skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Actually, gaining acceptance in the financial markets is probably the best thing that can happen to BitCoin long term. If BitCoin slowly but surely keeps providing utility and gains financial market volume, it will eventually stabilize in price. It's volatile now because the outstanding value of BitCoins is about$ $1 Billion, but the amount of investors trading it are capable of causing it take big swings. This makes it an attractive market to play in since the amount that can be made in a single day is high. This should eventually increase the number of investors in the market, increasing the total value of the market. If this goes on for long enough, the outstanding market value will grow and BitCoin will stabilize further and further, making it more suitable as a currency.

BitCoin right now is like the market for a low volume commodity like Caviar. But it could eventually become like the market for a high volume commodity like corn, but with all the benefits of being able to spend it electronically anywhere.

Basically, investor interest in the volatility now will eventually drive it to becoming a better currency faster.
At least in Finnish and Swedish they are so common that they're considered letters in their own right. Å/Ä/Ö are placed in the alphabet after Z, rather than being mixed in with A and O like would usually be done with accented letters.

In Finnish, Ä is actually one of the most common letters while Ö is somewhat less frequent.

In Swedish, both "ö" and "å" are words on their own: ö means island, å is a small river or something like that :)
I don't know how accurate the results will be from this poll. I seriously doubt there are 36 users on HN over 90 (not entirely implausible, but most likely not the case). For anyone wondering I just turned 25, so in the 21 to 25 bracket and voted accordingly. Another fact worth pointing out is that you can vote more than once, so you can vote your real age and then vote on every other age to game the poll if you want too.
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I'm curious to see more granularity on 21-25
Continuing to repeat "Bitcoin is new; Bitcoin is sudividable; Keynes bad; central bank bad" isn't actually an argument as to how any new features of Bitcoin, including its subdivisability, change any of the incentives related to deflation.

If you've got an argument, make it, but as far as I can see there's just conspiracy theories about the status quo and wishful thinking with no coherent basis for Bitcoin.
emacs has the --reverse-video flag:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Col...
This is a nice goal; I appreciate the answers to questions that are increasingly showing up on DDG, Google, etc. But I find the idea of a Star Trek computer inadequate as the overall vision of what a search engine should be.

Most of us search for lots of things other than just information. We search for experiences: a video to watch, a story to read, a game to play, funny comics, music, a wacky interaction with a stranger. We also search for capabilities: a site that lets me buy something, enter a contest, execute some code, sign a petition, communicate with people, create an image.

And even when we search for information, often it is not simply a one-time answer to a question. I might search for a site that will give me ongoing updates on something: the weather, a webcam. Or I might want to read an article to help me master a topic.

(Surely the folks at Google know all this. I have to wonder how much of his own ideas the writer is projecting onto them.)
Makes it really easy to figure out how many seconds old you are!
Oh, just, wow.
Ask HN:  Help me decide between multiple logos.
I started a logo design contest and am trying to choose which logo I like best, but can use some help. Would anyone care to provide some feedback?
Two charts about the future of newspapers
One conclusion from poll results you can deduct is "You are not that successful in life, if you are older than 30 and still checking hackernews"
Too many options. All I can really discern from a quick glance is that ~71 people trolled the poll (under 10+over 90) and most HN'ers appear to be 21-30.
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How many mixes have we heard where the signature is the sample and the chaff is the stuff surrounding it?

That's a great point. One song the article mentioned that epitomized this was the Puff Daddy 'Missing you' song. The sentiment was worthwhile, and I can also see it within the musical tradition of rap and the soundsystem aesthetic where musicians develop their MCing skills by rapping over over a sampled loop in their bedroom/the garage etc. so to build a whole song over a single looped sample with a minimum of additional production elements actually served a musical function of evoking nostalgia for 'the way things used to be' when the people in question were young and just learning how to rap. But it ended up sounding like a complete lift of someone else's song, and while the licensing was probably taken care of in this case it's spawned thousands of imitations with even less musical novelty.
For one, all those glyphs don't need to be drawn by a single person or even coexist in the same font (they cannot, anyway, given current font formats). Of the 110182 characters Unicode 6.2 defines Windows 8 (the only thing I can test at the moment) includes glyphs for 102082 of them out of the box. The missing ones fall mostly into either »rarely-used CJK ideograph« or »historical script« (like Hieroglyphs).

Unicode serves many different needs and not all characters are necessary to support in a general-purpose OS. There are fonts to cover the missing pieces and professionals working in fields requiring those usually have them installed.

There is also little benefit to provide a single font that encompasses all of Unicode. Designers pick fonts for aesthetic reasons and every script has different styles (although Latin, Greek and Cyrillic are fairly similar which is why they usually are all included in every font). E.g. you have the main distinctions into serif and sans-serif (for non-decorative body text). This distinction never existed for scripts like Han, Hebrew, Arabic, various Indic scripts, etc. So if you were to create only one font, what are your choices to include for every script? Pan-Unicode fonts are mostly useful as fallback fonts to ensure that you can see some rarely-used glyphs but for nearly all practical purposes they cannot be used for anything else. It's also an enormous effort beyond creating the glyphs because you'll have to include kerning tables, define positions where combining characters appear, etc. Those are often issues that make such pan-Unicode fonts unusable because yes, they may contain plenty of glyphs but cannot be used reliably to render text that goes beyond simple scripts (and diacritic placement can even be wrong with just Latin.
Was the improvement from increased visibility for the project or from changes in the development process using GitHub?
GE opens patent library to Quirky community
Building a True OAuth 2.0 API with Django and Tastypie
That can certainly be done!
What about music that can only be crafted, but not played live? What about music that works best with headphones? What about music that doesn't lend itself to the consumption of alcohol? What about those who want to make music, not T-Shirts or mugs or what-the-fuck-ever? Congrats, you just restricted musicians to live entertainers, just because that's all you care about.
Why do you assume they lied?
It is also interesting to see what the median age is. I think it is between 25-30 now where as it was between 30-35 before. The ratio of teenagers also seems to be decreasing.
Stencils for Science
+1 for the .NET , both mono and microsoft versions. It would be great to compare ASP.NET MVC against the most popular web frameworks out in the open source world. If it's a matter of licenses then perhaps you could apply for bizspark and get windows licenses for dev purposes for free?
I'm not sure how I feel about this. One of the biggest problems I had with working in an office was precisely how easy it was for people to bother me for just a quick question, killing my flow. I much prefer having passive indicators and queries, as you get with IM (which you can ignore until you're ready) and a bug tracker (which also forces people to keep their process rigorous and documented, as they have to work through these systems to communicate at all; too easy to let bug trackers and the like get out of sync with reality if people are just quickly verbally telling people about problems).

I can see how this would work well for people who work on many short tasks, though, as opposed to work like mine that often benefits from focusing for hours at a time with no interruptions.
Marc Hedlund: "One of my favorite business model suggestions for [web] entrepreneurs is to find an old UNIX command that hasn't yet been implemented on the web, and fix that." (2007)

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/04/when-in-doubt-make-...
YouTube video: Introducing Code Spells
BTW: this poll is displayed beautifully with bar chart on HN for mobile http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/#/item/5536734
> Android is a more open and democratic mobile operating system where no one central entity controls its direction

Except google.

The notable versions that are not strongly controlled by google are things like the amazon version on a kindle, which might as well not be android
Google glass and cars are the vestiges of the old Google. The travesty is that they are subservient to G+.
>HTML5 is not standard, certainly not open

What, because some vendors take liberty with codec choices? HTML5, while not officially ratified as an RFC, has an agreed-upon standard version, and the implementations of it are far more standardized than HTML4 ever was. As for openness, it's a markup language, there's nothing that CANT be open about it. The only possible thing about html5 that isn't open is the popular choice of video codec, h264, in which case: whoop de doo.
Sure thing... I haven't been involved with poker for several years, but I'd be happy to take a look and talk it over--email is in my profile.
Google does: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apple+open+source&l=1
Int overflow. I can't read that age.
I did use Foursquare once. The blood bank made me check in on Foursquare to get a t-shirt. (Nice shirt, with a captcha-based pun - I still wear it.)
Winnti. More than just a game - Securelist
Absolutely not. I don't want my future employees knowing how much money I spend down at the strip club, for example.
Correct that truth is a defense. But, as I understand it, the defendant does not at any point have a burden of proof in a civil case, even if the plaintiff has made a prima facie case. That's just not how burden of proof works for any tort under US law. The burden is essentially always the plaintiff's by a preponderance of the evidence. Many defendants try to prove truth of their claims so that the plaintiff cannot meet their burden of proof to show falsity. But that doesn't mean they have the burden of proof, in the sense in which it's typically used.

Here's the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law

Here's a random scholarly article on the topic: http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=22...

I believe they do not support your position.

That being said, I'm not a lawyer and for all I know maybe you are, so perhaps I am failing to understand the issue.
Brilliant. Is this goodbye for BitCoins?
There was a time when people would have said it was best to learn C and Pascal and leave other languages to remnants, too.

(edit: typo)
It looks like 44 people over 90 isn't very realisic. I guess some people find it funy to screw the poll. It's a waste of creative potential. What else have you done lately to make this world a better place to live ?
They could always Google it.

Sorry.
Cory Doctorow's "Pirate Cinema" is a great book to read on the topic. Very well written and engaging, too. Great story.
A thing I would love is deploy via git push.

Simply activate a post-push hook that runs a specifically named js/coffee file!

This would both accomodate for offline editing and any compile-to-js language.
I wonder how many companies donate to projects as a recruiting strategy, vs. general corporate, or brand, or whatever. Seems like it makes a lot of sense.
And the joy it's all essentially virtual. Not like USD is much more real than the rest.
How to find Even or Odd number without Modulus Operator
I use siri all the time for setting appointments and adding notes/reminders. Also good for knowing when games might be going on at the local sports bar (so I can get a seat prior to the rush).

So for me, its become exactly like the computer from TNG.
She mentions Hayek in passing several times, which is worth noting. He wrote quite extensively about the difficulty of replacing "spontaneous order" and evolved institutions with rational designs conceived from scratch.

The basic problem is that the law is complex because human relations are irreducibly complex; and that the law takes human relations as its problem domain.

This is essential and not accidental complexity.

Those of us in STEM professions are good at reducing complexity, but a lot of the time we deal with complexity by simply discarding details in favour of abstractions that cover enough of reality that the cost of the mismatch is below the cost of building a more accurate model.

Lawyers are rarely able to exercise such discretion. The courts are obliged to give definitive answers.
Cached copy: http://www.jottit.com/fp693
I too am definitely confused by LinkedIn. I feel the key value addition there is having a professional profile on the internet. The other things they keep doing like endorsements, news, mentions, I feel they don't really add significant value.
Look at the old polls. Low single digit %'s of people were under 15 or over 60 and now nearly 10% of people are under 10 or over 90? Riiiight.

I realize it's possible demographics changed in that time. Maybe HN is all the rage in nursing homes and kindergartens these days. Doesn't pass the sniff test though.

One demographic does appear to be distinctly on the rise though: trolls.
Secret Communication on Facebook implemented with Browser-Based Steganography
You know. I have DDG setup as my default search engine, but I find that I use "!g" way too often.
Quantcast thinks [1] the top three age groups for this site are 35-44 (37%), 45-65 (24%), and 25-34 (15%). Of course, Quantcast also estimates the gender ratio at 53/47 M/F.

To be sure, Quantcast is measuring lurkers + members, whereas this poll is measuring members only. But, nevertheless, my gut feel is Quantcast is simply wrong.

[1] http://www.quantcast.com/news.ycombinator.com#!demo&anch...
Fast iteration is cool assuming you have customer validation plans. In this case, it didn't sound like one existed.
The most significant result of this poll is that HN now seems to be past the point where we can rely on an honor system to prevent users from giving junk answers to polls. A few years ago we could. That's an unfortunate change.

However, it's an ill wind that blows no good. When I'm done reading applications, I'll add a little tweak to HN to make the fonts super big for all the users over 80.
Ask HN: how do/would you teach programming?
We see a lot on HN about teaching yourself to program. What about teaching others? I'm TAing an introductory computational biology couse at my University, and tomorrow I'll be teaching a group of students, many of whom have never programmed before, the basics (MATLAB specifically). Its been a few years since I was in their shoes and its difficult to put yourself in the mindset of the very beginner. I'm sure others here encounter this problem, even if its just trying to explain basic programming concepts to coworkers, family, or friends. So HN, what advice do you have for teaching / explaining programming to complete neophytes?
>> And in the greater scheme of things, 1,000 generations is not a whole lot: in human terms, that's only 25,000 years, while modern Homo Sapiens have been around for ten times as long.

That's a bit misleading. 1,000 generations to evolve extremely basic movement is nowhere near comparable to the complexity of the human body.
tl;dr: he has issues with FWD.us because he believes that letting in more skilled immigrants is unfair to people who are unskilled. He also has some vague concept that skilled immigrants take jobs away from uneducated Americans. Because, you know, hiring 10 high school drop outs can totally replace one foreign PhD whom you can't hire because of immigration bullshit.
> That's not going to happen either, under the current system.

Well, the dynamics of who will get paid as a result of the legal recording arrangements are well beyond the scope of this conversation, and I don't believe the terms of somebody's recording deal, whatever they might be, negate wholesale expropriation of someone's artistic output. I find the whole "FAT CAT RECORD LABELS ARE PARASITES, STICK IT TO THE MAN!!!" argument to be kind of disingenuous.

> Here your own argument comes back to bite you. Really good sampling takes just as much blood, sweat, and tears invested as the other skill sets you cite.

This is.... categorically not true. I'm sorry. I have no small familiarity with electronic music and sampling, having transitioned over a while back after seeing the writing on the wall in terms of making music the old-school way, and while I would not hesitate to say that it requires skill and, above all, taste, there is little if any comparison to a singular analog musician, let alone an entire ensemble. I realize I'm going to be called old fashioned in this respect, but I've done both, and I can DJ a heck of a lot better than DJ's can sing, play guitar, bass, keys (live keys), and drums. Each instrument takes a lifetime to master, point blank.

You're right, I abused 'externality' a little. Not completely, but it's a little strained.

All I'll say here is what I said before-- for little songs, kick a small mechanical royalty to the rights holders so they can pay their bills. For big gold record songs, if you want to ride the coattails of AC/DC, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, or whoever, pay the toll that they dictate or write your own hook.

To take the 'sampling' debate into another realm, consider taking the likeness of a famous actor and CGIing it into some other, derivative work. This isn't so farfetched, really. Didn't 30 Rock do a bit a couple years back where they tried to CGI Jerry Seinfeld into NBC's flailing lineup?

And according to the ideas proposed in that article, wouldn't that be ANY derivative work, any time? Like some technicolor nightmare of a porno where James Dean bangs Elizabeth Taylor? Do they have a right to say 'no thank you'? Do they have a right to say 'yeah, but it'll cost you'? What about somebody like Tom Waits, who's consistently declined to make his work available in commercials? Can Girl Talk sample him and then put it in a Doritos ad? I think he'd be a little taken aback.
Oh, the memories seeing those names bring back.

So happy to have been there for the through the 90's.
That was my interpretation as well and I didn't like "sell your sh!t" thing. I don't think a musician would like his art to be called shit.
26 and I always think that I am still 21 years old。。
The DREAM Act has been introduced in every Congress for over a decade. It has gotten close a few times, but is stuck in the politics of 'amnesty'. Executive branch defered action has been in place for almost a year now, and while it's strictly inferior to a legislative solution it's far better than nothing.

All of which is to say that there is a well developed political lobby on both sides of that issue. While I'm sure the DREAM Act supporters wouldn't mind getting big checks from SV millionaires and billionaires thier voices would add little to the debate. Similarly, the major private sector unions and national buisness association, after much back and forth forged a compromise on blue collar temporary work visas sensitive to the needs of both.

It makes sense for the tech industry -- both the owners and workers -- to speak out on topics that are salient to them. That's where they are most knowledgable and where thier opinions will be most respected. There is no need to feel guilty or try and shame anyone for concentrating on the those issues.
What exactly is it do you think the main functions of gov. are? How do you achieve these without money?
The correct answer is that people don't like being rude and saying no, particularly when its' easy for them to agree.

If you have no product and are not asking for a sale, saying 'yes' has not cost to the person. Saying 'no' makes them a grouch, and they would have to justify why they said no. So lots of people say 'yes' even though they don't really mean it.

That's why the only data worth talking about is sales and adoption, and why minimum viable product is the way to go.
Google Now has hot word detection. Saying 'Google' starts the voice app. Just have to prevent the device from sleeping.
My thoughts exactly. That's a lot of <10 year olds...
Maybe it is a marketing problem. The domain name is nice, but what does it tell about you, about your product, about people sharing the url ? For you it was probably a matter of being zillionears but for music lovers ? The dynamic pricing thing looks also fishy in the sense that no one except you are in control of pricing, or its algorithm. This gives the feeling to be exposed to be screwed, the artists and the potential buyers.

My feeling is that you conceived the startup guided mainly by your desires than the one of the artists, visitors and clients. Unfortunately your desires where not attractive for them.

Mistake n° 1 is the domain name which is the first message you give about your business and service.
Don't ask to ask, just show the logos and provide a simple way to cast a vote.
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How do you know some people are lying here about their age?
This story seems more like "If we build it, they will come."
you can actually see that it's being loaded:

% kextstat | grep Steal
99 0 0xffffff7f81afc000 0x5000 0x5000 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (7.0.0) <74 7 4 3 1>
Completely agree. If your audience gets them, that's the most robust, easiest to interpret way to visualize a distribution (continuous or discrete). But it may require a few words of explanation depending on the audience.
over 30
Just wanna say, met jf once at a panel, could not be a nicer fellow. Lots of fun to talk to and he writes awesome posts.
Like I said, a small mechanical royalty for obscure songs where you don't know who owns what, or how to pay them. No copyright trolling.

And for big songs, call it gold-record hits and above, whatever Jay-Z (or equivalent) demands. If you want to sample a big band's big hit, you are arguably getting the better of the arrangement, and they ought to have the right to charge you whatever the market will bear. Or tell you to shove it if they don't like the song they're getting shoved into.
Both. What also improved enormously was participation by people who previously thought it too clumsy to. Github brought an organized, easy method of contributing. It was like night and day.

Switching to github was probably the best organizational decision we made.

From a business standpoint, I've also found that github's severs are fast and reliable, and the turnaround for tech support questions is fast and accurate.

I'm very impressed with github.
At my company, because of the lack of OS X/iOS devs, we developed a while ago several training courses.
We made different ones, web, cocoa, cocoa-touch and they all work.
With prerequisites (none for web, object oriented programming for cocoa*), we can have devs ready in 2-3 week even if they never touch these techs before.

The secret is simple: Incremental Project-based training.

Create a set of 5-10 projects which all:
1/ put in direct action a theory point.
2/ take advantage of previous acquired knowledge.
3/ leave the student learn on his/her own.

GL.