skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hey Matt, just to clarify, the reason you didn't get auto-renewed probably has more to do with the fact that they're billing annually combined with the fact that your credit card had expired. When billing monthly, about 4 out of 5 credit cards that are expired will just keep approving transactions that are recurring.

You may already be aware of this, but I mention it because it's a pretty common mistake to assume that expired cards will result in failed payments across the board, so if you didn't already know you may want to double check that there aren't other services you're not still paying for. ;-)
Biases of Intuitive and Logical Thinkers
I dread to think of the circus /b/ would make of moot treating bug-finders to candle-lit dinners...
I think nowadays you'll find analytics in just about anything consumer facing.
One thing that this has going for it against Blackboard is that many universities already use Google Apps to manage their student email/accounts, so it should be a relatively smooth transition to enable access for students and teachers. As a student I would love to never have to use Blackboard again. Its UX is just awful and having a Google integrated solution seems like it would be a lot less hassle for everyone involved.
"We operate a micro-finance business that provides micro loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises who are sellers on our wholesale and retail marketplaces, or our SME loan business. We extend micro loans through our lending vehicles licensed by the relevant local governments in China."

Turns out reading these is actually useful, I had no idea they issued microloans.
Rust requires the programmer to do manually what the compiler could do for him - of course without garbage collection.
I don't buy that as an explanation for ridiculous password limitations.

It is true that mainframe timesharing systems often had password requirements that are considered weak by today's standards. However, there is no reason for bank customers to even have accounts on the mainframe. Bank customer accounts have nothing to do with mainframe user accounts.

There is no good reason for any mainframe password restrictions to leak into the public facing web front end. To the mainframe, the web password should just be a data field in a database [1], and mainframe databases can easily handle data fields of sufficient length to support modern password best practices.

[1] Or rather, the output of hashing (with something like bcrypt or better) is just a data field in a database.
Oh, interesting. I never realized that was a property of voting.
It depends, for things like Web Sockets Node.js is really good. But for other things, HHVM (Facebook's HipHop JIT) and the new PHP 5.7 dev with JIT are really fast.

Check out an independent benchmark for comparision: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r9&hw=i7...
Many of the defaults are wrong.

- Toolbars suck

- Menus suck

- Having Emacs suspend the shell I'm working in sucks

- Getting names of files to actually appear as buffers, without extra gorp like a listener window that I don't care about at all is an exercise in frustration

... and more, but I need to find the last .emacs file that I spent half a day hacking up for details (and don't get me started on the geometry nonsense you need to control where Emacs starts up and how big its window is, and how well this plays with environments that have different monitor sizes and . . . oh bog, it can be better).

Inevitably someone's going to argue about how Emacs should be used ("you're supposed to get into it and never leave" and similar nonsense), or point out that I can customize away the things I hate. True. But I've been using Emacs since 1979 or so, and it just seems much worse in the last ten years.
Tkd – Cross platform GUI toolkit based on Tcl/Tk
I heard Seaweed is very good at this.

https://github.com/seaweedchan
Direct link
http://www.google.com/edu/classroom/
I wonder: This could be usefull for compiling code?
Silicon Valley Billionaire Battles Surfers Over Beach Access
I didn't notice the fixed version in the old look, probably because it's not as tall.

In the new version, it's taller, and makes it so I can only see 4 results at a time on my 1366x768 netbook. Makes me want to reach for my "fixedfixer" bookmarklet (sets all position:fixed styles to static), which is not really something I want to do every time I use my search engine. Still, that's more convenient than having to change a setting every time I clear my cookies.

Otherwise, I do like the clean and airy/breathing space in the new look.

Just be mindful of vertical screen estate, it's one of the most precious things to squander, and from a usability point of view, the only thing you can really argue that might need to be there is just the search box.

Personally, what I think is a better solution for that, is one of the older Google layouts, which had a search box at the bottom of a result page as well as at the top. Then you could just scan the first page of results and when you got to the bottom you probably had some ideas as how to refine the query, and there it was, ready for the next search! :)
Here's a good episode of The Incomprable podcast where they discuss their favourite board games, helped me discover new games to play: http://5by5.tv/incomparable/184
Of course chimeracoder noticed this. That's what he was talking about. Because "open-source" is a binary condition, being "not fully open-source" is like being "not fully pregnant" — the phrase is just an equivocation that ultimately means the same thing as "not open-source."
> I think you're a little hard on Guido

Perhaps you are right. My bitterness was coming through. It no t just that he said but how he said it.

In a way Python 3.0 also broke compatibility, for what I think, are not very good reasons. Some of that code was from people/companies who have adopted and used Python and made it popular. They are now living on a dead-end maintenance only branch.
You aren't entitled to my time for free. Deal.
Thanks for sharing this.
I received betz access, but I'm using linux. Have to try compile entire Atom to linux!
Well, take that information and use it to determine what you should do to solve the problem.
> `std::cell::Cell` and `std::cell::RefCell` give you (2).

What advantages does (2) provide? Isn't it a potential source of errors?
Actually, having weird password requirements might make them, on average, more secure.

Why? Because the passwords will be different.

The average person uses the same password over many sites. The chances of one of those sites being hacked/rogue is 100x higher than the bank getting hit. Weird requirements = different password = more secure.
Trying to reset the net to privacy
Uber said they would purchase few self driving cars:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/25/uberauto/
This entire exhange is a case study in why enterprise (and heck, even regular end users) don't like FOSS.

Reasonable requests (not demands, requests) for basic things like documentation and functionality are met with snark and hostility.

Thanks for contributing to the problem, I suppose.
This post is a stark reminder that startups are extremely challenging. There are many elements and, often times, a good bit of luck needed for big success, especially when you are doing something novel (http://mariocaropreso.com/post/62811446044/nonlinearities-an...).

Nassim Taleb talks about entrepreneurs as people who should be championed when they fail. They take on projects with very long odds. It is a tough life with little upside if you don't make it big. These entrepreneurs teach us a lot. We all get to learn from the path they traveled down. Dalton tried something new and it didn't work out as planned. Someone else will build on what he started and we'll all be better for it. Failure is part of our ecosystem. These situations are good reminders that those that make it big have learned from others and have often had a few lucky breaks to help them out.
I'm pretty sure he's not confusing anything
A few others have said it but I'll add another +1 to nothing.
On first glance it looks like they're drawing from the same source material even if they end up in different places.
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Netflix Redesigns Logo – Sort Of
Stroustup publicly argued against shared_ptr. shared_ptr is as bad as auto_ptr.
GC is not the answer to everything.
Horween's Chromexcel is also used by Gustin for some of their wallets [1][2] and belts [3].

I have one of these wallet, the leather is really impressive. It's nice to get more details on it with this article.

[1] https://www.weargustin.com/store/495

[2] https://www.weargustin.com/store/622

[3] https://www.weargustin.com/store/654
Magic Beans: Catuai
"to help teachers create and organize assignments"

Teachers do not want to create assignments. I created a similar thing for my wife and discovered this and a lot more
AMD surprise: pin-compatible ARM and x86 CPUs
I don't know a single person that has a subscription to either of those two services...
I really don't understand this obsession with anonymous functions. If you're doing anything longer than one line, there is absolutely no reason why you should be sticking the entire function definition as a parameter.

I've had great usage from Javascript where I have separate functions with proper names and formatting, and then pass a reference to them into the code that asks for them.

Can someone please enlighten me about this whole anonymous functions thing that Javascript seems to have popularized? What are some of the pro's of using it over regular named/defined functions that sit by themselves and are reusable.
You need to upload the files to some place. He's saying with app net it's possible to upload it to the network (like Twitter) itself, and not to some third party storage like dropbox/mega/box. Just like sending images on Twitter.

And regarding "just send the link via DM", that's currently not possible any more: https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/23044
I'm really impressed with Vagrant's documentation: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/ Super clean, easy to read, and well organized. Nice job!
DRM only gets in the way of legitimate users - pirates don't have to put up with it. http://xkcd.com/488/
Yah exactly -- you can seed the file yourself but just have this as a backup in case your PC/laptop/whatever is turned off. Slower, but at least its there. Once it is seeded beyond a couple initial users it's a moot point anyway.

Doubt that AWS is trying super hard to get into the torrent sphere, its just +1 cool thing they support.
> But how can putting this functionality into an extension package be considered a reasonable design choice?

I like the design of Atom, because it allows me to freely compose an editor that does exactly what I want, and nothing more. While multiple panes is a requirement for bpicolo (and you?), I use multiple panes in Atom (my primary editor) and haven't felt the need to resize them. Am I the minority, or are the others? Or is it 50/50? Basically, we don't know until the editor has time to grow, and its community has a chance to dictate what features are required.
The most delicious coffee in the world.
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Why is there a "must" for returning the string on the heap? Can't it be solved in the language to use the static string up to the point the reallocation is needed?
Oh yay now I can use an ad blocker that doesn't block ads on Safari too! woot woot
The big lesson learned here: don't pay a high cost to only operate at the margin.

That's what App.net did --- they built out a complete product offering to only be marginally different from the alternatives.
Yes, but in that case the "pro" versions, at least, are not parasitic on some other author's work
said the user unsatisfied with something for nothing and now demanding personal support!

a bargain (for you)

and ps -- just so we're clear, the package I've contributed includes the mandatory per-user function help (each with runnable code examples), plus a 10+ page vignette discussing common usage, implemented inference algorithms, and parameter setting suggestions.

The vast majority of email I get starts with the implicit sentence [I'm a lazy prick who can't be arsed to read any of the docs, runnable code examples, or surrounding discussion. So if you could answer questions from someone who couldn't do the briefest amount of research that would be fabulous.]

Those emails are closely followed in quantity by the emails best summarized as "I'm gonna be super vague here but something didn't work. I neither wish to share the exact invocation of your package nor data, and certainly neither of those without prompting, but something didn't meet my unknown expectations and I want you to fix it now!"
Yes, that's implied. But you add a good point - DRM doesn't even stop piracy and as such the official reason it's usually justified with is completely invalid. This only strengthens the expectation that DRM is used for completely different purposes, so it makes it more obvious that it should be opposed and never trusted.
Most of the baltic states and former soviet republics are part of NATO now. Rather than asking whether there was a tacit agreement on spheres of influence at the time the Berlin wall fell, it might be worth asking why those countries so unanimously prefer closer ties to the EU and NATO over Russia. I think that money is part of the answer, but not in the way that you're implying.
The GC argument is a straw man. You can have automatic resource management without GC (actually, GC-languages like Java and C# are at odds with automatic resource management) and without manual ownership semantics a la C++ and Rust.
Definitely going to re-evaluate deis. I like chef but I like it for SCM - using it for cluster management via databags was interesting but that problem is better solved elsewhere (i.e fleet, flynn's layer-0 or mesos).
Who demanded anything here? Why open an IRC channel and mailing list for "support" if that's not a thing you intend to provide?

Climb off your high horse and put away the moral outrage, please. I am not your enemy.

Your edit only continues to speak to the bad attitude I mentioned earlier.
Looks awesome!
With this release, what would be the difference between Deis and Flynn?
Why all these funky methods for getting at your data?

val = hash.them.public_keys.primary.bundle

no?
In general, you can't dethrone a blue chip company. All you can do is position yourself so you have the opportunity to take advantage of any major mistakes they make or market shifts against their favour.

In software, the market often shifts because the platforms change fairly frequently. e.g. Mainframe to PC to Web to Mobile.
Redis 3.0.0 beta-1 is out
These tools and services look very promising but Google needs to be clear and transparent about what data it captures when rolling out this service.

Is it tracking and recording the usage and behaviour of teachers and students who use these tools? What does it use this data for? ("we use this data to improve services" says absolutely nothing.)

If you start using these tools in your student years, then continue to use your email and Google apps into adult life, can you imagine the phenomenal amount of data Google will have captured and recorded about you?
You have to make a dropbox account to see my file, if the file isn't public.

Edit: wait, maybe that's not true. It's even worse - anyone with the shared dropbox link will be able to get at my file even if they're not authenticated as someone I want to share with.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Perhaps I can try to sum up my view (and what I think is the view of many other people on this thread):

If you start from the premise that garbage collection is not an option in some circumstances, and you want to maintain memory safety, then I think you inevitably end up in a situation where programmers must make their memory access patterns explicit. Rust achieves this through its type system.

My guess is that you're disagreeing with the above premise.
CheapAir Now Accepts Bitcoin for Amtrak Railway Bookings
Making sustainable design the norm may well be a moonshot. I guess it's not glamorous, but it is the sort of thing that badly needs to be done.
May want to check out https://www.styleseat.com/

I don't see a bid component, but certainly related.
All the western companies you'd have to combine to get something like Alibaba
Really like the site. The domains are pretty good and it's nice that it only displays available domains.
Performance hasn't been a priority for WP in the last several releases. WP 3.3 gave a very nice bump, but no much since then.
I recommend you check out the book Search Inside Yourself, based on the course at Google: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=search+inside+your...
Not to mention, you still legally owe the service money even if your credit card isn't working. Many companies will automatically cancel your service, but if they don't, you're on the hook (since you did order the service).
I've just started using Vagrant, but am not quite sure how it relates to production.

Can I use Vagrant to build out my production server too? Or would I just use Chef/Puppet/Ansible with the same playbook/recipe on both my Vagrant powered VM and non-vagrant powered production machine?
It seems hard to say for sure that costs will be lower. The cost of a fully-autonomous/self-driving car is still unknown. Even if google is currently at the 90%, it's well-known that the last 10% is always the hardest. That last bit is especially important when you consider the consequences of imperfection in this venue.
Wow, this is really good! I'm surprised at how many shortwords are still available given a little creativity.
Wonderful logo and nice slight zoom on hover. It seems to be ordered by length/alphabet. It'd be nice to be able to sort by word usage as well (not many know what sutures are).
This is my feeling as well. RSS is alive and kicking as a technology, I still use it as a core technology for a product I'm building. But, consuming raw feeds in a reader is what's dead or at least endangered. That experience has now moved to Twitter and Facebook where we rely on our influencers to feed the news consumption and which has been cut off from outside development opportunities.
And for 3.0 and older: https://railslts.com/
Jython 2.7 beta2 released
This is a neat idea. It would be cool to somehow allow you to add a list of recipients that should receive the link once it's pinned, but I guess that takes away from the simplicity of it.
Once the lockup period expires many people have to sell a ton of shares to cover the taxes they have to pay on all the shares they just received. Say you make a few million on Twitter stock because you joined 3 years ago. Unless you've got a million bucks cash sitting around you're gonna have to sell some shares to afford the taxes. The combination of everyone doing this at the same time is the "why".
Threes hardly came up with this combination game idea. I know for certain Triple Town [1] has basically the same gameplay (except you drop instead of swipe, some extra cutesy elements) and is from 2011, and I highly doubt it originated the concept or gameplay. To use their example, I feel like Asher Vollmer and Greg Wohlwend created Dr. Mario and not Tetris, and were shocked when people started playing other Tetris knockoffs. I understand being frustrated that someone else hit success with the same idea and different execution, but I don't get the "my copy is novel" attitude. Feels like a 1 click buy patent.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spryfox.tr...
quoting Alan Kay "HTML on the Internet has gone back to the dark ages because it presupposes that there should be a browser that should understand its formats."

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY

transcription: http://blog.moryton.net/2007_12_01_archive.html
Like 95% of Google side projects, they will barely support this and it will slowly languish until killed.
All the Western companies you’d have to combine to get something like Alibaba
I doubt it. People who want flashy shoes that people will notice spend money on more exotic brands, not Alden or Allen Edmonds.

Shell cordovan is a bit unique amongst shoe leathers. It is valued by the people who wear it primarily because of the way it looks. Shell doesn't develop creases when you wear it, it develops "rolls". It also (at least in colors other than black, like Horween's famous Color 8), develops a patina that leather made from cow hide doesn't. It looks much better with age.

I just sold my late stepfather's 40 year old shell cordovan shoes for $100. They have seen lots of wear over the years, but are in great shape, and look amazing because of the afore-mentioned patina. That is why people pay that much for shell cordovan.
Google wishes it wasn't 95+% an ad company. It's a highly profitable space, but it leaves them vulnerable in the long term.

Google is entering into the delivery space (Google Shopping Express) and into self-driving cars, both which are similar to or complementary to Uber's business model.
If they literally copied your website, this is a simple case of copyright infringement. Source code, descriptive text and graphics are each individually subject to copyright. You should be able to file a DMCA request to remove the offending app. Assuming their app that copied yours was successful, a lawsuit for damages might be worthwhile.

Note that the simple concept of a game is not subject to copyright. Also note that your failure to register does not relieve the offending party of liability though it might remain advantageous to do so.

In short, talk with a lawyer.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and the foregoing should not be construed as legal advice.
something like this will find any associations that share a name with a column in each model: https://gist.github.com/jenseng/2039fd57f5db40779871
Should You Get An Office? How I made the decision
Love the idea of the "easy-fix" tag on GitHub to encourage developer involvement in the project. Best of luck with the project!
Any system that relies on a primary hit is going to have trouble. Something as simple as a composite glider is not going to show up well[1]. I'm not aware of any ATC system that relies on primary returns.

As for Googling it, that's an interesting picture. It's not retractable, but I suppose the point is made. Perhaps the B-2's is retractable. I did Google it this time and found nothing but some random airliners.net forum posts, not exactly reliable.

[1] http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/radar-reflector-e.html
Usually platforms built around some useful service or product.

For example Apple built a platform for iOS devices, Microsoft for Windows OS, Facebook Platform for Facebook social network, Amazon for AWS, Google for Android, ChromeOS and Cloud Platform, etc.

App.net did it in reverse, they built a platform and hoped that useful products and services will be built on it.

I think they had better chances if they were white-labeled Social PaaS/BaaS/mBaaS completely hidden from the end-users.
App developers would be paying for the BaaS Platform, not their app's end-users.
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Yeah, I just felt like making it explicit. Try finding a Hollywood blockbuster that isn't trivially available on the pirate bay - but they still encrypt and region-lock the DVDs anyway. If they keep a movie from being leaked onto the internet before it launches in theaters, that's a big win for them.
Just a small client for distraction free posting. http://sailforapp.net/
The question is, do you need a G+ account to use it?

If the answer is yes then a big no thanks.