skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Does anyone know if Microsoft's Blob Storage can be used for static web site hosting like Amazon's S3 can be? I'm talking about the full experience that S3 offers. That includes selecting the index page filename, and the DNS support so that naked domains (like example.com) can be used directly instead of having to use a CNAME (like for www.example.com) and some redirection service for the naked domain. Azure's support for this was not very good at all the last time I looked and the information available about it today is outdated by several years or isn't encouraging.
So, when it's early evening and cold in SF but warm and sunny in St. Louis, you'll reconsider in one night?
Outlook.com is an acceptable replacement for Gmail. Have you tried it recently?

Most comparative reviews find Gmail slightly better, but there's very little in it.

http://www.maximumpc.com/best_email_service_2013
http://mashable.com/2012/08/14/outlook-vs-gmail/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010598/gmail-vs-outlook-com-...
http://lifehacker.com/5931621/outlook-vs-gmail-a-feature+by+...
Probably because they are predominately young whites, but always remember that the picture you see is the photographer's choice (by taking it or not) and the editor's choice by running the one he did and not the ones he didn't.

Every picture tells a story, but not necessarily the only one.
It's not so much a hunch as it is common sense. When you subscribe to a service for hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars per month, then you can be certain that if you call them for a discount, they will pick up, and do business with you.
Yeah, but Carlsen had just 30 seconds, which restricts the number of moves he can physically play (I'd say that it takes 1 secod to play a move).
sorry for the typo! (fully). I'll fix that.
“One clue was that most of the kids who first claimed to have artificial limbs (in the physical-health assessment) miraculously regrew arms and legs when researchers came back to interview them.”

Assessing sexual tendencies and their occurrence in the population clearly is difficult. But is it really that hard to figure out rates of prosthetic limbs? I'd have thought there was sound data about that. And if those numbers looked funny, why would you trust the rest of the data?
Ask HN: the games with the most challenging AI you've ever played?
Please recommend me some? I've seen some topics on reddit but.. they would not get any farther than the classic mainstream fps's or rts's everybody knows.
I believe that you have the US government in mind, and the original comment has European governments in mind. If this is the case, both of you are likely right. I also think that there is ample evidence that European governments run hospital very efficiently.

In other words: American anti-government attitude says a lot more about their own government than more general consideration in political theory.
Yes.

Yes.

(Answers to your two questions. Being 100% biological beings built according to strict mechanistic darwinian rules, our "minds" are purely physical constructs. Insert leap of logic from that to Turing Machines and, well, you get the idea. We will build a "mind" or two, it's only a matter of time.)
Outlook.com is an alternative and it is the calibre of Gmail. The differences are marginal. See my comment above
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7120745

I use Outlook.com as a backup to Gmail and I use Gmail with my own domain name. I haven't switched, but it wouldn't be a problem if I had to.
Only if people always bid the actual highest amount they're willing to pay. The huge popularity of "sniping" suggests that they often don't.
I don't understand how throughout the whole time Gmail was down, it worked for a coworker and me the whole time, but it didn't work for anyone else. We enemy exchanged half a dozen emails to test it!

Could it be that the Web app was down, but the actual mail servers weren't? I know I have the Gmail extension in Chrome Installed (not sure about my coworker), could this be the reason?
It doesn't help that life or death issues for men, like testicular cancer, are almost completely ignored. About a decade ago, I had the same concern as you and after a scary doctor visit (which included his female assistant observing, which added to the discomfort but that all mitigated by the more terrifying prospect of this being a life-threatening concern) followed by an ultrasound at the hospital, I was relieved to find out it was nothing to be worried about.

After that, though, I started to think. I realized that the only reason I knew to be concerned was because just shortly before that, I'd heard Lance Armstrong's story in a sport's magazine.

I realized that every single male 20-34 knows about breast cancer and ovarian cancer and that women are supposed to be regularly checked all all of these concerns promoted by countless events and product promotions and charities . . . but very few of them probably have the slightest clue about their own medical concerns that they should be looking after. Because nobody bothers to emphasize the need to inform them and educate them.
Assume the universe is not just computable [1], but actually computed, that is, running as a virtual machine under a hypervisor.

How do we detect the presence of the hypervisor and break out of virtualisation? [2]

Bonus: What is the name of the sysadmin?

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Pill_(software)#Other_uses
Wouldn't a metal detector do the job?
The headline made me come here to talk about Battletoads but the article left me kinda disappointed...
This like you ask me for the nearest mac donalds, I ask to my buddy and he tells me in this place there are no mac donalds. So I refer you to my own restaurant telling you it is a mac donalds. My restaurant, of course, does not serve burger and all the meat is crap.
Ask HN: Does it make sense to use another marketing language than english?
I was asking myself if it makes sense to do marketing for a Saas or App Startup in a language other than english. I mean website, blog, emails, guest posts, ads etc.

While this is obviously a good idea if your product is somehow bound to a certain area like e.g. a real estate site for Paris. I was wandering if it also could be a chance for startups with generic, not language or area bound products like e.g. a project management or messenger app.

I got this idea because the internet is a pretty noisy place. An there are a ton of startups doing marketing for their generic products in english (37signals, buffer, kissmetrics, etc etc).
Most of the companies I mentioned do content marketing in pretty similar ways. It feels like I read it all before. Another "7 ways to be more productive" article pops up almost daily. The thing is most of the articles are damn good and often there are some small takeaways even in very similar articles. The competition for good blog posts about productivity or marketing is pretty high out there.

So what do you think? Would it be a good idea to do stuff for a smaller group (at least at first) to have less noise in the marketing channels? Do you know any examples of successful or unsuccessful companies choosing a language other than english (or chineese) for their non area/language bound Saas / App Startup?
> And if sexual harassment occurs on-campus, or involving staff or students, surely that is a University matter?

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No, I think that's a police matter. The contrary view strikes me as saying that if a member of my company sexually assaults another that's a company matter rather than a police matter.

The flaw being that the company is going to look out for itself, just as the university will. The third party, ideally, shouldn't have that conflict of interest.
Great, so instead of spending willpower on something useful, you spend it on avoiding temptations of Candy Crush.

http://seriouspony.com/blog/2013/7/24/your-app-makes-me-fat

The fact that people are playing it regardless of whether they are paying or not helps king.com make profit to demolish games like Banner Saga (note: this is a game I backed).

You might wonder how - but it's rather simple. Even if you pay zilch to play and you get to level 153, your friend brother, mom, sister, father or acquaintance will see this and try it out, and perhaps get hooked (if it's someone that would pay money to 'compete' in levels with you, even better).

It's a numbers game. Games like that depend on few gamers that spend in the thousands (aka 'whales'), and to get to them they need to wade through a sea of people that spend 0$ but are connected to the so called 'whales' .

So yes, thanks again for helping King.com ruin The Banner Saga for me...
> The bible makes as much sense as most ancient literature.

I don't see why that's a meaningful comparison. I'm inclined to say, so what?
Just a reminder that anyone can bid any amount for anything on eBay, with no repercussions.

Source: I once put a website for sale on eBay. Bids went up to $10M. The press covered it like crazy. Turned out the bids were fake.

For example:

http://www.salon.com/2000/09/11/ebay_deadpool/

There were articles about it in Forbes and Cnet also.
too bad, it sounds awesome.
An Amazon Marketing Glitch...Or Not?
Frenchman here, I have lived in various French cities, and currently live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

* * *

Amsterdam, NL

I strongly recommend Amsterdam, and most reasons presumably also apply to other Dutch cities:

- People are very friendly and polite, and often they will spontaneously offer help. Sometimes, this is so acute that it becomes kind of a facade, and may hide the true personality of some people. But overall it makes them seem very friendly; even policemen are always really nice and understanding.

- People are very pragmatic and open-minded: they will not care about any quirks or weird habits, unless it really bothers them. They usually do not let traditions or beliefs hold them back, most of them are very reasonable people.

- You do not need to speak Dutch. Everybody speaks English — even kids! (For a Frenchman, this is impressive.) If you already speak English and German, learning basic Dutch will be easy anyway.

- Most people deeply care for the environment: there is a lot of nature, and of course the famous bikes — the whole country is flat anyway.

- Specific to Amsterdam: only half of the population is Dutch, which makes it a crazy melting pot. In general, both the law and the people are very friendly to foreigners.

* * *

Paris, FR

Paris is a lot bigger than Amsterdam (although not much bigger than Boston), and is very specific compared to other (especially southern) French cities.

- There is an incredible cultural activity and unique artistic collections, a shitload of museums, theaters, concert halls... There is always an interesting exhibition somewhere, you will never have enough time to attend everything.

- The economy is prolific and diverse: you can find a job in pretty much any sector — provided you are good enough. Paris is home of many startups and other dynamic small companies.

- It is the home of a refined lifestyle: good wine in bars, many excellent restaurants, specialized stores for whatever food/drink from anywhere in the world.

- The city itself is utterly beautiful: an aesthetic equilibrium of many architectural styles, uncountable monuments and magnificent buildings. The city is more than two thousand years old (though it was a lot smaller back then), and you can feel it when you walk on the old cobblestones.

However, it has its downsides:

- Not that many people speak a good English. Really. You will have to live with it.

- People can be polite I you show curtesy yourself, but they can also be quite rude if you are unlucky. Someone telling you they are too busy to help you find some direction is not surprising there.

- Public transportation is pretty good (except when you go to the suburbs), but driving (and parking!) is a nightmare. There are nine hills in Paris, so biking will take some strength — and some nerve, because people do not drive nicely.
There's no discussion to be had. A toddler may feel at ease because someone convinced him his flashlight will fend off the monsters in his closet and under his bed. It helps the kid sleep, but there's no enlightened, meaningful, or useful discussion to be had from that.

If I tell you "I believe in the healing power of crystals and wear them around my neck and it has helped me come to a certain peace with my mortality", you would either say "well, good for you if that helps your mental state cope with things" or "you're fucking nuts". Neither avenue is going to progress, inform, or help anyone.
usernames & pws have to be stored of course... but I though the whole appeal of snapchat was that messages would self-destruct? i.e. communication between users is not permanent? (except in the brains of the sender and recipient, i.e. just like human oral communication)

well assuming no wiretapping ;)
I (someone from Ireland) keep hearing the French police are pretty strict though, and you don't want to mess with them.

Maybe it's the Irish cultural thing of not taking many things seriously which applies mostly to police as well.
Gmail spam filtering is actually poor, in my experience, because it's so aggressive. Around 30-40% of the mail in my spam folder is legitimate email, and the ratio is sometimes 90%. It would be even worse if I didn't have filters to tag some mail. (Gmail gives you the message it was not sent to spam because filter.)

Outlook.com's spam filtering is at least as good as Gmail's now, probably better. The only significant difference is that it's much less aggressive. Outlook.com will let two or three spams through where Gmail will put four or five legitimate emails in the spam box.

Since most people probably don't check their Gmail spam boxes regularly, Gmail's spam blocking is actually more dangerous.
Wonderful! Anyone knows how they have tackled possible copyright issues? I know youtube had serious trouble with it and, if I remember correctly, google forks over lots of money each year to keep the lawsuits away. How could a startup which isn't big as google mitigate that?
How long would it take you to lose against Mike Tyson in a boxing fight?
I can't believe you got downvoted for that. And the person you replied to replies with

> It's not so much a hunch as it is common sense

So you are completely right, he cited no source.
Jurisdiction is not mutually exclusive.
Don't waste time writing dude... browse reddit instead.
i'd suggest following prof ng's free online course instead, just finished it a few weeks ago and it's really good!

https://class.coursera.org/ml-004/
Julia on Google Compute Engine: Working with files
I think the core of the framework needs to be written from the ground up. The core is the basis of Django’s API. Trying to mimic it on another framework’s core would hinder the development at some point.
I can't recall any major scandal in the last few years

Lack of no major scandal means either: (a) The system is fair and basically works as advertised or (b) The system is so massively corrupt that it happens often enough, but that information is hidden from public view.
It's sort of like an implied contract, you can't pretend to care about people and then shaft them.

Well, legally you often can, but it's a pretty shitty thing to do.
You should get 10 free articles a month before the paywall appears. I'm guessing most HN readers haven't used up their quota yet.
How many of these exist?
Why I don't fucking care.
Why I switched from one hyped thing to the next hyped thing, is considered harmful.
Fits.me Virtual Fitting Room
An amazing idea, brilliantly executed.
Then why don't non-white people move in to SF, just like in Detroit?

Alright, enough with the wisecracks.

The people moving in during gentrification are rich or rather richer than the current residents. Just because the overwhelming majority happen to be white is a mere coincidence arising of multiple factors. These people are not really white/black/brown, their only true color is Green, like the dollar bills in their banks and pockets. The color of their skin is secondary.

With all the song and dance about loss of diversity, in any city or context, I see it as a green-ification, not a white-wash or any other racially motivated term. This is a class issue that is always conflated as a race issue, with the the same lame excuse: because, history.
> Good thing? Bad thing? Who knows? http://hany.rashwan.com/good-thing-bad-thing-who-knows Let's say we currently have an optimist faith in our system.

Yes it reminds me this : http://youtu.be/B2L1-TgfKb4 But I said it because I know French lawyers and judges. And I know the basics of the French business law with jurisprudence cases.

> Out of scope here.

Yes out of scope. I didn't see this post but I just wanted to show pros and cons between the US and France.

There is a community but it's small. People here see companies as something being big. It is more about management, hierarchy, and to start from the bottom by having a career. The company spirit is dominated by styles like Oracle, Microsoft, IBM or HP. Even in a small company you find this spirit rather than a startup spirit like you have in the SV.
Instapush: Instant notifications for things that matter
Instant notifications for things that matter within your web app or service.
There's much less of a culture of posting other peoples work on soundcloud, it's much more focused on letting artists share their own work.
HP drags Windows 7 back from grave for new PCs
I have (had?) salivary gland cancer. Diagnosed before 30 at a IVa stage. I had surgery, radio and chemo. After that, the 5-years survival rate is 1 in 10. And if you do make it, your quality if life is significantly impacted and you're permanently disfigured - radical neck surgery ain't pretty.

I have a background in academia and despite the fact that I like to tell myself that I am some unique snowflake and that I'll make it, I know where I stand. No doctor told me, but I went to PubMed myself.

Am I pleased to know that? Not sure. And it kind of bothers me the fact that all my daily careful efforts will all boil down pretty soon to an event that is as dumb as the outcome of rolling a dice.
Off-topic but it is blocked in Turkey as it contains a phone recording of PM about a corruption. Such a succesful company, is blocked in 4 hours without a warrant. Anyways, happy to hear the news, I know many friends using it here to share their songs or productions.

https://soundcloud.com/haramzadeler (in Turkish)
I tried Windows Azure recently - their cloud storage option to be specific. I was shocked to find out that they did not even have a UI for simple operations like uploading to the bucket etc. Yes, I know they're targeting developers, but I just can't be doing big XML REST requests for every thing. I also couldn't close my account without raising a support request.

The point being - Microsoft's biggest headache is catching up with AWS on the tooling and documentation. They seem to be going all out in competing with every vertical that AWS has, but that might not be the best approach as they might endup spreading themselves too thin.
Frankly, the entire religion aspect of the discussion doesn't belong here.

As an atheist, I'm entirely fine with you finding comfort in whatever you like, even if it is completely irrational. It is your business. I also accomplish nothing by being "militant" toward people simply for believing in something. That is best reserved for situations where that belief or things drawn from it are imposed upon the rest of society. For example, in public education, science, politicians, taxation, decisions of national importance. Things where that belief impacting beyond the scope of an individual's life are forced upon everyone and on behalf of everyone.

However, it is also quite ridiculous to use this opportunity about an important topic to start telling people they should somehow convince themselves to believe in something metaphysical, because "it'll bring you peace". You aren't the Hare Krishna and this isn't the local airport. Let's leave the discussion at something like "I'm religious and find some solace and peace in my religion that helps me cope with potential mortality".

Telling people they should "believe in jesus" and linking to ridiculous books or interviews about why they should believe in jesus in incredibly self-serving, inappropriate, and counter-productive.
Flagged for shitty attention-grabbing title attempt.
Uber, Etsy and the Internet of Everybody - A Visual Guide to Networked Platforms
As someone who attended Cambridge University, UK, this looks totally alien to me.

I have seen my fellow students (good friends) suffer bereavement, depression and self-harm, and none were ever told that they were no longer welcome at the college, or the university, nor treated like criminals[1] as described here.

There are pastoral carers, both religious and non-religious, and councilling services based at different levels within the university, and there is (of course) NHS healthcare as well.

If people do take time out (usually a whole year at a time) they return when they feel well enough, not when they are re-approved as sane by some university figure concerned with PR.

Lying about being "OK" at every turn is also not something that happens. Of course, people don't always answer in detail when asked how they are, as social convention dictates, but it was entirely normal to say that you were snowed under with work/extra-curricular stuff, or that there was something bugging you. Either that or I was doing it wrong the whole time.

[1] == treated like mental patients 40 years ago. Also remember that something like 70% of all inmates in British jails have a mental health problem.
I once experienced a similar issue (on a much smaller scale, obviously). Our DNS zone files were generated by a programand, thanks to a subtle bug, we went offline. The catch was that the generated files were valid and no amount of linting would have saved us from syntactically perfect wrong data.

The checks need to be quite sophisticated. We patched the generator, but never got to implement a test deploy mechanism to ensure the config made sense before deployment to a real production environment.
Some part? It's very common in EVERY country, including the best of Western democracies. This very case happened in New York, not some third world dictatorship -- and tons of similar things happen all over.
The dick outed her on Twitter. The champion of pseudonymity in the cause of professional freedom wrote an open letter to his employer. I hope this explanation is as embarrassing for you to read as it was for me to write.
Apple Coin?

I for one welcome our new crypto overlords.
> They argue this could explain why the children of obese parents are more likely to become grossly overweight.

Ugh, wait, what?

No evidence presented for "eating fatty food makes you fat".

No evidence presented for the diet of parents of obese children.

Hint: it most likely wasn't rich in fat, but rich in sugars.

> These mouse pups were more likely to become overweight and develop type 2 diabetes than the pups of mothers given a normal diet.

So correlation? The mouse's own diet has no effect, only what the parents ate is relevant? Gah.. I'm just going to flag this nonsense.
Yes, both 'The Elements of Statistical Learning' and 'An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R' are available free in pdf.

For fans of hard copy, I recently found that if your local (university?) library is a SpringerLink customer, you can purchase a print-on-demand copy of either book for $26.99, which includes shipping. Interior pages are in black and white (including the graphs), but that is a really cheap price for these two.

Andrew Ng's course notes from his physical class at Stanford (CS 229 - Machine Learning) are extensive and available as well at:

http://cs229.stanford.edu/materials.html