skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for the kind words.

I agree 100% that finding hobbies and pursuits is very important to overall balance and piece of mind. I'm addicted to snowboarding, camping, hiking and pretty much everything else outside. On my trip I estimate I camped in my tent 500 nights of the 667.

I'm a keen moose / bison / caribou hunter here in Northern Canada, and I fish every year for Salmon in Alaska, and lake trout around here. Fishing within 30 meters of a grizzly bear is something else :)

I'm actually just about to write up our recent moose trip, where we canoed a remote river for a week without seeing another person, or signs of people. We got a 58 inch moose on that trip. It will be on theroadchoseme.com when I get around to it.
Yes, you have to run both at high voltage, but I thought the efficiency difference was because DC has no inductive losses.
The 'Mad Men' Economic Miracle
Kicksend brings photographs to the forefront of interactions and experiences

This is categorized as "reviews" but it reads like a press release.
I'll probably end up buying one of these to try it out. By carbonating for 2-3 rounds, I can get a SodaStream super fizzy, but it doesn't last for very long (and it burns through CO2 quickly). Will the fizz from this device last as long as normal soda bottles (which is to say, at least a day or two)?
I'd be kind of surprised if Knuth didn't write tests. I'd expect him to formally prove every single line of his code.

In any event, I find that using literate programming results in less buggy and more comprehensive code.
What a great article. So brief, yet so much justice.

Ok, ok, also a little bit of schadenfreude.
I would imagine the bulk of traffic comes from headline news. Some people check the paper every day, some people catch a bit of news on the bus or TV or whatever, then google it.

I think the rest of the traffic historical articles, looked up by people trying to win arguments on the internet. I don't know how many times i've been pulled to the NYT because of that sort of behavior. I would guess all of that traffic comes from google.
It's called "Vibration API" and it's an article about a Vibration API.
yup, that's where I saw the single error.
Special Report: Amazon's Billion-Dollar Tax Shield
You're right, we should address that more clearly. Thanks for the feedback.
Startup request: create a service where you could transcript just from videos, without voice. Ideally a mobile app.

Some of the use cases are somewhat creepy, but there are quite a few legitimate ones. In particular, there are a lot of recording where sounds is broken/terrible and you could "restore" does.

You could start it yourself, but later you could make some kind of marketplace.
Dalton's law of partial pressures says Fizz-keepers don't actually work[1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fizz_keeper
I can see this being used for games, but that's about it. Until we have web pages running as background tasks, it's not going to be used for a lot.
regardless of statements, if he is true he will always ask himself what would jobs do.. and with a bit of filtering that is not a bad thought.
gave up after having to click through 4 ads to see something bigger than a postage stamp
Not entirely true: If you write tests, chances are you're educating yourself on how to write them. As a consequence, code gets improved - because it's almost impossible to write any kind of tests if the code is crappy. But then again, maybe that's just me :)
Dexter - A static android application analysis tool
but do you chat a lot on the facebook with him?
> it is written by somebody who purports to understand happiness for a sizable fraction of people.

Why does that seem strange? There is a large body of research into human happiness. I haven't looked into it closely, but I would be surprised if it completely failed to generalise. It seems completely reasonable to me that someone could suggest "if you act like this rather than like that, you'll be happier" and be right about a majority of people.

See for example: http://lesswrong.com/lw/bq0/be_happier/

(This is a seperate question from whether the author of this particular article knows what he's talking about. I do not take a position on that.)
more like 'hipster' knowledge.

they have fixed gear bikes, we have custom compiled FreeBSD kernels because we don't know what we are doing.
Note to designers: stop overlaying divs on top of your main body content. Users press the Page Down key, and it obscures the first text lines of the next page under the navigation, or top banner, or whatever you've placed so cleverly up there.

It's frustrating, impedes the reader's experience, and makes people not want to bother with your content.

Okay, done with my UX rant. Sorry.
Thanks.
Prisoner's Dilemma anyone?
What's kind of ridiculous is every advertisement under the sun begins vibrating the device.
In :help it says:

'pronounce castle' to pronounce a word (say castle). (uses [:0] http://www.forvo.com/)

When you type pronounce castle however - it searches for it, and doesn't pronounce anything.
Making what, carbonated ejuice?
That was my first thought too. It's probably the only one that makes sense.
>so much justice

I suggest the "careful what you wish for" lesson applies both ways. "Justice" implies that Google can and should get away with a lot of things under threat of removing your content from their index.
That is fascinating, it makes me wonder if you couldn't use an array of multiple implants to achieve a better level of quality.
Instead, think of ways to hijack it like the Iranians (supposedly) did. After all, you could sell it to the Chinese or Russians for a LOT of money. Go ahead I dare you.

As a countermeasure, we would have a second-channel kill switch and self-destruct mechanism. If you try to hijack it back to an unfriendly location, we blow it up when you approach it with resulting casualties. If you try to use it as an offensive weapon we use the kill switch and/or self-destruct in an area of our choosing.

To overcome the possibility of an external self destruct signal reaching the drone when you hijack it, you'll probably come up with tricks like bathing it in strong spread-spectrum interference or dropping it into a Faraday cage. Either can be detected and trigger the self destruct internally.

Perhaps you can disable the drone by hitting it with an EMP weapon but still recover it. Good luck.
> Do you know if they intend to fix the need for phoney code paths?

It's a purposeful restriction imposed by the Go compiler, but not by the Go language specification.

And I think the idea is to encourage explicitness, and force cases like these:

if cond {
return ...
} else {
return ...
}

Into a simpler:

if cond {
return ...
}
return ...

Reasonable people can disagree over whether this is a Good Thing.
Sculptor in the Painter’s Studio
+1 because of the up-front TL;DR.
I agree, but that's because you're starting with an existing kernel you're trying to improve. If you were a startup-sized team with no kernel programming experience and you had to write an entire OS from scratch I think you'd be pretty likely to end up after five years with the software equivalent of the non-competitive microprocessor designs the grandparent describes...

[Note the caveats: obviously history provides us with examples like Linux of OSes from scratch which did get from zero to competitive in five years but that had rather more people working on it.]
I use Github professionally, and for my open source projects. The visibility of a project on Github is hard to beat, and is often found just because it's on Github. Outages usually come on the front-end, and often I've been able to push to Github within minutes of finding an outage. That said, we're a small company with almost no remote collaboration on a given project, so outage doesn't affect us much.

However, for my serious, closed-source projects (that I might want to become products) I use Bitbucket. So far I've experienced no outages.
Well Google Labs seems to be an innovative approach to product development. Quite surprised that I can't name other company which follow that approach. Could work if you have some truly passionate users.

Although they missed a few potential features (see Rapportive and friends).
I am not sure if I'm following. These Communities appear to be as same as Pages with a +Name in the URL. I thought they released the feature of Pages and the + Name a while ago. So what makes Community different?
I don't know because I haven't bought one yet either, but it seems like it would because you need to agitate the liquid to get more CO2 to saturate. I remember watching a bunch of videos there when I found this a while back, maybe you will get some idea from those.
Dedicated to telecommuting here, for so many reasons that I hardly know where to begin:

* I don't want to lose 2h/day to unpaid work (i.e. 1 hour commute each way). That's 500 hours/year if I take two weeks vacation, or a little over 60 8-hour workdays per year -- time that I'm away from my loved ones and from my work -- what a waste!

* In an office environment, especially the now-trendy open office plans, it is difficult-to-impossible to manage interruptions and actually get work done efficiently.

* Most of the better jobs in my areas of expertise are outside Indianapolis, but I'm committed to staying here for family reasons.

* By working from home I avoid the tendency to eat poorly, the inevitability of getting trapped in close contact with smokers who set off my allergies, and don't bother people when I need to get up and move, which means I do that more: all things that improve my health.

* Working from home means I don't have to take time off if my kid is home sick from school or has a day off, I don't have to stick him in day care, and I can keep a more stable work schedule despite the furnace guy coming or a package being delivered or whatever.

* Working from home means I can manage my work space the way I want, complete with one standing work area and one sitting, a loud-as-heck metal buckling-spring keyboard, country-western music (yes, you read that right), fountain pens, and a steady stream of oolong tea.

* I think better when I work from home, because I can step away from the keyboard and run kata for ten minutes when I'm stuck, grab the laptop and sit outside or at a local coffee shop for a change of pace, or whatever I need to do to get my mind churning.

* I have useful things like email and chat logs to help me make sure I know what's going on, as opposed to someone waylaying me in the hall on the way to the restroom and assuming that I will accurately remember what they wanted when all I really want to do is pee.

* Remote work generally comes with more flexible hours than in-office work, which means that I can accommodate parent-teacher conferences, my karate schedule, etc. while still working full time.
We pondered this for a while and the conversation meandered elsewhere, no doubt because my companions were embarrassed on my behalf. I had committed one of the basic errors of inexperience with the state of programming: Assuming that you're smart and you can work things out from first principles.

I used to have this problem. Not the "problem" of assuming you're smart. I mean the problem of assuming that if someone moves the conversation away or disagrees with me, it must be because of something I'd done. Psychologists call this "intrapunitive behavior".

Here's what I would posit happened: you said something intelligent that your companions had no way of countering. Thus, you showed them up and rather than fess up to it, they decided to change the subject.
Invalid generalization. If you want money to be part of the index, they should be able to remove you.
Automatic GitHub Error Reporting for Bots
The 10 Most Watched Tech Ads of 2012 - Samsung dominates
You might be right, I'll think of a more carefully reasoned response to this later today.
It is basically impossible to get the fizzy sensation with ejuice... Just because I have so many flavorings already I was thinking to try out selling Mio-like water additives or concentrated flavors for SodaStream users. The flavorings we use for eliquid are appropriately concentrated, unlike soda syrups, and typically PG-based like Mio.
Genetic Tweaks To Human Eye Proteins Could Move Us Closer To Predator Mode
Bedbugs can be spread via library books
I know a kid who passed out and hit his head and became deaf as a result. He now has a CI. I've talked to him a little bit about it and how it sounds. He described it as "tinny."

I never thought about asking him about static and what not.
Mini-productivity tip: send a Gmail without getting distracted by your inbox
Easily distracted by new email messages (or old ones that make you feel guilty for not replying) whenever you go to Gmail to send an email?

Try this: instead of going to Gmail directly and being confronted by your inbox as normal, create a web shortcut for this URL --

https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm

-- and click that instead. You'll get a clean, distraction-less Gmail compose new message screen. You can send your email and be on your way as if your inbox never existed.
It's apparent to me that there will be multiple ways of "generating new karma". Don't all of these devices come with a certain amount built in? If that's not enough (e.g. once most consumers who would buy one have already done so) then people who find themselves short can buy some more with actual money, or devices that are online can "farm" karma at a certain rate, or whatever.

It's not difficult for the mint to print more money.
You and I probably feel that way, but I've seen many people who will beat their heads against that wall and write bad tests for bad code.

As for the educating yourself part, yes you'll become a better dev if you are just starting out writing tests. But at some point you'll either become less dependent on them or dogmatic about them. I prefer the former.
Startups: How to Plan with Too Many Options
LOVE this concept - super interesting results from the test, too. Thanks for the great write-up!
I'm not denying that MegaUpload engaged in piracy, but that doesn't stop it from ALSO being a general-purpose file host.
This is very tangential to copyright law, but there was no good reason morally (and, as far as I'm aware, legally) not to return customers data.
All the author did was list a bunch of items that apparently make American Giant great, but there was story or thesis to the post.

All of the remarks regarding quality like slim fit, 100% Cotton, side panels with stretch are not unique to American Giant. These have all become "standard fare" for most of the market who would buy a $75. Nor are they somehow unique insights to a former industrial designer.

Made in USA has become a trend (.. or maybe just a fad) in the apparel industry, for a variety of reason and direct to consumer is nothing groundbreaking.

I've heard of American Giant, and I'm sure there are some valuable lessons from them, but it baffles me how shameless the post is.
Twitter Is Stalking You - Here's How To Make Them Stop
I love quotes as well. I've seen some people use pinterest as an effective medium for aggregating / sharing inspirational quotes... a quick search yielded this person's quote board:

http://pinterest.com/ashtond/life-quotes/

Sure, quotes are embedded in images, but I think that many people like a little bit of visual context for the quote. It might be worth checking out what works/doesn't work for quotes in that medium to incorporate into your site. Just a thought.
According to the exit polls, voters aged 18–29 favored the Democratic candidate by 9 percentage points in 2004, 34 points in 2008, and 23 points in 2012.

In 2016, is the Republican Presidential candidate (whoever he or she may be) going to capture a majority of this demographic? Not bloody likely. But all other factors being equal, if that candidate only loses the youth vote by 10 points, it’s that much easier to win the election as a whole.
I think he is describing the (common) situation where you want to do TDD for new code, but are dealing with an already existing code-base that doesn't have test coverage and just isn't amenable to testing the way it currently is.

So you can't really do TDD for your new code without refactoring the existing code-base. But refactoring the existing code-base without good test coverage is nasty.
Interactive map: Bombs on London during The Blitz
The project scanned original 1940s bomb census maps, geo-referenced the maps to add their exact location, then digitally captured the geographical locations of all the falling bombs recorded on the original map, and created an easy to use website and app to display it.
Patriot Act can illegally acquire EU-cloud stored financial, medical, email data
One of the reasons I bought Sony Z-class laptop is because it is custom manufactured in Japan (not plastic-stamped in China or alike places like other laptops, including Macs).
With USA-built Macs - i'll be happy to get one too.
Donald "beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it" Knuth?
> Maybe I'm being naive but I believe discussion about stuff you don't like about a community-driven platform like HN might actually improve it.

In context. But when out of context, it won't. If anything, one could argue that if your comment does provide any value toward improving HN, then the article served a greater purpose, and as a result, was of value.

Regardless, actions speak louder than words.

> All I'm saying is that in the time I've been visiting HN, the information value of the articles upvoted on HN is going down.

That's the natural state of things. I've seen people say this for years now. It's a reoccurring theme. I do not know how long you've been visiting HN, but going just by your profile, I can assure you, 444 days ago, people were discussing how HN had gone down hill.

I believe a portion of that complaint is that when you first get here, it's new, and you haven't seen the articles being presented. After a while, you start to read the same thing over and over again. It becomes dull. And things start to stand out that you might not have noticed your first day.

> You are twisting my words.

No. It's just a misunderstanding. No twisting was intended.

> You say 'people enjoy different things' as if that justifies anything that gets posted on HN.

Actually, it does. HN is based on voting, and the members of HN enjoy reading many types of articles here. If something gets voted up, it's because a segment of the members want to read these types of things on HN. That you are uninterested in this specific topic does not mean it's outside of HN's accepted role.

> Lots of people enjoy reading about ponies, but you don't see a lot of articles about ponies on HN, and I don't think many people think that's a bad thing.

Don't be silly, the context is HN, making that point moot. The argument isn't about general wants and desires, but what people want to read here on HN.

Anyways, my point is, and was, you can either be a part of the problem, or part of the solution. If you want to see different articles, submit them! Ignore the ones that you aren't interested in. Flag articles that don't belong. You can either be a positive force, or a negative one.
Off the top of my head, Facebook and Mashable do this, it's becoming the standard.
DIY Touch Screen Mod Makes Regular Gloves Smartphone-friendly - How-To Geek
Is there any mobile platform with less apps than Windows Phone?
It breaks scrolling too -- if you scroll more than a few pixels down the page, the div jumps position and all the text moves vertically. Really horrible UX
Bye #nodejs, hello #golang
Creating the Earth with D3.js (3d-ish)
Ok since you are on HN let me tell you a hack that I learnt here.

Order him a pizza from a local pizza place near your friend's house with your credit card. Get the pizza guy on the phone when he is at your friend's address. This way you will at least know if he is at home and maybe talk to him if he is there. You can even make the pizza guy ask the neighbours or leave a note on his door. Dont forget to tip the pizza guy through paypal or something.
Sensationalist headline there, make you think as if they're down something wrong with your data. Wish websites and papers would stop doing that
What brilliant IE ad?
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Direct link to the official announcement:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Gmail/posts/H1mkyyY2nW4
If memory serves, it is common that the whistle-blower gets a lower penalty/gets of entirely in antitrust cases, simply because if no one blows the whistle it is unlikely that there would be an investigation in the first place.
What makes you think today's minor fluctuation in price (still down from yesterday's open) is in any way connected with this announcement?
Is there a chance Gates would go back to Microsoft? Jobs did go back to Apple to revive it.
Some have argued that even just linking to an article might get you sued. After all, most URLs include the title of the article. Obviously, courts will have to decide, but the possibility alone is frightening.
This is disingenuous to an appalling degree. How does shifting the cultural norm happen if not by doing things that aren't (currently) the cultural norm? Why does one have to toe a line when she doesn't find that OK?

Equally disingenuous is the notion that the author must strip out everything not related to the point as you dennisgorelik sees it (as opposed to the author keeping exactly what the author wants to keep in the article). Perhaps in an article about finding the right experienced employee, where a major theme is "you have to look at it a bit differently than you'd expect", the use of the unexpected gender is a subtle reinforcement point. But sure, people who write never try to use multiple methods to get the idea across - that would be silly and go along with everything most writing courses/books/guides suggest. It must be a political agenda.
Is there any mathematical method for identifying price fixing?

Like the benford law for identifying bad accounting?
How not to review a paper: The tools and techniques of the adversarial reviewer
Thanks for the support, but that was a literary device.
> IF they go into the general treasury of the relevant states, then you could say that in the long term it goes "evenly" to the taxpayers of those states.

Obviously, you could say this, and I could certainly say I think it's a ridiculous claim.
Hence why the government shouldn't be involved. I live in a state (Pennsylvania) with energy choice. The one with the most "efficient" system gets the lowest rates, which allows me to preserve my own little slice of the "social wealth". If I so choose, I can go for an eco-friendly solution as well, if that sort of thing made me feel good.
> Content is a $100Bn industry

Where did you get that number? Americans spend that much on cable TV alone.
SharePoint 2013 offers fine balance between official and "shadow" development
This is the human shield theory of defending a criminal enterprise, isn't it? Profit from piracy, but cover it up with innocent people's documents.
"No more room for innovation" could have been said about everything in history. After the cell phone came out, there was no more room for innovation because it was a handheld device that fit in your pocket and let you make calls anywhere. What more do you want? After Windows Mobile, it was a pocket computer that let you program and install applications and browse the web. What more do you want?

The reason it's easy to discount past innovations and say that hardware is perfect now is because past innovations have already been developed. They've already been made, and they already exist. They're obvious now. Future innovations are not obvious, that's why they're innovations. The better software called for in the blog post is just minor iterations like a new Madden (that's a really innovative game). Meanwhile, the Kinect has already been made, so of course the Xbox is perfect and hardware is dead. Pay no attention to the fact that Kinect wouldn't have existed if people thought the same way you do.