skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The article could have been titled "Get Rich, Save the World" since it really has nothing to do with Wall Street. Which, when you look at Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, is pretty hard to disagree with.

Unfortunately, I think most people in this thread are unwilling to pass up an opportunity to bash Wall Street. Which is a shame, because they are rallying against a viable form of altruism.
Wine wouldn't have worked either since OSX was PowerPC based at the time.
Well, we in the US have made just about everything a crime, so it's no wonder that we have a ton of people in jail. Gone are the days when people didn't need to consult a team of lawyers to stay compliant with the law...they just instinctively knew that things like stealing and murder were illegal.

With so many startups and entrepreneurs here on HN, I bet tons of you have violated laws for taxes, banking, employment, or zoning at one time or another and you probably had no idea.
What is the semantic difference when everything is immutable? I'm not sure if you are right that it closes over the value rather than a reference, and I can't think of any way to test the idea which suggests to me it is not meaningful.
Love the idea that a Tweet can change your life. It's definitely been a great place to meet people and to learn from amazing folks. Great post, Ryan.
Samurai Pizza Cats was modeled after shows like Gundam, which these Octocats are also adapted from. :)
The Nullabor plain in Australia?

Wishful thinking from a Perthite sigh
Are You a Lazy Hacker? Here's a Cold Read on Why.
I understand it is possible to read those announcements in that way. It seems a bit of a stretch (look at how things are phrased in the video). But again, I hope you are right.

There are plenty of Google people reading HN, hopefully they can quickly confirm things one way or the other.
Kill CPU runaway processes with NodeJS
I think that's the difference in terminology between "mentor" and "tutor."

With "tutor" it's clear that you are going to be paying for tutelage.

A mentorship is supposed to be an ongoing relationship with a single individual that is not necessarily fee-based --someone you just have a chat with and get advice from.

This seems less like a mentor site and more like either a tutor site or a contractor site where you are getting contracted help on problems or understanding.
Signal vs. Noise. This whole thread is noise, which is why I'm downvoting every comment in it (including mine.)
"The “Uber for X” recipe is pretty simple.

1. Identify a service-based industry that feels archaic.
2. Recruit suppliers in your given vertical.
3. Create a mobile application with a big green request button."
So would you say that GC is the main reason why D did not become very popular as a C++ replacement?

I'm not a C++ guy at all, but from my cursory readings D seems better than C++ in just about every possible way, unless you really DON'T want GC.
Haskell: http-streams and Aeson
An Update Show To Set The Record Straight 05/31 by Wacko Bob | Blog Talk Radio
Anyone else have blurriness with the SVG octocats on the page itself?

In Firefox 21 on Windows 7, they're decidedly low resolution, but I open them directly [1] they look fine.
They render fine in Chrome.

1 http://octokit.github.io/images/gundam-ruby.svg
I wonder if the cartridges will work better if you blow the dirt out of them before plugging them in?
Gazelle[1] does it for devices. _edit:_ I thought they sent you a box, but you have to ship it to them yourself.

[1] http://www.gazelle.com/
"In this case, the electron density of the overall molecule is being measured."

It seemed to me that it was more directly measuring the bond energies, which, of course, is related to electron density.
"I’d love to be in a position where Natalia and I could pair all day"
> Agreed, but the OP's point was that while obviously desirable it wasn't at the price that it currently stands.

Median home prices (which are actually median prices of homes sold, which is important to keep track of) in California are deceptive right now because there is very little inventory for sale. What is being sold is mostly being sold at high prices, because very little is being sold at all, what is being sold tends to be sold by people who are fairly well off (and thus, to be high end) because the collapse hollowed out much of the rest of the market, and banks are a lot more reluctant to loan than they were before the crash, so the people that are able to buy tend to have lots of money.

Its not a rapid rise in market value of existing real estate, or even a rapid rise in the price for like real estate.
Hope you don't get in trouble with fog creek. It sounds kinda the same and there's the word software on both your homepages.
Interested to see a case where this has actually happened

Surely if this is as dangerous as people are insisting, there must be all sorts of instructive example cases. It's not like rational people would get into a fearful panic about something overblown.

I would expand on this further, but I'm already late to my Friday afternoon satanic ritual murder party. It's my turn to bring the Judas Priest tapes.
Interesting idea, however I just don't think the issue with selling most items is the box. The post office has plenty of free boxes you can take, and if it's a bit too big you can usually pad it with newspaper. They specifically say they're only supporting small objects so that ruins any argument about something big. When the author says "As someone who hardly ever sells anything online in part because I never have the right box", I just don't feel like this solves some of the issues that seem to be bigger in selling.

Now the other aspect of the service, which is where they will post the item for you and set up the description, price etc and handle dealing with the customer, that's where the value seems to be. Most people don't sell items online because they have to set up an account, figure out pricing, make sure they have good ratings so people will still buy for them and deal with chargebacks.
You should link to it on your profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=devinus
See how long you can keep borrowing money. Pay off each credit card with a new credit card. You don't need to witness the crash to know that the future is bleak.

There is plenty of factual basis to the claim that we're borrowing against our future to feed the current population.
Adam Wiggins Leaving Heroku
Don't Publish A Product Roadmap
4chan for Soccer Mom's
I find that this article is representative of much of the content of HN these days: provocative assertions made by relative nobodies with little supporting evidence save anecdote, but made with the full voice of authority. Found a middling startup or two, and you're suddenly an expert. Call me old fashioned, but I like to get my blanket generalizations only from those significantly richer, more powerful, happier, or more successful than I am.
It's silly because the specific examples you gave, which websites you visit and who you e-mail, are both deeply personal and speak to the innermost thoughts of a person. Attempting to trivialize the impact of their disclosure by calling them "metadata"[0] is detrimental to everyone but the police.

Physical-to-digital analogies are very dangerous in a lawmaking setting because lawmakers rarely understand the implications of applying a physical power they wield in the digital realm. Examples include the lobbyist-proposed law allowing IP owners to infiltrate others' computers and delete ostensibly stolen files, while simultaneously destroying the entire concept of digital security, and the DMCA making it illegal to recycle printer cartridges or switch cellular carriers.

[0] Yes, I know that is the technical term for data about data, but there are plenty of examples where technical terms and legal terms differ in definition, intent, and hidden implications.
http://www.randomnumbers.info/

http://www.templeos.org/files/BIBLE.TXT

God says...

15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is
written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and
sing unto thy name.

15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all
ye people.

15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he
that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles
trust.

15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy
Ghost.
Believe that's originally from Wayne Gretzky:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/waynegretz131510....
5 Reasons Your Homepage Isn't Doing Its Job
Minnows with machine guns: Load testing on Digital Ocean
> Do you absolutely need to be in the Valley?

If you currently own a home in San Francisco, its pretty clear you don't need to live in the Valley, in the same way that if you currently own a home in New York City, its pretty clear you don't need to live in Trenton, NJ.
Given the mascot art for this, shouldn't the library be named "Octotron" or "Octocon"?
What about some kind of periodical signal with known timing and fase that could be used to calibrate and syncronise the signals at post processing?
Something like a film clapping board, but in space.
The previous highs from 2007 were real estate bubble prices. I don't consider a return to over-inflated prices a rebound. Is your point that everything is a cycle, or that SF will rebound after this new bubble?
There's also strong precedent of this not being a problem. Saturn, Lexus, and Lincoln all sold passenger cars with "LS" in the name.

I'm even more likely to mistake a Lincoln for a Lexus than a Ferrari for a Ford, but somehow we managed.
I can relate to the pain involved of not having a box. Unless I just got something from Amazon, I won't have a usable box. And while the post office may have free boxes, the trip to the post office in and of itself is pain enough to cause breakage [1].

[1] I think I'd rather have my fingers run over by the car than make a trip to the US Post Office. Right up there with the DMV.
Gotta say that I disagree (yes, yes, it's all anecdotal). I find a great deal of the hassle in selling stuff online is the shipping aspect: how much does it cost? Will I have to travel to the Post Office? How long will I have to be there? Do I have the packing material? Should I insure the box?

Going to the Post Office is a huge hassle. Even when I don't have to go to them, but say, FedEx Kinkos, I have to deal with them instead (I literally had a FedEx Kinkos employee punch the top of my box repeatedly to prove that it wasn't taped up well enough for their transportation, to which one can only think "It's not my bloody fault that you don't treat packages with any respect.")

I think a great deal of the anxiety in selling is not collecting money (eBay and Amazon both make this trivial) but the worry about holding up your end of the deal, and whether the lost opportunity cost of the hassle outweighs the value of doing the deal.

I know I just put everything in a giant box to Amazon's trade-in system because I only have to worry about shipping once, even though I'd probably get far more if I sold it all piecemeal.
I want to build "Jarvis"
I know this question, well, idea is a little bit ahead of its time, but I must know. Ever since I was a kid, I always imagined computers should work this way and our current forced manual use was awkward and more in the way than useful at times. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to Iron Man's iconic digital assistant. I want to build one, or at least try. But I don't have the slightest idea of where to begin. Voice recog. is obviously a must, but what language should I use, should I use Linux, or should I try running it off a server? I'm sure I'm not the only one withis idea, im sure its one thing most geeky guys/woman dream of, if anyone has suggestions, ideas or would like to chime in; please do!
> People often ask the hypothetical of what sorts of behavior we consider normal today that people in the far future will regard as barbaric or bizarre. Our prison system is probably near the top of that list, for a variety of reasons. Not least of which is the sheer size of the prison population these days due to the war on drugs.

I agree except that I don't consider our prison and drug policies "normal" or acceptable. And a significant amount of people don't consider them normal. I think, for more in the spirit of that question, it's interesting to consider what 95+% consider normal that in the future 95+% will consider barbaric. Something like that.
I have the same issue with Firefox 20.0.1 on Windows 7 64. Chrome it looks great.
Now is a good time to pick up the Murphy book:

http://mitpress.mit.edu/content/spread-knowledge-sale-detail...

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learning-2
Ask HN: Doing my first hackathon as a non-developer
Hey HN,
I'm doing my first hackathon this weekend in hope to build a team interested in open science. I'm a neuroscientist with a strong IT background, but I haven't built an app since VB6 back in 2001.

I initially pitched my idea at a pre-meeting and met a bunch of people who were interested in my idea (omnisci.org).

I'd like to hear from the hackers here...

1. Describe your best experience with an entrepreneur who needed help building a concept.

2.When speaking with a non-developer about their concept, what are a few things that you can't stand?

Any input is appreciated!
You're right, it's definitely the zebras who get eaten's fault for not building trust with the lions...
Reminds me. Some day I should sell that mint condition Aibo ERS-210 that I have gathering dust. It was a gift from my sister that didn't fit my life, so has spent most of its time in a box, with the original manual.
I'd say that this is a really cool approach. The number of times that I have wanted to sell an item but procrastinated thinking of the posting + shipping hassles are countless. This obviously is targeted at a lazy ass like myself and my bet is that there a bunch like me around. Good luck to these guys. I for one plan to try it out.
Good list, but you forgot legendary artist Mos Def.
I used Camino since the beginning and I still have it installed my old iMac desktop. To me, it felt more like a Mac OS Browser than Safari.

I've switched my main browser from Safari to Chrome to Firefox, but I always kept Camino around. It's going to bum me out to delete it finally.
What's wrong with trading commodities? Remember, derivatives were invented by farmers to address very practical problems in that domain.
The library was already existing, changing name and namespace for a mascot would probably not make sense ;)
Monkey v1.2.0 is out
>Case in point. This websites says "work with the smartest people in the world" as if SV has the highest concentration of intelligent people in the world and as if that's even a measurable statistic.

I'm born here, grew up here, and the recent explosion of the smugness really does bother me. Besides, I'm willing to bet that the "Smartest People in the World"(tm) are probably in Cambridge, USA and Cambridge, UK. :P
My experiences of going free-for-a-day on the App Store
Suspect Ordered To Provide Decryption Password: A Fifth Amendment Violation?
> Logic tells me that when the all-important "monthly payment" rises, as a result of higher mortgages rates, that is going to be instantly detrimental to the housing market to a nearly equal degree.

The big thing right now isn't interest rates/monthly payment (though that's a factor that reinforces the high prices). Its who is buying and selling and which homes (and how few) are on the market.

> What are those factors?

The big one is the broader economy and credit markets.

> The FED is going to raise rates and when they do is this going to leave a lot of recent homebuyers holding the bag, again, on an inflated asset?

Not really, because the big price spikes recently are because there are a very small number of homes selling and they tend (disproportionately as compared to other times) to be higher end homes and higher-end buyers and being paid for with cash or at least very large % down. So the median prices look high, but there's not a lot of people involved, and even for the number of buyers not a lot of exposure to interest rate hikes.
For me, the biggest hurdle to selling my personal items online is flaky and/or malicious buyers.

On Craigslist, buyers tend to be extremely flaky. Every time I've sold something there, I've wasted substantial time with
people who arrange meeting times and don't show up. This happens many times per item. It's also overrun with scammers, although those are easy to spot if you know the signs. (Bad grammar, being unrealistically enthusiastic to the point of offering more than the asking price, mentions of out-of-state or overseas transactions, etc..)

On eBay, you have the ever-present risk of fraud. A typical scam goes something like this: Someone buys your item, you ship it, the buyer files a dispute, and eBay/PayPal take back the money. The scammer was planning to file a dispute all along, even if you did everything right. There's very little you can do to combat this, in part because eBay tends to favor buyers over sellers.

If Sold takes on all the hassle and risk of consumer-to-consumer selling, then I'll definitely consider using it.
VoIP federation: another milestone
TSA eliminates all invasive X-ray machines
There's a huge difference between "don't disclose information about some ongoing investigations" and "information about these investigations will be classified forever." Many people see the validity of the former. Attacking the latter gets you nowhere.
I'm pretty sure PNaCl was created to solve the disconnect between ARM based Chromebooks and Atom based Chromebooks. If it also works for Chrome on Android, I think that is a happy side effect, especially since PNaCl was introduced (through flags) in Chrome shortly after the Samsung ARM Chromebook was released. If you want to create packaged Chrome applications for the Chrome Store, you want them to work regardless of the machine architecture.
In the End Was the Word and the Word Was the Sponsor’s
Perhaps if these individuals were so dangerous, it would actually benefit everyone if they knew they were being watched and that not so many of these NSLs had the gag order attached. Just [the individual and even public] knowing the govt might be on to their activities might be enough to stop it in its tracks. Except then this creates the culture of fear and suspicion... welcome back 1984 references!
> Granted, selling the vulnerability is illegal

Really? That's exactly what you're doing with Facebook - selling a vulnerability to them, which they then pay you for. So, disclosing to some third party ought also to be fine. The morality or otherwise is up to you though, I guess...

EDIT - I just read @tptacek's reply below. I guess that selling to known criminals, with the knowledge they would use the exploit to commit a crime, _is_ going to be illegal most places.
Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver to Depart
Behind the Internet of things is android and its everywhere
"Things have now gotten to the stage where I flinch slightly as I click on the "comments" link, bracing myself for the dismissive comment I know will be waiting for me at the top of the page." - PG
It's ok, you've got Lawdingo.
Thanks for the info, that's kind of what I want it for - backups, general file storage and possibly a development server. I'll be sure to get in touch if I need some advice, the offer of help is much appreciated.
If nobody wants them, is allowing them to complete their hunger strike not a more humane option than force feeding them with tubes?
"..all US airports scanners equipped with the ability to produce the penetrating images will now only show a generic outline of a passenger to the operator. "

The headline is incorrect. The TSA did not eliminate the machines. The machines have been modified to show less detail, that's all.
I think the motivation behind the service is definitely sound...I'm just not sure that the service, as described, solves the most pertinent pain points...and part of the problem is, the pain points are different depending on whether you're a very casual seller, or a regular one (i.e. several products a week).

For example, the auto-marketing of the product:

> With Sold’s app, you take a picture of the thing you want to sell and write a description. The company uses a mix of algorithmic and human judgment to figure out how much you can probably get for the item and sends you the proposed price. If you accept, Sold posts your product on whatever online marketplace the company determine is best—eBay, Amazon or smaller niche sites, depending on what you’re selling.

OK, let's assume Sold's price assessment goes without a hitch (and that's a big, big if)...there are a few things that it seems users will always want control of. If Sold decides my product would work best on eBay, then is there the appropriate configuration options so that I can define minimum bid and user reputation?

And if so, how much convenience does Sold's wrapper over this process give me over just directly using the service itself? And is it worth the fee that Sold charges (I'm assuming that it charges some kind of overhead)?

Now if I were selling lots of things in a fairly regular interval...how does Sold scale? If I were a craft maker/vintage seller, why would I pick Sold over Etsy, for instance?
I think you're thinking of The Shawshank Redemption.

Also the character only says that because he's been in prison for most of his life and he's so old when he gets out that he doesn't know how to function outside of prison.
Google Likely to Replace Android With Chrome
Nixie Watch History
Why can't they make a 21 inch 4k monitor...
I should've said that my comment was meant to be read in Comic Book Guy voice :).
As someone who has bought bikes off of ebay and have had to deal with shipping damage nearly every time, I have to agree. I'd never want to deal with that kind of stuff as a seller.

(broken right brifter, badly bent rear triangle / rear dropouts, etc)
Love the idea and execution (from watching the video). I put a bunch of random crap I had lying around on ebay and started the auctions at a dollar. I would have happily used Sold and saved the shipping hassle.
So if I understand correctly, they could use the same approach when updating to do what they really ought to -- use bcrpyt?

As a result the very oldest pwds would be thrice encoded -- from unsalted MD5 to salted SHA-512, and run that through bcrpyt?
This is an interesting and oft-repeated theory, but for at least the last three decades, if not longer, the examples of the most recent states the "liberal locusts" have just destroyed when it gets trotted out have always been some combination of New York, California, and Massachussets, and the implication has always been that they are next moving to previously "pure" states in the South or inland West.

If the trend was really as claimed, you'd expect their to be a trail of states to point to that have been moved through over time, rather than always the same states.
Exactly my bet, also if the rail is a tube he gains a way to store electricity in a kind of condenser, has an easy way to keep the "train" stabilized and also isolates the sonic shock from braking half the windows between L.A. And SF. Of course on top of the tube it's easy to install some solar panels.
> high-level/architecture/design patterns

Hardly. The Go philosophy is "our language is designed to not need such architecture-astronauts' high-brow fanciness". Other than that, whatever architecture/design patterns you're used to should mostly carry-over to Go.
Control My Cap: Graduation + Raspberry Pi
I don't think there's much long term value in being a generalist. I think people benefit much more from the perspective of being a specialist; it's much more proprietary and can't really be replaced.

Generalism propagates mediocrity at many levels rather than valuable competency at a few levels.