skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I know it's popular to bash TC on here, and I've long since accepted that it comes with the territory, but this is a pretty ridiculous comment. We frequently break news before the WSJ and NYT.

Case in point: the Google Voice/Apple/AT&T fiasco. We broke the news that Google had submitted their application six weeks ago and subsequently had it rejected. Until then, everyone was under the impression that Google was still "working on it".
This Tank Man streak in the Chinese psyche you speak of doesn't seem to have come up much since well... Tank Man.

Most of the "strife" in China nowadays is ethnic I think.

(Disclaimer time: I'm Taiwanese, not Chinese. My view of China is a bit skewed.)
This idea that resting muscle burns calories is a bit of a popular misconception. The fat loss advantages of strength training come from boosted testosterone and growth hormone, which simply direct the body to become leaner. Idle muscle mass doesn't really burn calories.

Muscle mass also soaks up insulin and glucose, before it accumulates as fat.
I'm not sure if following a low-carb diet qualifies as "hacking" (Atkins published his book in 1972 afterall), but congrats on the weight loss.
I can't name a Commi but I can name someone from today who was illegally detained by our country: Mohammed Jawad

I'm sure others can name more people (US citizens too) for whom our country has forgotten about Habeus Corpus
Mixpanel introduces Super Properties
That could be a good theory.

That is if I hadn't been out of the gym for three months starting at the end of January due to a wrist injury. :)
I was pretty unimpressed when they published stolen Twitter documents after publicly pretending to agonize over the decision. A professional journalist wouldn't have done either of those things.
Academic Hacker News: http://www.cs.toronto.edu:40106/
You can look at the number of clicks/views generated by each. I read once that Ashton Kutcher tweeted about a service which reported the number of visits from his tweet equated to about 3% of his follower base at the time. He probably gets a lot of RTs, but we can use that as an estimate. For RSS subscribers, I've seen roughly a 25% "reach" via Feedburner. So, that would mean 1 RSS subscriber = 8 twitter followers. That's assuming you have all legitimate, natural twitter followers and haven't tried to inflate your twitter count. It probably varies greatly by the types of users and quality of content.
How exactly does a turbine engine connect to a regular car transmission? The article is very short on details.
Sure there's some bashing, but there are also valid criticisms here.

To me the it's gotten to the point where the cons outweigh the pros. I no longer trust what is written on TC.
I use Dvorak on my main keyboard, and qwerty otherwise. You can learn to switch between them. (I'm not sure if everyone can learn to switch, but it's easy for me -- the different feel of the keys on my main keyboard triggers my brain differently)
I tried Dvorak in High School and it was great. I stopped because I had to use a lot of computers which I couldn't switch without causing problems. Now I don't. I should switch back.
On Linux, add this to your Xmodmap:

remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L
Functionally-inspired array tools for PHP
I don't know about communists, but I do know of some Anarchists, and this article I found that talks about it mentions "a large number of [people]." There were perhaps communists with them, it gives that impression; I'd be surprised if they were all anarchists.

Palmer and his assistant, John Edgar Hoover, found no evidence of a proposed revolution but large number of these suspects were held without trial for a long time. The vast majority were eventually released but Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Mollie Steimer, and 245 other people, were deported to Russia.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcommunist.htm

Like someone in another comment mentioned, there's the modern day issues (Guantanamo), but I don't think it should matter much which country it happens in - the point is, our government isn't a white knight either. In the declaration of independence the words read that all men have such unalienable rights by God (not because of where they are born), and so it is hypocritical for the same political justification and claim of truth to alienate these rights when it is elsewhere.

That said, I am arguing for things that I don't think matter - I do this for clarity. I guess there's also no reason to go into why it doesn't matter here.
Data Breach Bill's Flawed Assumptions
The novel part (I think) is banding together and using it as a formal startup incubator.

I agree that the harder part is finding like minded people, which is why I put the idea up here. If it resonates with this crowd I think it is worth exploring further.

As for the risk, I believe grouping together lowers the risk. If each partner brings in a client there are more projects to share, and economies of scale make it easier to share resources and services. Speaking from experience, I can say going at a start up alone is not an easy endeavor.
Slightly off topic, but do any of you folks ingest whey protein shakes or use creatine monohydrate before workouts?

FWIW, my current diet consists of fruit, tuna, protein shakes and the occasional chicken breast.
Stopped reading them months ago, started finding the blogs that are original sources, now I get much better news coverage.
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Don't get me wrong - it's not a bad collection. I'm just commenting on the HN headline.
Ditto for "hacking." I mean, good on you thras for losing the weight but it seems to me that what you're really hacking here is the global food economy. An all meat-and-horticulture diet is completely economically infeasible for a great number of people, to say nothing of environmental impact or sustainability.
In the early-mid Twentieth Century, The US detained people on various pretexts. It was bending the rule of law whereas China is breaking it entirely. I won't say one is worse than the other BUT it is worth keeping the distinction in mind.

These states might each do bad things but we should be exact when speaking about what they do.
Unfortunately we clearly can't trust even your breaking news -- as evidenced by the referenced article -- until it's validated by a more reputable source.
Then again, there is evidence that dietary choices affect your blood cholesterol levels and your expected life span. For example, see North Karelia project:
http://www.ktl.fi/portal/english/research__people___programs...
Also if RSS is integrated in the browser (e.g. like in Opera) users are always notified and they are more up to date. While on Twitter accounts may be checked a lot more sporadic.
You value getting it first more than getting it right. That might be aligned with TC's business, but not with the better interest of your readers or the public at large.
I used to drink a whey protein shake with banana and peanut butter after workouts when I was in bulking phases, but now that I'm just maintaining, I haven't bothered. I used to do creatine drinks before workouts as well, I found that it made it easier to pump out that last few reps whereas before I did creatine my muscles would be screaming bloody murder.
midVentures are a bunch of University of Chicago and Northwestern alums who have joined together to do almost exactly what you describe: http://midventures.com/
Nice success, but I am not yet convinced that weight is the only important variable to watch.
I had a wrist scare a couple of years ago, which made me take the prospect of Dvorak seriously. It has helped, I think, although I changed too many variables to be sure.
Hmm, thanks for the insight. That's a bummer since I'm using that domain/site to chronicle my startup progress. In hindsight 'bot script' was probably not the greatest combination, either.
That's too bad. Fried liver, delicious if they're plump and juicy. Chicken hearts, they're like little meat popcorns. I don't know if pig ears are considered organs, but they're crunchy and fun to eat.
Well that is indeed impressive, with two caveats:

1) I'm not sure why it's the forecast of the most pessimistic

2) The 80% reduction won't kick in until 2050. Indeed there won't even be a 20% reduction until 2020.
Have you checked obvio.us?
Yes, Bushies screwed with Habeus Corpus more than earlier efforts. However, earlier efforts like the Palmer raids arguably involved more political repression with recent illegal detentions being more like anti-crime photo-ops.

Vicious, cruel and arbitrary anti-crime photo-ops that ruined peoples and even destroyed people's minds. But still, nearly devoid of political content, except perhaps to reinforce a certain racism.

So, let's be accurate about this guys...
Where are the details!?! I want to know why he went AWOL for so long, and what kind of agreements were reached regarding the centos funds and domain. =P
Maybe it's just me, but I tried creatine some years ago and without fail it always made me really angry.
I already panicked and started the move of one of our servers over to Ubuntu Hardy.

I'm worried for CentOS, continuing this saga with an open letter and a picture of a possibly stubborn leader is going to hurt. I think it's time to go tight lipped, have a conference call, hash it out and make things right.

Then make an announcement about all the GREAT things that came out of the call and how CentOS is on the verge of greatness with its new found community guidelines.

But programmers are not PR or Marketing guys usually, we're quite sensitive about our work, so I'm leery this will just turn into a public mud slinging battle.
The customer development model is interesting, and its important - because it solves the problem that causes most startups to fail: they build something nobody wants.

The 'Steve Jobs' (and other visionaries) phenomenon is a common counter-point: "If John Ford had listened to the market, he'd have built a better horse whip!"

All Eric is saying is that customer development does not reduce the need for a visionary. Visionaries are more connected with the market than anyone else. But don't do what most startups do and assume that you are one. Validate, validate, validate. You can't afford not to.
Just studying Marxism is an individual act of revolution. The mental impact on one's mind, when you finally get it, is irreversible. "Class Consciousness" is a revolutionary virus of the mind.

Thank goodness for a healthy mental immune system, then. Proponents of Marxist thought seem to believe that because they've found there's a different way of looking at the world that explains some things better than their default view, it must thus be correct in all respects. Pointing out that one has simply swapped one kind of tunnel vision for another tends to be poorly received. This is not to say the study of Marx is without value, but I'm being a lot kinder to Marxism here than Marxists are towards their perceived 'class enemies'.

Anyway yes, the reading list is underwhelming. 4 works about Mao, but nothing by Mao himself, or by Che Guevara? Disqualifying fail.

On Guerilla Warfare by Mao Tse-Tung

Guerilla Warfare by Ernesto Che Guevara

Coup d'etat: a practical handbook by Edward Luttwak

The Authoritarian Specter by Robert Altermeyer

On the psychology of military incompetence by Norman F Dixon

That should see you through the practical end of things.

48 Laws of Power and other books by Robert Greene are good introductions to political strategy, along with Machiavelli's classic The Prince. A look at the aftermath of the French revolution is probably good idea as well if you intend to retire peacefully.
Your comment shows you do not understand the 'customer development' methodology Eric is talking about. You never stop building. You build concurrent with customer development.

Seriously, read up on it. Don't just dismiss it as paralysis analysis. There's real value here.
How to solve Klotski puzzle in minimum number of moves? 
Hi guys,

Does anybody know how to write program for finding solution for Klotski puzzles? (http://phil.freehackers.org/klotski/)

Inspired by SICP, I'm trying to learn lisp and put in use some backtracking technique, but have problem with Klotski.
Can someone give me some clue or even code???

Thanks in advance!

http://phil.freehackers.org/klotski/
Oddly enough, the attempted revolution in Iran happened because a fraction of the ruling elite called for it. Iran up to this point has been an ostensibly democratic theocracy, odd as that may seem and the protests involve shock, shock that this democracy was being violated.

This move in China involves putting an end to the most mild appearance of opposition - it's a bad move for any efforts at mild change - which the protests in Iran began as.

Of course, since despite it's democratic form, Iran is also very repressive, the protests which began as efforts at mild change often veered towards more extreme efforts.

Indeed, I suspect that every time another repressive regime feels some heat, the Chinese communist party gets a little more nervous. But naturally neither I nor anyone else is able to read the leaderships' mind...
This was a long while back, I wasn't wearing a helmet, no body I knew back then even had a bike helmet.
Turboprops have a drive shaft just like car engines. It's "just" a matter of exchanging the rotor gearbox for a car gearbox.
I really like this book. (Note: I was one of the tech reviewers for the book, and contribute to the associated RBP blog).

I does a good job of helping you reason through how best to apply what Ruby allows you to do.

It covers a fair amount of ground, and shows really good ways to accomplish common tasks.

It's one of the few Ruby books I'd recommend.
Becoming Your Own Boss: Sounds Dreamy but...
I was a member of Mensa till I found that it was totally useless. Your mileage may vary so it is worthwhile understanding what you want to get out of it. Here are some things that I have found:

* a benefit to put it on your resume: NO

* a place to meet like minded people: MAYBE but you may have better luck at your local pub/bar/gym/grocery store

* a group that sends out an interesting newsletter: MAYBE but it depends on your local chapter

* a valuable recognition similar to "Won Nobel Prize", "Went to the Moon", "Climbed Mt. Everest": NO

* an indication of "superior intellect": NO, Mensa is the 98 percentile group, in theory the membership could be 2% of over 5 billion. Not really superior. If you want that, try for TNS (Triple Nine Society)

* a good way to get a credit card: NO, the people at Mensa International and the people you have to talk to when you get this card are not members of Mensa :(
This misses out on lots of stuff. Two weeks ago, I set aside an entire day and read a bunch of Vim tutorials. My cheat sheet filled up 2 8.5"x11" pages. Here are a few gems:

gg -> go to the top of the file.

G -> go to the bottom.

:set splitright -> makes :vs open the file on the right

:set splitbottom -> makes :sp open on the bottom

Ctrl-w cycles through split windows. Ctrl-[h,j,k,l] goes to the window in that direction [left, down, up, right].

When either :vs or :sp are invoked without filenames, they open the current buffer. Very useful for looking at 2 sections of the same file at once.

:tabe [file] -> how could this get forgotten? Opens the file in a new tab.

:set number -> shows line numbers.

[Line#]G -> jumps to that line.

O -> capital oh, inserts a blank line above the current line and goes into insert mode. Perfect for comments.

:set ic -> ignores case for searching, usually useful. :set noic makes searching case sensitive again. (:set no[setting] turns that setting off)

:set lbr -> visual word wrap.

Text objects are also damn cool. In visual mode (v):

i" -> selects the contents of quotes.

i( -> select the contents of parens.

i[ -> selects the contents of square brackets.

i{ -> selects the contents of curly brackets.

Using a instead of i for the above commands selects the delimiter also.

>> -> indents. << does the opposite.

% -> goes to matching paren/bracket. Great for debugging.

* -> go to next instance of current word. # to go to previous instance. Good for cycling through function definitions.

Edit: formatting, more commands.
I just had the pleasure of reading another 'oh my gawd, PR people are so stupid' story over at TC. For me that's the journalistic equivalent of Nietzsche's music of decline.

That latest Twitter fiasco shows what they're all about. I love that publishing virtually meaningless private data (which was stolen) was somehow an expression of their journalistic integrity. Because we needed to know that Twitter plans on being the pulse of the planet? Come on.

They're the tech news equivalent of Cops.
Sheesh,

The original post was complaining about story whose tongue-in-cheek quality one might get after a minute or two's thought. "Google maps don't lie..." Uh, the point is "figures don't lie but liars figure".

You can't trust techcrunch if you can't trust yourself or your friends to figure this stuff out...

And indeed, maybe you can't trust your friends and I can't trust my friends with certain things but if you can't trust yourself to know what to share with who, well stay away from those intertubes...
You're criticizing them for doing science themselves, rather than blindly trusting others.

Asimov's "Foundation Trilogy" springs to mind.
Putting \c and \C in the search pattern can also be used to turn case sensitivity off or on, respectively, for just that pattern.
IMHO right now Java should be considered a legacy language, and Java programmers either assigned to maintenance or those who are good, retrained

Why? If they are producing value where they are in a legacy language, why retrain them? If they are really good programmers, they will retrain themselves out of curiosity.

Good old computer languages are like comic book characters. They keep getting declared dead, but someone keeps bringing them back!

Now, whether Java is a good language is debatable. More relevant to the company is if it's a good project. If it is a good project producing quality output and value, leave it alone! There's no sense in changing languages just because it's a "new" technology. (In quotes because a lot of that stuff was developed in the 60's, and 70's by Bell, Xerox, and IBM R&D anyhow.)
See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733312 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733774
There's a lot of contexts where cost/benefit is not so much a cop-out as it is a more relevant point! (Not an Oracle advocate by any means!)
You have many good and interesting points, but

> The US had essentially no involvement (often to the despair of Soviet bloc citizens) in any of the three major uprisings

How do we know this? There is an ocean of still-classified documents from that period.

> the US was pretty much a nonentity when it came to "interference in the internal affairs" of Soviet puppet states.

In its official foreign policy, perhaps.

Talk to someone who reads the Russian-speaking blogosphere. This statement is heavily disputed there, for a wealth of excellent reasons (and not limited to the fact of just what kind of people benefited most from the overthrows.) The skeptics I'm talking about aren't on the level of the "9-11 truthers," either - the feeling that the US and its Western European lackeys deliberately undermined the USSR and its allies runs deep, and is not without foundation (see the Afghan War, for example. Or find someone who has heard Voice of America from the period. There is no shortage of evidence, if you care to look.)
You might look into the work by Dr. Sorno. I know people saved by his methods from RSI/CT... I don't necessarily agree with his repressed anger and hostility hypothesis but I think the basic idea that the mind can generate these body pains for reasons we don't understand. Fortunately his techniques work regardless of the specific psychology involved. Start here..http://podolsky.everybody.org/rsi/
We'll find out together.

So many of us have names that end in .ly :-)
Water is not always wet.
I love vim. That's all I have to share.
Surfer vs. Einstien
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Neither of those comparisons make any sense, in my opinion. We've got the standard differences of country size (both in terms of land area and population) and time (a lot has changed about the world, especially in terms of communication, even in the past 15 years).

But, we've also got the huge difference that China, and Chinese people, are simply different. I don't even know where to begin in describing how different Chinese people in China fundamentally are from Americans in America. It's like when I see comments made by people such as "I wonder how the Chinese people can stand <insert thing here>", I immediately think to myself that it's a complete non-issue, just an accepted fact of life, for all of my Chinese relatives living in China.
Also, things such as the one child act don't help - you've literally got an entire generation of spoiled only childs, and let me tell you, many of them are remarkably spoiled in the cities. You've got this feeling of collectivism which still very much exists, the "we" taking precedence over the "I", not in the oversimplified hive-mind way that most Westerners perceive it as, but rather something more inbetween. It always amazes me that people in China can feel such a sense of duty to their country (such as a student feeling it's his/her duty to the country to do well in school, something that pretty much never happens in the USA), but yet also feel such apathy for other people around them (to a degree that also doesn't happen in the USA ... not saying we're saints here who never pass by homeless people on the streets without even looking at them by any means, but the degree is still different).

And the list goes on and on, I still don't know where to begin or where to end. I know I'm not comparing China to Yugoslavia or Hungary here, but the perception gap even to this day between China and the USA is so great (and more importantly, so much greater than what most people think it is) that I can't imagine it being much less for China and other situations. Point being, a revolution might be peaceful, or it might be violent, or it might be somewhere inbetween, but none of these outcomes would have anything to do with the situations that led to Hungary's outcome being the way it was, or Yugoslavia's being the way it was.
watch for their journalism to turn a brighter shade of yellow now that the crunchpad is competing with the companies they cover. arrington just wrote a vilifying little piece about getting rid of his iPhone in order to go with a dizzying configuration of beta/vapor options from google voice. this story seems particularly huffy and shows the need for conflict of interest disclosure now.
I'm in favor of expressiveness. I'm against terseness.

Why in heck are we all still programming in GD text? Why not program in some sort of hypertext? IDEs have become so automagical and serious text editors so often have features like code folding, we're a good deal of the way there anyhow! Why not have a suitable hypertext format paired with a language, such that it's straightforward to do things like toggle between viewing the code with and without type annotations? Then we could have languages/environments that feel like Ruby/Python but which have all of the type annotations if you want them. (And they are useful for maintenance programming.)
Nice. This helped straighten up my idea that svd is just eigenvalues for nonsquare matricies.
So would bit.ly have to discard any shortened URLs to something like the 2005 Muhammad cartoons?
Probabilistic Boolean Logic, Arithmetic and Architectures [pdf]
If a journalist can talk you out of starting something new, then, well...
This is old news, the article is junk, the surfer dude is not nearly as smart as the media like to portray him, and it's "Einstein", not "Einstien" (unless you're a crackpot).
question. does the CentOS admin make any money?