skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Look around you at the Web: all the top sites use JS heavily and without "heroic efforts" compared to Java (dead on the client) or .NET (WPF is dead too).

If the old big-OO-frameworks really conferred such huge fitness advantages over JS, you would not see them dead on the client. They would have been used, and their plugins would have been supported better by the plugin vendors.

JS these days has a lot going for it, including IntelliJ-style IDEs (Cloud 9 offers one) and not-too-OO-or-huge frameworks.

/be
this is not accurate. OP is referring to multiple _writings_ of the Quran, which is in fact something you'd be flogged for suggesting in most Muslim countries. The accepted dogma is that the words of the Quran have been protected from changes despite its oral nature, thus making the message more pure than that of the texts before it. also important to note is that translated versions of the Quran are not approved for worship - everyone must use the native Arabic. this does help ensure continuity in words if not meaning.
Ruby cannot be parsed (e.g. for ``x - y`` the ``-`` could be unary if ``x`` is callable or binary otherwise).

Python, on the other hand, can be parsed entirely unambiguously.
How to find some client work for the summer?
I started learning to code about this time last year (through the help of HN, no less), and since then I've written a couple small JavaScript and Ruby apps, as well as designed sites like my own personal site and blog.

Being out of school for the summer, my question is how should I go about looking for some client work to make some spending money? I think this would be a good opportunity to get some more experience, and also because I'm broke and have no money to go out for coffee.

By the posts I've seen on HN over the past few months, it doesn't seem to be an easy feat to find work, especially with no previous client work under my belt. Any advice?
Email clients are stuck in the 90s. The way they look and organized hasn't changed in 20 years. You need to throw out all you think an email client should be and make your own. That is my sincerest suggestion. If you do not believe me go look for yourself. Outlook,Yahoo Mail,Gmail,etc all look the same as the did 20 years ago. I use Thunderbird but I hate how it looks and works. Which is why I asked one of the people at Mozilla if I could contribute. No response yet though.
> Stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media) is a more credible news source IMO.

If you are interested in the most credible celebrity gossip news source, that is. Stuff is terrible.
Just received a much longer reply and permission to share it:

Hi Miles,

Thanks for your message. Tony Dowler is our campaign manager and guru.
I'd like to get him into this conversation if you don't mind, and I'm
copying Brian Mayer as he is a really important member of our team on this
effort and I see him in the thread your inquiry came out of.

A couple of things about the subject -

right now, we are concentrating on ensuring the physical integrity of the
evacuated manuscripts. they are jam packed in metal footlockers in an
environment that is much, much more humid than their home in Timbuktu. We
have seen signs of trauma and also of humidity based risk (molds, mildew,
fungus). If we don't get the manus into individual boxes with humidity
traps before the rainy season get going next month, we are very afraid that
we will lose them as "wet" based issues spread like wildfire on shelves in
libraries. you can imagine what they could do in our footlockers.

SAVAMA DCI, the organization my friend and colleague, Abdel Kader Haidara,
curator of the Mamma Haidara library, presides has digitized a couple
thousand manuscripts over the years. Because of the physical vulnerability
of the corpus (brittle linen rag paper, with highly unstable ferous inks
for the most part), standard scanning protocols cannot be applied because
the manuscripts literally burn when exposed to that kind of "hot light".
Cold circuit photographic based digitization is extremely time and resource
consuming as you can imagine. Character recognition in Arabic is another
serious issue that needs to be resolved for the digital solution to be
fully responsive in this corpus.

We think about the utlimate digital solution alot, Miles. Fantasize may be
a better term for what we do - the sheer volume of funding, technical
assistance to perfect it for this corpus, and the time needed to digitize
all of the manuscripts is pretty overwhelming and as I said, at this point,
we have about 30 days until it starts raining buckets in Mali and finding
enough money to secure the physical integrity of the corpus is our number
one priority for the time being.

Best,
Steph

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Tel. +1 206 948 5882
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VIDEO #1 ranked 3D Launcher in Google Play of the 'Next Launcher 3D'
Until discoverability improves, gaming the system will succeed.
And I used to think the way you do. But I did some simple, back-of-the-envelope calculations and basic research, I came to the conclusion that our government is primarily paid for by the middle and upper-middle classes. The top 1% pay virtually no taxes on their vast wealth. Remember Mitt Romney's returns? Well, that's entirely typical. And how is this so? It's because the top 1% -- really the top 0.1% -- own the government. It does whatever they want. And they don't want to pay taxes, so they put that responsibility on the shoulders on the already-struggling middle class. So in case it's not obvious, anything we do now to increase the federal government's powers increases the power at the hands of the 0.1% wealthiest. This country is being distracted by this silly liberal/libertarian and left/right debate when in truth the problem is both big government and big business. So the question becomes, how do we fix the problem? There are no easy answers, but the idea that allowing the federal government to increase its every-expanding powers will lead to increased equality is a dangerous siren call.
Yes, but each of these come at the proper moment. The iTunes Store covers most of 3, 4 and 5 as an indie dev and then, if you feel comfortable, scale up to be a "company".
Thanks! This looks like exactly the behavior I want.
Pre-served prison sentence
Path is a well-enough designed product that I'm certain somewhere along the line someone had to have said, "Well let's automatically select all of their contacts and let them deselect if they don't want them," and then someone else said "let's just keep the 'deselect all' button" the same color as the bar behind it." I'm pretty sure someone on the Path marketing team was OK with the idea that they were going to trick you into inviting all of your contacts.

Yet Path claims to be a social network for close friends and family. If they were really concerned about the overall value of the product and not numbers, shouldn't it be offering up ways to choose the closest people to you instead of hoping you accidentally spam all of your friends? They'll get away with it, but it's a very, very short-sighted move.

I believe they were hoping you would accidentally message every one of your contacts, and actions such as these warrant uninstall by those who have already downloaded the app and refusal to download by those who haven't.
Rule #2: Only one block per level.
Programming The Feynman Way [InfoQ]
Yet Path claims to be a social network for its close friends and family. Shouldn't it be offering up ways to choose the closest people to you instead of hoping you accidentally spam all of your friends?

Path originally forced you to a friend limit of 100. Needless to say that makes exponential growth more difficult, so the limit was removed and marketing strategies were...changed.
I seem to recall a post on someone's craigslist experiment from ages ago having someone shop for them and come to their house once a week to cook and box meals for the week in the fridge. Put up an ad and see if it works, maybe? I don't know if they are in the US/the Bay area but Marks & Spencer do good and healthy(ish) ready meals. Mostly fridge rather than frozen but they will last a week or ao in the fridge. One assumes delivery is available for big orders, like weekly shopping.

Your point on the value of your time is well taken. When you can actually funge time directly against money instead of being a salaried employee it's a good idea to do so, usually.
Why is this being reported as new, when there have been reports of such for some time now? For example here is a 2006 link to a very similar story (this time with names):

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/some-women-m...
Google Glass's Hidden Features - 'OK Glass' Everywhere, Web Browsing, ...
I think $100/mo is a good price for tested backups. But it's only in hindsight that I can see this is a good deal. To the average person, backing up means connecting an external HD and let Time Machine/whatever take it from there.
> Mercurial's main benefit is that it's much easier to use and understand than git

That's really only true if you're a beginner and you weren't properly taught how git actually works. Fundamentally, git's data model is really simple and transparent. The commands are somewhat arbitrary, but no moreso than Vim's or Emacs's. As with Vim and Emacs, you don't need to know most of the commands anyway, except for convenience.
It's quite easy to eat a lot of berries in one go - I can manage 454g of strawberries in a sitting, no problem - but I still think more than kilo or two of blueberries would be a tall order.

Besides, think of the cost! Here are some US prices, as best I can tell. Anywhere from $20/72oz - i.e., $9.80/kg!

http://marketnews.usda.gov/portal/fv;jsessionid=PU352BENXFFU...
I guess they just ran out of names, after deprecating java.util.Date (remember that there's also java.sql.Date).
Its not really that though, there is nothing between LA and SF because the land is not really suitable for big cities. Japan is quite lucky because much of the island is unsuitable for habitation pushing many of the cities into a narrow band (e.g. Tokyo - Osaka). You can't really fight geography, and you work with what you got.

> Put a station 150km outside of SF with a 30 minute commute and do you think there'll still be nothing there in 5 years?

At Shinkansen ticket/pass prices? Really? Depends if we can become as rich as the Japanese. I also find this to be a bad outcome; if you work in SF, why not just live in SF? Do we really need to build a 150km-away bedroom community?
Amen. I 100% agree with you on all points. I'm not against emails, but against the software we used to manage them.

If it wasn't for so much trouble and different case scenarios I would definitively work on an Email client. I'm sure we're not the only one who are looking for something new and better.

Thanks for replying.
As far as I can tell, this only works with DSA and RSA, but not ECC keys (~/.ssh/id_ecdsa). Thoughts?
This is really important:

"We have about 30 days until it starts raining buckets in Mali and finding enough money to secure the physical integrity of the corpus is our number one priority for the time being"
Can't they just post him a cheque?
What Is Hulu Really Worth?
"Oh, SURE the Macintosh interface is Intuitive! I've always thought deep in my heart that command-z should undo things." -- Margy Levine

Genius.
I don't see anything in the rules ( http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) about cats.
One of the responses notes that they will by eliminating the delay in the future, so you'll only have to put up with this inconvenience temporarily.
a) OP had nothing to do with linguistics or math; it was simply pointing out that Lisp's approach to being general purpose was interesting in that you could take basic rules and restructure them to fit your domain.

b) I have read "The Math Gene" and many claims made vis-a-vis maths and linguistics are dubious, at best.

c) There is no "linguistic" way to attack anything, unless what you're attacking is a linguistic problem.

Is your rationale that when given a problem "mathematically overdeveloped" - by the way, if you were wondering about your perceived defensiveness, saying someone is "overdeveloped" in something you claim to not have ample ability in is a dead giveaway - people will first parse it for nouns and gerunds? Because most people think about the problem and only consider your diction if it is relevant to the problem itself.
Wow all these numbers put me into an endorphine rush, I love these kind of posts!! Keep them coming, it's no as theoretical as you may expect, it's applications are endless.

42, (Endo-)Fullerenes, the Omega Particle.

Do you remember the Star-Trek series that was about the Omega Particle? Isn't it crazy that they were right?!

They actually exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=454uu96gFzU
So I've asked for 5x loan. After several phone calls this afternoon we've agreed to 2.5x with payments to start next week for 9 months ($13.8K per month).

Thanks to everyone who took the time to give feedback.
Reading an article, and immediately setting out to recreate the results based on the paper.

Science needs people like you.
And another party entirely believes a woman should have the right to do what she wants with her body, and also that gays deserve the right to be married. They also believe in personal freedom and lower spending.

Yes, there are parties other than blue and red.

And to whomever says that a vote for a third party is a vote wasted -- congrats. You're one reason this country is in such a mess.
Yep, that's the current default on FxOS builds. Beyond that, I'm totally ignorant of the business deals that are in place around Firefox and FirefoxOS.
Ask HN: Any beneficial Government apps out there?
Your feedback about the best Government mobile apps you've used for a case study I'm working on
Still better than NZ Herald.

I remember the headline for the Herald on Sunday last week was along the lines of:

"EXCLUSIVE: X-RAY REVEALS CELLPHONE FOUND IN INMATE'S BUM"
Show HN: Got my Pebble and built a seven minute workout watchapp today
> It certainly seems likely that he's merely trying to "sound like a rapper" rather than threatening actual harm, but the words don't really absolve him of the threats contained therein. It is difficult to parse legally:

It did not seem that hard to parse, but I am not a lawyer.

> 1. Legal: It lacks imminence (Brandenburg)

No deadlines, so nothing showing anything soon. "I’ma be famous rapping," but first he needs to be a famous rapper which suggest no time soon.

> 2. Illegal: It does communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence (Virginia v. Black)

Threats in the lyrics are no different then threats and comments in many rappers famous and non-famous and more often then not seem non-serious( are not carried through, evidence of planning is lacking etc.)

> 3. Legal: It is not directed to a particular individual or group of individuals (Virginia v. Black)

He only mentions the white house, no specific individuals or groups. If he had mentioned individuals or party or a subcommittee it seems like it would still fall under political free speech which in general is heavily protected because it is supposed to at the root or a foundational pillar of the US's democracy.

>4. Illegal: The speaker need not actually intend to carry out the threat...a prohibition on true threats...protect[s] individuals from...fear...disruption...[and] the possibility that the threatened violence will occur (Virginia v. Black)

I see no evidence in the rap lyrics I have read that he was trying to cause disruption in the government or to change a group or individuals actions through threat.

> If there was a middle ground legally for people who's intent was less harmful than their speech it would benefit this kid, but how would you prove that? And it would muddy the law's ability to fight against true threats.

Normally in the US, at least, you do not have to prove some one's innocence. The state has the burden of proving guilty.
Substitute "opening ports" for "installing SSL certificates" or "tweaking config files" if you'd like; there's no nitpicking here. Don't feel insulted though, my point is that running a mail server is an awful experience even when you do ops for a living. It may look cheaper on paper to DIY, but in practice it can be better to save your sanity instead of the money.
Secular thinking can also become a folly

No, it can't. If it's a "folly," then either it was not really secular, or it was not really thinking.

Secular thought can still be wrong or incomplete, but as far as the folly of the process itself goes, it is the only process that has advanced Mankind over the course of thousands of years. Anyone who criticizes it must be prepared to provide a better alternative. So far that hasn't happened.
Not getting enough sleep results in people losing focus (but you mentioned you addressed this).

Also, is your lack of focus really just procrastination?

According to pg:

"If your work is not your favorite thing to do, you'll have terrible problems with procrastination. You'll have to force yourself to work, and when you resort to that the results are distinctly inferior."

http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html

Another theory I like: procrastinators are perfectionists and are worried about disappointing themselves or are dreading the goal of perfection.

Anyhow... back to work.
At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing
5 Tips to Design the Best YouTube Channel Page
Work alongside a designer.
Easiest would be at a startup where you are interacting with one another on a daily basis. As a designer at a startup, when I'm updating the interface or creating a new flow I'll often include my design thoughts. Side note: I do find myself repeating the same things over and over: spacing, hierarchy, etc.
What’s in the cube? The secret behind Peter Molyneux’s ‘Curiosity’ revealed
It's been set to bing since the earliest versions of the browser app. I find it mildly amusing.
Handy reminder: All natural numbers are interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interesting_number_paradox
New Zealand is just a testing ground for the US. The sooner you realize this, the sooner you can go back to sleep.
The New “Handmade” (Part Two)
I wonder if this pringles loop I saw on the weekend is related? https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8624389266_10d1156614_z....
Startup Business Motivation
Commercial? They are paying the winner, plus letting him/her be an intrinsic part of the game.

This is a lot more than I expected. I was thinking it'd be something trivial and self-promotional, like some autographed copies of Godus, or maybe a vintage Black & White t-shirt.
> I wonder in what state would Mozilla foundation be if not for Google's money.

Google isn't paying hundreds millions of dollars to be Mozilla's default search engine because Larry and Sergey are nice guys. Google gets a fantastic return on their investment. I'm sure Bing or Yahoo (which is still Bing) would gladly pay Mozilla for that privilege. The web might be a better place if Google's near-monopoly dominance was knocked down a few notches.
Hiring Interns: Do's and Don'ts
I think it's because people still think that this is esoteric and fiction, although scientifically proven.

Btw. only women have this ability. I believe the function of better eyes is to protect from predators or men, by differentiating more types of shades and therefore recognizing motion a lot earlier.
I am aware of the variations in ancient manuscripts of parts of the Quran. These variations are due to different scripts, different recitations, and sometimes scribe error. There is no reason why I would be flogged if some ancient manuscripts do not conform to the Quran. The accepted dogma is that the Quran has been preserved because of its oral nature, not despite it. No manuscript is as authentic as the oral word, and of course, no translation, whether oral or written, is the Quran itself.
My operating system and my compiler are 64-bit. I wrote them. Graphics without GPU are slow. I do all graphics by hand. I wrote my own graphics routines.

Fuck you.

God says...
friend sinking doubteth owe hurtful resolved fancies chest
early else what_the_heck how_goes_it ceasest pub/docs/books/gutenberg
saying voice purer haphazard wear admission 12 far unfailingly
Tonga falsely
Radiolab did an episode on Colors some time ago [1] and in one of the parts they discuss tetrachromacy and interview a supposed tetrachromat [2]. Worth listening to just because it's Radiolab and to see (hehe) how they convey colours through audio.

[1] http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/

[2] http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/perfect-yellow/
What do you actually mean by the 'open Web platform'?
Awesome.

I take issue with that claim that ordinary people can only perceive 1 million colors. That may be accurate but it nevertheless irks me. It serves as justification for the unfortunate situation we have today where although technology has existed for years to provide us with deep color, we are stuck with the 16,777,216 colors provided by 24-bit color.

Despite a large palette, there are several cases where 24-bit color depth yields obvious banding. I've ranted about this previously [1] so I'll leave it at that.

[1] http://tiamat.tsotech.com/24-bit-color-sucks
Gmail Overhaul Might Be On the Way
Lack of nutrients are not killing us, too much of some sort of X is. (I think it's sugar and high refined carbs, some think it's fat, some believe both)

The reason vitamin pills are consider phooey is because there is no evidence of missing nutrients in our diets (There are some exceptions, ie when pregnant, if you're vegan etc)

End of the day, anything that makes us eat less X is what we need. To me that's fruit and veg that taste great and are cheap, not their nutrient content.
Chinese Telecom Companies Caught in Middle of Trade Dispute
My OS is public domain, not Linux. No GPL code, losers.

God says...
prolonged shrunk cutting generally Justina evenly Jerusalem
Husband succeed storing lethargy fruitful partners drank
wrap forethought umm transgressors overspreading rightly
tumultuousness officers infirmity exercised sink contentious
usually blessest affection luxuriousness distractedly
S unteach phrases outward 'Gainst four mock spent Lamentable
now thraldom pride Finland begannest consecrateth unexplained
anon boils issue blotted amazing unsung_hero
Perhaps you mean pessimism. As others have pointed out, one of the features of clinical depression is that has usurped higher cognitive function -- ie, you can't choose to "snap out of it". It snaps your choices instead.
42 digits in base 10 though, and base 10 is just an arbitrary convention. It can be more or less in other equally valid bases.
Liberty Reserve shutdown causes users to lose cash; we want to hear your stories
I've been using Fargo since it was launched and highly recommend it.

I use it every day for jotting down quick notes, keeping a work journal, as well as planning out larger projects.

There's already an active community of programmers and writers using it to do some pretty interesting things. And the guys behind it are constantly listening to user feedback[1] to build functionality to match how people are actually using the product.

If you're hesitant about connecting to Dropbox, give http://littleoutliner.com/ a try. It uses the same outliner code as Fargo, but uses your browser's localStorage for the storage mechanism. It's really pretty cool.

If you do decide to give Fargo a try, make sure to open the Community Feed (Docs > Community Feed). If you can't figure something out after going through the very thorough documentation[2][3], feel free to shoot us a question.

[1]: http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/may/mathewTaughtMeSomethi...

[2]: http://smallpicture.com/outlinerHowto.html

[3]: http://smallpicture.com/fargoDocs.html
Yahoo’s $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft’s Big Raise, And Microsoft’s Xbox One