skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, yes, companies shouldn't do that. But I'm talking about real life, not spherical cows, and we know that companies do all that and much worse.

Besides, let's say that you're a product manager who's responsible for allowing the release of that code. You know that generally all those best practices are followed, but there were a few dozens of employees touching that code, and some might not even be at the company anymore. Are you really sure that none of them put sensitive stuff in there? Are you willing to bet your job on that?
I think you're reading it incorrectly. You're interpreting it backwards from what I intended.

X = "you believe that gay rights are as fundamental as women's suffrage"

Y = "gay rights are as decided nationwide as women's suffrage"

All I wrote is that X does not imply Y. You seen to be interpreting it, though, as (not Y) implies (not X), the contrapositive of which is X does imply Y, which is basically the opposite of what I meant.
Yes, something like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouView

in North America would be great.
ReactOS uses only "clean-room" reverse engineering, so this is not a concern.
Also Wine Patches from ReactOS Devs are always sent to Wine first, thus they get Wine's LGPL license, then the ReactOS Devs do a "Wine Sync" to get the code into ReactOS; thus code-flow due to Licensing is also a non-issue.
Seriously? That's your dividing line?

Incidentally, you mentioned threats to Eich above; I haven't personally seen any but I don't support threats of violence to him. I don't even have particularly strong feelings one way or the other about boycotting Mozilla. Mostly we're having a conversation here.

I do feel it's perfectly reasonable to point fingers of shame towards Eich for his donations and weaseling, and at Mozilla for elevating Eich.
Are your family fine and with you? Do you get to meet/call/email these friends now?
Eh, looks pretty good to me. Our wants are diametrically opposed: Voice search (do care -- Apple TV search is painful), tech specs (non line-of-sight remote -- Apple TV is line-of-sight), games (eh, might be a nice diversion for a few minutes after an episode of Walking Dead), and I don't have an HBO subscription.
I'm a developer at Coshx. We'll have full details on the rules and such when the contest starts. Will also see if someone can answer questions here but I don't know the answers to these offhand. Thanks for your patience and interest. :)
There's no real reason to turn Tarsnap into a non-profit. At least for now, the work is easily handled by him, he still has a passion for the work, and the project isn't large enough to require any "management".
Do you mean Silicon Valley or Sorrento Valley?
Game of Thrones is available for streaming on Amazon Instant Video.
"There are more technical jobs open than qualified candidates to fill them."

I don't understand how people can make this statement without considering price. Really thoughtful people, too. I'm not joking, people who seem very intelligent and thoughtful say this - "there are more tech jobs open than qualified candidates to fill them [unstated: at the price employers want to pay]"

The example people often use is trying to buy a car. I'm willing to pay $5,000 for a used car, I insist on a mercedes in excellent shape with fewer than 10,000 miles, and I state that "there are more people trying to buy a car than quality cars to purchase". All those seemingly rational people who say things like "There are more technical jobs open than qualified candidates to fill them" would tell me I'm being unrealistic about the market. Yet they talk about software developers being in short supply without considering the salary at which they are in short supply.
Actually the original title of the article (I speak Dutch) was: Illegal bitcoin producer gets caught (literal translation), then in the first paragraph the article goes on how the guy was 'making' fake bitcoins.

It's also good to know that the newspaper in question is the 'Fox news' of the Netherlands. It's known for sensational, on the edge of fictional journalism. On top of everything they're obviously uneducated on many of the stories they publish.
Thanks! Hopefully 500 errors would never occur of course, but in that case I'd just return:
{ error: "Internal server error, please try again later" }

There's not really a reason to give away anything else, it's usually because something is broken (database connection and whatnot) and the developers are probably already aware of it with tools such as Bugsnag[1] and alike.

In general for error messages, exceptions should be handled gracefully and output a simple message that is understandable for the user. It might also be ideal to include an error code with the JSON response if you have a lot of different error messages that happens under the same HTTP status code (e.g. 400 Client Error).

[1] https://bugsnag.com
Brazil for some reason imported this weird US custom.

It bothers me.

Thankfully, my startup associate, that is french, when he asks that, I know he probably means it (I always reply to him truthfully, even if he dislikes the answer...)
I use this when it's noisy outside: http://www.rainymood.com/
Or we could just say that Federal law shouldn't engage in sexual discrimination re. legal marriage.
well, probably healthier relationships with other people, for starters. blowing off your obligations to do whatever makes you happy is probably going to upset a lot of other folks.

there's certainly a balance to be had, and it isn't fully in favor of short term happiness, either.
Think..the obvious one is become an IT contractor for NSA or CIA...:)
Is Intel Edison for the independant too?
In response to a question I asked a reporter, below is Intel's response. The question was whether dev kits for the Edison, a tiny Atom computer for wearables and the internet of things, would be available to the independent inventor/developer and not just to big companies with volume potential.
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To answer your question, yes, Edison was conceived for the independent inventor as well. Intel has an open OS approach and will rely on the open source support community to build upon our baseline. This allows companies like Don’s to invent with as little constraints as possible and ideally keep support costs to a minimum.

Hope that helps!

Intel Media Relations
Twitter: @intelnews, @intelinside
What I'm looking for is a code editor that doesn't let you edit text but rather the code tree. That prevents you from writing a code that is not a valid tree but doesn't get in the way too much.
Inspiration: Startup Video Awards
Agreed, I own a roku and a chromecast, there is literally nothing here that makes me regret either, and nothing that would make me choose the Fire TV over AppleTV if I did want to be tied closer to one ecosystem.

I guess I'm bummed that it means it's unlikely the prime video interface will get any better on Roku, but Prime Instant video quality is already so much worse for me then any other source it's not that big a loss.
If saving money is your top priority, stay out of NYC. Move to Springfield, Memphis, or Wichita Falls.

If you enjoy certain characteristics of urban living -- dense, progressive, diverse, bustling -- NYC is peerless.
The New IE Enterprise Mode or Why You Should Never Use IE 8 Anymore
I know this is a nitpick...I really do, but for some reason things like this in marketing copy really annoy me:

"Remote with no line of sight required" - not checked for Chromecast. While kind of true since Chromecast doesn't have a dedicated remote, but the devices used to control it absolutely don't require line of site.
I'm curious myself if this will be capable of running XBMC or another app for streaming content over a LAN. FireTV runs an Android variant, so it seems like it's plausible, but it depends on if you need to root it or if it will be an installable app.
Right now. It shouldn't take more than a day unless we encounter some errors.
How can you make this comment when you have no basis for comparison?
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ideas have very little value. what really matters is the execution team.
There were multiple experiment groups at the beginning, but I'm not sure if any are left besides Good Judgment. DAGGRE, the prediction market group, is out.

Edit: Oops, I misunderstood. Apparently Good Judgment also has a prediction market group inside of it. Thanks nbouscal.
Lyft Raises $250 Million From Coatue, Alibaba To Expand Internationally
Can you give a little more information about what you're really hoping your daughter will see and get out of the experience? What type of engineer are you looking for? I'm a software engineer in SD with a 12 year old daughter of my own.
No, there were not.
I tried sending an email to competition@coshx.com but I got a mail delivery subsytem error:

"We're writing to let you know that the group you tried to contact (competition) may not exist, or you may not have permission to post messages to the group".

Maybe there's a misspelling somewhere? has anyone tried to send an email there as wel?
Looks like Roku with a better UI. I'll be getting one.

> I was expecting something like a monthly subscription for all-you-can-watch access to any TV show on Amazon Instant (not just the free Prime episodes).

That would be prohibitively expensive. You're talking about basically every popular show on TV.
Outside of the traditional finance areas, commercial internet access can sometimes be a bit spotty as well. Large swaths of Brooklyn just aren't wired up. Hell, even in midtown I had a buddy uproot and move offices because Time Warner couldn't keep the pipes bits flowing into their building, and they would experience outages for hours at a time.
I've worked from home for 2 and a half years after working in only office environments in cubicles.

I find one of the hardest to define and most important was work signalling. When I worked in an office there were many signals that got me mentally and physically prepared to do work. These included:

Getting dressed - I have never worked in my underwear from home but I now make a point to put on some nice pants and shoes and fix my hair/wash my face etc.

Driving - Not commuting is a huge time and energy saver but it still gave me some quiet time to prepare for the day. I now either go for a walk in the morning or "get to work" 15 minutes early and read something interesting and tech oriented.

Greeting Coworkers - I still haven't found a good replacement for this. It's hard to catch up on water cooler talk remotely especially since half my team doesn't even use IM. I try to check in with questions from the previous day or a quick status update via email within the first hour of work.

The office - I've moved my office a couple of times and find it's best if the office is a dedicated room, not a nook or a corner of the living room but something with it's own decor and sense of place. I painted my office spring green to be cheery and have some plants and a bookshelf with tech books on it. I put a glass whiteboard up that I use to brainstorm and will point my webcam at it if I'm working with a remote coworker on something that requires it.

When I first started working form home I thought that distractions were my biggest problem but I've since realized that it's not so much getting rid of distractions, but getting INTO work.
Looks like Runscope
I am trying to install Ubuntu One now. Just to see what happens. It tries to install but then gives a "The application has closed unexpectedly".

Are people who have Ubuntu One installed being notified? I backup with Ubuntu One and haven't got any 'imminent shutdown' messages.
The Cortex – Sulon Technologies
It proxies outgoing calls so it is for API consumers.
Apigee is for API providers.
RPI is a single-core @700mhz with 512MB RAM compared to quad-core, 2GB of RAM, so it's a significant bump up in hardware specs for not that much money.

I'm curious how long it will take people to root it.
So submit things that will be more for the public good than things that could make you your fortune. Although, of course, the two aren't mutually exclusive.
It appears not to open until the 15th April according to their timeline.
What I find most exciting is that this finally opens the doors for indie game developers to write games for the big screen.

It is true that Steam was already doing that, but I think the audience of people with a PC plugged to a TV screen in the living room or that owns a Steam box is not as big as what the Fire TV owners might end up being
> and nothing that would make me choose the Fire TV over AppleTV if I did want to be tied closer to one ecosystem.

Well, Amazon is at least available on a variety of platforms whereas iTunes is only on Apple devices -- and will always only be available on Apple devices.
My guess is that Apple insists that they are the only source for pay per view/purchased films/TV programs on the Apple TV and the Amazon won't just bring their subscription Prime service without the PPV side.

This guess is made without knowledge of the specific situation between Apple/Amazon but having dealt with some similar service providers (when working for an electronics company).
Super inspiring. It is awesome we can see who created the videos and rank em.
This is pretty much what Google TV should have been all along, but Google cares too much about web search and not enough about what people actually want to do on a TV - watch shows and play games.

The gaming aspect of this will make it a winner. OUYA's big problem is that it didn't do streaming and was a bit clunky. Amazon has a big game library and just needs controller support.

As a parent, a $100 streaming box and game console that has cheap/free games is very appealing.

As a developer, the economics of game development for such a console is not so great, but maybe IAP would make it worthwhile.
Hack extends the PHP syntax with type hints which are required (I think). So any Hack scripts are incompatible with PHP, starting with the `<?hh` tag and moving on from there. Technically HHVM can run projects that are a mix of PHP/Hack, but I wouldn't recommend that. Mixing your codebase is worse for portability, in my opinion, as implementors are more likely to implement just Hack than Hack + PHP.
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San Diego is in the valley now?
Swell Now In Beta For Android (Sign up for beta)
For me, AirPlay is the killer Apple TV feature. Any time a new app comes out for iOS that supports streaming video, I know I'm going to be able to play it on my television. The local content provider apps on the device don't really matter that much to me. I can even stream Amazon Prime video to my Apple TV, so I'm having a hard time seeing why I would want this instead of waiting for the next generation Apple TV.
It is on SSD ... and I have 32 Gigs of ram. And some of the intelij products I use have no problems - and they are java based. Windows 8.1.

But anyway on current PCs any kinds of unresponsive UI-s are inexcusable.
You could still maintain a level of compatibility for some critical enterprise apps, and ReactOS could provide enterprise services for specific apps.

Anyway,there is no silver bullets or easy solution to the XP migration problem,especially critical apps that relies on IE<=8 depreceated features. Does ReactOS runs IE by the way?
Thanks so much for the interest (Owen from Coshx here). The voting will be 100% public for the first round in order to pick the 5 finalists. If an individual or team can get the entire 4chan community behind them, then I call that market validation and more power to them! Official rules will be sent out soon and they state that an individual or team must be behind the concept, but that operating companies are excluded from getting free work. We want to help someone launch and idea, not reduce costs for a profitable company.
But remember, you don't need a car -- think of it as your car, gas, insurance, repairs, etc. going to rent instead, and the difference isn't quite as large.

And then think about the tremendous amount of culture here -- plays, restaurants, music, groups of people, and so on, on a larger scale and with more diversity than anywhere else in the world except perhaps London. This might not all make a big difference for you, but it's the reason a lot of people choose to live in NYC.
Seems odd that the article doesn't contain the word "Halo". You'd expect that somebody at TNW would have caught the reference, nevermind the writer or editor would have googled the name before clicking "publish".
http://i.imgur.com/Vm0ECLy.png

wat
Exactly. "Update 1" is, when spoken, shorter than "Service Pack 1" what would be the older convention for this kind of release of Windows. Moreover, the changes are supposedly bigger than what they'd allow in the old-style service packs, so it's fitting not to name it the service pack and still shorter.
Scientists find hard evidence of inflation in the early universe
Does anyone else find the opening statement a little misleading? Yes they originally come from one place, but they are sent from Twitter to the app of your choosing via JSON or similar. Sure there's going to be more than one request for the icon sprite and user avatars, but all from Twitter.

"When you open the Twitter app on your smartphone and all those tweets, links, icons, photos, and videos materialize in front of you, they’re not coming from one place. They’re coming from thousands of places."
Yes I look forward to a follow-up on this group
I have lyme disease
Nicolas Zakas writes about his story.
Proud custodians? Yes, they wrote the format and controlled it, but it was no different that a proprietary protocol; it was just a necessary way of allowing people to send data around. .DOC and .PSD in particular have always been proprietary messes that they wanted you to treat as a black box.
This is not good enough. What's the improvement that is worth $100?
When I emit a NULL+POLITE+INVITATION linguistic token ("How's it going?"), I expect to either hear a NULL+POLITE+NONCOMMITAL ("Fine.") or a mood-conveying linguistic token ("Awful [and I will talk to you about why, if you're interested]."). I don't expect to hear actual conversational content until after I confirm whether I actually want to talk ("What happened?") or whether I was just being polite ("I hope you feel better.").

If I don't want to talk at all, I will use a simpler NULL+POLITE token ("Good morning.") without the implicit invitation to open a conversation.

It isn't that Americans don't expect a response. It's just that most Americans have different handshake formulas for starting a conversation. People who skip the initial negotiation might be perceived as chatty.
Sorry, haven't looked into namecoin. But I would presume that as long as you already know the domain name, no MitM can happen, and no explicit trust has to be placed onto anyone. This is true for, e.g., Tor hidden services, wherein if one knows the .onion name, they'll know if messages coming from that service are actually from that service, because they'll be signed by an ephemeral key that is itself signed by a key the fingerprint of which is the .onion name itself. (This is a gross oversimplification, and I could have made a mistake anyway..)

If a similar scheme is true for namecoin addresses, then the situation is better indeed.
Gzip would provide a fine-enough approximation, since both that and tarsnap use zlib. Tarsnap also has deduplication, so equal (or almost-equal) files will take up much less space.
This thing appears to be more like Siri since it's so context aware and makes jokes.
Just a quick heads up -- if you are using Vimium for Chrome or Vimperator on Firefox, make sure to exclude iPython Notebook from the plugin. Otherwise the majority of "Command Mode" keyboard shortcuts won't work.
Ask HN: How do you handle the information mass HN provides you with?
On HN I get very useful hints how to be productive every day. Moreover, I read a lot of highly interesting artlices, with information I want to keep in my mind.

How do you handle this overwhelming amount of information (next to just bookmarking it)? How do you get yourself to actually appyly the hints you get? How do you classify which information is actually useful and which is not?

Too often I read very interesting articles once, but later I will notice that I could have applied the information I got in certain situations, but did not as the article did not come in my mind in this situation. Do you build up a knowledge base or something like that?

Thanks
Yet Chromecast solves those issues too. Searching for content is done on website or on existing app, so its only difficult or slow as website or app is.
Since the advent of third-wave coffee houses, I think coffee has reclaimed the high-brow market. But this may just because I'm a coffee drinker and I want to feel superior to you in this moment we share over the internet :P
Yeah, I visited it on my windows 7 phone and it didn't work out.

Makes me not want to use it professionally.
> Are you really sure that none of them put sensitive stuff in there? Are you willing to bet your job on that?

If you really want an answer to that: Yes, I would. Even if there are credentials in there, I'd expect them not to be usable from the public net, but only from lan/vpn.

Yes, I'd risk my job for that.
I see this sentiment quite often and it always surprises me. To put it into perspective, it took me seven months after graduation to find a position that pays $50k and I had to leave the USA to find it. Now, I'm not complaining - the project is pretty fascinating and I'm quite excited to be working overseas, but I'm also not the only person I've known who couldn't find work.
Thank you everyone for the thoughtful responses! I know this may have come off as pretentious or brash, but I truly appreciate the input and will consider it when I'm visiting the schools.

Thanks again!
I disagree that this will become a winner. No one wants to play crappy games on their TV, and Amazon can't become a winner with the small population of people who do.
FireTV supports Miracast according to the PR:
Miracast according to Press Release:

You can also wirelessly mirror your tablet display to your Fire TV with Kindle Fire, as well as other Miracast-enabled phones or tablets starting later this year. Fire TV supports standards like DIAL, so app developers can enable multi-screen experiences based on open technologies.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-ne...
Ditto for Chromecast.
NetCat 1.14 for Windows
I think the author didn't exactly understand what Marc Dillon meant by saying:

> but I understand the utility of having applications. But they contribute to a tunnel vision of what a smartphone can do. They provide a good user experience, but poor integration. A smartphone is smart if it helps users day to day

He didn't mean it to contrast native applications vs browser based ones. He meant it to contrast standalone / non integrated native applications vs integrated experience where the user doesn't see it as "working with application A", but sees it as "doing task A". Native vs Web wise, Jolla's Sailfish is actually heavy on the native side.

> The methodology of Android and iOS is the dominant viewpoint.

It's a not a reason to copycat it and to be a follower rather than a disruptor. Sailfish and FirefoxOS don't follow a lot of aspects of the established iOS and Android approaches and it's a good, not a bad thing.
private git repo on bitbucket is a decent alternative
Not enough differentiation, give us some other channels, live news, or broadcast TV and we'll buy it in a heartbeat.
Otherwise your features are surprisingly irrelevant.

This is mostly bad news for Roku, before this, the paradigm was, Apple TV for iTunes, Roku for Amazon. During the holidays there were so many roku photos on amazon, I thought they owned them. I think Amazon will slowly strangle Roku. Amazon probably tried to buy Roku, they declined, so they said, "fine we'll make our on device and crush you" Typical Amazon.
"so it can lead"

Care to discuss the probability of that happening?

I know someone who got an NCAA (or similar) scholarship for swimming. The rest of the team didn't.