skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Another thing to note: For some reason, Chrome uses a different user profile between the Metro and Desktop environments.
Jan 2011, actually.

Also, though I'm not sure about the Macbook Airs in 2011, the current Macbook Air doesn't even have a replaceable SSD--the storage is directly on the motherboard.
It doesn't surprise me. Private companies won't invest in infrastructure if they do not expect a reasonable economic return from such investment. Argentina, for the past 10-12 years is known for being a source of problems to foreign companies and investors. Be it telecom, banking, energy, infrastructure or even Government issued securities.

Foreign companies in Argentina have been wary of capital investments in the region primarily due to high barriers to dividend repatriation, currency volatility and political uncertainty.
I agree the time horizon is different in other cultures. France took 20 years to get its economy running on 75% nuclear power. China has embarked on long-term infrastructure projects.

However, having a longer time horizon is not entirely a good thing either. It's a benefit if the long-term project you pick and commit resources to is a good idea; but it's much worse than the short time horizon case if the long-term project you pick is a bad idea. (Some posters in this thread have argued that the Apollo project itself is an example of the latter.)
I think its important to consider not only piracy but the effects of malicious users in online games. It only takes one person to ruin your experience in a game, even worse if you are cheated and can't do anything about it.
Good point. But the US is also doing its best to make foreigners feel less and less safe in the US.
I spot-checked some of the profiles in the original post screenshot. Four out of five were realtors. So it could be the profiles in the screenshot were ranked by profession, or that this is a lead for where the leak came from. Or coincidence.
That's cool, but it's for sites with users who have Stripe accounts to sell things to take payments. What I'm looking for is basically DailyCred (https://www.dailycred.com/) but with paid user plans. It has to be white-label.
Ask HSN: What items would you pay a premium to have delivered within one hour?
I'm trying to determine more specifically:

For what types of items would you pay a premium or service fee to have delivered to your door within one hour?

Any help or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Great. Hiring your buddies by acquihiring their failing iPhone app startup.
My initial thought was that while I've never done any 3D printing so I'm not how hard the plastic is, it might be possible to print something in the right shape and use it to unscrew these? Its an interesting idea, but the screws are likely in tight enough that only a solid metal screwdriver would be able to remove them.
No, Jan 2011.

It's really very old.
Since this was meant to be a weekend project, it is a bit rough around the edges, there not enough explanation about how it actually works. You search for videos, when you click it's added to the stations queue. You can vote for tracks on the right side by clicking on the video's title link. The next video is the one that gets the most votes.

Sources are available @ https://github.com/amirouche/hivi.mx

Nothing fancy except Memo which is a poor man's clone of Redis and right know only dailymotion is supported.
Funny, are you related to this guys?
http://zipplease.com/

You have the same template and they posted like 25 minutes before you. Not that is bad or else, i just tought it was funny, 2 different website with the same template at the same moment.
The default color palettes and line rendering is much nicer in Mathematica than MATLAB. However, tweaking the default styles is a huge pain and the labels really are bad.
In fairness, if the parent was referring to online services you are absolutely correct - Google are streets ahead with their data liberation work. Microsoft and Apple are worryingly closed in that area.
What encryption mechanisms? I hope you don't mean the CRC...
Today USD has no tangible value. A currency, to be efficient, has to be :
1) in limited amount or cannot be produced easily
2) represent high value per space (value density)
3) be exchangeable for tangible goods

The USD has lost on 1) after removing all equivalency to Gold, and we saw that 2) its value has been dropping versus a number of commodities and precious metals over the past 50 years.

I agree the 3) may be challenging if you carry only Gold, but the day the USD will crash, Gold will become a new currency of exchange again. Paper remains paper, and Gold remains gold. It has a value that paper will never have.
"Q: Can Sony “fix” this like they did for the 3.55 exploit?

A: No. With 3.55 the keys metldr used to verify its dependent modules were recovered. So Sony simply stopped using the now-insecure metldr and started using bootldr (which was still secure) to load.. Sony doesn’t have any more secure modules like bootldr left so like I said in my original post they have no options and cant fix anything; without getting too technical, we now have the keys to every “common” hardware module that is able to decrypt Sony-signed modules. The only thing left are the modules that use per-console keys, which are useless for booting common firmware (which must be decryptable by every PS3)"

http://wololo.net/2012/10/25/clarifying-the-confusion-on-the...
By this definition, only PLT Scheme has really kept the flame alive then, right?

A lot of Common Lisp implementations have gone forward with replacing a lot of underlying machinery with type-inference-driven compilation and parts to actually get performance out of modern hardware. I don't see a huge difference here, except that there is a big interop layer more firmly baked into the stdlib.
Legal terms relating to transit (MPH) in US are in miles. Measurements are in whatever you want. So there is a bias toward using Miles in general, when talking about ~distance~ whether or not you measure in MM or Inches. Wrenches for fasteners, as an example, are not an official decision. The UK also does this. They actually use the metric for most measurements, but their roadways etc. are in miles. so its not just a US thing.
groceries probably. It's the only thing that I can think of that I might need in one hour, other things for me can wait.
Startup Pack launches to give away $10k worth of tools to entrepreneurs.
Is this really a big deal? Average consumer X, the majority of customers, does not know or care about any of this. They will buy games they want (or parent X will buy them) and that will be that.
In that case I dispute British Columbia. 54-40 or fight!
Interview with the CEO of Emerging Businesses
By the time there are easy to use tools to pirate games in the ps3 (a year maybe as the most recent) there will be a PS4 out and it won't be as important for Sony.
Hmmm I use python for most scientific computing applications, but I do a lot of statistical things in R. I've been interested in trying pandas for a while, might be time to give it a shot . . .
They're probably Emacs users
I actually meant to include this in the original comment.

I disagree with you in this respect. Investors do have a lot of money, and they do need vehicles in which to invest their money. But when equities are not attractive, they go for safer bets: treasury bonds.

So in essence, it is an issue of trust. Investors would rather place their money in equities as opposed to trusts because the yield is so low, but they fear placing money in equities.

I'm not sure I understand your argument about the scarcity of liquid instruments. The number of available equities and money market instruments hasn't shrunk. And there are bonds available from other currencies.
> Now we just want the government to redistribute wealth and engage in irrelevant expressive acts

Whether or not these things are irrelevant is a personal political judgement, right? And what is "distribution of wealth" for one might be an investment in society or demand-side economics for another.

But your comment precisely demonstrates this lack of trust in government, or, the way you put it, in your fellow citizens.
Clint Laskowski made a song for coWonder Amazing
I read the pre-release version, and it's honestly very, very good. pandas is such a useful package.
Phishing Sites - Lifespan Decreases, Population Grows
If thats submarine PR, then this [1] article is the nuclear option :)

[1]: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/13-macbook-pro-teardown...
I should clarify that I have no involvement with the company whatsoever, I just came across the feature yesterday and thought that it was a form of crowdfunding that actually made a ton of sense.
To me, the question implied that the design of the suit would have to overcome that problem; but I can see it either way.

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentry , there is a section on an inflatable heat shield launched on a sounding rocket (so sub-orbital, but lower altitude).
Thanks for the input. I tend to feel the same way, and am wondering if there's a gap in the online/offline purchase cycle there for a product or service I'm overlooking. As a corollary, I see eBay and Amazon fighting to get closer to "immediacy" and wondering if they're off base. That's another discussion, I guess.
It is.

http://projecteuler.net/problem=14

Also: "A Modified Collatz sequence": http://projecteuler.net/problem=277

There may be others.
>even if we don’t get in, this trip has convinced us that we’re moving out to the valley to do this full time.

Simply curious, why did you decide to build the company in Austin, TX?
I hate it when companies make these decisions without warning the customers. Even if they are doing something against their terms.
25, no facebook account for over 3 years. Life's better without!
You have a much easier story.

I'm 47. Because of the network effect, using Facebook I've connected with people I knew and cared about that I haven't seen in 30 years. Dozens of them. I barely remembered person A and B, found them and became friends. Then they knew person C and D. E and F were close behind. Pretty soon I have 200 friends from places scattered all over the world.

Life sneaks up on you, and people stop having the same phone, email, or street address. You wake up one day wondering what happened to Bob, then slowly realize that you'll never see him again. It's a weird feeling.

Yes, if I were 20 and still had a cell phone with all my friends from 4 years ago, it'd be no big deal. But if I lost my FB data now? I'd never find these guys again.

Personal sidebar ahead: by the way, my wife and I are having a competition to see who can get the most friends. As long as you're not selling anything, and I promise not to sell you anything, send me an invite! Right now she has 600 friends and I have something like 250.

http://www.facebook.com/danielbmarkham
Couldn't agree more on all counts. What works for one team will not always apply to another.

I started filling out our application 2 hours before the deadline, and I am a slow writer. It worked out for us, but I wouldn't recommend this approach. Correlation is not causation.

Best applications consistently keep the video under 1 minute. Given the culture of conciseness in YC I wouldn't recommend intentionally going longer.
YCombinator is just like college now. Its all about getting in and not about what you're supposed to do when you're there.

lame.
Many of us care more about the people currently alive than worrying that one day there won't be any more humans.
This is more like gossip than news. Its quite likely that Apple does use the new screws to lock you out of the device. But its also likely they used them because they're cheaper or somehow easier for them for some reason besides keeping owners out of devices.

The entire article rests on one person's speculation. Yeah, the source is credible when it comes to DIY Apple repairs but he's still in no position to say definitively that "Yes, this is the reason they're doing this".

I don't take issue with the premise of the article. Like I said, its quite likely to be true. What I take issue with is how misleading the article is. It tried to spin speculation into fact with a few lines spritzed throughout that they can point back at and say "well, we didn't actually say it was a fact". I just think its pretty lame to do this sort of thing. If it was called "Why Does Apple Use Pentalobe Screws in its Devices?" and pose it as a question, and make it clear that the article is pure speculation, that would be a much better start.

EDIT: As of right now, every single reply to my comment has missed the point entirely. Quit getting hung up on the screws or my half assed counter suggestion that they're using it for another reason. The point I'm trying to make is that this post is misleading people to believe something that is speculation is fact. No matter how much sense it makes for Apple to use these screws to keep people out there is still no reliable evidence or any sources to support that. Only speculation. Its very possible that there are other explanations but the big idea here is that its upsetting to see speculation passed off as fact and people falling all over themselves to believe it.
When innovation at Apple has ended you'll know it
I like how you put "reviews" in quotes, so you can be dismiss them without addressing them. No conclusions? What are these?:

> I don't believe Surface is perfect, but it's a platform I can believe in. ... If you're ok being an early adopter, and ok dealing with the fact that mobile devices are still being significantly revved every year, Surface is worth your consideration. If you've wanted a tablet that could begin to bridge the content consumption and productivity divide, Surface is it.

> For a first-generation product, the Surface with Windows RT is astonishingly polished. ... I also expect the ecosystem around the Surface, notably productivity apps, to improve by leaps and bounds in the next year or so. ... Enthusiastically recommended.

Just lists of facts? You think the AnandTech review is just a list of facts? Did you even look at it? 12 different sections proving in-depth coverage of everything from the battery to the cover. You can disagree but dismissing it as vacuous is simply disingenuous.

No one disputes that the app store has fewer apps. How many apps do you have installed, though? I personally don't need 100K+ apps. I need the few that I actually need. Does the Windows App Store have what you need? If so, great. If not, either get something else or wait for the apps you need to arrive.
Much sits in the way between invention and nirvana. We have to face the fact that earth is over-crowded with global infrastructure, rules, economic barriers, borders, financial systems, controlled by a small number of distant, territorial governments. This prevents us from moving forward in some of the areas most critical to human civilization, such as transportation and energy.

What I would really like to see is a revolution in governance. There is a tremendous mistake in current thinking that global problems require global solutions. As a result, government and economic power is moving in the wrong direction. Today's global problems were caused locally, by every car, every meter of asphalt, every gram of sugar, every cheap t-shirt, every plastic bag, every poor mortgage, etc. These problems require local solutions.

National borders are enormous societal barriers. If one country has better governance than another, only a small percentage of people will consider moving, if even allowed. As a result, better national policy is slow to attract, slow to spread, slow to evolve, and limited in its effectiveness.

Instead of empowering national or supra-national governments in a quest for global solutions, we should face global problems at their root and empower the central pillar of human civilization in the 21st century: the city.

The human economy has the remarkable characteristic that greater population density and better lives can go hand in hand. If great technologists, artists, teachers, scientists, merchants, politicians, industrialists, and laborers come together, that's when great things happen. That's when ideas start to take root and become reality.

National governance and poor economic policy is squeezing the city into a menial role. They do not have the economic power or independence to make different rules or undertake great projects. The benefits of the existing population density is the only thing that still makes cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles attractive. A trip to Dubai, Singapore, Macau, or Hong Kong will give you a glimpse of what cities can do once empowered, even when relatively isolated. Imagine a nation of cities trying to out-class each other and trying to attract and keep their citizens.
Matrix director Lana Wachowski reveals painful past
Mail.ru just sold half of its Facebook stake
I really enjoyed that huffingtonpost read, and I often struggle with keeping myself accountable and that's why I now either a) Work very closely with my manager/director so I have the pressure or b) Sign groups of people up to do stuff that I want done i.e. Gym classes.

The model described above definitely addresses the topic, and I'd be willing to give it a try.
GMAIL: Increase in legitimate emails ending up in SPAM
Is anyone seeing an increase in the amount of legitimate email ending up in the SPAM folder? I forward email from my startup to my personal account and have noticed that replies to original emails are ending up in the SPAM folder. This is alarming and I'm looking for a cause. Reminded of this essay by PG http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html
The title says displacing, not replacing - the yuan carving out a zone of dominance in Asia-Pacific would, by itself, be monumental.

Economic orthodoxy asserted that an opening of the Chinese economy and FX regime necessarily precede yuan internationalisation. Observing currencies (and implicitly capital flows) moving in concert with the yuan absent those steps suggests a back-door route to internationalisation distinct from the traditional IMF/B-W path (and thus off the radars of the American and European financial centres).

Given that currencies and capital markets are in large part a confidence game, i.e. punctuated equilibria versus smooth progressions, seeing premature, and more shockingly shadow, internationalisation is profound.
A month is not 730.484 hours on your application, it's spending a lot of time thinking and musing about your application and your business.

Our application process helped hone and focus our business in ways that nothing else has. I would argue that working hard on your YC application is working hard on your company.

As you've pointed out twice (#2,#3), there are always exceptions to rules.

If a company does not make it past a YC interview, then there was something that YC didn't like... it can only help that company to try to extract that issue and deal with it early on.
Thanks a lot for the review. I will try to fix all the bugs that you mentioned.
If you need really good iOS devs this is an effective way to get them.
Yeah that's the same render that's been circulating for a day or two now
Etna is incubating startups to bring new blood ...
Either this is an attempt at irony, or you are what is wrong with Facebook.
You can replace the SSD http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Air_2012
So kind of like Zarly? Or TaskRabbit for services?
dat evilness
...if only ATT would introduce carrier pigeons; I'd finally have data throughput in the mission with my iPhone! ....But then again, it might end up being a +$20 option; and you d'have to sign-up for a 2y carrier-pigeon plan ;)
PubNub vs Realtime.co Benchmark
I'm 25. One of my friends uses Google+ instead of FB. It's really weird because the only way I can really get in contact with him is via the irc channel we all hang out on.

I never get to see any of the photos he shares.
As a data point, I was rejected by YC 3 times. Once after the interview, once at the application, and amusingly enough the first time we applied for the last batch. We got in after applying again late with LightTable.

There is certainly no guarantee that with a "solid" team you'll get in. At the end of the day, it's all a matter of serendipity.
So, your theory is that after decades of massive federal government expansion, an important reason today's much larger federal bureaucracy is unable to accomplish what the much smaller government of fifty years ago accomplished is those darned libertarian "right-wing axioms about the benefits of small government"? Our big government can't do what it did when it was smaller because of people who think there are benefits to smaller government.

And the reason the Europeans haven't shown us how to do it, is that the fault of all those small-government ideologues who dominate political thought in Europe?
Don't miss the very end of the video.
Take Off The Rose Colored Glasses
"How We Applied To YC, Got Accepted"
You must be doing it differently than me, and most other people I've worked with.
No relation. It's a bootstrap theme we bought from Wrapbootstrap. Just saved us the time of designing a site so we could SHIP! :-)
but the problem is that we ...

The problem is for those people who decide to give FB huge powering their personal lives. I'm not among those, so there's no "we" for me here.

_My_ problem is to try not sounding like a cranky old man when I often encourage people to move away from Facebook.
I'm really happy with what Microsoft has been doing lately, but this presentation is kind of failing. It's not really getting the audience that excited. This doesn't affect my opinion of the new products, but it's not helping Microsoft's competitive mission, and that makes me cringe a bit.
There's no such thing as a simple repair on a current Apple device. They're simply not built to be very field-serviceable, because Apple's customers would rather have a thinner or lighter device than one that's easier to repair. Open up anything in their current line and you'll find fragile ribbon cables, delicate connectors, wafer-thin pieces of glass and fragile things glued to other fragile things. Ifixit's guides are peppered with warnings about things that can be broken with slightly too much force or by prying in the wrong place.

From Apple's perspective, amateur repairs are potentially a source of serious damage to their brand. The effects of inept repair are likely to reflect at least as badly on Apple as they do on the repairer. One bad third-party battery could be enough to trigger a global media shitstorm, in spite of it being nothing to do with Apple. Their customers don't expect iDevices to be user-serviceable, so raising the barriers to entry for repairers is a clear win for Apple.
Yep, just the main national tracking polls. We email every one out so at the state level it might get overwhelming. And we can't really put too much into a filtering setup since it's a product that'll autodeadpool in 2 weeks :)
Amen. Kicking a customer should be the absolute last resort, not the first step.
Please help me finish my benchmark, run the test at your preferred browser.
http://ec2-54-247-13-197.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com/def...
Thanks.
I think it stretches the imagination to argue that OpenGL itself is implemented in FPGAs on the chip. Not that it's impossible, but is it likely, and on a $25 device?

No, the outrage here is not because of this practice, it's because this is being claimed as a victory. The distasteful PR move. Few are surprised or particularly offended by what Broadcom did here.
The mindset you're talking about is reliance on subtype polymorphism, which is something different. I'm not in to inheritance either. What I meant is a better level of abstraction than void star and/or macro abuse.
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They're verifying that I created a PayPal account which links to a bank account to which I have read-level transaction ledger access. It's a better-than-nothing proxy, but it doesn't prove that the person setting-up the PayPal account has the legal right to withdraw funds from that account.