skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well said. Doing the enterprise / B2B thing is a whole different world than doing something consumer oriented. I wouldn't trade it for the world though... I'd much rather try to build something and then sell it to somebody for actual money (and by "somebody" I mean a company with a budget and money to spend), as opposed to the standard "get a lot of users first and then figure out how to monetize it" model.

On the flipside, as this article alludes to, it's not easy to get companies to part with their money, and it's definitely not fast. Learning to do B2B sales is a whole new beast if you havne't done it before (I hadn't, and I'm still trying to figure it out).
Having a GC as a library type means many optimizations that need compiler help are not possible unless the library types are "magic" to the compiler.
Hirani's thesis on Dec is also worth a read. Useful stuff indeed:

http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~misha/Fall09/Hirani03.pdf
They make good hardware, usually. As for software? We shall see. I think they'll forgive us if we say we've heard this all before.
> Well, it was "better" on every axis except one -- it was centralized.

Back in the 80s, I built a car that was better than Google's self driving car in every way except one -- A person had to drive it.
The downvotes: your original comment is very easy to mistake for trolling and/or Go fanboyism.

I gave you an upvote, because I gave you benefit of a doubt and assumed that was an honest question.
If any person has ever been saved from dying from slipping on a banana peel by the shape of their foot, then the answer is yes.
What IP do I access when using docker and boot2docker?
Please give any feedback
It's not based on Node.js, but CIRC is worth mentioning because it's pure JS IRC client that doesn't need a relay server:

http://flackr.github.io/circ/
https://github.com/flackr/circ

It uses the chrome.socket APIs to connect directly to the IRC network.
Can anyone think of a company with deep enough pockets to afford $10b that would actually want Spotify?

Because there doesn't seem to be an obvious fit to me.
The News App – Hacker News + Designer News on iOS
Dell exec: HP's 'Machine OS' is a 'laughable' idea
It also means that their entire marketing message is "we're better, but we can't tell you why, so just trust us" - which doesn't sound very convincing.
> Let's talk about how all the non-copyleft licenses let companies run off with the code to build their own systems behind closed doors, and only contribute what they want, when they want -- if at all? How does that support free software development?

It supports free software development because contributing to free software works in practice, so less complex requirements means lower legal barriers means more people participate.

> The GPL's protections may have sufficed in 1990, but they don't in 2014.

The GPL's restrictions may have been necessary to motivate people to contribute back in 1990, but they aren't in 2014. The people making the practical case for free software succeeded, and active communities around permissively licensed Free software abound. Sure, proprietary forks and proprietary value-added enhanced versions also abound, but the maintainers of those (at least the latter) often also contribute (both code and money) back to the Free upstream project -- or, actually, are simultaneously the maintainer of the Free upstream project.
Spotify will just be pure shit after that when it comes true. Flooding people with unnecessary ads and pushing their own artists, will fail this app.

My cancellation of subscription and removal of this app as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGrIyBDQLPg
http://flaskbook.com/
https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/flask-examples
I think people use Twitter for different things, but for me Twitter has completely replaced RSS, IM, and news. Unlike Facebook, where none of the people I follow have relevant interests to me, on Twitter I only follow people who post things I'm interested in.

Over time, I've learned to unfollow actual news sources, but instead I follow a collection of editors (who wind up performing a very useful curation function). I'll still follow links to actual news stories, but I never go to any news web pages directly anymore.

I'm pretty good about constantly pruning my follow list, as I actually read all of my timeline. (Most people seem to have decided that that is futile, and only occasionally read their stream).
Quite its "the words on the paper" I once spent an hour discussing with colleagues on a business committee (plus getting expert opinions from two officials) as to the exact meaning of "the" in a motion - to rule a motion in or out.

If the supreme court need to make changes it should be shown as a omnibus document with the changes indicated and I trust the justices will look at the revised motions and vote on all! the amended judgements.

If they don't they should be impeached for malfeasance in public office and replaced.
Amazon just launched their own music service. I can easily see someone like Microsoft trying to jump in and buy Spotify to create their own version.
I don't even think it's possible to make a website that caters to all disabilities. What is awful is that a lot of the most common disabilities (visual and hearing impairments, etc.), that affect a lot more people than you might think, could be accommodated pretty damn easily and cheaply if anyone was aware and cared in the least. But they aren't aware and they don't care, or they laugh it off like being a decent human being and giving a shit is a joke!
I don't think the word "safely" means the same thing to you as it does to me. I think that's a pretty clear-cut case of fraud. And that does not seem like a safe thing to do.

But to each his own, I suppose.
"operating system research which we think has been dormant or stagnant for decades"

Is as much of a dig on unix/linux as windows, is it not?
how is selling his shares the takeaway and not resigning from his position?

it would seem that they mentioned the share selling because they feel that this was foreshadowing him leaving the company when he did it. it would seem that that share selling was not simple profit taking, even though I agree it would be sensible to sell shares and turn some of that 'net worth' into hard assets or reinvest it
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Love the Zero Wing reference.
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Note that Tesla owns the super charging stations, and is also aiming to stand up a large scale battery production facility. Assuming that the patents would lead to other auto-manufacturers to use the same standards that Tesla uses, this would mean that the would need to either build their own batteries, or buy them from Tesla. Since Tesla is making the Gigafactory so that the price of batteries will drop, it's likely to be cheaper to buy them from Tesla than standing up their own infrastructure to handle it. So, even if they aren't selling as many cars as the big automakers, they can still sell batteries and access to the super charging stations to the big players.

In any case, I think a sufficient amount of people would probably still buy a Tesla because of the brand recognition, even if the big auto-makers were making solid electric cars.
> Wait, the same HP that tossed aside PalmOS?

No. That was Leo Apotheker, the Idiot.

> The same HP that gave us HP-UX?

You may not like HP-UX, but it does some of the neatest tricks in workload management I've ever seen.
What, its not going to run PalmOS?

I think someone should remind Meg that 70% of Enterprises run their infrastructure on Windows.

Also, their laptops are terrible. Can they fix the stuff they already have?
It only doesn't ask if you've already granted permissions from the same group. So if it asked for camera access before, and now asks for video access too, you won't be prompted.
From the Special Forces to a Startup – They’re Not so Different
New .wine online domain set to be uncorked
Is there a good open-source, modern, localhost proxy system that can intelligently block this stuff? No, not a browser-plugin, an actual HTTP proxy for whichever browser(s) you happen to use.

I remember using Proxomitron back in the late 90s (nostalgia there) and searching around I hear things about Privoxy...
What's silly to me about the original argument is that the authors think that our ancestors fought in a kind of "put your dukes up" kind of fighting where only punches are thrown. While not an expert in the subject, I feel it's safe to assume that fights for mates and territory where the loser dies would not be fist fights but rather full-on fights to the death using every biological weapon available, including feet and teeth.
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I love Elon's PR. He reframes himself as a champion of humanity, above ego competition, to make you feel good (and I do!). He simultaneously criticises the competition, in those terms.

And I also agree he was right to fear the better-resourced incumbents to duplicate his tech for free, unfounded though it was.

He doesn't mention this, but at this point, he is also well ahead of his real competition (fellow disruptors) in market terms, and so it won't harm him to release these patents.
He doesn't know how to write even simple mathematics. E.g., he uses symbols n and k without definition. Without careful definitions right there in the context, such symbols mean nothing. He is not clear enough about what he means by x.

His lack of precision in his writing lowers confidence in
the quality of what he has written.
Yes, Google Search. I think I'm just being paranoid. This happened to me before, but given that someone just got my credit card number and I have no idea how, I was afraid that my computer was infected with some sort of malware.
OpenSSL Devs: yeah, we took our eyes off the entire pitch, sorry, off the ball, yeah, that's it, the ball, and errm, the whole recent security thing is risking the gravy train for side line certified stuff, hence the recent annoucements. Meanwhile LibreSSL is eating their breakfast, lunch, and dinner, just by deleting code alone.
>>Wrestling is a more accurate sports approximation for how humans "naturally" fight (assuming 1-on-1).

Disagree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemic_warfare
Isn't that kind of what is being encouraged here, exactly?
Hz is revolutions per second, so RPM = Hz x 60.
Sounds like an institution the Asgard would have named.
My experience with Amazon customer service hasn't given me any faith in their competence.

Years and years ago I ordered a few items, mostly DVDs. I got the items. Months later I get an email from Amazon customer service saying I owe them money from that order because I never paid for it. I said "huh?" I call customer service and I found out it was because there was a chargeback. I didn't do a chargeback so I was confused.

Eventually I figure it out because the CC number shows up on the invoice with the last 4 digits. I accidentally transposed the last 2 digits of my CC number. I combed through my CC statements and found out that I indeed wasn't ever charged for the original items. Apparently the card was valid and was charged even though it was someone else's card. That means they didn't even do the least bit of checking to see if the billing address was the same or even name.

I call up and told them what happened. They just were dumbfounded and confused about the whole situation and didn't know how to handle it. They just kept insisting I return the items and they'll give me a refund. I think she was confused as to what I was even trying to tell her since I received the items. I said I didn't want to return them and even if I did they were now used items. They said "what's the problem then?" I told them they THEY sent ME and email saying how I owe money. I wanted to take care of it. Well finally the customer service rep just took down my right CC number and presumably wrote it in as a note in the logs or something.

I was never charged for the order.

---

Even more years ago my college boyfriend told me that when he was like 17 him and his friends played some kinda "prank" where they ordered some expensive cameras shipped to the school and put in some fake name and credit card. Apparently according to him the cameras shipped. Kids freaked out they would get in trouble, they told a science teacher. Science teacher took care of it and called Amazon before the cameras arrived to say that it was just some kids messing around.
It's Really Hard to Be a Good Guy With a Gun
It's a sad fact that the two dominant OSs these days are a copy of Unix and the bastard child of VMS.

I'd love to see some fresh approaches to this old problem.
> Well, it was "better" on every axis except one -- it was centralized.

I can assure you that if Bitcoin wasn't decentralised by design (which is like saying 'if this wooden desk wasn't made of wood'), it'd likely be better than whatever you're talking about by a wide margin.

In fact, half the people in here could build you something better than Bitcoin if you just took away that darn decentralisation aspect.
It happened to me while I was on my home network a google search from Firefox. Google redirected me to a page with the message "Unusual traffic from your computer network" and asked me solve a captcha. I tried to search again (without solving the captcha) and the warning went away.
Ask HN: Advice on how to find and attract a senior android developer?
I am a student working "all-hands-on-deck" at a startup called Omada Health currently trying to find an Android expert to hire. Any and all insights would be appreciated! If interested in the position, email me at sam.peinado at omadahealth dot com
Thanks! I'm trying this out.
The variety of banana (Gros Michel) that was commonplace when the "slip on a banana peel" comedic device was invented was a different breed than the one that is commonplace today (Cavendish.) The Gros Michel peel was reportedly very slippery.
It's 4th grade US history curriculum.
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http://www.defensivepatentlicense.com/

(i'm not asserting it is perfect, just that it is an effort towards what you describe)
When Debian decided to incorporate crypto code in main (before, a "non-us" section was dedicated to that), it became necessary to declare the export. So they printed descriptions of the software and mailed it to the Department of Commerce:

https://ftp-master.debian.org/crypto-in-main/ (with pictures of course)
X-type ROCKS.
Back to paper.
Treating data as a distribution in high-dimensional space is at the core of machine learning, and differentiating across those dimensions is typically how learning is done.

I don't know if this is true, but at a glance it looks to me like differential geometry could be useful to people in machine learning. Am I right about that? I am probably going to look closer tonight...
No crazier than people working on nuclear power. The field itself should be studied. But we should probably keep a close eye on it because of the possible danger to society. AFAIK the controls in place to contain deadly disease is pretty advanced and they take a lot of precautions.
I couldn't get it to work in Mavericks for some reason. I get a 7005 error. The Avast forums were hacked and are down, so it's hard to understand what this means. I haven't contacted support yet.
And aapl and ibm.
Looking to hire Senior Android Developer
Job Description: Senior Android Developer
Omada Health is a design-led digital health company that’s looking to re-imagine how the world tackles chronic disease. We’re looking for an experienced Android developer to join our engineering team. You should have been around the block a couple times building out and maintaining Android applications with multiple services. Right now our API is built in Ruby on Rails — you should be ready to take on these technologies and more as we build out our products.

We’re creating mobile products to enhance user experience and are looking for developers interested in owning features across multiple platforms If you're ready to guide technical decision making and work hands-on with some of the best engineers in the health industry, this gig is for you. We value agile, test-driven development and constant collaboration. Our team practices pair programming full time, so you’ll have the opportunity to learn techniques from everyone as well as sharing your skills.

Email sam dot peinado at omadahealth dot com

Requirements
• Experience launching an Android app on the Play store
• 3+ years of experience maintaining an Android app
• Exposure to TDD and automated testing
• Experience leading a technical team
• Meticulous attention to quality
• Interest in healthcare or social entrepreneurship

Benefits
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k plan
• Very flexible vacation policy
• Discounts on personal Apple purchases
• Satisfaction from making a positive, real-world impact
> I'm not sure how -- or if -- Rust will fix this issue.

We're addressing this as we speak! We've split out the stdlib into many constituent libraries that depend on each other, and then just made the stdlib a convenient facade for these libraries. After opting out of the stdlib, you can then opt into any of the "core" libraries as you like, a la carte. Many of these smaller libs don't rely on the runtime (they don't depend on librustrt) nor do they rely on allocation at all (liballoc), and can thus be used in a freestanding environment. See the other comment in this thread for more details:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7883451
I don't think this is really a plan to destroy Windows. Sounds more like they're just working on the open source OSs because it's easier to do while the Machine is still largely theoretical.

If it does ever come to market, I'm sure they'll end up working with Microsoft in some form to create something together. But that requires all sorts of legal business agreements, which you can completely avoid in the early stages by working on own-brand or open-source systems.
I will start with I see this weren't your words.

"it would be cool if we could ask people to trust apps they install from marketplace.firefox.com rather than from all sources."

This would be so handy for me, but it probably doesn't matter as my next phone is probably going to be an iPhone.

However, "We believe our security model and strict control over permissions for web apps means that the Firefox Marketplace apps that users install on their Android devices will be safe" basically misses the problem.

The problem is not that the Mozilla or Amazon marketplaces are unsafe, I would rate them at the same as Google Play itself, but that the phone now allows APK's from everywhere. While it would turn more users away from using them, it would almost be better to actually tell people to re-enable the restrictions, or have an install app that will turn it on, install from their marketplace and then turn it off again.
Ferrets are used in scientific study? I didn't know that. As a ferret owner: :-(
Well, if you go further down the memory lane you'll see that it was HP that fired the first shot.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/03/webos-...

Look at Lenovo which is actually innovating instead of resting on its laurels like HP and churning out the same cookie cutter crap year after year and expecting profit to stay up. The Surface is a red herring, actual innovation is still rewarded, for example see the Lenovo Yoga line of laptops.

http://www.cnet.com/news/lenovo-earnings-soar-on-solid-pc-sm...
Mafia ring cracked by Quebec police reportedly thanks to BlackBerry messages
The context of the parent was violence in the absence of weaponry.
The Banner Saga composer faces $50,000 fine for his work on the game
Apple? They have the cash and iTunes sales are on the decline.
I have a big problem when people describe mathematics as just "a language". The people who usually do this say this because they are not interested in the mathematics itself, but in some other subject that happens to require mathematics. In this case, the actual subject of interest appears to be relativity, not mathematics. It seems to me like a disrespect to say that mathematics is a language, because it seems to suggest that mathematics on its own has no substance, nothing intrinsic to itself.

To be sure, there is a mathematical language, a notation with much ambiguity that is typically ok when conveyed to other humans, because humans are great with ambiguity. This book is attempting to get rid of that ambiguity by rewriting it in notation that does not allow for ambiguity and present it to computers, who are still very bad at ambiguity. But this mathematical language is not mathematics, and there is real substance behind the language itself, just like poems can be translated into other natural languages or algorithms can be written in several programming languages.

Calling mathematics a language confuses form with substance or declares that it's all form and no substance.
Biometrics and mobiles: Banking's future?
A nitpick: C has been able to achieve the same performance as Fortran since C99 introduced the "restrict" keyword.
If you have a spare computer/laptop, then you can watch the traffic on your connection between laptop and router (wireshark or any other tool that can listen to traffic in promiscuous mode). You can probably try it on your laptop as well though sophisticated malware/virus is theoretically able to "hide" it from you. Hopefully, traffic analysis can help you to identify the problem.
Interesting Article – Myth Of the 8 Hour Sleep
afaict http://www.defensivepatentlicense.com/ attempts to cover this case
This is very tough. I've seen my dad struggle through the same. He's been without a stable job since 2010. He'd sent out dozens of resumes daily for the last 4 years. He recently got a contract, and hopes this will turn into a full employment one day. What seemed to change his luck was that he stopped claiming 25+ years of direct relevant experience on his resume, and changed that to 6+ years. He got an offer within a week of doing that. That, and an improving economy seemed to have helped.
New Duplicate Files, Images Removal Software Released
New Valley Soft today has announced the release of Simple Duplicate Finder, a software that finds and removes duplicate files, images and audio files.
Apple just recently purchased a streaming music service called Beats.
Use Microsoft Office without Paying For It
That's wonderful! Both brave and very professional! :-)
If HP can pull this off, it will be as big a wave as the PC, the Web, and the Mobile ones, if not bigger.
We came to the conclusion that people (customers) don't visit social networks (of any kind) with the goal of being sold to.

They visit social networks with the intention to be social. Reading an advert, clicking on it, and buying some product is the last thing on their mind.
Linkbait. Windows would have to be re-coded, which is easier with open-source.
> Even extremely common patterns that will be present in virtually every web app have no examples that I can find anywhere on the web. A great example is simple nested resources, where the URL is something like `/tv_shows/555/seasons/3/episodes/2`.

http://emberjs.com/guides/routing/defining-your-routes/#toc_... ?

See also http://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/ember-routing-the-when-and-... and http://ember101.com/videos/007-nested-routes/

These are the first three results for "Ember nested routes" on Google. They're all pretty simple and straightforward. Hope that helps!
I don't know if you'll see this, as the thread is pretty old now.

You've at least 3 comments in this thread asking for the same thing. There's an enthusiasm about your product right now. That could be long gone by August.

If I were you, I'd find a way to implement the features being most often requested, sooner rather than later.

Apologies for my tone. I just really like the product and would like to see it succeed (and, yes, be more useful to me personally).
Historically, AT&T sold phone number data. There was no interest in an open directory system, because they provide a closed loop.