skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a superficial (perhaps naive) view of what JavaScript is capable of in a browser like Firefox.

I'm not interested in having heatmaps, timers and other metrics recorded simply because I want to read the news.

Not to mention that I also like to save pages for offline reading, and I expect them to re-render normally, and not trigger background GETS and POSTS and then fail to load.

I'd also like the <a href> tag to behave as I expect it should, and not be intercepted, and changed after I click on it, but before the desired page loads.

Oh, right, and I'd also like my history stack to stay relatively private, but you know that's really asking a lot isn't it:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Manipulating_th...

Meh, whatever. I guess we should just accept the prevailing wind, and learn to cope with its ramifications, no? Is all this so inevitable?
Right now, the app store is very much a lottery. There are 126 game per day entering the store, yet there are only 100-200 slots the players actually look at. Beyond that, it is hard to find games. The situation is way worse than the Internet as a whole. Discovery there is much better via better search algorithms, SEO, and even ads and ad networks that are available.

The ad networks on mobile devices move the same batch of users around that are looking to get hard currencies for games like Puzzle and Dragons that they are engaged in.

As the market moves more and more to mobile, talking up your app on an Internet based forum is not going to work. Plus, I don't think that relying on getting a buzz going on Reddit is a very repeatable marketing strategy.

I am certainly not saying "don't be an Indie game developer. There is still a lot more opportunity now than when we started GarageGames in 1999 and Indies were called Shareware developers. But, that does not mean that we should not call for Apple and Google, two of the most valuable companies in the world, to make their stores better. Indies are pouring their lives into these games and they deserve the best market possible. There are things that could make them much better. For instance, fixing Search, giving us analytics for the store listings, allowing A/B test on the listing, opening up the stores to additional front ends so people passionate about a subject could sell games there, etc.
"I'm old and have a family and therefore my time is more valuable than yours"
Wow people trust tools that don't have valid SSL certificates , it's no wonder groups like HTP roam free.
Elon Musk: "academic papers are pretty useless"
Same exact questions here.

Also interested in their business model and how they plan to achieve profitability. Any VC worth their weight wouldn't touch a startup like this with a 10-foot pole. We all saw what happened to Groupon and their approach in dealing with small and independent restaurants.

Why would I as a pizza shop owner want to join your network? Are there systems in place to ensure that demand does not exceed supply? How do you ensure that a certain standard of pizza quality is met by all members of the pizza network?

I'd like these questions answer before you get me to download your app to find pizza.
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See my comment above, the number they quote for Redwood City is $30k, the census data says $45k for the same tract number.
Don't you think people who are genetically pre-disposed to sleep less than avg hours have an advantage? I think it maybe one of single most important advantages you can have, both in life and work.
If your boss wants you to come at a certain time, show up at that time or change the boss.

You realize that in most firms, that also means (even if it's a large company and there's no point in it being that way) changing companies, right? And also that it takes about a month to do that, and that you'll usually be fired if you get found out for looking? And also that people who change companies "too often" get the "job hopper" label and get raped by closed-minded idiots who never grew out of thinking the way you do, right?

I am fucking sick of arguing about the real world with Internet "libertarians" who've not spent significant time in it. Go back to pretending to be a 16-year-old girl who's "soooo confused".
if you are passionate about the ender's game you probably already know the ending. If you dont know about ender's game you wouldnt know that its the ending. very subtly done.
What about those 'Financial Engineers' in Wall Street? Are they qualified to be called engineers?

Creating software is as much an engineering activity as any other traditional engineering disciplines. So yes, Software engineer is an appropriate title.

On the other hand, plenty of licensed PE's have never worked in an engineering environment, but they got licensed anyway, simply because they got an engineering degree and worked in a so called related field (such as business, LOL!!). I've seen too many of those. I would not take the PE title seriously.
Thanks for another great post Trevor!

App Store Rankings (http://appstorerankings.net) is keyword research tool I found in the discussion of your previous post. It estimates the difficulty of ranking within the app store for that keyword, and can also show you competitors (guessed?) keywords.
1) We're heading closer and closer to a world where none of this bullshit(pardon my Frank) can happen.

2) You think REGULAR currencies have much more value than cryptocurrencies during these types of crises?

3) If Syria hypothetically still has a working "intranet" but not a working "internet", then Bitcoin will continue working just fine for them while they're not connected to the rest of us. After the Syrians re-connect, their branch will be withered, but not dead. Re-merging will be automatic when the Internet returns.
When parking is free, drivers are also getting an "insane discount." If drivers can park for free, food trucks should also park for free - but the best solution is that nobody parks for free.
Go ahead, pass the Internet tax. Your (foreign) competitors thank you.
Not clear. Remember that at least one of the pre-climax battles involves a massive fleet vaporizing. Are you sure you did not see that?
This post smacks of reactionary prejudice. Some people are different than me? Something must be wrong with them! I am better than you because I wake up before you! You have got to be kidding.

If this post was written 40 years ago it would be directed at women telling them they actually have it pretty good. Hmm wait I actually saw that same thing just the other day.

These ignorant arrogant people need to figure out why they don't have even a smidgen of empathy and quit blaming us for being "bleeding hearts".
...in your opinion.

But even so, it's not really going away.
Thanks for this comment. Many people do not understand what I am trying to say (I'm probably not saying it well), but you have described the problem nicely. I would love to hear from you directly on my blog so we can hook up on Twitter or G+.
> If your boss wants you to come at a certain time, show up at that time or change the boss.

No, there is no moral obligation to silently put up with any mistreatment your boss dreams up. You are always free to negotiate — the counteroffer may be "you are not worth this trouble and you're fired," but hey, that's business. It's not a divine judgment from on high.

For example, my boss once asked me to come in an hour earlier than I had been. By the OP's thinking, I should have just said "Yessir!" Instead, I said, "That'll be massively inconvenient for me. What is it that's prompting this?" It turned out that she just had some extra work that needed doing by a certain time each day, so I came up with a more efficient way to get this work done that wouldn't require changing my schedule around. She ended up thanking me because I saved everyone time. TL;DR: I said no and came out looking better for it.
Well, one could build an atheist web site at http://here.sy :-)
I love this book, but I got tired of having to flip through each page to find the drawing I wanted, so I put them all into a giant poster set with every drawing on it. I thought some other nerds might be interested, so it's up for sale here: http://society6.com/RettgerGalactic/Five-Hundred-and-Seven-M...
Free speech is the point because if the government decided that expressing a political opinion counted as provocation in an assault or battery charge, this would probably violate the first amendment. Legally the issue is around assault and battery, but the underlying issue is freedom of speech.

"The first amendment doesn't protect you from blowback and it's not supposed to."

Correct that is what the criminal code, and the fascist police, are for.

"Freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism."

This discussion is about violence, not criticism.

"However if you consider freedom of speech an issue between citizens, wouldn't the right to bear arms be the greatest enemy of freedom of speech? Seems like "an armed society is a polite society" is a recipe for a society where nobody speaks their mind for fear of losing their life..."

Possibly though I haven't heard of someone getting shot for expressing an opinion. Most people are afraid to go to jail for murder, while leftists who push and shove rarely even get charged.
If you create something, it belongs to you.

I guess somebody didn't learn this lesson in kindergarten, and still wants to whine and complain in an effort to effectively nationalize what is rightfully private property.
Thanks - that was a good read!

But what about cuatro & four qualifies these as "ultraconserved"? Do these stand in contradiction to other words that arose without some gradual evolution?

If a word that evolves in a multitude of branches to arrive in a multitude of various forms is ultraconserved, what is a word that is just kinda conserved, or not conserved at all?
Our platform helps you passively monitor incoming opportunities, see exactly how your background is being represented to employers, and get access to the useful market information that good recruiters provide.

See, this is the shit the OP is talking about. All you have to do to be a good recruiter is simple: talk in plain words, and skip the bullshit. Your landing page, and language are more of the same shit I get on my email every day. Instead, why don't you just come out and explain what and how you are doing to get me a better job. That's all I need to know. Use simple words, common English. Not buzzwords. Instead of Our platform helps you passively monitor incoming opportunities just say Our platform keeps track of any and all work opportunities that might be available to you. See the difference? One is pure buzz, the other one simply talks about what you do for me.

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Recruiters say a lot of shit. Some of it is borne from ignorance (limited technical knowledge), some from mis-aligned incentives (contingency placement structures, especially when contracts vary between clients, are terrible for aligning interests), and some from systemic failures (what's going on behind the scenes?).

My company, Mighty Spring (https://www.mightyspring.com), is working to solve all of these issues. Our platform helps you passively monitor incoming opportunities, see exactly how your background is being represented to employers, and get access to the useful market information that good recruiters provide.

We'd love feedback from anyone who is pestered by recruiters and is looking for a better solution! The more you tell us about how we're doing, the faster we can fix this problem :)
That argument doesn't really work when discussing copyright extensions that were proposed and passed after the author's death. Fitzgerald wrote what he did expecting the copyright protections available at the time. Extending copyright while he was still alive could have provided him incentive to create more works, but extensions after his death couldn't.
> What is the difference between a disorder and being a dick?

Choice.
how are the police different in this regard?
Kind of funny that people are talking about Fitzgerald and the rights to make money off of "Gatsby". He obviously intended to make a living off of the book but it didnt sell well. He was paid less than $2,000 for the book and sold the movie rights for $16,666...which is roughly $200K in today's money.

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/money-behind-great-ga...

Too bad the book never got the recognition it deserved in his lifetime.
Note that a16z invests in startups at a much later stage than YC does. For YC, the quality of the team may be the most important because they're at a stage early enough to significantly change the market they target. By the time a startup is looking for series A (or later) funding pivots are relatively more expensive.
Re-merging does not work like that. All Syrian transactions will effectively be reversed. That's assuming that they managed to mine anything, with such a small fraction of the usual computing power available.
This book is exactly what I wanted. But the thing I don't like about Meteor; the barriers to contemporary web development drop like a rock. The problems that could keep me employed with other frameworks are largely solved.

Maybe this will raise the bar into a whole new level of product. But I'm not sure I want to spread the news; its more like something I'd rather keep for myself as a competitive advantage.
People can claim "implicit assumptions" all they want. Most rapists believe in an "implicit assumption" that the woman wants to have sex with them. That doesn't make it true.

I can't tell if you're trolling or serious, and I'm not sure I even want to know.
NFS can do that, pretty easily.
It seems as though this comments section is filled with self-proclaimed "night owls." I'm curious, have any of you read the linked articles about variables that influence people to remain awake later than they should and have these types of erratic sleep patterns / modified circadian rhythms (heavy computer use / blue light exposure)? And, have any of you tested your own reaction to curtailing these late-night activities while introducing natural sunlight stimulant in the morning?

I'm not asking in a derogatory way; I'm genuinely curious since I experimented with this myself and found positive results. My guess is that most haven't, and that it's easier just to accept a "night owl" classification in lieu of hundreds of thousands of years of human dependence on the sun and fire for light. Based on my limited research it seems that those without significant mental illness sleep well with habit and controlled stimuli (including natural light). Has anyone, through any amount of reasonable testing, found this NOT to be true?
It's unfortunate that you believe happiness requires self-delusion.
There is a concept of 'normal' and if your sleep cycle is so far out of 'normal' that it interferes with your ability to do 'normal' things, then it is your responsibility to determine if that will be a problem before you accept the job, not the employers. Even in the case of trading that you brought up, if starting at 6:30 is normal in that field, then the employer shouldn't need to bring up in the offer that they expect you to start at 6:30. If the employee is moving to a new field or to a place that has a different corporate culture, it should be their responsibility to find out what 'normal' is.
Yeah, being an average success is great too! I'm average at best, and I have an awesome lifestyle. I dont care about the billions. I just cre about providing a good life for my family.
this is awesome :-)
> the blockchain depends on a consistent, global view of network transactions

Actually the chief effect of the continual hashing is robustness against netsplits. By defining the longer-hashed chain as prevailing, global reconciliation is actually possible. All protocol-following parties agree - double spends on the smaller side lose out.
Yes, The Great Gatsby entered the public domain January 1, 2011, in countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia that observe copyright for the author's lifetime plus 70 years. F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940. But in the United States, under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1988, The Great Gatsby seems to be protected until 95 years after its first publication, which was in 1925. That may mean January 1, 2021. Project Gutenberg is well aware of the copyright terms in the countries where it operates.

I am not a lawyer. It seems to me that copyright has nothing to do with your possession of a work that you obtained legally. It involves publication, duplication, public performance, and so on.

A bit more about The Great Gatsby and copyright is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/09/robert-mccrum-co...

About copyright terms in various countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_...

(While we're discussing copyright for classic books, some might be interested to learn about the copyright for Peter Pan.)
(Shrug) It might take that long, but it will happen nevertheless.
Great points by Michael here. Kickstarter has opened the doors as a tool to gain initial funding to meet producing an exact product or service.

What I loved most about Michael's post is he talked about the importance of outreach - tweets from other relevant organizations, guest blog posts and contributing to online forums. Though Kickstarter is a "marketplace" - it likely won't get you all the backers you need without doing your own outreach to potential customers and backers. It's essential to understand their pain points and meet it with your product, just as Real Python did.
Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup
Ah. The good old AI cycle.

Scientist: X can help us get full AI!

You: Why?

Scientist: Because of reason R.

You: But, reason R is a non sequitur...

More seriously, reasons similar to that for deep learning have been repeated multiple times in AI with failure (e.g. Thinking Machines).

I would suggest that these folks remain calm and build something on the scale of IBM's Watson using just deep learning..
I suppose you begin to learn what is ethical and what isn't in kindergarten. What's legal is an entirely different matter. Copyright is just a government regulation.
As someone who is thinking about doing a python project, should I learn Django or just go with Flask? Any thoughts on those two?
Hey, thanks for the feedback on our copy! I agree, your edits are more clear. I'll work them into an upcoming release.
1) I would love to hear you try to explain how that logically follows.

2) Copyright as it was when the book was written: It allowed for works to be copyrighted for a period of 28 years from the date of publication. Like the Copyright Act of 1790 before it, the copyrighted work could be renewed once for a second term of equal value.
What happens if demand for the "pods" outstrips supply? How does the government decide who can setup a new pod?

What could be interesting is if a privately owned parking lot did something like this.
The big optimization I would make during interviews, if you possibly can, is stay with alumni and meet up with them first. That only really works if you know them already, or have some connection to them.

(If anyone applies in the future that I know, I'd be happy to meet up with you if you get an interview. Offer extends to people I don't know yet if it is security, network infrastructure, or if you are US/UK/CA/AU/ZA military or comtractor from Iraq/Afghanistan/HOA, or MIT or Technion. Maybe IL mil too, but in that case you already know plenty of people...)
No, not dream. Wake up dripping sweat and fearing the things under the bed. No bueno.
Web monitor: ‘Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet’
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This article should say 'Crowdfunding' instead of 'Kickstarter' - that's truly the part of the 'newest lean startup tool'. It's not about Kickstarter being that tool, but what Kickstarter enables when using them. There's plenty of options, including doing it on your own site.

Crowdfunding is indeed a good qualifier for knowing if you're on the right track or not. We actually crowdfunded our product, from the start, on our own website, and it went well enough that we're still at it.

It's actually a product to crowdfund on your own website, so we essentially ate our own dogfood by using it to garner our first 100 customers.
Even though I'm from a technical background, I'm finding that I really enjoy the business side of things, enough that I would (and will) happily cut programming responsibility loose whenever I can find a technical CTO, or even a good lead programmer. But when there's no one you can trust with the work, and you know how to code, it's very easy and very tempting to spend an evening up to your elbows in code. It's safe and comfortable.

But if I wanted safe and comfortable, I wouldn't be trying to start a company, now would I?
"Hey, wait, get your own dirt." -- God.

"Hey, wait, get your own ideas." -- Society.
Yeah, I suspect that YC is willing to invest based on team because they figure the idea can easily change anyway. I've heard that one of the points of the YC interview is to weed out inflexible founders that are not willing to radically change their approach. And Andreesen has recommended that "Until you achieve product/market fit, keep the team as small as possible.".
I wonder if Etsy considered using et.sy rather than Etsy.me for their short URLs...
No, the built-in flash is way too close to the lens and often causes red-eye, overly stark shadows and the like.

Saying no one should use it is pretty extreme, but unless you have really poor lighting situation (nighttime outside or against the sunset), it's about 95% likely to produce a poorer image than without.

And this is advice for beginners who have no idea what a flash diffuser is.
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Funny you mention that, but there is evidence that giving racists beta blockers reduces their racism:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/242769.php

I often wonder if similar treatment could improve empathy across the board.
> but the best solution is that nobody parks for free.

I don't disagree with that in a location like NY where parking is in very limited supply.
I have a Surface Pro and have had no such problems. The Wifi interface is not different between these two devices.

Do you think it's the user interface causing the connection problems or something else?
> Fitzgerald wrote what he did expecting the copyright protections available at the time.

Well, OK. That just proves he didn't need 70 to "forever less one day" in order to write it.

But the evidence is strongly on the side that he needed at least 50 years. I mean, did you see him writing Gatsby before the 1909 copyright act? No, you didn't, because before that, he'd have somewhere around 40 piddling years of copyright protection. But the 1909 act passes and sure enough, Gatsby comes out less than 15 years later.
Amusingly, I wanted to read Gatsby on a plane trip, so at the airport I Googled for it and downloaded the PDF from some Australian university's site. Then I read the whole thing. Later someone mentioned that it was still copyrighted and I argued that obviously not, it was freely available. But apparently not in the USA :-/
Gold and guns would both be much better decisions that Bitcoin in a raging civil war. So would food, and transport to safe haven. Bitcoin would be insane. Even if you had extra money, that's what Swiss bank accounts are for.

edit: to be clear, the utilities of these items is relative, think a DAG. gold > bitcoin. food > gold. transport to safe haven > food,guns. Maybe. Medicine > gold, also. Not trying to say anything special about gold, I mostly agree that it has very little use to justify its value.