skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It doesn't have a dedicated PC or Mac application like Skype does. Which is a big downside. Trying to keep a chat session open in a browser window or tab all day is surprisingly annoying as it is too easy to close the window/tab without realizing what it is.

There was a Google application called like Google Talk but that never supported video as far as I know.
Have you tried Jitsi with a XMPP account? Worked perfectly for me in the past when I needed video chat.

edit: Oh, missed your external phones requirement. You'd need SIP for that with Jitsi.
sounds to me like he is open to that possibility...
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!Draw, for one. I have yet to find an application that lets me draw things as quickly and cleanly as that. Anything else that has the same capabilities is a pig to use in terms of menus, actions, clicks, etc. Other packages that offer more are often harder to drive and too fussy, and anything that offers less is usually not good enough for what I want.

!Draw hits the sweet spot, for me, of capability and usability.
Most of the Nexus devices and phone are power-houses. Skype app has improved a little but on cheap phones it is difficult to use (or at least that was my experience on a ZTE Android device).
Skype client should be axed instead.

I'm guessing they're doing this because it'd be much harder to bolt Skype's VoIP engine to Messenger.
Thankfully the parrot was able to just copy and adapt without worrying abou IP laws :P

I'm imagining some magpie with a tie flying in, taking the stick and demanding a nut to give it back :D
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did you try skype on Windows 8?
there's no way to use it as an IM client on a Window (unless you install an older version)

Microsoft is on a roll of dementia.
Looks really good. In fact I'm kind of envious, the base theme already looks better than what I was able to create using the same stack.

A couple of very minor things:

The buy now button has an alert attached to it.

The documentation is great, but it suggests that you have to create / install the plug-ins by yourself? If that's true it would put me off buying.

Hope that helps.

p.s It might be worth enabling the responsive features of bootstrap on the main site. It works well on the demo.
Could you elaborate please? Are you refering to the "early access" to trending topics, or restricting limits on API?
and you cannot use it on desktop mode. So, IMing and working on something else at the same time? impossible.

Microsoft trying to shove the tablet experience on the desktop is going to hurt them big time. Now they kill MSN messenger, all latin america will be very sad, they still use that software down there.
Indeed, he is a fraudster and an insult to every business man. I'd bet that the next post on HN is called "Kim Dotcom starts own NIC" or "Kim Dotcom purchased an own TLD".
I know what you mean. They got something like $22m in funding so they might be good for a while, though I don't think they're making any profit yet.

If I suggest cloudflare to a client then I make it clear that they'll probably have to upgrade at some point, same goes for services like heroku.
What I wonder is: why is this so relevant if birds have been building nests for quite a while yet? I do not get the great difference... And please do not mention the 'tool' word: a nest is something MUCH more complicated and abstract than a tool.
How much time do developers spend looking at patents? If I want to build something, I will figure out how it should go together and make it. Does a patent still apply if a developer can prove they discovered how to do it separate from the person who originally patented it?
Yes, but the MS Messenger Service loses money with no sign of an actual workable business model, Skype at least generates revenue.

"Merging" the two gives Microsoft a way out of Messenger without losing too much face.
google talk was killed too. Now it's all G+
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The problem with Google Hangouts is that it's fragmented. The GMail client does have external connectors, in fact they're still free for Canada/US calling. But calling another person for a hangout still requires they have Google+, IIRC.

Google has a chance to destroy Skype with GTalk and hangouts, but instead they're suffocating it by trying to bundle it with Google+. I don't mind signing up for Google+, but I've given up with using Hangouts with my parents because they don't want to sign up for a social network.

If/when WebRTC hits mainstream, it's conceivable that built-in video chat won't matter anyway. If I can generate a URL and send it to anybody with a browser and start a video conversation, I don't need a heavy client like skype any more.
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Goddamnit yes. Waiting years for this.
I can see the point of only decriminalizing those few drugs, like meth, that are actually worse than alcohol. But really, shouldn't the government be encouraging people to be using marijuana rather than alcohol just from a public health perspective?
We just deregulated alcohol last year -- meaning the WA liquor control board stores shut down and we can purchase from grocery stores, with a $2.85 tax per 750ml, on top of the 10% sales tax.

The justification is that this will funnel more money into the state's general fund.

And the nickname "weed" is apparently appropriate -- growers tell me it's a hearty crop.
can it be used to predict market trends? instead of topics use stock tickers?
Performance aside, here is what I hate about Skype compared to MSN / WLM: privacy.
(1) Skype logs you in to your last known status / on MSN you could choose before login (for example, "appear offline"/"invisible"). If I just want to check if a contact is online without my aunt start chatting, I can't.
(2) There is no easy way to block whole contact groups temporarily. When I'm at work, I don't want my friends to see me online; when I'm at home, I don't want to be contacted by co-workers.
(3) Say I'm chatting with Bob, and he goes offline just before I send him a last IM. This IM will be delivered the next time that we are both online. Even if one of us is "appearing offline"/"invisible". So we have a way of knowing when someone is hiding: just send someone a message when they are offline. Bah.
(4) Not related, but the delivery of old messages is awful across platforms.
What annoys me the most about these bugs (1-3) is that they seem so easy to fix, and yet nothing is done. Meh. Do you have similar frustrations?
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Agreed. In Minnesota, the Republican party overplayed their hand by trying to pass an amendment against gay marriage and another requiring voter ID. The amendments were defeated and it was arguably one of the biggest reasons for heavy republican losses in the state.
I was actually expecting something more along these lines. Such as pointing out faculty don't necessarily have your best interests at heart.
You're misquoting or misunderstanding. The comment to which you are replying said:

The paradoxy bits of the problem are the things that
people find confusing. "Only 23?!" or "So if there are
23 people in a room there's a 50% chance that one of
them will share a birthday with me?"

In that comment he is saying that people mis-understand the question, and assume that it means that once there are 23 people in the room, then there's a 50:50 chance they will share a birthday with them specifically.

And that's exactly the wrong question, as you point out. So when you say:

Is "So if there are 23 people in a room there's a 50% chance
that one of them will share a birthday with me?" correct?

No, that's not correct, but it is what people think they hear, and it's that confusion that makes this whole thing sometimes called a paradox.

So let's be clear:

If you're in a room with 22 other people, the chance
that one of them shares a birthday specifically with
you is nowhere near 50%

However, the chance that among the 23 people in the
room there is, somewhere, a shared birthday, is indeed
slightly greater than 50%

And my experience is that it really doesn't matter how carefully you word this, some people simply will not understand it.
Developers don't need money for pizza or beer, but here's a thought - give 20% of that money to charity.
+1, totally agreed. Now, what slave is suppose to do in order to make himself/herself any good, not only contribute to master's good?
publish: papers, code, articles, notes! the higher quality and larger amount, the better! The goal is to be observed by the next employer (hopefully not a master), but just a team lead ;)
If the predictions are independent, then I agree with you. I can think of reason why they would not be independent (trying to account for non-random polling samples, for example).
They're killing the client. Messenger accounts continue to work, and users can sign in to the Skype client with their existing Messenger credentials. Messenger will be run on the same infrastructure as before, not on the Skype peer-to-peer model. As far as I can tell, third-party clients should continue to work as well.
The new, old delicious.
I will never understand anyone who votes for the Libertarian candidate and then says their other choice was the far more progressive option.

Is it because both are the contrarian play to something else?
Mental illness caused by cannabis? Could you link to an example of this happening? It seems pretty far fetched to me.
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Wait, are your stats on consumption adjusted for population? The numbers I saw was that the percentage of people using alcohol doubled after the end of prohibition, and alcohol abuse went up around 15%.
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You forgot to mention Solyndra : http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-17/taxpayers-recover-0...
There is already some work done on this front [0]. Ruiz et al basically concluded the stock price of a company is directly proportional to the number of discussion topics of that company viz. if there for a company X there are fewer topics under discussion the stock prices would be poor.

[0] http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~vagelis/publications/wsdm2012-microbl...
I don't know that anyone is arguing for "No rules". Alcohol is 100% legalized, but you can't be surprised that the soda you bought is really 40 proof.
You're right, I misunderstand the comment I replied was using that as an example of how other people misunderstand the problem. D'oh. Edited!
Does the algorithm still work when it includes it's own effects?

If an algorithm like this was widely used, the predicted topics will trend just because they have been picked -- the algorithm will fulfill the prophecy itself.
"The increased risk of psychotic symptoms only applies to strains which have a high ratio of THC to Cannabidiol (i.e. Sativa strains)"

no problem, just smoke Kush which seems to be very popular nowadays.
Humans, chimpanzees and monkeys share DNA but not gene regulatory mechanisms
good point actually, didn't think that through. Still full reflection like in C# for instance seems quite a long way from RTTI.
the hard work that silver did wasn't in being able to predict the election 2 days in advance, any middle schooler with a calculator could have done that this time around. the work that he did was in being able to forecast the results months in advance, adjusting for a broader variety of inputs, including historical research.
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Anything he believes is good for the public but may have hindered his reelection.
I like all the comments about how "original" and "innovative" this...even though the CIA did this 40 years ago. http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/cia-dragonfly-drone-uavs-...

On a side note, I wonder how well it holds up in the wind?
But do expect them to give you money if you are building green tech.
Sounds great to me. I'd love to go. I would enjoy the change of pace and meeting some new people (who are hopefully working on interesting projects). Fast/reliable internet is a MUST. There are plenty of beautiful/relaxing places in the world with fast internet. I won't expect to get as much work done as I usually do. It would be nice if there were some side trips planned during the afternoons/evenings.
My guess is because of this tired and baseless anti-Americanism:

Really shows how whacked American's conception of government is.
Yes it's quite easy to write off the simplicity after the fact. Kudos.
I know of 2 options:

Webtrends offers an onpremises solution but I have no idea of the pricing.

http://webtrends.com/products/analytics/website/

IBM's Unica Netinsight

http://www-142.ibm.com/software/products/us/en/on-premise-we...

Both are quite complete solutions but they are aimed for the enterprise customer so do expect a significant cost.
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O'Reilly has a deal on a data science starter kit. I don't receive any kind of commission here, but I can tell you, it's quality material.

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This is a good start, I would definitely find a designer friend to help out on the frontend.
It's not just the Steam wrapper script that does this, at least one of the games (SpaceChem) tries to do the same thing...
If something should be legal it should be legal regardless of what happens with the proceeds, similarly if it should be illegal then what happens with the proceeds should be irrelevant.

I don't think that what they did should be illegal (though I do think it should be regulated), but what happened with the money should be neither here nor there as far as the law is concerned. You don't get to buy favour.
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The gist of this article is that Obama was able to use a combination of data mining and creative marketing to pinpoint impressionable voters in crucial areas with a view toward manipulating the electoral college system to his advantage. This is yet another reason to toss the electoral system in the garbage and set it on fire. In no event should a relatively small subset of the population in a handful of states be responsible for choosing the President of the United States.
I would rather do something for free than have to worry about the extra accounting declaring lots of $1 amounts to the tax department entails.
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My (admittedly limited) understanding is that it depends if the patent in question covers the idea/concept, or an implementation of that idea... with the usual caveat of different countries/different rules.
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I have nothing against charging fee for your work but hey, you have to make it very clear. Now your site still says its free to use.. and I also believe you clearly are trying to give this impression to potential users. This is not fair.
I watched PBS's coverage and I would say they did. They showed every state very briefly but talked about nothing but the battlegrounds.
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Modern law enforcement is all about discretionary enforcement
And people say it's not innovative enough...
Google Voice is a thing, but as of today it is essentially a US and Canada only product. They really haven't improved it in what seems like years.
Back in 2006, MSN Messenger was one of the world's best-known brands (its logo outscored Mickey Mouse!); in large parts of Asia and Europe it had become a verb -- "I'll MSN you"; and had some clever approaches to ads that got extremely high clickthroughs.

But then MS changed its name to 'Windows Live Messenger' to boost the Windows Live brand; underinvested in development and support; and focused its advertising on trying to compete with Google for search ads.

Ah well. The path not taken.
The federal government has no jurisdiction. They technically don't have the authority to make a substance illegal at the federal level anyway -- they get away with it by levying taxes on banned substances that can't actually be paid.

Regardless of that, if the DEA starts arresting people who are not violating state law after the electorate in CO has spoken in such clear terms, libertarians are going to go apeshit. That's the last thing that the Obama administration needs, and he's already made it very clear that marijuana is not high (ha) on his list of concerns.
http://freedomsponsors.org (disclaimer - I'm the founder) has a bounty system like that.

One difference is that users are encouraged to place bounties for existing issues on open source projects issues - the main goal on FS is to kickstart Free Software projects - but you can place a bounty for an "unlinked" task much like Bountify, like this one --> http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/13/a-complete-jee-...

Another big difference is that there's no money escrow. You pay after the task is done, if you're happy with the result.
You can dock the app to the side and it will occupy about 1/3 of the screen or so. Shortcut - win + ..

The Windows 8 multitasking experience is way better than any other tablet OS. And if you are on desktop, maybe you will ve to stick with the desktop skype. Btw, it is not old version, it is the desktop version.
If you donate your winnings to charity (a feature provided on Bountify), there are no accounting issues to worry about.
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Have you tried Win + .?

It docks the windows 8 app to side. You can chat away with skype by doing so.
When I had an app featured in an Apple commercial it appeared in an "As Seen on TV" section of the App Store in that country, and lead to a sales boost.
The main issue here is that our medical care system is totally screwed. At the end of the day, if no one else can, the state has to pay for emergency care.

I voted for the marijuana bill, but the contra argument is pretty persuasive at least from a money standpoint. Marijuana use will probably at least double as a result of this bill. Unfortunately, this has a real cost to society. There's not a lot of quality data on the health effects of regular pot use, but what I've read says it's something of a mix of the effects of alcoholism and cigarette addiction. This is going to have a real dollar cost to the state unless we can fix our healthcare system before people who start taking up pot now that it's legal start getting cancer in 10-15 years.

Again, I voted for the bill, but I agree with the argument that it has hidden deferred costs.
the electoral college system only constrains the location of targets. without it, you might make the problem harder, but you would not make it impossible.
There is room in this world for every corner of productivity. He's doing some very good work; other people are doing very good work in exactly the other fields you're talking about. One is not inherently better than the other, since it takes many different outcomes and works to create this thing we call society.

In fact, you could say that the maximal way to be productive might be to be diversely productive, since it produces the widest array of new ideas and conclusions, and tests every nook and cranny of possibility. Surely we have enough people in the world and in the country to provide for that diversity.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/victory_lab/... - Slate article from Jan 2012 "Project Dreamcatcher
How cutting-edge text analytics can help the Obama campaign determine voters’ hopes and fears."
Obama took PA by five percentage points, which is consistent with his margin in the state-level polls that were taken throughout October. In absolute numbers rather than percentages, his margin is about 300,000 votes. Are you really trying to argue that a voter ID law would have taken enough people out of the electorate to flip the state?
I use https://dns.he.net/ .

Simple and supports all kinds of records.
thanks. i admit i didn't look there (on the web; can't get direct tv).
If I would get an extra day off work, I'd do an early ballot and use that day as a holiday.
Right now users have the option to donate their bounty winnings to charity, which some are doing.
Can we just stop with the terms libtards and teabaggers? It's childish and disrepectful.
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Nope, not on Facebook you can't.
Unless I'm sourly mistaken, the Facebook Jabber server does not support s2s federation (by choice, obviously) and won't let users outside the Facebook Jabber server chat to those on it.

Cue walled garden rant.

Wha you can do is use an existing Facebook (Jabber) account on a regular Jabber client such as Pidgin, Adium and such.

No problem chatting with @gmail.com JIDs from any Jabber server though (well, besides the fact that Google's Multi User Chat support is pretty shitty in my experience, and that the two-way Jabber subscription process it bit weird in Google land).

I absolutely second the Prosody advice though, wonderful server and very friendly community and devs!
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I don't know about their data scientists, but I've heard from people who know engineers on the campaign that they're essentially a Python shop. Not sure about the rest of the stack...
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Yes. Fraud in Philly voting is legendary and almost on par with Chicago.

I can't find the registered voter turnout for 2012 yet, but in past years Philly RV turnout has been as high as 108%.
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I consider this to be somewhat misleading advertising. The playing, especially towards the end, has the full chord and a bit of glissando which I'm not entirely sure you can do this on any app......
"The apps will allow for basic editing"

I find it interesting that Microsoft now has several versions of Office that don't support the full feature set of their file formats. There's already Office Web Apps and Office Mobile, and now the new apps. I wonder if they will settle on a single subset of features, a kind of Office Lite? Otherwise, it'll be quite confusing to tell what works in which app.
It's definitely up for me. Plus [1]

[1]: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/reddit.com
There's also Unity of Command, a strategy game that focuses on logistics. Review here: http://kotaku.com/5954358/unity-of-command-the-kotaku-review
The other submission ...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4753364

... links to the print version, and hence is not, strictly speaking, a duplicated URL. The content, however, is identical.
Big evolutionary advantage in being able to transfer newfound skills through observation and copying.
Has anybody tried this?
Not a smoker either, but discussed living in CO or WA is we go back to the U.S. I just want to live among open minded people.
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I've just received an email in my Gmail account from Netflix confirming that my signup is complete. Except that I've never signed up for Netflix; in fact, Netflix isn't even available in my country. The email is SPF verified, so it's definitely from Netflix.

What really bothers me is that the confirmation email indicates that a VISA account has apparently been attached to this Netflix account. Ironically, the email contains a "Help Centre" link, which I cannot access because "Netflix is not available in your country yet". Even more annoyingly, the email also contains a "Mailing Preferences" link, which I also cannot log into since I don't actually have any login details.

Can anybody confirm whether Netflix sends out a confirmation email before actually creating a new account? Also, does anybody know of some way for me to remove myself from their system without having to log in first?
Not even that constrained. They had a lot of fundraising targeting as well, and that was nationwide.
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