skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Been trying Lookback for the test phase of the latest version of our app and the feedback there is good, but seeing users using your app and interacting with it is priceless!
In the 2001 audio book Arthur C Clarke had a 15 minute intro where in it (amung other things) he explicitly says it is a coincidences and lists the page in the book explaining what HAL stands for.
The bug is unrelated to losing a wallet, just because the wallet is not even using leveldb (it is still at BDB). Your last sentence was the reason for my last earlier paragraph.
And now, between 1 and 6 AM they have infomercials targeted towards insomniacs, which is little different.
Do you have some sort of referral system in place? If people like you enough to email you, I bet they'd email their friends too if you give them a hint and way to do so.
I had no trouble finding a job as a developer after being a business guy turned startup founder.

And to be honest I agree with the bias that ex-founder types may not be the most stable of employees.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_enclaves_and_exclaves for more examples of (7).
He is back and I am 45th in the queue, thanks and congrats for this cool project.
Cheet.js: Easter eggs (Konami Code, etc.) for your site
Finding other peoples email addresses is all good fun, but I had no idea the chrome developer tools had a "Copy as cURL" feature! I will be using this all the time now, thank you.
Not much. A lawsuit has been dismissed.

What has been "decided" is that given the facts stipulated to by both the Authors' Guild and Google, Google is not breaking the law. Instead, their conduct is in accordance with "fair use". Nothing more or less.
I got kicked out of the queue twice just before my turn. :(
Your Venture Is All About You, Not Your Invention
My wife and I have been going to bed a 9 and waking up at 5 for a few weeks now. We do all our "project work" in the morning before our day jobs, and are pretty exhausted by night time. If you shift 1hr a day until you get to this type of rhythm, then eventually it won't really feel any different than your normal schedule.
I used to think I was ok at it but then:

* I've never beaten my dad in a game in 20 years
* I took up the offer from a guy in a NY park and got my ass royally whooped (not to mention the 20 dollars heh)
"intuition of problems"

I have read several of his books, both non fiction and the autobiography. Would you say intense focus on development of intuition is a Feynman thing or a physicist thing or a general trait of anyone who masters a topic (not mutually exclusive). He is the most persuasive author I can think of WRT his (correct) opinion that development of good intuition results in problem solving.
can't monitor or trace payments made with physical cash

For large values of cash, yes they can; cash is bulky and has to be smuggled if you want to do it secretly, which is expensive.

Hence all the US asset forfeiture laws, and various countries rules on bringing currency in or out.
FDA Warning Letter to 23andMe
I have no idea which way you are arguing, since the OP was you, and your replies don't seem to address the points raised.

If a reliable workforce was so key to strong manufacturing, as the OP claims

Agreed.

then it would seem that there would be strong advocacy for workers' rights.

Disagree, and historically this hasn't been the case.

For example, in 19th century Britain the demand for cheap labour effectively depopulated the countryside as people rushed to the cities to work in factories. There was a race to the bottom in terms of wages and conditions (eg, children working in mills), and it was unions and a public campaign that stopped that.

That China has been able to create a massive manufacturing sector with what seems to be little regard for workers would argue against the OP's assertions.

There are similarities between China and Britain in the industrial revolution - a huge rural population rushing to the cities for better opportunities. Both Britain and China were hugely successful at creating a massive manufacturing sector while completely ignoring workers rights (although to be fair, China seems better than 19th century Britain in that regard).

Like I said - I'm not sure if I'm agreeing with you or not. If I am, then good.
"How the Economic Machine Works" was a really great explanation of the different ways a government can influence inflation and deflation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0
How I am Bootstrapping My Brain
Note the very important difference between presenting a logical argument and serving as a witness for trial. When you present a logical argument, it stands on its own. But a witness isn't presenting reasoning for the jury to follow. His testimony doesn't stand on its own. A witness expresses an opinion or recollection of events for the jury to believe. The jury's job is to determine which witness they find more credible.

Facts that are ad hominem in the world of logical argument are vital determinants of credibility in the world of witness testimony. They help juries figure out who to believe. Thus the logic isn't "if you don't have a master's degree you likely can't be an expert in this field" but rather "the guy with the PhD is more likely to be a credible expert in this field." Which is a reasonable presumption. It's the job of the side presenting an expert with unique experience who doesn't have marks of academic qualification to convince the jury of the person's expertise regardless of the traditional indicators.
Sorry someone was trying to flood the server so things went wonky for a while
I knew about Alan Cooper legacy in VB, but not the Ruby project. Is VB the only program that used this idea at Microsoft ? even another internal project ?

Were you from tripod too ?
I think he missed the point of "P2P currency"...
Will this work on games as well?
Awesome answer. This is a treasure for anybody wanting to read data structures & algorithms. I always felt bored to read data structures for the sake of reading them or for interviews with some made up examples. I am sure we can quote many other open source projects with interesting uses of these data structures. This is way more interesting than reading source code of data structure libraries in programming languages.
I wonder if this can be used with Phonegap?
Read the book "Crypto" if you haven't already and want more background on how public key encryption got started and how it got to where it is today. It was suggested previously on HN, and I am so glad I gave it a read.
Acounting for the non accountant - by a computer programmer
I thought Unix greybeards were like Tolkien's dwarves in exhibiting little sex-based dimorphism.
The short answer is no. Trying and failing at a startup probably won't ruin your chances of ever getting another job.

But here's the thing. Hiring is not an exact science. There are tons of variables in play beyond simple work experience and skill set. There's a whole art to negotiating employment (from the employee side) that most programmer types just don't get at all.

Engineers want everything to be a skills test. But in reality, skills come roughly 18th in a hiring situation, way behind questions like "did this candidate tell me any amusing anecdotes?", "was this candidate tall?", and "did this candidate say anything that inadvertently made me look bad?" Somewhere further down the list you might indeed find "did this candidate try to strike out on his own and fail?", but it'll be lost in the noise.

So if you want to work on something, work on your "being a guy that a CTO would want to have a beer with" skills. That, combined with a bit of networking, will often let you skip the "previous work experience" and "resume" portions of the hiring process entirely.
Misleading. 1295 BTC were stolen, no USD.
I thought that many of the accounts that funneled into the one big account were known to be bitstamps?

Now, I'm not 100% sure why those were known or thought to be bitstamps in the first place.
How can I get a web page into a string using JavaScript?
Just one question - what happens when for various reasons a ebook that is launched with DRM (or a game - as is the case of current GFWL) suddenly stops being available for society (technology obsolescence, company going out of business).

We as a society are cheated - we provided protection of the content, but the content is lost and never enters public domain. That is the side of the equation no one talks about.
Yup. People even earn silly badges for referring their friends and, actually, we do get a high conversion rate from user invites. There's just not enough eyeballs hitting the site outside of users that search for us directly.
Army vet fighting into Dev Bootcamp
Anything similar that supports Android?
Testing Grails Applications
> 1. Use a tripod for your camera.

I understood that this is the camera display from the phone as the user is using your app...is that not correct? Because I thought it was kinda cool...

EDIT: fellowshipofone's response seems to confirm :)
Nation Swell - Share good news.
I think this is one of the best points. The environment is different.

Why are "apps" companies taking off? Because Google, Microsoft, and Apple are actively selling billions of phones to customers. These customers, in turn, fuel the app market. This is not a "bubble". These are consumers buying real products with real value, making companies real money. This isn't a "potential" type of deal, this is happening and fuels some of the biggest companies.

Why are companies like Google making money through advertising and why are other sites using Google's ad system to make a ton of cash too? Because there's a market for it. People visit the internet, they see ads, they click on them and buy. Products and money gets exchanged. Amazon is in on the deal too because, guess what? People buy products from their site.

Now, why is Snapchat and Pinterest so highly valued when they make 0 revenue (albeit Pinterest having tried the affiliate game for a short amount of time)? Because of the existing markets and companies that can profit on their products. Pinterest is already trying out revenue models, how? Affiliate programs where people click on pretty pictures of something or the other, buy the product and pinterest makes cash. Nothing magical about it. Snapchat will be harder to monetize but could "easily" be purchased and used as yet another product for a company to capitalize on and get someone trapped in their ecosystem. See facebook about instagram. Same deal.

I'm not as familiar with the dot-com bubble as others but seeing revenue happening because people are moving to more of an online world rather than an offline one makes sense. People buying products, purchasing subscriptions to entertainment, buying subscriptions to useful utilities (eg. dropbox) makes sense. Ad companies fueling online advertising to get people to buy shit or subscribe, makes sense. Companies that profit on having users and engaging those users while advertising for companies that sell products, makes sense.
Shut up and get out. We're not putting up with your racist insinuations.
It also rings to me as a story about artificial limitations. They were scared another program could do more for less. IBM is doing good today I think, I wonder if they'd fare better going the Apple/Google 'making people's live better' myth/motto, even at the ~sacrifice of their traditional comfort zone / cash cow.
Great post! Was an enjoyable read that I could relate to
Hgraph – Your health in one picture
> Also weren't most of the questions that the TQP lawyer asked ad hominem?

Ad hominem is when you attack a logical argument based on the characteristics of the person making it. It's a logical fallacy because the logical argument is something that can be evaluated itself using logical reasoning.

But an expert witness does not present a logical argument that the jury can evaluate on its own merits. An expert witness presents an opinion and explains the evidence on which he relied to form that opinion. Facts that credit or discredit the witness help the jury determine whether to believe the opinion.

Incidentally, this is why the Federal Rules of Evidence are a better basis for internet arguments than the logical fallacies. These are rarely a matter of reasoning, but rather a matter of assessing the credibility of opinions. When you argue with someone about global warming, you're not presenting logical arguments that can be evaluated standing alone. You're arguing over which experts have more credible opinions and which sets of evidence you believe.
My favourite is ALT+F4...
also you'll be happy to know that I spent Sunday building 2 clones of vintage pre-amps for my music studio & then learning some Scala/Playframework. Bitcoin hasn't invaded my home life yet lol
Designer/UI/UX #1 wanted at Virool
Virool(YC S12) is one of the fastest growing videos advertising companies: https://www.virool.com/about/press

We are looking for the very best designer money (as well as stock options, passion and fun of working in small dedicated team) can buy.

We are very small team (<20 people) You will be designer #1 who is going to be in charge of overall corporate style, website UI/UX, ad units experiences seen by millions of people and have direct input on company and its products.

Please reply with your portfolio and CV to job (at) virool.com Subject: 'Designer HN'
Yeh, my HTC Desire had working voice search long before Siri came along.

Just goes to prove the power of Apple's marketing message, most people think Google Now is a copy of Siri rather than Siri being an enhancement of something Google was already doing.
Gah... don't I know it. We're prepping for a major release that should give us a nice push. Could be the first step on the road to capital, albeit, another trying test in and of itself.
Please don't make me cry... I remember in the 90s not understanding all the PC thing that only came with DOS, Hercules/CGA/VGA, a speaker, etc.

Few years later, Windows 3.1 was a quasi-DOS frontend.
Communication platform the way app developers want it
"Accordingly, judgment will be entered in favor of Google dismissing the case."

The complete ruling is here. It is written in plain English. I couldn't find a non-scribd link though, sorry for that.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/184176014/Judge-Denny-Chin-Google-...
>When Shamir wrote the first Bitcoin paper over a year ago

You mean 'when Ron and Shamir wrote their first Bitcoin paper'? as there were several prior papers about Bitcoin; including one myself and a co-author wrote on a similar topic in 2011.

We obtained our data directly from the blockchain, using a modified version of Gavin Andresen's bitcointools which we put on github (although its now out of date).

We also made the extracted data available in an easy-to-parse format, for more info see:
http://anonymity-in-bitcoin.blogspot.ie/2011/09/code-dataset...
Jerry Weinberg has an essay on fads in computer programming[1]. Basically, it's written such that you can swap in whatever today's hottest fad is, and the article still makes sense (it was originally written for Structured Programming, but OO Programing, Agile Development, Node.js, et al would fit well within it).

One of his conclusions is that the organizations that are likely to succeed with the latest whiz-bang technologies are also the ones who were most likely to succeed without them. Sure, what's new can be better, but it's hardly sufficient.

Based on my experience, I would agree, and so I think you're right. With the exception of this being specific to "programmers these days". I think our industry has always been plagued by this trend. It's just that now, with the internet, the stories have a longer reach.

[1] http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com/2011/06/beyond-agile...
Thank's for the point about libraries. That's very important part. I'm agree.

In fact it was a general question. Let's assume the language's ecosystem contains a lot of useful libraries, and it has another important technical charactersitics that can eliminate disadvantage of using a new language.

But I guess it's still not enough to promote it, or not? I'm afraid starting a topic about the language on HN, or writing a blog post will produce flame war about personal preferences on syntax design etc in best case.
Ask HN: How close to get to a potential acquirer/competitor?
Need some advice...

My startup is in the process of raising a seed round, on the back of a new product about to be launched in the B2C space.

A large company was introduced to us and is now very interested in the company - asking for metrics, product info etc They have stated they want to grow through both organic and other means in the markets

Do you think it's wise to get closer to them, as they may be interested to invest in this round (or maybe more, if not now then later on).

The product is a potential competitor to their own products, but they don't have anything similar at the moment.

Would you advise to build up a good relationship, see if can get them in on the round with the aim of deepening it over time? Or shut off all contact totally at this early stage.

Any input appreciated..
Free source code for iOS chat app
Well thank goodness for that. At least this way there is no chance of recovery.

I enjoyed the bit at the end about a potential lawsuit to get the BTC back. Sounds awfully familiar to the legal posturing after some other BTC heists--none of which got anywhere AFAIK.

Do people still think the irrevocability of BTC transactions is a good thing?
I've only ever had more job offers, recruiters, even offered a gig at an accelerator as an exec advisor. This was USA focused.

In the UK attitudes are horrible though, there is a stigma where if you fail your first entrepreneurial enterprise, you are somehow blackmarked for life. I think that just because of this there are lots of start ups in the UK, where the founders have not killed them because they are not working. There is a point where you know something is not going to work, and you should kill it, this stigma breeds a lot of waste.
This was a puzzling diagram: http://gendal.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/single-bank-settle...

Why not put Alice and Bob side by side?
It'll likely manifest as blatant and ridiculous product placement in the original programming, won't it?
Salvation is easy. All you have to do is decide that "good" > "bad". The perverse attraction to misery and toil I observe in people, in this fucking thread, that's what pisses me off. What's with this idolatry?
They seem to be currently worth more than $1 million USD though. Maybe the USD equivalent was chosen for the title because more people would be able to immediately relate to it as a value.
In my opinion and in this order:

1. Complete your language including typical libraries and have it ready for production use. Not just beta and certainly not an alpha. There are just too many new languages around in this wave for even a beta to take hold.

2. Document your language well. W/O sufficient documentation people will quickly give up.

3. Ready to run/compile downloads for all supported platforms. No required "install this to compile" dependencies for Windows especially.

4. Portable "unpack and go" files for download. NO INSTALLERS. Should work from flash drive.

5. Script to temporarily enable any environment settings.

6. Online IDE or REPL of some sort so people can play with it w/o needing any download.

7. Forum for discussion and Q&A that includes topical RSS feeds. Very important for causal potential users.

8. Link to your language from Reddit, HN, etc. ;)

Still difficult, but this will make it as easy as possible for anyone to try out your language on a whim.
Snapchat and that old no revenues debate
The list includes all overseas departements of France separately, leaving one to wonder whether you should choose "Réunion" or "France" every time you order something from abroad (I always used "France" and it works fine, it just means at least four entries in all country lists are useless). It also means France gets to have a lot more TLDs than most countries, which is nice.
The amazing new (old) Wolfram language
$290 in Web Analytics Apps for $7. Includes YC startup Trak.io
My dad was a house mover in NZ. It's super common, yeah. Hell of a job for some houses but most Aren't too bad
Of course these are the BEST teachers, but

a) Not being the best doesn't mean you're not good enough

b) In his piece he actually recommends young chess players to learn from numerous books authored by accomplished and highly experienced chess teachers such as Seirawan or Silman.

Which part of his advice exactly would you call out as useless?

"The fact that my calling out his authority and credibility seems to rile up so many people says something about the crowd here. The crowd here is anti-intellectual, anti-credential, anti-experience, and anti-expertise"

You yourself did not back up your criticism with any credentials (we don't know who you are and why we should pay attention to your objections), not to mention that you didn't even point out any particular flaws in the article. Thus your comments (as of now) have no expertise value by your own standards.
This Entrepreneur Fought America’s Toughest VCs… And Won
I think they were going for more of an authentic look rather than a polished look. What they are showing is more closer to what you are likely to see from your users.
ICC is a wasteland below about 1500.
Test a string if it's unicode, which UTF standard is and get its byte-length
For big corporations, having been an entrepreneur is a negative on your resumé. They will assume (probably correctly) that you prefer to work on your own, and that you will be less of a heads-down, "team player" type engineer which is easy to manage/throw around. Like it or not, the IT field is largely made up of this type of position. If you are applying such a place you should remove, spin or tone down your entrepreneurial endeavors.

For nimbler and more clued-in companies it will likely be a positive, since they are usually happy to have someone who doesn't settle for a comfortable desk jockey position at a corporation, and can handle the turmoil of younger companies. Only thing to be aware of is if you are applying for a technical position, they usually want someone who is happy to fill that niche, i.e. not a jack-of-all-trades who can code but also wants to be a salesman and a marketer etc. (Unless you are employee number one or two or somesuch).

These are lessons learned over a decade of being a corporate consultant, a freelancer, a startup employee and a startup founder.
SpaceX risky gamechanger flight
is Whitfield wearing a cape?
A closer look at the lookback.io site makes me think the user will know they're being recorded.

> Send your app to users using TestFlight and ask them to start recording. You can also ask them to perform certain tasks you've prepared, typically sent via email.
Yeah the article is pretty selective in statistics. Time Warner may have lost broadband subscribers, but other cable cos have seen increases in broadband subscribes while television subs decrease. And broadband is MUCH more profitable for cable cos than television because there is no content cost to pay.

On that note, he, and commenters, and saying cable is "killing itself" by raising rates. Subscription rates are actually rising more slowly than the content costs cable cos pay. The content creators are driving this process.