skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Crackheads, the homeless, and a particularly loud (and occasionally violent) group of youth that are constantly at the corner of 3rd and Pike. Persistent (though not apocalyptic levels of) gun crime.

Downtown Seattle can be a bit rough. I wouldn't lay it squarely at the feet of the mayor though - a lot of it traces back to city planning gone disastrously wrong.

Just a few off the top of my head:

- the southern end of downtown is strictly commercial. Little to no mixed zoning here, meaning that as soon as 5pm rolls by the entire area is a ghost town. If you're there past 6-7pm you will see that the homeless and addicts move in to fill the void. There is no residential or leisure traffic to balance this out. This is US-style single-purpose urban zoning run amok. Vast portions of the urban core is entirely idle after work hours.

- downtown Seattle isn't a cultural or entertainment core, unlike the downtowns of most cities. The actual food scene, nightlife scene, music scene, etc, are in surrounding neighborhoods like Capitol Hill, Ballard, Fremont, etc. This contributes to low foot traffic after work hours, which contributes to higher crime and simultaneously a magnified perception of danger.

- poor urban planning decisions meant an explosion in large-scale development without sufficient requirement for retail frontage. Lots of buildings that take up the entire block with little to no ground-floor retail, making it a pedestrian dead zone and contributing to the feeling of walking down a shady alley no matter where you are. See: much of Belltown, where the declared intent was to produce a walkable neighborhood full of restaurants and nightlife - except few residential buildings wanted to play host to them. This has resulted in little pockets of activity with vast stretches of nothingness in between them.
Tech companies urge lawmakers to reform NSA programs
Strangely it's working here in India, but don't have the option to buy yet.
No, not unless you're a green card holder. Maybe there's a way to do it through a 527 group, but I don't think it'd be a good idea.
DevLocal: Seattle’s new coworking space for developers, by developers
> The flight attendant is, after all, a flight attendant because they would have never had make it through differential equations without sleeping with the professor. So why should I give that ditz any respect?

I was with you until this smug bullshit. Using your Kindle during takeoff isn't entitled at all, but thinking your college grades make you a better person than a hard-working wage-earner is both ludicrously entitled and plain stupid.

Lemme clue you in here: The flight attendant knows your Kindle won't crash the plane. The gas station attendant knows your cell phone won't blow up the pump. They do not get to make the rules; they only get to follow them, or else lose their jobs. By all means, go about your business once the attendant is settled in for takeoff; but respect them while they're trying to do their job. They probably work harder than you, for less respect and less pay.
Casinos can generally be highly profitable whilst being completely scrupulous and honest about their dealing and their percentage take. That said, it's also not difficult for a completely unregulated casino to be unscrupulous.

Actually, operating a casino is genuinely the smartest BTC-based business model I can think of. Minimal overheads and BTC is vastly more attractive because players consider it to be "real money", but regulators and international money transfer laws don't

As far as taking advantage of promotions goes, I made a lot more than a dollar per account in hard currency with casino introductory bonuses in my student days...
Looks like they've migrated to CloudFlare and have been running into some issues. I assume that they'll get it sorted out over the next week or so.
In France it's 349€ for 16GB, 399€ for 32GB (+ 9.99€ shipping). Currently will ship by Nov 8th. (The VAT (tax) is included in the price).
How do you suggest writing about a product that has turned out really fantastic for your org? A product that appears to be far ahead of the competition? I give my sincere opinion on Lync (although I didn't mention that it's a real pain to configure for on-premise deploy) - after 9 years in telecom, here's something that works like it should.
I'm afraid you have tipped over into tin-foil hat territory there.

There's a well documented usability argument by a Google engineer against removable storage. If you don't buy that then the next most obvious argument is that Google has direct business benefits for encouraging cloud storage.

But your leap into "they want your data to be readable by the NSA" is just a touch too far for my tastes.
It's fun to use psk31 or hellschreiber to communicate between two PCs over speakers. Install "fldigi" to try it..
Google really loves their geolocation. It's a bit absurd that when I'm signed in to Google, they still try to give me sites in German, Czech or Swedish based on my location when I've expressed my preference for English in my account settings (not to mention the browser's Accept-Language header).

I'm guessing here, but I think there might be some correlation between people who travel internationally a lot and people who buy high-end smartphones. Making it difficult for people traveling internationally to buy apps or to buy devices and have them shipped to their homes isn't exactly smart. I used X11 forwarding over SSH to run a browser on my VPS to make sure they let me order my Nexus 5 in the US while I'm in Germany.
Is the 'dirty' anti glare coating still there? The UltraSharp monitors haven't compared well against my Apple Cinema Display. I love all the inputs and stand of the UltraSharp but ultimately it boils down to how good it is for work and the coating is horrible.
There's the venerable C2 wiki: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PostModernProgramming
Your former manager sounds like a very interesting person. Could you elaborate a little about him? What was it that he saw in you?
If you want to find a scapegoat for panhandling, I'd first turn to the recession... And the anemic social/medical/mental safety net in this country.
Show HN: Pay-for-results publicity marketplace for startups
AFAIK the Nexus 4 only does two LTE bands, and only works with T-Mobile (and even then not all their bands)
So, still better than an H-1B :P
Wired needed to prepend "NBA Superstar" because geeks don't know sports.
Ah, the corruption of democracy.
If you work for any company, or have any external investment in your own company, you are "just finding ways to turn some rich guy's money into more money".
With all the nice alternative frameworks available for the JVM these days, including some pretty micro/bare-bones alternatives, I wonder if Java will find new favour with startups or if they'll stick with Rails. The old "the Java ecosystem is too complex/over-engineered" excuse falls down with stuff like Play or Grizzly.

I fully realise the language itself is annoying and clunky and that Scala is not necessarily the answer. I'm just saying that there are some serious upsides to consider beyond language aesthetics.
I've had Straight Talk for a year. I setup auto-pay, got my SIM cards, and have never needed support. My data usage is always under 2GB and I'm aware of using WiFi where possible. It's been a dream.

I've also never had a good customer experience with AT&T, Verizon, etc.
They should get rid of those gross toilets with the shit-shelves.
Sure you can use it, but you are obliged to license the patents for distribution. MPEG-LA license fees are $0 for the first 100k instances, and $0.20 per instance over 100k units (up to 5 million). Fees drop further for more units.
The simplest one is that Google doesn't want to alienate all the other handset manufacturers. Just look at the trouble Microsoft has recently caused amongst it's partners by competing directly with them.
I printed off a template to cut my normal sim to micro/ nano (cant remember which) for my Nexus 4. I just used some kitchen scissors and a little hand file to clean up the edges.
Crime is down nationally since the 80s. So for things to be the same, or only a little better says a lot.

I completely agree that SPD is petrified. I've live/worked in downtown Seattle for a while - and while I think some of the 'scaryness' is overblown, it's hard not to see a change in the trend over the past few years.
Guiltily admit to listing an entire bucket with 3,500,000 keys, nightly.
it's for the good of the world that wall street is no longer the #1 desired employer.

let's consider two types of innovation: (1) eliminate complexity, streamline processes, lower expenses, and lower costs to consumers, and (2) increase complexity, obscure details, and raise prices to consumers. Both are considered optimizations; technology tends to affect #1 and MBAs like to increase #2. (this also helps explain why my toilet paper now costs $15 for a pack of 9, but you can get an old model iphone for free.)

Truth is - 27% is still too high - finance should be just another sector, of say, 10 major categories. only 10% should be going into finance. and it really doesn't matter a hoot if the smartest people go there. ultimately finance is a relationship business - knowing the people who have the money and getting them to trust you.

we should probably be more worried about the influx of MBAs into tech. there are definitely a lot of rockstars who get MBAs, start great companies, etc - and i don't want to take anything from that - but once the law of large numbers start to apply, you inevitably get departments full of folks cranking about powerpoints on strategic mumbo jumbo and that can be one of many elements turning innovative companies into bureaucratic messes.
What else could we expect of one of the worst customer service companies in the world? Fair competition?
How about this: As an U.S. citizen, I'll donate to McGinn, so long as you, as a Canadian, donate against Rob Ford?
> limited rollout to only bunch of countries

Nokia used the same trick with their N9 phone.
Well a calorie is the amount of energy to raise a gram of water by one degree Celsius, so if you're drinking 2 litres of water a day and it's 0 degrees vs 20 degrees, you'll burn around 20,000 calories a day from the difference.

Note though that that's calories, and not kilocalories, which is what we generally talk about for dietary purposes. So ~20kcal a day, which would represent about a 1% change for the average person. Not a huge gain.
Plenty of startup activity in London, though immigration there is apparently an absolute effing nightmare. The fact that they drive vans around saying to get the fuck out (I paraphrase) is worrisome.
Usb breakout box.

http://www.thenerdfiles.com/page24.html
There is widespread LTE on Straight Talk on both T-Mobile and AT&T in my area (Austin).
no...the foolishness of the citizens united decision
> It may not be a single-issue sort of thing. McGinn has not exactly been popular across a wide cross section of the local electorate

Can you suggest anything which there is a reasonable basis to believe is more significant than the fiber project in Comcast's analysis of the political landscape in Seattle relate to their interests, or is this just pure distraction?
Hmm looking at my recent statements, I'm always between like 150 and 375 minutes, so even with the 10c per minute extra, I'd never be looking at more than $60/month at worst. I'm assuming nights and weekends still don't count as minutes on this plan?
I agree - except i think it is sort of fair competition isnt it ? Anyone can donate
Even if the 5th amendment applies, expect to be denied entry if you try to claim protection...
I don't think they're making a 6 inch version. I can see the case for a 5inch and a 7inch. In the future they'll probably just keep making 5 7 and 10.
Does that price include VAT? Many americans will pay an additional 5-10% over the list price due to local sales tax laws.
Having LastPass auto-fill passwords on my phone is indeed awesome. Scrolling feels a little weird on my Nexus 4 though.
Mayor McGinn brought this up in his recent /r/Seattle AMA (worth reading if you're at all interested in the race):

http://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1ox3gd/my_name_is_m...
That's a wild distortion of the use of the word "people" in the Constitution. Uses of the word "people" in the Bill of Rights must be interpreted consistently with the uses of that word in the Constitution proper. The word "people" is used only twice in the Constitution proper. Once in the Preamble:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Once in Article I, Section 2:

"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States."

In both cases, it is clear that "people" refers to the body politic--the people who, by their consent, are governed by the United States.
The clear dividing line is - can the person truly afford it?

If a person spends an absurd amount of money that he has (i.e. that he actually earned and saved) on something that seems crazy to most people, that's OK - he's making a personal choice with personal funds (i.e. hi-fi enthusiast man)

On the other hand, a person with a minimum wage job making the decision to buy a $2500 purse out of some speculation that it will help her make the jump to the next level? Frankly, that just seems foolish. Why not take $200 for a purse, $200 for a new suit?

It’s not the shopping for image and upward mobility that bothers people - that decision actually makes some sense.

The problem arises when that shopping crosses the line from reasonable spending that a person can afford and/or justify, into a place that’s completely insane and truly unaffordable.
I used to work at the intersection of 2nd and Pine, where a stabbing took place right outside of work. Most of the violence in the area being gang-related isn't exactly the best reassurance of your safety.
I don't see why this is a bad thing? Comcast is contributing to the campaign that is best in line with its interest. As long as political contributions by corporations are OK (which is another debate which is out of the scope of this issue) this seems completely reasonable.
Android SDK supporting Java 7 (lang)?
Not looking for a scapegoat, only a solution. And I lived here before the recession/GFC. I'd completely agree that the "social/medical/mental safety net in this country" is a major problem.
Quite to the contrary, the whole point for iOS to be supported on "old" devices like iPhone 4 is reduce fragmentation: developers can focus on building for the latest iOS using the latest API and generate one binary. For god's sake, you can even target both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms with one build. You only need to deal with "availability of any API" when you hit hardware limit, like features that only work when there is Bluetooth LE or Dual Band Wi-Fi.
Running a private beta at PRMatch right now but you can claim an account with invitation code HACKER (after you signup normally). Love to hear your feedback on the idea and the beta.
I might be able to take comments like "rewarding content more" seriously if w3schools wasn't still at the top of almost every HTML, CSS, and JavaScript search query.

I realized one day that I just use Google to quickly navigate a few websites I actually do use. This is something like the 99.9% case. At that point, I realized my search queries where I include the website I want and keywords I want to find in that site were me specifically doing what Google was supposed to be doing for me: finding quality content. I know where the quality content is. Google apparently doesn't. What's the point of it?
Here is the environment info:

"As of Round 7, three Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K workstations with 8 GB memory each (early 2011 vintage) for the i7 tests; database server equipped with Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Two Amazon EC2 m1.large instances for the EC2 tests
Switched gigabit Ethernet"

So 8GB workstations. Even assuming full memory usage, the JVM, Go and C++ frameworks destroyed all comers.
What the human eye can perceive is dependent on the distance between the eye and the screen. Perhaps some people like to hold the screen very close.
We've been working on this for about 2 months and launched the private beta about a month ago.

Basically -- list your story, wish list of media outlets and budget, and let a pool of freelance publicists compete to get you coverage. Similar in ethos to 99 Designs, you only pay when actual press runs for your company, at a price you set.

Have about 50 publicists on the platform right now as well as about 75 business users and active projects being pitched. We have successfully landed press for companies using this method and now are working on making it more efficient with our platform and tools.

You can use code HACKER to get early access to the private beta.

I've personally landed several million dollars in earned media for my own projects over the last decade and am really excited to help bring some accountability to the pr industry.

Would love any feedback / questions / etc.

Oh, we are also a YC2014 applicant, so help us with some up votes if you like us ;)
That said - memory is dirt cheap
Using game theory at Satan’s dinner party
The Thorium publicity spree is about rebranding nuclear power, not about having a technical discussion. If the only message that gets across is "new thorium reactors are safer than old reactors," it's still a win for everyone involved because this message is a subset of the truth (new reactor designs are safer than old designs in general).

I don't think the public properly appreciates the extent to which nuclear safety mechanisms have improved dramatically over time, not least because a design's safety profile is largely "frozen in" when it is built, so we occasionally see a half-century old "bug" rear its head (Fukushima). The public sees it as evidence against the safety claims of future nuclear plants, even though it is not (quite the opposite: building newer, safer plants lets us retire the old, dangerous ones). Rebranding might get them to take another look.

Actually, I think including as much detail as the parent post did might be a net negative because it muddies the core message. Simplicity and straightforwardness are key.
Checkout SVG Crowbar:

http://nytimes.github.io/svg-crowbar/
Why Erlang-based frameworks removed in Round 7?
Backtesting trading strategies for Bitcoin
NSA Documents Released to the Public Since June 2013
Google Now and speech recognition get big updates
They are dependent on the panel manufacturers. Quite many (if not all) of the new 32" 4K seem to be using the panel from Sharp. It could be that nobody is making high res 24" panels right now.
Sure, things are nicer if you speak even a little German. I don't, and have been doing fine in Berlin. Other German cities on the other hand are a different story.

Oh, and on banks... At least Sparkasse got me an English-speaking rep when I asked for one.
Again, this is a corruption of the democratic process. The fact that any corporation can contribute financially to influence an outcome is corruption in itself.
That works. Thank you, I've been waiting for this phone forever.
I know it may sound illogical, but no decision is taken in isolation. Years ago I decided not to do anything with middle eastern countries for what they did to non-muslims, immigrants or to their own women. I still go fill gas in my car knowingly fully well how hypocritical it is, but I pray everyday for Elon Musk to succeed and for us to be off this hook. If US, a country made by immigrants, treats immigrants badly, thats enough for me to make a choice. It doesn't matter if it will have an impact or not. I really couldn't afford to care....
Having said that, if I were starving, I will go anywhere to make a living..and that really explains a lot of misery. I don't have any answers...sorry...
Homeless youth? Are they homeless or just kids hanging out?
tldr. just wanted to play
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/getyourcrayon-beta

Awesome work!
To all licenses i will not use mostly.

where i came from it is forbidden to sell one product and force you on another. Like you can't buy a car and be forced to only use gas from one brand. Likewise i still feel it is wrong to sell a hardware and force you on a certain software.
It wouldn't work for color blind drivers.
1) "including the indelible and truthful message that unless you're in bed with foreign spies or terrorists the NSA has less than zero interest in you" -> patently false unless Angela Merkel has a very dark side unknown to the public.

2) His recommendations re beefing up counter intelligence appear utterly useless as Snowdens actions clearly does not fall within any reasonable definition of an intelligence operation directed against the NSA.
Yes, I reckon that is what she meant by "my work here is done". It's a good thing, assuming it's true, but I have no idea whether it is.
The HTC One and LG G2 (which is closely related to the Nexus 5 by all accounts) also lack removable storage and batteries, as do all Apple phones and tablets ever.

Most people don't seem to care. I care, but I still bought a Nexus 5 because it's barely over half the price of most anything comparable.
iOs still has a higher adoption rate than Android.
The App Store is still number one in revenue.

No, this will not crush Apple.
I don't think it matters at all whether it's a single issue agenda or any number of issues. Is there any reason whatsoever for a company to donate to political causes other than to manipulate policy to maximize their profit? Of course they'd benefit if better service was kept out. I guess if they can hand-wave it as not directly related it looks a lot less crass to some people, but to me it seems irrelevant.
Anecdotal observation: I just checked my monthly consumption since the beginning of this year and it averaged to 154kWh per month. I'm in Finland, I live in a flat and we have an electrically heated sauna that we use on a regular basis which isn't exactly very energy-efficient and, to think, we don't generally try to minimize the consumption of electricity at all, really.

Just wondering, what sort of consumption does that 200kWh include?
This is how every issue plays out in US politics at the state, local, and national levels, as law professor Lawrence Lessig explains [1]

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_t...
came across this newsletter which sends out daily articles that are pretty long dealing with this issue

http://www.bootstrappist.com
Both monitors are VESA 100 compatible. It's on the spec page for the 32 and in the user guide/elsewhere on the web for the 24.

The 24 is technically not frameless, it just has a very thin top (and perhaps side) bezel.
Same here, i've noticed feedly hasn't been playing well with hacker news for the last couple of days.
It's all about reducing the likelihood. Keeping my fetish porn hidden behind legitimate looking encrypted whatever is not an absurd story, so a chunk of the probability moves that way, leaving it correspondingly less likely that the deniable-encryption-supporting encrypted file here also contains the thing they were looking for. Whether it's less likely enough depends on a whole ton of things.
I really love what you did there and am wondering if you mind sharing some ideas on how to go about starting an initiative like this? How do you explain computer science concepts to students - things like classes, variables, etc? In essence, I would love to know more :)
Don't you mean portrait for code and landscape for browsing? That's how I thought people with mixed setup were using it.
This is only for the WebView object embedded in Android apps. Chrome and Firefox have supported WebGL on Android for a long time.