skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We've chosen 19b so far.

I disagree with 18. Would agree if "nothing" changed to "fewer things". I'm thinking of all manner of things; art, theatre, sex, the social aspect of chatting to your butcher, making better machines, responding to new market needs, etc. Machines can't replace all things, but I agree that there are lots that they can. I suppose if "cheaper or better" are mutually exclusive then I might agree with 18.

19c) People will try socialism or communism and end up being yet another depressing case study in a "failed political ideologies" book.
Pardon my french HN, but what a load of horseshit.

When I was a kid there was this mail-order thing called Columbia House Record Club. It was the same business model. They entice you with super cheap music.. if you signed up for a monthly subscription. I was a happy customer. Because I was smart enough to work the system, cancel in time and get a bunch of free CDs for pennies.

But guess what? Somebody was filling their coffers and it wasn't me. Columbia House made $500M/year. It was the regular folks who didn't pay close attention and didn't realize just how much they'd be charged on a recurring basis for stuff they didn't want.

So this VC's use of high customer satisfaction rates as a defense is utterly without merit. That's the nature of this business: savvy customers do well, but at the expense of another set of exploited customers.

Here's a great article on Columbia House, which calls it "one of the more dishonest and predatory marketing devices of the 20th century". It could just as well be about JustFab.

http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/129722-rise-and-fall-of-t...

Oh.. and now I have a really bad impression of Matrix Partners.
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I'm not an expert, but here's my summary: Profits from bitcoins are taxed as capital gain, except for profits gained from mining or games, which are taxed as earned income.
The window is usually 180 days, and some of the more lenient credit card companies will go back even further depending on the circumstances. She can easily get back 6 of the 8 monthly charges.

A simple way to avoid issues like this is to always generate a virtual card for each purchase, and then turn the virtual card off the moment the transaction is completed. You can do this through Netspend prepaid cards - you just open their site in another tab, generate a card with two clicks and turn it off with another two clicks. It costs nothing and the whole process adds about 1 minute to your purchase. I do this for every "free" trial I take on - if I like the service, then I will consciously make the decision to change the billing to a real card. No one gets to make that decision for me.
Guys over the pond... time for another tea party? 'taxation without representation'? ...'taxation without services'?
Did his reference to Betfair and eHow just disappear?
I suppose it isn't exactly Blue Hippo, but they'd have to be pretty obtuse not to know that it is misleading, regardless of whether it is the old or new version of the page.[1][2]

Take for example item number three shared by both in the side bar: "Skip The Month" or "Skip any month".

This isn't the usual lowercase English word "skip", it is a special "Skip", short for special terminology "Skip the Month", their official term for actively declining within a five day window, not passively skipping a purchase. (The official terms and conditions[3] specify "Skip This Month" rather than "Skip The Month", but that may be another issue.)

Its meaning could be ambiguous if the reader is adept at incorporating new usages for words as they are being defined by the surrounding context. Or, the reader could skim the headings, or the reader simply lacked the reading comprehension skills to grasp that the meaning had changed in the text below the heading.

These challenges can be out of reach for a large majority of adults. Glance at the National Assessment for Adult Literacy[4], see the descriptions of the difference between "intermediate" (44%) and "proficient" (13%), and compare the difficulty of sample questions[5] with the comprehension level needed to grasp the message. (Complete reports can be found here: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=032)

This extremely poor communication that never seems to happen when people benefit from their customers understanding what they are trying to say, and makes it pretty difficult to deny that their business is based on misleading people.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/3di93.png

[2] http://i.imgur.com/d02xmsy.png

[3] http://www.justfab.com/index.cfm?action=home.terms_and_condi...

[4] http://nces.ed.gov/naal/kf_demographics.asp#2

[5] http://nces.ed.gov/naal/sample.asp
If you want to play around with data, here's another good list of open/free datasets: http://bitly.com/bundles/hmason/1
Twitter Buys Training Company Marakana To Power New “Twitter University”
If he was in the states and not anonymous, this guy could be sued for "requiring" people to work more than 40 hours a week, which is illegal by federal law even for exempt positions. In an exempt position, the worker can decide to work more than or even less than 40, depending on need, but its their decision to make (hence exempt...), and if a manager/owner were to make that a requirement, they would find themselves in court very quickly, even if they made a statement to that effect. Hope parent is not in the states, has a good lawyer, or is anonymous.
I think if you really wanted to get comfortable with something that could have you make a performant, database quickly, you might want to start with something like C...

Now, C is a shotgun that you will invariably use to shoot yourself in the foot with, but I think it's absolutely straightforward and powerful manual memory management, as well as raw speed, would make it worth learning.

Like, you could for example just focus on building a database of a given size, in memory -- you could even do it all in RAM, if you wanted.

You could have the database specialize in holding one kind of data structure (for example, how about tries? they're pretty rare, despite how useful they are)
> For example, my X1900

AMD have been shit since forever. There should be a message with giant letters printed on each box saying "THIS PRODUCT DOESN'T HAVE LINUX DRIVERS WORTH A DAMN".

Not that it helps your situation now, but maybe if you upgrade in the future, try with an nvidia card?
I heard it tries to go one step beyond that. If Deutsche Bank has operations in the US, it falls under FATCA. BUT it is also required to not do business with some small German bank that has no operation in the US that does not comply with FATCA; i.e. DB is used to coerce the small German bank with no US operation to report its American customers in Germany to the US.
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It may be possible.. I've gotten refunds going back that far. But definitely the more recent months will get refunded. And that's enough to put some financial hurt on JustFab, as there are additional penalties they pay with each chargeback.
The Buy is better than rent in Phx, opposite of San Jose.

"nice outside" doesn't happen much in Phx. In Silicon Valley you open the windows and let the breeze in. In Phx you kick up the AC.
Interesting, re: Section 632

> and that not all parties consented to the eavesdropping.

Are they indicating that when someone sends an e-mail to a Gmail account that they are implicitly consenting to the 'eavesdropping'?

As another poster pointed-out on HN a few weeks ago, sometimes it's not even clear if a domain is using Gmail. One would have to check the MX RRs first, before making a decision on sending.

Sounds like a useful postfix plug-in, actually...
What kind of database? An embedded key/value database like TokyoCabinet? An embedded SQL database like SQLite? An in memory data-structure database like Redis? A server SQL database like MySQL? A distributed key/value database like Cassandra? A json document database like CouchDB? I could go on...

In general, if you want to learn a new language, pick a project of limited scope (weeks) that you have done in the past in some other language.

A database is a bad choice. Even the simplest database worth being called a database requires months of effort.
Open Source Tablet Unveiled at JavaOne
If you meant database engine, then you should contribute to open source database projects like PostgreSQL or MariaDB. This assumes that you're comfortable with populating and maintaining databases.

Start with downloading the source code for say MariaDB, reading internals documentation on project Wiki, compiling it on your machine.

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#How_do_I_get_...

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/contributing-code/

Good luck.
If they're being so clear why are they exploiting advertizing blindness to inform their customers of the recurring charges.

Why isn't there an entry after the "TOTAL" informing you of the subscription charges.

They do count as charges and should be shown in a statement listing all charges.
This is one of those questions where if you ask it the answer is 'you shouldn't'.

If you want to get comfortable with a language that you are learning my advice would be to pick a simple real-world problem and to try to solve that rather than to tackle a major project like this. That will only cause frustration in the long run.
Too bad this is limited to ships that have renderings of them (such as all the EVE online ships that dominate the scale).

I'd love to see some of Iain Bank's Culture GSVs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_types_of_the_Culture#Gene... or some ships by Alastair Reynolds
> Google results are getting worse and worse IMO

They're optimising for normal people who don't formulate query strings in Google, but they ask questions or just search.
Eventually, robots will be growing all kinds of food. The roofs of our houses will be covered with gardens.

They'll even inspect plants at regular intervals and remove bugs. They'll decide when fruit is ready to pick and share all the data with systems that buy, transport and use produce.
> http://imagesup.net/?di=15138026329215

This is definitely sleazy. The monthly payment is not mentioned anywhere near the pricing info. The page is designed to look like you make a one time payment, and only at the very bottom of the sidebar (and you know very well that sidebars never get read) does it mention that they're charging you every month.

It is obvious that many people will miss this. The creators of this site intentionally mislead their customers.
Gnip Adds Search API to its Twitter Data Service
You might be arguing semantics, but I'm not. I see a gulf of difference between any definition of "faith" and how I derive confidence in science.

No definition of faith I'm aware of relates to confidence based on weight of evidence, or balance of probabilities.

To use your example of pharmaceutical efficacy, I take a pill with the expectation that it will elicit results comparable to its stated claim. I hope that it works. I'm happy if it does work. But my worldview won't be shattered if it doesn't.
A recent collection of resourceful articles about product management
I would definitely be interested in some form of 'gardening bot'. This but at a smaller scale just for my garden.

At a smaller scale, I can sow the seed myself. I can harvest myself. What I do need automated is the areas where I consistently fail when trying to grow my own vegetable patch. Watering is the main one. Just having a sensor to detect when to switch on and off the hose pipe would probably save most of my crops. Slug control would be another - something to detect when a slug gets to close and zaps em with (preferably) a laser.
People want things for free. News at eleven.
You can also file an action against them in your local small claims court. Depending on where you live, it takes about 30 minutes to fill out the form and costs around $25 in filing fees. Most likely the company will not respond to your complaint, and you will receive a judgment for all of the money you paid them. Assuming they don't go bankrupt, they will eventually pay you and satisfy the judgment. I did this against similar scams like Video Professor in the early Facebook era and it worked surprisingly well for 2 years worth of scam rebills to which I had been completely oblivious.
> There was a clear demand for free image hosting that is easy to work with, and imgur fit the bill.

There are plenty of these around, so I doubt it was being free and simple that made them "win" (we have an ad-free one with even simpler UI, for example). There were 2 factors that contributed most to their success in my opinion: a) being used much on Reddit, b) being awesome at implementing many useful, well-designed features. Without a), they would probably still have won this race, but at a much slower pace.
JustFab is a trash company and you're a trash investor. They won't last and you won't last.
Double agree.

Not delivering value for dollar is called one thing: a scam. It might be letter of US law legal (which doesn't have a stellar consumer protections record), but it's dishonest as predatory lending and crap hawked from backs of magazines.

TL;DR Series A investor is trying to rationalize legitimacy to himself in the face of overwhelming conflicting evidence. Don't worry chap, denial is the first step toward accepting you dumped cash on a charlatan. Hopefully it won't end up in plastic barrels in the desert.

The number to cancel VIP is 1-866-337-0906 (as seen on TOS)
Why should a "rock star" work for you ?

How about creating the rockstars rather than hoping for one to fall into your lap.
Designing for iOS7: Perils & Pluses
If remember, Larry Niven's Ringworld ended up as a kind of spaceship.

Actually instead of an image, a site where you can compare lots of ships would be cool, and adding more ships would be pretty simple.
Sweet! The number of places I want to visit just increased!
In US, credit company would usually side with you, and if you say the charge is not authorized (esp. if there's no actual paper signature) you'll get money back. But for that you need to watch your bill closely, not everybody does that.
I think trying to defend this scam was a really bad idea.
| http://imagesup.net/?di=15138026329215

"Continue Checkout" surely is not the same as "Continue Signup" and definitely not the same as "Become a member of our VIP club for 39$/m".

A sustainable business model wouldn't need to trick people into this. It would broadly (not in small print as it's done right now) advertise the benefits of the VIP program and convince people to sign up.
What's the font used in the top-right image (begins "db 'MZ'")?
Not, I'm assuming, life-sized.
What an innovative company that wraps up a questionable practice into an yet another good looking shop with "amazing growth." The VCs might have taken that as an innovation.
Once you click your Account, or try to login it will send you on via verified https:// regular pages and the cart does not have SSL. Possibly for speed issues
Good. It really is up to the publication to prove that they hold the copyright.

By providing mirrors, it spreads the work further for the authors, lowering the chance that they would add their support to take it down.
One feature at a time, the same as any other program.

Start with something very simple - maybe a single table with a hardcoded schema, or a simple string key/value store (a la memcached). Find a use case for which this is an improvement over what you had before. Add features as and when you need them.
I think it's a scam, however I'd like to point out that by virtue of being honest, it could be avoided. If you are honest, you'll think "this is too good to be true", and rather than thinking "ha ha, fools, they'll make a minus on this and I get cheap shoes" you'll look closely for a catch.

That's not an excuse for the company at all, of course.
So, how can I get the one with Slartibartfast's signature?
It's likely that the new "signal" was progressively added to the existing mix, to avoid sudden jarring changes. Boiling a frog, etc.
Conversely, a hotel probably has more than one competitor so if they're posting negative reviews they may well review all of them. Someone who has a particularly bad (or good) experience with a hotel may well not have signed up before but could feel compelled to do so for that experience.

Note that I'm not speaking from experience here, just playing devil's advocate a bit :).
Yes and its the one most people know?

Let's compare user experience. One phone is straight out of the box. The other we will just take a minute to gain root and reinstall the entire OS. Just to keep things fair.
The commands, my god there are numerous commands that have no rhyme or reason.

Want to checkout a branch?

git checkout <name>

Want to make a branch?

git checkout -b <name>

Want to reset a file?

git checkout -- <file_name>

Want to make a sandwich?

git checkout ++D@A#32

Want to rebuild universe from Big Bang?

git checkout 0 --rebuild-universe

Add to this, duplicated commands, arcane commands (hello fsck --lost-found), commands that seem deceptively similar but aren't, doesn't work out of the box like hg, doesn't work on Windows etc.

I love git, but its CLI is horribad. And that is after most of weird/confusing stuff was removed...

Git, like Linux is a power tool. It's like those drills that can drill through solid rock easy, but if they jam, they'll spin you around.
If anyone's in the market, compare gateways on https://feefighters.com/
Are all the models signed by Slartibartfast?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slartibartfast
So, he is reinventing MJPEG, in Javascript...

I can't find the proper words to comment this.
Ideas sometime kill ideas
Well, in my country the credit card company's police on time window isn't very relevant. If there is a scam involved, it becomes a legal matter and for that the time window is years.
Well, there's the classic* Starship Dimensions-page: http://www.merzo.net/

It features more ships, but no direct comparison capability. And no Culture ships.

* = Frames! And Drag'n Drop-stuff which apparently only works on MSIE.
Vine and its competitors offer this kind of HTML5 video fragments.
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The law should be:

Where reasonable you should be able to cancel by the same method as you signed up.

E.G. if you can sign up on a website, you should be able to cancel on the same website.
Envy Code R: http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-cod...
For what it's worth, eHow only really moved towards being a content farm after being sold to Demand Media. I don't think it's fair to compare legalised gambling with human trafficking...
Yeah, I'm incredulous that anyone could argue that VIP membership is obvious. There's a box that gives you the breakdown of the charges, Subtotal, Shipping etc. that doesn't include the VIP membership... In fact the only indication on the entire page that you're joining the VIP scheme is the magenta link you mentioned. It's smuggled through at the bottom of an ad box(where everyone applies a degree of visual filtering automatically) and the copy isn't exactly obvious. "No thanks, I don't want to save up to 50%" is a long way from "No thanks, I don't want to be a VIP".
Photo Documentary of a UK Derbyshire Town
Google Pinata
"genuine gypsum heirloom mantelpiece display replica"

3D printing is only going to get cheaper and more accessible - I think pretty soon that "heirloom" is going to look like a dollar-store trinket.

Still, aside from the hyperbole this is a pretty neat idea, and New Zealand certainly has some landscapes worth this treatment too (including fjords, even). Australia has some impressive cliff forms that would work; seems like thousands of areas worldwide.
They would never get away with the style of their English site in Germany. Honestly, I doubt they will get away in the US in the long run.
I don't think you've ever tried dealing with the OFT.

Glacial would imply an excess of speed and action on their part.

Scam companies regularly set up, flout the legislation and the OFT 'guidelines' (which is what they are so a breach needs to be investigated before it can become subject to enforcement - more delay) and keep going until the OFT eventually acts then collapse to run off with the money.

Normally local trading standards units are much quicker at taking action but have limited powers and some things are reserved for OFT (see Glacial, above).

It has taken years of complaints to the OFT about mobile phone companies hiking 'fixed price' contracts mid-term for any investigation to be done (small print says 'fixed price' is index linked to whatever index they choose to apply an increase with). The investigation is still ongoing and although there is talk of action, it's not actualy happened yet, despite this being one of the most significant causes of complaints about mobile phone contracts for many years. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74/features/mobile-con...]

Action on a scam site doing auto-subscribe ? I wouldn't hold my breath regardless of whether it is legal or not.
I'm sorry but defending the ethics of lawyers outside of a majority legal environment is a losing move.
> We in fact have done plenty of due diligence, and you will be pleased to know it is not a scam company.

I'm sorry, but the second half of your sentence does not follow from the first.

Your due diligence as an investor in no way reassures users that they are not being scammed. For instance the very "dark patterns" that Justfab seems to be relying on (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6455927) might look great to you as an investor focused on increasing revenue and profits, but are designed to trick users.

That said, kudos for jumping in to defend your investee!
When one of the negative points is the number of icons and widgets it says a lot about that report.
Heh, it says "removing trolls" when generating the preview (after clicking get it printed)

I walked Besseggen last summer [1] and the model [2] for that looks pretty accurate with the huge drop on both sides down to two different waters.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Walking_on_Besseggen.jpg
[2] http://terrafab.bengler.no/preview?box=164077.08468046575,68...
still there: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jdh

screenshot: http://www.dropmocks.com/mBw5GS
In the end, its the publishers choice to argue in court that tax funded space research are not in the public domain. That can backfire quite heavily, and create a precedent for other similar articles.

Second is mens rea. A "reasonable compliance upon an official statement of law, afterward determined to be invalid or erroneous" does not constitute a criminal act.
'Zombie' hormone disruptors rise from the dead at night
Amazon explicitly says it's a paid program that costs money and you have to explicitly join it through process separate from buying stuff. Offering free trial period and then charging is very standard approach, automatically enrolling with sale is not.
I'm intriguied by his fez obsession. Does he toss/eat/steal/stomp them?
The extra registers and other advancements in instruction sets help a lot.

x86 has some enchancements, but if you think that 64-bit is bad for mobile, I strongly suggest looking at the A7 32 vs 64 benchmarks. ( http://anandtech.com/show/7335/the-iphone-5s-review/4 )

Of course, the performance gains have really nothing to do with 64-bit addressing alone, but ARM took the opportunity to almost completely redesign the ISA, and A64 is in general a better and faster ISA than A32. So all else is not equal.