skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I much prefer how it looks for me currently (Firefox 26.0b5 on XFCE, Greybird/Numix styles): http://i.imgur.com/XXzCFQZ.png

It seems like change for the sake of making things "glossier". That inactive tabs have no top border bothers me. As does the fact it seems to completely ignore my native window toolkit tab/widget styles.
Yeah I have 3 bitcoins that were given to me at the very start by a friend who was into it. I shrugged it off as something that'd never take off. Now I've been digging around through my box of old HDDs and USB sticks!
You can cancel on Coinbase? Why was I never able to find this option?
Almost the exact same thing happened to us around May of last year. What had been a hugely profitable campaign for more than 8 years tanked in a matter of days. We still haven't figured out all the reasons or totally recovered, but there were a few big ones we noticed, at least for our market/campaigns.

- Content clicks on mobile devices became a huge portion of our clicks, and they're pretty much worthless (99%+ errant clicks that would immediately bounce, if they showed up in our analytics at all). We disable all mobile content clicks now until they add swipe to click or something to make them even a little useful.

- "Synonym" matching seemed to grow way out of control to things not remotely related. We mostly fixed with the broad match modifiers (+ before keyword)

Those are the only two we've really nailed down, and they helped make it at least profitable again, but still not anywhere near what is was before the week it tanked.
Deeplinking: The Past, Present and Future of Mobile Marketing
I really wish browsers were like emacs and that one could replace the whole UI on a dull rainy day.
Surely, you'd agree that at some point, that system cannot scale. According to Wikipedia, Wal-Mart has 2.2 million employees, and operates at a profit margin of 3.23%.

I both value and appreciate the sentiment, but at the same time, some sort of balance must be struck between sentiment and pragmatism.
Corporations are not legally obliged to pay their employees a living wage, but that doesn't mean especially stingy corporations should be free from criticism. Shame is a powerful motivating factor.
Ask HN: Have you ever declined Y-Combinator? 
Has anyone went through the process, got the phone call with a deal, and then declined? How come?
First of all XAML is a language. Second of all Microsoft is now avoiding saying WinRT explicitly, for example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/apps/hh87219.... Third of all "set of available UI components" kind of matters when you are building certain LOBs.
It started with scratching my own itch, and I've done a lot of customer validation since then (not as much as I'd like, but enough). So in this case, the MVP is about limiting scope, not doing things that don't scale. Doing it manually is not "perfectly fine", because the problem is that it's already being done manually, and needs to be automated. "Manual" and "viable" are incompatible in my case.

Which gets to the author's point.
It's not that they've run out of coins to sell, it's that by the time the transaction completes they'll potentially be selling the Bitcoins for far less than they're worth - it's an artifact of Coinbase's business model. (Part of the problem IIRC is that people can back out of transactions after Coinbase have quoted them a price, meaning they can make a profit from a rising market at Coinbase's expense.) Same happened last time a bubble blew up in the Bitcoin price.
Not to mention that Symbolics Zmacs already did this. It for example has code conversions built-in to change code between various UI libraries or Lisp variants.

ftp://ftp.ai.sri.com/pub/mailing-lists/slug/930331/msg00240.html
I'm not Russian, but when somebody's smile is too artificial/fake - I call it American smile. I think it is quite a common term [in Europe] ;)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3696/8994445994_c0939b83ca_o.p...

I recommend you take another look. They're not really the same at all.

Firefox's designers were not going for the angular and mechanical chrome look at all. They were designing something softer, rounder and more human.
If with JavaScript you can apply a user controlled process (DSP) to all audio emanating from the browser then I've got an important project/webapp for someone who knows how.

Gotta wonder, however, why on earth I would share more than that publicly if I wanted to earn anything from it.
Incorrect WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT are similar GUI frameworks much in the same way Cocoa is similar between iOS and MacOS. In Windows XAML can be used to instantiate objects from those frameworks, on the Apple side XIB's provide the same function.
Show HN: Timely
I whipped a task manager for iOS quite some time ago, which didn't receive much traction. Since then I have spend a year innovating and researching a new version of it, just like those mad scientists test their own drugs on themselves. No I guess, I'm going to share this drug. It's a cool new reboot, check it out.

Hopefully you can use it for something.
Bouncing Beholder [JS1k entry]
The article makes the point that sitcoms declined as reality TV was on the ascent. Fewer jobs available writing for sitcoms, and there were other great writers with current experience competing against him.
Go home and hug your bank accounts tonight, folks...
> As a Russian-American this comes off as complete BS. I've seen this written before and it's always in the form of "It's not us that smile too little, it's you Americans that are fake and smile too much!".

I agree and it always appalls me how these sweeping-generalizations make it to the front page of HN.
After reading the article, I just realized that there are two kinds of failures: succeeding and subsequently failing, or just failing outright. He managed the first but I've only experienced the second.

The major takeaway from the article is that he fell into the same trap that a lot of us did in the 90s, that the future was so bright you had to wear shades. I had no idea the 2000s were going to be so dang BLEAK.

Now we have a two-tier economy where the companies making money make a lot of money and everyone else makes small money. We also have saturation in just about every market, filled by people who have recognized the small money and rejected it for the suffering it requires. And then we have the rest of the world coming up, so that it's more difficult to stand on others's shoulders and skim income from their labor (a good turn of events in my book). I don't know what all of this means or what the future holds. All I know is that if we rely on the free market to figure all of this out, the future is social darwinism. We'll have billions of souls struggling to find food and shelter instead of contributing their unique gifts to the betterment of humanity.
Yep typo. It was 'macro' in my head.
I think it could also be a potential for distraction that prevents you from even starting to begin with a productivity task.

If you were in an open plan coffee shop things would be different as you don't expect someone to tap you on the shoulder with some arbitrary "urgent" bug to fix or fix the printer because you're "the I.T. guy".

So you actually begin real work rather than only do tiny chunks of busy work.
I'm guessing they decided to be an economics blog full time.
I've been wondering if a recent surge in cryptolocker efficacy has powered this storm of interest. But that would imply over a billion dollars has been sent to a single person or group. That just cannot last for very long. And surely people would have been making news reports about being forced to buy bitcoins to pay off cryptolocker.
You can buy via paypal from virwox.com to buy litecoins and immediately exchange them to bitcoins on the virwox. Then you can send them to a bitcoin address.

Just takes 3 mins :)
People who see the price rise and don't want to miss out I think. Most of that is just speculation, I speculate.

Now will it be sustainable and the price will keep increasing at a slower pace and make bitcoin a "solid" currency that people will want to use for other purposes than speculation or will it crash and burn like it already did in the past...

Investing in bitcoin right now is nothing more than gambling. You may win big but you may also lose everything. I don't like to play with money so I chose to remain a curious bystander.
I'm sure there are many people working on this stuff, but this one I came across recently and it looks good: https://www.wealthfront.com/questions
The Rise is wearable sensor made to get you sitting less and standing more
Ask HN: How do you manage beta invites for your web app?
I am almost done with the first version of my web app. I am planning to test my app with various 2-3 very distinct user profiles within my network. I would like to use some kind of custom invitation code system to track usage by different user groups. Any suggestion on good invitation code app which will let me create, share, & track custom invite codes/URLs? I have looked at prefinery.com but am looking for more options. Thanks!
Ask HN: What do you wish you knew when you were 25?
It is not at all a proven fact that smiles have purely a cultural/nurture effect. We can entertain the idea that smiling affects humans regardless of culture, and that it would be objectively better for human happiness to consciously create smiles.
As a Russian-American, I completely agree. Smiling has different semantics in West and in Russia. On the other hand, I don't mind the 'fake' customer service. I don't want people to be sincerely unhappy to do something for me. I appreciate the effort of a waiter putting on a smile at the end of an 8 hour shift, 10 minute before the restaurant closes.
>> Before long, deeplinking will become ubiquitous.

Every time I click a mobile link that sends me to the mobile web when I have the app installed on my phone, I think about this. As a marketer, the benefits are painfully obvious. As I've learned more about deep linking and started recognizing it, I've realized that it's a huge upgrade for the user as well.
I agree. I honestly can't imagine what a successful version of this app would look like from the description.

A simple program available in the app store that lists local suicide prevention hotlines is the only thing reasonable I can come up with. This information is all available online, but it may be more convenient for some people if it's in the app store.

Maybe there could be an add on to text this information to a friend.
It's interesting how an article like this provokes multiple reactions that come down to "the American way is the right way".

Also, unlike the article suggests, I think Russians are closer to (fellow!) Europeans than Americans in this respect. The way the Russians described in this article perceive Americans is not that different from the way most Europeans do.
This is not the place for this.
Do you realize that socialism was born because of struggling workers in capitalism based societies?
Ontario. I am currently trying to sign up with cavirtex, but its a slow process and they need a photo ID with an address, which I don't seem to have?? I've contacted them, but no reply so far.
Yeah, the real story is that the employees of of Wal-mart are good people, finding a few hours of work here and there for folks in need and then reaching into their own pocket to try to help out when there aren't enough hours to go around. Instead, it's pimped out as linkbait. What a terrible article for HN.
I can prove my reputation no problem.
The Forgotten Giant Arrows that Guide you Across America
Sharing this with the world haha - https://www.mashape.com/community/random-movie-quotes (Disclosure: I work for Mashape)

Let me know if you want me to transfer it to your account (chris@mashape.com)
Groovy 2.2 released
What a Mountaineer Taught Me
Thanks! Looking now
Yeah, well as official as their podcast can be I guess. Obviously they don't judge a whole film on one scene, but if there is a scene that is particularly graphic such as that one, they often talk about it specifically. I'd recommend their podcast if you can still get ahold of it.
Ubuntu vs. CyanogenMod - The Future of Open Source Distros
>Those who sold at the first bubble at $30 regret it. Those who sold at the second bubble at $270 regret it too. Those who sell during this third bubble at ~$700 will regret it too.

Is that to say that its price is infinite? I mean, at some point, someone will not regret it right?

BTW, I am one who regrets selling at $297 just last week (even though I saw a 3x return), so I don't quibble with that. And, had I held on to it, I likely wouldn't sell now, given its trajectory. My idea was to take profits, let it plummet (as it has before), then get back in. Problem was, it just kept running after I sold it!

So, the challenge is we just don't know where it's going. To say someone who sells now will regret it is dicey at best. As much as I think I agree with you, it's anybody's guess.
Sure, I totally get that. But grand-parent post made it sound like a corporation has zero responsibility to give one shit for anyone it employs. I just think that's terrible, that's a terrible and dispiriting culture that permits and even encourages that kind of callous I'm-just-in-it-for-myself thinking.
Ask HN: Would you use a physical envelop with a digital lock?
i.e: an envelop that is locked by a code you can send electronically.
I get what AWS offers, I've been a customer there for many years, my point is that as a startup, eventually you figure something out that is more stable and gets some traction (or you hope to at least). At that point, moving to a less flexible but overall vastly cheaper solution is often the answer.

So, the question becomes, "How much do I spend on AWS per year?" and something like "If I could hire one person to save me $500k+/year, would I do that?".

If you're a small business with an uncertain future, and smallish AWS spend (<$50k/month) -- sure, stay with AWS until you get into the situation I outlined above.
I'm pretty sure if you wanna put it in terms of "scalable systems", vast numbers of humans are deadweight.

Let people be outraged at Walmart. Stop telling people to calm down and look at it from their perspective. The corporation as a whole doesn't need nor deserve your sympathy.
> There always is the possibility that startups are the only place that would accept a homeless guy with little experience.

From reading HN I get the impression he'd have very little chance because of his age. This guy has white hair, and posters here seem to think that over 26 is past it.
Thanks for sharing. I always like Brad's posts, he does a good job explaining his process. Some here may disagree with parts of it, but it's nice that he takes time out to show us all of this. Thanks Brad!
A lot of hard work by the team here, However, I agree with the comments---I rarely go to tech crunch anymore since the new design. Too much going on.
May I suggest you review Vietnam history?

Given the steady decline in the number of congressional kids in the military since the draft was suspended it seems pretty clear that the situation has only gotten worse since vietnam. Don't confuse imperfection with failure.
With 15 billion dollars in profit, I think Wal-Mart could find some cash to pay it's employees.
+1 for cavirtex, I've only been cashing out, but trading is easy, and cash withdrawals via direct deposit to my bank account have Just Worked. I assume about the same going the other way.
> it's no wonder all phones look like a variation of the original iphone

There is only so many way you can make a phone that consists of a big screen with a few buttons along the bottom look. Since the big screen is the main feature, and big screens look like big screens, this is a limit of the function of the phone.
They're also pretty much the next evolution of the FF tab design as things go "minimalist". The current tabs are curvy as well.
Difference is, I imagine your uncle didn't have millions of shareholders who would lobby to fire him if he didn't lay someone off. What he did was noble, surely. But at the same time, it sounds like it was his business.

If Mike Duke (Wal-Mart's CEO) were to say, hey, we're going to cut our profit in half, but pay our employees double, he'd be shown the door.

The question is tough. I don't know you, but for a second let's imagine you're an average American. A percentage of your 401k is likely depending on Wal-Mart's stock rising. And your wife/husband's. And your parents' retirement accounts (whether it's 401k, pension fund, whatever). How much are you & your friends & family willing to give up?

If you want Wal-Mart wages to go up, invest in them. And convince all your friends, family, coworkers, etc to do the same. And your 401k holders (or union representatives or whoever manages your retirement funds). Eventually, you'll have a voice big enough to bring up the issue in stockholder meetings & have it be heard.

As it stands now, the board has a duty to their shareholders to maximize holdings, not to be nice. That can change though.
Ask HN: a global transaction tracking system for charity donations?
I feel like one of the reasons people don't donate to charity is that they can't be sure where their money goes, or they can't feel the impact they make.

Why is there no transaction tracking system yet? How hard would it be implement and spread such a thing?
I think pretty much any company is going to be willing to operate at a loss for a few months in order to avoid layoffs, even if you're a stereotypical heartless CEO there is such a thing as employee morale.

I don't think an employer which didn't care at all about it's employees would lay out that collection in the first place. The problem is that different employees have different numbers of dependents and earners in their households, and need different amounts of money to support themselves well. But you can't really just pay the people with more need more for the same work without risking resentment. And WallMart's profit margins aren't very big, they can't just pay everybody a lot without raising prices. I'd be happy to pay those higher prices, but I don't shop at WallMart because I'm not they're target demographic. The people who shop there are mostly relatively poor people for whom those low prices are actually important.

So I think a much better solution would be to collect more in taxes and subsidize the wages of poor people more.
Bloom's 2-sigma problem
Well, in all fairness, a corporation does have exactly zero responsibility to give a shit about its employees.

It's certainly nicer when they do care, but they aren't obligated to, nor should anyone expect them to.
I can't second this suggestion strongly enough. The technology will be the easy part. Connecting with people who need help will be very difficult. I don't even want to think about how hard it will be to protect against the trolls.

OP: I would recommend starting by interviewing your guidance councillor at school and any psychologists, social workers, etc.. that you know or can be introduced to. At the end of every interview, ask the interviewee who else you should talk to. Ask for an introduction. Always thank these people for their time (an email is a must but including a handwritten note a month later will pay huge dividends). If someone really impresses you, ask if they would like to be on your board of advisors. Pack your board with the best people you can find and meet with them regularly.

Good luck!
> How Walmart could have avoided this PR disaster while still helping people

Or pay it's employees so they don't have to rely on the generosity of other underpaid coworkers? There's an idea.
I think we have the easiest time possible with Cavirtex...

Also, there's a bitcoin ATM in Downtown Vancouver, if you are in the area.
He didn't ask whether it was an honorable, noble thing to do, he asked whether they were "obligated" to do it. Once you are obligated to do something, it is no longer honorable or noble just to do it. Your uncle stood out because he went beyond what he was coerced to do.
While that was noble, it was also risky. Firing a few employees to keep the business afloat (and thus preserving the livelihood for a few) would certainly be better than the business tanking and having all employees out of a job.

I agree with your sentiment: employers should keep their employees happy and compensate them well. But there is no obligation to do so.
Actually this study doesn't seem to show that games are harmless. The magnitude and variability of the effect for both TV time and games is similar. There are however far fewer children in the study playing games than watching TV. So the coefficient is statistically significant for TV but not for games. It seems it would be more accurate to state that all kinds of screen time have small negative effects on behavior but the effects of video game time should be more carefully studied in a follow up study with more subjects.
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Same here. The result of early mining, but now effectively lost as they're on none of the USB sticks I have and I suspect one of these Linux installers was the culprit.
They definitely deserve criticism if they are purposefully hiring more employees with fewer hours with the intention of evading laws that apply to full time workers.
I think many entrepreneurs here can attest to similar stories of failures after being in the job market. I was fortunate I have an engineering background, but my skills were very deteriorated .. due to the fact that being a founder pulls your focus, skills and attention in many other areas. I did feel like I took a giant step down from where I was when I left my engineering position to becoming a founder and back.

Was it worth it, NO
I happen to know the President of the American Association of Suicidology. Email me and I'll put you in touch. Acf@docforeman.com
although this stinks of skewed press coverage, it doesn't change the point that walmart should attempt to raise its wages closer to living wages. For no other reason than it would translate into more people able to afford their own products.

Is there a public scoring/rating system for companies and how they treat their employees, environment, and other factors?
Alcohol abuse music video, EVERYONE WATCH THIS
Well, I think we can agree that a company that encourage their employes to use food stamp is not a company that value much their 'associate' & that's clearly not sustainable full time wages.

Walmart & target is starting to get more & more in canada & have a very pervert effect on the economy,

while it drive down the price a bit & also make all supermarkets cut costs, which mean trying to cut cost on employes, price they pay food & etc.

Customers win a bit, but all the rest loose a lot.
You might have your opinion, but this article is a re-iteration of something that has been pretty much established by people who study verbal and non-verbal communication (professionally). You might say this has cultural origins in 'Russian misery', but the article outlines present day meanings of smiling and not smiling in Russia and in USA.
Racing Game in 30 lines of JavaScript
Oh my no, people on the east coast put far to much effort into smalltalk and smiling. The South is infamously bad in that regard, more than any other group of people that I know of, but nearly anywhere on the east coast puts too much value in small talk or smiling for the sake of smiling for my tastes. Even NYC.

The east coast is where I grew up, and where I got sick of people always pretending to be happy and interested in other people. I prefer to keep it sincere.
Personally, I like the rounded edges but just adding a corner radius isn't exactly falling far from the Chrome tree.
He is _MISSING_ fluff. He just needs some job, ANY job that proves that he wasn't wasting his time during the gap.

He clearly has real world working experience. But any resume that is missing out on even a couple of months worth of experience signals a red flag to me.

This is the culture of corporate America. Holes are EXTREMELY bad in your resume. Period.