skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks Paul.

Quick comments:
- "Ideas change".

I agree but, as I say in the post, this is true only at very early stages, and the best companies tend not to pivot. But this is a personal opinion.

- "Could a team of idiots with a great idea get funding? To give a pathelogic case, could a team with an amazing idea to change social networking, made up of unproven non-coders in a distributed team spread across the Eastern Europe, get funding? No."

I say this on the post, so I don't see what the comment is about. I say that after the idea, the investors look at the team and decide if they are the ones that can execute on it.

- "Again, different investors are different. There are plenty who look at the team first."

This might be true, what I'm saying in my post is that unconsciously I think that the idea you present yourself with will definitely change their opinion about the team. It's a hypothesis that comes with my observation of the funding market. I could be totally off.

- "Any team worth anything will pivot away from a bad idea."

See my last point about pivots. I agree with this, but again, this needs to happen at the earliest stages possible.

Thanks for your comments btw!
It's not just twilio. Anyone with a direct connection (ISDN, T1/T3 etc) to a telco can spoof caller ID. There are also thousands of SIP phone providers and you can spoof caller ID from almost all of them- I've done it and you need nothing more than a SIP account and Astersik. It would be trivial to build a robodialer that could cycle through hundreds of SIP accounts using trials, hacked accounts and stolen credit cards. You could put it on a VPS created using a stolen credit card and be un-traceable.

Or, you could just do what everyone else does and locate yourself overseas, in a country with weak laws.
China's 'Leftover' Women
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexu...
You can never go wrong with Django. It comes with enough batteries included to get you up and running with complex projects quickly. Plus, there's a lively ecosystem of useful libraries built on top on Django that make complex tasks a breeze. If you want to built useful webapps quickly, Django is the way to go.

The assertion that Flask gives you a better look under the hood is, in my opinion, incorrect. With Flask, you get almost nothing out of the box besides some basic URL routing and request handing. For most web development tasks, that's not enough. So you end up adding an ORM, a template engine, a session handling library, etc. on top. Eventually you end up with a set of libraries that have as much "magic" to them as your standard Django install, except now they're loosely held together by duct tape. Just take a look at SQLAlchemy, WTForms or Jinja2 -- three libraries that are often used with Flask -- and tell me whether they feel less like magic than Django's equivalents. Plus, now you have to look up documentation for three libraries in three different places, keep up with their developments separately, and get used to three different coding conventions. It gets complex very fast.

As adambard mentioned, Flask is a very effective tool when you want to do something highly nonstandard and rolling your own framework is your only option. For 9 out of 10 webapps, though, Django is the right answer.
I've been a Software Engineer developing software for 10 years and I don't understand one word of that.

If I'm confused, I have to wonder how the average Joe is going to keep up.

If they keep this up, I agree Windows just can't win.
I stopped reading at "progress is faster if you are born with the right skills".
Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits which you have the liberty NOT to go to?
Kings of Code Festival in Amsterdam this December
If only it were so simple. 'Doxxing' has some pretty obvious connotations that a more precise (if also a bit more verbose) description of what happened does not have. It has also first and more frequently been used in certain contexts (e.g. users of some website searching for and revealing personal information about other users of that website) while not in others (e.g. investigative journalists revealing personal information about people in their stories), so it doesn’t really translate well if applied everywhere.

Just to make that clear, I think Gawker was wrong in revealing personal information, but I think that’s more a general disagreement with journalistic ethics and culture in the USA. There personal information is in general much more often and frequently revealed than where I come from (Germany).
Not true. Internet Explorer used to work with both NSAPI and ActiveX plugins, until they pulled support for the former.

"""Netscape-style plug-ins are supported in Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and earlier, but are not supported in Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Internet Explorer 6."""
-- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306790
Yup, that's some good brainfuck:

(function() {
var __opal = Opal, self = __opal.top, __scope = __opal, nil = __opal.nil, __breaker = __opal.breaker, __slice = __opal.slice, __klass = __opal.klass;
var adam = nil, __a, __b;
(__b = [1, 2, 3, 4], __b.$each._p = (__a = function(a) {

if (a == null) a = nil;

return this.$puts(a)
}, __a._s = self, __a), __b.$each());
(function(__base, __super){
// line 5, (file), class Foo
function Foo() {};
Foo = __klass(__base, __super, "Foo", Foo);

var Foo_prototype = Foo.prototype, __scope = Foo._scope;

return Foo_prototype.$name = function() {

if (this.name == null) this.name = nil;

return this.name
},
Foo_prototype['$name='] = function(val) {

return this.name = val
}, nil
})(self, null);
adam = __scope.Foo.$new();
adam['$name=']("Adam Beynon");
return self.$puts(adam.$name());
})();
I've been an Ubuntu user since Warty and donated way back in the day. I've been nearly exclusive with their desktop every release since. Most of my servers have run an LTS release. And I agree, most of the time it "just works". But I agree, that there are plenty of "windows only" type things that flat out won't work. On the laptop on which I type: fingerprint scanner(don't really care) Hybrid video(kinda care, but at least the crappy intel GPU works) WiFi(at least there's a proprietary driver available)

On my Ubuntu desktop, my video capture dongle is barely supported. It tries to upload the proprietary firmware every 60 seconds. (I created a blacklist in my module config to stop it)

NONE of these are the fault of Ubuntu or the Linux community. But I do understand the sentiment of Joe "just found out about Ubuntu from a geeky friend" Smith thinking it sucks cause he can't use his slick new AMD GPU without a bit (or a lot) of pain. To be fair, that pain exists on Windows too.
True, though usually people would seem rather want to have their content on their own servers, and have an API the editing tool uses to save. This is the scenario Create.js was built for, allowing you to use it in a custom web app, but also major CMSs like TYPO3 or OpenCms to build their custom UIs on top of it.
Google and Facebook Have the Same Big Problem: Small Screens
I can't resist. David Vladeck is my dad, and I'm extremely proud of the job he's doing at the FTC.
Free Twitter bootstrap magento template
Seems like a throwaway joke to me; nothing to over-analyze.
E-mail spam is a problem because sending e-mail is basically free. It costs money to make a telephone call; why doesn't that wipe out the economic incentive? Are telephone calls too cheap? If so, why isn't a simple price increase the solution?
Same for game developers -- the Xbox 360 and PS3 were both multi-core PowerPC architectures (of sorts) that required the developers pay close attention to their barriers when writing concurrent code.
On the one hand I feel bad for his wife, she's suffering over something she had nothing to do with. Her husband lost his job and now she has no health care insurance.

On the other hand, this guy was posting a TON of offensive, downright disgusting content. He was stupid enough to share his personal information with someone online, that's his fault.

Doing stupid shit online + sharing who you are in real life (even to a single person) = you're going to have a bad time.
Mutually exclusive means that either one, xor the other can be true, but not both. That is not the case here. You can be OK with running someone's code and with sending them your personal information.
Do consumers need protection from something that is free?
Eric Schmidt Loves FDR, Thinks Cornell Will Gentrify Roosevelt Island
To confirm my understanding, would the erroneous line from the comment above be rewritten like:

button.onclick = obj.func.bind(obj);

So un-DRY! It's almost admirable, how blatant a hack this is.
For learning more about JavaScript it was a great read.
Ayn Rand: From Mutual Interest For Mutual Benefit
Yeah you're right. My bad, I was thinking of f(x, y). a.f(x) is single dispatch - just like C++ and Java.
he ruined his own life.
It's both a joke and educational: I didn't know they were down until I caught up on my RSS feeds last night
Flip-flopping in politics is often an insincere change of position for the purpose of chasing votes.
Up until IE6, they did; after that, there was an ActiveX control that could load NPAPI plugins.
I want an NYC furniture startup
Utah game developer jailed for not paying wages
Is using Java on a desktop worth the security risks?
I completely agree with you. I am not going to stop using ubuntu, but what i am saying is this is not an act of maturity. we love Linux for the Base context of being free and open source which is not going to change. The Reason for not getting picked up i assume is the constant UI changes Ubuntu is doing. well i did't actually like the UNITY Desktop. What if they could have just maintained a sleek UI and added more and more nice features. I hope that would have helped.
Glad to see that contenteditable-type editors are becoming more viable. Looks like Copybar uses Redactor, but I'm hoping bergie's http://hallojs.org/ gets a lot more traction since it's the only one that's MIT licensed.
Definitely. I bet there's a lot of companies / startups who need something quick and simple though. So lots of room for both solutions.
I was very impressed by that background animation for the first 10 seconds and then I got really dizzy. I think they should stop the animation a few sec after.
Wait, high schools starts earlier than Elementary?

I'm... dumbfounded by the idiocy of that (And a quick google indicates this isn't uncommon!).

Who on earth thought this was a good idea? Flip the ordering around and I'd bet you'd see significant improvement for practically no pain.
I don't understand why people would keep working for 2 years without getting paid or even being paid sporadically.
Pasting causes tab to crash in Windows Chrome 22.0.1229.94
I submitted this recently but this is probably a good place to link to it too: http://1014.org/?article=468

Justin Frankel (Winamp, Gnutella, etc) writes that "Ideas are worth a lot to society, but not much to individuals. Execution is the opposite."
Just to be clear, CallerID cannot be spoofed arbitrarily on outbound calls from Twilio. To use a phone number as CallerID you must first verify that you own it via a phone call loop wherein you enter a verification code.
See, I think instead of +, those should be *, and all values should be in the range [0-1]
I too am frequently right, after being wrong a bunch of times.
Easy - Windows RT = Windows Restricted Tablet; you can only use apps from Microsoft's app store.

Windows 8 is the real deal - you can still use apps from outside the app store.
Do a side project that will require you to write a lot of javascript. Try not to use libraries like bootstrap that do a lot for you.

If you write a lot of js, you'll probably write messy js, but you'll understand how it can so easily get out of hand.

Then read a lot of code and the other resources people have linked to here. Having done a lot from scratch will motivate the solution a lot more.

You will have actually run into the problems they are telling you to solve and understand why it's good js rather than just taking their word for it.
There are actually some really good insights on this space over at Quora:

http://www.quora.com/E-Commerce/So-what-are-the-most-interes...

http://www.quora.com/Subscription-Services/questions
Graphviz also has js implementations, could be interesting. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6344318/pure-javascript-g...
Ah! Cool. Found a PDF here:

ftp://kawais.org.ua/incoming/Bird%20-%20Pearls%20of%20Functional%20Algorithm%20Design%20(Computer%20Science)%20-%202010.pdf

This is actually a pattern that I've been looking for a name for, for years! And you've actually sold the OP's featured answer for me by making me use that word ("pattern"), notice the concept's genuine applicability to this context, and realize it's not a Java-spawned vulgarity.
I seem to have missed this detail. However, why is it a problem if Stanford contracts out to some third party to operate a particular course? I enrolled in a local college a few years ago and took courses online. Not one of those courses was located within the college's web site- they were all third parties. Why would I have the expectation that the college doesn't vouch for the validity of the course material?

EDIT after reading the update: I read this as back to square one. Stanford is offering courses via Coursera for free. But Stanford doesn't offer free degrees. Why is that a problem?

MN's opinion seems to be its citizens can't get a degree online from a school outside of MN unless that school is registered with OHE. However, the quoted law speaks to not having a physical presence.
How a Foosball Table Can Kill Your Startup
Morally I see no problem at all for anything done outside of your working hours and not derived from your work. They can't own you as property. Most people with a W-2 style job these days have signed something like what you describe. People sign non-compete clauses too but in many places they're widely known to be unenforceable. That doesn't stop employers from putting them into contracts there.

Practically speaking, if you decide to skip their "external review" process, then yes, I'd say make sure your name isn't obviously associated with any given hobby project.
I'm not blaming Reddit for what this guy posted, but the truth is that Reddit encouraged this kind of posts (they gave him an award!).
Let's see how this affect reddit in the future.
The mock ups only had a couple of chargers evident. Think that was the issue people alluded to. park your car in 1 of 3 spots and go have a cafe = nbd for 30 min. but it you are #4, your stuck for 60 min, increasing your trip time ~20% vs regular car (etc). If you are #7 you're there for 90 min. But honestly, are there going to be 7x $100k teslas in Barstow? I doubt all at the same time...

Bigger problem is you can't take the PCH with your sweet car =/
""They're not all being replaced," TSA spokesman David Castelveter said. "It's being done strategically. We are replacing some of the older equipment and taking them to smaller airports. That will be done over a period of time.""

In other words: "So, we have these machines that may be harmful and cause a PR disaster, so instead of doing the right thing (protecting people from harm, and all), let's move them to smaller airports, where it's much less likely to cause a stir."

This is so messed up!
The images embedded in that article aren't zoomable right now. Until they are, here are direct links to the fullsize images:

Current supercharger locations:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/10/Tesla-supe...

Supercharger mockup:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/09/Tesla-Supe...

Long-term plan:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/09/Tesla-Supe...

Supercharger close-ups:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/09/Tesla-Supe...

Charging dashboard:
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/09/Tesla-Supe...
At volume, it's really close to free to make a phone call. Just like sending email - there is a cost (electricity, data, infrastructure), it's just extremely close to nothing.
Ok Ideas aren't "worthless".

However, ideas are worth less then execution. Execution includes the investigation into the market and the gaining of knowledge of the technologies and refactoring of potential solutions to the underlying pain.

Given this - the "idea" guy should never, ever, be compensated more then those who execute.

And ideally, everyone should be in the executing group. There shouldn't ever be an "idea" person.
It seems like he is only remorseful because he got caught. And as Cooper pointed out: he only mentions the negative impact on himself and his family (what about the girls whose photos he posted?) and tries to shift most of the responsibility to Reddit.
indeed, reportedly Google sold about a million Nexus 7s in Q3 when it was available in only some markets http://www.slashgear.com/google-said-to-have-sold-up-to-1m-n...

In comparison, Amazon sold 5 million Kindle Fires from last year to end of August.
I agree, and I have liked the nexus line myself for exactly that reason. But I think it's dumb to say consumers won't put up with crapware, because they do.
Tech savvy user WP user here. I just bought a lumia 800 for very little cash over a galaxy s2. Why? It's actually less clunky than stock android or touchwiz. I haven't found a use for multitasking on the phone yet. Notifications are fine - I have no idea what you are talking about.

The lumia is actually to be as blunt as possible, fucking marvellous.

I doubt you've used one.
blame the victim mentality.
Agreed about needing to change at the earliest stage possible, but this is my problem with your thesis. The mantra "ideas are worthless" is only ever used to talk about early stage companies.
I would be delighted if you were to describe the proper multi-tasking in Android. I thought we had something called activities.
I wish the prize were larger.

I live in New Hampshire, a "swing state." This means that, unlike for most of the U.S., my vote matters in presidential elections.[1]

I imagine this is why I get ~6 calls a day by numbers in Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Iowa, etc. All political as far as I can tell. I've given up on answering my phone until after the election.

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[1] The electoral college bothers me. My presidential vote matters. If you're reading this from California or Texas, yours simply doesn't. You're a foregone conclusion.

I would imagine that if we abolished the electoral college we might see 80%+ turnout in smaller states, since the only way to be "represented" on the national scale would be to have as many of your people vote as possible.
I went through security at the Dayton airport last year. I refused the L3 "body scanner" (backscatter) machine. The TSA worker asked me why. I told him I thought it was an unnecessary risk. He laughed and basically told me that I was wrong, and that the machine poses no safety risk. But I still opted for the pat-down. Shortly thereafter, the TSA issued a recommendation that backscatter workers wear "radiation badges" to monitor their exposure. Never trust manufacturers of security products (like L3) on their word alone...
What the use case for something like this? Am I missing something?
Copybar cofounder here. Sorry about that. Please email me at marc@copybar.io. We'll try to repo and fix ASAP
Well, yes, except complicated enough to merit more explanation.
Typically it's because it's still dark out for the earlier block. Parents dislike having elementary school kids walk to school in the dark. (I have no idea whether it is actually less safe, but that's certainly the perception.)
If your itunes library contained every possible audio file, then yes, you could.
Many kinds of visitor pattern are just fmap (better call it Functor).

Here is the good explanation: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2009-June/0623... Haskell people are good at math
Well, Most Asians have awesome APM or are great at table tennis. Black people tend to be great at running really fast. It makes sense doesn't it?:)
>I say this as someone who did "gifted education" in elementary and middle school, and found it to be mostly useless.

That makes little sense -- you can't use an anecdote to compare the experience you did have to the one you didn't.
> Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then?

False dichotomy, one can think they are both bad.
That's true, except the definition is elastic in politics. A candidate who thought a certain way at 18 years old is expected to still think the same way - on all opinions - at 45, which is absolutely ludicrous.
I'm in the UK and mostly work from my home office so robocalls and the like became really annoying. I installed a "trueCall"[1] device and it completely stopped robocallers, those "I'm calling from Windows" scammers (which were actually funny) and others. I just use the basic setting where it tells the caller "Press 3 to be connected. If you are a cold caller please hang up and do not call again". I'm actually a little surprised how effective it is.

If the robocall were to blast DTMF tones down the phone it could automatically bypass and I'd need a more advanced setting (of which there are many). But I haven't needed to do that in over a year of operation. Only downside so far is my bank has recently taken to calling me up to verify transactions, using a robocaller, so I may need to give them my mobile.

I considered setting up asterisk to do something similar since the device was a little pricey, but decided the time saving was worth it. It also records my calls to a SD card if needed. Now my land line is the disposable one I give out and my mobile number is the one I'm careful with.

Not affiliated with them, just a satisfied user.

[1] http://www.truecall.co.uk/
This could also translate to "Stop Trying to Come Up with New Ideas." As I have heard mentioned before, why try to invent a new market? Instead, find an existing market where you can do a better job than the existing players or carve out a unique niche.
Porting existing code without having to re-implement. Keeping a single reference implementation of a particular method.
> this whole thing has really turned me off reddit.

To me, that's like saying, "that dirty alt.binaries.whatever group really turned me off USENET."

The reddit I visit doesn't have any violentacrez. Nor does the reddit my wife visits. The thing reddit gets right is the ability to customize and narrowly define what content you get fed. Mine looks like a more scattered HN. My wife's looks like a text-based Pinterest.
Yep, having 'competition' sort of validates the approach :-)