skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ooh, let me put on my reporter hat: is there a publicly traded company involved? Yes? Then there should be copious disclosures getting made here. Let's see, bought out by Recruit, that should have made the papers today here...

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120926-00000021-jij-int

This is a blurb about Recruit (a Japanese company) making the acquisition, sourced to a NYT filing with the SEC. The NYT is a shareholder.

That filing should be public. Sure enough:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71691/000119312512402...

On September 25, 2012, Indeed.com, a job listing aggregator, announced that it will be acquired by Recruit Co. Ltd. In connection with the transaction, The New York Times Company will sell all of its remaining interest in Indeed.com and expects to record an estimated after-tax gain of approximately $100 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Now let's play "Guess what percentage the NYT owned." My guess is "below 10%", on the basis that a) this makes sense for a three-way Series A round (Crunchbase) and b) I have the vague impression that if they owned more than ~10% that would be in their Annual Report next to the discussion of their other joint ventures and investments where they own e.g. 17.5% of a sports company. Indeed.com is mentioned in no annual report of the Times since 2005, and has also failed to appear in any SEC filing except when they liquidated a "minor portion" of their stake for $5.9 million back in 2011, so I'm assuming they've got a substantial stake but not enough to trigger reporting requirements.

Quick math suggests, yep, a billion bucks at the low end.
What, both Twitter killers are using Twitter bootstrap? :))
Curbside delivery. Build a truck that has a bunch of different little cubbies. Load it up and send it around. App on the customer's phone beeps when the truck arrives and gives them a locker number and an unlock code.
I wouldn't pay for this. The only mails where I care about tracking open rates are programmatically sent (either transactional e-mails from an app, or bulk mails to some kind of newsletter/list). Open tracking is a free side benefit of the platforms that offer transactional and bulk mailing (SendGrid, MailChimp, etc).

I don't care whether my personally sent mails get opened or not because there's no new action I would take if I knew that information. Not being opened is the same as being opened and ignored.

If I wanted my personally sent mails to have open tracking, I'd just point my mail client to Sendgrid's SMTP server and they'd add the tracking pixel to all my mails for me.

You're talking about building a business around what's simply a feature at other existing businesses... and you can't compete on price because it's already free except for large volume clients where they can add more value in other ways.
Please can you explain how each of those will be affected in a big way? I can't think of ways that most would be affected in a real tangible way. I use taxis because I don't own a car (edit: ignore this one, I wasn't thinking straight, hah), my deliveries (groceries, items from online) are manned because there is management of the delivery needed, not because someone needs to drive. I can see how the insurance industry will be affected in a large way though.
You need to add a couple of other factors to mix-zoning (or no zoning) as well though. Houston, for example, is a no zoning city - you can buy a commercial warehouse and turn it into two lofts between two chemical plants if you like, and no one can stop you. (Effectively.)

However, the abundance of inexpensive land means its cheaper to build "out and flat," than "in and up," and the rush inwards that has been occurring over the last handful of years (Midtown, Montrose, Heights, EaDo, etc.) has been countered by plenty of new subdivisions and an 18-lane freeway, along with plenty of 6-8 lane freeways. Then again, we have precious little public transportation, and any expansion is usually looked upon with disdain.
The UX for this is kind of terrible in its current iteration, and extremely confusing as to where I am, or what's going on.
Evolutionary processes present themselves everywhere from political systems, social organization, genetic algorithms in computer science.

If evolution doesn't exist, then why do we constantly see processes evolve based on a feedback cycle of constant experimentation, survival, failure, etc. Isn't that word evolution? Is there another word I am supposed to use?

So I stand by what I said, if evolution isn't real (i.e. evolution doesn't happen) that all things are complex by-design, and never by uncontrolled processes of iteration and survival, if that is true, then evolutionary algorithms wouldn't work.

Is that really absurd? What am I not getting?
Looks terrible. Mac 10.6.8, Chrome.
I know that there are many Brazilians who seize on any opportunity to point to Brazilian corruption, and corruption IS a big problem, but THIS is not an issue where Brazil is worse than many other countries.

Take the case of Germany. Free speech? A complete joke!
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/04/30/testing-the-l...
Not to mention the huge revenue shortfall when parking meters and public parking lots are no longer used. You tell your car, orbit the building for a while I'll be about 40 minutes.
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You can actually try out our product right now if you have an android. We're live on the play store. You can find us at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maluuba.an... .
Isn't JS performance going to suffer if it's using a custom build of JSC that can't JIT?
That seems like a pretty cool idea. You could combine the pixel tracking with the "Let me know you are interested" links. You're basically tracking opens & click throughs. You could then get data on who has opened the e-mail w/ imageS? Who has only clicked on a link? Who has done both? This is all pretty standard stuff for email campaign software, but there isn't much out there for emails that are going to be on a more personal, smaller scale.
Indeed -- They'll have to be on the road for years before they are allowed to operate without a person inside.

I have a few concerns about the short term ramifications.

1) The person behind the wheel can't do work, read, eat, or apply make-up if their primary responsibility is to second-guess the computer. So the most tantalizing benefit of being driven wherever you want is going to have to wait until some future day.

2) A vehicle that obeys the speed limit and makes a full stop at stop signs is going to infuriate some drivers. They should probably avoid matching the speed of adjacent cars when possible, to prevent blocking aggressive drivers that want to pass. These cars are probably going to avoid the fast lane.

3) I can see plenty of scenarios where an autonomous vehicle acts safely but still gets in an accident. Slowing to avoid a collision could result in being rear-ended, or a human driver might merge into the car because he failed to check his blind spot. So there will be accidents. I assume the cars will have to be rigged with video cameras and telemetry to prove that the car's programming was not at fault.
So, as times change ... where will I be allowed to go to drive, myself..? For people that enjoy driving; because, as has already been suggested by this thread, these autonomous cars will probably be very boring on the road.

I suppose race-track memberships and racetracks will become more common --- or perhaps they'll be like a horseman's club - a hobby for select members.

Maybe the USA could even get a Nürburgring ... or one per region.
It is safe, and on my stock international S3 with Chrome as the browser it opens the dialer and displays my IMEI number, as advertised.

It seems to me that there's no reason at all to allow URI's beginning with tel: as the source of a frame. Surely that's a fair limitation?
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My reasoning is simple: everything Google does has the goal of collecting more data. Therefore they are interested in having maps on the iPhone. The iPhone being popular as it is, not collecting data from it's users is a huge black data hole. I think Apple already kicked the Google search as default (another thing that might factor into your sleuthing?)? If they were sure that Apple would always stick with Google search and maps, they wouldn't need Android (which they give away for free). They give away Android for free, so they are not really that interested in shipping lots of Android phones - it is the same to them if an Android phone ships or an iPhone with Google search and maps. Of course since Apple wants to get away from Google, Google needs Android to stay relevant in mobile search.

It's true, they probably won't give maps for free (I remember Nokia paid several billion dollars for their maps, so these things are not cheap), but I suspect ads on the device would have been sufficient (plus the data that comes with it - movement patterns as well as reactivity to ads). Why would they need more? iPhone users could always check Google Maps in the browser (ad supported), why would it cost more to show the maps in a nice app?

Do you actually think Google upped the price? Apple had announced quite a while ago that they want to kick Google maps, iirc. I can see why they are unhappy, they miss the data, the ad revenue and the freedom to add features at will. So it seems to me Google had all reasons to be content with the status quo, whereas Apple had all reasons to kick the maps. If they upped the price, how come Google Maps are still available on iOS 5? That must hurt Apple a lot, given that there are already millions of iOS 5 devices around. (I think GMaps are still available on iOS 5 because a friend of mine downgraded to iOS 5 to get the maps back).

I find it funny that you describe your approach as "what a good inspector would do". I think it is very easy to find arguments or data points to support something your want to believe. In my opinion a good inspector should always doubt everything. But you have me there - of course I can not prove anything either.

It's just funny how suddenly it is all Google's fault in the eye of the Apple fans. Naturally Apple can never go wrong, case closed. Apple has never shown any signs of hubris before.

Also, btw, while Apple is apparently richer than Google, I don't think Google needs cash that badly. What they need is data and a handhold on devices to secure their future. Obviously once Apple has established their own maps, Google maps are never coming back to the iPhone. So to gamble that away doesn't make sense at all.

And another point: what about Bing maps, or Nokia maps? Why didn't Apple partner with them if all they want is some good maps?
I can't help but find 'PAGE NOT FOUND, NEITHER IS * *.' construction a bit cynical.
It reads a 404 as unfortunate as a missing person.
That's a waste of gas. Parking will still be needed as much as ever.

The exception to this will be autonomous taxis, of course.
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And - get this - banks.

Chase requires Java to see pending Checks for business banking w/ fraud protection which lets you OK or reject checks before they're detected from your account.

Whereas they have scanned JPEGs for account history check images, the pending fraud control check images require Java.
Maybe, but double it again by calling it "analytics".
Start with two or three founders who are determined, sufficiently smart, and work well together. Work on an idea that grows organically out of your own experience. Launch fast and iterate, using growth rate as a guide. Don't be dismayed when it turns out to be hard.
I'm excited to see someone talking about a single unified nexus for everything. That is part of the future vision of our company, and smart homes are an example of where we want to go in the next few years :)
Do you think the possibility of "always on" computers at home (e.g., running low power ARM CPU's) is a real one?

Would this change the way we think about "reliability"? (Of course the canonical example of the need to be "always on" is email. We've come to expect that the server handling our mail is always up.)
I believe he was implying that the humans would be impacted. Taxis that drive themselves don't get tickets, don't forget to turn on the meter, and don't need to be paid part of the fare. Basically any people moving services are made more economical by removing human labor, insurance risk, and traffic liability.

It remains to be seen if those savings can actually be realized of course.
I assume zmj's point is that we implicitly make this trade-off all the time. For example, cars could be safer, but then they would be more expensive. Anytime we opt for a cheaper car with less safety features, we are making a cost-benefit analysis involving our own lives and the lives of the people who will travel in our car. (Who are probably the most important people to us.) There becomes a point where the actual gains in life-saving potential is negligible, and we don't think it is worth the cost. But we rarely state it that way.
opera 12 is supported now, just pushed
I'd rather you park it, if you don't mind.
>This is a joke.

Uh, yeah?
That would depend entirely on the cost of the initiative and what other things,

Um, obviously. The point is that the cost is just about nothing, especially if your current 404 is an apache default or a joke page. Nobody is suggesting some type of moral obligation, but if a repurposed 404 does bring a missing child home, the cost was clearly worth it.

including potentially more effective ways of rescuing kidnapped children, could be done instead.

It's a goddamn 404 page; it's use does not preclude any other methods of recovering kidnap victims.
Apple had over a year left on Google Maps contract
Maybe those people/countries think the same about people using the comma as a thousands separator instead of a decimal?
Do you really think it'll cost less (in gas money) to orbit rather than to just park? Or do you have a Tesla? (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/tesla-supercharger/) :)
A strtotime() with voice? Awesome and thank you!
> The regulations would allow vehicles to operate autonomously, but a licensed driver would still need to sit behind the wheel to serve as a backup operator in case of emergency.

That alone limits the potential "disruptiveness" quite a bit.
Journalistic source already on front page of HN:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4572886
I don't know if we're seeing the same thing or not, but mine looks OK?

Chrome on Windows 7: http://imgur.com/QeQdQ

Chrome on OS X Mountain Lion: http://cl.ly/image/3z3E3v2d3B0e

If this is what you see, there's nothing wrong with it. You're seeing the "smearing" of the clouds because they're moving - the time graph is at the bottom (not very intuitive at all!).
A lot of console apps dump extra data to stderr, sounds good to me. Especially because if you page the output in less the ads will stay on the screen after you're done :D
It's not 1/4. More like 50% of the increase in performance. The A6 CPU is 1.2 Ghz compared to the 800 Mhz CPU in iPhone 4S (both dual core). And as others have mentioned, you can't really base that on Sunspider alone. Sunspider is not a hardware-only benchmark. You need the DMIPS number, which is what ARM is using for its own chips, too.

So if the increase from clock speed alone is 50%, that means a 1.5x multiplier, which means the "other" IPC multiplier is somewhere between 1.3x-1.4x (to get 2x over iPhone 4S), which would be on par with Krait and Cortex A15.

Also, when comparing processors running Android vs processors running iOS, it's also important to take note not only of the difference in OS, but also in browsers (related to the browser tests I've seen so far).
> It seems like your experiences confirm my own. People toy with the idea of turning off sanity checks in production, but eventually reality sets in and they realize that this is a bad idea. Then they keep calling the sanity checks "assertions," because nobody wants to submit a search-and-replace patch for a big code base, and a few die-hards still cling to the dream of running without error checking.

No. They don't. Practically nobody runs Postgres or the product we shipped with assertions on (it would be too expensive, and requires recompiling besides), and the only reason people run with assertions on in Python is because it's the easiest way to do things (the default), whereas in most C programs the default is to not have the assertions. However, I note that people don't seem to use assertions as crutch in Python in spite of them being on, because I very seldom see an assertion error crop up in production. When they do, I know the program has gone completely haywire and is no longer internally consistent rather than merely encountering an error it couldn't handle, and report the bug as such. This is very rare; practically, they could be turned off.

However, I get reasonable number of assertion violations when trying to change software while in development or while reading the source, and that's where I find them very useful.

I do reserve a special annoyance for slick assertions that are inadequately explained via comment.
And they would let him, why?
A very desperate and sad move by RIM. It's decision making like this that continues to cost RIM jobs.
> I'll take the quick and dirty every time.

This is gonna start biting you in the ass after a few years.
Is the cost (price) of this solution really so high though?
My car can idle and drive slowly, for an hour on less than 1/2 a gallon of gas (have to watch it more closely the next time I'm stuck in traffic trying to get across the Bay bridge). That is $2 in California today. It costs $3 - $5 for an hour of time on some downtown parking meters, can cost $5 per 20 minutes in the parking garages. Trust me, gas is cheaper, and with a hybrid doing the driving, I could see the 'hover' mode being like 50 cents of electricity.
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The auto industry itself; a family will far more easily be able to get by on a single car: "Take Little Joey and Little Suzie to work, drop dad off at the office, go pick mom up at home, then at 3:30, pick the kids up at school, drop Suzie off at soccer practice, and have dad home in time for dinner at 6."

For that matter, shared, scheduled cars on a neighbourhood scale would be pretty great.
This thread started with "Snark aside, it's a valid point. Shouldn't CLI tools mimic GUI tools?"
Not necessarily. I'm interested in a simplified work flow. For example, I don't want to point to another smtp. I don't want to create campaigns in mail chimp just to achieve this result. I just want to use my client of choice (gmail) and get feedback as to whether a lead is not worth it or if I should try a different contact method (phone). I would have no interest in using this for normal personal mail. Just business-related issues like market research.

These other services offer this as an add on to their service but I would never be interested in using their apps for this type of communication.

Also, it's good to point out, I'm not interested in building a business around this. I want to pay someone who has.
We live in a world with finite resources. That means nothing is free and everything has a cost associated with it.

That means you have to think a little bit about the cost and benefit of doing something.

You cannot save all children.
I won't hesitate to call someone out on BS salary/compensation "data".
But if you had to have a safe configuration it would be hard to get the ludicrous performance numbers they tout.
Enlightening, thanks for sharing!

I was about 8 years old, and convinced a local video store in my small town that I could repair Nintendo games. I brought them home, and if they were indeed not working, I would get a Q-tip, apply some rubbing alcohol, and swab/scrub the contacts. This nearly worked every time.

I got slightly called out when a customer brought in an actual Nintendo that was broken. I ended up taking it home, opening it up, turning it on (probably not the best idea), and went through each component on the board to see if anything looked out of place. I ended up finding a capacitor that was a bit bent, so I straightened it out with my fingers and, viola! It worked! I returned the Nintendo back to the shop in working order and felt like quite the little man.

I had free game and movie rentals for life, as well as being able to pick out what Nintendo games the store was to order next. I was in gaming heaven.
One personal anecdote? And you didn't even try code reviews? I see.
I expect that the way Google would design it is that you tell your car 'come back in X minutes' and the car would do the calculation to optimize for cost and time on target, with a user preference setting which has higher priority to the user.
"There are _several_ cases of celebrities killing people while driving drunk at high speed, and _NONE_ of them ever got to prision."

I don't know about Brazil, but in Argentina that would be the correct ruling according to the law. They probably didn't think they could actually kill someone. In the worst case, they thought it was possible, but too improvable. Plus they were drunk. So you may not like they laws, but these rulings alone do not necessarily imply corruption.
I'm not sure how that follows. Reading the linked chapter and the slideshow suggests that the target is anyone who is using a data storage system that has core data that is mutable. A significant portion of the problems discussed apply equally to nosql and sql and newsql databases.

Basically the 'lamba architecture' he refers to is event sourcing, or write-ahead logging, but with scalability in mind, and some cool hooks for maintaining correctness.

You use your hdfs store as your event log, and a couple layers to handle making the batch processing (map-reduce jobs) into real-time queryable databases (along with disposable caches that can be updated real-time to handle the stuff that comes in between batch-jobs in a real-time way).

The goal is to never lose the raw actions - so even updates to various layers (including the batch processing!) don't result in data corruption, just some time to reprocess all the raw inputs again.
Existing stakeholders will protect their turf and rely as you say on the 'panic of irrational constituents.' And it would be irrational given the amount of human error already occurring--people falling asleep at the wheel, texting, drunk driving, carelessness, etc. Also, the market will take care of this without State regulations--who would want to purchase a perceived unsafe vehicle?
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Too bad the docs are rather hard to understand :( I wish someone made some python source code or improved the docs. It seems the "server protocol" is basically just some sort of schema of JSON to be send over HTTP(s), but at the moment it seems rather unstructured.
From Fred Wilson's blog announcing the partnership[1]:

To Paul and Rony’s credit, during that seven month courtship, they have built Indeed into the leader in the job search market. Their competitors will probably take exception to that comment, but our analysis of traffic, jobs indexed, and name recognition indicates that Indeed is the leader in pure job search.

They did not need the money to start and maintain the business. What their growth rate was before and after the investment is irrelevant; they were a sustainable business without the VC money. Sure, the infusion of money and intangibles gained from having Union Square Ventures as an investor helped propel their rise, and may well have been necessary to push it to a $1B valuation by today. However, it was not necessary for the business[2].

[1] http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2005/08/indeed.html

[2] Based on publicly-available information
Do you really think that after that long sit-down with his victim he doesn't understand his behavior is unacceptable?
I am going to use that idea, if you don't mind
Slightly OT but where is the data coming from? Is there a missing child API somewhere?