skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
As has been documented with China's "body doubles":

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2...
Really really nice UI and design. Well done there.
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usually a misdemeanor

If all we were talking about was just getting onto their network, then I'd agree. Just walking into a store where I'm not allowed should be a misdemeanor. Charges could increase, possibly to the felony level, depending on what I do after I'm in the store.

If MIT were tracking down someone who kept on using the network to send out shitloads of spam, and that person kept on bypassing all of MIT's countermeasures, and that person dropped a physical box into a wiring closet at MIT, no one would be confused about this.

in my world view

I disagree with your world view, but for now we can leave it at us disagreeing.
I was going to say the same thing. Marketing and awareness are not easy, and they are especially not easy when the market you are in is full of people trying to be heard. Good marketing can get your message heard above all the noise.

Right now this app can't be found above the noise floor. So how much is it worth to you, as a developer, to actually have people buy your product. 10%? 20% ? 50% of your interest.

Now for the OP (not sure if they are reading here or not) but the advice to hit up folks who would use your app and where they hang out is a good one. If there is a shopping center or other area where a large number of people congregate near you, consider setting up a table and offering a free App for feedback. In the best case you can tie analytics for app use back to user 'type' (age/gender/socio-economic status/interests) which will let you find other people who might like your app more easily.
I definitely agree with that notion. I think the problem we're facing is that the general public at this time knows most of what was going on. She's had a good reputation to this point. But she finally picked the wrong person to make an example of. Prosecutorial overreach is a funny thing. In that, her career may have been built on it. If the number of previous people we're actually bad people, the same tactics would of been far more accepted. Since this was a clear abuse of her power, even if it's something prosecutors generally get away with. The idea of making an example out of her seems vengeful and almost hypocritical. But it's not without its grounds.
I find that nibs are more difficult to maintain than creating views in code. You'll spend a lot of time trying to figure out where something is set since you can't do a global search & replace on nibs. If you avoid magic numbers, it's easier to change positions in code without lots of fiddling around.

Since I used Cocos2d (which doesn't use nibs) in one of my games, I was able to update it very easily for the iPhone 5 (despite using some magic numbers) by simply using a multiplier based on the screen size.
The notion that in an anarchy you would have no police, courts, currency, and all other important things is a product of a lack of imagination. Simply because there is no government, doesn't mean there is no market for the things a government provides. What government had for a long time is a monopoly for many services and it is precisely the reason why it is so hard for people to imagine how a police or defense could exist without a government.

(There are different types of anarchy theories, btw, anarcho-syndicalism and anarcho-capitalism being on the two opposite sides of the spectrum).
Yes, sorry, this is the first app I built, and I kind of pushed it through while dealing with serious impacted wisdom teeth and surgery. It should already work with iOS 5, but I must have set the metadata wrong. I've added that fix to get working for you by the next release.
So far as the stock value is concerned, Apple's peak stock value assumed a continued high rate of growth.

I don't know if that's possible.

In the last few years, Apple dominated (practically created) two product categories: digital music players and smartphones.

If Apple is going to keep growing like this it needs something bigger than the iPhone. What's it gonna be? An iTV? An iCar, a complete line of iKitchen appliances? A Buckminister Fuller-style iHouse?

I just don't see how they can find an opportunity like that without losing focus.
It would probably work.

It wouldn't be as simple as Kickstarter, however:

US public policy already favors the wealthy. (Oligarchy) If the ability to participate in the government was predicated on spending some cash, the system would eventually turn into a Feudal state. This is why poll taxes are outlawed: the government cannot require you to pay to vote.
>Apple was the underdog for so long and now that it is one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world, well, we can’t root for them anymore.

Uh... I think the patent abuse, App Store censorship, and attempting to normalize a paradigm where one needs the hardware vendor's permission to run software have something to do with antipathy towards Apple.
I get your point, and the level of perceived sophistication probably comes down to how well the concept is explained. (At its heart, it's just changing a number. But it could look pretty complex if explained in terms of Python scripts and system services and such.) Of course, there's also still a rather large gap between something seeming sophisticated and that thing seeming to be magic.
It's not that hard, and I'm already developing some cool stuff in this direction. Check out my blog to see where I'm going with this in the future: http://www.kpkaiser.com
hm. Well, if we allow a volunteer to stop volunteering at any point, this necessitates that the actual inmate remains in jail (concurrently) until the original sentence is completely fulfilled. So a 20 year gangbanger rap might turn into 4 5-year sentences. Or 20 1-year sentences. But the latter might be foolish, as the gang would lose power if most members were out of the game.

Just was trying to think of ways for 'social proof' that certain sentences were outrageous and ridiculous (beyond juries, since their "peer" requirement has been effectively destroyed in today's specialization-based society).
This is an excellent suggestion. By doing more of the work for me by informing me which heart monitors work well with your system removes one of the common barrier with adopting a new system. That is, how much effort will it take to get this set up?
Anthony here, Mogreet CTO. MMS is not at all like SMS under the hood. While links are theoretically supported, in practical real life the content (images, video, audio, etc) is encoded into the MM7 body, and delivered all together to the handset. Check out our docs online for much more about what you can do:
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It goes both ways.

Until recently, there were an avalanche of positive stories about Apple. Some of it are overstated.

What did the author think of too much positive news about Apple back then? He's only reacting now because it's negative.
is there any way to test your icon other than to change it once per week and see if downloads change (meanwhile hoping nothing else changes to confuse the data)?
If the story is true, this guy ought to be promoted their chief outsourcing officer right now.
we're fixing this now.
I also REALLY don't see a problem with this... I would have given him a raise and more work to outsource rather than giving the boot.
No problemo'.
are you snopes
No one talked about whether he lied about his skills and the quality of work he oversaw.
Given the age of the blogger, I'm kinda surprised he so easily dismisses all those years of M$ bashing in the press.
Maybe that's his low-cost start-up big plan, by outsourcing whatever that he can to free up his time to expand the business, I strongly believe he is an active reader here and probably learnt that trick here as well.
Did it assume growth, though? Even at its peak, their P/E ratio was similar to companies like Microsoft, GE, and IBM. If they just sustained their current profitability they'd still be well worth the peak price and more. One can certainly make arguments about whether they can even sustain, but that peak price didn't require continuing levels of growth similar to the 2007-2012 period.
So the "dog pile" on Apple that you perceive doesn't exist because people hate Apple for its success. It's because people have emotional opinions about Apple and thus will actually read stories about Apple.

I don't understand the distinction here. It sounds like you're exempting "hate" from "emotional opinions". Please clarify.
Well yes we all know legislators and the judicial system do a horrific job of understanding these fundamental differences between the real world and the computer world.

What really worries me is when someone on HN talks the same way.
You are right. I forgot to remove the text decoration attribute on the stylesheet. This is one of githubs templates that I will use and evolve over time. Thanks for the feedback.
What about when they look just like regular glasses? And more so when they become contacts?
Now is the time - The President's Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
Exactly, and the reason for this is that we can't cover all possibilities with enough granularity for black and white to be close to reasonable.

If it was illegal to break a lock (black and white), then the guy who breaks a lock to steal your TV gets the same sentence as the guy who breaks his own lock because he forgot his keys, and the same as the guy who breaks a lock to get into a burning building to save a child, etc. Obviously this is ridiculous, but even so, how could we possibly cover all of the motivations for breaking a lock?

How could we cover all of the motivations for hiding your identity? How could it ever be black and white if we can't?

If we could, then the entire justice system could then be automated.
How is the interface different?

While I enjoy Sudoku, the overhead of entering numbers is challenging on a phone. I've liked none of the ones I've used, and so far the best Sudoku interface I've used is the one that was stock on my Nook Color.

Even with that, I find still I often find it refreshing to do on paper, as there's less interface annoyance in most cases.
I'm not an expert in the law, but I don't think it's the case that "any alteration of the identifier is criminal."

Now, is it the case that if you habitually use MAC address randomization and try to access a network repeatedly without permission, your randomization of MAC address might be interpreted as a way of trying to get around blocks? This is quite possible, and will be handled by a jury that probably doesn't understand why anyone would randomize their MAC address any more than they would understand why anyone would habitually walk around wearing a ski mask. I think that's a legitimate concern.
Three things differentiate Splout SQL from using Sqoop for exporting to an existing SQL database:
1) Scalability: Relational databases rarely scales, or are too expensive for big volumes of data. They don't work well with Hadoop.
2) Update isolation: In Splout SQL, database updating never affects serving queries as it is performed in a Hadoop cluster.
3) Atomicity: Datasets are deployed atomically in Splout SQL. That avoids inconsistency problems that arises in RDMS when updating existing databases.
Show HN: Vote for "Best Startup City" & Load-test my Node.js app
I'm sorry to say that, but a bunch of potentially clashing large color blocks on a page does not give you an "aesthetic edge".
Hackers tend to be interested in citizen rights.

Even if an individual hacker doesn't exercise a particular right like owning a weapon, a logical assumption is that other rights will also come under scrutiny.

My personal hunch is that there's probably good correlation with the existence of "anti-blasphemy" laws and "gun-control" laws among the western democracies.
Moral of the story: You aren't getting 10x out of your average joe programmer. Instead of finding a 10xer for an average corporate job find a 1xer in China that will work for 1/5th the pay
I've heard of people doing mobile banner ad campaigns (like iAd or whatever), only changing the icon between ads, and comparing click-through rates.
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WikiVoyage is a fork of WikiTravel, which is not a Wikimedia Foundation site.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage#Additional_languages...
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Thanks. I noticed it should work for iPhone 4S, so I thought I'd ask.

Side note: I'm impressed that this is what you did after your surgery. I only managed a couple of small ruby scripts.
Facebook goes ARM
Looked at the page and totally didn't understand what this even does....Then I noticed Vimeo was down!
If I had to pick one thing I dislike about HN, this is it.

Not everybody works for a startup, and not everybody works in San Francisco. The majority of programmers work in 9-5 office jobs where if you left every day at 4 PM you'd be fired as soon as your supervisor(s) caught on. It doesn't mean you're working outside of IT (although that's likely) and it sure as hell doesn't mean you're working in an old fashioned company.

Do you think any bank, healthcare provider, or BigCo business lets the programmers come in whenever they want and leave whenever their work is "done?"
I think it warrants investigation. If we have sufficient outside evidence to support the hypothesis, then of course go after him. But if the truth is that this is par for the course, and all prosecutors are driving defendants to suicide, then it would be very bad to crucify this one guy. Nothing stops progress like a good scapegoat.
Here's some good data for the Los Angeles area:

http://www.aqmd.gov/smog/Forecast.htm

http://www3.aqmd.gov/webappl/aqdetail/AirQualityParameterDat...

Click on "Historical Data" to create a graph.

Bottom line, LA seems to hover around 25 µg/m³.
That part about 'multiple companies' was a kicker for me, too. That's the part where I thought, 'hmm, really, now?'

That would mean that 'Bob' would have to have multiple identical working situations with several companies, including trust, tenure, workload, bosses (some are more micromanaging than others) and willing to let him work 100% remote over VPN.

I mean, if 'Bob' was smart enough to set up what amounts to an outsourcing business, why wouldn't he just take a higher contractor's rate and go legit with his outsourcing? Why bother with getting hired at multiple companies when he could make so much more as a contracting outsourcing group, while not running into even a smattering of trouble?

Well, because Bob isn't real, that's why.
Enjoyed the landing page and the product looks very simple and useful. However, I was thrown off by the demo image used (a login page) and was confused where I could sign up for your app. I think it would be useful to show a different image for the first interaction.

Additionally, consider letting the first-time visitor upload something of their own, drop a comment, and email it to their friends, coworker, or client right from this first page. Onboard them and get them using the social functions immediately to get behavioral patterns started.
Are you implying that there's a direct correlation to people correlated vs IQ level/lead count in blood? Or is this just a case of pirates vs global warming? [0]

Thanks for the link,btw. That was fascinating.

[0] http://blog.lib.umn.edu/farre212/f11psy1001ds1415/Correlatio...
Too bad Linux Mint is not a fork of Ubuntu.
Leap Motion Controller
To my dismay, it looks like we are beginning to treat mental illness as a precursor to being a criminal.

The recent New York anti-gun law that passed, will make physiatrists report to the state any person in treatment that expresses suicidal thoughts.

Sadly, people with those thoughts now have an incentive to stay away from a psychiatrist and the very help they need.
It's Sudoku.
I think it's a great idea. For mundane tasks like changing tire, setting up a printer (just thinking out loud), even a prerecorded video overlay can be of great help to many. Create this service. Can expand.
Yeah, we killed Vimeo. Uploading our YouTube version now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LN1WX_HijE
Problem: he didn't have a manager title. If he did, he would probably have been promoted.
Imagine if Ford, GM and Chrysler had to build cars that shared the same roads, used the same fuel, fit in the same overall dimensions for parking and driving, accepted the same basic controls: Steering, foot pedals, etc. It would be madness.
Cool idea, and I think it has potential. I like the minimalism, but the colors (it's picking via algorithm, right?) are a little too much. Personally, I would use it if the colors had organization: Politics is this shade of blue, Sports is this beautiful red, etc.
Ask HN: Downvoting without replying
I find it frustrating that I have posts that got downvoted, yet they have no critique posted in reply. What I receive is a completely ambiguous signal, so it kindof defies the purpose of communication, no?

Edit: I just realised it's probably simpler than that. Downvoting is not a communication signal, it's a mechanism for decreasing the likeliness that we will see a user's comments at the top of threads. So, I should probably rephrase what I posted into an invitation to do post critiques if you so feel inclined :) Either it may allow me to defend my position, or better myself.
So you'll add this disclosure to https://hellosign.com/gmail?
>meaning pay rises, bonuses and additional opportunities.

Have you ever actually worked for a big company before? Honest question.
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I can't think of a single feature here that wouldn't be better using existing technology on cellphones.

Having these things always in your line of vision and no real input options sounds awful.
I'll be honest, I'm tired of "free".

I'd rather see some definitive information under the Pricing section. I'm tired of getting "invested" in web apps that are free, and then having them pivot dramatically or go under. This is less of an issue for small things, but anything that I'm going to incorporate into my business workflow needs to have at least some semblance of a business plan apparent.

Looks neat, I'll be happy to try it out when you're ready to take my money :)
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I spend most my time doing Python (for scientific programming).

Knew Java, C++, Matlab and Perl before I learned Python.

A couple years ago, I learned R... I still use that a few times a week. Don't think it's improved my python programming.

More recently learned Clojure and Javascript. I think those count as meaningfully different from Python. I program differently in those languages, but I'm skeptical they've made me a better python progammer.
The problem is, he violated the company's trust by sending sensitive information to unauthorized third parties.
I believe that's what I heard as well. If I remember correctly, I think Robert Scoble said something to the effect of "It's like having a Nexus 7 in the corner of your vision." Apparently he's writing a book for Google Glass and has used them as part of the deal.
Take a look at - http://webklipper.com/webklipper
Aaron Swartz: "happiness1 is how you feel looking back on what you've done..."
It works surprisingly good. Tried it out for my hometown "Suceava", a small forgotten city from northern Romania. The information one gets is really useful and seems to be mostly accurate.
Well I wasn't intending this as a debate of secure network practices. I was intending to voice my opinion that having your MAC address banned sends a very clear signal that you are no longer welcome. A signal that could be successfully argued in court. If you are banned from a network and you gain access back by changing your MAC address, no matter how trivial this exercise is you have to understand at some level that your machine address was purposefully blocked from the network.
I'm so happy you guys are using a real email address validation software!

I just had to take over yet another person's itunes account this morning because they signed up using essentially my gmail address but with a period in it somewhere.

I don't know where the trend to no longer validate email addresses came from, but it's made my life hell because I was able to get a firstname@gmail.com address while gmail was in beta.

I'm looking forward to trying out the android version when you have it available.
Seriously. Managing Chinese contractors is hard work!
On the other hand, if a bully prosecutor wants to cover his ass, saying "The victim wouldn't sign off!" makes it sound more like their hands were tied and there was nothing they could do.
We need to be aware and informed about the world in which we live...consider that a gunbroker.com or ebay sniping app could make mad bank in the next few days as people try to snatch up guns and components in possible overreaction to new laws.
What is the Google Sandbox Effect and how you can protect your website
> Facial recognition with a little popup over people's heads with their name. Never forget someone's name

> I can't think of a single feature here that wouldn't be better using existing technology on cellphones.

It would be rather awkward to take out your phone and take a picture of someone.
Do you know what a captive portal is or something?

Comcast is preventing me from accessing their network unless I install their client side software. I am circumventing the technical measure in place to enforce this demand by changing my MAC address such that they think I have their software installed.

Am I in violation of their ToS for doing this? The hell if I know, but it seems entirely plausible.
I agree with peak Sudoku. I search for Sudoku on Google Play and get 1000 responses. That is a search limit, who knows how many Sudokus there are. Someone starting out with Android might want to go for something a little more niche that has potential demand at first.

Also, the app is only in English as far as I can see. So they are competing in the most crowded market. Not that foreign languages save you with competition always. I tried to do an Android app in another crowded market, flashlight apps. Doing it in several languages did not help.

There are so many lacunae on Android, I have ideas all the time, yet so many people do yet another Sudoku app. They said they spent a lot of time on it. An MVP would have quickly told them what the demand was.

In terms of lacunae - only one app handles Microsoft Access files on an Android device AFAIK - my app. I based it off a popular LGPL Java library, the MVP took about two days or so of work, and did very little. I got a response, and suggestions, and built it up a little. I only have one competitor that I know of, and their database works off-device, and charges a fee after a trial period. There are gaps all over like that yet everyone goes for another Sudoku app, another flashlight app etc.
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I find KDE has the most polish of all the desktops, but it's also a fairly heavy in terms of computer requirements. Gnome 2.x ran very well on my old Atom netbook, Fedora 16 with Gnome 3.x runs acceptably (minus the small screen), and XFCE actually feels fast. I tried KDE several years ago on the same machine and it was unresponsive.
That makes a lot of sense... though people that telling you to "learn language y to become better at language x" never tell us they mean "become an expert in y."

And suggesting a 1000 hour investment is a lot different than suggesting a 100 hour investment.
FYI, Polar H7 is iOS supported only. Android/Windows users should not buy one.

http://www.polar.com/en/support/FAQs/H7_heart_rate_sensor_co...
Can you please cite exactly what provision you believe this violates, and back it up with caselaw?