skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Users won't stop using the Web. If some will want to use DRMed content, they'll use those external applications and / or plugins. And users will figure out the difference - between those publishers who respect them and use DRM free channels (including the Web), and those who don't repsect them and insist on stupid DRM and malware prone tools to distribute their content. So this "pushing" IMHO serves only the good purpose to isolate DRM from the normal technologies.

So the bottom line - W3C being the designers of the future Web concepts should focus on pushing distributors off DRM for the sake of open Web by refusing to be associated with it in any fashion, instead of obliging this insulting preemptive policing by pushing DRM onto the users as a "Web standard".
Unburden myself from otherwise useless and unproductive emo feelings? I sure hope so.
surprising . no one mentioned mtail for windows..very nice tail utility on Windows. http://ophilipp.free.fr/op_tail.htm
Looks like there are a few people in the same boat as myself.

Was a cli purist but caved on a complicated merge. Actually seeing the commit graph was incredibly helpful. Later on I discovered that Command-Clicking two commits anywhere in the tree showed their full diff. I haven't gone back to the terminal except for the straightforward commit/fetch/branch creation commands.

Glad to see that Windows users will be getting some level of access to this gem :)
I like that it's not a completely biased list, but more of a curated 'these are options you should check out and make your own informed opinion on' list.
Pentametron Reveals Unintended Poetry of Twitter Users
Awesome article! Twitter apps, please take note of this:

> Finally, if you respect their guidelines, all actions should be on the far top right. That includes functions like Refresh (because Pull to Refresh is extremely uncommon on Android)

Pull to Refresh feels really out of place in an Android app, don't use it! Most apps do not, but Twitter apps seem to be the exception, for obvious reasons.
Who controls the world? Complexity theory applied to Economics
Reminded me of this http://vim-adventures.com/; Prefer OP version since it gets you used to the way VIM works.
To be fair:

$ curl --head 'http://hs.fi/
HTTP/1.1 301 Object Moved
Location: http://www.hs.fi/
It's pretty easy to get "liked" by the "it crowd" in silicon valley - you just hire a better PR agent.
If only we could unburden ourselves from J2EE in the same way...!
As did the article. There were a lot of stats about grad rates, but nothing specific to Chinese immigrants/students.
So I'm wondering - is this mechanism some "Hollywood Accounting" where a band can run a tour at an ostensible loss while paying themselves through a royalties channel? Is it normal to split revenue this way?

Anyone who knows the industry care to educate us?
Or just explicitly bribe people with free cash, free services, etc.
That works pretty well.. but I'd also throw in that once you move, any box that you haven't opened in a year should be tossed. The same should go for clothes, tech gear, etc.

* I use a year instead of six months because occasionally you get that holiday-specific stuff that might be good to keep but only comes up annually.
My doubts:

- If a great amount of my functionality isn't covered by the directives - say my app does the bulk of interactions with Raphael.js instead of forms/checkboxes - is Angularjs still worth to include, or should I go with something lighter?

- (similar) If I'm going to use a lot of jQuery plugins or external libraries, say jPlayer + D3.js + jQuery File Upload, etc - is Angular gonna get in my way when using them?

In other words, would you write those frontends with AngularJS? (Perhaps we should ignore the very short load-time requirement...)

- Facebook
- Gmail
- Soundcloud
- Twitter
- Youtube
- WolframAlpha
- Reddit
- Google Spreadsheet
- Amazon
- Backpack
I'm a web producer and developer. I'm an early commenter from Slashdot, Ars Technica, and Gawker. I've been using online communities for 22 years, longer than some people around here have been alive. I've read quite a few threads on HN and respect this as a news source, and I haven't felt fit to contribute until now.

I've been talking with Julie about her experiences as a like-minded professional and I also remain baffled why her extremely sensible business plan continues to //receive tepid interest// (EDIT: originally wrote "go unfunded" here but I'm speaking inaccurately and out-of-line) despite an aggressive half-year VC campaign while the most harebrained ideas in the world (founded by prep school dudes) seem to effortlessly accumulate resources provided by others... including free press from many of the news sources that get shared here frequently. I believe business leaders in our industry play favorites and manipulate us into believing their partners are somehow better and more deserving than the rest of us... and that it fattens their bottom line and increases their domination of the culture of this industry. I think more of us need to take a stand against this... if not just on principle, but because it's good business and certainly a better plan than the lengthy boom/bust cycles this VC ruling class keeps leading the rest of us through like lemmings, leading to capital shortages and employment drop-offs that starve families and stifle innovation.

So, let's use this as a forum to discuss what may or may not be wrong about this view of things.
GitHub for Windows is not really comparable to Git Extensions or other full Git tools. It seems like it's point is just to help nudge Windows users onto GitHub. I imagine GitHub will revamp this position, especially with respect to their bug tracking integration and so on.
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That's part of what the PR agent is supposed to be doing.
As long as you add a proper Model M to the Mac, VirtualBox should take care of the rest.
I don't think Github is an "obviously" unless you have an open source project. It's really not that hard to set up a git ssh server
Try travelling and telling people what you do - you'll blow their minds. I take my laptop anywhere from New Zealand to Dubai to Argentina, and working On The Internet is still a novelty that you'll gain hearts and minds from the wonder of it all. Get some perpective on how awesome your life and work is!
Psst.. in the secret meeting last week we decided to start abbreviating it as "c8y". Please update your records.
SSH is rarely a public service. What's the motivation for making it so public?
One thing I've found useful on linux is the following:

$ tail -qFn0 /log/dir/*

This will (q)uietly tail all matching files, initially printing 0 lines (n) from each, and (F)ollow any renames/reopenings. It's great when you have many timestamped log files in a directory, and you can't be bothered to work out what the current files are each time.

You will only ever see lines from after you run the command.
remain baffled why her extremely sensible business plan continues to go unfunded despite an aggressive half-year VC campaign while the most harebrained ideas in the world

Maybe cuz it's an API for social games. No Silicon Valley VC will fund anything that has to do with games these days. Untried harebrained ideas at least don't have dismal track records yet.
Before git (and DVCS in general) every company had a source control manager. You could get a degree (and presumably still can) in revision control theory. This was necessary then because a developer couldn't completely grock it and get real development done at the same time. Today I don't know if any git shops that have a full-time source control manager.

So, if the worst thing about this generation of source control systems is an unflattering UI... I think we have awhile until the next generation takes over.
As I'm a member from the dev team and have read this article and following discussions, we will write tomorrow a blog post regarding concerning issues the OP mentioned. There are really some fair points of critics, which we should consider thoroughly and change for the future. A more detailled answer tomorrow.

Best,
Dominic
MongoDB: Returning documents where fields are null or not existing
Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Meat: Not Getting Better
IP is just a made up way for incumbent producers to squash competition. The Chinese have just as much right to ignore it as every other developing country in history did. Imposing developed standards on developing countries is just pulling the ladder up after ourselves.
A couple possibilities. If you really enjoy doing these things for their own sake, you can treat your side projects as a hobby and stop beating yourself up about it. Spend all the time you want going down the rabbit hole, and enjoy that it provides a chance to think deeply, making something as close to perfection as possible, and be fully present in the experience of creating.

The other approach I'd suggest is at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Start treating your side projects like a real business, and create some process that connects real incentives to them. There are harder and softer ways to approach this. You can quit your job and now you have the focus in your side projects that you need to ship to get paid. You could also keep your day job and set up some automatic funds transfers into a semi-liquid asset like a CD or 401k, such that you leave yourself enough to cover the basic expenses, but so that the marginal income from your side project becomes significant enough to be motivational. Revenue is a great feedback loop getting you to focus on what matters, and letting go of what really doesn't.

You could also bring in another person, perhaps as a business partner, or simply have one of your friends agree to call you up once a week and have you give them a report. The key here is to clarify and draw attention in your mind to the work that you're avoiding, and the outcome that you want. In this process, it's important to vividly color the positive outcome be emphasizing the real changes it will create in your life.

For example:
"This week, instead of shipping my product which will enable me to quit working for other people, spend more time with my family, own the high-performance german cars I've always wanted, and visit 20+ countries a year, I instead spend 6.5 hours working on a sort algorithm, and 5.4 hours fiddling with the presentation styles on the country-list drop-down menu in my app."

I used all of the techniques above when I was starting my first company, and they made a big difference in helping me focus on what was important in getting to market, and not OCD-ing out on things that were, ultimately, minor details.
Localization is all the stuff not covered by translation: Time and date formats, for example. And also any aspect that must be tailored to a location. For example, if a game contains graphics that satirizes something American (like a restaurant chain or a sports brand), region-specific graphics may be modified to suit the region.
People are killing themselves because no one cares about them and some while people discuss the economics of that.

Is humanity really that fucked up?
Generally, being profitable precludes a company from getting "silly [high] valuations" & buzz in Silicon Valley. Unless they're really, really profitable.

Big valuations usually stem from not knowing how much a company will make once they start charging for stuff. So the "it" crowd works itself into a frenzy and VCs take a big gamble.

But once you make a dollar, all the mystery is gone. You're judged & valued pretty much on your revenue alone. Which is usually low (startups are hard) and unsexy (so not a ton of buzz).

Not saying a agree with it. But that's how it is.
Been to Korea 4 times. To work(read slave off by choice), while my visa was business.
On whichever weekend I was left alone by my firm I spent it in travelling around, trying things out, meeting people and trying to strike a conversation. Elderly people were extremely polite and courteous and extremely reserved too. Maybe because of the huge language barrier(any language other than Korean has very limited reception in Korea) which is IMHO, though very difficult for me, something South Koreans should be proud of - being self sufficient without English(the colonial hangover) which has crept into social DNA everywhere else.

Yes, the 'family' seems to be non-existent in Korea now, following the western tracks. This assumption is based upon external observation and talking to my Korean guest-house people, some staff who are from India/Pakistan/Nepal(either Korean citizens now or having lived their long), colleagues(friends let's say) who ever opened up on such matters(usually after a few drinks). I can confirm that after a few drinks every society becomes one and social taboos are duly fd off. Most open were(once they are open) Korean females friends I have known their, whether met in office or outside - they talked very animatedly about their parents and how they don't find time for each other and most likely will never find it. They also are worried whether their own state is going to be worse than this. Here's the last line of the article, "When I see these old people, I see how my own generation will die.".

One answer was common. Your parents bring you up till you get your job and are on your feet, after that you are on your own. And they(parents) are on their own too!

They usually spend their time in shops alone and sitting alone in those park benches with those stoic faces. A very healthy life style/food makes the matters worse(as in loneliness) as the life expectancy is quite high in SK. Maybe that's a saving grace in India(my country) as families are slowly disappearing here too, and/or turning into dysfunctional arrangements which is not even a distant resemblance of glorious old Indian family.

As for social care - politicians are very corrupt and do surpass even US standards. In US at least even heavyweights get long imprisonments. In Korea they get parliamentary pardon. Nobody cares about national elderly population(besides, just paying bills is hardly they want/need). So, while everyone is busy taking share prices higher and higher and building new things, the last generation - which is no longer a workforce - is left behind in the race; mercilessly abandoned.
"I'll take revenue and profitability over media hype and "it" status any day of the week."

All that is fine of course and true. But there are side benefits to "it" status. For one thing it can help you attract talent and get the type of attention that can lead to success.

Let me give you an example. I've helped both high profile people and people who are nobodies with advice. In general the nobodies are much more thankful for the advice (and have even sent me gifts as thank you's). The high profile people say "thank you".

"Name dropping". But the fact that I do the work for high profile people, well, I use that in my marketing to attract paid customers that actually put money in my pocket. And it works.
Macs are the only machine on which you can legally use all major OS's, and thus the only machine on which you can legally compile software for all major platforms.

If that doesn't take the cake, I don't know what does.
>Something like Wikileaks for safe, anonymous reporting would be great for these countries.

Couldn't agree more. If anybody is interested in building something in this area, please get in touch with me.

I'm part of a group of investigative journalists looking at organized crime and corruption (http://occrp.org/). Security is a big worry for us -- our journalists regularly receive threats and other harassment. We've talked about setting up an anonymous publishing system, but don't have the capacity to build it ourselves.

I'd love to talk with anybody who has thoughts on how to do anonymous reporting. Especially, how do you put something up anonymously or pseudonymously, but still publicise and get a decent readership for it?
Who are these women and brown people interrupting the sanctity of our hacker space!?
This is so neat. I'm completely new to vim, so it's doing a good job of forcing me to grind on the basics, and making that experience much more entertaining than a REPL. Better, I imagine that if you were somewhat experienced, you could just blast through this and get to the harder stuff.
What to do when Amazon decides to jump into your business
Poor rating in WOT, anybody know what's up? http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/openvim.com?utm_source=add...
The key to maintaining a minimalist or anti-consumption lifestyle is to find a partner who holds the same values, and not having children.
I don't think there's a need to "deal with" them. Writing self-describing code is better than writing code that requires comments to be understood. Writing obvious comments that tell what could be read from the code is bad because now you need to maintain the comment as well or it becomes outdated making it much worse than no comments at all.

You should focus on the code not being self-documenting enough, not the lack of comments.

Here are some excuses people use to justify comments:
http://www.codeodor.com/index.cfm/2008/6/18/Common-Excuses-U...
How would you detail the differences between the 2 buttons?
Having broken both wrists in separate accidents 2 years apart (ORIF distal radius fractures with plates installed) I know where you are coming from with this (also cycling accidents).

If your injury/treatment was like mine then in all honesty its not something worth worrying about, you'll be able to pick up typing with a single hand fast enough and after a couple of weeks you'll be able to use fingers to hit things like shift key (as a developer you'll still be able to type faster than 90% of the company!).

Over time you'll find you'll be able to do more and more typing with the injured hand, and by getting blood flowing through it via usage it'll probably help the healing process.

If you want to ask any questions feel free to contact me via twitter/email/etc.
No. I'm talking specifically about peoples behavior. I'm sure I've heard that before but I have no idea where you would go to read about it.
There's probably a huge untapped workforce from everybody that can't work 40h/w but could work less than that

In some professions it's easier, because you work by 'smallish' project: copywriting, translation, etc

But the sw development world could benefit from that
Original 1996 "Space Jam" website is still up and running
I believe I'm a Strong Deutan. I'm reviewing your deuteranope set at that link you provided.

The Python colors look a lot different than the original but I see the numbers the same in those two, with the exception of the middle right image, the "5" and the middle bottom, the "15". Each of those in the original is less defined and the 5's look closer to 8's for me (although I can still tell it's a 5).

With the Ruby, every one of your numbers is hazier and harder to read with the exception of the top-left, the "12". However, I believe if given this test, my answers on the Ruby version would only deviate from the original for the middle-right (5), bottom-left (3), and middle-bottom (15).

Also it seems the tan and yellow hues are more accentuated in the Ruby version than the original, but the colors are a lot closer than the Python version.

I can give my review of the other tests if you want but with my color-blindness, I don't believe my opinion is relevant for those.
As labor is automated, labor share of profits will fall under current arrangements; and the political pressure to change those arrangements will increase.
Poverty is a percentage, not an absolute measure. It will never be eliminated as long as there is a distribution of income.
I am a part of Shane's family, and I can tell you all from my perspective there is no way Shane committed suicide. He was an incredibly talented and above all optimistic young man. That is not to say that individuals with these qualities do not meet this type of end, but that suicide did not fit at all with the reality of Shane's life.

When Shane's death was ruled a suicide by the Singapore police I was deeply shocked but felt that I had no option but to accept it. However, as more details emerged it soon became clear that his death was not his own doing.

It is still incredibly upsetting that Shane's parents Rick and Mary may never have the answers and closure that they (we all) need. Please spread the word as best you can about this story. Please be careful with yourselves, wherever your careers may bring you.
"I got caught in the trap and spent valuable emotional energy"

Of course as a result of hitting that tipping point many more people know who you are now which isn't a bad thing and could have some future benefits.
Make the Yule-tide gay.
I've been thinking a lot about this as well. Once you start meeting people and seeing the reality behind the media, you realize that "great" outcomes in startups are rarely perfect (acquihire forced by investors, over-dilution, etc.) and that things aren't always going as well as people say.

In reality, being happy seems to be the hardest thing to achieve, but I'm starting to think that is what success really is.
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Though I sometimes suspect that radio stations wouldn't play certain songs during the day if the average listener actually understood the English lyrics. (I'm from Germany.)
Care to elaborate? I saw no such issue.
These were the main sources that I have been able to identify:

1. I tweeted out
'The product I have dreamed of making is finally going to be a reality: http://www.ausobot.com Please do sign up for the Beta and RT :)'

I only got 2 retweets despite my plea, and 7 people that tweeted about it directly.

I wish I could figure out which of these 9 people got me the most of my sign ups from Twitter. At the very least, what I will do in my next attempt is put the link on Twitter out with a ?ref code or a separate subdomain altogether.

2. I posted the link on my FB, and once again despite my (quite an emotional) plea, I got all of 35 people who willingly posted it on their timelines. This I think helped me with at least 75% of my sign ups. Each time I saw a share on the timeline, I would log into Insights, take a look at the sign ups, and notice them trickle in.

Next steps:
What I left out from the above strategy was the idea of talking to all the mavens (well connected folks).

These 'mavens' fall into two categories:
1. Those that I know (all 5 of them)
2. The 200 or so that I wish I knew.

I would make a list of these 200, and listen for when they are talking about something related that I can contribute about (you can again pay attention and filter this through DataSift or manually). Contribute, help the discussion, engage them and try to convert them into advocates of your product.

Does that make sense? This is my first time attempting marketing but I am trying to emulate (and improve upon) all the success stories as best as I can.