skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd go with something like Reed-Solomon error correction. It makes CDs and DVDs work. Programmers have to be insulated from the flawed physical world and error correction codes do that.
I think at some point people will realize this is not counter intuitive, but actually a logical conclusion - if you raise $10m to build what another company produced for $15k, you're setting yourself to fail.

You have VCs or other investors now, with a lot of power over the company, whose interests do not necessarily align with the company's interest and who don't necessarily understand your area at all.

You have a lot of money which can be very useful but can also act as a cushion that insulates the company from reality, allowing it to be lazy and stupid.

(Maybe it's the start up version of the Resource Curse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse )
The coincidence between this and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex being out clearly demonstrates the power of Linux.

It's even playing god now! All hail our new Canonical master!

Prepare for the Jackalope to become real sometime after April.
Now, if they said they made living neurons (or models thereof) out of logic gates, it might even be useful.
Cisco Infoblox Infrastructure 2.0 Event Now on YouTube
It sounds to me as if they did, and as if the badware blacklist implementation was working fine, but was given bad data. Given the rapid proliferation of new badware, it seems reasonable to bulkload blacklist updates to an existing and tested backend. Obviously, given the scant details, I could be wrong, but my impression is that this is a wonderful demonstration of GIGO.
But I may be an exception

You're not the only one, buddy.
And cython[1], pyrex's descendant.

[1]: http://www.cython.org/
Nixon was a keynesian and a statist. I'm not calling him a statist becuase of what he did in watergate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#cite_note-66
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#cite_note-76 (moved us off of the gold standard, giving the government complete control over our currency)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#cite_note-Hetzel2... (implemented price controls on agricultural products)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#cite_note-.2770s_... (established the EPA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#cite_note-pbs2-69 (established OSHA)

Nixon was far from what I or most people would consider a classical.
This is a risk you run when you have continuous deployments. Luckily, incremental roll out, sufficient unit testing, and other safeguards mitigate the problem, but sometimes things are still going to slip through. I'd bet that significantly man more problems have occurred, but this is simply the first big, obvious one worth talking about.

This goes back to what I was preaching earlier about Microsoft and Google's varied approaches to testing. If this sort of bug got burned on to a disk and shipped to a million customers, it wouldn't have been a 40-minute problem... Sadly, Microsoft's testing culture bleeds into its ailing web culture and is becoming less effective in the modern auto-update world. See: Google grows impatient, so they patch Chrome with a workaround for Hotmail. Meanwhile, the Hotmail team is waiting for the next scheduled release. Lucky for Google, Chrome is mostly useless without an active internet connection useful for pushing updates.
Apparently finding a full intact DNA sample is "impossible"... but here's hoping. :)
An English sentence tokenizer in Clojure
The Evils of Inheritance Explained
Newton's method, Euler's method
it seems they just don't 'want' to understand the book :(

I think it's more that some brains are wired for that kind of abstraction and some are not. Those who love the book are mostly the ones whose are.

A similar (if not the same) phenomenon is that there are far more mediocre programmers than good ones... a simple fact which determines nearly everything about the software industry.
Every language should have a style guide like this.

I suppose for Java and C++ they are Effective Java and Effective C++.
Why NULL is Special
unfortunately, Psyco hasn't been ported to 64-bit. The web page says something about working with pypy.

The idea of a Python-like statically typed language is good.
"I like Ruby. . .But I’m finding it harder to buy into its culture and its future."
And why is this notable exactly ?
I think you could cross-reference different sources to error-check the incomplete DNA.
Put it on my site.
Wow, there is allot of love here on HN for JavaScript!

I thought I would chime in with my thoughts, only because I've been thinking about and working with both Java and Action Script a bit lately.

I'm a hobby programmer, I like to make small games. I've tinkered with many languages and frameworks over the years. Pascal, D, Basic, lots of Python and most recently JavaScript and Action Script.

My new project is a web app with Python on the backend. I have written the front end twice, once in JavaScript and once and Action Script.

For me, what really matters how quickly and easily I can express the everyday stuff that fills up 90% of my programming time, not what fancy features a language has.

In my mind, Python beats Java and Action Script hands down. I can understand the author of the original article expressing dissatisfaction with what we have now. I understand his plead for more!

JavaScript does feel like DOS to Pythons Windows when you are working in each every day.

JavaScript is cool, but Action Script shows how it can be cooler.
On the contrary I modded you up cuz I thought your comment was funny.
Internet Possibilities to Investigate
try this site:

http://www.fh-friedberg.de/fachbereiche/e2/telekom-labor/zin...
They are the kind of obvious thing that many people would invent for themselves, yes. But the question was about algorithms that changed the world, not about non-obvious algorithms.

I would argue that in the case of Monte Carlo methods, computers are what deserve credit (for making obvious methods like Monte Carlo affordable) rather than the methods themselves.
I want native tagging. When you save a file it should give you the option to add a searchable tag. This is much easier and more efficient than creating a folder hierarchy for everything and then constantly navigating through it. And i want the tags to be independent of the filename.
You could try Mathematics for the Million http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Million-Master-Magic-Numbe... .
It's not great, but I've had fewer problems with it than with a 32-bit build with nspluginwrapper. I use flashblock, so it's not really a problem for me.
This headline should really be "never over-commit to something that's not yours".
All I need is an iPod touch and Monitor
Local Police Want Right to Jam Wireless Signals
Agree. In the same situation: Ctrl-x-Ctrl-f for filename completion.

I recently discovered that Ctrl-p and Ctrl-n will also work across files, if vim knows about them:

vi file1 file2 file3

BTW: I learnt all the windowing commands at one time, but never really used them (and now forgotten). Instead, I use Ctrl-6 to swap between files, and I remapped Ctrl-p and -n to flick through files quickly:

:map <C-n> <Esc>:n<CR>	" next file, with control-n
:map <C-p> <Esc>:N<CR>	" prev file, with control-p

I also use alt-tab to switch between xterms (downside is you can't cut-n-paste with y and p between them).
Every political and economic system of every kind involves both free and forced exchange of goods. For example, in a system of property rights, if a person is considered to violate someone else's property rights then they will be punished, possibly through forced appropriation of their goods.

Capitalism vs. socialism is not an example of free exchange vs. force, but of two different standards of when force is appropriate.
I have met the local police, and I don't trust them with this responsibility. I am sure the Blackberry slinging FBI won't want to let them do this either.
I actually thought it was quite the fun idea. My only suggestions are to increase the number of pictures (and thus the cuteness) as well as allow for the pictures to be dragged around. I don't want to stop clicking "cornify" if the button gets covered up :)
I think this is a good idea, and I actually use a similar in-house app regularly.

If you're working on a lot of little things, or handling maintenance on a large project, it can be difficult to keep track of all the things you actually did in a week, especially since a lot of them probably weren't planned. A simple work log can help quite a bit.

It's also fun to plot your log entries on a timeline, to see a visual representation of how busy you were in any particular period of time.

That said, being able to try it out without signing up, or even just watch a screencast of you using it would really help evaluate it.
What about: "Review my StartDOWN" ?
Wouldn't we then be saying that no comment is worth more than 10 points under any circumstances? I am not sure that is the proper behavior either. In this scenario a well thought out 3 paragraph critique would be limited to the same number of points as a two word quip.
Things i didn't do:
1) build an interface
2) spend any time on design
3) include a demo or let people try it without logging in
4) define the problem I am trying to solve/people I'm trying to reach
I do it all the time. With all these web 2.0 domain names I can never be sure was it wufoo or woofu or woofoo dot com. But google is sure.
interesting - when I first installed it it had no such toolbars etc.

Perhaps give digsby a miss then.
I find the vim help profoundly unhelpful (unless you already know about the command you need...) Googling (or searching on vim.org) fills this gap a bit.

The main navigating commands are: Ctrl-] (on a "hyperlinked" word) - and Ctrl-t to retrace your path.
Well those are virtual notebooks. Notebooks usually don't have a fine structure, they are not good for particular data but they're enough good for almost anything that you would like to record. Another point is that those are usually synched, filesystems usually are not, except Dropbox etc.

Usually I use Evernote to collect some ideas or articles that I want to read or think again later. I wont use bookmarks(or delicious) since it's hard to recall from title/tags. I won't print them since I have no printer and don't want anymore paper. I won't save them to my disk since its not synched across devices and it's still PITA to open all the files separately. Also I want to record some automatic metadata and not to input all myself.
I guess the VMWare audio-card problem is more a VMWare problem than a Ubuntu one. What kind of computer did you have back in 2005? I have never heard of anything like it.
Didn't George Carlin have a bit along the same lines
Visualizing Links: 7 Design Guidelines
It would be nice to calculate the offset of the "Cornify" button (when it uses the button instead of the bookmarklet) so that when you generate some insane amounts of unicorns they don't cover the "Cornify" button.
The problem with deflation is what is going to happen afterwards. My guess is hyperinflation. Once prices get so low, you will have a lot of people coming back into the market that have been hording dollars. Once they get back into the market you will have to many dollars chasing to few goods, since the world has slowed production.

I really agree with you. That is why deflation is scary, it will likely lead to hyper-inflation.
Why didn't they just dist-upgrade a heron?
He mentioned my app, ShoveBox: http://www.wonderwarp.com/shovebox

He's right in that these apps are a horrible filesystem replacement. That's why I cringe when I get emails from users trying to use it as one. I think there's a lot developers in this category could do to position and market their apps better.

But what's really happening here is that people are grasping for a better Finder. Using one of these apps, for some people, makes managing certain types of data more concrete and understandable. But using it instead of a folder, for heaven's sake, is folly.
I don't think Japanese monetary policy in the 1990's really qualifies as Keynesian..

They had a zero % interest rate and pioneered the concept of quantitative easing, but the theory underlying the policy wasn't exactly based on being able to manage growth through government spending
If I could make a suggestion: Multiple cornify buttons. It is awesome fun to keep hitting the button, so more means you can have a sillier screen :)
LOL.

I almost cried my eyes out laughing...
I agree with al3x, but here's a counterpoint:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/27/diy-how-to-write-a-b.ht...
When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs
If you add a space after the * it will be fine.

Text surrounded by stars will become italic, though.
Does this have to get posted every week?
Paul Buchheit: Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping
ASP.NET or Java?
At my company, we are trying to make a decision on whether to use ASP.NET or Java for our web app. We are planning to host our app on EC2, and developers on the team are split on which to use (no clear consensus either way). Thoughts from folks who have used both?
Ironic, considering that Jobs was himself asked to leave Apple a few years later. (And, of course, came back to re-conquer Apple from NeXT).
The problem here isn't capitalism so much as scarcity. I personally really, really hope that we don't still exclusively practice capitalism once scarcity is eliminated. But those immortal corporations won't like it.
I think it would be incredibly dangerous to give police this power.

Once always-on, instant-upload digital recording equipment becomes commonplace, it will hopefully spell the end of abuse by police officers. They won't even be able to confiscate your camera to hide the evidence anymore, because the content will already be online.

But if police can just shut off your wifi, we're back to square one.
Regardless, I'm pointing out the effect that just adding a couple more points will significantly increase the results. This is more-so a proof that the example is not significant because of the variance of adding another term. Good point, though.
I don't use any of the programs he mentioned, but I do use VoodooPad; it has an "Everything Bucket" feel to it, but I characterize it more as a personal wiki.

The strawman argument here is that if you just dump all your crap somewhere you won't be able to make much focused use of it later. Well, no shit. But let me trot out my own scarecrow:

Every time you add a program your repertoire you're replacing productive time with administrative time. Of course a great program is worth the extra time you spend alt-tabbing to it, filling it with data, and then exporting and munging it to work with the other 100 programs you have.

You know what? After 20 years of being a hard-core computer geek, I've ultimately found that huge percentage of electronic tools end up being less useful than simple pen and paper. A personal wiki bridges that gap and allow me to keep todo lists, code snippets, quotes, ideas, and whatever else I need to be easily accessible in a single easy-to-browse window. I can put any one-off content in there I want, and re-organize and hyperlink at will. Alex's suggestion that a directory structure and a bunch of text files is more useful is laughable at best. His advice is ill-informed and unimaginative. I'd like to see what he does with his random bits of information that he need regularly.
With the economy in shambles I hope people are actually doing work in the office rather than wasting time and money. Clever app though.
Another work by Sussman - S & I of Classical Mechanics
Take a look at Cornify's comments ;-)

If the site is a serious venture, then review requests here do seem to be taken seriously ...
> How many CEO who had the ability and the vision to reinvent the company has Microsoft had?

By my count they are stuck at two.

Jon Shirley, who was credited with taking a very young Microsoft and creating the proper corporate structure to stear it through its IPO and allow for its explosive growth.

and of course Bill Gates, who is one of the pioneers and visionaries of the PC age. He took the company from 800 million a year in revenues to 22 billion in revenues.

I wouldn't include Steve Balmer in the mix but that is of course up for interpretation
I am familiar with the technology and have worked on it directly with one of the companies mentioned in the article.

It was originally designed for CT measures in Iraq, since roadside bombs were being detonated by remotes on GSM and CDMA bands.

That people want to carry it out to this extent frightens me. Big brother aside, it limits our ability to use 911 services (unless you specify a certain reject code to kick the phone to emergency mode).

We seriously need to put local and state governments under scruitiny when it comes to using cellular exploits such as these. Cellular protocols are not secure at all so any attack you can think of is plausible (intercept, tracking, man in the middle, etc). I don't know what sort of precedents that there are for other communication mediums, but we need to develop a sensible legal framework within which to work when dealing with these technologies.
"The petrochemical revolution gave us free energy—free mechanical energy, in this case. It changed the texture of society in most ways. This revolution, the information revolution, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy." (page 2)

This is the vision - freeing the intellectual energy.
Oh I'm not suggesting the author of that site of has an agenda, just that people were for a long time drinking whole, unpasteurised, unhomogenised, untreated fresh milk, and on a site proclaiming a strong recommendation for the whole, natural, unprocessed way-things-were, those two stuck out at me as if ... they were a cached thought that hadn't been recomputed to fit with the rest of the philosophy.

There's enough in the unprocessed dietary recommendations to grab my interest, from Weston Price's book studying rural tribes to insulin tolerance being at the root of more than just diabetes, to grab my interest. Perhaps not a HN topic though.
Snipt: Share code snippets
Plan Moldbug - a solution for the financial crisis
StopBadware.org Blog Post about Google Fail
Two major frontiers before web based computers become a reality:

1.) Games.

2.) Powerful office/business programs.
Your iPhone App looks very slick. Have you found that it helps? As useful as you imagined before building it?
I found some of the comments interesting, most notably "I will use Yahoo from now on, thank you very much." Many of the non-technically inclined will feel the same way.
We worked out our backup strategy for our time tracking system (http://letsfreckle.com/) while in beta. While we're still small, we do full db dumps to off-site, once an hour.

This does not require a lot of sophistication. And yes, we might have some downtime while we restore in the event of a catastrophe, but we do have the data.

I can't even imagine the nerve of shipping a product to the public that doesn't have even something this rudimentary in place.
At least show a screenshot or something to give me an idea what I am signing up for. Otherwise I am not signing up.
"(it’s probably possible to generate some using rubydoc, but no pre-built version appears to be available anywhere),"

I'll get around to updating ruby-doc.org, perhaps tomorrow.

Still, I'm puzzled by people who gripe about things associated with free, open-source software. Especially when they don't take the time to learn enough about the subject matter; for example, how to generate the API docs. Don't like the docs? Write some. Or shut up.

Regarding some of the comments on that site, why does almost every discussion about Ruby evoke some dopey jerk-off pull-facts-from-your-ass Python vs. Ruby vs. Perl debate?
I believe the discussion should not be whether the Police should have the right to jam wireless signals or not, BUT under what conditions and what kind of jammers should the Police have the right to operate.

Boundaries must be clearly defined. Jamming wireless signals in a small area may be a good idea. Jamming an entire city, for instance, would arguably be a blatant example of abuse of power.

On the other hand, it seems that all that potential terrorists would have to do would be to use spread spectrum techniques and operate on frequency bands not used by commercial devices. There's a lot of room for everyone in the EM spectrum.
Leaked MIT Application Videos
and decent input

There's no way you could work productively with an iPod touch and monitor if the iPod touch keyboard was all you had to type on. I simply don't believe it's practical.

And on that note, sod the big monitor - how about a HMD (I guess a pico-projector would do), iPod Touch and wearable keyboard (I guess foldable portable would do)?

Well you could do that now - pico projectors exist, apps exist for hacked iphones to display more than just video to the TV out port, there's a hack to get an external keyboard working somewhere, and of course MobileTerminal, Python and Safari are already available.

iPod Touch, foldable keyboard, portable projector - smaller yet more useful than a netbook? Now? One day soon?
I actually never knew the link existed. As a Computer Science student, I can't describe how much I appreciate having this book available online. I simply can't afford to shell out $50 dollars for every intriguing and intellectually interesting book that is out there. The benefit I can gain from reading this book is immense, and I am very exciting to be able to work with it.

So yes, I would say it does have to get posted every week :-).
All matter is in the form of chemicals, including everything possibly called organic.