skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A negative side of accelerating returns. The contrast between the difficulty in the past and the overwhelming ease of nowadays is astonishing.
Ever noticed how moving your own tongue about in your own mouth is totally not like french kissing someone else? Kinda counterintuitive I know, but those have been my findings.
Can't one already access notecards anywhere by putting them in their pocket?
AS's actions caused MIT to lose access to JSTOR. And he kept on very actively circumventing measures to keep him off their network.
I think that you are mostly correct. In that, you do not want to lead your customers on too much and with simply testing one thing you will not be sure if the idea as a whole is bad. But there is a time and a place to ask a customer to decide between two choices. Usually this is done using discrete choice models and is pretty useful for ranking feature sets and even can help understand pricing.

I found a random white paper from a software company that I have never heard of before that actually gives a pretty simple example and explanation.
(http://sawtoothsoftware.com/download/techpap/undca15.pdf)

In a SaaS application this could be extremely useful in seeing how much perceived utility people get from X GB more space or Y more users...

For the OP it might be cool to extend the idea to having multiple binary choices and performing the necessary math to understand the utility for features (multi-linear regression).
> Given Apple's forward looking cash position, the stock is extremely underpriced.

The market seems to believe that the level of sales and/or profits per sale are unsustainable in the medium term.

Stocks the size of Apple are never "extremely" under/over priced.
I was going to say, "Well when has Apple been this low before", expecting the answer to be something like "Before the iPhone 4"...but it was only back in Feb 2012 that the stock was at ~$500

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL

I don't know what to think from that, other than there was a huge frenzy that seems to be settling down? But are Apple's chances of dominance as great as they were 11 months ago? Android seems to be gaining fast on the phone and tablet front. And Google Glasses is the hot new thing on the horizon...
| Please don't compare yourself to anyone else. [...]
| Your "best you" is what I wish you wished you were.

While you're somewhat right, how can you continue to improve yourself without reaching beyond what you currently are?
This looks great, and on first glance has a lot of useful tips. I'm pretty sure I'll discover a lot of things I'm doing inefficiently, and hopefully this will help me put them right.

Thanks for taking the time to put it together!
I suppose the closest is the Windows Store?
I think you are correct. AAPL is ripe for short term manipulation.

There are a hundreds of thousands of call options expiring on January 19 with a strike range of $550-$800. Expect AAPL to run after then.

Here's more info:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1002601-buy-apple-on-january...
"Yes C# is created by Microsoft, does that make C# bad? No. Does it mean you shouldn’t learn it? No." - Are you in a risk of Oracle-esque lawsuit if you use C# to do something MS really doesn't like? Yes. Can you still use it as an useful language in Windows environment? Yes.

It all depends on what one wants to do with it.
Innovative optical engineering doubles lens' light gathering (1 stop increase)
I don't see that the Prime Minister has to spend time constantly making cooing noises to a pack of grand-standing, pork-barrelling independents as a feature.

It is absolutely possible to govern from a minority party. But it's rare, and such governments tend not to be considered very good. In the pathological case, negotiations can leave you without a government for years. In jurisdictions where the executive is separate, that's not really a problem. In fused jurisdictions, it is.
nice trick for numbers with each digit smaller than 5
There's a comment by matrix07 on AppleInsider I think may be worth a read:

Look at the number here
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/us-apple-iphone-de...

Apple was expected to order 65 million screens?

Considering the best iPhone quarter is only 37 mil., and that's Christmas quarter. WTH Apple to order this much in a quarter AFTER Christmas?

Makes no sense.

[Edit: link to comment http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/155446/wsj-apple-cuts-iphon...]
MIT Investigating School's Role in Swartz Suicide
"Never trust a traitor, not even one you create" -- Baron Von Harkonnen
This is a variant of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_multiplication that does not make it as easy to carry tens a column to the left as that method does.

I also think lattice multiplication makes it easier to understand for pupils why the trick actually performs a multiplication.

So, I would teach them lattice multiplication instead.
My impression was that they are trying to remedy that with the store(whatever they're calling it) in windows 8. Yes, I know it's not the same because that's only for metro apps but I guess it would be close enough.

Honestly, I haven't used windows(other than in VMs that is) since windows XP. When vista came out, I went "fuck that shit" and switched to ubuntu(then gentoo and eventually settled on Arch). Now my personal laptop is still running Arch and for work I use a macbook and an iMac(Hate the fact that you can't develop for iOS without OSX but meh, gotta be pragmatic).

TL;DR; I'm no expert but I guess they're trying to remedy that with the store thingy in Win8.
Do you have any tips for setting up a new VPS? I just got one recently. I know my way around Apache, but I've never run a mail server before, so I'm reluctant to move my domain until I know that I won't miss any emails in the process. (I'm using Ubuntu Server 12.04)
It's Plato's Ring.

Frankly though, people around here are generally as reasonable as you'll find out on the interwebs. Sure you'll have people come in and stir things up, but generally I get the sense that the majority of comments and their authors are attacking the question at hand as opposed to the person behind it, and are doing so in a respectful way. The internet as currently constructed will never be perfect in that regard because of the lack of accountability, but Hacker News in general seems to move against the general stream and have some sense of decency, the way that say, early EBay is often described as having.

For the Plato reference by the way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Gyges
Larry Elmore: “It was Always About the Art”
This is indeed very interesting technique, but I don't think it is very practical and fast.
A more technical overview can be found here: http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792262/Red_October_...
32 year old Japanese here. I can unequivocally say I've never seen anything like this in my life.
Possibly the younger generations, but I somehow doubt it, as people are pretty slow to adopt completely new teaching methods.
Pretty cool though...
This summer I went to Afghanistan to work for the Swedish Army, the work involved quite some risk. The weeks before I left I took the time to write such documents.

These documents includes everything from how I wanted my funeral to be, ie cremation or not, what songs, where (I live long away from the place I grow up) I want to have my grave, if I want to donate organs etc, but also information about my online life and password to different accounts.

Luckily I did not get hurt and are now home working with my startup, but I've keept the documents stored on a place where my girlfriend knows where they are (but I would see If she peeked), since I could get hit by a car when I walk over the street or whatever.

I'm sure my relatives would benefit from the docs if I suddenly go away.
Conservatism isn't synonymous with libertarianism.
The cost (and value) of software
Show HN: Git Unite - Fix Case Sensitive File Paths on Windows
Agree. Pick a name that best reflects what you'd like your customers to perceive your brand as, and not based on SEO considerations. If you make it work for humans, the machines will follow ;)
I'd rather 86*80-86 == 6880-86 == 6794
Haven't finished the article yet, but I'd like to point something out; FTA:

Even while talking to their tablemates, they are constantly distracted. They text, and repeatedly glance up at the wall-mounted TV screens.

Nowhere in that sentence do I see "computer", and yes, I heartily agree that TV in public spaces should be banned. While we're at it, we might want to reconsider billboards, blaring music, etc, etc. But computers? Some of my most relaxing and productive moments have involved them, and that's mostly because they are not locked down and I can choose what to run on them (here's a hint: IM clients are usually off, if installed at all; email's not even open).
Here's a GIFT:

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
Great work! The writing style is clear and easy to understand. Clearly a great deal of work!

If I had my druthers, I'd bump up the contrast just a bit, especially in the code blocks.

Also, just a minor thing: looks like you've used a[src...] in your attribute selector examples when I believe you mean to have a[href...].
No, it just means he's not the impartial expert on the facts that some seem to be imagining him to be. I'm sure the prosecution had an expert witness who could have written a post saying "Aaron would have been found guilty."
It’s time to pivot: Silicon Valley or Europe?
This is why I stopped commenting as much on HN. I also discovered this site roughly six months ago, and while I was initially impressed, my sentiments agree with the OP. Nobody here can take a joke directed at their favourite hardware/software vendor without getting their panties into a knot.

My highest rated comments/posts are the most controversial, sarcastic ones that over-analyze the OP's post. My lowest rated ones are the most technical, discussion-based ones that I initially sought from HN.

There's always going to be good and bad examples of people in HN, but let's all not forget: whether it's the minority or the majority, even one person can change your opinion. And in my opinion, the majority of HN commenters are way too "Apple does this" or "Microsoft does that" or "It doesn't run Linux, eff off."

As an electrical engineer, my only concern is "does it work, and does it work well?" And it's those few people who are asking those technical or philosophical questions that keep me coming back here.
There have been efforts to get Chocolatey going - http://chocolatey.org/

I used it to setup most of my dev stuff in my box. VS, SQL server, Sublime, Git, and others - all installed using Chocolatey.

How's it like?

cinst git

and git is installed.

Based on Powershell.
CES 2013: The Break-Out Year For The Internet Of Things
2 Days Trying To Create a Multiplayer HTML5 Game
While I agree that it was entirely inappropriate for the prosecutor to bring criminal charges into a matter that had already been settled in civil court, leaving out the iterations of MIT coming up with ways to prevent Aaron form downloading things and Aaron coming up with ways to get around them really changes the analysis.
I honestly don't think it's the cost that's the issue for most of us. It's getting over that stubborn-ness of "this is who I am and I'll live with it" and actually seeking professional help. It's accepting therapy and medication that has been proven to help, proven to save lives. The hacker mentality is "I'll fix it myself". Just look at how often 'hack your brain' articles get posted on HN.

You can't always fix it yourself. Sometimes you need professional help.
Show HN: BookTurf, college textbook marketplace
I plsy way too many computer games, and I got stuck too. It is really non-trivial to design a self explaining game, and they definitely failed. Unfortunately. The idea itself is pretty nice and all.
Long or Short, would you put your money on your prognostications?
Calling something BS that's well, BS in a rude way does not negate that call of BS.

And nobody claimed that it does. They simply pointed out that it's kinda weak to be an asshole in response; the fact the the asshole had a point doesn't make them not an asshole "Yeah but he's right". That's great, but not the point, and was also mentioned by the very people criticizing the asshole for being one. All further responses to that just went in circles, attacking strawmen like you just did.
7-inch MeMO Pad From Asus Delivers Jelly Bean Experience for Peanuts
Try http://chocolatey.org/
What if you can't access Windows Update? The last time I installed Windows 7 on a laptop (a HP netbook to be exact), it supported neither of wireless and ethernet adapters. Luckily I had my phone to tether to (with Bluetooth); drivers for ethernet were not available in Windows Update, though.
fyi: it's all squashed to the left on chrome on linux w ghostery etc.

oh come on, this thread is being astroturfed. no valid hn post has 90% of comments with nothing more than vacuous praise. please flag.
I'm not a rocket scientist but from what I recall, designing a reliable high thrust large engine like the F1 from the Saturn V first stage is incredibly hard to get right. The Soviets could never do it which is why their launch vehicles all have lots of smaller engines.

There's an advantage to having many small engines. If you lose one, like what happened on that launch a few months ago, you can still keep trucking if your software can compensate.
Although we don't know what these orders were slashed from or slashed to. And if they were in fact slashed due to "weak demand" we don't know if that demand is "weak" compared to relatively sane projections or "weak" compared to wildly overoptimistic projections.

In short, that rumor is at this point no more substantial than the "a few kids say it's not cool" rumor.
Sure but how many could you fit in your pocket?

You could also carry your rolodex, watch, calculator, etc in your pocket - but those things have been pretty much moved to your phone and the net as well.
Back in the 1990s, I remember that staff at the Civil Division of the Department of Justice used to get into PACER by way of dial-up. I really hadn't thought of PACER since about 1996.
Nope. I recently had to use ssh, and needed to download a client on Win 7.
Drive letters actually go back quite a bit further. They originated on IBM big iron, and made it to MS-DOS via CP/M.
Anonymity on the Internet has been a double edged sword, it allows a certain level of freedom in communications so everyone can be involved, and it allows a certain level of freedom to be a giant dick.
"Full" implies 100%, at the least a majority, as does "The entire internet is full of assholes".

Ultimately, the world is partially populated by arseholes. Most meeting places in the world, both online and off have their share of arseholes.

Arseholes do have a habit of speaking both more frequently and louder than "average" citizens, but ultimately, that's life. Seriously, toughen up and move on. Maybe try reading HN more is actually the best solution to desensitise yourself if you find such things disturbing.

And maybe someone could find a good way to get the Clint Eastwood line in...
Linux ad! use what you want, and let us (the rest of the world) use what we want ... Windows sucks blah blah blah
Why Functors-as-Containers Doesn’t Work and an Exotic Approach Just Might
Cinematic User Engagement
No, I mean the layout of the front-page:

http://notecard.herokuapp.com/auth/login/

That has things centered in a way that is really off-putting.
Every time this comes up it's shot down. It isn't part of their curriculum.
Fantastic feedback so far everyone, thanks.

Keep it coming!
How Star Wars Might’ve Had a Different Darth Vader
What about? http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2013/01/morre-nos-eua...
Well hacker news is generally better because if you get too much down voted nobody will see your comments anymore.

I think that self regulate much of HN comments, and you think twice before being an asshole (if you know about that..).
Complaining about HN, really?

HN is the most reasonable of all other communities (as in browser-based / web) i've ever been part of.

Politeness still (?) seems to be the majority and snarky comments are frowned upon and as a result, downvoted quickly..

So you've written an article and some people have disagreed with you and some have written a response that wasn't exactly constructive? Well, in all honesty, i haven't read neither your article nor the responses to it - but the few examples you quoted make you assume all of HN is made up of a-holes? :(
Can't really blame you. I know next to nothing about teaching or Japanese culture, but this article gave me a sick feeling.
USB stick, or don't buy anything HP again (their laptops are all universally shit).
This comment may be down voted here. But i think there is a case to be made for a new law that mandates the ISP's to password protect all porn websites by default.
I probably wouldn't state it as confrontational as that, but I view it as a tool, and don't let tools make my life worse.
Stupid blog post. Everybody can write "OS sucks" article about OS in which they dont work & dont know how to use it.
You are rising an important point. An answer why is:
http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/journal.html

The short story is that scientist need "credit", as there are much more people that positions (not even to get a good position, just to get any). But the credit is given only for two things: publishing in already well-respected journals and getting citations.

In principle there is not problem with establishing an truly open journal. In practice - almost no one does (because doing anything but writing papers will very likely result in loosing academic job - as there is no credit for that, regardless how important).

However, there are people trying change the system; I wrote about it here:
http://offtopicarium.wikidot.com/v1:open-science-2-0
Reading the quotes, I can't see "assholes" - and there are some on HN.

A con is "OH, runs only on MS plattforms" compared to Python,Ruby,Java/Clojure/Scala,Node and mostly everything else. Not sure why he can't see this as a legitimate problem.

From inside the .NET world perhaps the world only needs to be run on MS.
Agree with @byoung2 about getting a good night's sleep. Try to keep yourself calm and focused for the exam. Give it your best shot, and don't feel afraid to complete the test even if you feel you haven't done well. IMO, that's a temptation that's hard to overcome no matter how well you're prepared. FYI: I took the test a few years ago (when the scoring system was based on 2400 points. Took the exam thrice & scored 1640, 1960, and 2340)
> Yes C# is created by Microsoft, does that make C# bad? No.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but you are wrong here. It does make it bad. One should learn from history. When language is encumbered with shady copyrights and patents (yes yes, I don't think something like that should ever be patentable / copyrightable, but in practice the broken system allows it), there is always a risk it'll become a potential problem. Look at what happened to Java with Oracle's attack on Google. It's good that Google was able to brush it off, but not everyone has the same resources to do it. Yes, Microsoft "promised" they won't do something like that. But do you trust their promises? And does that promise extend to anyone who can acquire Microsoft's "rights" on C# tomorrow?

So to put it shortly - better stick to truly free languages without some weird IP strings attached. Luckily there are enough of them around.
Stop being an asshole just because you can be anonymous on the internet.

Evidence enough that this person isn't familiar with the majority of contributors to HN.
Mathematics of Customer Acquisition and Retention
I'm all for another round of condemning internet commenters, but the comments quoted hardly seem "hateful" or assholish. A guy doesn't want to use C# because the majority of tooling for it is Windows-only. So? It's a valid response to the question "why don't more people use C#?"
I understand that. Isn't that why the Federal government came up with federal "civil right violation" laws to combat this to remove the jury of peers from the immediate locale [of racist jurors]?

Also, one "short coming" of jury nullification is that it doesn't actually nullify the law, just the outcome of individual trials which, yes, can be abused as it was in the South. The precedent it can create, if enough juries nullify similar trials, is reducing over zealous prosecution and prosecutors. So, when a true RICO case comes up the law can appropriately be used. But when RICO is used in a case just to trump up charges, prosecutors will be less apt to pursue if its going to hurt their record of convictions and careers.
104 Examples of 'Payment' Checkout Steps
Smart people are assholes, it goes with the territory. Not all, but many are. It's insecurity coupled with the incredible pain that comes when other smart people catch you being wrong.

Ain't innate primate behavior a bitch?
How Spotify builds products [pdf]
"Nobody here can take a joke directed at their favourite hardware/software vendor without getting their panties into a knot"

I rather think that those who can are quiet about it. As Yeats said, the worst are full of passionate intensity. The people who can take a joke chuckle and keep reading.
Yes I've been a Linux user too and have experienced that as well. In fact I've kept a finger in both pots.

It should be "an ignoramus tries another shaped hammer and hits their finger a few times before they get a nail in". That applies both ways.
Tricks on How to Maintain your Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software
Dummy post
For upvoting / commenting.
I thought it was somewhat eye opening to see linux try to bill itself as "having more drivers." I thought that A. linux was originally intended to not contain large libraries of drivers and B. the drivers that it does have are often not as good as those on windows.

I will offer the example of scanner drivers and videocard drivers. True: many linux distros come with immediate support for both. You are more likely to be able to get your monitor's native resolution on first boot with a linux system. You are more likely to be able to use a scanner out of the box on a linux system. You run into problems, however, as soon as you care about more than basic operation. If you want to use a scanner that is not supported by x-sane on linux, you have a very short list of options, and one of the items on that list is "write your own driver." If you want to use certain multiple monitor setups, you typically have to install the buggy proprietary drivers. Certainly it is possible to get stable access to more advanced video card functions, but the process of achieving this is significantly more complex than letting windows update download and install your graphics driver.
You run into one asshole in a day, and you ran into an asshole.

You run into assholes all day long, and you're the asshole.
Really great guide. CSS is often rushed by backend coders, so it's nice to have a formal guide like this.
A Maven-like tools for the web
"People need to stop being so negative towards others in the community..."

Yes, maybe you should lead by example.
This is awesome. I really want to play with some AI lib and all of the ones I tried have way too many problems compiling on Windows. pip install them fails too. I don't want to spend time compiling libraries.

This one just worked. This is the Python way.
In some jurisdictions (most I believe) felons aren't allowed to vote. If someone believes in democracy and the freedom to vote and have a voice, how do you think they would feel about being so marginalized?
This is the first time I've read about the image data URI technique. Is this a common practice?