skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think this sounds like a decent project.

But I do wonder about the funding goal. It sounds like the equipment is already purchased. Asking other people to "recoup" his costs for equipment that he already owns and uses in his hobbies seems a bit unfair. Likewise, with vague funding goals like enabling research and funding equipment upgrades... and the fact that he is matching the price a commercial outfit would charge to do this... I just get the sense that we aren't being asked to fund a project as much as the public is being asked to become a paying client for a professional service.

Not that the service sounds bad - the results would be cool. I'd just like to know what the actual project costs will be, and have the goal match that. Anything above and beyond that goal, of course, he should feel free to use to recoup costs and upgrade.
This story was just posted on HN yesterday:

http://www.stchangg.com/blog/khan-academy-job/

It's not your exact same scenario, but you might get some useful ideas from it.
I agree with the bulk of your statement, which is why the last three Apple computers I've bought with my own money have been refurbs.

However, people that walk into an Apple store to buy a computer don't want to buy a "used" computer. (Or people placing bulk orders for enterprises or educational institutions, either.)
"I never "link built" anything, the links just happened naturally"

Great. that's what's supposed to happen, links accumulate naturally.
(I'm deliberately ignoring the inconsistencies in your story, BTW ;-)

"Yet, I get penalized for it. It's fucking shitty"

How are you being penalised? Did you get a warning of bad links in your Google Webmaster dashboard? If not, how do you know?

Links accumulate, and some disappear over time. That's natural on the web. If Google taking out a bunch of low quality sites affects your own site, that only means the value of your site is significantly positively affected by these sites, so your site was over-ranked. Now it's placed closer to where it should be.

Being linked to by big traffic sources also brings attention from less known sources - that's quite normal.
It's "becoming" the norm? That was happening 6-8 years ago. Now 1080p has been the norm for something like two upgrade cycles, and anyone who currently cares about resolution beyond that is looking at 1440p or more.
The CoreOS Update Philosophy
Always buy refurbished directly from Apple. You get a full year of AppleCare warranty attached to the purchase and can buy more years of AppleCare after that.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals

When a new model launches, that's the best time to buy refurbs on the older stuff. The older Macbook Airs are going for 35-40% off list right now.
If you ask the business owners of X and Y which business is the better one then I'm sure that you'll get two different answers.

I don't think it is so hard to see that value creation is something that can't exist without creation. So when you take a set of low value inputs and you combine them (say, raw materials + energy + labour) and you then get something that you can sell for more than the inputs were worth then you have created value.

Marketing by itself does not create value (other than that it diverts some funds to the marketeer and possibly some funds from consumers to companies whose products are being marketed). Marketing creates turnover, not value.
Religious people have kids because of a commandment to "multiply and replenish the earth". There are lots of religious families with six or more children, all spaced two or three years apart using birth control.

It has been demonstrated repeatedly that higher education is correlated with lower birth rates, all the way down to sub-replacement levels. This is indeed a problem for anyone who wants to promote secular policies in a democracy, if they quickly find themselves outnumbered in a few generations (assuming that "conversion" to secular politics happens at a lower rate than the non-secular birth rate). That is how I read the parent comment.
Ryan, congrats as well! Looking forward to reading your post about how the sale happened, etc.
Possible hidden Latin warning about NSA in Truecrypt's suicide note
The plugs on the back are pretty difficult to get wrong, I'm sure everyone knows somebody who is capable of plugging in wires for $1000 per hour!
Startups are a bitch, especially if it isn't your own. You are essentially sacrificing your quality of life for someone elses dream. I was in a similar situation to yours, minus the suicidal part, but still really bad not going out for days.

It was impossible for me to listen to other advice at that stage, so I don't know how mine can help here. But for what it's worth I can at least tell you how I llook upon it now:

I was no longer following my dreams. That's it. Consequences were that I was not happy, had no self-motivation and felt like life was useless.

My tip to you is to thing really really hard every day about what you used to dream of and try to lure those thoughts back. One you catch a glimpse, steer in that direction. Take control over your life. Make it your own again. That is what saved me and made me into what I am today: I now know what I want and am therefore pleasant company. I am no longer directionless ("spineless").
You can help the Wavepot project: Contributors can join the discussion and mailing list here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wavepot

They also have a funding campaign (accepting paypal) to finish this project that will include modules like Oscillators, Sequencers and:

Effects: Amp, Chorus, Delay, Dynamics, Eq, Filter, Flanger, Modulation, Phaser, Reverb.

Synths: Ambient, Analog, Bass, Drums, Flute, FM, FX, Modular, Organ, Pads, Percussion, Piano, Samples and Strings.
I don't think it'll take a miracle. I think that is in fact what we will eventually get: legislation that imposes a neutrality requirement, but with loopholes for QoS and traffic shaping. That's probably not even overtly the wrong thing, although I do think it will drive even more investment out of wireline.
I would have to say that's what the term meant in California during the mid-1800s as the person describes. The term could have easily meant something different to different people in a different section of the country. It could have been a negative description, a positive description, or just simply a description. Whether it be an accurate description or not.
Google has publically described their build system here http://google-engtools.blogspot.com/2011/08/build-in-cloud-h... (low fidelity)
and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qv3fcXW1mg (high fidelity)
I understand your point, but in that case why not to make that information public? All they had to do was to say on the website "We gonna rewrite TrueCrypt, stay tuned". Instead, we have this: "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure" or "use BitLocker" (really?) They chose to completely destroy the reputation of TrueCrypt. They are spreading FUD. They don't want a fork. I just find it really hard to believe that a 'normal' person with good intentions would do such a thing...

Last but not least, the audit that took place some time ago went fine so there are no reasons to consider TrueCrypt less secure then anything else (in fact, it's quite the opposite) and no 'rewrite' is necessary.
I feel like a lazily loaded datastructure would solve this problem - you only need the last k transactions, then it only loads the last k transactions...

With regard to Om or Clojure I'm not sure of the specifics of such an implementation, but doing something like that with other languages that have functional programming support is one of the Major Selling Points.
Grandparent means he is sad that the 16:9 aspect ratio is becoming the norm. He prefers 16:10.
> AIM isn't behind this

AIM's history of involvement on this issue was among the pieces of evidence cited in the decision supporting the conclusion of fact that the marks at issue were disparaging to a substantial composite of Native Americans at the time registered.

> I'm not sure AIM is even a going concern these days after everything that the FBI did to them.

There clearly less active now than in the past, e.g., their most recent press release on their website is October 22, 2013 -- concerning the very issue here, interestingly enough.
I find the phrasing on Pingdom's site to be fascinating.

On SolarWinds' site, it's an acquisition, plain as can be.

On Pingdom's site, they're pretending they're 'joining forces.'

Pingdom just got bought by a public company. It sounds like they're in for a reality check.
Beautiful execution. Inconsistent capitalisation is annoying, but easy to fix! All the best with this.
Based on the first link, it looks like the system does not solve the second concern (privacy of the ballot) at all.

If the user can verify how his vote was counted (in the example, using a smartphone app), then someone applying pressure on the voter can force him to verify that he voted the "right" way.

This is my problem with all these e-voting systems. They throw away hundreds of years of development in ballot security, assuming all those problems that have historically followed elections no longer apply.
Take some time off. Decompress. Start up a conversation with a random pretty girl in Hyde Park. Look around and see the happy people and try to capture some of their energy. If you still feel horrible, please seek professional help. No job is worth that level of stress, and if it's hurting you then you just need to cut your losses and find something and someone that makes you happy.
"I Created 9 American Jobs". Fighting for America's Innovative Edge
Eh?

http://b2b.cbsimg.net/blogs/data-center-infographic__ashx.jp...

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/infographic-the...

The replacement cycle is closer to 3 years than 15 in the private sector for hardware.

Major software releases [including those with full rewrites] happen more often than once every 15 years as well.

I'm not sure I buy the full rewrite bit simply because I know things can go horribly, horribly wrong with those. I'd be happier with a 5 year refresh cycle.
If you think dating a girl will solve your depression problems. You are very mistaken. Your life should not be dependent on if you are in a relationship or not. Don't misunderstand I'm not saying looking for relationships is bad. Trying to burden your spouse with your entire existence (meaning I would fall into depression or die if I am not in a relationship) will always ware out that person and most of the time that relationship will end unless they are also co-dependent on you( I won't get into that sort of relationship).

First, find confidence in yourself and find meaning in your existence in your OWN eyes (not your kids,not your friends, not your spouse, not your parents,not anyone but yourself).

Then execute this reason for your existence even if it's just one small thing (I like to go workout, I like to hang out with friends, I believe in religion,sport,hobby). Sometimes it's good to place your existence on something that is not like an old bridge about to break but something that is strong, and sturdy

If you find someone along the way then good for you.
I'm also a devoted Humanist. To me, most of religious doctrines are noble lies. The aim is to make us good humans to each other. The teachings have value. The power of Churches adulterates the messages.

I was raised a Jew, but now most resonant with Jesus. The Old Testament God is a bitchy megalomanic. Jesus was a human being and I'd argue a Humanist searching for a new theological basis.
Right, and that transition happened last decade, not this one... Perhaps I was too specific with the 1080p mention.
> A lot of SEO is simply making sure you include good descriptions for items, include keywords, have a properly marked up site so that you are not unfairly penalized, when you have a legitimate reason to show up in results for certain search words.

For the most part we are in agreement here (except for the 'legitimate reason to show up in results for certain search words', if there are 100 companies in a certain field then only 10 of them will show up on page 1, regardless of any reasons to show up).

> The biggest problem is really that Google has a pretty effective monopoly on search, and can extort whatever prices they want for advertising, and can also make widespread secret changes that pretty much affect what sites are allowed to show up on the internet and which are not.

This we also are very strongly in agreement on. Monoculture is bad. Monopolies are bad. And no, bing, ddg and so on do not count.
Just want to clarify that the modules feature is the ability to create them and import them like this:

import DiodeFilter from 'filters';

var filter = new DiodeFilter;
I worked at an SEO firm that had a range of client sites, including two of the three companies with the largest search engines. As with every update a large amount of speculation, with little data analysis, would pop up.

Content, Improper site setup, canonical tags, robot.txt changes, there are a significant number of issues that can impact rankings.

Unfortunately, instead of checking these owners of the site would always speculate that the impact was due to some new factor that certain SEO firms would perpetuate for marketing purposes.

If your to learn anything from these types of articles, its know your audience and create content for them.
Breaking the speed limit on pedal power – Eta, the world’s most efficient bike.
That was my first thought actually while reading the pastebin.

He has to become more selfish and find a calling that doesn't involve any other people.

He dedicated his entire life purpose to raising a family with his girlfriend, admirable but that's a huge goal dependent on just one person.

Find something that motivates you, that make life wort living.

Making money is not a goal/life purpose it's a means to an end. It's up to you to determine what that end is.

If you really want to start a family you have to realize it doesn't necessarily have to be with that girl there's always others.

Don't know if this advice is right for him right now i haven't been depressed since i was a teenager I'm just a natural selfish loaner however realizing that my goal in life shouldn't depend on other people helped me a lot.

I mean I would like to have a girlfriend and kids some day however if that never happens i won't be bothered by it I got so many other things i want to do.
I do imagine they would change quickly if it came down to it. Though the market for "traditional" merch would be alive for a while.
Sort of like:

Here's the data. Analysis is an exercise left to the reader?

I guess what I'm trying to point out here is that while collecting data does take up most of the bulk of the work, data is meaningless without analysis and direction to inform further gathering. That's why the field of study called statistics exists. It's not just about academia points.

On the same vein, the reader should be critical of the analysis; it should not be taken as accepted truth. And the writer should try to predict and address criticisms.
That's concerning that common carriers can still affect traffic speeds unless it's 'unjust' or 'unreasonable'. I don't see how merely reclassifying ISPs will help anything. I hope the democrats' legislation addresses this.

I think the outlook is bleak. We need Congress, the FCC, and likely the Supreme Court to all make decisions that hurt telecoms (which is unlikely).

edit: I found the section of the law about 'unjust'/'unreasonable' for common carriers:

Sec. 202 providers of basic services must

§ 202(a) engage in no “unjust or unreasonable
discrimination in charges, practices, classifications,
regulations, facilities, or services,” and
§ 202(b) charge “just and reasonable” rates

http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/titleii.htm
Fuck you and your mediaeval misogynistic bullshit.

The fact that you can't form healthy relationships with other human beings (man or woman), doesn't mean the rest of us don't or can't have healthly mutual relationships.

Despite all of that, i'll grant part your point.

Subsuming your identity entirely into someone else isn't healthy. Have your interests. Find a significant other who supports you in your interests and support them in theirs (if monogamy is your thing). But most of all treat them as a person who has their own interests and capabilities to make their own decisions.
I personally find it strange that the accepted term is "Native American" considering some of the treatment by Americans of the past and the fact they didn't name their land "America".
Node.js.org is Down
is nodejs.org down? :(

STATUS:
it is fixed now by 12:50PM.
Most of the explosives on a plane are pretty much designed to be easily dropped. While some components may have self destruct capabilities, I doubt a defecting pilot could be easily prevented from defecting.

In the case of the F35, I'd love to see many of them reaching enemy countries.. Attempting to replicate it would send their aerospace industries back decades.
Regardless of how many links you've posted (it's also in your profile), the point still stands: You want people to read your blog. The simple fact that you have a public blog on the internet demonstrates that, even if you never posted a link to it.

If you truly don't care about "what Google makes of it", why not block Google with your robots.txt file?

I'll tell you why: Because you do care, but you're pretending not to for the sake of arguing with a bunch of people on the internet. And the position you've taken in that argument appears to be based largely on spite rather than reason.

We get it, you don't like SEOs, but these changes clearly hurt innocent people who know little or nothing about SEO.
You need suction cups to take out the glass, and then you will never ever get the screen clear of dust before you attach the glass again, unless you work in a sterile environment. And it drives me nuts to see even a single speck of dust under that glass.
I think you have more faith in Congress than I then. I fully expect the ISPs to manage to buy someone off to make the QoS & traffic shaping loopholes big enough for a lobbyist to sail his new yacht through. ;)

"Unfortunately, as Netflix is not determined to be a 'critical service' under Title II 2.0, we are forced to ask for additional funds so that we may meet our QoS guarantees for Hospitals, Police, and other life saving services. You don't really value saving lives beneath your entertainment, do you? You'd be a terrible person if you did..."
Thanks. Dominica looks fairly reasonable at $100K for an individual, and $175K for a couple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure

When private costs (potential liability of losing a lawsuit in re pollution) are lower than the cost of negative externalities (disease, cancer, obliterated ecosystems), you have a classic market failure. You can make lawsuits easier to win or you can impose artificial limits on the private entities impacted. I'd prefer the one that leads to less lawyers.
Minecraft takes on aggressive monetisation of UGC
Hmm. Unfortunately 'cheap' also has some positive connotations in business – and it doesn't necessarily imply productivity-damaging. "It's both 'cheap' and 'open'? Sign us up!"

But breaking down 'cheap' into more-explicit descriptions of missing-amenities could work. The "infantry barracks plan". The "shantytown plan". The "disaster shelter plan". The "resettlement camp plan". The "soup kitchen plan".
I work in an open office environment and I spend a lot of my day positioning myself so that I'm not in direct line of sight with anyone else's eyes. I hate that I can't ponder to myself without risk of accidentally making eye contact with someone.

What makes it worse is that if I sit in an upright (comfortable and ergonomic) position I am staring directly at someone. I hate it.

As a result my posture and productivity noticeably decline as the day goes on.
"marketing helps a customer go to business X rather than business Y"

That is a succinct description of a zero-sum game.

* Business X gains the same amount business Y loses.

There is no additional value!
A Simon-playing robot
Quantum biology: Algae evolved to switch quantum coherence on and off
I'd've thought some google.com domains would be a far clearer target?
If you have the right to copyright under a pen name, should you not also have the right to sue without revealing your identity? A right that can't be exercised doesn't exist.
Ask HN: what is your dashboard-on-the-wall setup? 
I believe in "you grow what you measure" and I have been inspired by GoCardless' famouse Dashboard Pi (https://gocardless.com/blog/raspberry-pi-metric-dashboards/). Except I have never seen Raspberry Pi in my life. Instead I was thinking of using Google Analytics to store data (10 million or fewer hits per month limit is perfectly ok for my startup) and geckoboard.com to visualise everything I will be interested in (geckoboard comes with GA integration) and run everything in second hand iPad nailed on the wall. The only drawback is the iPad is not really a 32 inch tv. What other options or setups do you know or use?
With the rising prominence of sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, etc., I wouldn't rule out the possibility of appealing to Google's pathos in the near future. E.g. blog farms badmouthing competitors without even the hassle of building natural-looking links.
Or potato perhaps.
Whereas I do believe much can be learned about the human psyche from religion, and that having a strong understanding of why religion exists is important, I don't feel it is necessary to make a deep study of each religion's core beliefs. I do feel I have a strong grasp on the metaphors contained within religious practices.

In my opinion religion exists for both good and evil. It helps certain humans who are unable to cope with the reality of permanent death and loss. It helps people who have become unfocused or destitute to dedicate their lives to something they feel is larger than their own issues.

The evil it serves is obvious. People are robbed of time, money, creativity and hope. Wars are started over it and scientific progress is halted due to it.

Not all religions / religious practices / beliefs are good or evil of course. That would be too broad a statement, but even some seemingly harmless religions such as buddhism lead to violence and oppression.

I personally stand to gain nothing from committing to a religion or conforming to a belief system, but there are others who need to be told what to do by men who claim a higher authority. Far be it for me to try and discredit their belief system, but I do believe that the world would be better off without religion – I just don't think the current populace is ready for that change.
Just keep in mind that some people might hate living in a small town or elsewhere, but they make do because they have to: they need family nearby as a support structure or they don't have the money and independence to move somewhere like SF or NYC without being on the streets.

You'd make do too if you had to. Suicide isn't even an option for a lot of people, because preparations and privacy are hard to come by, and they might not even have the mobility to make it happen.

I just wanted you to be aware of what advantages you do have, and what things are really a need (food, water, medical supplies and/or medications, shelter, care if you need it) and what aren't. Other than that live the happiest life that is possible for you!
Calling such regulation "depression-era" and a "regime" sounds like calculated corporate FUD.

One could argue that depression era policies were enacted because capital markets proved they could not regulate themselves. I have similar doubts about regulation and internet service providers.

The internet was born into this era of regulation, and has become one of the most important achievements of human civilization. It's hard to argue that things would've been better if AT&T would've been able to use the lion's share of internet bandwidth for a select few... private video conferencing streams, etc.