skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree with you in spirit, but it's getting harder and harder to follow academic papers, even in areas where I have a degree. In areas like Physics (which fascinates me, though I've only had one year in undergrad) it is VERY hard to follow anything academic.

I still applaud what they're doing. If the research is even remotely funded by taxpayers, then everyone should have access to it. (I consider it partially funded if the school gets NSF grants, or is a non-profit)
.....Why are you?
So you're saying that when you don't have a suitable search term, you can sort a really long list of messages in such a way that scrolling through the whole thing is an efficient use of your time? Or is that even when you do have a suitable search term?
> Maybe you've just been targeted because you're American, just like Brazil is fingerprinting US Americans[1] to pay back the amount of trouble foreigners often find themselves in when visiting USA?

It is not exactly 'payback'. This is one of the few policies which I agree with: it's just reciprocating. If the US requires fingerprinting of Brazilian citizens, then Brazil requires fingerprinting of US citizens. If European countries require that you have with you X amount of cash for every day you are going to spend there, then Brazil will require the same.

When spain decided to turn back lots of Brazilians a few years ago, for silly reasons, Brazil started doing exactly the same thing. Apparently, it didn't last long.

By the way, me and my brother (plus our mom) were visiting the US together. Since we have very similar names, the lady switched our fingerprints. She did notice the mistake and corrected... my brother's. So my visa application had the wrong fingerprints.

Of course, there was a mismatch when I was scanned at US immigration. Other than losing a couple of hours waiting my turn in a room (thankfully, full of other people) and losing a connection, I didn't run into many issues. The officer (after staring at me for like 5 minutes, which was weird), turned the monitor around and asked who that individual was. It was displaying a photo of my brother, and I told him so. Then he asked where he was, and I pointed to my brother, standing a few meters from where we were. So the officer welcomed me to the US and let me go (and told me I'd 'always' have the same problem).

That went surprisingly well, and everyone was very, very polite. That was at Atlanta. But even if that particular experience was fine, I am still wary of visiting the US again without my brother. I have no idea what's going to happen then and how much explanation/proof will be required then, due to no mistake on my part.
Since he said "Inner emigration" I think he means to say dropping off the grid. But I maybe wrong here.
While I love the idea of Dokku (and Flynn), I would warn those who have little to no dev-ops experience that this is not quite (yet) the silver bullet that it sometimes is marketed as.

I am a long-time non-web developer who has been doing a Rails side-project for the past year or so. I was using Heroku for free hosting, which was a breeze when I came across the first of these "$5 Heroku" posts (I have seen at least 5 or 6 prior to this one). Since then I've followed at least 5 different tutorials from start to finish trying to get Dokku up on DigitalOcean. So far, no successes.

Now, this is largely my fault (I'm a beginner in this realm), but I also think the technology is not as mature as a "mini-Heroku" would suggest. Part of the big ease of Heroku is, that you don't have to create Heroku before you use it.
I agree with this guy's thoughts on it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2e5pheJJvno

It's definitely not fair use to film the gameplay of the entire game, just add commentary, and then make money off it.

That being said, if the publishers give permission, it's fine.
It's that old line that the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain liquid.

In betting against a bubble, you're not placing a bet that the underlying assets are over-valued. You're placing a bet that something will pop the bubble in the timeframe you can afford. Essentially, you're not betting against the bubble, you're betting on the pin.
Nobody sees that this is just an advertisement for the essay?

Why would a news outlet suggest that news is bad for you. Thanks to hacker news, the article will get thousands of extra reads and the guardian is raking in the cash!!!
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As fellow Ottawans, I think we all really appreciate hearing that. We all benefit from a stronger tech community here.
> You can't have both performance AND remove the chances programmers will make mistakes. A tool is a tool with its compromises, you can't have all the advantages.

Ada is a possible compromise. Modula-2 used to be one as well, before C got spread outside of UNIX.

> And if it's only C, not C++, I'd argue that C is quite an old system language. Security is an expensive feature, and you're free to code faster without minding security if the business you're doing allows it.

Yes, it is about C. C++ security flaws are a consequence of its C compatibility.

Nowadays security is a must for everything except toy programs.
I had fun a year or so ago messing around with a web based IRC client. I never got around to adding bouncer like functionality or a few other key pieces that would make it my everyday IRC client. A few key pieces lacking in my project are: auto complete nicks, auto reconnect when connection is lost, etc. But it was fun and thats why I did it, cool project and good luck keeping it going!

My project is in node.js: https://github.com/cjstewart88/nirc
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What is being digitized?
The National Library of Norwegian is digitizing its multi-hundred-thousand book collection, dating to Middle Ages

The National Library of Norway is digitizing its entire collection. The Norwegian Legal Deposit Act requires that all published content, in all media, be deposited with the National Library of Norway. The collection is also being expanded through purchases and gifts. The digital collection contains material dating from the Middle Ages up to the current day.

In parallel with digitizing of analogue material, the National Library of Norway is working to expand the scope of publications covered by legal digital deposit legislation. The Library wishes to receive the digital source of the publication and in this way expand collection’s digital content. The digitizing programme started in 2006. It is estimated that it will take 20–30 years for the entire collection to be digitized.

From Reddit, Gnurx has a fascinating thread on some of the technology and infrastructure behind the repository:

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1smus7/norway_is_digitizing_all_its_books_and_making/cdzbgkp

The book deep storage vault, which looks like something out of the movie Brazil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1MmbLl5lvyY

Book and newspaper scanners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kyEODVh2JBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkNQmeEJMBk
Surely the best way to 'help' an open source project is to submit code patches to the repository, rather than send them money? Also it looks like most of the money is going to be spent on designers and editors. If it's an open source book then why not just write the book then release the source then if it's good ask for designers/editors to work on it. Maybe some will do it for free. Maybe they will want paying, at which point fundraising would be appropriate. If it's not actually published as a printed book I don't see how the design matters, and if it is published then the publisher will be profiting from it so surely they would pay for design work themselves.
Very heavy statements. "They are working together to screw you."

Actually, they're only going to screw the very narrows subset of rural users who don't have access to competitive wireless or internet options.

If your only choice is Landline or Nothing, then this is a big deal.

If you have cable companies, landline broadband, wifi, and other broadband providers fighting for your service, this is a much less big deal. It's stupid scare mongering.

The only service to be slightly worried about is in emergencies. Your landline phone plugged in to the wall will usually still take a call if there's a power outage since the switching station has backup energy. But that's only if everyone isn't calling at once.
That's my experience too. It came naturally ages ago, when I started reading /.. The explosion of different viewpoints was fascinating.
Is this a message initiated by a human, or is it just some algorithm sending it?

Is the reply-address one of those "smart" robots or can a real human be reached there?
With put options, you're betting on a timeframe. You make a profit if the price drops below a certain level by expiration.

With naked shorting, you're betting on it not getting above a certain level (the level at which you face margin calls you can't meet). It could go up 10x tomorrow and kill you.
Link-bait; It should say "Google Adwords" not "Google".
The key issue is: do you have ethical and professional obligations to a potential client. Or only to an actual, contracted client. Or not even then. Since you've posted this question, you presumably agree with the last two propositions.

So, you believe that you have knowledge that the client does not. And the lack of that knowledge will cause him to make a mistake. I would say that you have a professional obligation to advise him that the webapp is unlikely to succeed, but that this should not be used to override his freedom of action. If you explain your concerns and he still wants to proceed, then take the work.

The degree of any ethical obligation you might have depends on the harm that might be done to him by his failure. If he is wealthy and can absorb the cost of failure then, in warning him, you've probably discharged your ethical obligation too. On the other hand, if the client has re-mortgaged his house to pay for the app and he and his family would end-up homeless when it fails then I'd say you have a duty not to involve yourself. Obviously, the grey-area in-between is tricky.

If you don't think there is any ethical component to this then your decision will presumably be easier. I hope that is not the case.
Cable news is only a sliver of the news picture.

We have yet to come up with a better alternative because we consume & we want it all for free. We cry about journalism yet we don't want to fund any. When good journalism is done, no one or very few people read it.

The key to changing news will be finding a way to monetize online content. Without this, all we will get is link-baiting and stories that are sensational to get people to come to a website.
Is this only a soundcloud thing or is this available somewhere as an (offline) podcast?

Soundcloud link: http://l.economist.com/204894&t=v1g49i1qmlsq6a25ld8r6j8u40
I wish I had this in grad school when I had forgotten all my undergrad Linear Algebra. It's not a very hard or deep aspect of math if you understand the fundamentals, so this is very useful.
Include a flyer with a logo in the image and include the printed flyer in every delivery.
Google Shopping that is, not Google. Google Shopping is the paid eCommerce inclusion service. If you break the rules in AdWords you'll also be kicked out.

This is a sensible rule too--if everyone had watermarks the pages would be hideous.
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Uncanny valley, here we come. Studies have shown that people are more at ease around a robot that tries to look like a cute humanoid robot, rather than a near-human but not quite construct.

Replacing the video feed of a person's face with a computer generated, almost-their-face-but-not-quite simulacrum sounds like it'd heavily increase user nightmare rates.
That's the problem, who has the money to argue this in court. You're looking at 6 figures.
Did you accept their TOS?
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RevRise are a small startup based in Stockholm, Sweden. In their private beta period they worked with 230 forms on 60 websites - and increased conversion rate by up to 77%!
Foreign commentary can be a hoot! If you thought the western media was bad, you should get out more :)

Here's a secret ninja media consumption tip: http://watchingamerica.com It takes commentary from around the world and translates it into English. Quite informative. I wish we had far more services like it.
This clearly shows Yogaglo and the people there did not gain anything by practicing the Yoga they are preaching. They don't have any idea of what Yoga stands for. If Patanjali had patented his Yoga sutras , we may not even be aware about this great practice.
I've had exactly this issue in the past - worse in that the client was also arranging for third-party design and UX, and we were just to put together the technical solution.

Honestly, the best you can offer is advice - it's worth highlighting any particular problem areas that you may be able to help solve as part of the technical process.

However, at the end of the day, this guy's probably going to go ahead and build this app regardless of whether or not you agree to take it on. So the choice is a) it doesn't work, and you get the money or b) it doesn't work, and someone else gets the money. Sure, if there are going to be long-term ramification for you, of the "Hey, aren't you that guy who developed that awful website" kind, then maybe think twice. But it's realistically not your job to validate business ideas, and it's better not to even start down that road - because you'll end up sharing responsibility.

Just make sure that you're paid before launch!
The same article was discussed here ~3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6403285
I think the reasoning would be that by putting your URL in the image, you are potentially encouraging people to enter it manually instead of clicking Google Shopping's link to the product.
Come on, don't be such a NIMBY.
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Seems perfectly reasonable, if you want to supply an image for a product via a shop feed it should reflect the product and not be an advertisement for the shop.

They don't seem to prohibit non-promotional (invisible) watermarks if the concern is image theft.
Not sure why this gaining traction?. The rule seems fair, and someone broke the rule? Am I missing something.
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The reason you are even asking this question on HN shows some moral obligation that you feel to do what is "right" in this case; whatever "right" may be to you. Due to this, I would present your concerns to him, and then accept the work if you feel comfortable with it.

A project like this seems to warrant an Agile approach; mitigating risk for both yourself and the client.
Is Twitch monetized as well as YouTube for content creators? This isn't just about some place to post a video, it's about a place to post a video where you have 500k subscribes, get 500k views for every video, and make a decent living off your content.
I was curious what size these images are being displayed within Google Shopping, so I checked it out. They're displayed at a standard thumbnail size during search and a larger size in the detail view. At thumbnail size, the watermark is barely noticeable. At the larger size, it's clearly there but isn't gaudy or anything.

I understand the merchant's motivation for putting it there -- they don't want their images stolen and reused without attribution (although I wouldn't imagine there are a ton of people out there trying to steal images of CPAP masks).

I don't really understand Google's motivation for banning such watermarks. So long as they're not the type of full-image watermarks that cover the entire product and make it difficult to tell what you're looking at, I don't think they significantly degrade the user experience.

I guess what I'm saying is: Not all watermarks are created equal. The kind that make for a bad user experience should rightfully be banned ... but this is just a tiny credit line in the bottom right corner and isn't really covering up the image.
I should have mentioned this in the original question. I always work on a milestone basis. In addition to the initial contract, every piece of work is done something along these lines (obviously abbreviated):

Here's the work that I will do for this milestone. It will take me approximately x days and cost y.

I then get the client to sign off on that before commencing work. This make sure that I get paid for work that I do on a regular basis. If the client doesn't pay on time for the last milestone, then I stop work. It keeps everyone honest.
Thanks Raja, I think im going to stay in.
I find this sexist, it discriminates against men. If it would be the other way around we would see an endless stream of blogposts on HN complaining about how sexist Google is. This right here is a good example of the damage the hypocrite feminists are doing to the industry.

Programming should not be about how you were born, it should be about skills and merit.
I think there is a lot of ground between pouring something down the drain and it being worth its weight in gold.
It's a shame that the images were lost after geekhack.org was hacked, but the most compelling solution I saw was the mod to add a trackpoint:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=32232.0

You can see some attempts here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=kinesis+trackpoint&tbm=isch

When I first got my Kinesis Advantage, I secured the Adesso Smart Cat trackpad to the middle:

http://www.amazon.com/Adesso-Button-Glidepoint-Touchpad-GP-4...

It's what the other Kinesis users around me were using and it's the only wired touchpad that could fit. It's a piece of garbage and I've given up on it. I've fallen back on using my Evoluent Vertical Mouse, as it's the only mouse that doesn't leave me in pain.

The real answer is that I've adapted my tools and workflow to be as keyboard operational as possible, using a tiling window manager, Emacs, and Conkeror for everything.
hey sambeau!

thanks for getting back to me. Where would you prefer to see this? or how? I like the way the icon is now as it isn't intrusive although some people claim they want something more like trello offers for adding cards. I have thought maybe a button below the column title like a faded anchor for adding cards maybe? your thoughts?

Thanks again for your input and insight!
I suppose it's only a matter of time before one of these persistent web clients / services converts me, but my current setup works surprisingly well:

- Irssi + screen on my server.

- IrssiNotifier [1] for push notifications to my Android phone when I'm hilighted/PM'd.

- Connect from my phone using Irssi ConnectBot [2], which is just an SSH client that supports gestures for interacting with Irssi (swipe left/right to switch channels, double tap to go to a hilight, swipe up/down to scroll the channel log, etc).

- Connection via mosh [3] instead of plain SSH. Mosh uses UDP, which allows persistent connections when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular data, or when data connections are spotty, etc. On my phone, I actually use a patched version of Irssi ConnectBot [4] which supports mosh.

That said, as well as this works, I've always kept an envious eye on browser-based implementations like this. I love thinking about all the fun integrations that would be possible to make IRC a much more rich experience: automatically showing YouTube thumbnails/descriptions, expanding shortened links, hover-to-show image links, etc.

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.iki.murgo.i...
[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.woltage.ir...
[3]: http://mosh.mit.edu/
[4]: http://dan.drown.org/android/mosh/
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But the site says:
... [sages] wrote Vedas - the manual of vibrations. Following this many field of science evolved ...

I have provided references to show that the basic 4 vedas are tribal in nature and there is no basis to claim them as the origin of other scientific oriented texts. I am not denying all of the texts as bad.
prices are different at the bottom of the the home and intro page?
this is interesting to know wrt to trello.

Thanks.
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The way I see it, if the content is at all going to be approachable by children aged 11 and up, then that content needs to be well designed, typeset and proofread. While writing an open source book for professionals, pointing them to a set of markdownfiles would suffice if the content is good enough.

The idea is that the design and the content should facilitate children's learning as much as possible.

I could definitely go the publisher route with this, but then the whole project will change characteristics and be less dynamic.

Its not the open source code or project that is important in this project, its really the end result which is content that is easily approachable for the target audience.
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Congratulations to Shopify. As an e-commerce agency it's going to be remarkable when we can offer our clients a relatively low cost solution that also improves their bricks and mortar situation. I know Shopify PoS already helps with this, but there's a long way to go and I imagine this is where much of the money is going.

It would also be good to see Shopify Payments launch in the UK - hopefully this money will speed that up. Our clients are often concerned about the double commission (payment gateway + Shopify) on the lower plans, though I know it's money well spent and an equivalent bespoke/self-hosted ecommerce solution would be orders of magnitude more expensive. We have to explain this to our clients a lot though and a simplified and cheaper setup via Payments would be great.

We've watched Shopify since 2009 when we started our business and even in that short time the progress in what the platform offers has been outstanding, as has the support. Today we rarely use anything else for our clients as we don't need to, even 'high end' features are available when you take in to account the app store.

A lot of people here are commenting on the limitations of Shopify, which I agree exist, but the key thing is that they don't matter to a huge number of small/medium businesses. Shopify has enabled so many fantastic businesses that would have been otherwise stuck on crap platforms.

All this from a RoR developer that was dissatisfied with the existing market offering.

If you watch Tobias speak - interview on TWIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBaDs0sGPw - you'll be enamoured with his vision, which this funding will let Shopify pursue.

This is a refined and enlarged version of a comment I posted on the OP.
As I pointed out in another thread yesterday, the problem is potentially even worse than just a price fall; if Bitcoin falls sharply enough (and/or governments wade in to restrict Bitcoin use) most of these startups with a Bitcoin-based business model won't survive to pay up.

I'd have thought the specialist financial spread betting firms would in theory be best-placed to be a trustworthy shorting option for Bitcoin bears.
I generally avoid personalization of the internet but there should be a service that informs the individual.

It should be a kind of alarm system with editable preferences like topics of interest also location based warnings with ranking of information importance consisted of social component plus importance rating given from information provider.

However, these days news are bad all over the world so not reading them will truly make you happy. :)