skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So you're bitter about something.

For what it's worth, I like the crowdfunded route here. Lot's of people using WP would like a way to craft beautiful long form stories. I have a hunch that people will be able to install this from WP's free plugin repo (its already on github), that's a tremendous gift there for a lot of people.

It would not be hard to point out dozens of themes that existed before Medium.com launched that had a similar aesthetic, so I'm not even sure why you are even bringing them up in such a snarky way.
I'm not sure what that has to do with a naturally-occurring drought.
Technology Is Not Driving Us Apart After All
Just enough to make it look like he's doing >something<.
Wow, I love how this is presented. Kudos to the NYT for creating new ways for us to consume this information.
Shops that deliver.
1. Get full time job at IBM.
2. Prove your worth.
3. Move to part time.

Honestly, I'm really glad I don't work at IBM. But when I did work there on an internship, I noticed part-time people who seemed relatively respected and secure in their positions. I haven't seen that very much since.
Or may be your relationship status ceased to be cool :)
I guess, but I would hope that would've been detectable.
An interesting tactic. If you know you're going to want something but don't want to pay for it just yet, add it to your cart a week or two in advance to let it "preload". Real-world precaching.
"0/5, Recommended my child be put on the standard vaccine schedule."
Yeah i'm serious. Your faux amazement is lame.
None. There are no changes. He is reviewing a transition to changes.

And remember, these are only executive changes, which means if the next president is worse, well then the changes can be undone with the stroke of a single pen by a single person (and they might even decide not to tell the public).

The permanent bulk collection of data continues for future use by any president or agency when the laws don't hinder them. It's a library they can peruse now or 50 years from now.

ps. someone needs to do a mashup of his first campaign speech to end abuses, arguing against this other person
> Do not "subvert, undermine, weaken or make vulnerable generally available commercial encryption" or standards.

I wish so bad that there was at least some kind of address for this. I highly doubt it will hit mainstream attention anytime soon again unless some kind of publicly accessible (read: marketable) scandal occurs to bring the news media around again.
I expected this to go to a 404.
I can see their point about "We need to keep this VAX around because building on actual hardware is different from building on emulation", however I'm sure there's bits of infrastructure, CRTs hooked to KVMs, etc, that could be replaced with newer and more efficient gear that can help with the power bill. You don't have to run the ENTIRE place on cast-off donations and stuff out of a dumpster.
"There's a man outside your building, right now, with this item. Order it within the next 12 minutes, and have it within two."
Beats Can't Save The Music Industry, But This New Business Model Could
The current implementation doesn't require extra params as arrays... you can pass as many (or as few) parameters to any PHP function regardless of defined function signature; the declared parameters will be auto-populated. Additionally, you can call func_get_args() inside of any function and get an array with all params, meaning it's a trivial array_slice (and/or list) away from extracting all vargs.

That said, the new ...$params is 100% better.
I think he might be referring to them owning the patent on "predictive shipping". Plenty of prior art, where this appears obvious.
No stopgaps on data collection, only increased permissions to access the stored data. No word on how difficult it is to acquire those increased permission levels, could simply be an additional form to file.

NSLs remain nearly untouched. "Warrants" will continue to be issued with negligible oversight.

> Create a panel of advocates to represent privacy concerns in significant cases.

Because the process remains secretive with no constant public advocate presence, there's no reasonable way to initiate the process to determine what is a "significant case". Just as before, we cannot contest breaches of privacy if we are not aware of them.
Its a lose/lose proposition if you adopt both of these two criteria as absolute criteria:

1) You should not vote for someone with no experience in the the federal government, and

2) You should not vote for someone with experience in the federal government.

Of course, these are individually ridiculous criteria in electing a President, and even more ridiculous in combination.

Selecting a President requires more than verifying the presence or absence of a "past experience in federal government" line on a resume.
We could let people visit them in order to check out the products in person, before they buy them.
I'd like to know more too. I constantly feel like I am just blundering my way through CSS until it works or I get the CSS framework of the day to work for me. I'm at the level where I use LESS to compile to CSS, and I still feel like I'm just like a day 0 amateur
Probably, but it'd only be comfortable for Tibetans. NASA space suits are pressurized to an altitude of 6,000 ft, which is about the same as a commercial airliner cabin. You could loosen that requirement for hardier astronauts, but it'd greatly restrict your astronaut candidate pool.
The assumption is that the business would continue to grow but slower than they would like. I don't think $340K was the ceiling.
In Praise of the Static Map
President Obama's NSA reforms show both promise and peril
To be very honest i would love to use Path because i am sick and tired of facebook and dont really use it that much but the thing is none of my friends use Path. And this is probably the single most important reason people dont use Path.

They since passed the acquisition offer, they have only few two choices left go under or reinvent themselves just like few of the other social networks are doing like myspace. Venture money doesnt really proves a point that a business is healthy so i am not sure Path will be a money making business in the future.

What i really like is a location based social network where i can socialize with people i don't really know, or maybe a interest based social network. i will go with the former. The point is they HAVE to reinvent themselves before this VC money goes out.
This makes sense, especially if combined with a local retail channel. It would be neat to be able to travel somewhere and get hooked on some obscure local food/drink and come back home to find that you're local shop now has it in stock automatically.
> The iPod is an example of a prettily designed product that felt good in your hand, but that clearly made working with music "more complicated and difficult."

Interesting, because the first iPods I bought for my wife and I were specifically to address the fact that everything else on the market that I tried at the time was a pain in the ass to use. I found the first-gen iPod Nanos in conjunction with iTunes to be the opposite of "more complicated and difficult". "Worst of breed"? I can name a half dozen examples that were far worse than anything Apple has ever produced. Obviously YMMV.

> I think that the lesson from iPod example would be: Marketing matters.

I often read the "it's all marketing" screeds as "a lot of people like this thing, and I don't. I am bothered by this fact. Therefore the only reason the sheep buy them is marketing." Could be that the sheep truly find that it's a way to trim their wool that suits them better.
I buy connected devices so that I can, well, connect them -- I have a server running that does things like change the temperature on my Nest based on a different brand motion sensor in a different room, or based on voice input on my phone.

http://i.imgur.com/8fFkdQ9.jpg

In that dashboard of mine, you see devices from 6 different companies that I've integrated. 3 of them required reverse engineering some kind of website for remote control, even though all that website does is pass on a command from my home network back to my home network.

This would break if the website goes down, the website rate limits me, the website blocks my IP, or the website owner decides to sue me under CFAA because their TOS probably didn't authorize remote control outside of their official apps. Nest is one of those websites. There's no official public API.

I consider alternatives where I could just talk to the device directly a selling point, and it has nothing to do with privacy. I don't care about Google having my temperature history at all.
This is the same man who began an initiative called the Open Government Initiative before any Snowden revelations.

"My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and estabish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/open

Believing anything Obama SAYS, particularly concerning this issue, is foolish.

Look at what he's DONE. Nothing is changing.
It gives you an interface that allows you to add components that facilitate building a story. If you want to add a time line, a little bio from a person in the story, artwork, you want to break up the text into sections, the components are there to do that.
Neither on OS X
Obama "acknowledges" Edward Snowden's role in triggering a public debate. Does this mean Mr. Snowden is officially a whistleblower-hero, or still a traitor who deserves life imprisonment?

As for the notion of requiring private telecomm companies to store data and provide access to the gov't, although still just a hypothetical situation and not yet policy, would this not simply shift the burden from the NSA to private companies?

Obviously, they're already handing over the data, but making it all official and open seems like a retrogressive policy that would in the long run backfire as Americans turn to overseas hosted services not beholden to the NSA. Perhaps even the domestic telecomm firms could get around it by offshoring their data storage and transmission services, such that the only domestic components would be the towers and switches, while the repositories of customer data would be safely overseas under some other entity's control (also not ideal, argh).
I figure that one is way too abstract for him to address in a speech anyway, so I'm not surprised to see it wasn't mentioned. (This article specifically discusses his speech)
No reason to trust, no way to verify.
OBAMA DECISION: Not addressed in speech.
The Metric system changes are all about preserving the measures people are used to, and not at all about removing constants from calculations.
AOT delivery, excellent.
Amazingly, both its subject and this "article" itself are covered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7077982
Yeah, and perhaps Amazon could let customers browse the available inventory by visiting this "shop" in person, if no one's made a purchase yet.
I will go on record as saying that this is similar to Amazon announcing drones. It's part PR move but true there is an obvious connection to reality.

Hard to believe that Amazon is going to move the needle much with something like this. Shipping is already fast. Getting it where it needs to be is obvious. As you have noted there are many examples of manufacturers anticipating demand and doing something similar. But they don't have or file for patents. What about a patent for anticipating that your chain restaurant will need less help on certain days of the year or when it rains? Most business would not waste time on this thing (patents) although they do these things if they can. They don't crow about it though (unless they are doing a dog and pony show).

This is the type of thing that most companies would do in many cases and never talk about. Because they aren't as obsessed with creating an image of invincibility which Amazon spends so much time with. [1] It's kind of like the shock and awe of US Military propaganda (where they show the well oiled military machine.) People eat this type of thing up. "Oh look how special Amazon is".

[1] To scare off competition. Look how mighty we are. Look at the barriers to competing with us!
So Amazon would basically fill an actual shopping cart with your current order at a hub close to you, and when you're done paying, would just come out of the neighbour's driveway and wheel the cart to your door...
Wait, this is just a patent, and Amazon didn't even respond when asked for comments. This is a junk invented story. Bravo WSJ.
Dell currently does something very similar. If you have "same day 4-hour enterprise support", then the replacement part will most likely come from a distribution center collocated with your local courier company.
"Look out your window, he's there behind the bush watching you, waiting for you to press 1-Click®"
Article with headlines like "Why X was chosen" are expected to actually provide explanations of human motivation, rather than the nearest proximate cause. For example, an article called "Why this stretch of highway has a speed limit of 30 mph" would be expected to say something like "because there is a history of accidents there due to the narrow shoulder and tight turns" rather than "because the transportation department, which is in charge of setting speed limits, posted 30 mph signs there."
I left a rather dull bank job to cross the country and join a startup. For those running statups, here's why I joined, what didn't matter and why I left:

WHY I JOINED

1. Lack of bureaucracy. Granted, I worked at an exceptionally bureaucratic bank, but I longed for a place where I could just do something without having 10 meetings to ask permission from people who weren't qualified to decide if the project was valid or not. Projects that could have taken months took years.

2. Benefits. The startup not only paid 100% of my health insurance premium, they offered great insurance. That's a big deal in the USA. I had a child who had a hospital stay. It cost me $100 out of pocket and would have cost tens of thousands otherwise. It was like having thousands of dollars added to my salary.

3. Relocation. They paid for movers to pack and ship my goods directly. I didn't have to mess with reimbursement or advances. If you're looking to get the best you can find from across the country, this can be a big deal.

3. A new language/challenge. I had started writing code in Python and loved it. It was a refreshing change.

4. Smart people. I can honestly say that the startup I worked for had the smartest staff of any place I've worked. It was intimidating at times, but I learned a lot in a very short period of time. I ended up touching a lot of parts of the system that I didn't have much experience with and it was a huge learning experience that will benefit me for the rest of my career.

5. Great hardware. I felt like I finally had enough horsepower on my development machine to actually do my job. The default was a well-equipped Mac, but other developers could choose what they needed.

6. A great location. This is less important, but was an attention-getter when they made me their initial pitch. Santa Monica, across the street from the beach/pier. I'm not sure how it could have gotten better.

WHAT DIDN'T MATTER

1. The salary. I actually took a pay cut if you factor in the cost of living. I don't regret that decision.

2. Foosball table. Some people liked playing on a break during some very long hours, but I honestly just didn't get it.

2. Free food. They went all-out with the snacks and didn't hesitate to order-in food on our frequent late-nighters. I got fat.

WHY I LEFT

1. The hours got way out of control. I knew there would be overtime, but it became far beyond what I could sustain. The startup went through a tight spot and we all pitched in to rebuild the site three times in less than a year. I've heard that the hours have leveled off and sometimes wonder if I shouldn't have stayed.

TL;DR: Hire the best, give them the tools and environment to get their job done. Make relocation a no-brainer and health insurance (in the US, at least) best-in-class. Make salary competitive, but don't get in a bidding war with other companies. Offer the best location you can, and above all, don't burn people out.
It's almost like Amazon is recreating the local retail experience, except that all the mom and pops are owned a monolithic entity with no ties to your community and you can't actually check out the products before you buy.

I'm heavily opposed to winner-take-all and so my boycott of Amazon books must continue. I don't really buy anything other than physical books off of Amazon, so it's not a huge sacrifice.
It is absolutely not "too abstract" to address in a speech. He could have said something like, "This administration regards the technologies of public cryptography as a crucial piece of modern life, and an underpinning of liberty on the internet. As such, I am directing the NSA to under no circumstances attempt to weaken such standards."

If JFK could say, "We're gonna go to the moon, I have no idea how," then Obama can say, "The NSA will not undermine cryptography standards."
This will work great for things that people "subscribe" to like toilet paper and dog food, which, I kid you not, is cheaper via Amazon than locally, and, someone else lugs it to my house for me.
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The best perks for a very small startup are the ones that don't scale, because then Twitter can't copy them. For better or worse, serving lunch scales. Laundry service scales.

What doesn't scale?

- Find out what your employees REALLY like and make it part of the culture. Tofu of the month club. Concert tickets for Mongolian mandolinists. The key is this taps into people's personal identity, and helps the team bond. It is VERY hard for Google to copy things like this.

- Hire much better management. Google can no longer give large chunks of equity to new managers. A small start-up can. Outstanding managers (which are very hard to find, and need to be hunted just like outstanding programmers) will find a way to keep the best employees by challenging them and keeping them engaged with the work.

- More autonomy. A small company can say "Use your judgment on expenses" and "Give it your best guess on new technology" much easier than large companies who have to worry more about cross-organizational consistency.

These are all very hard to copy.
UPS "Sonic Air" IIRC
Indeed, there is a lot of variable to consider and tune, each with it's own pros and cons. Unfortunately, whichever of the many variables you consider, and however you tune them, you'll be infringing Amazons patent.
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Obama: Take NSA out of storing snooping data
To keep overstock.com from being able to compete.
Aliens trolling us
If this means that they would start fronting the cost of importing all my weird Japanese SFC games then I'm all for it.
For the love of math, this!
Silly me... I saw "Eclipse" and thought this was about the IDE.

I started reading and wondering what this person was talking about... then I saw the URL. #headslap
What about a pill that just cures diabetes?
Virtual office address, no individuals identified anywhere on the site. Should I be suspicious?
This is scary. What the hell are they using to move bits around, avian carriers? In Poland I can get 20Mbps for $3/m (and no data limit!), not the other way around.
What Obama said is pretty clear:

"The fact is, is that Mr. Snowden's been charged with 3 felonies. If in fact he believes that what he did was right, then, like every American citizen, he can come here, appear before the court with a lawyer and make his case."

What Obama thinks Snowden "deserves" is irrelevant. Snowden's status as a "traitor" is as yet undetermined, and until he stands trial for the crimes he's being charged with, we won't know.
I don't see why you've stayed this long. I guess you have your reasons.
I'm still pulling for either Marvin the Martian, or some kind of Martian Troll throwing stones from across the plain.
Pretty easy to guess why: no hockey (among others) to compete with for sports talents?
> Far better to offer something the big boys can't: like significant responsibility (that by definition, always comes with the act of taking on substantial risk); real challenge, an opportunity (and expectation) to not only see, but contribute strategically to the whole picture -- including things like business strategy, shaping the company's hiring & general social culture, etc. Not to mention things like decent office space, lack of bureaucracy that's inevitable in any large organization, etc.

This is what I enjoy the most about working for a young startup. In my current job, I'm the first hire at a TechStars company. I have the freedom and responsibility to get things done and take on challenging tasks. I don't have a lot of experience on paper so the opportunity to take on this level of responsibility is huge for me personally and far more important than free beer or whatever.
The benefit I see with this is they can snail mail it to the local hub so total shipping costs would be lower for Amazon when you do actually order the product even if you're using Prime.
> - Close the company. Maybe your company just isn't open for two weeks in December or nobody has to work on Fridays during the summer. Nobody feels like they're falling behind and everybody gets a break from each other.

TI, Raytheon, Lockheed, Northrop, and Boeing[1] close from Christmas Eve through New Years day, and virtually everyone takes the 3 or 4 days off that are required to round it out to two full weeks. A long-time TI employee I used to work with told me TI started doing this for overhead reasons. TI has a large number of fabs, assembly areas, and buildings that are basically high ceiling, wide open flex space. These areas all have to be heated or cooled as a whole, and the cost isn't much different if you have 2000 people in the building or 200. Somebody in corporate figured out that the company could actually save money by just giving everyone the days off and shutting down all the equipment instead of trying to get things done short-staffed. As a bonus, they figured they could sell it as a perk of working for TI.

[1] I think
wow that's insane
Yes but bulk metadata collection hasn't been ruled illegal...
They had huge issues with privacy (capturing people's phonebooks), further issues with privacy (text-spamming all your contacts to sign up without telling you about it), horrible attempts at driving usage (https://twitter.com/kivestu/status/372443505462763520/photo/...), and the CEO is an insufferable egotist.

It's very pretty, though.
I agree with you - seems very similar. They may use data from individuals, but they will aggregate it - needs to be a relevant sample size with some kind of pattern to it. IMHO, having a flat panel TV in my wishlist is probably not reason enough for Amazon to move it to a local warehouse. The biggest category of things that still get my local dollars are stuff I buy at the drugstore, that I sometimes buy bulk on Amazon when I think ahead. If I knew I could get it same-day from Amazon on Saturday ... I'd continue to sit here reading hacker news instead of putting on some pants.
What if everything you bought from Amazon was automatically available for resale used after a certain period of time? You're thinking of buying the $79 textbook, but Bob who lives across the street will sell it to you for just $39 (Amazon gets $10 for facilitating the transaction, but will take the risk) and Amazon knows he's home right now.

Or you borrow it from him for a week for $19, he'll also lend you his blender for another $19.