if we see it." I'd much rather Nokia have innovated to begin with, but at least acknowledging that influence is something respectable.

A flat Windows logo - no gradient, single-color blocks - would look incredibly nice, and it might manage to convey the message of an easier, faster new operating system. Complexity is never likable: even good complex things are things that on the surface would appear very simple.
I am in Ontario. My advice is:

1) Stay in real cash (not equivelents) until this market turmoil is done.
2) Figure out what you want your next "career" to be. You are in a position to take some risks, but 2million is not that much. You want to give yourself purpose and continue making some money.
3) Do not travel unless you are one to learn other languages: Travel is addictive but does nothing to improve you. Like all drugs, travel should be a reward to yourself, not the purpose.
And what happens with users that want to comment but choose not to use Facebook?

Something similar to what happens with users who want to comment but choose not to use Disqus, methinks.
Not exactly. You would comment normally without an account.
You're correct that 70-100 year lifespans are not novel. I think most of the improvement in life expectancy thus far comes from death reduction and very little, if any, from retardation of aging.

Stupidity is not "the biggest killer these days". People who avoid 1-3, 5-6, 9 (and possibly 4, 7, 8) on your list still die, just a decade or two later. Not everyone who gets, say, lung cancer was a smoker. Moreover, a lot of "injury" deaths are due to events like frail old people falling on their staircases and, because their bodies don't recover quickly, dying from their injuries and related complications; this can't really be classified as "stupidity".

Age is obviously the ultimate cause of most deaths.
This is more analogous to Google Friend Connect's wall widget. 1) It's for people using Facebook to leave wall comments; 2) This widget is a proof of concept for their connect model.
I've had good luck with Suds (https://fedorahosted.org/suds/) in the past.
how about this job site listing for just high paying jobs from companies like GE and oracle for jobs in Nigeria

http://www.workforcenigeria.com
Uncyclopedia explains why Lisp is so elegant
i don't know what it really does, but if it's just dimming the screen at certain times, call xbacklight from cron.
It is a interesting idea which other people had before him in my opinion. I think its a bit useless though. Let me tell you why.

Rather soon after the TV was introduced people started to sleep less. This is actually so evident that there is extensive research about this. (here is a common article for instance: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/505495.ht... )

So TV causes already people to sleep less and some experience sleep disorders, ok what about the internet/computer thing?

Well, as it turns out that isn't good for us either. I myself (lets be subjective for a moment) find it hard to "turn off" my head if I go directly to bed after sitting infront of the PC. This has probably many reasons some are,

- our brain is not made for multitasking (what we constantly do, surfing, mailing, videos, whatever ...
It has shown to reduce brain's ability to concentrate, because our brain can do these tasks at the cost of our ability to concentrate. (This actually lowers your IQ)

- Constant sitting infront of the PC and TV has caused the society do less active things, which leads to insufficient excercise, again leading to reduced sleep.

- This effect is especially noticable on kids and young adults. http://www.socresonline.org.uk/12/5/13.html

- Even cellphone usage is disturbing your sleep.
https://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/460368?articleid...

So it is interesting to have such an application but having something rather that turns off your emails at 11 and turns off internet at 12, and forces you to sleep at 1 would be more interesting.

I think if you really want to enjoy a good sleep you should give yourself 1 hour without any new media (TV, Mobile, PC,..) before you actually try to sleep.
The "real" article:

http://www.cedmagazine.com/ATT-repatriates-4000-outsourced-j...
IBM ASKS LAID OFF WORKERS TO WORK IN NIGERIA
Now that we have an administration who supports stem cell research, who knows what the future may hold...
There are some abuses with new accounts posting self-serving links, e.g. they've existed for 20 minutes and have 1 karma, and have already posted 2 links to exactly the same web site.

New users should be put on a waiting period, and/or need a minimum comment karma level, before being allowed to post.
Ask HN: Has a human been cloned but not been released to the world?
I had a debate this morning with a friend who believes that a human has been cloned some where in the world but 'they' are waiting until he is at least a certain age before they introduce him to society. I am curious if anyone else shares this belief?
Django and Rails are frameworks, PHP is a language, Tomcat is an app server, and JBoss is an organisation that produces, amongst other things, Seam, which is another framework.
I guess my question for IBM would be, why must so many jobs physically move? Surely, they could ask for telecommutes first. They could even ask people to accept a massive salary reduction...I'm sure if I was making $90k, I'd accept a reduction down to like $60k if it meant I didn't have to move to the other side of the world to keep my job.
If LinkedIn did this, I'd be sorely tempted to switch our comments to it from Disqus.
The answer is there on experts exchange even to non-google, you just have to scroll way to the bottom. But yeah, it sucks.
It's a useful place to get news, but also to get insight from folks who do what I do and it's invaluable in a world filled with noise and static.
Requested many times: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
When Obama's antitrust chief is done with Google, Facebook will be about ready for scrutiny.
PyNarcissus - A Javascript parser in Python
Silverlight required.
The styling of an active radio button is too inconspicuous.
The Startup Journey So Far
Hi all,do comment on this please :)
I use ClickToFlash http://github.com/rentzsch/clicktoflash/tree/master
Makes sense about the cars. I'm just happy we're doing cutting edge stuff again that could, hopefully, start to pay off in a few decades.

As for the physics stuff: don't you think that Newton was a reason that the Industrial Revolution took off in England first?

As for the Quantum/Relativistic physicists: they were quite distributed, but I would argue that during the important years (i.e., the few decades immediately following their theoretical breakthroughs), they were more concentrated in the United States than anywhere else. It takes at least a few decades, usually, to find applications (e.g, lasers or transistors) for theory.
That's fascinating. What I was taught about education in that era involved the whole "1 room schoolhouse" thing (which probably says a lot about the quality of the public education I received.)
I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to get the comments on my tumblr. So far unsuccessful, I'm not even sure if its possible because of their security settings. This will never reach main stream. Disqus takes 2 minutes to setup and implement.
Connecting IQ tests with your computer usage patterns to make you smarter.
It might be interesting to build an application that keeps track of your computer usage and sees which sorts of computer tasks you perform are associated with (at least temporary) enhanced cognitive function as determined by frequent IQ testing.

You might want to do more of those tasks to become (at least temporarily) smarter.

For example, such an application might discover that extensive participation in debates on Hacker News enhances your logical thinking for two weeks.

Moreover, such a result may not necessarily generalize to everyone else. The idea is to discover what works for you.
lol, I had to bruteforce my high school administrator password using l0pthcrack... took 2 days using 3 computers.
.. or, if you are going to stare at the monitor 24x7, get one with a ambient light sensor and brightness auto-adjust :-)
Grimaldi's is for tourists.