skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The article did mention this. The problem is that, while trees absorb a lot of CO2 in the spring, they emit most of it in the fall. Freeman Dyson had proposed a solution whereby we breed a special kind of tree that stores most of the CO2 in its roots, rather than emitting it in the fall.

For what it's worth, that is the most pleasant method the article mentioned.
Can someone provide some examples of what Parrot is useful for? Maybe some everyday scenarios?
I keep wondering what bubble they will create next to offset the burst of the housing bubble... any guesses? I am thinking it will either be another housing bubble (housing starts are already up 17% this quarter) or maybe a green energy bubble?
He did offer solutions to lower blood sugar, but he also provided solutions to increase blood sugar sensitivity and told you to eat much better carbs. Tubers, Rice, etc etc.
imo it's only analysis when it's wrong.

I'm not a mises guy; I'm just trying to bring more awareness that economists at large aren't much different from criminal profilers and tarot card readers.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/12/071112fa_fact_...

http://www.reason.com/news/show/134059.html
Traditionally, transactions that do not take place _within_ a particular state are not taxed by that state's sales taxes. (Edit: That does not mean the recipient shouldn't pay Use Taxes - In California, our (Edit: Out of state) Online Vendors don't charge us sales tax, but we still owe Tax to the State of California as a business - see http://www.ftb.ca.gov/current/usetax.shtml)

North Carolina is trying to tax a transaction taking place on the "internet." Amazon's response is not unexpected.

The Net-effect of the North Carolina tax legislation may be to drive a lot of economic activity out of their state, including the referral income which was previously subject to North Carolina state income taxes.
and the users of HN think they are so smart and intellectual, that Bing being a simpler word could in no way give it any success. yet this is in fact the case. "Bing it and find out" is brilliant. Why would that comment be voted down other than people who can't understand that? They can't understand so they vote it down. It's called Marketing, folks. Marketing, plain and simple. People are stupid, they gravitate to Simple things, Easy things. Why do you think Microwave dinners are so popular? Nearly have their own entire aisle at the very center of every supermarket in America, because they are Simple and they are very profitable. People like simple things, and Bing is a very simple word to say and write. Go ahead and vote this comment down as well, I could care less. But I am right and everyone who votes it down knows it.
How to make an award-winning "i-Phone App"
"See good in bad, good philosophy!"
One of the key things about good marketing is that when it works, you'll have people reiterating your talking points for you without even realizing it.

Case in point the above comment. Those of us in our thirties remember the world without bottled water, and life went on.
I think I agree with the conclusion: If you already have an iPhone 3G, this update is more than good enough reason not to even consider a iPhone 3G S.
Your question brings up my age old question. Communication on the internet has been solved multiple times, again-and-again, since IRC/mailing list (That's as far back as I can remember).

Then, why there's still room to grow for IM, Meebo, and now Twitter?
will this version run osx?
Well, there's actually a legitimate dormant commerce clause argument to be made here. The commerce clause is the most abused part of the U.S. Constitution, but this is precisely the sort of thing it is supposed to apply to.
You are correct. That is exactly why this attack cannot be used to forge documents (at least in a direct way)!

To forge a document, you need to find another document having the same hash. So it is a preimage attack.

Using a collision attack you can find collisions in the hash space, but that is not useful directly.
It sounds like North Carolina is trying to claim that they are owed sales tax on any transactions that occur between Amazon and a customer if the referral came from an Amazon Associate in NC, even if neither Amazon or the customer is in NC. Why stop there? Why not tax all transactions where the person originally heard about the product from someone in NC, or where the computer they use to purchase was bought in NC. Give me a break.

This is bullshit and unconstitutional and will hopefully be struck down if it's passed at all.
I'd really love to hear that argument.
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Is anyone else's update failing with "The iPhone activation server is temporarily unavailable."?
The counter of course is the Blue Ocean Strategy, in which the product solves a problem that people didn't know they had.

Given the innovation of the web, Blue Ocean is just as viable than these other four methods.

There are several ways to implement a winning business, talking points tend to forget that.
There used to be a scheme in towns in the UK whereby police would hand out lollipops to people leaving clubs. Many clubs kick out at the same time (2am), mixing large numbers of drunken people in a small area. Drinking means blood sugar levels drop, which means people get hungry and competitive, and the end result is more often than not a large and violent brawl in the nearest kebab shop. The reasons given for the lollipops were threefold: 1) it helps to return their blood sugar levels, reducing stress; 2) it gives them something to do with their hands (unwrap the lollipop, hold it), other than smashing them into the nearest face; 3) it keeps the noise levels down for the sake of the residents in the area, as your are less likely to yak incessantly at high volume with a delicious ball of sugar in your gob. I'm not sure whether they still have this scheme (maybe there are legal risks? choking? diabetes?) but for a while it existed in several trouble spots in the country.
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Yes. I am too.
Yes, everyone's is: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=iphone+activation+server.
Now, all I need is PwnageTool/QuickPwn.
Certainly the alt-energy bubble. Read this, it's old from 01/2008 but still relevant:

http://seattlest.com/2008/01/17/the_next_market.php
Fourth time rebooting, finally got activated.
I imagine a court will be hearing it quite soon if this legislation takes effect.

And if a case related to this goes all the way up the federal court system, it could get really interesting; Scalia and Thomas don't buy the idea of the dormant commerce clause.
First thing I thought was why is Roger Ebert commenting on Tim O'Reilly.

I've never actually watched Bill but I get the gist from the mockery shows and especially Colbert. I'm guessing his major audience is people who act the same way.
The iPhone 3.0 SDK is public now as well. I'm downloading it now.
Colbert clip for Canadian users: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/intervie...
Apple iphone 16GB Unlocked
Apple iPhone 16GB is a revolutionary new cell phone that allows users to make calls by simply pointing at a name or number. iPhone presents them with an elegant touch keyboard which is predictive to prevent and correct mistakes. 2MP Camera.
Apple iPhone 16GB is a revolutionary new cell phone that allows users to make calls by simply pointing at a name or number. iPhone presents them with an elegant touch keyboard which is predictive to prevent and correct mistakes. 2MP Camera.
See http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7373 for example
I thought the same thing; I expected to read a rant on "Web 2.0" and other vapid buzzwords intended to sell more books.
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Or take up more memory! http://bit.ly/s4cIi
The feature allows great applications:

For example: Friends at a party in my flat, drinking beer, watching Youtube Videos. In the future they can also make jokes on my internet usage habits!

And: Finally i can control what my girlfriend does on the internet!
(Of course i won't tell her about the feature - she wouldn't be interested anyway...)

My suggestion for the next FF-Version: Send about:me data directly to boss. Weekly. Hidden, please.

(The concept of "One Browser == Private Area of One User" was always wrong on desktop-PCs. Why does everyone insist on it?)
Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn
Same for me. I dont mind at all a Goodies pulldown menu that advertises new or popular extensions, which might be good for the average user, but I dont like having some intern's project foisted on me it got "oohs" at the office.
To be fair they encourage people to upgrade from MSIE 6 and 7 too, and if they can achieve that, I'm willing to consider that a good thing.
Wicked. So, can we predict the future (policy actions) based on his current words then?
Noodles and rice are pretty "spikey", beans are better though.
Although I don't think this is relevant to HN, I think I should point out that the title is somewhat misleading. Here's the quote in context:

The basic point is that the recession of 2001 wasn't a typical postwar slump, brought on when an inflation-fighting Fed raises interest rates and easily ended by a snapback in housing and consumer spending when the Fed brings rates back down again. This was a prewar-style recession, a morning after brought on by irrational exuberance. To fight this recession the Fed needs more than a snapback; it needs soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. And to do that, as Paul McCulley of Pimco put it, Alan Greenspan needs to create a housing bubble to replace the Nasdaq bubble.
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IANAL, but this is how it was explained to me:

-The Constitution divides up powers, granting some to the federal
government, and reserving others for the states or citizens.
-The ability to regulate (that is, tax) interstate commerce is one
granted to the federal government.
-Therefore, the power to regulate interstate commerce is not the
domain of the states.

Now, the "dormant power" argument (the first part) is somewhat debatable, but it is based on one of the very early SCOTUS decisions. It's also what prevents different states from having incompatible vehicle compliance measures, which is definitely a good thing.

This same reasoning has applied to mail-order catalogs (not to mention driving to other states for purchases) for years. States generally try to get around this by instituting a "use tax", but these are pretty well unenforceable in the general case.

In any case, I think we can agree that this is an entirely different matter than the typical uses of the commerce clause, to basically do whatever crazy thing Congress wants to do.
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Spintronic - The New Electronic?
I agree, although I'd love to have the updated camera. Andy Ihnatko got to review it early, and he posted some pictures from it to Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyi/sets/72157619833958006/
Best of Wikipedia--a tumblelog
I have the 3G and I'm considering the 3G S for the improved camera, the video and as a bonus, the improved performance. I also only have an 8 gig 3G, and I'm starting to want more room.
Looks like Y-Combinator has a little competition huh?
Krugman is not to fault for the recession I agree. But he is still advocating the theory of creating a new bubble to keep us from the effects of a previous bubble. I would have more respect for him if he had a solution to reign in the bubble he said the US had to create to fight of the recession.
They've already done one round of clinical trials on people with this? I wonder what the profile is of their average volunteer. It sounds pretty cool right up to the whole "implanting a device in your skull" part.
Zimbra from Yahoo
Don't forget that Amazon also allows you to rate the ratings, with their "Was this review helpful to you?" link. While it doesn't affect the "score", it is very helpful to bubble up/down people's reviews to show.
Why is #5 not on iTunes? I can only see 1-4 from my iPhone. I can't use desktop at work to download and move the mp3 to the iPhone, so as a result I can't take it with me right now and I will probably forget about this later.
Ask HN: Tech trade show (OSCON) advice?
I've always been told that trade shows are a poor use of funds for an early stage startup, and I believe that advice. The reasons trade shows are a bad idea include: hard to measure, costly, time-consuming, distracting, and very rarely well-targeted. But...

We got a really good deal on a booth at OSCON in July, and I couldn't pass it up. It is pretty well-targeted for us, we believe we can track the effectiveness by giving away some software to interested parties, and with the discounted rate we got for the booth the cost is well-within our marketing budget for one month (we disabled AdWords and AdBrite, and we'll take a month off of using those kinds of ads in order to fund the trade show experiment).

This will be our first trade show...and I've only ever even attended a couple of trade shows. I'm sure a lot of you folks have been to trade shows, and you've probably seen good and bad examples of folks trying to get your attention.

How does a small company make an impact, and make it a worthwhile use of our time and investment, without spending a huge amount of money? Me and the primary developer will have to take two whole days off to attend, and I'll be spending a few hours each week in preparation. So, we want to make it really worthwhile.

What can we give away that people will want and remember? We're planning to get a few hundred nice T-shirts printed, but I don't think we can justify spending enough to be sure we don't run out.

What's the most memorable small company you've ever met at a trade show, and what'd they do to get your attention?
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That is what I would call "not so much". PHP is inherently ugly but this is just excessive. Temporary variables, needless loops, off by one logic errors compensated for with extra substr call. yuck. How about:

return join($delim, array_reverse(split($delim, $str)));

Or more ideally with a little fluidity, assuming a string object:

return $str->split($delim)->reverse()->join($delim);
His actual review is quite positive on the 3G S:

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1626818,ihnatko-iphone-3-re...

I tend to feel like I'm waiting for my iPhone slightly more often, and I'm already bumping my head against 16GB of storage, so I'm sorely tempted - especially now that AT&T has relaxed slightly on the iPhone contract timing.
90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles
I disagree w/ a lot of what is stated here about: "don't cover up the problem" or "get your life in order then try medication."

I got a lot of the same bad advice and I wasted years flagellating myself to try to get my life in order first. Well, turns out that I have a "real" problem. The 2nd or 3rd day on medication it was like, "wow, all those guys that could balance their checkbook, get the essay in on time, etc, and would condescend to me, and tell me i just needed to "buckle down" well, wholly sh8t, if their minds work like this the whole time... well, damnit they were cheating!" medication can improve the tools you need to get your life in order.

so, you need to answer for yourself if you have a "real" problem. if you do, medication could help immensely. For me it probably saved my life.

But, like other comments, its no panacea. if you really have ADD, well you need to work at it too in addition to medication.
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Ten Grand Is Buried There (zoom in)
It's also interesting that the outliers -- the artists who derive most of their income from recordings -- tend to be rappers. Eminem, Jay-Z, Linkin Park (A little bit of a stretch, but close enough for me), and Brian "Baby" Williams are the ones that jump out at me.

This would imply that, rationally, rappers should be more concerned about copyright, and people like Billy Joel and Neil Diamond shouldn't care one bit.
How have they relaxed on iPhone contract timing? An upgrade to a 32GB iPhone is $399, if you qualify for early upgrade and $699 if you don't!
His current advise is just as suspect. His calls for government to jack up spending even higher (despite record levels) seems plain stupid, and I can't believe people take him seriously.
Ask HN: Best place to get someone to do a Wordpress theme?
Where is the best place to get someone to create a Wordpress theme for me? 99Designs looks like they do design and not really theme coding.

Basically I just want a my wordpress theme to be the same as my main page.
Fever: Not a hosted feed reader in PHP/MySQL
The collective anger on this thread is misguided. All this "about:me" is doing is giving you a good representation of data collected and stored automatically by Firefox. Anyone who gives a crap can already look at where you've been, what you've done, etc.

If anything, this is a step in the _right_ direction, as it'll make more people aware of the logging that takes place "out of the box".

And performance critics, a javascript page isn't going to affect memory usage ALL THE TIME in any significant (or even necessarily measurable) way
Zimbra is good, but it's not Gmail.
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/firefox-3-is-still-a-memory-ho...
Profiting Without Revenue
Nethax: An AJAX implementation of Nethack
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I'd guess that they can reach a lot of people through recordings that wouldn't go to their concerts, presumably because of how white people are scared of black males. Probably not as many people are scared of Billy Joel fans.
Exchange killer.
+1 for not living in the ghetto to save on rent. It really affects your ability to get stuff done when you're bothered about safety or living in a dodgy neighborhood.
I really wish Mixergy did transcripts. Their interviews look good but I don't want to spend 20 minutes with a video window open.
I meant to say, "Some blogger was able to spot the bigger story a full day before Bloomberg."
For those of you wondering why this is probably unconstitutional:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause
Episode #5 is on iTunes, but there may be a problem with the auto updating. If you manually update in iTunes it will download. We'll definitely look into the iTunes auto update issue, but it may just be that it takes a little while for iTunes to fully register an uploaded episode.
My wife and I almost borrowed my grandma's house for a year while she was traveling. There was some cap on the number of under 60 people living in the community, but the thing that prevented us from doing it was that no one under 18 can live there. We had a 1-year old at the time so we couldn't move in.
The reason for the age limits is not to keep it affordable. It's a deal with the municipalities to ensure that the development doesn't increase school enrollment and expenses. These retirement villages are net contributors to the local tax coffers, as opposed to families with school-age kids, which are a net cost to local govt.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/atandt-relents-a-little-l...

(I probably should have said "upgrade timing" and not "contract timing". Either way, my full-subsidy upgrade date is July 12th, so I could pick one up for $299 on Friday.)
Well, AT&T posted a page today about the pricing specifics, for those who were confused. No one can really figure out if it's any different from before:

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574
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Lots of crowdsourcing sites as you rightly noted.

Here in Cambridge (UK), we have quite a few mailing lists and meetups of hackers/designers/coders and so it's quite easy to just tap those. I bet you can find similar things locally near you.

Also, if you are near a university or college, then you have access to lots of talent willing to work for relatively little money. Students are interested in cash, yes, but also interested in building their portfolio.
Benford's Law (aka the First-Digit Law)
Now that we have established the it is not Tim Oreilly who is ruining America. :-) Ebert is longing for the days when there were only 12 VHF TV channels, monopolized by NBC, ABC, and CBS, and patrolled by the FCC. Those were the days when the networks thought of themselves as journalists. Fastforward to hundreds of TV, cable, and satellite channels, not to mention the Internet. Now there is not the cozy oligarchy, and new upstarts like Fox are trying out news as entertainment, and people lap it up. It's the consequence of wider choice mixed with competition. I dont see the ruination of America in this. Of course, like all overly educated types, I would prefer that the unwashed not hear such idiots. ;-)
Mixergy typically has mp3 downloads of the interviews. http://mixergy.com/wp-content/audio/Mixergy-Scappy-Mike-Mich...
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AT&T gives some iPhone 3G owners a break on iPhone 3G S price.
heed: you sir, are an idiot.
I'm not saying that you don't have a disease if you have ADD, I'm saying that ADD is not ONE disease. But I've experienced before that people who have ADD are sensitive to claims that it's not a disease (but note that I didn't say that).

Here's an excerpt from wikipedia:

> DSM-IV criteria
> I. Either A or B:[32] A. Six or more of the following symptoms of inattention have been present for at least 6 months to a point that is disruptive and inappropriate for developmental level:
> Often does not give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities.
Often has trouble keeping attention on tasks or play activities.
> Often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly.
Often does not follow instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions).
> Often has trouble organizing activities.
> Often avoids, dislikes, or doesn't want to do things that take a lot of mental effort for a long period of time (such as schoolwork or homework).
> Often loses things needed for tasks and activities (e.g. toys, school assignments, pencils, books, or tools).
> Is often easily distracted.
> Often forgetful in daily activities.

Note that these vague criteria don't mention physical causes, making it highly unlikely that there's one clear physical cause for ADD in different people.

That brings me to what I don't believe:

> With kids at least: it is paradoxical how "hyper" kids are calmed by the use of stimulants - unlike the effects of stimulants on the rest of us.

If there is no clear physical cause, then how likely is this?