skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This just comes down to the difference between identity that changes with mutation, and identity which is constant with mutation.

What you say is true RE the OP, but the OP is not very good. Mutability is a red herring. Uncle Bob points this out in his response.

Assume immutability. Now the names 'square' and 'rectangle' actually make sense and the real issue becomes clear: the correct number and names of variables needed for representation. And the definition of the 'area' method.

Circle-ellipse is a better illustration because a circle has a 'radius' property that an ellipse doesn't have.
As a Mint user I must say this: Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I do not think that they are peculiar to MIT. I didn't say that at all. All was saying was that MIT has made so many amazing things in the past and it would be an amazing experience to be part of their program.
A few years ago, ALSA software mixing was not enabled by default and didn't work well when enabled. When not enabled, apps couldn't share the audio device at all.

Yes, disabling sound mixing will prevent multiple applications from using the sound card at once, in much the same way as disabling graphics drivers will prevent X11 from working.

KDE created aRts to allow sharing at the app level, but aRts sucked, plus it hogged the audio device so non-aRts apps wouldn't work at all.

aRts is for pre-ALSA (ie OSS) applications. It doesn't belong on an ALSA-based system, and will obviously not get along well with a modern stack. I'm not denying there are lots of distributions which are configured poorly, but any decent distribution such as Red Hat or Debian worked well.

I disagree that glitch-free playback and per-application volumes are "solutions in search of problems", but that's personal taste. If somebody wants to run without PulseAudio, they can. Reading the blog post, it seems he was surprised when upgrading to a bleeding-edge development version caused problems.

The last link is written by an OSSv4 developer. OSSv4 is unlikely to ever gain mainstream acceptance because it contains insanity such as performing floating-point math in the kernel. Aside from people are literally hired from the company developing OSSv4, I have heard no good news about it, and there do not appear to be any movements back to an OSS-based stack.
+1 for UTC+12
I was hoping it was an API for selling your startup to Google.
Thanks. Watch the broadcast, ask a question, get modded down.
Unemployment is not a disease
Is Jim Lanzone a Jerk?
I'm an immigrant myself, and would love to see these problems fixed. At the same time, I do understand that U.S has bigger problems like healthcare that need to be fixed first. Realistically speaking, I doubt much will happen in the immediate future (next 1-2 years).

One thing is sure though - what US is losing, other countries like Canada, UK etc (my roomate left for UK last month, after studying in US and working here for 4 years) are gaining.
That first link you provided to people being 'unsatisfied with PulseAudio' is over a year old. Around a year ago most major distros jumped on PulseAudio a) before it was ready and b) using messed up configurations which didn't help anything.

I don't know much about how it stacks up for OSSv4, but I like the ability to see multiple audio streams from various programs and the ability to tweak a specific programs audio volume from PulseAudio (sometimes programs don't provide volume level control). I'm assuming here that everything talking about 'audio mixing' is just talking about taking multiple software audio outputs and blending them together to create the output to the hardware. Things like per-application/per-process audio volume control is an advanced feature that I've seen provided on OS X and I believe Windows (through 3rd party software). I would like to see functionality like this on Linux as well.

And to be fair, that blog post about going 'back to OSS' is claiming that OSSv3 -> OSSv4 was a major overhaul that adds in things like mixing support. When you say 'back to OSS', most people are going to read that as 'back to OSSv3' not 'ditch ALSA for the revamped OSSv4.'
Pip.io tries to boil an ocean @ TC50 - please help give them support
Actually, that's a very good point. I guess my wish is that one could deploy to a device, but not actually upload to the appstore or sell without a license. Testing on a device is absolutely crucial...
I just see them not getting Mint and I am reminded when they first added product activation to Turbo Tax.

The DRM would fail and support would tell you to buy the software again. That was enough to drive me from Intuit for good as it just seemed they were far too interested in profit over customer service.

That was enough to drive me from Intuit for good.
BBC R&D repository: ~180 white papers from antennas to DRM to camera design
Someone had to say this: how is this (even remotely) HN material? Let me guess: it's about "hacking" dating. Yeah, right. And rape is about hacking sex?
Use invite code: pipiobeta.

Note: I'm not affiliated with pip.io.

Boiling an ocean refers to the small size of the team behind pip.io building tools whose functionality overlaps with Facebook, Twitter, BaseCamp, iTunes, Instant Messaging, Email, etc.
I read it in the article I linked to in my previous post. But you're obviously more up to date on the facts, so you win.
Data analysis and trending is topical to this audience. There are a lot of startups that could use techniques like this to increase return visits--instruct your users how to be more successful.
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That's an intelligent answer. Thanks for clarifying.
funny. was just searching for this article a couple of hours ago but couldn't find it, and now it's popping up on the frontpage again.
I thought this was about the schoolyard game foursquare.

I am ashamed to admit this, but I played that all the way through 8th grade.

...

Now that I know what Foursquare is, I have to say, foursquare seems preferable.
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Another one from a HN user(IIRC) is: http://wordoid.com
Those clouds remind me of the scene in the Broadway Phantom of the Opera rooftop scene. Quite pretty.
I don't get it. What's the advantage on reading a image rather than normal rich text?

edit: nevermind. Now I see the left scroll pane.
I know they took precautions on protecting user privacy, but there is something a little bit unnerving about analyzing personal messages without written consent.
In my experience, Windows doesn't need to be rebooted very often - although it does seem to leak some RAM. Also, a few games and other applications (like GTA:SA) cause lockups or BSODs in edge cases. GTA:SA freezes the computer if I pause it, close the laptop lid, reopen the lid, and try resuming.

Also, as you mention, drivers cause problems occasionally. I think twice Windows suddenly stopped recognizing a wireless mouse, not sure why. It worked on a different USB port.

Disclaimer: I'm talking about XP. Also, I have little experience in Ubuntu, but quite a bit in FreeBSD on the desktop. Once it's set up, it works quite nicely actually - apart from some quirky behavior while suspending to RAM.
Fascinating data. The reply rate for messages containing "how's it going?" is almost twice that of messages containing "hi". In fact, "how's it going?" is the only string mentioned (apart from "Zeus") that actually pushes the reply rate up above 50%.
Lets go Pip.io! When pip.io is as hot as the sun, the ocean should be no problem to boil!
Is there a convenient resource for decoding these? I took a quick look and ended up at

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/

but maybe there's something more convenient?

Edit: A few (non-phone) options:

http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx

http://www.hafenscher.net/qrcode/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2780
Given that they measure "success" by response rate I'm not sure I put a whole lot of faith in the below quoted analyses. Perhaps the low "success" rate is because people reply w/ an outside service that OkCupid can't track?

"#4 – Don’t try to take it outside.
Obviously, all successful OkCupid relationships outgrow our in-site messaging feature. But an offer to chat or of an email address right off the bat is a sure turn off. One of the things online dating has going for it is its relative anonymity, and if you start chipping away at that too early, you’ll scare the other person off."
Do you care to address any of his points so as to be relevant to the article ostensibly being discussed here?
He makes a fair argument to use his options, rather than Lamson's.
It's great what you can do with first-class functions. But, without tail calls, simple uses of the Y combinator will run out of stack space.
Why does it say "Google confidential"?
Is Freelancing Right For You?
Why this probably smart guys are talking like cars salesmen? There are a few things I'll never understand about US.
I believe productivity does matter to him. It's just that he wants people who can a-ha their way out of the problem, the gifted people.

That's just misplaced arrogance, backed by confirmation bias. Truly gifted individuals are smart enough to use the best tool to solve the problem at hand as efficiently as possible. That tool is sometimes a debugger.

Here's a quick survey:

FreeBSD: Kernel Debugger.

Solaris: Kernel Debugger.

NetBSD: Kernel Debugger.

OpenBSD: Kernel Debugger.

IRIX: Kernel Debugger.

Darwin: Kernel Debugger.

Linux: Nope.

Now of all those operating systems, would you really say that the developers that added a debugger for their own use are not the gifted and 'elite'?

Sadly, the company I work for is full of weak, ordinary people :).

I'm sure they just love working with you.
Yes, in the options field.
Have you ever used a language that makes heavy use of pattern matching? Prolog, in particular, or to a lesser extent (due to increasing amounts of distraction by other novel features) Erlang, OCaml/SML, or Haskell. It sounds like you're essentially describing functional dispatch based on structural attributes or current characteristics, rather than a (generally fixed) object identity.
Presumably, if we aren't the world's tech leader, some other country will be. India, China, ??? Who?

And once you've decided "who?" ask yourself whether that country will somehow depend upon open-borders, and whether its prominent web magazines will propagandize relentlessly for the same.

People who discuss this do not give two flies for America's "tech leadership" or whatever other baloney abstraction you prefer. It's a political subject only.
Basically: You go to a spot (eg, restaurant, bar, bookstore) and check in there. It broadcasts your location to your friends. The difference here is that the vast, vast, vast majority of this is all done on the iPhone and your friends get a push notification when you check in.

For me, Foursquare is a way to invite others - it's great to see friends checking in somewhere, ping them and join up with them (or vice-versa). Good nights out. The problems with it (personally) arise when people check in.. everywhere. I don't care if you're at work or at home - checking in carries with it an implicit invitation.

It definitely works best in large urban areas with lots of activities (I use it in Portland, OR).
So who here thinks Apple is going to allow these apps in the App Store?
Who Were Some of Bruce Lee's Students
"For a privately held entity, how exactly would you like a 3rd party to provide evidence?"

If I knew how to answer that question, then we wouldn't be having this little debate. Fortunately, I'm not the one making claims about their profitability.

"They were executing revenue, and executing very well."

That's a strong statement. Prove it.
What the heck is going on with Intel's next-gen solid state drives?
You put your data on their server. Life is generally much clearer if you expect people to act according to their interests.
Looks like Google's reply to Bing's Visual Search (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=822206)
We were joking about getting the $50k grand prize back from TechCrunch50 2007. :-)
Wow, atheist +42%, vegetarian +41%! I'm set :D
Polyglot - automatic keyboard layout switcher for Macs
I'd locate myself in UTC++ as I'm effectively cycling through them over the course of a month.
I agree with you Tichy, it often seems hard to believe that what people spend their money on, but the numbers are nothing to scoff at. I'd be interested to know if the sales numbers for a hit and run product cycle are linear or asymptotic, as in, will they get $130k, and then $110k out of it in months 2 and 3, or will the falloff be much sharper, say $100k, $70k, $20k etc etc? It seems like if revenue diminishes rapidly, it's an absolutely brutal and cutthroat market, not one that I'd like to be in. However, if marketing efforts can keep the app riding high for a few months, the proposition looks a lot sweeter.

Regardless of the sales falloff, nice work guys, and congratulations.
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A Short Course in Ethics
That was supposed to be App Engine.
Ask HN: What do hackers want to get built?
What could hackers build, that other hackers would use often?
It would be great if you all submitted your ideas.
On a related note, what are recommended techniques of taking a screenshot of a web page from the server?
Some girls get a hundred emails a week from guys looking for hookups. How are the numbers affected by those high-volume shameless creeps who spam every girl who looks easy to them? I suspect that physical compliments are a bad idea, but these numbers don't help confirm that. Saying a girl is "pretty" could actually help, yet score low in this analysis because it's a creep marker. There's no attempt at persuasive analysis here, just like in the other recent post that was featured on HN. Or did I miss the part where they explained that they targeted a certain subset of messages for analysis?
given that okcupid doesn't charge for their services, it seems unlikely that a majority users are switching to out-of-site communications right away. There are no real incentives to do so.
Three Myths about the Crisis: Bonuses, Irrationality, and Capitalism
This basically explains why I am apathetic about foursquare.

I used to do a lot of stuff with the Fire-eagle team (who still have a really solid geo platform). However the real barrier to this stuff being really useful is the frequency and granularity of updates.

The thing that geo-location brings, the thing that we really want is serendipity. It massively increases the chance of meeting a friend while out because your devices know you are a block (or a foot) away even if you don't. This means that our ability to encounter serendipity is exponentially increased because it's no longer limited by our senses or memories. Dodgeball would introduce friends of friends, for example.

The problem remains, until geo-location is automatic and effortless the cost and frequency of updates belies the effort.
Bottom or Not, Homebuilders are Buying
It's not +42%/+41%; it's 42%/41% average reply rate, whereas the overall average is 32%.
Having used the site, no one puts contact information in their profiles. And a request to use the built-in chat system right away is a pretty sure sign that I'm not going to want to talk to someone.

I'd bet that, to a point, there's a correlation between the volume of text sent and reply rate. However, that might just have to do with the fact that a longer message is more likely to reference specific things in the person's profile that they find interesting (for example, I replied to almost anyone who showed interest in the fact that I bake bread and like kites).
How is this useful (honest question)?
US Occupations Over Time
That still uses Apple's obnoxious article-less singular to refer to the class of devices.
As a Mac user, I can’t help but feel a bit thrown-off by the aliased text, even if it’s the right decision on their end :/
This really is a wealth of knowledge and practical code. I know what I'll be spending my evening reading now. ;-] Thanks!
Software is nothing but design
It could be as simple as hot and sexy women get more messages and therefore reply to less as a percentage.
Yext Offers Local Businesses A Smart Inbox For Phone Calls
Excel really took off when they allowed you to SAVE in Lotus format.
Zipf, Power-laws, and Pareto - a ranking tutorial
They already have!

There a bunch of prominent iPhone games using the Unity3D engine -- you just have to compile down your bytecode so that no JIT is needed on the device.
It'll be interesting to see how many weird time zones get added. A friend of mine lives in UTC+12:45.
Ah, you're right. Unusual graph format, would be helpful if they labeled the line.
E-Memory and Human Nature
the trouble is cutting thru the sleaze in the industry. But if you're willing to tolerate it, you can find gems in their communities. Wickedfire.com. Shoemoney. DMConfidential. On and On, really.
TC50: Job Seekers Pay LocalBacon To Apply For Jobs (And That Might Just Work)
Good idea, I will probably do it.
Just a quick note, the exact command is ':TOhtml' (lowercase h). Tripped me up the first time I tried to run the command.
News headlines usually lack grammatical articles for their grammatical subject, e.g.: "Reformist Details Evidence of Abuse in Iran's Prisons" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/middleeast/15iran.ht...)

(Yes, the adjective "grammatical" was necessary in that sentence; news headlines very often have articles for their subject!)
I agree, mildweed. Especially about the end-user tools.

It looks good to do this, and it is good. It's all win, and clearly it sets them apart.

That being said, in many cases, their answer is "There's an API for that." Why can't it be exported into a file format that will work in (at least some) other programs right off the bat? Surely there exists at least some suitable existing file format for the kind of data stored in Calendar, for instance.

I don't know why anyone would leave google apps for MS Office, but if they wanted to get their info out of Google Calendar, reading "There's the iCal API" doesn't actually sound that liberated to an end user.

Someone could make a tool that uses the api to convert the data, but it'd be nice if they provided data export into an existing format whenever one exists.

( see the disclaimer above; yes, they're the only ones doing this, it's awesome, etc. )
Ask HN: Job Offer Stock Options - How Much Should be Disclosed?
I'm part of a small startup that's received some substantial venture backing. We're at the stage now where we are sending out job offers to people we're hoping will become our first non-founder members of our team.

The standard practice in such job offers seems to be to say how many options they'll get, but to not include a strike price, and more importantly, not include what fraction of the company that represents.

I think that's bogus -- I believe in full disclosure, or at least giving people the relevant data to allow them to evaluate what we're offering. So my cofounders and I have compromised by saying how many shares are currently outstanding.

This of course neglects to mention the fraction of the company that it would be after all the option pool is allocated, and after the tranches from our venture investments have fully played out.

I'm trying to get some impressions from people on either side of this issue. What would you want to see in a job offer, and what would you feel compelled to disclose were you doing the offering?
Slideshow: The World's Weirdest Portable Computers
See my other comment on javascript. That's something I still want to play with.
Safari 4, ctl-t. No ads.
Google App Engine: Migration to a Better Datastore
The freeciv map generator is pretty good if your looking for sample code for a world scale map.
I'm thinking most people that responded UTC-8 are actually UTC-7 currently due to DST...
Thanks! I will work on the API.
America can't be the world's tech leader without immigration reform
Heh, it may be that I'm running on little sleep, but I initially read the headline literally, and got excited about a sweet publicity stunt :)

Looks to me, pipio is a replacement to almost every social site out there (facebook, friendfeed, twitter mashups, likaholix, etc...) and thus is "boiling an ocean" in terms of startup goals.

Man I do wish they'd do that publicity stunt tho and _actually_ try to boil an ocean :) Maybe one day.
It's obviously completely meaningless to give prospective employees a count of options without the information needed to value them. It's fundamentally disrespectful, and it also communicates the idea that options don't have a hard value, but that they're instead an abstract point score system.

On the other hand:

(1) "Everyone" does it this way.

(2) Candidates are likely to be irrational about equity; for instance, 0.5% sounds like a very small number, but for a company charting the kind of exit that an A-rounded-funded company needs to get, it's not a small number.

(3) The reality is that nothing you commit to employees regarding your equity matters anyways; I'm sorry to be overly cynical, but, it's going to get rewritten at every funding round and at exit. Especially if you're starting out tranched.
China starts building new space launch centre
Yext looks great, but you do realize there are about 24 companies which will be presenting tomorrow, right?
TC50: Short On Cash? Startups Can Trade Goods And Services
I guess most people will just copy/paste their snippets. Changing standard key shortcuts just doesn't feel right to me. Thanks anyway!
Most definitely. So far, they've enamored me.
"Ultimately the analysis of the phone calls helps Yext make their flagship product, the local business search engine which they claim gets visited by over a million users a month, more detailed for visitors and at the same time more effective for listed companies."

Why does Compete.com say ~70k visitors a month (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/yext.com/) and QuantCast says 55.8k visitors a month (http://www.quantcast.com/yext.com)?
A good UK take on this is in "Bad Science" by Ben Goldacre, which tries to explain why the media is so bad at covering science. He also claims that they've already won.
I'm really surprised at the negative reception to TheSwop, given all the traffic we see on here constantly with programmers looking for marketing/business people, and vice-versa, and the recent "revelation" that website developers probably aren't very good graphic or UI designers.
I sometimes refer to "god". It's shorter than saying "whatever intelligence is behind the workings of the universe". I believe that belief systems attempt to squish the grandness of whatever intelligence is out there into this little box known as the human mind. I am not so arrogant as to think I can comprehend the universe to that degree. I also like to leave room for the universe to surprise me.

FWIW: my ex used to describe me as a "non-denominational christian". Not really accurate but perhaps as close as one is likely to get. (To quote Madonna:) I hate labels. They are too limiting.