skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
the fundamental flaw of these kinds of survey: if you have enough time to participate then you're not majority, you will never value time-saving features as highly as people who matter will, for example. lots of other things. I never regard experiments using accidental sampling seriously.
This is why I keep the balance on the debit card I use online at $1.xx, trading the inconvenience of having to transfer funds to it before each transaction for peace of mind.
To nmjenkins, thanks for the reply and apology - please do not take this as a personal shot: I appreciate that issues occur with automated systems - but ignoring emails of complaint sent to addresses advertised on your website suggests that a different issue is in play. Not one of my emails was replied to, and the lasting impression is that - as I do not wish to become a customer - there was no point in responding at all to my complaint. Your reply above is appreciated, however - thank you.
What do people in Silicon Valley do once they hit 35 and are over the hill?
Exactly, I thought -- before reading the report -- that they're going to compare AOSP. The different skins OEMs put on their phones massively cripple the UX of AOSP, I think pretty much everyone agrees with this. So while it makes sense to include some of the more popular UIs, it's very short-sighted to equate those to Android. It would have been much more interesting if we could see what the OEMs start with, and how they make Android overly complicated and awful.
Actually the Diskstation runs Linux already, and I have full SSH access to it. It uses ecryptfs already, and I love the thing. I am glad I chose it over building my own (and that's not something I expected to be saying before I bought it).

My question was purely about backing it up securely. I'm guessing rsync'ing the encrypted volume is the answer, just need time to look into it.
That's a lot of work to buy a pair of shoes. Not to mention, I never heard of Netspend (until now). And I spend most of my day on the net. You expect folks who don't to know?

It shouldn't be this way. Buyer beware is one thing. But one shouldn't have to watch their back to buy a pair of shoes.

What this company is doing is low down.

By the way, thanks for the tip. I'm looking at Netspend right now.
Why am I not surprised that the Series A VC is with Matrix? They seem to go out of their way to earn a bad reputation:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2009/11/th...

(Far more details on TheFunded for those who are members.)
For most cases, 8 months are out of scope, but his girlfriend should be able to successfully dispute the last 3-6 month bills anyway.

In some places, like EU direct debit legislation, the maximum time window for such disputes is 12 months after you receive that invoice/bill, so ~13 months in effect.
A few suggestions:

- try to contact honestbleeps from the RES subreddit [1] and see if he can add MediaCrush support in RES to expand images from posts

- add file extension to the URL, it may help with some extension like HoverZoom or script [2].

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/Enhancement/

[2] http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/109262

edit: nvm, it works if I add the extension myself, but it would be great to add that to the URL when you upload a file.
An emotional Ballmer bids farewell to Microsoft troops
FWIW, this branching model works for me in a small-ish team, two years now and counting. The part about `good merge bubbles' is especially important for clean history.
[Infographic] August 2013: Is Your Facebook Page Performance Above The Average?
Your personal feelings are no justification for trying to create laws and interfering with other peoples' voluntary transactions in the marketplace.

Ah yes. Here we go. The fabled "free market".

I'm impressed that you seem think there are functioning markets, of any kind, without the rule of law.

Contract law, intellectual property laws, labor laws, health and safety, etc.

Plus a fair and impartial judiciary.

But I'm not telling you anything you haven't heard before, and chosen to ignore.

The alternative to the rule of law is might makes right. Which is exactly what all the libertarian "free market" scams all boil down to.

No thank you.
> More than half of the people who subscribe to the service are still subscribers after two years

In the context of the original poster's story, this reply only reinforces the idea that JustFab is scamming many many thousands of people and not just the odd person here and there.
I might be wrong, but IMO: short lifespan (16 bits), complex format while standard DOS executables could still run...
I've done a few more tests.

Let's say you were about to select the nth image. If you go to the photo app and delete, say, the (n - x)th image, then go back to the facebook app, selecting the nth image will actually select the (n + 1)th image. If you select the _last_ image, it will crash (presumably with an array index out of bounds.)
Very cool game. Although I think it is actually easier to solve than 2D, because there is more information about the mines, but harder to navigate because it is 3d. Also, it would help if there were some lines that go from numbers to unclicked cells, because when the grid gets big it's sometimes hard to understand the position of the number and need to rotate the grid to look from all 3 directions. Great job overall.
A really basic routing abstraction for Sinatra
well we don't get paid jack. 99.9 % of the science undertook is boring, inconclusive or negative results.

The only carrot is prestige, and the only perks are holidays ...

I dunno why you suggested money because there is none (in wages).

I expect a big reason for not releasing the data is ... who is gonna do the necessary steps to release the data? You want to take a scientist off his role to build a website and database?? We have little administrative support (probably JPL has better, but still, yet another distraction that eats time from our main job that pays too little). The people that make websites for a living get paid better the scientists, so its a bit harsh to expect scientists to constantly be building website to share data whilst paying them under the industry norms.
This is where real tech journalists should do their jobs and hold these VC partners personally accountable for this investment.
I noticed you want to do geolocation. Let's put that aside for now, just looking at key/value.

1. You need to store all your data in "pages". These are fixed-length blocks (that can be chained together).

2. Use a classical "dictionary" data structure to store your index (most use B-Tree), but you place that structure on-disk instead of in-memory. Your index basically points a key to the index of the first page that contains the value.

3. You may need to store other types of data in the file, such as the free page list.

As for geo-location, B-Tree fits nicely here.

1. Intelligently lay out your B-Tree so that nearby nodes are typically within the same node-family-system. Include information about the distance spanned by descendants in the tree (you probably want to use Manhatten distance).

2. When trying to do "near" queries, first locate the node you are interested in and then start traversing up the parents until you find the ancestor that encompasses the distance you are looking for.

3. Grab all the descendants of that ancestor and re-check them against the distance.
There is novel which suggest using entire star cluster for inter-galactic travels..
The dataset they use is the just-released public Norwegian map data. There are few man-made landmarks in the local topography. (c:
There is a really interesting comment on reddit regarding this survey, specifically about how dodgy its methods was.

"This is not me saying that this is a bad study because I'm a Microsoft fanboy. This is me saying this is a bad study because I'm a scientist.

The "study" says that "cognitive load is the sum of elements a user needs to be familiar with in order to use the operating system." That's actually a good thing to look at, and would be interesting. Unfortunately, they counted the number of pre-installed applications and decided that was somehow linked to the cognitive load? I don't even begin to see a connection between the two.

In the "efficiency and integration" section, they do not actually run a study to see how quickly different tasks can be done (which would be efficiency) -and I don't see anything about integration at all- instead they simply talk about how many short cuts there are- except on Android, which is docked for having too many short cuts.

The customization section showcases 2 problems. 1. They assume that more customization is always better and 2. If what you're going for is customization, than you better make Android a 10 and the next highest operating system a 2. The fact that they have Android and iOS7 anywhere close together shows they did not use any methodology for assigning score.

And finally, the UFX score. I don't even know where to begin. First, he claims that you can close applications on iOS7 and Android to "free up resources," but in reality both camps have said explicitly that their app launcher does not control resource use. He claims that iOS 7 can fit 24 application shortcuts, while Windows Phone can barely fit 12. In reality, if all you want is icons with counters (which is all iOS 7 offers you) then you can fit 28 icons on Windows Phone. He also complains about not having a background image on Windows Phone, never once mentioning how you wouldn't be able to see it (he also lists this under UFX- not sure how this causes any friction. Anyway, he also list this under customization (which makes more sense) and double counts this as a negative). And the oddest one- he claims that the Lumia 920 has "sponsored links on the homescreen." I don't have a Lumia 920- so I can't speak from personal experience, but none of my Google searches reveal anything about this and it is something that I am quite sure would be railed against frequently if true. So in that case, I'm pretty sure it is a lie.

Now, that being said- there are of course problems with Windows Phone. However, I really don't think this article captured any of them." - Weed_O_Whirler
> Also synchronization sucks. I often use it from my desktop only to get "new message" notification on my phone somewhere around 10 minutes in the conversation with some messages from the beginning

I use it every day and don't think i get anything like this issue (for balance)
but all transactions are public [1] Thus once you inform gov which are your bitcoin wallets, they can look through the block chain. Ironically, this means they will have much much more info on you than if they just had your bank account number.

[1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transactions
I couldn't find Tintin's rocket...

http://us.tintin.com/adventures/destination-moon/
Virtual card number? Never heard of this before. Sounds useful. Is this something unique to Netspend? Can you do it via Paypal or something if you're outside the US? I wouldnt need a physical card if I can link such functionality to my (verified) Paypal account.
A really neat idea... trending URLS on social networks
Here's short translation in Bitcointalk forum.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303406.new
You can tell who didn't read the article before commenting.
Anyone got updates?
JustFab was founded by Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg in March 2010. (0, 1)

Series A round of $33 Million was raised in September 2011 (2), led by Matrix Partners' Josh Hannah @jdh (3), Technology Crossover Ventures participated.

A national class action lawsuit was filed against Just Fabulous, Inc. in October 2011 (4).

Series B round of $76 Million was raised in July 2012, investors included Rho Capital Partners, Matrix Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, Intelligent Beauty (2)

Series C round of $40 Million was raised in September 2013, investors included Shining Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, Rho Ventures, Matrix Partners, Intelligent Beauty (2)

(0) http://www.matrixpartners.com/entrepreneur-stories/adam_gold...

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JustFab

(2) http://www.crunchbase.com/company/justfabulous

(3) http://www.matrixpartners.com/team/josh-hannah/

(4) http://www.scambook.com/blog/2011/10/justfab-com-justfabulou...
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Google's 3D building data for some cities (e.g. here in Edinburgh) is incredible - I'd tempted to get a 3D printer and work out ways of printing interesting parts of town.

Maybe my favourite mountains as well from OS data...
Can someone draw up a list of things science is less certain about than climate change? Not that I think there's much hope for the people who still think 95% means "guessing," but still.
What do you mean "95% certain that humans are the dominant cause of global warming"? I was told several times it is proven beyond any doubts, we are one and only cause of global warming.
After reading the quotes of 'scientists' like those mentioned in this article I AM 100% SOLD! Man is bad! They sound so positive (and smart) so there's no need to even study the issue any more. IT'S DONE.

But....

There actually is a large counter argument (not profiting like the pro argument which includes everyone from Al Gore to the energy companies). To me it’s suspicious that the pro side keeps getting caught lying and colluding and has been forced to backtrack on their fear mongering claims and arguments. If it is found that this is a for profit fraud which is raising energy prices, food prices, etc. then those profiting from the possible deaths and starvation of others should be held responsible.

And the 95% agree reported in this article or 97% agree 'fact' tweeted by the president seems to actually be the complete opposite upon peer review. 0.3% instead of 97%.

See http://floppingaces.net/most_wanted/0-3-consensus-not-97-1-q...

(10 pages of references for this article here: http://floppingaces.net/cook-97-consensus-2013.pdf)
Love to hear your feedback and reactions
Yes, let's do that! There's so much interesting info here, and I wouldn't like it to stop coming after this leaves the front page. I'm also stereo blind, and it's great to see other people having same experiences and ideas.

Let's start something, reddit, google group, whatever. I think there are plenty of things to share in the future!
General Products?
I get an error loading the page, can anyone mirror?
"The page isn't redirecting properly"

EDIT: I resolved it by going to github.com and signin, and then click link. Shouldn't one be able to look at gists without logging in?
These types of "agreements" are never intended to be heard in court. They're to scare the average user. Sort of like what patent trolls do (try) to victims who choose to fight.

This is how low down this company is. At the level of patent trolls. Disgusting.
A crash course in startup metrics
> It sets such a terrible precedent that a company like this can raise so much money.

But so many precedents already exist. It's this wicked modus operandi for fast growth that a hefty amount of startups go by. You trick users in early in the game (browse around http://darkpatterns.org for examples), when you have attained a large group of users, you distance yourself from your past activities. Common excuses range from "we were young then!" to "we didn't think we were actually misleading users because of this $xyz technically". And of course there's the plain refusal of accepting that any misdeed was ever done.

A lot of the established companies right now grew and expanded precisely because of the dark models. I mean, hey, they just work. My favorite example: http://darkpatterns.org/library/privacy_zuckering/. What's really great is FB can make a great fuss that they're better about the interface now... and the thing is, it doesn't matter. It's a large company, it's established, now it'll continue to sustain itself in a network effects fashion with misleading interface or not. The lesson learned is, just do it, say sorry later. It's like when banks knowingly involved in predatory practices do the calculus about how much the fine for some wrong-doing might be, and usually going for it because the reward attained will be many times bigger than the fine they'll have to pay. Except in this case there is no fine, maybe just some pesky comments rebuking you in some forum.
Just Wow, what a clever scam. Hardest thing must have been getting a merchant account for this - does anyone know who provides them with a merchant account / credit card processing? And how do they manage to tolerate the chargeback rate without being shut down by Visa etc?

Lots of these operations around, but usually remain small due to credit card companies shutting them down quickly. JustFab has been around for a couple of years. How did they manage to stay under the radar of credit card companies? And/or keep their chargebacks under the limit?
> Hopefully it can all get resolved soon and everyone can get back to work.

If we wanted everyone to get back to work, we wouldn't be browsing HN.
Hey, it's complicated, ok?

New information and data improve the models and add more influences like ground-atmosphere interaction or sea-atmosphere gas exchange. It means the results at the current state will not be exact and might have variations.

That doesn't mean the basic theory is in doubt and the problem doesn't exist. (And theory does mean set of rules, proven by experiment after experiment after experiment, not some random idea someone had.)

If one of us found decisive arguments againt climate change - just imagine the money that person could make, and the good news, and the fame.. and there's too many idealistic researchers (and students) around for noone to go that way. And in the long run, it will be necessary either way to control the climate, just look at those million years temperature charts, thus funding might go down but not away.
12 true tales of creepy NSA cyberstalking
"I feel like that person should be reported to the authorities or something. Not hiring people because they refuse to regularly work over 40hrs/week should be illegal."

My husband is a low-grade chef. The vast majority of places where he worked/interviewed expected him to work 12 hour days, 6 days a week (sometimes 6.5 days - those employers thought someone only working 6 hours on the 7th day was being treated well).

And bear in mind people like him are working these very long hours under time-pressure, with people barking orders at them; they are using sharp knives, boiling water, boiling fat.

Quite often, the employers kept all tips/service charges. If the staff did get tips/service charges, they went to waiting staff/bar staff.

Only about 5% of the places where he was interviewed did he get offered a 40 hour week, with some of the tips/service charges going to him.

Oh yeah. And all this on minimum wage. Hours worked beyond 40 were never paid as overtime in these places.

He was working in the kinds of restaurants were programmers and other professionals would go for dinner.

He spent the last 3 months living off his savings until he could get a job at one of the 5% of places that operated the kind of working hours that everyone else takes for granted.
Decoding Vibrations From Nearby Keyboards With Mobile Phone Accelerometers [pdf]
This "inventor" wouldn't be the first in line to place profits above people. Most VC's I know don't give two shits about the human elements.

Yeah I know, it's sad.
Title is really poorly worded and could use an edit - Django CMS is the other popular CMS project based on Django. Article is for Mezzanine, an entirely separate project. Really confusing!

Edit: title has been updated :-)
Finnish Gaming Companies Content to Hire Slowly but must look Outside for Talent
Teenage Engineering’s Minimalist Garage Is A Tinkerer’s Paradise
Oh, okay. But assuming we get there, in terms of the dataset, do you reckon it would be legal for a service to offer 3D printing of famous landmarks?
It is because of websites like these, I love my credit card's Virtual Account Number generator. It gives me a new CC number every time, with 'Dollar amount' and 'Valid until' limits. I always use a new number to sign up for all sorts of 'trials' etc. Never ran into problems with zombie billing.

That said, scammy company is very scammy!
How the world’s countries compare on income inequality (US ranks below Nigeria)
The BBB are close to a scam themselves, but it might be worth contacting the FTC - they tend to show an interest in this kind of thing and can lay down some serious financial hurt themselves.
> Ignore them — you do know, what are you doing, right?

No, I don't :). I heavily rely on my CVS to never loose any data and to be able to go back to a previous state whenever I need to. This works great with Git's reflog.

> That's not true. Backups are written to .hg/strip-backup directory, which isn't tracked.

I stand corrected then. Maybe I'm mixing that up with amend or revert? I last used mercurial 9 months ago, but believe to remember there was some command that left .orig files lying around and that if you applied a history rewrite command several times those backups were overwritten with the new backups and you weren't able to come back all the way.
The example 2 in section 2.1.2 is curious. It essentially says that the value of goods purchased with bitcoins is determined by the eur-btc exchange rate at the time of purchase. I find that idea problematic because there afaik is no official exchange rates for bitcoin.
Birthday of E=mc2, and Irvine Welsh
I only just picked up a Lumia 1020 two days ago after using an iPhone for the last 2 years, so the jury is still out for me on whether I prefer it or not and how well it suits my particular set of needs. I'm not even sure I can accurately define what my particular needs are right now (except that I wanted the 1020's great camera). I wonder if you could elaborate on what needs it is that you think Windows Phone suits so well?
I'm collaborating with some people on an application, too, which also consists of a few components that have to work together.

And all of those things have to talk to each other and be set up to run on your personal dev environment.

For this, we created (and keep updated) a textfile with requirements and a (terse) installation procedure a dev should be able to follow to set things up on his own machine.

That often means borrowing some know how from the guy next to you.

I once worked in a telecom company (open plan) where we also used this way of communication. Perhaps nothing wrong with it (from a social standpoint) but the senior devs were often complaining about being disturbed in their flow.

That is much harder remotely.

An alternative, which doesn't interrupt flow, could be email. But then you might have to wait hours for an answer...
The best (and it really is the best) is to get the word about. Drive this "website" into the ground. The VC's will lose money. And maybe, just maybe in the future they'll think twice about investing in questionable companies.
YC funded and PG defended a company whose entire business model is "let's spread crapware using opt-out checkboxes in installers that most people will not pay enough attention to". This is nothing new, I don't know why people seem to expect VC to be of better virtue than others means of founding a company.
Agreed, but what do you do with them (I assume that you are Ange from GP)? I assume steal or "borrow for undetermined time".
Should you use Facebook in mobile commerce apps?
Should you add Facebook and other social network integrations to mobile commerce applications?
BlackBerry Reports $1.6B In Revenue And A $965M Loss In Q2 2014 Earnings
On the contrary:

- low latency (images served instantly)

- no ads (initially)

- upload, get link

Initially there were zero features. The pace was entirely based on serving images fast. Everything else you think of imgur came later.
meetup.com misled me into a recurring charge. i thought I would need renew the next month. guess i didnt read the fine print right.
That's not very informative. Science isn't certain about how bicycles work, but knows how microscopic particles interact. Or why we sneeze/sleep.