skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
'Sweetest' use cases? Well that depends on who you ask, of course.

IMO, the value proposition of Bitcoin's underlying protocol is enormous. You can strip away the coin and manipulate the protocol for alternative use cases, such as carbon dating (voting, prior art, etc...) [1], carbon emissions trading platforms [2], the preservation of open data [3], reputation scoring for TTPs [4], messaging systems [5], decentralized asset exchanges [6], etc...

As for more traditional use cases Bitcoin obviously shines in bankless states with weak national currencies. In the same vein Bitcoin offers protection from seizure of funds during bail-ins and the like. In the context of donations Bitcoin is awesome as well; without Bitcoins wikileaks would have some trouble accepting donations. The list is endless, really. Every use case is powerful.

[1] CommitCoin: http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/677.pdf

[2] CarboCoin: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=64683...

[3] http://btcgsa.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Decentralized-...

[4] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnum...

[5] BitMessage

[6] BitShares, MasterCoin, Freimarkets
"The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions."

So yes, it will require consent from Nokia shareholders.
@x0x0 - unfortunately we are in stealth mode right now and can't reveal too much more. If the post piques your interest please do reach out. Thanks
FOURTH LINE is missing a colon and there are dashes missing all over the place! That pseudocode would never compile!
How come nobody comments about this feature of Nimrod:

> a powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system

...and I can't find any easy to digest example of it? I know, macros are "evil" and shouldn't be overused and this is not Lisp and all, but it actually seems like a potential killer feature for a language targeting the C/Rust/Go niche.
Yeah... everything this guide is talking about is scummy, spammy, destructive activity. Proxy abuse, content theft, comment spam, the works.

If the author of this article is reading this comment: congratulations, you are going out of your way to make the web a worse place. Please fuck off and die, kthx.
Would you even be able to buy a 220 volt generator in the US? We use 220 volt, I'm not sure I can easily go out and find myself a 120 volt generator here.
You are right, I mixed that up. Thanks.
Can you open source this so I can beef it up please?

Edit: Actually, I just realized I can probably build this in a weekend with image magic.
Exactly.

And Apple too.

But we have 2 alternatives now (and they are even open-source!):

1. Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/phone

2. FirefoxOS: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/

So why does it look like everyone's already back to "whatever!"-mode as far as your right to privacy is concerned?
The key problem here is that it's open source. The meaning of that term has become very vague, not that OSI's definition is unclear but rather since many people apply the term to so many things. Open source is usually applied for marketing and convenience now days rather than actually showing that this software provides the essential freedoms for the user.
Nice, though I gotta admit I was disappointed it wasn't programming languages!
To you, perhaps, but I suspect your social circle and group/interest pages would be significantly different to your girlfriends.
You appear to have strong internet accent. This may hinder your attempts to make a successful business that operates outside of the internet as well as on it. This isn't a personal criticism; just something I've noticed.

/parody in case it's not obvious
Presumably Nokia's management thought they were getting a good deal for the devices business, since its long-term value to Nokia seems to be approaching zero.

Now if you ask: was Windows Mobile all a plot to blow up Nokia? That's an interesting question. I can't confirm that.
I wonder how many people would be pleased if PG made a statement that said,

"I'm sorry. Listening to everyone made me realize I was wrong. People with strong foreign accents make terrific CEOs."
There is no problem. If you accept the Everett Interpretation, it really did happen that way, but the odds of you experiencing that are so miniscule that we can ignore it.

If you accept QM with any other interpretation, it really could happen that way, but the odds of it turning out that ways are so miniscule that we can ignore it.

Yes, there is a difference in principle. But in practical effect they are the same - astonishing events are both possible and so overwhelmingly unlikely that we can usually discount the possibility for all practical purposes.
Awww, that sucks. I hope you refreshed and reposted your guess.
13 years ago was the dot-com bubble. What about Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Intel, Oracle?
Kool Console: an in-browser CoffeeScript enabled console
Building a hackintosh is all about selective hardware (similar to the Apple experience). Generally if you use one of the tested builds like the ones listed here http://www.tonymacx86.com/375-building-customac-buyer-s-guid... you should have a pleasurable apple like experience with the cost savings and fun of building it yourself.
> they brought me in for a trial for a couple of days (paid)

How does this work? Did you not have a job at the time? If you did, there are more often than not legal issues involved, depending on the terms of your current employment. This comes up a lot, but I don't understand how it works from a legal standpoint.

The other issue, of course, is that a good developer doesn't have to put up with that, so why would they? I did it once, looking for a job out of college, but never again. If the "interview" is going to cost me more than a couple of hours, then I will work somewhere that knows how to make a decision.
No experience with VirtualBox, but I use OS X in ESXI and VMware Fusion and both of those work for me. Initial installation of OS X can be a challenge - you may need to disable some virtualization features e.g. interrupt remapping and you can have some driver challenges depending on your specific hardware (e.g. recent mac mini needs a network driver).

Officially, VMware only supports mac pro (1). Unofficially, minis also work. Haven't tried a macbook pro.

1: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?dev...
Thanks for the support! I'll definitely have a think about it. I'd have to collect my own sound samples to make a commercial product, but it's an interesting option.
When he took over, Nokia still had the in-house expertise and the resources for a turnaround. In fact Nokia N9 would have been a raging success, if Eliop wouldn't have killed it.

And another thing: the feature phone business is huge and underserved by Android. Nokia was in the best position to come up with a reasonable alternative.
Ha! I expected computer languages. I might have a problem...

But that would be a cool game too for programmers. Here is a snippet of code, what language it is in?
FYI: E3 visas allow you to hire Australians without the need-a-US-Masters-to-improve-cutoff-odds H1B raindance.
$900,000 Kickstarter in a single day: Mighty No. 9, successor to Megaman 9
>recall that the ENTIRE PC INDUSTRY is like a tenth the size of mobile. Yes, I love my PC too, but most consumers seem much happier with other devices for a wide range of use cases

Meh, a lot of this is that mobile devices are advancing really fast. I'm perfectly happy with a 5 year old desktop, but I want a new phone much more often. Once mobile devices are "good enough" you will see people buy new devices less often.

>ARM is about to make its final assault on the server closet,

I've heard a whole lot of talk about this (and I've talked about this myself; I think I am in one of the industries that could actually sell the things. I have a bunch of customers who would pay a small premium for a physical server to themselves) - but I haven't seen anything realistic. As far as I can tell, you're better of with "Four strong oxen" as it were, rather than "one thousand twenty four chickens"
Ask HN Googlers: would you invite a fellow geek to visit the Googleplex?
i am a self taught programmer from chile who founded a few startups and needs nothing but a friendly googler who can vouch for me so i can visit the googleplex. since i was growing up in santiago i used to read about silicon valley in magazines and one of my dreams has always been to visit and see the real atmosphere.

i hope a friendly googler read this message and i promise to show up at time, be cool and not cause trouble.
That because just like programming politics also requires critical thinking continually and learning continually.

They were not good programmers but better politicians.
> The real keys are that your Android device is locked down, fixing it voids your warranty

As it should. There's nothing in open source that requires a warranty. Here's a snippet from the MIT license, generally considered open:

"THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT."

And from the GPL, also open:

"THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW."

When manufacturers go out of their way to lock down a device, I agree that's a jerk move. But I also don't think it's reasonable to expect them to agree to replace your device if it bricks after you've hacked the firmware. Obviously, the device may be bricked for reasons entirely unrelated to whatever you've hacked, but I don't begrudge manufacturers for drawing a line in the sand and not wanting to expend resources beyond it.
Kanji web declarative component framework
That's not a very fair price comparison. You haven't added in the cost of data transfers that you'll be charged with S3. And it seems transferring data from your store to each of your application providers as needed, is the essential point of the protocol & service.
You're supposed to be using a <link> tag. See http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/...

This has some advantages over just blindly loading one file (no HTTP request if there's no image, though browsers still all try /favicon.ico nowadays) and you get to chose where to place the icon (probably together with other images of your site).

I think by now all browsers support <link rel="shortcut icon"> but all of them still request /favicon.ico so by adding that you a) don't have to change your markup for the icon and b) you silence the error log of your web server - all in one go.
> For about 15 minutes, I thought about keeping it the way it was since it was practical and straightforward, but I couldn't. Every time I looked at it I felt the urge to throw my computer out the window cause it was so UGLY.

Sad to see another soul giving in to the temptation of "over-designing" things. For fuck's sake, what's wrong with light text on a white/gray backgrounds? She could've tweaked the fonts, spacing and colors a bit, but people no longer do that these days, instead she went full steam and overdesigned the shit out of it and it still looks bad.

...she could've learn a bit of Javascript and called herself a programmer instead of masturbating with CSS and posting about it on Facebook.

If you're not a designer, don't overdo design because you're not gonna do it well! If you are a designer, just stop when it looks "good enough" and start working on something more interesting than a bloody website design! We're wasting waaay too much of our lives "designing" stuff, whether it's our garden or a blog, instead of actually putting things and information in order (no, just "search" is no good enough though I guess some day I'll be able to google for my keys) or actually building cool new things!
Huh? Microsoft was terrifying because they dominated the PC market. This comment proposes their having 33% of the smartphone market. How is that "terrifying"?
So a has-been has been acquired by another has-been. Together they will unseat the Apple/Google juggernaut by beating IOS/Android.

No, I don't believe it either.
Why only accept BTC?

Seems cool anyway
Imma gonna make a software analogy.

Society is like a framework you build upon, without the scaffolding there to hold you up and none of what you accomplished would be possible. None. In turn, it is our responsibility to manage the upkeep of society.

I grew up on open source software. I started using Debian when I was still in grade school. Without it, many of us wouldn't be doing what we are now.

In advocating that volunteering charity as a solution to society's ills, you need to consider the cases that charity simply can't or won't make a meaningful impact on. You also have to factor in the marketability, trends, and prejudice that will invariably select equally worthy social causes over another. We've seen how without a proper safety net, the public at large will let the sick and poor rot, then charities and business went on just as usual and profits and donations were better than ever. Yet we still denied the mentally ill the healthcare they needed to take care of themselves. We vilified and locked up the poor and minorities.

Business as usual hasn't addressed what didn't directly benefit business (why would it?). Think of the cases that open source software tackled as a community that lead a richer software environment. We were no longer at the whim of the walled-garden software giants. We saw how without proper disruption in business as usual we were screwed.

Remember, we are lucky and privileged to be in a position where we can almost assuredly find (self)employment on our own terms and be guaranteed high salaries. That can change, and you can bet that employers will jump at any opportunity to bring costs down so in the long run our position will be whittled to maximize profit. The next generation of programmers will experience lower entry level pay + benefits and that trend will follow them throughout their life. They will never see the level of privilege we experience now. This is the trend almost every middle class profession has seen in the last 30 years.

We can effectively be exiled from the walled-garden, and every paycheck you employer hands you is another reason to find a way to replace you. The vast majority people are experiencing this.

We created an environment where there is no alternative to the pittance the wealth giants feel like granting us. It gave us a shitty software environment and locked down hardware, and it never addressed the scope of the problems government, welfare and public works solves.

>And why do I owe it to society as a whole and not some particular individuals?

When you pay for your meal at a restaurant, are you only paying the specific people who prepared and handled your food? Again, specific individuals didn't accomplish anything in a vacuum. You are a by product of society as a whole just as your meal was the product of the restaurant as a whole.
> I guess I can't understand how this could even be argued.

It can be argued because some people got offended, and it's much more socially acceptable to argue than to say "I am offended!"

This holds true regardless of the merit of the argument itself. People can argue anything, and often do.
French wine snobs warn Apple not to release a ‘champagne’ iPhone
That's the opposite way of putting it. The way of extra work to support edge case users that often aren't worth the effort. Now maybe it's worth it for a big enough site, but for the average site I doubt it ever is. I think it perfectly reasonable to ignore users who disable JavaScript for most websites.
I am currently working on a data recovery caused by 2tb limited bridge controller.

Customer had an external usb/firewire box with a 3tb drive.
At 2tb the writes 'wrapped' back to block 0. Its a mac filesystem. Everything worked great until he wrote past 2tb. At that point it overwrote the beginning of the mac volume. The next time he connected the drive the mac thought that it was a new raw drive and told him that he needed to initialize the drive.

This is the second time he did this - the first time he didn't reinitialize it and we got it all back.

Unfortunately this time they initialized the drive. This zeroed out all the metadata, catalogs, maps etc - much bigger mess.

So some bridge controllers cannot handle drives larger than 2tb. 2tb is the last sector that you can address with a 4 byte disk address.
So for sectors 0-0xffffffff .....works fine.
The next sector is 0x100000000 - 5 bytes,
it only sees the lower 4 bytes 0x00000000 and starts overwriting the beginning of the drive.

NTFS filesystems are more recoverable in this situation because their master file table starts 6 million sectors out on the drive so you would have to write alot more data before you start losing all your filenames and folder structures and pointers to the data.
@zerr : We have hired our best engineers here. We try to be diligent about our responses to resumes submitted. You should at least get an automatic "Thank you for Applying" from the jobsite. Please let us know if you didn't.

Anyway looks like we didn't respond to your posting on HN about working from Europe for the July edition of Who is hiring. As a hardware startup we currently would like to be under one roof. Hopefully in the future we can bring on remote employees and will post on HN saying so.

Thanks.
The car analogy gets trotted out over and over again when talking about smart phone market share but it really doesn't work at all. Smart phone ecosystems have powerful network effects that just don't exist for most luxury goods.
Specialized hardware was always kind of a stopgap. Even now you can see networking companies facing the double threat of virtualized networking in software. Software is eating the world as Andreessen famously stated.

As to the life span of tech companies I think it will only get shorter. One thing I find interesting is that it's difficult for humans (including myself) to really internalize the overall effects of compounding interest. I read a comment the other day in which the author was joking about how they can't wait until 2023 when they get to look back and feel how they do now looking back at 2003. It doesn't always seem that the speed at which things are happening is increasing dramatically even if that's the case. The progress between 2003 until now will be completely overwhelmed just a few years from today.
I love the filename: SOLLEWITTFUCKYOU

http://i.imgur.com/ZprOYsV.png
I thought the list was intended as a joke, a sort of master list of things everyone complains about. It also seems like all of the gripes are basically "I want to do something and I don't want certain people to know about it." In other words, privacy. With Mark Zuckerberg running the company (with his public disdain for privacy), are any of these gripes surprising?
Because the procedure requires making changes to the BIOS, and that can't be automated, or even standardized because different manufacturer's BIOSes are different. Recall this passage from the post:

"Reboot the machine, and go into the BIOS. Usually this means pounding on the F2 key as the boot starts up, but all machines are different, so it might take some experimentation to determine which key your BIOS needs."

That will be a show-stopper for most people.
Got through 8 questions and then 522 Connection Timed Out...
If we allow Android/Linux as a member of "Linux on the Desktop" I whole heartedly agree. I'm not sold on the GNU/Linux variant.

System 76 does a great job of making "just works" Linux hardware but they're not exactly a big player. Android and iOS have the advantage that they don't have to work like Windows. Even OS X suffers "this doesn't work like my Windows did" from switchers.

Mobile OSes can work like Android/iOS + their own unique flavor and have some leeway that desktop OSes aren't afforded. UI/UX for modern touch devices lacks the expectations that 18 years of mostly consistent Windows UI/UXhas built for the "traditional" Linux desktop.
When Elop was brought in, the board was clearly signaling that a turnaround from within was not going to happen. The Microsoft smartphone strategy was already in place and was going to happen.

I have a lot of respect for Nokia, but they had the technology for the iPhone and iPad long before Apple (roughly), and they were never able to capitalize on it. Hell, I had an N770 in 2006 and it was great. But it wasn't even close to being finished enough for the masses. My fear with MeeGo was that it wasn't in the same league as the iPhone design-wise. Hardware-wise, Nokia has always been top notch. It's the mix of software and design where they seemed to be lacking. It might be that they may have put too much emphasis on open-source and Linux graphics at the time.
Basic accounting will help heaps :) Let me know how Khan's stuff goes - IIRC, he used to work as a hedge fund analyst (yep, thanks Wikipedia). It'd be interesting to watch his videos :)

Bloomberg's analysis tends to be shallow and short-sighted. They'll turn out what's supposed to be a deep piece, but it's almost as if they try to tune out words; there's no rigor in the insight. Nine out of ten times, I'll read an article, consider it for a moment, and find a dozen crucial questions that are unanswered or parts that are outright incorrect.

On the other hand, Bloomberg's news service is phenomenal. And Bloomberg is continuously pushing out podcasts (under many titles) that are great for digesting news along with the occasional interesting interview.

IB is supposed to be really competitive in the USA, but it would not surprise me if it were more-so in Australia because of a lack of demand. Though the below is factual, take the conclusion with a grain of salt; I'm clearly biased haha.

Australia has an excellent public university system that pushes out top graduates, but we don't really have anywhere to go if we want to get into IB (relatively speaking, we're a small but rich country). In my city - Brisbane - we have the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology, both of which have excellent business schools. UQ's MBA is often ranked in the top 50 worldwide. Yet most IBs don't even have an office here - the few we have in Australia is either in Sydney or Melbourne.

Don't get me wrong, many graduates from UQ and a few from QUT go into in IB. But they're few and far between and the quantity as a proportion of students makes it seem nigh on impossible.
>>Nothing will change as a result of this.

A good guess is that the enthusiasm at e.g. Samsung for making Windows Phones have gone down quite a bit...

Windows Phones seems to be an internal Microsoft thing now, Xbox style.
Perhaps, but the difference here is that Macs are still better machines in most respects. Macs endure as a niche product because they're higher quality products.

Premium Android phones, on the other hand, provide a user experience that a lot of people consider superior.
The old fat couple in the room had a dance and microsoft just ran out of things to say, so in order to avoid an awkward moment (high end sales are abysmal) he proposed. nokia looked around, didn't want to die alone, and like any scared middle aged woman, said yes.