skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No. There are other kinds of value besides monetary value.

An artwork is not a porsche. Even if I had anywhere near enough money to buy a Kiefer, there would be no room for it in my house, and it would not belong there anyway. I think it is valuable simply that Kiefer's paintings exist, and would be even if museum's weren't willing to pay for them.
Clearly the market disagrees with you.
assuming that your .net and RoR app took less than a year to finish and you're not killing yourself with the hours (around 40/wk), it sounds like you're doing fine.
If you think it's reasonable not to do business with Whole Foods because of the opinions of its management, it's hard to argue that it's not reasonable to tell other people about your decision, or to promote that decision to other people.
Business people are going to be able to program, but only as far as they understand mathematics, not as far as they understand some precise syntax based on English.
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport - How do you make a 1,001 horsepower convertible?
I was just commenting on that with a friend. Poor Dash, all that VC and no customers. Mixing hardware into your startup isn't easy and brings an extra level of risk. Dash never struck me a particularly good Navigation Device, tho. Would you buy a top notch navigation device with traditional traffic reporting, or a second rate one with fancy traffic that only works in a few cities? When you go to reinvent a market, realize that your goals are to

1) do everything that your competitors do
2) do some things better

Just solving for (2) won't help you win.
The problem is that ruby implicitly casts in a way that loses precision, exactly the opposite of what the author (may) desire. Call it whatever you want.

2**100
=> 1267650600228229401496703205376
> (2**100).class
=> Bignum
> (2**100)*0.5
=> 6.33825300114115e+29
> ((2**100)*0.5).class
=> Float
"My belief is that we do not have purpose a priori, and that life is void,"

You mean intrinsically, maybe before knowledge. A priori doesn't make sense in this context.

"Why are we happy when a spouse gives birth? Why are we worried if a dear friend or companion is ill? Why do we shed tears at a loved one's wake? We feel because we developed a connection with the people around us. That is our purpose. If we cannot find a purpose within ourselves (above argument), we find purpose in preserving the life and happiness of the ones most dear to us (this argument)."

Why are we happy when an enemy is killed? Why are we worried if a dear follows us in the dark? Why do we shed tears at a foe's triumph? We feel because we developed a hatred toward the people around us. That is our purpose. If we cannot find a purpose within ourselves (above argument), we find purpose in hating those whom we most hate (this argument).
Good marketing for your startup!
It's not a free speech issue, but it is an issue of basic civility. I agree that if someone's speech makes your blood boil then it's reasonable not to buy anything from them. But rational people should always be able to listen to reasonably sensible discourse with which they disagree without having their blood boil.

Civil society is poorly served when people can't even bear to listen to any opinion differing from their own.
Ask HN: Recommend a Boston Area Technology Lawyer?
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good (and ideally, reasonably priced) technology lawyer in the Boston area? Specifically, someone who can handle contracts, licensing, and other legal concerns for a technology consultancy?

Also, any tips on how to approach evaluating a lawyer? Thanks!
It baffles me that supporting a rigorous traditional curriculum would be associated with a capitalist political and economic outlook. The only thing that I can think of is that the connotations of "traditional" or "rigorous" are unappealing to the left because of their deployments in class struggle, generally on the side of the powerful. Unfortunately, we may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater...
>That's not "zen" -- it's artificial regularity.

Please see my edit in my original post to clarify what I meant to write. In fact my speed ranges up and down based on the level of congestion, whereas the safe buffer I maintain in front of me remains constant - and by safe I mean long enough that I don't have to use my brakes when traffic slows.

As for my use of "zen", don't read too much into it. It was just a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that I stopped trying to fight the flow of traffic and instead simply pass through it as peacefully as possible.

>That's heavily dependent on time and place.

My observations are limited to highways in Ontario, Quebec, New York State, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

>I only get annoyed with such people when they try to keep other people from filling that gap

Hey, man, you're welcome to it. Blocking another driver from filling the gap would mean accelerating to close it, which kind of defeats the purpose of maintaining it.
I'm not sure if you're referring to the boycotters or HN. But I'd hardly call a vocal minority "the market." The lines in the Whole Foods a couple blocks from my apartment seem to be just as long as ever.
Definitely makes it a double redirect now.
I don't think you get to just make assertions like that without any facts.

Medicare, which is already a government-run health insurance plan, and one whose customers are so satisfied they are militantly protective of it, has lower administrative costs than private insurance companies:

http://wallstreetpit.com/7500-does-medicare-actually-have-hi...
Did you even read the article? I was unable to find even one instance where he was sticking it to his customers. All his points had everything to do with changes to the health care system, but with a minimal (if any) increase in the deficit.
I think it will be easier to answer your questions if rather than providing the total amount, you provide $/hour in those time periods.
I've found similar systems to be very useful in certain situations, including: refactoring, rapidly changing code bases, and code that doesn't have enough unit tests.

Yes, all of these situations could be improved by having more unit tests, but systems like these have an extremely high bang-buck ratio. They're extremely cheap to put in, and they some bugs.
Snow Leopard contains hidden antivirus application
I did exactly what you described on a recent 12 hour car trip. I'm never tailgating again.

The main benefit for me, and one you don't mention, is safety. Knowing I have actual time to react in an emergency instead of being stuck with brake hard and pray I think really calms my subconscious.
Sony to Sell Wireless E-Book Reader to Rival Kindle
Ask HN: Review my app: http://moogroups.com - Instant mailing groups
MooGroups is a service that gives you an instant mailing group. It aims to ease the headache of conversing in a large email thread where people are added and/or removed.

The idea was born while interacting with my intramural basketball team. We needed a poll of who was going to be at the game each week. One member created a "group" at one of the many group management sites just so we could send a message and use a poll. With MooGroups, there is no need to signup, no need to manage anything, and you still have access to bells and whistles like polls and attachment archiving.

Also, like with traditional email, MooGroups conversations are in a sense "disposable". You send out a group email about an event this weekend and after that, you forget about it. There's no reason to setup a traditional group contact such as in gmail just for a single email.

With the embedded polls, this extends the usage possibilities invites, opinion feedback, etc.

All feedback welcome!

Thanks
-Steel
URL: http://moogroups.com
Multi media, we don't need it do we?
The downside is right now running Latitude slows your phone to a crawl after a few days http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3453
People are just unhappy that Whole Foods' senior management doesn't jive with the company's careful constructed image.

Of course, I think I'd starve to death if I boycotted all the stores that don't support my politics.
Ask HN: Can you spot the difference?
http://www.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/default.mspx

vs.

http://www.microsoft.com/poland/businessproductivity/default.mspx
One word: Awesome.

More words: This sums up so much wisdom on how to do (or not do) OO. The whole thread is great, but that comment is definitely a highlight.
Obviously IKEA needs to open a factory there.
I really loathe the opinion that what the market believes or wants or that which helps businesses extract more money from the market is smart and anything contrary to that is dumb.
He's saying that what's good for IBM -- a long-term plan to outsource work and replace Americans with foreign workers -- is bad for the US and bad for US workers. So the problem for companies is short-term thinking, and the problem for US workers is that intelligent long-term corporate planning leads to some combination of outsourcing and importing foreign workers.
PySide - LGPL Python bindings for Qt
Huge thanks for digging that up. Not surprisingly, it doesn't say what one might think after reading the OP, with its mention of Catholic guilt.

First, the term guilt is used here to describe any kind of emotional discomfort (eg. anxiety) that is associated with transgressions.

Secondly, the authors accept that effortful control (elsewhere called self-regulation - what you or I might think of as internalising the rules) has a large positive effect on children's behaviour.

What they set out to do is to see how they play out in different children.

I am now going to grossly paraphrase the rest because I doubt anybody is still reading this:

If the kid is a nervous wreck, it doesn't matter how self-regulated they are because they are going to behave anyway.

If the kid is tough as nails, you had better hope they have internalised the rules or else you have a troublemaker on your hands.
I think I'd always choose UserTesting ( http://www.usertesting.com/ ) over this. You get the same kind of feedback, can ask questions/give tasks, and you get to see/hear them go through the site in real time.

I'm not affiliated with UserTesting, except as a customer.
Couldn't agree more, and somehow the author seems to have missed the notion that boycotting also happens to fall under the umbrella of "free-speech".

I find it odd that he finds their reaction "ridiculous" and that instead they should've had a debate with him. Really? How will they do that? Call him on his cellphone and tell him they don't like what he said? Send him emails? I mean, even if they were able to find out what his email address is, I seriously doubt they're going to change his mind or even illicit a response.

Instead, they chose to do something that seems to be having great results for them. And considering that Mackey essentially said "fuck the 45 million uninsured", their reaction is well measured, I think.
Energy is measured in dollars, not just in joules, so yes, energy and cost are equivalent.

> That is a factor for cost, but not the only factor.

Actually, yes it is. It's the only factor. Name any other factors, and I'll show you how each one actually boils down the to the energy used for it.

> By this argument, a product takes more energy to produce if the workers negotiate a better wage - because after work, they spend their extra money on something that costs energy to make.

Correct. Real world example: Americans use a lot more energy per capita then Chinese. Americans earn a lot more per hour then Chinese. Check if you like, in every area $/h = energy/capita

> A product made by unpaid volunteers takes far less energy to produce than an equivalent product made by paid workers.

Also correct.

Think of a dorm with lots of volunteers. It costs far less energy to house and feed them than 10 separate houses.

Since they have no money, they buy nothing. Since they buy nothing, no one spends energy making things for them.

An important note: Just because it uses less energy doesn't mean it's better! A slave uses very little energy, but is obviously bad.
It was vexing that the "3. See results!" link does not point to the example results page. I tend to read stenciled-text graphics last.

Feeding back the feedbackers.
Google Voice Web Service "API"
what is a boycott but an expression of opinion?

i'm not sure how the author would reconcile the fact that the CEO of a company should have the right to express his opinion via the editorial but the consumers should not be able to express their opinion by not doing business with the company (how else will the average joe on the street be able to actually have any direct effect on or interaction with a CEO?).
That's not the entire context. The man has a wider audience than most people because he's the CEO of a well-known, successful company. His words are also given more weight, and he therefore is a lot more able to persuade than most people. If this were D&D he'd have super high charisma.

Part of his success, however, comes from building a brand based on ideology. Whole Foods stands for the values of the Local, Green, and Fair Trade movements, among others. At least some of the people who shop at WF, and who therefore have contributed to the CEO's +100 charisma, do so because they feel like it's a good, responsible thing to do.

However, now the CEO is trying to persuade Americans to pursue a course of action which runs contrary to the values of his customers and the perceived values of the WF brand. From a business standpoint this could definitely be a dumb action. From the standpoint of doing what you believe in even if it hurts your bottom line, it's a stand-up action.
In which case they're hardly infringing on his freedom of speech, now are they? I am, incidentally, quite serious: I can't see how "The boycotters are a meaningful threat to freedom of speech," and "The boycotters have negligible impact on the real world," are anything but mutually exclusive.
Man, those are some cheap apples... oh, you mean fruit.
So if there is a slow car there, what do you do? Does everyone wait behind them until they turn/exit or decide to switch lanes?
Why Windows security is awful
I'm curious: what word would you use?
"I see you every week in this mall. I don't like you shiftless layabouts. You're one of those fucking mallrat kids. You don't come to the mall to shop or work. You hang out and act like you fucking live here. Well, I have no respect for people with no shopping agenda. " -- Mallrats

I see no reason to suggest that this behaviour is somehow unique to the Chinese/IKEA combination.
If you want to have a rational debate, opening as John Mackey did with a quotation that implies your opponents are parasitic socialists is probably not the best way to start.
IPhone Provisioning: Running Development Code On Your Phone.
For some, 15 days is exactly 3 work weeks.
If people disagree with his position, they have every right to peacefully make their dissent known. If the easiest way they have to do that is to boycott his business, then it is entirely acceptable for them to do so. And lets be honest, the ability for people to engage in a debate with him is limited at best. The average person isn't likely to have the opportunity to write an editoral for the Wall Street Journal, and a small minority of anti-reform fanatics have made sure that it is impossible to have an actual dialog in town hall meetings. Debate would be great, but where is it going to happen?

At the end of the day, people want to feel that they're being heard. And if they believe a boycott is the best option they have to get their opinion out, then we should support their right to do so.
That said, a case could be made that these assumptions are correct - what's your argument against them?

There are tons of new jobs, and a whole new middle class - in India and China. Corporations do not share your nationalistic interests - IBM doesn't owe America anything. If Germany were to have won WW2, IBM would now be a great German company. As America's broken system of government slowly bleeds this nation to death, IBM will have no remorse over becoming a company focused on India/China.
So the difference is between "left is a passing lane" and "no passing on the right". In other words, it could be the slow car in the left lane that is breaking the law because it is not passing, just staying there, or it is the other cars that pass on the right that are breaking the law. I am sure the police would rather have both -- ticket those hanging out in the left lane and those passing on the right. Win-win for state/local budget!
Regarding the 'a priori' thing, you're right. Oops. I was trying to sound cool.

Your version of the argument works too, though pessimistic. Some people live their lives to hate other people.
Feedback Army was actually inspired by an HN post a long time ago. I wrote (and submitted) some history on it, here: http://killall.dashnine.org/2009/06/how-to-find-new-startup-...

That said, I'm an HN user too. If anyone has any questions you can contact me via the site, call the number, or send a carrier pigeon.

Thanks for the review too. Always appreciated.

P.S. I just found the original thread, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=362459 yes pcclark, you and a few others were the inspiration for this project.
I've shopped at Whole Foods once or twice in the past and came to the conclusion that it was a bit pricey. I just started shopping at Whole Foods again to help negate the boycott. I also plan on buying a Ford the next time I need a car. I've always bought GM/Chrysler, but Ford has earned my respect by refusing the government bailout.
Remember to visit the "new" page and vote with your votes as well as your flags.
Short version: supply and demand.

The longer version is that artists still make things by hand. In 1500, handmade things were all there were. Now paintings have to compete with manufactured products, and they're so expensive that only a small number of people prefer them. (And if you subtract the people who buy art for reasons of fashion or prestige, you get close to zero.)
I would die of boredom if I didn't watch movies made by people on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
He starts his article with a line from Maggie Thatcher on socialism. Not a subtle way to tee off a debate - he may as well have dropped in a couple of references to the Third Reich while he was at it. Maybe he does raise a few interesting points, but he then completely loses it by claiming that it's plant-based nutrition (organic, no doubt) that we all need rather than doctors and medicine. It's a perfect "qu'ils mangent de la brioche" moment that shows the man has zero clue what he's talking about. This isn't a cogent argument against healthcare reform that needs defending as free-speech-under-attack; it's just a public relations facepalm of the first degree. The boycotts are stupid, but that's just stupidity responding to stupidity.
I think his point was that we all understand that "out of nowhere" doesn't mean "magically", at some level it has to be the drivers' fault.

The video doesn't even say "out of nowhere", it says "for no apparent reason".
Much ado about nothing. The demographics in Poland are not the same as the demographics in the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Poland#Ethnic_g...
That is certainly not an argument that IBM's actions are not "hurting America"
You're forgetting the natural caution and fearfulness that protect us from depending too much on our limited abilities when safety is at stake.
"My Facebook signal-to-noise ratio is somewhere around -5 to -10 dB."

I don't know how much you know about audio, but that's pretty freaking high.

I guess some people are just super-interested in the lives of their friends & associates. That's cool. I'm not, but whatever, diff'rent strokes and all that.
Get it while it's free!
Stress and Anxiety
There are numerous individuals around the world that suffer from anxiety and stress related problems. Few levels of anxiety can be helpful for the body in maintaining alertness and safety. However, when faced at extreme conditions, it can result in devastative effects that can harm the physical as well as social well being of an individual.
No. It's pretty much only good for one thing, and that's driving very fast. As far as had been reported it sacrifices almost many of the aspects that would make a vehicle considered "good" by the general population in the name of speed and luxury; drivability, affordability, utility and efficiency.
She says "change your actions" in all its permutations but she doesn't say how.

----------------------------------------

Big changes in actions = Big changes in results

Change your actions

Change your actions

change your whole action around.

Give actions sufficient time to play out first

Keep effective actions; Remove ineffective ones

Start Changing Your Actions

we need to take action to create the results we want.

You have to take the necessary actions to trigger the event.

you need to adopt XYZ actions

you need to change your actions

you need to overhaul your action plan

------------------------------------------

Only the last paragraph comes close to being a practical advice on what to do to initiate action.

Here the problem is that the person formed a habit. And he needs to break that habit. Older habits work in the background and make decisions without the person being aware of it. I think this is what needs to be addressed when a person wants to change behavior.
If there's a slow car in the outside lane, and they're not making any attempt to overtake anything, you generally flash them until they move over. They are, after all, breaking the law.
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I've given considerable thought lately to giving something like this a try. Anyone tried soemthing like this and lived without turning into a hippy?
Here's the quote which you are talking about to let everybody make up their mind on it:

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020425140457434...
We use Oil for a huge number of things when there are direct substitutes, because it's incredibly plentiful and cheep. EX: Roads. Even in cases when you need Oil due to its chemistry, it's just long chain hydro carbons. And, you can make long chain hydro carbons from many things including Coal and water which are indistinguishable from Oil.

The only real question is how fast the price of oil increases, and how long it takes to switch to other substitutes or synthesize it.

PS: Even the worst case estimates say the supply will gradually decline over decades so there is going to be a long time to find substitutes. (Less than 25% decline in supply per decade is slow.) What happens to Oil’s price is a separate issue, but that’s far less important than you might think.
"So, his words are quite a challenge to the agenda of those who would like to see a public health plan."
I used to as well, until one of the cheaters got out of his car and yelled at me at the next traffic light for "cutting him off". I decided that this potential outcome wasn't really worth it, especially since they always find a way in anyway. Another upshot is I also don't have to focus as hard on not rear-ending the person in front of me.
Goodwin Procter. But they are not cheap.
Economics doesn't work like that. By your reasoning, a good programmer who can finish the job in half the time of a bad programmer's, is also 50% cheaper.

People are willing to pay $10000 for a flock of Britney Spears's hair. You don't seriously believe that that 10k represents the amount of energy required to make the hair, right?
The problem with billing by the hour is that developer performance varies by a factor of 10x or more, whereas hourly fees vary by about 5x. And most clients would not feel comfortable playing $250-$300/hour unless there was some way for them to justify it. (i.e. more people involved, despite the fact that they may do nothing). Besides, why charge per hour? If I solve your problem, what does it matter how long it took me to do it?