skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
ID and science don't belong in the same sentence. I'm sure there are creationists out there who will be happy to fund someone with some kind of credentials (do you have some sort of degree in science? it seems unlikely, given your belief in a politically motivated hoax of epic proportions, that is wholly unbacked by science or reason, but if you're expecting someone to pay you for "science" I must presume you have some kind of scientific credentials).

But, frankly, if I had guidance to offer on how to raise money for research, I wouldn't. You're seeking to do harm, whether you know it or not. Any belief system that requires lies to defend it, is a belief system that does not deserve to be heard, and ID is built entirely on lies and misdirection. If you aren't aware of the distortions of truth behind ID, then you're certainly not equipped to call yourself a "scientist" in the field.
It's a wonderful thing called a "scholarship."
$1000 with 5 days left in the auction. There are no users!

I know lots of people here that have facebook applications. Has anyone considered selling on ebay?
Human Intelligence Enterprise: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Compute...
My Compilers introductory course. But that's probably because I work on a compiler in my actual job right now.

I also really enjoyed my computational geometry class.

But the first poster is right: good teachers are at least if not way more important than interesting classes.
Stem cell research and cloning. Growing replacement organs and/or cell sets to "repair in place" damaged parts of the human body is going to have the greatest impact in the long haul.

The mechanical heart is another wonder from medical science as well.
You could use the system to try and win the RSA key challenges!
Careful now, such a pronouncement is unscientific. After all, how long did it take for Copernicus's view of things to go from ridiculous to revolutionary?
When that dude up there said "you get either food or success. forget food." I was secretly thinking, "if only Hannibal Lector knew that." But yah, that boca burger with hummus and pita thing is vegan and PG's N-based recipe would be vegan if u switched the beef bullion out for veggie stock. Gotta try it.
I guess you should ask an ID lobby group. They probably spend significant money on marketing.
Don't want to be mean with Xobni, but considering all the buzz and all the effort that went into it, there are some questions I have to ask. Most importantly, what's the point in all this? What's wrong with e-mail? I get a fair amount of e-mail, read it, delete/archive it, and that's it. Then GMail does a fine job searching your archives. To be honest, I just watched the video, although I got a beta invitation, haven't tried it as I don't use Outlook.

So what's the point in all these analytics? It seems like searching the bible for patterns. So I can find out that my friend sends more e-mails during the day than when he is sleeping. Big deal, I don't care, it's his life. I write him whenever I want, and he responds whenever he wants. That's the whole point in e-mail, it's not disruptive. Then you can see who sent you the most e-mails. Again, I couldn't care less. Glad I'm done with it and I can do something else. I forgot someone's name. Great, if I'm asking a favor, I can pretend I knew it all along. I assume most people who spend too much time in Outlook do it to escape work and to procrastinate, much like reading reddit. If that's the point, a new toy is really useful. To be fair, the previous attachments function does look useful.

Finally I have an honest question. Ok, Xobni is a nice tool, but what's there in it that couldn't have been done without the million-$-investments?
The proportions seem wrong.
I believe that ID gets unfairly maligned. As a scientific theory it is a basic statement about probabilities. Simply stated: the probability that life could have evolved to its current state by way of Darwinian evolution is so low as to be a nearly a mathematical impossibility. (Simply calculate the probability that each of the necessary factors for intelligent human life came to exist and multiply these numbers together. You arrive at an extremely small number, less even than 1 in 10^60.) This statement allows that the universe has an infinite time frame for such evolution to have occurred. ID also points out that recent astronomical findings date the universe to about 14 billion years old, thus significantly curtailing the theoretical maximum time allowable for that evolution to occur in. Now tell me, what makes that claim pseudo-scientific?
The compatibility problems are not in the core language (which is surprisingly portable between browsers), but in the DOM API. This can be solved by a compatibility layer library like JQuery, Prototoype et al.
Joel claims that this layer slows JS an order of magnitude, which is greatly exaggerated. The difference between calling the DOM directly and through a library is barely noticeable.
A very clever compiler could probably optimize some overhead away (e.g. transforming into browsers specific code with the compatibility layer optimized away), but I doubt there would be any major gain speed-wise.
You are wrong. Study evolution before telling me it is astronomically improbable. This debate only ends up giving Intelligent Design mindshare that it does not deserve. I hope you haven't actually fallen for the tricks of the Insane Fundamentalists.

To everyone else: there is absolutely no need to entertain Intelligent Design trolls.
lkozma - People who do have to deal with loads of email each deal have great trouble organizing and searching their repository. This problem is so prevalent that it's hard to deny it exists.

Our first product, Xobni Insight and Xobni Analytics, only the surface of what can be done, and show only a fraction of what we want to do. Building these initial products didn't take millions. But extending Xobni and building a large and happy userbase will.
Your troll about ID killed your thread before it got started. I would encourage you to wait a week and try again without referencing something that offends the vast majority of this board.

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If there is one thing I think should be censored here it is the intelligent design debate. The entire movement is one big troll that feeds off of its own debate. Let's start marking it dead on arrival.
Python indentation: very nice explanation for the curious or skeptical
History of Science.

Granted, it's not a math or CS course, but nothing has better informed the way I think about problems, technical and political. It might as well be called 'History of Problems'.
Ok, noted. I agree the ID debate, and like flame wars, should be censored. I value this community and don't want to bring it down. I wasn't quite sure everyone would automatically censor me for the idea, so I was testing the water.

I think mentioning controversial subjects should be alright, like if someone wanted to know what I would pursue if given the means, but debates about them should be done offline.
Hey, maybe I'm not in the target audience, that's all. Anyway, as I said, didn't want to sound mean even if I did. Good luck with your product.
2.25:1 aspect ratio maybe?

it would be fine if you had an 640 pixel width or higher, though I personally would rather have a physically smaller phone with high DPI.
Computers use a lot less power when they are idle. Do you think distributed computing can pay enough to cover the user's increased electricity bill plus enough of a profit to make it worthwhile for the user?
I've been playing with xobni for over a week now... the feature that I use the most (and pretty much the only reason that's kept me from uninstalling) is the search box. I know at this point xobni "show only a fraction of what we want to do"... but since most of us only have a 15 minute attention span, I hope you guys do it quick... :)
Ramen a la carbonara

Add an egg to hot noodles. Add fried bacon, if available.
Its huge!
http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks-great-programm...

I think this is the original article, no broken text and Bjarne Stroustrup's answers as a bonus.

news.YC has editors, right?
I'd recommend Discrete Math, Economics, History of Science.
Absolutely! It's a shame that students never learn how "science" evolves.
Italian, because I wanted to go live there. It was one of the best and most important things in my life, as I met my wife there. Learning a language and living "somewhere else" is a great experience - and I think the two should be combined. Learning a language feels pointless until you have real, live people in front of you, that you can communicate with only if you can speak their language.
So what happens if something stupid or banal gets voted up to the front page. What if it's something that I don't think is relevant or useful.

Should I upvote every other article to express my opinion? :)

People who agree with an article/think it's important/useful have an immediate way to express that in a useful way - an upvote.

You don't have the same capability if you strongly disagree with an article, see it as unimportant, not relevant, or off-topic. I still think that's a shame.
Steamed white rice takes 15 minutes to cook on the hob. Here is how I cook it, its simple and never fails.

You will need a pan (preferably heavy bottomed) with a lid (as we are going to steam the rice for the last 10 minutes).

Palm full of rice per person

Rinse it, then add water (it should be an inch above the rice).

Bring to a boil and boil for 4 minutes (7 if brown or whole grain) stirring it often.

Cover with lid (ensuring that steam doesn't escape, I tend to use a frying pan for this, as I seem to have lost all the lids)

Reduce heat and wait 10 minutes. (15 for brown)

Perfect steamed rice in less than 15 minutes. I've also used water from a kettle then I boil the rice for just 3 minutes.
JavaScript has first class function (i.e. closures). Java has to simulate them.
I never understood why some people are so adverse to python's indentation rules. But maybe that's because I was too young when I was introduced to python.
Yes. I think this is blatant advertising. They should at least try to mix in a little more direct value to the consumer. If I want to browse Amazon, why would I want to do it from a litle widget (or Adget)? It's just a dressed-up ad. What's the value to the consumer (ignoring the Amazon referral system for a moment) to stick with one advertiser on their blog? Google AdWords makes more sense -- at least it is contextual (and presumably competitive)

Compare this to a real widget, where the emphasis is on an open API: (flash demo) http://www.batback.net/home/batBackDemo2.html

To me, a widget is a platform for plug-and-play generic web functionality. The emphasis is on, yes, building a platform. (It's a platform! Egads!) Seriously -- if you're so vertical you're just an "Amazon" widget, you're just a one-note band. There's so much more that can be done, and my bet is that consumers are going to want more, not less, choices out of the same widget. You only have so much space on your site, right?
I'd also add beans and some seeds which can be used as grains (assuming you are going veg).

Amaranth, Quinoa and spelt. Have more protein than most meats.

The sugar than you talk about is good for you. The problem is with refined sugar, which creates unusual changes in blood sugar which causes dips and highs.

So fruit and veg are good. I would wash them properly, as non organic stuff is full of pesticides and please look past the way the food looks, care about the way it tastes.
The domain dailymail.co.uk should be blacklisted.
Another one would be beans on toast.

Not the hienz variety. Buy nice beans
cannelloni, broad or borlotti in a can (look for the one stored in water)

a clove of garlic chopped, some parsley

with 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan on medium heat

add the beans, just enough to warm.

Toast 1-2 slices of bread.

(if you want rub some raw garlic on the toast)

serve.

Less than 5 minutes.

Probably cost less than 2 dollar.
Entrepreneurs Defend a Tax Benefit Despite a Dubious Congress
Looking at these comments, I'd say you could get money for basically nothing if you could get people to argue all day. Perhaps you should consider a career in the radio talk-show business.

As enjoyable as getting money for just existing would be, imagine how much more fun it would be to get money for doing something that you love and that made a difference to other people.
>As you can see I really have no idea how to promote music.

On the other hand, unlike many people who do, you know how to make music. Serious talent. How long have you been doing it?
How does this solution address HIV transmission to uninfected individuals?
How much you get out of a class depends a lot upon the professor, I think.

I got the most out of my Software Engineering courses - Testing, Usability, Systems, etc.

They are usually team-based, are reasonably rigorous, and have generally good professors.
I've been thinking about these comments and would like to add one more thing:

Perhaps the debate about ID, abortion, pigs swimming with sheep, etc should be taken somewhere else. That makes sense to me. It's not relevant to the purpose as I understand it of the board and we're never all going to agree. But the business ideas that spring from controversial ideas should absolutely be part of a startup board, in my opinion.

So aside from the joke I made, in all seriousness, the question is: what kinds of business opportunities are there that relate to your interests? It would seem to me that the more controversial your interests, the tighter the market niche you are going to find. Perhaps bear polishers are a tight-knit group and have been looking for a social portal website. Perhaps cigarette smokers who like the Three Stooges are underrepresented in the market.

Let's face it: a lot of web applications have a big marketing/popularity aspect to them. Anybody who feels passionately about any topic should ask themselves how many other people feel the same way, and is there some service that could be offered to them that would help them out. That's what it's all about, right? So yes, I'd be very interested in talking about some issue I might have problems with in terms of what the business opportunities were.

Now there's a moral component: you don't want to support cigarette smokers, you don't want to help IDers, etc. I can respect that. Personally, I think it's awful to devise something to help out Islamic Fundamentalists. I could not do or support anything like that because I feel it hurts other people directly (as in kaboom, not as in it makes their mind mush). So on those topics, perhaps it is best to self-censor in order to allow the business conversation to continue, at least as much as possible. And yes, the post was a troll, but it brought up an interesting point,
That is very old, why are you posting it again?
mt = me too (to me)
Congratulations, Marc! You've made your money, now do something important.
Perhaps, then, you should be applying to churches for funding? They have interests in common with you - in both "figuring out what God is up to" and the "wanting something for nothing".

Come to think of it, those ideas might themselves be directly related.
> I believe that ID gets unfairly maligned.

Yeah, those nasty mean judges.
As long as it took to demonstrate supporting evidence - more precisely, to verify a prediction made by the Copernican model. Have at it.

(ObFrTed: Down with this sort of thing.)
Coding Horror: Everything Is Fast For Small n
Ask YC: Are you going to NYC StartupWeekend?
Was just curious to see if anyone else is going...
How is the Acumen Fund funded? How was it initially funded?

Charity may not work, but there's plenty of evidence that charities do; they exist as organisations to convert money into exactly the kind of progress that you argue is necessary.
Video of Michael Arrington interviewing Mark Zuckerberg at TechCrunch40
VCs Defend Tax Benefit
<snipped code example, what kind of mark-up is valid here anyway?>

Anyway, I don't like the notation for programming, but I love it for HTML: http://haml.hamptoncatlin.com/
Hmmn, someone's bitter about Brad Fitzpatrick having left...
I strongly agree with VCs who are defending the move - in fact I suggest to give more tax benefits to new start-ups and liberal tax breaks to VCs for investing large capitals on new ventures this will increase the capital inflow, innovation, employment and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship.
I object to your phrase "worthy individuals". Noone is worthy or unworthy - what they choose to do with their time and talents are either worthy or unworthy.

I am not an ABSOLUTE apologist for capitalism, but I will say that the vast majority of useful tasks have some money in them. Sure, in some places, it's hard to capture the value that you create, but in most areas of inquiry, you can capture the value you create.

Thus, 99% of the time, your expected pay out accurately reflects your expected contribution to society (yes, I am simplifying somewhat).

The wonderful thing about a free market is that it channels people's talents and labor into those areas that are ACTUALLY useful to other people.

I am not convinced that you noodling around, thinking about ID, is of much use at all to society (this is entirely orthogonal to my thoughts on ID - I am commenting specifically on your desire to noodle around). Your other wide-ranging interests also, without more detail, do not immediately sound like they are of much use to anyone.

Now, there may be ways to convert your desire to noodle around into something that is of worth to other people (which means that other people would be interested in paying you for it).

A lot of people look at business plans as an arcane exercise, especially because the plan itself is often deviated from quite quickly. In fact, business plans are tremendously useful as a self-discipling tool: they force you to confront not just what you want to do, but what value people might find in what you want to do, and they force you to tweak your plan until you deliver a noticeably amount of value to others.

Your problem here is that you are concentrating JUST on what you want to do. You have to spend some time thinking about how this creates value for others. Until you have done that, I do not believe that you would do anything useful with the money, if it were to be handed to you.

Funding an intellectual to stare at his navel for 5 years is of not use to anyone (and is barely of any use to the intellectual, who - if he is honest with himself - will look back on the 5 years as wasted, and without result).

Funding an intellectual to work on something that sounds useful, on the other hand, makes a lot of sense.

Bottom line: stop focusing on yourself, and focus on the value that you're going to create. Once you do that, you'll have a real plan that might be deserving of someone else's hard earned dollars (after all,if you don't want to work for The Man to earn the benjamins, why should someone else who has ALREADY worked for The Man give you his dough, which is to say, the crystalized value of his hours?)
Nokia Labs - Conversation
Am I the only one who thinks his description of CICS is quite wrong? CICS was a transaction server, there were many layers usually in front of it before it reaches the terminal. The terminal was actually quite dumb, which was the advantage of the solution since it allowed for full backend integration. That is the problem Microsoft hit their head against in the late 90's, and their 'innovative' new direction was to move back towards thinner clients
Bose (of speaker fame) designs electromagnetic car suspension
I believe all his fundamentals are there, but I don't think he knows how to confront the audience, and Michael himself. If you notice, his hands are always on his knees and he is always leaning forward and looking nervous. I believe he is a great guy, but he needs some work in public speaking. It would help his business connections a lot more.
This will stay for next couple of years - Canadian economy is strong so even if US$ doesn't depreciate CN$ will keep on appreciating ... also a further rate cut is expected in US this will surely depreciate greenback - unfortunately goods at Canadian retailers are still expensive by 20% to 40% - but net customer can go on canadian websites of ebay, tigerdirect, etc. and buy cheap.
My guess is that most people that don't like the indentation have never used it. It is notably more readable when looking at someone else's code, and makes wonderful use of whitespace.

Now if only there were some formatting standard to get rid of some of that parens in Lisp without loss of power.
Speculating on a causal principle implies that there is causality in the universe. Consequently, order and the possiblity of some degree of understanding are also implied, although the translation from speculation to empirical confirmation is not.
Any good examples of people doing useful things with SVG that I can take a look at?
Ah, thanks for enlightening me.
Sorry, I still do not get it.

Could you explain the incentive structure?
<<I'm very interested in ID and figuring out what God is up to. ID based science will be the next revolution.>>

If you believe in God, then doesn't 'figuring out what God is up to' simply mean 'science.' In that case, what does it mean for science to to be 'ID based' ? That your research pursuits are guided by the bible? If so, why don't you just go work in a lab somewhere?
Stealthy Startup Mixx Launches Into Private Beta
Is a PR/Legal Mess in Store for Facebook fbFund?
those recipes sounds great!

and makes me remember some cooking recipes of World of Warcraft! lol
I think it's sort of presumed by the article, but there are a few things people worry about when they hear "significant whitespace"

-They remember pain of trying to find an error in a code, data, or config file that had significant whitespace. Consider the 'tab-delimited' spreadsheet format, for example. If you manually edit a tab-delimited list of numbers, and accidentally leave a space somewhere, the number might be read as a string.

-They've spent a lot of time dealing with HTML rendering, where whitespace gets mangled and cannot be trusted.

-They're afraid they won't be able to make their code readable.

-They're afraid that the whitespace rules will be complicated, requiring them to think constantly while adjusting to this newfangled way to delimit blocks.
Creative Non-fiction
So do you not brush your teeth each day because you are not sure if you will be alive tomorrow?

All forms of endeavor involve some form of risk management whether cognized or not. The prospects of a startup with the possiblity of high equity yield over a short period of time being a good investment increase with the competence of the original founders. Obviously PG was competent. The only reason you should 'fiercely disagree' is if you are not, in which case your argument only applies to yourself.
First Matter-Antimatter Molecule Created. Yay for theoretical limits of rocket efficiency!
Data Structures and Algebra. Data Structures hold a nice start for algorithms and Algebra will teach you how math works, and ends with cryptography.
I wholeheartedly agree - it is the worst paper in the UK and should be aptly renamed the Daily Shit...