skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Actually, I disagree with you here (because what hasn't happened to you has actually happened to me).

I was robbed at gunpoint, the perpetrator took both my phone and my laptop (the only computer authorized to login), which was the only computer that had a non-expired login.

I print out all the codes, stored them in a secure place in my house (with things like my passport). For the truly paranoid, get a safe, or a safety deposit box at a bank.
Why not just hold shift when you click "compose"?
I can imagine that, because a crack or meth user can't hold down a decent job. Whether legal or not they'd tend to have to rob to get the money to stay high. And when legal it's likely more people would get addicted.
No, a couple locations in Europe.

I've just tried it with two locations in the US and it works with no errors. If I add to them a location in Europe there's an error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'firstChild' of null derefnull.org/wx/:290
Chill out. He didn't try to insult you, he said it's somewhere else for those things to go. He didn't claim it's actually unimportant, and frankly, Hacker News wasn't intended for this kind of discussion - the guidelines support him.

Whether or not that means it shouldn't be here at all is up for debate, but don't act as though he's being insulting when he's just supporting something that's reasonable. He can voice his reasons just as you can voice yours. You're the one being more insulting.
Click the "-><-" arrows at the top and you can go back to the old style.

I like the new version and wish they'd used it long ago, I want a large box to type my emails in, not a small rectangle.
> The screen is ridiculously small.

To which I'd say the screens on WP8 and Android flagships are ridiculously large and poorly calibrated.

I feel as though I'm in the minority: but it pains me to use anything larger than an iPhone 4S. (The iPhone 5 included, sadly.)

I'd love to leave the iOS ecosystem, as I agree with your other criticisms. I long for the days where I can use foobar2k to manage my portable media player again -- but there's _no where for me to go._

The iPhone isn't a "little toy" to me, it's the only flagship phone I can use comfortably.

I feel left behind, as if I'm some sort of refugee from the display wars. -- Who will cater to me? Sony seems to be on the right track. At least their giant-Xperia has finally relocated the controls to be a bit more ergonomic.
Microsoft: The hardware company
OK, unlikely to happen. Did that make any great change in public consciousness? Obviously not.
I did the same thing in Toronto in the '80's, except for the walk to school bit, I was bussed then. I walked to the bus stop, across roads and whatnot.

You don't have to talk to people that old, the mass retardation of parents is a relatively new thing.
Maybe I am overly cynical, but if quality education will be commodity probably the following things will determine success: which country you were born into, the culture of the family you were born into, talent, access to education that cannot be teached on the internet (learning to be a doctor?), family connections, natural resources of the country you live in (-> and politics, and strength of army of the country you live in), knowing country specific knowledge (that cannot be outsourced to poor countries), having English as mother language, etc...

Most of it is already true, as big part of education is already (almost) a commodity. (At least compared to education 100 years ago)

Free education will make the world better. But if we just take the zero sum game of 'who will be successful in society', then there will always be factors. If not education then others, like the ones which I mentioned.
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They came to the same conclusion in the original thread last week - http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1lcb09/possible_new_sp...
Genuinely surprised that there's no octopus kitkat.
I try not to purchase anything from Amazon if I can find an equivalent elsewhere. In the long term, a monopoly on retail is a bad thing for us, and I'm taking the long view.

EDIT: Though I must say, I've always wanted a print+digital feature, and if the paperwhite is as cool as they make it look...
You're also conflating all levels of alcohol usage with crack addiction. It's possible for many people (though granted, probably nearly genetically impossible for some people) to use either without becoming addicted. And for alcoholics, it's often very hard to hold down a job.
I'm currently sitting in JFK. I found this article interesting (as I do most of Schneier's writing) and almost read parts of it aloud to my wife who is sitting across from me. It then occurred to me that discussing rational responses to terrorism while sitting in an airport would likely be ill-advised...
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Just like their search engine? They have been flushing cash down the "online services" drain for years, with nary a profit to show, nor any progress in market share.

Cash is the one thing Microsoft has. Ability to make tons more cash over the next few years (at least) is another one.

Oh, and their market share in increasing http://www.brafton.com/news/google-bing-gained-search-market... , albeit at Yahoo's expense. Who knows, 3 years from now Microsoft might outbid Google on Firefox or maybe anti-trust will not let Google buy more traffic, being essentially a monopoly and all.

Bottom line: Microsoft is in for the long, long run. So is Apple and so is Google.
First, downvotes aren't for disagreement here. Comments are. Thus...

Second, I disagree, and agree with the grandparent that that other place (or any other place, really) would make a perfect place for discussing all those things you list.

Actionable articles about the business of software and technology to help build same. That's what we're here for. If you'd like more stuff to talk about, there's lots more internet out there. You're free to hang out at more than one place.
wow... This is beautiful and so smooth. It doesn't even lag slightly. I must say I am very impressed.
> U.S. political world in which Afghanistan is not invaded after September 11

Agree and I wish we would have done exactly that instead of conquering Iraq.
GlassWiki: A freely licensed wiki on Google Glass development [resubmit]
Yeah I'm kinda OCD about my email.

Thanks, just found the HN thread about email clients. Checking out Airmail now.
You were probably downvoted because a "War on Terror" is not necessary to minimize terrorism. Nor, as you point out, does minimizing necessitate destroying our rights and liberties.

"The War on..." is a phrase that signals to us that we should be on the lookout for crude solutions that do more harm than good. It is a crude phrase that perfectly embodies the simplistic attitude that inevitably backs whatever program the phrase is being used to describe.

Wherever there is a "War on..." there is almost certainly something that we could be doing smarter, rather than harder.
Now you're assuming both that drug abuse would increase if drug prohibition ended and that drugs wouldn't get drastically cheaper. Both are claims you would need to support, and claims I do not believe.
Using shift-click to open in a new window is a fairly standard behaviour in most browsers these days isn't it? Then again I guess it wasn't intuitive in this case.

Edit: I should note that the above is actually a genuine question.
Notice that this year we've expanded the intended audience from hackers to include designers and engineers as well.
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Yep, just found this out from another comment. Thanks!
To avoid being distracted by the gmail inbox and to have a clean composition interface, I always keep this URL bookmarked, and it still works w/ the new compose:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&source=mailt...
That's true, the IO performance is nothing to write home about. But the CPU / GPU is really good. The only Linux I got working on it is Kali Linux. But Ubuntu is also available. I think a SOC with dual SATA for raid would be really cool for a small server.
ing33k, give it another look. I just updated the supported countries list.
We just added support for India. Try again.
> The help system in Emacs is wonderful.

Agreed. Plus the often maligned GNU info is actually good when you're browsing from within emacs.

More good help:

C-h i - Browse GNU info

C-h m - "describe-mode": Gives keybindings and help for the current major mode and all the active minor modes.
Uber nabs execs from Facebook, Google and Klout
This is great marketing. The corresponding Google page is good, too. http://www.android.com/kitkat/
It's a matter of percentages. Perhaps 5% of alcohol users have a significant problem with it, that drags down those around them. I don't know what the percentage is for crack but I bet it's over 90%, high enough that we shouldn't take a chance on the users who aren't addicted to it promoting it to the 90% who would become addicted it.
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How you can use the Haystack Method to avoid crazy iOS Developers
You're setting the bar extremely low. MacOS is explicitly not supposed to run on any other hardware configurations than exactly those sold by Apple. It was never it's intended behaviour. There is nothing to be ahead of, MacOS didn't even bother to get out of bed on race day.
> I also don't need your career advice.

That's cool, but you asked and I answered, and I correctly inferred that you didn't need the advice.

Glad to see you doing well, and Peace, dude!

(I started out at min wage jobs, too.)
This should be subtitled: "why you should name your own releases".
At the moment, no.
This is really really cool. Am I the only one who wanted to play just because I wanted to hear more of the song? It makes sense that the motivation to play a little more could be tied to how much of the song you hear. Even though I have heard this song before multiple times, the gameplay aspect of song revelation makes it more fun.

This got me thinking about how shortsighted are artists, musicians and producers, who are not thinking of reaching out to fans through interactive digital experiences rather than simple publishing deals. The music industry profitability is going down the drain and the only way to make people pay a premium would be to invest in thoughtful interactive experiences attached with the music. Games could be one of those but definitely not all of those.
Perhaps the anxiety is because there was a change, and not specifically this change?
I was looking for something like this for so long, very useful!.
Whatever happened behind the scenes, two things are clear:

1. Nestle gave Google permission to use the trademark
2. Google is providing advertising for Kit Kat

So I see only two possibilities:

1. Google asked Nestle for permission to use the trademark for no compensation, Nestle agreed, and Google subsequently decided out of the goodness of their heart to advertise the candy bar in a manner that is unprecedented in the history of the company, or

2. Google asked Nestle for permission to use the trademark, and Nestle agreed in exchange for the aforementioned advertising, i.e. a quid pro quo.

I'll leave it to you to decide which is more plausible. But the Google+ thing is a red herring (except insofar as it might provide some insight into why Google decided to give Nestle such a sweetheart deal).

[UPDATE] Just to be clear, I don't think there's anything at all sinister about this deal. In fact, I think the coordinated campaign is rather clever.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310240
Looks like Android has done it too: http://www.android.com/kitkat/
Clicking "-><-" brings me to a small chat-like box for my email. Agreed though, I like large boxes for email.
After restarting for no less than 20 times, I've managed to get through 118 gates, wasted half an hour, all the while hating both the game and myself. Fun.
Why getting acquired made sense to Nokia
Never thought of it like that - that's interesting.
See bdarnell's comment a few above yours. The problem is that India has a very strictly enforced 'do not call' list.
Oh, wow! This is pretty beautiful. Thank you.
Or hold down Control when you click Compose.
How exactly does one apply for this position? Your website doesn't mention anything about Chicago.
Goodreads coming to Kindle
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The OP's site, http://linuxgizmos.com, is pretty good for that kind of thing. The blog to be called Linux Devices but got idled in some kind of Ziff-Davis acquisition. The editor has restarted it at this new address.

Unfortnately there isn't a central chart tracking each of these chip families and their capabilities. You're better off targeting a processor core (MIPS or ARM), speed/core quantity, and then deciding what kind of spice you want added to the mix (USB, UARTs galore, LCD controller, HDMI, Ethernet PHY, etc.)
Amazon is a wasting disease. It is shuttering small businesses, putting thousands out of work, and filling a fraction of those jobs it destroys with sweatshop warehouse jobs. And in return, the president of the United States praises them for creating those jobs.

To say nothing of the negative impact they are having on authors. As with the music industry, it is becoming a superstar machine: either you quickly become a superstar, or you find yourself without a publisher.
KitKat is the actual name of the next version of Android (4.4).

HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6321940
We do send a test message before SMS 2fa is enabled. I just enabled support for +91. But given the other limitations in that article I'll need to keep an eye things.
Ah ok -- that makes sense, as the data is sourced from weather.gov which handles only weather data for the USA. Sorry about that :)
VMworld: the pundits versus the practitioners
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What a great site! Thanks.
Walter White wears a pork pie hat, not a fedora.
Kit Kat's homepage is currently a monstrosity. Scrolling down the page pushes a new history URL every half page, using the back button is then essentially broken (on Firefox at least) and actually getting back to the page that unfortunately sent you there requires something like 20 clicks.

Not so bad joke otherwise, but the history hijacking made it a crappy experience and I couldn't close the tab quickly enough.
Birmingham opens £189m library
Have seen vending machines which steadily rotate and allow individual compartments to unlock, with all manner of different food items in them, but especially including apple and banana as options.

Bananas in particular are very good at visually communicating their level of freshness and ripeness, which is why this format works ok for them. I can see strawberries being less successful.

The answer is yes, and people already use them every day. Would I ever own one is a completely different issue. A typical snack location would probably only sell a single digit number of pieces of fruit in a given day, and the margins there are low (if even positive). A vending route operator can replace a dozen bottled waters in the time it takes to replace a single piece of spoiled fruit, and (in the case of the drinks) he can neglect his machine for two months with little impact to profitability, something he can't do when there are perishables involved.

I'd consider it much more appealing to engage in a 3x-per-week direct fruit delivery at the office (with a monthly fee). You're paying for the labor either way.
Introducing Nintendo 1DS
Thanks for the heads-up. I really can't keep up with HN!
When an Author opts-out of an Amazon program, Amazon sometimes opts-out of selling the Author's books.

Ref: http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2011-12-15.sht... search for "ebook pricing policy"
Since it's trivial for an author to sell his works on his own website (and I've bought ebooks from such author sites), it's hard to see how Amazon could make itself a monopoly.

Also, selling an ebook via Amazon does not preclude you from selling it yourself or through other venues.
The site is beautifully written using the latest HTML10 standard.
That's a ridiculous comparison, The fact of the matter is that those decisions are completely logical. Whether or not global warming is happening, we will run out of fossil fuels and fissionable material eventually. Solar is renewable, self sustaining. By building out solar Germany is reducing there dependence on foreign countries and securing there future; Possibly helping to reduce global warming is just icing on the cake.
See I'd argue that it isn't about money. It's a matter of wanting things to make life fun/interesting. "Normal middle-class people", whatever those are, are always going to want things/experiences/what-have-you -- it's part of the human condition. Conversation, libraries, art galleries have been around for thousands of years, so that's not really going to change things at all. The internet certainly has changed the pattern of behavior for humans as a whole, and made access to information much less skewed towards the upper classes, but I don't see how that's going to make the "middle class" disappear.

In a sense, I don't think most people's happiness is limited by money. Surely the lack of money can bring unhappiness, but I think generally the middle class is happy, and has been for the recent past (just for the sake of argument, the last 3-4 generations).

Maybe my definition of "middle class" is wrong? To me, the "middle class" encompasses the people who still have to work a job, but are able to pay all of their bills in a timely fashion, save some money, and generally support themselves and their dependents. Lower class would mean people living paycheck-to-paycheck or maybe slightly below: just existing means going backwards. Upper class would mean essentially people whose wealth means they can choose to work or not work, and can essentially afford any needs & wants regardless of hours-worked.
I agree with you. I used to have a Nokia N900 and that thing was amazing. They abandoned it and switched to a crappy windows based OS which can't do half as many things as the N900 could and also had the potential to. I think they should have continued developing their Maemo OS, it was the best phone OS I ever used.
Do watch the video at the end.
Could this be some sort of cross-promotion? The Android page shows actual KitKat bars, logo and all.

Edit: Spoke too soon. Looks like it is!
https://twitter.com/NewComposeSux collects together a lot of sentiment about how great this new feature is. I kinda feel sorry for Jason Cornwell. He's been blasted with "feedback" on Twitter since it went live.
From my reading of the deal, it applies to new books only.
Matchbook = matching your physical book purchases with e-books.
>Does making meth and crack legal make less crime (violent or robbery) than if their usage was nil?

That's not one of the available options. I mean, looking back at the article, the spoils of this program are incredibly paltry given the enormity of the data set. Criminalization of drugs and Militarization of enforcement groups is not significantly deterring usage because they are so ineffective even with so many resources and so little respect for the civil rights of users and non-users alike. All these programs have been effective at is raising the bar for drug distribution organizations to a point where militarization and violence is necessary for operation.

>Coffee addictions don't lead to more violent crime or robbery, as far as I know.

Perhaps they would if they were criminalized. There's nothing very violent about marijuana use except the militarized distribution chain and criminal enforcement apparatus. If 7-11 could sell it from behind the counter, I expect that you would see marijuana related violent deaths drop precipitously.
> NULL is a marker that means this data value does not exist in the database.

Both of the uses I stated are data values that do not exist in the database.

> Your second, and any other 'meanings' are a misuse of NULL

No, they aren't. They are different, and substantively different, reasons why data does not exist in a database. One is the value does not exist in the domain of which the DB is model, and one is that the value exists in that domain but it is not known.

(Others have pointed out the additional case of "we do not know if it exists", which is ambiguity between those two cases.)

These two substantially different meanings of NULL were recognized fairly early in the history of the relational model by the creator of the model (E.F. Codd), who proposed refining the model by having separate markers for each of those two cases.
Knocking off a ton of connectors and cutting the PCB size down will do that. The Element14/Boundary board has a lot more signal lines broken out to connectors, as a good development board should.
Why is the Hacker News website so slow?
Why is the Hacker News website so slow? Can someone please describe the infrastructure that supports this site? What are the reasons for the sluggishness? It is painfully slow to navigate.
wow... this was actually harder then the language game I saw earlier. I don't think I've even seen 90% of these. And most of them look so similar it's hard to pick them apart with such a small snippet.

D for example... how are you suppose to get that one right?
Kind of off topic, but I've been thinking about building a site like HN/reddit, but instead of ranking stuff based on how many votes it has, use machine learning to predict how likely a specific individual is to upvote it.

That way everyone's front page is based off what they tend to like, and what people who like similar stuff to them liked. That way you don't have to fracture stuff into 50 different communities and try to figure out what kind of content is acceptable in each, and what ones you want to subscribe to.
Combini stores, vending machines everywhere… And that goddamn Suica!

Somehow they can afford having a convenience store (combini) open 24h each 350 yards and at each side of the street. Economy at an amazing scale.
What? It says directly that all purchases will count.

"Available for thousands of great print books purchased new from Amazon, going all the way back to 1995 when Amazon first opened its online bookstore."
Mesh networks?