skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You can clearly see this "upper limit" on sports: talentless people work and train really hard to compete at elite level.

You can see them sweating, cringing and showing all kinds of emotion. Fans love these players, they identify them as another hard-working "blue collar" guy like them.

Then along comes a guy like Josh Hamilton, a guy so incredibly talented everything looks effortless. He seems to trot when he is running full blast, he seems to flip the bat but hits a homerun, looks like he just lobbed the baseball from the outfield but it's a perfect 90mph strike to a base getting the runner out.

A sport particularly brutal in this sense is Tennis: 10k hrs of practice might get you to the top 100, but from there everybody is so incredibly talented it's discouraging. You might spend 10k hours just perfecting your one-hand backhand, then, when you think you got it, along comes Sampras or Federer hitting it 10 times harder without flinching.
This isn't Reddit. Please keep it classy.
Sure. And, reading my comment again, I can see how it might be seen as a little negative. To be clear, I think this is an excellent idea. I believe the pendulum has probably swung a bit too far in the "everything must be digital" direction and people are starting to crave analog alternatives again. To me, this sounds bizarre, being a child of the 80s and all, but I can see how this trend totally makes sense for most people.
Drone Adventures maps Haiti as first humanitarian mission
A whole week? That's unheard of. Sounds good, sounds like my kind of down time, but I doubt most companies would embrace that time span.

There's another way to do whatever you want at work, and that's covertly. During the times you're meant to be doing other things. Depends where your desk is I suppose, or if working remotely.
At this point, though, there are too few people doing what you're doing to influence content creator behavior. Cable companies are probably making less per unit of content off of you than they are off of cable subscribers, but that's okay: the costs of making the content are essentially fixed, and are paid for mostly by cable subscribers. If they have to choose between getting dollars from you for content they've already made, or not at all, they'll take the money, even if it's less than they'd get from a cable subscriber.

But if everyone does that, the economics of content production totally change. The shows you're buying now might not even get made in the first place.

In other words, the quote you pulled could use some more context: "The truth is that the current TV system is a great deal for everyone [including the current cord cutters]."
Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" Officially Released
You seem to be under the impression that this setup was created for the express purpose of denying you access to the hardware until you have agreed to the EULA.

However that is a direct contradiction of the person you are responding to, who mentions that this is a vestige of a certain set of configuration options that are common on Windows 8 machines.

This is not intended, and will likely be patched if enough complaints are heard. Remember they are just requiring that you accept their EULA to boot their OS, denying you access to the firmware was never their intent.
You're presenting this as if it's settled law, but it's not. This is an area of active litigation. Here's an article I wrote about a federal judge in Vermont, for instance, saying that compelled disclosure of passphrases protecting encrypted volumes violates the Fifth Amendment:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9834495-38.html

But a federal judge in Colorado reached the opposite conclusion:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/

The U.S. Supreme Court has not ruled on the constitutionality of compelled disclosure of passphrases. Which is why it's a mistake to make definitive claims in this area.
I remember the guys at Big Block Games made this game in a 2 week sprint for charity where one of the artists or programmers had to be online at any time of the day:

http://www.bigblockgames.com/games/coffeehero/

It was completely streamed live and was really enjoyable, they'd work and chat to the watchers at the same time, answer any questions and give advice on what they were currently doing. Rather annoyingly it worked really well but I haven't seen anyone repeat anything similar since.
Yeps, AOP proxies are not always the silver bullet. Enter AspectJ and weaving stage right.
Aereo.com just launched in Boston last week. I was excited thinking, _this_ is how I can cut the cord and still watch sports. Then I realized how little sports is on broadcast anymore. Try watching hockey playoffs.
It works the same way roads and bridges work; collective payment.
He was talking a while back on the accidental tech podcast about a PHP framework based on the one he built at tumblr that he said he was going to open source "soon".
Agreed, same here. Undergraduate in computer engineering, when to work in software development right away. Went back to school and got MSCS. One of the best choices I ever made. I can honestly say it made me a better developer and computer scientist. Although I did notice a good number of students who had never programmed a day in their lives taking the MS program with me. A lot of Biology majors...
I'm sorry if you feel I spoke too stongly, but if so it is because I feel strongly that your attempt to impute moral value to a vocal feature you know little about is unfounded and frankly oppressive.

If you'd like to have a conversation about that, you can start by defining your terms: Who or what "warrants" an arbitrary feature of your speech in whatever way you feel the fry is "unwarranted"?
Probably because Instagram has a third party api that allows printing and other services to access photos easily. And as pointed out instgrammers are not "pixel peepers" so a low quality projector image is not going cause complaints.

(I am a pretty happy instagram user at acomjean)
When you look at the costs of television, the marginal costs to keep on transmitting a bundle of channels to everyone in the neighborhood is a rounding error.
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The point the author is making that language is a convention and that different languages (and older versions of the same language) may use different conventions. Using a non-standard convention thus is no reason to infer ignorance or stupidity. Non-standard speech in and of itself only tells us that the speaker is preferring unconventional English to conventional English; this may be for a number of reasons, such as a perceived stiffness of dictionary English or its inability to capture nuances or elements of communication important to the speaker.

Related is Max Weinreich's quip: "A language is a dialect with an army and navy" (or, in the original Yiddish: "a shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot").
Finally a better Dropbox?
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I wouldn't have thought so - I'd think that Linux would be perfectly capable of utilizing the same 'fast boot' logic as Windows has.

I think it only applies to "getting into a USB boot / install environment".
This is as much cute as useless.
I think this is really great! As a customer, I'd much rather sign in with this than Facebook or Twitter, as then I know there would be no social side-effects - e.g. posting on my behalf or similar - which is sometimes anxious making when confronted with a social login button. This separates easy sign-in from social sharing.
You can measure how fast people read. It varies per person but it's not an opinion.

But this is not about readability. It's about what looks 'better', whether you prefer balance vs. having the comments closer. The real debate is about a subjective thing, and not about readability.
Ok, I'll bite. What do you think the other top 2 products are?
Only 4.8% watch in any given week. More watch at some point over the course of the year (perhaps when different sports are in season), and most people who exhibit that behavior probably can't be bothered to unsubscribe for the part of the year when the events they want to watch aren't on.
This is something that's considered an absolutely essential tool by a lot of the readership. I have no affiliation, just a happy user. I really feel like anyone who isn't using it ought to at least be using something similar, and the comments here are a good place to discuss the alternatives.
Holding back the tide at the Department of "No"
My two & a half year old child plays with cars. Sometimes he drives them along and crashes them into walls, with impressive "crash!!" noises.

I have no idea where he gets this from.

We know he is playing, and that he has no concept of what a real car crash is like, or that car crashes involve pain and suffering. We would never ever discipline him for this, and we'd be horrified if anyone else thought it deserved disciplinary action. (Hitting another child with a car while yelling "CRASH!" is different!)

I wonder if this is just guns and knives?

I grew up in a world with Action Man when he had real guns and tanks; and comics like Commando or 2000AD.
For designers, just including a JS file that does the compiling on the fly seems why LESS gets more love from that group. And also that Twitter Bootstrap uses it as default (although there are SASS ports of Bootstrap).

For beginners/designers to the whole precompiling CSS scene, setting up Ruby for the SASS/Compass toolchain could possibly be daunting. Although there are nice GUI alternatives: http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/internet-roundup/5-mac-apps...

However I agree with other comments that it seems there are more tools/frameworks built on SASS (with Compass), that make it more appealing to me.
You're right. Added this footnote (http://stratechery.com/2013/the-cord-cutting-fantasy/#footno...):

Update: It’s been pointed out, correctly, that I’m talking about unbundling, not cord-cutting. That’s technically correct. However, I think folks who talk about cord-cutting still want the same content. That’s the fantasy I’m referring too. Still, I regret the imprecision ↩
That hasn't been my experience. The MS's I've interviewed in the past have in general been just as competent - the problem is that in general they haven't been more competent.

So we're talking about spending ~2 extra years in school for basically a nil result when applying to development jobs. My personal anecdotal experience observing those around me is that getting a MS in CS is leaving a lot of money on the table - you will give up 2 years' salary and your salary upon graduation will be the same as, if not lower than, an undergrad with 2 years industry experience. Do it if you love it, but know that it's a financially negative move (and substantially so).

The big gap I see is Ph.D's. When interviewing Ph.D's for development jobs (i.e., you're writing code a lot of the time) they consistently do poorly. I see a lot of poor code discipline, bad architecture, and all in all poor engineering. They know algorithms and data structure inside and out, but when it comes to writing solid, maintainable code, a PhD in the room is in my experience a disappointment.
>The only way we're going to truly minimize human impact is by forcing developing nations like China and India to dramatically change the way they are growing their economies

Firstly, the US and EU combined output more CO2 than China and India combined, so we can make a substantial contribution to reducing CO2 emissions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dio...

Secondly, a mixture of Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal and Geothermal can certainly "cut it".
I'm encouraged that they seem to allow you to toggle this new inbox on/off as you wish.

In contrast to the "new" compose box which will eventually be forced onto everyone.
Non-mobile link:

http://www.amazon.com/Optoma-EP-PK-101-Pico-Pocket-Projector...

Optoma EP-PK-101 Pico Pocket Projector ($114.99)
As a user, I think I'm excited by this, although a lot will depend on the core usability and accuracy -- this is where this kind of technology often founders.

As an entrepreneur, this seems phenomenally relevant, given the relative penetration of GMail among early adopters. The choices that GMail makes can, within limits of what users will tolerate, create new behaviors for its users and eliminate old ones. This can create landgrab opportunities for startups capable of harnessing the new forms of attention and be destructive for startups addicted to the old forms.
Planetary Resources kickstarts asteroid mining by uploading your photo to Space
Netflix's move into creating content is specifically in response to cord cutters desires. Since they can't convince HBO to give them their content, they've decided to compete directly with HBO. Cord cutters are actually creating new content creators.
Plenty of machines have shipped with buggy drivers, poor OS support for the hardware and similar problems. I've never heard of a consumer PC manufacturer having legal liability for issues like that, and can't imagine it would be different with no preloaded OS or an explicitly unsupported preloaded OS.

The Windows 8 EULA says:

The manufacturer or installer and Microsoft exclude all implied warranties, including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

It's my understanding (IANAL) that laws in the US and most other developed countries attach a warranty to all products sold that they're suitable for sale (merchantability) and for use the way a reasonable person would expect (fitness for a particular purpose). I believe software usually gets around that requirement by being licensed with such terms included rather than sold.

I think there's a good counterargument here to the claim I often see on HN that a PC with Windows preloaded is an integrated product rather than two independent products sold as a bundle. The license terms very clearly state that the Windows part is not guaranteed to work as expected, or indeed to do anything at all. The hardware, on the other hand generally comes with a written warranty stating that it will work, or the manufacturer will repair or replace it.
Crystal Flowers Sculpted Under An Electron Microscope
It's great to see someone find success from things they've built. Marco is a solid example of what many of us strive to be: someone who builds things because it's what we love doing (and because at least one person out there needs/wants it).
The wording is unclear on the licenses - if I solely want to use 1Password on my macbook air at home, PC at home and macbook pro at work does that mean I need 1 single user license or 3? Also, if I understand correctly I would need to buy iOS versions for my iPhone and iPad mini?
Like I said in a different response, cord cutting makes perfect sense for viewers as long as it's only a few viewers. The production of the content the cord cutters are watching is being subsidized by people who haven't cut the cord yet. That content might not be created in the first place if everyone went the cord-cutting route.
That assumes consumer behavior remains the same. But we know that people consume much more with all you can eat than with al la carte. And since the marginal cost to deliver incremental households is near zero, a la carte makes even less sense.
So, basically Gmail labels have been converted into tabs. One tab per label. I can get rid of labels now.
I love the pay-what-you-want model but it doesn't work. Every single Humble Indie Bundle has multiple popular games that sell for $10 to $20. They even has an incentive to give more than the average by giving more great games (and sometime even the games from the last Humble Indie Bundle).

Still they get less than 6$ in average... We know for a fact that people are ready to pay full price for each of these games. Yeah I know, these people probably already bought these games but I don't think the distribution of the values are that far (either you pay 20$ and more or you pay 5$).

I think it would work better if you offered multiple prices with more feature. You could have the 0,99$ one that offer the strict minimum but is a great showcase of the application (it could even be free). Then you have the 4,99$ one that has more feature, etc... Give your customer a reason to pay more.
It's a tough call to make, but you do have a point.

I suppose what kind of threw me off was that the image linked as an example by the poster could be understood as both a male and female version of sexual assault "jokes". Still, the implication is clearly male, just as the implication of the article was clearly female. (Actually, a little more than just implication, but the title sets to tone to be a little more general.)

One point I do still maintain is that there simply is a clear imbalance between sexual assault on females and males. Yes, that does not change the gravity of either, but it does suggest how the conversation about it ought to run. If it were the other way around, seeing society predominantly talk about female sexual assault would be troublesome. But it is not and thus pulling the conversation towards male sexual assault kind of rings my alarm bells. Just as the implication is universally female, bringing up male sexual assault implies trying to diminish it being a predominantly female issue.

It is accurate that sexual assault against females gets the center stage and it is just as correct that sexual assault against males is a serious issue.

Your point about sexual assaults against males being rising is interesting - do you happen to have a link on that? My immediate theory would be that while there might be a rise, it can only ever be a rise in reported assault. So I would guess that it is probably increased by the fact that we as a society have become more open to accept males as victims of sexual assault in the first place. But I would be interested in seeing actual data on that.
Google Search and Hacker News.
Gmail’s New Inbox Sorts E-mails Into Tabbed Categories
I for one was really glad to see this on the front page, as I usually don’t hear about discounts like these until after they’ve ended. I just bought a 5-user license, something I should’ve done years a go.
OTOH, look at upstate New York, patrticularly adirondack park. They basically logged the whole place flat to build NYC but with careful stewardship, it is once again a beautiful forest wilderness. The point is that we can fix it if we want to.
Search. Analytics? Adwords?
Yeah, but that URL behaves really weird, when you try requests for the domain without any actual URI at the end.

For example:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net

http://www.corporate-ir.net

http://www.ccbn.com < I somehow got redirected there...

Also:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:corporate-ir.net
i wonder if # OF TVS * EVERY SPORTS BAR is what leads to the ESPN viewing numbers being so high. I really dislike sports and it's irritating that I'm forced to subsidize it.
I was an English <> Spanish translator in another life.

While I agree with your general idea that there are some untranslatable words, most of the words you cite do have equivalents in Spanish, unless you are referring to false friends. In that case, it'd be great if you could elaborate. But generally speaking, the translations are regionalisms. Also, I'd like to add that language is very much embedded in culture and vice versa. They work off each other and influence each other.

I think words are concepts. Some of the discourse of translatability in the Spanish-speaking world, especially when the source language is English, usually deals with the illogical sense of English words. Bullying is a good example, actually. Bullying comes from the Dutch word "brother" and its definition has drifted far away from "fine fellow". In Spanish, the word "bullying" in the 21st century English-speaking sense would be related to mean "acosador", which comes from the Latin cursus/currere which can probably best be defined as "to proceed" in English. So "bullying", as you suggest, might not have a one-word translation, but it could be translated as "acosador escolar". However, because Spanish-speakers understand the importance of world integration, "bullying" is also used, though you get purists and word-rebels in some regions who, incidentally, are also anti-American, anti-consumerism and sceptical of the English-speaking world in general.

A similar phenomenon occurs in the UK. You see certain people use an indigenous equivalent instead of adopting a standard "London English" word. It certainly happens in South America. So yes, culture and language are very much tied together.

Personally, I think Portuguese, though a romance language, really shouldn't be grouped together with Spanish, even though I can understand most of it, though I've never taken a single Portuguese course in my entire life. My understanding it has to do with studying Latin and Italian. I think the average, educated Spanish speaker would be able to read maybe 50% and understand spoken Brazilian Portuguese even less. Some words and pronunciations have seeped into Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, however.
The Xbox One's Kinect sensor might track your every move in the living room
The reason they were fired is Valve decided to abandon their own AR developments and embrace VR. Seeing as Valve had no interest in developing the technology further they gave it to the fired AR employees because I guess they're just cool like that.
I upped the server specs to try and handle more traffic now. Sorry, I make electronics, my web skills are way behind (especially for the regulars around here!)
As someone with a BS and MS in CS (having written a thesis for the latter), it was amazing to see how weak some of the other grad students were. At my school, many of the foreign grad students didn't have an undergrad CS degree and it showed. This isn't a knock on foreign students, just an observation that they comprised the bulk of the grad students who took the path that omitted the undergraduate work and consequently exhibited shocking failures to understand CS basics.

I'd certainly think very hard about hiring a MS-only candidate, particularly if he/she didn't have publications.
It's like the mental version of reducing your possessions to fit in a backpack. Pretty cool if you ask me.
I call FUD. From their website:

“Free Upgrade – Purchase 1Password for Mac or Windows today and receive a FREE upgrade to version 4 when it becomes available.”
Is there any chance that this survey was ED funded? If so then I'd like to see the school hit with the fact that the materials have not been made available for inspection by parents, and the fact that there are many parents who never gave written consent.
ahaha. Kinda true.
Hope Glenn keeps up the good work. As a journalist The Magazine has been eye-opening to me. Almost non-existing staff (Glenn and Marco), handpicked contributors and you get a excellent magazine running profitable in less then one month.

Shows how much baggage traditional media carries from the past and how convoluted a news organization can get once you start adding sales, advertising, and other departments that can be avoided now with the proper strategy.
That's dishonest. You know quite well that, above, I was referring to the actress interviewed in the article under discussion, and, below, to Kardashian, who, you must know, is not the same person. To accuse me of lying by lying about what I said is pretty contemptible.

EDIT: And if they are the same person, you can hardly blame me. The lady on all the magazines looks totally different from the one in the interview. How could I know?
Academically speaking, that is a matter of some debate. Pragmatically speaking, it's easy-- are they speaking the language they grew up speaking? Then it's correct. What you call "broken English", assuming native speakers, are just poor (i.e. impoverished) dialects.

To be clear on what I'm saying, an AAVE speaker can attempt to speak some other dialect and fail, producing broken constructions similar to non-native speech. But almost none of the speech labeled as such falls into that category.