skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I wish I had 30% profit off of my research!

I don't think people would be upset if the industry operated at a higher profit margin. What is upsetting is that the industry has a strangle-hold on the market. If you want thrive in academia, you need to publish in top journals. This gives the top journals immense leverage over researchers. In effect, academics pay the journals to publish, and the Universities later turn around and pay a second time to have access to those same journals.
OK... I ran the Vert.x test... runs a bit faster here with 4 workers instead of 8. I suspect what is happening there is that at times all 8 cores can be pinned by workers, while responses wait to be sent back on the 8 non workers. But not that big a change in speed actually. One thing more, when you swap in a couchbase persister for the mongo persister it's faster yet. The difference is actually much larger than the difference you get balancing the number of worker vs non worker verticles. Also thinking that swapping gson in for jackson would improve things... but I don't think that those are fair changes. (well... the couchbase may be a fair change)

Also tested Cake just because it had been a while since I have used it... and I couldn't believe it was that much worse than PHP. Your numbers there seem valid though given my test results. That's pretty sad.

Finally, tried to get in a test of your Go stuff. I'm making what I think are some fair changes ... but it did not speed up as much as I thought. In fact, initially it was slower than your test with 1.1.

So after further review... well done sir.
You don't mention if it's just a facelift you want or if the UX/flow needs help too.

Speaking from experience, it is often painful for everyone to have these roles come in after-the-fact unless the design is really barebones or built with something like Foundation or Bootstrap. Are you willing to completely scrap what you have now from a design perspective if they feel strongly that it needs it? Do you have engineers available to help fill in the programmatic gaps the designer can't code out themselves?

I'd also echo others here and say this is not the job of an intern. The icons, maybe, but if you're looking for someone to really help you out with web app design, you would be better served by someone with actual experience working on other products lest you want to end up with something you'll just need to pay someone more to fix later. As I insinuated in the last paragraph, try to find a designer that can code so you can bypass any potential problems with Photoshop comps not being built out correctly, especially if your engineers are not design-savvy, aren't comfortable with CSS or have a tendency to use mockups more as suggestive guides than an official proof.
Not to mention that any piece of digital media (an MP3, JPEG, etc.) is just a big integer.
Channeling the Tech Swagger
That may be -- but are commandline tools the kind-of applications the JVM is designed for?
I already mentioned RiverTrail stuff in another response. I don't really think it is a replacement for SSE/AVX/NEON/AltiVec.
We've got a bunch of feedback that the Play database test needs to be asynchronous, so we'll make that a priority for our next run. Perhaps I can entice you to submit a pull request to improve the Play configuration?
The C language specification describes an abstract computer, not a real one
I wrote a similar post a while ago, recommended for developers: http://damir.me/posts/essential-tools-and-apps-for-mac
Cross Device Synchronization
Help archive formspring:

http://tracker.archiveteam.org/formspring/

http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warri...

http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Formspring
From his shareholders' point of view, the joy of haing children isn't fungible unless they live in close proximity to their investment. Of course, there's an argument tht being happy will make Merrill more productive, but that presupposes he likes children.
Interesting take on it. I didn't see it as a hit piece so much as a "Hmm, what do we make of this?" piece.

The data that the temperature for the last 10 years has remained basically flat is coming from the exact same sources that have advocated awareness of anthropogenic change, the IPCC being one of them. Unless things change a lot we're very much in danger of having the mean temperature of the planet land outside the error bars in the models.

What that means is that climate is a complicated thing (not too surprising), and that the models are missing some components.

The article wasn't about "Cherry picking" as far as I read it was more along the lines, "Well if all 21 models of the IPCC are inaccurate, what are some of the models they rejected?" That is asking the question, "If we don't have the right answer, what other answers were proposed?" Finding a model that both explains the previous temperatures with the data we have and is more accurately predicting the changes we're observing is the goal.
so have I got a deal for you :) Anyway, my recently published "nestgrid" framework is precisely that (among other possible uses). A mix of xml editor, spreadsheet, direct manipulation of objects ui, and all around cool thing; flash demo included. See http://nestgrid.wordpress.com/nestgrid-paper/

EDIT: fixed url as per @nocman's advice.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuil
Or use Gitx
Fancy Hands Releases iPhone App
In Europe this is solved by not allowing patenting of mathematics or raw algorithms but allowing patents that cover the technical application of such things.

In certain fields the "technical effect" required [it's not called that any more, the test is more nuanced now] is, shall we say, less obvious than others. [Digital] Image processing/codecs/compression for example always seemed very close to just maths.
Have you found any significant increase in users from the "discoverability by being in the Microsoft App Store"? Also, any reason you didn't implement this as a classic COM plugin?

We wrote similar apps for Outlook 2013, but didn't see much traction. Also, compared to classic COM plugins (which are also still supported by 2013), the API is very limited. That combined with no backwards compatibility makes me think that it would have been better to implement this as a COM plugin for better coverage and functionality...
This is just a start and I would point out that the MapReduce patents may be their most valuable from a "core business" perspective. This is very positive.
I think it goes with the territory. In a lot of senses, this guy gave up his personhood and became a corporation. The things we take for granted as individuals he puts before the board.

For example, he was able to convince them that he wanted to date the second girl, but that's not something any of us have likely had to deal with. The one exception being if you're still at home and you try to convince your parents you want to date a specific person.

In that context, the statement was a little chilling, but no more so (to me) than all the other decisions. The entire thing was chilling to me.
Benchmarking Dependency Injection Containers
They don't yet. I'm saying pnacl is more likely to result in Google getting a death grip on the browser than ending Javascript's dominance.
Does this invalidate certain crypto patents, like the NTRU patents or the RSA patent (if it were still in effect)?
Perfect, thanks for all this.
Why is it OK to lump honest physicians, researchers and patients in with snake oil salesmen and their victims?

Why is it morally acceptable to have laws intended to help the people that don't care to tell the difference? Those laws come at the expense of those who do care, who take the trouble to figure things out.

Why shouldn't we live in a free society where the best within us can make a difference, and take humanity forward?
By endurance we conquer
I do not see any issue with that statement. In a pragmatic way, it is completely true. Children are a financial drain, they take lots of resources from parents (time, money, etc).

The fact that for some people it is 100% worth it is a separate issue. I've got friends who are suffering because money is not enough (having to work two jobs living here in Mexico), but they won't change their children for a 'more confortable' life. For some people, children are worth more than all the resources they would spend... a thousand times.

For me, someone who doesn't want to have children, it is not worth it (maybe not now at 31... maybe in the future I'll change my mind, who knows). So I agree with the reasoning that having children will only imply funneling resources to something that won't just give me any satisfaction.
It can't go Mach 20 in the atmosphere, so that wouldn't work.
Send a pull request, then.
Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven
If Order Relations are Such a Pain, Why Bother?
That's amusing but really wide of teh mark. cosndier how heavily automated many businesses are these day, and becoming more so. Labor is a shrinking factor in the equation, and ideally one that many capitalists would like as close to zero as possible - after all, machines don't go on strike or sing protest songs about their working conditions or demand variety or fulfillment from their labor.

On the other hand, without demand, you can't sell your product, so as long as people are around then you have an interest in making them want your product.
I don't know about "hipster", but I genuinely feel sorry for "developers" that can't take a few hours to learn the basics of the terminal. I can't imagine having to use a GUI to do my development. (IDE, or SCM, or otherwise, even my documentation is all commandline via godoc)
The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense
I always kept switching from Vim to Sublime text until I found this:

http://vim.spf13.com/ The Ultimate Vim Distribution
It's a collection of plugins and common shortcuts such as :W becomes :w, :w!! for saving as root, etc...

In the beginning it was mostly the file-drawler that make me want to leave Vim but that was easy solved by using this version:
https://github.com/alloy/macvim

In combination with iTerm on mac it's my preferred way to develop, the only thing I miss is an easy way to reload, visit pages etc in the chrome-window on my second screen without having to lift my hands from my keyboard, but cmd+tab and Vimium help me with that.
Your DNA is also a big integer. You're a just a number.
Is Optimization Immoral?
I'd imagine that being relatively young is an advantage in a test like this. You're not utilizing any features, and features are what slow down requests. The less features something has, the faster it should perform in these trivial tests.
It was tried and failed in the life sciences. Genome Biology and Nature tried to create pre-print servers but there was no adoption. You can still find Nature's server online (precedings.nature.com). Why have they failed ? I don't know. I think it is a critical mass issue. Usually it takes a switch from a whole community and for some reason it is hard to get life scientists to switch. arXiv does have a quantitative biology section and the genetics and genomics people are using it increasingly.
Health insurance for a family will far outstrip the costs of a Porsche and can give a supercar a run for its money. Hell, it can give a mortgage a run for its money.
Klout Adds Bing and Instagram Data to Your Score
Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share
3D-ifying Documents Using CSS Transforms
A look at C++14: Papers Part I
This is good work - some trafficking victims cannot make phone calls and many REALLY do not want to engage authorities/the police.

I was close to an incident involving some J1s a few years ago. I'm not how this technology would have helped that particular situation, though Polaris Project did help. A big problem with NHTRC is that if you connect the victims with them, they ask MANY MANY MANY questions of the victim but legally cannot DO very much. It tires the victims out and roughs up already shaky trust.

So my question is: What happens if you text this number?

Also: How do victims of trafficking learn about this number?
Santa Clara launches free outdoor Wi-Fi on backs of smart meters
Paul Singh Steps Down at 500 Startups to Launch His Own Venture: Dashboard.io
Build Better Presentation Decks with Emotional Triggers
And the "What do we make of this" is definitely a valid question. Every model is going to be inaccurate to some degree. We should strive to improve them!

I took issue with picking a few individual researchers' models which have a lower range than the IPCC estimates (which are influenced by those lower estimates). The case could, and probably is, be made for higher ranged estimates. The point is, if you curate a subset of models to bolster your bias, you're not contributing any meaningful data to the discourse.
Well we are reaching an age (of asteroid mining) where it's probably more cost efficient to manufacture in space and ship (or railgun, I guess) the mass to earth. Probably not for a while, but I don't think it's science fiction anymore.
Mendeley group on Geoengineering IT
Mendeley group for sharing information about IT issues related to geoengineering.
> I think the question of whether or not to have kids should not be addressed from a financial standpoint. Instead you should ask yourself: "Is being successful in my career more important to me than raising happy children who can contribute to society?" If the answer is yes for both husband and wife (and I think a long-term, legally-committed relationship between the parents is a major factor in raising happy kids), then maybe you shouldn't have kids. No problem.

Exactly, the financial factor does not play a strong role in the decision to have children. Once someone wants to have a child, all other factors become irrelevant (for good, or for bad... for people that get to have 5 children and do not have enough money to maintain them). As you say, the joy kids bring to these people cannot be measured in terms of money.

OTOH, for people who do not want to have children (like me, at this time), there is no way to 'convince' that it is worth it.
Why is it OK to lump honest physicians, researchers and patients in with snake oil salesmen and their victims?

The best snake oil salesmen believe in their products. There are already exceptions for allowing people to take highly experimental procedures when there likely to die without them. However, there are plenty of cases where highly trained well meaning doctors caused massive suffering without benefit to their direct patents.

As a recent example of fringe medicine, a few athletes have injected themselves with stem cells. Not to mention the modern version of doping which often involves substances that are known to be harmful or medicine has little idea what the long term effects are.
Better Notifications in GitHub for Mac
On the contrary, I think people who are already comfortable with vim have a harder time identifying the pains of learning it.

There are many problems that started out as pains but are second nature to us now, so we don't think to optimize them.

I remember spending a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out link and include paths to add a new library in visual studio when I was a new programmer. Doing so now is so easy I hardly need to think about it, but in reality it hasn't gotten any easier. I am simply familiar with the process.

Really, installing a new library should be as straightforward as installing an extension in a web browser. There is little essential complexity there, and yet this process has not become easier (in C/C++) for decades.

Anyone who knows enough about how to solve the problem has already groked it and isn't interested in solving it anymore. This is the problem I see with wanting an improved vim from someone who is already a vim expert. The problems they have with vim are disjoint from the problems a new programmer would have with vim.

What I will say is that if you are going to create a new editor, by the time you are done you should have become an expert in all the major text editors. You're absolutely right that any new editor should have seriously considered the features available in vim and emacs and others. However I have no problem with someone who isn't an expert getting inspiration to create their own editor out of their frustrations with vim. Many great things were stared in similar ways by people who weren't experts (yet).
I wouldn't go so far as wishing them a speedy demise -- if building something like that makes you happy, who am I to hope that it comes to an end.

I do think that those projects will naturally and healthily die out, or perhaps evolve into other forms and directions. They're good projects, I just don't think they are as needed now as they were pre-3.8. And I think for most people, the basic desire/need to have a GTK2/GNOME2-based experience will largely be satisfied by GNOME 3.8.
Geoengineering group on Google
The Diamond Age. Good by nation state, it was a good run.
"We seldom address climate discussions from a perspective of geological timescales"

I used to make fun of people who talked about "The { biggest | smallest | hottest | coldest | whatever } <thing> in recorded history!" By drawing a bar for "History" (4.5 billion year planetary existence) and "Recorded History" nominally a 5,000 year stretch at the end there. Basically about .0001% of the length. So you draw "history" as a meter long bar on the chart and "recorded history" is a strip .1mm wide. Basically thinner than the line an ultrafine Sharpie(tm) pen draws.

Needless to say, it wasn't a really compelling way to make a point. :-)
Congrats to the team at Exceptional!

If any Airbrake/Exceptional users are looking for an alternative, check out Rollbar (https://rollbar.com). Here's a write-up we did on how we're different from Airbrake: https://rollbar.com/vs/airbrake/
I'm not sure what you're implying with this comment. Are you saying non-designers don't refresh pages?
I first heard about kmikeym here, so I guess it's only fair that HN got name checked:

"In July 2009, a year and half after Merrill IPO’d himself, some participants on a discussion board called Hacker News were debating the hypothetical possibility of a personal IPO."
Yet somehow countries that regulate drugs merely by safety tend to produce better health outcomes than countries that regulate for safety and efficacy like the US FDA does. You're just asserting that the upsides outweigh the downsides, but every study I've seen that tries to measure things quantitatively comes to the opposite conclusion.

The gullible are already getting snake-oil in the form of herbal remedies and homeopathy.
> It's actually an anti-JavaScript animus.

You just wrote that I "ignored" Google's NaCl and Pepper work. That is not true, and yet you didn't hold Google to account anywhere on this thread (or others) for "ignoring" opportunities such as asm.js which were latent in Emscripten (in spite of their commercial support for Mandreel-compiled CWS games).

There's more to what you wrote than just anti-JS animus. But let's not get stuck on this dispute; let's be unstuck like JS :-P.

> It seems to be an entirely market-driven solution, not a technologically-driven one -- but those market circumstances are something you have far more influence over than I do.

Look deeper. The market is responding to cost structures ultimately based on how hard it is to do PNaCl + Pepper vs. Emscripten + asm.js + (Web APIs that devs need anyway).

This is not about "best tech" or "marketing" or "market power". (Firefox doesn't have Google's marketing budget, and we definitely do not have decisive market power, as Netscape and then IE did -- but neither does Chrome.)

This is about "shortest path" or "worse is better" -- who gets adoption first with something "good enough" wins, and can keep winning if the good-enough thing keeps evolving and doesn't get stuck.

JS is "good enough" and manifestly capable of evolving cross-browser via the Ecma TC39 standards process and some coopetition to be even better.

Anyway, at the asm.js level, apart from syntax aesthetics, why do you care how an int32 cast or type annotation is encoded? The semantics are sufficient, as proven by UE3 in Firefox. They only get richer as we do SIMD, task ||ism, etc.

/be
Using Mahout to Group Religious Twitter Users
> There seems to be lots of fearmongering about DNSSEC amplification

There is also a 300+ Gbps DDoS attack making use of it right now. This was foreseen as a huge amplification vector in a stateless protocol during the design phase, but was ignored. Now we get to reap the benefits of that decision.

Normal DNS responses don't often grow to the size of google.com/IN/ANY. You have a very limited number of authoritative sources to use (and hosting yourself creates a bottleneck as well as a path back to you). With widespread DNSSEC adoption every zone becomes a good amplification source, which nullifies the current best practices for mitigation (rate limiting responses per zone/source).

If DNSSEC adoption becomes the norm, open recursive resolvers no longer become the problem and direct to authoritative becomes a viable attack vector.
Odd that there's no mention of Tumblr's "Ask Me" (or Facebook's attempt, for that matter).

Formspring was getting some traction on Tumblogs, got a nice write-up on TechCrunch[1] et al, then Tumblr released their own version[2] two days later. A few months after that, Facebook started to work on their own[3], only to eventually kill it the end of last year.

The takeaway always seemed like Formspring was a feature (and a minor one at that), not a product.

[1]: http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/04/formspring-ask-me-anything/

[2]: http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/06/tumblr-formspring/

[3]: http://allfacebook.com/date/2010/04/facebook-currently-testi...
It's likely just a matter of perf. on mobile devices. If the browser's rendering/compositing is itself using too much of the GPU's resources to simultaneously run anything worthwhile in WebGL, it's probably not worth exposing it.
> ... this is demonstrably false when talking in general.

No, it is demonstrably true when talking in general. To deny this is to deny the scientific theory of evolution. More resources leads to more reproduction. Organisms that don't follow this rule, die out.

>> Education is free.

> That's true, but meaningless in practical terms.

What? Are we talking about education, or are we talking about purchasing a sheepskin?

> However to have a real effect you need to organize and disseminate information, etc...all much easier with money.

So education can't happen unless the ruling class releases the information essential to education? You have a very interesting picture of reality. How did people educate themselves before there was a ruling class, before there was someone who needed to "organize and disseminate information"? On that topic, how did the ruling class get there in the first place -- or was it "turtles all the way down" (a famous Bertrand Russell line)?

Education doesn't mean waiting to be told what to think, it means learning how to think.
I know it's a list of desktop apps, but I just recently launched a quick reference (iPhone) app for iOS devs: http://www.idev101.com/app/

The color picker is my personal favorite. It'll convert between hex colors, RGB and HSB. Plus it shows the UIColor code for whatever color you're previewing.
It's the same way in the US, one doesn't patent the mathematics or algorithm, but the application of an algorithm in a particular field. Discussions on patents are usually so low-information that important details like this are elided. However, I can get behind the point that if your worldview is limited to just software, this can be distinction without a difference.
Moving on From Mosaic
My initial reaction to your comment was to say that it was an article form the NYT and should be reliable. But to be completely honest, it seemed like kind of shady journalism to me too, based more on rumor then anything substantial. It does reflect sadly on the state of the media these days though when even the NYT can't be generally trusted.