skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The authors clearly state they used statistics to adjust for all the basic factors like what they buy (using single people instead of married couples) etc. so after you read the 3 pages there are not a lot of options left.

I do have an idea that they didn’t test however:

The women I have dated in the past seem to have selective memory about what they purchase. They seem to shop and talk about shopping like people who gamble. They will tell their friends all about the item they saved $50 on 8 months ago but rarely talk about the items they overpaid for. (gamblers like to talk about wins, but not losses) I can't speak to the shopping habits of most men, but I go to a store and quickly get what I need for a reasonable, but sometimes high price and exit as quickly as possible. I rarely remember what I paid for particular items I got on sale, but know that a shirt should cost about $50. Etc.

Is it possible that the sample of the women I have dated are similar to a statistically significant number of women who have selective memory about past purchases? I obviously don’t know the answer, but if it is true, I think that is a reasonable thing to test and is backed by the fact that women perceived clothing as a significant driver of the inflation above the men (page 3).

[Note] Some of what may be driving this is cultural like women not wanting the guys they are with to think they are wasting money and the desire to talk about the deal they got like shopping is a skill with their friends. This may be US/Swedish style cultures.

Researchers could test this by surveying other cultures which are less similar to US culture which couldn't prove this theory, but could disprove it.
AWS expands to Australia
This is not why; the nexus4 is much cheaper than the SGS3 in the UK. (240/280 VS ~400).

Moreover, google and amazon do NOT sell below cost. They are near cost, for the cheapest version, at launch. Go look at how much tablets sell for in China if you think their tablets are below cost. (or miumiu phones).
It's currently easier to get a HTML5 game working in IE10 than it is in Windows Safari, for what it's worth. But I think I agree with your premise that HTML5 game developers aren't really targeting Internet Explorer in general. People who care about users on IE seem to be sticking with Flash.
> the intent of the law

The intent of tax law is everywhere the same: maximise revenue. Full stop.

In the USA, the UK and Australia we live in a society of laws, not a society of personal judicial discretion. Judges give regard to the intent of the lawmakers insofar as it illuminates how to apply a piece of legislation. It is not their job to simply decide that something is "right" or "wrong" according to their personal views of what is a sensible policy setting for taxation.

The point is that if you take the view that minimising tax is wrong, you need to explain why. The logical contrapositive (or is it converse? I always get them mixed up) is that maximising the tax you pay is morally correct, which opens up an embarrassing slippery slope argument that even I, as a recovering libertard, am not keen to go a-whooshing down.

It is always important in discussion moral questions to distinguish between what is moral conduct and what are desirable outcomes. What humans do and what humans intend to come about are frequently very different, but we all have a habit of smooshing them together in discussions such as these.

I realise that I have tremendously muddied the waters by insisting on reverting to first principles, but well ... principles matter.

If I may create a false dichotomy: given the choice between a government of laws and a government with maximised revenue, I would prefer to live under a government of laws.
While it may disappoint many people who just want the best at any price, you can't ignore the fact that the N4 is half the price of other phones in its class. The price really is the killer feature of this phone.

Ignoring OS, there are other phones that are getting much cheaper. Example is the new Lumia 920 that is $449 on ATT w/o contract. While it is $100 more expensive than the the 16GB Nexus you do get the following in addition:

* 32GB (+16GB)

* LTE

* [Removed]

Is this worth $100? I think probably so, but in any case, I think it shows that phones in this class (flagship like devices) are actually more price competitive than people may think.

Edit: To remove wireless charging per comment.
Alan Watts on static vs dynamic type adherents
Because the current legal environment the site's legal status is ambiguous. (And hence could be (and likely is in this case) illegal)

Model release forms (if those are what they sound like) unambiguously state that what is going on is agreed upon and the company has the right to post the picture for their own profit. (And hence is unambiguously legal)
The founder is a VFX artist, I'd imagine this video was a piece of cake for him.
> Our laws, regulations, and societal norms have a long way to go before they catch up with technology.

I wouldn't say that what this app is doing is within societal norms. Just like laws, societal norms get broken, which is what happened here. The publisher will suffer consequences (both from Apple and potential customers), as they should.
"de facto extortion"

Extortion is many times a matter how something is framed though. Lawyers do this frequently with "demand" letters worded carefully to achieve their purpose but avoid appearing to extort a settlement on their clients behalf.

Extortion is more a "if you don't, then I'll" as opposed to "if you don't" (and you let the other person come to to the obvious conclusion.)
I believe there is a fourth explanation on why no intelligent life forms have presented themselves to us, and Hawking states the rationale in his article. The fourth explanation is that we have been visited by intelligent aliens, but they have hidden themselves, like the Star Trek "prime directive", so that we don't end up like native Americans to the intelligent aliens' Colombus.
We're reading about this site because it's dramatically evil, not because it's especially lucrative. If you can find just one more brain cell than the two these guys collectively rubbed together to produce this site, you can find better ways to use an offshore web app to make money.
Secret from whom? Requirement 2 does not actually exist in any significant form.

The change from public voting to secret voting involved a change from a system where people generally came forward and shouted their vote in front of a roomful of people who would cheer or boo as appropriate, to a system where people deposited their ballot in am opaque box. That's the only change.

Anyone who wishes to can vote non-secretly today, by shouting or waving their ballot around, by voting by mail, whatever they want. The "secret" ballot is a misnomer. In fact the shift was from "mandatory open ballot" to "optional open ballot". It is not and never has been "mandatory secret ballot".

TL;DR: There's nothing LESS secret about voting online than voting by mail, which is already legal for anyone in any state to do.
True, but for the data couldn't you just randomly sample from an address book or just make up addresses? You could attach hundreds of photos to addresses (reals ones) and hundreds of addresses to each photo.
Easy for you to say - you're not made of icing sugar.

Seriously, though, I have a compact umbrella that fits nicely inside my backpack. I leave it there all the time, so I don't have to worry about whether it's going to rain.
Secret Origins of the Floodlight Controller - David Erickson Interview
One Change Is Not Enough
> It's not avoiding a reasonable amount of tax that is annoying to most people. It is the transparent exploitation of loopholes to evade tax that is annoying.

I guess I just don't understand that viewpoint. I would be shocked if a company wasn't using legal means to reduce its expenses. The problem isn't companies using loopholes, it's that there are loopholes in the first place.

Big companies like loopholes like this because they have the advantage in using them (lots of accountants) and in the US many voters like them because closing them is "raising taxes". At the end of the day it's a gift to large corporations at the expense of small businesses and startups.
It's interesting that they took this angle on the reporting, since the study also shows that men and women disagree much more with the CPI than they do with each other. Maybe that's common knowledge already?
Is that an easy way to get Reddit off the Internet? Nope. Doesn't work here either.
The easy way to look at loose things in your car is would this hurt if it hit me from a 10 story building. However, as this is behind the seat it's probably going to mostly have forward momentum in a crash which means it's far less likely to detach and be tossed around that violently in a crash.

I suspect on average it's about as bad as holding it in your hands.
Nexus 4 does have wireless charging.
& iPad4
I may be misunderstanding but it sounds to me like you are arguing that widespread use of a technique makes it ethical.

This /really/ doesn’t align with my morals, which are definitely not a popularity contest.
Of course! Do you not routinely write bugs that result in your software accidentally impersonating people? It's so easy to do by mistake!
In Spain Google is advertising the Nexus 4 for 299€ / 349€. So I don't really know what is going on in Sweden. Maybe is because they don't use the euro as its currency?
Isn't it about time that we can prevent UK ip addresses from seeing our tweets and blog posts?

Because these kinds of laws are clearly nuts.
Is Windows Safari still actually developed at all?
Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands - Starting With Mine
Yes, I agree with you. But it is a current fact. I have no idea what the solution is, but when a system works conveniently for so many people it is unlikely to change.

The crazy thing is that people "blame evil corporations" while having almost 100% of their retirement invested in the corporations they dispise without even realizing it.

Unless you have no savings, you are likely a shareholder in a number of companies which are using transfer pricing to save on taxes.
Since voting by mail is already available to anyone in any state, this widespread vote-selling should already occur, no? "Send my $100 and I'll send you my unmarked absentee ballot for the 2012 elections - you can fill it out and mail it in." But it doesn't happen. At all. Possibly because it's illegal.
Web advertising "innovation"
The goal here isn't simply to take the site down; it's to get the operators of the site convicted of felonies. If that happens, I don't think there will be any great rush to score a couple hundred bucks a month running the next version of the site.
> Not in the case of a bricks n' mortar business like Starbucks it ain't!

Well, two things. First: VAT is designed to capture tax from this exact scenario.

Secondly:

1. The beans are bought from Switzerland.

2. The sale is made in High Street.

Now, to calculate gross profit, deduct Cost of Goods Sold from the Sales.

But: COGS was established in Switzerland.

Sales in Britain.

If you calculate profit as if COGS was established in Britain, you beggar Switzerland.

If you calculate it the other way around, you beggar Britain.

Switzerland has more favourable tax rates. So Starbucks, completely legally, arrange their affairs so that the COGS is done in Switzerland. Otherwise they'd buy from British bean middlemen.

Why is it Switzerland's problem that Britain has the higher tax rates?
"just what good is their fancy walled garden?"

They are or have been the most highly valued company in the world.

The walled garden is not for our benefit.
By what you say it seems you don't understand what a class means in terms of CSS, because what you advocate is not it. In fact, your avoidance of external stylesheets heavily suggests you don't understand the idea at all. I'm not saying you don't understand these things, but what you say doesn't show it very well.

No one expects a layperson to read or edit HTML, but they do have to receive it in some manner and your method is the most bloated way to do so.

Why can't your magical application just output proper HTML and CSS, with external files if need be, without you ever having to deal with it? I understand wanting an easier way to do things but making something that outputs what amounts to a crappy substitution is not the solution.

Anyway, I wish you luck with the most inefficient method possible of creating and providing styled HTML documents.

EDIT: to the creator of domo if they happen to read this, to me this thread has nothing to do with your endeavor, I actually find it somewhat interesting despite its obvious problems. This thread is about the idea proposed about CSS as if we can be rid of it, as to be tossed away. My original intention is to explain that this is a silly idea and this has gone in a different direction.
Alright Sally, given his history of talking about consumer goods what makes this one stand out as a paid advert? Or if he is just a shill, who paid for the last one where he praised the Nexus 7 and Surface RT, or that one about the automatic cat food feeder?
"Running a fake independent takedown service"

Notice how we are all (me included) willing to jump to a conclusion knowing only what we read in an article.

As I like to say there is a reason trials take a long time. Details matter and we don't have all the details. That said it looks pretty clear cut to me based on the facts presented as well!
As redwood alluded to, the content of the CPI is somewhat "gamed", though. It excludes "volatile" items such as food, housing and fuel. You know, the non-optional, inelastic purchases that people have to make.
That is to say, if anyone if feeling like making it harder for Ken White to arrange to have the operators of this site prosecuted, by all means, go do something illegal that the operators can then attribute to White and Randazza. Great plan.
Know what drives away consumers, Mr. Cuban? Awkwardly obvious product placement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEBtJqze0rE&t=8s
I don't know the particulars of fraud as it relates to the website - I haven't read anything but the OP - but the extortion claim is difficult because the images themselves have value to the website. It really depends on the representation.
As a witness, I am so proud. HBase also plays a pivotal role in this Crazy sales. One important application of taobao read 10Gbps and write 5Gbps data per second from HBase. Another incredible thing is that 1000 million trades has been processed in Alipay in one day, and even unbelievable thing is , they don't use Any IBM mini computers, instead, they only use 10 PCs with fusion IO devices in the trade database.
You're operating under the assumption that advertising this would be immoral. I submit that we're consuming a product by reading the blog, and, to Mr Atwood, working with Seagate could be seen as kosher B2B development. Especially if he believed in the product, and insisted on complete editorial control.

(Personally, I do believe a notification would be appropriate in the case I described)
That is exactly what I was trying to imply. Apple and Apple fans are constantly telling us that the walled garden is four our own good. If Apple doesn't take severe action here, then they'll be all but admitting that our protection has nothing to do with it.
Yes, churches have often fulfilled a similar role in communities. But, for many folks, the superstition that comes along with church is distasteful or uncomfortable. At least, for me, I feel as though it would be dishonest to participate in most churches, as I don't believe in gods. I don't have a problem with religious folks who respect my own beliefs (or lack thereof), but most churches are pretty clear in their messaging that their community is for those who have common beliefs. Occupy has no such barrier; you can believe anything and everything and Occupy will still welcome you (yes, even party functionaries from the Republicans or Democrats are welcome, though their message is rarely well-received), as long as you're respectful.

So, I don't do church very often, but I have participated in Occupy Austin's Interfaith group on occasion, and I've learned quite a bit about some faiths I was ignorant of. Churches have played a pretty big role in Occupy from the beginning, and a few of the most active participants in OA are also very active in their church. So, one could argue that the kind of people who seek out this sort of volunteer work in churches are also the kind who seek it out in secular forms, like Occupy. OA does a lot of the same things that churches do in our area: Feed and clothe the homeless (about half of our active occupation is folks without housing, and it's empowering for them to be able to help others, even as they themselves sometimes need help), offer community and support in times of need, and try to teach and share and demonstrate values that create a sustainable, healthy, equitable community (all without the use of force or violence or intimidation).

I'm not sure if your point is that Occupy is unneeded because churches already fill that role for some people, or if it is that it's surprising that folks at HN (who are predominantly non-believers) would be involved in something "church-like", or if you're simply pointing out the similarity.

If the latter, I'll add a point that might interest you, and further confirms your argument:

The consensus process that is used for making decisions within most Occupations is modeled after the process found in the Society of Friends (Quaker) church, with a few changes to handle larger groups and a wider diversity of views. Many of our facilitators studied the Quaker church process, and a few went to visit a Quaker church to discuss it and learn how the process works, and one of our facilitation trainers was trained in the Quaker church. Because of all this, I did quite a bit of reading about the Quakers, and found that I'm basically Quaker...without the belief in a god. It's a pretty interesting faith, and I'm glad Occupy gave me a reason to learn more about it.
No. In my case, I jumped to this conclusion after reading about this on Mark Randazza's and Ken White's respective blogs for more than a week. There are lots of details and bits of evidence that the Ars story has left out.

There's always a veil of uncertainty over these kinds of stories, but let's just say that in this case, the veil is especially thin.
I think you're forgetting about Windows 7. As long as that's "good enough", there's no reason to switch to Windows 8 for the average user - especially if the new UX is confusing. Heck, there are still tons of Windows XP installs out there for this very reason.
Well, what makes something an issue? There is certainly piracy on iOS... people jailbreak their phones and then pass around ipa files on the standard piracy sites.

I'd say it is similar to piracy on game consoles. It exists but you need to do something unusual to enable it, so most people don't do it.
95% of companies want to hire exclusively from the most talented 5% of the labor pool.

It's understandable, but we shouldn't be surprised that not everyone can succeed at that.
The carriers get as much blame in Android's update SNAFU as the OEMs (and Google, by inaction[0]); the VZW Galaxy Nexus demonstrates this.

[0] While Google could have taken a stronger stance on Android re: updates, I don't think they've ever been in a good position to do so. Early days, carriers would have balked and Android would die; now, they'd just fork and Android becomes the next BREW.
Well, they've been, illegally, pursuing their own interest exactly as the people using the app without paying. I don't see anything excessive here; I'm not saying that I justify them of course.
Excuse my ignorance but would this work if the app is posting as the user themselves?
NEC Selling Facial Tracking for Store Checkouts
I think you might want to choose Nexus 4 because it's the cheapest. As I read, they have specs as close to each other. But if you think without having an LTE is a deal breaker, Nexus 4 is not a good phone for you.
AnandTech 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Review
I've already decided I'm buying this phone, but I have to ask:

Why should I care about wireless charging? I can't see this feature enriching my life in the slightest. Ok, it looks cool sitting there. But docks look cool too. Is it more convenient? I would argue no (saves maybe two seconds of effort per charge). Is it more portable? Definitely not.

Is this only hyped up because of the "coolness" factor?
I am sorry, I didn't really understand your comment :)
High-End Specs + Low Price + No Wireless Contract = Success For The Nexus 4
I wonder why tablets like the Transformer has such a good battery life. Are x86 processors such power hogs?
What happens if you don't have a twitter account? Are you unable to open the app or does it behave normally?
That sounds like a really good point. Wire fraud is what Ken White said, after he and Randazza came to the conclusion that "David Blade", the "independent takedown lawyer", was just a screen name for the operators of the site.

(Randazza had a back-and-forth with "David Blade", who was as it turns out almost certainly not a lawyer, which is something a real lawyer can pretty quickly tell with a couple of questions, like, "why aren't you registered in the state you claim to practice in" and others).
I store backups on mine. I also store them on an HDD, but redundancy is the way to go with backups.
RIM's playbook had edge gestures - no one has copied them yet (maybe Microsoft has).
Why Startup Ideas Are Often Worthless
Perfect answer, thanks.
Are there other ways of buying Nexus 4 rather than online in Google Play Store?
I am tired of ATT and Verizon. Hope someone teams up with Google to provide better coverage at a reasonable cost
This is exactly what is wrong.

A poem, or a program or mathematical prove could be written down only after it has been emerged, formed to some extent, in one's mind.

When people sat town to write something but having no idea that was thought over for a long time (consciously and as background processes) with hope that an IDE will help them quickly put together a program, or a poem, they will end up with a mediocre piece of a crap.

It is true for almost every kind of writing, including letters or blog-posts. Matlab alone cannot help you prove anything.

Being a poet (or programmer) is a habit of the mind. A rhythm is not a problem, the meaning is.
Former Orbitz CIO Lands $5.25 Million for Risk I/O
The former CIO at Orbitz has landed $5.25 million in Series A funding for his vulnerability intelligence platform, Risk I/O. The funding was led by U.S. Venture Partners with participation by Costanoa Capital, Tugboat Ventures and Hyde Park Angels.
Yes, Netflix has an obligation. An obligation to provide what they say they'll provide and nothing more.

Netflix has always said they have no plans to support Linux. It may suck for Linux users but they're being honest about it. I think it's a big stretch to imply that they have an obligation to support such users.
If it's cold out and you're wearing cotton, you're going to have a bad time. If your socks get soaked inside your boots and social conventions do not allow you to remove them, you're going to have a bad time. If you need to travel more than a mile and cannot afford the luxury of a car, you're going to have a bad time.

Alternatively, you could bring an umbrella.
Oh. They slipped and fell on that impersonation code?
Why has anybody linked to this kind of whiny shit?

Of course corporations try to pay as little as possible to the tax man and of course they shop around for the best deal. They do so for paper, why not for tax?
Does it work abroad, or would you need to use a VPN?
They haven't made it non-viable. And please don't comeback with "Yet".