skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I bought one. I purchased a first generation Samsung Chromebook. I have written about this here on HN before (too many times), but I think it is worth noting. My experience with my Chromebook runs like this.

I bought it because I thought I could use it to ssh (via the underlying terminal in developer mode) into my linode and work on the train each day to and from work. I bought the 3G Chromebook for this reason. When I got it I was very impressed. The build quality is really excellent, it is a piece of really well built commodity hardware. Plastic but excellent, hinge weight and great keyboard. The 3G was unworkable and I had to give up my mobile plans on day one (not the Chromebooks fault - I live in York and commute to Leeds, with bad 3G coverage).

So the next stage my Chromebook stays at home and overnight becomes the internet computer for the whole house. We watch TV on it, we do searches on it. It is fast, it is light and for surfing the internet it is just this always on service. Very good :)

During this time I played around with installing another OS on the Chromebook. But it was always difficult and I never dedicated the time to gritting through it. However, when the new Chromebooks came out I got all exited again and started looking into it again. In the mean time someone has set up a very easy to use install, with instructions, Ubuntu onto your Chromebook. I did this. Now I program every day on the train to and from work and I enjoy my Chromebook more than any computer I have owned before.

A caveat, I use my Ubuntu-ised Chromebook to hack Go code in vim. I am just using terminals and a browser. So if you want more than that from a laptop you may not enjoy it as much as I have.

This is just for hackers though. Does not explain why the new ones are so popular with the general public. But my wife is not in IT and she loves it (even with Ubuntu on it :)
They might be local notifications from the app itself, not remote push notifications.
I send/receive about that in emails a day. On top of that you have IM's, Twitter, Facebook, Phone calls, etc. In short, that number is not surprising.
$0, meaning I don't care that much about seeing ads. Plus I've got adblock and disable flash until clicked.
I'm about a day away from releasing Gnotty, which is a similar tool but open source: https://github.com/stephenmcd/gnotty

Mobile-friendly IRC web client, private rooms, and bots with commands/webhooks.
I wish spam prevention was a bigger part of Apple's culture.

I get spam robocalls on my iPhone and have no way to block them. I have recently started getting unblockable requests to Facetime with strangers on my Mac -- a service I didn't even know I was logged into. I have an Apple email address that is way behind Gmail on spam prevention. And as noted in the article, iOS notification spam is now an issue.

In contrast, Google has anti-spam as a core corporate competency. They know that where there is a profit motive, there will be spam. They truly think like hackers -- "if I were a bad actor, how would I abuse this feature?" Apple needs to pick this up.
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kind of similar to grove:

https://grove.io
This is one of the only "nanny state" laws I find reasonable.

People genuinely need saving from themselves.
This, and the crapware problem on Windows, seem like two instances of the same underlying problem. What could a general solution look like?
Eh, I wouldn't be surprised if there were dozens, even hundreds of HN clones. It's a pretty simple website.
One theory is that, yes, something different is going on in the brain when speaking on a phone, as opposed to speaking with a passenger.

"It may be that talking on the phone generates mental images that conflict with the spatial processing needed for safe driving. Eye-tracking studies show that while drivers continually look side to side, cellphone users tend to stare straight ahead.

"They may also be distracted to the point that their engaged brains no longer process much of the information that falls on their retinas, which leads to slower reaction times and other driving problems.

-- New York Times, "A Problem of the Brain, Not the Hands: Group Urges Phone Ban for Drivers" [0]

[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13well.html?_r=0

Edit: clarity.
Oil is a stock resource. There is a finite amount of it.

It is treated as a flow resource. Discussion focusses on annual production, rather than total extractable stock.

It is not impressive to run through a stock of resources at a faster rate.
Jordan Lampe is a genius. This is exactly the sort of thing thay makes me miss Dwolla so much. I may actually head back to Des Moines for this.

Also anyone know if butchering services are included?
If fabs were commodities, we wouldn't have the current situation where Intel continues to be far away the leader in foundry technology.
The most hilarious one on my phone is a local transit app, which is sadly very useful so I'm keeping it, with an irate developer who uses push notifications to angrily respond to negative reviews in the App store. I get notifications like "Response to Gregory's negative review."

I actually read them sometimes because they are mildly amusing things like "Gregory's Review: 1/5 stars, didn't work. Developer comments: HOW ABOUT FILING A REAL BUG REPORT SO I CAN HELP YOU INSTEAD OF LEAVING A VAGUE BAD REVIEW."
Based on what I've heard from friends at Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Apple has already moved to swap to TSMC once Samsung's supply contract is done.
My wallet is too thick already. Another 3.8mm is way too much. That kind of thickness needs to be integrated into the wallet rather than inserted into it.
Python.org was pretty simple. bs4 really hits the brakes on the NYT page.

==== Total trials: 100000 =====
bs4 parsing time: 0.6
bs4 selecting time: 146.3
pq parsing time: 0.0
pq selecting: 15.7
lxml parsing time: 0.0
lxml (cssselect) selecting time: 12.4
lxml parsing time: 0.0
lxml (xpath) selecting: 11.5
A lot of those are "k", "ya", "5 min".
At the very least they should ban apps that have a way where no matter how many times you check it, the icon always has the little (1) on it. GetGlue was doing this for a while, but it appears they stopped.
People in the thread were talking about computer security mostly, though. In the end, the best "protection" is that insurance will reverse your losses in case security fails. Something a lay person "securing" their bitcoins on their own computer won't have.
Kind of fits with what he says in the article:
"For me, Bootstrap is very fun, not serious – nearly every line is a joke. It’s trying to provoke you. Taking shortcuts. Demanding that you reread it. Reread it again. It’s very pop. Very optimistic, yung. Forward. Playful."

"The code for my latest project Ratchet is very different. It’s very conservative. It’s not meant to draw attention to itself. It’s very explicit. Assertive, necessary. It’s easy to approach. It’s a vanilla milkshake."
Can't login bros.
"Robert Greene is the author of the international bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, ...[list of books]. His highly anticipated fifth book, Mastery, examines the lives of great historical figures such as Charles Darwin, Mozart, Paul Graham, and Henry Ford and distills the traits and universal ingredients that made them masters. ...more filler..."

Wow, Darwin, Mozart, Graham and Ford. PG's head must be spinning. ;-)
I remember the day Draw Something started abusing push notifications: the paid version was sending me ads for other zynga games. What sucks is push notifications are almost essential for the functionality of the game: without them, you have to constantly check if it's your turn. I and many other people deleted the app as soon as the ads showed up. Talk about destroying a very valuable network effect for a quick profit-grab.

I'm now part of that group who reflexively rejects notification requests. I agree with this article that Apple should take action, but app makers should also realize the cost of abusing their customers.
It is just special effects and emotional bullshit (well okay, that is most movies).

Nice touch that the people who help are all men and the driver was female.
It's clever, but it's also completely unreadable for anyone who didn't read this article. Regexes have serious maintainability issues as it is; let's not make it worse by putting clever tricks in them.
The same is true of in-app purchases. How many scammy "buy 3000 mojo points!" apps are out there now? At this point I don't even bother with an app if I see in-app purchases. Shame for those who use them correctly, like Alien Blue.
There is a newer edition, published in 2009. Search your favorite bookseller for "How to Solve It" by George Polya.
i think what could really make the difference is the video chat feature though. if properly implemented...does it work fluently?
This will not only miss non-ascii printing characters, but it's not even much shorter than typing

[[:print:]]

to use the explicit character class.
Agreed, I think the big issue is that not enough people know about the self-serve (and subreddit targeting) options available.

Also worth noting, Duck Duck Go had a very positive experience with Reddit Ads:

http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/03/my-duck-duck-go-...
At the time, Valve was pushing the limits of older hardware, that's for sure. The engine used to run perfectly on DirectX 7 cards, which were old even then. It was neat to be able to play a great-looking set of games even on older hardware and get good FPS doing so.
This works for ASCII only, use unicode character classes instead.
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The plural of anecdote

... is data, right?
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That seems more in line with my experience :) This is the stuff lxml shines at. Thank you for testing this out.
It seems the author has already updated the article with edits based on PG's comments in this thread.
It is not really a nanny state law when it exist to protect other people from you.

It just should be all distracted driving in general. Oh the shit I saw when I took my driving lessons, and right in front of a car clearly marked too.
Switch your lightmaps to lower quality (or off) while you're working and building the map, flip them to higher quality right before you release.

It's the lightmaps that take the longest to compile.
Quora may be blurring things for both googlebot and users but it still does not excuse the fact that they are deliberately obscuring content for non-logged in users. So in this respect, they are no better than expertsexchange except maybe a less unfortunate name.
Show HN: a5.gg — Using HTML5 localstorage as a quick note taking app
Put this together this afternoon.

I've been after something to quickly jot down the odd piece of information that I can access later in the day when browsing the web.

Hopefully you find it useful.

Criticism/thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.

I should add, since all the hard work here lies in the work of others here — garlic.js is a great plugin for handling localstorage.

Cheers

Jason
You can download the ChromiumOS source code, build it, and install it on any available piece of hardware. (Though the hardware can't be too lightweight; I tried this on an Atom-based eeepc and it's just too slow. A virtual machine on a modern desktop works fine, though, if you just want to see what ChromeOS is like.)

You can also install your own build on an actual Chromebook, of course, but you lose automatic updates and the secure boot.

You might also consider porting the features you desire to a NaCl app, or contributing to NaCl to add things you need. (Emacs is on my todo list, though not in the near future.)
Another argument against this approach is that North American oil sources aren't as easily extracted as Middle Eastern sources. Part of the transition to North American sources includes developing better extraction technology as these sources start to be exploited. That requires real experience and years of R&D. If we just ignored our sources until we became 100% dependent on them, we're not going to be able to extract them quickly enough or efficiently enough. We've got to build up the technology and infrastructure before we become dependent.
As someone who makes much of his living rehabilitating old perl scripts, please, if you must use such things, use them like this:

[ -~] #match only printable characters

It takes 5 seconds longer and with regexes, just knowing what the damn thing is trying to do is half the battle. When you use a regex, use a comment. Its the civil thing to do.
Shh, some people just need to keep believing Reddit is still "underground". Let them live in their fantasy world, if that is what they need. :)
We do offer a JS embed option just for this. Just chose the widget option when you get started.
Rewrites considered harmful?
Can you shoot more details to support@launchrock.com? We'll figure out the bug as quickly as we can.
> Can I make a suggestion that you not put "in quotes" things the person you're conversing with did not say. That's a fairly hostile thing to do. Speak for yourself, not for the other guy.

You do realise that you just used quotes in a way that contradicts what you just said, right?

I (and many others, you included, it seems) use quotes to single out a statement or phrase. In this particular case, I used them in an even more boring way: to mark a statement that I felt paraphrased your post.

I don't see how that's hostile. You seem to have a thing about quotes, though, since you remarked on them to someone else on this thread!

Anyway, I'm not the one who's worked up :-) I'm certainly not "derailed" (am I allowed to use quotes this time? Cheers!)... I was merely stating my opinion in response to your opinion!
If it works with Bluetooth doesn't that mean it has a limited range?

What happens if you leave your wallet in the bus, etc...?
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from http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-fu...

In a meeting on Jan. 5, 2010, Emory Hurley, the assistant U.S. Attorney in Phoenix overseeing the Fast and Furious case, told the [ATF] agents they lacked probable cause for arrests, according to ATF records. Hurley's judgment reflected accepted policy at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona. "[P]urchasing multiple long guns in Arizona is lawful," Patrick Cunningham, the U.S. Attorney's then–criminal chief in Arizona would later write. "Transferring them to another is lawful and even sale or barter of the guns to another is lawful unless the United States can prove by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm is intended to be used to commit a crime." (Arizona federal prosecutors referred requests for comment to the Justice Department, which declined to make officials available. Hurley noted in an e-mail, "I am not able to comment on what I understand to be an ongoing investigation/prosecution. I am precluded by federal regulation, DOJ policy, the rules of professional conduct, and court order from talking with you about this matter." Cunningham's attorney also declined to comment.)

It was nearly impossible in Arizona to bring a case against a straw purchaser. The federal prosecutors there did not consider the purchase of a huge volume of guns, or their handoff to a third party, sufficient evidence to seize them. A buyer who certified that the guns were for himself, then handed them off minutes later, hadn't necessarily lied and was free to change his mind. Even if a suspect bought 10 guns that were recovered days later at a Mexican crime scene, this didn't mean the initial purchase had been illegal. To these prosecutors, the pattern proved little. Instead, agents needed to link specific evidence of intent to commit a crime to each gun they wanted to seize.

Yep, sounds like this is all the fault of some renegade ATF agent. Nothing to do with the laws in place, no sir.
Although I get the concern here, it would seem that if you removed the nofollows, it would open up the site to all kinds of abuse and diminish the value of the content very quickly. It doesn't strike me as a very difficult task to create a few thousand profiles and have them vote for each other (and also give you a ton of votes to random people to hide better), and then use the collected power for SEO spam.

I agree with you that there has to be a better solution, but it doesn't strike me as a very trivial one... any thoughts on how one would approach this?
> Why? If you really can't stand behind your opinion, what's the point in having it in the first place?

If you can't stand behind your vote by writing your real name directly on your ballot, what's the point in voting in the first place?

Your identity and standing behind your opinion have no correlation, just like they don't when you vote. History shows that unnecessarily joining them has dangerous consequences, however.
Does the author not know how to write quotations? The use of parentheses instead of square brackets to denote the alteration of the quotation is confusing and painful.
> Plastic but excellent, hinge weight and great keyboard. The 3G was unworkable and I had to give up my mobile plans on day one (not the Chromebooks fault - I live in York and commute to Leeds, with bad 3G coverage).

Sounds like these kind of devices need a return period due to usability of wireless services. Was that even an option?
That always irked me too. Now you can disable those little app notification badges in settings.
You have a typo. Search for 'PyQyery', twice.
For all the weird ad/spam accusations I've heard against Android, it shocks me how much this seems to be an iOS issue. I can say I've never, ever had a problem with this in Android, and if I did, most every app that I use that I can think of allows me to enabled/disable different types of notifications (FB/Twitter/etc). It's also a tiny bit amusing that one of the solutions is to make the Settings more sane and make them live inside their application like Android.
Kryo is a fast and efficient object graph serialization framework for Java
OccupySandy is like a startup
New Zealand did similar advertisements a few years back, setting up car crashes with actors and not telling the emergency services that they were not real.

But this recent campaign about telling your mates not to drink and drive is far more clever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shRzlAiLr2M

The logic is that changing behaviour relies on helping people understand what is 'cool' and what is not cool with their friends.
As anti-tobacco campaigns or anti-drug campaigns should also know, this is far more effective than the scare tactics.
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"As a result, users are starting to reflexively reject app requests to send push notifications."

Source? An actual, non-vague stat? Proof?
U.S. to Be World’s Top Oil Producer in 5 Years, Report Says
Put this together this afternoon.

I've been after something to quickly jot down the odd piece of information that I can access later in the day when browsing the web.

Hopefully you find it useful.

Criticism/thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.

I should add, since all the hard work here lies in the work of others here — garlic.js is a great plugin for handling localstorage.

Cheers

Jason
My favourite is this one:
http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
but then wouldn't they only show when the app is running? I get these notifications all the time, even when the app is not suspended.
Why do you keep attacking me? I've been civil to you.

The reason I compare land mass is because the infrastructure is different. The US has to move cargo over large distances and buys much of it's products from producers over seas. It's completely dependent on oil from that perspective. The size of the country also hurts development of things like high speed rail and public transportation due to issues with urban sprawl unlike it's european and asian counterparts where these projects have done well. There's a land mass nearly the size of Russia with very sparsely populated areas strewn about and tons of existing infrastructure in the way. Then there are also cities that are in some cases the size of small European countries with a population that's less dense. The logistics of these make solving the cargo and transportation issues very difficult. In the mean time, the US can't sit idle and just let things collapse unless it wants risk civil unrest. Combine all this with military and economic threats from China, Russia, and the middle east and it's no surprise to me that the government wants to ensure the US can continue to play a major role in oil production. Keep in mind that oil is a commodity, so it's not about the money. This is purely about the future of the country.

Regarding my comment about cars, see the reply above to someone who made a similar point. There's evidence that progress is being made. It's just developing in niche markets where innovation typically happens (consumer cars, race cars, small power companies, etc..). I wasn't trying to say that CSX would start moving cargo via tesla cars. Please tell me you didn't really believe that.

I'm not convinced the issue is one of a lack of demand. It's just a really difficult problem to solve and when the well being of the country is at state, the politicians aren't going to willing throw it's economy into a depression or risk one of it's enemies forcing it's hand. Hope is not a strategy.

Finally, no sane country is going to willing limit it's oil usage. That's especially true for a country that's been in a recession for over 4 years and every good and service is impacted by the cost of oil.
Here are some Ruby libraries I’ve used that are similar to those Python libraries:

pyquery equivalent: Nokogiri (http://nokogiri.org/). Lets you select elements with jQuery-like selectors. Uses libxml2 as its parser.

watchdog equivalent: watchr (https://github.com/mynyml/watchr). Run code when the filesystem changes.

path.py equivalent: rush (http://rush.heroku.com/). Provides a far better API to the filesystem than the standard library.

I also found this equivalent to fuzzywuzzy, but I’ve never used it: amatch (http://flori.github.com/amatch/)
It didn't work for this lazy copy/paste user. :)
Ubuntu 11.10. Just posted what worked for me. No harm intended.
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If he were a HAM operator, or someone with experience doing Morse Code for a living, I expect it would probably be as nearly automatic as typing would be for you or me.
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Sites are free to overuse 'rel=nofollow', and search engines are free to selectively ignore it (for either link-discovery or ranking purposes).

The strongest point I see made by this author is about SO's hypocrisy: SO requires attribution to be with a link, and specify that link must not have 'rel=nofollow'. Yet their content relies heavily on references to elsewhere which are all 'rel=nofollow'ed.

A sense of fair play in attribution, and spirit of mutual assistance between reliable authorities, would suggest allowing at least some well-vetted outlinks to be unencumbered.
What makes a good tablet app?
Ruby has the same variability of expressiveness that he's describing with Javascript. Arguably more so. One of the reasons I love it so much.
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ah hell. Poor reading skills this morning.
Maybe it's just me, but when I drive, I turn off all distractions: radio off, iPhone on DND mode and not playing any music, GPS voice off, and passengers hushed.

I want to be able to not just see the other vehicles on the road, but also hear them. I've avoided a couple of accidents that way. This is impossible to do with music blasting or other people in the car talking loudly.
I think you missed the "in the U.S."