skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For me, the curation of the content, and quality of the item thumbnail previews really make this site for me, and I really hope both continue as you expand in content. Especially for the cheaper assets (< $10) I've never felt the envano sites were worth it in terms of how frustrating and time intensive it was to find quality items versus just building it myself. Compare this to CM, where I've already found a few things to buy...

It'll be really interesting to see how the business model is going to work and whether you'll be able to hand curate all new submissions or automate to an effective degree. Apple has been able to do curation but obviously your volumes will be much different, despite similar price points and margins.

A few bug reports --

I wasn't interested in the icon sets - I unchecked the Icons category but many still remained, ex [0]. It looks like you can disable all of the categories and still get 52 results.

Some of the items have contradictory license terms, ex [1]. The license at the bottom of this page seems to contradict the Simple license listed in the about table.

You cannot "Use a purchased icon set as artwork that enhances actual gameplay in your app, such as the birds in Angry Birds" in the simple license seems like it is an unnecessary grey area, and scares me because I don't understand the intent, where the line is drawn, and whether you had a lawyer look over the license.

[0] https://creativemarket.com/Picons/617-Picons-Ultimate-icons

[1] https://creativemarket.com/DottedDaisy/794-Blue-Argyle-Digit...
Isn't the title a bit misleading? I think Europe should be included as well.
Tweetbot seems really awesome and I realize they explain why it is worth the $20, but I still think it's too pricey. And I don't think that because of Tweetbot, I think that because of Twitter. I'm more worried with all the sporadic changes Twitter is making lately that they could somehow do something to make Tweetbot useless. Maybe by not allowing 3rd party apps or something. Who knows? And because of that, I don't want to risk wasting $20. It's sort of like how people felt with the "Elevation Dock" on the iPhone. They got it for their iPhone 4's and then it basically became just a paperweight when the 5 came out (I realize they made a crumby adapter to make it work with the iPhone 5).

I guess, all in all, it just bums me out that awesome products (like Tweetbot) could potentially have a great product like this ruined by 1 small decision Twitter makes. And I just don't think I want to waste $20 on that bet (especially when the Twitter site UI/UX isn't THAT bad to use).

/2 cents
So they're lying when they say it can play 1080p videos - the screen is barely larger than 720.
This is why their plan for small databases is free. The pain comes as your data grows.
How well does this work - in other words, how identifying is the absence of such information?

(The third alternative would be to spoof the information on each request, but I don't know how well that would work, and it could cause other problems.)
So bigger screens and higher resolution. That's what the smartphone/phablet/tablet market is going for?
> What does that mean? That 9 out of 10 mutual funds return less than the average improvement in the Dow?

Yes, and this or something near it is a fact (http://business.time.com/2009/04/20/breaking-news-mutual-fun...). Although the underperformance typically comes from management fees, because we would expect mutual fund portfolios to average with the market. But then you have to pay the managers and analysts.

Generalizations are OK when they are true and backed up by scientific data.
Just read some article which talks about the "fear" that consumers may be getting smarter and increasingly relying on direct searches and mobile apps (aka Amazon website, Amazon mobile app) instead of going through Google. If that is correct, then it sounds like a shift in the market rather than shrinking. Admittedly though it sounds more like a rationalization of reduced earnings with no direct proof.
I know this is old, but this just isnt true. The betting itself for poker is not illegal, but the processing of payments is likely to be [there are arguments against this that havent been tested in court]. The wire act explicitly bans wagering on sporting events, regardless of any processing of payments.
I know I sound like a shill, but Basecamp is far and away the slickest saas I've used. Just wish they had a free version.
We're trying to simplify licensing. That means having to make some calls as to what can fit in a single license and what falls outside. We will add an additional license that allows for resale soon. But if somebody is buying a template from any marketplace and reselling it to clients, they should have purchased an extended license that allows for resale. It is more expensive than the base license.

So our simple license is not meant to be the all encompassing, but as a start and base license, the most open license. ie, you can actually use it commercially.

As for the rights and infringement stuff, we take this seriously and are gating sellers right now while we work on this stuff before letting anybody open a shop. It will always be a moving target, but we'll keep working on our aim.
Google is advertising company which enjoys masquerading as a computer science R&D lab. They build self-driving cars. They launched a satellite.

I suspect that they will start making their own SEC filings soon.
Good question, but the medium has changed. That's a media invitation card, that is guaranteed to be carried by online tech sites, but we'll likely never see in Mad Man era TV or print.
So, just to review some previous discussion here when the retina iPad came out, the retina iPad uses more power than the iPad 2 because its backlight needs to be brighter to counteract the light-blocking effect of all the extra transistors and wires in the LCD panel.

According to the OP, Sharp claims to have a retina display that blocks less light than Apple's retina displays, reducing the power needed by the backlight (to achieve the same display brightness).

An industry analyst quoted in the OP says that "screens are the biggest power drain on mobile devices".
The Avengers Homework Assignments
When you click on a playlist, it seems to drop about 20 songs into that queue, completely filling the bottom of the browser window. So clicking another song gives precisely no feedback.

I imagine it's happily dropping an icon off the screen someplace, but there's no evidence of it. Unless you happen to open the aforementioned "queue" box and see that the number has changed.

Incidentally, I notice that the box at the bottom says "drag music here." On Win7/Chrome, attempting to drag a song usually just selects the entire page. I gave up on trying until coming back here and seeing people talking about that ability. I'd recommend getting an onselectstart handler onto that page.
There's no way for a combined app because the Twitter TOS specifically prohibit interleaving timelines.
How does this compare/contrast with http://singly.com?
very cool, anyone using these foreign data wrappers in production? along with the json support this is the kind of thing that will push me over the edge and make me switch from mysql to postgres. It looks like the answer to the nosql vs sql debate might be "both, togther".
You still have Gnome, KDE, Xfce, etc. So, why the fuss?
The PC market is in decline but still huge. Windows 8/RT will have more total users than Android tablets within a few month. The idea that companies aren't going to build for the default interface is silly.
Most people are bad at making predictions. This is particularly true when they have incentives other than accuracy.

Programmers are not immune to that failure mode, but programming culture encourages data-driven decision-making and prizes empirical results.
The £199.97 model: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-series-5-wifi-chromebo... (Intel CPU)
>Won't the Surface tablets be able to run Chrome just as well as a Chromebook, in addition to apps that aren't Chrome?

That depends entirely on the good graces of Microsoft.

On a less snarky note, the WinRT based tablets (the ones coming out in a week or so) can only run metro apps. Unless Chrome puts a version of the browser in Microsoft's marketplace, it won't be available for use.
Can you explain in great details questioning the design choices made by Unity and how it is crap. I like both Unity and Gnome 3.
Isn't this similar to stocks where a single person owns a large percentage of a company?

Zuckerberg could do some serious damage for FB if he decided to sell everything at once. But it is in his best interest not to.

Over time more bitcoins will be mined, and the 400k hoards won't be as powerful.
"According to security experts who have tested the features in developer pre-releases of the upcoming Microsoft operating system"

Verify this is an issue in the RTM and then report on it, otherwise this is complete rubbish, especially considering that the RTM has been available for over a month now.
1080p is via the HDMI port, I reckon.
I like both Unity and integrated search allowing me to easily access whatever I'm looking for whether it's locally or on Google Docs/Drive. It's possible that I'm an outlier but I don't think that's the case.

I don't think people who routinely use Gmail, Flickr, Facebook, Dropbox, or virtually any other online service care deeply about a few searches being anonymously forwarded to Amazon.
IP Geolocation Services Showdown
Show HN: Bulk like on timeline - lazy girl's birthday project
> Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Reader, Google News, and Google Docs aren't enough?

No, they're not. Aside from Maps using WebGL, I don't believe any of those are using anything that can reasonably called "cutting edge", and most of them are relatively unchanged in the last 5 years. Since Google wants developers to built for Chrome, and wants users, companies, and educators to spend money on Chrome, they should show that they themselves are dedicated to Chrome as well. The first party app support is equivalent to releasing Android without a Gmail app, but a shortcut to the browser version.
I kind of agree, generally, but in this case I think its worth pointing out. Consider for example:

In general, there actually aren't a lot of federal regulations that affect small businesses.

Which is on its face a sort of bizarre comment. It is "in general" the job of Congress to regulate interstate commerce / communications / banking etc. So, positing that this is "in general" irrelevant is indicative of much more than a localized flaw in his argument, becaue all of a sudden his 2nd point is about taxes and legal structure, and his 3rd point is about credit (see above: congress set taxes and regulates banks).

A strawman shorthand for a specific type of fundamental mis-characterization: Asserting up a hopeless argument/position (that nobody believes) to reject it out of hand (for implausibility). Here, the initial flaw has cascading relevance to the next several points made, so its not just a pedantic or rhetorical gesture to highlight it.
I thought it would be at the $9.99 price point, like Sparrow was. I am surprised by it being $20, but I understand given the limitations and will purchase it.

What happens to the tokens when people pirate this app? Does it count towards their limit?
Apple removes Java from all OS X Web browsers
This is a really interesting idea. If developers can be sold as a group, why aren't we seeing group recruiting websites, where you can buy a team?
i'm surprised that google isn't selling this on the play store.
What happens to your data if you manage to fill up your 100GB quota of free storage and you decide not to renew?

If you ask me, it's a very clever way to get people to continue paying for the service after the two year term is up. Not a bad idea.
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/unity.html

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gnome-3.html

Same guy, takes the words out of my mouth in both cases.

Worth mentioning is that they have, admittedly, made a great deal of progress. Unity isn't the buggy mess that it was back a couple of major releases ago, which renders moot a good deal of the author's complaints.

I could still do without the mandatory 3d acceleration (which wouldn't be so bad if they would leave Unity 2D alone but nope, they're killing that off.....) and the full screen , space wasting interface. I am on a desktop, not a netbook. Optimize accordingly, please.

Unity is a fine interface for smaller screens and mobile devices. Not so much for the desktop.
I have no background in security, but I've found Disconnect (Chrome plugin) to be invaluable for keeping sites away from my social media cookies / sessions:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disconnect/jeoacaf...

Sometimes it causes problems with Facebook photos embedded on other websites or social integration you actually want, but you can easily see what's being blocked and disable as needed.
Cork is valuable because it's fire and rot resistant, and also quite impermeable. This makes it hard to compost.
>I'm sorry, compared to standard GNOME or KDE, Unity is crap, and I am hardly alone in that opinion.

Missing the point completely.

The parent was pretty clear about "non-constructive, abusive" being the issue, not the argument for or against Unity you're trying to frame.
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There is an important difference.

Zuckerberg doesn't try to hide his ownership of his massive stock holdings by parcelling the whole thing out to a million shills. And if he were to try, he could very well go to jail. The hoarders of the Great Bitcoin Hoard, on the other hand, have worked hard to stay in the shadows, and have largely succeeded - until now.
Even if the app is only around and viable for a year, if you use it every day, is it really so hard to justify spending $20 on it?

I'm really glad we have companies like Tapbots, Panic, etc., pushing against the "race to the bottom" trend with app prices that we've seen lately. Good apps are HARD to do, and there's no reason they shouldn't command a price commensurate with the effort involved.
Cofounder here. Good question. A few key areas:

You implement OAuth 2 on your side, so you're not tied to a proprietary API forever. (You can think of it as an OAuth proxy.) If you already have implemented Facebook OAuth, you can plug us in and add Email, Twitter, etc., with almost no additional work.

Our Username / Email / Password flow (and APIs) are more dev and user friendly than Janrain's -- which has been more focused on social.

If you use Ruby, you can use our Gems to get set up very quickly.

We're also cheaper since our feature set is closer to Janrain's Enterprise; you can get started today without talking to a sales guy.

Our homepage also has 100% less lightning animations. ;)

Happy to answer more questions here or via email: juliuss@dailycred.com
Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta for Android
It really depends on what you consider user friendly. If you want fast access to the top ten applications you will normally use and an OS that is almost entirely hidden go for crunchbang (http://crunchbang.org/) (video demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBuqWPcsTig&feature=relat...) . CB has been my distro of choice for several years now.
Larry Page Q&A Zeitgeist Americas 2012
I find it hard to believe they're hosting their app on a Micro EC2 instance. I mean, I do believe them but its very surprising. I've heard horror stories about simple blogs coming to a screeching halt when they get anything more than a few hundreds requests in a short time. Is it really possible to host an app like Countly on Amazon's free tier (EC2 specifically)?
Many years ago, people asked the same questions about food, clothing, shelter, farming, weapons, mining, steel, oil, gas, electricity, sewer systems, telephone networks, radio, television, and the internet.

Everything is a service waiting to happen.
That seems awfully thin-skinned. Having written a couple books for programmers, hate mail is just part of the landscape, and the more your own tastes and opinions come into play, the more there is for people to disagree about. Sticks and stones, etc.

Ultimately it's not crucially important. But it's also unnecessary. And if you don't have Google's resources behind your behind-closed-doors development, you could be missing out on community contributions.
Reminds me of Randell Monroe's new series What If? Really awesome to see this major publication have some interesting math even if it's just for fun!
Blame Ubuntu or Shuttleworth but Ubuntu is the only Linux distro with any direction and actively expressing itself. You can never satisfy 100% of your customers.
Do you think it is fair to pay $10 to solve this problem?
The cork supply is not elastic. It takes at least 20 years for a tree to mature so it can be harvested, so if the market demand is doubled tomorrow, it will take 20 years for the supply to reach demand. This increases the prices and makes recycling viable.
I agree that witch hunts are bad, but so is the creepshot/jailbait stuff. Another thing the internet is good at is niche niche sexual interests, producing, distributing and promoting these sexual interests. This can be good (how many LGBT people have found out they aren't alone thanks to the internet), and bad (child porn). Should we not tackle the other things that the internet is bad as well?
>Even if the app is only around and viable for a year, if you use it every day, is it really so hard to justify spending $20 on it?

That's exactly what I'm worried about. It COULD be a year (and in that case, yes, it would be worth it), but no one can guarantee that. It could be tomorrow for all we know. And that is why I say it's a gamble I don't really want to take on a social networking app (no matter how nice the UI/UX is).

It's worth more to me to just use the browser Twitter app (has a few flaws but isn't THAT bad) for free then take a huge risk with $20.
I agree.

There's some kind of blindspot with traditional media: people say "oh, they couldn't handle the competition from the blogs" but that was only after decades of reducing the local papers into skeleton crews - if your newspaper is little more than a platform for syndicating Reuters stories verbatim then yeah, you're asking to be disrupted.
Neat. Although I find myself slightly disappointed it wasn't some inverted version of the rules where tiny little pockets of unlife rend their way through teaming colonies of automata.
Ok, name a dependable public stock analyst, one who accurately portrays companies and makes good predictions. One of the better analysts I know of is Warren Buffet, but he doesn't share his analysis publicly, nor does he make his money based on publishing his analysis. He's also wrong sometimes, but his his right moves have far outweighed the wrong moves.

Most analysts are not Warren Buffet, or even close to it.

My favorite example: Costco. I love Costco, shop there all the time, the CEO is Mr. Fantastic as far as giant corporate CEOs are concerned in my book. Cashiers make too much money there, according to analysts. (Quoting from Wikipedia, but originally from the Houston Chronicle)

In an interview published in the Houston Chronicle on July 17, 2005, he told Steven Greenhouse that he was not interested in Wall Street analysts who took issue with his care for employees and customers rather than happier shareholders. Investors might want higher earnings, but Sinegal stated, “We want to build a company that will still be here 50 and 60 years from now." A favorite saying of his is “you have to take the shit with the sugar”. Investors who bought $10,000 of Costco stock in 1992 had $43,564 ten years later, a return of 354% (or 15.855% annually).

So it's not just "Computer Programmers" who are skeptical of stock analysts. I have a minor in Mathematics, I can compute earning ratios just as well as the analysts. I don't paint them with a broad brush because I know little about what they do, I paint them with a broad brush because I know A LOT about what they do.

And what they do is akin to "reading the bones", unless they have insider information, based on past performance. I mentioned Buffet before, but he only makes decisions when he's almost certain(and still stometimes wrong) he knows about he company he invests in. The talking head analysts I see have no such certainty requirement.

So I suppose you are an Analyst?
We use Elastic Beanstalk to host our Java applications. We would also be interested in a build solution that supported our deployments. Would that be possible?
But there is no way to use that to download a file.

Javascript has no way to output data that is then saved to disk.

It will have to be a browser extension or an offline tool (download the encrypted file, decrypt it once you are done).

However I shudder to think about how much malware people are going to get from sites purporting to make "special megaupload decryption tools".
I'd say they went off the deep end in an attempt to adapt to the new world.
Open webOS Galaxy Nexus Build Setup
Keeping the Internet Awesome: The Ultimate Bipartisan Issue
Of course, but that raises the amount of resources necessary for jamming all that much higher, perhaps taking it out of the realm of feasibility.
>Obama and Romney are wrong on pretty much everything

No, not really. Obama and Romney are both right on just about everything; most of those things we give no thought to because we settled them centuries ago. There is a small space of matters on which they disagree, and on most of those issues one of them is closer to right than the other. Then there is another small sliver of issues, more important than the other sliver, about which both are wrong and/or apathetic.
Loading Open webOS onto Galaxy Nexus
Startup as Feature Set vs. Startup as Brand
I fully agree with this. In team environments it's extremely important for the team to review potential new members. It's also important for a the group to come to a decision.
Very cool.

Could use a little something to prevent it from rapidly turning in bunch of oscillators and still life though.
I agree, it's sad though they did some groundbreaking coverage in the past. I thought that tablet based reading would help the media industry a lot more than it has to date.
I'm glad they switched to ARM and keep working on this, but...

I just cannot get into the idea of a thin client given that storage keeps getting bigger / cheaper and bandwidth doesn't seem to be getting cheaper (a case could be made is more expensive). I like the cloud for backups / sync, but I still dream of an pocket device with a couple of terabytes.
Gawker has nothing to do with this at the core of the issue; these subreddits exist with or without them. They've been a burden to users who see them as the embarrassing drunk uncle and the reason why Reddit isn't taken more seriously. Your community is only as good as you shape it to be, and if you want to boast that you're the front page of the internet, you are expected to sustain worthwhile content that isn't overrun by village idiots who end up pushing the key contributors away.

Having standards isn't throwing freedom out the window. Regardless of whether or not Reddit's stance is to be as neutral as possible, those involved with the growth and monetization of the site need to address this before someone else does if they want the site to continue to thrive.
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The workers in the article seem quite happy, unlike the fox conn workers who created (most probably) your smartphone.
Yeah, wow. Just checked his submission history. Gotta love these blogspambots.
https://grouptalent.com/main/employers/
Facebook launches Android SDK
Passwords vs. Pass Phrases (2005)
Yeah, my view of him changed. I used to think he was a relatively benign centrist pundit, and I didn't have very strong opinions about him. That changed.
The irony of this is ever since I got tweetbot for my ipad, I stoped using twitter on my Mac.
I love how the most prominent app on the official store's homepage is a blatantly copyright-infringing Sonic the Hedgehog game.

http://grab.by/gRs8