skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am currently unable to login to one of my domains on Google Apps (i.e., www.google.com/a/example.com returns an error). When I try to register it, it says the domain is already registered. Fun.

It isn't my primary domain, so I haven't bothered to pester one of my Googler friends to see if they can do something about it.
I wonder if those figures include unpaid overtime or not?
It's really refreshing to see something reach this kind of blockbuster status and not be from America, or Western Europe.

Not because I'm anti-American, but because this is the kind of experience non-Westerners must get everytime a Lady GaGa/Baywatch/Hollywood Movie dominates their cultural airwaves...whether or not they actually like it, they only still have a vague understanding of what the thing means, and its origins and backstory. It's nice being on the outside looking in...which is something you'd expect to happen more often given the demographic of the world.
Gangnam Style Orchestral + A Capella PSY
http://vimeo.com/48120211
And NYT misreported a good chunk of the topics of those 3000 offensive articles.
No small part of it could be that our parents generation did not have the means to spend $1mm in resources to keep an old man alive for 8 months longer coupled with the dangerous idea that everyone might be entitled to those last 8 months no matter what they did in their lives leading up to that point.

This seems to me like the huge, looming problem our generation will have to solve.
I thought dogs see in shades of blue and yellow. Basically red and green show up as "yellow" to their cones.

At least thats how it was explained to me when you throw a red toy on the grass that the dog can't "see" it.
Technological imperative: Excerpt from “The Battle for the Books”
MIT Gangnam Style without a doubt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJtHNEDnrnY
While that is technically true (although it would be compiled for the JVM which can be run on ARM).

The Pi has fairly limited resources including memory etc (which minecraft uses a lot of) so I imagine they did have to do some actual work in order to make sure it ran properly.
…and Philip Wadler principle designer of the Haskell programming language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Java_(programming_langu...
Because middle class Americans used to make more money in relative terms, you have to work longer to afford the same things while at the same time our productivity as a whole has gone up. The rich have modified the system so that they take more out of companies and give less back to the government and as a consequence its much harder to climb the economic ladder without the safety net and with increased competition for scarcer resources.

Being able to send all your companies work to China is a big advantage for the company owner (rich) and a real problem for the American workers (middle class) if the rich don't have to give enough of that profit back to society.
I learned critical thinking 20 years ago, and I did some of my critical thinking tests in multiple choice format.
The enormous increase in productivity since the early 70s (PCs, mobile, satellites, better batteries, etc.) have been cashed by the top 1% only.
Server cannot rely on client for storing its own domain's state - while client can store user-related state for improving performance, usability.

For example, twitter cannot rely on a client to store the tweets while the client could cache the recent tweets for improving user experience.

Again, for an app playing music, keeping bookmark of the last song played can be fully stored on the client. Yet if it is needed to sync this bookmark across multiple devices (similar to kindle) it becomes a server concern.
This is what is so great about remixing other people's ideas, and why the current copyright laws get it so wrong. Allowing this to happen means it is only going to benefit the original creator, as there will be a whole culture formed around it, which will make it ever more popular.

This is also why George Lucas got it so wrong in the past, when he sued his fans for expanding on his ideas. If anything the remixing Star Wars culture formed despite him, not because of him.
This port is based on the "Pocket Edition" (iOS/Android), which is written in C++[0] and cut down a bit vs. "normal" Minecraft.

[0] https://twitter.com/danfrisk/status/272389328490082305
Cyclic Tag System: 1 Line of Turing-Complete Code
Web-mode.el - html template editing for emacs
kind of makes you realize how bad the actual music with when it is played orchestrally.
> Nuclear war didn't happenand really after Cuba it should have been clear that it wouldn't happen.

This statement makes no sense to me. As long as the cold war was cold, there was no real end in sight, there was constant tension, and the threat was _real_. I grew up in the late 70, early 80s. That the world would take the turn it did (that the Soviet Union fell) came completely by surprise.

How old are you?
Do you get your own office at Google?
Hi, SockJS author here.

The hardcoded 5 second delay was true for early SockJS (0.1) but since 0.2 we have a more sophisticated timeout mechanism. Nowadays SockJS falls back to next protocol when:

- protocol is not available in the browser

- protocol was tried but failed (like: proxy actively rejecting requests)

- protocol timeouted before receiving first frame (ie: no error, just lack of action)

The last case is the most interesting (but also the least common) - we timeout when N x RTT ms passed (for N depending on a particular transport). This is pretty reliable, and very fast in practice.

In real world people have different uses for SockJS, but some just open a new SockJS connection on every page refresh (like: a newspaper website). This is rather extreme, but SockJS does seem to be working fine and establishing connections fast even in this circumstances.

There was a lot of discussion about SockJS vs Engine.io approach to falling back / upgrading protocols. Engine.io approach is caused by the fact that they support flash websockets, which have some weird properties (launching flash can take a while, plus flash timeouts after 3 seconds if port 843 is blocked, so you might want to have JSONP already running during that time). SockJS doesn't use flash - a simpler fallback mechanism is enough.
Please explain as the sentence makes no sense. The two things have nothing to do with each other.
That's totally fair feedback and it totally makes sense the way you put it. So here is a more direct version of what I was trying to say.

I love this place because it has given me so many opportunities to try hard new things and grow but I've also had some of my most stressful life events while working here. Being lean and scrappy also means that when the shit hits the fan you are often times looking around for the "expert" and realize that you are supposed to be that person and if you don't solve the problem then everyone is fucked.

To give a little more context. The Site Integrity team fights spam, abuse and protects people from having their account taken over and when I joined over 5 years ago there really weren't too many people thinking about this stuff every day. I had previous experience with some of it from working on orkut.com so when I got here that is the kind of stuff I was able to have a lot of impact on. Spammers are smart and try to hit us when we are asleep or on vacation and I learned that the hard way during a trip to lake tahoe shortly after I started where I literally fought a spam attack for 2 days straight while my friends and family were skiing. I'm not complaining though because I found out that I am able to be very clear in situations like that every attack made my game that much better. Most everyone on my team is just like that but there are a number of people that really need a lot of backup and need a 9-5 routine.
I don't think this demerits your comment, but it should be known that Psy went to school at Boston University and Berklee College of Music (both in Boston, USA).
Square Puck
Are Roombas common now? Forgive my ignorance but I didn't know they expanded past the fad phase. Even my wealthier friends don't have one.
Thanks.. I came back to this post hoping I found find just this.

I'll get the size down later, but perfect for development.
The "World's Most Watched Video" may be an exaggeration -- am I to believe that Gangnam Style has been watched more times than the Zapruder film or the moon landing footage?
You can manipulate individual atoms with lasers, and 'cool' them down to nearly absolute zero. So I wonder how far we are from being able to grow a single crystal part via laser sintering?
and the alternative is FBI/US, are you sure you want to trust them?

personally I don't cate if the guy gets rich, if he makes life unpleasant to FBI/US
What I suspect is true is that each generation thinks the next is woefully lacking in perspective and is guilty of near complete ignorance about the decades that immediately preceded them. Or maybe that's just what I think while reading this thread.

Each generation is convinced they discovered the world and its problems. Same as it ever was. They'll grow out of it, like we all did before them.
Shameless plug. SockJS powers:

* meteor.com

* q-music.be

* getbridge (from nowjs fame)

* realtime.co

* smarkets

* and loads of others.
Show HN: FindALib - Keep track of all those Javascript libraries
For the lower and lower middle classes the standard of living has been about the same since the 70s. But what you expect to see is life get easier for some segments of the population, and harder for others. You might be stuck in a population where life got harder. In particular, I remember seeing a paper (wish I could find the link) that claimed, specifically, white lower class individuals are worse off, whereas most population cohorts are better off today than decades ago.

Avoid Marxist conspiracy theorizing: though it might be useful and easy to think about the capitalist class as a class, trying to reify them as a coordinated conspiracy of exploiters creates a lot of conflict but offers little in the way of explanatory power and little in the way of working solutions. Aside from the philosophical argument, you can see this is also historically true.
+1 for instance variable colorization
I think it's true for the average Googler as in "wasn't a brand name superstar when they joined". You do usually need at least one solid win (= launched feature that's reasonably successful with users) working on somebody else's team before you get the autonomy to propose and pursue your own stuff - Google wants to make back their investment in you before you go off and pursue some crazy idea, and you usually need that sort of experience with the production infrastructure and internal data sources to have any chance of success. But 20% time exists even for Nooglers, and is a good way to get experience in parts of the company you wouldn't otherwise see, develop skills you wouldn't otherwise have, or prepare for a transfer if you don't like your initial team.

I've got pretty much complete freedom to work on what I want as long as it's related to Search and will benefit the company if it succeeds. I came into Google with some minor name recognition in the startup & Haskell communities (I wrote a top Haskell tutorial and a blog about my experiences founding a failed startup) but no world-changing accomplishments, and between then and getting my current project I contributed to 4 major "wins" in search (Search Options, moving the individual property searches to www.google.com, the visual redesign of 2010, and the Authorship program), plus some pinch-hitting on the Google+ and Doodle teams.

I think this type of freedom does differ among departments. G+, Docs, and Android are very command-and-control, with somebody at the top deciding exactly which features everyone will be working on and relatively little individual discretion for engineers. Research is the complete opposite end of the spectrum - usually researchers are brought into Research, and then they keep doing their specialty but with more data available. Search, Chrome, YouTube, GMail, and Maps all give engineers a large amount of discretion in proposing projects from the ground up and then working on them.
A attack on the nations largest city killing 3000 people or the greatest economic down turn since the great depression aren't "real" crises?

Whats with this Self-righteousness?
I don't know Scala, but in Python I do not find any difficulty in mixing two styles.
really? more than Justin Bieber's baby?
Actually there are businesses who support their customers.
Dear Governments, how you can help your entrepreneurial ecosystem
A city like Munich would, I would think, have a volume license arrangement and not rely on OEM licensing; they'd buy the hardware sans OS and provision their locally-configured OS image. I've never had issues with installing newer Windows versions on older hardware (within reason) in this scenario; though I don't use Windows as my primary OS I do have it around for when I need it.
I've heard it a few times. I like the sound a lot, but I know a few artists who still won't use it.
Only if Chrysler didn't use PR firms to contain the delusional little Napoleons inside the company.
One problem is that is not possible to cut costs and live 1970's style, at least not where I live (metro-Boston):

- I do not have the option of paying much less for health insurance and still maintain access to emergency room care, while not getting access to the most modern and expensive treatments. I can get modern cadillac, blank check, insurance, or I get nothing at all. And if I go without insurance and pay out of pocket, the costs are frightfully expensive since I have do not have access to the much cheaper negotiated rates and could be on the hook to pay whatever the hospital charges, even for the most simple procedure.

- I do not have the option of paying much less for a 1970's style car. There are imported cars that cost $7k U.S. that are equivalent to what you could buy in 1970, but they are not legal for sale. The cheapest cars on the market today are just as expensive as the cheapest cars on the road in 1970, relative to median income.

- If I live in the suburbs, there is no option to have only one car and maintain the same standard of access as in the 1960's. All of retail, employment, and housing is now completely car centric, and a second car is essential for running errands, shopping, going to work, and generally getting around anywhere.

- If I live closer to the city or in many of the ring suburbs, I do not have an option for a cheaper, smaller home. I am mainly paying for land, not for the size of the home, so even a small home is more expensive than the equivalent home in 1970. Zoning laws have restricted building, while easy lending and two income families have resulted in the prices getting bid up. If I do find a cheap home, it is very likely in a neighborhood with more violence and worse schools than an equivalent home in 1960.

- Earning a median or upper middle class income now requires a much greater investment in schooling than earning the equivalent income did in 1960. That is a cost that must be taken into account when comparing standards of livings.

Most other benefits of modernity ( dishwashers, mobile phones, kindles, laptops) are actually relatively cheap. We're not working extra hours to buy iphones. It would be fully feasible to halve the working hours and get that night stuff. I appreciate that we have these great toys and conveniences, but appreciating advances in some areas of the economy does not mean that we should ignore decline in other areas.

I'd also note that I do not really have the option of taking half pay and working half hours. I wrote about this on HN a few days ago - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4780087 I need to work hard enough to stay ahead of the Joneses. If I fall behind, my income does not just fall a little bit, I could fall out of the workforce entirely, or fall out into much lower paying career tracks (as has happened to friends of mine). So given that I have to work hard, I end up earning more money than I really need, and I do get to enjoy eating out a lot and buying expensive cappuccinos. I might rather work less, make less, and live luxuriously, but I do not have that option.
I used to make up answers.. and was bit by not knowing.

Now I associate a friend I grew up with the site and fill it out as if I was them. Now I can say "ING -> Mike" and I know which Mike and what their info is but it doesn't mean anything to anyone else.
It's all in the economics. Medicine has gotten better, equality has gotten better, technology has gotten way better.

But the core of the average American's existence has gotten worse. The core is economic - affordability of housing, affordability of raising children, affordability of health care and education - all of which are considerably worse today than they were decades ago.

The young of today are pissed because the odds are ludicrously stacked against them when it comes to the basics.

Sure, smartphones are $100 in a prepaid box and can get you any fact in the world at the touch of your fingertips. That's a pretty shitty replacement for, say, owning your own home, or being able to afford to send your kids to college. Hell, many of the young today can't even find stable employment, much less good enough employment to allow them to pursue future goals. Entire classes of labor are disappearing with nothing to take their place.

So yeah, we've landed robots are Mars, we know a lot more about most diseases, and we have technology that would seem like utter magic to people in the 50s. But all of that is very cold comfort to today's youth, who would give up all of that if it meant a decent income and a real shot at owning their own future.
Even I don't think this demerits your comment but the Gangnam video doesn't have anything on it that carries a stamp of any of those you mentioned. It is asiatic+uninhibited+spontaneous and in a very non-American way too.
This is my theme, if anyone is interested: https://gist.github.com/4140677
>Or if someone in your family got sick would you have to worry about losing your house or going bankrupt?

When in history has this not been a problem for Americans?

>Did you ever witness an attack on your country's largest city on live TV while sitting in a classroom with no idea why someone would do this?

Fortunately, no -- but, the current US military is all volunteer. Previously, in Vietnam, we had a draft. None of your friends were sent against their will. They all volunteered.

>Did you have to take out large amount of debt as soon as you reached adult age to go to college in hopes that you chose the right major so that you could have some hope of paying that back before the interest started compounding against you?

Neither did you. As many HNers know, you could simply learn programming and get a job without spending a dime on college. You could also have attended a vocational school, and become a plumber, electrician, carpenter, HVAC technician, medical/dental assistant, administrative assistant, computer/network technician, hospitality manager.... Most school districts in the US have taxpayer funded vocational schools. You wouldn't even have had to call a 1-800 number. The government already sorted this out for you. And, if you were an at-risk youth, we even have a program called Job Corps that takes you until the age of 25, and gives you a place to sleep, small stipend, feeds you, and gives you job training.

But no. People want the glamorous jobs. No one wants to just do the necessary labor to support society.

It's too bad if you wanted to be a poet and had your dreams crushed, you probably didn't foot the bill for it in the first place. Federal/state pell grants, and subsidized loans, paid for by working Americans probably paid for it. And if it didn't, it's likely that you came from a rich enough family that they should have paid. It is not society's responsibility to ensure that you have an equal opportunity to become the next Shakespeare.

First world problems.
College, tell me why things are important. And three courses to do just that.
If you haven't seen it :) Gangnam Style:

with a bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B1J73Ag3hU

Nelly Furtado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehs-vZ1uF-k

Metal/rock cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJAGGoaYtw
nice article.. short article but addresses very important point.
The first quality in leader should be able to delegate the work and decision making processes
Do you want a cookie for that achievement, hon?
> For example if all your friends are in Harvard chances are that you are not poor; and that ads about expensive/luxury services will convert better than for most people.

Perhaps, but a better predictor would still be whether or not the person has searched for anything related to luxury goods in the past, thereby demonstrating not only ability, but actual intent as well.
Little bug: Your signup buttons go to the login page instead of the signup form on this page:

http://recon.io/pricing
It would be interesting to calculate cost of living per square foot, adding in changing monthly technology costs and commute costs.

In the U.S., all three keep expanding: living space per person keeps growing, as do monthly tech costs, e.g. cable, mobile phone, etc. and there are more and more people choosing long commutes.

These are just the things that occur to me off the top of my head, making me think comparing the past to the present over generations is very much an apples-to-oranges comparison.
There were no attacks on American soil during the cold war, its easily as arguable that the "special interests" during the cold war were motivated by profit just as much as during the war on terrorism and during both times the American public was lied to by so called "marketers". Being a young person I don't see the difference except perhaps your generation was more gullible.
dishwasher and washer/dryer? Dont you mean smart phone and tablet?
The headline isn't the article. The former is meant to summarize the article and convince you to read further. It does that perfectly. The latter makes it clear that the headline refers to views on YouTube.
Shipping Containers to Become Condos in Detroit
Would you like the red pill or the blue pill?
Wonderful initiative. Everything CC-licensed, code on Github. Cool!

Just wondering why they don't use Processing.js so you can view the works in the browser.
The biggest irony: the HN site itself can hardly be considered 'polished'. I mean it still uses the <center> tag!
In that case, you have higher standards than most anyone I've dealt with in this business. Kudos for that.
Relevant: http://business.time.com/2012/09/24/the-wholesome-hidden-mes...

There's a lot embedded in Gangnam Style.
Inferiority is meaningless in genetics. Evolution randomly selects with a random statistical pattern that prefers individuals who are most able to survive and reproduce in their particular niche , a notion that has minimal relevance to human society, and does not correlate strongly with "superiority" as defined by human social groups. Example: evolution would reward a poor prolific con artist rapist far more than a strong rich asexual genius.
Job: Linux Systems Apprentice in Camberley, UK
Thanks for the reply! The submitter probably should have put [2011] on the link to let us know that this might not be current information.

I'll have to give SockJS a shot when I've got some free time to investigate. We're not tied to engine.io at all for our real-time gaming stuff, so I'm very interested in giving it a shot and seeing how it performs for us.
Facebook's "Like" buttons track you across the internet, even if you don't have an account. There's no way to opt-out of that, and there's no way to download or see that tracking data. If you don't have an account, other people can still tag you in photos and you can't opt-out (opting out requires having an account). The profile dump also doesn't tell you which "deleted" messages FB still has on the server because the other person hasn't deleted them. That dump is not even close to complete.