skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The aspect of Rdio which most appeals to me is their subscription model. Vdio doens't have that, so I'll stick with the Appleverse thankyouverymuch. Has better integration into my life.
Agreed. It seems disjoint and mostly hot air recycled over and over. Its not just you: there are a lot of us. My copy has done the rounds in the office and the conclusion is the same universally.

If the content was concise or written in the style of say Persig, Neal Stevenson or Ray Bradbury, I could stomach it.

Then again even worse is Ray Kurzweil who manages to do a GEB with far less content and that content is dubious and contrived rubbish.
Ask PG: Why are HN usernames inconsistently case-sensitive?
Why are HN usernames case-sensitive in some places but not others?

I ran across this because I am "Gertig" on HN but wish my name showed up as "gertig". A simple mistake made by signing up on an iPad which case corrected me without me realizing it, and not rectifiable since you cannot edit your username.

I recently tried browsing to news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gertig but the page says "No such user." So then I decided to try to create a new account as "gertig" but got an error saying that username already exists.

Just curious as to why the url doesn't redirect or handle gertig as Gertig if the username is considered to be the same name.
Sure, but those predecessors like MPEG-1 were patented too. And if they would've been created and shared anyway, why didn't Xiph and Ogg exist before MPEG? And even had they been created, would there have been the same incentive to do cross-vendor standardization? Without the patent, the monetization incentive is to keep everything under your own roof.
This advice requires some serious caveats, so be very cautious about following this. I would go so far as to say that this some really bad advice. Here's why:

Once you reach a certain station in life, it's possible to sit back and think about being more effective while not working long hours. In fact, it's probably a great idea since it's easy to get addicted to working 7 days a week with very little sleep and that can wreak havoc on your health, relationships and happiness.

However, barring luck, people don't generally get to that station in life without working those long hours. If you want to be really good at something, it generally requires extreme dedication (yes, I know some people are just naturally talented, but I'm not talking about them). Unless you are one of those lucky ones, you _should_ be working really hard to master whatever it is that you need to master. Ignore people who are already successful trying to tell you to take it easy.

Also, unlike what Kyle says, people are not always working those crazy schedules to out hustle their competition. Often it's just passion and addiction to their own work and the desire to create something good (competition be damned)
MusicMind Crowdsources Song Feedback
Coinbase interviewed in the Washington Post
Should I ask you bothered to link to a site that is under DDoS rather then simply doing a text blurb?...
Treating corporations as people for legal purposes doesn't concern me -- in fact it's a vital simplification that preserves our rights as individuals. The "de facto" immunity concerns me greatly. You can't imprison a corporation, true, but you can do a lot of other things to enforce laws: you can pierce the corporate veil, you can revoke licenses, and you can imprison executives. Choosing not to take those steps, or creating a system where taking those steps is possible, seems to be the real failure here.
I thought quality was at the core of all thought? ;-)
Just realised that your infinite scrolling does not react to back button (using latest Chrome). Looking at this page:

http://meta.discourse.org/latest/more
Prebacked partners with Blue Cross to facilitate med-tech innovation
Thanks for the support!

I recently switched themes and that background didn't match well. I also found a similar problem with the captcha on signup, which I fixed. Thanks for reporting that!
Disnye has its own "interactive" arm, it's not like they can't farm out Star Wars videogames from there, so it's not hard to see the logic.
Is this a reference to Magic: The Gathering?
There are other exchanges. Here are a few:

https://btc-e.com/
https://www.bitstamp.net/
https://bitfloor.com/
An open letter to CRC Press - copyright infringement
Here's how it should work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Estonia
I need to start recording bold predictions like this in some sort of journal.

EDIT: I meant in general, not just for bitcoin.
Congrats! Mine just passed 3 months so I'm right there with you.
I'm not confident that Samsung is interested in developing the Android platform, though. They seem to be working on a proprietary ecosystem to separate themselves from the rest of the Android ecosystem. In fact, this is probably one of their motivations: to have control over a leading browser that isn't Chrome so that they can integrate it into their phones as default instead of Google's solution.
Which doesn't matter in this case, as this fact doesn't give any incentive to Node folks to use it in V8.
Counterspell UU
Interrupt
Counters target spell.
Uncommon
If its only a few customers that are bent out of shape, how come you haven't quickly offered them refunds?
Okay, fine. How do I buy some bitcoin?

Is bitinstant still cool?

edit1: Okay, MT Gox seems to be having some server problems, but things are going...slowly.

edit2: Mt Gox really wants my driver's license? This seems...not to be something that is a good idea. Should I really give them my driver's license?
Event Driven Web Development in Emacs Lisp
Typically called lifters by hobbyists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKi9OOS-e94
Just normal volatility, pay no attention. By the time this got to HN the price was already back up to $130.
Just had a similar problem. Forgot PW, logged in as MrDunham and mrdunham (also returns lower case) - no 'pw reset'. Tried again later, magic reset pw came up.
While it might be beneficial in some cases to save the DOM to disk (mostly because of reboots but also, yes, because of people opening hundreds of tabs), I doubt the API would make much difference - sane browsers would still keep any single page either on disk or in memory; they aren't that big.
How timely, I was explaining precisely this to someone the other day.

I think it's easy to make the mistake of trying to cram the unmodified pre and post-child self into the same 24 hours.
or like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaries_tax
Why should you care about whether they are "truly passionate"?

It seems like in your working interactions with people, either they're delivering enough (and delivering what they promised) or not, and they can be judged on that, rather than on abstractions of feelings.
Ask HN: AMA for recruiting
Iam looking for validation of a concept.

I would like to apply Reddit AMA to hiring. Basically,every jobseeker will get a fixed time ,when recruiters/employers can ask him/her questions.

I have an idea of how the identity,verification/privacy will work out. What iam not clear is the value of such a jobseeker soapbox.

What is the value for the such an interaction, is it useful to recruiters/seekers, what type of questions would be asked ?

will appreciate comments.
How reaver exposes poor design
Don't! It will take more space than the entire blockchain!
Just because you really want to create a great product, why does it follow that you should work 7 days a week? What is this SV obsession with haste? If your business won't be as valuable if you bring it to market 28% slower than you were planning to, maybe it sucks.

Or maybe there's some other aspect to this trend I'm not seeing.
CTO’s, Don’t spend all your time on development, make your support awesome too
Reduced dependence on Google browsers for their phones.

They have been providing their own proprietary redundant solutions that overlap Google's software territory on mobile, for their own devices. This is just another step. And it gives them the opportunity to integrate with Mozilla to perhaps have a phone using their OS instead of Android in the far future.
What does "non-negotiable" mean? It's positioned between "don't care" and "not very important".
Lol, and i think that's where it's main business came from.

Law enforcement hired hackers to screw it and now awaiting at the front door to take a much closer look at everyone who'll start whining about lost funds. :)
Hadn't thought about this one but it makes sense it would be the same issue.
It's hell in the UK if your tax affairs are more than simple. I have three incomes, two with benefits and own a limited company. Tax return is hell as I'm on PAYE with two companies (yes this is legal). Usually end up owing HMRC a grand or two and have to spend 5 days a year working it all out (I won't hire an accountant as they're shysters and I've been screwed by two so far - bring on RDR).
How are attacks on $yourbitcoinservice supposed to make $mynewbitcoinservice safer?
borked in ffx as well
I just did my taxes last night. Every single source number there was already on a form 1099-something, w2, or other form that's been submitted to the irs.

If they can't do it properly, I can't do it properly. (because IANATL)
Double Dragon was super expensive. I had to get my dad to take me to a Toys R Us that was 40 miles away just to pick it up, too.

The prices weren't necessarily based on quality either, I paid $64.99 for Ghostbuster (NES) and that game was awful.
nothing for me too
"X is an attempt to rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware, rethinking old assumptions along the way. This means addressing the causes of security vulnerabilities while designing a platform that can fully utilize the performance of tomorrow’s massively parallel hardware to enable new and richer experiences on the Web."

Probably says more about how long I've been around but I think I've read a mostly similar paragraph 5 to 6 times over the last decade.
"There may be some exceptional people who can defy this rule, and it's possible they are concentrated in startups, but I'm dubious."

Right. They are concentrated at the top. Here's one study (doesn't include work time at home or weekends): http://www.people.hbs.edu/rsadun/CEOs/presentation.pdf

It makes logical sense-- combine the ability to work long hours (rare) with talent and you will blow the normal fatigue-able people out of the water in terms of output and (in a sorta-meritocracy) rise to the top.
Make sure you record the people a few weeks ago shorting it. And the ones a few months ago.
PostgreSQL as a MySQL storage engine
Yes, I also would love to see some of their original IP in modern full glory. Full Throttle and Grim Fandango both have a special place in my heart...
I'd edit it if I could, good catch!
Nice.

Here are some interesting non-macro variants, first in Rebol:

select: func [block] [
totals: []
parse block [
set this word!
'from
set coll word!
(totals: map-each n (get coll) [get in n this])
]
totals
]

; then later...

select [total from orders]

;; nb. `select` is a core function provided by Rebol
;; so remember this example overwrites that
;; (in this scope/context) :)
;;
;; Alternative `dialect` to strive for would be..
;;
;; doMap [select total from orders]

And also in Io:

select := method(
msg := call argAt(0)
this := msg name
coll := msg next next name

newMsg := message(COLL map) // COLL just a placeholder message
newMsg setName(coll) // Now been changed to correct var provided
newMsg next appendArg(this asMessage)
call sender doMessage(newMsg)
)

# then later...

select(total from orders)

Both examples work at runtime. However in Io you can also amend the AST directly.
Like, if you could buy a season of House of Cards for $7

I'd like to buy a new porsche for $10k but that's not happening either.

Most of Netflix's shows cost over $4M an episode[1]. Taking that as a base you've got a cost of $48M a season (these are production costs not total cost, at $7 a season you need 7M subscribers just to break even ). Considering most shows have less then 4M viewers a night your pricing model pretty much is just throwing money away.

1. http://www.businessinsider.com/netflixs-cost-for-house-of-ca...
Complain about it? What's to complain about? Compared to others, the majority of people in the UK have it remarkably easy. As you say, each month the tax is taken off your pay and sent directly to the taxman, and that's it. Zero effort on the part of the person being paid.

If you've got more complicated affairs, you have to do some paperwork, but that'd be also true if the UK had the US system; it's very easy for most.

There's a middle-ground to be found between easy taxes and telling the government everything. The UK government knows monthly pay and takes tax from that accordingly. If one has any other taxable income, or any reason why one should pay less tax, it's up to that individual to tell them. This makes taxes easy (most people never talk to the tax office at all), and maintains privacy.
Is Eventual Consistency Useful?
That's not how it works. The original NaCl targeted only 32-bit x86, but now they also produce binaries for x86_64 and ARM too. If you're running on ARM, you get an ARM NaCl binary.
If you're just getting started, I wrote a book for you. You can buy it and get some bitcoins back, too.

http://www.bitcoinbeginner.com

If you (or anyone else) would like a free copy of the book, email me: john@bitcoinbeginner.com
I highly doubt Diablo 3 has been the cash cow they had hoped for, and with the first Starcraft expansion launched with no sign of a monetization route with custom games I can't imagine their ROI on it is anything breath-taking, given the developmental resources required for a game as widely played as SC2. All of this is set the back-drop of a rapidly waning WoW playerbase and revenue.

Blizzard is the exception to the rule in that they typically deliver very high quality games, actually making enough money to fund that level of quality has not been consistent, while making strategic moves toward more money has consistently ended up burning them (WoW paid pets and mounts showed up about the time the player base started to get bored and diffuse to other things, the D3 RMAH has been an utter disaster since it launched)
Current contract is 80% PHP. I usually prefer to stick with Python, Clojure, and Go. Most of my past work has been Python (including when I was CTO at a funded startup).
Yes, they do. https://www.bankofamerica.com/privacy/online-mobile-banking-...

Chase has a thing where it texts you a code as well.
Or they took the site down intentionally to make the laundering of the same coins more difficult. Who knows?
Funnily enough, today there was a piece on Jezebel (I know, it's my guilty pleasure) "We’ve Seen the Future, and You’re Freelancing" http://jezebel.com/5993227/weve-seen-the-future-and-youre-fr...
Actually if Samsung wants to be a player I really think they can't afford to be tied to Android long term. Too much control at Google and Google is another player and nominally an 'opponent' at some point. Of course their is "Android" and there is the stuff that Google puts around it. Watching the Chinese companies add value to the OS install has been instructive as well.

What Android has done has shown the component manufacturers some ways to expand their markets outside "known" players. Part of the challenge of making a phone is getting the chip vendors willing to sign off on giving you software to run their chips (weird I know).
You can artificially create this limitation without having a child.

If you make arrangements at 7pm (e.g. dinner or sports), it forces you to finish everything during the work day so you can go out at night. This deadline can create an artificial sense of urgency to be more productive at work.
bitbucket.org - keep it in free private repository.
Make occasional backups and send it to myself as encrypted email attachments.
I'm not sure if the guy is American or not, but Americans are more ideological than practical. Being "passionate" about something is more valued than being good. Contrast this to other countries like Germany and Switzerland where a cool headed and calculating competence is seen as more of an ideal attitude towards work.
Somebody knows, I hope they post a link to that here at some point.
Very high risk for moderate reward, assuming you're based in a country with functioning law enforcement.
For..extortion?

"Give us a lot of bitcoins or we'll take your site down"?
> Not "a cleaner tool than the browser" a cleaner layout spec.

Yes, agreed. Though the next thing that we might want to tackle is the whole concept of a web page. Seems like storing application state in a URL is a terrible thing, yet it is so convenient for some use cases. This might mess with the idea of a "browser" more since you wouldn't be "browsing" applications, you'd be running them.

> Plus you will have to build a CSS compatibility layer on top. Hard but worthwhile.

Yes, definitely. I can't imagine anything like this taking off without a compatibility layer. However, I think, the compatibility layer could be just HTML, this new CSS replacement, some JavaScript, and a server-side compiler.

> Sort of thing Adobe might work on.

Are you being sarcastic?
My boss (Academic scientist) told us that we had to work a 70-90 hour work week to be successful in this business.
I found that funny as I don't count my productivity in hours work, but in the amount of "product" I produce. "Working hard" shouldn't be a function of time, and I think more people need to appreciate that.
This tends to be a little more difficult for people to do however, as it typically requires a lot of hard work up front. For example, it took me a month to figure out how I could make a 45 minute procedure turn into a 7 minute procedure while still maintaining the same quality. But I got it working and I can do 6 times the amount of work in the same amount of time.My free time can now be spent doing other things, such as working on a startup:)
People just don’t do this for some reason. Put the initial investment into what your working on, make it as efficient as possible, and then reap the benefits while being productive AND having enough time to post cat videos on facebook:)
"Just use Bitcoin" is a money laundering meme governments should love.
The better ones could be added to an extension I was thinking of for the newsreader I still need to write. Basically it would take your karma on HN, and then pick a random (important) event that happened on the year that your karma currently corresponds to. (Years would be common era.)

I was thinking after the current year I could start using stuff like that one XKCD comic that predicts the future based on stupid stuff people google search for.[0]

[0]: https://xkcd.com/887/

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to say what it did with the event. It just displays it somewhere on screen, like in the top corner or something.
Whoops, I did botch up the syntax on my listed example.

I compiled release-0.6; and sure enough `let numbers: [int, ..3] = [1,2,3];` compiles.

`let numbers: ~[int, ..3] = ~[1,2,3];` does not compile on my system though. Ditto for the @ sigil.

(Expected `~[int * 3] but found ~[<VI2>]`)

My understanding is that the first example [from the docs] allocates the vector on the stack.

My uncompilable examples should be equivalent except that they use the heap for storage.

Is there a reason this shouldn't compile?

Thanks so much for the reply!
Certainly, there's a whole ecosystem of add-on services for AWS that improve the whole experience.
He's a startup founder, im posting in this context. Even that aside, I'm aware (most) founders look to hire individuals that are passionate about the space and idea, not someone to simply serve a purpose. That's what outsourcing is for.
> Instawallet hacked

Another alternative is that the Instawallet people just decided to keep the "money" you had stored there, and retire to a small Caribbean island.

You'll never know.
The title scares me...
You seem to be using http://cran.r-project.org (which is what's actually mirrored) and not the linked webpage.
I was in the middle of trading :-(
Every website should use https
They'd do much better to subvert it and observe the movement of funds.
Edit: This issue has been fixed.

Original comment:
Sorry, that's a presentation issue on our end. Non-negotiable is the highest value, and if you Relate one of the variables with that as a response option to any other variable, you'd see everything in the correct order.

We currently have a small issue where that order isn't being correctly displayed by default if you do a Describe on one of those variables. We're working on fixing that. In the meantime you can manually Sort --> Manual and that chart will display appropriately.

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
Building an MVP - Choice by Choice (The BOSO Story)
Entire retirement & savings invested in bitcoin a month ago
You're right. When I was looking at news articles this morning, I came across the 41% number, but that is obviously wrong or geo-specific.

cancer.org states that 15% of deaths worldwide are due to cancer, with 50% being spread amongst other non-communicable diseases.

http://www.cancer.org/research/infographics/rising-global-ca...

"In 2010, 65% of all deaths worldwide were due to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and cancer. 15% of all deaths worldwide, nearly 8 million people, were due to cancer alone. The number of deaths worldwide from cancer dwarfs the number of global deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, as is projected to exceed 13 million by 2030."
I don't see it working. AMA is for random questions, recruiters need an uninterrupted interview to feel what a candidate is worth.
To me, this signals a strong need for more secure bitcoin storage options, and since this is hacker news, perhaps some of us should get started on that :)
Because HN's traffic is just a drop in the bucket.
Dunning-Kruger is an order of magnitude stronger for security.
Why? If you have reasons to think that the performance tests that he references are invalid or inapplicable, those should be addressed; otherwise, why should he spend his time recreating low-level tests to talk at a higher level about the subject?
This isn't a tutorial, but I found pcwalton's explanation of memory management in rust[0] to be an excellent primer for the different allocation techniques in rust.

Learning the different types of pointers was a real pain point for me; so I'm very thankful for this post. Maybe it will help you out while you're learning!

[0]: http://pcwalton.github.com/blog/2013/03/18/an-overview-of-me...
Here's a fun little post about a simple media query mixin. That can do a lot.
Ya know, that blog you linked to - I don't like that he's upset he didn't get a reward for his good deed. He should be just happy to do a good deed, IMHO.
502 Bad Gateway

nginx/1.3.11
Going freelance for me is a combination of aspects:

- A Project (or more than one, but sufficient to provide you a minimal budget);
- Motivation;
- Discipline;
- Detachment by routine.
Oh no!!! I was expecting BTC 0.01 deposit from my pool mining!!!

:)
You're looking for slights when there are none.

At the end of the day a product needs to be sustainable. That's just reality, and it applies to music and art as much as it applies to an online service. Sorry, but being offended about it doesn't mean anything.
Try TIE Fighter as well, if you can: the game engine is better, and the storyline is excellent. Thanks for the tip about DOSBox. I'd pay money to get that game in a modern package that would run on my system. (Same goes for SFC3 and NFS: High Stakes, mind you - both old games that I can't even get to run properly. Perhaps DOSBox is the answer?)
N. Korea approves nuclear strike on US
Fuck cancer. :(