skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
not wanting to get into a philosophical debate here, but even as someone who generally argues for smaller government, i disagree..

people generally discount the significant economic advantages (to all in an economy) that government investments provide; in most cases, investments in transformative projects which otherwise would not have occurred were it up to the private-sector alone.

take development of the us interstate system as an example.. the costs involved in building-out the network are estimated to have been in excess of $425 billion [1] and the original phase took over 35 years to complete as planned; no rational, profit-seeking, company would ever undertake such a project. the economics just don’t make much sense. and even if the private sector was able to come-up with a similarly adequate solution (potentially networks of small/regional players monetizing usage through tolls), the cost to society both in actual usage charges (sufficient to generate profits for the firms) and in lack of a consistent, expandable, and reliable network that so many people and businesses depend on would likely be far in excess of the $425 billion cost.

the fact that the us built-up solid infrastructure (both physical and in terms of networks and connectivity systems) early on (relative to many other nations) provided domestic companies a major competitive advantage over less/later-developed countries; its freed-up physical ($) and intellectual capital towards other endeavors and was a key part of why, collectively, more significant commercialized innovations over the past few decades (by private companies) have come from the us.

and beyond the economic savings from the outcome of the investment itself (i.e. a system facilitating a reliable, consistent, and relatively inexpensive means of transportation), the actual exercise in carrying it through also yields a lot of ancillary economic benefits. new construction methods may be developed, equipment manufacturers may grow in scale or scope, and a lot of people (and companies) are employed (and contracted) in carrying-it through (gaining new skills/experience).

beyond that, there is all the subsequent innovation and opportunity to develop profitable businesses that are created once a major transformational technology is introduced. think of the advantages ups (and later fedex) would have in utilizing the interstate system to grow in scale relative to competitors in countries that lacked similar systems (now lookup who are the leaders in that industry). the benefits are even clearer when you look at all the technology and defense companies that have benefited from foundations laid-out by, or innovations developed during, large government-funded projects such as the internet or during the space race..

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
Great question! Been wondering this for ages!
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I can't find your email anywhere and I'm not on twitter. If you can temporarily put your email in your profile I'll get in touch with you.
Codegeek's answer is very good. I think the career goals is probably the first thing you want to look at. There's also some advise I've heard about working in IT where IT is a resource and not a cost center. It's very true.

I can say definitely that the large company will have more bureaucracy, which will on more than one occasion drive you crazy. Like you said though, they have the scale and complexity for interesting problems. They also have the budget to fund IT.

Regarding the part about being the most experienced. I don't think that matters, so long as you're still learning. If you're willing to learn from less experienced/less senior people, and they're willing to speak up about what they know, then it doesn't really matter.
Post like these assumes no one has enough willpower to take pictures and then upload them when they get back from the vacation. To boot he seems to be romanticizing 2003 as a much simpler time... what?

The statement, "I used film so all my pictures really counted" is really annoying because it's as though he believes people nowadays just hold down the shutter button.

If we're talking about phone shots that people post to Facebook and Instagram; I think people spend way more time than they ever would have with film to setup the best shot (because it's going onto Facebook/Instagram!).

On the SLR front, just as there's a cost with using film (not enough exposures so you can't make mistakes) there is a cost with going digital: having to sort through a large amount of photos that are time consuming to look through, process, and edit. And these photos are actually quite large so there's also a much larger time cost.

So believe it or not, digital photographers have to be choosy as well lest they spend another 30 minutes trying to delete the pictures that were unnecessary.
There are tons of cool communities but none that I've found yet about starting a small business or similar. If you know of any along the same themes as HN then I'd love to join them.
Ok, if you're looking for a startup idea, here you go a free one on the house :-)

"EjectorSeat" - EjectorSeat is the hip cool way to create a current, usable, set of scripts which can move any AWS/EC2/Linode/Heroku/... (start with AWS/EC2) instance from where it is, to somewhere else. By using EjectorSeat all of the changes and specs you have on your install are automatically documented into its configuration and data location databases so that when the time comes to pull the yellow and black handles, you will know that your install is being migrated, and better yet, when its done migrating one push of a button and blam! its up and running.

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It seems like this should be possible to package up (it will take a bit of work of course) but its the 'copper' option (of the silver/bronze/gold nomenclature) for disaster preparedness. Basically you don't have the funds to maintain two instances all the time, this lets you move the one you have when you need to.

Of course like real ejector seats it will have failure conditions (like flying inverted at 50', bad time to eject) but it could provide an ops guy with a bit of piece of mind.
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I just haven't found Heroku to compare favourably to dotCloud's deployment:

1. Sign up, install CLI, enter username/password
2. git clone foo
3. cd foo
4. dotcloud create bar
5. dotcloud push -A bar --git

And from a developer perspective we're just talking about setting up the DB, wsgi, postinstall, and dotcloud.yml.

I didn't manage to find something in Heroku's guide that made it sound as easy for setting up Django on their PaaS. If I did, I'd probably have some services set up on Heroku at the moment. Maybe someone else just needs to write a better guide for them.
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The guy who wrote that has apparently never heard of fuses...
The article explains why closures are a poor man's objects. Be sure to read the comments to see why objects are a poor man's closures.
I traveled for nearly two years right out of college - pre email. Central/South America/Turkey etc. I went through an incredible array of emotions relating to not seeing or speaking to friends and family for weeks on end. Yet I also felt this incredible sense of adventure - being truly disconnected from all I had known. Those lessons in independence have paid dividends over and over again during tough times - knowing that I've faced a lot of challenges on my own and come through. Within a year of settling down I had my first dial up modem and the rest is history.

I'm incredibly thankful now in hindsight that I got to do it when I did. You could still do it today but you'd have to very actively decide not to be connected to people. That in itself would open up awkward questions/dialogues "Dude, you couldn't check your email/FB like even once a week?"

I certainly am not alone in having done something like this. I wonder what it means though for post College kids doing it now. We're never not connected to our larger ecosystem anymore. It's almost moved from the notion of "I'll be totally separated from friends and family' to "Everyone will be following my every move as I do one exciting post after another"
So, when I did this, it was a while ago and the URL I've found is different than the one I used but:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_a...

And I found this here:

http://www.techlicious.com/how-to/how-to-delete-your-faceboo...
tldr; Call an electrician - oh and I run a company that has something to do with saving you electricity
No one seems to have picked up on the strategic impact of the proposal, it neatly excludes many of the more sympathetic pro-patent entities from the picture, in particular the pharmaceutical industry and hardware manufacturers. They needn't bother to oppose it, because it has no effect on them, whereas they may oppose further barriers to granting patents on principle just in case it affects them.

Personally I'm not extremely in favor, as I'm anti-patent/copyright in general, but it makes sense for someone whose primary goal is software freedom.
The Heritage Health Prize is $ 3 million! No exactly 99designs regime.
[1] https://www.heritagehealthprize.com/c/hhp
I wouldnt say its a lame product, but it definitely does not cover all remote access use cases. I expressed one in here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4701033

A quick google search revealed a number of remotely configurable keypad door locks in approximately the same price range as the retail price of Lockitron. For instance:

http://nexiahome.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?model=04315...
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Google already offers a ballot for desktop Chrome, I wouldn't be too surprised if they offer one for Android at some point.
This was more true 2 years ago. I think they are trying to capture back some of that "mass market" where people expect a cheap or free phone as opposed to the high end where we are used to paying $200-400:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/

(4: free, 4S: $99)
Yes, I'm well aware that defense is a reason for patenting things. I think it gets much easier to see that as the primary reason for doing so when the companies which do it the most also work to reduce (as opposed to increasing or exercising) the offensive power of patents.
AFAIK the fact that it is a Standard does not mean it is free (it is not an RFC)...
Have you never heard of OS-level scaling? I run 1080p on a 13" screen (116 ppi) and if I set the "Make text and other items bigger" setting in Control Panel to the largest option (150%), then I can get it looking like this: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3294/bigscreen.png (Chrome doesn't automatically zoom with the OS, but you can zoom it easily or use another browser).

You don't need to double the resolution to do this (besides, 2600x1600 isn't as ridiculous as you might think). 200% isn't your only option - the two that Control Panel gives you are 125% and 150%, but there are other ways you can make it bigger that allow for different percentages (try your graphics card settings if you need those).

It's well worth it to get a higher-res monitor and scale it - everything will look far better, particularly text, than if you get a low-res monitor. It also gives you a lot more options.
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Personally I feel that this marketing tactic is ingenuine, especially since these comparisons are coming from their own blog.
Any observant reader would have noticed the obvious bias, which raises a question about the credibility of claims.

The one vs that comparisons will have been much more effective coming from a tech review site.
Wow. This guy is such a dumb, annoying ranter. He picks out a couple truly small things that he doesn't like for whatever reason and whines about how it's not perfect. I can't believe anyone would want to listen to him. I'm not a huge apple fan myself, but this even pissed me off. Like he complained that the new MacBooks added an SD card. Seriously?? What the hell is wrong with ADDING a feature on their laptops? And it sounds to me like he's just being pissy about apple changing their dock connector to lighting because he had accessories for the old one. It's been 9 years since they came out with that, are they never allowed to upgrade? I'm an android and windows user and even I think everything about this article is completely unreasonable.
Why It’s Fashionable Nowadays to Beat on Apple
Author respectfully offers would-be pirate a free ebook.
P2P revisited
I think you guys are missing a very key point. Without Facebook there was no way you were bombarded with this information. You just didn't see it or think about it. The perfect example is the current Presidential election. People I've known for 10 years are kind of shocking me with their political points of view and changing how I feel about them. Pre Facebook that just wouldn't happen. Now, how you react to these events is about you (the guilt/anger/jealous/bemused) However, it's important to acknowledge that FB and SN's in general greatly intensify the amount of this type of communication than before. Maybe if you're under 25 there isn't a real "before" to compare it to though perhaps.
source.android.com has build instructions for the stock distribution; you just need to figure out what the device name for your phone is (Nexus S == "crespo", IIRC) and specify that as the target to "lunch". You'll get a zip file you can then flash to the phone.
It's also important to remember if you're DIYing the project, that if your neighbour didn't use a generator interlock, your wiring may have enough power to make you need a trip to the hospital.

Seriously, speaking as someone who has worked as an electrician. Unless you're experienced, don't play with it.
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That's pretty sweet actually. The future of infographics?
My theory is that the additional distribution from their deals with Visa and Starbucks didn't come with the same business terms they're able to negotiate independently.

One small biz negotiating with Square versus the gigantic morass that is Visa. Chances are Visa will have a more dominant negotiating position.
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My suggestion would be to delete this link immediately, and launch properly with a landing page that properly incentivise someone for signing up. Right now you have a page that might as well be a sign up for a porn site, who knows what it is.
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On the contrary, my assumption is that Colliwinks is not a jerk and would never have said that in person, and therefore broke the guidelines (presumably unintentionally) by saying it here. That's why I said "to someone's face" - it's the most important part.
I don't think he was ever blaming the people he's connected to on Facebook. He never indicated that the people were even directing their posts at him.

I actually think it was a mature thing for him to do. He noticed that one of his behaviors - going online and looking at Facebook - had a negative effect on him, so he decided not to engage in the behavior as much.

When you say, "If a person feels guilt, anger, envy etc. when others tell them their opinion, they will feel so regardless of the medium on which the message was delivered." - this may be true. But. Facebook (and twitter and other social networks) allow people to broadcast their opinions in a way that wasn't usual for most people before. Most people are more likely to be reserved or show some tact about expressing their opinions when they're engaged in conversation than they are when broadcasting online.

edit: sorry - Swizec didn't say he the author was blaming people. I got his comment mixed up with another one. In any case, I didn't think he was blaming social media insofar as he's taking responsibility by changing his behavior.
Yeah, this is a bad project to DIY.
Seen them before. What made you go with them? Their lack of disclosed pricing threw me off... I couldn't seem to find any info on their cost structures.
You can go to any car forum and ask the people there what they paid or the best price you might be able to obtain. They're generally willing to share and happy to get someone new into their communities enjoying the same car they are passionate about.
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>If someone wants to communicate with me, they do the same. I get texts all the time that start similar to "hey, facebook-challenged friend, theres X going on next weekend, come hang" or a phonecall/email saying the same, which leads into actual personal communication.

So, the change is 1000% positive because people now contact you personally about facebook events? I don't really get it.

Facebook is a tool, and it can definitely be helpful as long as you're in control. I only use it as an extension of my email (because of facebook some of my friends only check their personal email once every few days). I never post things, like things, or comment on things. If I were to delete my account now, I would simply lose a lot of contacts that I don't want to lose.
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Silicon Valley Can Suck It
Errr, in the search I just did it's #3. But I guarantee you that has a lot more to do with Google's knowledge of what I search for and am (potentially) interested in than anything else.
TL;DR: Don't bother :)
I find that the social networks are the modern version of being forced by an aquaintance to stare at mind-numbing out of focus holiday slides for 2 hours, except it pokes you every time that someone wants to force some more upon you.

I live a private life and don't want all the social crap bound to it.

As a point with regards to photography, I still use a mid-80's Praktica 35mm SLR and develop my own film and print by hand.

I want to remain attached to the memory, not where I exhibit it.
Working on both might require trade offs in the language that lead to a better holistic programmer experience. That sounds reasonable to me.
First, a reply to your original post :

> In a box, on a dead planet, for life.

Sign me up, right now!!!

> Can we provide a reasonable quality of life for colonists?

I don't care. I would need a) air+water b) food c) a place to sleep d) tools to colonize the planet - like create more living space. For quality of life, if I can get e) book or movies or even f) internet access, great! If I can't that's not a dealbreaker.

So, sign me up!!
Hope so! It's built with a web platform (now in alpha) that creates interactive graphics from live data. Interested to hear feedback.
Quoting from the site:

> IN PROGRESS OpenRelativity is a set of tools for simulating the effects of traveling near the speed of light in the Unity3D game engine.
> The team is currently refining the documentation, usability and features in OpenRelativity, targeted for release as a free, open-source package in 2013, to allow others to produce more simulations and games about traveling near the speed of light.

So, it will only be availible in 2013
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It's good, practical advice, and pointing out how his service provided some real world value (saving money purchasing a generator) wasn't at all contrived.

What's the problem?
If Obama lost and Silver couldn't talk about the result for a week after? That'd hit him pretty hard.
One in seven North American home networks full of malware
It is better do this with HTC or XBL. Look here http://dean.edwards.name/moz-behaviors/

Sadly only firefox and ie can do this for years
It's always business people who say that ideas don't matter, without any indication of the conflict of interest involved in that statement. It shifts the balance of power if the opportunity can be transposed to a separate business, or to separate people. A businessperson knowing an idea commodifies the technology, which doesn't happen when they're tied to an implementation or black box.
I see several option:

1) double check your idea. I have not come to any unique idea of my own that is not implemented yet or not in implementation stage. In some cases implementations are really poor but still they exist.

2) You have some know-how what makes implementation of your idea successful. They can steal your idea but they will fail to implement it successfully (some comments in this discussion give example of this).

Let's say your idea is really big and you implement it first. So what? If it is really good to be copied they will copy it faster than you will get your first paying customers.
Your real education starts after you graduate, but nobody wants to invest in employee's education, regardless of their age.

Things only get better after a couple of years of experience. You have a better idea of what you're doing while being very cheap to employ.
The bright green NEW feels like a link, but it isn't a link, and that (combined with the lack of information) is frustrating.

People asking for my email, but not giving any idea of what I'm going to get, is weird.

There is no informationon the site so I have no idea what it's for, nor who it's aimed at. It says it's for people who make great products - Ann is a baker who makes iced buns; Bob is a tailor who makes ties; Cath is a programmer who makes bespoke widgets and also plugins for a popular accounts software; Daarun is a carpenter who makes chairs; Elizabeth owns a factory that makes 10,000 widgets per month. I have no idea if any (or all) of these people would fit your site.
not that it's the same at all, but your great question made me think of negative political ads. I can't find any research that clearly shows how effective negative campaigning is, but apparently >70% of ads this election season were negative or attack ads (http://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/2012/05/02/jump-in-negativi...). That feels like a lot and I can't imagine that the smart people working on these campaigns would spend so much here if it didn't work as well as other tactics. I'd love to see metrics here too.
Actually it's Apache:
http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
So the answer is no, you have no metrics. You have a vague belief without evidence.
So by the same token on the business side, do marketing strategies matter?
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I read what doctloud does. So who uses them.

Went here
https://www.dotcloud.com/pricing.html
Selected mysql and php its $17.28. That's costly, with a little more one could take a linode server.
Which of those two scenarios covers icanhascheezburger.com?
The title of the article was "Wiring a Generator to Your Home". The crucial part missing from the article was "How to Wire a Generator to Your Home", which he says an electrician should do. Just feels like blog spam to me.
Funny that you said "porn site". My work is blocking this site with category of porn for some reason.
I mentioned what it was at the top of my first post. But you guys are right, and this is the kind of feedback I was looking for. I have an about page ready to go, so I'll put that up and then post here later. how do I delete it?
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I've certainly had issues supporting iOS 4 vs 5/6. Most of the Android issues I run into have to do with WebViews behaving differently on different OEMs devices. Both forms of fragmentation can be a pain in the ass.

Probably games developers have it harder on Android, but for the average app it seems just about the same to me as a developer.
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Cool, glad it helped some.

I get the hacky now; I have personally never been a VB fan so that is my own bias, not to say I haven't used it when a client says to though.
Ah. It does work in an incognito window.
Exactly. The promises spec defines the Promise monad. The problem is that JavaScript doesn't have monadic syntax, which would make the code a lot more readable.
And yet as an employer (not in the UK though) I have a hard time finding talented developers.
Of course on Android it is easy to say 'show me the desktop version' of a site which uses a different UA which would show up as a desktop browser and not an Android phone.