skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Many of the, probably, younger people here are understandably confused at all the vitriol directed at this Dave Winer whenever his name comes up. It probably seems mysterious and irrational, if you're not familiar with the context, which is decades of behavior that simply disqualifies him to chastise others about honesty or decency. To get caught up, start at http://www.mackido.com/Press/CarlsSaga.html .
I don't know, it looked to me like you literally just walk in the room, say "Xbox, turn on. Go to Netflix." and you're good to go.
Great tool but it's annoying how it messes with homebrew.
Device makers and the wireless operators that sell smartphones and tablets to consumers haven't been able to keep up.

While you could call this trivially true if you assume that this is a goal of theirs and they are actually trying, I think it misses the reality that operators don't care, at all, whether your device is up to date in terms of the OS once you've signed on for your plan.

It would be a very interesting challenge to attempt an OS that could be kept up to date in terms of base functionality while still allowing carrier bastardization at a different layer. However, this is a goal that, it seems to me, would have best been addressed ten years ago.
Ugh, that is awful. I wonder if they think they will be able to keep that up with a new console. Probably so I guess.
Well, they announced that games would require an install to the HDD, and Wired got a confirmation from MSFT that one would have to pay a fee to install the game to another Xbox. So now people who sell their games will have their resale value reduced and people who take games to their friends' house will have to pay for the privilege.

Not exactly gamer friendly.
And I get that, but at the same time, he isn't forced to buy the console. If the PS4 proves to be more "gaming console-ish" then the Xbox One, then he can get that instead. Or a Gaming PC.
True, and perhaps one of the classic examples of a product like this is "Instant Breakfast" which claims to be the equivalent of breakfast but something you can prepare and eat quickly.

There are markets for this kind of stuff though, like military foodstocks (MREs) or disaster supplies if there is a decent shelf life. But those products have some interesting (at least to me) testing cycles they have gone through.
There are plenty of channels that have no operator and thus none of that banning, etc. drama (and there are of course +something channels, which cannot have any modes on them or modes on nicks inside the channel and thus always operate on the everyone decides for themselves who is annoying and who isn't principle).
Yea, I did mean personality traits, and moreso sale/trading/asset management than pure i-banking/PE.

However while the typical wall steeter used to be a liberal arts major, it has heavily shifted toward STEM. At most i-banks, something like a third of headcount are tech. Even many of the front office are engineers, though again moreso in trading/asset management. Nowadays a large part of the competitive advantage comes from better software - a classic example of 'software eating the world'.

Anecdotally some of the brightest people I've known were at BGI (now Blackrock), and they all had deep knowledge in finance, math, stats, tech and old school boys club company politics. [my old boss read math cambridge with stephen hawking and created the first and now biggest by AUM electronic portfolio management system for index funds, grinold & kahn literately [1] wrote the book on active portfolio management, etc]

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Active-Portfolio-Management-Quantitati...
Source Control and Game Development
Actually no, but this is something that we are discussing. We see the value in providing the service on this port, and want to accommodate all users.

Thanks for the feedback, and feel free to hit me up with questions (if you have any) at my $username at duckduckgo.com :)

EDIT: Or, hop on Freenode and chat with us in #duckduckgo
I find criticism to be much more helpful (usually) than cheers. For what it's worth.
Nothing happens when I type "xyzzy"
This feature is great. A bit of a trojan horse - I will keep DuckDuckGo open now and search it before trying that "other" search engine.

The goodies (https://duckduckgo.com/goodies) are really cool. Although they do not seem to consistently work in the chat client. Some do, some do not.
At least on the Xbox side, it has a lot to do with their systematic dismantlement of the machine's GUI, which was originally a joy to use, and geared towards being, you know, a game playing machine. Now it's like webTV for the 2010s.

I used to rave about the old Blades interface and how, OMG, Microsoft made a great user experience, and how weird it was for me to feel so strongly positive about a Microsoft consumer product. So of course they destroyed everything about that interface that was so great.

When Steam put Big Picture mode in beta, I knew I was done with consoles. I got a cube-shaped PC case that was big enough for a full-size video card, put said video card with a nice Ivy Bridge i5 CPU in it, and my consoles got the permanent shut-down.
I really hope they're able to ship to Canada soon. :( I just donated $50 to the cause until then.

I believe in the general cause so much, that even if there's only 1% something good will come out of this particular project, I'll happily take that chance.
Does it? I haven't noticed any problems.
"The future of food"? Boy this is depressing. Man-made lab food and they think this is how the future should look? How about ending factory farming and just going back to eating plant based foods that's not made up in that lab somewhere. Wow what a f*cked up concept.
> Is it really ethical to try to get as much money out of your customers?

I'm going to go with "yes" in the absence of any reason not to. In a fair deal, both sides should get a roughly equal amount of value from the transaction. If the customer would be willing to pay more without a second thought, but you artificially restrict the price out of some ethical compunction, then the customer is coming out ahead. Why is it ethical for the customer to come out ahead but unethical for both parties to profit equally? That line of thought does not make sense to me.

In the case of something like healthcare, I don't think your real objection is that equitable business transactions are unethical. I think your real objection is that you believe healthcare should be a public service rather than a fair exchange of value between private parties.
That's a fair criticism. I think the reason that happened was because its just so much more natural to talk abstractly about Haskell :)

Here's a recent experience I can share: I've been working on a Haskell project for three days now, I've been type-checking as go, but I haven't been running the program I'm writing. This is mainly because I started "in the middle" and so I couldn't just run it, I'd have had to have written supporting code.

I've finally got to the stage where I _can_ run it. I've just tried it now and thanks to the style in which I write Haskell, where I clamp down quite severely on unnecessary effects/complexity before they become issues, it works perfectly. Creating specialized monads is just one aspect of the style of writing. This wasn't a trivial project either, I've essentially written a cross between a database and distributed source control.
From here, for the past 3 years: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10822
You can't stop the signal. But to answer the original question, this really isn't very interesting.
Finally, with Lion support... Although I've since switched to Thunderbird/Enigmail, which works with older version just fine..
Ask HN: Any Seattle area Companies hiring?
I just recently graduated college and am looking to reach out/talk to Seattle area companies who are currently looking TO HIRE out of entry software engineers or even System Engineer/Administrators!

I'm not from the Seattle area, but I'm looking to travel and stay there for 3 months to look for something and interview with companies who are interested.

Backend positions (PHP, Java, Javascript) preferred! I'm looking to learn new technologies, methods and etc. to fulfill my role. If you don't want to put your email here, you can send one to me here ovenser1 at illinois.edu. Let's chat and see if this can work!
The problem is he implored people to stop being "personal" while calling them "assholes." Ad hominems and hypocrisy do not typically help if your actual agenda is to improve the situation.
how does the voice work with the TV running in the background? If I play today's demo on TV, will it automatically switch to different channels/games.
xxxAssMaster69 just completed another level of Roid Rage '13. Would you like to join him?
Zero food scientists on staff but hey they have a COO, VP of Business Development/Sales and a CTO who does the website.
Honest question -- is it conceivable that the work is never "fixed" on some physical medium? Years ago, I thought "internet law" was a silly concept -- but as in the case above, the letter of the law might not be enough to support the spirit of the law.
How big a percentage is XBox of MSFT?
They should have said that at the beginning of the presentation, not announced before the event and/or somewhere else.

That being said, there was almost no hardware talk today. I know there's some good hardware and engineering in that black slanty box. That's all I've heard hinted about for months, about how impressed we'd be with the hardware, etc. Next to nothing was said about it.
The curious story of how the lie detector came to be
Will the Xbox continue to be the "America-box?" A huge amount of this conference focused on services that are irrelevant to those outside the US (even irrelevant to Canadians). This all looks great if you have a stellar cable package and live in the USA where you get ESPN, but what about everyone else?
IANAL, but at a minimum, it's likely they should include the standard supplement disclaimer of "This product is not intended to cure, prevent, or treat any disease" [1]. This protects them from liability depending on how the FDA decides to classify the product.

Regardless of legality, they are making some very bold claims that would benefit from some scientific study. Preferably, expert, peer-reviewed, published scientific study.

[1] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRs...
In our house, we have a 1st-gen ATV, Roku HD (again, older gen), and an XBox 360. We've largely found them redundant in most senses, except for the following:

Can't watch Xfinity on the Roku or ATV, can't watch Netflix or unfiltered Youtube on ATV (can't get any VEVO content on the ATV), can't rent Amazon movies (prime is OK on 360) on 360 or ATV, and can't serve music from multiple computers to 360 or Roku.

We can flip that around and say that no one device gives us all of the entertainment (and gaming options) that work best for us. I like to play a few games here and there, so there should be some console. I haven't even bothered to bring in the cable box (it actually only got plugged in long enough to authorize us for XFinity) because I've run out of HDMI ports (there's a blue-ray player in there too, because I'm sure as heck not going to pay Hulu for their buggy service just so we can stream the Criterion Movies, when most are on DVD/BD)...

I like the concepts that MSFT is showing off here. I haven't reviewed the remote music service from MSFT in a while, but last time it lacked the simplicity of the ATV, especially for multiple libraries. If they've got that improved, the ATV is gone. (Having no other real value to us.) If they'd remove the restriction from paying to rent videos on Amazon, the Roku would be gone too. My partner uses all of these devices for her entertainment, and would happily switch to just an Xbox 1 if it does the job well. I'd be happy to have to maintain fewer devices (each with their own problems, let's not get down that path!).

I'm not sure about the source of much of the angst here, but it does sound just about exactly what our household has been looking for.
Yes, the market is paying $100 for that hot garbage while cable subscriptions fall off for the first time in history. That is what is happening. It's not just customers finally having options for content service starting to cut the cord.
The problem with a modern web browser project is it's expensive to operate. All the ones I know of have extensive regression test suites, both correctness and performance, that get run from continuous integration systems in multiple configurations and on multiple platforms. That's not to mention the continuous fuzz testing farms looking for security bugs.

I'm most familiar with the Firefox case: according to https://etherpad.mozilla.org/InfraLoadIdeas a full correctness test run across all platforms is about 120 hours of machine time. Adding performance tests raises that to 177 hours. Combined with the pace of development, that means a build+test farm of 3000+ machines (according to http://oduinn.com/blog/2013/03/27/at-mozilla-releaseengineer... ) and infrastructure load is still a problem.

So any serious project picking up Chromium development would need financial resources to at the very least maintain basic test infrastructure...
Or even that the Democratic party isn't a creature of finance. Since Wall Street has largely captured both parties, a plutocrat can vote on social issues without worrying overmuch about their pocketbook.
I don't see you citing anything. Also, I never confirmed or denied their "claims", I simply stated others have tried it and it's not going to "kill" you or anything.

Your original post's attitude seemed to imply it was almost risky to consume this as it's made by people aged "20 or so". Not only do I find your age discrimination shocking, I also take issue with your sarcastic tone.

If you want evidence, I can think of two sources:

[1] http://discourse.soylent.me/ -- Plenty of people on the discussion boards

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WpksPED_Q -- Week long study
So if you replicated their special and custom 'platform' in Ruby or Python and it exceeded PHP's performance by miles what would their reasoning for continuing to use PHP be?
I am concerned though about the lack of any new info on the steambox in the last, what, year? They announced their intention to create a Linux distro with Steam to run on hardware to a spec, but they haven't moved forward with it at all.

I think Valve would crush the console scene if they actually had anything to show for the hype.
Buy the PDF and print it yourself. I do this all the time. I prefer printed material when I'm going to study something seriously.

Printing it yourself is actually quite inexpensive -- provided that you have a laser printer. (The economics of an ink-jet printer for long documents is horrible.)

Let's do the math:

The OP says his book is a 125-page PDF. My double-sided laser printer will use just 63 sheets of paper. I can buy high-quality 22-pound paper for $10, including tax, for a 500-sheet package. Therefore, paper will cost 63/500 * $10 = $1.26.

The cost of my laser printer is one-time sunk cost, and I need a laser printer for other reasons than printing e-books, so I'll ignore the laser printer's cost (besides, it's not even that expensive).

I can refill a 6000-sheet toner cartridge (black only) for $75 including tax. Thus, toner to print the 125-page PDF will cost 125/6000 * $75 = $1.56.

Total cost to print the PDF yourself: $1.26 + $1.56 = $2.82.

So unless you really care about the binding, or the PDF is in color (and needs the colors), then printing it yourself is really quite cheap.
I'm more interested in this "one-way valve" they're talking about. While they seem to talk mostly about blowing, the valve seems to be the actual invention.
>> By this logic no one should ever work on really hard problems.

Maybe the key is that not just anyone should work on really hard problems, if you have an advantage or enough capital then nobody is stopping you. Someone with a PhD in clinical research has a much higher percentage "chance" of succeeding at a difficult medicinal problem than >99.999% of the rest of the population. Maybe the best approach would be to help funnel funds to specific cancer research groups.

If you start with nothing and have the goal of curing cancer, it just isn't going to happen (<0.001% chance of success or even progress).
Ratcheting up support for non CC payment options: Say Hello to bank_account
I agree, but you don't need to emulate Linus's rants to share criticism. There is a difference between constructive criticism and spreading FUD.
> The Steve Jobs mindset here is that if you just disregard the revenue all together and just focus on building the most absolute great product you can imagine people will use it and love it.

That's not what Steve Jobs did at all. He first and foremost saw Apple as a business opportunity - who pushed Woz to actually make revenue.

Apple had a revenue model built in from the start.
You make a very good point. There are other groups e.g. bankers, but they tend to be privileged groups. This point was made to me quite memorably this Christmas. A local group was collecting presents for orphans. I brouyght in two boxes for kids the same age as my daughter. In the whole community, 14-16 year old boys got one box. Next year, I plan to get something for them (if only I can figure out what a 14-16 year old would like that doesn't require power and will fit in a shoebox).

The 14-year old CoD player is, however, not just a stereotype, but pretty much the archetype of what happens in online communities that don't self-police behaviour. The standard of discourse engages in a race to the bottom, where shouting beats listening.

This isn't necessary, even in Shooters: I used to play Unreal in an online community back in the day, and the chat was friendly ("played", or "well played" was one of the standard things you said when you got shot). Even the taunts were actually funny (often Monkey Island references). However, that's a long time ago: I don't find online shooters a fun place to hang out anymore.
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised
Awsbox: A DiY PaaS for Node.JS
"And I've only noticed a single deficiency! So far."
You are spot-on.
I think at this point it's too late. The genie is out!
Fragmentation is a bit like entropy, it's hard to put it back in order.

The main issue is, the largest Android hardware vendor has no inherent interest to follow Google. Samsung sees itself as the next Apple and they want to tackle both hardware/software differentiation to maintaing market dominance. Unless google wants to follow Samsung, the fragmentation will be around.
What I don't get is why are some software developers so terrified of "non-techies"? So a clueless person may take a look at your thing and not understand anything, then move on. So freaking what?

Another rule of getting hired successfully is being recommended by developers to their managers. Those are the people that you want to sell yourself to, because those are the people that can make a good estimate of how much you're worth. Not some clueless HR person that needs calls to action to notice something.

Oh, and personally I give bad grades to people that place things like buzzwords or certifications on their resume, being the exact opposite of what an HR person looks for. Just saying - be careful about your target audience.
You guys are f* crazy. This has a place in the world because many people don't know how to eat or don't even know what is good food. Free piece of advice: Move to a southern country and spend less money in health treatments
agreed. people make it sound like they removed some essential features, just because they didn't emphasize them enough (or because they emphasized others more).

from what i've seen this appears to match the ps4 in every way - even down to the architecture. the only difference is they glossed-over all that and decided to focus on the ways its differentiated..
I think you're in denial. The prime competitor to XBox jumps 10% from its 52 week high during the period of time that the XBox is announced. It's difficult to call that a coincidence.
Yes, but why should anyone who has lived in an apartment for 1 year be entitled to pay that price for life? Why should a resident who has lived in my building for 5 years be entitled to pay 40% of what I do for as long as they care to stay? The current opposite extreme is just as bad.
I received an Xbox 360S 4GB for free from my company at the time. Bought another one for $150 along with some bootleg Hdd's from Ebay. I am going to wait a year for the price drop and to steer clear from any first gen issues.
This appears to actually be the chat in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OOJDIrYls
"But the fact is, they're not and he isn't."

Exactly. And a lot of libertarians (like me) are to busy making stuff to vote. Plus, we don't want that 'lessor of two evils' guilt hanging over our heads.
> What you should be avoiding is having users reach your home page and saying to themselves, "Where am I?"

Strongly agree.

The article itself is an interesting example. "Where am I?" I asked. Apparently on the blog of one Patrick Woods. Personal blog or company blog? Dunno. Eventually, I made it to the Medium homepage. Never heard of Medium. What is it? Time passes ... and I determine that it's sort of a cross between a group blog, Twitter without the character limit, and Reddit.

That took me a couple of minutes. Yes, I know, I could have simply gone to the homepage through the "M" menu, and then clicked on the little "Learn more" link in the lower-left-hand corner, but I didn't know I was supposed to do that.

There is a lesson here. FTA:

> Are most of your site's visitors arriving with zero context of who you are and what you do? How is that even possible?

Most? Maybe, maybe not. But some certainly. I arrived on Medium through a process entirely orthogonal to the purpose of the site: reading an article relevant to startups, chosen from a list of links of interest to hackers.
It probably isn't much different--but after reading about Soylent, I bought a few six-packs of Ensure just to try out the "don't feel like cooking/eating and would ordinarily eat something bad for you? drink a meal!" concept. I ended up crashing--hard--a few hours after my "breakfast." It was absurdly sugary. Basically it felt like marketing had demanded a product that "tasted good," so the ingredients list got a giant extra helping of sugar. If Soylent were just a version of Ensure that is focused on a sane balance of calories between carbs, fat, and protein, I'd personally be very happy with it.
This Kid Just Died. What He Left Behind Is Wondtacular.
My take on it is that SV is 'liberaltarian', in that they prefer small, efficient, decentralized organizational structures, but that they also recognize the need for social welfare as a stabilizing force.

That's how I see it as well.

The fact is, that there is a strong demand for social insurance/welfare services (e.g. health insurance, unemployment stipends, retirement pensions, etc), and the supply of those services can either come mostly from the government (as it tends to in Western Europe) or mostly from employers (as it tends to in the US).

"Liberaltarians," I think, believe that we're better off letting the government provide the social insurance services to everyone, so that citizens' access to them is no longer dependent on employment, which will increase liquidity in the labor market and take some of the risk out of entrepreneurship. Then employers also won't have to be burdened with providing and administrating these expensive "benefits." Win-win.

Meanwhile, people that live in sparsely-populated rural areas believe that they have less demand for social services, and that their tax dollars are paying for the social services that are only consumed by low-income city-dwellers. I've read studies that show this is false, and most rural counties consume more tax dollars than they contribute, mostly due to farm subsidies. Regardless, that seems to be the main economic concern of rural Republican voters.