skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Its OK I suppose. The "future print edition" part was vaguely confusing to me given that I'm bombarded with offers for pre-orders regularly. Depending on your initial interpretation it can be either clear or somewhat confusing.
You could apply the same criticism to Jellybean. Or, for that matter, Ice Cream Sandwich. (Ice cream is a dessert, but ICS can only be interpreted as cheap prepackaged food.)
It has changed. A Finnish company called Digia owns Qt completely and is the main developer. That's why Qt is now available even for Android and iPhone. The Nokia-MS deal does not affect Qt.
Contact info? The application form on your website doesn't have a space for a message/introduction/cover-letter.
Sounds like a "behind the firewall" solution to CI versus Circle's cloud model. I can see how it would be interesting to those that are sensitive to the cloud or have complex environment requirements.
Can't wait for this feature. I am wondering if they would do the opposite: Offer paper books for a lower price to customers who own the kindle?
Just commented above, I'd love to know whether those modifications change results but based on my prior experience I highly doubt it.
EU Agency Attempts Live Tracking of all Migrating Bird Flocks
I guess because it's a bit like they're selling out, even though the BBC article a bunch of people have linked here says otherwise.

But really, imagine if Apple called OS X 10.10 "Pepsi" and you got a free upgrade with every Pepsi you bought. It just feels… I dunno, it feels kinda corporate and sketchy to me, and I think others as well.

I don't really have a problem with it though.
What if iOS, Android, and Windows Phone all launched today?
I can confirm this was a big issue with our children. Our first we tended to treat like porcelain... eventually we've learned through experience that kids are more resilient than you may otherwise think.
Cool, I enabled it but had forgotten to download the recovery codes, next time I visited the site it bothered me to download them just in case, nice touch!
Microsoft buys Nokia smartphones for $7.6B
Sadly Amazon is notorious for not updating older models. (Owner of a paperwhite and original kindle fire). I guess that is a motivating force to upgrade (new purchase). I'm indifferent on the new hardware, but the software tweaks are really compelling...
With Kindle MatchBook, you'll be offered discounted or free e-books to go along with books you already own through Amazon. Check out AutoRip, our similar service for Music!
How about an About page or FAQ so I know why the site exists? Here are a few questions to get you started:

1. Was this created by pg?

2. If not, why does everyone have an obsession with cloning Hacker News?
Exactly. They mention nostalgia as a reason to buy physical books, but for anything you use as a reference they're still a lot more convenient.

But it'd also be nice to have a stack of them in my pocket all the time.
I have a problem with a war on marijuana, or violating the Constitution during the war on drugs. But otherwise I don't have a problem with a war on meth or crack or other drugs that increase the odds that I'll be a victim of violent crime or robbery. (I'd punish simple users with rehab rather than prison.)
I have owned a Paperwhite since release day, and a Kindle 2 for several years before that. My feelings are mixed. I do REALLY miss the next/prev page buttons, and would happily shell out the money for a Paperwhite with buttons. I don't really miss the keyboard at all though. I mostly read at night so the lit screen is a bigger deal than the buttons, honestly. Couldn't ever go back. But both would be killer.
It does indeed work with third-party apps using Google-style "app specific passwords". But I didn't know that it didn't support TOTP since I only use SMS authentication. I can see that as being a lame move, though.
I see this all the time on HN. For anyone interested in the formula:

1. Have an app.

2. Get some Amazon referral links.

3. Have a blog with ads.

4. Author a controversial blog post and fill it with the above three items.

5. Submit to HN. Hope your post hits a chord on HN.

6. Follow up a week later with a meta blog post about your success.

7. Submit to HN. Hope your follow up hits a chord on HN.

8. Go back to #1.
Just as a heads up, Sweden have decided to give anyoneleaving Syria permanent residence because of whats happening.

The info is in Swedish but maybe you want to Google Translate it or something.

http://www.svt.se/nyheter/sverige/alla-syrier-far-permanent-...
Diane will be happy to stay for 10 years while getting average salary. Jack will move on to a cooler place while bumping his salary quite a notch because he knows latest tech.
Well it sounds like they are (maybe) already making a loss on it so I'm not sure dropping the price by a further 80% is feasible.
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The difference is that Amazon is in a market with enormous barriers to entry, and as an Android vendor Nokia would be in a market that a dozen Chinese and Korean companies are already competing in. Amazon will make tons of money, even if at relatively low margins, when it grows to Wal-Mart size. Nokia can't even hope to become the Wal-Mart of cell phones.

Being an Android vendor is like being a PC vendor. Acer, Lenovo, etc, not only do they not make any money, but they have no hope of dominating the market and winning on volume the way Wal-Mart does and Amazon hopes to do. It puts food on the table, I guess, but if I were a Nokia shareholder I'd rather they just liquidate and return their capital than take that course of action.
I came to the comments to say exactly that.
I was thinking about writing a 'me too!' post about the hits from my Raspberry Pi Microwave [1], but maybe I'll just post it here. I was on the front page of HN for a day, front page of Reddit, had articles on TechCrunch, Popular Science, BBC, and a few other technology sites. The blog post got about 91,000 page views: http://imgur.com/MpYNaHu
I had one ad at the bottom of the page, and made something like $30.
But the most interesting part was the YouTube video, which has had over 250,000 views. I monetized it from the beginning, and earned about $750. I regret not putting much effort into the video, and wonder how many more views I would have got for a more polished video. I also received a 0.8978 BTC [$78.75 USD] donation from Reddit user chrisrico, which was pretty awesome!

It's been a very positive experience, and I've reinvested all of the money into components for my next project. Watch this space :)

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6025221
Bionym launches the Nymi today (slick biometric auth)
Ah, I wasn't aware they didn't support TOTP; I only ever use sms based 2fa.
Bear in mind that if one login and password lets you get to both the password reset email and your SMS 2nd factor, you've turned two factor auth back into one factor auth. (So, then, turn two factor auth on your Google account...)
On the technical skills shortage and hiring practices
Who’s buying whom?
Time to submit that dark UX pattern: http://darkpatterns.org/submit_a_pattern/. :)
> Google has done it better and is using that to drive sales of its "Play Services" product to OEMs

Google aren't competing in the "Wifi to location" space on merit. They're competing on "we won't let you use our platform if you use a competitor in this space". They're becoming the 1990's Microsoft. This is exactly the shit people talk about when they say Android isn't open anymore.
It means you've dabbled in lots of things, sure, but how does that imply you've never done one in depth? It is not that time-consuming to become familiar with the basics of many different programming languages.
Yeah I have similar sentiment. I think Aura HD would be ideal with bigger screen, in fact I thought this could distinguish Kindle, 6" is really OK, but something between 7 and 8 would be really what would make me get another one. I have non-glow Kindle. Maybe even something size of Kindle DX, but I would prefer slightly larger Kindle/Nook/Kobo.

BTW, Got Nook HD+ since they are so cheap, loving it!
None of those are "paperwhite" with the new reflective screen.
> DECLINING: Microsoft Dynamics

Ummm, Microsoft dynamics has grown revenue every year for the past 4 years. But hey don't let the facts get int eh way of your rage:)

http://www.microsoft.com/Investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...
Few things disgust me more on sites like reddit or hn than people sneaking in affiliate programs for monetary benefit. Would much appreciate it if mods could clean the url from this.
You can also take a look at the worldwide impact it's had through empowering Colombian cartels for instance.
What's the added value of a human giving you toilet paper? Now both you and the hypothetical toilet paper merchant can go and do more interesting things, maybe you'll meet at a gym, bar or social event instead of the random and sometimes awkward social experience of a commercial transaction.

The human gets replaced by a robot doing the menial task, win for everyone (as long as the pie expands and he gets another more meaningful job).

Most new jobs are basically service jobs, so maybe now instead of handling toilet paper he'll give you a Starbucks coffee..
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3. What is the value-add of this site compared to existing subreddits on this topic and/or a potentially creatable subreddit on this topic?
No, this wasn't created by pg. This is a clone of hacker news because that's what ships with Arc.
The question mark doesn't even work for me (chrome linux), and no code is shown.

[EDIT]
My mistake, all you have to do is turn off https everywhere, or reload using http. Frustrating, but not 100% broken...
Honeycomb isn't exactly popular here either.
And pray tell, which carrier are you using that refuses lawful intercept warrants?
You should quote the amount of bitcoin, in BTC. It's more meaningful
It's important to note that his team happened to have a workweek when he was still an intern. For me, our team will be in Paris in a week or two but I am already out so it's something not every intern can get. But I think it's fun to go to Paris or Toronto or Taiwan.
Err, no. What he described is not a quid-pro-quo, unless they knew that being active on G+ would result in this.

From wikipedia: Quid pro quo ("this for that" in Latin) means an exchange of goods or services, where one transfer is contingent upon the other.
No, no, no. Making them illegal makes more violent crime.

Let me put you in rehab for your coffee addiction or beer habit, ok?
On the other hand, memory speed (both latency and bandwidth) hasn't changed much in that timeframe. That means that relative to the speed of the CPU, it takes much longer to access memory now than a decade ago, and so stuff that made sense to cache in memory back then will probably be faster to recompute whenever needed nowadays instead.
> I will buy a Kindle so I can read my past purchases via that

It says it works with the Kindle app too, so you can use any of your existing devices for this as well.
[WIP] Super Mario Kart Clone with HTML5 *Updated* new track and improvements
Hi everybody,

I'm working in a clone of the Super Mario Kart (Super Nintendo) game with HTML5 and I would like to share:

IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS

Works on Chrome or Firefox:

http://www.mazeware.com/games/html5/m7/supercanvaskart.html

Next thing to do:

* A.I. for enemies. *

Thanks.
You are definitely right, but even though other accounts 2nd factor auth can be passed via password reset email, that would require a login to my gmail, but my Google account also has a two factor auth.

Edit: sorry for repeating you, I just show your footnote parentesis
Hey all, I'm currently working with 1stDibs to find Frontend (JavaScript) and Backend (Java) Engineers in the NYC area. A little bit about 1stDibs...

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I realized over the years that it's those high school and college years where you can really expand your skill sets where as once the real world starts throwing things at you you start to stagnate. Makes me regret a lot of the time I wasted in those years.
By the crime maps, the Magnificent Mile is the most dangerous area in Chicago. Crime maps are, for the most part, population density maps. See: http://xkcd.com/1138/. You need to compare crime rates to the number of people in the area to get anything meaningful.

By the crime maps, your probability of being robbed at Garfield-Red in the middle of the night is less than that of being struck by lightning in your lifetime. No Hyde Park resident will tell you it's a good or even reasonable idea to be anywhere near it at 11pm. When challenged on the data, they'll argue that few people are dumb enough to ride it at that hour, and that those who do get mugged are unlikely to bother with a police report for a crime which is seen as their own fault and unlikely to ever be solved (or even cared about) by CPD.
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this is only a data point, but I own a kindle 3 and a paperwhite, and I used to read on my iPhone before that.

The paperwhite is amazingly readable, and not at all comparable to a computer screen white.
You could easily make a similar looking map with the NYC Pluto data. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml
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Where did he write this?
I suspect the value add is "Isn't reddit". Reddit is the new myspace. There are a few (mostly musty) corners that are still decent, due to herculean moderation efforts such as /r/AskScience, but the bulk of it becomes less worthwhile every day.
Same here with Firefox unfortunately, making it essentially unusable.
Are you interested in a DX-sized device for reading PDFs?

And how good is the DX for reading PDFs anyway? They are smaller than a A4/legal page, which I image will mean that things will look small, unless you want to zoom in an out, which makes it un-book-y for me.
Few things.

To change pages with your left thumb you don't have to move it all the way to the right - you can make a little swipe motion on the left side of the screen and it will skip a page.

I used to have the Kindle Keyboard(Kindle 3) and my god, its resolution was driving me crazy, like it was never sharp. Paperwhite is a lot better in that regard. HOWEVER - fonts get really jaggy after a few page turns, and that's because the paperwhite only refreshes the entire page every 5 or so turns. You can go to settings and tell it to refresh the entire page every turn - then the fonts are always super sharp.

From my personal perspective - I would NEVER trade my paperwhite back for the Kindle 3. I don't mind the lack of physical buttons, and the backlight makes it fantastic.
All that whitespace and they can't be bothered to put a couple lines of instructions up. Failtastic.

And yet, I'm hooked...
So how exactly do we stop the terrorists from harming us, then? Send them a C&D?
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Link is bad. Correct link:

http://practicetrumpstheory.com/2013/08/why-not-the-funnel-c...
You had me at Hello. Actually, you had me at the loading screen - so clean and slick.
Give me the last non-touch-screen model with the Paperwhite backlight and the page turn buttons on the sides, and I'll be in heaven.

Will be interesting to see if they've fixed the "uneven backlighting at the bottom" problem on this model. I was very disappointed when I first got my Paperwhite, after all the hyping they did about working to make the backlight even.
If you read the second paragraph, you'll notice the difference: android-chromium-view is a toolkit to help you build your own chromeview-alike using the latest version of Chromium.

Its a really great project - I'll be trying it out with my own apps.
This is quite neat. Any way to extract the directions once I decide which way point I want to go through?
I killed christopher 'aempirei' abad with my 5" dick

Cowabunga, dude!

And now you're going to die wearing that stupid little hat. How does it feel!?

You got caught with the seat of your pants flying down and now everyone laughs at your little picopenis on a daily basis.

Microchipping a fellow hacker just because you can't sniff out your own? Hilariously inept.

Throwing a well-known, contributing veteran of the hack/trollscene into a mental institution just because you had a hangover and forgot to take your klonopin? Over the top.

Having a wanton disregard for the history of the internet, the hackscene, trollscene and everything about humanity in general? Get a clue. Your holier-than-thou attitude can screw back off to the 1980's.

Yes, folks, christopher 'ambient empire' abad has been bitchtagging and torturing anyone that walks by him just because, well, "I feel like it!"

Yes, folks, christopher 'ambient empire' abad fails to understand the first rule of the U.S. system: you can always just buy people off with cash.
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We've been talking to your friends, coworkers and they've been telling us what a lazy, unappreciative little shit you are. Not to mention a sociopath of the lowest order.

You won the birth lottery and coasted your way to the top of the U.S. system on a skateboard. Now it's going to be a fun ride when we push your little deck the way back down.

You are nothing but a barking little dog who got caught sneaking up the backstairs into the big people's club and now you're being thrown out the window.

Your last thought as you realize nothing of value will be lost when your head cracks on the floor of a 12x12 supermax prison cell: "I like to copy from my 1337 civics textbook."

Sayanora, sucker!

Malaclypse the Younger
Good point, updated
It's pretty clear that the consumers have spoken, and they value lightweight and compact and cheap over a large-screen. And Amazon would rather sell a stupidly cheap 5" model than a reasonably priced 8" one, because they just want more in people's hands.
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I was so excited about the BigCouch merge in 2.0, I forgot there was going to be a 1.4.0 release in the meantime.
If you believe any of that is luck, well, then it might as well be. Those of us who believe in taking effective action, though, know otherwise.
I have the wi-fi on permanently and it lasts more than a week of reading books every single day(backlight set to 12). I don't think I would upgrade just to improve that, it's plenty for me.
Is the deal with Nestle, or Hershey's (which represents KitKat in the USA.) The Android.com/KitKat page points to http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx, at least for me in the US.
A referral link, interesting.
Am I doing something wrong? I'm using Chrome 29.xx and it's telling me my browser doesn't support WebGL.
True, though I had a Pocketbook (902) and it was quite a finicky beast; customer service tried their best to help though. Also, it didn't have a "Pearl" display in those days though that might have changed now. I recall discussions on Mobileread where people had issues with Onyx as well. I wish BN would make a large-form e-ink reader: I have the (rooted) Nook and it is the best e-reader that I have ever owned.
It's supposed to be challenging. You will learn to discern.
So what you’re saying is that, of the $850, he’d be able to recoup $425, as long he’s willing to take the computer apart, put all the components back in their boxes (assuming he kept those), listing all the components as separate ads (writing descriptions, taking pictures), communicating with all the buyers and sending out a dozen packages to separate addresses? They will easily take 20 hours. Unless his time is worth less than $22 per hour, he’d be losing money by selling the computer as parts.
True but this keeps you logged in and sandboxes all those tracking cookies that Facebook puts out
It should be noted, though, that a judge did not find them in breach of the agreement, and ordered Apple Corps to pay Apple Computer.

Furthermore, Apple offered money beforehand, despite believing (and being able to convince a judge) that they didn't have to. So it seems at least in that case they aren't the bad guys.
I'm guessing that it evolved the fence to prevent crawling predators from feasting on the cocoon while the bug is pupating. That said, its a really interesting example.

The next time the guy is out in the jungle and sees one the thing to do is to take it home, put it in a jar, and wait to see what pops out. I learned about mosquito eggs that way, as a youth I thought they were tadpole eggs, put them in my jar and waited for frogs. Instead I got mosquito larvae and then a jar of dead mosquitos (I didn't take the top off once I recognized the larval form.)
>embarrassing if Firefox OS ends up capturing 5-10% of the market

Considering they only have 20% of the browser share, it'd be an amazing success story if they managed to get 10% of the mobile OS market.
My main gripe about this is that Google is sending the message to consume more toxic junk food to the public, while sending the opposite message to employees. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-cru...

This is different from the generic names of sweets. This is a specific product, which isn't sold at Whole Foods, and is cheaper, more unhealthy, and less satisfying than what Googlers are likely to buy.
> I'm struggling to think of the person who needs both a printed copy of a book and an ebook version.

Technically, nobody NEEDS a printed or digital book to begin with. Maybe you're just over-thinking this? I like print books but also have an iPad. For many obvious reasons it would be nice to have all of my books on my iPad (which is almost always with me).
The value proposition of an ebook is that (on average) it's a better reading experience. More portable, more comfortable, instantly accessible.

The value proposition of a physical book is that is a physical artifact with concrete ownership; you can sell it, lend it, put it on a shelf for guests to see, forget it and rediscover it a decade later, or have your grandchildren find it in your attic in 80 years.

These two value sets are not inherently exclusive; there's no reason why you can't have both. But until now, the business model has prevented acquiring both hard and digital copies of everything from being economical.
Incredible. I looks the organism erected a fence to protect whatever it is in the center. If this turns out not to be a hoax it will be truly amazing. It is part of the "Endless Forms" of life.
Crimes are not always reported, especially when they are seen as relatively minor and commonplace compared to the murders probably also happening that day.

Locals' informal guidelines to stay out of an area where you "don't belong" after dark may be so widely heeded that the number of assaults/robberies is low, but the probability of being mugged or beaten is still high.
"How to use our website

1) Choose your country/language from the Localization menu.
2) Drag the pin to the desired place, globally.
3) Zoom in to reveal more local news. The results are refreshed dynamically.
4) Enjoy the information overload. There is no step four."

Information overload ... just what the doctor ordered. On a serious note, great job guys.
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You're right. I jumped the gun on that. But Amazon knows that consumer pressure will cajole publishers to fall in line. Also, Wholesale is a club they can wield when they negotiate with publishers to join in on matchbook.
I added it to Authy with no issues. The only downside is that they don't have a github icon currently.