skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I seem to recall when Google Scholar came out that they had a set of example queries. Maybe this was another search engine that did this. Anyway, a set of sample queries with results that you're proud of would be nice to see on scholr.ly, because apparently I can't figure out how to use it.

I tried some queries and the results were awful.

query: author:"george church" ... I see only one publication, titled "registered trademark of AAAS. Synthetic Gene Networks That Count" which must be wrong.

query: author:"george whitesides" ... again only one publication ("New Editorial Board Chair"), and a coauthor named "Dropspots Microdevice" http://scholr.ly/person/6263228/dropspots-microdevice

Naturally, his affiliation is listed as "for Lab on a Chip".

query: "Rapid casting of patterned vascular networks for perfusable engineered three-dimensional tissues" (the title of a recent paper) returned a few publication results, none of which were the publication in question. It was in Nature Materials, so it's not exactly obscure.

query: doi:10.1038/nmat3357 ... no results found. Hmm.

Well, I don't know how to use this site. Here's what I really want:

* I want a public domain, reusable index of all papers everywhere. I want bibtex, xml, json, and all the other terrible formats for keeping track of those papers.

* I want working Zotero translators that can properly extract metadata from all science publishing sites. And I just want this data instead of having to fish it out of a search engine.

* I want to be told where I can find pdf files hosted on sites, so that I don't have to send emails begging for copies. Google Scholar does this pretty well.

* Actual data about which papers cite what, instead of trusting the "cited by" links/results in Google Scholar. Also, a "this paper cites..." feature so that I don't have to bother digging out the doi numbers from the bibliography myself.

* Supplementary documents are evil, but they exist and they should be immediately available next to or with any paper.

Edit:

* An index of which libraries at which universities are subscribed to which publishers. If anyone wants to contribute to this information, please go to your library's ezproxy service (ezproxy.lib.whoever.edu:2048/menu or sometimes on a different subdomain) and copy/paste to kanzure@gmail.com for aggregation. This is useful for understanding which universities are likely to have access to which papers. Each service listed also has either partial/incomplete subscription and very rarely full subscription, but getting a list of the exact access rights is even harder to squirrel out. Tracking down access to papers is a pain in the butt. ILL is silly and costs way too much ($0.30/query say whaaat).

* I also want an academic aggregator that has the balls to go after OCLC, WorldCat, etc. I wish Bill Gates would just buy the entire scientific publishing industry, but alas! I should emphasize this OCLC alternative would be open-access. Mendeley doesn't count, I can't even get their data out.

I'm definitely neglecting some other major issues..
Yep. Sure solves a huge problem, in a very nice, subtle way. Thank you for fixing this! :) Co-incidentally, someone today posted a link about how LinkedIn's recruiter spam is killing the quality of the product[1]. I think your timing is just perfect :)

EDIT: And your site is amazingly simple yet elegant! Keep it up guys :)

[1]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5021744
Your blessings are worth a lot to me; thank you Peter.
"Jumping to conclusions" would be saying that the creators of this site are afflicted with "white knight syndrome." I'm only saying that this text reads as if they were, and it's a case of inelegant wording that could (and should) be fixed.

You're right that it doesn't say that women can't buy it for themselves. But 80% of that phrase is exhorting men to be chivalrous and empower women...the "hey you guys, be a MAN and help out your girls" just feels off in this context. That's all.
So long as it's not a requirement for search. That said, integrating it with gmail in the way they have is underhand.
Sorry, this isn't entirely relevant to Google+, but is relevant at the nydailynews article.

To anyone looking at that article: clearly the test meant that the owl was the wisest, as he literally said the moral of the story. And the animals ate the fruit as they were annoyed (there's no other negative emotion there, and the whole point of the story was the animals didn't like that the pineapple seemed to be tricking them). The more difficult question is actually "What would have happened if the animals had decided to root for the hare," though the correct answer is probably "They would have been happy to have cheered for a winner."

Upon reading the first part of the story, I was actually really excited about the questions that "had everyone stumped," because if given in a class discussion, they'd lead to students saying all kinds of outlandish, but really interesting, and hopefully perceptive and creative, things. Unfortunately, there were then four answer choices: what's the point of having creative thinking exercises, with a very creative story, if the students don't then get to show off a bit of creative thought themselves? And here is where I really dislike standardized tests, as done by companies like Pearson's or The College Board: educators want to tell students to be creative, to explore on their own, sometimes to be silly and give silly answers, and need a good outlet for that. But if we teach to these sorts of tests, then we're saying that you need to suppress your silliness and creativity even in the face of a dauntingly silly story.

As a personal note, I always really liked taking standardized tests, because the math was usually fairly easy and fun to do, and the reading passages were usually very interesting reads (I remember one was about the Trail of Tears, another about a girl climbing a redwood, and there were a bunch more. The worst ones were the passages that read like shopping lists). Also, it definitely didn't hurt that on most the tests I took, I was told I was in the 9xth percentile (this likely had a lot to do with the fact that I enjoyed the tests, rather than getting anxious at them).
Counterpoint Consulting - Vienna, VA (Washington DC area)

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Check out our current listing(s) at:

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We'd love to get some HN folks on the team!
Putting your resume online, on a resume board, or elsewhere is sure to send many unsolicited jobs in to your inbox. You'll then have to engage with each individual to determine if its interesting work, good pay, etc...That works if you are actively looking but it can be time consuming and you can be overlooked by great companies. This is meant to be a filter, we'll spend the time filtering out the junk jobs for you.
Here's my take on it (I didn't quit, and I don't get spam, but I think LinkedIn is taking the wrong approach:

http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/why-i-wiped-m...
Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at that.
If it means anything, I still remember APictureOfAGoose's Jarvan/Leona bot lane play.

Thanks for sharing your story. I got into LoL when my friends moved to new towns since it was a way for us to "hang out" while being physically separated. Although I stopped playing, I still like to follow competitive LoL. It's kind of interesting because only now I can relate to how other people follow pro-sports.
It's not that hard to find.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4992617
I noticed it too and it was actually jolting when I noticed it. Otherwise, I like the site and the pitch is easy to understand.
The Zipcar Acquisition's Two Potential Pitfalls
I'm not sure they're fundamentally different, but I do think things are getting more addictive over time. Video games specifically seem especially good at manipulating the reward system.

http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html
Rosetta Stone
8th Grader's Survey About Software Dev
I prefer the "jQuery API Browser" which is available on the chrome web store.
Thanks a lot! Yeah we've been digging through a lot of resources on the topic already and talking to like-minded startups. Our current approach is to mainly target one side (buyers) and mentor the provider-side for now, which iirc is a strategy we stole from oDesk to gain initial traction. :)
Hi Marek, a fellow Slovak from Presov here :). Great job on the website. I would suggest being more specific on what you actually expect from the family in the US. Do you want just a place to sleep or do you expect them to provide food, transportation, pay your study fee (if any) etc. Good luck!
The Fading Of Silicon Valley Innovation
Yes, it is a gimmick. It has been of no use to me other than to be an even bigger battery drain on my Nexus S.
The idea that Patrick's situation is unique is one of the dumbest and most damaging emergent memes on HN. Patrick is literally the textbook story of how to get to this point without having a unique circumstance. He started from the worst job in software, and clawed his way out with (all due respect to Patrick) possibly the least technically ambitious product in the history of commercial software development.

Cut it out. The difference between you & Patrick is literally just "desire to be like Patrick".
My bad -- search didn't turn it up.
France's second-largest ISP suspends ad blocking for now
The UltraViolet registry is actually operated by Neustar and one would hope the multi-platform aspect would keep it around longer. But yeah, DRM is still DRM.
All 3, and I agree about PreferenceFragment - it slipped my mind but it is a pain in the ass.

I haven't run into many other issues(well, except Maps, though I believe this is handled with the new Maps API but I haven't worked on it yet).
Everything is risky, but you can minimize your risk.
I've been a consultant since 1995, and I've never not worked during that time, although the amount of income was fairly variable from month to month. Being paid directly meant I had more cash around to float things in lean months, but eventually I worked out a way to setup steady income from long-term maintenance contracts and other long term customers, and you're basically golden at that point.
You also need to be on the constant lookout for new customers to hedge against weak customers or market fluctuations.
Nvidia’s Tegra 4 demystified: 28nm, 72-core GPU, integrated LTE
One item to pay attention to is location. If someone currently works in San Francisco and choose to remain there, will a Palo Alto company be able to contact them? Is there a default radius?

Perhaps someone wants to relocate, but only to specific cities. Expanded options would be nice.
I submitted my information; it doesn't hurt to give it a try. I live in the Philadelphia area, but I'm open to relocating if the position is right, so a service such as this may be able to work for me. I'll have to see.
I love the idea behind this project, and sincerely wish you the best.

My biggest issue with sending encrypted e-mail is that none of the people I send it to would know what to do with it. Secure e-mail needs to be more widespread, and it sounds like you guys are taking a good first step towards that.
Great post! I think "lsof" should be there along with "netstat".
Kingston announces 1 TB USB 3.0 Flash drive
1) Mr X jumped into bed with Tor without either of them doing their due diligence

2) Mr X and Tor failed to set proper expectations for what they would be doing

3) neither of them opened up a channel of discussion when things were not going as they expected

A good lesson.
Epilepsy and migraine 'could have shared genetic link'
Nice site. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this problem; have you thought about an "allocate <number> points" solution? I've had the thought that an "allocate 20 points" resume / requirements list might be superior to the traditional, cluttered approach. ( http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/why-i-wiped-m... )
So, not trying to be a dick, but what does it do? Is it supposed to be a better Google Scholar? The "about" page is pretty terse and all it tells me is that your site is "lovingly crafted" which I'm sure is very wonderful, but uninformative.
I believe initially it does, but I know one of my co-workers was endorsed for a framework he'd never even heard of before and that our co-worker "endorsed because it sounded techie!" I believe you can even add custom ones for other people, as someone tagged me as simply "Front-end", and as a woman that's a little awkward, if not vague in and of itself.

I almost wish there was a way for me to approve them, because depending on who the endorsement comes from (i.e. if they are someone I've never even worked with before or like the aforementioned scenario, I don't even work in the same department as that person), it means absolutely nothing and I'd expect smarter employers to pick up on that.

I'm already concerned that if it looks like I'm farming endorsements, I won't be taken seriously.
Dropbox is now available in the Windows Store(x86, x64, ARM)
Ah, yes, the paper Atwood mentions is the one. The draft paper has since been taken offline (and I can't seem to find the published paper) but still available on archive.org. [1]

Thanks!

[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20091122080500/http://www.cs.mdx....
I've never even seen the app show up in battery stats. Want to provide a screenshot?
Every other week we have another "scientific search" service aggregator, etc coming out that doesn't address half of what you mentioned above. Spot on your review.
-1 unread happens if you (or someone else) deletes a comment. It should fix itself after a page load.
Fair point...right now we associate your salary with with where you live. If you are open to relocating, we'll reach out to find out where and then make sure salary is adjusted...our intent is to help you find something great, so we'll work with you to make that happen.
Rodrigo Y Gabriela: http://open.spotify.com/artist/7vX3cMVyW8gtDA4y855ynF
try to include that as the standard IM for ubuntu.. maybe as a pidgin/empathy plugin for the instant messager at first.

instant million users.
I guess. However, rather like any organization, I think it's good to review what has actually constituted the activities of a year.

I think there's some utility, and certainly some novelty in taking a very frank look at what you've done in a year. I'm sure that there are short, personal moments and achievements from this year that define it for him. Lessons learned, moments of growth, of love, of victory and of failure.

However, this is looking not at the interesting individual moments, but at the more mundane (but plentiful) every day things.

Given that, I'd love to see a follow up post of what the year meant to the OP on a more personal level. A blog post that covers those moments of growth, love, learning, and victory.
So they're white labelling Tropo?
This is a marketing blog post about his product, not a lessons learned!

BE WARNED!!!

Totally kidding, I think.
Some people are arguing that C++ will be the future of embedded development. (Others think they're nuts; I don't have enough visibility in the embedded world to have an opinion.)
What about lots of GET params? Doesn't seem like lots of those means you have a broken data model.
Jeff Atwood recently wrote about how fast USB 3 flash discs feel -- http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/11/a-ssd-in-your-pocke...

I just want to say, that after trying it out for myself... it really does feel really different. I'm used to backing up 10 gigs of data at times... what I would ordinarily get up and do something for to wait it out now takes literally 10 seconds or so. Everyone I know who deals with big data (well, in orders of gigs -- not going beyond 5 TB or so :)) has similar sentiments about how fast USB 3.0 flash discs feel.
best-idea-ever

Is there an official way of measuring beard length?
No worries, just trying to keep the hiring stuff centralized.
SHIFT (http://www.shift.com) is hiring in our Santa Monica office.

1) Front End Developer (http://jobs.shift.com/apply/BWRv4y/Front-End-Developer.html)

We are looking for a Front-end developer that will be a pivotal member of our team. You will be working closely with our backend engineers & design team to help implement a fully AJAX/HTML5 driven application using AngularJS. A great fit for this role is someone who is always intrigued by new technology and is constantly finding better ways to write beautiful, shareable and solid code.

2) Back End Developer (http://jobs.shift.com/apply/bAVkng/Back-End-Engineer-Python....)

- Extensive experience with Python 2.7
- Experience with various DBs (We use MongoDB, Cassandra, and Redis)
- Experience with architecting & optimizing code for performance and resource management
- An understanding of how/when/why to use backgrounding via Celery tasks
- Experience with or a desire to learn TDD
- An understanding and love for the DRY principle.
- A positive attitude and enjoy working in a team environment
- Thorough knowledge of MVC frameworks (We use Flask; while experience with Flask is a plus, it’s not required)
- Thorough knowledge of various debugging methods
- A strong desire to keep learning (we move fast, use cutting-edge tech, and constantly have “ah-ha” moments solving complex problems)
- A personality that balances humor, maturity, professionalism, motivation/drive and the ability to hang shot for shot when we drink (unless you really, really don’t want to)

Read about some of the awesomeness that we do here: http://tech.shift.com
>And the animals ate the fruit as they were annoyed (there's no other negative emotion there, and the whole point of the story was the animals didn't like that the pineapple seemed to be tricking them).

But practically speaking animals usually eat because they're hungry. Even in a story about talking fruit, that has to seem like a viable option. So I think the point about the question being ambiguous is fair. Anyway, I actually thought the passage was rather amusing, which I guess is why I remembered it here.
Had to reread this a couple of times:

AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

Gotta love corporate America.
I second Manic Time. It's offline, so your data remains with you. Plus in addition to graph visualizations, it also allows you to track what applications, documents and websites you spend most time on.I reckon they have a portable version of it too.
that is freaking awesome
I did only a bit of profiling on mrjob, but it seemed that the ser/de was significantly slowing down the overall computation.
This reminded me of the last AIChallenge (http://ants.aichallenge.org) it was a great experience and made me choose between adding features, improve existing ones or fix hard to find problems with a relatively short time remaining since I found it near the end.

I didn't even knew about BattleCode, now I plan to keep an eye on it and if it is possible to people outside MIT to participate I will try to.
A single movie production employs more people than most startups or single-offering SAAS companies ever will. The tech industry is in the business of eliminating jobs. That is what "productivity" means. I'm not making a moral judgement, but you should at least grok the basic cost/benefit that legislators are grappling with. Making things easier for the Reddits of the world by making things much harder for the movie production companies of the world sure looks like a net negative on the face of it.
Looks like the "water" and "I'm a Mac" shirts are big winners.
I want a new unique online identity - how to find one?
Gittip is Hiring
So far in my using it, it appears to offer the same features as Google Scholar, and I can't find much on the about page. How would you describe your new take?

Also I would recommend adding a meta image of your icon on at least the index page, because the only images available for preview when sharing on Facebook are pictures of the developers.[1]

[1]http://i.imgur.com/NljWy.png
Were comments removed or is it just me that can't see them?
Just because these metrics show evidence of how his time was spent, doesn't mean that's how he thinks of the year. He might think of it as time spent staying connected with far-away friends, while writing awesome code for a company he loves.

As a parent, I have often wondered how much of my time is spent changing diapers, getting water/milk/juice for my kids, overseeing clean-up time, doing bathtime, reading, etc. I'd love to be able to look at a metric of this over the course of a year. If, at the end of the year, I had an annual report which included all of that (and work time), it would be very interesting to me as a way to understand my life better. I already think of myself as a parent, and know that these are the costs of being one, but that's not the only way I think of my life in a year.
Despite Google's muscle, G+ is still largely irrelevant until they release a third party API (unless that is also party of the brilliant strategy and I'm just not clever enough to work it out).
So, this person hates the calendar, hates the phone, and lives in Chrome and gmail. For this person, the G+ long game is brilliant.

For the rest of us who use calendars, get along with our cell phones/landlines just fine, use a browser as a tool to browse the internet rather than as our permanent desktop, and may or may not use gmail, I'm not convinced at all.
int and pointer to int are two different types. Pointer-to-int being an option type does not make int an option type. So there are still option types and non-option types.

(Using the prevailing terminology. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this use of the term "option type", but I'm rolling with it for now.)
I've meet plenty of people who grew up in military families or one's that simply moved a lot for work and loved it. They have friends all over the world and a much broader perspective on life than stationary folks.
Pink Floyd, RHCP :)
Money has been tight, but I'm still living off it.

Everyone has an idea for an app. There are tons of people who learn how to make an app and publish it, even if the time they spent wasn't compensated. Some see it as a resume check list item, others a challenge, and others a gold rush.

I don't think this industry is ever going to shrink rapidly, people will still try to get their "killer idea" out the door. Everyone I meet always tells me their app idea when they find out I make iOS apps. There's no shortage of ideas.

Most things don't come easily. As the indie developer, I'm happy building my own apps and teaching iPhone development, instead of working for Apple Inc. or Microsoft (again).

-Paul Solt
@paulsolt
To solve the hash problem you can use association and substitution. For example, while learning the word bowler the other day I imagined a bowl that served as a "tana" (my first language translation) for animals. It's a ridiculous association but it kinda works. The nice thing is that I then put words on Anki too.
They do at the local and state GOP level. Congress, not so much...
Installing CUDA 5 on Ubuntu + troubleshooting