skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Others (and you) note battery drain when the gps circuits are used, why does it make "zero sense" that current draw is higher when the camera is powered on, vs when it's off?

To answer your question though, yes, I have experimented several times over the nearly three years I've owned the phone (plain old iPhone 4 from sept 2010). From a full charge, airplane mode on (turn off the RF drain and minimize outside events -- namely texts and phone calls that I cannot control), phone set to sleep after 1 minute, screen brightness minimum, and with nothing else running, I can start the camera app (pre-configured to be in still photo mode, with flash set to "off"), hit the home button to drop the camera app to the "background", start and then quit the notes app to make sure the last thing I did was something other than the camera app, and doing nothing else with the phone -- lay it on the coffee table and literally do not touch it -- will drain the battery in about 3 hours, 4 max. Doing the same routine, but quitting the camera app, then starting and quitting the notes app and I can leave the phone on the coffee table for days (although I usually give up after about three and start using the phone again).

Everything else I can (and do) leave running with no ill effect.

Bug in the OS? Bug in the built in camera app? Something defective in my battery/phone? Perhaps -- I don't know, and don't really care. I just make a point to turn the camera app off when I'm done with it. Since I usually have a DSLR with me, I rarely reach for my phone for photos in the first place, so it simply isn't that big of an issue.
So how long have you been working for the movie industry? I hear it's nice work. Hopefully, you're being paid for it. They tend to use a lot of "Useful Idiots" to spread their message free of charge, but I'm sure that's not you.

I take it you're in agreement with everything else I said, as well?
That really confuses me. I haven't been following the story, but how can there possibly be questions over whether the thing is doing what they say it is? Are the results that ill-defined?
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Ack. Reliable or not, I'm sure it was meant as a feel-good piece, but for people like me the quote:-

"Vaillant’s key takeaway, in his own words: “The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points … to a straightforward five-word conclusion: ‘Happiness is love. Full stop.’"

Is actually very depressing. I am 5'5" so have this (if you've not encountered it you are unlikely to be aware) INSANE disadvantage when it comes to dating - women can't stand short men. Seems almost certain to be a genetic thing.

Basically, I've given up. There are major issues in the family too, so I am half-estranged from many close members of the family.

So yeah, hopefully it's just false feel-good fluff.
A few hours after the link is typed into the chat window?
Nice one :) Two birds with one stone - biking in SF is very challenging.
Two idiots and a programmer don't build great companies.

You might be able to convince them to pay you out for your share of the equity.
depends on what do you mean by "real." Who am I, really? Do we exist? Where are we heading? WHAT IS THE DESTINY OF HUMAN RACE ?! \ಠoಠ/
The basic stuff needed to let a beginner developer write a web app should be super super simple. REALLY simple. No map no reduce nothing hard.

Here are some of the basic examples of typical things people might need to do when writing a web app:

How do I select records based on a value in an array?

How would I find all records whose name begins with "star" i.e. 'Star Trek' 'Star Base' 'Star Wars' 'Star Anise'

I have records which contain an array of email addresses. How would I get all documents which contain one or more of a list of email addresses?

How would I add a where clause to my queries to ensure for example that the "status" field in my document equals "open"?

How would I implement paging through a result set?

How would I implement count to control the number of records returned during paging?

What is the right way to store dates in ReThinkDB so that they can be queried?

How would I select all documents in a date range?

How do I do queries on fields that are within other fields in my JSON structure?

How do I do wildcard searches?

How do I define which fields are returned from my query, or does it always return the entire document?

How do I make sure that I do not add documents to the database that are missing required fields, thereby breaking all queries that do not contain those required fields?

It should be incredibly easy (and well documented) to do all the above.

I wanted to work with ReThinkDB but chose a different database because I was so intimidated by the query writing.
Since you seem to be an Ayn Rand fan, this is more like it:

Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we’re alone here. Why don’t you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us."

Roark: "But I don’t think of you."
Or, they simply allowed for apps to release on their own schedule, because the OS point version wasn't ready. If they could of announced it all together they would of.

This, however, does nothing to solve update fragmentation. OS updates change the OS, and certain devices simply don't have the memory, or other hardware restrictions, to allow for newer updates. Those did not include app-stuff, the app announcements were just coupled with OS announcement.
I use the same tech handle across all message boards/forums I visit except for a couple Mac related ones I signed up for years ago. No real reason why I still use it over my name aside from inertia.
It's easy to presume that sunk costs should have no weight when considering the relative value of different options.

For many endeavours a certain amount of investment is required before returns are seen - investments in time and money in particular. For this reason there is almost always a cost to be considered switching between endeavours.

So, while I agree that throwing good money after bad is a silly thing to do, the consideration should be how much more investment is needed to make this endeavour profitable vs how much some other endeavour will take to become profitable AND how much it will cost to switch.

You shouldn't weight how much has already been spent in this consideration, however you have to understand the impact existing investment has had on the road to profitability.

Time and money already spent is a crude metric that lends itself to the Sunk Cost Fallacy, but considering the metric is not the same thing as falling victim to the fallacy.

[EDIT] The following comment explains this really well through an example:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5722032
This is an _extremely_ good and clear explanation. Thank you! Every time a new question popped into my head you answered it in the next sentence.
Quick distraction?
wordsearch for (overused) startup buzzwords i created =)
To be fair, there is really no mention of romantic relationships. And in my experience, short stature is not nearly enough to count you out.
I especially like what you said about making your facebook 100% public to rid yourself of the illusion of privacy.

I agree. If I am going to put something online, I expect it to be in the public domain.

I do however try to keep all my online identities, although all real, separate. For example, I don't link my reddit account on my facebook. It's like having different groups of friends, you don't want to force them to hang out together, it would be awkward.
An alternative could be to stick to a given nickname in related communities. HN, r/programming, and one's tech blog could form such a cluster. Sure, it's not your "real" name, but it will get a reputation regardless. Pseudonym or real name, people will shun you if you displease them too much. Simply remembering that may be just as effective as keeping one nice.

To make that even more effective, one could even make a point of using that same identity even when physical presence is required. Many video game players actually do this, and it seems to be mostly working.
Yup, I do. I use my real identity almost everywhere on the web. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, everywhere. I think it's important to be humble and helpful, no matter the medium.

I find it very interesting that others in this group make their Facebook profiles 100% public, because I have always done the same thing. Not only does being transparent and public online help me build a personal brand, but it makes me think twice about posting something inflammatory or plain rude.

Once you put something online, it's nearly impossible to completely remove it forever. Whether it's stored on a company server or indexed by Google, it's there. Be humble, helpful, and transparent.
Or parents who want to be good parents will have one more data point.
I feel much the same way, but go ahead and use my name in order to "force" myself to think a little bit more before posting on things, and I think it really helps the quality of my posts.
If it's on the server, yes. I don't want the server (or anyone other than the recipient) to be able to read my messages. Period.
I don't want to be tempted to use my posts here or elsewhere to try to make money or gain social credibility. I don't particularly want to know who else is posting either. I am not trying to monetize my internet presence, best to stay pseudonymous if not anonymous.
Just switched my stream back to single-column mode and realized something: Google have now resurrected Google Buzz.
Pidgin with OTR fits the bill. It should really be standard with Pidgin/Adium/anything.
This is exactly how I feel about theverge.com's layout. Yes it's visually pleasing, but it's a huge pain to read compared to a single-column layout like engadget.com's
I just had a couple stay at my place from Airbnb. They were both under 5'5. I don't have anything beyond this anecdote, but this alone must prove that someone is out there!
Fun fact: Internet Explorer 6 had features called "Wallet" and "My Profile". The data you'd put there would be picked up by HTML forms that use so called "VCARD scheme".

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms533032%28v=vs.8...
Same here, I am attached to the romantic notion of pseudonyms in terms of freedom/privacy and the spirit of judging content for what it is and not the name behind it.

With that being said my pseudonym is attached to my real email all over the internet and my email contains my name, so it's not like I am hiding behind it.

I actually find some of the comments in this thread against pseudonyms strangely similar to the reason of why people don't drink because they are bad drunks. If your being a dick under a pseudonym that means you might be and a dick regardless.
Say when!
Maybe we do have this opportunity. His pseudonym just need to be old enough.
How long does it take to make something like this? Is the 3D shape defined in an external program, and then transformed to CSS constructs, or is this done by hand?
I have the same opinion and generally set things to public for this reason.

The only reason I second guess this decision is the idea of governments scraping social network data, when things are marked public you have little protection from that.
More succinctly: Learn to recognize a sunk cost.

[1]: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/how-the-sunk-...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costs
Are you kidding me? I was looking for the iTunes link.

That's AWESOME that he is doing this. I love the fact that this guy thinks so far outside of the box.

An ALBUM of motivational BUSINESS MUSIC....wow...

MIND BLOWN

Can't wait.
I'm talking my own book here a little, but I've hoped for awhile Chicago might germinate a different kind of startup from San Francisco, based on bootstrapping instead of outside investment. Or, even better, companies that start off as professional services teams and transition to products.

Chicago is a terrible place to raise money, but it's a great place to do business, better than SFBA.
I had a bad manager at google too thanks to the wonders of blind allocation. And I have vented about that experience several times on here. It was cathartic, and now it's out of me. But the price of doing so is that I'll probably never be able to get a job there again. Still, there are far worse things that can happen in life.

So as someone who went through something similar after diving headfirst into the Googleplex without a helmet, can I suggest that you really ought to move on for your own good and let karma eventually catch up with these guys?

It's magical what they'll do to themselves in the long run - it just takes time. I already saw one round of comeuppances after the dotcom boom. It really works because eventually they cross the wrong person at the right time and the universe balances the equation all on its own.
Exposing the IV is fine as long as an attacker can't predict it.
Anonymous is an enemy of the state. Also, some of the US Government's own citizens are joining this enemy of the state, making them enemy combatants. It is lawful (meaning: within the bounds of international convention) for a government to infiltrate an enemy, and even lead its enemies' campaigns, if it means that the government utimately prevails by doing so.

If you're going to be an enemy of the state, expect the state to react accordingly. They hold no quarter for terrorists since the Dubya Administration.

Sabu was a friend of the United States Government. Benedict Arnold was a friend of the British Crown. both are cheered by their supporters, and derided by their enemies.
> I think my co-founders are idiots, that they fouled up their side of the deal, but I feel as though I've invested too much time and energy to bail now.

Don't throw good money after bad money.
Tell HN: WWDC Student Scholarship recipients have been chosen
Pretty awesome, can't wait to see more stuff like this. The shadow is a little off, but still pretty amazing.
so, yes?
Or delete your Facebook, and make an account just for following pages. I did it a year ago and I never looked back.
Hi buddies. I'm just another. I appreciate the karma-score I have received herein. Linguistic analysis will, in all likelihood, reveal my real identity, particularly for someone who shares my love of the Oxford Comma. My concerns are expressed elsewhere in this thread: What you say on the Internet will be mined years later and used against you, in the most convenient context, by your persecutors. The real Me has nothing to hide, holds no seditionist points of view, doesn't even exceed the speed limit while driving. If you click on my name, you'll see that my primary concerns are your blood pressure and how you manage your life. Much as I might enjoy publicly saying "look guys! I'm X, programmer of Y," the risks are too great, even if one is innocent of anything criminal. There's a lot more I'd love to say, but I'm pretty sure I've been clear. Till then!
It does this already when the window is on the same thread if no window hooks are installed. When the window is on a different thread, it is GetMessage or PeekMessage on the target thread that notices the sent message and does the user-mode callback to call the window procedure.
Disagree.

If you've truly lost faith in the founders and business -- which you have -- you should leave now & cut your losses. It's not going to work out, regardless of salary.

As for how to make money after you leave -- get a job or find consulting work. Then jump back into starting a business when you're ready again.
You were the one who started by advocating violence against people not providing you customer service.
Agreed. Personally, I had stopped using Newegg for a while because Amazon Prime made things cheaper for me overall, but Amazon is one of the companies that just pays off these patent trolls, so from now on I'm back to Newegg completely for all my hardware purchases. It's refreshing to see a company with this kind of attitude.
Yes but I somewhat regret it because Paul Graham won't allow us to delete old comments. Your HN identity is permanent. I personally think this is backwards and unfair to the content creators. The words I type I are mine. Let me delete them if I so choose to at a later date. Otherwise I'll stop contributing out of fear that I might say something I regret at a later date.

"Doesn't that prevent uncivil arguments?" NO. Anyone can make a throw away account and post garbage. It's just hurting the people who are contributing to HN as regulars.
the css has fairly round numbers, and the markup is pretty specific to the object (screen, keys etc). I'd wager it was hand made.
This survey paper has been one of my favorite papers (using the term loosely; it's like a small book) since 1996 or so; it's part of what transitioned me from network administration with a sideline in development to fulltime software development:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-f98/doc/ds...
That's why I disassociated my real name from my HN account. I realized I'd posted opinions using this account.

I own my .com and have some stuff on there. I tend not to post strong opinions under my real name anymore.

Though, there are a few things on the internet that might suggest my political views, you'd have to dig to find them.
It's not a misunderstanding at all. From day one the target was C/C++. The initial demos were all about how fast Go compiles compared to C++.

Hell, that FAQ makes it pretty clear what the target is. Please read "What is the purpose of the project?" and tell me how the target is anything but C/C++...
This may be among the most stressful times in your life up to this point.
I would take almost all the advice in the thread, but just look at it from an outsiders perspective, and while that may not calm you, know that it will BE you soon enough.
The stressful times seem terrible, but as you stated, you learned a ton.

I have had my share of rueful experiences on the job or off, and the anxiety and stress regarding it slip away when you start making decisions and GETTING OUT OF THERE!
> Unless your neighbors are standing between the laser and the drone, it's not even remotely dangerous to them. Even if they were somehow struck,

Like if, for example, the drone triggered your system and flew behind the neighbors on purpose.

> there is not reason for the laser to be powerful enough to cause permanent damage [...] to blind a CCD at the distances we're talking about.

Please cite something in the scientific, engieneering, or hacker literature showing this.

Because I think silicon detectors and solid state optics are a lot more resilient (and easier to repair) than human retinas.
It's not actually about the apps being de-coupled from the OS. It's all about the Android compatibility library and the Google Play Services library that gets pushed to all devices through the Play Store is the important part.

When they introduced fragments in 3.0 they decided to backport them and push them out to older devices. All the new UI libraries get pushed out to older devices, this allows app developers to use some of the latest and greatest parts of Android on all versions.

It's kind of strange they didn't include the Action Bar in the library, but Action Bar Sherlock takes care of that.

With the addition of Sherlock you can follow the latest UI guidelines and APIs without much worry. It makes it extremely easy then to support multiple sized devices, small phones, tablets, laptops.

There is some fragmentation in other parts, like sensors and cameras and such that can be troublesome, but for most apps there really isn't a fragmentation problem. I've never run into anything that wasn't solved in an afternoon.

Of course, if you compared it to writing for iOS, yes it's trickier. If an iOS developer decides to jump into Android without actually learning how the UI works, he's going to have a horrible time. iOS design can almost be pixel perfect, Android is more like a responsive CSS design.

Without the compatibility library being pushed to older devices a lot of this wouldn't be possible.
That's a bad experience, but it could easily go the other way, eg. a technical person taking advantage of a non-technical founder. The key is trust, regardless of the personalities involved. Trust, but validate as the saying goes.
What can the child do once he starts to ask himself what the hell is wrong with him, and little by little, starts to associate some wrongs with his childhood?
Is it possible to revert bad parenting?
Number 3... What? Why would you not have a link? Why is the default mail client on your system something you hate?
I grew up in an environment where you don't put your real-name on the internet.
Biz Stone and Jelly raise Series A
Disclaimer: I work for Google.

For what it's worth, I felt the same way when I first dogfooded the new multi-column layout. I couldn't figure out how to read my stream. While reading a post, I kept getting distracted thinking about where I should focus my attention on next. It made scanning my stream more stressful and I was confident that I did not like it. This was before they added the option to switch to a single stream view, so I couldn't do much but submit my feedback and deal with it.

Then, one day, the G+ team added the option to switch back to single stream view. I thought "great!" and immediately went into G+ to switch back to single-stream mode. And I hated it. I hated having to scroll so much. I hated not being able to scan a large number of posts with a quick glance. I hated all the unused space on either side of the stream.

I'm not saying the same thing will happen to you, but maybe give it a week before giving up on it. You may just find that it grows on you.
You actually use bitcoin?
so far that there exists a "Deep Web" trust me, hacker news is just surface level bullshit.
Agreed.. I'd say just try to be genuinely interested in and caring for other people, your confidence will grow, you'll have brighter days, and it'll come. Attitude is everything. Just be a all around good guy, and doors will open (romantic, and otherwise). Also ya might not get a 9 or 10, but there are plenty of girls out there that don't mind. Heck, I've dated girls with 2" on me.
I wonder if their investors even know what it is..
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Not actively disagreeing, but would you care to elaborate on why you think social-psychology is a psuedo-science?
Koush had a similar (and far more succinct) conclusion for those familiar with him or Android that don't need Ars' verboseness: https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/QiNCtSxu...
Compartmentalization is a reasonable and prudent safety measure.
The UI provides a review before completion (which triggers the autocomplete event), and the feature is expressly designed to be used with hidden forms so that no actual form interaction is required.
> One possible exploit I can think of would be to put up a form that doesn't have an visible credit card fields, but somehow convincing the autofill code to fill it in anyhow.

Since the system provides a preview of exactly what is being sent and its designed to be used with completely hidden forms to start with, this isn't an exploit.
Ah, ok. This matches my own experience then. Sublime Text 2 is very fast for normal types of operations and file opens but I find that once something gets to be 10s of megabytes log, it has some serious issues. Granted, if you have single source code files that are 10s of megabytes long then you're generally doing something wrong, but for situations where you unavoidably do have very large files, Sublime Text kind of sucks at opening them compared to just about every other programming-focused editor I've ever used.

I do like the program a lot, this is one of my few complaints (the other major one being that there's no ARM/Linux version).