skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"I think Microsoft's claims about security seems valid enough."

Their claim is that it's more secure than Firefox, so according to what you quoted their claims are unquestionably invalid.
Whether it's still too expensive or not, I'm not sure yet.. but I definitely prefer the current business model over 'the cell phone' one.
You would be just another dirty domain squatter, yes. (And as such, I would wish the universe to burn fire upon you and your distasteful little enterprise. I am not alone in this.)

I will never give a squatter a dime. If you squatted a name I thought to buy, I would just choose another name. In reality, you'd just go bankrupt before I ever heard of you, because there is no way you're gonna flip 1/10 of what you squat. That's why real squatters charge the big bucks.
"Security? Not compared to Safari."

Safari isn't being compared in the chart.
Actually, I've never used chatterous, so I guess that wasn't me. Curious what you were discussing, though!

Which main problems were you thinking of?
... and with that business model, you'll lose $1 on every sale. :)
It's fair to be biased. The problem is the bias borders on lies.
Thanks! Before October, it won't be ready. But after October the date doesn't really matter if they're interested in participating.
Thank you for the "shameless" plug for moonfall.

I just regret that it never got on my radar - I'm definitely going to test-drive it.
Any relevant links?
Isn't spam now back up to where it was before?
I'd love to see them add another data point to the next challenge. We have user ratings & date; when teams actually started utilizing date instead of ignoring it like Cinematch the scores shot up significantly. Imagine if they added something else to the dataset; perhaps movies that have been "viewed" and/or "queued" by users but have not been rated or something more off-the-wall like some basic demographic data or what level of Netflix plan they subscribe to.
This is exactly what Friedrich Nietzsche was talking about when he said;

"160. One no longer loves one’s insight enough once one communicates it." [Beyond Good & Evil (1886)]

The story is that Nietzsche returns from his mid-day walk having had what he considers a brilliant idea. He is smiling. He passes an acquaintance who asks him what he is smiling about. He explains the idea.

The instant he does so he regrets it. As he is speaking his mind is suddenly changing, his emotions deflating. The smile becomes a concerned frown. He goes home and writes down number 160. He no longer loved his insight enough. Communication ruined it.

---

The idea is you can never formulate experiences/thoughts into words. The best we have are metaphors which only cheapen the beauty of the original by associating it with the everyday.
Fourth-Generation War possible in US?
It's not just Twitter, it's Bubble 2.0 TM. Everyone seems to think if you have the words 'cloud' and 'social' in your business description then money just magically appears. I can't wait for investors to wise up so we can get back to some form of reality.
The Young Entrepreneur Myth
I know changing the article titles is frowned-upon by some, but the original article title had very little to do with the content, IMO.
namespro.ca
Broadband Internet Fairness Act introduced to Congress
More findings from this study are here:

http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/education-and-te...
This graph was posted in the comments:

http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spamweek

I see the big dip on Tuesday, but it's quite brief. I don't see a longer-term difference...
Power Equations
I have an idea: let's build solid houses out of classical materials like stone and brick that will last over 100 years. Let's also build them with time tested architectural aesthetics and in traditional neighborhood designs that have been proven over the decades. Slightly higher upfront cost, dramatically lower cost long term.

The last thing we need is more ticky-tacky garbage that will look like shit and be worthless in 10 years.
"posted Nov 12th 2008 6:38pm"
I used to use http://www.w3counter.com/ and never had any problems with it. I honestly don't know how it compares to the rest mentioned here, though, as I have never used them.
Papers available at: http://www.cs.bc.edu/~hjiang/pub.html
Yum, It’s Starting to Get Tasty
The lesson is good and true for us, IT guys. But the idea behind getting help is exactly that, to show success. If you can show success by yourself why you need then ? So even your trust grows up when you have a happy past, but the problem with new "good" guys is that they don´t have sufficient confidence to pursuit the success by the lack of a past success history. So maybe the big trick is to trust until the end that you can be a success by yourself and then get the world.
The actual values are probably even word for expertsexchange than that. The traffic to serverfault.com and superuser.com should be added to the above values also.
Indeed. This is also over a year old and the drop-off lasted less than 24 hours. (Additionally and ironically; flagged for blog spam.)
Hecklers show dangers of Members of Congress using Twitter
This graph is more illustrative:

http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spamyear
This wasn't a bad book, although it wasn't nearly as successful as The Black Swan:

http://www.squeezedbooks.com/book/show/2/why-most-things-fai...
Kindle has a thickness of a cellphone. This is an important factor that many of the "NETBOOK" people seem to want to ignore.
I just wanted to add some clarification regarding LLVM: it is not, at all, an interpreter. Rather, it is a compiler back-end in the sense that it translates from an IR (intermediate representation) to machine code. The way that it's written makes it useful both in static compilation and JIT (just in time) compilation contexts. Also noteworthy: the IR has both a human-readable and compact binary persistent representations, so it's conceivable that one could use the latter (LLVM BC, as in "bitcode") to ship architecture-neutral binaries to end users that get compiled down to optimized machine code at installation time, or launch time, or just-in-time while the executable is running. LLVM is many things, but it is not an interpreter at any level.
In what way? I've heard that a couple times, but it's worked fine for me in chrome so I'm not sure what I'm looking for...
i'm starting a gift site. different idea entirely but we should compare notes.
Yes they are, in the same way that cleaning agents talk about molecular bonds and other things customers don't understand. Making something sound overly professional scientific is a great sales tactic.
Not wishing to dispute your research... but perhaps you talk to people who use Linux and I talk to people who use Solaris?

The reasons I use Solaris are that I'm uncomfortable with the Linux development model of "unplanned latest and greatest" and the BSDs aren't so hot on systems with lots of cores. This basically leaves Solaris.

It's definitely an OS worth looking at. Not just for the features (ZFS you mentioned, DTrace you didn't) but for the quality engineering, and support if you ever need it.
My email's at the bottom of the page linked above. Ping me.
basically a nanotube abacus... very cool..
Hmm, (this is from word-of-mouth), note that 34's also the average age people get their PhDs.

I doubt there's a correlation between degrees and entrepreneurship, but there's something about that age that seems interesting.
Nice one because it has actual, real, practical advice, not just platitudes, as many of these types of posts do.
http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:Iphone
I'd be willing to bet that most general purpose languages that are in mainstream use could easily share the majority of their compiler/interpreter code. The main differences are in which combination of features are included and the syntax that you use.

Why put them in hardware? That sounds like an awful lot of extra silicon for every single architecture. Wouldn't it be better to have a higher level software abstraction like Parrot that you just build everything else on top of?
Failure and the reasons for failure (failblog!) can be entertaining, interesting and informative. I think the idea is good but most failures will just be - "we ran out of money", "we decided to do something else", "a key person had a family problem and left", "we had a rubbish idea". Mind you even these mundane things could be good if written well.
The title is incorrect (it should be "mammal, maybe vertabrate brain", rather than "human eye"), but the findings are wicked cool.

But if you emulate it too accurately, you'll end up emulating it's flaws too, like change blindness...
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE . This video is more about fooling the higher cortical areas, but similar problems occur at a lower level too.
That looks excellent. Can't wait for Rails 3 with the new JSON support structure.
Ask HN: how do you objectively prove what you have independantly learned
Particularly in regards to programming. If you state in an application for example that you know MySQL or that you are able to programme say in php, how do you objectively prove this. Is there any reconsigned examining bodies which may provide you with a certificate?
As long as the total cost of Kindle + 'x' number of k-books is less than what it costs for printed ones, it is cheaper for the customer (ok take some points for style, ease-of-use etc).

The risk with current pricing model is that once somebody buys a Kindle they have to keep buying the k-books at whatever price they come. Otherwise the device becomes useless. One can only hope Amazon keeps a tab on the k-book prices.
You have a great point there... personally, when I used to subscribe to Nexflix, I wish there was a button that said, "I've seen this movie". That way, they could know which movies I've seen (and like/dislike) outside their system.
The 3D chart at the end is an awful way to present the data - at the first data-point (1996), you can visually compare the graphs easily. After that, it becomes pretty much impossible.
The main feature of microsoft products is that you don't really need to try them to know how bad they are. If something earth shattering happens to their average product quality in the future then I'm sure I will read about it soon enough.
Online Books, Videos & Podcasts about Scala
How long until we see SocialCloud.com LLC?

http://whois.domaintools.com/socialcloud.com
And I'm (im)patiently waiting for it to pop.
I've been using Bing for the past week, apparently Experts Exchange looks for the google referrer and if present shows the solution on the page, otherwise if you are using Bing or something else you have to register to see the solution.

Very Annoying. I wish google/bing/yahoo would just ban EE.
Startup Idea: Getting Value from Twitter Links
“We want to have the best electronic book store, and we want to have the best-built e-reader — not try to use one to thing to advantage the other,” said Bezos.

Someone might want to tell Steve Jobs; Apple, um, clearly didn’t get anywhere by tying iTunes to the iPod.

Can someone clarify for me, does it sound like Bezos' stance might be that allowing each product to compete in its own market without the advantage of the other will help force it to become a better product? And that ultimately this will be better because each product will have more merit independent of the other?

I can't tell if that's what he thinks or if that's what I think he thinks. Either way, I think I like this way of thinking.
A 3rd party IS doing it and they do distribute their reports. Consumer Reports has been doing testing like this on a variety of stuff for over 70 years. They don't take outside advertising or free samples to avoid bias. Their tests have held up in court as valid. They're really good.

Next time you see a sketchy battery life claim by Apple [1], Acer [2], or anyone else, just take a glance to see if Consumer Reports has said anything about it. I'm not asking for you to take their word for granted, just consider it the opinion of a reputable 3rd party.

[1] Testing MacBook Pro’s 8-hour battery life http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/04/testing...

[2] Acer laptop claims 8-hour battery life http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2009/04/acer-la...
you should probably try looking on a bunch of wedding forums. Would get a ton more users
Guardian tool for digging through MP Expenses
http://www.mysql.com/certification/

http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification/
Here Comes The iPhone 3G S
It's largely irrelevant. Netbooks are not designed to use flat batteries - most of them use cylindric cells - and have higher profile motherboards because memory and SSDs/hard disks live on sockets on top of the motherboard - because PC users are used to expand them. Netbooks also heat up a lot more than the cellphone-sized brain Kindles use and netbooks must accommodate heat management hardware (fans, heat exchangers) Kindles don't
Great interview all-around. A lot of gems here, but I thought it was really interesting to hear Alexis's take on the relationship between Reddit and "new journalism."

Some feedback for the interviewer though: the pushing on (1) the rumor that Reddit copied Digg and (2) the personal factors surrounding the acquisition was too much.
Musings of a Translator
this is basically the purpose of certifications.

other things that work are employment references and code examples.
You sound down on carbohydrate-heavy diets--So, is your recommendation an isocaloric diet, a ketogenic diet, or eating only when you actually feel hungry, and only enough to assuage the hunger?
Use two thumbs to avoid RSI when texting, says study
That's why I said I think... ;-)

To each their own ofcourse and yes, I did forget about DTrace which would indeed be another killer feature. But after that it gets a bit dark in the unique features bag, or did I miss something else?

There will always be die-hard solaris fans (just like we have them for every OS) but when we're talking about sheer mass adoption then I don't see it entering mainstream again - unless something more significant than OpenSolaris happens.
"intelligent" people wouldn't switch to microsoft to begin with. A non-techie on the other hand, would probably be convinced by this.
Named function expressions in incredible detail
This is fascinating stuff-I believe if the human race can stop from utterly destroying itself we're on the brink of coming up with some truly spectacular advances in the next 50 years.
This is way-old news. Why is it being posted again?
My seven year old has watched me slog through many pieces of a startup. What's fun is how much kids listen, even when they don't seem to. I remember when he stopped in the middle of dinner and said "Daddy, what's 'google'?"

And my favorite story is when he stopped me as I was carrying him to bed, looked me straight in the eye and asked, completely seriously:

"Daddy, how does LuckyCal make money?"

If you haven't already done so, I recommend refining your revenue plan to the point where you can explain to a savvy seven year old.
EMI Sues Grooveshark
I have always been a fan of easydns. (I believe this site is registered with them).
I paid $60 for Clicky for 12 months ($5/month). This is the best service out there, I switched from Google Analytics to Clicky and I've been so happy and its 60 bucks well spent!
My point was that in a world where users click anything blindy, including "yes please downloand and install malware", security involves more than just being proof to exploits.

You may not fall for such silly tricks. I know I sure don't. However my mom & dad would do so in an instant.
It seems to me that having an open-source pet project or two that uses the relevant technologies would suffice.
I'm glad to see an ISP actually standing up to the government for once.
Slow death march: Is your project doomed?
Comcast to bring IPV6 to residential customers starting in 2010
Microsoft Backtracks, Extends XP Availability to 2011
The consumer has limited space in his pocket. Why would anyone want to have a Phone and a Kindle with them at the same time.

I think this misses the point. A Kindle doesn't even fit in your pocket. The value of a Kindle is not that you take it with you anywhere, but that for many people it's a better way of reading books.
How to Raise Your Allowable Acquisition Costs
Now where to find those nanotubes that previous civilizations left behind for us?
The Jason Calacanis Stackoverflow podcast did a pretty interesting analysis of business potential of the site (to me at least), discussing most of the points you mention.
True, I'm sure. I only want a handful of users for alpha (too many to communicate with and I won't make my schedule), and I wanted to ask in my own communities first.
Darcs' Theory of patches
I wonder if you could stored data for that long by encoding it into some junk DNA?
> To switch spontaneously from a “1” to a “0” would entail the particle moving some 200 nanometres along the tube using thermal energy. At room temperature, the odds of that happening are once in a billion years.

So, if you stored a GiB of data, that puts the lifetime of that data at ... 1 year? That honestly doesn't seem very good!
Barriers to Social Change
Are there any generic event tracking services?

I'd like to be able to log generic events (either serverside or clientside) and then aggregate and display the information in a useful format.

Most of these sites seem to be based on browser sessions.
Actually working at a company that designs similiar devices the real answer is: e-ink is crazy expensive. You can buy a 24" lcd screen for the price of a 9" e-ink display. It was impossible for us to match the Kindle's price because they are getting a relatively good deal on the technology compared to the average company.
That's interesting - there was a guy on last night that was asking peoples opinions on trying to tap the wedding planning market...

The main problem that was pointed out is that your dealing with a very emotional point in someones life. Or as Troy Simpson noted last night (accurately):

> its something about how society projects it as the 'most important day of your life' that makes everyone involved really demanding and evil

At the end of the day if something your building interrupts the process or screws up to "spoil things" (using that term loosely - with the emotions involved spoiled could have a very diverse/off-the-wall meaning) then you could end up being blamed...

However it was also pointed out people are willing to lavish money on weddings - so if is has value people are very likely to pay :D

I guess it's a perfect example of taking the rough with the smooth!

(the history of last nights, very brief, chat is here: http://www.chatterous.com/hnyc/history/)

EDIT: I'd like to add I love the idea btw! One thing about weddings is their one of the few mass-family and inter-family "joy" occasions. Lots of people together having fun. Now that more and more people are online and interacting it's a great opportunity to extend the "fun" either side of the wedding day too.
Check out the Nethack Guidebook for a nice introduction to the game. While the AJAX version is novel, it's probably better to run a local copy of the game if you're just learning. Be warned, nethack is brutal (e.g. there's no saving) yet tons of fun and wildly addicting.

http://www.nethack.org/v341/Guidebook.html
Indeed, I have used and continue to use my netbook to read e-books, and the experience is not satisfactory. My eyes hurt. If Kindle DX can reduce my eyestrain, I am going to buy it.
140 characters does tend to create the danger that your comments will be less nuanced and devoid of context. That's fertile ground for inviting criticism right there.
Agreed, the biggest factor holding up the price is the display, no question about it. When we can get alternative e-ink manufacturers, the price will drop.

I looked into developing an e-ink reader, but the developing kit is/was around $3500, enough to keep out hobbyists at this moment.
I've read many things about the usage of honey to treat wounds, the most impressive that I'm aware of is its use to treat necrotic tissue. They can use it on some of the largest wounds because the honey is naturally antiseptic and allows a prolonged open wound to not catch infection, and they use laboratory bred maggots that are completely sterile and insert them into the wound. The whole thing is then bandaged up and the maggots will clean the wound of dead tissue better than any surgeon could and for much, much cheaper. After about a week the maggots should have removed all the dead tissue and your body can completely heal the wound, sometimes with very little scar tissue proportionate to the wound. I believe one of the most common uses is on motorbike fall-off accidents due to people losing huge chunks of their leg and stuff.

It's an extremely impressive treatment and exceptionally cheap and successful compared to the alternatives.
THat has the added bonus of pulling the theme of the marketplace into an "ideas" market rather than a domain market (which might have slight negative connotations).

The domain name gives the idea intrinsic value and the idea adds value to the domain purchasing experience. Win win.
I know several people in the 55+ age range that are starting businesses right now including my father. His problem is that at 59 it is near impossible to find someone who will hire you for 4-5 years, so why not start your own business? He has enough cash to start a small business without outside investment and he can use his 30 something years of industry connections to drive business to his new company. It seems significantly less risky than if I were to tomorrow even though I fit the more typical demographic.
I'd like someone to compare it to Dis: http://doc.cat-v.org/inferno/4th_edition/dis_VM_design
Twitter como herramienta de movilización global | Microsiervos (Internet)
Repost :: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=641918
Won't there always be something shiny to distract non-hardcore-geek investors from the realities of the viability of <insert new technology here>?
Having a life/work balance and setting your priorities, these are things we should do, regardless if we are doing entrepreneurship or not. I know people that have exhausted themselves working in big companies.

My wife works at a kindergarten and we talk about her daily activity quite often. As I found out, the kids almost always mirror the behavior of their parents. The kids that are destructive or anti-social are those with divorced, violent or workaholic parents. The normal kids (the ones that play with others, that are happy, that have respect for the teachers and that learn faster) are those that come from a healthy environment, and those kids are few and far between.

My father was also a workaholic, and one day he noticed that I grew up. Let's just say that the time lost is lost forever. I hope I won't do that with my future kids.

So yeah, don't let your kids be raised by other people. Don't just drop them off in front of the TV. They will hate you for it.