skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I moved so I could get CondoInternet. It rules: http://www.speedtest.net/result/3068154836.png

I'd been a Comcast user for ~10 years before getting fed up with them. At my last place, they started hiking the price every two months after six months. When I canceled I was paying ~$100 for internet and cable tv (which I never used or wanted, although apparently it made my service cheaper). It seems that they REALLY want to keep their TV subscriber numbers up.

Interestingly, CondoInternet uses microwave links to connect the buildings they service. They do install in older buildings without CAT5e/CAT6 wiring, but they have to use vDSL over the phone lines. They still call it 100mbit although it's more like 70 or 80.
I can't say I'm terribly surprised. I bought into the hype back in the '90s and have about five boxes worth of comics in my basement that I feared parting with for years since they would "eventually be worth something".

Now I let my kids read them. Granted, I still say "ok, wash your hands before you read them and put them back in the sleeves when you're done". I'd like to think that even if they're almost worthless 20 years from now in a less-than-pristine state, somebody besides myself has enjoyed them.
Keep Track of Your Friends. Keep Track of Your Phone.
Would moving the cult down to a jungle in Guyana work for you? :)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20090552-17/apple-sues-mot...
This is awesome and I plan to use it in the future.

I'm curious how you deal with possible fraud or how you insulate yourself?

From an infrastructure perspective, how long did it take you to break even on your costs with Heroku? What kind of configuration did you start with to keep the site's availability under control? Feel free to provide as much or as little detail as you would like. Thanks!
Crash Bandicoot creator: "What's the hardest bug you've debugged?"
The thing I don't get, is how is a barge a seaworthy vessel? If they are data centers, it doesn't seem like a barge is something that would be seaworthy, sitting out in the ocean for extended periods of time.
> People today are generally either lazier or less imaginative. I'm not sure which.

Definitely less imaginative. Fewer people these days have fantastical stories where they're a singularly representative sample of a nation of 300 million. That takes imagination.
That 7-figure stock portfolio? worthless.
To be honest I've been using it for about 7 years and I didn't know that.

I'm not sure that matters either. It's not really a priority and I respect that.
This seems like a really silly PR stunt. If you're interviewing for a job that pays tens of thousands of dollars, why do you care about $1000?

It'd be like Amazon offering a "Launch a bestselling book, get a $500 gift card" promo.
clearly their tween selves should have invested in baseball cards
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NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations explained
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Flies have an exoskeleton which, unlike the quadcopters of our engineers, have many flexible parts. This is much like the cage only in a very different configuration. I don't know about the wings in particular, but I can imagine they are more flexible than brittle and may even be capable of growing scar tissue.
Because Iran and North Korea are a threat to the US in what fantasy world exactly? China and Russia matter. Iran and North Korea are just diversions.
How is the culture at rap genius? Is there a diverse culture or have they been hiring other people that look and behave like them?

Is it a frat house?
No I get that, and I'm not it's biggest fan either, but it's a pretty core component to take the decision lightly. Most of the arguments I see against systemd are very well informed and well reasoned. That's why I categorized his as "dismissive" - and it seems consistent with the accusation that he isn't reasonable, but just doesn't like people disagreeing with him.
> But we’ll get it done, and it will be amazing.

seems to imply that the Ubuntu developers will either be the ones to get KDE working on their stack, or go their own way with or without kDE support. It doesn't look like Shuttleworth is insisting through this that Gräßlin devote his time to their project.

Isn't Mir supposed to have XMir as a compatibility layer anyway? Wouldn't this mean that KDE should work on top of it without extra porting work?
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Granted patents for "Rockstar Bidco" via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2012)
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Thanks a lot! Actually I was a bit concerned on a few comments here.
We use AngelList at 42Floors and have developed a pretty good system. We have four positions posted (https://angel.co/42floors) and get a steady stream of applicants across all roles daily.

To manage the process, we've designated our product manager to handle the inbound engineering interest and our customer support manager to handle the inbound sales, ops, etc. interest. When a match is made on AngelList, we have a simple form email that allows an interested candidate to schedule a 10 minute Skype call with someone on the hiring team to discuss the position and the candidate's background. We have three employees who do these Skype calls, and each blocks off 1-3 hours per week for Skype hiring calls (allowing us to do 18-54 initial Skype screens per week) in just 3-9 total hours. Last week our team spoke to ~30 sales/ops candidates and 5 engineers. If we like the candidate and they like us in our brief 10 minute call, we bring them in for lunch, and then eventually, for a project.

My email's in my profile if anyone wants to know more.
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She deserves it.
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I was just at the Ottawa Shopify office for startup weekend, they are really fantastic.
The funny thing is I always thought this site was about Rap lyrics. From this video I learned that it's now more than that, which I can see value in. Everything makes more sense now. Time for a re-branding though.
It's certainly true that the patent system is broken. But the fact you can get away with doing something due to broken laws doesn't make it ok to do it.
My plan B has always been Truck Driving. Easy to to get trained up and going.
The requirement summary is still there for each test, but it has been moved below the results table. I am experimenting with this re-arrangement to see what people think.
Big Data: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
tl;dr;didntload: they talk about a scramjet design
Bloom: Disorderly Programming at Wicked Good Ruby 2013 [video]
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One option is vipe from moreutils

http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/
Ha. Those are definitely traits of merit, but individual traits still aren't organizational structure.
Ask HN: Developers - what about a job ad makes you want to apply?
There are many examples on HN of people discussing the problems of job ads.

So, what features would a job ad have that would make you want to apply?
Hundreds of thousands, I'd imagine. It's "bomb salary"
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Edward Snowden is working for the Russian Facebook
vipe from moreutils

http://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/
Fair enough. To me, ZeroCater is boring and Soylent is very interesting, so I guess to each their own.
What browser are you using? I believe I implemented the max-width using a container div rather than putting restrictions on the p elements.
Using Science to chose between iPad Air and Retina Mini
There sort of is. We're talking about a meritocracy regarding things that aren't done yet. X.org vs Wayland vs Mir... You tell me which one has better merits; other than X, I've only read blogs and seen some screenshots and block diagrams.

You could maybe base the merit on the process, but I think they'd all lose.
Not sure how asking for apologies is linked to ask for a more "lead" position.

Not sure how having feelings is related to meritocraty.

And.. If anything Shuttleworth leads because he's rich.
Good question and I'll put it down to my constant logic fight with English (my native language though it is most illogical for people with aspergers) and I would also admit this is what I say. With that it could be deemed slang usage perhaps. But a valid question and something I'm now going to be more mindful about, though I still have no golden answear as too why it comes about.
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Absolve him from what, exactly? A potential employer is in no way obligated to "give you a job." It is expected to be a fair trade of skill for pay. If you don't like the terms you're offered, you can go somewhere else.
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See also: buying a house to live in with your family versus buying a house as an "investment".

My pay-off on my comics, collected during that crazy mid-1990's boom, is that my kids are getting three long boxes of 1980's-1990's Chris Claremont and Peter David awesomeness and fun.
> I think there has been a very pernicious, detrimental focus in recent history on ensuring "happiness." Life is not about being happy. Communities do not exist to make people happy.

I am familiar with the argument and you are free to think that, of course. My view is that happiness is our ultimate internal gauge. Any alternative to wanting to be happy is typically some form of religion (including some political ideologies). I am willing to sacrifice for the people I love or even for strangers, but that's because it makes me happy. Most people will arrive at the same conclusion if they're honest with themselves.

> Define "bigger". Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, all have governments that are significantly more activist in the daily lives of their citizens, and the wealth gap does not exist in those countries like it does the US.

I define "bigger" as government spending per capita. Take this graph:

http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=7373

Then compare it with this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Unite...

Give the NSA disclosures, the size and activity of the US military and the fact that the USA has the largest percentage of its citizens arrested of all countries in the world -- the majority for victimless crimes, it's maybe hard to argue that the other countries you mention have bigger or more intrusive governments.

I live in Germany and the only intrusion in my life is that I don't have to pay for health care.

Notice that I'm not anti-american by any means. I actually admire America and many of its achievements, and this is why its current direction depresses me.
Agreed, the base install gives you a system that feels both minimal and complete at the same time.

Plus, every release includes a song: http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#54
nginx is having hiccups, let's try this again...

Absolve him from what, exactly? A potential employer is in no way obligated to "give you a job." It is expected to be a fair trade of skill for pay. If you don't like the terms you're offered, you can go somewhere else.
What are we supposed to be looking at. I've searched that entire thread for the word "stupid" and I can't find it. I also don't see the rudeness.
Your site has several links to "LoseProof store"[1] but I just get redirected to the home page.

Also, I think you should be very explicit about telling people these are stickers. And possibly talk about how well they stick. I don't put stickers on things so these are not for me. I am probably not alone.

Lost & Found seems to be a bit of a crowded space these days... so good luck.

[1] https://loseproof.com/store
You only have to worry about everybody if you fight with everybody.

By your logic, China should have to worry about the USA, Russia, etc, Russia about the USA, China, etc.

Let's write that in equation form:

U >= C + R
C >= R + U
R >= U + C

I don't see a solution with either of these larger than zero :-)
Nice app :) Once you have decided all the destinations you'd like to see, it'd be sweet if it could tell you how to go there (i.e. plan the optimal route)

I did this side project http://www.routific.com to do route optimization (you can also specify time-windows, which would be neat for opening/closing hours) -- the algorithm is open source: https://github.com/mck-/Open-VRP -- perhaps an idea to integrate it?
An Open Letter to AT&T Wireless Division: iPhone Unlocking
Thanks... extremely confusing since it still has one point, it apparently wasn't downvoted and I don't see how I violated any of the guidelines.

How is it that you can see my postings? Is it your extremely high karma?
All you need to know about Brazil's "Internet Constitution"
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How Edward Snowden Escalated Cyber War
How did Conatus Creative get the licence for River City Ransom Underground?
Or...

You could monitor sub-atomic particles(WIMPs) in real-time.
He didn't say he didn't know what was in the bill, just that he needed a lawyer's advice on the bill's interpretation. That's what lawyers are for. Wikipedia does not provide legal advice.

There's plenty bad with the DMCA and how companies use and abuse it to be against it, but it can also be used for good.
This looks like hate speech:

> Current frameworks persuade false beliefs with shiny websites and finely crafted marketing without transparent, scientific analysis. They solve hypothetical problems and cause new problems instead. Unfortunately, large communities are dealing with irrelevant issues.

You're telling jashkenas (indirectly) that he "persuade false beliefs", "without scientific analysis", that he's solving "hypothetical problems" and "dealing with irrelevant issues" and plenty of other things like that... and what response do you expect from him?

> I was hoping you were closer to a scientist.

You already told him he's not a scientist, see above.

P.S.: I don't follow any "religion". I use framework or plain JavaScript depending on the project, and I find it sad when anyone promotes their solution as the only good one.
This is utter BS.

Riot's TodoMVC - 59 LOC html, 185 LOC js.

Angulars TodoMVC - 70 LOC html , 145 LOC js. ( I DINT even discount the extra lines used for comments and stuff - which angulars has quite a lot of ! ) .
https://github.com/tastejs/todomvc/tree/gh-pages/architectur...

The other implementation is 71 html and 162 js.
https://github.com/tastejs/todomvc/tree/gh-pages/architectur...

Stop claiming that your "framework" allows writing less loc.

There are sooo many useful constructs that all these frameworks provide. I generally abhor Backbone for its "minimalistic" approach. But looks like even jashkenas is taking issue to what you are doing here.

You are saying that / claiming that - me / we are soo damn good that we can do in <1KB what a whole bunch of developers have not been able to do in xKB where x is a larger number.
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You may very well be right. I use it without thinking and with that I suppose it is a form of slang variation in usage. Though my grammer and spelling are below par and I do find my native English language a fun feild of rules with so many exceptions that if it was code it would be the worst code ever. That and even today we still do not have a definitive grammer/spell checker that can understand all context and usage. Yet we can put a man on the moon and develop advanced AI that gets better every day.

Though I'm starting too feel that you may be right in how this permutation of words originated, given language accents and localisations pre internet days.
Is that an argument or the lyrics of a Tool song?
Very interesting about the electronics - I'm guessing they used the cheapest stuff they could to minimize the cost for the expensive 10 bit S-IPS panels (which are top of the line compared to the cheaper E-IPS and AH-IPS).
Ask HN: Do you read a newspaper?
"...the thought about having a government security clearance is a thrilling thought"

Meh. Nothing cinematic about it at all. You fill out reams of paperwork (address and neighbors back 10 years), get interviewed by a tired bureaucrat, and all your friends, family, and neighbors get grilled by some other tired bureaucrats.

Then, if you're lucky, they grant you an interim clearance so you can start work while they do whatever other research they need to do (polygraph, etc).

And if you're unlucky, they don't grant the interim and you're left in limbo for months on end. And you don't have any say in the matter - if the interim is denied, there is no recourse. And if they take too long, your employer may just decide waiting around isn't worth the time and send you packing before the process completes. And you never find out what red flag they thought they saw.

All in, it's a total pain in the ass.
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Many Bad Gateway and Server errors today -- any reasons why?
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Yeah, I've suspected this for a long time. I'm 40 years old now, and my cousins and I used to collect comics when we were in elementary school all the way to high school. We sometimes would buy collector's items off the top walls in comic book stores (comic fans know what this is about) that were higher priced and more valuable. But, mostly, we would find a comic series we really like, follow it, and then when we knew a good story or "episode" was coming out, we would buy several of those comics. Some that I can remember from memory are:

1) Super Spiderman vs Hulk penned by Mcfarlane
2) Punisher vs Wolvering series
3) Xmen mutant massacre cross over series

These comics of my youth are still tucked away at my parent's house with acid free backing and plastic for the past 20+ years. Anyways, sometimes I will go into comic book stores to peruse, and I'm often happy to discover that many of the comics my cousins and I thought would make the big time wall are now there. However, the big shock is, the prices they command are far below what we thought they would be. Some are $5-10. A few maybe $15. I mean, for the price we paid, I think it was $1.25 or 1.50, that may sound pretty decent. But, that's only half the story. Most comic book shops will only pay 50% of the market value of any collectables. So, that $10 comic will only probably net $5. After 20 years, it's not really worth it.

But, there is one happy outcome of all this. My love of finding good stories that I think one day will become worth something has led me to stocks and investing. I think my comic book collector mentality translated well to stock picking and investing. I love finding a good business story and investing in it. That's how I found Netflix, Google, and Tesla. These companies made me FAR more money than any comic book has or probably ever will.
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Well I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to find people that won't buy anything from Samsung after that trial either...

"weirdly many people seem willing to forgive a large company anything, just because they happen to have purchased some of their product range."

Applies equally to Apple and Samsung... welcome to fanboydom.
But, but... terrorists!!