skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
(Sidestepping "has cost" vs "is worth.") It sounds like you are saying "do as I say, not as I did." You choose to pay now, but not paying made sense for you in the past. I'd like to see everyone have the same opportunity. I think that's the essence of digital capitalism. No copyright needed, IMHO.
The postcode and door number (or even street) is not enough in the uk unless you are in a town (and even then not always). Look up some rural postcodes, or blocks of flats with names rather than a number.
I take issue with the definition of "15 days free internet."
I happen to own one of T-Mobile's "4G" mobile hotspots, and I pay $50 for a whopping 5 GB of data.
The "Data Pass" I purchase from Team Mo' Bull is good for 2 months...
As if anyone on today's internet could make 5 GB of data last 60 days!???
If I'm not careful I can go through 5 GB data in 72 hours.
Thus, if a consumer with one of these magazine WiFi hotpots were to use, say 20 GB data in 15 days, will overage charges apply?
> wouldn't I put my name and contact into any metadata

And then things like CloudFlare+ might optimise the image discarding meta-data during compression of the image, and a person solely relying on the image will not be able to find the creator.

The only option will be to visibly watermark the image with the creator name.

+ I'm not sure if CloudFlare does do this, but something may optimise the image and discard the EXIF or other meta-data.
Do you have any examples of a UK house number & postcode combo that is used for more than one address? I thought postcodes were unique to each street.
Check out Waze. I don't know about London, but it helps commuting around home and really shined when I used in during a trip to Los Angeles. It gives me that "sixth sense" feeling you're talking about.
I've noticed that the radio and TV are full of commercials that say "Get your MBA at $school today and become a success tomorrow!"

It seems to me that whatever the MBA may have been worth at one point, it's now worth about the same thing as A+ or Network+ certification. This feels like a rerun of the early 2000s when the job market was flooded with people that have bootcamp certificates but no real knowledge/experience/drive.
I agree, although not 100% on the enterprise software point. I am the first to say you need a business guy for that, at least to correctly figure out the needs, but I don't see why an MBA here would be better than a business guy with experience.
(Repost of part of my previous comment, still valid, I think)

Wikidata, just like Freebase, is trying to collect structured or semi-structured data instead of unstructured data such as that present in Wikipedia. I am happy about the aim (completely unstructured data is basically useless for any serious data reuse and data extraction) but my fear is that they will not succeed as well as they did with Wikipedia. Wikipedia funded its success on the fact that anybody could edit it. In order to edit a wikipedia page you only need very low technical skills and basic writing skills (plus knowledge of the topic, obviously). Adding and manipulating structured data requires people to obey to a certain mental grid, to a formalized model, to a schema developed by someone and put in place to be respected strictly. The vast majority of people is easily demotivated when they are required to learn something substantial beforehand and most of the edits of unskilled users end up removed by watchdog (something seen often in high quality Wikipedia articles: edits made by new users are quickly reverted on the grounds that they did not follow some of the many guidelines that must be followed).

My idea is that many problems found in structured-data projects (FreeBase, MusicBrainz...) could be alleviated by better interfaces and a wide use of automation, both things that Wikipedia projects do not seem to excel in.
Rare Meteorite grains may be from Supernova that sparked solar system
Why are Google Search URLs so terrible?
I wish more companies shared their hiring process for developers. Anyway, I hope they do not stick too much the puzzles.

I'm looking forward for the time I'll be able to solve their problems, too.
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Is anyone else affected by this hack? I have a server at OVH and I haven't seen any suspicious activity.
To clarify, I'm saying that publishing the source code so that others can run and modify it is the crucial thing. I'm not saying that not open sourcing your code is anti-science, but not making it available for scrutiny is.

So to answer your first question, I don't think the right to sell someone else's code is related to the scientific process. I can't think of a way it affects the progress of science to use (or not use) commercialisation-friendly licenses, except in some indirect economic ways I don't know enough about to predict.

As to the second question, I think if you tried to charge reviewers for access to your code, your paper would never be accepted at a journal. Science is largely public funded. When public funds are used for research, the fruits of that research should be made public. That includes your code.
What's not decent is when there is an artificial asymetry of information for no reason. If you tell me it's an affiliate link, at least you are being honest and transparent that the link will benefit you. Whats wrong with being transparent ?
I can't wait till the day that a magazine comes with a free portable 3D printer to print and redistribute copies of the magazine. That'd be a nice publicity stunt for the printer maker.

Edit: seriously though, I'd hate to be the unsuspecting subscriber who tries to bring his Forbes issue onto an airplane

Edit: if I were Microsoft and I wanted the most bang for the publicity buck, I'd sell these issues exclusively at airport newsstands
The struggle was more around scaling the business. We had income, and raised some seed funding on the back of it (in order to go full time on the project). We didn't take further investment because we knew we couldn't scale and provide the return that investors would have wanted.

While running Vinetrade, I learnt a lot about testing ideas and getting validation with minimal effort. The MVP post was about some of these lessons. If I was starting again, I'd get that validation much more quickly (but it would likely be the same early validation again).
The German army has received the first units of a similar system ("Gladius") and will be testing it in Afghanistan soon [0].

[0] http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsrheinmetall-starts-g...
I imagine that one would merely need to purchase a T-Mobile "Data Pass" to maintain the WiFi connection.
It was primarily designed for sandboxing, so it's not strange that you cannot come up with other use cases.
I know that feeling all too well.

I'm a .NET developer, but I often find myself working with front-end code because I know it fairly well. I also find myself being the main person to write JavaScript.

Don't get me wrong, I like being good at something and I'll keep working at it to become better, but I find JS to be so annoying at times! I feel that I'm only good with it because I've taken the time to read about it, and because I'm able to take lessons from writing back-end code and apply what seem to be obvious lessons to writing JS (i.e. cache jQuery lookups, name functions to aid stack traces, etc). The reason I learned to write JS well was because the overuse of JS annoys me so much, especially when no legacy brower fallback is provided, or when the overuse of plugins causes the page size to be huge.

What's even more annoying is that ever since LinkedIn added those stupid endorsements my main endorsement by far is JavaScript! Now, potential employers will view me as good with JavaScript over anything else.

JS is a good thing to know, but sometimes a part of me dies when I'm referred to as "the best with JS". I'd prefer to be "the best with C#", or "the best with Python", but I'll take what I can get.
I think they just added their own torrent-file in utorrent right after they created it, but didn't upload it to a tracker until the day after?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occams_razor
> And just because we cannot measure its success rate using mathematics or statistics - that doesn't mean it is not a valid tool.

Wrong. It means exactly that.
But if it made enough money to keep yourself and the others in a job then why ever declare it as a failure? Unless it didn't make enough money?
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5598775
> that much fiscal stimulus in the US releative to the size of the economy.

I knew this was coming. "The stimulus didnt work because it was not big enough". Always the same excuse coming from Keynesians. "Aspirin did not cure my Cancer because I didnt take enough". Sure, when you attack the wrong causes in the first place you get very poor results, unless you get lucky.
I'm not sure how you handled pre-launch - you seem to have several "credibility-boosting" posts on your blog, but it doesn't look like you started to write early enough in advance about the actual ebook launch.

Check out this blog post by Amy Hoy, she seems to be onto something: http://unicornfree.com/2013/3-critical-non-obvious-ingredien...
The big issue to me is how it applies to photos of people and advertising. If your friend takes a photo of you then dumps it on imgur...and a week later you appear on billboards selling something objectionable...what are your rights?
Rheinmetall starts Gladius soldier system deliveries to German Army
Just because Apple has lots of cash doesn't mean they need to spend it buying companies they have no expertise in running.

Also, becoming a faceless megacorp conglomerate that's defined solely by its size rather than by a coherent product lineup is probably the worst thing that could ever happen to Apple. They have one of the most valuable brands in history right now, throwing that away for the sake of empire building would hasten their end faster than anything a competitor could do.
That's not really a problem, unless you have some server costs or something.

The question game developers should be asking is not "How many people will illegally copy it?" but "How many people will buy it?"

It doesn't matter if there are 100 free riders for 1 customers, as long as you have enough customers.
Pathetic speculative article with a link-bait of a title.
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You do understand that to do all those supposedly great things, you have to wear the dorky glasses on (yes, they're dorky!) AND a have smartphone with you. So there is a cost, both financial and social.

Not sure how you thought of the bar scenario, but people usually go to bars to socialize, they watch a game or show but usually in a group setting and that starts a conversation, debate etc etc about it. Not sure if enough people go to bars with dorky glasses on so they could watch whatever they like, alone. No doubt some would, but most would not.

>> taking inventory

Niche and "There's an [or 500] app/s for that."

>> automatically recording live events then replaying them

IMO that takes away from enjoying it, unless you're being paid to record it.

My point is that niche applications exist but most people will not see the benefit of having glasses on. Google loves them, imagine the "unlimited possibilities" of showing ads right in your eyeball, but what's in for the wearer? Not much, IMO.

P.S. I tune out people like Scoble, they're famous for being famous and they cement this by being social media whores "early adopters" or whatever. His opinion means jack, in fact it's worse since he's sponsored by RackSpace. Each time he gets mentioned, it's better for them and for him, thus the bombastic claims.
That looks pretty okay. A bit farther away, but it's doable, and also farther away in terms of time: perhaps I'll try to make my first real demo ever. Thanks for the link. I should have searched more before thinking there were no sceners around just because I never heard anyone talk about it.
Far out my heart skipped a beat. Had to run that through Google news.
I have a sat nav, but after having driven a car with a HUD once (showing navigation, speed and OCR-read speed limit) I'd love to have Google Glass just get this feature without having to buy a new car.
Does commercial purposes count for supporting non-profits that you may disagree with? There is nothing special, nor onerous, about commercial activity that should grant it any special privileges, nor penalties.
The second-quickest way to make someone an enemy is to call him out on his BS (the quickest is to question his opinion on the impact his own actions have had on his life, but that's for another thread).
Yeah, they rewarded the companies that hose their customers with crippling DRM and release the same old FPS and sport game with prettier graphics year after year, and penalized those that trust their fans and are trying to push the envelope in gameplay and storytelling. That's a fantastic result.

(EDIT: sorry for the rant, but this stuff really gets under my skin. If you are too cheap to spend 8 bucks on an indie game, SAY SO, don't come up with rationalizations about how the world is a better place for it)
Apple when they moved out of the garage..
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You can add a torrent to the client without seeding it; I tested this myself [1]. I could see the author preparing the torrents ahead of time before uploading the torrent files and starting to seed them. At that point the client would still indicate when he added the torrent.

1: http://i.imgur.com/i0vGOm0.png
What about this other LWN article "A new approach to user namespaces": https://lwn.net/Articles/491310/ ?

> It allows for applications with no capabilities to use multiple uids and to implement privilege separation. I certainly see user namespaces like this as having the potential to make linux systems more secure.
I love technology and my gadgets as much as the next one, but I would never want to get that dependent on one type of technology. Scientists have long warned us about solar storms and there is a chance that one day all your technology could go out. I was recently asked if I was a luddite, because I didn't want to get rid of my box of printed maps, but hey, maybe one day I need them. So every once in a while, take a weekend and switch off your gadgets and see if you can cope.
Google perform a vast amount of tests for various groups of its users at any given time. These parameters are used to help them know what part of that group the user is, and probably other things.

Sure, there URLS aren't useful for us, but they are for them, sharing a Google search result isn't as easy anymore, but who tends to do that anyway? You'd probably end up with different results if you're logged in to a Google Account and the location you're from.
If you wanted to run a MITM attack against executives with high-value accounts, this would be a heck of a way to do it.
No argument from me, private borrowing to spend on unproductive assets is just as bad as public borrowing to dig holes in the ground and fill,them in again.

The key is productive work- work that people are willing to pay for without incentives or coercion.
We ignore it because it has no relevance. You are not Jean Valjean, stealing a loaf of bread to save your sister's child.
I am probably never going to do an MBA (probably because life in unpredictable), but, as a business guy with programming skills, I strongly advise the "tech guys" not to close doors on anybody. If they come with a suit and they look like they are going to drop a ton a BS on you, just listen and then ask them to prove themselves somehow. If they ask you money and they don't want to prove themselves first, then you should send them the high way.

And, I know HN is strongly skewed on consumer SAAS, but there is a world of companies with big money working on 10 to 20 years old software that would love to pay for stuff that works and allows them to save costs. Easiest way to get to this gold mine is actually sympathizing with the business people, not "enemyzing" them.
That... Would make sense then. Now I feel stupid ;)
And by not paying you they have "frustrated" the contract and have made you redundant.
Yes, you suggested abandoning coding standards designed for monospaced fonts, specifically maximum line length. While most programmers use monospaced fonts, you are bound to clash with someone and make their lives harder by dropping some standards.
Fedex when the founder gambled in vegas in order to pay employees.
This is a classic case of Confirmation Bias[1] - if no one else is cleaning it up, it means I'm not responsible myself.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
It didn't make enough to support the team. There was an argument for running it as a side project / one man business, but that wasn't something that I wanted to do (and investors supported/advised when making that decision).
Is there some problem with giving the money to the shareholders via dividends or buybacks? I would have thought the shareholders would be happy in proportion to the amount of money being given out. And if Apple cannot invest it, then it makes sense to give it to others who can try to do better.
From what I understand, Facebook builds profiles of non-members as well, so they are still a threat.
The difference is that it's 2013.
speculative? the first part was entirely a joke. the second part builds off of it to explain the situation they're in and why they had to go into debt.
Point 2:As the price got down to $200 literally every hand went up. At $500 a few hands went up.

Point 3: Nearly everyone had an emotional outburst of "wow" or "amazing" or "that's crazy" or "stunning."

Takeaway: $200 is the going rate for people willing to be "wow"ed or amazed
Yeah, and its more or less the same thing as Hollywood claiming piracy or copying destroys their industry. I think in general game developers miss the point about piracy:
- its free advertising. Just like radio is for music.
- maybe pirates will not buy your game this time but they may buy the next.
- simply your game is not attractive enough and most people dont want to spend any money on it. It's not because your game is cheap that it's worth buying.

If you complain so much about piracy, go in free to play mode and make your fans buy extensions or addons. This is known to work well if your game is designed around it.
Exactly. This is all you need to know about copyright. Reality on the ground always trumps theoretical reality, so everyone can stop hyperventilating and breathe normally. Abolition of copyright would heavily favor entrenched forces.
It's not just profit. Imagine taking a photograph that then gets used to promote a political party that campaigns against your beliefs - you might be happy with that, but I wouldn't be.
You have this product which has high fixed costs to produce but zero marginal costs to produce an extra one. If everyone chose to pay zero then the product would not be made and everyone would be worse off. By choosing to pay zero you are free-riding on other people who choose to pay non-zero. It is possible that piracy could bring about:

a) higher prices to other consumers who have to pay a larger share of the fixed costs because other people are choosing to pay zero. this is not really a cost more a fairness problem.

b) some products not being produced because not enough people are willing to pay the higher price to pay off the fixed costs. even though there might be a price point X that is lower than what it is worth to some of the zero payers which would result in the fixed costs being paid. this is a real economic cost
I guess I was simplifying the issue too much. It could work with adjustments, but I think one of them might be a license modifier for "but contact me first", and due to the reasons you've presented, maybe that should even be a default. That doesn't really remove the friction we have now, and is probably too restrictive.

We need something more granular that people can use, and I'm not at all convinced that exists. Hmm.
It seems as if his friends buys game that can't be pirated and pirates games that can be pirated. Yet somehow you come to the conclusion that they would still buy for the same amount if pirating wasn't possible?
I had my finger over the buy button with these guys yesterday.
wouldn't a 2d printer be more appropriate for redistribution of a magazine?
I wonder if he's so excited about the device because it's awesome in itself, or because of all the attention and interest he gets showered with wearing it and using it to publish things online. It's a novelty; I'm sure the first people with mobile phones and later on smartphones experienced something similar, before they became a common sight. Even now, people with the newest, shiniest new phone will get some measure of attention, a confirmation for their expense.
Neat and deserves linking: http://www.waze.com/

In principle that looks really good.

I probably won't use it though as I really do not trust apps that ask to access information on all my contacts when nothing in what the app appears to do would require it.

I don't feel I have permission from my contacts to share their details with someone else. I got to the install screen and backed off.
In no case is that true for MP3. The difference between 128 and 160 kbits is painfully obvious.
You weren't excited by the smartphone either.
> a license modifier for "but contact me first", and due to the reasons you've presented, maybe that should even be a default

now it's the same as "all rights reserved. joe@example.com", and it is the current default.
Persona, in some ways, seems to be filling the PKI gap.

It's a simple method for any email supplier to supply a key asserting that a particular email address is owned by a particular person, that that person can then use to authenticate elsewhere.

I'm actually somewhat baffled that it's taken this long for someone to come up with it!
Blogger. IIRC from Founders at Work[1] book the company was on its last legs and everyone, even a co-founder, left. The only person left was Ev Williams and eventually figured out how to grow and make some rev. and ultimately sell to Google.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C30BH6/ref=oh_d__o04_de...
They seem to have neglected to mention how many copies got this treatment. That would be interesting to know.

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And yet we all buy $750 computers or something. I think it's a little more complicated than "you can ask $200 for something amazing".
I would add from experience

Start looking for another Job NOW!

Check how you stand with Social Security contributions (National Insurance in the UK) is your employer behind on these.

Check that all your pension contributions are up to date I worked for a company where they had not been passing on the pension contributions and even worse had not been passing on my additional contributions.

Make sure to take your laptop home with you so if the company goes tits up you have that.
Hah, you win :)
Wikipedia[1] says I remembered correctly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyra_Labs