skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How's that for extreme: even if I originally wanted to buy something, if I EVER see it advertised, for me this means I'll be paying extra for that advertisement, so I look for a similar, alternative product. Especially if it's TV advertisement, these things cost A TON.
RSSMiner doesn't sync "read" posts, it shows only unread posts.
Overestimate.

Yesterday I was asked to integrate Sendgrid with our analytics server over cURL in a cronjob.

Not only had I never used Sendgrid before or even seen the codebase for our analytics server, I've never used cURL Multi before - so I was walking in knowing nothing.

I said it would take me "about 2 days", which seemed "fair" to my manager, in the end it only took me about 5 hours, so they were happy to get it early and I had all the debug time I needed.
If you're subscribed to manning daily deal email there's a 50% discount code for this book (and some scala books) that they seem to be sending today.
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ICC is (in terms of basically all optimisations) leagues ahead of the open-source compilers.

The vectorised code the compiler produces is also a lot better.

See http://stackoverflow.com/a/11227902/1346405
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Ask HN: Any updates on the HN Proposition from January?
Does anyone know what became of the Proposition HN project pitched here 2 months ago? Seemed like an intriguing idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5037694
We knew exactly what the problems were - we just had a vision for how to overcome them and how things could be different. Every business starts as an idea, with a set of hypothesis to validate (even if you don't realise this at the time).

It was tough to decide to stop - but when you take a step back, look at the data we had, it was the right decision.
They likely have separate servers running on the same network. The DDoS might be saturating their network infrastructure rather than causing load on any particular servers.
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Oh come on...

>> Password is too long (maximum is 40 characters)
My inbox will be 80% more efficient!! I like that!!
Aw, I just got the old version a few weeks ago.
Here's an alternative: Google throws a credit card form in front of Google Reader and people can pay for the service.
Cashflow: the hidden killer for freelancers
Personally, I absolutely agree with it. The exhilaration and freedom afforded to a motorcycle rider is unparalleled, but it comes at a huge cost. You are completely exposed. To other cars and to the elements. It also seems that everyone has horror story to tell. All that being said, I wouldn't give it up for the world.

Edit: Thankfully where acanby and I live, it's compulsory to complete learner riding training + to ride a learner approved bike (shameless plug) and few other restrictions. eg. Zero alcohol limit, speed limits, not allowed to double people on the back etc etc.
http://feeds.qsensei.com/
Spend the last month creating this. It's Provably Fair. Completely made in the DOM using HTML5. Also works on most mobile devices.
Let me know what you guys think :)
Well I guess this depends on the context. Usually when I talk about real-time I talk about soft real-time and explicitly state "hard" when I talk about hard real-time (which I don't really do as I don't do hard real-time ;)).
I'm just curious, why do people generally DDoS attack websites? The cases that I've heard mostly about are the Anonymous groups attacking government websites because they were being unfair in certain scenarios..But why will anyone want to DDoS attack a legitimate service like GitHub, that is infact only helping out the community of Open Source (Free plans for Open source)?

Just curious because, tomorrow this could be the case for your startup or mine..
I also came across this interview/discussion:

"Jim Coplien and Bob Martin Debate TDD"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtHQGs3zFAM
Actually, with texting, I find it harder to shorten words into misspellings like ur or b, because I end up fighting against my phone's autocorrect. Sure, once you use it a few times, your phone will learn to stop autocorrecting, but why bother? I don't understand why people still use "ur" when "your" is just as easy to type these days. SMS length isn't really an issue anymore either, with most smartphones automatically concatenating longer messages for the recipient.
I try to overestimate, but then I worry that I may be seen as wasting time or being grossly inefficient. Obviously there is a balance. This is something I worry about much.
Thanks aroemers.
I didn't realise this had previously been announced. I've updated the title to indicate that the news is actually that the Early Access edition is now available for purchase.
To quote the Bill Gates character in The Simpsons, "Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks"
Very cool, I love how simple it works - especially since "action point" emails after meetings look almost exactly like your example.

The whole email thing reminds me of good old "I Want Sandy" http://boingboing.net/2007/11/14/i-want-sandy-perfect.html
Considering Marissa Mayer green lit the project back at google. It'd be nice to see yahoo step in to fill the void.
Do any alternatives have the "Next" bookmarklet? That's the only way I ever use Google Reader.
Everyone on HN sympathizes with the entrepreneur but the way I see it, if you're financially irresponsible in your own personal life, why the hell should anyone give you money professionally?

It's like a guy with no training, no climbing experience, NO prep-work, standing at the base of Everest, telling everyone "Come and watch me climb to the top."

You ain't climbing shit buddy.
Hehe, sorry, I always get into a fit when these threads pop up. :)

Totally understand your point about needing a certain minimum threshold to start saving. If you are living paycheck to paycheck, you don't really stand a chance.

I just looked up my paystubs and it appears my monthly take home was just about $2000, after taxes. Perk of being poor in Massachusetts is that I was in the lowest tax bracket at least :)
Already sent?
https://startpage.com/ is also really nice :)
> In reality, we do what we do because we’re good at it and doing it makes money.

Speak for yourself. I work because I enjoy both making things and the act of working.
In what way is it slow? I've been using it for almost 2 years now, and have only seen slowness with particular feeds.
>Your reaction (as mine was) is that it is impossible to tell the difference.

If you pour the milk into the tea, the first bit of milk will heat to nearly boiling, scalding it and changing its flavor. If you pour the tea into the milk, you don't have that problem.
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GoogleReaderpocalypse. For Real This Time
Got this posted for a friend. Here is what he has to say:

"""
I am excited to announce the launch of my startup, Multiplx.com which is a RSS Reader Reimagined for all users. It’s a RSS reader, news aggregator and content discovery application, one in all.

Multiplx.com is still in alpha stage and we are committed to bring all the features that Google Reader provides, and much more. You may use the following PROMO code to gain instant access to MultiPLX.com: HACKERNEWS.

I would love to hear from you!
"""
Hmm, having now read Kamisnky's thoughts on BTC, were I a BTC enthusiast I'd be less than happy to pointing to them.

His evaluation is that the crypto is sound, but that as transaction volume increases the cost of entry goes up massively and the whole system has to morph into a centralised, bank-based operation run by a few parties with masses of processing power and storage capabilities. Interesting.
SourceForge are getting desperate at this point.
The Chinese have very few domestic investment option, so they invest like crazy in things like this, not really because they like or care about wine. They were responsible for the last wine bubble and will be responsible for the next.

For me, the cheap Xinjiang wine is good enough.
Probably criminals trying to extort money from GitHub ("Cyberextortion") or testing their bot net.

That's why it's so important that every time we visit a computer-illiterate relative that we update their browser and operating system. Only you can prevent botnets.
Dropdowns are a bit more intuitive now, hope that clears up any confusion :)
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A few things to consider before fleeing Google Reader for Fever:
Oh thanks...
Reading this post I can't help but think that if they had built services that the middlemen needed that they would have succeeded. For example, take the following two quotes:

"We wanted to revolutionise the fine wine industry, a market with many layers of middle men, and one that has traditionally eschewed technology, failing to patch it's many inefficiencies."

"Unfortunately, the service offered by all of these warehouses is poor. Again, we see little technology (basic online systems, preset passwords, refusal to spend money on an SSL certificate), and lots of human errors (such as very expensive wine being moved to the wrong accounts)."

If these statements are true then there are very real pain points here. Selling services to these vendors, solving their pains, is likely where there is money to be made.
I am one of the founders of Remark and would love your feedback! I would really love to hear your result and a description of how you handle email!
Ask HN: What are the Great Agent-Simulation Games?
Given the general suboptimal performance of Sim City 2013, (which hopefully Maxis/EA will patch in the next few months) - What are the really great games that have intelligent path finding and individual agent behavior that you can observe.

I have three favorites - Ceasar 3, Settlers 7, and Stronghold.

What makes each of these great, is that you see this emergent behavior from your city, based on little more than the self-interested behavior of a small number of agents that you can watch scurrying around your town, picking up, processing, and delivering resources (some of which are then inputs into a another agent)

What are some of the really great agent-simulation games that have pulled you in for many months?
The article talks about how to blind the tea tasting lady to make the results more accurate.

It's pretty hard to apply that same blinding to reading code with large or small methods. There are definitely ways to test it, but it's not quite as simple.
Yeah, it's today's "deal of the day", and you can also save on "Clojure in Action, Second Edition" and "Functional Programming in Scala".
There's also a week-long coupon to celebrate the launch, and that includes a much larger list of books that you can save on, which is probably what trailfox is talking about.
uhg! tried it. after signing in I was presented with a "You are already subscribed to the following shared feeds." and two pages of random people I've never even heard about. I strongly advise against it.
They shut down the products API, in case anyone was using it. It was a quick way to get pricing info into apps..
reeder app is so good, I'm afraid Im tied to it and have to go with whoever Silvio chooses to go with. But otherwise, yeah newsblur's learning feature seems pretty cool.
is landing page better?
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The manager probably got a bonus for upsells. High school girls are better at doing that.

I worked at a coffee/bagel place in a mall across from a chain casual restaurant (Think Pizza Uno/Ruby Tuesday). The manager's compensation was based not only on sales/margin, but the average table occupancy. This one guy hit his number by hiring tall girls as hostesses, getting them to dress up (they tended to look like they were heading to a party) and having them stand in the doorway. Basically, they were a fishing net -- it was amazing to watch, we could tell when he was working based on the crowd.
Force URLs to lowercase with Apache rewrite
Discount code of: joc2elaunch50

Works for:

Scala in Depth
Scala in Action
Akka in Action
Clojure in Action, Second Edition
Functional Programming in Scala
Play for Scala
Play for Java
Lift in Action
DSLs in Action
The Well-Grounded Java Developer
Real World Functional Programming
F# Deep Dives
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja
Third-Party JavaScript
It looks like this possibility was known and broadcasted to merchants during the maintenance window two days ago. It's kind of like the Rails mass assignment or security bug: merchants are just going to have to stay on top of Bitcoin issues.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1a51xx/now_that_its...

[Submitted March 12]

It's DanielTaylor again and I wanted to create a simple yet
intuitive post to explain the folks out there what happened
a couple of hours ago. This might also be useful for
bloggers or journalists who might be going to write about
it in the following hours.

TL;DR

The programs that read the blockchain, the bitcoin ledger,
disagree.

Due to a bug in 0.7, it says that HIS is the correct
version of this ledger and 0.8 says that HIS is the correct
version.

Miners (the people who add pages to the blockchain) are
told to switch to the 0.7 program so that this version
gains more support and the other one is discarded.
(orphaned).

Regular users are not affected. Their transactions are
included in both ledgers and don't need to change any
programs.

During that time, though, there is a slight chance of a
double-spend ocurring. That is why people recommended
merchants and exchanges to wait until there is one single
blockchain again before processing purchases and
merchandise.

...

What's a double-spend?

This is the reason why some merchants and exchanges stopped
processing incoming bitcoins for a couple of hours.

The bitcoin network prevents people from spending the same
coins by mantaining this unique ledger, the blockchain. But
now that there were two of them, it was theoretically
possible to broadcast two different transactions with the
same coins and still get some confirmations.

With some luck, someone could sneakily sneakily* buy a
television to a merchant who was reading the 0.8 ledger and
have the transaction confirmed. At the same time he could
have sent the same coins back to himself and, with some
luck, have the transaction confirmed on the 0.7 ledger.

What happens is that, in the end when 0.7 wins, the thief
will have the television and his bitcoins. Remember that
there were two different versions of the same coins!

This is not something easy to do and requires a lot of luck
because the blocks mined (the pages added to the ledger)
must be mined precisely in the correct order. But still, in
this situation it was easier to pull off and so it was
recommended for merchants and exchanges to temporarily stop
processing incoming transactions.

Now the situation has resolved and the blockchain keeps
growing happily, page by page, block y block.
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It is not just fans of Google Reader who are shocked, the fans of Google would be too. It goes against their "Don't be Evil" mantra which, as many would interpret, puts common good before sheer commercial interests.

Google might be able to prove that Reader usage has been dropping. However it was still the leading web based solution for reading feeds without any marketing or updates for a long time. As we notice now, people don't even know the alternatives!

A really bad move for the Google brand.
Replacing Google Reader’s Sync API
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Sure, we're getting off topic, but how is a desktop email client a relic of another age? Especially since the first decent webmail application with "modern" post-1998 features such as a decent split view is less than a year old (outlook.com)?
>That's why it's so important that every time we visit a computer-illiterate relative that we update their browser and operating system.

Wow, that's a really good thought, mate! Personally my relatives wouldn't let me touch their computers though (:cough :cough browser history :cough :cough) :D
Floating touch and smart pause will work on the Galaxy S4
I just looked at the TypeMatrix site. Looks cool 'n all, but I'm wary of their keyboard configuration (grid of even rows and columns of keys) that's so physically different from most very other keyboard you might encounter (standard staggered key arrangement).

I'm not saying that standard staggered is inherently superior, but it is what most people learn on and use.

Comments?
It doesn't blow. The stimulation and knowledge you get (about yourself and about others) you get from new places and cultures (and not just dropping by for a visit, but actually living and working there) is fantastic. Of course, it gets old and you'll want to settle down, but at least you have those experiences under your belt.
http://evidencebasedse.com/ Collects papers on SE practices. They claim to have 33 papers on TDD and 40 on testing in general.
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Hi all, one of the authors here. If you'd like to buy the early access edition then Manning has a 50% off deal today with code dotd0314tw. You have to order it through their website, that can be accessed via http://www.joyofclojure.com/buy

even better apparently is the code joc2elaunch50 allowing discounts for a bunch of books
Give careful thought to what proportion of your funds you need immediate access to. Assuming you're in the US, a bank account is going to give you maybe half a percent interest every year. Keeping more than 3-6 months expenses (not income) in the bank is just giving money away.

The generally accepted order is (not my formula, and this is for US-centric retirement, not necessarily starting a business):

1) Max out employer 401K match
2) 3-6 month emergency fund (I've seen this and #1 switched before, personal preference)
3) Max out Roth IRA ($5,500 for 2013)
4) Max out 401K contribution
5) Start investing

Obviously if your focus is on creating an 18-24 month runway you'll want your emergency fund totally liquid (cash in a bank you can withdraw on demand) and the remainder will be focused more on semi-liquid, marginally higher-interest assets than on retirement accounts.
Nice -- thanks!
Which band? Asking as someone also acquainted with the Athens music scene.
He forgot completly about Desktop RSS readers: Liferea, Thunderbird, Akregator, LightRead, etc. etc.
Pretty sure this isn't a postie bike:

http://www.learnerapproved.com/bikes/459#
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CERN's new particle "looking more and more like a Higgs boson"
Without doctors people would consult each other on what to do about their illness. Without nurses people close to each other will help out. Without firemen people would be passing the water bucket.

Any job can be made to be useless, the difference is that when someone tries to specialize he/she becomes good at it. It's how the world works. You optimize JavaScript, which in turn helps someone else be more productive.

This Disney song should give you better feeling of yourself after reading this dark and depressing blog post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whDr4MJbIhs :-D
That kind of equipment is expensive. Dishwashers, not so much. Many times, dishwashers are under the table workers anyway.

In high school I was paid $10/hour in the 90's to unload wagons full of hay and stack them in a barn.

There are machines that will bale, load, and stack hay. But they cost like $80k and require a modern tractor that costs $150k new. The farmers I worked for used a tractor from the mid-1950's, and didn't have enough land to generate the cash flow necessary to pay for the equipment.

So they paid about $10-12k/summer for people to do the work manually.
"I don't know how to say this without sounding like a dick, so apologies in advance."

I'm curious why you did not use CoffeeScript when you updated this example?
Most likely the later, sounds like we should take care of preserving them ourselves.
I think Feedblitz is one of the most popular at the moment. I'll either be switching to that or MailChimp.
I'm pretty sure the Google brand is already heavily associated with killing products whenever they feel like it, as they did to Code Search, Google Search API (twice), Google Video, Wave, Buzz, Google Labs, Google Desktop, Google Notebook, Google Sets, Google Squared, Google Catalogs, Google Answers, Audio Ads, Google Base, Browser Sync, City Tours, Click-to-Call, Google Dashboard Widgets, Dodgeball, Jaiku, Google Mashup Editor, Google Directory, GOOG-411, Joga Bonito, Aardvark, Lively, Music Trends, Ride Finder, Google Shared Stuff, Sidewiki, FastFlip, Google Translate API, Writely, Google Health, PowerMeter, Google University Search, U.S. Government Search, Slide products (Disco, Pool Party, Video Inbox, Photovine, Slideshow, SuperPoke! Pets), Google Pack, Image Labeller, Google Dictionary and now Google Reader.
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As a technical person. I agree that good things should only be for technical people.

GhotiFish 2016.
+1 for Newsbeuter, it rawks
I used to use Opera's excellent RSS reader until I switched to Chrome and went with Google Reader. I am hoping to switch back to Opera at some point and continue using its RSS reader.
Anyone knows how this series compares to the also-recently-announced Clojure in Action - http://www.manning.com/rathore2/

I mean compare the two clojure books wrt v1.
Has bit bucket or any other similar site seen attacks as frequent and drastic as github ?
The last one may be valid if he's only getting it to cover his children and/or they have existing health issues. But I agree that bills are no excuse.
It's a complicated business. More than anything I'm very honest about the uncertainty these days. I also try to give ranges for things - instead of saying it will take about 2 days (which cements a specific deadline), say, 2 - 4 days.

As you get older (more experienced) you become less concerned with overestimation. When you're young and ambitious you think that a) you can do it faster than you really can and b) it's bad to say it'll take 2 days when really you think you can do it in 1. a) you can't and b) people don't normally question your overestimates.

Also, try to think things through. Ask questions. Discover those subtle missing requirements that haven't been communicated yet. Try to picture how it will fit into the system and imagine why that might go wrong. If it's a bigger feature break it into parts and (over)estimate each of those.

Be thoughtful, overestimate and be honest (especially with yourself).
He says he's currently working remotely as a programmer. No gap in the resume. Not a ton of career advancement I'd wager, but not a large gap either.
Cheers, I love that bike, it took me and my girlfriend on a 6 week tour of Europe, by far the best way to travel :)

The law regarding learning has changed twice in the UK (and Europe) since I passed, so I don't know all the details, but I think there's now two or three tests to take in stages, each on progressing you to a more powerful machine. Unless you're over 25, then you can do Direct Access and go straight to any bike.
If you get work done before the due date, how could it be seen as inefficient?
Social, perhaps. Showing off your collection could be a motivating factor. But gamification I'm not so sure about. IMHO the typical wine collector will not be impressed by a "bought 10 bottles" badge, or something along those lines. Keep in mind I know nothing about the wine industry though, maybe the big collectors are all big kids at heart!
For me gReader is the best Android client.
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