skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I believe 2004 was the turning point when the audience was very engaged -- that was the first year spectating was lots of fun, 34-101 was packed, cheering all around, etc.

In 2001 and 2002, spectating was not fun at all, partly due to technical issues mid-contest. To make things more entertaining, Prof. Daniel Jackson asked Guy Steele to get up and talk about the new features in Java 1.4, and discuss when generics in java.util would be fully supported. Not joking....
I don't think I'll be using github for anything else. There's too much stuff which can't be disabled, deleted, or otherwise hidden.

I don't like their idea of "sharing".
excellent suggestion, I will definitely try something like that soon.

There are in fact only 2 variable sized lines - the first VMA info line and the last VmFlags line. In the fast path the middle hunk of map info can be accessed as a single []byte of 392 bytes, with constant offsets for the Pss, Private_* and Swap values.
What is the reason why Western Australia and the Northern Territory are not a part of the National Energy Market?
Alice steals $100 worth of Tide.

Alice doesn't care how much drugs she gets for that, because shop lifting is easier than prostitution and has lighter sentencing than robbing houses.

Bob sells his bottles for $5 each. That means the store can either sell at a big discount for friends, or can make more profit. The margins are not good on Tide.

This is in the article on page 3.
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I have heard that razor blades are one of the most expensive items on a per-pallet basis that a supermarket sells.
These are white blood cells moving in the capillaries in front of the retina of the eye.
Awesome job with this Kyle. I assume you are going to open an API for this later on? I've been wanting to do a project for a while based around this type of information and this would be a great tool to use to get started on it.
I suspect a number of strategies will be used. First, they'll say it's being used for drug transactions. (Which is of course already the case.) Then they'll say it's being used for terrorist funding.

Once it's thoroughly demonized, they'll start going after people with bitcoin balances, and seize them through existing asset forfeiture laws. (Which allow the government to seize whatever they want; and if you want it back, the burden of proof is on you.)

They'll probably also focus on methods for converting Bitcoin back into mainstream currencies. In the end, those massive NSA databases that record everything that everyone is doing will probably be used to crack down on larger numbers of individuals. While this wouldn't be a "technical" shut-down, it would have a chilling effect as these "examples" will be publicized as a warning to other Bitcoin users.
Stolen bicycles are another example of a drug currency:
http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/30393216796/what-happens-t...

Interesting read about the "Economic Theory of Bike Crime": "...Using this risk-return framework for crime, it begins to be clear why there is so much bike theft. For all practical purposes, stealing a bike is risk-free crime. It turns out there is a near zero chance you will be caught stealing a bike (see here) and if you are, the consequences are minimal. "
No hijacking, it's good to hear others' opinions. Tend to learn a lot from (software) discussions here. The thread is dead effectively for a while anyway now.

The way i see it, a minimum expectation (for 'universal' coverage scenarios) is: windows, iOS, android. Perhaps OSX too. There are cross platform solutions for the desktop, but that would still require 2 extra versions to cover the minimum standard. Soon you might be able to do iOS with Eto, but until it gets android support that would mean you still need to implement the mobile UI twice and port the backend code at least once (a feat that i thought was harder when i started than i do now; but maintenance would still be hell).

So you might lead to the idea of doing a cross-desktop app and a webapp with phonegap etc for mobile. This allows you to support more platforms (WP7/8, FFOS, BBx, ubuntuPhone?). Tablets are going to want a more in-depth UI than a phone, so then you have 2 layouts.

By the time you have a flexible layout system, adding a third may even sound preferable to porting everything to .NET, even if you are familiar with it! Yes you want extra features such as keyboard/mouse support, and more in-depth editing etc, but you do get the nice bonus that your android app will have those too (benefiting stuff like the transformer prime), as well as keeping all touch function on the desktop where touchscreens are taking off-- that probably wouldn't seem worth adding if it were a separate desktop app (same for smaller window-sizes). It's very reassuring to know that almost any feature implemented should work across all platforms. You could even extend a basic version for PS3, wii, TVs, chromeOS etc without too much trouble.

There are definitely shortfalls; lack of code privacy, still some browser issues on the mobile side (scrolling?), the DOM sucks, localStorage is tiny, etc! Phone processing improvements are fast whittling away at performance as an issue for many types of basic app though. IMO neither method (HTML vs 'native') are there yet, and different apps will suit each approach. To me cross-mobile/desktop apps are the future, although i concede that it isn't practical (or possible) for a lot of use cases today.
I have never understood the love for `sudo !!`. I think `ctrl+pa sudo ` is faster, explicit, and more versatile.
read the fine print, it could mean that iOS mail client don't care that much about privacy.
Almost all mail client hide external image by default (and a whitelist mechanism).
Having used both arduinos and mindstorms the learning curve is significantly higher with arduinos. You can basically directly build robots with mindstorms with no knowledge of programming. With an arduino it would take significantly longer to reach that point.
Having used 37signals stuff, I would prefer they spend more time on making their software better than proselytizing on blogs about how to write software. I'm glad Im not forced to use any of it. Basecamp...barf
Facebook in 2013: More Growing Pains Ahead
Exactly! A really valid point there..
I like to use QR codes as a lightweight XML transport mechanism.
I definitely agree. Number 11 touches on that a decent amount.
Honestly, I'm predicting never. PCM maybe, but even that is a stretch.

The real question is whether the cell size of MRAM is smaller than DRAM in process-independent units (F^2) and at what rate the cell size is improving.
I don't put the companies you listed in the "dipshit social media" category. Facebook and Twitter had a vision other than "get acquired" behind them. The "Me, too" players focused on M&A are the dipshits.
As an additional twist, Alice sells the tubs of Tide to Carol (a Bodega Owner), and then uses the cash she gets from Carol to buy drugs from Bob.
The simplest way for archiving and searching emails
Video chat?
> less button

right. I don;t think buttons are good ones on touchscreen. On plat face, I'd rather swipe than click. swiping is more naturally than clicking and hurting less.

Also I love the new design trend, flat, simple and elegant.
Great Insight. I think the information problem is much larger than people realize. So many times I found myself trusting feedback from the wrong people.
Dan Kennedy says, "The only people who have a vote are your customers, and the only way they can vote is with their wallet."
As Jason Indicated to you, customers just buying or recently cancelling have the only vote.

I would maybe add that many times people don't really know why they behave a certain way...or more importantly, they are afraid to admit the real reason they take a specific action. Most people have a deep rooted emotional reason, and a logical justification that they would share with you.
This is why you are much better off getting them to recount a specific story or experience, not just answer broader questions that they may not even remember.
A classic example is why call tracking is so important for offline conversion tracking. Asking customers where they heard about you is almost never accurate. Asking them which phone number they just dialed, is almost always accurate, using call analytics is even more telling... but overall... getting the right information is SO IMPORTANT...thanks for bringing these insights to light.
Dyson calls for UK technology boost
Dropbox releases Windows 8 client
I've never met an introvert as introverted as the author. I'm not sure if he's caricaturing his own thoughts, or is something way out of the ordinary.

I'm not sure whether I'm an introvert or an extravert. I identify as the latter these days when forced, but definitely identified as an introvert in grade school; I don't really like either term. In any case, I certainly quickly grow tired of parties, or social situations where I need to meet a lot of people.

But throwing a spelling bee just so I wouldn't have to meet more kids sounds like something qualitatively different from anything I've ever felt or known anyone to ever feel.
The contacts that journalists have can usually give a quick off the record "that's not correct" and kill a story like this. Perhaps an on the record quick statement, or a callback within a half hour or so once the appropriate people are consulted.

In cases like this where the morality of the company is not in question, journos don't have any reason to distrust the spokespeople. "That's incorrect. Give me ten minutes to call legal." Bam. Dead story.

You'd be surprised how much you can do once you have the right phone numbers. The main switchboard is never the right one.
Excellent observation. This relates to my observation that it's better to be an "X Who Programs" than a "J.A.P." (Just A Programmer) in most cases. Unfortunately, corporate HR systems are built on the idea that people need to be reduced to a single, specific role.

Dimensionality is the rule, here. We suffer from it in hiring, where it's literally impossible to meet perfectly the requirement lists many companies put out (demanding 5 years of experience in a 3-year-old NoSQL database). This seems to be a part of why hiring is so hard on both sides.

Yet, once people are working together, if people aren't careful, they forget dimensionality altogether and attempt to form a total order, and it's this process that leads to the insecurity and sabotage.
Ask HN: How do I market my iPhone Programming for Complete Beginners class?
I am looking for ideas on how to market this class targeting people with rusty or no programming skills. Anyone have guerrilla marketing strategies that could work? Thanks!

http://iphoneprogramming.eventbrite.com
You should definitely check out codeacademy.com

You literally read en explanation as you code in an interactive window right on the same page. Right now they offer HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and Ruby if I'm not mistaken.
Samsung estimates record profits ($8.3bn) on smartphone sales
Lots of turntable.fm's "Ambient Chillout & Trip Hop" channel.
I don't believe that the citation list is copyrightable ("copyright does not protect facts" [1]). Ergo, anyone with access to a papers database could contribute, or you could port it over from other citation graphs.

Many papers databases will give you a formatted list of citations, which would be easier than trying to extract it from a set of arbitrarily formatted PDFs.

[1] http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
> The best example I have found yet is the camera icon on the iOS lock screen

Its important to remember that they didn't design it to be swiped just for the sake of having a gesture. If it were a button, you could start taking photos inside of your pocket if you managed to turn the screen on. The swiping gesture just makes it more difficult todo accidentally.
"Claim you'd give it back for said $50"

So now the father is in it too ?
Chinese dad hires virtual hitmen (to kill son's avatar in online game)
When I was looking for job in April the lowest offer I got was for 135k base + ~70k in stocks (vested over 4 years). All other offers were higher and some significantly higher. Dev with ~8 years experience.
Ask HN: what would recruiters prefer other than resumes?
I have always wondered about this.
These tactics are meant to make your life easier. Help you think less about things you dont need to think about, so you can get on with the more important things in your life.

As a consumer, I would much rather a company put the time and effort into making it EASIER for me to understand their value proposition.

It just seems foolish to me to build a product that solves a pain point and fail to make it as easy as possible for your customers to understand what you do and why they should buy it. If this means using a font that is easier on the eyes, or words that everyone can understand, what a waste it would be to make things harder for your prospects...
Peter Norvig's Address at the UC Berkeley Computer Science Commencement (2006)
Streak? C'mon, what is this, Xbox Live?

Not all commits are created equal and I don't find this new 'contributions' calendar/graph at all useful.

You still cannot get a good snapshot of contributions for users that are members of organizations.
"They wanted to pay that CTO something like $50K."

Imagine you could comment on that job posting. Wouldn't it start a war of words since you obviously are upset with the salary posted for "CTO" (not saying that I agree with the amount but thats besides the point).

Now, let's say that you argued over comments that $50K for CTO is crap . What are the odds that the posters would change the value to $150K over that?
Need to send the contents of the file to that command. Otherwise it effectively empties the file. (typo?)

:%!sudo tee %
How Amazon UK manages 35 orders a second (video)
But are the tags because of actual theft, or because someone read the article and ordered tags be fitted?

Washing detergent is pretty expensive in the UK, and I can understand how people might start stealing the ultra-concentrates to pay for drugs.
I'm not self-employed, but I purchased my own insurance to cover a 6 month gap recently. I found that I could get reasonably priced health insurance as a member of ACM.
I agree the laptop is distracting. Not because of the age, but because it draws the eyes away from the message. Like it jolts your attention from where it should be.
"Here's to hoping that these new libraries and frameworks focus on helping solve business or society problems and not just the software communities desire for 'elegant code'."

See what I did there? Craftsmanship is craftsmanship.
I always get confused between "tac" and "rev", which is also "cat, but backwards" for a certain definition of "backwards".
Interesting article. One of the biggest benefits I noticed, when I first started doing contract work remotely, was that I absolutely did not miss meetings. Previously, I had been working for a fairly large corporation and I switched to contracting to do my old job. Without the forced meetings, I was much more productive overall. 99% of the time, the outcome of a meeting was just as easily accomplished via a well thought out email or a quick chat session.

Even better, I noticed that meetings forced people to change their behaviour. They would "work to the meetings" meaning they would orient their efforts in order to be able to contribute in the meeting. Sometimes that meant holding back good ideas till the meeting and other times it meant working specifically on an area just to show it off in a meeting. I think this has a lot to do with the extrovert/introvert argument. The introverts in the office were already worried about the meeting itself so they had to over prepare in order to not be anxious about it. This was a totally foreign concept to the more extroverted in the office.

I personally think the majority of meetings helped management types feel more connected with what's going on, especially if they were mostly disconnected the rest of the time, and for the people involved they ended up being almost always just a waste of time.
So are euros. Or Canadian dollars. Gasp! Apparently Tide is also on the list. I really doubt the Smoking Man gives a shit about bit coins.
Ask anyone who has gone through long term sleep disruption (parents). It will mess you up.
There's a repo that I am co-own, but since it was originally created by my colleague, it's shows up as he's the owner. Wish there was a way to make a repo equally credited on multiple profiles..
The link should be working now. I'm currently downloading it on an old laptop.
Verizon Charges Customer $569 for No Reason
Collecting the best resources on the web for learning (just started)
Nice

Ctrl+D for quick logout too.
IMMI now accepts Bitcoin
Re: Your overboard filepicker thing on the last page, if it's blocked by noscript, enabling causes a total back-to-step-1-hassle for the user.
I personally have a hard time designing without talking with team members, friends, or random bystanders about the work. I do make breakthroughs when I sit down for some good ideation by myself, but before moving forward, I have to talk to someone. At work, this is a meeting (although informal). Working by yourself it's easy to get spun out onto random tangents and think for hours about rabbitholes, that in reflection with someone else aren't that important.

Both solitary work and meetings have their place.

(I'm an intorvert, mostly.)
thanks, looking at improving that step...will address the bug
MS Surface Pro expected to ship this month, but will it be worth the wait?
You got it backwards. I take philosophy rather seriously and find overconfident amateur incursions obnoxious.

Lets not continue this line of conversation.
Agreed - it's great to see what people have been contributing to and working on - but the number of commits and days in a row with a commit seem like meaningless data.
> Would be nice if this was open sourced so more items could have been added by the community

https://github.com/ligershark/webdevchecklist.com
I feel like this guy is just whining about how hard his life is because he can't grasp basic social skills.
I saw one of these transactions go down a month or so ago in my town (a DC suburb). A somewhat ragged looking woman was lugging a large bottle of tide down the street. Another person waved at her and they approached each other in the middle of a crosswalk. They haggled for a brief moment, the Tide changed hands, and they went on their respective ways. My husband and I were totally confused as to what we'd just seen. Now we know!
I haven't seen anybody raise the point about the cost of living. The salaries are more because the cost of living is higher. With 50k you can afford a mortgage for a nice house in the midwest, but in NYC the equivalent monthly income will qualify you for a tiny studio or 1 BR apt.
I don't think the author is especially introverted.
He doesn't want to grab coffee or what not with random strangers. Well that's okay.
He doesn't want to go in meetings all the time. Sounds fine too.

Finally and probably most importantly, he doesn't want people who _just_ want to rule others (which is also a luxury of the extravert). That actually sounds ok too.

As usual and as with everything however, the most productive people and the best actual leaders will be the ones who can balance the two just right.
I cannot understand how this works.

"cat foo > foo" breaks, because the shell truncates the file "foo" while it's setting up the redirection, before it launches "cat foo", and so cat has nothing to read.

"cat foo | sponge foo" works because the shell is not responsible for writing to foo; it launches cat (which opens the file for reading) then launches sponge (which eventually opens the file for writing).

I would thus expect "cat foo | tac | tac > foo" to fail in the same way as "cat foo > foo" because the shell is still going to open the file foo and truncate it, but experimentation shows that it does actually work. Is it because the shell launches each pipeline one at a time, so cat has read the file before "tac > foo" truncates it? Is it a race-condition or a corner-case?
A version of ssh-copy-id for the .bashrc file on your Mac
I originally had planned to use voicebunny.com but when it came down to it I just couldn't justify the price.

The voiceover via Fiverr was even synced with the video.
The Razr (2004) was a follow on to the original StarTAC (1996), which Wikipedia lists as the first clamshell/flip mobile phone. I still have both in my pile of old phones.
Plot Twist: there never was any "kid"
"majority of meetings helped management types feel more connected" ... isn't that technically there job? it might not be a need to feel, but a need to get information out of people they are struggling to get otherwise...
Show HN: My new iPad App "Harken"
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id540251190

Why did I make Harken?

Well, I use my iPad in my car connected to my car stereo and have it mounted on the dash. I was using the Apple built-in Music app but I found it quite difficult to use - it's quite hard to hit some of the buttons and choose tracks with my arm stretched right out, the text is too small, and it requires too many taps when all I want to do is choose an album to listen to.

So I created Harken to be much easier to use in that environment but then I realised it would also be great if you have your iPad connected to a home hi-fi and like to see the album cover of what is currently playing from across the room. The same can be said if you have the iPad sitting on your desk while you work.

The main selling points of the app are:
- choose music based on album cover art, like you used to with a vinyl collection
- see what's currently playing with a clean, easy to read interface
- control playback with the absolute minimum number of gestures and large hit points for ease of use
At my local CVS in DC they moved the Tide to behind the counter.
Human recorded history is what 5-10k years? Pretty tiny in comparison to the 4 billion years earth has been around. We might've had visitors already!
This article is total overgeneralizing scientifically embarrassing bullshit. Not one single argument actually makes sense. Not even the spelling one. As a latin-cultivated person I can tell you: extrovert is THE correct spelling. Introvert, which is the opposite, comes from intra (inside) + versum (directed). It is intrOvert, as it is extrOvert. Second, there is no scientific evidence suggesting extroverts are less creative than introverts. All the other arguments are so ridicule and coming from gross scientific misinterpretations, that it is actually not even possible to bring them into consideration.
A letter to my daughter, Augusta, in ruby
> I invite you to make a New Year’s resolution: Refrain from organizing stuff. Don’t plan parties or outings...

All in the name of productivity! If the author feels parties are taking too much of his time away from work, can't he just not attend? No need to try and ruin everyone else's fun just because he wants to be miserable.
Yeah it is, I meant it more like they could have been connecting a dozen different ways, but they choose to wait for meetings instead, which ultimately accomplished very little.
Show HN: Live demo of WebEngage
1. Case the stores camera policy and times that loss management comes and leaves.
2. Watch for lazy employees.
3. Load up a shopping cart (20 bottles would fit, be pretty heavy.
4. Push cart out door.

I've seen some pretty brazen theft before. A gas station down the road from me lost a large display of cigarets when two people walked in picked it up and carried it off when the cashier was dealing with a flooding toilet (most likely caused by them before a short time before).
Disagree. I loved it. Recently even had the chance to discuss it's opening (Indonesian) chapter with a current Indonesian consul. He basically confirmed it, saying "we knew they weren't here for our benefit, but had little choice [...] It was a very costly decision. We hope we don't have to do that again." Quite the discussion. I like diplomats, they're always amusing.