skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One other exception: I gave my mom a Samsung chromebook and an iPad. The touch interface of the iPad is very intuitive for her and she uses it. The chomebook is being used as a paper weight. Btw ... I don't want to be an Apple fanboy here. I gave my wife's niece a cheap Android tablet and she loves it and uses it (mainly games, email and Internet surfing). I suspect a Chromebook would not be the right solution for her as well. I think tablets hit the sweetspot when it comes to content consumption devices.

The question then is the following: are chromebooks appropriate for content creation? I suspect the answer will be yes someday soon. However, the elderly and children market will not be the right audience for such devices.
To be fair, any book a publisher wants sold DRM-free, Amazon sells DRM-free. Many publishers insist on DRM as a condition of sale. Your beef is with them, not Amazon.

And by the way, DRM is at the heart of this ebook conspiracy. One of the publishers' fears was that too many readers would be trapped in Amazon's ecosystem by DRM, giving Amazon too much leverage. The correct response to that problem is to drop the pointless, self-inflicted DRM (as some have started doing in response to the antitrust cases). Instead, the publishers chose to work with Apple to try and limit Amazon's power...
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As the son of a man who loves sending my mom on vacation with her friends so he can get to the office to get work done (because he genuinely loves it), I can tell you this article does not apply to everyone.
A quick search on BestBuy.com turns up 5-6 PC laptops less than $300 (looking at only in-store options, not their listing of "online" laptops where they partner with other sellers). I see similarly priced machines in WalMart alot too.
>What would be worrisome is if the platform creators locked them down in such a way as to prohibit choice; if Chrome were ported to iOS and Apple denied permission to distribute it, for example. But that's simply not happening anywhere anymore.

Wait -- that does happen. For example Google wasn't even allowed to port Chrome to iOS. What they did is they made a "fake Chrome", all UI, which underneath uses the iOS Webkit engine.
Openness is important, but it's not enough for success. People will use Hemlis because it looks pretty and because it's backed by Peter Sunde and the other TPB guys. Or maybe they won't, because all of their friends use Whatsapp.

If Surespot had group chat I might consider it. Do any of the privacy-focused messengers support encrypted group chats?
Can she do the Melbourne shuffle?
Aren't those issues accounted for by simply charging more?
Many people enjoy working long hours if they feel the work is impactful. Hustle by itself is pretty distasteful though. It is a humblebrag.

I actually just published a tangential blog post, mainly focusing on whether more people should work less while focusing on other things in life that matter. http://blog.kirigin.com/10x
The inevitable biking debate continues.

If the US had bike lanes, and bikes didn't choke traffic back to 8 mph as I see them doing every day on major streets, causing a half-mile backup[1], I think the US would be more friendly to bikes.

The problem is a sub-set of bike riders who generally are weekenders and seem to take pleasure in holding up traffic because it makes them feel important. Then in retaliation, there's a sub-set of car drivers who become enraged by this and act out typical road rage, except here it's a 2,000 lb vehicle versus a 48-lb vehicle with no external frame.

I don't think the solution is any of the following:

1. Car drivers suck
2. Bike riders suck
3. We need bike lanes!

I think it's going to require behavioral changes from both car drivers and bike riders, and probably a redesign of cities to be bike-accessible.

Back to the topic at hand: Seth's death is tragic and he will be missed. I think a lot of our rage comes from the frustration at losing someone who was such a talented contributor and also a person many of us admired for his personal traits as well.

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[1] Montrose, Shephard, Memorial, Elgin and Richmond.
“It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.” – Mark Cuban
To add a bit to this, the Puritans believed that earthly success was a sign of one being predestined to eternal salvation. So they worked hard for success.
This is just another hit piece designed to denigrate people with technical or engineering backgrounds and establish that they're somehow "missing" some important way of thinking and beneath those with a liberal arts education. Of course, a traditional liberal arts education needs defending in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times precisely because it is becoming increasingly irrelevant. However, the typical reader will be comforted to know that their degree was not for nothing.
From [1], "McKenzie Wark talks about the new class of hackers, a direct social manifestation of the intellectual property laws. According to Wark hackers are the people capable of forcing the sign/information system to creatively transform."

Since hackers transform the sign/information system, they inherently infringe upon AND establish authority. This puts us incidentally in the same position as other authority, such as police.

[1] http://ramocki.net/ramocki-diy.pdf
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I haven't used my Air since getting a Pixel. When I need to build something, I fire up Sublime in VT3.
I agree. German work culture is about efficiency whereas American work culture is about long hours.
If you want to say its causal, you are going to have to show some kind of evidence that it is. The author is correct not to make that leap since they don't have any such evidence or info to provide on that point.
Co-founder of Gliph here, thanks for mentioning our work.

We understand that some folks require open source for their secure messaging, and encourage them to seek out solutions that provide that. We encourage more options overall for secure communications.

Gliph isn't just a secure messaging tool. Our mission is to help individuals transact with their peers in a trusted, efficient and delightful way.

Gliph is the easiest way to send Bitcoin, and the only app in the App Store that officially supports sending Bitcoin P2P.

Secure communication with strong privacy controls is a fundamental requirement to accomplish our goal.
As a pirate, I never understood how the majority of us could think that this is a good system. People that become active in politics do so because they want to do what in their opinion is right. With the current system of the German Pirate Party, the further you advance, the more you have to suppress your own opinion.

This system would work a lot better if there was a pool of monk-like disciples that are trained to be party functionaries without own opinions. Since that probably won't happen, we should IMO accept that personalities play a role in politics.
Even bike lanes may not be enough. I'd prefer separate roads. That's sort of the approach taken by the green belts in my city, which allow you to bike alternate routes to some major destinations. Unfortunately, it's mixed pedestrian/bike traffic.
How does this rule apply if you're a full time UI developer?

:(
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"Rights" in quotes like it's a questionable idea, having rights. 'Nuff said.
Yeah, I left the theology part out since it can potentially devolve into a religious debate. :)
...Sayeth the pot unto the kettle...
Search for co-working spaces in your area. Most have an annual fee (I believe the one closest to my house charges $500 for the year) and are exactly what you described.
Yet another miscarriage of justice. The entire line of logic seems to have been that because Apple's actions led to increased prices it must be a conspiracy.

Amazon was, and is, the monopolist using classic monopolist tactics (lock-in, undercutting prices, etc.) to retain a monopoly. Of course once their monopoly was ensured they'd pivot to make a true profit if pesky Apple hadn't interfered: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/business/as-competition-wa...

I can't help but feel that this was driven by politics/optics (to your average person, of course lower prices is better).
If only it were a .is domain, other than that it's perfect.
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Really good news for coursera. I hope they raise the bar when it comes to online education - it's about time!

Too bad they are not considering remote applicants at the moment :(
Yes, the difference being the difference between an ipad an a laptop (full keyboard, larger screen, etc) and the price. Tablets are great but they can't replace laptops for all use cases IMHO.
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You app looks great! Reminds me of the vim solarized theme. One thing I've always wanted was an easy way to track common commodities like oil, gas, gold, and silver prices. This is often best done by tracking multiple ticker symbols. Having a simple way to track all of these would be a killer feature (i search oil and all the oil related tickers are combined into one handy visual). Cannot see anything wrong with your app. Nice work!
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What in god's name does that have to do with the article that was posted?
It wasn't just the method he used, though. It was 512 pages of assembly, and he spent more than 6 months studying it. The amount of effort he put in is astounding.
When learning a physical activity, where form is important (whether to look good or prevent injury), watching videos of yourself can be INCREDIBLY useful. As a beginner, we often cannot feel the ways in which we are doing it wrong, which are clear and apparent to an observer. I've noticed this in fencing and crossfit, all activities where proper form is important to avoid injury. (I'm a beginner at both.)
Thanks! We will take a fresh look at our design after a short break :-)

P.S.
regarding 6 crashes during mail share - we've tested it again while connected to wifi, everything is working OK. Neverthless our ios dev is aware of this and will take a look into stats
That's a perfectly fine argument for piracy of most content, but makes no sense in this context, where these subs really are not available legally.
If you think limited freedom cultures are good for our work go on ahead ignoring this stuff. Or realize that we generally need a good free society to work in and flourish in and these are all precursor warnings to more political crack downs that could drastically curb the hacker scene in the US. There are already increased cases of security researchers getting the SWAT treatment followed by jail. Who thinks thats good. These articles are digging deeper into the why this is happening trying to look for ways to prevent it before it tanks the US tech scene.

I'd say that's relevant but if you disagree put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes and wait another decade and we'll see
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At my local Best Buy, they're always sold out. A few times I've overheard conversations of folks checking it out. They just want a cheap laptop, and you hear the usual questions: "Can I hook up my scanner?" "Will it run Call of Duty?" "Can I sync my iPhone?"

I think it's a great device, and I'll likely buy 1 or 2 or a few. However, I don't think that the marketing communicates what it really is, and folks are getting burned as a result.

I wonder, when sales performance is reported, is this gross sales, or net after returns?
>I'm pretty sure dart2js runs faster than Dartium.

Not according to the benchmarks they give:

http://www.dartlang.org/performance/

Dart VM (Dartium) is about 2x as fast as Dart2JS (which is around 80%-90% of JS).
Ireland is one of the few countries that is not covered due to that reason
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I'm curious about the claim that Java influenced C, especially since Java is a much newer language.
Kyle, Can we talk about making sure your sites get pulled into the Internet Archive? Or does that not fit the vision for your site?
This is an interesting data set even though some of the relations are messed up. The biggest one being that it says C is influenced by Java.
Nice! Thanks for this
In the US, we've got groups like the Tea Party, who think bike lanes are part of a UN conspiracy to take our guns. This can make it controversial for a city to consider bike lanes.

Google "agenda 21 bike lanes" for the sad details. There was a good New York Times story on this, too. [1]

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-p...
I agree, when driving a car in the Netherlands you always expect a bycicle even when there is non. It also helps that in case of an accident between a car and bycicle the blame almost automatic shifts towards the driver of the car.
Not if I don't know my wife's login credentials and not if I'm watching a home video or a DVD that I've ripped.
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Animation is kinda janky on Chrome 28... mystery meat navigation, seems like I'm interacting with a train (slowdown on hover, speed up on hover out). Yeah, you're better off without it.
If you missed the slideshow your probably missing half the point. You should inspect the JavaScript, verify it safe and private, and turn on JavaScript. It's naughty, but a lot of people seem to like it.
>Who loses out when fans provide subtitles for films? My partner's native tongue is Spanish and so we often want to watch films with Spanish subtitles. Unfortunately it seems incredibly rare that subtitles are provided through legal channels. I can't tell you the number of times I've paid for a film in iTunes only to discover that there are no subtitles available in _any_ language. There's subler but the timing usually doesn't match which means I'm forced to go to the pirate bay to download a film that we can watch that I've already paid for.

Maybe so, but in 99% of the cases, the people using the subtitles have not also downloaded the film in iTunes.

They just use them with the film they got off a torrent.

(Sure, they might have also "bought the DVD", but I doubt that too, if my friends are people I know are any indication).
Nice! This seems to be well thought out and visually impressive
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That's a great point. I think we hear "winners never quit" so often that we think quitting is a "bad thing". But it's important to quit what you don't like to do so you don't lose that passion.

Passion is something that has been coming up in job interviews lately. Recruiters and managers keep saying "Your technical skills are great, but we didn't think you were passionate enough" and asking "What is it that really drives you?".

After spending my teens and 20s learning to accept that I can't have what I want, I'm having it thrust in front of me with people asking why I don't act like I want it.
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I agree. Perhaps a better clarification would be billable work vs work?
Their voicemails seem to be public...

Just pick a key from https://twelephone-voicemail.s3.amazonaws.com

and voila!

https://twelephone-voicemail.s3.amazonaws.com/1rajmadugulaed...
> Have you read how "rights" activist are going to strip NYC cops from doing just that which has resulted in an incredible drop in murders and similar crimes?

You are no doubt referring to stop and frisk. I'm so tired of having to say this to folks, but the violent crime rate in NYC has been dropping since before stop and frisk was a policy. In fact, there is no conclusive evidence or study that gives a direct causation for the fall in violent crime rates in NYC, even though Bloomberg and Ray Kelly will continue to claim otherwise.

> We got there by telling them, no you can't look at that guy because of where he lives, where he doesn't live, his skin color, the type of clothing he wears, or such.

If you think the race and poverty oriented profiling that the police employ make you safer, you are totally mistaken. They encourage harm to communities of predominantly black and hispanic people, they encourage imprisonment of those people, they encourage the destruction of those communities, and they encourage the increased power of the police force over all aspects of a city.
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I'm a fan of subsidizing green electricity generation (and I include nuclear power as green) and electric cars with a progressively increasing tax on gasoline. Most (not all of course) of this nation's towns have been engineered around roads and cars. You can't just add a light rail or a subway and expect instant adoption.

You can, however, gradually change the nature of the cars and the fuel that powers them. I would expect such a plan to go absolutely nowhere for the same reasons you outline above.
No, defamation laws "and such" are extremely limited in scope, for a reason. None of them stops people from "saying dumb things." It specifically DOES allow, protect, end entitle someone to "act like a dick and intentionally piss off whole subsections of society." There could be no discourse otherwise.

You may be confusing United States law with many European nations, which have very different interpretations of speech rights. For example, in Germany it is illegal to advocate for NeoNazism. In the United States, it is perfectly legal, even though it fits all of your "disallowed" criteria.
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No, but I'll overwork myself in my 20s to have 5 million in my 30s, much more achievable.
>15 years after movie has been released and no more US DVD copies available, only DVD available in Spanish markets with no English (and of course no Russian) soundtrek.

Sure -- but the most popular torrents are always the latest hollywood films (not to mention screeners or rips before they are even released on a DVD).

The case for "15 years old movies with no US DVD copies" are not really representative of the majority of cases. The long tail, maybe.
Adjust the way you think of the word "scope."

To people who build websites, scope means technical scope--the features, functionality, design, backend etc. A precise technical scope makes it easy to calculate a price.

But to people who buy websites, scope means financial scope--a "$100,000 project" vs. a "$20,000 project." They don't know precisely what they want...because they don't know what is possible. That's why they are hiring you!

So you learn as much as you can in the RFP process and propose your fixed price based on that. Unless the client or RFP is a terrible lie, you should be able to get it in the ballpark.

From there, closing the sale depends on your ability to convey that your expertise will help the client get the best possible product for this "scope" (i.e. price). If you want to cover a few more bases, you can provide some optional levels of effort for the riskiest items, or "nice to haves."
Seems like http://www.loom.com/ would be great?
Its great to have all of these tips in one place. Thanks
Well, then it's not a "real" MSRP if the manufacturer and the retailer are the same. There aren't two parties, so it's just the price and they have complete control over their own pricing.
Pretty sure that if you link to the best carousel you can find, you'll find plenty of people willing to go off on it.
I have worked with a lot of Germans, and they do value long hours - as well as efficiency.
Yeah that's possible. For everyone I know who has had his license revoked, the actual reason has been DWI. (I neither know nor particularly care what the relative averages are between DWI and "innocently" not paying speeding tickets. If you ask me DWI is every bit as much an overstated sin as speeding, only it's been inflated by the outrage industry rather than the police.) Involving a lawyer in those cases can be the difference between a 6-month suspension and a 5-year revocation. Not hiring an attorney would be an even more questionable decision than the original DWI.
I remember that.

Original thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/tenoq/reddit_my_f...

Follow-up: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/vomtn/update_my_f...
Why the snark troll?
And yet hosting a small app on engineyard (with hopes of hitting it big) is still infinitely more expensive than Heroku beyond the 20 day trial .
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I stumbled upon this after reading your post: http://www.quora.com/Finding-Co-Founders/How-do-I-go-about-f...

To quote:

I am a software engineer from a top 5 school and more than 10 years of experience with a couple of blue chip software companies and one billion dollar exit from a pre-IPO joining.

I have a deep passion for health empowerment, diagnostics, biohacking, and natural healing.

I also happen to know a good deal about the terminology and mechanisms pertaining to medical practices and procedures.

I would like to bounce some ideas off some MDs with whom I would eventually want to bring on as co-founders or as part of a medical advisory board. These folks would help me with product management and product marketing as well as add legitimacy to my enterprise.

The ideas are mostly software based, but some of them may involve a bit of custom hardware and/or hardware integration with medical devices.

How would I go about networking with such potential cofounders with the said qualifications and credentials?

Is it likely that a doctor would forgo a 300-500k salary to work at my startup for 20% equity?

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Might be worth talking to the Quora OP.
>Even if the subtitles are a translation?

Yes. Even for a book, you have to buy the rights for your language/country to be able to legally put out a translation.