skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Any user who doesn't know what Gatekeeper's purpose is (and how to disable it) probably stand to benefit from keeping it on. I imagine these people are the ones most at risk for downloading malware.

People who don't want/like the walled garden can disable it trivially from the settings. For people like my mom, who clicks on any ad/link/attachment without a second thought, this will save a ton of headaches.
Thank you! I have been working very hard to build my reputation in the computer vision industry, over the years I've worked where I am. I think I'm making headway, but I do realise I still have a long way to go. It's refreshing hearing some words of encouragement! Thank you for giving me more motivation to keep pushing on this cold morning commute to work.
Apple seeds iOS 6.1 beta 3 to developers
I personally feel the US has been doing a rather good job.

I also like that a free and open internet is in the US' interest - the de-facto 'control' over the internet by the US gives it enormous amounts of soft and technological power that they can subtly profit from.

We're basically all locked into the US-paradigm on the internet. That means it's in the US' national interest not to mess with the internet too much - far better to just coast along on the wave you've created yourself.

It also means that Russia and other states are strategically opposed to a free and open internet. Not just for national purposes (censoring speech critical of their autocrats), but also for strategic purposes an open internet is a threat to their international power. They're swimming against the US wave.

So, ideally speaking, yes, everybody should democratically have a say in how to run the internet. Realistically speaking, however, the current situation is a near-optimal solution.
This emotion in this blog is in a lot of ways revealing about Apple. The writer sounds hurt. I don't think Microsoft would have attracted this kind of response.

For me, I tend to look at changes in terms of their effect on the ecosystem as whole. From that perspective, I'm very glad that Apple exist, as they are.

I like that Apple is fanatically adherent to its ideologies. Taking things to extremes is also a good way of discovering principles and the uncovering the costs of compromises. In any case, I think

An ipad is extremely simple. The pool of people who can become completely comfortable with it in a few days is larger then for any other computer. It's metaphors are tidiest. An iOS app is a more clearly defined concept, for example, then it is on Android.

A fanatic trying to prove that a simple life on $500 per person per month is the ideal way of living probably isn't right, but she is useful to have in your life. She will probably make all sorts of discoveries that will enhance your life, even if you don't buy her entire ideology. In your life you will be making all sorts of compromises. These have tradeoffs. Inevitably you will be wrong about the pros & cons of some choices.

Maybe glued together hardware is not worth the tradeoff. Maybe it is. Maybe it is sometimes. Now we get to find out.

At the end of 2012, things look better than they did 1 year ago from this perspective. We have several viable operating systems from three very different companies. It seems likely & possible that new entrants will appear if those three don't cover all needs.
There was a good deal of relational algebra / theoretical background that I had not wrestled with extensively elsewhere. This aspect was fun from a "mind-expanding" perspective. I have never found a specific need to directly apply this information in day-to-day activities.

The practical aspect of the course was heavily focused on SQL (Queries). Lots of interactive exercises that relied upon SQLLite which uses ANSI Standard SQL. This helped with focusing on constructing queries that did not use vendor specific features. There was a decent amount of XML related processing and querying. NoSQL was only mentioned in passing - and was essentially an afterthought in the 2011 course.

The format of the course was closer to traditional college format (with relatively long lectures). I generally don't care for this in online classes. Due to time constraints, I skipped lectures in areas with which I was familiar and went straight to the exercises/quizzes. I thought the quizzes were really excellent, and the problems presented (and online validation/checking of problems) was really great.

As one with a fairly extensive background in databases (Oracle DBA Cert, years of experience with Oracle, Informix, DB2) I really found the course helpful and well worth the time. It does not provide much practice in Data Modeling or NoSQL. All in all one of the best technical educational experiences I have had in any format.
Funding woes threaten next tech revolution
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817466

Prakash,

Thanks for clarifying. Might sound like stereotyping, I apologize if it does. Looking at your name, just asking if you guys have a office in India?

What sort of problems are you working on?
These PCs-on-a-stick run Ubuntu Linux
I find that very hard to believe... that's way too low.
@nanijoe My response to your first comment

CloudMunch Developer edition (Beta) will currently provide you the following. Please note this is free to use. You will pay only for the AWS infrastructure you consume. 1. A history of your builds 2. A build repository to store older builds and deploy them if required 3. A deployment history 4. A template for build orchestration to perform code analysis, e.g. PMD, code visualization (TBA) 5. Scheduled deployments - on-click, daily or weekly 6. Seamless connection between GitHub and AWS using your GitHub id

We plan to add some features based on our thoughts and your feedback. I hope this answers your questions.
@nanijoe Thanks for the feedback. Will re-look at our value prop and the comment issue.
Introduction to Databases on Coursera - Stanford
But the point is if the user really can't accomplish that task are they in a suitable position to judge the safety of installing the software? I know there may be cases when even such a user has a good reason to trust something but I'm sure there will be cases when people are saved by this (or at least attempts to exploit people in this way may be deterred.

Much of the unsigned software is perfectly useful valid stuff, much of it safe, much of it open source but that action to run downloaded code puts a lot of trust in the developer and the source. Even run as a non-root user it can still do things that cause real problems including steal confidential information.
I'm probably going to get downvoted to hell about this but... I can not stand Arrington's whinging (even though I certainly deserve what I get for clicking on the linkbait title).
Amazon Launches Brazil Kindle Store
I meant pricing comparisons -- is it worth shipping item as media mail, fedex ground, ups, usps parcel post or priority, etc. And packaging advice for different kinds of things (like, standard sized boxes).
Design Mistakes We Made in Our iPhone App
Two High-Risk Flaws Fixed in Google Chrome 23
Is the 'net generation' a myth?
I am impressed that he hasn't died earlier from the drugs - the guy is 67 and looks 50. He must drunk a lot of tea. If they find him guilty, his life is over.
I always feel I'm missing a gene in that I never really liked jazz all that much. Seems I'm in the minority here..

(And not to take anything away from Mr Brubeck).
"haven't made before"

Pretty sure they have had "supply chain issues" with every single iteration of the iphone and ipad.
I love stuff like this. Clearly targeting hackers is certainly a good idea.

I can't use this in Chrome on my tablet, though, because I can't open the keyboard.
Street Java
Oh yes... i remember the old Apple Display Connectors.
Ahh, thank you for the links. They are some cool pictures from space, that really show how bright the oil rigs are.

I can take solice in the fact I was about 1/8th right about the fishermen :)
Oracle extends Java SE6 support, yet again
I quite like using SwiftKey, its great at fixing my sloopy typing.

But coming out from under my tin foil hat (coincidently I just returned from a crypto-party at the Open Source Developers Conference), I don't trust proprietary keyboards which require internet permissions, because they have access to all of the passwords I type in. I've got DroidWall [0] denying internet access to it, and I can sleep easier at night. The only down side is I can't download new dictionaries if they become available.

[0] - http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=droidwall&...

Edit: Specified why I don't like them having internet permissions
They certainly can for a while, though what we want to read will be projected straight onto the retina at some point, and further into the future it'll be fed straight to our brain without us having to do anything.
I'm not sold on the long term benefit to subscription models. A well curated library has much more appeal to me than an all you can eat buffet. I have recently seen this with Netflix great service but the content I would miss the most is the kid shows that my daughter watches. The tv and movies I look forward to watching with her are not on there so in one form or snouty I curate a library that I only have to pay for once.

Same for magazines and book. I keep a few subscriptions but mainly consume the content once. When I find a good book, one I will read again I put it on my library shelf and come back to it later. Subscriptions for media lock me into a singe channel if I ever want to go back. And like Netflix, who has to negotiate with the content providers for their content, with subscriptions there is no guarantee the 5-10% of quality content I like will be there when I come back.
I'm currently implementing charts using Flot with AngularJS data-binding and directives.

I had to find a workaround to the fact that Flot requires fixed width. xCharts does not suffers this limitation but I will have to evaluate d3.js first.
This one's old.
The issue here is that recent releases of OSX have sucked more than some earlier releases of OSX, and it's annoying some people.

The hardware is now even more locked down than ever.

These are facts.

Does it mean you have to stop using a mac? No.

Does it mean that some people are moving away from macs? Yes.

Does it mean you need to rage because there's an article that mentions 'fan boys'? Not really. Chill out.

If you have any cognant and articulate arguments why this guys opinion (which I happen to currently share) is a stupid opinion to have, by all means, I'm interested...
While I find these images extremely interesting, let me add a contrarian voice: the associations that such night-time photos bring up in me are primarily about waste and habitat destruction.
Java malware, fileless malware pose threats to desktop security
I had to use Cloud9 a few months ago to populate a new repo for a small project I wanted to share. With today's changes I wouldn't have needed to use Cloud9. Being able to add files is long overdue and I wonder how much it was to stem the tide of users using third party sites to populate github and thereby becoming entrenched in a development/publishing workflow that only used github as a storage layer and not somewhere where you would spend time or send others to the github website.
Part of making fuel using the Fischer-Tropsch process is actually to turn the coal into CO, which is then used further on in the process. This step is extremely good for removing impurities. All the radioactive stuff is going to be in the ash.

However, using coal means that you are not carbon neutral. It's a lot better to use some process of sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere -- either through plants, or directly. The plant solutions differ from plant oil or ethanol-based fuel production in that the plants are not expected to add any energy to the mix. This makes the process a lot more lenient on what you can stuff in, and makes the drain on agriculture a lot less severe. Also, since the nutrients in the plants are going to be left behind at gasification, they can be reused as fertilizer.
The Rickshaw page is working fine for me in Chrome Canary (currently at Chrome 25) and Chrome 23, there's a single JS error but it's not preventing the examples from loading. Are you sure something else isn't the problem?
I've been trying to kick the Apple habit since I got my first tiBook, which was the _revelation_ for me at the time, that Apple of all people were producing the Unix laptop, and also making the physicality of the thing badass.

So, in my effort to stay true to my Unix'ish roots, I've gotten a Motorola Lapdock real cheap, its at least as comfy as a macbook Air, and I'm plugging in things like .. raspberryPi, MK802/808 Android or Ubuntu sticks, my desktop 'slab PC', and so on. I think I'm close to kicking the habit - they /really/ lost me at the drop of the MacbookPro17" .. my existing one will run into the ground, and I will soon put Linux on it.

In the meantime, I would suggest that those looking for an alternative to the sexy nature of the hardware aspect, albeit with a little extra effort, switching to Ubuntu-on-a-Stick is really a pleasant treat.
Battery life. Durability.

Also, don't underestimate the value of a UI and hardware keyboard centered around a specific workflow. Calculators are almost the opposite of a tablet/phone, computers specialized to programming and user input, with communication and content consumption as an afterthought at most.
Twitters Dev Site is Built with Drupal
Dave Brubeck passes away
5 reasons why HTML5 is here to stay
If I have to buy another laptop again, it'll be a Thinkpad. Nice to hear its solid.
I don't like that all the examples (in the examples page) are animated. Loads of graphing libraries do that in their examples, and it's massively off-putting. My view is that charts shouldn't be animated unless the animation reveals something that a static chart couldn't.
I Agree.
With HTML5, publishers don’t need native apps, says Financial Times
Yes Siri "Sgt. Star" Becomes The Army's Version Of Apple's Digital Assistant
I am not sure this meets your criterion. You can check out the CloudMunch Developer Edition (Link: http://www.cloudmunch.com/developers). Helps you deploy your projects from GitHub to AWS. You don't pay for the platform. You just pay for the AWS usage.
The thing is, every company in the comsumer PC space would go the exact same route as Apple if they could. Look at Dell, HP etc trying to mimic Apples every move in the consumer computing space. Microsoft doing an AppStore model in Windows 8 etc.
If its not Apple, somebody else would gladly take its place and it might be the fate of any of todays most popular consumer computing company.

Now of course you can still use Linux and build your own PC, but you will, and have always been, a minority in the market.
Any user who doesn't know what Gatekeeper's purpose is (and how to disable it) probably stand to benefit from keeping it on. I imagine these people are the ones most at risk for downloading malware.

I don't necessarily disagree (I have a mom too ;)), but: (1) there are many trustable open source programs that are unsigned because their developers cannot afford or do not want to pay $99 per year for an Apple developer account; (2) OS X could display a warning that the user can override.

What happens now is that people will Google for the error to install some legitimate software, find a blog post that describes how to disable Gatekeeper, and switch of Gatekeeper permanently.
This allegation that he was synthesizing bath salts makes zero sense. It's so ubiquitous and cheap, it makes as much sense as synthesizing tylenol. Don't believe the media hype and spread fud.
Disruption and The Big Picture
Le Web 2012 - LIVE from Paris
OT, but I'd love to know what HN think about this:

The license part of the README.md says "The content in this repo is BSD licensed".

AFAIK licensing requires:

- A copyright line with the year (or years) and the name of the copyright holder.

- IIRC a way to contact the copyright holder is required (email, URL, etc), but I may be wrong and it's just optional.

- A copy of the license grant/notice is required, ie. the "boilerplate notice" form Apache license that includes a link to the full license text.

In this case, does the "The content in this repo is BSD licensed" sentence have any kind of effect?

EDIT: ate a word, formatting
They're based in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/duck-duck-go

There are quite a lot of Indians and people of Indian descent in the US tech industry.
Aside from PCMCIA/ExpressCard upgrades, which are useless nowadays thanks to USB2/3, the only upgrades available to laptops are memory + disk. RAM is cheap enough where companies can toss in 8gb (soon, 16gb) without a second thought, which is more than enough for probably 99% of the customer base for as long as the laptop is in service.

That leaves the disk drive as the one non-upgradable part. I imagine part of the reason for this is the (relative) bulkiness of the 2.5" SSD form factor. Are there any other standardized sizes that could work in a rMBP form factor? 1.8" maybe? The 11" MBA may have problems fitting it, but a swappable 1.8" SSD on the larger models would be quite nice.
As the Coursera one is a student opt-in option this looks like a really good idea to me. It sounds like the Udacity one is opt-in too so it sounds completely positive.
Amazon just got to Amazon
D3.js as an Angular directive is a thing of beauty, once you get your D3.js graphics updating live from your Angular data you can do some very nice dynamic graphics with very little code, whether it be graphs or otherwise.

Brian Ford gives a nice example in his blog and on GitHub:
http://briantford.com/blog/angular-d3.html
https://github.com/btford/angular-d3-demo
Amazon has just launched on Brazil !
"A Story About Sexism in Tech Filled With Sexist Comments Denying Sexism in Tech" :-)
true ! upvoted.
Not much has changed. I stopped upgrading my work desktop because the drivers for my wired Ethernet needs to be recompiled every Ubuntu upgrade. Very annoying when I am in the middle of a sprint and I have to stop to figure out why basic things are no longer working.
It has. But there is still the ol' quirks. I had problems with sounds on ubuntu on my ThinkPad. I had to install XFCE for it to play nice with 2 monitors (since the gpu in the old laptop is kind of sucky). But Macosx has even worse compability, so if you buy computer parts that are knows to play nice with linux you'll have a swell time :).

Also, when you start playing with tiling window managers you'll be glad you don't have a mac.
My favourite: "How I remapped my capslock key to be both ESC and Ctrl" -- maybe should have had VI in there too ;)

If a community can't laugh at itself, then it's surely doomed :D
I have found Crytponomicon and Snow Crash, both by Neal Stephenson, very good. Both fiction
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4621731
Somewhat fittingly, though.
Thanks for the feedback and links, will look into it now.
A market segment that makes up a smaller and smaller proportion of the market goes nuts for the iPhone.

That means that carriers have less and less incentive to care about whether or not Apple walks away from the negotiating table if they ask for lower prices.

Apple will still have the diehard fans who are willing to buy unsubsidised directly, if the iPhone market share dips low enough that carriers see the iPhone as optional enough that they feel they can afford to lose it, Apple will have to choose reductions in sales or lower prices.
Been there, done that :)
http://goosh.org/
> You are about unit sales now. You need more and more consumers to want to get the latest Apple device. I get it. I don’t agree with it, but that is where you are now.

This author seems personally hurt by the fact that Apple rapidly releasing new devices, as if he feels that he is being obligated to purchase the latest products as soon as they come out and doesn't want to.

Is there a small, vocal minority of the Apple fanbase that has to have the latest thing? Certainly. But the average user does not, and has no need to upgrade their Macbook Air just because a new one comes out a year later. In fact, I've had mine for a year and a half, and I have no need or desire to upgrade anytime soon.

> I didn’t jump at the iPhone 5. I wasn’t in-line on day one like I was with the iPhone 3 and iPhone 4. I am unsure why I just didn’t care anymore.

Great, you don't need to care! Before the iPhone was released, would you have stood in line for a phone at all? I know people who still use the iPhone 3G and have no issues, because they don't need a retina display or the ability to run intense games, they just want a phone that works.

Either this author:

(1) Wants to have bleeding-technology all the time but is offended by the fact that he would have to pay for it often, or
(2) Is so brainwashed by the blogomania surrounding Apple that he is unsatisfied with the fact that the company keeps fairly rapid release cycles, therefore causing his products to technically be "older versions".
I'm swooning just from Elon Musk's being parodically referenced.
It most certainly is not, in the same way that when you are punished for stealing a car, you do not get to keep the car.

If Best Buy wants to keep using the model they will have to come to a licensing agreement with TechForward or whoever owns the IP. And they're not in a very advantageous position..
you know, just two weeks ago I mapped my spacebar to be both space and Meta.
Oscar Niemeyer, Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair, Dies at 104
You guys should really have a look at Web Outside Of Browsers:
http://weboob.org/
A single file approach to learning BackboneJS
I used Terminal.app a lot but I find iTerm2 is better.
Weboob: library and apps to interact with websites outside of browsers
"Latest Daring Fireball Post."
Seconding Wooldridge. It's the only economics text I'm keeping from university - I'm getting rid of all the rest. It really digs into the material and highlights the pitfalls and incorrect assumptions in regression and forecasting. I'm planning to consult it when I start working on analytics in current/future projects.
Finding a Next-Stage CEO/Partner
I'm the founder of a what I'd call a next-generation networking company based in the UK, over the last 6 years we've built a fairly innovative routing device with a whole host of tricks for optimising access to the internet, together with management systems and API's etc. The product is targeted at SME's.

We've built a solid base of customers in the UK which has been our focus, and now we're now at the point where we feel the product is ready to be introduced to the global stage to fulfil its market potential.

To do this our current thinking is that we should look for presence in North America but I'm unsure what that looks like. Our current list of options are:

- Hire a young/dynamic CEO to drive the company into new areas
- Look at the angel/investment route
- Look for a strategic partner to help us reach new channels

I'm a long standing reader of HN and the general views and discussions here closely match mine, and I find the British mentality in this area extremely old fashioned and limiting.

We have an excellent product and proven performance on a limited scale.

I'd love to get some advice on how we take the business to the next stage.

TIA
It is (was): https://www.coursera.org/course/db
This is definitely a taste thing. I've worked with issue systems that support priority in the past and found them frustrating - I much prefer being able to invent my own concept of priority using tags (which is exactly what we've done using GitHub issues). I also find the web UI a joy to use, and frequently refer to it over using command-line or desktop git browsing tools.
There's also icat https://github.com/atextor/icat