skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, and PayPal definitely has a history of not upsetting its customers, avoiding negative PR, and not making things worse for themselves. We can certainly bet on them to handle this acquisition in a reasonable way.
Nice idea. Good luck! ;)
Except they don't.

“And under Irish tax law, the second Irish resident subsidiary is not taxed on the royalty payment because it is controlled by managers elsewhere.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/22/how_vendors_avoid_ta...

Google (as a verb, no pun intended) for “Double Irish” and “Dutch Sandwich” if you want the full picture of the scheme.
> so many pixels you never ever see with your eyes

Pretty sure that's the point.

And it's not a marketing gimmick. When you read a lot, having "print quality" text is an extraordinary enabler.
Before you sell the answer, sell the need
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Powerful stuff. I've noticed that my "long form" mental focus has gradually declined, I believe beginning from about the time I began using a smartphone a couple of years ago. It's now so bad that if I can't improve it through developing good habits, I'll be ditching the smart phone for a dumb one, and finding other ways to curtail short-form reading and internet browsing :)

A relevant plug: My brother and I are developing a web app to help with this problem of distractedness. It's a to-do list manager that encourages mindfulness by helping you monitor procrastination and training your ability to steadily focus. Launching sometime this fall: http://fleur.io
just ate another chocolate on account of this article :@
thank you for this gem.
First Bionic Leg to Harness Nerves Allows Mind Control Movement
Obvious ID troll is obvious.
The NSA Spied on Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali
That's why you have another line saying something like:

cat Makefile

before blindly executing it. In general, you shouldn't blindly believe downloaded code, but in this case Makefile is simple enough that you can prove it's non harmful in a few second glance.
BioLite is making a generator/stove for daily home use in 3rd World conditions: http://www.biolitestove.com/homestove/overview/

They also have a camping version: http://www.biolitestove.com/campstove/camp-overview/features...
They're also planning a lunar rover soon with potential goal to retrieve fuel for nuclear fusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Progr...
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Get an IRC client that supports plug-ins and scripts and create your own tools. I use IRSSI and there are loads of scripts available to use as a starting point.
I develop software in a research environment, turning PhD students code into production quality systems. I think there are a lot of developers out there who don't write tests, or only write tests because you're "supposed" to (as evidenced by the popularity of the Stack Overflow question "Is Unit Testing worth the effort?" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/67299/is-unit-testing-wor...).

They don't see the benefit for themselves, but like proper documentation, it's mainly a courtesy to other developers.

What I wish I was told about testing is that if you modify your workflow, it benefits YOU as well as your colleagues. Without testing, trying out a feature means:

1. Make changes.
2. Restart application or server (possibly refreshing page).
3. Go through a series of clicks or keystrokes.
4. Didn't work? Go to step 1.

Steps 2 and 3 can take a lot of time, and you'll likely be doing it over and over again (boring!). With testing this becomes a 2 second cognition-free process, and even that can be automated with Grunt/gnotify notifications. The boring part of coding is now automated. With good coupling, you can quickly isolate your change/compile/run cycle to the part of the code you're working on.

Programmers already know the benefits that testing brings 6 months down the line when something breaks, but it's wishful thinking to expect people to think that far ahead (and smaller companies are often in a hurry to get something out the door before the money dries up). If you want intrinsic motivation to write tests, you learn how to work such that tests provide immediate benefit.
I am dismayed and disgusted with the NSA as much as the next guy, maybe more than the next guy, but suggesting they had anything to do with stick a root backdoor in the kernel is a stretch. I guess it is possible but seems pretty unlikely.

Saying it had anything to do with BK just means you didn't read the original article. BitKeeper found the problem that was in the CVS tree. BitKeeper itself was never compromised.
Easy to do by accident while drunk in Vegas?
As it has.
Why is the author's book listed on Amazon if they do not wish it?
https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xombrero
They are socializing with people, but physical presence matters less than it used to. They're not (mostly) playing games. They're generally chatting with their friends, or (if they're really bored) browsing content posted by a smallish list of facebook and twitter contacts.

To trigger a reversal, you have to train people to be engaged, sympathetic, good at body language, and extremely talkative. Basically all the difficult interpersonal things that text chat can't do. Edit: technology isn't standing still, though! Snapchat is adding more personal video content to phones already.
Sure, using software violating open source licenses is a great idea...
Because there are hundreds of options for credit card processing in the US, as opposed to a handful of cell providers for some regions. There's no risk of creating a monopoly or significantly reducing competition here.
In a quick look it seems like the same product with different marketing slogan
I was expecting this: http://tartley.com/?p=1267
Open office plans suuuuuuuuuuuck. They are soul-crushing, productivity-destroying disasters. Especially if you are trying to code while the telemarketer android is right next to you, repeating his or her script for the 90th time that day. But even if its just developers. Everyone talks about productivity, but its also the lack of privacy. I find that just draining.

The "get shit done" part of it, however, may be something different. If you have to defend yourself against heavy incoming meeting emails, and if those meetings are purposeless, meandering blancmanges, then WFH is really a way to evade the meetings.
Great for the post-apocalyptic world!

Maybe good for short term natural disasters or outdoorsy types who want to stay connected.

I find some humor in that having a cell phone on and charged is still 'off the grid' (I know they meant electrical grid).
Around 500M.
People in Africa aren't going to be using a USB generator. They will generate to a battery and then use that battery later. This device will _waste_ the output of the fire for the most part, it's open..not closed like a calorimeter. It's a joke of a device.
The Chinese call one of theses lists their constitution.
I think the answer is:

> You can’t yet order Vernon Downs directly from your local bookstore because the distributor that fills those orders would also have to fill orders to Amazon.

I'm guessing that there are no medium or large distributors that avoid amazon
> I have a 22'' screen, FUll HD on my desktop and I never complain about it.

What do you use it for? Some people need better monitors. I hope my doctor has a nice greyscale screen for looking at xray images.
Android will be getting an online/offline indicator soon: https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13uvbygrw2zyfopw04...
On a related subject, Quartz just ran an article on how membership at the American Booksellers Association has "gone up every year for the past four years, from 1,401 in 2009 to 1,567 in 2012".

http://qz.com/127861/its-time-to-kill-the-idea-that-amazon-i...

Amazon seems to be killing its medium-sized competitors more than its smaller ones. But the article does not touch on the subject of publishers.
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You could use Google Voice. You can read and send texts online, and there's a "mark unread" button.
I am genuinely hoping that this type of thing leads to a cold-war style space race with increased investments into science and technology.
Konqueror does this when you hit Ctrl. Conkeror does it when you hit F.
So he doesn't like Rspec because it's in the spec style...which if anything makes tests a bit more easy on the eye and makes it more human-readable? Ooook
Just a quick note with more details...

- The starting date is Oct 1st.

- We have some incredible residents already, and are
looking for more.

- Please contact us if you want to be a student or a resident, or know someone who is a perfect match.

The story: This is inspired by Hacker School NY. When I saw they got Peter Norvig as a resident, I almost jumped into a plane straight. But I have a girlfriend, a dog, and a baby, so I cannot leave Berlin.

So, in the most unadulterated hacker spirit... I made my own :)

Berlin has some serious advantages over NY:

- It's dirt cheap to live here. Maybe 1/3 of NY prices

- There are plenty of talented people, and user groups.

- There are some desirable startups, and a shortage of hires (as anywhere else, really).

Edit: formatting
May I also suggest an extended assert?

xassert(condition,value);

e.g., xassert(result==3,result);

When the assert fails, the value is also reported. Helps with the question, "So it's not 3. What is it?"

I started using xassert when working in embedded systems where there is no debugger, no stack trace. Knowing the value of the error is valuable.

retcode = some_os_function(blah,blah,blah);
xassert(retcode==OS_SUCCESS,retcode); <--- why did my call fail?
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges
Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tl%C3%B6n,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius

The Story: http://art.yale.edu/file_columns/0000/0066/borges.pdf

Found through a quote on the Urbit mailing list.
I brought a BioLite stove with me on a recent camping trip and loved it. That had other advantages: easy to get a fire going during a very rainy week, no fuel to carry (in the White Mountain National Forest, anyway) and it was pretty easy to cook with.

USB charging didn't seem all that useful at first, but with a USB-rechargeable LED lantern it ended up being great. If that's all you really needed, you could get it from the FlameStower without the battery + fan machinery of the BioLite, I guess.
Entrepreneurship: The Allure of (the Illusion of) Control
Braintree Teaming Up with PayPal: https://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/braintree-teaming-up-...
> Christianity believes that the Bible is the infallible word of God and therefore is complete truth

Very few Christian sects do that. Quite a lot of interpretation goes on (for instance, see consubstantiation versus transubstantiation).
http://goo.gl/b4onl0 -- google image search for it

Looks like (unconfirmed list):
fusebill, atpay, braintree, recurly, chargebee, app55, uberglobal
Ebay buys payments startup Braintree for $800M, yet another win for PayPal
The State of GitHub's code review tooling
> CCCP requires no configuration.
But does not update...

> FOSS with the exception of
No comment...

> We were talking about dithering though (which that comparison also demonstrates), so unless the matrix issue was directly linked to the dithering issues

How do you do the dithering if it is not during the YUV->RGB conversions, aka the matrix? If it is not done there, it is done in swscale like all the other players...

> Also, chill down a bit, will you?

I am usually quite calm, as you can see on this thread or the reddit one. But I'm not to people like you, who are at the limits of insults (and not on this thread, I know). Once you plan to speak correctly, maybe we can talk in a calm down way.
Amazing work on LearnBoost and congratulations on the acquisition! I'm on the PTO board at my son's elementary school and would love to get his school on the LearnBoost platform. Before pitching to the administration, is the platform completely Node.js? Is there a paid support option? Is it self-hosted or hosted on LearnBoost? Do you plan to continue development going forward?

Thanks.
The nine commandments for a startupper in acceleration
There are many ways to get around this issue. Alerts/notifications based on thresholds being exceeded is one. Another is to start with a dashboard that highlights the major issues for you to look at. Another is to have a marker/icon next to any figure that needs your attention (ala Stephen Few style).

There is nothing wrong with investigative analytics. I'm not saying slice and dice is a bad thing - just there are much better ways to open your BI demo.
Please share improvements :)
An update about Firebird on iOS
Despite these tax-avoidance shenanigans, I think they do pay tax in Ireland, just a ridiculously small amount.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/ireland-business-blog-wi...
Exactly. I don't understand this article. The author doesn't really explain what Amazon is doing wrong other than an oblique mention of "Amazon’s discounting policies".

How can Amazon sell a book against the publisher's wishes? If true, that's the real story here.

Maybe the intended audience is already familiar with that part.
In sum: this is a Berlin-based version of Hacker School NYC, with a few twists: it's EU-based; part-time involvement is possible; and we'll incorporate some quantified-self hacks to measure progress (exactly what and how, TBD).

If you want to come hone your skills in one of the great cities of the world alongside a small, friendly group of committed coders, be sure to apply. Berlin has world-class culture, a blooming startup scene, high quality-of-life, great public transit - and it's all quite affordable.

If you know of great coders who love teaching and sharing, please let us know - we definitely want to get in touch with them as residents/mentors. Travel and living expenses will be covered, of course. Thanks HN!
Might as well tell me not to buy your book at all, then.
I'd like to see a reference for this statement: "For many small publishers like Roundabout, Amazon accounts for a large portion of sales, but the publisher realizes very little of the purchase price owing to Amazon’s discounting policies."

I was under the impression that amazon could discount a book as much as they wanted, but this did not affect the fixed dollar amount that the publisher received per sale.
So you'd have to pay interchange, plus whatever your processor charges on top of that, which will depend on them, and volume. You can definitely shop around a little bit, there's probably several local people who can talk you through it and bring you some offers to the table from various processors, but also get a quote from people like TSYS, First Data, and Chase Paymentech directly.

I'm remembering fees varying from $.05 to $0.10 and 0.10% to 0.15% on top of interchange. The visa interchange rates are available at (1) to give you an idea. You're mostly interested in the eCommerce categories probably, so you'll be paying 1.80 to 1.95% plus $0.10 on top of whatever you're paying from you're processor for credit cards, debit cards are cheaper.

Many people that do micropayments will try to combine some transactions together, in order to save money. That said, you might be interested in paypal micropayments (2), as they only charge $0.05 + 5%, which for a $2 transaction, is a big savings.

1: http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/visa-usa-interchange-...

2: https://www.paypalobjects.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_micropaym...
Yes, or a dozen.

It is not hard to fix, but it needs someone who wants to spend one week-end on that part.
So basically your issue is you lack self control.

Sounds like a personal problem.
> but the publisher realizes very little of the purchase price owing to Amazon’s discounting policies.

And yet, I can't find any way to download his book as an ebook right now. I would love to buy from authors directly... but help me help you. You can also save lots on the production and distribution costs.
Arguing dictionary definitions is so tedious.

That's just one of numerous definitions of the word, a historically legitimate definition to be sure. Sadly any innocent use of the word for that purpose is -- to my mind at least -- tainted by the other, socially dominant meaning.

And anyway, even using your cherry-picked definition, I still say I don't have faith in science, because I can't afford it "complete trust or confidence". While I do think the core principles of science are the best tools we have to describe the natural world, even these core principles can not be immune to questioning.
You assumed his profile wasn't clicked on and the URL viewed, identifying him as male. And even if it weren't, the majority of people here are males, and even more so those that talk here about politics. So it would be a perfectly logical assumption to make.

You ruined the spirit of your reply.
For me, it's not necessarily the frequency of random conversation/noise/etc, but the lingering feeling that you could be interrupted at any time. That idea keeps me from concentrating and working to my full potential. A single day working from home might equal 2-3 days of productivity at the office (provided you can seclude yourself at home).

Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling with this.
Ghost 0.3 Kerouac Launches
Of course they have a reason to honk. I just want it to be a good reason. My pet peeve is people who honk their horns rather than ring somebody's doorbell because they're too lazy to get out of their car.
I am using impress.js for all my presentations: http://bartaz.github.io/impress.js/
I have a much easier time explaining Mercurial. And I will keep using Mercurial and keep improving Mercurial until we all realise how much better it is than git because it's easier to explain, it's just as fast, and no less powerful.
What is the rational behind this move?

From my perspective, Braintree had a good brand ( compared to paypal), locked-in customer base and sizeable cashflow (my conjecture based on their fees). Incumbents and first movers in this industry have a huge advantage over newcomers - so they were not as much at risk from newer start-ups. They were also risk averse in how they accepted new customers .

Could they not have restructured, focused on serving their existing customers rather than chasing growth, maybe downsized a bit, and gone for the long run viability with an IPO in about 5 years?
There is a new one finished. Do you want to try it? Mail me.
More like "obvious current twitter drama troll"
Well, I guess the secrets are out now.
Can you try the win32 one?
https://github.com/githubinvasion
Has it really needed to change? It works well enough.
Yeah, but during medieval and early modern times the church tortured and killed heretics and supposed witches. There isn't even anything in the Bible about doing that. Oppressive theocratic regimes aren't caused by the religious texts they interpret. The Turkish people have a very tolerant culture, despite being an Islamic nation.

The fact is, when a set of beliefs is used as a foundation for nation building, it usually gets twisted over time to create an oppressive regime. Think about the rhetoric of Communism, how explicit that is about equality and fairness, and how well that turned out. It is not amazing that Islamic nations are shitty places to live. What is amazing is that secular, democratic, capitalist nations are quite nice places to live.
Please mail me.
This argument makes no sense.

Small presses fail because they generate the bulk of their sales from Amazon, but the margins are too thin when they sell on Amazon. Presumably if they don't sell on Amazon the margins would be healthier, but sales would drop precipitously. So if you can't make money with Amazon and you can't make money without Amazon it seems to me Amazon isn't the problem.

It's true Amazon took the fat margins, but it gave them to consumers. I suppose this guy is just asking nicely to get them back to support his sclerotic business model. But in the long run it's unlikely that people are going to pay more for a worse product.

(On the other hand maybe he could sell the book at the locally-grown organic farm stand.)
I was traveling on the metro in Korea late one night. There were maybe 20 people in the train car, and literally every single one was staring down at their smart phone. I had to laugh, there wasn't a single exception and not a word spoken, as new people got on, sat down, and pulled out their phone. This went on for 10 or 20 minutes, then finally someone made a noise. It was a women pointing to her screen to share something with a friend next to her. Then they both went back to their separate phones and the mobile train continued forward.

This was the first time I noticed everyone on their phone, and I felt like I was in the twilight zone. There would be groups of three or four friends sitting in a line, not speaking a single word. Eerie.
Not seeing the "business card" formatted versions for Rust or Go. Nicely minimized, but with generous whitespace across several pages.
Lootback gives you cash back 
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Just for the people who don't know it by that name[1].
Paracetamol is acetaminophen. Both are pieces of the same long drug name: para-acetylaminophenol

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol
This is all correct. While there have been A5/A6 jailbreaks, none have been at a low enough level (not a bootloader exploit) to provide the facility to load a ramdisk so none of the above tool methods are compatible.
Braintree's 2011 revenue (from their Inc 5000 listing) was $9.9M. A $800M buyout is the equivalent of 80 years of future revenue. That's a lot of cash to turn down.
"Caves": why is he inventing a new term?
The way this has been recently tied into `ipython notebook'[1] is surprisingly nice.

[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBS6hmiK-H8
The big winner here is not Braintree (though all the founders and current investors are to be congratulated) but Stripe. PC & Co, keep at it :)