skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
For the non-free content on JSTOR, I don't see much that another archive could do about it. The main issue is back issues of journals published between 1923 and now-ish. Future content could go open access directly online, in which case JSTOR doesn't even really enter into the picture. And JSTOR has already made all the older, public-domain content freely available. But in between, there is almost a century of copyrighted content controlled by the journals. JSTOR scans the paper journals, but can only make the PDFs available with agreement of the copyright holder. They could try to pressure them more, e.g. by threatening to evict journals from JSTOR if the journal doesn't agree to certain minimum licensing requirements. But they don't ultimately control that content themselves.
> The open source movement has shown that there's a third way, and I suspect that that's the way to go. It's fault tolerant: if a group of people are detracting from its mission, the others can very easily go on and continue as is.

You can't fork funding the way you fork source code though. It's not just more expensive, but fundamentally different.
To add to the anxiety that some men are probably feeling about this app, Lulu obnoxiously uses a homepage photo in which the women look like they're acting at best mischievous and at worst downright evil. Personally, the app does not cause me any anxiety, but I can tell from the comments that for some it does, and the homepage photo choice is a blatantly unapologetic statement about how Lulu hopes the app is used. The photo choice on the homepage does not mesh well with the text in the About page.
Dropbox rebrands to promote its new business-friendly features
And this is why you always use something along the lines of PGP end to end.
That guy isn't a Ruby developer -at- Facebook; he writes Facebook Platform apps in Ruby. With that being said I'm sure there's something in Ruby somewhere at Facebook - in an organization that size, there's room for a lot of best tools for the job.

Plus, Ruby is big in the CM/operations/deployment world given the popularity of both Puppet and Chef.
It's quite ironic actually if you think about it.
I have a set of weights in my home office. Whenever I lose concentration or need a break (or feel a bit twitchy), I do a few weightlifting exercises (usually no more than 20 reps at a time, but several times a day). This has helped me a great deal in becoming fitter and instead of being a tedious chore at the end of the day, exercising is now a welcome break that clears my head.

However, long before I started doing that, I discovered the best way to stop myself from suffering back pains and RSI: Drinking tea. This works exceptionally well because it means getting up and walking around every 30-60 minutes to get a fresh cup, which is all it took to interrupt whatever cramped position my back and arms were in (the tea itself doesn't matter, although I recently switched to a decaffeinated type).

As additional benefit, during either type of break I often have new ideas about the work I'm doing.
100% agree. Single best angular resource on the web. Especially w/r/t his isolate scope explanations.
> Men have been getting the good end of sexual discrimination for centuries. Owning property. Voting. Higher education. Being allowed to practice a profession. Being favored by marriage laws. Being favored by social biases.

Are you saying that men should be expected to "pay" for the priveleges of previous generations of men? If not, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, because all the advantages you list are now equally enjoyed by women (in some cases moreso, e.g. favored by marriage laws).
Well come on, why not consider context? There is no objective meaning of "democratic" outside of the ideal that no country satisfies, so what we can conclude is that in just about all cases it's to differentiate the governments from their predecessors. It just sounds a little out of place because no country called themselves anything like "The Glorious Dictatorship of Central Africa," or, "Plundered Colony of France, Southeast Asia."
Not at all. I withheld this reaction N times before finally posting it. The project mentioned in an earlier comment (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp) is another example. I'm talking about programming projects in general (tutorials, new apps, libraries, toolchains) and not specifically how-to tutorials. Why participate in open-source if you can try to get real money for it on Kickstarter?
Thanks! Scoble is obviously very excited about social media ("we are heading into an age of predictive services based on our identity"), which is fine - I still see it as a trap and not an exciting future - but even if I, and others like me, accepted social media I think LurnQ would see usage go up if the sign-in were simply optional (ie, if they placed the login below the content). (I also understand that that may seem like extra work if all the features are "best" with the social parts... But by not doing so, the non-facebook crowd - which includes the impatient and not-logged-in - simply press X.) Take Khan Academy, for example: you can watch the videos and explore but login to get the features that depend on tracking through time.
Modern Day VC: Understanding the All-important 'C-word'
>given the estimated 0.1 to 1 human deaths from cancer per launch (I am using Freeman Dyson's estimate here), it is hardly a politically viable vehicle.

Considering that one coal plant statistically kill about 70 people per year due to air pollution, I think it's more a matter of insufficient political power than the product of rational policy.
> The account is following less than 50 people and has less than one follower

So ... has no followers then?
I'm not sure Javascript is the best language for these types of experiment. The actual code executed is too distant from the code written for the results to be particularly meaningful. C or C++ would probably be a better bet, or, depending on what you're looking at, assembly language. You also need to be careful what you're measuring!

Take the second example. The array size is very small; 4 ints will fit into 1 cache line, so you only have 2 cache lines in both cases. Assuming x86, the data cache is 4-way, so even in the worst case there should be no problems reading from both arrays at once. The two loops version should be slower, because you have the same memory accesses, and the same operations, but also more bureaucratic overhead. This leads me to believe there is some other factor at play.

Let's modify it to make the arrays larger.

Also, don't time the array setup time, and don't time the instance instantiation time.

var myClass = function() {
this.array_one=[];
this.array_two=[];
for(var i=0;i<1000000;++i) this.array_one[i]=this.array_two[i]=i;
this.total = 0;
}

var my_instance = new myClass();

console.time('one loop');
for (var i=0; i < 1000000; i++) my_instance.total += (my_instance.array_one[i] + my_instance.array_two[i]);
console.timeEnd('one loop');

console.time('two loops');
for(var i=0;i<1000000;++i) my_instance.total+=my_instance.array_one[i];
for(var i=0;i<1000000;++i) my_instance.total+=my_instance.array_two[i];
console.timeEnd('two loops');

On my system at least (running firefox 19.0.2) this has the one loop case take ~950ms and the two loop case take ~1375ms. Which makes more sense.

There may be some extra overhead introduced by the regular lookup of my_instance.total. On the other hand at 1,000,000 iterations the JIT probably has plenty of time to figure this all out - another reason why doing this sort of experimentation in Javascript has the potential to be confusing.
Let me sum up my argument. I contend that Europe would be better off if Germany decided between eurobonds and exit than if it continued on its current course of doing the minimum to hold the euro together. That holds true whether Germany agreed to eurobonds or decided to leave the euro; and it holds true not only for Europe but also for Germany, except in the very near term.

Would it work in the long term? I don't know. However, in the short term things certainly would get a lot better.
Cool, with caveats. Although this is interesting for people who know how neural network structures are built and generally how backpropagation and its successor training algorithms work, it isn't particularly _informative_ as a visualization. It does show how easy it is to encode information visually, compared with how difficult it can be for the viewer to _decode_ that same information. This is a common problem with "information", as opposed to "scientific data" (such as volumetric scan data or vector maps) visualizations, where there's no obvious physical correlative that we can use to help us decode the information as viewers.
They're not worthless if you can purchase real stuff with it instead of converting back into fiat currencies.

The same can be said of every fiat currency : they're useless unless you can get real stuff (or services) for it at the end of the day.
Sarah Palin may have picked a losing battle with Tesla Motors.
100 feet / speed of light = 101 nanoseconds, round trip that's 202 nanoseconds, but electricity is ~66% of speed of light ~= 300 nanoseconds or .3us. (Fiber is also ~1/3 slower than the speed of light both because it's not a vacuum and the path is not strait.)

Now 10 us vs 10.3 us might not sound like much but it's still 3% slower. And it get's worse when you look at high end DRAM based SSD's which can be faster than 10 us.
To repeat what others have told you several times in this thread:

Why do we still use chemical rockets instead of ion thrusters for boosters? Answer: thrust vs. specific impulse. Ion-thrusters are efficient in use of (high specific impulse), but are weak in how much thrust they create. Your ship would have to be mostly ion-thruster to get it anywhere, thus ruining the efficiency advantage with respect to payload of the engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster "Given the practical weight of suitable power sources, the accelerations given by ion thrusters are frequently less than one thousandth of standard gravity."

What does linear kinetic energy have to do with fission reactors? It's not as simple as "attach a turbine to the kinetic energy conversion process." Or rather, it is that simple, and that's why it doesn't work, because it's another point at which one loses power to inefficiency. But if all you want is kinetic energy in the first place, then you don't lose efficiency to that extra step.
While I agree with the subject of the response, I disagree with your interpretation of FERPA. Any student who was in that class would have a clear, unambiguous knowledge of the student's identity, and mere 'xxx'ing of the name is a cursory, even illusory attempt at maintaining privacy.
Hey, I saw you show this off at MHacks and I was deeply impressed with you then and to see that you have taken it even further is great. Good job and hopefully have a great product launch!

Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?
I'm not helping here but what is 'Pandora for food' a streaming smorgasbord?

Curious
Well, if it’s “barista” coffee then the IRS has every right to care about it. I’m talking mostly about coffee out of one of those machines. That can’t cost much more than ¢50 per cup or something like that, even if you have a fancier machine.
It is absurd because if BT or AT&T wanted to upgrade certain areas to the new network to improve service to their consumers and gain additional profits out of it, they wouldn't choose cities where there already is a competitor with an equivalent fast network.

For example, if AT&T is convinced they are capable of providing a speedy 1 Gbps network, when Google announced they were going to Kansas City last year, AT&T could have decided to go to Austin and improve their service in the area.

However, this is not how it's playing out at all. Instead of choosing another densely populated area (only 2 cities in the US have this type of network, so there's plenty to choose from), they select (or signal) they will go only to where the competition is, and that is pretty absurd IMHO (not from a gaming theory perspective though).

Either way, Google's strategy in this case is flawless, and regardless of what other network providers do, it signals to the consumers that the technology is available and at reasonable costs. Therefore, it will start creating the push for network upgrades in cities where Google never intended to go in the first place at all, which is what this is all about. Having a fast and reliable network available to as many users as possible serves Google's interests (incidentally the consumers needs too), and that's what they are pushing for.

Regarding AT&T, they are signaling being willing to bring to the ground any business models relying on such upgrades, which as relevant as it could be to Comcast or Verizon, it's meaningless to Google as these investments are literally sunk money to defend their traditional business model.

In the same way they already defended in the past for other entrenched markets which could undermine their advertising business model, such as: Android (mobile market, avoiding iOS powerful position) or Chrome (internet browsers and default search provider settings).
I just wanted to chime in and say that this is not totally true, at my work we have a direct google support contact for our advertising system. I have requested and received in depth support many time.

I know you have to be a certain size to receive this though.
I think the confusion you and I share is that the topic of the precedent is mail that is physically stored on a 3rd party's server. The transport mechanisms are irrelevant.

Now, what if you used a service like gmail, but made sure that you deleted all your mail before they aged to 180 days. What if the mails are not actually deleted from the underlying storage, but just not presented to you. If the mails still "exist" could they be used against you? Would google give them up? Was there an expectation of actual deletion?
The Trust Equation
For most scientific fields, the last decade's research is much less important than the next decade's research. New research is much less locked in than stuff that was written before the internet became ubiquitous, so I'm not as concerned about that issue.
Adverbs. Why adverbs?

I'm on the fence about which is more annoying though, "optimizely.com" or a domain like "optimize.ly." Maybe both names are equally irritating...
There are simply less jobs. Hardware companies generally were founded in the 80s and before - and are virtually spinning the same product today. Rather than taking a brilliant new idea, they tweak a legacy product. This doesn't require attracting that many good engineers. You just need a few, and the rest get shuttled into support positions. It's not all their fault though - in software you can hope for a hit on a young engineers energy and hipness. In hardware you get to pay for an enormous investment and experience matters. Innovation doesn't pay off as much, because of the cost and the prevalence of fast-follower low cost copy cats. Whereas in software being first pays off to capture the users. For a hardware product a consumer considers price first.
Hi there! I'm one of the engineers who worked extensively on the editor, and it warms my heart to hear of your successes! An overarching goal for our team was maximum compatibility with as many sites as possible. Glad it was beneficial to you!
I love the idea of the Ubuntu OS for smartphones--more choice and more competition is only a good thing. The only problem I see with it is that the gestures aren't all natural, so it will do way more than most people will know that it can do because they don't know that performing a certain gesture will do something...unless it comes with some sort of instruction manual or tutorial videos in the OS itself.
Google Street View Hyperlapse
Article: http://www.teehanlax.com/labs/hyperlapse/
Source-code: https://github.com/TeehanLax/Hyperlapse.js
What are you using for syllable counting?
Simplifying For The Wrong Reasons
You won't have EMP in deep space. Earth orbit is still "space".

High-altitude nuclear explosions (which produce the most intense EMP) work better above the Kalman line: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_altitude_EMP.gif

There are also special EMP weapons that don't require nuclear explosions.
Look, wouldn't it be simpler to make the list of organizations who can't read emails in the USA?
If you do have back pain, consider starting an exercise regimen slowly. If you have not been getting any exercise, the muscles that hold your spine in alignment are weak. If you put excessive stress on your back with weak muscles, you have a good chance of herniating a disk. A herniated disk is extremely painful and potentially expensive in terms of time, money and long term pain.

I would recommend starting slowly. Something like Pilates once a week for 2-5 months, then ramp up to twice a week. If you experience pain, back off. Consider adding in bicycling at some point. The road/touring bike position will require you to exercise the same muscles that have weakened.
The alcohol works by dehydrating the insects, so it works best on very small ones.

It probably just makes wasps really angry.

For those, make sure they don't set up shop and build a nest. If you see them starting on one, scrape it off immediately. They'll even nest inside your house, wriggling through a hole, so observe where they go.

Insecticide that kills on contact is probably the best way to deal with an incursion.
You don't need most parts. You need a handful of people.
Suit Settled With Occupy Wall Street Over Seizure of Library at Zuccotti Park
Very good point, but I think there's some is-ought fallacy in the idea that humans should accept these things as inevitable because they are "natural."

To me it's almost the definition of intelligence to try to escape one's default circumstances and avoid the perils and pitfalls of nature. So it would be really cool -- really intelligent -- if we used our understanding of complex systems, ecology, evolution, and economics to avoid the worst of the busts. At the very least, damping down the extremes would be good for us since it would alleviate suffering and reduce the total overall waste. (Good things always get taken down by the bad in severe slumps... very wasteful!)
> Which doesn't help at all when you are trying to reach some point quickly.

Sure it does. You just leave it turned on. This thruster assumes 6 days of thrust then 24 days of coasting. With an ion thruster you leave it on for all 30 days.

There are no high thrust systems that can just be left on - even nuclear ones are used for a short period then turned off. The idea of an ion thruster is that you leave them on, and achieve the same total thrust, over the same time.
We'll find out. I submitted a note to Kickstarter informing of the project and that it may be a violation of their rules. We'll see if they take it down.
The "try hovering over the numbers on the side" bit is odd to me, if I'm going through the intro, I know what those numbers are. I ended up hovering over them expecting to get more details, and just got a label.
The end result will be $100.
I'm not really disagreeing with you on the facts as regard asset price, I'm saying that calling it 'deflation' is a misnomer because it's being treated much more like an asset than as a currency.

I do think it's basically a ponzi scheme.

I guess we need a separate term for 'rapidly appreciating value relative to other currencies which makes it prohibitive to create an economy based on this currency in the first place', where deflation occurs to an existing economy based on a currency.
Well, it was poised to be a disrupter so PayPal bought it...

http://profy.com/2008/10/06/ebay-acquires-bill-me-later-to-m...
A simple regex!
That's why it's not perfect :(
But in many industries, defense and aerospace in particular, systems engineers are people who integrate multiple technologies to build systems (such as an aircraft or missile). They don't manage computer systems.
Magic in a Can, Our First YC Investment
Computer science and software engineering are different things. Computer science is a specialised subset of mathematics, software engineering is the process of making things that run on computers. They're connected in the same way that civil engineering and physics are- one underpins the other, and maybe in time what the physicists are doing will help make a good bridge. Science underpins engineering, engineering justifies science.
It's almost as if currency is just a medium of exchange.
It is more likely that an elite group in Pyongyang has internet and computer access, with a subset of that group given more privileges to engineer & deploy malware/etc.

Given that though, I find it rather hard to believe the North Korean government could pull off a cyber-attack like this all by themselves, especially when you take into account the effect of international sanctions and the North's very outdated technology (I remember reading they still use a 1960's crank-phone for communication through the DMZ).

My best bet is that the Chinese government gave them significant assistance in launching this attack.
Yes the traitorous 8 forming fairchild is a classic example from SV's past
Are there other solutions to this "matchmaker" problem? I've been thinking about a start to match advertisers to local newsletters but I'm not sure what my business model would be?
The NIMBYs are pretty terrible. The best part is how you won't see a single solitary wind turbine in the "bay area" proper, but as soon as you start heading up Altamont on I-580, BAM everywhere. It's ok though, it's just the central valley out there, hicks deserve it.
Unless you're doing something awesome, it's going to be hard to compete with a paid mailing list.
I am talking about Google specifically rather than a hypothetical company that may need phone support to keep their customers.

If people's only loyalty to Google is that their service is free, they won't be hard to woo away.

People's other loyalty to google is that their service works pretty much perfectly. There is no free or even cost based product that I know of that beats gmail, google maps, google docs.

Before you list a bunch of startups no one outside of the tech community has heard of, remember that in order for the public to know about these products, those companies have to pay google to advertise. In addition to having to offer an insanely superior service, anyone entering the field must also know how to monetize which is challenging.

If a true competitor arises, they can be acquihired and integrated in to google which further limits google's need to spend millions of dollars a year on call centers.
This may be the single most helpful comment I've found on Hacker News. I've been looking for a tool like Helium for a while. Thank you!
Emails are easier to setup in devise. Would love to Persona, and other social logins, just a matter of time!
Well, a technical solution is needed to make changes faster and even better, namely:
1. Provide for the papers a system of transparent reviews and ratings accessible and readable to the public.
2. Provide a recommender system and a search engine based on the reviewed and rated papers available publicly.

This would add real value to the scientific publishing and simply help the researchers to find what they need.
I would love to help out with this. It's an area of deep personal interest for me. I've got homepage/contact links in my hn profile. I'll write in a bit.
Meteor Devshop 2: How Spark Works, Meteor 101, 26Plays, and other wisdom
How to learn and remember anything
"What's wrong with people saving for their future and not spending beyond their means?"

This is less profitable to the financial industry, and the financial industry finances nearly all research in the field of economics.

It's difficult to get someone to comprehend something when their salary depends on them not comprehending it.