skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Oh I have no problems with the web, it has been providing me with a good living for well over a decade. Maybe that's my problem - that I remember the times when things that are being described now as 'great' or 'fast' were solved already, and my frustration is that instead of moving forward, we now have to repeat the last decade except with js/css before we can really start to innovate again.

Unreal engine in the browser? Seriously? Because of what - because it's easier to update people's clients when they download it again every time they visit your website? We had web launchers and auto-updating that solved everything the web brings as an advantage over desktop applications (in the use cases that require fast graphics, i.e. not CRUD line of business applications) years ago.

The elephant in the room here is that people want to push web applications because it's easier to make money from them, and you can make more of it, over a longer time. Look, I do it too, I know that the web beats the pants off client-only software from a business point of view. But let's call a spade a spade and not tip toe around it with bullshit pseudo-arguments like 'ease of deployability' and 'social sharing' and 'portability' and 'platform-agnosticity'.
I had a problem and thought "I know, I'll use Pacemaker", and now I have a clusterfuck.
In Chrome on my One X, it says the browser isn't supported. Works well with Firefox Aurora, though the graphics are noticeably worse than running it on a desktop browser.
Thanks for all the nice compliments and thanks for pointers on where we need to improve things ! :-)

Consider signing up for the alpha, we hope we can let in another round of users soon !
VMware Virsto: A Very Smart Volume Manager For VMs - Chuck's Blog
"Claim ownership of" is within the context of YouTube's ecosystem and YouTube's TOS. As a YouTube partner, they have the right to monetize videos that YouTube agrees they "own," block them, &c.

I don't think that asserting ownership within YouTube is equivalent to asserting legal ownership of all of the IP involved. For example, I can't see them rebroadcasting any of these videos in another medium.
Very nice work. Thx for sharing.

Are we free to use/modify .css for our own uses?
I did not see a license file.
Presumably Youtube asked the same question to Nintendo that Youtube did to Mojang, do you want to monetize your trademarks? Mojang declined earning off Minecraft's massive youtube impact[1], Nintendo wanted the cash.

And so we can clearly see Nintendo has lost its way and Minecraft is the the new Nintendo.

[1] https://twitter.com/notch/status/335045859156819969
> is that ironic?

No, in fact it's kind of apposite.
Agile Complexification Inverter: Metrics for Scrum Team
I thought the same thing as you did: Yahoo needs a video acquisition. Maybe that's where the failed DailyMotion acquisition came in. I think Vimeo is the perfect fit for the new Flickr, but good luck buying that from IAC.
The reason that the blame is shifted toward "hackers" is that being proactive with security, while the right thing to do, costs money and time. In a market where software from different vendors is usually only determined by price and update frequency spending additional money and time is a competitive disadvantage. However, if you can push your security failings off onto "hackers" not only do you minimize costs but your customers, if they're not sufficiently savvy to this game, think that you're the better vendor because you're able to "beat hackers at their own game".

Nowhere is this mindset more prevalent than in the anti-virus software field, which of course is another can of worms itself.
Clojure Inside and Out [video]
You might check out this topic on Quora:

http://www.quora.com/IFTTT-1/What-is-the-coolest-IFTTT-Recip...
Defeat for EA over faces of sports stars
What are the privacy/access controls/sharing facilities like? Are the terms of service and privacy policy OK?

A convenient way to store online and share selected photos and videos would be good. I don't trust FB/Google with images of myself and my family or my geo-tags. I would automatically be similarly sceptical of Yahoo bet a quick glance at the main TOS didn't show anything obviously objectionable.
Christ, how deep in trouble is Nintendo if they are going after youtubers' - i.e. their marketing partners - money? I mean, what kind of revenue are we talking here, a couple of millions?
> It is true that you can still write terrible PHP even with the last version, but you don't have to.

One can write terrible code in any language though :). A language is only as good as the person using it, just as a canvas & brush is only as good as the artist. While some might complain it doesn't look as typographically pleasing as some other languages, as long it does not resemble COBOL or Visual Basic, I do not consider it hideous by any means.

I have no quarrel though with PHP since 5.3 really other than they need to write an Object Oriented front end for PostgreSQL for their API like they have for MySQLi. Using PostgreSQL in PHP with something like PDO doesn't work when you want to do asynchronous queries (which MySQLi and PostgreSQL support). I ended up writing a wrapper class sometime ago around the PostgreSQL PHP API just to deal with that issue, but official API support would be better.

I don't use PHP quite as much as Python for web stuff as I once did, but it would be my alternative goto (no pun intended[1]) language for web stuff.

[1] http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.goto.php
I've had several Sonos components for years. They have worked flawlessly for me.
The photos are surrounded closely by so many other photos that it is difficult to enjoy the beauty of a particular photo

On the "feed" screen, sure, because that's the point of a feed screen -- information density is key. You navigate to a specific photo for immersion.
honestly, that sounds way more invasive and complicated than laser surgery.
It could potentially fix some problems laser surgery can't though
Yes! I completely agree about Vimeo. It's a brilliantly simple and clean service for video and would be a fantastic addition for Yahoo. Although I think they want to go much bigger and try for something like Hulu.
This is key, I think. YouTube probably came to Nintendo. Like, sales guys. "Hey, here's 8 figures you could be pocketing".
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "Yo, I'll solve it."

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it.
Zapier is more for business uses; IFTTT is typically not.
> iOS app... it would be nice for an easier way to tag + create/add to set + upload photos and videos. By the way, where is the tablet app?

Use FlickStackr: http://ipont.jubilo.ca/ip/flickstackr/

Can't figure out why Yahoo hasn't acquired this yet.
This almost brought joyous tears to my eyes. Through the muddy waters of the negative media shines hope! Why can't things of this nature catch traction more often?
Maybe, but that's an untested assumption. AFAIK, Facebook's crawler behavior is a black box. Who knows how often it recrawls? Or if there's even a constant behavior?

Either way, from an experimental design perspective, leaving that assumption untested is unwise.
Debate: Do We Need a Universal Web Bytecode?
Doesn't work on the current release of Firefox though. Webkit/Chrome really is turning into the IE of this decade :P
Can the actually author of the video take down the videos (ie take control of the copyright)?
Live coding GLSL with IPython
> It's a stupid move by Nintendo.

Definitely not nice, but stupid? I'm not sure about that. I have some doubts that Nintendo (being usually very good at not making their community angry IIRC) would do this without reason. Can we rule out that they actually noticed declining sales of some titles as Let's Play videos about them popped up?

I can't imagine they wanted a PA article on this though.
This was such a solid analysis through-and-through. I feel that so many companies are getting real antsy and feel the need to grab for complete 100% ownership over all creative rights for everything with no leeway whatsoever. We, the people who actually pay for & consume these games, have no right to redesign or modify or record or promote anything without their consent - which would probably be denied most of the time anyways. From my point of view, it's just very difficult to continue supporting the video game industry anymore.
Flickr even offers geofencing that will prevent people from seeing any geotags within zones you mark out.
Sears is Turning Shuttered Stores into Data Centers
Patent link: https://www.google.com/patents/US6078908

Granted in 1998 and referenced by pretty much every tech giant. Ought to be interesting.
Yes, it seems the server was not expecting this kind of attention. Should be fixed now.
The news are nice, but the RSS feed is terrible - but a headline.
Thank you for this explanation it really puts the topic in a better perspective for me.
You're a millionaire. Give back.
Square has expanded to Canada. We have an impending chip legislation that takes effect I think within the next two years? I'm sure it's in the works
That was my initial experiment with IFTTT, too, but I got annoyed by the inability to schedule "recipes", so I'd get said email (or tweet etc.) at a specific time. There is a date & time event source, but as you can't chain predicates...
Good use of the sites.
Don't be afraid to make the text here:

http://www.phpweekly.com/archive/latest.html

larger, and expand the width of the layout some. If you're going to leverage a simple layout like that in which the text is the sole focus, you might as well go a bit larger font size.
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use Javascript!"

Now they have NaN problems.
#iMarch
Hi there. We posted about PHP Weekly last week and we had some really good suggestions from people - mainly about how we'd not done a great job explaining what we are doing!! Took all the suggestions on board and added in an image, latest issue link as well as archives. We've also added in an RSS feed, but I note the comment (on here) about the RSS feed being terrible. Sorry, we'll work on that.
Thanks. We'll improve that
> Suppose you own a beat-up old car. Instead of sitting on your butt next summer, you could spend the time restoring your car to pristine condition. In doing so you create wealth. The world is-- and you specifically are-- one pristine old car the richer. And not just in some metaphorical way. If you sell your car, you'll get more for it.

Wow. I know it sounds obvious, but for some reason this was an epiphany for me. If I just... do something, I can create value where there was none before. Suddenly it seems like there's infinite opportunities.
Thanks! I'm trying it now. The caching directives work. Hopefully this will fix the performance issues I've been seeing with Chrome the past two months.

The issues I'm talking about are constant disk access and freezing the entire machine when I open multiple tabs simultaneously.
I think they are anticipating to merge it with Tumblr, forming one giant Thumblickr.
Anyone know of a decent way to sync a set of photos in folders with Flickr? Mac or Linux...
Net Applications count unique daily users, so if you surf all day you'll be counted as exactly the same as your friend who only surfs a little each day. However, you will both be counted 7 times more than someone who only surfs once a week.

So both give weight to more regular web surfers, it's just that Net Applications caps it at the level of daily use.
Twitter Adopts Two-Step Authentication After Account Hack
You're confusing me, honestly. If you have a Windows box, and want to view photos, would you settle for Paint? No, you'd be nuts to.

So when you want to browse pictures from your phone on your Chromebox, upload them to flickr, and the experience is awesome.

When you want to watch some videos on your Chromebox, you watch Netflix Instant Watch, or YouTube, or Google Play Movies, and the experience is awesome.

It's like you're comparing Vanilla Windows to Vanilla Chrome. Why are you tying one arm behind your back, like that? Install some programs on that Windows box, and use the best of the web on your Chromebox.
Intellectual Property Commission: Pass CISPA Now
A web developer creates a social networking site. Now he has a chicken problem. He also has an egg problem.
Narcissism aside, why did they drop the view counts ? I used to find them useful to see what people actually look at and therefore which of my pictures work and which don't. Comments and 'likes' are good, but only view counts are honest.
I was really bad at recording mileage, so I set up IFTTT to save my foursquare check ins to Google Calendar.

Then at the end of the year I have a full list of everywhere I went and can give to my accountant.
It's likely your graphics card/drivers. Type about:gpu in your address bar.
How To Sell Business Services… Without Selling
I still see view count, under user avatar > "Taken" > Location > Device/Camera
Our (goo's) idea is to make it easier for game developers to make web based games, so you don't have to be a web developer to get a great browser experience. Still quite early in the process, but I have a good feeling.
Tearing It All Down
Quantum Dot Technology On Its Way to Smartphones, Tablets and TVs
People recorded Let's Plays as a hobby for years before a few worked out that it might be a business. This isn't going to stop anyone but the few who thought it would be a good idea to make their living playing video games for the Internet.
Try before saying no.

They ALL offer connectivity to MOST Cloud Platforms, it's really crazy how much connectivity it's offering to external services.

Most Qt Appplications work on all Platoforms. Look for the mentioned Apps for Windows.
A company can't just write off things that are in it's inventory. They can either be lost, destroyed, trashed or sold. If you sell them, it has to be at a reasonable market value or you're in trouble with the IRS. So it's not unreasonable to ask for the ebay value. Ask for a low ebay value if you're being nice.
asm.js is already enabled on Firefox for Android nightly builds. We hope to have asm.js enabled in Firefox OS by the 1.2 timeframe (middle/end of 2013)
Sorry, Quora DIED for me the day they introduced this: "You must sign in to read past the first answer".

---which they sprang after years of collecting good stuff from good-spirited folks. Thanks but no thanks.
As an outsider, I would certainly agree with your comment. Caste quotas seem like they would only strengthen the system...

Still, how synonymous is caste with economic status? I would guess "very" but your post makes it seem like there are some interesting nuances. What are India's caste demographics, anyway?
I thought the article would be about Diaspora’s problems. I should’ve known better, Diaspora has way more than two problems.
I agree with you. However, learning the algorithms is different than preparing for technical interviews IMO.

I've learned many algorithms and implemented most of the ones I've learned, but if I haven't recently coded them repeatedly or studied them rigorously, I likely won't be able to code them up on the spot when asked to. But because I learned them in the past, I would be able to recognize which algorithm (from the ones I've learned) best suits the problem.
How to create a Calculator App for Android
Live Collections using Backbone.js, Faye and Node
For reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourusernamehere/stats/ should provide you with what you're looking for (although it may be a paid feature, I am not sure as I have been paying for flickr for years now...)
Agreed! Emphasis is not given to 'economic' or 'social' need but only to caste-wise situation. If your papa's uncle is on the driving seat of the Government, you're in the game.

In many ways we Indians deserve the shit we live in. How many of us actively participate in politics? No one comes forward even if there is incentive to do so. In fact many armchair experts criticize Anna Hazare or Arvind Kejriwal who at least go ahead an walk the talk, trying to garner some support for better Governance. Support them? Nope. Zilch.

We love to be in Americas than to make India better - a short-cut. Consider this: Many of us know who the president of United States is, his wife's name, his daughters name, and yet more than 90% Indian kids of our age (i.e. below 25 yrs, and it is not a researched number) would not know the name of the Indian president, or his wife or even consider the fact that he could have children. :)

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In some applications it doesn't matter, in some it's crucial. If your game runs at 60 fps in firefox and 15 fps in other browsers, it's effectively firefox-only game.

Additionaly browser games can't have main game loop (cause it would hang the browser infinitely), but often use "requestAnimationFrame" to trigger updates with the best sustained refresh rate available. Even if only one frame out of every 10 in your game is taking 20 ms instead of 16 ms - your game won't run with 60 fps anymore, but with 45 fps or 30 fps because browser is trying to choose refresh rate that will work. And that's a big difference in experience.
What I don't like about the new Flickr is that if you look at single photo, it's presented on a black background. While this is stylish, it's also feels distracting.

I miss the white background.
Teen's Invention Could Create 20-Second Phone Charge
I'm not in NZ yet, but am planning to emigrate there from the US in a couple of years. Do any of you mind if I ping you with ?'s about life in general over there?
Not quite retail, but Amazon's main Data Centre in Dublin is the former main warehouse used by one of Ireland's largest retailers. It's gone from being full of beans and nappies to servers full of kitten gifs.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/02/09/amazo...
Knowledge Defines the Growth Strategy
I certainly agree Mojang has done some cool stuff, but they'll need to step up their game significantly if they're going to be "the next Nintendo".
Interflora Wins Five-Year Battle Over Google AdWords Trademark Infringement
Better out than in, as Shrek says.
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, "I'll use recursion". Now they have zero problems, and think, "I'll use recursion". Now they have minus one problems.
I agree that nationalism is ruining India. But, this article paints quite a one-sided picture. You can see that in this sentence: "Indian students are taking their useless Indian liberal arts degrees and going abroad to get real ones that signify a real education".

See? That's just it! Most people who do well in high-school get pushed into technical fields. My cousins are mostly engineers or doctors, and a few are lawyers. "Liberal arts"? That's something that children of rich parents do when they are not too good at studies. Some girls do it when they want to be housewives when they are done with studies.

I have a bachelors in EE (E&C) and have worked for a few multinationals. I have had to work with western-European and American colleagues. If I were asked for my subjective evaluation, I'd say that my EE colleagues at this level are more or less the same. Yes, the degree mills of India do churn out engineers by the millions. 10% of them understand what they have learnt. The others memorize and regurgitate their notes. It's fairly easy to screen people at this level. And that's why I find my colleagues comparable.

Leaving aside medicine, about which I know nothing, a masters degree from India in science or engineering is mostly useless. Academia, with the exception of IITs and IISc, is mostly a joke.

To conclude: Yes, education here is generally bad, but not as bad as this article paints it out to be.
Mockery: An alternative mocking framework for unit testing
Google to Microsoft: kill your YouTube app ‘immediately’
FreeBSD binary packages available again
I also don't see how anyone can trust Google with any of these technologies considering how they have been butchering all of their existing applications or outright shutting them down. Gmail is a shell of itself. Google Docs are a glorified WYSIWYG editor. They drop products like flies. They explicitly state that their job is to get as close to the creepy line as possible and not cross it. This has bad idea written all over it.
You're making writing multi-threaded code sound like a herculean task. Sure, doing MT with mutexes is a pain, but programming with actors (message passing) is simpler. You can easily scale this for variable number of cores.
Disney Research: Tactile Gaming Experiences in Free Air
My experience is that is't hard to raise your rates to an acceptable level with Elance or Odesk. After a couple of gigs you can get away with charging double that amount, but it won't be worth the trouble. At least not where I live.

My best gigs all came from my network. While starting small on Elance or Odesk isn't worth it IMHO, starting by building something small for someone you actually know is very valuable. Underpromise, overdeliver and let word of mouth do the rest.
$250/hr is great, but may I ask you - is it a regular job? i.e. 40 hr/weeks for say 1-2 years or so...
Or you negotiate for each small tasks, thus having some overheads?
Why would youtube do that though? They get their cut whether it goes to nintendo or the channel owner, and in fact it makes a lot more sense for them to keep the money going to the channel to incentivise them to make more videos
Nice. The first time I've seem programmer jokes that I actually laugh-out-loud too.
Even with its new design, I find it surprisingly primitive. I don't have an account, but if i try to watch a set from some user as a slideshow, I have no option to scale the picture to my screen size (or at least no obvious way of doing it). Furthermore, when I rightclick, I get a list of sizes, but those links only embed a full-size picture into a new page. How useful is that.

Anyway, needs lots of improvements.

On an unrelated note, I am planning to make a backup of all my ebooks there, by storing them as pictures (something like https://github.com/meltingice/flickr-store, but better).
Google cloud attacks Amazon and Azure at I/O
>Can we rule out that they actually noticed declining sales of some titles as Let's Play videos about them popped up?

Let's run with that reasoning for a minute. That means that they did a study and found not only that the Let's Plays were costing them sales, but also that the lost revenue was small enough that it would be more profitable to keep the videos up and intercept the ad revenue, than to have them taken down entirely.

What that means is that the effect size they observed must have been tiny. As a consequence, to have observed a statistically significant correlation, they would have needed an extremely large sample size. Keep in mind that these are some very noisy variables they are supposed to have measured.

So in conclusion, yes I think we can rule that possibility out. Or at least, if they did notice declining sales, they were irrational for thinking that was sufficient evidence to take this action.
Um... who called it a tutorial?

I thought it wasn't a bad introduction to what the canvas is/does (rather than how you use it).
Can you explain what you mean about video? Flickr video until the redesign was limited to 90 seconds, and now 180 seconds. Still quite limited, but I don't know where you got 10 seconds from.
Specifically, I want Starbucks to being chai tea lattes to china. Unfortunately no one else will join my protests around their beijing headquarters.

Chai is an Indian flavor, I can get something decent at the local Indian restraunts, but that's it.
And what do you do when they drop a feature that you really depended on for your business? Say that you get addicted to a certain spreadsheet feature and they drop that. You have built an ad-hoc application that needs that feature. Now what? Do you go and now pay a developer tens of thousands of dollars to develop a custom app to replace the feature?