skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Misleading headline. Seems that Facebook's API is still up and running. Holla.
I went from using mercurial to git and I still have lots of respect for mercurial. I wouldn't mind the switch at all if I needed to work with a team who used mercurial, but personally I still just prefer git.
Here's a bit I wrote in 2010 about Twitter's tightening controls
https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/twitter-poured-cement-in...
They will sync up your e-book library to your Dropbox account as well which I find extremely useful.
And here I was thinking I had already seen every Feynman video on youtube, thank you for posting this!
Well DigiCash failed. Bitcoin is succeeding. That speaks of itself as to which system (Chaum's or decentralized proof-of-work) is better designed...

By "secure" I meant secure from governments seizing accounts, financial companies restricting transferts, etc. Not secure from price manipulation.
It has to somewhat hurt that Microsoft just released and is rapidly improving some quite decent Git support in Visual Studio (and on the server side, Team Foundation Server).
http://www.plasticscm.com/features/lockin2.aspx

> Plastic SCM [...] developed an importer that supports the fast-import
> format introduced by Git and widely used to migrate from other systems

Most source control systems assume a one-time import because they are so awesome there's no doubt you'll want to keep your code there forever, but the trend is to support at least Git semi-synchronously.

http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2013/01/using-plastic-scm...

http://www.perforce.com/git-fusion

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/08/13/announcing...
I think for Marshals to get involved, the DA would have to prosecute.
Guess they haven't seen "E-Dreams". Although, I know we all want this to be successful because it would be awesome.
A demo would be nice, agreed. I see your document and it looks nice, but I'd love to play around with the tool before signing up.
Your idea presents two problems:
1. Automatic cannot do any expansion of capabilities using customer data without first changing their policy so that they can access that data.

2. If/when Automatic changes their policy it will create a negative reaction from customers that the policy is being changed.

It's a lot easier to promise protection of the data and let the customer decide whether they believe the promise or not before they sign up.
Apple added basically the same functionality in iOS 6, but it seems like many apps don't support it yet.
Well done! I'd actually consider ordering one. I'm sure you've given these out to friends and family as testers; are there any examples of them saving on gas that you could tell us about? The other features seem more neat than useful, at least on a daily basis. I'd consider purchasing the device on gas benefits alone.
A well presented point, I didn't think of it that way. You're probably right.

Even so, at this time I want the human race to progress forward (to be more advanced, better capable at surviving even if a meteor is headed towards Earth or from rogue destructive humans, etc.), even if that means the people with less skills will suffer.

Like it or not, life is about competition. Personally, I strive to improve myself and get better every day. I prefer to solve more challenging problems rather than keep doing tedious work. I wouldn't want the human race to stagnate its progress just because of fear that least-skilled members of our race cannot keep up.

Besides, if enough things become automated, perhaps we will have less work to do in order to maintain comfortable lifestyles. Maybe that won't happen, I'm not sure.

Anyway, that's my current view off the top of my head.
I really think he hits the point. I'm happier working from home and because of that I find my self working 'til 1:00am some days because I enjoy my job and I'm grateful I have the flexibility to spend time with my family. Actually, it's past 8:00pm and I'm still working while my kids do homework. And it doesn't feel as "over-time".
I also like office time, but I get enough of telecommuting and people after a day or two.
Also, working from home means virtual meetings, just remember to mute your mic before farting!
There is no language that is "the greatest language in the world for everyone." It's unfortunate that you found a point of frustration with clojure (or with one of it's 3rd party libraries?), though a single anecdote about a single problem you encountered shouldn't turn you or anyone else off a language.

As for macros, they should be used with care for many reasons, this being a good example. Similarly for ruby, monkey patching should be use with great care as it can introduce more problems than a surprise recur point.
The "driver score" feature sounds like a solution for the worried parent whose kid occasionally borrows the car in the evenings and on weekends. I wonder if they plan on entering this market.
XCOM UFO Defense is still the greatest game ever, IMO. The sequels didn't fix anything.
Getting sidetracked here, but for a real-life example: mobile Firefox pretending to be Webkit enough to fool certain sites.

http://alistapart.com/article/the-vendor-prefix-predicament-...
iPhone 5. I've had it since September and it does what I need. I'll be happy to keep it for at least 2 years (assuming there isn't a huge leap forward in battery tech)
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> However... writing a web app with Clojure, at least to me, doesn't.

Why not? I'm serious here, if you're serving thousands of clients in a web app, why wouldn't you want parallelism? I mean, sure at small loads you don't need it, but what about scaling up?

Also, I find using compojure for web app development to be an absolute dream. I might need to get out more (my day job is java web apps), but I love the ability to iterate rapidly in the repl on a web app without having to restart my JVM.
Seems like mobile-first is one of the design principles. I wonder if people read NYT more on mobile now than desktop.
Yeah. Well done. It was instant.
There are still handy boxes they can tick though. I know people who've used being published by major tech publishers as the core of their O-1 visa applications to get into the US.
Can I get one with "Unknown or expired link" on the back?
Ask HN: Why are all main helpdesk services $30+/agent/month?
They are low transaction volume, they don't store a lot of data, they have no special logic - what am I missing?
Please stop.

You are promoting a stigmatising, out of date, notion of mental illness which is based on ignorance. You are suggesting (whether you know it or not) that some depression is "real" (and based on a chemical imbalance) and some depression is not real (and is not based on a chemical imbalance).

This is unhelpful, and potentially dangerous.

It leads people to think that medication is the only way to treat depression. Medication is not the only way to treat depression; medication alone is unlikely to be much use for long term resilience.

The "Chemical imbalance" model is too simple and has too many flaws to be much use.
Mobile Safari doesn't seem to have this issue.
Yay, didn't show up on the App store but by going to Safari->Trello->link I found it.

I'm very much looking forward to a more native implementation of this stuff. It's a natural use case for the iPad. Now to see if I can attach Notable documents to my boards ...
It's probably using Bluetooth Low Energy, which is not available on the iPhone 4. The iPad mini should work, but its obviously up to automatic whether they build an iPad app.
Big box PBXs are just going to be dumb switches. There will still be a need but just to route traffic from another service. Softphones will get better, SIP phones will become cheaper, and cloud communications will become more feature robust. The ability to create a phone system in the cloud with the same features as an enterprise PBX is becoming easier. Within the next 5 years virtual cloud communications will eclipse what folks like Avaya, Siemens, and Cisco have been doing for a while. Even Avaya is seeing the writing on the wall. A few years ago they stopped rebranding the HP Pro Curves. They've been saying for years that they just want to be a software company. Today, they are playing catch up.
I might not be all that surprised, given that I just dreamed up this potential weakness in the first place. It's entertaining to speculate on who might be willing to spend billions of dollars and lose additional billions in market value, for the sake of damaging the network. But I think it would be difficult to directly profit by doing it.
I could have sworn I saw that address book integration was upcoming (not available now). My mistake! Thanks for the heads up. That said, G+ sign in would still be cool. :)
If it is language-specific jargon, then people's problem is that Haskell has way too much jargon for them to wade through. No matter how you phrase it, to many people, any real Haskell is an impenetrable morass of esoteric abstractions.

Basically, Haskell itself is pretty easy. The language is small, simple and elegant. But the libraries are massively, massively complex and do things in ways that are very often not at all intuitive if you're not familiar with the math behind them. That's what people mean when they say it's too heavily based in math.

This is not to say that you can't use Haskell in the real world, but it has some attributes that make it daunting for many people. I don't think this a bad thing, either — not everything should be for everyone. Variety is the spice of life.
The "Don't have an Android phone?" link brings you to an early access signup page. Can this be used on a device besides Android? While I have a droid and really like the idea, it doesn't help me if all of my friends (all of them iPhone users) are unable to use it.
GitHub for Windows tries to make easy things easy:
http://windows.github.com
How dare I? Who are you!? My question was a legitimate one, I was being serious, not fucking fatuous like the OP. As I explained, the post came across to me as if the OP didn't have much day to day experience using Xcode, hence the question. The OP initial comment was aggressive to begin with! How dare I? Wow.
"I’m not sold anymore on the idea of starting the next big thing that will revolutionize the world."

Gah. Failed already. Get yourself connected with whatever you're actually passionate about - something that you can connect to significant meaning and value in. That _can be_ your big thing.

If you're not connected to something you're strongly passionate about, why not just go back to being employed?
This would be better handled as a poll:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
Pardon my ignorance, but Microsoft supporting Git server-side is only if they host it for you at http://tfs.visualstudio.com/, correct?

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GitSupportForVisualStudioGitTF...

> choose either Git or Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) as the source provider

[edit: technically also at CodePlex]
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eternal september is what you're thinking of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

it's also why I've unsubscribed from almost all the default subreddits (i'm still subbed to default_gems and bestof).
Awesome, but when is the Android app updating to accommodate for tablets? I've seen it in this board (https://trello.com/board/trello-for-android-development/) for a while as a missing feature, but it hasn't seemed to move forward. Any ETA?
CGTrader's Model Competition
Mine will be "Stay away and work"
Why I’m considering a career in educational games
ok, really like the idea, but I can't get comfy with the design. I would've really preferred a version with a big (orange) Y on it - or something a little less cryptic.
Ah, okay. I didn't know other systems have problems with MTP.
I don't understand why you think that immutable data structures are more difficult to reason about and prove properties of. Perhaps you would enlighten me.
Prior to this, Mozilla has been using AWSBox as a similar deploy environment for node.js https://github.com/mozilla/awsbox
"Well DigiCash failed. Bitcoin is succeeding. That speaks of itself as to which system is better designed..."

Really, you think that success in the market is indicative of a system having a better design? You must not be paying attention to the market then, or to the forces that affect the market. Better designed products and systems fail where their poorly designed competitors succeed all the time.

"By "secure" I meant secure from governments seizing accounts, financial companies restricting transferts, etc."

That's nice, but I doubt you would use Bitcoin if there were easy double spending attacks.
pg isn't saying that the comment misses the point, he is saying that the comment is saying that the post is missing the point.

He wasn't saying the original comment was unreasonable at all. The original comment is the exact kind of thing you would see as top comment on this kind of post, and that isn't a bad thing.
Ask your friend what would be useful. Ask your friend about a "rainy day action plan" - this would be a list of things for you to look out for, and a list of small things your friend could do to let you know things are particularly tough for them.

For example, some people find it too hard to say "Things are tough. I need help" but they would be able to wear a particular hoody and listen to certain music. You'd know to look out for those things, and be able to ask how things are going.

When your pal is having a tough time you might want to allow them to have a week off, and then help them get back into society. They may need encouragement to cook food (or eat good food), or get exercise, or leave the house, or what not. Don't do all this stuff for them, but do help them get it done.

Some people may be at risk of suicide. Saying "Are you having thoughts of ending your life" is acceptable; if they are you need to get them professional help.

There are almost certainly good groups in your country that can provide more help and advice.

This is just advice, I have no professional knowledge etc etc. Good Luck!! It's a tricky thing to deal with.
Trello Android dev here.

A tablet Android version is planned, but no specific date to announce.
First off, you probably wouldn't be working in your precise specialty but in one where you had a foundational knowledge that would let you be cross-trained. Second, as I envision it, it might be more along the lines a national or global scale version of a volunteer fire department; software engineers in California helping to figure out where to build emergency housing and storm-resistant infrastructure on the South Carolina coast.
I really like this design. It's a minimal design that is interesting for people who don't know the site, and a nice in-joke for people who do know the site.

A lot better than most of the standard 'nerdy' shirts, like this one:
http://cdn4.desizntech.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/55994...
Online draft of "Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell"
I think some of the reason for the problem people are having with the DropBox comparison is that the similarity is in implementation details, rather than what it means to them as an end user.

It does seem like a good idea, but I'd worry about Google doing something similar inbuilt based on Google user accounts.
Tiny Quantum Refrigerator Has Super Cooling Power
Hmm, I think most people who take cocaine just chew coca leaf, which eliminates all three of your concerns. There may not be any people taking cocaine by that route anywhere near you, though.
Personally, I think that top and vmstat are a bit low on the list; they're typically the first things that I run. While they're too general to provide good troubleshooting of the actual problem, they do a great job of pointing out to me where the problem probably is.

User experience reports are nice, but rarely indicate something other than "load is high", or "server is unresponsive". vmstat and top not only can tell you that, they can start telling you why and where to look for your problem.
Fast Co.Labs hosts target mobile app competition with a $145,000 in prize money
I find it difficult to believe the US government would be crazy enough to resort to first use of nuclear weapons in response to a legitimate use of conventional weapons. The legitimate purpose of a nuclear arsenal is retaliation in the event an enemy uses weapons of mass destruction, not playing sore loser in a conventional battle.
That page hasn't been updated for a long time: "In fact, Borders, the most respected and successful bookstore chain in the country, reports that ORA is their top publisher."
lamer news?
To everyone who doesn't like the shirt design, but agrees with the idea:

Just donate 13 dollars to Watsi.
Indeed, right now Team Foundation Service (the hosted version) has Git support, however they have promised upcoming support for Team Foundation Server the self-hosted install.
Decoded are coming to New York and need awesome teachers
From https://draftin.com/about :

>You don't need writing software; you need someones feedback on your writing.

It should be "someone's" or, ideally "you need feedback on your writing." I don't usually do this, but in the spirit of the page...
You really ought to define what you mean by "war" and "ability" here.
Malicious Profiles - The Sleeping Giant of iOS Security
> Haskell has much better facilities for abstraction

I've been using Clojure for about 5 years now. I've actively worked for the past two years on core.logic which has quite a few fancy abstractions (custom types, protocols, macros) that all interact quite nicely together. Now, I'm not a Haskell expert, but I do feel that some of the things I've built would be could be challenging in the Haskell context. I might very well be wrong about that.

That said, I'm actively learning Haskell as there are some aspects of Haskell I find quite attractive and in particular a few papers that are relevant to my Clojure work that require an understanding of Haskell. My sense is that even should I eventually become proficient at Haskell, my appreciation for Clojure's approach to software engineering would be little diminished and likely vice versa.
Is the price the same shipped anywhere in the world? Its starts asking for your credit card details before shipping information.
It's definitely an intentional repetition of stacking diacritics. ก็ has a meaning in Thai, but not ก ็ ็ ็
Can we have sans serif fonts please?
Instacart launches Shop With Friends
"Hacker huh? So like, my facebook totally got hacked because someone knew my password was hunter2... can you hack them back?"
I run a website for writers. Very often we get the question, "Why should I bother chasing a big publisher if I can self-publish?"

Then, people often turn around and call self-publishing companies "scams" because everything can be done by hand by the author for free or for cheap.

How to reconcile these views, and those of this article?

The answer is, companies provide value to a certain type of customer.

If you're the type of person who is comfortable doing all of the marketing yourself, submitting to all the right places in all the right formats, hand-designing your book's layout, going so far as to demand a certain thickness of paper, well--traditional publishing is not for you. You're very correct to claim that you will get a raw deal from traditional publishing, in your case.

However, 95% of authors know zero about that kind of stuff. They have no idea how to market their writing. They don't know epub from mobi. They don't know that they can submit to B&N as well as the Amazon store. They don't know how to format their ebooks. They don't know how to handle cover art, how to find an artist, how to find a good editor. Do you think submitting your book to the Kindle marketplace and the B&N marketplace and the Apple marketplace is simple? Maybe it is--but most authors just can't handle it. They'd rather be writing.

The same can be said about self-publishing outfits. Many authors call them scams because they charge money for things you could do yourself or cheaper. Well, that's fine, if you know what to do and how to do it, and you have the time and patience. But many authors don't. That's why self-pub outfits aren't necessarily scams, because they provide genuine value to a lot of people. The important part is being aware that self-publishing mean you're going to be doing much of the legwork of marketing your book yourself, without the cachet of being able to say that someone is publishing you.

My point here is--don't expect to be happy with a business arrangement if you're not the business's target customer. The author of this post by all means should have self-published. Does that mean O'Reilly, or any other publisher, traditional or self-pub, is a horrible scam and not worth it? Hardly. They're very much worth it for the right kind of author. It's up to you to know what kind of author you are and if the profit tradeoff is worth it. For the entrepreneurial-minded HN crowd, self-publishing would be the way to go.

Edit: I should add that it is also on O'Reilly to realize that he's not their target customer. It looks like they obviously didn't figure that out despite his seemingly long and demanding contract.
It opens doors which were, until now, closed to the Fog Creek people. I bet this was said a ton:

"I like their tools, but does it support git?"

Now, the answer is: "Yes, it does."

I'd say that's a tad more than a "cute feature".
I think there are a lot of things you could have this upload. Any sort of tracking, door locking/unlocking, automatic pushing of engine data.

You could also create a user interface that maps and assigns people to the cars they are using to work with drivers and get stats on the drivers in the fleet (i.e. who drives like crap).

On a larger scale you could also map when cars seem to get issues and create a metric of common issues for cars so that it could improve diagnostics in the future. Man this is just a really awesome idea!
"Hey Farhad, whatever happened to Alexis at the panel?"

"Oh, uh, it fell through."

"Oh, ok."

I can think of hundreds of other variations of the same exchange that don't include negligence on the author's part. This isn't a cross examination - which is the price we pay when we gleefully shoved a knife in the chest of real journalism and twisted it hard, and went and partied with blogs afterward.
Drop an amp meter between the ground cable and your battery's negative terminal (after disconnecting that connection, of course), and you'll probably see and existing, full time current draw (while the vehicle is off and parked) in any modern vehicle well above what an odb dongle will use.
I wonder if segment.io will be able to interface with this?
In the middle? Seems a bit tacky. Especially with the black color.

I'd see something like this would be better : http://i.imgur.com/vURo089.png

EDIT: I'm not fan of the design at all. Here's an idea (I suck at photoshop): http://i.imgur.com/EqhulyO.png