skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No reason to apologise for asking for a source :) Always legitimate.

Unfortunately, I don't have one. I do live in Israel though and I can tell you that here, at least, most credit cards are used like debit cards (as I understand them). We do technically buy on credit, but pay up at the end of every month.

We do have one thing which, afaik, doesn't exist in the US, which is that we can "split up" a payment when paying for an item. E.g. you buy something for 100$, you can ask to pay in 2 installments of $50. That's pretty common, and usually doesn't cost anything extra for small amounts of installments.
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I like the voice search idea, but I'm still hooked on the Chromecast / HDMI on a stick form factor. I just don't see the point in cables anymore.

The UI looks neat and I'm really impressed with Amazon's search results on my Roku, so this will probably improve on that.

If it wasn't so 'big' and 'expensive', I'd buy one.
I think the "mobile browser is dead" part is overblown bs, but I'd offer counterpoint to some of your statements:

> Web apps are stored in the cloud, not on your device

Put another way, web apps can only be run when you have connectivity. Of course, there are kludges that allow for some functionality offline, but they're not great just yet.

OTOH, some apps cede their advantage here by unnecessarily relying on network connectivity, even when they could avoid the dependency.

> Web apps work on any device/platform, apps need to be written for each

Except where they don't because of browser quirks, and thus need custom code written to work around those quirks. Is it better than native apps for each platform, assuming the functionality fits your needs? Sure, it can be, in much the same way that Java is for client side apps.

Bottom line, web apps vs. native apps is not black and white. Suitability of either approach to a task varies now, and the line where one makes more sense than the other is a moving target.

The line only gets more fuzzy when hybrid apps are considered.
> all three systems are so similar

Although when the father went back to Romania, no one tried to hold him in prison for 10 years and torture him, so perhaps something has changed - no?
Thanks, that is more clear, to me anyway!

Although, for the technical audience (and isn't a technical audience the only audience for this product?), actually using the word 'proxy' somewhere might help make it even more clear. Although I could be wrong, maybe I'm not representative, but it would make it clearer for me anyway.
The side-by-side comparison with Roku/AppleTV actually looks pretty bad for Amazon Fire TV...

Same price, the only differences are that the Fire TV has voice search (don't care), a bunch of technical specs that the layperson doesn't care about, and a bunch of games (don't care). It's missing the checkbox for HBO GO (deal breaker for me personally).

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). Kinda bummed because I really like Amazon as a content provider, but I'll be sticking with Roku for now.
The competitive advantage seems to be in the Voice Search and in the gaming. If the gaming takes off, it'll be hard for anyone to compete. Everyone so far is talking about the Roku and Apple TV as competition, which they are, but what about the Xbox and PS4? Those offer gaming and other streaming services like Netflix too. And it seems as though Amazon is trying to be at the center of all of them.
Eh, I'd believe that except for the fact Amazon basically limited its 'Android streaming' to its Fire line.

I think Amazon is trying to lock customers into thinking of Amazon products first whenever they search for anything Amazon sells.
And what are these "statistics" based on? Self reported survey data, aka "anecdotes".
Being propagandized into voting against one's interests != stupidity.
Amazon Fire TV – Amazon Apps and Games Developer Portal
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Any indication on whether or not it will run XBMC?
US-only ?
Amazon joins the living room gaming brawl with its $99 Fire TV and a
Amazon joins the living room gaming brawl with its $99 Fire TV and a - http://pulse.me/s/YHHT5
I've noticed that too on OSX - it's not just Eclipse, any memory heavy app such as xcode causes the same. I don't get this happening in Eclipse on either my Windows or Linux installs. I think it's just very aggressive paging to disk or something similar.
I guess they've improved their compatibility since 2005: http://archive09.linux.com/feature/42031
This might me really nerdy but the name reminds me of the Farscape Episode "DNA Mad Scientist" (1x9 or so). A lab rat with increased intelligence enslaves the original scientific staff, and keeps the original chief scientist as an assistant, called... wait for it... "Cornata".
ElasticBox makes easier to create, deploy and manage cloud applications
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/02/elasticbox-raises-9m-series-a-round/
Because 16 hours a week of gymnastics costs quite a bit of money, and if she does meets then it probably costs a fortune. So money, money would be why a parent might try to edge a daughter out of gymnastics.

Or the injuries. They suck too.
Then you've learned a valuable lesson about how to design applications that are mission critical for your business.
It's almost like it isn't easily quantifiable! The horror, we'll have to use experience and intuition!

Edit: I was harsh. What are you expecting to see? Software engineering has always been a bit squishy compared to other disciplines. There are simple metrics of things like code complexity or bug rate, but I've never seen anything that accurately and succinctly differentiates between a codebase that is a chore to work on versus one that is a pleasure.

Coupling is one big factor here. But the people writing the code have to care about it.
I don't think this device and a Steam Machine (just a PC with a badge on it) will be in the same realm of competition. This would most likely compete with the Ouya, where the Steam Machine would compete with the 5th gen consoles.
Looks like a great place to work, but why is the Software Developer Intern position asking for my transcripts, especially since none of the other positions are asked for it?

Personally, it stopped me from applying.
This might be heresy round here, but I make the same argument for desktop as well. For one example, my native apps use a consistent application menu framework provided by my OS, yet every time I'm in a browser app I get a completely different experience, with no commonality between different vendors. There's poor integration of copy/paste; no integration with the file system; a 'back' button that nukes the whole app; keyboard shortcuts that kinda sorta work, but only if they don't step on the browser's own... It's like using DOS applications all over again.

Until web apps can run in a first-class embedded Javascript runtime with equal access to the OS's native frameworks, web apps are going to continue being second class citizens. Part of me thinks they're only popular now because developers like working on them.
I keep thinking to myself "The second Apple puts out an SDK for the Apple TV, it's over"

If you're going to spend $99, you're probably going to wait for Apple or Google. If you want to spend less, you'll just get a Chromecast.
This device plus antenna input for over-the-air local HD channels combined with simple dvr functionality would be the ultimate cord-cutting device.
Which is better, the HTC One or the Samsung Galaxy S5?
Really. Really? Are you honestly proposing that campaign finance was responsible for a Republican presidential candidate getting roughly half the vote, just like in every other election in recent history? Come on. Do you remember George W Bush's campaign in 2000? That was before Super PACs and after the most prosperous 8 years in American history. There are valid arguments for campaign finance reform, "the guy I don't like didn't lose by a wide enough margin" is not one of them.
There are hundreds of devices out there capable of playing Amazon Video, they can't because Amazon either doesn't allow it (Android devices that aren't their branding) or charges a fee/device (ie. $1/Roku).

They want Vendor lock in, not in the sense that your data isn't portable, but that you rely on only their services. They do this by slowly pushing you onto more of their specific hardware and bundling more services essentially exclusively with their products
I have a Sony BluRay player I bought for $70 which plays Blu Rays, Amazon video, Netflix, etc. Why would I want to pay $99 for this box.
There have been attempts to integrate fay[0] (a similar attempt of Haskell -> JS like Haste) with yesod, but it hasn't gained much traction.

Yesod is server side, it has Julius, but that's just JS with safe inserts from the outside.

[0]: http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/10/yesod-fay-js
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited is available now. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?&docId=1000863021
Why would they drop prices? At 99 this is just following the status quo.
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This looks nice, but I really don't like websites that make me click around to find out what exactly they are.

Is Kiteboat a company that sells... kite.. boats?

Or is it a technology?

Why is on HN?

Is a kiteboat a boat that's sailed by kite? or is it just a cute name?

Are you selling something or just showing off your cool boats?

What's the goal?

Why am I looking at your site?

Who are you?

What's the Log In link for?

What would I be logging in to do?

I get none of that from the main page, and none of the links in Navigate look anything like "About" or "FAQ" or "Who We Are" or "What is Kiteboat?". All I see are videos (which I rarely watch for various reasons, but even so, few look like they explain what the Kiteboat Project is), News (why should I care if I don't know what Kiteboat is?), Advantages (compared to what?), Tests (???)..

I wound up clicking around and got answers to some of those questions, but for someone who just lands on your homepage, that's a lot of work to expect them to do. Ideally, you would have something front and center that says "Kiteboat: A Better Way to Sail" and then a button that says "Find Out More" or something. Because otherwise I'm either just gonna navigate away, or start clicking random links til I find something that explains WTF I'm looking at.
I don't know, it's a good question. I personally floated around a bit in my early 20s and finally went to grad school at 26, so I'm more aligned with this definition of "mid-career", but I always thought of my case as a little unusual, especially for software careers. But maybe it's a little more typical than I thought.
I would agree if we were considering GPA as the strongest leading indicator of a good hire. This seems like a straw man argument because its not what I said.

I would assume that arrogance, ego, and inability to adapt and learn comes out during the interview process. You should be weeding these people out regardless of their GPA.

Assuming they aren't afraid to admit they don't know something, or aren't a complete asshole, I want to know how you deal with the cards you are dealt - that includes going to class, studying for tests, and doing things you deem "unimportant." The last 20% of any project is where 80% of the time and effort go, and I want to know when that time comes that you won't settle for a "B."
I've thought for a while that a voice-interface was one of the features Steve Jobs saw as key to "cracking" TV.

Now Amazon has done it. I'm curious about what Apple may announce later this month.
Both of my sisters received NCAA scholarships for gymnastics. So it can lead to a free education, where her daughter might choose to study something STEM.
I'm really not that impressed. This is just Apple TV for the Amazon eco-system with gaming lopped on. The majority of people don't care about the specs of their set-top box since that really doesn't affect the performance of streaming an HD video in this day and age. So the two differentiating features are:

- Voice Search

- Gaming

Are those enough of a value proposition? Probably not to make converts. I suspect the main buyers will be those who simply have bought into Amazon Instant Video as opposed to iTunes in the past. Let's see what Apple's next revision of Apple TV offers.
My first thought was that it was based on the AI character in the Halo series.

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Cortana
I would like to add that for most content heavy apps they don't need to have an app. Their mobile sites would work just as well but since there is a mindset that people only want to use an app they are forced to create an app creating a self fulfilling prophecy that the mobile web is dead.
Add to that the fact that a majority of the apps are not even downloaded and a large portion of apps that are downloaded are rarely used. They sit there taking up space on the phone and cluttering the UI, forcing you to clean up frequently. E.g. did you know there are 76 Coca Cola apps? 76!! What the hell...
Apple began making Siri a character, but this takes it to another level. It's a brilliant UX play on Microsoft's part. Very cool.
Game of Thrones is also available on Amazon Instant Video.
Because in your country, just like in mine (Russia) it's not about the system, but the people. We don't know how to have a democracy, we have no idea how to be decent human beings, we do not how to deal with power, we do not know how to deal with money. We can change system as much as we want, we cannot change ourselves. This is the depressing reality of our countries.
I have a WD Live TV box that I've enjoyed so far. It has all these streaming services except Amazon Prime, and it will play all my AVI/MP4/MKV files, streaming over DLNA.

This has some sweet features though, the voice search sounds good and the horsepower should allow for an overall nicer experience (speed of booting, menus, graphical effects in apps, etc).
Yes, but not on non-Amazon Android.
Well this is running android and Steam Machine is running full fledged linux(debian?). Comparing a set top box to a personal computer isn't really fair.
For me, IPython will always be a double-edged sword. On the one hand I love what the project brings in terms of scientific exploration and ease of use. On the other hand it is annoyingly hard to integrate the shell into my own application: the API changes way too often and the source is a very complex and tangled mess.
Western Digital's WDTV Live can play any file you throw at it.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330

It supports many online services as well, but unfortunately no Prime Instant Video. I have yet to see a box that offers everything I want: Local and network media playback, Netflix, Prime.

However, I wish the WDTV had better specs and UI - it can be a little clunky.
What all of this discussion is severely lacking is an understanding of how money actually works and how it is created. In a modern economy, money is created by commercial banks every time a bank makes a loan.

So the questions in this article are a bit off. E.g.: "What happens when you no longer need a bank to provide capital? Where will people store money in the future?" These questions are off-target, because it's not so much about where people store it, or how it moves around. If you want to replace banks, you will need some other mechanism of money creation on-demand, and I'm not at all convinced that 'bitcoin mining' is the correct kind of answer...
You're an expert, right?
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Or simply stick with a Raspberry Pi, which is free of arbitrary manufacturer-imposted restrictions and comfortably off of the locked-down-software induced upgrade treadmill.
How is it any different from Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to Android 4.4 KitKat, or Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail to Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamader to Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, or Mac OS X v10.7 Lion to Mac OS X v10.8 Mountain Lion to Mac OS X v10.9 Mavericks?

They're all the same OS (and the same OS release) with names tacked on to differentiate between minor releases.
FireTV is built on Android and has a real controller for gaming. It won't compete with Steam Machines for high-end games but there's certainly enough hardware to pull off some great games and apps.
Sounds like a culture issue rather than a "software architect" (whatever that title means) issue.
If you factor in the hit or miss quality of public schools and the cost of sending a child to private school, NYC starts to look incredibly expensive. Elementary school tuition can crack $30k, more than many Universities! [1]

[1] http://theschool.columbia.edu/admissions/tuition-financial-a...
"can work where they are or where they want to be"

Maybe read the whole thing, if they wanted to move to NYC, that would fall under where they want to be. And that doesn't justify the current environment that you basically must move to these spots to do things, whether you want to or are paid enough to.

“Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.”
Amazon Instant Video has GoT
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Is-Coming/dp/B007BVOEPI/ref=sr_...
It's actually in the FAQ: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-1c91cac836dd52754c846d2ef62b...

tl;dr don't run toxic waste without due caution.
More information about the SDK has also been released here:

https://developer.amazon.com/public/community/post/Tx1K5ORNN...
Further, the voice-driven interface is an interesting feature for young kids. Soon they'll expect to be able to talk to every machine in the house.
They do sell the old episodes.
Agree. Will try to do that. Thanks!
Ugh it's $2.99 a month if you have Amazon Prime. Otherwise it's $4.99 month. That kinda changes the deal since $4.99 a month gets you closer in cost to other services.
Actually they kind of do, though not as directly as the term "work together" seems to imply.
There are a few Wine Devs who actively check (and post comments, advice, etc. on) the ReactOS bug reporting system ( http://jira.reactos.org ) and most of the Wine patches I've seen from ReactOS Devs get included in Wine pretty quick.

Note: There was a time when ReactOS Devs and Wine Devs were not on good terms, but for the most part at least those days are gone.
According to this[1] image it does

[1]http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/845b7c4fc5f114cefc63df4...
I've been holding off on the WDTV because of the UI and a few other issues I came across while researching it.
Well, I do like Amazon stuff and I pay for Prime each year. But I have to say that nothing pops out to me for this product. I have an Apple TV and that seems to do everything that I need it to (although the interface is a bit tedious). I bought the chromecast because it was so cheap, but my phone can't detect the device half the time (AP Isolation issue), so that was a major fail on Google's device. If this device was $49.99 I would pick it up certainly.
Show HN: iPhone app for parents to help play in the real world
Just to add, the SciCast project came out of the DAGGRE project, which was a competitor to Good Judgment in the IARPA prediction challenge.
You can buy Game Of Thrones on Amazon. It's just not available for streaming through Amazon Prime. http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Is-Coming-HD/dp/B007BVMVDU
> enjoy best-selling titles from Mojang, EA, Disney...

Now that's an interesting order of emphasis.
I keep thinking "There will be an Apple TV SDK any second now."

I'm surprised it's taken them this long to release it.
One of the interesting things about BB that I didn't really know before I interviewed there was how much of their stack they build themselves; for instance, they do a significant amount of their own hardware.
Interesting.. The database sounds almost too good to be true. I wonder if they'll open source this. They've done so in the past with projects like Storm, so I'm hopeful.
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That's pretty funny, as a long-time Roku user. The search couldn't be easier, whether you're inside a specific app, or using the cross platform search feature. Performance is snappier than these services on a desktop browser, and the ecosystem is as open as anyone could want.
That is incredible. Makes me consider buying a Kindle Fire for my daughter (age 5) instead of letting her use a legacy iPad when my wife upgrades her iPad 2.
Canonical does seem to have more trouble finding reliable revenue streams. This is probably due to their focus on more end-user-oriented support and features. Among the Linux distro 'major players', though, they're kind of the odd ones out. RedHat and SUSE have been doing pretty well for themselves.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/linux-profitabili...
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$35 and chromecast work for me.. don't see a need for this. Not only that I can just start playing any video and browse to 127.0.0.1:8888 and stream whatever I want via chromecast.
> Mobile apps allow you to keep the version you have, updating when desired

Do you really believe that the user is actually in control of the upgrades ?

> Mobile apps are customized to your device and can take advantage of all its features

Having to code specifically for each device sounds like a benefit to you ?
Sort of agree...

I've never been to Chic-fil-a because anything I purchase there is presumably having a portion donated to anti-gay legislation. I'm not comfortable with Orson Scott Card's activism (historically, though apparently he's reversed his position to more of a 'ehh, whatever') but I did purchase Shadow Complex. I've never used OKCupid, and if the company itself or major profit holders were donating large sums to anti-gay legislation, I would be comfortable personally boycotting them, as it were, but calling out individuals for their beliefs like this...I feel like it's going too far. As much as I support gay rights, I don't think being unable to get legally married is on the same level as human slavery or women's suffrage...
Clever. So they get lots of great app ideas, pick the 4th or 5th best idea as the winner, build it, and then get to work on the actual best idea submitted for themselves.
FreeTime is more along the lines of what Apple should have done instead of Guided Access for iOS7.

The only Amazon device I have is an old Kindle, but FreeTime would be used a lot if I had a Fire.
It was one of the top-voted features to use the name cortana: http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-sugg...
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The problem is that gaming is hard. Look at the ouya disaster. If you want to build a successful gaming product, you need a big developer relations team and a bunch of good first party titles to kick things off. If amazon was really trying to build a gaming console here, they needed to announce with some compelling games. as it is, nobody is going to spend the extra 40 for the controller without any games and nobody is going to write games for a platform with no users.
- How well can it handle natural language, compared to Siri?

- Can it handle an interaction such as:

-- "Michael, you've got a new message from Paul"

-- "Read it for me"

-- 'Ok, Paul wrote: "Where should we meet today?"'

-- "Answer with "in the Starbucks, at noon as we discussed".

-- 'Ok, here is what I understood: "In the Starbucks, at noon as we discussed". Shall I send it?

-- "yes"

-- "Ok, your reply has been sent.
Ask HN: JS-free version of Medium?
I am on an iPad that has iOS6 and jailbroken, and usually when I want to read articles, I just add them to my reading list and they get cached. With Medium's JavaScript dependency, this doesn't always work.

Is there an alternative to the Medium app that doesn't heavily use JS that I could use to cache the articles?