skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
SF taxi insurance requirements are low: $1MM, on the order of what a typical sr. software engineer should already be buying for their own insurance.

My point is, by delegating regulation of cabs to the insurance markets, you don't make the market any more transparent or efficient; instead, you cede it to private businesses who can make arbitrary decisions with no oversight at all.

Crappy oversight is better than no oversight.
Wow – that's one angry gamer. I (sorda) wonder why the (accused) guy's gamer profile was deleted by the company.
OK, I really tried to read that, but my lack of coffee and presence of being really tired made it hard to consume. Was the entire premise of it that one day a being will have computers powerful enough to simulate humanity, so of course they will, and we are the result of it? Some of those assumptions seem pretty damn big, but again, I could just be too tired to read it.
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the twitter fail whale is classic ..
Trailer seemed cool, but I'd like to see an actual gameplay video. Anyone have a link to real footage?
Facebook is where the clueless people are. Unfortunately, I love quite a few of those clueless people - so I join them where they are.

When all your friends decide to meet at that fake corporate fac-simile of a cliché pub, you go there too because you like your friends and might meet some nice girl there too. You may suggest a place with beer that does not taste like llama piss, but you drink that beer with a smile anyway because in the end it is all about people, even with stupid UI, satanic EULA and sprawling ads.
nothing yet here
I was with you, I mean really wouldn't it be embarrassing to be talking to your computer? Wouldn't it bother people around you? And then I noticed that people have decided that when they are on their cell phone nobody around them can hear them (protip: we can) and I expect that this same suspension of acoustical reality will make talking to your computer popular.
retina-optimized

We've got marketing departments to thank for that one. Leave it to them to invent another word for "high resolution".

Although, I suppose there probably was a need for a new word. "HD" has been strongly tied to 720p/1080p, so people associate "HD" with those qualities. They needed something that was more HD, without resorting to the silly name progression that was used in radio. (HF, VHF, UHF, etc)
this is similar to vagrant ???
unfortunately invitation only.
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The nation-state might consider itself as above the law, but the contracted company who got the job to develop the player might think twice before breaking the law.

Or are we so jaded that we think every contracted company to the army, and every sub-contracted company being payed for a job by the NSA/CIA/FBI regularly go around and breaks laws because the think "hu, why not, my boss is the goverment, they wont mind!".
Can't you read? He said he "seems".
There lies one of it's biggest flaws: poor discovery.

I once sat down for a few hours and asked it tons of random questions and got a good feel for what it can and cannot answer/do. After that, it became a lot more useful to me. But most people don't seem to do that.
When it comes down to making money, FaceBook is acting exactly like every other big media & communications company: they are doing everything in their power to extract economic rents, to the extent permitted by law, so long as it doesn't annoy or push away too many customers. This isn't really news.
Unlike in Europe and here in America, a war is happening in Israel and all Israelis under 45 are either active soldiers or reserve soldiers. I have family in Tel Aviv that was forced to run into a bunker earlier today. I have a friend from high school that is stationed at the Gaza border. It's not an abstract, far away event. The tweets are directly relevant to Israeli society.
Zulily raises VC, now valued at $1 billion
Thanks for the pyramid example, that's a good one. As a calibration point, it took me from 16 minutes past the hour when I read your post to 26 past the hour to complete. And the ten minutes included two interruptions where I had to go to another office. And 3 more minutes to write this post.

I did google "2d array python" when the array initialization I used at first didn't work. (I'm new to python and had not done a 2d array in it yet.)

Works fine, dumps the result in formatted output, and accepts any positive number as an argument to pyramid size, odd or even.
Aha! There they are -- fantastic! :)
You're in "magic wand" territory, and in agreement with Stross' arguments.
And, to be honest: I don't think I'd mind as much if it wasn't the exact same ad multiple times a day, every day, for over a month
> Disagreements that have not been addressed IRL will be promptly dismissed as misunderstandings until an actual conversation has taken place.

That's an impressively mature stance on employee conflict.

> Or maybe better, an extension of your parent's house.

That's a very simple and reasonable explanation for workplace use.

It sounds like you treat your employees like adults. I find that commendable in the current business climate.
Extremely well done site. +1 for insistence on face-to-face and willingness to pay for plane tickets to facilitate it.
I only tried Siri once before deciding it was useless for me.

I asked Siri "How many inches in a foot?" which Siri heard as "How many inches in a fort". I retried it about twenty times modulating my voice to try and get it to hear foot instead of fort and eventually gave up.
Massive overreaction. It's very obvious that these news feed posts are sponsored. It clearly says so. 99% of users won't even notice this or care.
You can just ask it, "What can I say?" or similar and it will come up with a big list. Although I don't know how you can discover that feature... bit of a chicken-and-egg there.
I think the best thing is to have something you really want to build, and then work from there trying to figure out how to do it, and all the different elements that are in play. That way it's a lot less nebulous than just 'learning how to code'. You won't be able to do everything, obviously, but you'll be able to contextualize what you can and can't do, and how those things fit into a 'fully baked' mvp...just my 2 cents. good luck, drop the hammer.
Fixed. Let me know if it's still confusing. Thanks again.
Wow - this is awesome. Well done!

Any plans to add lyrics to the annotations? It would be cool to be able to follow other contributors as well because some people are great at tabbing things out and others are terrible. Some sort of star rating on the quality of the tab (similar to UltimateGuitar) would be nice as well.

Also, small usability suggestion - I signed up and went looking for a way to start making annotations, but couldn't find it. It took me a while to realize I had to verify my email address before I could use the full capabilities of the site. It may be worth calling that out earlier on (or even skipping the email verification if you can).
I wonder if they weren't being innovative enough. Why go with the zeppelin design they chose? For most of us, this is an old method of transport, and the 'romance' of travel doesn't quite work.

I love the idea, but you can only make so much harkening back to the old days. I'm actually surprised they managed to get 20,000 people through. The passenger area is small, Moffett Field is a bit of a trip for many tourists visiting the bay area, when you factor in flight time, etc. etc. I suspect this is a whole day activity.

It is my understanding that the exciting and economically viable work in this field is in large load flight. If that could somehow be combined with airship tourism, maybe they'd be on to something.
I think the stuff you're seeing the device screens in the trailer is the gameplay footage... You go somewhere, scan around for "energy", and "hack it" or whatever.
No worries, it was destined to be de-railed.

I think you are correct about the power balances. People revolting in Egypt don't have a 'voice' but the government does, similarly Israel has its own 'voice' in the form of television media, etc and doesn't "need" the amplification that Twitter provides.

Its an interesting dichotomy that I'll have to think more about. Meanwhile this whole thread has been modded into oblivion :-)
Still investing huge sums in niche deals sites? Maybe their financials are MUCH better than Groupon and others.
Interesting, compare Amazon:

SDE intern
SDE
Sr. SDE
Principal Engineer
Sr. Pr. Eng.
Distinguished Engineer (VP level, ex: Peter Vosshall)
Spotify finally launched their web service - Here's how you get access
BMW Uses Startup Technology to Launch Interactive Platform at Dealership
Computing with Transistors: The Digital State
Dell Results Fall Short of Expectations, but Shares Rally Anyway
We run a similar service, though we've been around for just over a year now, and we actually allow you to customize the maximum request rate at which we'll hit your site (in real time). Feel free to give us a try at https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com
I didn't expect this to work nearly as well as it does. Wow. Very nice! Half speed is an excellent touch, too.
Rip out that stuff, replace it anew.
Redux: 12 Steps to Better Code
Of course not. Hacker News isn't just a random consumer electronics board, or Android / iPhone fan page. Many people here are interested in the business of consumer electronics.
>If you want to coast, we recommend you apply for a job at Craigslist

Catty much? Amusing assertion given that Jeremy Zawodny works there.
This is awesome on so many levels, being a youtube-taught guitar player, this is right up my alley.

Two suggestions: Definitely make scroll speed a setting (similar to how Rockband 'difficulty' is just them spacing things out further to make it harder) and maybe a slower example? A slower example might be friendlier to new players / more welcoming?

Edit: Also, when I signed up and checked out all the tabs... I ended up getting 'Video not available'. Not sure if that's regional settings kicking in (i.e Canada gets nothing)...
That article is interesting, but rather vague.

> "With automatic updates enabled through Windows Update, customers can receive IE9 and future versions of Internet Explorer seamlessly without any "update fatigue" issues."

How often will these updates come out?

And what about the usual tying of browsers to OS. IE 10 will come out for Windows 7 ... which means that people running XP (or Vista) won't get it. So IE9 will still be in play for a while, and by the time this fades into irrelevance like IE6...

Will IE11 be Windows 8 only? What about IE12? Or is there going to be an IE10.1 with new features in only six months time. We don't know. It does not dispel the (currently correct) perception that for the foreseeable future, some version of IE will be the boat-anchor holding the web back.
These rules are nothing new. Every company seems to start this way and then eventually each of these principles die with a little regulation here and a little adjustment there.
Startup Scaligent offering $20,000 referral award to find a designer
Usability suggestion:
Don't force me to create an account BEFORE I receive any value from your app. Creating an account is a pain. It's not clear why I need an account. It most definitely benefits you, even if you think it's better for me in the long run.

Hold the account-setup step until I've created my first project and want to do something with it. That's when I'll be able to easily understand why I need an account.
Working fine for me, 13:38 PST.
Is that actually true? Seems like growth-focused tech companies with comparatively low earnings per revenue would have low tax liabilities, especially when compared to stable industries like oil and banking.
Well, that's one point where Javascript should - and will! - improve, modularization. At the moment there is no default dependency framework - you can't say 'my module X depends on modules Y and Z'. Well, not by default anyway; there's CommonJS's modules, AMD, and in Javascript Harmony another 'standardized' module framework.

I personally use requireJS in a rather large Backbone project, and it works remarkably well.
One thing that keeps happening: when I take a picture and finish cropping the app severely cuts off the right size of the picture. Any chance for a fix?
Who Cares About Navigator.getUserMedia()?
I think there's a significant difference between the F2P games by Zynga and what not, where you play very poorly compared to people who spend.

Vs typical arcade games, where it's just more fun and a bit easier. But you can still have tons of fun without buying IAP. You can typically spend a couple bucks and use those items forever.

In the first example - you have to keep spending as long as you keep playing.
Show HN: Just got "sued" by a company. Fun stuff.
Hi guys,

Two weeks ago, I launched my company (http://www.foodsterbox.com) in Belgium . Today I tweeted the following message (originally in French):

"Do you like #OtherCompanyName? Come discover Foodsterbox, the first Culinary box available in Belgium! http://blabla"

6 hours later I received an email with a PDF letter (I will get a proper letter through the mail too) basically saying that I can't use their name in a hashtag to "promote" my company and I was getting "sued" if I don't remove the tweet.

The other company is not a competitor, just doing the same kind of business as me "Stuff in a box every month".

Is this just a dumbass flexing his "muscle" to scare me away (for what reason, I don't know) or should I really remove the tweet?

Any help or feedback is appreciated.
I'm not very familiar with Chrome development, but it seems like you have pretty strong capabilities. Why couldn't bind to the click event on the Compose button?
Wow, thank you! We were wondering if it does the job :)
Yeah, I concur. I've had miserable experiences with cmake. The autotools have a butt-ugly implementation, but generally work pretty well, and are fairly simple to use, within their domain.

That's the issue, really ... each of these build systems (including the autotools) seems to have a sweet spot where it works pretty well, but can be a misery outside it.

None of them (that I've encountered) are even close to being universally good. Pick your poison wisely...
DB's are designed for this purpose.
Also when you get to early 40s doing web dev or web apps, especially if you dont have a GooG or stanford degree, your competition for work is essentially early 30 somethings, and age discrimination really becomes apparent. I have no idea what to do next for challenge and m0ney.
Ah, that's pretty crappy. I try to avoid that sort of thing by prefacing all library calls / fancy language features with a "I'm going to just use [this thing]. If you want me to go into that, I can". Not so much ask permission as tell them. It's really a pain in the ass to have to be on guard like that though.
Got an email from the company (I am a designer, working on my own investing startup), checked out their site, and found this -- yep, twenty thousand dollars.
Is this definitely enabled for everyone by default? Mine was already set to "No One" and i'm fairly certain i've never seen that page before.
http://www.findingfarm.com/?topic=dev-clojure

Disclaimer: finding farm is my project. If it isn't what you're looking for I apologize in advance.
I am traveling so I had the phone shipped to where I am now. Got the email about the 3 week delay. Just called them and they said that they can't change the shipping address due to the "privacy policy." The rep couldn't explain what that meant, but said I would receive a follow up email. Pathetic customer service.
Researchers develop new protocol that boosts WiFi performance by 700%
yeah it is back up ..
There are quite a few standard denominations for resolution : ★VGA, ★XGA, Q★XGA etc. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution for the whole collection.

And then there is the ★HD family : nHD, qHD, HD (720p), FHD (1080p), QHD, QFHD (4K), UHD... Those are established and provide a somewhat logical progression from HD.

But then I may just underestimate Apple's need for branding and the prevalence of NIH at the marketing department.
Work great for me. French Spotify account in Belgium.
Yes, it matters a lot to me as a consumer. One of the reasons I stick with ios is its popularity. Popularity leads to better/more apps, better first party support (more retail Apple stores), better third party support (forums), better third party features (jailbreaking), more accessories, etc.
Matthew Prince is my boss and I know what happened there. He was not using the type of system I am talking about (based on the RFC) but a system that does a voice call or SMS.
"as a consumer"

It doesn't really matter as a consumer. However, many people are interested in the industry as a whole and there's a lot of armchair analysis put forth that the Nexus 4's sold out status puts it in the same league as the iphone and galaxy s lines, the only phones anyone ever seems to hear hard figures on.
I think they should see if they can release a strip down demo version of windows. No frills or anything just the basic required functionality with clear path for upgrading. That version should be able to work on WinXP level hardware and be easy to upgrade.

I would probably be hard to offer something like this without cannibalizing some of their sales but in Asia, they have tons of users who will never purchase a legitimate version of windows but are sizable enough that they have to cater to them for other services.
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God says...

11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the
outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness.

11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that
which is within also? 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye
have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all
manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as
graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware
of them.
I'm not a lawyer so I'll save the advice-giving for someone else, but that shows incredible insecurity on the part of the other company.
I'm thinking about a way to call bullshit on such job descriptions. Not sure money is the answer though. What about interesting jobs / startups that can't pay that much?

It would be nice to get a crowd sourced mechanism that involves employees / ex-employees / vendors who could provide a well rounded view on what is the job really like, and not just some marketing spiel from hiring manager
Caaaaat: A responsive cat
Terrible for whom? Recalling of course that both parties consented to the idea.

I find it (or rather, Google Latitude) AWESOME. One, it's awesome for rendezvouses. Both the planned kind (I arrive first, she's not here yet, where is she, maybe I could walk a block and meet her first) and the unplanned kind (sometimes I find out my wife is downtown when I didn't expect her to be... hi honey!).

Two, I'm still tracking friends back home even though I don't live near them any more. It emphasizes the community in the world. It'd be better if more people used Latitude, though.
i meant it in the google sense of the word, you didn't create the content you post (black friday ads). i guess it's unlikely that they know the images are duplicates if you're not just copying them, but its unlikely to look very good to their algs.
Learning a new language on a phone. Duolingo releases its iPhone app
Except that they have spent over a decade culling the world for the smartest and most accomplished employees.
At least with ZFS, no:

"Porting ZFS to Linux is complicated by the fact that the GNU General Public License, which governs the Linux kernel, is incompatible with the Sun CDDL under which ZFS is distributed."[0]

See also this reasoning from the native ZFS linux kernel module port:

"In a nutshell, the issue is that the Linux kernel which is licensed under the GNU General Public License is incompatible with ZFS which is licensed under the Sun CDDL. While both the GPL and CDDL are open source licenses their terms are such that it is impossible to simultaneously satisfy both licenses. This means that a single derived work of the Linux kernel and ZFS cannot be legally distributed."[1]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS#Linux

[1]: http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
Thanks Samuel, this was the best talk at the summit.
HTML Canvas recreation of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover
3^n gets you a Sierpinski gasket and 4^n Cantor's dust
Recently back from QCon SF, one of my favorite bits was a tutorial given by James Lewis from ThoughtWorks on micro-services (which he said was not the best moniker but close enough that people understand the idea). Lots of resonance with the concept described in this post -- use existing APIs and formats to create "just enough" architecture to connect distinct components in well-defined ways.

Slides from an ealier version of the talk here: http://www.slideshare.net/jamesalewis/java-microservices
I clearly see that backbone version is better. But i wonder if is it just me that thinks there must be a better way than the event driven nature of backbone ?
I've never heard of StraightTalk before, but after checking them out they seem like that might be a path I want to go down. I'm been shopping around for pay as you go/ unlocked plans for a bit now, I'm kinda fed up with verizons offerings. How do you like the plan/ do you get service everywhere/are there roaming charges?
Agreed. Even as someone who feels pretty comfortable in Backbone this was a good exploration.
>I have to translate all their basic html templates into lisp/cl-who syntax. But I don't find that too much of a hardship tbh and the tradeoffs are worth it.

That would not work for more complicated projects at all.
waiting!!
Interesting concept. The fact that you're using Conviva to analyze the effectiveness of the video is good too.

I like what you did with the social proof (testimonials) as well.

Who's your ideal user?
It matters to me. I want to know if I've been "PR stunted".
We "oversold" 300.000 nexus 4 just to create demand in time for Christmas is different from we really didn't see that coming in spite of registrations and sold the first batch of 3M phones.

Also, it's different the waiting in line at an Appletore. I wanted to buy a N10 but didn't expected to have it in hand the very same day. You're kind of comparing if I may say, apple and oranges.

That said, if it's a stunt, it half failed because newspaper talks about the N4 but not about the N10.
OpenDNS is one example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1830929
I don't understand the last clause. Yes, Google uses "dirty energy" in many data centers because they're connected to grids without direct "clean energy" feeds. But electricity is near-perfectly fungible. If you care about "clean" energy at all, your goal should be increasing the supply anywhere -- what's the difference to an environmentalist if that 50MW goes to a Google-owned data center or just a local housing development? How does it make it "less good" of Google to have built those turbines?