skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I realize this is a tl;dr summary, but none of these points are very strong, particularly the last one:

> 4. reclassification .. will create a huge cloud of uncertainty over the entire broadband industry, thereby retarding investment and innovation.

There is a huge cloud of uncertainty over the entire internet NOW because the one government body tasked with keeping the internet free lacks the power to do so. THAT is the reasoning behind Title II: giving the FCC the power to actually do something.
I'm in no way defending Karel De Gucht, believe me.

The situation you describe raises some questions, though. If he is this unpopular and disliked in Belgium, how on earth did he manage to become Belgium's representative in the Commission, holding a key post (Commissioner for Trade)?
This is a crazy awesome story.
And then there’s Mr. Cowing and Mr. Wingo’s next project: an intercontinental ballistic missile lying on its side in the parking lot next to McMoon’s. The Titan 1 missile, a relic from the 1960s, had been on display at Ames for years and is still intact, except for the warhead. “They wouldn’t give me that,” Mr. Cowing said. “I asked.”
http://jalopnik.com/why-the-solar-roadway-is-a-terrible-idea...

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/183130-solar-roadways-pas...
The explanation of features is one of the best I've seen on the landing page. I didn't even have to hit the documentation to fully understand usage under a variety of conditions/circumstances.
Really liking the smart speed and voice boost features. Feels like a huge improvement on my favorite podcast (Gear Geeks Live) which typically has audio quality issues.

Don't like getting hit up for an email address right off the bat, but Marco has a pretty solid track record.
> The OSS community's theme song has always been "you can do it yourself"

In my experience over the last 15 years, that theme song can often veer from "you can do it yourself" (empowerment) to "do it yourself" (dismissal); replying to a reasonable feature request, in any context, with 'fix it yourself' is one of the things that turned a lot of people off OSS around the time of the first 'year of linux on the desktop'.

The GIMP was the best example of this, with professional graphics editors, illustrators, etc. requesting features and being told 'no one needs those features' and 'if you want it so much, do it yourself', and it hurt their image a lot with many potential users, both technical and non-technical.

Personally, I'm glad that attitude has largely disappeared (though apparently, not entirely).
Show HN: Simple website to play Chess – what do you think?
TradeBlock (YC W14) Raises $2.8 Million From Andreessen Horowitz, Others
Note that GWT 3 will see the birth of incremental compiler plus super dev mode, which will actually be FASTER than Dev Mode.

I don't know about you, but the dev-mode lag of jumping back and forth between browser and jvm actually makes dev mode painful to use, especially on very large projects that can take many seconds to reload fresh code.

As someone who does work a lot on raw js projects using GWT (including Collide, as mentioned by Ray), I can say I'm very happy to see widgets de-emphasized in favor of using html5 features, like web components.

When I'm building a view, I rarely care about a widget hierarchy; rather, I just want to construct some html, inject some css, and attach some event listeners.

Writing my business logic in java means I can share it with web, android and ios (via j2objc); for that web view, I'm building html, and rarely need the abstractions provided by widgets. If I do need widgets, I usually use a composite with ui binder so I can control the html myself anyway.
Octo: CHIP-8 retro game programming in your browser
I'm surprised anyone still distributes their own video podcast, rather than just putting it up in a channel on YouTube. The bandwidth bill seems like it would kill you.
Because there isn't a desert next to my house nor state.

The problem is finding a large flat surface that shadowing won't harm. My roof may not be large enough for enough power via solar cells (and I'm really not keen on climbing on that steep a surface that high up), I don't want to cover the lawn with panels, and I'm not cutting down my forest ... but my driveway (and street) gets a lot of light - given a solar panel tough enough to drive on, that would reclaim sunlight-rich surfaces with zero further impact.

This "road surface solar cell" solves the problem of "solar strip mining" whereby sunlight is denied en masse to an area that otherwise needs it (lawns, deserts (yes, light-needing stuff lives there)). Paved areas have already completely destroyed anything living there, and are not likely reclaimed for any life or activity other than driving. Good to dual-use a road rather than lay waste to even more square mileage of land.

(I'm skeptical of the durability of these things though. Roads, even mere driveways, are an awfully harsh environment.)
Treasury Secretary: Financial Firms Need to Be More Vigilant on Cyberattacks
"Fresh Apples here! Only the best apples for 2 dollars!" -
"I would like one, please." -
"Thatll be 2.50, sir." -
"What? I thought you just said 2?" -
"Demand has just gone up."
I like the idea. I solved the same problem with Jenkins. We already had it setup for CI and CD.

We then added a view and jobs for scheduled tasks. Removing crons from servers is huge.

Now I can see what's failing, what's working and share that easily with a non-technical person via web browser.
I think one of the main issues for me is the lack of saturation... the color palette is a little pastel.
How fast is a supercomputer made entirely of web browsers? (compared to AWS)
I wish that was the case. But he's right, it's not supposed to look like that.
I wish they'd list the license next to each of the projects so I can avoid those that are work unfriendly.
Are you using third party APIs or are you scraping the content yourselves?
Some of the videos I subscribe to are produced my large media companies (Cable News). So I could see how content ownership would be important.
After Five Years, 5th Planet Games Says Yes to More Money
He was downvoted for the dismissive and condescending attitude, which helps no one. The idea that anyone can work on iTerm is fantastic, but when someone posts a suggestion/request/wishlist item and is essentially told to 'do it yourself' that just comes across as hostile and unwelcoming.

The exact same sentiment could have easily been posted in a friendly and welcoming manner, but that didn't happen and that's why he's getting downvoted.
Pretending that EU leaders have no culpability in this is a great way to ensure US dominance over Europe.
I am arguing that for an average person there is no difference between 3% growth and 15% growth, but for mother Earth there is and I don't care about corporate CEOs (less than 1% of the global population) and the Rokafela bros. Sorry for my ignorance but I think an average person and our planet is more important than few fat bankers and their CEO friends. I know, I am a bad person.
What We Can Learn From the Yo API
Trov – track the value of everything you own
Revenue-generating projects have the advantage of not only impressing potential employers, but also generating revenue, potentially making "employers" optional and letting you move to Switzerland for six months because it's ski season.

Open Source projects may impress potential employers, but beyond that the best you can hope for is extra credibility from people who smell vaguely like soup.

I think I may have tipped my hand as to which one I'd spend my time building, given the chance.
it doesn't matter how many poorly driven races you can find on youtube, the statistics are the statistics. the p85+ is not as powerful. period.

this isn't up for debate, it's a factual statement. the german cars are lighter and produce more power. they also cost a lot more, because winning is expensive.
Ask HN: Best way to start learning Android with PHP Background?
I am PHP Developer for now. I want to learn android from scratch.

what is the best way to start learning Android?
What are best resources for android development (Blog/Tutorials/Courses)?
There used to be a terrestrial radionavigation system called Loran-C that could be used for positioning and timing, but it was decommissioned in 2010.

Loran-C was a high-power, low-frequency signal as opposed to the very-low-power, high-frequency signal of GPS. This made Loran-C less susceptible to jamming. It was a nice backup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loran-C
When civil asset forfeiture is used to confiscate from the poor
Also you can use svg, which is supported by the current versions of all browsers today, and the files will likely be smaller than webp, jpeg or png.
Yes I knew about drawing lines on a My Map; the interface to do is quite awkward to use, but only straight segments and AFAIK there's no way to set color or line width or dash/dot. In other words, it is like so much about Google Maps: it is infuriating because it teases you with what it could be but is not.

Thank you very much, however, for leading me to what I couldn't find before, the iframe embed code for a "my map". It isn't anywhere under "Share" of course; it's hidden under the folder icon.

However, when I do embed a my map, as here:

http://thispageintentionally.blogspot.no/2014/07/test-post-o...

...the layer menu fills 1/3 of the iframe and won't go away. Another demonstration of GMaps teasing you with function that is almost helpful but not.

Here's another: in My Maps you can create a layer that includes directions from A to B for car, bike or walking, but you cannot show directions using the public transit mode. Why? What tourist does not want to show a route that involved a train or bus?

Yet another: when you create a layer with directions, it does not support directions to/from any of the points you've defined on that or another layer. Each destination has to be a new search.

Anyway excuse the anti-GMaps rant; my point is that this an application that would have wide use by many, the underlying engine (Maps API) is there, a clean, well-thought-out UI based on that engine could be a winner.
I could simply snap at you with "so said the dictator"... but I don't feel like burning away karma with a cheap shot.

Instead, I will point out that most dictators in the world rationalize their actions as necessary to ensure a greater good that will ultimately outshine whatever it is they know they should not be doing. I don't have the time or interest to provide a peer reviewed article about how this pattern repeats over the last 5,000 years of World history, but I will provide an example form my home country. You may google for other examples if you feel it's due.

Porfirio Diaz came to power in Mexico in 1876, under the platform of "no reelection" due to the recurrent problem of 19th century Mexican politicians running for office multiple terms (last example was Benito Juarez, who died during his 4th term, but there are others). After this he:

1. Appointed close friend, Manuel Gonzalez, as successor in 1880 election.
2. Amended the constitution to allow a non consecutive 2nd term reelection.
3. Came back to rule in 1884.
4. Extended the presidential term from 4 years to 6 years (which remains the norm in the country to this date).
5. Removed all restrictions to reelection and remained in office through electoral fraud and assassination of political rivals for the next 27 years.
6. In 1908, he claimed that Mexico was "ready for democracy" and organized an election that allowed other candidates for the first time in two decades.
7. However in 1910, he had the other candidate, Francisco I. Madero, put in jail. Then the election was carried on, and he claimed to have won by "overwhelming advantage".
8. This fact triggered the civil war know as the Mexican Revolution, which forced him to flee to France in 1911, leaving behind a country drawn in open warfare for 6 more years (and in the ballpark of 25 years of instability and low intensity conflict).
The speed, simplicity, and lack of headaches (threads, contexts, etc) really make this an interesting solution. Hope these guys/gals crush this!
Bank of America Offers $13 Billion to Settle Probe into Mortgage Securities
Log Management is the New Kid on the Block
"No need for FTP, SSH or any other three letter acronyms." - other than DPI, I suppose!
A $35,000 Tesla Model III Is Coming In 2017
the scala libraries like Factorie work just fine from java.
That's wrong. It's more like:

"Fresh Apples here! Only the best apples for 2 dollars!" - "I would like every single apple you have, please. Also I'm buying all the apples from the guy across the street too." - "Thatll be 2.05 each, sir." - "What? I thought you just said 2?" - "Demand has just gone up."
Philosophically or practically: What's the justification for nearly everyone switching to flat design? Is there any articulable reason it's "better" than the rich, three-dimensional style[1] that was previously popular? Or is it just an arbitrary trend?

Some say the change is driven by high-DPI displays. I disagree. I don't see any intrinsic reason that flat designs look better than rich, three-dimensional designs on a high-DPI display. Without a doubt, flat can look nice, but so can things like this:

http://www.sequelpro.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/seq...

Another justification I've heard is that it's a reaction to the excesses of the previous trend. People often point to the leather motif in certain Apple applications as an example of such excess. But first of all, those examples are outliers; few designs actually went that far. Second, the existence of a questionable use of a given style is not an effective argument against that style in general. Third, "some things were extremely 3d, so now we'll be extremely flat" seems like contrarianism for contrarianism's sake.

[1] Some call this skeuomorphism. I tend not to, because the term technically means something narrower than what we're talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
I don't think you can advertise prices for Mac apps (and iOS apps) because Apple determines the prices for you, based on country and so forth.
>This is where American Founding Fathers got it wrong

They got it right in 1776-1783 when they put their lives on the line, and fought for their independence. Britain never would have "given up" their North American colonies peacefully.
Doug Loves Movies is also really good, although it's very guest-dependent.

Harmontown is funny too. If you find Dan Harmon abrasive, the Mitch Hurwitz episodes are funny in their own right.
Smart Speed - here is what I thought it was, or what I wished it was: The app knows how long your commute will be and it attempts to shorten or lengthen the podcast in an unnoticeable way so that you can fit whole episode(s) into a single drive/bus ride. I have an annoying habit of sitting in my driveway waiting for a natural break in the podcast so that I can turn it off with a clear conscience.
XKCD references don't add to the discussion. Especially since XKCD is itself mostly just references to things technical people often know, a lot of people have the courtesy to keep HN clean of its cheap humor-by-association. Note that the only real connection between this article and the XKCD is that they both contain the words "relativity" and "gps".
Hey Mike,

I love scaling and automating, so my current setup is an Excel keyword opportunity model with the various business metrics described (CR, AOV etc) along with my basic costs for optimizing each keyword or landing page (x dollars for writing, x dollars for link acquisition giveaways etc). The model returns an ROI for the first month right away, so I normally just pull 50-100 keywords through the model each time I have time to take on new optimization campaigns and pick the most obvious opportunities.

If you are feeling a bit more ambitious an idea could be to combine this with some sort of relative score of competitiveness of the current SERP for each keyword, which could make the decision process even easier. Nick Eubanks of www.seonick.com has written about this before, however with other metrics than I use myself.

Feel free to reach out on simontorring@gmail.com if you need any help or input.

- Simon
LivingSocial Hires eBay’s Gautam Thakar as New CEO
I want to see what happens when one of those things breaks. There is absolutely no dispute that they will break in practice, but if they leave glass shards all over the place, they'll be entirely unviable.

I'd also like to know if they will be able to with-stand super-high-load traffic, like the transporters used to carry big things like the space shuttle around.
Looks like a great service. Just tried the CMS and it works beautifully; much better than the only other similar CMS I've tried (CushyCMS–which requires SFTP).

Perhaps a niche request, but are there any plans to add HTTP basic access authentication to select pages? I'm currently running a super simple static site for a research group, and I need a way to make a semi-private web page. Nothing properly 'secure' but more a method to prevent casual snooping. (I could set up my own web server, but I need to set up a website/system that other people are still able to look after once I leave.)
What are you asking about? The inability to traceroute to it isn't all that surprising to me. Traceroute packets are dropped in a lot of places.
This is the flawed analogy that keeps being propagated that is completely untrue.

A much better one is to think of a string of gas stations running down the highway. They all have an advertised price. A tanker truck arrives at the first gas station and buys all the gas at the advertised price. It then goes down the road and buys all the next stations gas at the same advertised price. Then the manager of the 2nd gas station calls the 3rd and says hey, we've just gotten wiped out of gas there is a lot of demand. The 3rd manager raises his price accordingly. The tanker truck can then decide if it wants to buy more gas at the new price or just take what they currently have.
As far as I understand it a contract is made when there is an offer and an acceptance of that offer. If you are Ebay/Amazon I don't think that you can show one price and then just happen to change it as the user accepts it. The price charged should be the one offered. If the product page shows a price and user puts it in their basket and orders in within a reasonable time (5-10 minutes) the offered price should be honoured even if the price changed in the 5-10 minutes and all customers going to the product page at that point see the new price.

Note: This is not the behaviour I expect to see of share trading platforms but it is the way consumer goods sales should behave.
Or you could just go with 29doors.com and get a semi-custom site with customized colors, fonts, and layout. U.S. based, easy to talk to on the phone, and very available around the clock.
>That doesn't take violence.

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Blanket declarations of nonviolence are one of the surest ways to neuter a revolutionary movement before it has even begun. For every successful nonviolent movement, there are a dozen failures.

For an alternative to your readings, I suggest this excellent book:

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-...
Haha good point! We are actually considering supporting FTP as well at some point but we're still investigating to see if it's something our customer base would like. That sentence might need some tweaking soon.
Funny you mention docs... The new Google Sheets (y'know, that awesome spreadsheet app that lets you write javascript macros with a full in-browser debugger), is written in GWT.
A significant portion of the calculation is usually done in hardware (less 'written' more 'designed'), and yes these things are licensable. Most, though, have no interest in fabricating their own chips (and can't get much out of customizing one) and buy chips off the shelf. There certainly are several independent implementations.
It's Time To Bet Big On Node.js
The distinction between this and the coroutine-esqe approach provided by something like Quasar (linked in a sibling comment) is that even with the best of future/promise APIs, the callbacks/futures/promises paradigm of code is still... viral. Inverting the flow of one region of a project to bounce callbacks/futures/promises solves problems there, but when it's exposed at the end as a future/promise, now your calling code has two choices:

- Block a thread again on that promise
- Keep chaining out more promises

The former choice works, but limits scalability just like the poorly parallelized code we're trying to escape from. The latter choice is infectious: it keeps pushing the inversion of flow and scheduling concerns farther and farther out.

Using Quasar's fibers to call code that's "blocking" (but secretly just jumps back into use via the scheduler) scales the same way async callbacks do -- threads are always doing real work instead of blocking -- but it doesn't have the "viral" problem. When you take a stacktrace, it's exactly the same as your old blocking code: it's an actual record of how you got here! Callback based code invariably loses that feature of stacktraces, no matter how fine of an implementation of future/promise patterns is wrapped around it.

Incidentally, lest this read as a pitch for Quasar in particular, I should mention that this entire comment could all be regex'd into a pitch for Golang's goroutines and scheduler. Quasar is just the only good implementation of it for the JVM I'm currently aware of. (Other libraries have implemented some of the backing components, like Apache JavaFlow as long ago as 2006, but I experimented with it once and found it to be a far cry from the high-level APIs I actually want to use.)
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need help pls
Honestly, once you dive into it, there's no real dedicated website for walking you through (I could be wrong here). You just kind of Google everything; however, you gotta know what you need to search for when it comes to Android/Java stuff.

I believe the Android API Documentation has an installation walk-through and even a few tutorials, though.
Ballsy and classy.

To me it feels a little haughty. Basically, "if you think anything in this app is wrong, you are incorrect, and should go elsewhere"

Don't get me wrong, it's Marco so he has earned the right to dictate how an app is. It strikes me as more funny than anything else, but I wouldn't want people to see this and think they can replicate it without having a big name to back it up.
Wow, this is really the money quote:

"The current state of the design appears to depend on the placement of a one-foot-square grid of large bolts in the roadway. I've installed bolts into concrete, and it takes me several minutes to mark the hole, drill it, clean it out and pound the anchor into place. A mile of 30 foot wide roadway would have 150,000 bolts to install. Whee!"

Unless these plates are as damage-resistant as military-grade armor plates, there's no way that they'll ever be anything but a novely.