skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Attitudes toward stuff change slowly because you learn them from your parents.

My grandmother used to save everything starting from plastic bags, strings, plastic food containers, used nails and screws to electricity, water, heat and money. I suspect it is because when she was young there was a serious lack for everything from food to building materials.

I can see the same attitude in my parents except that they hoard a bit more expensive stuff like books, tools, electronics, music containers and furniture.

I used to collect electronics, music, comic books and MTG-cards but at some point I just stopped. The need to collect more stuff that I had learned from my elders wasn't useful anymore. It is also apparent that some companies are trying to market and exploit this behaviour for their own gain.

I still own too much stuff to fit in my apartment. I find it extremely hard to throw away 'perfectly good' stuff if I feel that it could be useful to someone. Yet it is quite laborious to sell it or to find someone who needs it.
just stumbled upon this through their yearly report (http://mailchimp.com/2012, discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5060552) and thought I'd share this, since it is one of the funniest and inspiring talks I'v seen. Should easily be in every aspiring entrepreneurs must see list of talks.
How do you selectively serve the cached response to some users based on cookies, header, etc., and expire it after a set amount of time? How would you gather stats about how many cache hits vs misses you have? How do you serve the cached response when your server is pinned? These are problems 3rd party tools have solved.
Crafting Windows Phone’s finest strategy game
I know the BBC have had some bad press lately with the child sex abuse scandal, making them not-so-angelic, but I find it INCREDIBLY hard to believe the BBC would organise a protest anywhere. It'd probably illegal for them to do do, but I'm not 100% on that.

The BBC is funded by us, UK residents, and if we own a television that allows us to watch TV as its aired then we are forced to pay a fee by law. I would find it a total misappropriation of funds if they were to organise any kind of protest and I would insulted if they were to assume my allegiance like that - I'm sure MANY would feel the same.

Don't get me wrong, I do not support Scientology and I think they're a very shady organisation but I pay the BBC for television, not to organise protests.
>The Internet is just software.

wait, what ?
Increase ? Why does that look to me like a spike ?
And are you denying either of these claims ? Because if not it seems like you are just nitpicking to me, the point of the parent is still fully correct regardless of the graph.

A. "The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population."
B. "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid"
> Dunning-Kruger effects are the result of one believing that they have more expertise than the do.

I never said I'm a Windows expert.

Maybe I just hit the worst case scenario or maybe you need street smarts when surfing the web from a Windows system. Maybe being an OS X user made me soft and easy prey. But still - alone that a reputable download source (one of those that pop up on the first google page) tricks me into downloading a custom archiver utility and wraps installers with crapware doesn't really speak for the Windows eco system.

Now it could be an isolated case but then again if crapware spreading wouldn't be successful people wouldn't be doing it. And I doubt that all crapware infections come from Partition Magic downloads on Windows XP.

> I am saying that its conclusion is not that of a Windows expert.

But the thing is that Windows experts are the minority of all Windows users.
Using CSS flexible boxes
Awesomeness Of Data Interpretation by Manu Sharma, Data Scientist, LinkedIn
ah, just noticed your comment :)

( cf: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5066250 )
Does Facebooks Graph Search Bring Chances For Brands?
Thank you. I’m hobby learning iOS development.
Have some experience with C, but mostly knowledge of linux, java and devops stuff.

Here are the resources I’m using:

Started with: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/Ge...

Then, plan to get a feel of the language will read http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/...

Then I was thinking to go watch https://itunes.apple.com/il/course/coding-together-apps-for-...

Also, a book that seems good to read https://www.bignerdranch.com/book/ios_programming_the_big_ne...

Other suggestions and insights are appreciated.
I hate one of our coding standards and it drives me insane, how to process it?
I see what you're saying, but I rarely wear a mask. I am myself to most people.

I'm also pretty bad at doing as I'm told. whether the two are related I don't know :)
AsK HN : Is it a good idea to write an ebook on MVP development?
I am thinking about writing an ebook as my next side project. I see many people who have a startup idea but don't know how to actually implement it. Would it be nice to have an ebook that teaches how to quickly develop a MVP? It will be a step-by-step guide to develop MVP of an actual product e.g., HN Clone.

Is there a demand for such ebooks? What are some similar books? Which web application one should choose as an example project?

As of now, I think I will go with HN Clone as project and HTML/CSS/jQuery/Bootstrap/Python/Flask/SqlAlchemy/MySQL as technology stack. What are your suggestions?

P.S. : I don't know Ruby/Rails. I'm basically a Python/PHP guy.
Isn't there already a social network for meeting new people, http://www.tagged.com/

Plus there was anybeat.com - which got shut down http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/09/anonymous-social-network-an...
Why not? It's a bit more limited than I thought at first, basically only suitable for the output of gcc -S (highlights labels that look like .Lxxx).

https://gist.github.com/4546274

There's no license or documentation, it's flaky and probably broken, etc. Do whatever you like with it.
One. A google maps mashup with adds that would show you every trout fishery in the UK, and let you have directions to it.

I got it more or less functional, but gave up when I a) realised I didn't fancy typing in all the addresses, and b) found other sites that already did similar.

Still, it was a good learning experience.
By default the form builder gives you HTML like this:

<form class="form-container">
<div class="form-title"><h2>Sign up</h2></div>
<div class="form-title">Name</div>
<input class="form-field" type="text" name="firstname" /><br />
<div class="form-title">Email</div>
<input class="form-field" type="text" name="email" /><br />
<div class="submit-container">
<input class="submit-button" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</div>
</form>

Why wrap the h2 in div? Why labels are divs? Why the button is wrapped in div? Br elements?
True, but a HBO takes four years and is equivalent to an American bachelor's degree. Part of the problem is that in the US, a whole range of institutions shares this category called "college" even though everyone knows that MIT and a regional state university are vastly different.
Is it quite rare though? It would be good to see some figures on that.

It could also be sampling bias playing a part.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_bias
MongoDB, how to sort results
Veto is non necessary, pressure and willingness to pursue and unwillingness to have any plaid without jail time is what the MIT is _rightly_ accused of.
Wow, the fact that Kevin Mitnick's bio is trending is making me feel old.
I remember working in an IT book shop in Poland when his autobiography came out, and hoping they would send us a signed copy I could buy off my boss :)
A rambling walkthrough a C++ microkernel (part one)
Do it. I'm not an engineer but I just went through the interview process for an analytics/strategy role at google. I was successful is getting the role. I found the process fun and challenging. You do use those skills in every day work at Google, maybe not directly but its valuable to be able to learn to be efficient and think outside of the box
Dotcom: Record Label Pressure Forced Mega Radio Ads Off the Air
Why I don't think Facebook Graph Search will hurt Google at all
matlab, stata, c#
matlab is by far the best in my opinion
I read "The Art of Deception", it was eye-opening for me - I was pretty naïve * and didn't realize the true danger of social engineering.

I'll add "Ghost in the Wire" to my to-read list :)

* I'm probably still naïve but hopefully a little bit less so
Two does not necessarily make a trend, to be sure. However, if the odds are 1 in 10,000, a small number of incidents quickly become a significant indicator that the way this guy handles cases dramatically increases the likelihood of suicide.

I don't know if any reports have been done on the subject that would be relevant here (specific to federal defendants, as they generally are looking at more time and are more likely to be experiencing jail for the first time than state defendants). However, anectdotally, I know a fair number of criminal defense attorneys, and they all say that it's actually quite rare. It seems that most defense attorneys have never had a criminal client commit suicide.
Obligatory Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
Enigma Flaw
Rereading your link, it seems I am in error. You certainly don't see much in the way of paid political advertising before an election is called though - unlike in the US where there's a frightening amount of electioneering.

My apologies.
You sound like a busy guy!

In any event, AppCode is very good at picking up external modifications because that's how it integrates with XCode.
I think stories like this should get more attention
This book was the most useful of the many iOS books I read when I was getting started.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023562.do
Life Advice: How do I get over my bad habit of procrastinating?
No, the point of the parent is not correct.

The parent is implying that the US manipulates things so that innocent people go to prison. This is not the case. There is also no spike, but rather an increase followed by leveling off.

The US does keep people in prison longer than other nations, there is no dispute there. But it does not imprison more people than other nations. This is a subtle but very important difference.
What a horrible and ignorant review. The person could have saved everyone time by simply summarizing what they actually mean: "USA, USA, USA!".
It's not that terrible a metric. Sure, it doesn't say much for the quality of the bills (what does, anyway?), but it does show that work is being done and parliament isn't 'paralysed', as the media would have you think.

Looking at the list in my link, you'd have to be extremely one-eyed to call that list biased towards carbon tax bills. But even if you do carve out those bills (though I'm not sure why they don't count as work), the year is still on the high end of the normal range.
Employee Outsourced Programming Job To China, Spent Days Websurfing
Can you link to an example of these publishers? My Google-fu fails me.
Yea, because it's really great that we have a system where we vote for some person who disappears for two years and doesn't do anything that represents what anyone who for them wanted.
Bugherd - The Next Generation of Bug Tracking Software
It's quite disturbing that people expert in technology (such as HN visitors are) should not comment on the matter because they have no 'law' qualification.

Is this 'law' thinghy you are talking about something that only applies to people with 'law' qualifications?

Oh no you say? it applies to everyone ? OMG!

Here's my draft legislation: get rid of the laws used to incriminate Aaron as they are crazy, overreaching and unjust.
No need to polish a turd and I'm sure real crimes are already covered by non computer laws.
>he still wouldn't get anything approaching a 35-year sentence.

What difference do you think this makes? Even a 1 year sentence will utterly destroy your life. And that's just your life outside. God forbid you get raped or something during that time.
I agree. We should leave the responsibility of the upkeep of a virtual presence after death to the person themselves. Aaron showed that you can plan for your presence after death: maybe we should all have some sort of plan. (Something like a will).
The US does imprison more people than other nations according to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...

And whether the US keeps people in prison longer than other nations or not, doesn't really help you case IMHO.
You assume way too much. I highly doubt that federal defendants are 10 times less likely to commit suicide than the general population in USA.

For me personally two is still waaay to low for it to be considered anything but a fluke.
Parsing and evaluating PHP in Haskell: Part 1
Unless we can have a proper test for that, it's difficult to tell. Compare the situation of a young high school athlete. May have all the right athletic skills and attitude. But perhaps that attendance into some special skills development camp is just what they needed to push themselves over the edge to the next level. It can't hurt that they're attending together with other young top athletes who will push each other forward.

Aside from that, one of the only reason I'd ever attend an MBA school if I ever wanted to, was to easily develop a network of top-level A-players. It's easy to develop the network like that when top people are grouped together in the same place with the same goals. A top-tier MBA school is not the only place where you have that situation, but I imagine that it is one of the only places.

That being said, there are a lot of reasons to not get an MBA, especially if it would not contribute at all to your goals.
I think my definition of privilege and yours are at very different levels

I didn't downvote your previous post in this thread until I read this one. Almost everyone who can read this website is privileged by your standards. Everyone in my apartment block here in Shanghai is privileged by your definition. Some of them are from Anhui province, or other poor ass provinces, where there are people in the Bottom Billion, people who live on less than a dollar a day.

If you are politically tone deaf, you should confine the use of political/sociological terms of art to arenas where you will be understood by everyone or where everyone agrees with your already.
Curious if you'd expect those struggles to not exist in a top 5 school? It seems that he's just saying he worked hard. I imagine everyone who wants to attain a high level of success needs to work hard.
Why we've decided to stop producing TNW Magazine for Android
How did your company reveal this information?
The Future of CSS Layout
You can take an in-person, face-to-face course at a community college for about the same price. I don't see how this program is ground-breaking.
pdf: http://zomigi.com/downloads/The-Future-of-CSS-Layout_FOWD_12...
Great point. Historically the business model of JSTOR, and indeed all academic journals, was to to add value by printing, publishing and distributing academic papers. This was an essential function until recently, but we don't need them any more. They've become sadly quite parasitic and anachronistic. By destroying business models we progress.
Exactly. But hey - I wasn't writing a news story.
Everything old is new again.

Back in `05, the facebook would let you search for people by interest, or age, or sex. Can't imagine why they stopped that.
Wanna really insult someone? Log off and yell in street —UK gov
Facebook shoves biz pal Microsoft aside, unzips new Graph Search —analysis
Two is a pretty low sample for it to be statistically significant.

Anecdotaly, a friend of mine committed suicide and I later found out he was going to jail for robbery.
Seconded. I would add that crash reporting is pretty seamless with Crashlytics -- the dSYMs get uploaded automatically everytime you build (and it works with Jenkins too).

Don't know how things are with Testflight right now but when we worked with them last year we had to right our own script to upload the dSYM. Also Testflight does a lot more than just crash reporting so it might be too big a hammer if you just want automated crash reports.
My argument is that knowledge can't be stolen from the people or resold to the people at a profit. Immoral and even illegal in my view even if not backed by law.

Nuclear weapons are physical and as such can't be shared with the population but ultimately, assuming for a second that democracy works, american nuclear weapons belong to the american people, even though it is not under direct control of any singular citizen or at least it shouldn't be.

The distinction is fundamental. You can't copy at marginal cost nuclear weapons, but you can copy information indefinitely.
Interesting, and sensible decision that they unsurprisingly got pummelled for.
Yep. They belong in the same group as the MAFIAA and are not needed anymore.
No doubt for styling purposes.
I don;t understand why you think it's fatiguing. With a news story, the idea is that you should only have to read the first sentence to get the gist and to decide whether you want to read further.

Each subsequent sentence adds further detail, with the most salient facts always coming first. So you stop reading when you have as much detail as you want, safe in the knowleddge you're not missing anything too important.

If the author is diluting, simply repeating things already written at greater length they're not doing it correctly.

Just to reiterate, PG's articles aren't news stories so there is no need to follow this pattern. There are many other kinds of journalistic leads - the colour intro, the delayed drop, etc.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/01/power-transmi...
While it's irrelevant for us to really predict or care about it due to the complexity involved to get some new standard designed and implemented, it's still worth noting: that's what they said about Y2K.
White House raises petition signature threshold to 100K
Cool, was hoping I just caught you at an inopportune second. :)
Unbelievable ads
right in the middle of multiple simultaneous blitz Chess in chess.com, this chrome ads pops up blocking the board, and there is no way to get rid of it...

The point I am trying to make is, raping people's eyeballs for attention is the worst type of ads, which unfortunately, we are still largely depending on.
As I said in the original comment, it could just be a coincidence. However, if the bodies continue to pile up over the years (or more likely, that there are far more suicides already on the guy's resume that we simply haven't heard about), that will become less and less likely.
I don't think being an introvert means you don't like talking to people.
You have to enable flexbox in about:config in Firefox and then you get partial support. You make his rant even more funny.
Might be noted that the hacking community is not a particular fan of Mitnick --> http://static.tor.hu/zero-for-owned/zfo5.txt Ctrl-F "Mitnick"
right in the middle of multiple simultaneous blitz Chess in chess.com, this chrome ads pops up blocking the board, and there is no way to get rid of it...
The point I am trying to make is, raping people's eyeballs for attention is the worst type of ads, which unfortunately, we are still largely depending on.
I like your landing page, because it's simple and your video explain what your service do pretty well.

After viewing the video, i still have two questions unanswered:
- Does my friend i need to ask about a product need to have an account on this site ?
- Does it cost anything or it's just free (aka: what do i need to pay if i want to use your service ?)

Another thing that blocked me: on the video, your product's UI seems very simple, but after going to your blog and followed a link, i was on this page and it's seemed more complicated than on the video: [Spotify list](http://helishopter.com/jamespember/spotify/spotifypremium12m...). For example, what are all these spotify icons ?

What i like:
- your design
- the video (really well made !)
- how your explain what your product do
Yes, cut their hands, hit their hands with glass!

I guess some products need more care when writing headlines...
Go back and read it again.

This list of not the number of different people who go to prison, it's the percentage at any given moment. So a longer sentence will inflate the numbers on this list.
Did Google Run Over a Donkey in Botswana?
How about checking your assumptions before stating them as facts?
How about display:table-*?
I just switched to ebooks. Now there's no weight problem, no space problem. I can't sell them, but as you said; they didn't hold value anyway.
The crazy thing about that is that all these css grid system seem to me to just be reimplementations of tables, with just as much markup.
Is it ok to have underage sex if you get the consent of the parents, then?

How do you get that interpretation from me saying "keeping the memory alive for the victim against her wishes decades later"?
"And it gives people a chance to point out what I am misunderstanding and educate me, if they really think I've gotten it wrong."

Just a friendly note that this notion will cause you much grief.

I used to think that it was the best way to quickly get to the point and figure out what is what in the matter. What happens instead is that people will call you an imbecile and go off on tangents about subjects they have recently read a story about instead of addressing the core issues, of which they know less about.

In reality most people do not know much about these complex issues and you will not really learn anything by trying to make them educate you. They are not able to.

You will need to investigate the issues yourself, including reading a lot of literature by those you think are wrong. Eventually you will be able to understand where those opposing viewpoints are coming from and if you are lucky you will learn something that can adjust your own views and you will no longer have the "us vs them" feeling and instead think of it as "those who are wrong on this point and those who are wrong on this other point".

Getting to that place is impossible by imploring others to educate you. They will at best try to convert you, which is entirely different.
either way it doesn't make a difference if the politician are not accountable and the public is not informed.
What we have now, practically globally, is manipulated oligarchy dressed as democracy.

And other than the above I agree with flyingRyan below http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5066292
From my limited experience with OllyDbg, it was fantastic.
If the defendant kills themselves before trial, that's a failure to prosecute. If the prosecutor caused that suicide, that must count against them, no?
Makes sense given the population of the USA, I always thought 25k was too low, wasn't it modelled off Sweden or something which has a much smaller population?
I fear that this martyrization of him sends a weird message. His struggle wasn't very appreciated before his death and first now it "seems that people listen to him".
It helps. Each product can now be viewed as a general scientific hypothesis; so publishing your work is essential.

You wouldn't be writing _on MVP development_ but rather exposing to everyone just how well you are at executing it. In my mind, your question seems like asking, "Is it a good idea to write an ebook on the scientific method?"

You have to manage what kind of philosophical posturing you're going to make. What you will write about may not necessarily translate to other projects, and that'll be for the fact that your hypotheses will be defined by the nature of your product. I believe what I'm saying is consistent with "don't choose your tech stack first" since the product's nature determines what the tech stack will be.