skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, at the surface, when the rays are hitting perpendicular to the planet, it's 1000 W/m^2 (approx).

Of course the real problem is they are measuring the light in terms of incandescent bulb power draw, rather than something useful like lumens or candela, but due to a century of ubiquitous light bulbs, we've been rating light in the wrong units.
you're about 10 years late boss
Maybe in the future, it's beta right now. But you can host the stat data yourself using your own Redis instance. It is hosted in Germany (Hetzner).
Focus on systems rather than personalities
Just read the first part, it's only a few pages.

It's an exciting approach to high-speed land travel at a proposed cost of far far less than the California coastal rail's $70 billion minimum price point.
Yeah, this api is totally borked - they should always be returning a conceptual set, regardless of its cardinality.
ic. Probably worth updating the readme then atm its got "Gophercloud provides a Go binding to OpenStack cloud APIs."

fwiw. goose is LGPL.

I'm at a bit of a toss up re LCD between clouds vs exposing the underlying functionality of the clouds. The LCD apis (libcloud from experience) break down with real world usage even for simple things like net security groups, or zones spec into provider specific usage. It seems like most cross cloud apps ends up needing to redefine the abstraction layer within itself rather than attempting to reuse the same LCD code across clouds at which point its not clear that the LCD layer isn't a limitation to taking advantage of a native cloud functionality.
Amazon leaves a cookie on your computer even if you're not logged in. It remembers what products you've looked at recently.
So it bothers you that they TELL you that they have your purchase history, not that they DO have your purchase history?
There is an "Allow all blocked for session" button on the extension that will usually get the site loaded for you with one click.

You can also go to the extension options and white-list the domain(s). You can use wildcards there so you don't have to type all the relevant subdomains (e.g. cdn.example.com would be included with a *.example.com whitelist entry).
I always wondered how these "interviews" run in real life. All "we" usually see are fictional renderings in movie forms.
But what do they do when you just cross your arms and repeat the "I have nothing to say" phrase? How intense comes the physical pressure? Would love to get there some insights and on strategies to withstand the pressure.
I have not tried it, sorry.
How to Data (Science): Mapping SF Restaurant Inspection Scores
The tube will hew closely to existing highway I-5 eliminating most right-of-way issues (since the state controls the land already.

Also B-Y is currently very low density and paying someone $X,XXX/yr for this nearly silent tube to pass through their field is not exactly a hard-sell.
Leo (http://leoeditor.com/) + SpiderOak are what I use. TiddlyWiki was a fun toy, but I could never really grok its true power.
Increasing the amount of available reserves doesn't really transmit to inflation as it's constrained by demand for loans. The loanable funds model which says that increases in reserves leads directly to increases in loans doesn't really apply under a floating-rate non-convertible currency regime.
"Latest technologies" might want to say "Proven technologies" since latest can imply bleeding edge and possibly unreliable to some folks.
Rush Holt (D-NJ-12) has a PhD in physics, and more than a passing understanding of computation.
If Firefox implemented one process per tab tomorrow, would you switch from Chrome to Firefox? I suspect this particular implementation detail is not a "main problem" for the majority of users comparing Chrome and Firefox.
Works nicely on Windows and on Firefox 23/Mac OS X. Other browsers (Chrome, Safari and Opera) on OS X show nothing at all for me. OS X 10.6.8 on a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac.
North Koreans are already told that they live in the best country. They wouldn't officially suggest that the situation is terrible.
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> How to Data ...

First time I've seen "data" used as a verb.
I can't get it to trigger. Even after reading the source code. :(
The Thoughtful Development Environment
It's not a complaint, it's advice for online retailers.
So, introduce a coin variant where 1/1000 or 1/10000 of cycles is donated to folding@home or seti@home or just a random Boinc project. That way, you still make money, but now you get to donate your cycles to charity as well.
Why was the government ignorant?

They had a loan program to kick-start electric vehicles. One of their loans was largely responsible for the existence of Tesla and its ensuing success. The loan was paid back.

Should the government have been more profit-maximizing? Do we want civil servants taking large equity stakes in private companies? We fund research (both directly and through the university system) all the time with the understanding that the net benefits to society outweigh the direct costs of the programs.
I'm using https://pushover.net/

Easy to integrate and all you really need to pay is the iPhone App.
WinRT is supposed to be a modernized version of .Net built with lightweight asychronous programming in mind. I haven't yet checked if this promise is bullshit.

In my experience with Windows Azure, Microsoft seems to be moving deliberately slowly. They build a small solid foundation and add more features when they're ready. Azure didn't have AutoScale until recently. I'm sure WinRT will keep growing.
The title was accurate. Blocks are being found at a rate of 1 every 5 minutes. There's no way the next difficulty jump will be enough to bring the speed to 10 minutes since it takes the average time over the last 2016 blocks. It's likely in a couple weeks the time to find blocks will be even lower than it is now if the growth rate continues like this.
IIRC, there was a presentation by Valve where they complained that even if you don't do a keyboard grab, some window managers do it for you when you request a fullscreen window.

For an SDL2-using game, I tried BrütalLegend and alt-tab works as you'd expect when using OpenBox. I usually just run games in a separate X server with just OpenBox to isolate them from messing with my main desktop. Plus, they can't block ctrl+alt+F7.
Interestingly, custom-made ASICs[1] to perform Folding@Home calculations have also been developed that perform at unprecedented speeds. Of course, there isn't any reason someone outside of academia would be compelled to buy one.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_(computer)
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I think you're making a lot of assumptions about developers based on your own personal preferences. Have you reached out to other developers to get their feedback? I realize that posting here is one way to do that, but there are a lot of developers who don't post here.
Instagram Video Vs. Vine: What’s The Difference?
Do you think Vine is better than Instagram video?
Thanks! I'll take care of it or file an issue. As for GPL vs LGPL - I am aware, but given the goals of not focusing on openstack solely and also that all of our other work is Apache 2 for maximum flexibility and freedom, we currently prefer this approach.

The LCD issue is being resolve in libcloud - we have multiple FT devs working on it right now, and does not come up as an issue with Fog, jclouds, or pkgcloud. It's possible to make an abstraction that is simple enough to start but powerful enough to access the advanced features of each individual cloud host.

I hope users and consumers will keep us honest - as we said in the post, our interest is pretty much no lock-in on an API level (hence: openstack) and no lock-in on the code level. We really want to make tools that allow our users and others to fluidly move between hosts.
If you really take the concept of a soul living in some astral dimension seriously, then performing experiments to try to pinpoint its interface with ordinary matter (the body) makes perfect sense.

If you're not interested in getting experimental evidence for your idea, whatever it might be, it could be that you don't even believe there is any. Maybe you actually think the idea isn't even true in the literal sense.
"cheat code" is a perfect way of describing it... I think that's definitely part of the ethos of couponing. It's retail hacking for many.
I wish they would just let you remove the Xbox account from your Live.com account but nope! I might just close it anyway, like I'm ever going to use Outlook.com
And I hoped for cheap gopher:// hosting.
Shockingly, the article doesn't even mention A/B testing as a way to find out what a site's visitors prefer. In my opinion, an untested strategy is little more than guesswork.
Official 720p torrent: https://www.defcon.org/html/torrent/DEF%20CON%2020%20documen...
set TB_overlay and TB_window to display: none
Uncovering the 'Five Ws' of Consumers
I don't get why they don't just do away with the constitution altogether. It's clear that those in power have no belief in it and work to circumvent or strip away its protections every chance they can. Why even keep up with the pretense?
Actually, 313.9 million. All it takes for the government to suspend constitutional rights is an accusation of terrorism. They don't like you? Bam, you are a terrorist...pull out the drones!
> It’s the optics that matter.

Oh really? Refraction and reflection of light, the study of same - that's what matters is it?

Of course not. You mean appearances matter. Name-dropping some physics-sounding word does not make you sound smart, it makes you sound confused and wrong. Optics means optics. It doesn't mean whatever you choose it to mean.

Deliberately misusing words doesn't make you sound cool, it makes you sound like a "Sandwich Artist".
Lenovo does this, but they quote all the prices assuming you are going to put in the coupon code, which they display on the entry page into the product you are buying.

If you don't realize you have to jump through this dumb hoop and think you are actually getting the discount automatically, which is quite easy to do (I did, and I'm no dummy), they do not reimburse you the difference if you call on the phone to explain. The guy on the phone specifically explained to me that that is their official policy in this situation.

I mean, I trusted Lenovo (good past experiences), so I wasn't being super duper careful to look for any kind of trick. Imagine that... not looking out for being tricked! What a fool I was.

If you eally want the discount, you have to cancel your order and re-order, which means getting the product later. Lenovo knows very well that many customers won't do this.

tl;dr Lenovo suits have calculated a new way to trick customers, and treat customers in a shitty way. They should be ashamed. Gipped me off for a few hundred bucks.
It's interesting. I sometimes sigh when I see a discount box because I know I'm going to spend the next 10 minutes searching for a code.

For me, not having the box would have meant I "knew" I was getting the best deal. Having the box and failing to find a code means I "failed" at getting the best deal, even if there wasn't a better deal to be had.

Finding a code sometimes makes me think, "am I allowed to use it?" but of course, I'd try anyway and yes, can be pleased if I get the magical 10-15% off.
"You don’t owe any taxes until you sell the shares."

This isn't true; if you exercise - and don't sell - your options, you will be subject to the AMT. (Alternative Minimum Tax). During the original Internet bubble (and bust) this caused significant hardship for many people. Tip - don't take tax planning advice from random blogs.
Commitment - Design Means Decisions
This is completely off-topic, but you don't have a bold weight of the body font you're using, so the browser is trying to fake it and it looks very fuzzy.
Agree with the criticism of the above comment, but I think "the Segway is now entrenched in our society" is a very bold (and unfounded, IMO) claim.

I've set to see a single one in the flesh. The only ones I've seen in photographs are tourist gimmicks. Granted, I've never travelled to North America, but I do live in a developed western country.
That to me sounds like you're saying cars would be better off without wheels.
FYI, Mark Wunsch's video seems to be cut off.
The Long Tail, part 2, powered by WebRTC
Sizzle is one of the engines we are checking out. Is HTML.js better? No idea. Worse? Same answer.

HTML.js is still smaller (a huge factor for me right now) and less 'robust', but that isn't always a bad thing.
Who's dismissing? I love it -- and this example looks great.
Two frontpage articles from foreignpolicy.com? Seems a little strange...
Even if you might not like it, you have to conform to the law. If the law says you can't kill somebody, you don't, no matter how much you believe they deserved it.

If the law says you take down a page after receiving a DMCA notice, you take down the page.

If you don't, you will be punished. That's how the law works.

WordPress not complying with the DMCA could have the effect of them losing their safe-harbor status which might very quickly lead to them going off the net completely. The monetary issue aside (going off the net would mean they lose all of their revenue), is it worth losing all WP.com hosted blogs just to temporarily keep one online?
Ouch! I'll test this and see if I can recreate/fix it. One thing to make certain of is that you're using GNUstep from subversion. The debian packages are almost always about a year out of date, unfortunately.
I've been wondering if lisp languages would be a good fit for this, as they have a minimum of syntax.
Imagine you're in a store and the person in front of you pulls out a coupon and gets a discount.

But you don't need to imagine it because it happens all the time and you still shop in stores.
Dotfile Boilerplate
Dotfile Boilerplate is a system for dotfile organization more than an opinionated framework.

The basic structure of Dotfile Boilerplate is based on Zach Holman's dotfiles. Configuration files are grouped by topic (e.g., "git", "vim", "zsh", etc.)., and a file named [whatever].symlink will by symlinked to ~/.[whatever].
I think you are missing the perspective of the article. Coupons (and their online codes) are a great tool for the recipients.

The article is from the perspective of a customer without a coupon. In that case, the presence of the coupon code field actually makes you less likely to buy or convert. This article isn;t blaming the methodology. It is saying the status-quo presentation is poor and needs improvement.
Startups plug the proteins of tomorrow: crickets, mealworms, soy, & peas
Hyperloop proposal: Bad joke or attempt to sabotage California HSR project?
When I'm rich, I'm going to spam local radio stations with ads that spell out affiliate link URLs.
You don't see it because it's not really idiomatic Go code. Another way to do this would be to define a type that is a function type, and then to put a method on that function type. Yes, functions can have methods in Go. This seems a bit odd at first, and it may not seem particularly important, but because a function can have a method, and an interface is just a method set, you can use a function to satisfy an interface. A more idiomatic way to accomplish the same thing would be to define the argument function as it's own type:

type AccessFn func(gophercloud.AccessProvider)

so now AccessFn describes any function that takes an AccessProvider as its sole parameter, and returns nothing. On this function type, define WithIdentity as a method (edited for brevity):

func (fn AccessFn) WithIdentity(allowReauth bool) {
acc, _ := gophercloud.Authenticate(...)
fn(acc)
}

Inside of the function's method, you can invoke the function itself. Then you would define the actual AccessFn as some variable:

fn := AccessFn(func(gophercloud.AccessProvider ) {
// ...
})

and then call its WithIdentity method:

fn.WithIdentity(ar)

And then, if you were so inclined, you could define an interface over your WithIdentity method, so that in whatever context you're in, anything that has a WithIdentity method will do. This often (but not always) leads to code that's a bit easier to read. Nested callbacks... not always the easiest to wrap your head around.

shameless plug: I've written about this in more detail here, if this sort of thing interests you: http://jordanorelli.tumblr.com/post/42369331748/function-typ...
Five "Big Data" Visualizations Every Brand Needs
IDC drops estimates for the number of touch laptops to sell this year
Show HN: A simple Git client built right into Sketch.
Please stop the demo if I start typing something in the box.
False premises common in anti-A/B-testing arguments
If I read the proposal correctly, the system is less sensitive than the tolerances you describe. There is a tight tolerance to maintain between the "air skid" and the wall of the tube, but the air skid is mounted on a suspension system that is probably intended to deal with small variations away from the ideal tube shape. Those variations will manifest to passengers as "bumps" and will also result in transient additional drag, I suspect.

It would be cool if you could take another look and see if the tolerances are truly what you describe, or if there's actually more room for variance.
Crashes my Firefox 22.0 instantly.
I highly recommend the readability plugin (http://www.readability.com/addons) for dealing with these terrible overlays.
Ask HN: Can we have a whistleblowers bible? 
I was reading how Snowden first mailed Laura Poitras and asked for her public key, and then they set up an even more secure system.

What was the system? And how would every journalist get to know about it, and who would keep it up-to-date?

I guess a best practises guide for journalists and whistleblowers, covering TOR, having a seperate laptop, not using phones, or skype. That sort of thing, with explanations.

Is there such a thing?
good spot. i was thinking the same myself. he just got a do-follow link from a PR7 blog for this post, so it was definitely worth it.
How Facebook's News Feed Algorithm Actually Works - The Buffer Blog
And you're offered those coupons all the time in newspapers and magazines but decide they're not worth the hassle. Here the first time you even discover coupons is at the checkout
Unless your purchased compute time is more than 50% of the network your odds depend mostly on the number of confirmations and not the time they take. The cost of a sub-50% attack increases exponentially with more confirmations but only linearly with longer confirmations, so the number of confirmations is more important.
1. Someone goes to the first link that was posted

2. They see links to other articles from that site (e.g. "Most Popular on FP")

3. They decide to post that article to HN
Just a couple of weeks ago I had to modify that ansible configuration for the first time since the setup so I pulled a fresh copy.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to test before updating ansible in future. I suppose going from 0.x to 1.x you can expect some breakage, but hopefully after 1.0 formats will be pretty stable?
I can imagine him being torn on his priorities here, at the very least the Hyperloop project would drain some of his core engineering group which might not be in the best interest of tesla or spaceX.

It will take a real entrepreneur to derisk the project enough though before it can be released under other management. At the very least this marketing wave will aid him in securing enough funding/political capital to build a prototype somewhere.
How to contact sponsors for your hackathon
Yeah, god, I long for the days before Google Maps, too. Who needs that slick slippy interface when you can endlessly click arrows at the corner of a static image?
Nice move by them :)
yeah, imagine claustrophobic passengers got stuck in a capsule, midway, blocked by other capsules from each side, running out of air. Are they gonna cut them out of the tube or what?
The change from em to pixels seems misguided. Pixels are not a replacement for ems just because it is a programming language. The claim made in the discussion that em is a kludge to make relative resizing possible is wrong. You don't control the users font size to start with. Using ems lets me specify sizes in terms relative to your font size which I do not know. Without ems, I have to force a pixel size on everything to start with, which is terrible (people with vision problems can't read anything now) and which doesn't actually work (setting a font to 10px will not work in my browser for example, I have the minimum font size constrained to 14px). We really do need both px and em to be available.

On a side note, any plans to integrate sounds? The use case I have that got me considering elm was simple web based games like solitaire or connect 4. Sound effects would be really nice there.
CPSC sues defiant CEO individually in Buckyball case
Elon Musk Q&A 'Hyperloop' on KQED
For usenet and mailing lists, this is handled on the client side by read/unread tags on messages. Web forums haven't yet found a way to do as good a job imo, leading to a lot more reload-and-scan type activity that feels even more twitchy than the old kind of check-for-new-messages twitchiness.

Reddit does notify you when there's an unread direct reply to one of your comments, which is a replication of one part of that functionality.
Starts at 1:00min.
> I mean, there is a lot wrong with the affiliate world. Believe me. I was all settled in for a sordid tale of intrigue or some yarn about a clever heist.

same here, i was waiting for a juicy tale. there is plenty of scams and dodgy stuff going on the affiliate world. this isn't one of them.
Ask HN: Subscription-billing management service for startups?
We're weighing options for how to handle customer billing and management for a subscription service. The options range from rolling our own with Stripe and Devise, to using an enterprise-level service such as Zuora.

Not having much hands-on experience in this field, it'd be interesting to know what's worked for other startups. Basically, the idea is to have accounts management separated from the main app/service in question, so that the accounts system can be hooked into future subscription services we might build.

In terms of features, this is what I'm thinking:

* Handles billing information

* Handles payment processing

* Handles user authentication

* Provides the framework for customer online interaction (i.e. account activation, cancellation, email blasts for system-related announcements)
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Well, to give specific examples of coupons I found there, I usually get 20% off when I order Papa Johns, and I got 2 months free web hosting from Digital Ocean. For Amazon, you're right; they don't usually have anything good for Amazon. For smaller places, my experience has been that they have nice coupon codes if they exist.