skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not saying/did not say Windows is so bad (it was, from a stability standpoint, horrible, but that's a while ago; still people used it then for theses purposes as well...); I was wondering why it's so one-sided. There seem to be little tech reasons to choose one OS over the other currently, so like everyone says, it must be support. But that's moot now as well.

The 'bad' thing now about Windows (and iOS, OS X) I can think of technically at this moment is that it is closed. I would not like to run my company on something closed, especially if there are nuclear reactors, missiles, airports, airplanes, medical crap involved. I want to be able to dive down to the line of code instead of having to ask a vendor why it does what it does. So again, from a tech point of view, I do not understand why any CTO would pick a closed solution over an open, especially when lives are at stake besides him/her covering his/her ass. And that's probably what it usually is; no balls to pick the best thing for humanity (...) even if it's an uphill battle.
Yes that's true, but I think that we are far away from being able to create artificial charisma, it is pretty hard to write a machine learning algorithm that can mimic emotions.
Most likely the 'crash' is the browser being terminated due to low memory. Alternative browsers would have the same problem.
> Sounds like they're solving a problem very few people (couple of frequent travellers) have. Is swapping a SIM such a big deal?

It's a small country so you could say it's a problem that a majority of Dutch people have. At a guess, I'd say there's no point in the Netherlands more than 100 miles from the border.
Centralized authority is weak against distributed desire and eyes. We will constantly attempt any potential hack. And as soon as a crack is found, it diffuses everywhere.
This doesn't stand up at all. So if I see someone staggering about the street drunk, urinating on lampposts and punching passing strangers on a whim, I can't properly describe them as a lawless thug, because they're not as bad as Bashar Assad or Atilla the Hun? If anything the adjectives 'lawless' and 'thuggish' are too weak to use to describe Assad's misbehaviour, not too strong to apply to lesser criminals. Secondly, even assuming for the sake of argument that Google's right to hire buses is a real issue, having a real issue to protest isn't (in itself) nearly sufficient to justify the illegal, hostile and aggressively unpleasant, financially harmful and, apparently, deceitful nature of the protests.
You're the outsider opinion here and must present strong evidence. There is no good evidence for dualism, everything we've learned about the brain is completely consistent with materialism.

You must build a stronger case than Searle and Nagel which have been previously thoroughly debunked.

And to your overall point: To claim that we're wasting money on AI in a world we'll have self-driving cars in a few years is ridiculous. I'm surprised your main comment still seems to have a positive number of votes.
I hear you, I have -2 karma in HN because someone thought one of my answers was silly or disrespectful, for which I apologise, and I must admit that there is a part of me that wants to find a way to get into positive karma again, what for? Even if I had -1000000 karma I could still read HN, I guess we all want to be important or seem important somewhere and there is a whole range between null, moderate and extreme need for feeling validated/recognised by others in order to boost self-esteem. Tragically, being an @$$ to users than seem less knowledgable is one way of feeling better about yourself.. Isn't it easier just to be nice and feel happy to help ?
As far as I know, the only "printer" that can produce carbon fiber parts in three-dimensions is the circular loom Toyota developed for the Lexus LFA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScfESzQzIQ
You can buy Linux support contracts from Red Hat, Oracle, IBM, Novell etc etc.
The Mturk for cryptocurrency already exists (and works through Crowdflower) : https://coinworker.com/
I made about 0.2 btc there last year when I dropped out of university with no direct other plan. (But then I lost the private keys to that wallet)

Edit: clarify that I respond about the Mturk idea
The content is not licensed creative commons. The code to the actual site is not open source, only the code to use the API. I would not call this an open source project or a major win. A major win would be a uniformly licensed content base that is CC-BY and they provide data dumps.

It is a slight improvement over bikepedia but not by much.
Others could mirror Tor (more risky, yes, but better than nothing).
Is anyone going to tweet using voice input?
>Yes, but you have saved bandwidth and your pages have loaded quickly for ~50% of your users.

I don't think ~50% of users are running Chrome. Where are you getting your numbers from?
Isn't the caching issue trivially fixable with "Vary: Accept" header? (No idea whenever PageSpeed adds that or not.) Content negotiation shouldn't interfere with caching, if both are done properly.

Also, if you respond with different HTML, you still get the caching issue, because you may mistakenly serve cached HTML linking to WebP images to non-capable client. So the cache should still consider Vary and Pragma headers (or it's broken).

The only thing I don't really fancy about "/cute/kitten.jpg" serving a WebP image is ".jpg" part. If content-type may vary, the "extension" part of the "filename" should be generic ("/cute/kitten.image") or missing ("/cute/kitten"). That's for saving pics, when URLs transform into filenames.
It seems like this depends on the universities (and maybe also on undergrad vs grad), but I've done my masters, and am currently doing my phd at an Ivy in the US, and I've been pleasantly surprised to find out that we are almost never required to buy any books. Often, the professor uploads a set of very comprehensive notes accumulated over the previous years to complement the notes we take in class. It's happened (three times out of maybe 8 classes) that the professor is writing his own book on the subject, and so is giving us free copies. So instead of requiring books, the professor indicates which books are interesting/useful references on the subject and puts them on reserve in the library for the students of the class. I think it's a good system.

One thing though. This is doable in science because, well a theorem is a theorem. But about humanities where you have to study specific texts or corpora? I don't think there's much choice there..
Clearly that doesn't mean that they would therefore be inclined to let the data that they can collect in the U.S. slip through.
> If I ever need a 24bit USB DAC, I will get one. Considering I think 256 bit MP3s sound just fine, and FLAC far to much effort, I probably will never need one.

He decided for a 24-bit DAC in order to have enough headroom for software volume adjustment, because lowering the volume in software reduces the effective number of bits and thereby maximum dynamic range. He didn't claim that humans could hear a difference between 16-bit and 24-bit bit depth under practical conditions.
Because they won't have been tested on standard XP. Microsoft will no longer be doing all the hard work of validating OS patches to ensure that they run correctly and have no unwanted side effects.

You could install one of these patches and it totals your machine. Now what do you do?
> Since electromagnetism cannot cause intentions, or goals

Yes it can. Source: my brain.
There is no such thing as semantics (in the sense that you mean.) You are basing your entire argument on a bad intuition. You literally just made up a definition of "semantics" that excludes computers, and then Argue 'By Definition' (http://lesswrong.com/lw/nz/arguing_by_definition/).
If only non-technical people cold emailing programmers suggesting 50-50 cofounder partnerships knew such a list existed.

Precious ideas! Not one, but MANY!
No, TYYP protocol [1]. DPI will be unnecessary.

[1] https://github.com/rakyll/tyyp
That link describes a method for translating a URL where a static version of a dynamic page can be found. So you still have to serve and generate static content yourself. So we're not quite there yet. But seems like at least Google has started executing _some_ JS. There are more search engines than Google though :)
Agree entirely. In fact we need to stop using proprietary software full stop and stop using SaaS and hosted platforms to save cost and shift liability. They're all the same turd rolled in different coloured glitter.

The current company I'm working for are a little pissed off with this whole Microsoft reading their email thing and have started to plan moving their exchange installation on-site from Office 365.

Microsoft still win due to lock in...
http://caniuse.com/webp
Webp support in other browsers than Chrome is virtually nonexistent. However if a big chunk of your audience browses from Chrome, you could serve Webp today. It can be done in a browser neutral manner by looking at the Accept header.
A lot of people recommended me ruby but I feel like I'm loosing the foundation of programming and maybe somewhere along the line I won't understand something because I skipped it.
The problem with Linux and osX gaming is an economical problem. Big publishers won't develop games for platforms that are used by programmers, businessmen, doctors and so on, their target its pretty clear (teenagers and young adults). So it is a bit pointless to create gaming platforms around Linux, you will end up with great stuff that will leak content.
it's funny that microsoft aired this ad not long ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63u-RG-31B0
You cache negotiated responses[1] using the Vary header[2]. PageSpeed does rewrite URLs in the HTML, it just isn't needed in this case.

[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html#sec13...

[2] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14...
The Feedback Dilemma
Given that:
- ATmega328P AVR CPU is ~$2 / 5k units
- a 64 x 48 monochrome OLED display is ~$2 (<http://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-66-inch-oled-64-x-48-Amoled...)
- Given its small size and simple shape, I estimate the mold for the enclosure to be ~$2000, so < $0.50 per unit

We are speaking of a $5 cost. Ok, let's get a margin and double this figure.

Even counting for Premium Worldwide shipping, I can't reach the listed price.
You're assuming that we feel guilty about it!
As a recent graduate (for the second time), I'd estimate about 50% of students. Guilt? Funny...
I think LibreOffice UI falls into acceptable category. It might not be the most polished UI but it gets the work done efficiently. There is not much difference in productivity in two acceptable UIs.

A UI can be thought of being easy-to-use with the frequency of usage. I have been using Linux for many years. Now, whenever I use Windows the only thought in my mind is how can someone use a software so clumsy.
For my startup, I hired the whole team through ODesk and Elance. I'm based in Hong Kong, and the rest: Ukraine, Moscow, Prague, Chicago, India, San Francisco.
A really first rate team as well - will definitely hire like this again. It takes a long time to get rid of the time wasters on these sites (fire fast) but very good people can be found, who just want to work from home.
Problem solved either ways!
I've seen some online courses like CS50 with C and MIT with Python. The question is why are they starting with those programming languages and not going straight to high level languages?

That is one of my main worries actually. I want to have a solid foundation and principles of how I should build something. Or is my thinking flawed?
> a more compact vector image format would be welcome

SWF. It's more than just a vector image format, but it is far better than SVG in terms of both filesize and resources required to render. Too bad for the "Flash hater's stigma" and the direction Adobe took their player after the acquistion... although there are now a few other alternatives including Mozilla's Shumway.
What you need is a standing desk that adopts to YOU, not the other way round. Here's the one I have been using for approx. 2 years now and I can tell you I will NEVER go back to a sitting-only desk: http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/320/l...

There are variations of this model available, but the main points are:

1. Screen (even if laptop) and keyboard/mouse are separated so everything is exactly at the correct height (= ergonomic, won't become a pain!)

2. You can pull up (and push down) the whole thing very easily, with just 1 hand/no force: This means you can change whenever you feel the slightest issue. Changing every 10 minutes easily becomes a healthy no-brainer routine.
There's equivalent functionality is OpenLayers 3, but the API has changed.
"Now, let's review some microeconomics. In a free market, it is almost axiomatic that the market always clears. That's a technical term that means that when somebody tries to sell something, if they are willing to accept the market price, they will be able to sell it, and when somebody wants to buy something, if they are willing to pay the market price, they will be able to buy it. It's just a matter of both sides accepting the market price." http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000050.html

I haven't seen any evidence here in the Boston area that contract rates have risen since I was a contractor 4 years ago. (I still get calls and invariably the rate is always <= what I got before.) One can surmise that there isn't a shortage in economic terms or that companies are unwilling or unable to pay true market rates. It may be true that there is a shortage of engineers a company can afford but that doesn't mean that there is a shortage of engineers. I.e. just because I can't buy gold at $100oz doesn't mean there is a shortage of gold.
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Managing to make their "Scroogled" anti-google campaign even more awkward than it already was. Let's be honest, that's impressive.
International Open Day for hackerspaces, 29 March 2014
Twitter provided a SMS based system to send tweets from users
Travelling Saleswoman and Knapsack Problem
WebP's support for animation is also great. Like animated GIFs, but in true colour with VP8 compression and optional transparency!
the Turkish government will eventually figure out how to block Tor, and when that happens the users will need bridges.

You can help out by dedicating some spare resources to run as a relay + bridge, takes a minute to install and setup.

Share your bridge info to those who require it (not publically).

Example install + config:

https://gist.github.com/nikcub/9722068
> Bankers and ATM manufacturers ain't morons.

Moron is perhaps a harsh word but it's been known to the public when Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. They had years to prepare. And they are multi billion dollar corporations. How can they have dropped the ball with this?
"After two weeks, I was able to stand for about four hours a day, but I still needed to take multiple breaks."

I work as a teacher. I don't sit down much in a typical working day, so I found that sentence strange to say the least. Then I realised that I don't stand still ever in the classroom. I'm effectively walking around my patch of savannah all day like our ancestors did, occasionally sitting or squatting down to talk to students on their work.

Perhaps it is the lack of movement that is the problem?
I'd recommend writing a blog post, mainly because I want to read it, but it's true it takes time. I'm normally very bad at keeping up a blog, and I took 3 full days off to research and write this one. I'd be nice to stick to a schedule of writing a shorter post every week or two, but I'm not sure I'd stick to it.

I heard Louis Von Ahn (Duolingo ) say that they spent $0 on advertising, which sounds great - users love it so much that it spreads completely organically. But in reality they must spend a lot on all the blogging, social networking, and community management - which sounds a lot like marketing to me.

I'm also a bit skeptical about Duolingo's ability to sustain itself selling translations, but I think it's possible, and the product is really great so I'm rooting for them.

Although it's scary to be in the same space as Duolingo, I don't see them as direct competition at the moment, since Duolingo requires users to be much more active in either completing exercises or translating everything, whereas Readlang is centered around the more passive activity of reading. In fact people regularly recommend Readlang on the Duolingo forums as a complementary tool.
Most people who are delusional about the value of their ideas would refuse to put it up on such a website / share it with anybody unless the other person signed a non disclosure agreement.

I wonder if there's some way to capitalize on that...
The main factor here seems to be hardware cost of upgrading to a newer version of Windows. Since Linux can run on older hardware, it is a cost-effective solution (in spite of the cost of developing a new solution).

Also, I didn't get your remark about "8 year old Ubuntu". Why not a newer QT based Ubuntu?
Sainsbury's Energy Interesting approach to security. The co.uk vs com conundrum
More people should be working on making the P2P Twister a reality, sooner:

https://github.com/iShift/twister-webkit

Centralized Twitter is too easy to stop/block by countries.
FWIW - I do a version of the Idea Validator mentioned there at services.withstartups.com

I think the validation methods mentioned are pretty valid. The one major problem I have found is that there is a very small/distinct set of people who even understand what the validation is all about, and get the idea of developing a quick MVP. And these people are usually savvy/skilled enough to do a quick validation themselves. The opposite end of the spectrum are people who cannot do this, but then they also do not understand that this is not a quick & cheap website making service.

Still, you get to talk to a lot of people. So if you like to bounce ideas (I do), it is an interesting business.
you fight find this more recent work interesting:

http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/30C3_-_5380_-_en_-_...

> In this work we present a stealthy malware that exploits dedicated hardware on the target system and remains persistant across boot cycles. The malware is capable of gathering valuable information such as passwords. Because the infected hardware can perform arbitrary main memory accesses, the malware can modify kernel data structures and escalate privileges of processes executed on the system.

> The malware itself is a DMA malware implementation referred to as DAGGER. DAGGER exploits Intel’s Manageability Engine (ME), that executes firmware code such as Intel’s Active Management Technology (iAMT), as well as its OOB network channel. We have recently improved DAGGER’s capabilites to include support for 64-bit operating systems and a stealthy update mechanism to download new attack code.

edit: you still have to first get the malware in though
Book and spreadsheet to help launch a web app
Can you give a size comparison between SWF and SVG (e.g. file size of same image in both formats)?

Something along the lines of HVIF could be a good fit for the web (perhaps less limitations on image ratios): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_Vector_Icon_Format
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You just taught us Object Oriented Programming 101.
That's why dual-SIM phones exist...

> Also, most interesting phone models do not have a dual-SIM option.

This is the strangest thing. In China, phones are overwhelmingly dual-SIM, and it's actually more difficult to find single-SIM phones (even clones of major-brand devices like iPhones will have dual-SIM); the production cost of adding a 2nd SIM socket is negligible.
> the last step is to send your DS record to your Registrar which involves using their custom webgui to send them the following data [...]

When deploying DNSSEC, I found it surprising that no one has built a protocol for this. Some registrars seem to support in-house web APIs, but there's no one standard™.

Anyway, very good response overall. I understand the original writer wanted attention as he wrote "I did put things more bluntly to get attention, and that has succeeded. I hope to have better news later next week" in HN comments.
Embedded systems are typically not upgraded. There are still plenty of PoS terminals, ATMs etc out there that still run OS/2.
This is my favorite: http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&que...

I tried to track down author to find out if I could license it to use in my games, but failed. Anyone got advice how to do that? Maybe I should just use it and wait for the complaint?
Say I am at a spot where I do not have signal from the carrier I am subscribed to, but I can have signal from another one. Why should there be any friction in buying individual minutes/megabytes from that other carrier? This is obviously impossible when SIMs are tied to a specific carrier, but in fact, why shouldn't mobile phones offer the option to pick any available carrier depending on which one is proposing the best rates?

Also, about swapping cards: dual SIM telephones are fairly popular, which illustrates that many people are using more than one SIM and do not like to have to switch (because they want, e.g., to be able to receive their texts on both). This is just a temporary solution, the right one would be to have one SIM but tied to multiple providers.
>..I also recommend C before C++..

I'm going to agree with pjmlp and advise against this. It will lead you to things like relying on char*'s instead of std::string because it works, it's what you know and plenty of examples on the web do so.
This post reminds me that I need to have more diversity in my life and reading material. All of these ideas struck me as good, and then I realized they are all basically targeted at people like me because that's the type of people who created this list.
Ask HN: How to connect with developers/startups who are looking for a designers?
Hi HNers, I need your advice. I am designer with a good portfolio and 6+ years of experience.
I am looking for some projects/jobs as freelancer.
Where to start looking for a people/startups
that need their projects (web/mobile/marketing material) designed? I can deliver fast,communicate
well and
prove my work exp with my portfolio. Do you know anyone who is looking for a designer?
Thanks in advance for any advice

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I use that for a different trick at school. It gets around keyword filtering on search terms :)
Either something wasn't working for me, or the 'branch' function is completely over my head.
Sounds like this scheme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qesFpsi2mII
I have a niche dating site that has had about 9 girls for every guy consistently for years. I thought the problem would logically take care of itself, but here is a real counterexample. As a guy with limited ladies-man skills, it still boggles my mind to this day.
I suppose it hinges on how intertwined you feel morality is with the law, and I don't mean to be insulting with this observation because it's a legitimate difference of opinion.

But "Just because you can doesn't mean you should" is another perspective some folks take on matters like this.
My thought exactly. I've been using a standing desk for over a year now, yet I'm hardly standing still for more than an hour at a time. If nothing else, I go and grab a cup of water or simply just walk around the office for a minute or two.
Nodesk – When Not to use Odesk style services
Not if the transfer is encrypted and the files are stored on your own server.