skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Funnily enough, losing a ship doesn't really make me feel like I've just wasted hours and hours in that way. The real "investment" isn't the time converted into money through ingame activities, be it generating money through fighting NPC pirates or playing the market, it's the time you spent getting into a position where your characters can effectively make money for you, and that isn't so easily taken away from you again.

I don't really think about a pvp ship much differently than about ammunition. They're an expendable resource, and you probably have a hangar full of replacements just waiting for you to wake up in your cloning pod. It's probably a bit more involved with capital ships and the like, as they are really a group effort so the replacement capacities might belong to your alliance and not you personally, but they're still accounted for before a shot is fired.

In a way, this is really what makes EVE interesting. Losses needing to be replaced doesn't only make EVE battles meaningful on a different level than matches in other games (though I hesitate to say more meaningful...), but it also allows the internet spaceship economy to be very central to the game rather than just some mini-game-like distraction. "Item creation" becomes a question of securing resources and production pipelines and supply lines and whatnot, rather than a one-off effort that precedes the "actual" game.
The API docs need some love still (http://developer.close.io/) but the API itself is very powerful since we use the same API for everything in Close.io itself.
This explains all the ripped 60 year olds at my gym
"My Own Successful Startup Story ... In 1984"
Here's a much more in depth report of the battle.
http://themittani.com/news/asakai-aftermath-all-over-cobalt-...

It's a very fascinating read.
Maybe users ascribed weight loss to increased... activity.
How to anonymize the programs from your terminal on Linux with torify
How quickly people forget. If you had purchased a 486 with a 20mb hard drive, you'd find dos and windows and norton and whatnot very quickly consuming pretty much all of that space.
Mobile UI Trick: Automatic Anchoring
It's an example of something analogous that would be crazy.
I'll write it all up and post it to HN shortly (will check with other members that they are happy to publicise it first). Its an academy school so they are more flexible and have 3rd party funding. Basically, the governers have a greater stake in the school.
Because people may not realize that such things are possible, they may not realize that, say, -ffast-math in gcc is dangerous. Yes, the man page says it right there, but that assumes you know what that means.
The sad thing is that 2/3 of what's on the drive is probably stuff most users won't want. (Insert Windows 8 joke here).

Just think of all the shovelware that gets installed on a typical Windows machine. I have no doubts that Microsoft won't do the same thing.
> those are all cases where no one would tolerate anything more than 0% lossage.

Who says the size of a TV has to be measured not including the bezel?

Who says the seats in a car have to hold anyone taller than 4 feet?
What explains certain patterns in number of available positions in each salary range for different cities? Look for example on difference in ratios between east and west coasts (compare New York and San Francisco for example). Note: I'm looking at developers' data.
There's a new fad called Cenegenics which is basically a bodybuilding regimen, replete with steroids given under the rubric of "hormone replacement", for old men. They're running television ads featuring a shredded-looking 72-year-old doctor.
I appreciate the comment, but what I have in mind looks very different to the way monads are used in Haskell today.

For example, I don’t necessarily want pure functions by default in my idealised programming model. To me, a pure function is just a special case of a function whose effects are controlled and where the resources the function might interact with are readily identifiable, for which the sets of possible effects and interacting resources happen to be empty.

Put another way, I don’t see anything wrong, or even inferior or undesirable, with performing a quicksort of an array or some fast matrix computations destructively. However, I’d like my language to make sure I couldn’t accidentally try to use the old data again afterwards (including, for example, in other threads running in parallel). I’d like to be sure that just because my algorithm updates one set of data in-place, it doesn’t also draw a window, block to wait for user input, or kick off a background thread that will reformat my hard drive in half an hour. And in the calling code, I’d like to find out very quickly that just because I created and populated an array over here, and then ran a quicksort that changed it over there, and then printed it out down there, nothing else had any chance to modify it in between.

And I’d like to do all of that using syntax that is at least as clean and readable as today’s best languages, please, not the horrors that often seem to result when functional programming languages try to implement equivalent behaviour with realistic heavily structured/monadic values instead of the neat one-integer counter or append-only log that always seems to be used in the tutorial code samples.

I suspect that to do that will require a language that provides dedicated, specialised tools to support the new programming model. Sure, you could probably do this sort of thing using monads in Haskell, just as you could do OOP in C, text processing in C++, or write in a functional style in Python, but the results are clumsy compared to using the right tool for the job. I’m not sure that tool exists yet for the kind of programming models I’d like to use, but that’s where I’m hoping the lessons of today’s functional languages and academic research will bear fruit over time.
It is written for Jody Sherman though, not for an audience.

I personally never heard of him, but I appreciated the writing anyway. It is a beautiful piece.
actually you are spot on. GM made 9,288,277 cars in 2012, works out to 1057 cars an hour.
This is absolutely not practical, for reasons that you probably know. And the "already paying for the software, so they shouldn't pay for the hardware" bit makes no sense.

Bottom line is: MS is juggling a bunch of different plates with Windows 8 which Apple/Google eliminated by design. For this reason, any technical comparison is worthless.

The Surface Pro is intended to run everything that runs on any previous versions of Windows, run fast, be light, provide both a keyboard and a touch-friendly interface, be enterprise-ready, and people are complaining about the amount of storage available after the install? On the cheapest version?

Some people will always find an excuse to dismiss any and everything that comes out of Redmond. It's unreasonable.
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5128924 (the dupe detector didn't work because of http versus https)
> This isn't an invite-only club where I was required to apply.

"Club" does not imply those things though. It only implies membership, and everyone with a working account on HN is a member. I realize I'm being pedantic, but it's to make a point about your earlier comment.

> An online community which is exclusive enough that I need apply is probably not going to line up nicely with my preferences or with (I suggest) the idea of offering free debate and discussion.

OK, so this at least is a point worth making. All you're saying is that you don't like the analogy of living in a gated community. Cool, I can accept that. But that's a personal preference; it doesn't make gated communities inherently bad, and there are still lots of people that prefer to live in them.

(For the record, I dislike actual gated communities.)

> This is especially true given their karma model, which as others here have pointed out somewhat encourages hivemind attenuation especially since it is annoying to get into and join.

I don't think "hivemind" is a smart criticism (see also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5136265), and I think that we won't know whether or not their karma model will work until it's been tried.

Remember Slashdot's moderation model?
This is a good semantic distinction for legal considerations, but in this primarily philosophical discussion on the implications of filesharing, I think "donating" a torrent which serves as a proxy to the actual content to TPB and "donating" an actual copyrighted work to a library are decent analogs.
Computers Are Going to Disappear
I can't decide between the iPane and the iPhod.
Show HN: iPhone app that gives out Visa Gift Cards for not texting while driving
It shows up blank in both Safari & Chrome on my IPhone.
The problem being that everyone who has children eventually moves into the former group.
I've done a bunch of both 'classic' and functional programming, and for me the biggest difference is a switch in code-writing mindset.

In imperative languages, generally, I tell the computer what and how it should do - no matter if it's assembly, C, Java or [most of] Ruby.

In FP languages (Haskell or Scala, haven't worked with Lisps), I generally tell the computer what needs to be computed and expect it to figure out how to do it - what order of execution, what grouping of data, what to cache.

If you compare Java code and Scala code for the same algorithm, using the same JVM API - then the main nonsyntactic difference between them will be a pile of missing Java lines detailing the order of processing steps and loops, which probably weren't essential to the algorithm - when writing the Java code I could've written it in opposite way with the same result.

What I lose in FP is the ability to easily explicitly do time/space tradeoffs. Sometimes I need to control that, and then it's a bit trickier. However, it can be fixed with minor refinement of language and libraries - the original article cites a great example on how memoization should be implemented in all great languages.

Parallelism currently is just a nice bonus - say, I lose 3x performance by not detailing a great execution path manually in C++; but I gain 3x performance since most of the code is trivially parallelizable to run on 4 cores. For example, in Haskell it's often literally a one-line change, while in Java it'd be a pain in the butt to make everything safely threaded.
They may be worthless to Justin as the hiring manager but Stanford, Harvard, MIT etc. credentials are brutally helpful in funding and running your own startup.
Wow, they really are tailoring their service for Netflix specifically these days.
On the left hand side there are stars. On the right hand side, there are stars and eyes. What's the meaning of the latter?
ah bummer - I will try to fix that asap.
I wish there could be filters. I could sort by city, type of job, pay etc. But a good start.
Don't forget when they used to label backup tapes at twice their actual capacity by "assuming" that your backups gave you 2-1 compression. I got burned hard by that one.
Yes it is. Mary Ann Eliot using George as a pen name obscured her gender. She didn't claim to be a man: she hid the fact that she wasn't. George isn't a uniquely masculine name and was more frequent for women in the past than it is now.

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/George
Ha yeah, good one! Bone-in meat is probably bad too (more than 20% edible, but still...)
That's great, was that accidental or intentional? Have you ever had the experience where you shopped for a device and checked to see how much storage was available? And then adjusted your buying preference based on the answer to that question?

It seems that a lot of reviews of devices, be they ultrabooks or laptops or tablets or phone, often have a comment in the discussion about storage about "what is available to the user" Have you ever read a review where they mentioned that?

I'm not arguing that its "fine" that Microsoft only leaves 35% of a 64GB SSD to the user, I'm suggesting that you, Zirro, and perhaps lots of other people, will either look at a review or a description, seek out the available space number and pause and say "Hmm, I think I'll pass." (or if you really must have a Surface Pro, and you want about 64GB of space get the 128GB model, and gripe righteously about how bloated that seems relative to other situations.
Works fine for me on mobile safari.
I think if school attended influences on the job performance, that's a failure of the hiring/interview process. It is fine if school attended influences interview performance, but if it influences it too strongly that may allude to a failure of recruitment/screening process (failing to look at other indicators of performance, e.g., open source contributors, code samples, etc...)

I think when hiring (or vice-versa, making a choice of people I will work with) I look for some evidence that they've done something they're "not supposed to" have done. Growing up in a slum and yet attending Berkeley/Stanford/MIT/IIT Madras is such evidence -- higher education _is_ an equalizer -- but growing up in a wealthy suburb, going to a great prep school, and then and attending a top-tier school is insufficient.

Real open source contributions, serious undergrad research (even if done at an obscure liberal arts college), writing your own screen replacement "just because", building and open-sourcing an impressive piece of infrastructure at a previous job, are other examples of such evidence.
At the very least you need a way to filter by location.
A little too minimal, it looks like one of those scam sites. You might want to give it a redesign. Other than that, I think this is an awesome idea, can't wait for it to come to my area (Toronto).
Not at all, I can't stand the guy. I'm more of a Carmack and Torvalds fan actually. But I really can't stand pussyfooting around and shielding people from negative perceptions. If something is bad they ought to know it and know why it is bad. One of the more valuable traits of a good professional is having the guts to say what needs to be said, albeit with quite a bit more tact than I demonstrated above and without resorting to insults of course. Truth to power and all that. Get it out in the open or it will fester quietly and blow up at the worst possible time. I think it's also very important not to take personal offence when someone disagrees with a design decision or says they don't like your implementation of something. Entirely too many people take engineering critiques personally and that simply should not happen. How many structural engineers would be butthurt if you showed them how to do something cheaper stronger and safer?
App developer here. My app, Samaki Rewards, gamifies safe-driving. You get points for driving safe. You can then use these points to get discounts and/or Visa Gift Cards.

I partnered with GiftCards.com, who has offered to give out gift cards to safe drivers. I'm also working with TireBuyer.com, JewelMint, and HowAboutWe to give discounts on their sites as well. All deals will be available on Friday.

This is my first iPhone app. I learned Objective C just to complete this project. There are a few more features that I would like to have included, but I promised GiftCards.com and TechStars NYC that I would have it up by week's end. And we all know how long it takes to get an app approved.

I'd love to hear feedback, advice and comments. Drive with the app around town, and see how it goes. http://www.Samaki.com
Some accessories, not all. And specifically not the transmission. They are not quoting you horsepower at the wheels, which is the number you would actually care most about.
> So the security is essentially as strong as the Confluence User security?

There are two main types of security provided by the plugin, gpg key pair encryption and user access control.

The user access control is only as good as Confluence security, except that you can additionally ask for a password.

The gpg encryption is as good as your private key management. There is a new option that allows users to decrypt without installing gpg on their local machine, however they still require the private key and passphrase.

With regards to gpg as a browser api, I am not sure what progress has been made. For this application, if you use the in-browser decryption, it appears that the decryption is done server side. I'm not sure what the security implications of that would be, although I would want to be using a secured connection at the least.
Microsoft Still Can't Find Its Future
My understanding was that one of the criteria for a method-of-use extension is that the patent must not have previously been extended. Since Viagra has already been extended to 2020, I don't think it is eligible for another extension.
Actually, the system they use measures only the useful load supported by the bridge, not the road surface and other bridge components. It's really quite elegant.

Here, Calvin's dad can explain it better than I can:

http://i.imgur.com/bYe67.gif
So it's like using Windows without the benefit of the solitary advantage of actually using Windows.
Moodle+exchange (still cheaper than fronter which was £40k+. MS will bend over for educational contracts. Exchange supports the staff better as well. Smoothwall guardian filter
Funny you should say that - the reason I said "way past -40" is because all the thermometers I can find don't go past -40.

Even the digital ones just say "-40.0C" at about 6pm, and won't show anything else until 17 hours later when the sun comes back, and they creep up a few degrees.
Saint John's?
Some background. In the U.S., there are several characteristics that makes a drug something that the FDA approves:

1) The actual chemical makeup of the drug
2) The dosage of the drug
3) The method of administration for the drug
4. What the drug is intended to treat

Therefore, Pfizer can get separate approvals for Viagra if they release 100 mg and 200mg doses. They get separate approvals if the drug is administered through pill or through injection. And they get separate approvals for Viagra if, in one case, Viagra is used to treat erectile dysfunction, and in the other, used to treat, say, ulcers.

So, AFAIK, Pfizer can continue making money off of Viagra for this new intended use, if the FDA approves of it. However, I believe (talking from just layman's interpretation here), that this doesn't preclude someone getting a generic approved for erectile dysfunction, after Pfizer's exclusivity period has run out for that particular intended treatment.

edit: This is a different issue than when they trivially modify the formulation of a drug in order to delay the possibility of a generic use. The regulations are a bit convoluted so take everything I wrote here with a grain of salt. But tl;dr: there's more to an "approved" product than just chemical formulation.
Top CS schools don't teach programming, they teach Computer Science. CS students are very likely to become good programmers from side projects, but so can liberal arts students.
This is happening too much... I don't know how to stop it... but if you ever feel like you are at your breaking point, like author on this post below says "Just Stop". I don't want to keep seeing posts like this. Not because it makes me sad, but because I really don't want people going down that road...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5135274
LOL is it true?
This book, mentioned in the Sources of the article, is (obviously) a book length account of the contacts between the Russian geologists and the Lykov family. Probably translated to several other languages as well.

Vasily Peskov. Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness. New York: Doubleday, 1992
That's a good point, but I think we need to also consider variability between similar products. For example, whilst a lobster might only be 20% edible, that is what people have come to expect of lobsters. All lobsters roughly obey that ratio.

In this case, some tablets are delivering on 80 or 90% of their promised capacity whilst others are only managing the vicinity of 25%.
Yeah, I read that one about "finding anyone's email address" and thought "what an asshole!" Here's a quick tip: if you can't find someone's email address (especially their personal address), maybe they don't want spam from you.
Want to bet on that?
If it was open source it could be 'easier to steal'

My point was that it's already freely available today. Just go to the site and download it.

For a bunch of open source evangelists that's pretty hypocritical.

wat?

Two levels of wat, really. You think Hacker News readers are open source evangelists? And you think downvoting is hypocritical for open source evangelists?
So the teachers should be fired and the students should teach themselves. Example: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t...

However, feel free to call me a crackpot for suggesting that. I'm used to it.
left hand stars are ones you've starred.

Right hand stars are total number of times a link has been starred.

Eyes = click throughs?
The issue I'm having with building a portfolio is I'm unsure how significant an app needs to be before its worth including. I don't have any ideas for apps that could be a commercial success (and I don't have much desire to be a developer for myself as opposed to being a freelancer). I could just rehash the same to-do list app that seems to be vogue but it seems too simple.

Am I overengineering or should I try to make a technically non-trivial app?
Re: could

Amazon has offered streaming video for years now. This is just a guess on my part, but they probably don't receive video from studios in a stream-friendly format. Their streaming format has also likely been updated over the years.
Good point, though I would argue that Vegetables are low tech and people have been buying them for hundreds (thousands?) of years, so the laymen clearly understands what he's getting and not getting.

All of my examples are high tech and recent, to the point where a lot of the customers would never have bought such a product before, thus have no idea what they are getting and not getting.

For these complicated products, it needs to be spelled out more clearly, and maybe even regulated as suggested.

(I've never bought a TV, and I'm still confused about how they're measured, for example)
Thanks. I thought about adding that. The posting text is pretty unstructured so I thought a search would get 80% of the way there. Tricky to extract city & type & pay from what is basically a wall of text. Before this I was doing a bunch of ctrl+f next next next searches on the original content. One thing you can do is click the little 'x' to right of a post to hide any post you're not interested in or already contacted. That will persist until you clear your cookies so you can kinda personalize it a bit.
The way people are reacting to this reminds me of the initial reaction to Macs ditching the floppy drive or the optical drive.

Surface has a fully functional USB port, and Windows 8 supports a bunch of cloud-driven integration out of the box. More and more, I've been moving my important documents online (with the exception of raw audio & video files, which are still too large to bother hosting online right now) If you want more storage, slap an external drive on your Surface.

That said, I can't argue that advertising it as a 64gb tablet is any more sensible than Ticketmaster advertising $15 tickets, only to charge you $10 in handling fees when you actually make the purchase. It's not straightforward, and comes off as misleading.
Ask HN: Does anyone need a jQuery plugin?
I've built many plugins in the past, you can check them out here: http://websanova.com/plugins

I'm looking to build some more and thought I would ask the community what they need and see if I can deliver on anything someone needs.