skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Look at what Google did that other portals weren't doing.

Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite, Jeeves, etc., kept trying to get stickier and sticker, and reduce bounce rate.

Google sought to get increasingly relevant, and increase bounce rate. A user hitting the site and not clicking through to another page was viewed as a success, not a failure. Sure, it's a lost ad impression, but it's a satisfied user.

By putting the user experience first, Google completely trounced a "sewn-up" market.
I guess it's not about hurting a company but about hurting fraudsters. Their tech isn't "not on par" - it's pure nonsense and they know it.
They look really good except for their AUP which appears to be massively over-reaching and incompatible with any product or service that has user generated content.

I've dropped them an email asking about those things, as they do appear to be good.
For the sake of realism only: any basic supervised machine learning algorithm does that with proper labeled dataset. I have built many. I can assure you this is so classic that Google has it, that many other companies have it. And there are much better and accuratd solutions in place for combining all signals of this kind.
A lawyer sending a 'copyright' claim over a trademark dispute (for example) would have to argue that they are an idiot about the law (I would think).
Can someone explain how Ack is better than "git grep"? Assuming, of course, you use git to manage your code.

I find "git grep" as fast as Ack and very flexible.
While there are audiophiles who listen to vinyl because there is in fact perceptable change in quality compared to mp3, most people listen to vinyl because the enjoy it, just like some people enjoy real books over kindle.
Me being stupid :/

It's just:

git push heroku master
To add to old-fashioned surveillance cameras is old fashion witness questioning. It seems that at least one witness was able to provide a description which probably filled in a lot for the who, what and when to focus on.
For a company to be successful it needs vision and discipline.

This is usually done by having a visionary at the head, and a nasty enforcer just under him. This is how it works at Facebook for example (Zuck + Sheryl Sandberg). Marissa Mayer used to do the same thing at Google (for a long time, her main responsibility was saying no to people who wanted to add links to Google's home page... which is probably harder than it sounds).

What's remarkable about Jobs is that he was both. He was the visionary and the enforcer. There are not many people like that.

And of course, enforcers alone can't do shit. When Jobs was removed from Apple, the company almost went bankrupt. When enforcers become CEO all they do is upset people without actually improving the prospects of the company (see how every single recent news that comes out of Yahoo is some incomprehensible blunder).
The other Microsoft number we all want to know: How much time has Steve Ballmer spent actually using Windows 8 desktop.
... At which point it's still turtles, but nobody can really agree on what a turtle is, or what it means for something to be turtles, or what it means for something to be anything, including (but not limited to) turtles, or what it means for something to mean something. By the time the subject is settled -- if it ever is settled -- the turtle is dead. And so is God.

(For some definitions of "turtle", "dead", "God", and most especially "is".)
Still not on the linux version of chrome-dev.
If it's as simple as saying "the rights of others trump the rights of this suspect," then why not torture the suspect?
As mentioned above, there's no need to have 'one search tool to rule them all.' You don't uninstall grep from your system when installing ag or ack.
I experimented with one of my apps (www.TommyTeaches.com). I made the mistake of releasing it as a paid app at first. It didn't do so well. I switched it to free and it took off. Everyone at my kid's school got it and they let others know. Through analytics I can see it is being used for long periods of time by many kids every day. Tried the teaching approach with kids with mild learning disabilities and it made a difference in a number of cases.

All of that is good, however the problem is that in order to be able to justify completing the series I have to show revenue. Placing ads in apps for 3~5 year old kids is not an option. One thought was to place ads in screens off the main game (Settings, etc.) to at least capture a minor revenue stream. I have that build but haven't released it yet.

The problem with the expectation of everything being free is what it does to the ability to innovate and explore. Apps don't cost zero to develop. As much as it hurts me to think it, I am not sure I can justify attempting to innovate at the early education market because there's virtually no money in it for the vast majority of developers. Even paying for logo and graphic design is impossible when your revenue is zero or near zero.

For me at least there seems to be far more traction and revenue in the specialized utilities segment.

On the other hand, it is hard to pay the iOS software world attention when we can charge $250 to $350 per hour for mechanical, electronics hardware and software development in certain verticals.
The spider has been extremely well done. Spent a lot of time playing with it.
DAGPype: Python data-processing and data-preparation pipelines
Pre-Google, this is pretty much how search engines worked... by analysing page content and weighting that rather than the network of links around the page.

Having just played with it, it feels both backwards and refreshing to go back to that. The results are different enough to feel good for the terms I used.
I would call the 4th amendment fairly essential.
Can you please explain the relevance of your comment? I'm missing what you're trying to say.
i believe, utility and price decision makes more sense for prices larger than impulse buying seed (>>$120). From $120 to $5, $5 to $1, $1 to 10cents and below 10cents have all different consumer behavior dynamics, for a cosmopolitan american buyer. So apps below $1 and $15 are all different stories for consumers. For <1$, visibility, jumping to leaderboard matters more. For a $15 product utility mattes more, but still an impulse buying decision can be forced.
As referenced in the paper, Verlinde proposed that gravity is an entropic force:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity

I highly recommend Verlinde's brilliant paper, it's an easy read:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785

The theory remains controversial, but it's a valuable attempt to put holographic principles center stage.
Be careful. That kind of rhetoric is one step away from, and seems to be intended to imply, the claim that the pro-gun position is itself invalid or less valid because of other positions held by some of its proponents, which is textbook fallacy.
Razer will not cancel 90%-off test coupons
Add Pong jokes below.
but adderall is meth
Yes: all of them. That's what makes this one stick out to me.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. It's amazing what you can do inside the browser these days.

Any thoughts of integrating it with SVG? SVG is super useful for drawing and manipulating shapes in the browser.
The specialised chips that are used by routers are CAMs and TCAMs. Basically, associative arrays (hashes or dictionaries as they're called in most scripting languages) implemented in hardware. You can program an FPGA to run as a CAM. Mostly what they're doing are repeated lookups of where to switch or route packets (based on header fields). If you're in a CPU world with RAM you can try and optimise the data structure that holds the lookup tables so you get decent speed but with CAM it's implemented in hardware so the lookup times are fixed and known. It's not really a limit of computation that can be helped with multiple cores, the CPUs can be pretty slow. Multithreading or parallel processing is typically handled on routers by distributing the workload to packet processors that handle a single port or a group of ports, all looking at the same CAM (or copies of it in the more distributed chassis-based architectures). Modern routers are basically supercomputers in a box. Of course there's an inherent limit at the PHY level where you can only receive or transmit a single packet at a time on an interface so you can't multiprocess beyond a CPU per port basically which limits the complexity of the design. 1000 cores on a GPU won't help you if you only have 100 ports to route traffic on.

On a typical Intel PC, the MMU's TLB is implemented in CAM as well but it's tiny in comparison to the ones in routers. CAMs are pretty power hungry compared to RAM. They are becoming commodities though and the router manufacturers are getting away from doing custom ASIC designs. Intel bought Fulcrum which makes these packet processors and companies like Big Switch are doing cool stuff with white box network hardware. It's really going to bring the cost of the hardware down pretty dramatically in the next couple years.
Because after one positive result that they can tout, they have everything to lose and not much to gain from negative results. They are businesses not scientific organizations.
Stalin Would Be Very Proud Of Apple’s “Kill Switch” For AppGratis Notifications
This is really strange. I just searched for "how to ride a bike" and the first links from Samuru are completely useless whereas the first link from Google is exactly what I wanted, instructions from wikihow. How do you explain that?
I LOL'd.
Fraudster companies SHOULD be hurt. And their employees should have been the ones that bring this to light - otherwise, they are accomplices and deserve whatever they get.
Entrepreneur First 2012 graduate startups raise millions in seed funding
It's from a play called 'A Man for All Seasons', doesn't diminish its relevance though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons#Themes
The reason is that the paper was not peer reviewed.
What Can Android Learn From Symbian's Security Model?
Yes, makes sense to eliminate the input field, and save screen real-estate, mostly for smaller mobile devices.
Install Android 4.1.2 XXLT4 Jelly Bean Galaxy Note N7000 [GUIDE]
Thank you for sharing - for me ,this was an interesting view of the economics of a niche app.

I happen to be a user of your app myself, which makes it even more interesting. I downloaded your app as part of your free promotion that you mention in the spreadsheet. I have since recommended your app to several colleagues, of which several paid for the app, so your promotion was probably successful.

I also use a similar app, "TimeSheet". This app is ad-sponsored. I found this app by browsing the app stores lists of most popular apps, and because it was free, this was the app I started using.

Seeing the economics of your app seems to be barely viable, I would offer some food for tought.

You have minimal expenses already, so you can't boost profits by minimizing expenses. You can however do what you seem to be doing and just "wait" until the app is profitable.
Your app has a decent focus and is streamlined to do one thing and do it well. You can improve the app by doing customer interviews, but that will be costly and may not provide a ROI.
You could change the price of your app. If someone is using your app, it doesn't matter if the price is $1 or $5, it's peeanuts for anyone using it as a business app. This would hurt the "I'll try it out-downloads" though.
You can expand your user base by promoting your product more. This seems to me to be the most attractive option.
What are your own thoughts about increasing the revenue stream for the app?
BShutter: Long Exposure, Bulb Shutter, 6 effects Real-time preview Camera app
RE ISS and dark matter, I just accidentally stumbled into this:

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=5736
Name five previous cases with a public safety exception to miranda that you can think of.
Ask HN: Which ways of finding new clients works for you?
Hi HN!

I've recently started a web design business, had a couple of friend/family pro bono clients, and now need to get some real ones (and real money).

Word of mouth will hopefully eventually lead to regular clients, but that requires an initial set of clients.

What methods have worked best for you?

Specifically, which of these have worked to get you clients?

* AdWords?

* Leaflet drops?

* Networking meetups?

* Cold calling?

* Going door to door?

Any others I've missed?

Cheers
Agree-the fundamental problem is that formulae are copied from cell to cell.

It is so easy to make a mistake on a big spreadsheet.

A much better approach would be to write user defined functions.
Indeed, and that is why that management was replaced.
I think the trick to understanding this is that, in order for an intelligent being to maintain it's internal homeostasis, it must (in an entropic sense) really screw up it's surrounding environment. Thus, if you look at the whole system, the intelligent being is maximizing entropy. Phrased another way: Because it wants to maximize it's own homeostasis, it has to work extra hard to achieve this. Work creates entropy when looking outside the whole system, and bam - you have entropy maximization.

I'm not sure I'm right, but this logic works for me...
Quick comment on the interface. Looks like the initial page is optimized for 1024x768. I'm on a netbook at 1024x600 (even less so since I'm not at fullscreen). While I realize that I'm in the minority, it looks like the issue is everything is position absolutely. The only reason that the bottom of the page is cut off is because there is a bunch of empty space between the top of the page and the logo: http://imgur.com/vDFwY8b

I realize that this is a bit of a nitpick, but I felt the need to mention it.
Agree - it's very important to have idle time and let you mind run free, without solving any immediate problem.

For me, the best ideas come during long showers, when starting to fall asleep, and when waking up.
Because we, as a society, frown on it? Are you really saying that there is a thin line between Miranda-less statements being admissible in court and torture?
> You are right there are a select few. But it is very few.

Man! How do you come up with these "facts"?

> I linked to the quora as just one example.

So, Ɐx(CommentsOnQuora(x) -> Linguist(x))?

And by the way, linguists are trained to think like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nYmWt1J4Lg. If you want a wider commentary, read http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=5

You guys probably do good work. Making wild claims reflects badly on the company; all the more so if the CxO does it.
As a consumer, I like this model when it's done right. I like being able to "test drive" an application and then paying for the app.

For example with a business app like Grafio, I want to test drive it to see if it works for me. Then I can pay a significant price for the app - if I am using it in a business setting my time is worth hundreds of dollars per hour and the prices of apps are not really a significant expense.
I would want development of Grafio to extend further towards supporting my business needs, which is Visio import/export, and I would gladly pay for that feature.

I dislike when the free app is missing important functionality (this defeats the test drive aspect) and I dislike when the in-app is a subscription.
I find it obnoxious when apps have too many in-app purchases. It becomes an annoyance to have to pay $1 to read, $1 to write, $1 to save. Just ask $3 for "full functionality" from the start. Don't be silly.

I like when the app is fully functional and I can choose to pay different amounts to support further development.
I just want to point out that anyone can help the Archive Team by running an "Archive Team Warrior". It's a virtual machine which scrapes things that need to be archived. Currently Posterous, Formspring, various URL shorteners and of course upcoming.org (in testing).

It's really easy to set up and I would encourage anyone remotely interested to give it a try. More info & download: http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warri...
I fail to see the difference between "waterboarding" and "strap electrodes to his genitals" torture.
Interesting list but I wonder how do these libraries fare when used by JS developers? What are their performances and experience with them?
your browser has issues.
Linkedin is a good network to find prospective clients!
two suggestions:

- you need a favicon, so its possible to pull your site into an icon bar for bookmarking.

- you need a search engine registration, so its possible to use it from search engine tab in browser
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You can also find stories about how Steve would hold doors open for people. He wasn't an ass all the time.
Too little, too soon.
Dark gray text on black background. Really?
He was not a hacker and that's precisely why he could lead the creation of great end-user products. He certainly did know a whole lot about programming : check his WWDC 97 address, in particular this sequence at 22' :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

he knew that coding isn't measured by the number of lines you write, and that providing a good environment to developers is absolutely essential. I don't know too many managers or CEOs who really grasp that.
Vegas also has the distinction of being Tony Hsieh's experiment to revitalize the LV downtown core[1].

Autonomy Fund on the surface looks like a great fit with Tony's DowntownProject vision[2].

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/evankirkpatrick/2013/02/13/lesso...

[2] http://downtownproject.com/
Thank you! I have actually not played around with SVG yet. Is it as easy as canvas? I am very new to canvas and found it to be super easy to pick up and run with.
Conspiracy is already a crime. Your cucumber example wouldn't attract a response because nobody actually cares enough to prosecute it. For example if your cucumber was made of solid goal then you would become a target of preventive action.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime)
Same guy?
Both Brandon's:

1) http://www.stremor.com/technology.html

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1zzna-dNw
Dzhokhar was in no state to hear his Miranda rights. He was in serious need of medical attention, so the highest priority is his medical attention, not reading an injured person his miranda rights. Also, I'm not sure if he'd even have been able to repsond that he understood.
Well I'm sold! I think you can expect at least 15 job offers by the end of the day.
If you don't like the "Public Safety Exception," then lobby to get rid of it. I wouldn't suggest doing it in this case because there is likely enough evidence to convict him of multiple serious crimes without him uttering a peep (i.e. this isn't a good case to push towards the Supreme Court to make a decision on).
It would be great if an HR director could weigh in on how much a $125K salary might cost in total compensation with a "standard benefit package" range for a technologist/programmer/engineer role.

The only other data point is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (BLS ECEC) where it shows at the bottom that benefits accounted for around 30% of total compensation and 70% going to wages & salary[1]. On average, this means that a $125K salary would cost a company $179K overall.

[1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
the hn title has been changed. it contained Aaron Schwartz when submitted.
Could there be a feature to run the app logic on the client when a connection is not available? Else, it can fallback to the server. This will help a lot when it comes to offline support
Where do you see it learning to walk? You can't equate the inverted pendulum problem with upright walking. It is neat if it can choose it's own reference level ("goal") for a classical control problem -- but that's a long way from "learning to walk".
Tony Hsieh might be a good fit given his vision with Downtown Project (http://downtownproject.com/).
It's funny how they discuss cosmetics when there are hordes of driver bugs all over the place.

I seems that RH copies Canonical's idea to make something looking "good" and sell it to fans of eye candy who happen to own machines unaffected by bugs.
What I would want is some way to start X before even the tty. For example; on Ubuntu when you boot up you can actually see the tty and a little bit of the init scripts' output. This feels quite "cheap" in my honest opinion. I would much rather see a proper Ubuntu logo and then a smooth transition to the X login screen.
This is how they tracked Suspect 2
err.. the very first company in this list has the CEO giving me the middle finger treatment. I'm really not sure what to think of this...

http://www.blazecomponents.com/#team
The Boston Bombers Were Muslim. It Shouldn't Matter. This Is Why It Does.
Elon Musk Interview by Rainn Wilson ("Metaphysical Milkshake" show)
Situations like this really highlight how out of step the DMCA is with peoples' right to free speech and fair use. DMCA takedowns put too much compliance burden on individuals who are unaware of or intimidated by the counter-notice process.

At the very least, there should be more stringent requirements for legitimate takedown claims and stricter penalties for abusing the process.
You should enable IPv6 on your naked domain, in addition to www. The DNS records are listed here:

http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2...
If I recall correctly, Opera did this in the best way (unsurprisingly): The URL bar in fullscreen is hidden until you move your mouse to the top, then it slides down, eliminating the need for separate fullscreen and presentation modes.
I suppose they're right in a sense. Intelligence and entropy are like opposing forces.
There is literally no point having rights at all if there are exceptions to those rights which can be used but authority when things get difficult or controversial. A right is universal, if there is an exception, its is no longer universal, there for no longer a right. If a right is not universal, it becomes a privilege.

The whole point of rights is to protect individuals when things get difficult, when people's emotions or political bias over ride actual justice.

When everything is normal and fine, what do you need rights for? Nothing what so ever. You only rely on them in the extremes, when things go wrong or when you are being unfairly treated by the state (or business). But that is exactly when government, law enforcement, etc want to suspend them, and they do. So, in the end, it become totally pointless.
Why You Won’t See My Child (Or Even His Name) On Facebook
Also known as an argumentum ad Hitlerum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
this...makes me laugh, thanks ;-)

I would agree that the real world can bait one in the ass, out of the blue, just, what the, things are trying to eat my ass!

As for herding spherical cows and the vacuum, I'll do my best:

val maybeCow = Some(1) // SomeOne is the speherical mu (i.e. you)
maybeCow getOrElse 0 // Cow here becomes 1 with the universe

Were maybeCow initialized with a None value, then into the vacuum it goes...and out it comes with a safe 0 to keep order in our [application] universe.
Agreed. I think anyone in this situation should definitely consult a mental health professional. Depending on the factors though it can be a variety of things, and it may be a case of someone who does have a chemical imbalance but is normally fine if working at normal levels, but the overwork can push them over the edge.
Definitely looks like the same guy.

But then again, I used to think Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were the same guy.