skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A bit too much spacing for my liking, though maybe I am just pissed that google chrome new design has everything very separated at the moment.
Sadly, no. I got rid of my copy long ago, and I didn't buy it on Amazon. I want to say the title used the word 'Awesome', but I'm not even sure about that.
So is there an app for men on women or a gay or bi?
The problem in this case is that in the same way women are most often the recipients of sexual discrimination, men are most often the recipient of being decried as sexual discriminators.

It's so easy to look down on someone identifying as male as being discriminant but when the opposite is true, the male point of view is often ignored.

Simply put, we are expected to man up, whereas women are expected to stand up.
I think there is a difference between people bitching in private, and it being something publicly searchable by people who just met you. One bad date and suddenly you have a reputation that follows you forever? (Assuming people used this app of course)
I had a theoretical project when I was younger to alleviate clothes folding. Essentially, you would have a vertical stack of thin layers.

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When you wanted to put your clothes away the machine would lift all of the layers up until you got to an empty one. Put the shirt down, it snaps a picture of it and catalogs it. When you want to get dressed, you flick through your catalog, select a shirt and it lifts all of the layers to get to that article of clothing. Essentially you wouldn't need to fold clothes, simply lay them out.
Personally I prefer the HackerNew Chrome extension. Really big links on the frontpage and collapsible comments: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
For those on a wide-screen monitor, it would be nice if you used all of the empty real estate on the right. Move everything up to a single line and take what is currently your second-line content (comments, vote count, etc) and push it all the way to the right. It'll make it a lot easier to scan the headlines. For mobile devices you could always revert back to the stacked approach.

http://i.imgur.com/in4x0Im.png
Alt-checkbox demo
LiveCode (modern HyperCard-clone) is open source now
You are blamed just like you blame the interface designers. Don't be mad.

Fact is, most reported problems, in the end, are caused by the user him/herself, so his response is not that bad.
I was at university with Steve, the author of this program. A couple of years ago, when I wrote "The hacker, the architect and the superhero: three completely different ways to be an excellent programmer" [1] he was the one I wrote about as The Hacker. So it seems more than appropriate that his work is now on Hacker News.

[1] http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/the-hacker-the-archit...
They should call it Shrew-lu.
> Something is rotten in Denmark. If this project achieves a sustained fusion reaction as claimed, that represents a huge breakthrough, and not just for space propulsion, but for the general topic of fusion power.

Achieving fusion in a tokamak or with lasers has been a solved problem for a couple of decades.

The problem with fusion power is generating more energy from the fusion than consumed to power the lasers or tokamak.

There is no such problem here as I understand it; the system isn't supposed to sustain itself from fusion, but instead will rely on solar panels or some other energy source to power the fusion reactor.
This is exactly what happened when I got a quote for a new boiler recently. He asked how much I thought it would cost, I told him, and he did the, "you really don't know anything" flinch and wide-eyed stare.

I responded by rolling my eyes and putting all my guards up.
Don't you think that by showing that you have negotiation skills, even by employing more or less obvious ploys, you actually show the other part you can play the game just as well as they can? ...so they can stop trying to out-game you and they can start thinking about offers that really make sense both for you and for them.

...I think a lot of business deals start to make more sense once you "de-gamificate" them: you show the other part that "gaming" tricks won't work in this negotiation because you're on the same level as they are on using them, so both parties can now concentrate on a compromise offer that provides the best "real value" for both!

Yes, and that's what I have a problem with. I believe (very naively, I realise) that negotiations should _start_ with trying to find the "compromise offer that provides the best "real value"". What you seem to be suggesting (if I understand you correctly) is that one should first try to con the opposing party unless they're in on the game, in which case you move on to a "proper" negotiation. Whenever I see someone trying to do that to me, my immediate impulse is to kill the negotiation and walk away right there (perhaps go try to find someone less slimy to deal with). And I do realise that this can result in me losing out and I probably wouldn't last long in business, but cheap manipulation is something I just can't stomach. I guess that's why I'm a developer and not a businessman...

Maybe the best way to "win" a negotiation is to "kill" it, i.e. turn it into something that's no longer a negotiation, where it's obvious that no one side can "win", no fucking way, so both parties can concentrate on the best possible compromise.

That pretty much has been my "tactic" in the past. I realise that this means I miss out on dealing with the "pro gamers", but, well, fuck'em.
It'd be interesting to see a review of Lulu that didn't seem to be mainly made of "dude with baseball cap, suddenly concerned that he might be called to account".

To me, the emotional heart of this piece of writing is his concern with "men kowtowing". I looked at his other articles and his personal site, and I didn't see anything where his writing was half this passionate. And certainly nothing where he'd expressed concern for sexism.

I suspect if I looked into Lulu I'd also not like it. But this article is so full of the author that I really can't see the subject.
Also because information is not valuable or actionable without context, and many of these dashboards do not exist in an environment where the data they collect can be delivered in a contextually appropriate setting. Maybe if the various modular components switched out for more relevant ones depending on what I wanted to or am doing, stuff like this would be more useful.
People say that the smart 8th grader used social engineering, but who knows, maybe it was an example of hard core information engineering. He might thought:
"The white pages book is only one representation of the algorithm, this information may be available somewhere else. Eureka! Rainbow table exists in the field!"
Judge awards class action lawsuit vs comScore for stealing personal information
Whitespace doesn't exist just for the sake of being pretty. At least to me I find this mockup much more readable than the current design, as the space between links clearly separates them. This makes it much easier to read their titles.
Oh, definitely, that's why I added the last paragraph.

That being said, I would find it a good indicator, if the person you were dating took notice of this drivel, they are probably the kind of person you don't want to be dating anyway.

I think the biggest issue is the complete anonymity which is inherently given online, even if it asked for identities, these can easily be faked.

What is to stop a jealous co-worker or an annoyed sister, or even a drunk friend from tarnishing your public image online by saying you treat them badly, or even worse, raped them, over an application like this?
That might be the link between :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street:_Money_Never_Sleeps
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
Besides the sexist nature of the app (imagine the outcry if it would be an app to rate girls... "sexist startup guys treating women like netflix movies") what the hell is their business model? they collected 2.5 million for a free app, without a business model and a VERY questionable legal standing (if not in the us almost anywhere else in the world)
Perhaps it's named after the equally high quality Metallica album
I think the thing most people struggle with is #2. Prior to reading Getting to Yes and taking a seminar on Negotiations, it was certainly the thing I most failed to realize. People seem to be so concerned about "losing" during negotiations that they dig themselves far too deep into their positions, while failing to really realize what they actually need, let alone what the other party needs. I'm actually shocked at how much my real-world bargaining outcomes have improved since having these concepts introduced to me.

And the book is very short, to boot, so it's quick to read and doesn't contain much fluff.

It's worth noting that the book tries to touch on negotiations where the other party is purely adversarial, and many negotiation situations are still approached this way by very experienced negotiators, but it isn't enough of a focus to really give particularly strong advice in this area. Still, some of the major principles still apply and by still focusing on your interests and understanding your position (BATNA, bottom line, etc.) will put you in a much stronger place when dealing with tough situations.
The real HN has 10pt titles and 7pt metadata, at least on my PC.

The redesign makes titles smaller and metadata larger, in effect making them the same size.

I think this is a bad change, because now there's little distinction between title and metadata.
Next Trick for Laser Printers: Manufacturing Electronics
Need someone to hack and leak the user data to build a database of pathetic self absorbed women not worth giving the time of day to let alone building any sort of friendship or god forbid a relationship with.
Microsoft (and others) file anti-trust complaint against Android
FYI onlulu.com
Lulu is a name. Services and products often use generic terms and names.
This fixes things that really aren't' broken and doesn't even attempt to fix the one big problem hacker news UI has.

The voting buttons are still too small.
aacCDD here.
IMO Action and Connection are somehow related, procastination and lazyness reflects to how do you connect things.

I wonder if it is even possible to improve the first since it is part of our own personality.
As a guy, I couldn't care less that these kinds of things exist. This app will be used exclusively by a superficial audience who I would have absolutely no interest in meeting. If anything, I'd quite like to end up on this with extremely negative reviews just so the horrible people using this will stay the fuck away from me.
I can imagine that If Samsung continues to develop a browser based OS they will likely do it in a way that inter-operates with the Firefox OS ecosystem. By the time this would come to market there will likely be more apps in the Firefox OS marketplace. It would solve the problem of new platforms having a limited selection of apps.
I agree that using protocol relative URLs is the way to go, but there is one particular situation to watch out for: if the user saves the page to disk and opens it again then // will become file:// and all relative links will be broken.

So on something like an "invoice" page that the user is likely to want to save you may not want to do that (or use a piece of javascript to rewrite the links dynamically)
And when it will be terminated? :)
Wow, it's like everything that I used to fear about the dating world put into one shiny app. Had this been out years ago when I was single, it would've definitely given me a lot of anxiety. Having been happily married for 5 years, all I can say to single folks is that if someone actively rates people on apps/sites like this, they are most likely not the kind of people you want to be with in the long run.

As for the startup/app itself, it's the natural evolution of taking HotOrNot ratings + OKCupid profiles + Fuckedcompany gossip and building it into a neat package. There is certainly a demand for apps like this in the market but if you're a user, try to be nice even if you don't like someone. People can become really mean when anonymous.
“Google can spend $X staffing support lines for Gmail, or it can spend that money on developing features and bugfixes.”

Or it can do both, because its budget is basically unlimited. Besides, you can't create features or bugfixes simply by adding more developers to a project. If that were true, Apple would be hiring developers by the truck load. Instead, they work with small teams, even though the company is raking in cash.

“Google support would have to be high-skilled and expensive.”

Let's compare Google with IBM, which has 470,000 employees. I would say that many of those employees are highly skilled and expensive. IBM has twice as much revenue as Google, makes more profit than Google, while employing ten times as many people.
Take a look here :
http://m.luludude.com/
I don't think it's quite as dramatic as you say. But personally I'm ok with it.

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.

Like Peter Parker and Voltaire say, "With great power comes great responsibility." Having received a substantial boost just for being born with a dick, I'm ok with manning up. To me, that's part of using my power to redress the imbalance.
comScore response: http://www.comscore.com/About_comScore/Privacy/comScore_Resp...

More info: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-05/business/chi-j...
That you felt the need to make a new account simply to post this comment shows that you don't fully agree with your own point of view.
AskNative social iPhone travel app
The the post title type is still too small.
This is why Google Fiber is (probably) not going to have that big of an impact as people hope it will.

Internet connectivity is geographically bounded, and to be disruptive, you need to cover most areas. This is quite unlike other disruptive technology that e.g. Apple have produced, which isn't constrained by geography.

If Google Fiber never comes to your state/county/city, you'll have just as crappy and expensive service as you had before - the existing providers will try to squeeze out as much as possible - which they can continue to do until there's competition in that geographic area
Interesting to see a startup with a business model that is entirely based in toeing the line of libel. I wouldn't bet on its sustainability...but certainly interesting to watch nonetheless.
Precisely my feelings. #UsesLulu would be all I would've wanted to know about someone to realize it wouldn't work out. Similar to girls who drive SUVs and support Drill-Baby-Drill. Big red flags.
Fencepost error: 0-3, 4-6, 8-10? Which one gets the 7?
Note: 2.0.8 was a brown paper bag release that was never announced, but
some mirrors may have picked it up. Please do not use it.

I'm a native speaker of English, but I don't understand the idiom of "brown paper bag release". A search shows that it's quite widely attested, however.

What does it mean (and what's its origin)?
Do you have any supporting evidence for the claim that a female negotiator is more likely to be perceived as ungrateful or bitchy?
Someone should make Lolo and find out.
I've had almost all of my apps rejected at least once; and in every instance is was an app update that was flagged for violating a guideline or rule it passed for on the initial release. Each time I responded with a simple "Why did this get approved the first time and now it's suddenly not ok?" type message and the updates were approved in short order.

This was one of the reasons why I stopped bothering with iOS apps. It's luck of the draw with your reviewer and the time between submitting a new binary and hoping you get someone else is irritating.
If nothing else, there is already a publishing service with the same name. If I were running it, I'd seriously consider some legal steps. This smells of potential defamation by association.

"I've published my book on Lulu.com."

"Oh, is that the horrible sexist girl gossip website?"

"I didn't know they were running it. I'll tell my friends to stop buying their books from there."
Google Babel Aims To Be Everything You’ve Ever ... [Rumor]
Just because they can legally, doesn't mean their not douchebags for doing it.

If yours is the only press, it makes your level of shenanigans worse.
Related blog post: "How I went through burnout because I lacked sleep."
There is a ton of complete junk in the app store, and it clutters up any search you do. The guidelines don't seem strict to me, most stuff just gets rubber stamped.
I don't know if the link was about the app or the ridiculous "left" and "right" buttons that completely interfered with my reading the article.
This is my hn: http://jsbin.com/aronar/1. It uses my stylesheet from: https://raw.github.com/bjourne/readable-userstyles/master/ha...
We must have grown up in drastically different times then - I'm barely 20 and for the majority of my life I have been taught that boys are smelly and girls are sweet, boys do the dirty jobs and that men are dangerous and shouldn't be left alone with women.

Sure, men have had the upper hand for centuries but we live in an age where the scales have tipped - we need to be careful that instead of having a substantial boost for having a dick, or a vagina, that instead every has the same substantial advantage.
The End Of Sleep?
Well, they have been doing it for 4-5 millenniums already.
Google Opens Compute Engine To Cloud Customers
I used to be unhappy about this app until I found an SQL injection vulnerability that allowed me to log in and access the accounts of my previous dates by only needing to know their email addresses. This meant I was able to manipulate the ratings and comments people had made about me. Now I like the app :)

Thanks Lulu!
I thought we wanted ISPs to be dumb pipes, not Internet Police? Did this suddenly change?
This feels like someone wants to rerun the AutoAdmit fiasco [1], only this time there are investors involved.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoAdmit#Criticism_and_controv...
Tumblr shuts down Storyboard, its editorial arm
Should the Red (team) be Dead?
Flat Terminal Theme
Want to hear bad news about your own genetics?  You might not get to choose
Open-source Workflowy clone
I think you are missing the point that this kind of fusion requires huge amounts of power. It isn't self sustained.

The benefit being that you can electricity instead of chemicals to propel your craft.

Mankind has been able to fuse atoms for quite some time now, the only problem remaining - for power plant usage - is becoming energy positive.
4 Common Traits Of Guerrilla Marketing Campaigns
Would it be possible to sign up, scrape all the data then publish it anonymously?
In about two weeks.
I wish I didn't have to sleep, sometimes I feel like it, but most of the time I have to stop doing what I want to do because my brain switches off...
I think the real concept is to use a dedicated iPad mini locked away as the driver for a display via HDMI.
It refers to the practice of wearing a brown paper bag over your head if you don’t want people to see your face. In this case, the developers are (figuratively) doing this because they are embarrassed over some aspect of version 2.0.8.
'I love Amazon and I hate Amazon, they're a necessary evil'
F1 China Grand Prix Online blog
o_O Why don't you try to be less condescending?

I read the article. I stand by my suggestion. The writer does not present an argument against those existing products. This is Wheel 2.0. Stop the pain. Contribute to software that exists.
>You know, I think I prefer to live in a world where giant tech companies occasionally act in strange, irrational ways that result in random people getting multi-million dollar windfalls.

You're in luck, that happens all the time with executive compensation packages.
Be careful with your trivial SQL injection, if the US police find out, that's 60 years behind bars, no access to a computer and daily "fun" in the shower.
Barely 20 is pretty young, I suspect as you get older you will notice more and more ways men still have societal advantages. Around 20 most of your life you've spent in school, where if you're in a relatively progressive environment your teachers and administrators have made a point to put students of both genders on equal footing.
It's not just a for profit corporation, it's his former employer.
It sounds like something that's going to divide people on the moral compass but in the end you don't need to ask someone's permission before you can have an opinion of them and share it with other people.
When I was a trial attorney, I wrote an article called, "Ten Rules of Negotiation". Here's a link to the pdf:

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=641BD45A41B1BD6C!645&#...
Companies like Google already give their employees an estimated amount to cover the taxes of holiday gifts. The amount it's presumably sometimes less than the actual taxes, but employees get to deal with the difference (or they can decline the perk).

I don't see your other complaints as relevant to taxes. Just because you prefer to do less work and get less compensation doesn't make something not compensation. Using your line of argument, if you ask your boss to go golfing because you think it will l help your career, you should deduct that from your taxes.

I really cannot see the rational argument that says a migrant worker who is being paid in room and board should pay income tax but someone else doing the exact same thing while also collecting a salary and paying for an apartment in another city shouldnt be taxed on the room and board. The hotel seems completely unambiguous as compensation to me.

About coffee being an intermediate product; you might be right.
The shortest path to peace and justice is definitely swiveling the artillery.

I sincerely hope you're joking.
How on earth could this app get funding? If it were a male->female app there would have been an outrage about it.

Moral issues aside, I can see a lot of libel lawsuits (at least in the UK) springing up because of this app. There are enough rumours in the world as it is, we do not need apps that profit from people rating the opposite sex and spreading rumours about them.
But, no sexist gossip.
You are assuming that data fidelity is high on their list of priorities.
> I see this over and over, and I don't understand WHY a local government would ever do this. What do they get out of these exclusivity deals?

Short-term available money, e.g. to fund urgent renovation, pay back overdue loans or fund federally mandated services. The latter is popular in Germany, the federal government forces availability of services like child daycare paid by regional authorities, but the federal government doesn't have to foot the bill.
There have been and will be many redesigns attempts of HN, when it actually doesn't need one. I wrote about it [1]. HN's design isn't neutral. It carries a message that is bigger than purely graphical appeal. Some UI elements could possibly be improved but these issues are probably too insignificant to spawn a whole redesign process that would impair HN's great usability.

[1] http://jgthms.com/why-hn-doesnt-need-a-redesign.html
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/lk/lk-2.html#ss2.13
"A bug in a public software release that is so embarrassing that the author notionally wears a brown paper bag over his head for a while so he won't be recognized on the net. Entered popular usage after the early-1999 release of the first Linux 2.2, which had one. The phrase was used in Linus Torvalds's apology posting."
The send off of this article is bizarre. It seems to be arguing in favour of automatically sentencing on serious crime and applying subjectivity and leniency on minor offences. I could not disagree more, automate the trivia and use proper human value judgements for crimes of consequence.