skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I had a similar situation for 2 months, and was pretty happy - I now have a Nexus 4, but am no where near as plugged into it as I used to be with my Note. At first the biggest killer was waiting for people, snake on my fall back phone was dull! But pretty soon I just got used to using the time to think through problems, make mental lists (that I actually trained myself to remember) and recall good times.

I found myself properly engrossed in the TV I was watching (this coincided with getting netflix, so we only watched what we were interested in, not filler TV), as I wasn't half watching everything while studying my phone.

My comments on the points you mention:

Maps: I'd either study an online map, print a map off, bring an A to Z map, or best of all, just head in the general direction and ask people. Talking to people is not scary!

Music: When I was at my PC I had music, but then the time I spent walking was spent actually thinking, not just 'thinking I'm thinking'. Silence is brilliant, and I now don't carry headphones. Also others are far more likely to approach YOU to ask for directions etc.

Camera: I've always hated people that spend gigs and festivals glued to the camera, so I've always tried to enjoy the moment without worrying about capturing it as social proof. There's been times that I've missed the chance to snap something cool - but now I just tell my friends about it in person down the pub, rather than post it to facebook. If I'm going somewhere cool, I'l take a real camera and get far far better pictures.

Email: I'm far more productive between 9-5 if I keep my emails to 9-5. If someone needs me they can call or text, but generally - and email doesn't need answering for at least a day. In the office I now only check my emails 3 times a day, any more and I know that I'm just 'making work' for myself, rather than doing work.

Anyway, I understand why they these might all be a loss for others, but for me, they've freed me up, and let me enjoy my life a bit more, than trying to feel like I'm cramming entertainment or 'work' into every second.
I wonder if phage therapy will be the best future treatment of bacterial infections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
Cramming loads of animals together and pumping them with antibiotics is probably widespread farming procedure by now.
I would imagine changing this will require some effort.

Not to mention this will prolly raise the price of your favourite horse, errm.. beef burger at the local supermarket. :-)
While we understand that it could take 15 minutes for one person to do, please note that we have a LOT of items on our to-do list, and this requires involvement from many teams (multiple folks and teams need to discuss and review the list, we need to escalate to our developers, etc).

In the past few months alone, we've added a bunch of new TLDs. We included autorenew on domain services. We added a new Onepager web hosting service. We created this EFF fundraising effort. We created the best SSL reseller plan out there. And there's more. We've been busy.

Further, we're working on features that many of you have requested -- and are hoping to roll those out this year.

There are a lot of items on our agenda. This, too, is on our agenda. It will happen. It just won't happen overnight.

I realize I'd be thinking along the same lines as you if I were you, smartwater, but Namecheap is a company. It's not a one person entity. Therefore, again, this is a process. More than one person is involved in this process and it is planned.
Skype is popular because it just worked, even through funky firewalls. The replacement would need to be better than Skype to gain traction with non-technical users.
hmm... i was planning to run out and buy a taller monitor, but your workaround just saved me hours!
Anybody know if data is available to break down his conclusion by country? I think this would be important in proving his point - in USA, as he says, iPhones are sold by carriers in order to sell their premium plans. However, in Europe and countries such as China, most iPhones are sold unlocked and separate from carrier plans.

If the trends across both types of countries differ, then his conclusion should be correct. If the ASP trends are the same even without carrier participation in the sale, then his conclusion doesn't hold up.
>By being able to post on HN you are about the same magnitude "better off" in real wealth terms compared to a man in the Shomali plains than a billionaire is to you. Does that make your accomplishments better compared to that Afghani man's?

Good point. I would say that no, my accomplishments are not. The fact that I spend more money on a nice dinner than some people make in a year is just another sign of the gross inequity in the world. Really that's all I'm saying - just pointing out that there is some sort of inherent injustice in the distribution of wealth, power and quality of life, and it is just much more plainly visible in the case of individual's with the purchasing power of entire nations. Just something to think about.
Proquest's E-book Library Continues to Grow
my opinion : python
and take a towel
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1. At least in the U.S., this is clearly fair use [1] [EDIT: for purposes of copyright law], first because the use is "transformative," and second because it will have zero impact on the market for authorized copies (or displays or performances) of (i) the original copyrighted work, namely the Amazon Web site; or (ii) licensed derivatives of the Amazon Web site. See the Supreme Court's decision in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, the "Oh Pretty Woman" parody case in which rappers 2 Live Crew prevailed [2].

2. If Amazon were to sue Philippe Dubost in the U.S. for infringement, the judge likely would toss out the case under the Supreme Court's Twombly/Iqbal doctrine [3], assuming Dubost filed a motion to dismiss --- I can't imagine how Amazon could plead a plausible case that the infringement had affected its market, as would be required by Twombly/Iqbal.

3. In the unlikely event that Amazon did sue Philippe Dubost in the U.S. for infringement, if Dubost won, he might very well be able to recover reasonable attorneys' fees from Amazon [4].

4. The resume suggests that Philippe Dubost is in Paris, so Amazon could sue in France for infringement of the French copyright; I don't know what the outcome would be in that case.

5. If someone at Amazon did want to file suit for infringement, the marketing people should throw their bodies in front of the train, because Amazon would be widely mocked. If anything, the resume's mimicry of the Amazon style provides (incremental) validation of Amazon's status as a First World icon.

5A. [EDIT:] On the trademark side, Amazon might have a plausible case against Dubost for "dilution" of a famous trademark, namely the totality of the Amazon Web site's look and feel. [5]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_I....

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Iqbal#Rule_8_pleadi...

[4] http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#505

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution
I'd add to that; try a day/weekend/week without any kind of watch or clock. If I plan on waking at a time, and I KNOW there is no clock to wake me, I nearly always wake on time.

Holidays feel awesome when you just do what your body tells you - eat when you are hungry, go places when you feel like it, sleep when you are ready.

I spent a few weeks in Thailand like this and I felt amazing - I'd wake naturally (feeling great) around dawn, and the days felt huge with plans not tied to times.

Similarly I would have nothing in my pocket except a little paper money. My shack had a combination lock on the door. I'd buy some water when I wanted it, and eat anywhere, leaving the change as a tip. Going down the beach and knowing I had nothing to be stolen, to forget or to go back for (was so hot that I swan in a t-shirt to avoid sunburn) you could just swim off and come to land much further down the beach. Man those were good times!
I like it. I don't know that I would ever use it, but I like it.
Clay - A Rapid Prototyping Tool For Web Development
What's your hobby? If web development I'd look at Python, Ruby or JavaScript.

If systems type stuff then Python, Perl or C. If you wanna be a hobby kernel hacker then C.

If games, well. I don't know.
"Generating get/set and abstract method bodies is only necessary in Java"
On smalltalk instance variables are private, so if you want get/set it's value you need a getter/setter.
You can argument that this is bad oo design, but it's not java exclusive.
"You should follow me on twitter here" ... Groan.
Dude, you don't know what you're talking about. Compile this for 32-bit x86 (gcc -m32 -O3 -S):

uint64_t foo(uint64_t x, uint64_t y) { return (uint64_t) x * (uint64_t) y; }

Big, ugly, as expected: 3 multiplies and 2 adds. Now compile this:

uint64_t foo(uint32_t x, uint32_t y) { return (uint64_t) x * (uint64_t) y; }

One instruction (mull). GCC totally knows about 32x32 -> 64 multiplies; you just don't know how to use them.
Python, I think.

Because it has a lot of easy-to-use 3rd party library, its community is great and fun to write.

You can start with Dive into Python free-online course.
The first thing? Well, I have been web developer since 1999. I wrote drag&drop cross-browser JS in 2003. Under my belt is front-end of one Seedcamp winner, webapp that was presumed as native on iOS. What exactly do you wan't to teach me?
It makes complete sense. We are essentially exposing bacteria in the wild to extremely efficient natural selection.
I thought that statement taken out of context sounded a bit arrogant (though perhaps well deserved!). However, when read in context it really didn't come across like that at all.

Perhaps a title change in this case wouldn't be all that bad.
I think he or she meant no one reads books printed on paper anymore. I certainly see lots and lots of Kindles and such in the subway in Boston, probably more than printed books now.
Agreed. I was expecting Octopart II, when I like the original Octopart just fine. I hope these guys work together with Upverter and Octopart to become the killer platform for online hardware development though--Upverter's existing Octopart integration is good, but it sounds like Circuithub could be the missing link since adding device footprints, different package styles and pinouts etc. is still a PITA with just about anything (without even getting into SPICE models).
Supreme aesthetics. Congratulations.

I really liked the "we've sent a mail" message when signing up. Nice touch.
You're not logged in, initially - merely recognised. You wouldn't be too pleased if anyone could just walk up and buy stuff for themselves based on a cookie, would you?

The shipping thing is poor though.
I'll add to this that it also totally killed my Facebook/Twitter addiction.

I totally realised that I was was 'addicted' to posting and sharing likeable content, which wasn't really developing me or actually improving my relationships with friends.
Thanks! I did not know it was a separate novel as well for Metro.
If what this review says[1] is true though, why would you suffer through all this madness for what is essentially an upgrade without anything worthwhile offered?

[1] http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-18-kde.html
I choose simplicity, thank you.
Agile, stop bullshitting me
Or you could, you know, take keys... I fail to understand the distraction of having keys. It's not like I walk past every door I see and think 'man, must try and unlock that with my handy keys'. I suppose they do jangle. Bloody jangling keys.
But it's not . I agree that his computer has 100% free software, and that's a good thing. But he paid for that 100% free software by sacrificing good care of workers. And when he paints his laptop and computing as "more ethical" than others, he's the one saying he's morally superior to others. Read and listen to his speeches. He outright says he is a better person because he uses software that's 100% free.

But it's not just software that goes into a computer. And by ignoring the other ramifications in question, he's ignored a large part of morality. It'd be like me saying I'm an overall better person because my house has zero carbon footprint, while paying illegal aliens $1 a day to build it.

All that aside, we can handle that. This has been RMS's thing for decades. It's his other annoying issues that make him a liability to us now that we have bigger eyes watching linux.
This looks rediculously cool and has great potential. Two minutes and I'm up and running.

I'm only hoping you keep your pricing low enough so that hobbiest who aren't doing anything mission critical with the data can stay with it long term ;-)
More often than not on hacker news there's a story about someone whose accidentally gone 'bohemian'. I think it's something we all need to do from time to time. Personally I like to rent a cottage in one of England's many fine forests.

The end of the article did make me chuckle, as after his great story of 'disconnect' he ends the article with 'you should follow me on twitter'.
Please explain why that line bothers you and refrain from insults. This is not reddit.
I think he meant that the game is to stand out in a way that doesn't immediately get your CV placed in the shredder...
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I know a lot of people are going to say Python, which I would normally agree with. In this case though, I would almost say that some kind of Lisp might be a good idea. The lack of a complex syntax means you can just get started hacking around, and it would definitely "keep your brain moving," as you say.

Some kind of Scheme would probably be best. Racket, especially, is supported cross-platform, has a nice little IDE, and has plenty of libraries and community support.
Human creativity sees no walls.
Tor this, tor that, onions on the rise!

For small chat yes, Skype works, but when selling weapons and weed, no no.
Alan Cox leaves Linux and Intel
The TL;DR of -print0 is just to make sure find works with all kind of weird filenames.
This is such a clever resume! Great job! Cheers phildub!!
I've yet to see anyone who 'slut-shames' based on language produce anything of value.

The wanna-be makers project their own failings more readily.
"Javascript has grown a rather nice async ecosystem that Python just doesn't have. It's also exciting for people from the standpoint that everything feels newer and more up for grabs. Python is a rather old language."

Python old? Not to be snarky, but I've got programs for the PDP-11 that dated Python's great-grandmother. Excitement in a language doesn't cut it, I respect productivity, environment and progress. For automation, data munging and analysis, Python is my secret weapon in a shop of MS SQL Server DBA's and C# ditto heads. Would have be nice if MS would have adapted IronPython instead of creating PowerShell...

Yes, there are oodles of crappy Turning complete programming languages, but there's definative advantages to a much smaller sub-set of decent langauges and environments.
While I agree with what you're saying, your examples don't hold up. Do you really think you can just pick up your phone and chat to Obama or the Pope about the weather? Of course not, their time is too important. You'd need to schedule a meeting long in advance to chat with them, and you'd chat about very interesting topics.

Why should my time or your time be any less valuable than Obama's or the Pope's?
I'm suddenly glad they didn't have github when I was in college. I found some old printouts from my college days recently, and I wrote some terrible, terrible C and assembly for the VAX.

Writing bad stuff is how I learn though, so that's OK.
> What is it with people liking Javascript. I really don't get it. What can I do that is so beautiful or mindbending that I can't do in python?

That's kind of a silly question to ask.

For one, features are duplicated across masses of languages. If you ask, 'what is the one specific thing I can do in this language that I couldn't do in some other language?', the answer is almost certainly nothing. Languages only really start standing out from one another when you start talking about combinations of features. Javascript's combination of prototyping, closures, and first class functions isn't like any of the other languages on the list even before you get to html DOM manipulation or nosql.

But the more important point I'd like to make is, that if a whole bunch of smart people say they really like something, and you can't see why, that should be a sign to look harder.

Which is not to say, if a whole bunch of smart people like something you have to like it, too. But there's a reason smart people recommend it. And even if you eventually end up disagreeing with the reason, that doesn't mean it isn't there.
skype just uses an http tunnel cause mostly the 80 port is open so no magic here(it does some more tricks but this is on).

I dont think skype is easy just look at the UI... i dont like skype for linux it never works on my laptop...
That doesn't cover everything though. For example, last I tried Amazon did not ship any storage media to Austria, even if it says "international shipping". But they only give indication of this at the end of the ordering process.
Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.

But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

The Tao Of Programming verse 1.3
The biggest cause IMHO is the rampant use of antibiotics in farm feed. It's been proven NOT to be effective. And worse, it's given everyday with no infection. And the amount is multiples of human consumption!! Why focus on human consumption when antibiotics in farm food is rampant and on a much much bigger scale of consumption.
Programmers. What a bunch of bastards. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVSlE28hOgI)
Saw this recently, and apparently there are people working on it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ms5c6 (or on everyone's favourite torrent site)
The good news is that it is 'merely' a public health crisis. We still have hygiene and sanitation and the germ theory of disease (that latter makes the others far more effective and has only been widely accepted for ~100 years).
Python also borrowed some good stuff from Icon. Not that many folks here have actually used Icon, but it was fun to compile and play with back in the day.
> inconvenience of not having instant access to maps, music, camera and email for me.

I have two phones. I mostly use my trusty Nokia 6021, which lasts a week or so without charge and I find more pleasant to use as a phone. If I think I might need maps, camera, connectivity etc I also take my £40 Android phone, which does all those things well enough. If I could get a week's battery life from a sub £100 smartphone, I'd probably make the switch but for now this is fine.
I do think it'd be quite useful to have them, despite the jangling, in order to let myself back into my flat once I got back from my walk.
I know it's wrong, but I've used pliers on bicycle wheel nuts. They were at hand and the Park wrench wasn't. But what the hell, the tire was flat and it was a long walk home.I am a kludgaholic. And not seeing it as a problem.

The author was using Fortran on punch cards and considered himself lucky [Enter: three more Yorkshiremen ...]
I have to say, I did see a noticeable improvement in my satisfaction with my life after I quit facebook.
Thank you for pointing out how incredibly complicated and thorny the issue is.

>how much of that additional value should we... enable them to control? The answer may range from "none of it" all the way up to "all of it".

Both extremes are wrong. I find myself frustrated that in the US at least (where top marginal income tax rates have been plummeting for the past 30+ years under the influence of neo-liberalism), far too many people are comfortable flirting with the "all of it" end of the spectrum.
Congressmen don't believe in evolution, ergo natural selection is a lie because of jesus. On the plus side, natural selection will kick in for humans as well when getting infections removes you from the gene pool, thus making humans more naturally resistant to infection.
Yeah, this is the biggest black mark on an otherwise well done resume. It's especially problematic if the OP is trying to qualify for a job in marketing and product management.

The caveat at the bottom should not use the hokey "not intended" phrase. It should say that the site is meant as parody and is not at all a representation of Amazon nor endorsed by Amazon.

Yes, that seems pedantic, but the law is pedantic.

Otherwise, very well done and I hope the OP gets a good job as a result.
I've found the whole rubyist community to be somewhat hateful towards any other languages. It makes it hard to want to use the language when the suggestions I get on my "gems" are "that's not ruby-enough of a name" or "You need to break out of your python mode, your name isn't clever enough" :P
Others have said Python and I'd back that up, but if you're looking at Windows only, then have a look at Visual Studio 2012 Express - a free & decent IDE. It supports C#, C++ and VB.
I wish he would replace his home page. I have to wait ~5 seconds to see the navigation for no reason other than the stupid terminal animation, and there's no obvious way of skipping it.
MySQL 5.6: What's New in Performance, Scalability, Availability
"Endless" house to be built using giant 3D printer (looks like Möbius strip)
Another point to consider: Would you want to be able to easily show off what you created? Then you should likely do HTML5/CSS/JavaScript so you could put it on your phone. Who knows? Maybe you will come up with an app idea that's commercial and you'd be set.
CROWDFUNDING: What's it mean for entrepreneurs/investors?
Great work ! Enjoy the fresh approach.
Time to step up the research into the therapeutic use of bacteriophages. If the bacteria evolve, then let's create cures that evolve along with them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
Why exactly are Java arrays not expansible?
Awaiting a New Darwin
Very cool, but I don't see file size as a significant factor when making a decision about what library to use. With SPDY, fast pipes & 4G, minification etc, worrying about super tiny file sizes is becoming a legacy issue.
agree.

cigbee with a c?
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zzzigg dot be

zig.b

Doesn't work.

No
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kthnxbai
BioHack Diabolical Plot #1 - Implant "Defiance" via Mass DBS to Topple Regimes
You could take only the one or two keys needed to get in, tied up with a tiny bit of wire. Leave the keychain and rest of junk keys you might have.
Smartphones are useful. They're an invaluable resource that might even save your life someday.

What you really need is to lay off the twitters and the instagrams.
I don't use Java but the equivalent in C# is literally `thing.OrderBy(p => p.Whatever);`. So even simpler than your example.

The boiler plate code has been disappearing in C# a lot faster than Java, but I believe Java is catching up.

So needing an IDE to actually edit code to relieve the tedium of boilerplate is is not the case these days, although you still need it to manage things like references, I'd not want to manage that myself.
Need an RSA-Key? Github delivers
Python is a rather old language.

A massive 3 years older Javascript.
Ruby - because it is a little bit different to what you already know - which would be the entertainment factor and also might change how you write code elsewhere.
Pope on social networking: The virtual is real
I like this one:

What has Maven ever done for us?
http://www.wakaleo.com/blog/what-has-maven-ever-done-for-us

:-)