skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The point is, you can apply this knowledge to either good or bad. Like technology, it is simply a tool you can use. Ignore it at your own peril.
I pitched this Facebook concept on HN last month but got no love here. No interest or not seen?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151391609962845
Sony to use RFID to prevent used game sales
The site only has one default Photo of the dude pondering in his cube?
> I don't see why rent capture generally has such a negative connotation outside of finance circles.

Well, it violates a lot of views of how the market "should" operate, on both the left and the right. On the right, some simplified versions of free-market views assume relatively perfect, efficient markets will normally develop absent government distortion, so they're suspicious of areas where rent is being extracted as probably due to some kind of intervention preventing a proper free market from operating. And on the left, many see rent-extraction as a paradigmatic example of the power of capital relative to labor (the ability of passive rent-extractors to in effect collect a "tax" from active economic activity).
Thats the point. Design is all about unlimited perfectionism according to some imagined idea... and its also the reason that most artists and designers are broke. The pursuit has little to do with the rationality of time management and efficiency, rather, design is about pursuing an idea of perfection that cannot be achieved.
This looks just like Facebook with the Metro UI.
Isn't this a $7 CodeCanyon Project? - http://codecanyon.net/item/make-your-images-interactive-tag-...
Makes me wonder - is it possible to make an algorithm that does automatic pixel fitting?
A decade earlier I was into DIY car performance. I had a Nissan 180sx that was at ~220WHP and slowly tuned/modified it until it was at 380-400WHP. The car could easily kill it's driver if they weren't careful because it was really damn fast. At that point, there were no more easy modifications and gains were in the variable/dubious 10-15WHP that would only be noticeable if I ran the car on a timed trial or a dyno.

How this correlates to my HDD to SSD experience is that my workstation is already fairly optimized ( not overclocked mind you ), so biggest improvement was possibly in random seek and since I don't run MySQL or any other server system on the computer that does thousands of file op's/second the improvement was relatively marginal.
Not in advance, but it will be interesting to see whether we have observations of them.

We (and other people who care about certs) could probably use contributions of algorithms for detecting things that are suspicious about certificates. :-)

One thing that I believe is not yet implemented but that I should try to implement is finding observations in the Observatory that, if they had been made by Chromium, would have violated a cert pin in Chromium. (Most of the observations in the Observatory are made by Firefox users, so their browsers wouldn't notice a pin violation at the time the observation was made.)

Another thing that could be interesting is finding all apparently valid certs that have never been seen by any Perspectives notary.

Anyway, there are a lot of queries to be run!
LAMY makes beautiful pens.
Sure, it does. But they're also overwhelmingly crappy for most "normal" folks: pixelated, blurry, poorly cropped.
A Dispatch From the 'National Review's Post-Election Cruise
Is it that rare for it to be possible for ISPs to update their provided routers? My ISP (O2) has the ability to forcefully update firmware at any time.
Alphabetizing, or any canonical ordering, can help minimize merge conflicts. We require it for Java imports and lists all over, so I'm not surprised to see it here.

In some projects I've worked on, we allow logical groupings, provided comments that describe what they are, but then require alphabetizing within the groups.
> "Does it do something novel to advance understanding and execution of software development?"

Shit, I probably should have read the rules before I entered.
"It filters out the people we wouldn't want here", I got downvoted for calling this reason dumb. Maybe not the best thing to say but I really think that is a bad excuse.
>Please get your facts straight. If the papers had never existed we would still have the Internet, Networks, Filesystems, OS and Compilers.

That is a question without an answer. Probably, they would have been invented, probably not. The ideas themselves were played around and worked on by academics though. You can't deny that they helped to usher in the technologies much quicker than otherwise.

>So you will find that how those things got onto the market was by some engineer figuring out how to do it and hacking it together, not the work of some professor

Professors don't (usually) sit down and write code, they hire others to do it for them. As I said before, the point of research isn't to produce a product, ready for use. It is to try out ideas that wouldn't be tried by the industry. Its good that Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina were hired to code what later turned out to be the Mosaic web browser.

>Our operating systems are the result of descent from CPM, which came from Gray Kildall deciding to write a RAM tester.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M

MSDOS, true. Unix, false. Unix descended from MULTICS[0] which started much before CP/M[1]

>I can find you similar examples for compilers and networks as well, though in those fields the examples will not be so outright embarrassing to academia.

I wince at your choice of words. "Embarrassing"? Why? If the industry produces an idea or technique that solves a research problem, academics have no trouble accepting it. See for instance: how quickly AWS, CUDA etc are being adopted by academics for their research.

So, in total, you have given one "fact" which turns out to be untrue. And you say you can give more examples in networks and compilers. Please do. I am genuinely interested to see what it is that has so tarnished your views on the work of academia.

>And that applies to 90% of the market. "Look ma no research!"

Clearly.

Here, take another famous example: relational databases originated in a paper by an academic, E.F. Codd[2].

I see that you are hell-bent on showing that academic research has made no contribution at all to the development of modern computer science. I haven't got the time or inclination to argue, so this will be my last comment on this matter

[0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database
"I did not really understand the allure of having high-end pens. Don’t you just lose them?"

Yes and No. All my cheap pens get lost in a jiffy, and all the expensive ones are kept in their shiny boxes, waiting to be polished every new year.

Perhaps we should develop a "magnetic pen and shirt pocket" combo.
So are the photons in a laser at a negative temperature.
Notifications via email. That would just annoy me. It's the first thing I switch off (if I can) on sites that do it.
Show HN: my weekend project, simple temporary image hosting
I believe my library, nflgame [1], would fit the bill. Features all play-by-play data back to 2009, and includes the ability to track play-by-play data live.

[1] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/nflgame
That rule assumes that it is possible for a reasonable person to know what actions are within the law and what actions are not. Many laws, particularly those dealing with corporations, the tax code, etc., are so complicated that an ordinary citizen can't possibly know whether they are in compliance or not.
More like Facebook selling a copy of ScottWhigham Home Premium 8 (to advertisers)
Personally I'm very happy that advertising is falling by the wayside -- we have been excessively subservient to ad networks and ad agencies, especially with regards to the Do-Not-Track fiasco.

If DNT were turned on by default instead of this ad-blocking would there be as much furor raised? Likely not.
this is not a fair analogy. if a model chooses to wear a shirt that fit poorly, then you are allowed to question the model's ability to dress themselves.

likewise, if Facebook chooses to saturate their pages with images they know are generally poorly shot, you are allowed to question Facebook's ability to dress itself.
The CSV file format is nice, but if you're looking for a Python API to play with NFL stats without having to parse play-data fields, check out nflgame [1]. I've written up a quick primer. [2] It also includes the ability to get play-by-play statistics live.

[1] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/nflgame

[2] - http://blog.burntsushi.net/nfl-live-statistics-with-python
The FTC Gives Google a Free Pass
Ah, I also wondered about that. Is that why HashWithIndifferentAccess uses strings internally?
No not usually. Power contracts are very hard to get details on.
So much visual clutter. Sorry. It's beautiful but so disorganized.
Doesn't the requirement that the client not be behind NAT render this somewhat useless?

Isn't the vast majority of the internet behind NAT?
This layout seems popular (pinterest, their new food site they bought, tumblr, etc) but I really, really do not like it.

With this, how can I tell if a submission is just a picture or an article with a picture as a representation. For example, I see a submission with a title and the pic is an awkward penguin. I can read the text so I don't have to click through to see it bigger. That's good. I see another submission: "Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison" and the pic (same size as the awkward penguin) is a sad looking man looking out a window with raindrops on it. How do I know I should click through to get to an article?
HTML5 - Elemento P
I agree with the opening but you went off the deep end afterwards.

Bulk cold emailing is spamming. There's no way to dress that up. The linked article is talking about taking the time to create a personalised message sent to just one person, not optimising the CTR on your spam.

Secondly, buying a list of emails like that is not only unethical, but in many countries is illegal. Even if it is permissible there's normally a lot of hoops to jump through.

If that's not enough to convince you, if enough users flag your email as spam then you get heavily penalised. I recently did business with a company and only noticed today that my spam folder is full of emails from them - that's definitely gonna hurt the CTR.
It exists. Check out nflgame. [1]

[1] - https://github.com/BurntSushi/nflgame
This serves as a good example of how net neutrality rules would impinge users’ rights and give big(ger) business an advantage.

This is not a net-neutral move by the Free.fr. Clearly some content is being treated differently than other content, based on source.

However, I think it’s up to users (and by extension, the services they purchase) to decide how to handle web content. Users might or might not like this particular move, who knows. But it’s up to them to keep using the ISP, or to change the setting in the router.

Under net neutrality law, should it exist, the ISP’s move would be illegal, no? Which means that Google uses regulation to ensure delivery of its product. Incumbency protection.

In fact, look for Google to posit exactly this net neutrality claim. My preference is that Free.fr and Google fight for your affections.
These modems are rented out by the ISP and you are more than welcome to install your own modem. They aren't your property and they never were.
Hey that sounds like a cool job but why does the candidate need to know java and c++?
He is still following "the script." Let's see what happens when he gets a little bit more clout and confidence and is ready to step out of his dad and grandfather's shadow.
I hate to dumb down stuff that even wikipedia takes 2000+ words to summarize. But simplistically, Buffet is sitting on a mountain of cash. If interest rates go the wrong way, he is exposed to fiat risk. So his best bet is to trade that fiat risk for non-fiat income producing assets. He does that by outright purchases of very large companies whose competitive advantage is so huge they'd be impossible to defeat, and yet you can't get by without them. I mean, what are you going to do if you want 1000s of giant walmart containers sitting in LA moved to the midwest, and you don't like BNSF's pricing ? You are essentially fucked. So you play ball with BNSF. That's your moat right there. You can't build a railroad, not in today's climate. Its not like a gmail or an oracle in that you think those companies suck, so you switch to hushmail and mongodb. You basically have an out, so there's arguably no real moat in technology. But with large scale infrastructure projects, once you own a piece of them, you can just sit back & collect rent & everybody has no recourse other than to pay up.
http://informationarchitects.net/blog/ias-2006-facebook-desi...

Here's an earlier (2006!) redesign by Information Architects (iA). I think this is a lot cleaner and solves the information overload problem better.
This is how Ouya, the android based kickstarter console, looks like
Joe-the-common-pickpocket (or more likely, Joe-the-common-drug-user-caught-in-possession) is very likely to be offered a complicated plea bargain the implications of which are not clear to him and which are not well explained by his court-appointed public defender, and then pressured to accept it in order to save time by everyone involved, including his court-appointed public defender.
For an example, if you are on groups or many people wish you happy birthday, it is very easy to miss a lot of updates. I missed about fifth of them last year and even several distinct posts, which happened to occur same day as I got many notifications.
The modem is rented out by the ISP and it is their property -- this is not a clause in the contract that you signed. If it offends you then install your own modem.
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There's automatic hinting for type rendering, so I guess those algorithms could be generalized.

But you can probably go far by just fitting everything in your 2x version to even pixels and using even-width lines; then the scaled-down 1x version will be sharp.
Font-Awesome 3.0
Plus, in order to get the real facebook visual representation, try adding post from gaming companies, internet memes and random photos from articles.
"quantum teleportation" fits the bill
A good example of a moat - and a company that Buffett has invested in - Coca Cola.

They've invested enormous sums in marketing sugary syrup, a product with a sizable margin. Others produce sugary, fizzy water too, but there's only one Coca Cola and it's impossible to overcome in the marketplace.
The article seems to state that a 75 page, 15 count indictment is extraordinarily complex. Is that really the case? 75 pages does not seem that long.
Not just good, outstanding, and despite their technical sophistication, bytemark is still run by its founders, who you're quite likely to deal with personally.

(I have been a happy personal customer for years, and have recommended them to others and used them for the organisation I work for (and started) but I should disclose that they recently donated hosting to that organisation).
Test Driven Development Cargo Cult
On my mobile, it says "there is nothing too see here if you are browsing the Internet like this", which I assume is due to lack of a Flash player.

It may be cool if I could upload images from my mobile in a really simple way too. I often need to share images with a largely distributed team of game Dev. volunteers; I often ask them to disseminate it to others when they see them too. Skype tends to be unreliable for this for me and selecting the photo and sharing a link would make life easier. Sharing the same thing across multiple channels without uploading multiple times is another big winner too!
I don't think he necessarily meant his comment as a slight against the Turkish people, though perhaps he worded it poorly.

What he is saying makes sense if you generalize it too. Most Turkish people probably don't need their browsers to trust certificates from a Panamanian CA, and most Panamanians probably don't need to trust certificates from a Finnish CA. That shouldn't be taken as suggesting anything negative about Panamanians or Finns; it's all about removing trust relationships that are not necessary for users.
Istanbul is 28°58'E.
thoughtful insightful post - thanks!
I kind of wish we went to the SSH model, where you accept the identity of all servers you visit, and you get loud warnings whenever the identity changes.

But even that has huge problems. (For example, who ever double-checks their SSH server fingerprints in their known_hosts file?)
Well that is his side of the story, which may or may not have any real truth to it. Personally I do not trust a single thing that Conrad Black says. As a Canadian I am upset at how he seems to have used his political clout to get himself a visa and likely have his citizenship restored.
Blue, Not Red: Did Ancient Mars Look Like This?
> Innocent of what? With a complex and convoluted legal structure, we are all criminals. You are guilty of something. And guess what? Even if you're not guilty of 99 of the 100 counts they bring against you, you're guilty of that one. Hello jail time!

Drug convictions aside, are people actually going to federal prison for made up things?

> That's the government's take on things. They can describe you that same way tomorrow and you can scream "I'm innocent!" all you want ... everyone will still think you're a piece of garbage who deserves it.

This is what happens to people accused of blue-collar crimes, not white collar crimes. White collar crimes carry almost no stigma unless a conviction happens.

> When the United States of America was born, it was the sole country that elected its leaders and had a constitution that was written specifically to restrict government.

What a bunch of historically revisionist bullshit. The Constitution initially restricted the federal government, not the government in general. The states had unlimited power, inherited from the British sovereign, except that which they ceded to the federal government. They could lock you up without trial, take your property, deny you free speech, etc.
Quick answer: Goes by class of goods and services. So you can't have a filing for (in simplistic terms) "the same thing". You can file at any time though for something different.
"The models will have children, and get a divorce. Then find some more models, everything will run its course."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk
Since I'm not as pretty as Samantha I suspect my page would look this good to glance at. Also with the grid view my eyes won't know what direction to travel in. So I fear that my page would be neither pretty nor functional.
That's becoming a high-risk proposition now that Chrome (and apparently Firefox) are pinning certs. A government could indeed coerce a CA into issuing certificates, but they can't easily coerce Google into transparently overriding their pinned certificates, and when the two disagree, the world can see which CA root chain was used to forge the certs.

As you can see, it doesn't even take pervasive deployment of a technology like TACK to significantly mitigate the threat of rogue CAs.
uploading is not meant for mobile devices, because the page requires the browser FileReader api. i would have to create a mobile app to support this type of service (which sounds fun ^_^).

also if you are using chrome you can just paste the image into the window.
Font hinting is precisely that, and it works quite well, at least for body text. I'm sure that more critical applications like logo design still require some hands-on work to get the best results.

As with any vector rasterization, you do trade accuracy for pixel fitting, but for things like small body text you almost always want that. For example, if the 1 pixel wide vertical stem of a "b" is supposed to be between two columns of pixels, the hinting algorithm can push the stem either left or right so it is rendered as a single black column of pixels, rather than two gray columns of pixels. This will look less fuzzy, but it will technically cause the "b" to be closer than it should be to an adjacent character.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_hinting
Bah. A virtuous function values its integrity over its life. It will speak the truth, and if that means throwing an exception that the caller isn't prepared to hear, so be it. Bring on the hemlock!
I've missed them even with this on, simply because I also wade through/ignore a lot of other notification emails from Facebook (birthdays, events) or just don't check my email during travel/vacation. I've also seen the email, gone to the site and thought the person deleted it before I found it. I'm fine blaming some of this on user error, but I still think it's bad design.
We might conclude that too many Federal officials had their fingers in the pie, and any prosecution of the Wall Street executives involved would have revealed too much of what went on behind closed doors.
Yes, pull an image from my Facebook, let me add a bubble, post it back as a new image.
Well, the newsfeed replacement doesn't do justice to the rest of the design. The newsfeed is terrible but I think the rest is pretty decent. I disagree that it's mostly aesthetics and no design. There are some good ideas in there. This are the main points for me:

a. The dark theme is a bit weird for Facebook. Recently there was this good article posted here[1] about background colors and motivations. It says white backgrounds ("low arousal" themes, according to the author) are for utilitarian websites and dark backgrounds for hedonistic motivated designs. Facebook is both, but I think our moms wouldn't use it with a dark theme.

b. The use of the screen real state is great. Facebook is really bad at this. This design looks like it could adapt to different screen sizes really well. It's almost the equivalent of Smashing Magazine for social. Really good, although it'd have to avoid horizontal scrolling on desktops which get weird very fast.

c. All interactive targets are quite big yet they look good enough for a website to be displayed on a desktop machine. That's not easy to achieve.

Overall I think this is more of a concept for a Win8 app, mostly based on the video in which it seems like the home page is a "live tiles" sort of thing. It could be made into a great website that uses the full screen with a bit of work. And that's a direction that most websites are lacking nowadays.

[1] http://kaikkonendesign.fi/user-motivation-determines-the-bes...
Study: Teenagers without web access are left 'educationally disadvantaged'