skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
why the downmod? I understand some folks dislike Rackspace (a company I worked for used Rackspace for a while and we've had a fair share of issue), but why downmod the poster?
Tata launches the $2500 car
Softlayer is amazing. I've been with 5 different hosts, and Softlayer is head and shoulders above anyone else. We host several sites, including a big website, pushing out over 230 Mbit/second. Their infrastructure is great.
Apple to Cut the Prices of iTunes in Britain - New York Times
I tend to be wary of design advice from people that clearly have no sense of it.
Ask YC: top network/web programming job vs. new social app website startup idea? (google vs. facebook)
I agree actually, make the 'sign up' a simple username/password (preferably with the username checked as you type it for validity and availability.

Make that as simple as possible, then have extra user data on a user prefs page.

Repeating the password seems stupid to me. Surely it's not just me that uses copy+paste for such things?
I work for a company that does domain tasting. It's perfectly legitimate. We have over a million domain names in our portfolio.
Would you mind sharing a link to your papers? From scholar.google I'm guessing this is the corrected version but it didn't list anything older. (http://www.daemonology.net/papers/fft.pdf)
Go to webhostingtalk.com and look at their dedicated hosts section.

Also look at the hosting offers section, a lot of good hosts have great offers there from time to time.

We use liquidweb, they own their datacenters and are not as big as the planet (which means better service for smaller i.e. less than 15 server clients). They have great server management.
Read: "Proofs and Refutations" by Imre Lakatos
I've got 5 invites, let me know if you want one: david.kitchen at that there gmail.com.
My feed: http://friendfeed.com/paul
Not to mention Lisp, which has no fewer than 8 commercial and 10 open source implementations listed here:

http://wiki.alu.org/Implementation

But you are certainly right that the number of implementations is irrelevant, as long as there is either one good open source one or 2+ commercial ones.
Would you mind sharing a link to your papers?

You almost got there: http://www.daemonology.net/papers/

The paper you linked to contained the original (incorrect) proof at the start of the proof to Theorem 5.1; the correct proof is given in http://www.daemonology.net/papers/complexmultiply.pdf (Theorem 1).
your brain decides what you see before your eyes do.
ok maybe i am a little late here on the wagon, but i noticed something really nice while listening to my friend read an article. he was reading non stop at a normal pace and he switches words for similar ones without even noticing it. he switched the following words in the article (techniques, women, isn't) for respectively (tactics, ladies, is not). he actually did this with other words. now the funny thing here is that he did not noticed or intentionally switched the words but his brains is using what is stored in its database and is given a value similar to the real word. i do not know what query the brain does and decides to return different words with similar effect. just think how smart we really are. we see "automobile", but because the brain is being a little lazy, it is simply returning a simpler word to use: "car". less cpu i guess or maybe it doesn't want to dig to far in the database. is this memcached? what is for sure is that before you even see something and comprehend it fully, your brain has already decided what you will and therefore it can interpret it in a different manner. if our brain decides what we see before our eyes than it is fairly safe to say that no two people on earth can see the exact same thing.
We have more than a dozen boxes at SoftLayer

Do you get any sort of volume discount? I can't see anything of the sort mentioned on the SoftLayer website, but would seem rather odd if someone who rented a dozen boxes from SoftLayer and resold them to someone else would get an 8% discount but someone who rented the same number of boxes but didn't resell them wouldn't get any discount.
Looks like my ad-blocker is preventing me from seeing fine works of art....
i think we should kill the signup process for most websites anyways. few need it. we are soon launching an email startup and we will not require registration, username or passowrd, and we are still expecting users to login/out securely.
Even if you don't use copy-paste, as long as there's a fallback path - the "Forgot Password" link - the password confirmation is kind of superfluous.
Wow no kidding, disco! Small, easy registration, just like reddit and ynews for instance are the best.
Oh, that should have been marked as a citation.
I think they have.
python in this world, lisp in paradise
Sleep 3.5 hours a night? Helpful.
No, no, it's because Mathematicians are so smart!
I have just signed up for a half-rack for $399 a month at calpop.com it includes 4 mbps bandwidth. I signed up today so it is not ready yet but I am excited to finally get the hosting configuration I have wanted for a long time now.
And to make the fallback path as easy as possible --- just ask the users to use their full email adress as user name.

If they want to sign their comments et al with something other than their username (=their email) - you can provide a nick feature to be configure on the pref's page.
Are you switching from software development to farming? It's a general note about what your company intends to do; even then it's not hard to play six degrees of separation with respect to industry. You're probably fine unless the the above question is answered with a "yes" or "no, but".
I would agree, but some people aren't keen on giving their email address straight off the bat. You could be poised to spam them with a million emails.

I think username/password, then fill in email etc in profile page, and if they don't fill in their email address, they can't recover their password and will need to create a new account.

Depends on what they're signing up for though - how 'lightweight' is it, does it just store some handy prefs for the app, or does it store credit card details for instance.
Well, in general it's hard to find errors unless you have something to look for.

I don't know if these should count as "screwups" since the resolution of the flaws in each led the way to better systems, but I'd offer the following:

- Infinitesimals

- Hilbert's program
Take a look at SOLR: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ that makes indexing very easy
Those are implementations not languages, the language is the same language.

And when people don't mention a specific implementation they usually mean CPython.
I imagine there has been some amazing work put in behind the scenes here and to keep it as secret as they did is fantastic. Whilst I don't always agree with Apple policies what they have created here is a dramatic leap that will hopefully get the rest of this industry to start being future-thinking and creative.
what happens when you fall of your chair backwards and you feet hit something of value real hard :p

looks neat but not that practical if you move your gear around a lot.
hardly a slam more of a polite nudge.
Mint Guy Aaron Patzer Speaks
Report: Facebook worst performing social network; Pownce one of the best
Some people say this isn't working anymore, but I just signed up and downloaded it using the password 'techcrunch'.
Why Geeks Love Trade Shows
Verilog. You software weenies don't seem to understand that your fluffly abstractions need to run on real h/w. So I'd rather have control at the lowest level.
i ll tell you when we launch.
The 'problem', as it were, with Rails is that it occupies a fairly large chunk of memory. It does a lot for you, but that comes at a bit of a cost in terms of memory usage.
Interesting story, but it also reads as a 4 pages long advertisement. I wonder if that's because Apple paid them, or if they are simply affected by the Apple hype in the US.
Check back in a few years ;)
New social app news mobile website like facebook. Ruby application-need founder, money, programmer.
Join now!
Mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=96753
Angels & Demons (with Naomi Watts)
It's hard without connecting words. I was able to come up with a few headlines though:

- Google launches first big company platform using python where people make money over hacker life.

- Lisp application time better vs. javascript, python, ruby.

- Startup entrepreneur launches better open source ruby tech blog.

*edit, I just now saw the other headlines by readers, but I don't feel like submitting these as actual stories.
Lots of work is done behind the scenes at Apple/Wired to make articles like this happen. I read recently an article in Wired about MS's Channel 9, where the reporter found out that MS had been researching and courting him and Wired for a long time to assure the article was written and published. They had pages of notes and documents relating to the reporter and has staffed peopled to assure everything went smoothly.

/Pay no attention to the PR people behind the curtain
The other way round it's rather hard.

The hardest part would be finding a reason to do that.
Hilbert's program doesn't count, it wasn't a proof that was found to be false.
I suppose most of you already know that this book is freely (and legally) available here:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
John Resig of JQuery fame on Cross-Site AJAX scripting
For a moment I was stunned because I thought you meant Naomi Campbell. What a horrible thought.
CES after 2AM. Diary of a founder's "first time."
The real untold story of the iPhone
Put one monkey to work on C++ and assign the rest on Hamlet. Oh, and make the C++ one use a typewriter too.
Good information, but wow. My eyes...
Donald Knuth's 70th Birthday: Volume 4 is already written (in our hearts)
DHH addresses Dreamhost's criticism of Rails
Interesting, DHH runs his blog on SliceHost.
Richard Stallman is looking for love
> "I selected these sites because I thought they were well done and were subscription based, productivity applications. "

Well if you say they're well done...

How about conversion/abandonment rates?
Is there a way to get PR articles out of hacker news? And how did this get 25 upvotes?
What's wrong with Austin?
The question is do they let you purchase the domain after they automatically register it?

If they do, this can simply be a very effective automatic reservation of pages, so they don't get grabbed while you fill in your personal info/credit card info.

If not then this really sucks.
Trying to Solve the Podcast Mystery
Can-Fite to collaborate with leading academic institutes on hepatitis C drug
I quote, from the comments there:

"Again, Chris, you have done nothing wrong. You were just taught a lie."

I knew it! We have been <b>framed</b>!
-Adt
Jaffe leaving Microsoft for startup
I'm pretty sure a customer who got all their clicks from 'auuuedeeekssae.com' and the like would suspect fraud. And if they got all their clicks from 'networksolutionsloveshitler.com' they'd suspect worse.
Google chat couldn't exist without Comet, (unless they redid the entire thing in Flash and please don't get me started on the whole Flash/Silverlight mess)

A lot of tech decisions don't deliver 10x improvement in the value-add for you users, but even a 10% value-add can be a powerful differentiator in a competitive market.

And finally Comet isn't really a significant technological hurdle. Implementing it versus simple AJAX isn't a very big increase in your tech efforts and might be very much worthwhile.

I'm not saying you should use Coment in all your future web dev, this isn't fanboism. Just spend an hour or two to get a rudimentary understanding of the technology its costs & benefits so you can decide for yourself if it is a good fit for your next project.
"This website is registered by network solutions."

I took a picture for safekeeping.

What happens on the net stays on the net--forever.
Yeah, it didn't work for me yesterday, but it worked for me earlier this morning.
I could at least point it out to the Google case. They were right, and all the industry was wrong to believe that there was not a market in search.
On a related note, one should ennounce a law similar to Godwin's law, but talking about Google instead.
Blogs - how to steal advertisers from magazines
I'm currently in uni and have been thinking of starting up a biz as soon as I graduate and as Paul pointed out my goal has actually made me learn stuff in uni instead of trying to get the best grades to impress employers.

It would also be a great change to see technological universities align their teaching to help students startup companies instead of preparing them for 9-5 work.
The iPhone has 5 percent more functionality than an old rotary phone.
QA Deathmatch
I believe it, even if it's slightly exaggerated. I interviewed for an internship with someone frighteningly similar.

(It was one of the major eBay wholesalers, the whole operation was absurdly shady.)
I made an e-mail address optional with only a username and password required. The results are almost exactly 50/50 between those who put in an email address and those who do not.
> for all intensive purposes,

Nitpick: "for all intents and purposes".

And, no, you don't get French benefits.
Web frameworks and web hosts
Merb-0.5.0 is out
It cracks me up how Newsy readers keep trying to "keep x story out of hacker news". The whole point is that PEOPLE VOTE ON THE STORIES! If a story is at the top of the pile then enough people care about it to put it there. Stop whining and just skip the stories you don't like.
> Life After Microsoft

For him or for us?
Why is he so egocentric?!
A letter to the ICANN, courtesy of Network Systems:

http://www.dear-international-corporation-for-assigned-name-... [s-and-numbers.com]

http://www.i-couldnt-help-notice-that-network-solutions.com

http://www.buys-every-site-that-i-search.com

http://www.they-say-they-are-trustworthy-and-reliable-though... [.com]

http://www.they-say-so-right-on-their-front-page.com

http://www.you-have-to-scroll-down-a-bit-to-see-it-though.co... [m]

http://www.anyway-could-you-please-help-us-out.com

http://www.so-we-dont-have-to-keep-giving-our-dot.com

http://www.businesses-silly-names-like-kuubite.com

http://www.that-take-ten-minutes-to-spell-out.com

http://www.and-hinder-word-of-mouth-growth.com

http://www.which-is-kind-of-lame.com

http://www.pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top-please-help-us-ou...[t.com]

http://www.yours-truly-daniel-cussen.com
How Does Language Impact Framework Design?
Here is the Network Solutions official response:

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SQLite Manager | Firefox Plug-In for Managing SQLite Databases
It actually has some interesting new information about the development of the iphone that hasn't been discussed elsewhere.
I have a couple sites on Slicehost and I love it. The only thing I miss from shared hosting sites is the easy to use management console for setting up email and such. Other than that Slicehost is the way to go.
Black Hole So Big That Other Black Holes Orbit Around It Like Planets
Ask YC: Why bother? All questions are already answered.
It's interesting from a nerd-pride point of view. He's good at laughing at himself. I can't believe he did the scene in the gym and then one in the rap studio. You kind of forget he's the richest guy on earth.

Nerd Pride!
Porn gets its own home set-top box
wait why?

Is it just me... or did the first movie do disservice to the book's story - only to be topped by Tom Hanks disgracing his own reputation as a quality actor?
Rotary phone, haha! Actually a neat idea for an iPhone application.
Ask YC: How do I get Started Making Games in Flash?
I've got a couple cool ideas for simple web games. How do I get started learning to code them up?

I'm a strong programmer, just never used Flash before.

One idea I have if you're curious is you're a local Police director and you have to set up speed traps and cameras to make the most revenue. Sim Speed Trap?
Big Social News Sites Need to Outsmart the Subverters
I personally wish that the analytical bar that shows what time you get the most emails from a person was a little bit more detailed. Please?
I thought it would be cute if the iPod's funny dial thing could mimic a rotor.
Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs' Instrument-of-Choice is an LLC
The reason would be to write a Lisp interpreter.
Call me paranoid, but I don't trust hosting where I don't own the equipment. Uptime aside, I don't like the idea that data and machines can be accessed (or subpoena'd) without my knowledge.
You could simply prove it works and sell the whole thing to the bank.
RimuHosting and Slicehost are top Xen VPS Hosting for cheap. Both have great rails and django communities to help.
Java, because I don't have a trust fund.
Oh and what if I know the persons number and I dont want to email them to get their phone number?
Disservice - yes

Disgracing - no
I hate wireless carriers. Their worst nightmare is likable phones??? They can go to hell.
IBM Launches Retail Integration Framework
Does slicehost have that Amazon crap where on any given day, you might open the box and find that the cat is dead, or do you get your instance back even if something happens to it?
JS Closures
Web App: PDF Editor
I'd take a look at Flex and BlazeDS- They're two OSS releases from Adobe (Form. Macromedia) that allow you to come at Flash development using a traditional IDE (Eclipse) rather than the animation-style timeline that the Flash MX environment uses by default.

Flex and BlazeDS are free and Open Source, and worth a look.
No. Disk associated with your slice has persistent disk space. You also get a static IP.
At the risk of stating the obvious:

1. Obtain Adobe Flash CS3.

2. Pick up a couple books like _Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book_ and _ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University_.

3. Read, learn the Flash time line paradigm, and experiment with the examples in the book.

4. Code, test, and distribute your new Flash creation.

5. Profit!
Who is going to read this and be influenced? I don't think many non-math-interested high-schoolers read ACM publications.
NameCheap is in the same boat as Registerfly was a few years ago.

I wouldn't trust them.
Why Bruce Schneier runs an open Wi-Fi network, and why you too should
Obvious is what I'm looking for. That and tips the YC crowd has learned.
So I don't need to buy CS3?

Can you still do graphical stuff with those environments, EG animated cars, etc for my speedtrap game.
Ask.YC: Opinions on SXSW
I'm thinking of going to South By Southwest (http://sxsw.com/) this year. Have any of you had experience with any of its festivals? Anyone attending (or presenting there) this year?
(Apparently someone forgot to add 'remove #\|').
New USB cables won't carry HD video signals unless they're DRM-approved
Swedish Politicians Strike Blows at Copyright Lobby
Semantic Web: What Is The Killer App?
"(.brainspl.at)" <-- bug in news.yc (assuming three-character TLDs)?
20 Ridiculous USB Gizmos for Work and Play
Here's a list of 20 the strangest and funniest USB gadgets available.
"In terms of overall pollutants, it has a lower pollution level than two-wheelers being manufactured in India today."

In Southeast Asia today there are currently 100 million motorcycles and scooters powered by two-stroke engines. Each one produces as much pollution as 50 cars. The car might be good on emissions, it might not, but this quote certainly isn't very reassuring.

The 54mpg might be good on CO2 emissions, but that isn't going to do you much good if you are one of the tens (hundreds?) of thousands who die prematurely each year from the fine particulates that get lodged in your lungs.
To protect our valued customers from the dastardly practice of "Front Running", we engage in exactly this practice but do not refer to it as "Front Running" when we do it.
So as long as the writer strike carries on, this film doesn't get produced?

Carry on!
And the Most Viral Picture on the Web Belongs to: Megan Fox
A BASIC interpreter developed entirely in TeX
The Genius of Donald Knuth: Typesetting with Boxes and Glue
Not that I think this isn't a story that belongs here, but I really can't blame people for trying to keep certain stories out of Hacker News. Reddit and Digg both are communities with voting stories to the top, and I think most of the people here agree we don't need another Reddit or Digg. Popularity doesn't necessarily equate to being applicable.
No True "mod_ruby" Is Damaging Ruby's Viability On The Web
Flex is for data, Flash is for graphics. (I haven't tried Flex.)

You're going to need a way to create the graphical assets for your application, and as far as I know that means Flash - especially if you want vector graphics.

The Flex SDK is free, but you have to pay for the GUI builder.

I tried going "completely" open-source last year for a project with the FAMES (osflash.org) stack. It was a pain, but it had its benefits (mainly an actual IDE). It was still just for ActionScript, too - need flash for any kind of remotely complex graphics.
"Semantic Web" - like we need another buzzword.
Definitely recommend Linode virtual servers: http://www.linode.com/

Check out their Linode Manager: http://www.linode.com/features.cfm
LinkedIn Joins The DataPortability Work Group
Evil Intel To Go Down
MythBusters: 7 Tech Headaches and How to Fix Them
They're standing behind the decision, too:
http://www.cio.com/article/170950
After Furor, Network Solutions Stands by Name Policy
Network Solutions says it will take steps to better notify customers of its controversial policy of temporarily registering domain name searches.
Lots of good drinking. Since I was only there for fun in Austin, and couldn't go to the actual conference, that is what we focused on.

I'm told the tech conference is so-so, the music rocks, and the drinking is great.

What someone told me yesterday: "It's like everyone you know decided to get a hotel in a 4 block radius, with lots of people giving away tons of free good booze, and everyone decides drinking all day is a good idea.
Yahoo!, Zillow, Trulia, and others agree to adopt a common data standard for real estate listings
CodeMash anyone?
Hello Hackers, I am at CodeMash in San dusky, OH, and was wondering if anyone from the community is out here, and wants to meet up for a drink?
PDF too: http://deptinfo.unice.fr/~roy/sicp.pdf