skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Lenovo needs to slowly remove the bizarre and seemingly random vendor/OS specific features of their machines, and simplify (if that's an option). For example, I know there is an Intel processor in the machine an Windows as a default install, so please don't put hard to remove stickers on my machine. I'm a big Lenovo fan, but they need to take a step back.

Side note, PM me if you want to buy a nearly never used maxed out X220.
> How you can pay taxes and from what amount?

That's your problem, under current law. Just like it's your problem if you don't declare illegally obtained income and pay taxes on that: that means you can be tried for tax evasion on that income.

No one ever claimed tax law is fair or sane (though in fact levying taxes on all income no matter what form is in fact somewhat sane as a starting point if you're going to tax income at all).
Entire post mirrored here:
http://imgur.com/ZJt0VmT
Save it as well.
> I'm still sitting on my hands waiting for a better net/http equivalent library,

I'd like to write one, but the whole IO part of the standard library is changing quickly, so I'm waiting till that is through.

I have a Rust buildpack sorta-kinda working almost....
He's changing the resistors such that the bits which specify the identity of the board to the system now identify as something else? So if in fact there was some difference in the board design or chip design, then it could cause problems where unexpected faults occur. It's like saying you are capable of doing X, Y, Z, but really you can only handle X and Y situations. When someone asks you to do Z, you're screwed.

But I don't know enough about Nvidia GPU hardware design, and I'm sure he wouldn't be publishing this hack if it didn't work well.
It's possible Nvidia manufactures the higher-end cards and then, if they fail the high-end testing but pass low-end testing, are marked as the lower-end card. There is precedent for this in many areas of computer hardware (CPU, RAM, hard drives). I would be wary of undoing this and expecting any level of reliability.
Brilliant. A friend and I were just talking about how cumbersome it's to work on a dark themed website using Firebug due to the default burn-your-eyes bright contrast bleeding into the site.

Keep it up, can't wait to ditch Firebug.
I'm sorry, but do you honestly believe that the specific provisions of this bill matter? Do you honestly believe that whatever it says won't be stretched to justify the most invasive and overbearing applications? The corporations under discussion here--whatever leeway they may have to opt-in or opt-out--are the same enlightened creatures who have (for example) interpreted the DMCA in all of our best interests.

This is not about CISPA. This is about drilling the message into Congress that we don't need any new regulation of the Internet--or any expansion of the post-9/11 surveillance regime, period--no matter how well-intentioned.
He actually describes it in the thread, a little farther down:

"No, no schematic, what I did was look for resistors that looked like they had an alternative position, have a look at the photos and you will see what I mean. Any that I suspected of being a strap I used a meter to check if the resistor was connected to ground of 3.3V directly, and looked where the general traces were going in the area. If they went towards the GPU and connected to one of the rails it was a pretty good bet that it was a hard strap."

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/hacking-nvidia-cards-i...
I really hope they will sell this with no OS. My current computer is a two-year old X201, the only brand that sold laptops without windows, it was more powerful and even cheaper model... I love it, and works beautifully with ArchLinux.

Had to service twice (the monitor cable broke once because of the lots of opening and closing, and the fan died once), and maybe will have to fix my headphone jack, but it was always painless, free and speedy in the service centre....
You must've really been fucking up because I've been able to maintain 5,000 kcal per day intakes or more and be mostly comfortable and happy about it. Every 3 hours is part of it...how much fat were you getting if not carbs?

I'm 5' 9", 240lbs (108kg) and lift. I know powerlifters that bulk/eat harder than I do and I've never heard them bitch about something that extreme, even if the protein intake can get tiresome sometimes. The fat though? That's always fun.

I've known bodybuilders to be able to jerk their weight around pretty hard too.
Binning is good for everyone, so it seems kind of short-sighted to try to tear it down.
> Once you’ve mastered the Drupal framework, building and maintaining content heavy sites is easy, efficient and also fun!

From a personal point of view, the "easy, efficient and also fun" aspects of it just stop being true since Drupal 7. There is IMHO some well intentioned over-engineering at work there, along with a fairly asphyxiating/monopolistic stance from a certain company.

Drupal is great to wipe out publishing platforms (online magazines for example), but can quickly become an expensive constraint as soon as you start ramping up on complexity or customization.

Good for small to medium (at best) fairly straightforward sites, not at all to build web apps. I'd be sceptic of anybody telling you otherwise.

On a broader note, I think the need for monolithic solutions like CMS is also shifting. Shameless plug of a post I wrote recently about it http://devo.ps/blog/2013/01/31/farewell-to-regular-web-devel....
I have the Thinkpad X22, X40, T40, T60p, X61t. After the X61t, I saw nothing remotely compelling from their Thinkpad line.
"Fasting" is not eating. It's usually done for the span of a few meals, or a full day (24-hour period or simply daytime), or even a few days.

"Intermittent" might mean fasting once every few weeks, or once a week, or every other day, or even every daytime (as for Muslims during Ramadan).

"Good" means a longer life with fewer diseases and less physical or mental decline.

Some references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting#Benefits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19112549

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/02/health/he-fasting2
MITx is offering a bio course [1]

[1]https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/7.00x/2013_Spring/about

edit: After re-reading I understand this is really not what you are looking fore, but i'm going to leave it here anyway
In the grand scheme of things, 30 is still young! At least I have to believe so, being 33 :)

I started out as a hardware guy, and moved slowly over to software over the last 5 years. The great thing about CS is that there is so much you can pick up from material online. Just takes time and work!
The Wikipedia article on Intermittent Fasting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting) says that there is evidence which suggests it may increase longevity.
Australia Post's free Amazon locker-style service
Let's pop back to the big picture here. One of the functions of the Treasury Department is to prevent money laundering. And, by prevent, I mean make onerous for large amounts of money. Like millions or tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. Think Mexican drug cartel money.

One way to do that is to log all exchange or transmission transactions above a certain size -- which is what licensed money changers and transmitters have to do. You're not prohibited from performing these transactions, you just have to give them your name and SSN or Taxpayer ID.

Sure, there are ways around this, like buying a million rubber duckies in China, then shipping them to the US and selling them at carnivals. But -again- try to import a million of anything, and US Customs will want to know your name and SSN.

If you're talking about changing $100 or even $1,000 into BTC, the government doesn't really care. You might think, can't the criminals just split their transactions into small enough chunks that they can avoid the law altogether? Sure, maybe they could (and certainly they do) -- but at some point, having to conduct a thousand individual exchange transactions to move a million bucks starts to get onerous, and is also likely to leave a data trail -- there will be correlations somewhere.

It's never going to be impossible to exchange BTC for USD untraceably. The point here, which should come as no surprise, is that the government intends to make it impossible to exchange large amounts of value anonymously without it being annoying, time-consuming and costly.
Rust tasks cannot share anything. Smart pointers go on the 'exchange stack', which is technically shared by tasks, but since there's only one reference to anything in the stack, it's okay.

So you often create some sort of communications structure, keep one end yourself, and hand the other end off to a task. The smart-ness keeps this memory from being copied, which would be slow, but keeps you safe at the same time. Like this:

use task::spawn;
use pipes::stream;
use pipes::Port;
use pipes::Chan;

fn main() {
let (port, chan): (Port<int>, Chan<int>) = stream();

do spawn |move chan| {
chan.send(10);
}

io::println(int::str(port.recv()));
}

More: http://www.rustforrubyists.com/book/chapter-07.html and http://www.rustforrubyists.com/book/chapter-08.html (I use the older-as-of-yesterday term 'owned pointer' rather than 'smart pointer.')
One of the things those long time ThinkPad users love about their machines is the TrackPoint [1]. There's no TrackPoint in a Mac, so I think the steadfast ThinkPad fans are among the last people you'd find switching to Macs.

There is a decent ThinkPad USB keyboard [2] that works with Macs; I use one with mine. The TrackPoint response isn't as good as it is on a ThinkPad with Windows, though. And there's no way to get a MacBook of any sort with a TrackPoint. So I prefer using my ThinkPads except when I need to test on the Mac.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=love+trackpoint

[2] http://www.amazon.com/ThinkPad-USB-Keyboard-with-TrackPoint/...
Your site makes it look like you keep your Epson printer[1] at Magnolia Editions' studio[2,3] in Oakland, CA.

That's a long way from St. Louis, and a long way from your basement.

1. Your pic: http://i.imgur.com/Ub3FVCy.jpg

2. Studio: http://www.magnoliaeditions.com/exhibitions/magnolia-edition...

3. Same pic: http://www.artltdmag.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id...;
> we want to retain the right amount of ThinkPad-ness that satisfies our loyal customers who’ve always valued it while modernizing ThinkPad under the influences of consumerization’s focus on simplicity, interoperability and connectedness

Why not just use/create another brand like the IdeaPad?
I'm curious what your diet looks like such that you have to take care not to consume 4000 kcal a day.

When I was cycling 100 miles a week, I found I needed about 3500 kcal / day to sustain myself, and it wasn't easy. On a typical day, I ate 3-4 normal breakfasts throughout the morning (a bagel w/ cream cheese, a smoothie, 2 or 3 eggs and toast, maybe a bowl of oatmeal). Dinners were typically a massive serving of lasagna or similar pasta. Lots of snacks throughout the day. The only days where I would say that I easily got enough calories were when I gave in to the temptation of a fast-food hamburger and milkshake. However, as long as I was cooking at home, it was quite a bit of work to keep up with the calories I needed.
The corresponding reddit thread is quite insightful:

"It is far cheaper to make one very good chip for the highest market, and modify it slightly for lower end markets...

Now, this is the part you hate: this is the only viable alternative. There's no point demanding different designs for different market segments as that would significantly increase the cost you, the consumer, pays. You can demand chips be sold at lowest prices without being fused down, but then the company eats its own market, becomes unprofitable, and goes out of business at worst - or, at best, doesn't make enough money to fund further r&d as much as they want, which again hurts you, the consumer."

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1aj3n3/not_coo...
There is no monopoly.

Apple created this ecosystem and if we don't like it we can develop for any of the Android flavors and even Windows Phone.

The costs of the iOS and Mac developer programs are to keep Apple from losing money while they do all the heavy lifting for us developers.

Thanks to Apple I don't have to process credit card transactions, set up an app download system, handle refunds nor calculate the taxes to pay to the government.

For 30% of the revenue I'd consider that fair. I make so much more from sales that $99 + 30% is nothing if it lets me concentrate on what I love: developing apps!

I also used to develop J2ME games for a Japanese content aggregator back in 2005 and they took 69% of my earnings for providing the same services Apple does. I'm not being "robbed".

I'm curious, what's with the sense of entitlement? Do you really expect companies to offer these services for free? If not, what would be your idea of a fair price?
But your way is no fun at all.

Also, girls are lovely, sweet and cuddly, with rainbows, unicorns, pink ponies and lots of other delicious stuff like that.

And they are rare as developers, so it's awesome there's some.
The HN title is confusing, it should be "Re: Why we stopped using Drupal for our platform" because this is an answer to another post.
They're covered in the "centralized virtual currencies" section. Since Diablo gold only exists on Blizzard's servers, it is a centralized virtual currency.

Blizzard and gold selling sites are considered MSBs, but not users.
It feels similar to unlocking software because despite the different legal structure (ownership vs. license), the source of the difference similar, as you point out: You have been given a purposefully broken (i.e. effort was expended to reduce its usefulness) product.

One would be tempted to make the argument of costing the company sale of an otherwise higher priced product, the method of fixing this would involve having entirely separate design and/or fabrication for the two tiers of components. This is far costlier than the price gap afforded to a handful of technical and risk-taking customers. Unless the ease of the transition is reduced to "Flip the big red switch from 'Fast' to 'Faster'!" then this sort of missed sale amounts to a rounding error for Nvidia, and certainly does not even match the cost that would be necessary to protect against it.
Custora seeking full-stack developers to help us build the future of marketing
I wonder if you could do that with a range request, but with modern sites (using sprites) it probably doesn't make sense.
Coffe and a piece of sweet food at 7-11 in Sweden is $4-5. I'm going from the menu in this photo taken in January: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671683/rebranding-7-eleven-with... That's about double the US price but rather less than the $10 you suggested. I would guess the coffee alone is about $3.
First, let's be clear about the debate. I am not saying that it's unreasonable to oppose CISPA. My beef is with organizations who are dishonest about what the bill contains.

So, for instance, when it comes to "intellectual property" enforcement, an issue brought up directly by the site we're commenting on, IPR protection was removed from the 2012 CISPA bill before it was voted on. The term "intellectual property" occurs in the (incorrect) callout of the bill text on this site.

Next, as regards the definition of "cyber threat information", I'll only say again: this is a narrower, more specific definition of online security threats than in any other piece of online security legislation I've ever read. The intent of that language seems straightforward to me. And the explicit exemption of consumer terms of service and licensing is unprecedented, which makes it all the more jarring to see the bill compared to SOPA.

Regarding the "protected entities" and "individuals", should this issue come before a court, the court won't have to look far to see the intent of the language, since the House Select Committee on Intelligence published a FAQ that states directly that the intent of that language is to prevent ISPs from sharing information about one of its individual customers.

If you want to lay out a comprehensive case against CISPA, or even a few selected valid ones, I'd welcome the input. I'm afraid we don't have much good critique of the bill to work from. I know I sound like a CISPA booster, but I'm not; I'm a "not getting played by interest groups" booster.
I just listened to a pod cast with Tim Ewald (recorded March 8) where he talks for 60+ minutes on Pedestal(http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2013/03/18/pedestal-podcast-e...) and it sounds good, but I bet the learning curve will be steep. I am fetching the chat example right now to read the code.
Exactly, binning is good for the business AND for the consumer.
Enterprise SSDs are supposed to have better reliability and endurance than consumer SSDs (and some of them actually do). Performance is kind of a toss-up.
Launchsky is up and the ideas look good
In the case of Diablo3 you can buy in game gold for money off the real money auction house.

Going the other way you can sell gold for money on the real money auction house and in return can receive the money into a PayPal account.

There is a transaction fee of 15% of the total sale price for converting to real money. This is on top of the transaction fee for selling the item on the real money auction house which is either $1 (items) or 15% (consumables including gold).

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/guide/items/auction-house#fe...

So sending money from one person to another via diablo3 gold would cost 30% or possibly less if you buy items with the gold you buy and sell them on the real money auction house, though that's probably slower and more time consuming.

Alternatively you can transfer the money to a Blizzard account, which can be used to buy items on Blizzard's own store. This avoids the 15% fee for the transfer of real money (but not the listing fee). However, laundering money with Blizzard merchandise is probably a risky business. That said, if you bought enough of a game right around it's release that was popular it might be worthwhile.

PayPal itself is a registered MSB. So that may avoid the issue for Blizzard in the case of the route of converting to real money via PayPal. However, I'm not clear if the regulation applies in the case of buying goods and services from a Blizzard account.

I'd say the fact that you can trade gold in game between players is itself another problem for Blizzard.

I'm not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice, etc...
If the terms of this bill don't matter, then neither do the ones in ECPA and SCA, and we can all stop pretending like any of these bills matter and just let the content industry pass SOPA while they're at it.
http://www.leangains.com/

Check a few articles on most popular.
Wouldn't it be easier (and less risky to your hardware) to make the kernel lie about the device ID? Or modify the nvidia kernel blob to compare against another ID?
Great idea! One suggestion in terms of design--the FAQs are difficult to quickly scan/read because the line heights are the same for questions and answers. Consider adding additional spacing between Q/A groups for better hinting at where an answer ends and a question begins. Great idea though, and best of luck!
That's what I posted it as. It looks like it was removed somehow?
It is of course your choice what to charge customers, if anything.

I often have the same thought when designing apps: "Is this worth paying even 99¢ for?" I then try to improve the app design to the point where it is worth paying for, if I would end up spending a lot of time developing it that is.
That is a lot of MSG!
Isn't that what they did with the Thinkpad Edge?
Keep in mind that one of the finer points of making money in the semiconductor industry is yield management, especially when you're cutting larger dies.

These days you don't just toss a chip when it fails a test - you design the tests to exercise different physical regions of the chip to identify the location of a defect. You also design the chip in a way that allows you to power down different regions and behave like a lower priced part.

So a defective quad-core CPU might be sold as a dual-core part, or as a variant with a smaller cache. You have slightly finer grain control on a GPU, and very fine grain control on RAM or flash.
I would rather those rules not be enforced by a government.
I really like ThinkPads, but I think if they count rotating the logo to face up while open as a new feature, they should also include the feature of memorable model names. T431s? That's a SKU, not a model. Lenovo is experimenting with it's consumer-grade IdeaPad line—there's a Yoga, for instance—but it can still feel like a business machine with a memorable name.
This is a really incredible product. I don't have a kinect, but I have looked at a lot of the API code examples. The API is really powerful and capable of doing a lot of heavy lifting for application developers.
Oops, this isn't a new service apparently - it has been running since October, 2012.
Ask HN: Anyone in SF have a spare couch for a week or two?
I'm coming to SF to meet with investors to raise capital for my startup, and I'm kind of strapped for cash. I was wondering if anyone had a spare couch I could sleep on at night? During the day I'll be gone pretty much all day.
Thanks, it's good to know people want that.

We have that feature ready to go but I'm trying to clear some legal/copyright questions first. For most people who want to just combine their images with friends/family, it's fine. But there are people on Instagram who wouldn't want me making money from their images being hung on other people's walls.
By the time this happens (if it happens), I postulate that Bitcoin will be too mainstream to be stopped. And in the history of man, when people want something illegal (drugs, weapons, prostitution, etc), no law will "destroy the value" of these things and even less stop people from wanting them.
I'm afraid the message the DOJ is sending with this sort of thing (Aaron Swartz in mind as well) is "in for a penny, in for a pound". If you're going to do the hack, f#ck them up, because they're going to sentence you as if you had in any case.
We do have laws against libel, you just don't know about them.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel
Unless you live in Cyprus, or maybe another European country.
Sargun, your point was, I think, why is it that we treat software modding differently than we treat hardware modding?

The chorus of "The hardware is hardware, and we can do whatever we want!" misses the point.

It is a good point sargun. One I wish I had an answer for.

Perhaps one explanation lies in the fact that some level of risk and skill and ingenuity and research is required to actually mod hardware. So we feel like the hardware modders deserve the fruits. But at we feel like the software "modders" don't, because most of them are thoughtlessly running some riskless script devised by someone else.

I am not saying this should be our attitude. I am just saying I too have the knee-jerk reaction "the hardware is the hardware" but am far less certain when it comes to software. And I don't really understand why.