skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Functional vs Imperative - a small example from the real world.
Functional vs Imperative - a small example from the real world.
I use Opera for this reason alone.
As a matter of fact, Paypal is beta testing a new design - I accepted it for one of my accounts (strangely, it's one that I use very little) and it looks quite nice.

It's not as modern as the design proposed by Bruce, but it's better than before, easier access to everything, easier to view transactions (though still limited by how far back you can go), easier to manage invoices.

I'm guessing the final version will be quite good.
If you are coming to the US to work in a professional position (Green Card or H1B1 etc) then you should be in a position to negotiate your sick time and vacation days. If an employer is not willing to work with you on these concerns then you might want to think twice about going through the financial and emotional hurdles of uprooting and moving to a different country.

If a hiring company is playing by the immigration rules then they should be paying at least going-rate for the position they are hiring you into (as well as having to pick up substantial legal fees). If you are just cheap labor then they will abuse you - but why would you take a job knowing you are not being valued from day 1?
Ah, my brain was somehow not seeing that in the article, but I see it now that I'm looking for it. Thanks!
Regarding the rent, since he says "share", it sounds like he had roommates at that time. He probably wasn't stiffing the landlord, but was in fact asking his friend/roommate if he could "pay him back" that portion of rent a couple weeks later once he had his situation together.
I became interested in computers in part because of a middle school teacher's similar weekly after-school program (TRS-80s!!). Thank you very much for improving these kids lives.
Exactly. Now think of combining that "within your organization reach of Lync" with Skype's outside your organization reach into one product.
The 32gb version is still available.
With the new resolutions being pumped out on laptops, (2,880 x 1,620 for 15" Thinkpad W series) it was inevitable desktop monitors would have to catch up.
Best selling books have been written about it.
[1]http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Matter-Kansas-Conservatives-Amer...
> Yes in theory everyone..

Um. Which theory is this? Last I checked, as an American citizen, I'm not subject to Russian law. Why are Russians subject to American law?
How do you do security when making calls to DynamoDB directly from the browser? Does that mean a user can do anything it wants with your DB by forging the JS?

EDIT: Ok, so it says in the post. Fine-Grained Access Control for Amazon DynamoDB. Good stuff.
For everyone who was also looking for the tweets: https://twitter.com/pbarreto/status/395378161631784960
Anyone had experience with Phase Change Material (PCM) clothing?
Here is one supplier:
http://www.outlast.com/en/technology/
Inspired by Insects, the Gimball Flying Robot is a Smash
But wait, all of this has happened before, remember skynet's early days? oh...but that was a movie...
I don't get the hate against Office. It works fine. It's ridiculously easy to make things that look business-y. I don't need much more.

OpenOffice failed me on the compatibility front every time I tried it. Google Docs are terribly slow, and I find the general UX unfriendly.
I understand your analogy but I think comparing Opera to RockMelt is going a little too far.

Do we know if Opera is pushing much upstream into the Chromium Open Source Project?
We're warm blooded. If you want to decrease your body's temperature, death is probably the way to go.

We don't feel warm because our core temperature is above 98.6, we feel warm SL that we are aware that we're having to work harder (typically through sweat) to stay at 98.6.

Likewise, it seems like you could make this safe if you could measure or estimate the user's core temperature. Should it deviate significantly from normal, shut the device off.
A fan doesn't help you _feel_ cooler, it actually helps cool your body by increasing air circulation and thus improving the rate of heat exchange. This device, OTOH, is explicitly intended to trick your body, potentially compromising its internal defenses against overheating.

OP's comment wasn't about being negative or knocking someone else's hard work; [s]he's simply pointing out what appears to be a very real safety concern in the system that needs to be addressed. Your suggestion that preventing electrocution on a device presumably powered by batteries is more safety-critical than this seemingly very real health risk that affects large parts of the world is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
Paypal's redesign sucks. I use to just go back to the old design when ever it gave me the option to do so. Now it seem even the option to use the old design is gone.
> Numbers rivals Excel in many ways

The only use case Numbers performs well is as spreadsheet presentation software with the ability to edit. If you need to work with a lot of data or crunch a lot of numbers, it's not even close. Excel wins.
I think that the overall phone size is rather constant, but the bezel on the side of the screen are constantly shrinking, allowing larger screens without transforming the phone into a tablet (yet).
Senate Intelligence Committee Approves FISA Improvements Act
You are spot on. Exchange Online is $4 per month per user for 25 GB mailboxes. Office 365 is $6 per month per user.

They also pay commissions to Microsoft Partners each and every month. I work full time at an investment bank but I've helped several local companies (about 500 seats) to move from on-premises Exchange to Office 365. It's a ridiculous no-brainer for them. Most of them paid more in annual maintenance for their spam firewall than Office 365 charges them.

There were some growing pains as they moved from Microsoft BPOS to Office 365 but it works tremendously well now and all the early kinks have been ironed out as far as I can see.

Oh, and outlook.com is completely free and works with user domains.
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I don't use HN site on Chrome Browser anymore because the app Hacker News 2 is so good: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof...
Launched His Startup, Porch.com, While Fighting Brain Cancer
They do put them on Amazon. Then you get to the checkout, and Amazon tells you you're not allowed to ship it to where you live if you're outside of Google's allowed territories.

That's why I had to send my sister in the UK money to get my hands on my Nexus 4... annoying, and stupid.
I am not convinced that they could within any foreseeable future. They may be able to prove that the knowledge is in there, or they may be able to prove that you think you are lying, but proving that you are truly able merely unwilling to actually vocalize that data is another matter entirely. Hell, there are disorders that render you unable to vocalize your own name, despite knowing full well what it is and wanting to vocalize it.

Who is to say that "It is on the tip of my tongue/fingers, but I can't seem to say/type what it is." does not, under an MRI, appear to be "He knows what it is, but won't say/type it."?

I'm sure you could find expert witnesses willing to be paid to argue either way exactly what the MRI is or could be indicating.
Yes.

What you really want is a cryptosystem that provides a "clean" image when given one passphrase, and the "real" image when given another passphrase. Then when you're compelled to give up the passphrase, you do. Since it's mathematically impossible to tell the encrypted data from random data you wrote to the disk before using it for real, it would be very difficult to prove (through analysis of the disk image alone) that you knew 1 or more additional passphrases that would reveal other encrypted data.

Of course, this all depends on very careful implementation: the "clean" image must not overwrite "real" data, but also must not leak the existence of a possible area of more data. You'd also better have realistic timestamps in the "clean" area, etc.
I wonder if the resolution is meant to be scaled like a retina screen (i.e. 1920x1080). I haven't used a high dpi monitor on Windows. Can anyone that has a high dpi monitor comment on this?
Define pay.

If you define pay as something that you can spend when you deduce tax, health, pension, rent/mortgage, education of children I'm not sure that US offers double. And even if it were double in absolute numbers, so is the number of working hours per year of software engineer in US compared to Germany.
In keeping with the theme of paranoia, many of the comments attacking the veracity of the article are posted by NSA agents masquerading as benign HN users to discredit someone breaking out one of their best kept secrets.
What do you mean by "properly" sell physical hardware? They are a services company, and their interest is in the overall Android ecosystem. If you ask me they are doing a decent job of toeing the line between shipping a good reference implementation and a big Microsoftian middle finger to the OEMs that butter their bread.
URGENT?SOMETHING TOO WORRY ABOUT,?
They seeded the Galaxy Nexus to developers at I/O in 2012. Presumably they'll seed the Nexus 5 at I/O in 2014. For the next seven months, developers who rely on Google-seeded devices will be using out-of-date software. That defeats the whole point of seeding devices.
I can't be the only one thinking $350 for a phone you'll get rid of or hopefully trade-in in two years, is still a lot of money. Firefox, get your ass in gear and improve your OS!
Do you need massive computer power in order to run these?
Looks like it'll still be fairly expensive (~$4K+) if the exchange rate conversion is to be believed[1]. FWIW, I have an ASUS 4K monitor I purchased recently, and it feels like a world apart. It's not quite retina, but the extra real estate makes all the difference. I've used multiple 27" displays side-by-side before and the effect isn't nearly as useful even though the screen area is greater.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=HK%2441%2C899+to+usd&ie=utf-...
So what's the catch? What's worse about the Blue Card / why would you ever get the work permit?
The most recent iOS only now deprecated the iPhone 3GS which was released in June 2009.

Up until two months ago a 4 year old device was still running the latest version of iOS. Why is Google unable to do the same?
> Even when the tables are turned there is still an amazing amount of techno-ignorance in the process.

Honestly, the EFF is the only entity that it is even bothering to do something about this.

Keep this in mind when computer interface design is built towards making sure the user doesn't need to understand what's happening. It's part of it.
I prefer Office. Libre/Open Office compatibility always fails me in some strange way and they've still got certain settings buried deep in strange locations. Google Apps are okay in a pinch and I don't mind using them for smaller documents, but they also don't play 100% nicely with Pentadactyl/Vimperator.
"the book you're reading, the game you're playing, or the movie you're watching"

I'm confused, PDFs, games and movies already are full screen on previous android versions.
> An Asian guy was killed last year just off of Alex.

… by a group of Turkish youths
No. The 16GB black sold out temporarily.

All models are currently available (72 minutes after launch), but with a "leaves warehouse by 11/8" instead of 11/5 ship date.
The Surface lines weren't marketing ploys. They just happened to consist mainly of excited MSFT employees.
My almost-10-year-old 24" Dell monitor is 1920x1200. Why is the new one lower resolution?
No mention of refresh rates which is somewhat of a make it break it for me, at least we are moving in the correct way though.
> That's a response I use whenever people tell me compulsory schooling as it exists now is essential so kids can function in the real world. You learn little-to-no real-world skills in a basic K-12 (US) curriculum.

I'm sorry but I don't believe this argument at all. Unless grade schools are no longer covering reading, basic mathematics, and even basic chemistry and biology I don't think there isn't one skill I learned in school I don't use everyday, except Spanish, I was horrible at that.

Now my university level intro to Architecture, while I appreciate it, is something that I only put to use at cocktail parties.
My problem with PayPal isn't the ux, but their archaic process' and how they between eBay and PayPal have literally fee'd me to death.. I quit using heir service and had them cancel my accounts awhile back.. Adapt or die, I prefer paying for things on the net with bitcoin.
Among the Religious Right in the US, it's very largely manufactured. Meaning: groups of people very deliberately chose two key issues (abortion and gay marriage) and created opposition movements where there weren't any before. A number of authors trace this, but you could try Randall Balmer for starters.
I know Apple is heralded as the company that builds planned obsolescence, but until about 2 months ago an 4 year old iPhone 3GS was still able to run the latest iOS without issues.
that's an 'ok' alternative when cookie is unavailable, definitely not a replacement technology.
Does anyone have the ($600!) 39-inch Seiki 4K display? If so, do you like it?
Didn't the GN use an OMAP processor? TI doesn't make those anymore. Maybe there were problems getting drivers, etc because of that.
Actual link: http://www.google.com/nexus/5/ (the current one can't be visited by countries outside US)
Please no.

If that would kill Skype in Linux, it would cut me off my colleagues who use it in Windows.
What's better with retina? And are you saying multiple 27" are worse or better than 4K?
I just ordered a white 32GB one 5 minutes ago. Ships on the 8th.

Good job Google! Much better experience than last year on the Play Store.
"Unavailable in your country". Probably I am not worthy. OMG how I hate all this.
Using Chrome brings older phones to exhaustion. When I switched back to the stock browser, my SII became much more responsive in general.
Most of the time, it doesn't have to hold up in court.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/
The "open" part of this is being blown up a bit out of proportion, I think. Nothing stops other OEMs from replacing the Play apps (the closed part of this) with their own.

Are you an developer at an OEM? I'm just not sure why this would worry you. It sure beats not getting timely updates for core pieces because of silly carriers.
yea, if google, microsoft, fb id every single web/mobile user and sync with each other, wouldn't that trigger some legal issue? that's the least thing the whole online ad industry wants
LibreOffice and Kingsoft are the two alternatives I'm running right now.

So far I have sent .doc files to my boss without issues.
Clay Shirky about hackathons
I almost choked when I was watching the video and I thought I saw Stallman on second 11:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ0XTJqFLIE#t=11
As a lawyer, the only option is Office. I've tried Docs and it's terrible. Libreoffice had problems with ordered lists.

Office is far and away better than anything else out there in ease of use and professional look.
My colleague has an iPhone 4, iOS 7 works on it beautifully for him. My iPhone 4S has also not had any issues with iOS 7...
Ask HN: What elegant concepts (like recursion) should others be exposed to?
I'm studying state machines right now and I find the model for describing systems of change very interesting. State machines remind me of the _smell_ of recursion. They are are very powerful, yet rather simplistic in their most fundamental form, but have deep properties and far reaching application in problem solving. What are some other constructs that others may not be aware of (they don't need to be mathematical or specifically related to problem solving for that matter) that you find interesting?
Bitcoin’s Computing Crisis
I do get the feeling that this is mostly because it's free however: The UI and feature set are pretty poor, especially compared to office.

I sometimes get the impression that the product has just a little bit too much "techdemo" feel.

- sure you can collaboratively edit, but not very well: edits to the top of the document will cause repages that make any other editors editing the bottom seesick. There isn't really a good track-changes implementation either - not something you could use to discuss whether changes are good.

- You can do some styling, but again it comes across as not really practical for continual extensive use. Word doesn't do a brilliant job of keeping themes/styles consistent throughout the document, but google docs doesn't even try. Just using a different font consistently requires vigilance - there's no defaults you can change. Also, the styling features are really limited in the first place.

- Practical tools for writing are sparse. You'd think with their unrivalled big-data text analysis capabilities gdocs would have best-of-the-best spelling/grammar checkers, but they're just basic. The editor view enforces a paged layout, even if you're not writing pages (and when you are, it's not necessarily good for productivity to have it so in your face the whole time). It's html-based, but html export is rudimentary, and css support essentially absent.

Frankly, I don't think Gdocs has limited takeup due to poor document interop, I think it has poor takeup because it's just not a very good rich text editor. And it's crucial selling points - always online, cheap, hassle-free synchronization - just aren't that unique anymore, nor executed all that well.
Nobody said it's hard to understand. However, I can only imagine that the kind of people who frequent this site would also tend to be the kind of people who don't respond pleasantly to "because I said so!". I'm definitely one of those people.
Galaxy Nexus & Android 4.4 (KitKat) FAQs
The sensor list has an interesting addition (Hall Effect). I'd be curious to see how it's implemented and how to interface with it. Possibly connected with the wireless charging support?

Sensors:
Accelerometer
GPS
Compass
Proximity/Ambient Light
Gyroscope
Pressure
Hall Effect
Dudes crazy. Retina was a fancy name to call 2048x1536. Apple is stupid.
Australians have a special case: we can get work in the US on the E-3 visa, which is much easier to obtain than a H1B.
plus, the RPi can't even achieve full USB 2.0 speed, it is not a good choice for a file server.
Things that I've found have worked well for me:

* Respect the time of the person reading your CV. Make it trivially easy for them to find the information they want, quickly. Use a clean structure, clear sections and sub-sections, and consistent formatting. Two pages absolute maximum.

* Tailor your CV to the specific job that you're applying for. For example, if you're applying for a web development job then put your web development experience at the top.

* Pay attention to detail. Be consistent in your use of punctuation and capitalisation. Ensure that there are no spelling errors.

* Use LaTeX (there are some great CV templates available) and send your CV in PDF. Microsoft Word documents invariably look messy when you open them in Word. It's much better to send the "final" output.

* Emphasise specific skill areas (e.g. software development, system administration, domain-specific knowledge) and list my skills in each area. This makes it easy for the reader to immediately identify what I can do, they don't have to read through descriptions of my previous jobs.

* Be concise and straight to the point. Don't use personal pronouns. Keep descriptions compact.

* In the cover letter list three specific ways in which you can contribute specifically to the company to the company you are applying to. Show, exactly, how your profile matches key points in the job description. Don't talk about how great you are or what you want from them.

The goal of the cover letter/email is to get people to read your CV. The goal of the CV is to get an interview. The goal of the interview is to check you're a good fit for the job and get the job if you are. Therefore, your CV should encourage the reader to want to interview you. Don't bore them with exhaustive descriptions of what you have done. Less is more. Instead, focus on the highlights and entice them to invite you to interview to find out more.

Finally, if you do get rejected, always politely ask why. You won't always get an answer, but the answers you do get are often enlightening, often not what you expect, and will help you immensely with future applications.
Iframes have a couple advantages over XHR:

1. You can do progressive rendering with an iframe. With an XHR you don't get the 'loaded' callback until the entire response has arrived, and so you can't start working with and manipulating the data until it's all there. With an iframe you can put successive chunks in <script> tags and they will start executing as soon as the closing tag for the script is found. Or if you want to transport the data as HTML, you can put a 0-length animation on each element that forms a response chunk, and listen for the animationend event to get notified as soon as it's ready in the DOM.

2. You can measure and manipulate elements while they're still in the iframe. For example, if you're animating the rest of your layout, you can measure the size of the elements that you just loaded inside a hidden iframe, adjust transitions on the main page to make space for them, and then pop the elements from the iframe into their proper places in the final layout. With an XHR, the only way to measure the element is to place it into the DOM and force a layout, which is much slower, particularly on mobile devices.

3. Iframes form a layout boundary, so when the browser lays out elements in them it stops the layout process at the iframe. This eliminates the need to do a CPU-intensive layout of the whole page when you pop in your XHR content.
2x pixel density
The DIY Cyborg [video]
They use LTE sim cards. You still need CDMA to make calls and send texts.
I got an order in for the black 32GB version. No email confirmation yet though..
>Man, the iPhone 5 really is not a very good example here.
The iPhone 5 is a great example. The iPhone 3gs or 4 is hardly distinguishable and costs 1/5 the price. You cannot play some high end games with those phones, but that shouldn't prevent one's economic improvement.
> a simplified and streamlined web experience, reduced feature bloat, with online collaborative tools, and made available free or cheap could steal a lot of market share.

Microsoft has this solution: https://skydrive.live.com

SkyDrive and the associated Office "lite" apps are free and feature light versions of the Office suite products. For business there is the Office365 apps which are the logical progression.

Also, the desktop versions of the Office apps integrate with these cloud based services.

For larger companies, there are also options to run in a private cloud and/or behind the firewall.
That's for LTE. You need CDMA to make calls and send texts.
Can they share the MD5 hashes of the malware samples? or it didn't happen...
Well.. that was probably the most impulsive buy I've made in a long time... Shame on Google Play for not crashing this time around!
Docker 0.6.5 Released
15 Facts That Reveal The Utter Insanity Of Britain's Housing Market
Talent == Cheap labour.
There was a similar story a few years ago (2010). The fake "Robin Sage" profile hooked a number of military contractors in the Beltway area:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sage
Android 4.4 Kitkat supports Screen recording
CircleCi's MongoDB was exposed for 10 days?
I didn't realize this until the email we got from Heroku a few minutes ago:

"Our records indicate that some of your apps (listed below) had been deployed during the the time period that CircleCI’s database was exposed (October 19 - 29th)."
Show HN: How we created a mail client that's 2-3x faster than Gmail
Cloud is the Platform for a Lean Digital World: How Do You Fit In?