skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Interesting article and very relevant since I've been conducting bi-weekly usability testing sessions. I've had a lot of success using IamExec.com to find participants for one-hour loosely scripted sessions.

Some feedback:
It's hard to tell what's a link as the purple really blends in with the black.
The dichotomy between "newbie's" and non-newbie's is a bit of a turn-off and could have been more fluidly discussed.
Shuttleworth is sick of Ubuntu features being torn apart by critics before they’re ready.

<snark>

Well maybe if Shuttleworth didn't require a crap interface and built in ads on the desktop and making smartass comments when challenged about it, they wouldn't be torn apart by critics.

</snark>
Nice Campaign, "Pick an enemy, Differentiate". Way to go canonical!
Right. It turns out a lot of the work comes from gluing the various services together. For ex, when a user signs up with an email account, and then forgets and signs in with Facebook next time.

This takes care of deduping accounts, and flattening the social data, etc.

(FYI, I'm with DailyCred)
All of the normal apps you would get when you buy a new computer or smartphone. Email, calendar, maps, news reader, word processor. Technologies would include things like css transforms, transitions, animations, application cache, indexeddb, file api, canvas, video, full screen... the things that make web apps feel like apps and not web pages.
Stabbing others in the back is no way to behave, especially when they're pumping what the user types in the launcher straight at amazon and closing bugs when people complain that their launcher commands are showing inappropriate images.
Check google: https://www.google.com/search?q=type+upside+down
Larry turns the page and ends public silence.
I'm all for reading Jeff's blog but this is from 2009, you should label it as such, many people will have already read it.
I've been to that meetup before, very high quality, many talented people, and interesting talks (and lot's of recruiters). They also have a Saturday RoR beginners group if anyone is interested.
Yeah, everyone loved the free market back in 1929.
Thread switch time does not scale to the # of threads involved. Switching between 100 threads each blocked on i/o is exactly as efficient time-wise as switching between two threads ping-ponging the same i/o.

Memory footprint is somewhat applicable - often each has a (virtual) megabyte stack. So in 32-bit address mode you could run out of virtual memory!
The tokens are per client app, so for the iOS client, it's 2 x (whatever their user count was at the time), but for the new Mac app it's 100,000 max.
how do customers get banana bucks? what happens when they cashout banana bucks?
Redis in my Postgres
The same way Microsoft can bundle Office and all their other services with Windows RT. These markets are very niche right now. However, I do hope Google is able to bundle Quick Office with Android next year, at least on tablets.

I'd like to see a regulator try and say that it's not fair for Google to bundle their very little known Office suite (relative to MS Office), while Microsoft can bundle their very known Office suite with Windows.
Won't the Surface tablets be able to run Chrome just as well as a Chromebook, in addition to apps that aren't Chrome?
The Chromebox has 2x DisplayPort and DVI though. Could always get an adapter for HDMI.

I'm with you on the price thing though.
More in terms of PR and the regulators.
I'm starting new startup where i will offer education facilities in fun manner. I cant fully disclose all my idea since it under development , but soon i will keep it in HN for review.
Btw, since gaining users in not an easy thing so i currently implemented approach which provides college lecture notes etc. So, i got some good feedback and users. And i will expand it soon after my exams.
Site : http://www.paredusys.com ( under development,signup is shutdown for some moments )
I think this comes back to actions speaking louder than words. It doesn't matter if Reddit says nothing or even makes a statement against harassment, but if what they are doing enables it, then we can't really say that their words even mean anything. I would say its not really about expressing a preference or not, but rather about actually taking actions that create the kind of community you want to run on your site.
Under the "Most Important Change" header:
http://speakerdeck.com/u/alindeman/p/rails-4-dot-0-whirlwind...

I was wondering why so few police departments were using Rails.

* on a more substantial note, the biggest migration changes seem to be requiring Ruby 1.9.3+, elimination of 2.x "find" syntax, and no more vendor/plugins.
Yes, I so wish that people would cut out the middleman when posting these types of announcements.
Offering those options is great and all, but let me create an account with just an email too.

Also, if I'm on the signup page and click the Drone.io logo, it just adds a # to the URL and doesn't go back to the home page.
If Chrome OS had a package manager hooked into Debian's (or anyone's) repos, I'd be all over this. I do almost all of my non-programming work in the browser, but I can't leave the batteries included world of Linux behind just yet.
> Despite having U.S. investors, Nginx's engineering team is based in Russia.

Not only is it based in Russia, it is 100% Russian. If that doesn't scare the shit out of you, then I already know that you're not Russian =)

> One interpretation is that you don't need to be in the Valley to develop a first-rate product

I'll stick with Apache HTTPD and the Apache Foundation, despite its alleged shortcomings.

The web server is front and center in pretty much every business. I'll pass on an outfit that sticks communist imagery into its logo.
"6.5 hours of battery (Varies based on usage)"
Does either the regular one or the 550 have hardware accelerated graphics? Do they support WebGL?
Ask HN: Pitching at a Startup Weekend Event
Hello,

I'm going to be attending an upcoming startup event. I have an idea that I'd like to get started on. I've been thinking about this idea for the last few months and my initial approach was to learn enough to build the prototype and then from there, find a technical cofounder to polish it.
However, since finding out about the event, I've been thinking about pitching my idea. Do you recommend pitching an idea at events like this? If my idea isn't chosen, I'm afraid that someone who is more technically skilled will take the idea and run with it. I've spoken to a few people about my idea and they all think it's a good idea if implemented correctly. I apologize for my lengthy message but please advise.
p.s. I know some programming but web development is a whole new ball game for me.

Thanks.
Chromebooks just run a browser. Windows runs a browser and other things. Even if there aren't that many other things, your comment is fundamentally wrong.
Analyst earning forecasts are known to be optimistically biased. Here's a paper discussing this: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=971027
I have the 1st gen Chromebook with an atom and the experience is the same, laggy.
Yup. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads

Getting nearly 1 MBps speeds via torrent.
Ultimate passive agressive one would be "I'm not mad, just disappointed".
"turns out programming is easier than I thought it would be"

:/
There will be more offline capability with the new chromebook, and the updates to the old versions. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57467667-1/hands-on-offl...
I think you've just invented a new form of currency!

ML1 - Mountain Lion
I feel like there's got to be a better way to merge Xcode project files. Keeping both sides of the conflict blows up often enough that I usually resolve any conflicts manually in my text editor, so I'm hesitant to add a .gitattributes file.
I don't think they are. The only thing that they might've subsidized (as in you get it for free) is that 100 GB of Google Drive storage, that you only get for 2 years.
It would either break off or get lost, unless you want to jack up the pricing of the webcam.

It's best just to tilt it upwards in the case of external webcams, or put a piece of sticky note (doesn't leave a residue) over an internal webcam.
New web-based editor for creating adaptive sites that work on any mobile device
I can see 2 ways
1. B$250 as joining bonus
2. Other is by inviting friends. B$25 per friend who joins.

Some sort of sponsorship model seems to be in pipeline.
confirmed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons

I wonder how much the bribe was? I'm sure much less than the profit on puts/calls.
No it's not.

http://tapbots.com/blog/news/tweetbot-mac

> hese tokens dictate how many users Tweetbot for Mac can have. The app’s limit is separate from, but much smaller than, the limit for Tweetbot for iOS. Once we use up the tokens granted to us by Twitter, we will no longer be able to sell the app to new users. Tapbots will continue to support Tweetbot for Mac for existing customers at that time.
Your post didn't say anything. What is this risk? Be specific, I have no idea what you think this magical risk is. You think the porn industry has "programmers can't find teenagers attractive" regulations?
It's not terribly surprising though. This isn't actually the first time I've come across a bunch of left-wingers using the exact same bullshit arguments as the right wing this week; ran across the incident described in http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/09/frankly-i-dont-care-how-du... a few days ago which is about typical.
As someone that often designs things that are country / geographically specific this is a great collection. I also like it as an idea to drive traffic to your site. You're on my radar now and the other freebies look pretty slick too. Thanks! Definitely made the right impression.
I was actually looking into this a day ago and stumbled upon this .gitignore file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/49478/git-ignore-file-for...

Similar for the most part, what do you guys think?
I upvoted, since it is lame to downvote just for an honest disagreement of opinion.

I think NPR is seen as having a liberal slant. NPR has done some very in depth studies of this, counting liberal stories vs conservative, and determined that there was no bias. (I remember hearing this on NPR ;-). However, Republicans are convinced of this bias, and keep trying to cut their funding.

I used to listen to NPR quite a bit on my commute, and I did think they were to the left. (I'm not saying that's a bad thing, mind you.)

I find PBS news coverage more balanced, but a bit dry as well.
I'm working on a social network for startups
http://www.investopad.com/
Something like 9/10 funds under perform the market as a whole, right? Analysts are almost all liars marketing themselves, I don't think they need a 'break'.

There's a lot of derision because the profession of stock analyst is about equal to Snake Oil Salesman.
1) Is a-sort-of strawman. Gov't regulations are required for all markets to function absent fraud & violence. So, obviously at that level of abstraction, yes its a truism. There would be no legal business entity period, for example, without a government law outlining the legality of a "legal business entity"...etc.

2) The avoidance of C-corps has to do with double taxation and high-marginal rates on the second level of taxation. So, again, this analysis is flawed. The absence of C-corps is evidence that the tax rate/s in fact makes them un-economic and thus illogical to bring into existence.

3) Small businesses are hurt by both excesses of credit (which lead to asset bubbles and COGS inflation) as well as localized shortages of credit. There is currently not an aggregate credit shortage (corporate balance sheets are stuffed with cash). Seperation of retail from investment banking would help with the localized issues around credit to small businesses (because it would eliminate cross-product subsidies, and more rational pricing structures for debt).

4) This would actually support a public heathcare system in its entirety. Which is legitimately, not an idea either side has addressed. But its also arguably a feedback loop on the tax issue: if it goes away somebody has to pay for it. This is likely to show-up in the tax bill if the service is nationalized, for example.

These are all good points to raise, but would just propose to have a little more background added for color. Politicians and voters are almost always out-informed on these issues by special interests. But because the latter elects the former, they only need to communicate at levels of "Mininimum Viable" product. Which is a great innefficiency :/
Thanks! I'm sure it would have been a hell of a lot harder to write in C instead of javascript (if not generally, then at least for me).
Its interesting that nginx's ability to handle many connections was partially driven by the fact that it was developed to support sites that had dialup users. I thought it was built that way to support emerging web traffic patterns (high volume & persistent connections), but really it was to serve an existing (somewhat legacy) need.
Looks really cool. We took a swipe at this at Bagcheck as well through search: https://bagcheck.com/blog/02-design-solutions-for-new-log-in...
Do you also avoid Chinese and German products for similar reasons? If so, are you a time traveller from 1952?
The software in Metro for Windows 8 and Windows RT is the same. You don't have to do any porting.
It's nice to see that the early employees of Color aren't going to end up completely screwed, and have a stable job with a company that is doing well, if they so desire.
What do you mean by hazy on scuba glasses? Because I don't think you mean tiny scratches and porous surface because of cleaning agents, dirt and dust (what happens with the headlights when they get "cloudy") but hazy in the sense of condensed water on the glasses (water droplets from the temperature difference). Toothpaste and spit work in this case because they are a bit greasy, and this will stop the condensation on the surface.
Think of it this way: radio is light. There's a light sensor on a satellite that the BBC shines at. Someone else is shining a really-bright light at the satellite so it can't "see" the BBC's light through the glare of the other bright light.

Kind of like trying to see a flashlight when someone's shining headlights at you.

But ... if you're shining a really bright light then everyone who cares to look can see where it's coming from.
Where exactly do you see a similarity to D3 besides the fact that they both use canvas?
When you charge speakers to present, you only get people with something to sell
How is this different than Janrain? http://janrain.com/
I can see how Shuttleworth is drawing inspiration from Apple and MS Surface, but normally, you don't announce that X will be developed in secret, you develop X in secret, and then announce it!!
I doubt it. It used to be pretty good with dual core A9's too at 1.2 Ghz. This is a dual core A15 at 1.7 Ghz. And TheVerge reports 1080p works very well on it.
Newspapers are the New Startups
Shouldn't we base technological choices on technology. Considering we're not living in the 1950's anymore I don't think the fear of "Russians" should play such a large role in web server choices.
>especially when they're pumping what the user types in the launcher straight at amazon and closing bugs when people complain that their launcher commands are showing inappropriate images

That objection doesn't make any sense because those complaints are unrelated to the complaints people have about Windows 8. If you want to say that directly attacking your competition is un-classy, fine (although a better criticism might be that directly attacking your competition is known to be ineffective marketing). But to say that specific random shortcomings of Ubuntu have any bearing on the matter is silly.
Great post Dan!

Not sure I completely agree, though. If you're talking to people who are socializing, eating lox, and talking about how nice the weather is...coming in trying to sell an umbrella is interruptive at best.

If, however, you find a bunch of people huddled under a bus stop because they dont' have umbrella's, and are all waiting for the rain to stop....then coming in trying to sell an umbrella is genius.

It's all about targeting correctly. If a bunch of people are on Twitter complaining about how their new Ford is having alternator problems, and you run a mechanic shop that specializes in fixing them on the cheap, then you're providing value. Right?

I think it just has to do with how advertisers approach this, and how good of a job they do in crafting their copy, and their target demographic. Let's hope for our sake (and theirs), that they spend a real amount of time focused on that problem and don't mess it up.
99 Life Hacks--Wonder what the YC community thinks
Might be because you are too new .it doesn't matter how old your a/c is,thing matters is how much active you're.
If you show interest in some threads for sometime , might be you get some karma and you do some desire thing .
I think HN obey this filter to avoid spams and unnecessary link.
PS : I'm also new user and i put this information as per my understanding. And also because you dont have to suffer it like me.
Show HN: Ruby queueing library built on Amazon SQS for background processing
Please, please suppress the urge to state that an argument is a strawman. All it does is make you sound like a high schooler practicing for the debate team. Just point out the flaws in the argument and move on.
Which should theoretically let you "put your money where your mouth is", since if analysts are systematically wrong, and the prices move in response to analysts...
Glad I could help you guys.
I don't think you will really have too big of a problem, people are so distracted by all of the other ideas being pitched. I participated in at the last Startup Weekend in NYC, and out of little more than 100 people, 60+ of them presented there own ideas. I think people are more in your boat, of trying to get their idea built, than trying to steal ideas.

And if you're idea being made public is going to ruin it, then it probably is going to be hard to be successful in the first place. Ideas are out there, but the passion within you is what really makes them happen.

If you do pitch, do a good pitch because you need to stand out and get people to vote on your idea to be one of the 20 or so that is chosen. I pitched at the last event, and got enough votes to continue, and actually went on to win the event, so msg me if you want tips. I am thinking of writing an article on it...
Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Reader, Google News, and Google Docs aren't enough?

What do CSS transforms have to do with making an app feel like an app? They all work full screen, or you can open them windowed, with no chrome controls. They don't need local file access (though many use it) because they're beginning to store files in Drive. Some of the apps may already use appcache to speed up startup.
Quite timely, I was just looking for Gantt chart library. But examples page seem to consistently crash latest Aurora (18.0a2)
I found this amusing: http://i.imgur.com/8X02z.jpg
MongoLab: yep, we have a similar (I'd imagine) license to the trademark.

10gen: they are awesome to work with as they know they are in for the long game - building a full ecosystem.

Congrats to the HQ team! Always good to see further evidence that the DBaaS market is generating healthy capital interest. Game on!
Get Maid now on Google Play
I managed to set up my 2nd gen chromebook with cloudprint, which was pretty straight forward:

http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/
How Outdoor Activity Can Boost Your Blogging Productivity
What Google makes per ad click is down 15% year over year and 3% for the quarter. No unicorn needed.
The Rise of Mobile Commerce
Multi-database ORM for NodeJS
iOS and Mac OS are not the same. WP8 and Windows 8 are also not the same, just look the same. That being yes, I'd probably prefer some kind of merger, too. But the execution needs to be flawless, and they need to make a compelling case for why you'd use ChromeOS over Android's Chrome when docked to the keyboard.
List of features and uses from github:

Features

Built on Amazon’s reliable and scalable queue service, Connections to SQS are opened lazily negating any initial load time, Multiple queues can be used simultaneously, Doesn’t poll the database, Rails ActiveRecord objects maintain state through the queue, Built-in retry mechanism.

Uses

FIFO is extracted from the Mine (http://getmine.com) codebase. Here are some of the things we use it for:

Sending emails, Processing images, Indexing, Sharing to social networks, Cache management, Launching cron jobs, Communication between disjoint parts of a complex application (cron, web, processing servers)
Rewrite of http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1200 written and submitted by one of five Ziff Davis (ExtremeTech.com, Geek.com and PCMag.com) employees that spam HN.

Their other employees/accounts include:

- http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=11031a

- http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=ukdm

- http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=adeelarshad82 (their social media manager)

- http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=russellholly

Then there's also maxko87 and evo_9 but I haven't figured out what their connection is yet, maxko87 autosubmits extremetech articles and evo_9's usage mirrors ukdm's who submits ~50% geek.com + ~50% a small group of other sites, but for extremetech.
Canonical has gone mad. More and more it seems like this company is the worst thing that could happen to linux. Seems like embrace and extinguish to me. Make a distro the best among others, so novices can tentatively take their first steps in it. Now botch it, kill it and burn them so badly they would never come back to linux again.Sigh!
Completely agree with you. The basic point of the article is that advertisers have to be sensitive to the context shift between selling things on Google and selling things on Twitter.

It's possible to create a successful marketing campaign on Twitter, but it probably looks very different than a successful one on Adwords.