skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Firing seems like an extreme overreaction at the very least, although if this were part of a pattern of behavior, or if the guy were otherwise marginal, I could understand it (even in cases where I wouldn't agree with it). More severe action might also be warranted if the employer were government or some other special cases where even the hint of sexism were a problem (e.g. a rape crisis center employee or something) -- but not a shitty game monetization company.
Does anybody remember Google Notebook? It did almost exactly what Keep does.

I used notes extensively, and one day... You know the drill.

Good luck to those who will jump on Keep. After notebook, I switched to MacJournal, it works great for me, and I am not thinking of switching to an online alternative. There are other tools that are better suited for keeping stuff, such as DevonThink (check Macupdate Promo).
Pretty cool. Only comment would be to add in something that takes into account Estimated Revenue or Valuation (no way Airbnb can be considered 7th).

I'm not sure of an easy data source for that so you might be able to use the Crunchbase api for Total Funding as a first order approximation.(Kind of surprised Crunchbase doesn't have latest valuation / revenue numbers, rumored or real)
>The more I think about it (after a day now), the more I realize this was an opportunity for her to become famous.

I think you nailed it. Her post about the incident is strangely long and melodramatic.

"I calculated my next steps." "It very much reminded me of Lord Of the Flies." "Yesterday the future of programming was on the line and I made myself heard."
If you were looking to disrupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time.

Well, you may need to wait another 10+ years for their "business method" patents to expire.
Thanks for articulating the thoughts I've been having for the last few months after switching to Sublime Text.

I registered my copy the instant after I installed my first package with Package Control and it Just Worked.

Yes. It has improved my quality of life as a developer, and my pride isn't even damaged that much after using Vim for the last 7 years.
Good effort, although I thought it was interesting that revenues were not included as a metric.
Internet explorer has made any effect that DNT might have had completely useless. It's much more effective just to nuke the stuff locally with Ghostery.
Can you say sexual harassment lawsuit? LOL. This woman is bad news.

This is exactly the type of attitude that perpetuates the idea that a woman should not say or do anything if uncomfortable.

see: https://twitter.com/jackdanger/status/314604363614134272
PyPy talk slides are missing (despite loading in the small window) http://lanyrd.com/2013/pycon/scdytr/
To give you a sense of how important the notes were for me: I kept all the literature search for my thesis research, and my reviews in notes. Thankfully, they let me download the stuff I had in there. But, the data was useless in itself.
Is the mouse for clicking the "incremental search" button?
I used to use nano, and for me it was the fact that every one else seemed to love vim, so I felt like I should at least try it out. Honestly, it takes about 20 minutes, max, to get to the level of being able to do what nano can do in vim. And if you want something more, it's not very hard to learn after you get the vim basics. I'm not going to say it's for everyone (especially if you're already used to a full IDE) but I would encourage anyone who's at least a little interested in trying it out for a day.
Where does the countdown start? At nearly 8 years, which is the lifespan of Google Reader? How many other free services on the web lasted that long [1]?

I'm an avid Reader user. I'm terribly sad to see it go, but I appreciate the value I've gotten out of it while it existed.

Plenty of web services -- maybe most -- die after a while. Maybe the company offering it goes under, maybe nobody uses it, or maybe it's just not accomplishing the goals the company set out for it (ahem, Reader). In any case, 8 years _has_ to be higher than the average lifespan [1]. So I assert that even if you assume every new Google service will be killed in 8 years, you're still better off choosing them (from a longevity perspective).

[1] I would absolutely _love_ to see some data about average web service lifespans. I suspect that it is actually quite low. I also suspect that Google has a much better track record than the industry (again, on average).
you sure they have patents for online auctions? I have seen many eBay clones and they were not sued by eBay..
My problem with current screens is that they functionality exceptionally well as mirrors first, and then also display some stuff through the reflections as secondary functionality. I really wish they would fix that first.
Is it really unreasonable to expect a patch for a reported software issue?

Taking a 27" for repairs is a little bit different to taking a laptop.

Also: cool that they fixed your laptop for free, but keep in mind that was 5 years ago. 5 years ago Apple gave me a new iPod (for free) because the battery died. Now I have to pay $80 or something to have my current one sent away for a few weeks for a battery.

edit: spellung
Do-Not-Track has been designed to represent the explicit choice of the user to not be tracked.
As per the DNT[1] draft :

6.2. User Interface RECOMMENDED
A user agent that implements Do Not Track SHOULD provide a user interface
for modifying preferences. The user interface design is left to the
user agent.

6.3. Default
A user agent MAY adopt NO-EXPRESSED-PREFERENCE or OPT-OUT by default.
It MUST NOT transmit OPT-IN without explicit user consent.

Another important aspect, that I don't see mentioned much, is that DNT is only supposed to prevent third-party tracking. First-party remains unaffected.

[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayer-do-not-track-00
Hah, Haskell! Also my primary choice of magic potion :-)
Anyone here know, whats the difference between Alexa Traffic Rank and Alexa Rank (Web Traffic)?
Regarding who she spoke to, I presume that the guy on the left made his comment on the logging session to the person in the middle, and that she turned around and talked to them as a group. He was certainly talking to somebody, but I agree it's not clear who. Given that the forking joke from the guy in the middle seemed to be related to the guy on the left mentioning forking, I think it's reasonable to see it as one conversation, especially given the angle she would have been at when she turned around.

I agree it's not totally explicit, though, so perhaps they never did notice her.
Are you using Safari? There seems to be a bug with Speaker Deck where Safari doesn't like the SSL certificate served for the images (Chrome on OS X works fine). I've let Speaker Deck know about the problem.
For that matter, text selection in general is often better with a mouse.. I'll go either way (sometimes mouse, others keyboard) but I much prefer a gui editor/ide over console UI... when I am remote, I prefer nano, just get it done/save/out.
For what is worth, next year would be cool if people were actually force to man the booths. There were a few where there was literally noone there all the time. All cool by me, but a waste of space given some people who asked didn't get a booth.
Alexa Traffic Rank is the position within the link, Alex Rank (Web Traffic) is the global ranking provided for the site by alexa.com
Gentoo was the first distro I used, hell, I even did a stage 1 install multiple times, and I understand his perspective perfectly. "Ain't nobody got time for that" indeed.

I'm a happy Ubuntu user now (right now, actually). I hope he gives Ubuntu a try sometime; it's leaps and bounds more reliable and tinker-free than Gentoo ever was.

edit: she => he
Why not have the user decide the first time they launch the browser? They either choose to enable DNT or not.
Ctrl+D to select the next instance of the current selection.
She was hiding in real life, while being a "badass" on the internet. I think I'm going to open a bait shop myself, and call it "Big Dongles."
Cool! My github id is 'malbin' -- would love to take it for a test drive.
I hope they deliver before the liquid hits the critical circuits!

As opposed to just about anywhere else, which will have standard screwdrivers. Visiting another office? What do you mean you don't carry around your pentalobe screwdriver?
Good comparison for RapGenius/9GAG type sites, but generally comparing startups based on a traffic ranking is probably not the way to go.
A lot of comments are saying that Vim will massively increase your productivity, but I think that is completely missing what being a productive programmer is all about. Just being able to type and edit things quickly isn't even half the battle, it's less than 1% in my opinion.

Productivity in programming is measured from the time you start a project till the time you finish. So much time is often spent trying to find and fix bugs, and being productive is all about writing code in a way that minimizes the amount of bugs that show up, and being able to quickly find and fix them when they do.

Writing code at the optimal level of generality is a major factor, No amount of editor tricks can make up for choosing the wrong level of generality to write your methods. Too much generality and you are wasting time, too little and you have to deal with a bunch of special cases, or else rewrite large portions of code at some point.

It's important to be able to learn things very quickly on the spot when you have no other choice, but it's better to be able to immediately deal with situations without having to incur all of the productively losses that comes with doing that. So much time is saved by being able to get the algorithm's and the numbers right on the first try.

It's also about a psychological battle of how hard you can push yourself without burning out, which is no trivial matter.

Once you are good at all that, then basically it's nice to also be able to pick up an extra few seconds here and there with a keyboard shortcut, an editor trick, or some precision mouse mechanics.
I see. So in your view, she should have inquired how many children he had?

Is she also obligated to consider that in reporting the incident to conference staff? Or mentioning it to a friend? After all, either one of those could also conceivably result in the guy losing his job.

For the record, I should say that I agree that dongle jokes are not rape, and have never said otherwise.
In The Netherlands ebay were beaten by http://www.marktplaats.nl. They offer free listings for most things, and are extremely popular.

Ebay bought them in 2004 for nearly $300m, but they've yet to scrap the free listings..
I would actually agree to sign a contract the bound me to upgrade my Apple hardware every 1.5 years if it would guarantee they stop ruining Mac OS X. My problem isn't so much the fact I have to replace these things so often, its that its not even that great day 1 anymore. With the exception of AirPlay perhaps, just about every major facet of OS X has gotten so progressively worse for my workflow: Safari (bogs my computer down no matter how much ram I have), dual display support (a joke since Lion), Messages (buggiest piece of software I've ever used in my life, by a long shot), iTunes (same as Safari), etc etc etc

Edit: I'd like to point out one other thing. Before anyone chimes in with how Windows or Linux or other PC makers are worse, I completely agree with you. My position is that while Mac OS X may still be the "best", it has been a long time since it has been "good". I find little consolation in the fact that it is not "as broken" as everything else, nor do I think that's anything to be particularly proud of. Especially with the amount of money I've given them.
I used it on vacation a lot the other week. Just say "Navigate me to x" or "Directions to y" or "Find the nearest z" and you get it right away in Google Maps/Navigation. Probably my favorite non-passive feature of it.

Then when staying at the hotel, it knows I'm staying there and tells me when I'm driving elsewhere how far away I am from it with traffic and how to go back via a notification.

Other times, if you call a place, like to order carryout, it knows you called it by the telephone number and then gives you a notification of how far away that place is and offers directions.
From what I've seen Apple still does a far better job than other PC makers in this area.
Yes, but if OWC didn't throw in a special USB case, the original SSD module would be useless as you can't plug it into any other laptop, nor can you realistically sell it.

I wish Apple would support the mSata interface. A lot of other manufacturers do, the drives are tiny, and you can get them in capacities up to 480 GB now.
Assuming you were born, how did you survive in the days of DOS?
You mean Fn+Ctrl+F2, which requires repositioning both my hands, thus defeating the purpose.
Though there is money to be made doing this (and I also wish it might happen) ...

The capital investment required to go head-to-head against Apple, for now, seems to be keeping competitors away. When a company like Samsung or Lenovo to makes some moves in this direction, it might be a good thing.
> revisions to the graphics drivers ... caused the bad behavior to worsen

not exactly the intended behaviour of driver updates
To me this looks a lot like sexism against men. Would she have done the same if this joke had came from a group of women ?

Then it is really inconsiderate and irresponsible to post pictures like this online. In other parts of the world taking this picture would send you to court and with the accompanying comment would most probable send you to jail with a hefty fine.

And now PyCon has officially turned into Soviet PyCon where all attendees should self-censor and be very wary of any woman there. Epic fail at creating a welcoming atmosphere for women and gender equality.
some random reasons why I like vi(m):

:'a,.s/, /^M/g

:set no wrapscan
?def
n
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n (search hit TOP...)

(see word nice down two lines)
t
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w
w (till cursor is at the word 'nice')
ct<space>awesome<esc>

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/end
:'a,.y a
$G
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%s/\(^[0-9]\)\(.$\)/\2 \1/

:wq
I don't know, I'm irrationally sentimental about my Linux installation and completely laissez-faire about my Windows box...

With Windows, if it gets jacked up, I just re-install, but with Linux, I feel I'm indebted enough to figure out what's wrong and fix it.
I wonder if Craigslist could just suddenly decide to violently weld auctions into its listings?
Why is this a good time? User acquisition in this space is expensive, and I don't think eBay raising their sell side fees makes a huge difference in bringing in consumer traffic. Sellers still have to list on eBay due to sheer volume. eBay may lose some sellers who no longer have a profitable margin, but I don't think you lose an equivalent amount of buyers in the process.
yep, we weren't there so we don't' know. That is why the things like this becoming public are so damaging and wrong, people make judgments they have no information and/or right to.
Interesting to see this move by eBay - we've found that high fees for casual sellers is a huge pain point. By focusing their fee structure towards power-sellers they also happen to be alienating a large group of casual sellers.

We're trying to solve this problem (among others) with our product SellSimple. Free app, free postings, and 5% if it sells.

Check it out, would love to know what you think: http://sellsimple.com

Disclosure: co-founder of SellSimple
Thank you for being the sane one here. This "engineer" didn't even understand that Apple doesn't write the drivers and "BIOS" for the card; how can I take his rant seriously? Not to mention he started it with "my computer has been acting up for the last year but, y'know, who has the time to take it in? You'll never guess what happened... it got WORSE!!" Feign surprise.
Isn't this list missing Reddit?
I'm wondering if eBay is making an attempt to remove low-margin products off of their screen estate and make a play in higher margin listings.
He's saying the "problem" was that the author was too lazy to fix it in the first place, I believe.
I think the problem is that they do too many patch releases and not enough minor releases. This could easily have been a minor.
It doesn't included dead and exited startups. (Reddit was acquired by Condé Nast.)
mine to, i also get the impression she is one to overreact and then justify her actions later.
I don't mean to disregard what you said or insult your approach just because it is different than mine, but I can't tell you how much vim/emacs have boosted my productivity. Not only am I at least 30%+ faster while coding, but in general the process is so well oiled that I have near-0 resistance to just jumping in and getting something done. I jump around in code like crazy, can jump to different files instantly no matter where they are (find-file-in-project), do git stuff (magit), have REPL right there in the editor, replace REPL with some code buffer instantly, set up 4-way split panes and kill them in a split-second, etc. etc.

In my opinion, tooling is very important. You want something that makes you a wizard - something that's smooth and FAST.

I once worked with a very experienced gentleman who preferred Notepad to write 3-page-long SQL queries. He knew his craft very well, got the job done, but boy did he take his time :-)
You do pay for it with data on your behaviour, when watching and perhaps clicking the ads ,etc. Nothing's free. Starting to charge for something out of the blue generates a lot of negative feedback. There was a good case for this with Red Cross and doughnuts on HN recently.
But shiny screens bring more attention at retail store.
The wise little worker ant doesn't have money, and he doesn't even know what money is. He will stash a quite large percentage of this harvested food (his production) until the stash is enough for the coming winter, for him and for the other non-worker ants.

The wise little worker person, on the other hand, will produce a production P, and get in return some money. Part of that money he will use for consumption C, and part of it he will set aside for savings S. But what he sets aside is NOT production, as in the case of the ant, it is just money - that is, unless the wise little worker person isn't so wise and actually stashes food or car parts or something like that.

The percentage of his production that he is not consuming (after having bartered it through the mean of money) is either going to the consumption C of somebody else, to the accumulation of capital (ie investment goods, thus investment I) or to the actual stashes of our world - stocks S.

If you think not in terms of money, but in terms of actual goods, you should agree that P = C + I + S (everything that is produced either goes to consumption, investment (capital) or stocks).

Now, what happens if C goes globally down, because everybody becomes a wise little worker person? In the immediate, S goes up - the "wise little worker ant" effect, if you will. But soon after, companies that create consumption goods reduce production - because nobody needs big stocks of consumption goods. Now, that could be compensated by increased production by companies that create investment goods - but who is going to request those investment goods, if it looks like people globally want to consume less?

So, what will actually happen is that C goes down, I stays the same or goes down, and after a little time P goes down. And our wise little worker person will lose his job, because less production + increased productivity (technology) = less jobs.

Now, notice that this works on a global scale. On a local scale, it can happen that C + I + S > P - this is for example currently true for the US, and in the long run US citizens will have to decrease their consumption, because that is overconsumption is only compensated by a billion wise little worker ants somewhere else who are actually lending part of their production to the US, in exchange of fiat money. But the decrease of consumption in the US has to be compensated by an increase elsewhere - otherwise, our wise little worker people will discover that ant-economy doesn't work for them.
If he helped found Gentoo, then perhaps he's in part responsible for the stupid things it does that other distros don't.
> Why should they be honoring the header now?

The idea was that, given a significant enough amount of people turning it on, advertisers would take notice of it and react accordingly. If it's on by default it is meaningless.

It's a tool that enable users to send a message to advertisers that they are not okay with their practices. It was designed this way. It says you are okay with ads but not with the tracking.

> There are no incentives to do so, and no punishment or repercussions if they don't.

Except for adblock. If the only option to avoid tracking is to block ads, then that is what will be used.
I'm the same really. I had to learn vim when I started at a games company that had a Linux build chain. I printed out the keyboard quick reference and was reasonably productive after a few weeks. The only plugin we used was ctags, to be able to find shit in our massive C/C++ codebase, but that worked ok (despite having to manually rebuild tags yourself).

I agree with the author - I'd also recommend Sublime Text 2 - but vim fills a great niche - when you only have a telnet terminal, so it's always good to know the basics.

Right tool, right job, etc.
Redesigning my website after a review by hackernews folks
What's your theme, BTW? I also like your custom status bar shape.
The dire state of Wordpress
For all the things I dislike about Apple and iOS, I really can't say enough good things about their hardware. Even so much that I will wait until Q3 just to see if they release Macbook Airs with a high(er) res screen instead of grabbing the XPS13 today with a 1080p 13" screen. (And I doubt the XPS13 is any more serviceable).

> which is scary because Windows 8 is unadulterated bullshit, and Linux… Well, as someone who helped found Gentoo Linux, fuck Linux. It’s the absolute best thing for servers, AND NOTHING ELSE. If you’re running Linux on the desktop, you’re a person who would rather fix his computer than use it.

What a steaming load of shit.
> Speaking as someone who owned both back in 2007, the original iPhone was still a quantum leap forward from the Nokia N95.

Absolutely, I wasn't trying to say the smartphones of the time were fantastic and there's clearly a pre-iphone and a post-iphone, my post was simply that the consumer world was not a smartphone-less vacuum before the iphone, the US were.
Here's a great comparison of the old and new fee structures: http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2013/03/part...

While it does probably amount to an increase overall, there are certainly plenty of situations where the fees will be lower. And without doubt, they are now far simpler than before, which is important. Being able to quickly determine what it will cost to sell an item on eBay may well make casual sellers more likely to do so, even if they end up paying slightly more on average than with the complex rules.
This is argument ad vacua (I made that up). That is, if the employer fired the guy was living in vacuum where public relations, sexual harassment suits or the feminist movement's message entire had had no impact whatsoever on their decision, and further posited that employers in general care more about treating their employees with objective fairness than any potential threat to their reputation.... then perhaps you could isolate the fault to the employer. But that's simply not the world we operate in and even then you are discounting the ramifications of being publicly denouncement for anybody else the guy knows or will know in the future. There's plenty of blame to go around.
Hacking attack on South Korea traced to Chinese address, officials say
I am not even mad that Google canceled Reader