skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Except that 40 years is nothing. Things can change - look at the former Sowjet Union. Maybe a US president comes to power that withdraws funding from the Navy, and things will start to deteriorate (just making that up, but with really long time frames, all bets are off).

Edit: yahooing for "us navy reactor accidents" comes up with quite a few hits, and allegations that mostly the Navy is very secretive about it.

Edit2: Even with the best trained staff, the staff is essentially just running an algorithm. Training the staff makes sure they run the algorithm correctly, but it does not protect against bugs in the algorithm. If you are a software developer, you don't believe in bug free algorithms (above a certain complexity).
I'd hesitate to describe Oracle as "anti-hacker". There's so much duplication and overlap and redundancy in their product range not because they don't know what they're doing but because they'll ship anything anyone comes up with and see what sticks with customers. You can download pretty much everything they do for free from their website and play with it. Sure their core RDBMS engine is closed-source (they've got to make money somehow) but most of the actual functionality is in PL/SQL and you can read it to your heart's content. Same business model is used by Wolfram.
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I can't wait the day I won't have to load a Flash video.

It's such a painfull experience. It'll be the beginning of the end of Flash, which makes me happy.
Interesting, but why the JS-hidden (i.e. cloaked from search engines) link to a web hosting provider in the demo page?

I found it by testing how the button degrades when you disable CSS or JS or both.
I think this is a huge part of the issue. I have worked professionally on the big three commercial rdbms (DB2 distributed - not mainframe -, SQL Server, and Oracle). I consider myself a SQL hacker with some DBA experience and knowledge, mainly around DB design and performance tuning.

I simply don't care what rdbms I coding to, I can tweak to leverage quirkiness in T-SQL or PL/SQL if needed or advantageous to a project. And, <whispering>, PL/pgSQL.

A common experience for me when job searching is to apply for a job where, for example, they are primarily looking for Oracle PL/SQL development. I've been doing SQL coding for roughly 8 years, the last 2 years or so have been primarily in Oracle PL/SQL. I have been turned down for interviews with feedback that says "oh, we need someone with 5 years of Oracle development work."

If it's techies doing the resume reviews, I always get at least an interview. Sometimes even then, I have to sell the fact that SQL skills transfer nicely between rdbms harder than I should.
By the look of the source, it's from an analytics snippet, and the image has failed to load. Probably the fault of the provider, rather than any "sneaky" attempt on behalf of the webmaster.

Unrelated - I didn't realise you were on here (recognise you from Cre8asite forums) :)
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Try googling "deconvolution". This appears to just be a gaussian blur, so it should be trivial.
SmutOnRails
I envy US residents — I really hope Hulu is actually working on getting it opened up to the rest of the world (especially the UK!)
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I also think there are established communities (and codebases) that have existed for decades built around some of these products (like Oracle or DB2 on the mainframe). This is also a consideration for many organizations large and small.

I'm not saying that the open source solutions can't be competitive from a technological standpoint, simply that they have to win on cost, availability of experienced people for dev and admin, and overcome what amounts to a late start in the market.

Plus, on the low end of the market, aren't there express editions of SQL Server and Oracle available for free? For lightweight use these would seem to be reasonable competitors to open source.
Slides: http://slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-s...

I think anyone who was offended has no sense of humor.
Haven't tried this out yet, but I'm very optimistic from reading the documentation.
Doesn't science already work like a gift economy, at least in parts?
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This horse is dead by now. Please, stop beating it.
Although 3.5 has some interesting stuff, I'm really excited for the Taskfox/Ubiquity integration (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Taskfox). I think it could actually make the Awesome Bar much better. Not to mention, I'm sure we'll see a lot more work on it once it's integrated into Firefox. Hopefully users will still be able to submit commands.
Palm have long been candid that Pre was only the first WebOS model in their lineup, so this is almost certainly a Centro or Treo successor. Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/30/palm-eos-super-thin-3g-an...) have what may be a render
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I think that business has to stay a bit neutral, because it's a place where people are thrust into. That's what etiquette is - it's a way of ensuring that different people follow a similar set of rules so that there is no friction.

If a person wishes to publish such a presentation on his blog, that's fine, but not at a conference. Imagine the presentation were about aborigines in a similar manner. It would be regarded as discriminatory, and similar rules should be used to judge sexism.
Whatever slides upset anyone must be missing from that presentation, because that's harmless.

America really need to cool down when it comes to nudity. It really won't hurt the children.
Maybe HN links could open in _blank
Maybe I'm the only one thinking that HN links should open in a newpage/thumbnail...I always forget to mousewheel-click on them,so I have to click the "previous" button each time I want to go back to HN...
I know this is a little futile but that would make HN navigation more agreable...
Who agrees in there?
Won't someone think of the children? If they see these slides they might some day... gasp... reproduce! We can't let that happen, can we?
It's not sexism or any other -ism when it's funny.

Edit: why is everyone so easily offended nowadays? You have the right to offend and the right be offended! That's part of society. You can't stop this by making up political correctness rules.
Do you mean to say that you've heard enough discussion about it? There are obviously underlying issues that haven't been resolved yet.
India has iAccelerator program from IIMA. IISc recently launched an incubator as well, not on the lines of YC though.
You've done a good job building ranking but frankly the site is primarly just a hook into their data and they can do as they please with it. In essence, you're value is selling the SEO and traffic, which they would have arguably have built themselves anyways. They do likely have a solid ICANN action against you to take the domain since it incorporates their trademark and the use is demonstrably a complementary function to their site.

I'd determine the actual _cost_ of time you put into the site and ask them, nicely, to purchase it from you based on that (and the goodwill you've generated for them by making the site available). Estimate, fairly, the cost you've incurred and a fair amount for your hourly time efforts and counter offer them that.
Yeah, I saw that ad a while back, as someone linked it here at HN. That ad didn't influence my decision to check prices at Dell. Though I was deeply disappointed to note that Dell imposes a Linux tax. The version of pretty much all of their laptops with Ubuntu cost sometimes hundreds more (they just don't go on sale, so the special deals that Dell always has running don't apply). So, I'll take the Windows and install Linux on it myself.

For slightly less nice build quality the Studio 15 from Dell can be had for another couple hundred bucks cheaper (it added up to $1086 with almost the exact same specs). I decided that thinner and lighter was worth the extra money for me (and the Mini 9 for $50 with the Latitude was a pretty big draw...I love little machines, and the screen and RAM on my OLPC isn't quite big enough to actually use for even on-the-train development or catching up).
Who said it was just America that was offended?
Regular link = choice [1].

_blank link = no choice.

For a hacker-community, it's a no-brainer.

[1] (with all due respect, learn to use (and love) your middle-button).
Don't envy us too much - they only give us 5 episodes of family guy, and this pains us greatly. We're flipping out over here, 'first try is free' and all that. :(
"You have the right to offend and the right be offended!"

It's not question of rights, it's a question of what the technology industry believes is reasonable behaviour. My belief is that this presentation and the Rails leadership's response to it was way out of line. Martin Fowler's SmutOnRails post shows that he has similar thoughts.
Did you read the article? Martin Fowler addresses your comment. I'd like to see what you have to say in response to his thoughts on how such an attitude would lead to a community's decline.
If you are a software developer, you don't believe in bug free algorithms (above a certain complexity).

Please allow me to introduce you to Mr. Donald Knuth (pronounced Kah-nuth). He would like to have a word with you.
I know this has been submitted several times and killed because people are sick of this topic - but seriously, I think Fowler's take is insightful and well worth a read for anyone who manages or is interested in fostering a community. Please give it a read before you flag it.
We'll give you Hulu if you give us the BBC iPlayer. ;-)

A bit more seriously, even when/if they do bring it to other countries I'm doubtful the entire catalog would be opened up - it would likely be on a show-by-show, country-by-country basis as they clear the rights, and I wouldn't be surprised if they added country-specific shows that the US can't watch as well.
Is the issue really commercial DBs? It seems like most projects that use a (SQL) DB are solving a problem they shouldn't have, and doing it in an overly complicated manner.

If a project truly requires ACID to the point there's a sensible worry about the disk holding the right data, I'm pretty sure I'd save money (and hair) paying for a medium server and a license to deal with that (particular) data. It's really rare to run into a problem that requires both that level of reliability and needs performance beyond what a medium server can reasonably handle. I think most projects are far far more likely to screw the data in some other way, so one could question if it's worthwhile.

I'm saying this having had to implement true ACID transactions (and replication) myself. It's a ton of work getting it right through all of the layers of libraries, os, filesystems, controllers, and drives. It's hard to trust user-level programs to be able to do it given an arbitrary stack below them. I place more trust in a system that can cut through some of those layers (or call across campus and control how some of those layers work) and work with particular hardware.

I place even more trust in someone screwing the data up at a higher level and it really not mattering nearly as much as people make it out to anyway. Even in "critical" cases like storing financial transactions, it usually just results in people having to call around or get in and fixing a few things.. which is WAY cheaper than the huge cost to lower the odds by 90%, and you've got to be prepared to do that anyway.
I've read 5 or 6 of these articles on the GoGaRuCo "pr0n" presentation and this is by definitely the best. Martin Fowler clearly defines the issues at stake as well as possible cultural (generational, geographical) that could affect how people perceive the slides and the community's reaction. Martin also gives thoughtful responses to common statements made regarding this issue.

The two most helpful insights in the article are "The crucial point is: do we want to create an environment where 'thin-skinned' people aren't welcome?" and "I can't choose whether someone is offended by my actions. I can choose whether I care."

So far I haven't seen those ideas related elsewhere, and I would like to know y'all's thoughts on them.
So the first 5 episodes of family guy plus every other piece of content on hulu is better than nothing how?

Just curious how we're not supposed to envy you...
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This list would have been much more useful if it included a sentence or two about each app.
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Here we have an agency, a clear mission, and return value to society if obstacles are cleared for that mission to be a success. And we're freaking changing direction yet again in mid-stream.

I am not a big fan of NASA: sometimes I don't think they could manage their way out of a paper bag. I think that outsourcing their problems to the community is their best chance at meeting their objectives.

But gee, guys, at least give them a mission that they can succeed or fail at. Even if the moon was a bad idea, the process of trying to acheive that mission hopefully would drive out more innovations in manned spaceflight. Putting off the easier smaller goal in favor of a longer-away more vague goal is total idiocy from an organizational standpoint. We know this from our technology projects and startups. Give them something they can achieve in little pieces. Make them focus on results instead of process. Keep an eye on a vision, any vision, and get the organization able to execute around that vision. Public, simple, clear visions are best. Long complicated diagrams and 35-year plans are total bullshit.

This is just another nail in their coffin.

I'm really disappointed hearing this.
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I don't understand the whole community leadership thinks so and so thing. So what? If you don't like them or think they'll doing something bad with community, create your own community! Or assign another person to be your "community leader". Why follow someone you think has a different view? Who cares what kind of person is the language/framework creator? Why can't there be two or three Ruby/Rails communities: one that likes porn, another one that hates porn, etc? What's the problem? Stop fighting with someone's views.
Are we still talking about this?

People could have just noted that they think the presentation was in bad taste, and moved on with their lives.

If the presentation was representative of the mindset of the whole Ruby community, well then, maybe you should reconsider being part of the Ruby community - there's another one with magical ponies and stuff!

If not, then all is well. People are different.

Remember that awesome presentation by Wil Shipley, with pictures of the women in Galactica, accompanied by talk about being a "slut"?

Where was the Righteous Nerd Sect Of The Women's Rights Brigade then?
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What I just realised is that the term porn star is genderless. It could be a reference to a male star just as well as to a female star. The fact that people are interpreting it as female and getting offended highlights a social bias they should avoid.
with equal due respect some of us use the middle button for even more useful things [1]

[1] in my case it brings up all running programs to switch between -> http://screencast.com/t/mdTjfE6nTqd
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Humor? So what's the joke then?
Yes I have and no there isn't. You just defined the concept of 'beating a dead horse' by attempting to further this lame story.
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Also Hardcore Zen http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-Zen-Monster-Movies-Reality/dp... and Brad Warner's blog http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com/
Mine too! Scary stuff.
What the heck. I had nothing better to do today.
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Make a huge stink (email every top tech blogger), and use the publicity to launch your new app (you do have something waiting in the wings don't you?) and shame Zillow into spending more money to 'acquire' you.
Ask HN: Clickable Prototypes
So what's the latest/greatest way of getting your ideas into a clickable prototype that can be used for basic user testing? These seem to be the most prevalent:

Visio/Omnigraffle - you can export to a pdf or a selection of images & hack out a click through from there.

Balsamiq with this:
http://eclecticguy.com/2008/11/06/assembling-demos-from-balsamiq-mockups/
while waiting for this:
http://getsatisfaction.com/balsamiq/topics/help_me_design_the_linking_mockups_feature

Axure RP:
http://www.axure.com/

I've used previous versions of Axure and while it was initially thrilling (hitting that sweet spot in between handcoding a click through & having the project features of a Visio-type program) I found the undesirable tendency for the tool to influence the designs. I'll be testing the latest version & if anyone is interesting i can let you know how that compares to the mix.

Adobe InDesign / Powerpoint - granted, this is the strangest method i know - but it can be rather effective used to build an (internally) linked document. Too bad every other part of that experience is clunky.

Beyond those above, there's always the code it from scratch and/or use a WYSIWYG approach. There's also paper and/or index cards - but for now I'm limiting the field to digital options.

My ideal tool of course gives me complete control to present the ideas quickly while not requiring me to get so far into their domain specific language that I lose perspective on the actual problem at hand. This seems to be the biggest danger with the 'from scratch' approach as you can of course to all sorts of wonderful things in an html clickthrough that have nothing to do with the work at hand. At the other end of the spectrum, though, a pdf presentation is quite quick - but not very interactive & subsequently not great for user testing.

Any secret (or not so secret) weapons out there? Seems like this could be an interesting emerging market...
I'm happy to be living in Germany right now, for in my home country (also EU member-state)there is no significant pirate party. vote++

Like most single-issue parties, I'm a bit sceptical about their voting intentions on other issues once they do have a seat, but it is important to have dissenting voices in a healthy democracy.
What's your advice? Take the $250 and ....

Telling them to piss off and launching a counter-pr-offensive seems like his best route.
It would cost them thousands of dollars to win the domain in court. Which means he can probably get ... thousands of dollars from them instead of an insulting $250.

Maybe he should sell it on SitePoint? (the PR comes free!)
I always thought it was a smile :-)

When it comes to quick things, like instantly evaluating a logo, the reptilian brain takes over and decides before there's ever time to think about it.
"Beating a dead horse" is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile.

Did you read the article? As nonrecursive and rufo point out in this thread, Martin Fowler makes several new and insightful comments with regards to community.

There's been a shift away from talking about the presentation specifically, towards talking about communities and long-term goals to further them. That seems like a worthwhile discussion to continue, particularly here where community development is an ongoing topic.
Isn't the problem with most of current DRM solutions that they make paying for content equally or even more of a pain in the ass than just downloading it for free?
He's using YOUR API douchbag!

Ok sorry about the douchebag part but come on, what part of YOUR API don't you understand? You need to grow a pair and tell your lawyers they work for you, not the other way around.

If he's using your API, and publicizing your service, what is he supposed to call his app/website?

His new about page would read: "We use an API from a company in which we cannot name, trust us it's really good and you know them, but for legal reasons we can't say who it is."

Yeah that sounds awesome.
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This deal confirms Hulu mission: a hub for professional media videos.
I don’t think youtube should be worried they remain a hub for catch all videos.
Is that a bad thing? It's their data, and it's helping them. I think the damage to their brand among developers is happening right here (I'm sure as hell staying away from Zillow in the future). Compare that with the 'damage' it would cause some random consumers who may or may not have a problem with izillow. Not worth it.
I am so used to using command-click on my Mac to open up links in a new firefox tab. I agree with mseebach, let's give readers the choice to open links as they wish.
Nice ... he should counter with an 'offer' to put suggestive pictures of not so attractive females in his app. We all know how THAT goes over in the geek community.
That was precisely my point. It is the fundamentalists of every religion who work hardest to insert their religion into the lives of nonbelievers.
The reasonable letter is not intended to win sympathy, nor does it cut off other options. If they maintain a firm, unreasonable position, OP's options are still open and he can intensify the conversation. Starting with a thoughtful explanation of his side of the story is evidence of a good-faith effort to work out a solution, which improves his position if other parties get involved (e.g. lawyers, the internet).

Worst case: you're back where you started, but have demonstrated for the record that you were prepared to work together to find a sensible solution.

Best case: you've kept things civil, and come to an agreement without any inflaming the situation further.
> Instead of building more coal plants, saving energy is an alternative

Let's cut the power to your house first.
Who listen 50,000 songs, that is enough songs to last a lifetime : - ). Seriously it will take a little more than 3 months of listening time. I’m impressed.
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I received the Wallet Pen as a gift many years ago. It's brilliant. Although it's tiny, I always know that I've got a pen with me wherever I go.
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Mine was the same in terms of the requirement to sit upright with exceptions granted to just a couple people. It was in Massachusetts although I forget the exact name of the place.
“Earth biggest book store” that is typical of startup era: appear bigger than you really are.
I’m glad they parted from the logo with the road; was that a road?
Several of the female commenters have pointed out that if it were just the title, this would be less of an issue.

View the slides though and then say the presenter thinks of it as genderless.
They were already been streaming all these shows from ABC.com. Are you blocked from ABC.com too?