skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I worked for a guy who would sit there selecting bits of text on and off while showing me some web page. I wanted to grab the mouse, wrench it from his computer and stomp on it. If it's the kind of thing that floats your boat, fine, to each his own, but don't make other people watch.
Thats cool, its not a problem. I really like the tool though, great job!
Just curious, what about smaller rounds? Let's say 100k, how do you balance out legal costs that approach the size of the round?
I do this to save my spot on a page when I need to scroll up or down, but on Windows you can do one better: scroll anywhere by dragging the scroll bar at the edge of the window, then move the cursor away from the bar and your view will snap back to where you were before you started dragging.

It's the single Windows feature I miss the most on other platforms.
I do it too. Some sites (nytimes) trigger actions on the select that drive me crazy. In retrospect, that's probably when I noticed that I was doing it.
Perhaps they've found a way to bring the costs of managing their app store down enough that they can turn a profit on it.

It is intriguing though.
I don't do this. I feel left out now
That's all? Their OEM manufacturers alone would account to about that much.
Glad you like the name. We bought the variations we could think of and we'll redirect them soon!
Technologists test 'game-changing' data-processing technology
I also hate when clicking in "empty" space takes me to an advertiser's site.
I do drink socially and for religious reasons, but I'm far more inclined to playing Prince of Persia or Diddy Kong Racing than some random recent FPS. Oy, does that disqualify me from all of Silicon Valley? I guess I'll just have to make do...
Yes, to track my reading position.
Whats the deal with validate.io? I'd like to rebrand my website (flapcast.com -- sort of a silly, brash name decision :) and this looks like a great tool to use, but the website only has an email address on it.
Automatically Discovering Browser Performance Pitfalls
No idea why I do it. I think I just like to do something with my hands.
Dark matter doesn't belong on that list.
if you cripple the browser, what do you expect? If you disable JS you might as well just not bother with the web.
"Smart" is an equation of memory, logical reasoning, comprehension, speech and street smart (hustle). I never met a person who's good at all five. Usually people are mediocre at all of them or excel in couple and lack in the others.
Yes, but sometimes like difficult papers and articles.
Sometimes as a bookmark. Mostly however, because lines are too long (I will sometimes resize the browser to fix this).
Remove the reference to a $50 set of flatware and the article loses no substance. You picked a rather arbitrary example the author used to illustrate the point of being a slave to materialism. About the danger of caring more about objects than memories or experiences.
When people see that I highlight text while I'm reading, they always want to know what practical reason it serves. The simplest answer is that it kind of helps me track the text, but it's less than that. It also isn't quite just a nervous habit. The only description that makes sense to me is that it feels like a physical connection to the page. More like spinning a pen, or rolling an object in your hand while you think about it. Like the mouse is my fingers and I'm just sort of fiddling with the page, like flicking through page edges of a book just for the feel of it.
Yes, it is a motor tic & possibly a bad habit.
This is right up there with naming functions in Emoji. There are a few in my current codebase that could be gladly replaced with beers, martinis, etc.
These terrible, tacky tack-ons have little to no relationship to what the developers would do... unless those same developers are also in charge of partner programs.
>and can tell you from experience that good mapping software (and accumulation of good map data) is an extremely difficult problem.

What ? Accumulation of good data is very easy these days. It just requires you to open up your chequebook and license it from the various providers.

I know first hand that Apple never even bothered to approach most of the providers before launch.
If Microsoft wanted to impart real knowledge in pronouncements such as this they would have clarity in what they say. By not giving a definition of what they mean by "licenses sold" they are avoiding clarity. It's an example of why many people, including myself, have lost confidence in everything they say.
How about Komodo IDE / Komodo Edit, which are XUL-based applications?

Many users do value a good cross-platform application.
after the recruiter saw my resume, they asked about my education, I was just a bit surprised. I updated my resume to show that I dropped out, but also that I'm a continuous learner. Hopefully that works.

Thanks for your help.
I finally got mine. When you have successfully added the phone to your cart, use this

var j = 0;var i = setInterval(function(){document.forms[1][1].click();j++;j>600 && clearInterval(i)}, 1000);
You mean a link on the blog.pistollake.com index page or within each blog post?

Just added to the index page.

Thanks for the heads up!
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I am a selector, partly by habit/something to do, and partly to track position, especially in wider formats. Newspapers are in columns for a reason! On one site I frequent, it took me a minute to figure out why I kept going to random other websites. I was keeping the mouse out of the way on the (rather large) margins, and apparently the full screen border ad was clickable anywhere that wasn't the center content column or navigation. Just blank space down the page, but I'd click it to select rows of text, and get carted off to the ad website. I suppose that's one way to monetize a strange habit...
I "select all" on pages that use bright on dark text, e.g. yegg's and jwz's blogs. Otherwise they are virtually impossible to read for longer than a minute.
Its an incredible service in alpha by the guys from SocialSci.com -- happy to make an intro if you'd like.
Don't be ridiculous, the post-apocalyptic, hellscape Bartertown will still provide health benefits for it's employees; they're not monsters.
I do this constantly. I believe it's likely due to my ADHD.
The only time I do it is when the the columns are very wide in paragraph text and flowing from one line to the next is difficult. Sometimes increasing font size so less words fit in a column accomplish the same thing, though.
I've been meaning to write an article on this for awhile, but there's really no substitute for age diversity on a team. Having worked for the past year at a place with a fairly smooth gradient from just-out-of-school to used-COBOL-professionally, I can say from experience that it has been a benefit for both the older and younger employees.

Of course, the key is still, as always, cultural fit. You have to have youngsters who are willing to take to heart a hard-learned lesson from a graybeard, and veteran devs who are willing to keep an open mind to a new technology espoused by the younger generation.
Excellent question! I've been wondering this for the past two years...made an annotator based off of this idea.

I found that most people select because they are holding the mouse - they have to use it if they are holding it. Then sometimes you select to preserve your position while scrolling.

This also led me to believe that people digest information in chunks. Highlighted text serves as a "todo" - must finish reading the highlighted block of text before diverting focus to something else.
I used to years ago, but eventually wrote a browser extension Paragrasp to do it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/paragrasp/lhhabjbh... for Chrome and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/paragrasp/ for Firefox.
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This script got me an 8GB phone just now (took 10 minutes). Simply paste into your console window (hit F12 and then ESC)

setInterval( function() {
var buttons = document.getElementsByClassName( 'buy-button-price' );
for ( var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++ ) {
if ( buttons[i].value === 'Proceed' )
{
buttons[i].click();
console.log("click")
}
}
}, 2000);
I find myself semi randomly selecting things on pages when I'm reading through something quickly or skimming through a page. If something catches my eye, I'll select it as or before I read it.
As an example: It's entirely possible that they've never been lost. With a gps-enabled smartphone and mapping, that whole concept goes away.
I do that every time. And I don't need any app/add-on for that. Please, no.
My point is that at some point you are firing people just because you can leak it to the press, which is bad mojo.
Samsung faces two-front patent war as Ericsson files suit in Texas
I too do this, and sometimes compulsively drag large portions of highlighted text around as well. Annoyingly, Opera seems to open in new tabs any links in the highlighted area when the dragged text is released. This has led to me up/down voting everything at various sites on more than a few occasions (but ah, they shouldn't have GETs do anything anyway, I say :)).
Used to. Since using a touchpad I am no longer doing it.
I've learned that I'm bad at teaching my friends.
What you describe is a feature of Windows 8, it's to ensure that a trusted source controls what runs on the hardware. Windows 8 is, as you've discovered, far more security conscious.
I just realized that this feature also exists in Outlook, which explains why many of my replies have strange quotes. I often highlight a user id or URL to copy for further investigation, then hit reply only to be confused by the condensed quote in the reply window. Now it makes sense :)
In a related note, I hate how Google promotes top posting even when I select a specific quote.
Cool process.

I'd guess that for the desired characteristics -- masculine, trustworthy -- respondents wound up applying a sort of 'handicap theory' analysis to the names. That's the idea that in certain status/fitness competitions, sometimes strength is signaled by demonstrating the ability to take on otherwise costly/tangential burdens. (A peacock's feathers and other sexually-selected exaggerated characteristics are the classic examples.)

That is, certain flaws in the names actually indicated: this brand is strong enough not to pander. 'Rowe Brook' is a bit mysterious. Probably a name, but one that is uncommon, not definitively gendered, and perhaps prone to mishearing (that silent 'e') or teasing puns. A person with that name, and choosing to use that name for their business, has nothing to prove and isn't cloying for approval: hence the high 'trustworthy' rating. (Two of the lowest-trustworthy are pandering: 'rogue ethike' and 'unbeholden'. Real unbeholden rogues don't have to remind people they're that way!)

'Pistol Lake' is sure to turn off a few people due to its gun-association. But again, the subconscious reasoning among a wider audience may be: if a brand can shake that off... maybe it's strong in other dimensions? ...or they're so manly they don't care what some may think?
By same period I meant since October 26 i.e. since the launch of Windows 8
No.

In terms of add-ons, I'd really like something that combines the function of a speed reader like spreeder [1] with the "articlization" of Pocket [2].

1: http://www.spreeder.com/app.php?intro=1
2: http://getpocket.com
I have been using it since...
there's a correlation causation issue to consider.

jobs wore black-t-necks to be anti-fashion

ives is a designer, fan of colour etc.

people that make fasion != people that follow it (or: victims, slaves, etc)
I guess i just knew about it already and didnt find it ground breaking enough to be on the front page.. but hey, your reason makes sense and i dont have to agree with everything. =P
I never thought about highlighting text to increase contrast. Is there some way to change the default selection text color and background color? I would love to make the selection background color black to really max out the contrast.
As a note, this appears to be in response to the top comment on the story "The greatest google mail feature you may not be using" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4838810

The comment complains about the behavior interacting poorly with text highlight reading:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4838940

I love reading (and highlighting to read) these sorts of discussions.
I wish they'd call it Computational Science, since that's what it is. Computers are only involved for convenience, just like with geometry and lithography.
http://www.chinesepython.org/english/english.html

A simple Python program:

import sys
filenames = sys.argv[1:]

def fixline(filename):
text = open(filename).read()
text = text.replace('\n\r','\n')
return text

for file in filenames:
print fixline(file)

and its translation:

載入 系統
文件名 = 系統.參數[1:]

定義 修正行尾(文件):
內文 = 打開(文件名).讀入()
內文 = 內文.替換('\n\r','\n')
傳回 內文

取 文件 自 文件名:
寫 修正行尾(文件)
Kardashians, iDevices, and Facebook: Bing unveils its most search-terms for 2012
You are the weird one doing the calling out. Flagged.
No, i follow with the mouse but don't select.
I had to help a friend out of this predicament a while ago.. what I ended up doing was taking my smartphone into the store (an Office Depot) and searching the models of the computers they had for sale to see what has Windows 7 drivers available. Found one (A Lenovo, couldn't tell you what kind), had to muck around because it would only boot from USB but not cdrom (???), but finally got into the 7 installer and cleared all eight partitions and installed windows 7.

Eight Goddamned partitions. What the hell.
iPhone owners have plenty of map alternatives, including some apps that Apple's CEO himself suggested in his apology letter.
I thought I was the only one who did this. Interestingly, I do it much less when using the Clearly Chrome plugin from Evernote. https://evernote.com/clearly/
You shouldn't be adding features when you're taking away functionality at the same time.
I sometimes do it when fast-reading through something and click on some sections (single or multiple words) which got my attention. And then I read on.

It helps me to keep things in my short-term memory or to actually extend my short-term memory.
Map service data quality improves with more users…

It could. I reported an erroneous hospital (it was closed, torn down, and redeveloped some time ago) when Maps first came out to both Apple and Yelp. That dangerously erroneous data is still in there. If you try to rush someone to the nearest hospital from my house, you'd better have a plan B when you get to those new apartments.
I attribute it to my ADD as well, and I have no real reason why I do it. I'm never actually selecting much either, and just random select things around the page as I'm reading, not even what I'm reading.
Sure, thanks, my email is in my profile.
Because the norm is working at a startup in SV?
They do mention this on their website http://help.ovh.co.uk/InstallOvhKey
This for maintenance reporting. How do the hell they know if one of your HD has died ?

It's not mandatory. And the ssh key added enforces the source IP address of requests.
When I started in IT I found that it had alot of skilled people, though the bias was against younger people. As I grew older I saw the levels of talent drop and the age lower with a bias towards younger people. The real crux is not the ability to do the job but the HR cock-blocking of anybody who has more skills than the job at hand, which is in general older people. This and the mentality of dumbing down wages also bias towards getting younger people in.

The whole situation has now got to the stage that companies shun talent if it is over a certain age over getting somebody younger for a cheaper price. They then find it hard to find somebody with the skillset who will take the job for the wage they offer and then cry skill shortage.

There are exceptions, as with any rule but you will notice alot of talented mid-life IT professionals changing career just becasue they are sick of the office politics.

I have worked with old and young managers, both good and bad but the real difference was the good ones knew or had done the job they are managing and the ones not so good had as much IT skill as most school leavers but are great at dealing with HR and in that HR love them.

Only real way is to start your own company, your own rules and with that age is what you make it.
After over 2 and a half hours of trying to get my order through, I was finally able to place my order. Confirmation e-mail just came in. I wish that the process would have been a lot nicer.

No automation, like others did. Just did a lot of clicking the "Process" button with a few breaks every so often. I would click on the "Cart" link every now and then, just to verify that my cart didn't get cleared out like it was earlier today.
I select all the time, using either mouse or a keyboard. In addition to the mentioned problems with JS popups on click on NYTimes et al, there is another set of annoyances due to invasive keyboard shortcuts.

I select text from kbd with SHIFT+arrows (up, down, left, right) or CTRL+SHIFT+arrows (left, right) and scroll the page with arrows. I want to do something nasty to the webdev each time I'm on the page which overrides those shortcuts. Especially when it's sth like redirect to other article on ARROW_RIGHT (sigh).

Fortunately I have "Disable JS" button right in the status bar...

TL;DR: do not mess with my keyboard or I will find you!
>The question that keeps bugging me is that maybe this guy is blaming the platform, but the real problem was that they built something people didn't really need.

A thousand times yes. The market is way past saturation. It doesn't need yet another social network that will never ever be as successful as facebook.
Most sales are OEM, not retail upgrades. Doubt OEM prices have changed dramatically.
Have you considered qualitative surveys and relative importance testing? I've found that useful for validation in the past
I've always thought New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system [1] is the least bad solution currently in use.

I'm not from NZ so I'd be interested to hear what the locals think.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_voting_system_refer...
Having recorded myself using a computer and watched it back to analyse my habits, I've noticed that I don't begin highlighting when reading an article but if I consciously highlight part to reread for comprehension (or to look up a word) then this triggers twitchy highlighting for the rest of the piece.

The twitchy highlighting seems to follow three patterns: bored methodical clicking to help get through big dry paragraphs, fast erratic clicking when something is exciting, and sporadic clicking when I've stopped reading to think about something in the article.

When I worked in a high school I noticed almost the exact same behaviours as described, exhibited by students and younger staff. Pretty much all the computery kids were hyperactive click-highlighters and it was only the students who seemed positively uncomfortable around computers who didn't do it at all.
I am brazilian and I got a really nice office in downtown Palo Alto (Lytton Ave, next to 10gen HQ). I used Regus (http://www.regus.com/) and they have a really good service.
Also to copy the text to look it up in a dictionary
The paywall for source is a good idea for technical blogs, I could definitely see something like that working.

We just integrated with Stripe at drop.mx to offer business accounts and it was a pleasure to work with. Stripe has the same features as paypal without the monthly charge, it's a no-brainer.
No, because I'm using vimium most of the time I am reading in my browser.
As well as double-clicking words to highlight sentences/paragraphs, I repeatedly right-click on any webpage / desktop I am on. A while back I took some time to figure out why I do it and realize that it's an easy go-to for checking performance of your computer (ie system latency). The coolest part about this is that these days all menu items, during peak performance, fade in over 50ms or so and when it beings to slow down its immediately noticeable.

I come from a background of a lot of CLI, especially to remote systems over ssh, and the latency from when i type a character to when it shows up is a really good predictor for the system's IO if its being overloaded.

I guess this is also handy when doing remote desktop or in a VM -- but I never do that.
"I like to move it, move it."
Not only that but I also click randomly as well. This can get me into trouble, particularly on sites which have giant "background ads".

Notably, I don't do this at all with trackpads, only when using a mouse at the desktop.
Oh my god, yes! I am a compulsive margin-clicker. I ostensibly do this to make sure that the browser page has focus, but really it's really just a tick. I love TheOnion.com, but they kill me with their ads-in-the-margins.

What I typically do is fire up Chrome developer tools, and DESTROY the offending node. I find this therapeutic. :)
That's how every rebranding has been done for the past 50 years, lots of field research. But usually more importance is given to qualitative research, not quantitative. Focusing on numbers gives too much leeway for interpreting data in the wrong way.

btw I'm right in the target demographic and I'm not very fond of the new name. Something with "pistol" in it evokes not-so-nice concepts, and teenage brands with words like army/fight/420/skulls/maryjane/etc.
Exactly, I can't count the times I've butted heads with our marketing, design and business development teams over silly, annoying and outright ridiculous features they had charged us with implementing... before we became a more agile shop these confrontations usually resulted in me having to back down and implement the features because they were pretty much set in stone by the time they got into our queue but now we can often compromise since we're involved earlier in the planning stages.
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Very interesting concept -- handicap theory. At the end of the day, we're confident our craftsmanship will speak for itself and will be what matters most, and the data from the survey did a lot to calm our own doubts about a name that we were very personally attached to.

It has been fascinating though, and we definitely plan to do further research for other decisions in the future.
I don't think it is belittling - I would gladly do the same as well. In fact, during the period of time my girlfriend was going to school, I did all of the chores because her degree was very stressful (high cost, high rate of failure) -- despite working fulltime myself.

Respectfully (!), your conclusion relies on a fallacy (perhaps more than one type). This type of fallacy is called an "argument from silence", in which you make an assumption based on a lack of information provided:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_silence

In other words, without knowing all the details of my life (or Einstein's) you can not really conclude our motives, outlook on sexism, etc.
Over the course of my college career, I pleaded with three different computer science and engineering chairs to please please please update the curriculum to focus on project based learning and more recent developments in software engineering. My requests fell on deaf ears. Every chair wrapped himself in the "we're preparing you for the workforce, not training you for a job" rhetoric. The reality is that the field is rapidly becoming portfolio based... employers want to see what you've made, and there's absolutely no reason that theory can't be layered on top of practice.

I'm interested in the trajectory of App Academy, Catalyst Course, and others. I'd wager most graduates of those ~6 week programs end up better programmers than graduates of many 4 year institutions.
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