skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Git AND MERCURIAL client. There's not a single decent Mercurial client on Windows. EasyMercurial is better than nothing, but not by much.

We a few .Net projects, (we mainly do Python), some of the projects we haven't even bothered moving from Subversion, because of the lack of good Windows Mercurial clients.

Having SourceTree on both Mac and Windows is huge to us.

EDIT: Just realized that they didn't include Mercurial support yet. Then I don't care at all.
"Now, I'm not one to scream series A crunch from the mountain tops"

People _are_ screaming it from mountain view
But the fact is that JavaScript does have a fully formed user base now.

The whole idea behind this effort is to facilitate contributions to Wikimedia from a diverse set of (presumably busy) contributors, correct? If so, what's the point in making them learn a new language in order to contribute, when an existing well-known language is a perfectly reasonable fit?

Sounds like someone had a Lua hammer, so everything looked like a Lua nail.
Clicky link for reference:

http://freecode.com/
License to Print: 3-D Gunmaker Defense Distributed Now Open For Business (Sorta)
Why is it that almost all banking errors I read of are about
lim
balance->0
and not the other way around?
Great, thanks for that speedy reply :)
Show HN: Single-Request SVG Fallback via Progressive Enhancement
https://github.com/nnnick/Chart.js
and
http://www.chartjs.org/

both appear to be back up!
Ask HN: atm cash-out antifraud - how to locate country of the phone in roaming?
I am developing anti fraud system for atm cash-outs outside of home country. I would like to make real time match of the region of atm cash out with the region of mobile roaming of the card owner.

I know that there're services to locate phones region that support api request for free or for small payment per request. Would appreciate references.
I don't know enough about how things went to agree or disagree. I'm still amazed at how many "aqui-hires" there are in the industry. How many companies that have made it to a solid Series A round have fallen flat on their face?

Formspring seems like a red herring to me; everything I heard about it in the real world (as a high-school teacher) was toxic. Of all the online bullying issues I had to deal with, more involved Formspring than even Facebook. The anonymous thing was a double-edged sword.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_decision_process for a start.
You can still buy a Mac Pro. Google could have had Reader live on because they are, you know, "open". Except they want everyone to use Google+.
I'm wondering if this might be related to the twitter spam discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5373161
That's an article from 2005, as someone would have surely pointed out, but I found the topic to be relevant as there is now a trend of companies like Google, Dropbox adopting two-factor auth and the security implications of that.
As a long-time Raptors fan and the co-founder/owner of the most read Raptors blog, I can confirm that none of this technology has helped the Raptors.
Before you blacklist the IPs listed in the article, it might be worthwhile to query your transactional history and verify real purchases are not occurring on those addresses.

When I did this, a few of the IPs had a significant number of orders. Interestingly, the IP with the most orders mapped to E! corporate headquarters.

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?ip=208.78....
And if tomatoes were cows then we could milk them. Neither of these facts is terribly relevant to the world we live in; this is a serious security flaw.
Exactly, which was the reason we retracted the project. It was truly the greatest learning experience of my life.
Now here is someone who deserves to be banned:

compare and contrast
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5402826
How do you think you'll be able to compete with other BI tools? For example Tableau, has good table controls + lots of nice visualisations as add on?
If you aren't competing in BI market, who do you think your target is, and why would they ditch Excel with PowerPivot and PowerView?
Regarding "how far from conference grounds", "joking" in the hotel lobby or restroom may be a gray area, but I would consider a BoF meetup as still within the realm of the conference.

Also, whether the woman played the Cards Against Humanity game or not has no bearing on whether his behavior was inappropriate.
Congress should not pass laws it believes are unconstitutional, and the President should not sign laws he believes are unconstitutional. They are abandoning their duties by leaving the question up to the Supremes.

(According to insiders from the administration, Bush thought the campaign finance law he signed was unconstitutional, but he punted the unpopular job to the Supremes.)
Hard to work out what's actually going on here from that article, but it sounds like GitHub Enterprise sent out a bulk email with all 3000 recipients in the CC field of the email?
Thank you for the comment.
The site's been around for 2+ yrs already and has undergone a lot of revisions.
The site is missing a lot of usability features (the previous version got a playlist feature but I got no time at the moment to improve it).

The site is evolving and I may add other video sources and more features at some point.
For now, the site offers a simple and straightforward way to watch the videos.

The big Q is why? - Yes, at some point, I have asked myself that question too.. I made the site as a side project and has been attached to it ever since.. Tweaking and improving it..
At some point, I told myself to stop because it's getting nowhere. Now, I realized the site helped me learn new things on every revision. New concepts and techniques.
I guess the site will continue to evolve with me and be part of my journey.
As for the name, the one with the correct spelling was already taken.
"Bitcoin's got a few things right...solid crypto"

Bitcoin does not have "solid crypto" -- it does not meet the formal definition of security, and there are known polynomial-time attacks on the system. The Chaum-style digital cash systems of the late 80s and early 90s were "solid crypto," in the sense that their security could be proved in mathematical arguments.
> CodeDay is a programming marathon where students learn about technology and engineering by building a video game, application, or whatever else they want in 24 hours. It brings together middle school through college students across a wide range of skill levels to help each other become better at technology. It's like a hackathon, but more focused on learning and fun.

Huh. How is anything focused on building a video game or application being any more focused on "learning and fun" than your typical hackathon?
Slant: What is the best topic on Slant?
Was any of the content copyrighted and therefore the cost was to pay for licensing that content? That was a common cause for the somewhat high prices for our course readers in college.
Awesome, tried it on iOS and it really is a nice experience. Given the investment craze on mobile this would help to show you're really thinking about the problem from a mobile perspective.
Cyprus Rejects Bank Deposit Tax, Scuttling Bailout Deal
Ironically, this is only possible because advertise resellers created all sort of markets for scamming the publishers of actually getting paid for the ad they show (advertises have to pay for 3rd party reporting, brand protection, etc, etc, etc. all that dillutes the $3~4 cpc the brands pay to the 3c the publishers receivers in the end)

if it worked like it works in TV or radio, this wouldn't be possible to begin with. or wouldn't be profitable.
Working at Google have much higher pressure than MS. not a place for loser.
What always strikes me when reading Court opinions is, first, that there are well reasoned, logical arguments that support both sides; and second, that in almost every case where I've seen a marked difference in the quality of the arguments (this case is not one of them, btw--both sides' arguments seem to me to be well reasoned and logical, it basically comes down to a judgment call about interpretation and what Congress intended), the argument I've found to be stronger has been the dissenting one. In other words, it seems to me that, when push comes to shove, the Justices aren't as good at arguing for what the Court actually did, as they are at arguing for why the Court should have done something else.
That's a grand design, and "lids" over the freeways are all the rage on Mercer Island and in Medina. I'm not convinced that a lid would reduce the Columbia River Bridge's wind resistance, especially if it has a lot of trees on top.

Secondly, The Columbia River Bridge is very long, and I don't know that Washington and Oregon could fund this. Washington already has several infrastructure improvement projects underway around Seattle, including the State Route 520 bridge expansion and State Route 99 tunnel project. A flyover-style overpass was just completed as part of the Interstate 5 - State Route 18 exchange rebuild, to make the interchange more safe.
Here's a solid article on CaH from someone I know that covers just this subject: http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/09/15/offensive-play-th...

Gives some interesting perspective on how someone can play a game with things that would be offensive to them in other contexts.
With all the Bitcoin hype, here's Mark Cuban on "The Stock Market"
If you're running them at full power, I calculated 9.9lm/W by adding the typical mcd values (3700mcd), plugging them and the 50deg beam angle into [0] to get 2.178 lumens, then dividing by the summed power rating (220mW). Of course, this is ignoring the power used by the bluetooth module, Arduino, and waste heat in the power supply.

For comparison, an incandescent bulb is 15lm/W, while the Hue bulbs are 70.6lm/W. So it's no Hue replacement, but still a cool, fun project.

[0] http://led.linear1.org/lumen.wiz
Hooray We've finally launched our website today, plz have a look
Feedback and Fidelity in Design
>but saying it in a space where you don't know who's listening and what they've gone through was not a good idea.
It wasn't said TO them, it's their own problem they were listening to someones else conversation. Seriously, do we need not speak when there are women around? Just Shut your moth as you might say something they don't like, Cover your eyes as you might look at them in a way they don't like and Cover your ears so you don't hear their "Oh this sexually harasses me" nonsense.

>low end of the sexual harassment
Someone really qualifies that as sexual harassment? Someone should really stop being offended by small things.

>Basically, you seem to have limited perspective on the other half of the population, and a large part of your own.
Did not got that, is making dick joke shows "limited perspective on the other half of the population" (and by other half you mean majority, right? As there are more women than men.)? 21st century, age where everything that is masculine, like "dick jokes" is bad and everything feminine is divine.

Lets hope white knights like you will get to see true side of women.
Good versus Weevil: Fear Of A Bought Planet
This is great. I used Snip.it up until Yahoo purchased them and I've been using Pocket to save my articles. This might solve the problem of using two apps. Nice work!
Without commenting on the comment itself I'd like to note that this post is yet another example of downvoting abuse. Cut that out, people.

There's nothing here that merits censorship or violates the rules. On the contrary, if the article itself is worthy of inclusion on HN then the interaction between Hank and Adria certainly is.
I think you're being rude.

I am referring to the collapse of financial systems, but not necessarily the replacement by bitcoin. Maybe precious metals, heirloom seeds, or guns?
Show HN: Fox Is A Testing Tool That Runs On Both NodeJS and Browsers
Um, you do know that Guido works at Dropbox now, right?
TBPP2012: Quick Advice from Andres Glusman of Meetup.com
Csv files with game-by-game outcomes for the college basketball season
I just love circular reasoning like Ginsberg's. "We should decide this case in Wiley's favor because it's the official policy of the United States to support similar provisions in international agreements." Then, when it's time to negotiate the next ACTA framework or WIPO treaty, we'll fall back to, "Hey, US law works this way, and look how successful it's been for us. Wouldn't the rest of you benighted nations like to enjoy the fruits of our maximalist copyright regime as well?"
Unless you're teaching at the very cutting edge where new research is emerging regularly, (in which case I imagine you'd be teaching from your own notes and journal articles anyway), then how about just intentionally using an older text and write your own exam questions? There are usually plenty of copies of "recently out of date" editions of most texts on the second-hand market, and the fundamentals of the material probably haven't changed that much.

Or find one of the many "released free for use" maths texts[1][2] that are "out there" and see if one is suitable for your classes?

[1]: http://people.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.ht...

[2]: http://www.reddit.com/r/mathbooks/
If I can put my 2c in here...

I think that one of the major issues facing conferences is the distinction between professionalism and private life. The way one behaves with good friends is very distinct from how one behaves in a group of strangers, which is distinct from how one behaves with your co-workers or other professional relationships. I think that the mixed culture of a conference might exacerbate this problem: despite the fact that you're attending with friends, and perhaps even going out for drinks, it's not the same as being in a solely social setting.

If I'm with my friends, I know what jokes are appropriate, and which ones aren't - I've had the experience to do that. On the other hand, if I'm at a conference, someone nearby could have a bad reaction to a comment that my friends wouldn't react to - people are different, and an "innocent dick joke" to a friend could really bother someone else.

I don't pretend to say that this is the sole problem, or even a real solution, but I think it might be worth recognizing.
I have been using the new version for a few months , it's awesome! Definitely give this a try.

If you follow interesting people, then you no longer need to read news or tech blogs; all the good content magically falls into your inbox. I love this more than any RSS.

I am Kippt.com/kirill , if you want to say hi.
This morning I received a set of emails from Github Enterprise that looked like the following:

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To: [massive list of GE user emails]

Subject: NotMyInc Inc., your GitHub Enterprise license expires in 31 days

Body:
We're reaching out to remind you that your GitHub Enterprise license is coming up for renewal in 31 days:

NotMyInc Inc.

License 123456

Created: April 18, 2012

Expires: April 18, 2013

Whenever you're ready, you can place your renewal order here:

https://enterprise.github.com/purchase

If you have any questions about this renewal process, or if there's anything else we can help with, just reply to this email and we'll be glad to help.

Thank you for choosing GitHub Enterprise!

The GitHub Team

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Each email was addressed to a different customer whose license is (apparently) soon to be expired.
Our CS department head was co-author on 5 of the text books for the degree program. Several other professors were also co-authors. I don't think he needed to be bribed, I think he was whole-heartedly for it.
Yes, except as that article shows the traditional for loop somehow ends up more palatable than the awkward `forEach.call()` voodoo you have to do to use it on a NodeList, which is a pretty sad state of affairs :/

(Note: I am aware you can alleviate this with toArray type utils [1] but that does seem to be slightly besides the point).

[1] http://jsfiddle.net/AhQPU/
As I've been able to tell, a lot of the fiat declarations by lecturers actually come from hard experience with students trying to rules lawyer their way to good marks. If they declare with absolute finality This Book at This Edition on This Page, then students don't have as much wiggle room for whining. They can't say the material wasn't covered because, "Yes, actually, it was on page 149 right here." Stuff like that.

ETA: Also see sibling comment from CamperBob2 for a good example of how students see themselves as customers of teachers.
What does this have to do with anything? Google is a business like any other. Google is not dropping Reader because they are secretly closed and nefarious, they are dropping it because no one uses it (again, relatively speaking). If people actually used RSS then they'd feel compelled to keep it, whether priced or not, because it would be make business sense to keep it around. I guarantee you that if RSS had Facebook's user count, they'd be banging that RSS drum like crazy.

But it doesn't, and Google is not a charity. Whether you believe them to be "open" or not (meaningless statement), being "open" certainly does not commit you to supporting arbitrary protocols indefinitely for the good of the world, especially ones that most people don't use. RSS had its shot, it just can't compete in today's web.

And we'll see for just how long you can still buy the Mac Pro.
In case anyone else wants to estimate regression models to fill out their bracket. Enjoy.
Conferences are a minefield. Conflicting opinions of if a particular conference should be, is, and what qualifies as, a "professional work environment" run rampant.

When you have everyone attending because it's necessary and/or just a break from the office, they have a professional setting because people are not excited to be there. I see this in the business domain (not-tech) conferences all the time, any recreation happens completely separate from the conference.

Tech conferences get tech enthusiasts. Suddenly people actually want to be there and have fun with the other attendees. An easy example is DEFCON, people treat it like a party with talks, because for over a decade it was unambiguously a party with talks.

Problems are multiplied when people want to relax standards of professionalism on some axis but maintain it on others (or even ratchet it up beyond what people are used to in their own offices). Clearly defining socially feasible expectations of behavior and communicating that to attendees never happens, then "incidents" occur.
Save and archive Google hangouts
Ex-Googlers Train Machine Army to Sift Out Crooks
The older case Costco v. Omega was decided in an unsigned, unexplained per curiam decision. No one outside the court knows which four were on each side.

Breyer won six votes for his strong pro-competition, pro-market, IP moderate position.

Remember that in Eldred v. Ashcroft (q.v.) Breyer wrote one of two vigorous dissents against the essentially permanent copyright terms now in force. Former justice Stevens was the other.

Stevens was also joined by Breyer in the split decision in Bilsky where they won four votes (with Ginsburg and Sotomayor) for serious restrictions on patents for software and business methods and possibly total exclusion from patentability for those arts.

In short, Stevens was a great loss and Breyer is still a national treasure. Let's hope we get more like them and fewer like Kennedy, who always seems to be on the wrong side of IP cases. (Alito, Roberts, and Scalia are very bad, too, but haven't been as consistent trying to destroy our industry as Kennedy.)
My guess is this:

Male picture taker is excoriated for invading her privacy, and the posting the picture was 'intimidation'. She would have lost her job due to his 'abuse'.
absolutely!!! but one of them would still have a job
I don't see how "open" = maintaining a service that was never open source.
NAS: By 2050, it’s possible to cut car petroleum use by 80 percent
Ok I see your point and agree with it, but Wefunder is metaphorically opening up to nearly the entire universe by eventually allowing anyone to invest--it doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop 'amateurs' from investing.

I'd like to believe that there are many people have a couple thousands dollars that they'd be willing to invest in a startup that seems promising. In the next year, I will theoretically be able to invest in startups via Wefunder...and I am in college with just one startup under my belt. I like to think I understand startups well but given my age and experience, I bet there are people who understand them far better than I do...and far less as well.
I would never have known that Gene Weingarten is a humor columnist. Thanks for this.

Dave Barry is one of the funniest writers I've ever read :)
I remember a buddy of mine telling me about doing affiliate advertising and using botnets to send fake click throughs to make money.

This was five or six years ago, but it looks like not much has changed.
He should not censor himself. If a person doesn't like what he/she is hearing he/she can just go somewhere else. Nobody is forcing him/her to stand next to him and to listen to his sex jokes.
Thank you for explaining this point. It made my mind too :)
It's predatory to price something below the level that's possible for a viable independent business. It's bad for customers in tech for exactly the same reasons as in any other industry.

/used to work for a business that had to compete with twilio.
What we need is a currency that automatically implements NGDP level targeting a la Scott Sumner, and does so even as it's adopted in a more widespread fashion. Right now Bitcoin is a beautifully elegant transaction settlement mechanism married to a horrible, horrible crackpot goldbug theory of how money works as a store of value.

You cannot make loans denominated in Bitcoin (because the price is going up too fast to ever be paid back, and if it ever stops going up, people will be dumping it too fast for an interest rate) so there's no basic demand for the currency at a given price level (to pay back loans). People who want to use the beautiful transaction-settlement mechanism do not have any motive to thereby hold coins, and that means everyone holding the coins is doing so in an expectation that somebody else will buy them at a higher price. Bitcoin is pure instability, pure feedback (in either direction) of the velocity of money into the inverse price of money. I wish I had time to write an article about what an awful, terrible, no good, very bad idea it would be to try running a planet on Bitcoin.

If anyone does have a good idea how to implement NGDP level targeting in an e-currency, please say so or write me at yudkowsky at gmail. In fact, just write me if you can figure out how to measure NGDP in an e-currency in a way that can't be hacked and can distinguish more widespread adoption from increasing RGDP.
It is refreshing to finally see a positive article about drones. As a US Army vet who flew the Shadow 200 TUAV, it makes me a bit sad to see so much negative publicity for a potentially culture changing technology. There are a lot more uses for drones than simply invading your privacy.
Your current university? Please do paste the relevant passages where this ownership is specified. Inquiring minds want to know!
Hedge vs. loss of value in major world fiat currencies. I think this is actually an important problem, and Bitcoin is a nice alternative to gold.
Maybe simply because hackathons have a certain focus on competition, whereas this is more concerned with the process than the end result.