skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'd argue that it's more a lack of options/timing. MovableType was once big and then they offended the community which saw an exodus, mostly to WordPress. WordPress was really they only equivalent back then. Even today, there aren't a lot of options. Typo (on Rails) wasn't well maintained for a while and many cheap hosts still don't play that well with Ruby/Rails. There are a few Python blogs (and more than a few use Django), but again many hosts don't support Python well.

WordPress really has that thousands of monkeys banging on a keyboard thing going for it. There are just so many users who have created little plugins. Most of WordPress might be crap, but no one wants to spend time on something of such low-value (code-wise) as a blog and WordPress meets most needs. It's slow, it has poor security, its interface leaves a lot to be desired (keeps getting more complicated in my opinion), but it works well enough.

Just look at the options. You can run MovableType in its Perl/PHP comboness. You can run an under-featured Python blog based off one of those many frameworks and then get annoyed that there isn't anti-spam protection. You could try a Rails blog like Typo or Mephisto, but you have to deal with getting a host that supports Ruby well (no problem for me, but definitely for many). And Typo never seems to quite keep pace with Rails.

Users do care about elegance. It's just that elegance is sometimes not built (like the number of Django blogs that are missing even simple things that you don't notice at first) or just don't see the type of life that WordPress has because they came later.

WordPress is elegant enough for most people while other solutions have deal-breakers in them for many people.
I reject moral relativism. I have no problem saying "The government shouldn't be able to kill you and your family when you complain about them in public."

As you might imagine, I'm rather familiar with the arguments in favor of moral relativism, but I can't quite seem to forget that they are, in part, an argument that it's ok for some governments to kill people who disagree with them, merely because they disagree with them. It makes me worry that perhaps someday they'll get around to telling me that now my government is one of the privileged governments.

So, even if I'm perhaps stretching the truth about my private beliefs, in public, I'm going to stand up and say that free speech is a right of all humans without shame.

(BTW, there's a number of subsets in here. I am aware that free speech is not the sum total of morality, for instance. Moreover, you'll find that my morality is permitted to be more complicated than you might think; an absolutist can freely incorporate relativism when desirable, whereas a true relativist can't let even one absolute in or the whole thing comes down and they are back on absolutist grounds. The moral question of "how much respect should be shown for elders?" is much more flexible than "can you murder someone for arbitrary reasons?".)
Thanks for spreading the word, Ivan. The $10k is for the initial design and some design development based on community desires; this number does not include engineering and development. But all in all, the outcome is vastly lower cost to market.
I don't know about code quality but please elaborate on features. Could you name any features of Drupal that Wordpress doesn't have ?
Urgh, I'm not happy about this. WordPress' codebase by itself is reasonable--don't get me wrong, it's bulky in places--but if MU is going to be added to the core, that is going to make a stock WordPress install carry a lot of extra baggage.

The site is down for me--what is the reasoning for this? wordpress.org's blog doesn't have any information in the most recent few posts from the skim that I just gave.
Get Bing results side-by-side with Google with WebMynd (YC W08)
I can't imagine a meal being better than a weekend in Hawaii.
Moving from OAuth 1.0 to OAuth 1.0a
Bing Vs. Google Comparator
That may be what they told you at university, but censorship is in fact bad.
You admit to making racist comments, but seem to be very confident in your thoughts, and you seem to be a bright guy how can you be so certain of your self-admitted unintelligent views. Your perspective is a perspective taken by most who lacks understanding. I appreciate that. I even appreciate your opinion. I realize that you admit that they are limited to your world of perspective, by adopting racist views,understand that they lack perspective and significant thought. We are all limited by our perspective and to speak with limited perspective is to speak often time foolishly. I'm sure you have people that may listen to you and that may look up to you. Do the world a favor and simply state that what you say are based on your opinion and your perspective is limited.

That's your disclaimer.
Well I'd be more likely to use a piece of code if I see that people have constant commits that are raising the quality of the code base. At least this way you aren't just going by commits/releases, you get to see how they changed the quality of the product.
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Metro Dig at Tysons Stirs Underground Intrigue
He offers terrible advice telling people to not incorporate. He's stubborn about it even when the audience challenges him.

You should incorporate at the very start for a number of reasons-- liability, taxes, IP ownership, banking, hiring contractors. It doesn't cost but a few hundred dollars.
How Important are Avatars?
"Primitives made sense at the time"

I assume you mean primitive data types not being first-class objects? When Java was born, Smalltalk had a very long history of Ints and Chars being first class objects. The VM/byte-code compiler took care of in-lining values to make their time/space behavior as if they were primitive data types.
I can. (And I'm not saying this makes Drupal better than Wordpress, just different. I really like both tools.)
Drupal is better suited than WP for each user to be throwing back as much content as they're consuming. When the membership is more "flat," a la YouTube/Flickr/Facebook. (Drupal is kind of notorious for making proof of concept clones of all the major social sites.)

Drupal also has hooks for creating "nodes" (a Drupal word for a page, basically), from external DB's, and can create custom content types, with any combination of fields/menus without making the end-user seeing anything ugly (WP also has a custom field type option, but it forces the publisher into a type of Administrator view, whereas in Drupal, you can make the custom content view look as pretty and neat as Twitter submit form, or any interface.)

Again, I'm NOT saying Drupal is better than WP, it's just really different. I actually hesitate to compare them. I think Drupal is more similar to Django/Rails. It's a framework, but with an really ugly admin panel, and it's that GUI that makes people compare it to WP, which of course has an incredible admin interface that makes any WP user rightfully wrinkle their nose when first using Drupal :D
Just integrate over longer periods of time: "yes dear, that always happens -- just so long as we live forever." ;-)
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+1 for Pixlr. I use it quite often when I don't want to reboot or launch VirtualBox for Windows/Photoshop and only need some minor tweaks.
Cisco Joins The Dow
I agree that free speech is a human right, for some definition of free speech.

I don't agree that "no censorship" is a human right. If NBC wants to start running a special on how Jews are Satan's children, then I want the FCC to censor them. You don't have the right to say whatever you want on your government granted airwave monopoly.

As for bored's comment, it is an obvious exclusion of the middle. Saying "China's censorship is bad" is not at all the same as saying "no censorship is a universal human right."
judging a startup by the founder's email address..brilliant methodology
Nixon and the press had a really bad relationship. Kennedy and the press, however, was something to behold.
Some of Drupal's best features come in the form of modules (there are over 4000). Some of the most powerful:

Dynamic content types (CCK module),
Query builder (Views module),
Triggers and Actions (Rules module).

If you want to explore, take a look at http://drupalmodules.com/
The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet's Raw Data
iWAR?
Logo Design RoundUp Part 7 - How Designers Promote & Brand Themselves
The author makes the assumption that tobacco was stigmatized by a moral crusade-- a key mistake. Even if it was correct, anything rebellious is cool, so this argument holds no water.

The real reason smoking is out is obvious! Have you ever smelled a smoker's breath? Their clothes? Ever had smoke blown in your face? Ever sat down on a couch covered months of acquired ash? Ever had an ashtray spilled on or near you? Stepped on a cigarette butt? Ever seen a woman who's been chain-smoking for 10 years?

It's gross.

Porn, however, is always in excellent taste. ;)
Strunk & White's The Elements of Style deserves a mention here in case anyone has missed it -- clear, concise, and practical writing advice.

1999 edition on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/d...

1918 edition online: http://www.bartleby.com/141/

For more hand-holding, On Writing Well by William Zinsser is worthwhile.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-30th-Anniversary-Nonficti...
If you want something simple and usable, you can use those Favicon creator websites.

Here's the Hacker News Logo [http://imgur.com/1NTcL.png] which I quickly created in Paint.NET

This site, http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/, will convert it into favicon. You can also get an animated version without any additional effort.

http://imgur.com/JuA0X.gif
Netbook OS Jolicloud Prepares For Launch
That's a good point, really. I mean, look at all the comments his work has gotten here on HN.
That seems like one of those rather obvious details that was "intentionally" overlooked.
Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Live
Since the he in this case is me, I think it was nice to have the audience challenge me, since I said at the beginning that I was not an expert - I mean, this was barcamp after all :-)

My problem with incorporation is not the cash, but the time you waste - trying to figure out if you should be an LLC/C Corp/S Corp, doing the paperwork, and then once incorporated dealing with taxes.

Here's some previous discssuion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=125368

That being said, incorporation is something that is very case specific, and my do not incorporate advice was based on my experiences, which is what the presentation really was about.

I still don't think incorporating is a good idea for a bootstrapped product-less startup, how's that for stubbornness? ;-)
The danger of all monopolies. I'm not trying to troll or promote irrational fear, but I feel that the competition has been too weak.

The hegemony of a single organization which has a clearly stated philosophical viewpoint with a desire to index all information quite simply poses risks which others have described better than I can claim to. By diversifying those risks I hope we can reduce the potential problems.

I'm not saying that Microsoft is the antidote, just that I am glad to see competition. I hope there is more forthcoming.
NBC is a company. Free speech is a human right.
Benchmarking PHP functions (in real time)
Maybe you could use ExtJS or ExtGWT (http://extjs.com/) since you're already developing in Java?
It's not for everyone, that is for certain! Where are you from, vaksel? Since you seem to have solid opinions on the type of vehicle you would like to drive (you mentioned type of vehicle, price, and powertrain) we would love for you to join the Local-Motors.com community and guide the vehicle choice process. This is what it's all about!

The Rally Fighter is certainly not "all purpose" and does not satisfy my craving for a race car either. For off-roaders who either want to get into desert racing, or already do it, the vehicle makes sense - in some ways, maybe more sense than anything else on the market. And the idea of building it alongside an expert makes sense as well; if you are going to be out in the middle of nowhere and driving hard, it's best if you know how to take care of your vehicle yourself. Even if it just means changing a tire or building confidence in understanding the vehicle limitations, this is a cool experience for those who desire it. Again, not for everyone. And that's the point. The Local Motors experience is for the crazed car enthusiast - seems everyone knows one or two.

Electric makes great sense for some places and I'm certain that Lm will build an EV sooner than later; but for desert racing I think clean diesel is best. The choice of powertrain is based on geographic availability of alternative fuel sources, as well as use of the vehicle. You can't race Baja w/ an EV. Where would you recharge on your 2k mile trek through Ensanada? As of yet, it's not feasible. Maybe in the future.

I think it's arguable as to whether or not Local Motors should have entered the market w/ a Tesla-like sports car. But when you think of Tesla, Ron Motors, Fisker and others, do you think the playing field is a bit full? Surely there is room for others to compete at that level, but we are not at that level. We are not going to make very many Rally Fighters, and they will not be available all over the country. This is niche.

We certainly have some proving to do but we are ready for the challenge! The format is viable, and so far the community is supportive of the Rally Fighter (and there is talk of an electric Boston Bullet). Hope to hear more of your thoughts.

Ariel

aferreira@local-motors.com
Lamson 0.9 Is Out, Find My Bugs
While I agree with your point, it gets lost when applied to Starbucks.
There seems to be a groundswell of people who have suddenly realised that it's totally unreasonable to charge what they charge for a cup of coffee.
The sheer ubiquity of Starbucks has also reduced their luxury allure.
Might be nice to have a pretty receipt, but as far as Starbucks is concerned, they might want to reduce the font of the price and ensure it smudges easily.
Ask HN: Javascript Framework Alternatives to Sproutcore/ExtJS/Cappucino
I'm trying to build a rich internet application and would like the web app to closely resemble a desktop app. Besides the three frameworks I have listed, what other frameworks exists to build something like a 280slides.com UI ?
Ask HN: Please review my new project: almost.at
I was a little excited after reading the article, alas I was disappointed when I tried it out. Seems to do everything in its power to avoid displaying blogspot, google mail lists, and google code projects. It didnt display as much about me as when I searched my name on google - did not even have my blog which has my name in the DNS :( . When I searched for dojango I was very disapointed... "Results are included for django" could have been changed to "Results were replaced with this search that we think you meant"
To top things off, it seems to temporarily freeze my Ubuntu's installation of FF every time I move my mouse around the page.
Yet few people complain about the level of experience of a CEO's secretary. I might setup a briefing for senior army leadership, but I don't decide what to do with it.

If Obama says what about option X, you can bet this guy or someone like it is going to research it and bring back some more information.
I used Cappuccino to build the front-end, so thanks go to the 280 North guys!
I loved Hit-A-Hint so much I forked it when the original devoper abandoned it.

http://elder-gods.org/lol
> NBC is a company. Free speech is a human right.

I don't quite see what you're saying. For instance, free speech gives companies the right to publish books that criticize the government.

If you are saying that all individuals should be free to say whatever they want, then I assure you that your views are extreme. Do you believe that everyone has the right to put up billboards covered in child pornography?
Nice work.

I was thinking about this earlier, but sadly Bingle.com was already taken.
Nice job getting this up quickly!
What exactly are you looking for in the framework? One of the three frameworks you have listed will probably work if you want build something like 280slides.
Fascinating. Would be nice if you labeled the three columns, (The first is twitter mentions, the second flickr and the third everything else?)

But it looks like a great way of visualizing developing stories, with the downside being that you can only really track one thing at a time.

How are you dealing with reducing noise from stuff that you pull from twitter or the web?
> My point is that the issue of free speech does not seem to be related to the probability of having poor governance. And this is coming from a person who was a pretty big believer in free speech being a guarantor of good governance.

I think it is rather that: free speech is a check against bad governance.
To be honest, I've felt Google has been 'babying' me too much in the last year. I've had part of my queries dropped, different intent inferred and weird verb stemming applied to my searches. In the last 6 months there have been at least a dozen occasions where I've felt the results are total crap for no good reason.

(mind you, that's out of 15,000 searches according to my Google search history)

There's also the general problem of too many commercial pages when you're trying to get information, not a product. However Bing, et al, seems to suffer from the same thing.

(eg, try finding out information about the Shoreline Amphitheatre VIP lounge experience. There are sites out there which discuss it, but it took a ridiculous number of permutations of search terms to finally find them)
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=636711
gonna delete this.
An interview with Caustic's James McCombe on ray tracing and the gaming industry
I get quite a few people coming to my blog about this issue, and emailing me because Google is so hopeless for this one particular query: http://www.cederman.com/?p=133
High-Court Nominee Adopts RIAA Stance
Thanks. A lot of the work we've done is building a platform which makes it really easy to add new sources, and improve search in general. So we like to show that off when appropriate :-)
Is there any oversight & regulation in these secondary markets? What's the catch here? If this is allowed, then what's the incentive to go public. My guess is the overhead in these private transactions will be high enough to keep out most individual investors. I wonder if that's a plus or a minus for the VC & equity firms this seems to cater to.
It is not flame bait. (BTW, I can't read your link due to Google's copyright restrictions.)

gas uses AT&T syntax because it needs a format that applies to multiple architectures. But the Intel format dominates Intel-specific compilers and, I expect, the mindshare of Intel assembly coders. The OSS world is no exception; the open-source Intel nasm and fasm assemblers use Intel format. Intel syntax is so popular, in fact, that gas itself was modified to support it: http://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.19/as/i386_002dSyntax....
Get free help for your startup: 2nd Jobnob SF Networking Happy Hour (6/11)
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Thanks!

The "Followees" feature is going to be key in avoiding the twitter hashtag spam. Basically, you add people on twitter who are actually attending the event... and their posts are highlighted in yellow. You can also see only followee posts with the button at the top.

I was testing Google I/O last week with 50-60 followees and it really cut through the spam and all the "I wish I were at Google I/O!!!!" posts.

I'll be at WWDC next week and I'm hoping that the big Keynote will be a good test for the system.
"Even funnier, there are now online places where you can buy boxes of software, have them MAILED to you, and then you can install them."

UPS is always going to have faster throughput than the internet. It's just the latency that's a killer.
I would imagine only 'accredited investors' are allowed to participate.
Wow, that's expensive. It seems like he sources news/images from the AP as well. So even though this is a self-funded, one man show, it's clear he's investing a lot into the product. Well done!
Yes, this is momentous, but there's nothing new to be said about it, likely (prove me wrong, someone!). However, metacomments are interesting all the time, in the same way and for the same reason that people like talking about themselves.

That's not exactly an endorsement, of course...
JuliusMcfly, sought insight and understanding to his problem, its obvious that you and confusion lacks insight and understanding in other areas (expousing racist views) and are willing to speak without sound judgement,insight and substantial reference, how can julius or anyone else bank on your opinion in this forum or any other? Its obvious that your opinion will be misinformed,unreliable, deviates from the issue at hand and wrapped with distorted and arrogant views.
Actually 4chan.org/b/ took it and changed its name to "Twilight Appreciation Station - The darkest place on the internet — for vampire compatriots."

http://img.4chan.org/b/ :)
Very cool. Easy quick improvement: add "cursor: pointer" to the CSS of the event links on the left-hand side. That will make it easier for the user to tell he should click on them.