skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Won't let me answer questions (on Chrome 29.0.1547.62 for Mac OS X 10.8.4)...

edit: Oh never mind, this is just a shitty user experience. Sorry for the misunderstanding, folks.
How did I forget Zune?
Anonymity is forbidden by the Brazilian Constitution.
New Android Release to be named Kit Kat
Remember that no other developed country besides the USA requires that local companies pay local tax again on foreign profits already taxed where they are earned. Most nations recognize that that would make investing locally costly and undesirable. It would also put local companies at a competitive disadvantage worldwide.

The politics of government greed in the USA has created a tax system where the USA government charges the highest business tax rates in the world and enforces punitive triple taxation of foreign profits. That's why USA companies are keeping their money abroad instead of investing in jobs at home. (The USA tax rate was second in the world until a recent Japanese reform, but Japan never triple taxed profits abroad, so the Japanese rate was always effectively lower.)

Corporate taxation is one of the few tax issues where Congressional Republicans are often more sensible than Democrats, from a purely technical tax policy perspective. Obama is willing to work with them, too, but nothing seems to get done. It's one small part of the ongoing failure of Washington.
Armed with Smartphones and Social Media, Brazil’s Mídia Ninja Spreads the News
Question to the Emacs crowd: how do I hit Alt comfortably? My instinct is to use my left ring finger, but have trouble doing that without moving my other fingers much. Could it be because I have very large hands (or because my keyboard sucks)? Is it a good idea to just remap capslock to be the meta key?
No support for the North? Sad to see Canada not included.
I recently started a job in the aerospace industry, and it's still taking me a little bit of time to get used to the concept of risk, simply because it:

1) is rarely addressed in education (nowhere in sciences nor humanitites)
2) is an extremely "scary" word
3) is difficult to visualize.

The combination of all three of these factors means that people don't realize that risk is an everyday thing: there are probabilities and outcomes that you need to weigh in order to make the decisions properly. Risk management is big if you're managing multi-million dollar contracts or huge rockets, but it seems to never filter down into the common psyche, which is disturbing. Humans have successfully managed risk to fly planes and go into space, so we have the models to make these decisions, yet we don't seem to be able to properly apply it on the ground.

Is the solution more education? I think so, but in a different light: people need to accept that bad things happen, and that you can model the probabilities and work out for yourself what tradeoffs you're making. Rarely is it all good and bad, and by estimating the expected value, you get the opportunity to say "no, this costs too much" in response to all-out "safety" measures.
That page is really hard to use. Some times the guessing works, some times it doesn't. There's no feedback whether it's working or not. Hitting forfeit brings up a red box that covers the input field and the forfeit button.

It would have been more intuitive and less work on their part to have "guess" and "forfeit" buttons.
You are deluded if you think the motivation of the US is to help those who are suffering.

Syria is of significant geo-strategic importance. Gaining control over Syria through force or threat of force will substantially bolster US influence in the region and in Europe.
Node.js and Mobile News Round-up – September 3, 2013
Online marketing - What to do the first week of your startup.
As a non-Indian, I'm somewhat offended by the technical deficiency of the photoshop (they couldn't even be bothered to take care of the reflecting pool?) and the (imho) subpar analysis in the article itself.
Came here just to say that I utterly hate such phrases, to the point of wishing the most terrible ills on the people who, thinking it's cute and quirky, willingly use the phrase.

I refuse to visit the link and will, if possible, downvote the whole article just because of the headline. Were it more truthful and descriptive, "guy does something with analog photography" I would have nothing to complain about, but now?

Time to call up some russians and arrange a DDOS.
Hi guys, slightly off topic, but please help:

Two months ago I incorporated a C-Corp in Delaware, and registered a "virtual office" in the same state, remotely from my country of residence in SE Asia. Mr Ryan Roberts[1] helped with the incorporation, but I still need a US bank account to create an account in Stripe. I need it for my upcoming SaaS.

About a week ago I contacted Silicon Valley Bank to open an account (I can't remember who suggested it, I think Mr Ryan as well), and they sent me a questionnaire which I already filled out and sent back. But I haven't heard from them again. Since there's a story about Stripe in the front page[3], I'm wondering if someone can give me suggestion as how to proceed (e.g. maybe go to another bank).

I've never been to US, and I hope I don't have to go there just to open a bank account.

In case you're wondering, I was inspired by a blog post from Freshdesk[3].

[1] http://startuplawyer.com/about
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6319512
[3] http://blog.freshdesk.com/how-to-incorporate-a-us-corporatio...
I think it depends on the way you do marketing. Choosing the right way which is suitable with your skills will save your time.
Eventbrite acquires Lanyrd, Eventioz
That's fantastic! Good job executing and congratulations on the success! It's well deserved.

Thanks for being so open with the numbers. That same openness is what got me to start over a year ago. Glad I could serve as an inspiration as well.

For those making revenue/hours comparisons: Yes, a book will often make less money then consulting in the short term.

If you always focus on the next week or month then you won't be able to move beyond those consulting numbers.

Real success requires long-term thinking. Pete has started something that—at a minimum—will allow him to significantly increase a consulting rate. But more likely he can turn the beginnings of his list and book into screencasts, speaking engagements, more books, etc.

High quality instruction is always in demand. Given enough time and work you can make $250k+ a year doing it.
Apple confirms September 10th iPhone event
Android KitKat announced
Apple has been convicted of patent infringement multiple times and was recently convicted of abusing their market position to commit unfair trade practices. Yet no one breathes Apple and anti-trust in the same sentence.
Microsoft Acquiring Nokia is an Important Move
It isn't. It's him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Freedo.svg
make looks for [Mm]akefile if you run it with no arguments, but here it's being run recursively (or included). On OSX, filenames are case-insensitive, which could be a possible reason why it works for some people. On Linux, filenames are case sensitive.
"The more you know, the more luck you have."

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/14/luck/
Someone can confirm these bizarre distributions in the nonses?
Oh please. Don't even get me started on the abuse of labeling things 'offensive' and 'insensitive'. Also, please don't say 'Taj Mahal' is 'our' national pride. It is just a historical monument, which doesn't represent anything related to modern India.
Internet Archive FCU Says 'No' to Bitcoin
I hadn't ever thought about a continuous PDF, that's a good idea, and should be a snap with Docverter.

Looks like a good book, good luck on your launch!
I'm pretty sure readability routes web pages through their service to strip them down to the main content, and restyle them. Since this processing isn't done on your machine, it would probably be slower than loading the original page. Also, a company would never invite the amount of traffic such a feature would incur.
Introducing: Google Water
Hire Goats, Not Outside DevOps Engineers
Ok well...MSFT could either choose to focus on enterprise or pick up Nokia and their CEO as a pat on the back for only losing 25% of its value every year. This plan seems more like a hail mary to catch up to apple. It could pay off but its certainly the riskiest and least logical route. I think there's significant room for innovation and profit in enterprise tech right now and much more room for failure in mobile.
Here is a benchmark from the Rackspace site on SSD performance via Cloud Block Storage: (PDF) http://c744563d32d0468a7cf1-2fe04d8054667ffada6c4002813eccf0...
Yes it's really that bad. Us print people have been holding our noses with web screen shots for years. They really look bad when printed at 300dpi on paper. I would have to see the results with the even finer chemical grain of photo paper, but I would expect it to look even worse.
Emacs (Uncyclopedia)
I don't have problem with Elisp. That's actually lot easier than what IDEs offer as a way of customization (Java?), and that's one reason I am interested in Emacs :-). What I don't like is the transition period where I am not set up properly. It doesn't quite feel like learning, but rather reinventing the wheel.

And I don't have big requirements either - I just need some sort of project management (being able to work with multiple files), grep, diff, syntax highlight, ability to indent/unindent and comment/uncomment block on a hotkey, more sane undo and maybe a little bit of completion and language documentation integration.

I can program in Notepad++ and be happy. So if it would be configured to do what that is doing out of the box, great.

Another problem I have, when I want to rebind a key, how do I figure out what keys are used and in what modes? Is there a way for the system to give me a suggestion for a key?
> ServerA shouldn't be allowed to destroy ServerB's backups.

This seems's to be covered in the FAQ:

Do you have multi-user access?

Yes. You may configure additional users, at no cost, that can log in and share your account.
You may control access and file permissions with standard Unix tools like 'chmod' and 'chgrp'.

So you could give each content unit its own account and protect it from the others.

> And preferably it shouldn't be allowed to destroy it's own backups

That one is fun to arrange. Many services like rsync.net offer daily snapshots for a number of days so you can't easily kill everything in one huge cock-up, but if you don't notice a problem for weeks then all your daily snapshots prior to the problem may have expired and data therefore lost. The only real answer here is to have some form of regular checking (both automated and human powered in case the automated checking fails and fails to inform you) of your backups.
Okay, I got to admit: That was awesome. Well thought out.
> 15/15, still got 3 lives

.. and then I got 3 wrong in a row :) so, 750 points.

Question to the author: last one I got wrong was Turkish. I would've definitely considered that if I had seen the option, but I don't remember I did. I probably just overlooked it. But it would be nice if it'd show all the options with the wrong one red and the right one green or something, just to comfort any thoughts of "was that a bug or did I overlook something?"
Reddit skinned in MSOutlook
Android Kit Kat is the next version of Google's mobile operating system
Are Microsoft Losing Friends and Alienating IT Pros?
> I didn't mean my numbers to be accurate. That's why I referred to them as a start.

Typically, when discussing a start, I'd expect people to not be starting with a number that is over $1T higher than what we would actually be discussing right now. $1T is a lot of overage for a start, even considering that you apparently did not care to be accurate when trying to so definitively dismiss the attainability of a better economic platform for everyone.

> But more importantly, what happens if there's a hefty increase in taxes? -A lot of businesses will shut down or get the fuck out, and then the tax burden is just that much heavier on everyone who's left, and then they're even more motivated to shut down or get out. It's a feedback loop of higher taxes.

You're purely speculating here.

Running a business ought not make anyone some kind of special entity more valued than all the workers they depend on. There is a seriously systemic social problem in America where too many people look at businesses as something that ought not be obligated to the same expectations of social responsibility as normal citizens and the state itself.

Don't want to pay taxes? Fuck off Business Person, we don't need you. If what you're doing is really that valuable and the market wants it, someone else will find a way. And if nobody else does, we still don't fucking need you.

Establishing a fair, just, and reasonably equitable society is far more important than counting the number of businesses we have. When the system is stacked in favor of those who want to evade taxes, or threaten they will shut down or get the fuck out, and constantly caters to this bullshit, we can't improve our institutions meaningfully. Moreover, the cult of endless economic growth that so dominates our cultural narrative is working against us and reality itself. It's unsustainable. We keeping moving toward more bullshit jobs and less meaning for people, as if job titles and salaries are the only measure of human worth and the only means to happiness.

Everybody treats the economy and the complex systems that transact within it as if it's some kind of set of laws built into the universe itself, instead of something we fashion ourselves and have the ability to direct.
I think "affiliates" may have a bad vibe, but you could message it in a way that wouldn't. I know Gumroad is coming out with some functionality along those lines and they call it "tastemakers" or something similar.

I bet you could significantly increase your revenue by working directly with authors—though if you try to republish their books it would be more work for them.

Just work with one author a month, whose book you have carefully vetted, and promote it to your lists for a commission.
Good article, but that's not the definition of progressive rendering
> but it is not beautiful, nor do I enjoy using it - or being seen using it.

The author needs to get over his gadget insecurities. I was actually on a plane last night coming back from vacation. On my left was a couple, she had an iPad and he had a MacBook, on the other side of the isle, two iPad users. Then I pulled out my Surface... none of the Apple users recoiled in horror or offered to let me use their iPad so I could see what I was missing. In fact none of them took notice, it was almost like they didn't even give a shit.
*Bothans

Banthas are the large beasts-of-burden on Tatooine. Bothans are humanoid aliens with cat/dog-like faces. Why do I know that? I play a lot of Star Wars video and card games :)

EDIT: just googled for the quote. The full one is "Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
Creating a rapper #1 - How to get bitches
Saw this kid on youtube and thought he'd sound good as a rapper... so we made a beat and stretched his voice over it to make him flow, turning him into the gangsta MC: Mane G. Mane.

Original video be here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_zXBfKqa20
Nor in Firefox here, FWIW. Pity, it might have been fun.
And god forbid you're a US citizen living and working overseas. You still have to fill out US tax forms for both state and federal tax. The federal government won't charge taxes on anything under ~$90,000, but the states sure will expect you to pay your share of their taxes, even though none of that money was earned or spent in the US.
damn. would have really like to see an Nokia based android phone.
We don't have data centers in Canada, but Chicago may have recently been annexed to Canada. So, if you are fine with using a US based cloud account, just sign up and use the Chicago region/datacenter.

You, and all of Canada are welcome!
Worse it's a copy and paste from his "Transforming Our Company" memo from July.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11me...

If you cut out all the nonsense and try and make sense of that sentence, it boils down to that they want to offer everything, to everyone, everywhere.

A recipe for failure, if I have ever heard one.
It probably does, it's just an unintuitive interface. Read the explanation on the page by clicking the question mark (or read my explanation here on HN in response to the now deleted comment).
I just realized that I use my thumb for that.
RIM's two selling points still seem as relevant as they did last week for MS: patents and the loyal but shrinking customer base.
Gomniauth: OAuth2 package for Go web apps #golang
We needed this for our projects, and thought you might too.
> Essentially, by keeping the basic income guarantee sufficiently low that most people don't want to do that.

Which, it should be noted, it is pretty much economically impossible not to do except in the very short term, barring vast increases in productivity (or decreases in people's expectations of acceptable living standards.)

> There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the USA. How do you retrain a 55-year old truck driver to be a software engineer? If you can't, should he go work at Burger King for a much lower wage instead?

And, even if you can, how do you do it when he still needs to work full-time to pay his existing bills?
Android KitKat?
There is so much wrong with this, I don't know where to start. All white people on the about page pic?
That's why self-publishing is awesome. Control of pricing and owning the customer list can make a huge difference.
> There are issues with SQL (how many things can NULL mean?)

Please elaborate, I can only think of one.
I think it could have waited just a bit so that the title only shows up on the side after you've scrolled entirely past the main one, but beyond that I don't mind it.

It's not necessary, but it is marginally useful and not actively annoying. As gratuitous bits of UI go that puts it in the 95 percentile.
Like other commenter said, only the Sith deal in absolutes :) In this regard, I'm okay with Google protecting their IP and internal infrastructure, I am not really interested in how they process payments or any of the other details. Open source philosophy does not entitle you to any of that info, you could write your own app store if you so want, like Amazon did.
Acer Liquid S2 can record 4k videos in HD
The company said the smartphone's 13.0-megapixel main camera can shoot ultra HD 4K (3840x2160p) resolutions video, which is twice the quality of current full HD standard thanks to f2.2 aperture, 24 mm lens and the powerful 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 series quad-core processor. The chipset will also enable the new Liquid S2 to support super fast 4G-LTE network with a top download speed of 100 mbps.
I tend to use my left thumb. Seems to be close enough on PC and Mac keyboards that muscle memory works fine.
It doesn't seem to simplify regex, just make it more verbose.
That might be fine, except the people who need to understand how to use it, must already understand the concepts of regexes.

And if you can use this library without understanding regex, you might be better of not using regex at all.

Regex looks complex at first glance, but with a good cheatsheet and tool you should have no problem.

http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ is a great tool for building and testing regexes.
Based on some quick testing, I've seen a number of universities that've been tagged.
Nokia is still one of the primary developers behind Qt, or at least they were... has that changed?
http://lanyrd.com/mobile/ works offline, without JS, shares templates between the client and the server for updating pages async and rendering offline. Doesn't use a framework so it doesn't have a huge JS payload.
Isn't Steam, another great success story about a business model that prevents piracy, a distributor that uses DRM?
Boomers' Prime Time Cartoon
Very interesting piece, thank you. I didn´t know how much the american laws are set about tipping. It´s not like that in Spain as far as I know. I don´t know about the dynamics but I´ll expect that they are playing a similar role between employees.
police data is racist, too
Does it do iOS builds? If so, how will it compare with the upcoming CI system in OS X Server 10.9/Xcode 5?
We wanted to support OAuth2 in Go and it was tricky to do in a TDD way, so we built Gomniauth. Today it supports Google and Github, but it's VERY easy to add providers.
It's also general enough to support beyond OAuth2, so it'll likely grow as the community uses it and decide what they need. It also plays very nicely with our Goweb package - http://github.com/stretchr/goweb, and we've included an example app that you can copy to get going.
We'd love any feedback, issues, pull requests etc. and think this is a step towards making web development in Go a realistic option.
Murders and robberies are usually an indicator something's amiss. The data isn't hard to find. (http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_23191897/oakland-robbery-...).
Yeah I agree. Exposure though is the issue, you'd presumably have to do a lot of self promotion otherwise. Or maybe posting to HN and reddit is enough. Not sure.
The two main meanings of NULL are "Does not exist" and "Exists but is unknown", though there are more.
The control key is used more often than the meta key, so I'd reserve that choice bit of keyboard real estate (caps-lock) for control. For meta you can hit Esc, or even easier Ctrl+[ which is the same thing. Contorting your hand to hit control and alt in their default locations is going to cause you pain, so don't do it.

I now use a kinesis keyboard, which has two giant thumb keys for your left hand, I use those for control and meta. Before that I used control at caps-lock and meta using Ctrl+[, which worked well and pain-free for me for years.
Things I Never, Ever Want to Hear Again
How to think like the next generation
Only 50%...

Some language syntax are too similar (eg scheme and racket) so you need to know the libraries as well.
Thanks for the heads up. I am going to buy it today.
I don't think the gov of India will ever understand the fundamental idea or the potential of Bitcoin. PayPal had issues with the regulatory bodies until very recently. Considering the red tape an average Indian has to face to open a bank account and the sheer number of ID cards issues by the gov (PAN, Aadhaar, UID etc), the financial regulatory system is a huge cluster#$@*, which I don't see changing anytime soon. Bottom line, I will be very surprised if some high court in India or the Financial ministry doesn't make it illegal in the next few years.
Wristband unlocks your devices with your heartbeat
A+++ would get mugged again?
I may be wrong on this, but I'm at least 60% certain that Chicago is in Canada. Correct?
15/44.

Around 70% of the ones I got were languages I have never used, which seems kind of odd.
I use https://github.com/andymcd/cmd-key-happy which swaps option and command, and which lets you whitelist keys (iirc Cmd-N is among the defaults) to be exempt from that swapping.
There is room for both.

There are open source alternatives to this service, which a couple of folks on this thread have already pointed out.

However, not all teams are scaled to run and maintain a Jenkins server so there is certainly a need for such services. Often the price point is low enough that I am happy to get myself out of the business of maintaining infrastructure so that I can focus on the product I'm building.
Frameworks doesn't necessarily mean you're delivering a huge JS payload, but more to the point: How was that template sharing achieved? Would love some notes on the technical implementation.
> Word doesn't have autosave anymore? It's had it since like Office 95!

The last Microsoft Word version with Autosave is 97[1], from 2000 onwards it was changed to Autorecover (from crash)[2].

[1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/77535
[2] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/107686