skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Burroughs is absolutely fascinating. In the video they mention:

2:50 Simulation, which I assume actually means a combination of integration and unit testing.

3:52 compiler language! i.e. non-machine language

6:05 Some kind of integrated documentation process, I guess akin to rejecting commits that don't have docstrings / sphinx docs included

6:37 "production unit" I wonder if that's where the terminology of "production server" comes from

7:40 list of features including dual processors (SMP), virtual memory!

9:00 simultaneous software & hardware design process + automated wire routing magic

...

This company lasted from 1886 building adding machines to 1986 when it got merged with another company to form Unisys, which I guess didn't do so well after that. That's a 100-year-old computer company! Some company records were stored in UMN, would be interesting to dig into that sometime: http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa...

Also important to know that Dijkstra was a Burroughs research fellow. Must have been an amazing place to work at.

More interesting stuff: http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/107105/1/oh098b5c.pdf http://www.academia.edu/1522947/Too_far_ahead_of_its_time_Ba... http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/B5000-AlgolRWaychoff.html
BTW, for good reading material on control rooms, look on Google Scholar for papers by Paul Heath and Christian Luff. They're very thorough in their analysis of how people in control rooms communicate and "spontaneously" synchronise their actions.
I can't prove it as I'm not the NSA. We're not in court anyway - heuristics here is totally acceptable.

What I proposed was solid - after all the Bitcoin theft recently, many learned to use hot/cold wallets, not split holdings in several wallets, etc.
It's possible that BitTorrent's business model is going to change, but with the original BitTorrent, they kept the client closed source but the protocol was open, allowing for a wider variety of BitTorrent clients. It seems quite possible that they'll do the same thing for BitTorrent Chat (if not for BitTorrent sync as well), at which point an open-source client will likely be created that's compatible with the original.

Either way, even if it were open source, it's new software, not stable software. Chances are almost any new software is going to be fairly leaky and buggy for some time. At the moment, I would personally trust BitTorrent chat somewhat more than Google, Microsoft, etc. to not deliberately put back-doors in their clients (not to mention it's not like those companies are claiming their stuff is end-to-end encrypted anyway, as far as I know), and I'd trust them to write higher-quality software with fewer severe exploits than many of the nascent open-source alternatives out there at the moment. That said, in a few years, I fully expect to be using something open-source for this sort of thing, whether it's Tox or TorChat or an alternative BT Chat client, and for the moment I don't plan on using any of the current "private chat" programs for anything important.
I live in the biggest meat-producing province in Canada. People up here love beef, and that includes beef jerky. Expensive beef jerky is made with local beef. Pretty much every supermarket and convenience store carries cheap jerky that is imported from Argentina.

I don't know how much meat is produced in Brazil, but simply being next to Argentina means that their market is flooded with as much cheap beef as they could possibly want.
All of the textual wikipedia is about 10GB compressed, even with the garbage pages. I'd say a good chunk of the history and the images could fit in the remainder.
Video of split-screen multitasking on iOS 8 (via Steven Troughton-Smith)
Agreed, I've been thinking too much in code, not enough in English.
As explained at http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/~mcs/lecture_j.pdf, mass with respect to the inertial frame is equivalent to a grounded capacitor. However, the single "pole" limited the sorts of mechanical systems that could be designed. The inerter allows a system to be optimized with respect to the difference between accelerations, not simply an absolute acceleration.

I think that two accelerations could also be related with levers, but the quantities involved might make that not so feasible as a suspension component.
$25 Firefox phone heading for India
It had an open source license... then it didn't.

As entrepreneur and designer, I go with the most common icon I find in Google images... which this happens to be.

Keep in mind, the trademark includes the green button background. That's significantly different.
>You're being awfully judgemental about what you think is sane.

I don't think it's a slight; and I agree with the poster. There's a social cost to having someone with the intellectual capacity to obtain a PhD and participate in post-doctoral studies driving a taxi. In some sense, it's bizarre. But it isn't your fault, it's the perverse way that society has arranged economic incentives. Why are we not rewarding you for work that fewer people have the ability to do?
The article doesn't quite give the film justice. While there are certainly some "behind the scenes" like material, the documentary is more than just a "How to paint like Vermeer" type instructional video. It delves more into Tim's obsession with completing the project, showcasing both the "1% inspiration" and especially the "99% perspiration" moments. There is also some great subtext, it's a story of a man whose daughter goes off to college, and then he takes on this big project to fill the hole in his life (which also helps bring him closer to her, as she models the girl in the painting when she comes home for break). There is also an interesting scene at the end where Tim hangs his Vermeer on his mantle. Proud at his accomplishment, and yet it feels hollow, as Tim has not gained the artistic skill of Vermeer, he's only acted as a very, very slow human camera, taking many months to capture what a modern camera (even those used to film the documentary) could capture in seconds. I haven't seen Cove, and I don't know if this elevates Tim's Vermeer to your standards of art, but there's more to it than "an episode of This Old House".

I don't know if it will have broad appeal, but it only had a limited theatrical release, and I think it will be suited better to DVD and VOD like Netflix.

As far as vanity goes, I mean it certainly seems like Tim painted the Vermeer more to scratch his own curiosity than to make a big profit. Making the documentary might also have been a way to help him give himself incentive to finish the project, indeed in one part of the film he says "If the cameras weren't filming right now, I would just give up."
Google Wallet’s 2-Click Instant Buy Checkout Comes To iOS
The Battle over "Silicon Beach"
Noting that if you're expecting to lose money on the business initially, I believe you can't write that off on your personal taxes if you're not taxed as a partnership. I think it is common to have an LLC taxed as a partnership initially and switch to being taxed as a corporation (which you can do I think within the first few months of each year) after it becomes profitable.

(IANA Lawyer or Accountant)
no they fucking haven't.

god fucking damn. I get tired of combating this stupid telephone-style false story every single god damn day.
In the US if you have a mortgage and/or office in your house you can take additional deductions. Contributions to an individual 401k are deductible.
The existing power structure would continue to perpetuate itself? That is kinda how things work.
> MPL is not a particularly good recommendation: it's GPLv3 compatible, but not GPLv2 compatible.

See, the problem with this statement, is that it's wrong.
Nothing is broken, those don't work because the domains point nowhere. You'll notice that donuts.guru works, for example.

Edit: I was wrong.
I know quite a few employees with over $1M in assets.

Unless you're a relatively close personal friend, there's basically zero reason for someone who earned over $1M in non-public transactions (notably salary) to tell you about it, though.
I would appreciate if someone could correct me on this as this is mostly from memory.

I believe the using dividends for tax avoidance is either no longer effective or has been cracked down upon.

You can also give less to the government on your VAT if your profit (or revenues, I can't remember which!) is below 150,000 GBP. Rates vary between 9% and 15%.
Is there any particular software solution that has traction for implementing BitCoin protocol cryptocurrencies? I've seen Ethereum... is that the most popular right now? Any other options?
How to build the scary future today
This article reminds me of conversations that we had at Vimeo when redesigning our video player.

Our previous share icon was two arrows facing diagonally in opposite directions. The main problem with that was that it was very close to our "embed" icon. We knew we wanted to change it, but we didn't know what icon to use.

We had a bunch of mockups that included some of the icons found in this article.

Ultimately, we ended up deciding on a paper airplane. It definitely is familiar to people in terms of sending email, but we also thought it was a playful and fun way to indicate sharing. Really it was the only icon that we all liked.

It might not be immediately clear at first, but hopefully after using it you get the hang of it.

You can check it out here:
https://vimeo.com/76979871

And yes, I am the one in the opening shot of the video who throws the airplane :)
For those wondering, The Ubuntu logo: http://i.imgur.com/eBSHg1U.png
I think you are speaking too soon.
iOS just knows .guru is a stupid TLD and acts appropriately.
I don't get what's new about this. From what I've been told (never been to Brazil), they always had free public gyms:

http://timclayton.photoshelter.com/image/I0000dmFBPB1xZuQ

http://timclayton.photoshelter.com/image/I0000cCIgGINK7MA

http://timclayton.photoshelter.com/image/I0000DVoSvWJxumY

Is the novelty the presence of free lady classes?
1. If you can pull your routes, it sure does.
Ask HN: How do you gents make blueprints for your web application idea?
I have to take over the Ruby on Rails code for a startup idea that I agreed to be a part of. It was done by a developer hired for a month from odesk (he didn't do much; lots of arguing and disappointment from my partner; it wasn't my idea to get this guy and this was all before I got on board).

I've yet to truly examine this guy's code, and to be honest I have a fear that I'll come across something I don't understand. I'm trying to get serious about this idea and to take on building it, so I was hoping I could get some expert opinion on how one should map out their website idea's functionality? Any specific diagramming software? Or just tons of pencil and paper?

Thank you.
American scientists controversially recreate deadly Spanish Flu virus
Sure, send me a note: adam at lookbooks.com
There have been many scientific arguments made against GMOs, but I won't repeat them here because it's not the point. The fact that you are still asking me to repeat them, however, is the point.

By now, I don't expect you to see that irony.
Not in Safari in iOS it doesn't. Just put in donuts.guru on its own and it goes to Google.
Certainly. And I do that. But after a point, you're losing a ton of money by not having enough deductions to cover your income.
"This unexpected success is just unbelievable. When we video chat, we still want to pinch ourselves through the monitor.

Peldi started Balsamiq on nights and weekends, and now it is supporting half a dozen families.

We were lucky to able to learn so much in our former jobs at Macromedia and Adobe. If he hadn't had the courage to leave, if the stars hadn't aligned just right"

If that is not a real, tangible definition of a successful startup, I do not know what one would be. Having been part of at least one failed side venture startup, I know how hard it is to build a product and how much harder it is to build the right team.

https://blog.supportbee.com//2010/12/02/delivering-wow-custo...
Urgh not Zim - Kiwix. Kiwix is the best I could do.

Zim is a desktop wiki app.
New York Public Library's historical maps in Minecraft
Up here, we have your standard "basically a sales guy" advisors, and fee only advisors. I would imagine its the same in the States.

100k isn't usually enough to get the good guys' attention, though. It's annoying chicken & egg thing.
Include "minted" and make that 10!
XeLaTeX with minted is a very neat combination.

XeLaTeX allows you to use TTF fonts in your LaTeX document and minted allows you to syntax highlight code. For books/articles, especially by those in the software industry, it'll certainly come in handy!
People who have expenses like child care, mortgages, car payments, unexpected medical bills, don't contribute to a 401K through automatic payroll deductions, or who just don't budget as well as they might.

The average savings rate from 1959 to 2014 was 6.82%. [1]

[1] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/personal-savin...
A milkshake icon is certainly easier to draw than a Daniel Day-Lewis icon.
Agreed. Make it a Roth IRA and you're set.
If you're legitimately self-employed (see second paragraph), you should be able to deduct all your business expenses - home office, hardware, software, phone, travel, advertising, legal fees, etc. - on your Schedule C. You can also set up a self-employment retirement plan (SEPP IRA) and contribute to it.[1] You'll need good records in case the IRS questions your expenses, and you'll need to keep your work life separate from your private life (e.g., your home office space must be used solely for work; if you use your car for both business and personal trips, you'll need to log your business mileage).

I'm assuming your work is legitimate self-employment, i.e., the people who pay you do not control your hours, tell you how or where to do your job, etc. If that's not the case, the law probably considers you an employee rather than an independent contractor[2], and you should be paid as one (W-2) - and you could get in trouble if you try to deduct expenses that are only valid for an independent contractor.

(I'm assuming you're self-employed, not incorporated.)

[1] http://employment.laws.com/self-employment

[2] http://blog.intuit.com/employees/1099-contractor-vs-w-2-empl...
As someone looking to move from Python 2.7 to a new language, I think this is pretty exciting. When there's a full tutorial up with some examples for pulling and displaying data from mySQL then I'm all over this.
I wouldn't say that it necessarily is. But Android does offer the NDK and the upcoming ART runtime, which get far closer to native code than what we're seeing from HTML5/JavaScript/CSS.
I don't know Kanji, but aparently in Japanese: "Affixing 共 to other people is disrespectful compared to 達 (たち, -tachi)."
Other things to consider... how much do you value that $100k? How long would it take you to replace? If I had 100k at 20 and I had a good job or business that let me put away 50k, then I'd go very agressive with it. Why? Because it's relatively easy to get back to zero if all hell breaks loose.

If you were 50, and had that 100k, my answer would be completely different.
Or, on the other hand, Google/Apple/MSFT are actually incentivized to research this technology, precisely because it could disrupt their revenue. When new technology 5-10 years down the road threatens your present business model, it makes sense to research it so that you're prepared to adapt when it arrives.
Is it a good time to buy a house in San Francisco?
I see your point but I think it's still fair comment when the parent isn't suggesting a better approach, they're just saying "don't use this one".
It's modernist design, which originated in the 1950s! The "flat" design of today is really just a return to the design ideas of the 50s, coupled with a lot of what we've learned since then.

I too was struck by just how similar these advertisements look compared to what we see today. The biggest difference is the color pallet, which is primarily due to the availability of different colored dyes at the time. While the jury's still out on the matter of modernist design in interactive applications, I firmly believe that it is fantastic for the print medium.
Yep, they crack down on stuff all the time. Still slightly worth it as far as I know. You pay standard 20% income tax on the first £32k (with first ~£10k tax-free), then 40% upto £150k, 45% over that. Whereas with dividends you pay 10% on the first £32k income (minus allowances), 32.5% on everything upto £150k, 37.5% over that.

So it's still worth it, but not quite as much as it used to be before IR35.
Primarily because a lot of them are actually picking up airport fares illegally.
Intro to Flask, Part 4 – Template Inheritance
What a PITA this interface is...

This explains how to renew domains:

http://wiki.moniker.com/index.php/Faq:renewdomain

The credit card I have on file is old so the payment didn't process, but it created an invoice. I was then able to go to 'Payment Options' in the sidebar and click 'PayPal' and then pay the invoice. That renewed the domain instantly (or actually, within about 10 minutes after I received the emails).

Be sure to set all of the domains you don't wish to auto renew to 'delete at expiration' or they'll auto bill your credit card on file. They reset them all to auto renew by default.
> It would be great to see more merchants choosing to keep some fraction, however small, in bitcoin itself.

Overstock keeps 10%.

Source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24kbc0/im_patrick_byrn...
I've never met a person that could save 50% of their income that wasn't making $250k+.

If you're living in California and making $125,000 per year at a job, you're paying $33,000 in income taxes alone. Your 50% savings rate would be $62,500 - after taxes you have $92,000, so the person can live off of $30,000 per year. Rent alone can easily run $1,500 to $2,500 per month. This is an impossible scenario without even getting into the real costs of existing (ie bills, families, debts, vehicle & getting to work, accidents, problems, charity, social life, doing things).

My ex, who lives in Los Angeles, and makes $70k per year in the medical field, can't save more than $400 to $500 per month max after all costs and taxes. That savings is inevitably slashed in half due to once-per-year events that cost a few thousand dollars to fix. Her only salvation is her 401k.
Google metrics aren't always used for spying on people -- news sites in particular drool over every possible metric to measure popularity, referrals, etc. to better tailor their online marketing (and sometimes story selection). It sounds weird, but I'm not sure a website without tracking would be as good.
Yup. Eventually. The first things I'm planning to add is some NAT and greater internet traversal stuff. Then using https://github.com/andlabs/ui I might want to add a UI.

Unfortunately my life schedule is kinda... complicated right now, so progress will be extremely slow
Lets see... I recently went Mac for the first time, and what do I have on there?

For "serious" work-related things, I have Sublime Edit and MacPorts. That's everything. I picked up Omnigraffle but it's just not all that useful to me with a small screen. I'll look at using it again when I replace my desktop with a mac (or when I get an external monitor for the MBA)

Oh, and I have MSDN access, so I put Office on there. But honestly, I never use it.

(Disclaimer, I'm an old school "only have 1 page of apps on my iPhone" kind of guy)
We contacted both AT&T and Apple for comment; Apple pointed us to AT&T, but AT&T didn't respond.

I'm shocked.
I've been noticing that many android apps use the 'paper airplane' icon for 'send email' or 'send message' as opposed to sharing.
It would be great to differentiate by OS. I believe this is data from OS Windows mostly.
Isn't most the math just latex? So it could be rendered client side?
(Sorry in advance for this long, rambling response) This applies to the US and forgive me if you have already done some of this. The first step is to get your corporation set up (use an online service or an accountant). It's a bit of paperwork but you can do it for around $400. Once you do that you can open a corporate bank account. At that point you bill your clients as a corporation and provide them with your corporate tax ID instead of your personal SS. The money goes into your business account. Then to pay yourself, the next step is to setup payroll (easiest way is to use an online service like quicken payroll) which will run you about $50/month but will handle all of your withholding and tax filing requirements.

It's somewhat of a pain getting this all going but once you do, you are operating as a corporation. Corporations do not pay income tax as such - they do have some filing fee type of taxes, but basically the taxes you pay come out of your payroll. So you do not pay tax on income that your company earns until you withdraw it from the company account via payroll. However, you can spend directly from the corporate account on anything that is reasonably considered a business expense. Computers and equipment, of course, can be purchased. Your company can pay the phone bills, internet connection, travel expenses, business lunches, etc. You can also charge your company rent as well if you are working out of your home.

What happens is that you wind up paying yourself a meager salary on which you pay normal tax just like everybody else. So for instance, your company earns $80. You pay yourself a salary of $15k and the remaining $65k money is spent on operating expenses and is a tax write-off. You only pay tax on that $15k. You're likely to even get a small tax refund check instead of a huge bill from the IRS. In some extreme cases you might pay yourself even less, or even come in at a loss and pay no income tax. There is nothing illegal about this as long as your write-offs can be legitimately considered a business expense.

This is also great because with payroll setup you are in a position to pay employees and sub-contractors via payroll as well and eventually grow your company with the proper financial system in place.

I would highly recommend having an accountant set this up for you and file your taxes though because it is a ton of work and requires understanding the ever-changing tax laws.
Doesn't the lack of intellectual challenge in your work stress you? I don't think I could do such a mundane job and still feel fulfilled. (I mean that without an ounce of judgement—just remarking about the shift from academia / high education to "unskilled" labor)
Show HN: JS Interview ios apps
micmcg at gmail if you are still selling it
1) While it's possible to take advantage of multiple cores with Node, it's easier to do it with a system that supports multi-threading out of the box. Node's event loop model (and interface, in the form of callbacks) works well for IO intensive purposes, but hardly obviates the use of multi-threading (especially when some CPU intensive processing comes into play).
2) I think functional programming languages are best viewed on a spectrum, and Javascript falls pretty low on the spectrum. Higher than Java, but far behind Scala and way, way behind Haskell. It has closures and higher order functions, but so does Java 8, and I wouldn't call Java a functional language. Off the top of my head it's missing immutability, referential transparency, pattern matching, lazy evaluation, tail recursion, and monadic structures. Just because a language has or is missing a few of these doesn't mean it is / isn't functional, but relatively speaking, Javascript is pretty low on the spectrum.
The assumption of regularity suffices until evidence shows it false. No belief is required; it's just a working theory until something contradicts it.

There is a surprising amount of predictability in nature. Ain't all billiards balls out there, but we're getting better at it.
(geh, too late to edit) correction: an m3.medium will do this, as it's only 8 gigabits, which is $0.064/hour, or ~$1.50/day.