skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I concur. This add-on has been indispensible:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/fxchrome/

It's a rather good emulation of Chrome's, er, browser chrome. Fingers crossed that australis can save me from the embarrassment of Firefox's default look on Linux.
They're working towards it. Lots of former system apps are being extracted from the base OS and turned into apps updated through the Play store. The most recent I remember was the Calendar app, which changed into Google Calendar through the Play store.
One thing we are missing is a ruling that states that these EULAs are unenforceable if they are too long and complicated for a given percent of the audience.

I used to love the information that google desktop displayed in addition to the normal EULA. It read somewhat like: "Read Carefully, this is not the normal YADDA YADDA." But that was 5 or 6 years ago and I am afraid google has grown up since then.

Of course we should have a ruling that everyone who started obviously stupid lawsuits (possibly including class action) should lose their drivers license, lose the right to vote etc as their lack of judgment has been documented clearly ;-)
German's Federal Government White Paper on Trusted Computing and Secure Boot
We've already been through this discussion countless times. The radiation you are exposed to is concentrated in the outer layer of your skin. All of the comparisons that you mention are when radiation is applied to the whole body mass. Also, do you really want the outer layer of your reproductive parts to be dosed with ionizing radiation? Why not opt out? Are you scared of sticking up for your reproductive organs.. and your rights?
I am doing a low carb thing, and as far as my experience goes, I think they're right.
If you click on the yellow star in the URL bar and the pop-up window doesn't open to let you pick a folder to save the bookmark in, see if you are running HTTPS-Everywhere. Turning off that extension got bookmarks working for me again. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the URL into a new tab and bookmark it there fine, even with the extension on. If you're trying to reproduce this bug/?feature? consistently I can give you steps that make it occur 100% of the time.
Storify brings user profiles, focus on search, media and major events
I don't have time to talk, I'd much rather spend my time productively than taking a call. It slows me down, down down,
I think Discover had an article about the status of it gaining more mainstream acceptability - here it is: http://discovermagazine.com/2012/nov/27-big-idea-bring-back-...
A more skeptical article from Forbes in Jan: http://onforb.es/ysGcVF
This is an idea my colleague suggested:

Form an alliance of companies that boycott people who abuse patents. All these companies pool in their patents and form a super patent alliance. Given a large number of patents, anyone who want to fuck around with patents gets black balled from the Super Patent Alliance.
I am working on a project where I pull content from various sources and organize it by topics. News is one of the types of content I look at. For example, if you were interested in Xbox news you could follow this topic:

http://www.findingfarm.com/?topic=tech-xbox

Then there is a "feed" page where it shows the latest for the topics you're following. It is a work in progress, but it gets a little better week by week.
Yep, I need to add one. Thanks.
It's cool! It's fresh!

Neat things I like about it:

1) Is the app branded for my store?

Yes, you send us your logo and color choices and we design the app!

2) How can I track customer usage of the app?

SnowShoe has a merchant login, where you can sign in and see all your customer usage statistics on an hourly basis.

3) Like the title says, it will work on smartphones without NFC.

A couple things I can see holding this back, though.

1) It looks pretty bulky. Might not be a huge issue for the intended use of having it at a business checkout, but carrying it around for non-traditional storefronts or businesses, the thickness could be a holdup.

2) Do I have to post to a social network?

No, but if you want to get your free item faster you should. Each time you share a post you will get an extra punch!

3) It only works on smartphones. Even worse, it only works on iOS devices and Android 4.0+. Even worse, it only works when the app is running and the phone is connected to an Internet connection (wifi recommended).

NFC works, at least on my phone, all the time. You tap the phone and it launches the NFC-enabled app. The guys and gals at SnowShoe seem bright, talented, and fun. I wish them all the best with their products, and this definitely is a cool and trendy device with some interesting hardware and software working together to make the magic happen. I do have to say I prefer solutions that are a little more cross-platform. As a Windows Phone user I'm used to being left out in the cold, but NFC wallets have this beat and with a simple app you can replicate the rest still using NFC. Time will tell if NFC actually grabs any hold in the marketplace, though.

--edit: not that this post isn't long already, but I thought I'd add one more thing. I love the concept of capacitive stamps. Even not knowing where this specific product will end up in the marketplace, I think capacitive stamps could have a future for myriad purposes. It's now on my list of "why didn't I think of that!" ideas.
> Custody searches in this context are forbidden by the fourth amendment, by the way, regardless of what the TSA's legal team may claim.

As is x-raying baggage and body-scans.

Fourth amendment rights don't apply to the same extent when you are on private property, when there are balancing security concerns, when you enter a courthouse, when you enter a school, etc. You know the deal when you enter these places and you have a choice whether to enter them.

The idea that you have the same fourth amendment rights boarding a plan as you do in your house or car is ridiculous.

I'm not saying I agree with TSA searches, only that your normal forth amendment standard does not apply.
You don't have to turn off anything. It is a something that you explicitly have to opt-in for.
So is the ability to discuss things instead of reducing them to a narrow and shallow interpretation that you can diss with a one-liner.
As an English major, I read a lot of Shakespeare plays, and I liked the versions that had sidenotes, so that the note appeared at the same level of the line it referred to. This technique translates well to the browser using a hover or click, as seen here: http://rapgenius.com/Drake-the-motto-lyrics
Cynical hypothesis: the EU gains from making it easier for Americans to leak American secrets.
The TSA has the same problem car alarms or home security systems have: there's no way to prove how many events they've prevented.
>The big cost of any manned space mission is launch...

Sure, as long as you want to go to LEO or the moon. Mars is different.
Lost funding because it had a hard time getting funding and reaching it's goals.

It even had Bill Clinton involved and through him UN.
At companies that are silly enough to give me a phone, I've found that the main people calling me on it are recruiters trying to hire me away.
I'm glad someone is taking on the task of defending Weev because the charges they have against him are ridiculous and stupid.

Sadly, Weev's nature is that of a rattlesnake, and he's basically burned every bridge he could on his way here. Thus, the EFF will have nothing to do with him.
The idea is to not actually have people carrying the stamp - you are already carrying your smartphone. The stamp should be placed at a static, centralized location (e.g. the point of sale at a retailer) and used to authenticate transactions (loyalty punches, coupon redemptions, even payments in some niche applications) with customers' smartphones. Does that make sense?
Well for one thing, the private nature of the card companies means that they can be 'pressured' by the government and they have no accountability. If the government operated the payment card systems, the constitutional constraints would apply (so for example, wikileaks could have some shelter under the first amendment). As for the postal system, it's being sabotaged from within - http://my.firedoglake.com/mmonk/2011/08/19/the-pre-funding-m...
The website isn't called Moot, though. That's where I see it being a grey area.
I generally think of this strategy as "engineer the situation instead of yourself", but then I often times find a way around the trick, end up with an unintended consequence, or am in a non-engineered situation.

Have no cookies at home? End up eating all the cookies at friend's house, event, etc, where I can't make there be no cookies.

Unproductive websites? End up replacing the "mental reboot" process with some other task.

Far away phone? Tolerance to the ring goes up so that I just don't care.

That all said, engineering the situation can be really effective, it just has to fit in your "natural rhythm" - When I start browsing, I always start with the 8 sites on my Chrome new tab page, so if I change those, I change how I browse.
Agreed. Really weird; I have no idea why it would have gotten nerfed.
It depends on what the company makes. LVMH worries about its trade marks. Merck worries about its patents. And these aren't illegitimate worries. People feel ripped off when someone takes a drug they spent time and money developing and copies it. People feel ripped off when someone takes a brand they spent time and money building and copies it. Unfair competition is at the heart of all kinds of IP.
Yelp is not good enough
Politicians and the Trouble with Science
Possibly none:) This is a practice project, not a business, so I haven't done much market research.

That said, I'm not sure if you can add plain text items to an Amazon Universal Wishlist. If you can't then this would work better for general requests (e.g. "chocolate" as opposed to a specific chocolate bar) and unique requests (e.g. "Sis, will you paint me a watercolour?").
The United States is very large, and the homicide rate varies wildly between states and cities.

Where I live, Oregon, the homicide rate is 2.1 per 100,000 people, a little bit better than Finland as a whole. Hawaii is at 1.2, New Hampshire and Vermont are at 1.3, and Minnesota is at 1.4.

Contrast those with Louisiana at 11.2 per 100,000 people (!), Mississippi at 8.0, New Mexico at 7.5, and South Carolina at 6.8.

It's clear that the homicide rates in the US are aligned mostly along socio-economic and racial lines, so it doesn't make sense to compare the whole country against the more homogeneous states such as Finland, Norway, Germany, and Japan.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-...
That NPR article you linked seems to say the opposite: "The government says it's OK, but scientists aren't so sure."

I personally opt out every time for the reasons in the OP: my principles. Getting the pat-down is unpleasant and I have indeed had my "junk" jabbed at by zealous TSA agents. (The sides of their hands go up your inner thigh until they encounter "resistance"--which is a nice euphemism for something much more sensitive.) You end up feeling like a common criminal. Neither of these was required just a few years ago--so saying one is better than the other isn't a good argument, because both are bad for more than a few reasons.

Whether or not you believe in scanning on a principled ground, you should also be wary of what the government--and more importantly, a private company the government has contracted--tells you is OK. The same country told veterans that Agent Orange was OK. Of course the private company that makes billions is going to tell you their product is OK. Even if you give the government the benefit of the doubt and assume they think they're telling the truth, they might have misunderstood, or not completely researched, things.

I would never trust the government to irradiate me with a technology only a few years old, in any amount. I do trust thoroughly-researched technology that time has proven--medical x-rays, air travel.
I some times look at the career section for startups and alcohol seems to be a common theme. Either kegs or stocked fridges.

I wonder if we will see 420 friendly companies in WA and CO in the near future.
From my experience, the courses look extensive, but they only go so in-depth. In taking the Intro to JS, the entire thing was like sitting through a student presentation. There didn't seem to be a transcript or a purpose and myself and the person I was going through it with became frustrated with the lack of QA and quit with the hope that they'd fix it later. The CSS courses seemed more about highlighting CSS3 features rather than teaching how to do it right and what to avoid. Color Theory can't be taught with radio button quizzes. There's a lot to bite off, and they seem to try to fit every lesson into a similar structure, but I don't think that's the best way of going about it.

Will be interesting to see if getting the team all in one location makes the service better, but I'm surprised with the current offerings given, like you said, the amount of people on staff and on the big names on the advisory board. Ryan Carson might have a famous name that can attract these people to begin with, but I can't say that in the paths I went down that it made a difference.
No they're not. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld an exemption for searches in the context of airport security under the doctrine of administrative searches, where the state's legitimate interest overrides the cost (to individuals) of the search, and where no one person is singled out by the searches.

Your argument doesn't even follow logically, as all the 4th Amendment requires is that searches be "reasonable", and "reasonable" is obviously subjective. It's a right practically tailor made for adjudication by the Supreme Court.

Given that bags have been subject to search for decades prior to "pat-down" or "custody" searches, and that it's hard to think of a more invasive search than one that allows officers to rifle through your personal luggage, I don't think Constitutionality is the issue here. We should simply pass a federal law restricting the TSA's ability to electronically strip search or invasively grope passengers.

I'm just as disgusted by airport electronic strip searches as you are, but we shouldn't using sure-loser arguments against them.
I have a friend who answers calls but openly warns his interlocutors that if they want him to do something they'll have to send him an email because he will most likely forget almost all of what was said (which is true).
Yep, but sometimes that short term boost can be what helps you finally commit to a long term practice.
Writing is certainly my preferred mode of communication. I believe I am able to most clearly express myself through writing – so this typically means email. I use it whenever I have the option.

I am not as comfortable communicating through conversation. I know people who are extraordinary conversationalists. And I don't mean talkative. I am impressed by those who can jump into a conversation and express exactly what they want without having to collect and organize their thoughts, particularly in the give-and-take flow of a conversation.

I know not everyone is like me, so I try to be flexible and accommodating to provide a comfortable platform for the other person if a phone call seems more appropriate. And sometimes a phone call is necessary.
Cactus? The American southwest is largely desert, but there are plants adapted to the low moisture environment.
I hear concerns like this a lot. It's one of the reasons we built http://honeybadger.io - The modern alternative to AB.
He's the one that pushed for the recent "reform" of the patent system that Obama praised so much. If he would admit he was wrong, and he did nothing major to help the industry, he would probably lose his job. Not that Obama doesn't think like him, too regarding the patent system...so he might not.
Wow... I have no idea then -_-
That's a cool idea. Also, well done on the design.

The "gift babies" link in "Why all the mating?" gives me a 404 though.
Or perhaps he hates engage in small-talk over the phone, instead of face-to-face. Or maybe he doesn't like to engage in chitchat with just about anyone and reserves that for friends and family. Or we could judge him as a pathetic guy who merely airs his maladaptive behaviors on the Web.
> when you enter a courthouse

> you have a choice whether to enter them

Not necessarily...
Okay, sure. Though it's $8 billion; 80% of the value paid! It seems like the there would have been wiring exposed, pipes burst and water leaking and doing external, visible damage..
True, but the murder rate within the U.S. is wildly uneven. There are nine state with a lower murder rate than Finland, while one, Lousiana, has 5x the finnish murder rate.
I support gun control and everything, but how do you know that the low homicide rate is because of the gun control? Japan has been a model for social order (putting aside organized crime, in the sense that you lose your wallet and it gets returned to you, muggings don't happen often, etc.) for a long time.
How art history is failing at the internet
Baby Mop suit polishes floors as baby crawls
Here we see in action the big government mindset solution to big government induced problems, more big government. I for one, am not surprised, but I have read Ludwig von Mises' book "Bureaucracy".

Seriously, did anyone think a department whose "business" is to accept fees and keep patent examiners employed is going to shrink their market domain? There's plenty more regulatory jobs to be squeezed out of the innovation business to be had yet, this time on the back end.
Ben Parr, Tracks.by Cofounders create Venture Capital Fund
Right, it's presently very murky in the US and varies from court to court. You can only try your best to mitigate risk.
The two aren't mutually exclusive. IP needs to be enforced in order for our current system to work -- Even the GPL depends on copyright enforcement. On the other hand, if asinine patents and overly broad copyrights are handed out, then it becomes difficult for everybody.

Copyright needs to be enforced, but on a narrower set of IP. Patents should actually be innovative, unique, and original. Copyright should be specific, with broad fair use and protected status for parodies and satires.
It's also important to note that you consent to the search by choosing to travel by air in the United States.
Agreed, the American lobbying system makes even an Eastern European country look more democratic, because there, when people get caught "lobbying" like this with money, they are actually accused of corruption. In US it's all legal and plentiful.
Apple has zero incentive to make life easier on those switching carriers to budget carriers. Nothing bizarre or pointless about that. For every guy like you, there's 100 others who will never switch over. This keeps Apple partners like AT&T very happy. Also less support load for apple geniuses.
> Did you make money for his companies or himself?

Can you explain how that is relevant in anyway to the point the poster is trying to make?
I don't think slippery-slope is an appropriate argument to make here, or really anywhere.

To answer the UI elements on the bottom, I'm not sure I actually press the Send button at all, instead opting for a keystroke depending on the client. The physical analogue I base my request off is the order I fill out a letter or card--I write my message, then I sign it, and then I seal and address the envelope.

Beside that, what's to keep a hypothetical upside-down mail client from putting all of its control elements on the bottom of its interface?
Thanks for posting these links!
The primary reason that lobbying is so pronounced is that we have a framework where micro-managing the economy is an accepted 'tool' of governance.

If you think that, in the abstract, the government should be able to favor/disfavor particular businesses (e.g. mandating Ethanol in gasoline, taxing tanning salons, prohibiting large sugary-drinks, etc) then the logical consequence is lobbying to ensure that your particular business is favored or at least not disfavored and that right (the right to petition the government) is built-in to our Constitution.

The way out of this mess is not to try to micro-manage lobbying (e.g. it is OK for a non-profit to lobby but not a for-profit or it is OK for individuals to lobby but not on behalf of a corporation) but instead to tackle the larger problem that governments should not be micro-managing the economy.

So argue for things like removing loopholes and special cases from our tax code, ditching all sorts of direct subsidies to favored entities (PBS funding, for example), and otherwise advocating for simple, consistent, and broad-based government policies rather than complex, inconsistent, and narrow government policies is the right direction, IMHO.

I'm not holding my breath, though.
Same thing here, I absolutely hate talking on the phone, to the point of getting anxious when I know I am due to receive a call at any moment. However, meeting in person is probably the most pain-free type of communication for me - it even beats email because you can gauge exactly how the other person is taking in what you are saying.

That's why video-chat programs like Skype help immensely with my phone anxiety.

So no need to assume that those who despise the phone also dislike face-to-face interactions.
It's really frustrating that a few single people have the power to remove anything they don't like without any comment. A lot of people here are against the editorial control on cable news, so how is this any different than how cable news operates?
The GP is right, though...writing and talking use different parts of the brain. In the context of the discussion, if a prospective investor wants to do something by phone, even if by all logic, email is more efficient, it may not just be the result of an old fashioned habit.
I know you are joking, but I don't think this is a bad idea nor an imposible one.
"Least sensationalist" can still be sensationalist. And they do need to keep the donations rolling in...

That said, I have no opinion on whether they're sensationalizing this story or not.
I think the point is that competition is much more fierce for search engines because they have no lock-in. Enterprise software can get by with all sorts of warts because people simply can't get rid of it even if they want to.
I don't see why there isn't more interest in high speed rail in the US: New York and Boston/Washington DC could be less than two hours travel time apart, which though it may well be an hour slower than a flight, has a lot less overhead (no arriving two hours before departure, etc). The technology is quickly reaching the point where San Francisco to Los Angeles may be equally doable in around two hours, again an obvious gain if you have to arrive at the airport that long before departure.
What's the point of a right if it can be violated where you most need it?
Would be cool if you could give it the URL of a wishlist and it would find the crossovers from that. Would save trying to find two items you think are similar enough to have a useful crossover.
>How does your democracy remove corporate bribes from the equation? How do people, in aggregate, push specific issues with their legislators?

By voting for all issues directly, like it's done here in switzerland.

Other systems where you vote people into office to do the actual decision making for you can hardly be called democracies in comparison.