skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think your main problem is the misunderstanding of dropbox.

Dropbox was developed for a simple share of few files between different devices or with different people.

It is not a mass file backup system. But many people use it exactly that way.
And it is definitely not a code repository.

I prefer bitbucket for private repos. Fast and easy.
To MOOC or not to MOOC
I think the business tier could reasonably have a problem with it right now. That's a lot of storage, and having 300,000 files might not be a "corner case".
The best tax benefit of all would be an open plan that spends $0.00 on cubicles, walls, and doors. That's what I was getting at.
Having installed it on my iPad 2, I'm not noticing anything by way of glitches. battery life seems the same and there's no lag. Extended transition times are likely to get dull quite soon, I suspect and I dislike the icon designs. But overall, positive.
In other news, the new version of the Ask Toolbar is out.. and it comes bundled with some kind of spyware called Java
Toward Stable Quantum Computing
Agreed. I don't agree with his conclusion that this will only get worse with time. It seems to be a very limited problem they're already addressing.
Talk to real software robot
In one second on the Internet there are...
Why is an article that basically says "I'm a randian objectivist and I think capitalism is just great at the top of Hacker News. So you're an naive idiot who thinks Steve Jobs was a great innovator and probably has never heard of Dennis Ritchie. Why do I care?
Looks like this thread is still alive: http://serverfault.com/questions/293217/our-security-auditor...
Pressure on U.S. web giants Google & Facebook ratcheting up in Brazil's Congress
Peter: Milton? Uh, could you turn that down just a little bit?

Milton: Uh, they said I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven while I'm collating….

Peter: But, no, no, no. I know you're allowed to, I was just thinking, like a personal favor, y'know?

Milton: I, I told Bill that if Sandra's going to listen to her headphones while she' working, I can listen to the radio while I'm collating...
Analysis: Tech firms, medical research threatened by helium shortage
It does reads like ludicrously exaggerated satire, but the author is Harry Binswanger, who is a board member of the Ayn Rand Institute [1] (and not, as it turns out, the only member of that board that is a regular contributor to Forbes.com.) So, its almost certainly in deadly earnest.

[1] http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=staff_board
I see everything OK with NoScript enabled and blocking everything except google.com, googleapis.com, and blogger.com.
Haha. Like the foot. It is a nice touch.
Yeah guy, I'd look into something like github. The best thing to come out of this article was learning the term Dropboxen.
I definitely prefer a system that encourages widespread cooperation over anarchy.
A device loop animation
The feedly Cloud API is here
The Mac vs. Windows comparison is imperfect of course, but as quick comparisons go I believe it's an excellent one and highly relevant. It doesn't necessarily imply that Apple is going to become unprofitable again (stock price declines are another matter): it's more likely to find itself back in its year-2000 holding position than it is to crash in the short or medium term.

You're right about the influence of the Mac as an app platform. In fact, while people tend to think of Microsoft as an OS company thanks to MS-DOS in many ways MS is fundamentally a Macintosh ISV (a good Macintosh ISV, mind you) with delusions of grandeur. But then again, all these companies and pieces of software moved fairly happily to Windows-first when the platform and the market was there for them.

You're right that the Jobs issue is largely a red herring at this stage.
>Each thread can have x posts before new posts no longer bump it. If you sage, you are using up that thread's available space

Few threads approach that limit. Idiots saging threads was purely a "look at me saying I don't like this thread!", nothing else.

>Not to mention, sageing is a way to express your dissatisfaction with the thread, which I think was always the point

Which is a bad thing, hence fixing it.
In a class on assembly in college our professor walked us through a strange bit of real world code with the comment

# You are not expected to understand this

I've always aspired to be a good enough programmer to put something like that in my code. :)
Have you tried blinders? Funny enough this ad says "Blinders, because she shies at new ideas"

http://www.matthewkressel.net/wp-content/uploads/blinders.jp...
I'm 27 now and I feel the same way. I still think I won't end up with kids with time running short but I'm an uncle to two boys and a friends daughter calls me uncle. I just hope I have enough money to send them all on adventures. So I really hope what the gp says is true. Though it will be harder to have just the right kids books laying about.
Just in response to the touch/typing lag - You can remedy this by resetting your settings.

It's a pita, but it helped me in this situation.
Actually, both Pac-Man and E.T. were developed and published by Atari itself. That's not to say that third-party garbage wasn't a major (and probably the primary) problem.
I didn't notice it until after I'd uploaded it, which is to say, way too late to do anything about it. ;-)
Very cool! The eagle appears to be using the ridge lift generated by wind coming up that slope very effectively.
The outrage is because objectivism is a fantasy that rich people use to convince them selves they are better than others. Just because I am fortunate enough to be a software developer doesn't mean I think that's fair.
What concerns you about the web industry?
Minecraft in Unity 3D [video]
Probably not going to happen as interaction happens on the main thread with the run loop in event tracking mode, and the JavaScript functions might be queued for a different mode on the main thread or on another thread. (I develop for iOS but am not that familiar with Nitro or WebKit internals.)

The WebKit folks were playing with position: sticky [1] a while earlier. This might be pretty close to what you need.

There’s another solution I’ve used in production — for touch UI, do your own gesture handling and do your own scrolling. This can be done thru Zynga’s Scroller [2] which works very nicely on an iPad 3 — the device I last tested an app with it on.

Summary: in Cocoa, common things are easily and other things are doable. If something is not easy in Cocoa, it might be difficult to get right anyway.

[1] http://updates.html5rocks.com/2012/08/Stick-your-landings-po...

[2] https://github.com/zynga/scroller
How did they retrieve the camera?
New and Exciting Features Planned for Python 3.4 - The Changelog
I'm doubtful. My little sister describes and has the same problems I encountered. Sometimes it's not expressed in the same way, for example the facebook stalking and bullying, but on average it seems like her experience isn't less shitty than mine was.

EDIT: To clarify, it's not just based on my sister, but what I just said was anecdotal. I didn't mean to argue your point, but rather I'd like to hear why you think it is the case, when my experience has been different.
While interesting for bespoke applications the problem is, if you take this concept to the extreme, you end up with a traditional operating system... except it'll only run Erlang.
7 Steps to a Successful Enterprise Information Management Program
Regarding software, I use Freeplane/FreeMind to record the majority of the thoughts and information I want to preserve, and I think it works well for me. It doesn't have the sheer freedom of pen on paper - which I still use for mapping out thoughts that I'm not quite sure about or have complex relationships - but it serves me well in 1) categorising random scribbles and steps into meaningful subcategories, and 2) crystallizing the final, synthesized thoughts I have on a matter. Plus I keep my map files in my Dropbox so they're synced to all my computers (although I haven't set up the software to view them on my phone). Scalable, easily reorganized and expanded, cross-connectable, very fast to input, synced and backed up, free - what's not to like about software?

I agree with you on the usefulness of mapping for testing. It's definitely has helped me a lot in problem-solving. I'll throw out a few nodes that I think I need to investigate, explore each one a bit, write more items to consider, and whittle down or branch out as necessary. So after a while I resolve all the branchy, bushy sub-issues and have a reasonable game plan. Sometimes I dive into code halfway, but switch back to the map to record where I am and add new issues that come up that I need to resolve.

I also record most of the coding methods I find while working on tasks, in general form. So my mindmaps are also a web of how-to notes or a gigantic cheatsheet that details how to achieve any effect that I've previously worked through: from comparatively minor ones like the syntax for Rails migrations or opening a new window in JS, to larger ones like how to set up a Rails+postgres+nginx stack on Ubuntu, recording every action taken and issue encountered along the way. Comparisons of tools and databases and frameworks, mysterious bugs that I've run across, Sublime Text shortcuts - they all go into the maps.

I'm not sure I need to record every thought that goes through my head like the author suggests, but I think there's a lot to be said for keeping a comprehensive, organized knowledgebase.

One thought that occurred to me was that if the author had written this in the past few years, it could easily have ended up as a paid "self-help/achievement" e-book that he'd be hawking for several bucks via affiliate sales and a snazzy marketing site with sample chapters and a newsletter. It's admirable to see substantial written content being offered without all the digital marketing.
I haven't found anyone else who uses it surprisingly, but Gmail Offline (Chrome App). I use it when online. It has amazing keyboard shortcuts (faster than Gmail proper), and then of course you get the perk that the data is offline once you hit the train. Actually, I think the keyboard shortcuts might be the only reason I use it...
This is the best comment I have ever faced. Ever:

//We have to declare it as "32 bytes long" because it is said in some magical place.
this->diagsInfo.sbits_descr = new char*[32];
Let's call this what it is. Not malware, just crapware.

Every service you sign up for, everything you install for free (minus some open-source stuff), offers you something, and defaults to yes. You have to un-check boxes to send you emails, to install crap, to agree to performance tracking, etc... If I don't like the terms of something, I simply don't use it. That's why I'm on Linux, Ubuntu to be precise (and I opted out of the Amazon lens - not because I hate it, but because I simply don't buy that much stuff from Amazon).
This tangentially reminds me of the fact that every time I'm writing a comment that's longer than 4 lines and explaining in detail why the thing following works as it does, then both the comment and the thing it was explaining won't survive the next hour.

When you need more than two lines to explain something, then something is wrong and you'd better fix it.

But maybe the act of writing the comment helps to free the brain to find a better solution.

This happens to me time and time again.
Very inspiring, a very simple idea executed well. Proud that it's a UK invention as well :-)
Android since Gingerbread has had superior design for me, but I'm more of a function over form kind of guy and don't want to mess around with things looking pretty when I need to get stuff done.
My guess is that you'd model the troll as a 2D simple symmetric random walk with the rabbits and black holes stationary and distributed randomly with some densities R and B.

As a first go I'd assume that the topology was that of a torus, so as to not deal with the boundary. Now, as the exact definition of a "round" wasn't specified, I'll just assume the troll can walk forever.

Now, it's been proven that a simple symmetric random walk on a 2D lattice has probability 1 of reaching any given point as the number of steps goes to infinity. So, ignoring the teleporting, the closed form answer for the number of rabbits eaten is mnR.

With teleporting, I'd guess the Markov chain would mix better. So, the closed form answer would again be mnR.
What did you understand?

- That the manager decides what gets pushed into production?

- That the manager decides not to inform the programmers concerned?

- That you have a clown for a manager?

- That it's probably time to quit the company?
Yes thats not much. Node modules use other modules, that mean you have many many files.

For my small apidoc-Tool (apidocjs.com) i have over 2.000 Files, the project itself has only 50 Files ;-)

Another node project (only a small API-Server) has 20.000 files.
Yeah and Jobs wasn't exactly the innovator everyone wants to make of him anyway. Ritchie anyone?
Power naps, power snack, power training: power everything
I'm guessing it was a tamed eagle or something like that? Very impressive, though, nonetheless.
Does this make Facebook the ultimate expression of Ender's Game?
I'm really disappointed that Apple released the GM version of iOS 7 as final. So many bugs and glitches.
63 GB in 170 000 files. I had no idea there was a "limit" of 300 000 files.
HP lays claim to the first Leap Motion laptop
Talk Like A Pirate Day Pirate Chat for Android/iOS will make you speak like it
Building Robust Backdoors in Secret Symmetric Ciphers (Blackhat 2005)
That's not a rebrand. It's a slight variant of the logo using the colors and visual language that have already been painstakingly specified by Google's designers.
Anybody who disagrees with me is not in a thinking job ....
Introducing Portable Meteor User
Essential Tools for Coding Email
Pricing Underpins Everything You Do
Toxoplasma infection permanently shifts balance in cat-and-mouse game
I spend a lot of time talking to managers, and most what they are saying isn't what people describe as "management speak" (which is, despite the phrase usually used to describe it, more the language of marketing and PR -- which, to be fair, managers frequently necessarily engage in and all too often are also victims of.)

There is a jargon of management -- an array of terms with precise meanings in the field that are either not used outside of the field or are used outside with different meanings, and which facilitate clear communication in the domain.

But that's really not what people are talking about when they are talking complaining about "management speak", which seems to be all about marketing/PR buzzwords which are used to create certain feelings while minimizing communication of clear commitments and detailed information, which are used by management either when they are acting to promote the business in marketing/PR role, or when they've been successfully snowed over by some vendor's or other industry player's marketing.
A Case Against Cucumber
The problem with satire is when it hits too close to home - and you recognize it as SOP in many organizations.
Exactly; this just seems like good smart business on their part.
Ahh... The rabbit hole question seemed like a hint too, but this confirms it. Unfortunately this means that the Enders Game line wasn't said in reality. Though perhaps in the future it will be.
CCCP = combined community codec pack
Investment Software: Is Your Reporting Up To Scratch?
Theft is a market failure, not a cultural failure.
"When you work in a modern factory, you are paid..." exactly market rate salary, period. You don't owe anyone, anyone owes you. (In ideal and free market.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM

Enjoy!
No way.

There is only so much you can do on a small screen.

The form factor is well suited for a certain type of game.

It also limits the social aspect of gaming.

Expansive, visually stunning games built to be played on a large screen with other people in the room or playing multiplayer will be around for a very long time.

Mobile games have their place, but they are competing for an orthogonal piece of consumer time.
Theres nothing sloppy about this transition it makes sense.

They did have a nicer one in beta 1 though where the message came up under the keyboard blurred
I think that my company's open office is a good environment for my job as a developer. We have a strong culture of being quiet during the day, and often the office is totally silent, with a soft hum and clicking keyboards.

There are closed off spaces to make phone calls, and client-facing people are sectioned off slightly so their phone calls don't bother the rest of us. If we were in a big farm of fluorescent-lit cubicles or airless private offices I think I'd be less productive simply because I'd be fantasizing about not being there.

Open offices that don't have a culture of quiet, however, could indeed be total hell for 'thinking' roles, but an open office doesn't have to be the unequivocally bad working environment that you make it out to be.
At least Tesla vs. Edison makes sense. Ritchie vs Jobs? They're not even related. I'm not even sure they've met each other.

A better comparison might be Jobs vs Douglas Engelbart.
You're probably testing too much. Take Kent Becks advice and only write a test when you can bet a dollar that it would fail. Don't write tests for things which you never fail at. BTW, the term "unit test" can mean many things depending on who you ask. I prefer to stick with the general term "test".
You need to chill out. That is a seriously gigantic leap & stretch of logic to bring the word "racism" into. You do nothing but harm the foundation of the people pointing out real racism/sexist incidents. CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING(I'm saying that a lot these days), this is a satire story about a start-up's interview process. Good Story-telling causes the reader to bring up images in their mind. Simply mentioning a race isn't racism in this context. The story wasn't even using it in a negative way or anything.
Back when I was first learning C++.

// This is what I think of websites saying not to use fflush().
fflush(stdout);
The fingerprint scanner on the Atrix was of the primitive kind, where you have to swipe your thumb and hope it scanned. Half the time it didn't. The reason it took Apple 2 years to implement it was because they waited for a better solution to come up. Their implementation is less of a hassle than previous fingerprint scanners were for consumer devices. This is where Apple shines: execution.
> It is not a mass file backup system.

You say that, but then why do they sell personal plans for 100, 200 or 500Gb storage? That sounds like it's targeted for mass file backup to me.
I'm a little terrified as to how close to the trees it got.
The Tethered Quad
The question of which is more powerful is a difficult one if you get down to the nitty-gritty... but I'd have to say the best snap answer is that in general, the XBox 360 actually has a narrow advantage in most ways. The PS3 has a particular advantage in a certain type of computation, but if you can't make maximal use of that for some reason, the XBox 360 wins.

The idea that the PS3 has some sort of huge advantage is mostly Sony propaganda, and people who don't get that "Cell" doesn't mean something magic that makes everything faster, it means something more like "overoptimized for a particular use case" that only makes certain very narrow tasks faster.

Now I can finally justify this point I've made before with this: There is a reason the PS4 is fleeing the Cell architecture just as fast as its metaphorical feet can take it. If companies, like politicians, weren't obligated to put on a public facade that says they never make mistakes, they would admit that it was an error and never really panned out the way they hoped (to say nothing of what they claimed!). As it is, if you read in between the lines a bit in this presentation, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHXrBnipHyA , the PS4 lead came about as close as he politically could to admitting it. (Props to him. The PS4 is looking really solid to me, and I think that is essentially 100% because of this guy.)
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html

A4 laser printed Cornell note taking paper in a binder works for me. It's also quick to mark up the pages in a bound notepad (2 lines).
I agree with some of the reviews here: nothing is perfect, and I do think most of these are bugs. For example, the issue on facebook settings doesn't show up on my i5. Get a life, or show me what kind of non-sloppy you are able to produce.
And? What is your point?
Browser plugin that adds NSA-trolling keywords to the URLs you load
Doesn't Mt Gox require copy of your ID to 'verify' you?
Personally I would much rather they just removed some of the gradients and textures and instead focused on improving things like inter-app sharing, notifications, the keyboard, widgets/live tiles etc.
Cook, Ive, and Federighi on the New iPhone and Apple's Once and Future Strategy
Yet I'd still wager that you wouldn't part with your income if I came knocking on your door and told you that you owe me.
Man Scrawls World's Biggest Message With GPS 'Pen'
I imagine those who are charged with suppressing piracy are creating a fuss. If they do their jobs right they'll be devaluing the product.
The Life Lessons of Jack Handey
FTA (favorite part for me)

Most time isn't spent programming anyway - programmer time is spent:

a) fixing broken stuff that should not be broken
b) trying to figure out what problem the customer actually wants solving
c) writing experimental code to test some idea
d) googling for some obscure fact that is needed to solve a) or b)
e) writing and testing production code

e) is actually pretty easy once a) - d) are fixed. But most measurements of productivity only measure
lines of code in e) and man hours.

For me, b) is a bottleneck. c) is far and away my favorite part. Nothing like green-fielding . . .
It's to verify that you're a real person --the same real person as attached to the bank account -- and that you're in the US (or whatever country). There are tax and liability considerations when you're moving money
Sure, but if the .git directory is part of the folder in Dropbox (which is not a good idea anyway, btw) then git's internal data files are probably responsible for a huge number of those files.
As a tech enthusiast, I've spent the last several months watching the iOS7 design arguments play out online, and I've read a few reviews with interest this week.

So it was with interest that I observed my wife and MIL's reactions to the upgrade on their iPads, which was really no big deal at all.

A cogent reminder to me that there's a vast difference between us and them.
Apparently it's what the Chrome developers themselves call it [1].

I'd never heard the name before the original link either.
It just makes me wonder even more how such an icon became as widespread as that one is.

[1] http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Chrome-Wrench-Icon-Is-Get...
Arthur Levinson on Calico
> No game in the history of ever has sold as many copies on Xbox 360 or PS3 as GTA V just has either, no? ;-)

Several blockbusters, such as Call of Duty, have sold more on consoles than GTA V currently has, just not on day 1.
Ok let's just ignore the argument of whether marketing people or developers work harder (which, personally, having worked in both sides, I don't think is even a question.) And let's also ignore the argument of whether marketing departments contribute positively to society as compared to development departments.

Let's just look at it logically; the budget dedicated to development determines the quality and quantity of what can be created. If you have a finite pool and < 50% is going to development and > 50% is going to marketing then logically you're going to get a lesser product than if you put say, 75% in development and 25% in marketing.

So yeah, that's sad. You don't even need to get into who works harder, etc.