skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Since I discovered that this existed, I've slowly stopped going anywhere else on Facebook. I care about new music from the bands I like on facebook far more than the mundane crap going on in my friends lives.
The greatest opportunity for improving HN lies with us, not with the site.

Here's a good place to start:

http://edweissman.com/how-to-participate-in-hacker-news
Sure, I think the discovery flexibility is great. But are there enough people who think that way?

And how many compared to people who think:

- I have the week of April 25-30 off. I can visit my best friend in Phoenix

- What flights are available for Boise, ID on July 2, when my friend gets married?

- time to find a flight for that conference next week

- Time to book a flight to go home for Christmas

I'm guessing: very few. And so even if Adioso's flight finding ability was as good or better than Kayak, I still have the habit of checking Kayak whenever I need a flight. And that is very hard to overcome.

But let's say I overcome my reflexive Kayak visit for special summers when I can just explore...how many of those special summers does anyone have, and is it enough to give Adioso enough traction?
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Fully agree, I really like edgerank. I sometimes need to optimize it by removing a specific person from the feed, but besides that its great. Can't agree on the sponsored stories though, so far I haven't seen a single one relevant to me or my interests.

And as someone with a lot of people in my friendlist that often post in languages I can't understand, I wish they allowed me to filter non-image posts by language (so I'd only see German and English posts).
Bullshit. The Tea Party was swept into power because they had financial backing from rich extremists and mass media support. I'm somewhat sympathetic to the point you're trying to make, but you could not have picked a worse example.

Yes, the Tea Party started out as a grassroots thing, but it was quickly co-opted by the existing power structure and its message lost.
As an individual who was diagnosed with ADHD, but whose parents refused to acquire medicine based on superstitious 'but isn't adderall just basically cocaine?' grounds, I assure you I've got an axe about 3,000x bigger than yours to grind at individuals like those who wrote this NYTimes article.

I'm sorry to hear that you were diagnosed by an incompetent psychiatric physician, but I would hope you don't use your misfortune as fuel for spreading superstitious, anti-science anti-ADHD-medicine hysteria, there's enough of that out there already.
Resizing the window seems to screw with the positioning of the tooltops (Chrome, Windows 7).
Any open source code to generate the bullet graph and sparklines? Both make a great visual when looking at this type of data.
So have argyle sweaters, but if an influx of new people started wearing argyle we could still have a debate about whether we liked the argyle sweater trend.
Equity for code: Late Labs
Could you share any rough statistics?
In-browser xlsx parsing
Technology lessons in building a native ad product from pandora
Josef Muller Brockmann wasn't designing discoverable interactive UIs, he was designing for print.

There's a difference, and flat design advocates would do us all a favor if they'd try to remember it.
> Maybe this is the kick in the pants Linux needs to increase adoption. But I would much rather know GNU/Linux, not Ubuntu.

I'd rather know Unix, not GNU/Linux or Ubuntu. Maybe Ubuntu diverging a bit from other Linux distributions, and from GNU, will encourage people to write portable code.
Luckily gluten is a protein.
The specific point that I recall was that it was impossible to ask Japanese living in America to deny one of their countries and adhere completely to the other. They were both Japanese and American and would therefore be hopelessly compromised if they had to pick a side.
I think it's a story that deserves to be told, but this particular blog adds very little value over the source material the ACLU published in 2006-2008: http://www.aclu.org/national-security_technology-and-liberty...

Here's the HN discussion from two years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1961071
Are there samples of the emails mentioned here I can view, without signing up? It would be easier to make informed statements on this thread that way.

In general, marketing emails that are mostly images get binned by me. It's especially great when the only text is "unsubscribe" -- easy to find!

If the images really are important, and not easily replaced with text then I could understand your position easily.
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Its ok in moderation though, like.. argyle socks.
The last line of the email does appear to be "click HERE to opt back in"
The reason the image filter exists is to prevent this.

I would consider it a bug if there was.
"How do people who've taken it for most of their adult life cope with adderall usage? I mean, how necessary of a drug does it seem to be -- or, to put it another way, how bad are the withdrawals, compared to antipsychotics, painkillers, etc?"

I'm 36 and I've been taking Adderall approximately since I was 32. So I've lived most of my life without it.

I've never smoked and I've never been on antidepressants or any other psychiatric drugs so I have a limited number of reference points as far as addiction/withdrawal goes. I have had an off-again, on-again caffeine addiction. In my experience, Adderall is significantly less addictive than caffeine.

Quitting Adderall is easy in my experience. I take less on the weekends, and on several occasions I've had no problems tapering my Adderall dosage down to zero over the course of 3-4 days just so I could do a little "reality check" and see for myself if I'm truly better off while taking it.

Adderall is not a medication that really lends itself to abuse in the sense that you want to cram mouthfuls of it into your body or anything.

In some ways, Adderall is very comparable to caffeine -- the first few times you take it, you feel a bit of a rush, but your body acclimates to it rather quickly and you stop feeling it. Unlike caffeine, you don't typically get the same sort of "crash" an hour later.

Though I have pretty poor impulse control at times, I've had no problem moderating Adderall usage. My psychiatrist, after a year or two of developing trust in me, actually prescribes me twice the dosage I need (30mg daily instead of 15mg daily) because he knows it will last me twice as long and therefore I can save myself some insurance co-pays for office visits. :)

I've never been on antidepressants but I've watched friends struggle with getting off of antidepressants, and I've also seen what they're like after missing a few doses. They have found themselves in really rough shape unless they carefully taper their dosages down over the course of weeks or even months. From those secondhand observations, I feel Adderall is not even close to being in that league when it comes to withdrawal.

"And if you've lived with Adderall usage, do you chronically feel like you have a reduced appetite and all the other kinds of symptoms?"

It hasn't affected my appetite much. (I kind of wish it had!) The main negative side effect is that Adderall makes me more high-strung. However, falling behind on one's obligations due to untreated ADHD can also negatively one's mood, to say the very least.

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Or earlier: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/02/seeking-meanin...
Evolution of Aging predicted by Euler-Lotka Equation
I agree with the usability; in terms of aesthetics, it also simply feels heavy-handed.

I don't know where to look, or where to click, because there's simply no nuance -- it's all big boring blocks of colors. It's the opposite of delightful.
I love the work that was put into this and there are some elements that I think are done extremely well and stand on their own...but after seeing a page where everything is flat, I've totally joined the non-flat side of the debate, due to the confusion/ambiguity of the interface...the buttons were especially jarring for me.
For better or for worse, market share was always Canonical's goal. See their bug #1.
That, was the single most stupid thing I've heard in a while. "because they are familiar with them". It's websites, not homes for elderly people. It's the designers job to make the user be able to understand where something is and the direction this conversation is heading, I don't think any of you have ever seen good design - or a designer for that matter.

And those who say that a feature that brings in profit is more valuable than how it looks are just money-sucking suits. No wonder you want sites to look the same. It's like lawyers who also dress the same.
Not true. Skyscanner as just one example lets you search to 'Everywhere' depart 'Any Day' and arrive 'Any Day' and have nearly all the airlines including low cost carriers including ones Adioso don't like 'Ryanair'
I still remember reading about why Linus chose the git name, which ended up conflicting with GNU Interactive Tools.
No paid version of Carbon nor the Tablet version Graphite will ever be released
Try this:

https://www.google.com/flights/#search;f=YVR;t=POX,ORY,XCR,B...

Then flip between to the Map and lowest fare icons (top right of map). I find this much better at zeroing in on a good fare, with loose travel requirements.
How the Tesla Model S is made
And yet, that was clearly not the case (e.g. the large Japanese population in Hawaii that was not "hopelessly compromised"), so that's a pretty bad justification.
Animations are fun. I recently created my first animated widget and it felt great. Going from "it works" to "it works and is animated" is a huge step. The animation really helps to tell the story of the switching in my widget. Think the animation of the Chrome tabs when you're switching them by dragging.
SEEKING WORK - remote OK. located in Boston. Ruby on rails web apps. mobile apps via Sencha Touch. soup to nuts dev. backend ruby/sql/pg/mongo. front-end js/jquery/coffee/html/haml/css/sass have worked with all the major social apis fb/tw/4sq/etc. ui/ux even some graphic design in a pinch. reference work: http://onthebar.at | gmail: ian.stanczyk
Even drivers that were previously mainline have broken. So while the Intel 4965 used to work fine on Linux, it no longer does. And that is for a driver in mainline.
> - You can switch your feed to 'most recent' which ignores edgeRank, and simply displays posts in reverse chronological order, like FB used to, like tumblr does, twitter did (not sure about twitter right now), etc.

That's not true. I use most recent and while it's probably filtering less, it still filters.
Maybe be upfront about the slowness. An example is the commercials for Buckley's Mixture (for getting rid of coughs).

"It tastes awful. And it works." (pictures of people grimacing at the taste)

http://www.buckleys.ca/about/history.htm

You can have a link to answer, "Why is it slow?"
"A man who has no fear has lost a friend."

I like that quote, where's it from? My google-fu can't find anything like it.
Hi, I've taken Adderall responsibly (low-dose instant release, once a day, regularly, under GP direction) for about 5 years. I usually don't take it on the weekend. The 5 years before that, I did the same, except with recreational abuse of much higher doses, and lots of late-night binges. (Hey, I had a lot of college/MMORPG playing/hobby game programing to do.)

I have zero withdrawal symptoms when I stop taking it (as I often do when going out of town, going on vacation, long weekend, etc.) and only have a temporarily reduced appetite (i.e. uninterested in lunch). I don't feel that it currently has any negative impact on my life, whatsoever.

The years where I would stay up for 30 hours programming were a lot of fun, and I definitely don't regret them -- but I do feel that they took a bit of a mental and physical toll. Also, in hindsight, it's easy to see that Adderall benders really sap your creativity. It's nothing to rewrite the same code over and over for 30 hours -- if you'd just gotten some sleep like a normal human you would have quintupled your productivity.
ok, what about (among others

- desmopressin,

- galantamine,

- Phenylpiracetam
Or so you think. Read it again.
At that rate, expect about 30/40% equity
Wow. Did she stop taking Adderall abruptly, or did she gradually taper down her dosage?

I find I can easily stop taking it if I taper my dosage. Going "cold turkey," however, is kind of hard to imagine.
That's quite a statement. On a scale from "terrible" to "ideal", the discussion on HN is a lot, lot closer to ideal than the UI/experience is:

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C'mon, this is 2013... paging dynamic results shouldn't be an issue.

What makes HN great does lie with us, but I strongly disagree that it's also the greatest opportunity for improvement.
Good point ... I drink coffee every day too, but I'm no longer addicted (I mean that in the literal sense) like I was when I drank three to four pots.
My objection to flat design is that it gives up useful visual cues. Items seen as closer deserve more of our attention. Raised items have a greater importance.

Yes you could use size to convey this, but unless you want many many sizes, you have limited the vocal range of your website.

If we are now horse-trading visual cues in search of ever simpler sites, why not websites in simple, monochromatic black and white?
What's that song at the end of their video?
Every time someone talks about a web tendency, there will be someone saying that Bootstrap 3 is heading towards it. I'm really wondering what Bootstrap 3 will looks like.
> They're definitely only funneling money into LLVM so they can drop their dependencies on GCC

Definitely and only? How did you determine this?
Find a way to regain your income on the side while finding a way to fill the void.
First of all, the two are not mutually exclusive. She explicitly states that she was better able to perform at work and experienced a better social life, but also faced emotional problems.

To the second point, he probably is. This is to be expected. There is very little reason to by sympathetic to someone who abuses prescription drugs in order to achieve success in school or outlast their peers in the working world. The fact that she decried her plight makes it all the more irksome: before she was a "victim," she consciously chose to abuse these drugs, then lied to her physician and continued taking them for months...
Where could non-designers learn how to use color swatches in custom designs?

The Flat UI's Color Swatches look delicious and I'd like to learn to use them.
I'd be interested in this as well. I looked at some guys on oDesk, but the $ range was pretty broad.
Should we be worried that they are able to override things in the OS like this? I assume there is no built in "permission" prompt for this type of access.
your parents did you a favor. this is a diagnosis which is politically motivated. here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania
* this sensor is for video, your Nikormat cannot do video

* practicality of digital vs analog, people will trade quality for convenience

* with Bayer filter you don't lose exactly 1/2 of resolution, the algoritms employed do a little better than that
Sacha you are a beast! You're always putting our new projects. I'm starting to notice your designs even before I see your signature too.
Oh how I love people who refuse to get the point of anything. I never suggested to ditch anything and, in case you missed it, I was obviously talking of industries where you can go by without it - hence why I was talking about web.
I think the precedent is certainly different for use of prescription drugs that were acquired through dubious means.
>Does this qualify as science?

That's a surprisingly common, yet elusive and involved inquiry in the philosophy of science.

Rather, than attempting to reach consensus on what "Science" is, perhaps we should be interested in research that aims to follow the scientific method and related principles, irrespective of the subject matter?
What, you got something against asses?
Facebook isn’t platform for you to use. You are platform for it to use
From what you said atomoxetine is a new age sleeping drug. Not a focusing ADHD drug.
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Ask HN: Is innovative hardware basically dead?
Except for Apple, the military, a few smaller companies - I'm having a very difficult time finding any hardware startups or innovation companies that even matches that of the software world.

Yes, there's massive hardware efforts by the Dell and HP of the world but it's boring incremental stuff to keep the status quo. Nothing that will disrupt the world. Unlike my software brethrens who can choose between Google, Facebook, or thousands of innovative startups - finding innovative hardware companies is akin to roaming the Sahara looking for water.

What's going on? I want to go out and create but it seems so dead around here.
I ditched Facebook years ago, and I've never been happier.
Hey Tom - have you checked out Vayant? I've been playing with their API for my upcoming travel startup and it's been really good. Results in less than a second for most of Europe and Asia.
Yoga and meditation may benefit anyone. There is considerable interest in mindfulness techniques for ADD treatment. Search for 'mindfulness ADHD'.
Sort of makes me wish America would declare war on the Philippines. Be sure to visit Malkin in her camp after a few years to ask for her updated opinion on the matter! After all, it would be impossible to ask her to deny one of her countries ...
Connecting to Live with the C++ REST SDK
Thank you, that's quite a compliment!
Auti-sim lets you experience the horror of sensory overload
Security Hobos
What Killed Michael Porter's Monitor Group? The Force That Really Matters (2012)
I'm pretty sure they don't like clients like you either. Avoid each other and everybody wins. Back on topic...
> when ti comes down to it any AS can advertise any route they want

If the provider isn't filtering, sure.

> Most edge routes are configured to simply trust routes as they come in

Actually, edge routers are where your prefix filtering takes place. It's much more difficult to filter at the "core".
Nice yeah, but I think shadows for buttons will make it best. Also way make it with sass when bootstrap use less? That complicate retrofit it for older projects...
I thought of that, then the pragmatic engineer in me observed that they only discovered this after cracking their app into so many small methods. Given the time choice of 1. uncracking their app into small methods (which presumably wasn't atomic, so now that's all mixed in with other development, so it's not like it can just be reverted) or 2. hacking the system to handle more methods, I am forced to admit that choice 2 is two or possibly three orders of magnitude faster, in man-hours. (Probably two or three of their best engineers for a couple of weeks, vs. "the entire team", from dev to QA, tasked for months, on work that results in no new features). Not better in all possible ways, but it's hard to justify "do it right" against that sort of cost/benefit ratio.

Then I was going to say "I hope they move towards a more permanent solution" when again my inner pragmatist popped up and said "Yes, they did; unsupport Android 2 in the future." So... yeah.. nasty, nasty hack, probably an enormous win almost all the way around. So the wheel turns.
Nah, in modern flight search, ITA & Vayant take all the raw flight data like schedules, fare rules etc which they buy from companies like OAG and Innovata & IATA. GDS increasingly are nothing more than a source for cacheing prices when a 'direct connect' connection to the airline is not available or where the end consumer (an ota or travel agent for example) will be purchasing via GDS. Certainly no GDS has tech that does open ended real time Graphed queries like Google Flights, Adioso's Wingtip, Vayant, Skyscanner can do
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment and adding your project!
Please Don't Start a Business Until...
"People with ADHD experience it differently than people without ADHD generally."

I generally disagree with this statement. I don't think that the subjective experience of low-dose stimulants is terribly different between people with and without ADHD. I think that those with ADHD are unable or unlikely to reach a similar state of concentration without low-dose stimulants, however.
I don't know Ansible. I learned about it through this thread. It sounds very interesting. I'll have to experiment with it as I am getting ready to launch a service that will start out with one server but will probably grow quickly to the five to ten range with a few devs involved.

Towards the end of your page you talk about keeping a manual log file. That's exactly the way I've handled this sort of thing for years. I usually call mine "project-log.txt". These files usually have several sections and it looks like this:

Header: Project name, start date and other relevant details

Date entry: What I did on a particular date

Working on now: Before I do anything I make this entry. After an interruption I usually have no clue what I was working on. By making a habit of writing a note to myself about what I am going to be working on immediately I can task-switch to that phone call or unwelcome question and mentally come back to what I was doing quickly.

To Do: Self explanatory.

Questions: If questions come up I log them here so I don't forget.

Ideas: Sometimes as you are working you say things like "hey I should do x". I log them here and go back to what I was doing.

References: Links, etc.

After launch: There are things that might not be critical at all and can be done after launch. I try to only note must-have's in "To Do".

This file lives at a self-named directory: "~/project-log". I do this because I can also save other relevant files there and keep the entire thing under source control.

<Project Name>
<Date>
<Description>
<Notes>

--------------------------------------------------------------------- 01MAR13
<stuff I did on this date> format example:
- Installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Installed PHP
- Installed MySQL
- Installed Python
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 02MAR13
<stuff I did on this date>
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 04MAR13
<stuff I did on this date>

--------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKING ON NOW
- Configuring Virtual Hosting

--------------------------------------------------------------------- TO DO
- Configure vim for php development
- Customize bash
- Install imagemagick
- Install php5-imagick

--------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS
- How to automate server bring-up and hardening?
- Firewall or not?
- Disable SSH?

--------------------------------------------------------------------- IDEAS
- Learn Ansible for automated deployment.

--------------------------------------------------------------------- REFERENCES
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS docs
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/
- Ansible
http://ansible.cc/
> WHOIS tells you where an IP is supposed to be located

WHOIS tells you the address of the organization (as they supply it) the IP addresses are allocated to, nothing more.

> BGP determines where the IP is actually located

No, BGP determines the path through the Internet, via various ISPs, that your packets take to get to their destination.
A mix with Amazon + backend processing. The server was getting hammered so there was a bit of a delay.
The fact that he wasn't designing for web doesn't mean his style (or other creatives for that matter) didn't influence the medium. Not to mention there is nothing that says a flat style is superior given that there are so many additional factors in web analytics.