skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
In the US, documents you write are generally considered copyrighted whether you put a copyright notice on them or not.

If you want to make a document public, it's a pretty good idea to claim the copyright and then release it under a very permissive license.
That still doesn't answer the question - people lead different lives up until military training and high school sports.

Personally, I feel I'm better able to handle stress after a significant amount of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA training. This makes me suspect personal experiences make a big difference.
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Because China is surrounded by the US and she's very uncomforatble with it.
Hm, I did a quick search, and it's missing all of the payment engines, and doesn't list popular Twitter URL shorteners like bit.ly
Training is everything. Having a plan in a bad situation makes all the difference.
It's not as bad for me, but I do sense the same things. After a long day of coding it takes me about 30 minutes of conversation to get back into talking.
Scare mongering.
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The suggestion was that nuclear wasn't an option because it was as limited as coal. If so, that limit is 200 years, which suggests that the limit isn't all that important.
As someone else mentioned, you should not subtract 10 billion from the income number because it is not included in the profit in the first place. It is a loan, which they pay 5% for the first 5 years and 9% for the years after that to the American taxpayer.

Additionally, 13 billion "looted" from AIG/taxpayers is a complicated issue that is being completely misinterpreted. As with a lot of transactions that involve questionable counterparties, they took collateral. So as the insurance contracts started to go into their favor, they asked for collateral to feel safer that they would be paid off even if they went bankrupt. The idea goes like, insurance is looking like it is in my favor, pledge me an asset so that I know there is a good chance I will be made whole on this. So in this case, those assets were treasury bills.

As they have stated many times, their contracts with AIG were largey collateralized. This means if they were owed 13 billion, then AIG pledged, for instance, something along the lines of 8-10 billion in treasury securities. Had AIG gone bankrupt and not been saved by the US taxpayer, they keep the treasury securities and lose a few billion, but certainly not the full amount like everyone thinks. If they are saved, which they were, then they give back the collateral and take in the cash.
I fear your satire detector needs a tune-up.
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There is a certain threshold of dangerous and selfless action that defies ordinary logic. In the cases of direct and unambiguous help to others it is called heroism. In cases where the action causes harm to some parties the definition is less clear. In the worst cases it is referred to as terrorism. Either way the readiness to face mortal danger can be used for both good and evil. Whether it represents brainwashing however is a different question.
Wow. For the introverts reading this, you're going to be nodding your head through the entire thing. Particularly if you live with an extrovert.
Any insight about Why hacker news is not running on Reddit Open Source?

I think that is a more featured platform than arcforums.
"most people on the internet dont have twitter accounts - thus don't have a way to follow this tweets"

Uh ... it seems to me that if people on the internet actually want to follow twitter tweets they will get a twitter account.

I cannot understand how they will find your site before twitter, or even why they would want to. ???
Actually, the greatest trick of waging war is to convince people to kill other people, and that's done with plain ol' operant conditioning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning

Read "On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society." The author, Dave Grossman, is an Army Ranger and a Psychology professor at West Point. He lays down an argument that most people have a strong, instinctual resistance to killing. In WWI, only about 20% on the front lines even fired their weapons. That rose during WWII and Korea until during Vietnam, it was closer to 95%. He attributes the change to modern training methods which are basically operant conditioning.

(He also has fascinating interviews with veterans about their experiences. But the book sometimes feels like someone's dissertation, and at the end, he tries to make the same claim with violent media, which I don't think holds. Watching something is very different from doing something.)
Well the other problem was with clockwise... Couldn't do that either.
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A cure for honey bee colony collapse?
In terms of carbon footprint, a lot depends on where the ethanol comes from. For instance, if you're getting it from corn grown in the US, then you are doing it wrong...

(The wikipedia article is kind of awful, but it touches on the main concerns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_ethanol )
Twitter founders: Innovation before business plan
Welcome to HN.

Just FYI, the link submission form will warn you, but only if it is an exact match. Since the previous posts didn't have "chapters" at the end of the url, it looked unique. Here's a handy search tool: http://searchyc.com/
It's an interesting idea, and it's a good illustration of why the patent system is broken. This idea is the sort that a clever person could get in half an hour, but in inself it isn't fully worked out, and therefore lacks utility. To turn this idea into a working practical engine would take many man-years of engineering effort.

The patent system is supposed to be a bargain: an inventor gets a limted-term monopoly on an invention, in return for teaching that invention to others. But this invention doesn't teach others how to make the device; to do that you'd need exmpensive man-years of engineering.

Similarly, in 1930, Frank Whittle patented the turbojet. But his patent didn't teach others how to make a turbojet -- how could it when Whittle didn't know himself how to do it, and only had a working engine in 1937?

Probably the patent system is unreformable, but if it is reformable, then one necessary reform would be for any patent application to include a working example of the invention, and all technical drawings and documentation (in computer-readable formats).
I'm personally fresh out of high school, still 18 in fact. If your price point is so high that your target audience will actually -look- for a pirated version before they even consider a purchase, you are not going to have very good sales. The rule of thumb for DRM is pretty much if anyone can view the content, then the content can be cracked and distributed. Any significantly good, well-known product will be available for free somewhere, it's just a question of how hard it is to find.

Consider that many high school students can't purchase things online anyway, lacking credit cards, which means no matter what, "stealing" the product is more convenient for them.
Indeed. A lot of this sort of testing is passed or failed before your seventh birthday, when your personality beings to solidify. You just don't know it 'til later.
Thanks. Bookmarked the search tool.
Summary: We're a diverse group of 20-something year old white males.

;-)
Because pg wrote Arc and would like to use it?
Ask HN: When does a startup stop being a startup?
I recently read an article that referred to Digg as a startup. Is Digg still a startup? They've been around for years now. What makes a startup a startup, and when does one stop being a startup?
It's a good article, isn't it? I loved this quote because it fits me like glue:

"many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors"

I wish the article went into more detail regarding how introverted brains process information differently than extroverted ones. Anyone have any information about this?
> "we should be worried"

And the subtitle of the blog is

"Understanding global events and their security implications for America"

So when you say "we" you don't mean me. Fuck you.

Perhaps if this was stated from the case of 'all moral people' or something like that then I would care but otherwise... Fuck You!
given that they rely on external funding, I'd say they were a startup.
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I believe they require you to have licenses in place with Getty or Reuters etc. And that is expensive.
The meaning is obvious to me, although I've never seen it before. What would be a good real word to use instead? ("Efficient", "effective", "harmonious" all seem a bit off. "High performance" almost makes sense, but it's not comparable, you can't say "more high performance".)
Thanks.

We've looked at Montessori, but there's only one school here (far south of Perth) and it's a bit out of our budget and has quite a waiting list. I'd also be interested in pursuing any other alternative education styles, but because of location we're limited.

In the unlikely event that there's anyone here who knows of other styles of schooling in the Rockingham area, please let me know :)
How about on IPO, sale to third party or when the founders give up?
Ditto...can we see your landing page?
"So strange as it sounds, socializing helps me to code."

Too bad it doesn't work the other way too...or maybe it does?
We are getting it from sugar cane in Brazil. While not the most efficient way, it's pretty good. Getting ethanol from corn is so stupid only a government could imagine it.

I think I have owned only one car that ran on gasoline, an import from Argentina.
You may not like the divide, but in my moderately introverted experience, it is absolutely real. I can be very social and gregarious, but my energy and ability to recharge comes from solitude. Until I figured this out, and my wife and I came to an understanding about it, our difference i vs. e was a source of friction.

I also think it is telling that you speak of introverted tendencies in language that clearly dissaproves of "giving in" these "introverted tendencies". In some ways that linguistic construction echoes a moral judgment being passed on someone for their involuntary orientation. Maybe you can choose to do both (engage in both introverted and extroverted behaviours) but there are clearly people further along the continuum than you towards the introverted side for whom that proposition is much tougher, and in some cases impossible.
Funny, I just wrote about this topic yesterday.

I grew up in business, and I have to say, seeing my Dad change careers after 25+ years of running a fairly large business, was a relief to me.

I think it's a natural part of being an entrepreneur that you're likely going to need a break now and then.

Also, with two small children, insurance, a stable paycheck and dental are worth it to me. My desires to run a business can wait until the risk:reward ratio means less impact on their lives, because really, it would be selfish to punish my children for my own fun.
> 1) You are claiming to be more insightful than e.g. most every atheist,

It's a two-fer - two mistakes in one sentence.

I'm not claiming anything about atheists. I'm just claiming that everyone has some belief that they accept without evidence and are unwilling to question. (Note that different people can have different such beliefs.) That claim got nothing to do with religion or lack thereof. (Note my use of scare quotes when I use "religion" to refer to such beliefs.)

I never suggested that it takes "great insight" to expose such beliefs. However, it is amusing that you're so threatened by the suggestion that you might have one.

> we should respect that people believe X because they feel good by believing X, even without serious reasons to think X is true?"

Leaving that out didn't change things because my answer addressed that point. Yes, we should respect such people, absent some other reason, because everyone has such beliefs and they often don't matter.

"Taking the piss" as our Austrialian friends say, is like shooting ducks in a barrel.

You seem to believe that exposing such beliefs is necessarily a good thing. Why? (I note that whether or not it is a good thing to expose such beliefs is actually independent of whether everyone has them.)
a) When they break even with their original investment and have decent profits for their size

b) When they are considered the leader in their niche

c) When the original founders are no longer at the helm. (Bringing in a CEO for example/IPO)

d) More than 100 employees

But that's just me
Social interaction requires you to relate to other's experiences. When I'm often in the zone, I not only feel more distant, but also have less to say as usually I read less then, don't go out much.

Moreover, I often feel dissatisfied of myself while I don't have some tangible results at work. Then I feel shy and can't enjoy the moment. People see that (and especially girls I think!).
Ask HN: What blew your mind?
What is something you have seen recently that...

...gave you the chills
...made you question what is possible
...made your mind race with new ideas?
Twitter has rolled out a bunch of interface changes like the 'More' button that are flashy but don't actually improve the user experience. With the More button your browser back button is broken and if you click through to somewhere else you can't go back and continue reading where you left off. And the roll down notifications when you send DMs, etc. blocks the main navigation bar making it unclickable until the notification rolls back up.
This is a poorly written article, and it seems to me that it's of little interest here and so I have flagged it.
Why not have both? These articles are pretty annoying, honestly. Everyone seems to think you can't do both at the same time. It depends on the start up, and I realize that, but it isn't that clear cut and dry.
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Like it or not, there are things that can be measured, and when you do, you get different answers. Introversion/Extroversion can be measured, and people get different scores.

Some people get different scores at different times or in different contexts, but that doesn't mean the measurements are meaningless or valueless.

Understanding these issues can be of tremendous value, and can help to ensure that unusual personality types are not needlessly "treated" or harrassed. Instead, others can be encouraged to realise that different people have different needs.
Flagged for lack of content / primitive self-promotion.

If you want to draw attention to your product then how about posting a honest "Review our site" instead of this lorem ipsum.
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It's more performant, more readable, it doesn't turn visited links damn near invisible for some insane reason, and ...

It's more readable, performs better, doesn't turn visited links damn near invisible for some insane reason, and ...
Ask HN: Must have / Recommended iPhone Apps
I just purchased an iPod Touch and I'm looking for great applications for it. I need a To Do list, and would like better contact management and a better calendar. I am also interested in a few intellectually stimulating (ie, fun) games and any other utilities/tools/cool applications that smart people like those on HN would recomend that I have!
> escalating car size due to the (largely false) perception of safety.

Actually, it isn't false. All other things being equal, a larger car is safer in an accident. (That's not to say that the extra safety is always enough.) No, a larger car is not necessarily more accident prone.
I wake up in the morning and I'm still here.
Ask HN: Cost of running reddit servers?
Leaving out the employees, just in terms of server and hardware costs, how much would you expect to have to pay to keep reddit up and running?

Just curious.
Sports both build character and reveal it.
I love stories like this! Businesses coming up with unique solutions to help their customers get their work done. It does surprise me that they gave them a $10k non-refundable deposit on the spot! That's a good customer relationship.
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More regulations mean more IT jobs
Clearly, China is using its influence at multilateral institutions as a means of furthering its strategic and military goals.

Which means it's following the normal template - the US has used the promise of loans to convince developing nations to privatize significant portions of their economy. It's not good, but it's not surprising.
All public data should be APIed. I mean seriously get with the times
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Well, professional news images should be expensive. They're expensive as hell to create.

Are you looking for thumbnails or full shots?
Wikimedia looking to change to a CC license
> Of course it is unacceptable for China (and anyone else) to "push its weight around" when it comes to dealing with (so-called) "weaker" countries

Was it "unacceptable" to stop Nazi Germany from running concentration camps?

> this affirmation sounds fairly hypocritical when coming from someone that lives in a country that never had a problem in pushing its own agenda as well.

I'd much rather be "pushed around" by 1850s England than 1950s USSR, let alone late 1930s Germany.
I disagree; it might be self-promotion, but it still raises a good point.

We just started using BaseCamp at my company a few months ago - I'm sure glad we just dove in and started using it instead of looking at lists of features and trying to figure out whether it would work for us and then committing to it once and forever and never looking back.
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The article states:
"Twitter makes its code available to outside developers"

I understand that this article targets people other than developers also, so they've not used anything technical like "API", but to make more sense, shouldn't that read:

"Twitter makes its data available to outside developers"
Like others have said, I nodded my head through the entire article--pretty much describes me 100%.

A few years ago in a psychology class the teacher gave us some drawing tools and asked us all to draw what we'd be doing on an ideal day. I drew my girlfriend and I lounging on a beach with a pile of books. The person next to me drew themselves at a party and other drew themselves parasailing behind a boat filled with people.

Afterwards we took the Big 5 personality test and compared out introversion/extroversion results to our pictures and without fail, our introversion was predicted by the lack of people in our drawings.
The reason I distrust HR criticism by Western media is because there is no consistency in criticism. Some countries are ignored, while some are not. To me, it seems more like a fad to get readership, etc.

Also, discussion about HR seems to conveniently ignore historical context. Many times the West criticizes others about HR, but its own record only improved in the last 30 years. And, when it comes to economic interests, HR are conveniently and quickly ignored.
It's not just the data, it's the ability to push to the platform. I like the phrase "open tools" in place of API.

An API is making your code available for others to call, but this phrasing could be confused with open source.
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> Nazis

DING DING DING - Godwin's law.

This whole article is blatantly off topic in any case.
I don't homeschool my three kids, but I've spent a lot of time learning about, working with, and tracking the homeschooling community. (And if we didn't live in a community with a school that largely meets our needs, I would homeschool them in a heartbeat.)

I'm working on a PhD in technology and education, and have a lot of good things to say about the educational methods that homeschoolers are using. And yes, it's a huge and untapped market, which very few people realize is large, growing, and quite viable.

I actually spent some time trying to raise seed funding for an e-learning startup that would have addressed many of the needs of the homeschooling market. Unfortunately, many investors have been burned badly by e-learning companies, and weren't interested. But even those who were interested were somewhere between amused and horrified by the idea of addressing homeschoolers, who are (incorrectly) seen as a bunch of crazies.

In the end, financial realities forced me to return to consulting and my PhD work, rather than my startup. But I remain convinced that homeschoolers are the educational equivalent of high tech's early adopters, and that it's far wiser to address their market than to compete for the shrinking, bureaucratic, and inflexible market for schools.
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Not to mention, if it weren't for jobs, who would work at his startup? The 'jobs suck' mentality fails on the criterion of universality.

And, though it sounds boring, stability and routine are big advantages, and they don't necessitate becoming a drone. I find that having a job provides me with a basic structure around which my non-job activities can more readily crystallize.
Does this mean you don't consider 37signals a startup?

I would agree to no, they are not. They are a leader in their niche (simple small business products) and they are profitable beyond their original investment.

I can't recall how magazine publications refer to them (as a startup or a company based out of Chicago)
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I recommend reading "The Introvert Advantage" for a more detailed look at introversion and advice on dealing with extroverts and situations which favor extroverts.
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This doesn't sound like any Christianity I'm familiar with, and I was raised in it.

In fact, to me this sounds a lot like someone is overconfident in their apologetics. Every knowledgeable Christian I've discussed this with ultimately conceded there was a need for faith of the epistemic type, and no room for skepticism.
Something that might explain this is that bilingual parents tend to be smarter than average so their child is more advanced to that. Also, with 40 babies I am not sure how strong the results are.
I was hoping for something with the same design sense as:

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

Your link is a lot more cluttered in comparison ;)
I think almost everyone figured out that facebook ads suck, due to the Visa promotion. If you give people free money to try out ads, you should at least make sure that they'd see results
The workers are "threatening to shut down your entire operation" by refusing to work for you on the terms that you would prefer. That's negotiation, not violence.
There's a strategy called "structured procrastination" where you overload yourself with work to the point where you can only put one thing off to do something different.

One way to enforce early deadlines (well, short deadlines) is to take on another project, get that done, and then for your other project, the deadline is now a couple weeks shorter :)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=173000
Just being picky but - I think 37signals is a "bootstrap" and not a startup.