skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Nah, serve something closer to a print version and focus some real time on badass mobile support!
TechStars incubator hatches 10 new companies
Why the hell would you put that kind of information on a card?!

The card should have a serial number on it. That's it. Maybe a name so that people don't get their cards mixed up.

Surely the people working on the national security of the UK are smarter than little old me.
This was a weekend project, and I am by no means an expert in Clojure (or Compojure). Also, I would be curious to know how it runs in IE...
The article is fine until it starts talking about Lorentzian Relativity vs Special Relativity. Then it starts making amateur errors and misses obvious points.

As a random example, the traditional exposition of special relativity depends on working in an INERTIAL reference frame. Hence the answer to Richard Keating's puzzlement is that the time dilation depends on absolute velocities relative to an inertial frame. A convenient inertial frame being approximately the vector sum of the Earth's rotation and the airplane speeds. (Approximately because the Earth still goes around the Sun, and the Sun around the Milky Way. And then there are the effects of gravity.) Calculating relative speeds in a rotating frame of reference gives an incorrect answer, and SR predicts that fact.

To address the more fundamental problem, nowhere does he address the point accepted by Lorentz himself that the Lorentz transformations with a preferred frame of reference causes every other inertial frame of reference to make absolutely identical calculations. Therefore there is no possible experimental difference between Lorentzian Relativity and Special Relativity. Or, put alternately, there is absolutely no way to single out any particular inertial reference frame as being preferred.

Furthermore Lorentzian Relativity has no theory of gravity. So it is intellectually dishonest to include corrections from GR in a discussion about LR. Fundamentally you can't discuss GR without accepting the idea of not only having no preferred inertial reference frames, but in fact having no inertial reference frames at all!
That is very bad example. The youtube results are relevant to the query. In bing the results were not relevant and is skewed against the competitors.

Also google is trying to make the results page more rich by including images and video results. I can't believe that you find it sinister and equivalent to bing's dirty trick.

Microsoft it seems is determined never to learn.
I've been waiting to hear more on that too. Perhaps a series of small posts, instead of a book, will make the whole thing a less daunting undertaking.
I wasn't saying that this is a good feature, or that I'm glad it exists, I'm just pointing out that it's there, and that it seems like a waste of time and energy to pretend that Apple's censoring dirty words while giving parents no way to prevent kids from looking at porn with Safari.
This is a very impressive product. Congratulations. I had my small team in a room within 2 minutes. One question: Is there a way to clear history? The things we posted got a bit out of hand and I'd like to know if this image can be removed so I dont have to see it in my feed :P
Direct from Hong Kong, free fast shipping, no minimum order: http://dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.999
FYI-- same results here FF3.5 OSX behind corporate firewall. Interesting side effect of resizing the window is that I can see and interact with the little chat widget in the bottom right of the screen.
Ok.
So we've had Thinkature, Yvew, Dabbleboard, dimdim..etc..etc and a bunch of others. Did any one of them really make MONEY after webEX was sold? So whats so different about this one besides a nicer interface?

That being said, Congrats on the execution, its a very nicely done flex app. However, you might want to set

horizontalScrollPolicy=off

verticalScrollPolicty=off

for the itemRenderers of the HList of your Camera chooser page, because on my mac, the Label control overflows and cauese the scrollbars to popup.

Good luck guys!
Would you care to improve the thoughtfulness of this discussion by explaining why?
Many sites don't really have anything worth printing. And if they did, few people use the print version unless your main version really is that awful. If you are already making badass mobile support (which includes A LOT of crummy old browsers on many many phones), you might as well save the effort of a print version.
In ie8 on XP SP2 the margins are off.

Your javascript appears to work properly.

http://imgur.com/yGDLc
Battery Tech Gets a Surge with Billions in Federal Funding
Telescope discovers planet 'unlike anything in our Solar System'
I (an intern) been discussing this with my boss as this movement has been growing for the past few weeks. I cam back from lunch today to an email from him with this article linked. Pleasant surprise.
I disagree. I love the WiFi on my G1.

It's all but replaced my home laptop for gmail/twitter.
I think they were incorrect in attributing the discovery of the LED. I thought it was discovered by a Russian engineer in the soviet union shortly before ww2. They attribute it much later and to a US company.
Sun responds to critical flaw in XML libraries
Proper semantic with CSS styling is faster. You don't have to repeat <font/> tags etc.

CSS is more "complex" only if you lack understanding how it works. Main reason that Ruby on Rails was (is?) such a success is that proper MVC (MTV) design pattern implementation made things simpler.

Yet, for average PHP programmer that'd be more "complex". Same with (X)HTML + CSS. It looks more complex only if you don't understand CSS or using WYSIWYG tools.
Indeed...often referred to as NeXT acquiring Apple for a negative 429 million.
Awesome picture.
Thanks, I will have to find out what is causing that...
Ugh, after reading that article I have that same feeling as when I accidentally stop the remote on fox news.
That's not what I was implying. I was talking about the over-protective parents and adults who try so hard to shield their children from the bad things in the world (a noble idea), that they may unintentionally fail to prepare them for such encounters.

When this happens, who knows how these children will respond? We hope positively, but it could also be negatively or indifferently. Whatever it is, by this time, it's usually too late for a parent to provide meaningful advice.

Adults can still provide a positive, nurturing environment at home for their children and, at the same time, teach them about the right ways to handle unpleasant situations they may encounter in their lives. These "unpleasant situations" can occur in even the nicest of neighborhoods.
I have been following the "reccomendation algos as a service" for about 2 years now. This definetely seems interesting but a side opportunity could be to do aggregator/optimizer of recco algos for merchant/publishers similar to what Rubicon Project/Pubmatic does on aggregating/optimizing ad networks.

The reccoAlgo aggregatot would take all the various recco algo services such as DirectedEdge, Aggregate Knowledge, Loomia, Minekey, Persai (now dead) and many others and keep running tests (similar to the netflix prize) and whatever is better is given more airtime on suggesting related products/pages for retailers/publishers.
The compensation model would work on a percentage of revenue for additional clicks/purchases on the suggestions.
Why in the world would you use definition lists?
Okay yeah you must have the RTMP port blocked on your firewall. The actual session container loaded but you're not connected to it. We'll try to see what we can do about the firewall issue.
What if Twitter never came back? #permafailwhale
With Twitter and Facebook down all morning, users contemplate what they would do without it.
It's not that I need all information in list form--I just expect "list of" articles to follow a certain form.

This article is amusing (if rambling), but a title like "Ricky Jay and Errol Morris wax poetic about lying" might work better.
It's not like in linux where you have to install all the updates yourself by hand!

Windows Update baby!
How do you know they would have?
What if Twitter never came back? #permafailwhale
With Twitter being down all morning users are contemplating what they would do without it.
An interesting article, but it makes me wonder: Do we have to worry about droop at all? If we can't make an LED produce lots of light at high power, then how about using lots of LEDs, each one at low power?

If someone points out that we don't know how to do this within certain price & size constraints, then I reply, fine, that's a problem to solve. So is droop. Solving either one of these problems get us the lighting we want. Is there any reason to single out droop as the problem that must be solved?
I'm working on it. I expect to be done sometime this winter. It's a pretty big undertaking if it is to be done right. Interviews, pictures, research, etc. I'm expecting to deliver an ebook of around 100 A4 pages. I think it's going to end up costing around $20, but that's still an open question.

And hey, cool that you guys remember the threads about this. It certainly helps the motivation...
"[D]o more research before messing with your brain like this. there's enough brain-dead yet hyper drones coming out of the younger generations as is."

I did. In the '80s I spent a fair amount of time researching neurochemistry, talking with doctors, and experimenting with assorted nootropics (including prescription drugs, street drugs, and items obtained from overseas). I paid attention to what caused what effects (both good and bad). I'm a big fan of wetware hacking.

My research tells me my brain chemistry needs assistance. So I get it. And I will continue to pay attention to the effects of amphetamines to be sure they are they right choice.

No one should just pop wonder drugs and call it a day, but often there is no real way to know what's going to work until you go try it. The science is inexact; I've accepted the lab rat risks.

There's a down side to being bright and creative while never finishing anything.
Chart of YC companies' hosting decisions
In the world without Internet Explorer all you need is CSS3 column-count: N; property.

Still, using tables for any kind of formatting looks just plain bad. If you're lazy there are CSS frameworks.
E-mail predates even the internet, it was obviously clear before people had terminals let alone computers on their desks that we needed means of electronic communication.

From Wikipedia:
"E-mail predates the inception of the Internet, and was in fact a crucial tool in creating the Internet.

MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961.[17] It allowed multiple users to log into the IBM 7094[18] from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk. This new ability encouraged users to share information in new ways. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS."

Unless your saying that E-mail wasn't solving a problem since we had the Electric telegraph so we didn't need anything better?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph
Flash is sufficiently ubiquitous that only requiring users to have Flash shouldn't be considered needing a plugin. Most browsers are ready to go. (I have nothing to do with this company.)
What?

Here's what I read, from someone who works at Microsoft:

[T]he design was to use more memory on purpose to speed things up, but never unbounded — we requset [sic] the available memory and operate within that leaving at least 50M of physical memory.

This is what happens, right? So I don't see how the article is wrong. I also don't see how this is a problem for anyone.

"When recovering your disk from catastrophic failure, Windows uses extra memory to make the recovery go as quickly as possible." OH NOES!!!11!!
" ... the long-term constant health of your physical brain vs. the benefit from getting extra bursts of energy to focus on immediate work"

BTW, the experience varies for people, and I suspect that if the drug is giving you that "speed" sensation it may not be a good choice. Stimulants calm me down. =I don't get a burst of energy; I relax and make plans, and see them through.
Did Google spend $106.5m to open source a codec?
Why does "Urban" necessarily imply "poor minority"? In most urban areas there are plenty of people that are not "poor minorities".
its like having my complete account balance and transactions in my debit card, instead of just the card number. sounds silly, can't understand why they are doing it.
Agreed. I read the article carefully, but I could not find seven lies about lying in it.

Perhaps this is part 1 of 7 parts, each of which covers one lie about lying. But then I'm still left wondering exactly what lie about lying this part covers.

Or maybe this is just the introduction, and the second part will cover the first lie about lying.

Or maybe the statement that this series covers seven lies about lying, is itself a lie. (Or maybe it's just deception.) :-)
We're not up against WebEx (at least Twiddla isn't). They can't hang in the quick & easy department, which it seems is the area this thing is targeting too.

And yeah, we're making money. Maybe not MONEY, but money, which is all I really need.
Microsoft helps devs port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile
Linked from the article is another on robot chefs: http://singularityhub.com/2009/08/03/the-robots-are-the-chef...

One thing that strikes me about this nascent technology is how much effort is being spent making robotic use of human hand tools.

These hand tools were developed in response to human morphology (handles on the ladels) and physiology (avoidance of contact with high temperatures). A robotic arm can be easily sterilized and has not need to avoid contact with boiling water. Hence, it seems ridiculous to have a robot use them instead of hand tools designed to better fit the robotic arm.
I would assume the reason there are separate settings for Safari is because you can delete 3rd party apps but you can't delete safari from the phone.
Yep, you missed the point. Some of us are interested in the gear that makes everything tick.

There were also picture of some of the stats, such as the amount of data transmitted in 2 days.
JukeFly unlocks the music on YouTube, it's like iTunes mixed with Last.FM
Yes, exactly. Swearing is negative because of my perception. That doesn't make it correct or incorrect. And Apple is doing me a service when they rate those type of Apps as 17+.

It's not censorship. It's about letting the consumer know what they are actually purchasing.
It's surprising how many cells of that table say "GoDaddy."
Yeah. That's really an issue unless you're using an OS that has malware/virus ratio below 200 per day.

In that case it's really a must to have automatic updates.
Hence, it seems ridiculous to have a robot use them instead of hand tools designed to better fit the robotic arm.

Legacy! We have a world full of legacy hardware designed for human use. It is in fact much cheaper to comply with the legacy.
"We should focus on what people get done, not how many hours or days are worked. Just as we don’t have a 9-5 day policy, we don’t need a vacation policy."

While I admire the sentiment, it's rather anti-family.
This rocks. So many Javascript demos that we see here are just rehashes of things we all did as demos back in the days of Netscape Navigator. This actually does something you couldn't have pulled off a few years back.

Well done.
Right. But two lines later, MS is now testing for the reproduction of the "bug"
Modifying pagerank to benefit your own site is on par with what microsoft does in my book, we simply disagree on that.

Both Microsoft and Google should let their algorithms make up the search pages, not their marketing department. Any kind of preferential treatment for their own content is bad. How bad is just a matter of degree.

The google bit was only a sample, similar things have happened with content related to google books, wikipedia (also when it wasn't the best resource on the web for that theme) and so on.

Search should be clean. People trust that you don't meddle with the results.
Or 'Doctor' DOS!
Sir, I am impressed!
For those trying to skim, give it up. This is a terribly amusing article, and it's part 1 of a series (presumably there will be 6 more [maybe 7?].) It read much like a DamnInteresting.com article, which is a compliment.

I immediately began trying to get more information on the magician who didn't lie, Jerry Andrus, but Wikipedia doesn't list anything about that whatsoever. Does anybody have more information regarding his routine?
Well lets assume for a second that it is instead a service that got compromised... unless you use a bad service that saves your password, they are using auth tokens which may not necessarily stop working just because you change your password.
Apple Working On Tech To Detect Purchasers' "Abuse"
Not supporting someone who hasn't bothered to update his/her JAWS in the last 8 years doesn't seem completely unreasonable.
Note that this isn't just "someone who works at Microsoft." Sinofsky is the president of the Windows division: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/ssinofsky/
"And for the WEB developers out there--welcome to the world of legacy systems, and a diverse user base."

And for the IT departments supporting these legacy systems out there--welcome to the world of being able to run more than one browser on a single machine, and IE8's six rendering modes. (including IE5)
Bringing Back Tradition To Martial Arts
Having an affiliation to tradition is something that is missing in the martial arts. With the recent advent of MMA, the traditions of the martial arts have largely been ignored for the value of “fighting”.

Many MMA facilities pride themselves on having a stable of fighters, yet they find that many of these fighters, go their own way, without any type of appreciation of where they trained. With this in mind, you have to wonder if you can continue the tradition of any type of art in this environment.

One of the ways to cure this ailment is to institute a belt ranking program. From there, you can start changing the culture of the school where the coach is recognized as the sensei or instructor. Having students bow before the start of class, and after, is another way to inject traditional martial arts within the culture.

The rules do not have to be so egregious where the student must call the instructor “Master”. In fact, that title should never be used in any sense, since it condones a subservient behavior that is not needed in today’s society. Having the student just call the instructor by the appropriate title is sufficient to keep a distance where respect is needed.

Unruly students need to be talked to, and if there is not a good solution, cut from the school. One bad apple can ruin the barrel, and it is true within a martial arts school. Would you have an unruly customer in your store every day? If the answer is no, then you should take the appropriate steps to have the student removed by cancelling their contracts.

At OC Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, we have a culture that has gone through changes, and has broken free of the hazards of a fighting school. Our orange county MMA program is the most respected in the area, due to the fact, that we have taken steps to keep the culture stable. Having the right instructors is also essential in this endeavor, to help shape the culture of the school. Unruly instructors maybe worse than unruly students, and this is something that management has to consider.

Having a fighter teach the class can be a hindrance, since many students are more interested in training then fighting. There are a very percentage of students who want to become professional fighters, and the ones who do, are often not the bet paying students. Ever wonder why the local karate schools are full of students?

For the MMA and BJJ owner, the challenges of having a traditional school coupled with having a profitable one is essential to keep the school growing. Making the mistake of having a pure fighting school will only cause problems within the culture, and possibly outside of the school. The techniques that we show our students can never be used for purposes other than self-defense. But, tell that to a teenager who dreams about becoming a fighter, yet barely understand the laws of society.
Liability for software manufacturers? EFF and Microsoft are both against it.
feel free to read through this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man and re-read my reply to jsonscripter's comment.
The idea they have been holding back for 8 years is wrong. IE7 came out in 2006, that's 3 years.

As is fairly normal people didn't switch to another browser because they were happy with what they had. They just haven't updated their version in 3 years, which is pretty normal with other types of software.
i don't think there's anything inherently "wrong" with using tables. there's just a better way to do it. if you don't want to do it the better way, thats cool. it might negatively impact you (higher bandwidth costs, slower load time, etc.), but it probably won't.
Yes, that surprised me too, considering GoDaddy's lackluster reputation.

Which reminds me, you can click on the table header to sort the columns.
So you can afford this (hypothetical) super-intelligent and versatile robot, but not the "pasta strainer" attachment?
For comparison, what Flash can do now:
http://www.badsectoracula.com/peponi/rayfaster2/
Oops. Too late to edit it now.
All the best. If you post a draft of table of contents / outline etc, we may be able to give feedback - which may give you more clarity to "make something people want" which may be a little different from what you might have in mind :)
Agreed. I find the fairly common appropriation of communist iconography to look "cool" quite offensive.

And stupid.

Especially in this case: these guys are Hungarians and should really know better.
Many mobile devices now use WebKit based browsers and easily kick IE's old ass.
Use a scratch pad or notebook next to you (a real paper one). Use this as a braindump, just what ever comes just jot down, todo's, ideas etc. This way you can concentrate on the task at hand and throw anything else in here.

Think of it like a swap space for the brain.

And at the end of the day/task, make a note on what to accomplish the next time. This really takes the stress of remembering a lot of things.
Again, what he's really suggesting is this: <http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/universal_internet_ex.... He's just chosen to introduce it with a poor first paragraph.
Do you really think he's talking about jive turkey, ho, bitch, nigga or dawg?
Why is there still a registry in Windows 7?
Another SAfrican ;)

I have seen led lights - but they all are extremely expensive. If you want to use to replace incandecent bulbs, CFLs would be a lot cheaper (IMHO).

Some of my friends built their own lighting system and they ordered the LEDS directly from a mail order electronics store. This would probably be the cheapest.