skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A couple reasons, I'd bet - first, a hole wide enough to fit the probe is pretty unusual, and would be an expensive research project all on its own. Second, the probe near the surface will emit the largest signal, so you get some really good SNR data to calibrate your algorithms against. If you don't understand the signals you're receiving when it's shallow, you won't understand them any better when it's deep - a regime where we have more theories than data. Or maybe something else.
Hollywood? :-(
The least Twitter could do to address harassment
What was that recent speculation based on seismic resonance about there possibly being a large amount of previously un-theorized water, rather than rock, somewhere in the interior?
In the desktop case this didn't actually matter... The attacker could have just as easily made a POST form with hidden fields that it then submitted to FB. Requiring POSTs for write-based end points is a good start, but there's a ton more necessary to keep API endpoints safe.
Your math/model doesn't make sense. Business is never altruistic. Amazon justifies 30% because they are the gatekeeper to millions of Kindle users.
People like you poison this site's ecosystem. Anytime you receive any counter to your misguided opinion you can silence the dissent by down-voting. Nothing you have said provides a insightful counter to anything I have said. You are just trying to bury my responses because you know you are wrong. It's disgusting, I thought this site was better than this.
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I was going to bring this case up. Thanks for beating me to it. Interesting in this case of bribing officials in foreign countries and funding groups linked with terror cells by Note Printing Australia was that the AFP was asked to investigate and they simply refused.
I read "Command and Control" on vacation this summer and I highly recommend it. It interweaves jaw-dropping nuclear weapon disasters from the whole nuclear age with a detailed account of one particular incident. It's astonishing how close we've come to accidental nuclear detonation (and then what happens?). That's really the point of the book: it's a matter of when, not if.
Why We Sleep Together
Aww, that's a pity. I liked the idea of SRP
Sorry m3mnoch is down-voting anyone who mentions marketing. Join the club.
Hey dheera that's super interesting. Since it's about web scraping specifically, I bet the guys over at Kimonolabs.com would be the experts on that!

Or if someone on here knows how to do this, and wants to throw up an API on Blockspring for it, we'd all love it :)
Same thing in Japan, they're everywhere. Prices start around $1000.

http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/category/index.html?word=panason...
My (under-researched) theory is that by the time people get to college, they've already been acclimatized to the idea that textbooks should be very expensive by 12 years of grade school, so most of them passively accept the egregiously high prices.

Part of my interest in this stems from my surprise at learning that my wife saved a few thousand $ by buying almost all her college textbooks from the UK, despite the high shipping fees. Too bad this wasn't an option for law books :-/
time is a bigger sink than money, when it comes to books

I'm reading less at the moment than I used to, but I regularly have periods of reading around three novels a week. If it were not for the existence of libraries and second hand book stores, I would find money to be a far bigger restriction than time, especially when I was a teenager.
That was correct ten years ago.

Nowadays the external drives of course contain 3.5" or 2.5" hard drives. But the inbuilt hard discs come with little or no warrenty, are "eco"-drives that are meant to be used only occasionally (not 24x7) and spin with only 5400 rpm.

Internal hard drives for personal/business (desktop, notebook) come with up to 4 or 5 years warrenty and spin with 7200 or 11000 rpm and have a better internal cache.
And that's exactly why the probe will take 30 years to move 100km. It's going to be a very slow process.
Check this out: https://github.com/hmarr/codecube
1. It's open source
2. Put this on heroku and use it privately.
3. Highly stable(because it's write using golang, you can run millions of request, and it's still work fine)
???
NONPROFIT

But project no longer in developing, so i guess maybe someone wants to reanimate codecube? On weekends for example, contact me: iamjacke AT gmail.com
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This is absolutely true and not only node but also with modern client-side package management such as Bower, etc. The next version of Sugar is going to address this issue.
AWS dev console? I can only find the mgmt. console and it looks not like angular - do you have an url?

http://www.nasa.gov/ uses angular as well bit it's a bit media heavy why i consider it only a mediocre example.

With angular you can include server side produced html as well? Or how are React and Flight better regarding that aspect?
It's actually a lot more complicated than this. Prototype's big mistake was extending host objects and the Object prototype specifically, not prototypes in general. http://sugarjs.com/native
I dunno. You could ask the firemen, they'll be able to tell you.
FYI, the book publishers compelled amazon to use drm. Where the publishers allow it, they distribute books free of drm.
Hey
Introduction slides are not responsive (they are cropped in iPhone 4/4S screen)
When I try to create an album and choose from gallery 'Done' is not working.
I believe I re-call an internet comment (most likely on HN) about how some publishers would instruct bookstores to shred the unsold copies. Apparently it was cheaper than shipping them back and trying to re-sell them somewhere else.
> can actually lengthen your lifespan. If you're a mouse, anyway.

Interesting. But I would add that because I'm already winning since it's "time awake" vs "time alive". If sleeping 15 hours a day let me live 10 more years, what's the point if most of them aren't awake :)
Interesting to see how Flipkart and Amazon go about overcoming these challenges. One example, from story posted by skbohra123 :

"Logistics: On the logistics side, Amazon India had launched a pilot program to test in-store pick-up service in Delhi and Mumbai in association with BPCL’s In & Out stores. Shoppers were provided the option to select In & Out as the pick-up of point of their Amazon purchases during the checkout process.

This pilot was later extended to Bangalore in the following month, wherein it allowed customers to pick-up their Amazon purchases from local kirana shops."
Raze 3 released
Who takes the risk of buyers not paying and sellers not delivering? What about the risk of prices changing in the middle of a flip? I'm afraid I know the answer already...
At a minimum, books can compete against other forms of entertainment. Books can also compete against other types of consumption, like cars, food and houses. Until I see some compelling evidence that the book market writ large is of a fixed volume, regardless of price, I assume that the size is dynamic, like almost every other market.
In go you use '.' for namespace accesses. Eg: os.NewFile.
But in C '.' means access struct member. So the · is used instead so to do

f = os.NewFile(3, "/dev/zero") # Go

you would use

f = os·NewFile(3, "/dev/zero"); # C
How about supporting composite operations, which invoke more than one command, e.g. a shell pipeline, or an IFTTT-like join between web services? That would make this more than a shell translator.
If it's easy, Clojure with support for arbitrary libraries via leiningen would be great :)
Hey, I think that link is so long it's breaking HN's layout! Reckon you can chuck it in a URL shortener or something? :)
> Next step: Buy good shoes and convert some of that walking distance into running distance

I highly recommend going to a running shop and getting fitted. They'll watch how you run and give you the correct sort of shoe. If it's a quality shop, they really aren't trying to up-sell you or anything (most high-quality running shoes are about the same price anyways).

If you have the money, you can buy the shoes there too (I would feel guilty if I didn't, but that's just me). Otherwise they're typically 10-30 dollars cheaper online.
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As I said, India is a highly corrupt country, and their judicial system is not worthy of discussion. In a country where bribing of police officers is commonplace, I'm sure everything is open for discussion.

All you are doing is spreading FUD. If you were concerned about innocent people's reputations, then you would want all trials to be "in camera" with no information for 5 years.

There isn't even a single example where having an open trial plunged a country into political instability with the likes of what you describe, let alone from a trial in another country. It's pure nonsense.

"But but but... it COULD happen!" No, it can't ever happen. It's never happened and it never will.

There is no justification to censor the press for any reason, especially political censorship.
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Roamer raises $1.3m to cut your roaming charges
Frozen games
How do you know that the app published on the App Store is the same one you have the source code for? Can't I can just give you some source code then release something else entirely?
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It could be for neither justice nor political reasons, but simply commercial ones. These nations are often trading partners, but there are some shocking cases of bad behaviour we already know about: Mahatir Mohammed's shaky case against his political opponent Anwar Ibrahim for example. A lot of these nations are new, early, or pseudo democracies and don't like or understand free press.
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Amazon launches 3-D printing store, with drone delivery
Looks like he recently moved to pinboard.jp

pinboard.com is currently not responding, and was last cached on 29 Jul at 1:47 GMT (roughly 5 hours ago).
Next major release of PHP to be named PHP 7
Maybe goodreads or librarything? They seem to have a lot of users, not sure about the social dynamics.
You could take a look at freeIPA or RedHat IDM.
This takes care of things for you.
You know that friction between programmers and management in getting managers to understand what you're wanting to do? That's a visualisation problem. The ability to sell your ideas usually boils down to how you present your case to management.

One of the things I've picked up more recently is to take a presentation or whatnot and mentally block all but the top 10-20%. If I can't get the bird's eye summary of what each slide needs to say there, then my manager won't understand the story. They're {busy|lazy} and don't care to read the entire slide - that's all chaff for the underlings to digest so they know the finer details.

So for a programmer, one of the biggest uses of good visualisation skills is the selling of ideas. A good plot goes a long way in convincing someone of something.
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Yes, I live in the console.
If you have a good game and that game is easy to share

Then you've done your marketing correctly.

That's not to say marketing isn't important -- it is. it's just not the most important thing by far

I believe you consider marketing to be some kind of shady activity.

Marketing is really only defining your product's audience, then your product, and how you're going to reach said audience.
Its not realistically going to give you much of a productivity boost over having two or three files.
The first two seasons of Alias were pretty ok regarding the use of computers. Granted, they still did impossible (highly advanced) stuff with them but it looked plausible. But after season 2 they jumped the shark in all regards.
Most of the maintenance programming I have done has involved fixing bugs and adding pretty minor features. Not the sort of thing you would be proud to talk about at an interview. Not saying it is any easier a job, but its not like I created anything great.
The “natural” price of an app is $0
That test is unintelligible. Anything has industrial or commercial utility if you can find someone to buy it. A recipe for chicken soup clearly has such utility for Campbells because it's how they make their product. How is that supposed to be distinguished from someone making Playdough or artificial sweeteners, which presumably are patentable if novel and non-obvious?
Also The Net, Antitrust and David Fincher's Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo have very realistic computer sequences.

Antitrust and Social Network also show real source code that compiles (C, Java, Perl, Bash, HTML), Antitrust even explains "Open Source" to the audience. The camera work (especially showing relevant parts of the computer monitors and pan around to keep it engaging for a longer time) on all four movies is really fantastic.

* The Net (1995) - filmed one year before the World Wide Web got traction with the first fully graphical Mosaic web browser: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/

* Antitrust (2001) - famous for highlighting the open source movement, features a "CEO" that resembles a mixture of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in one person as evil character, shows Linux desktop and command shell, and shows real Linux developer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/

* Social Network (2010) - very realistic, based on real detailed technical blog posts from 2004 on LiveJournal from Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin's memory: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/

* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - nmap tool, etc.: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/

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* Jurassic Park (1993) - real 3D file manager application on Unix desktop, first use of OpenGL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ , see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaRHU1XxMJQ and http://fsv.sourceforge.net/

* movies (like The Matrix reloaded) that use the nmap tool: http://nmap.org/movies/
The article claims that a nine-megaton blast would wipe out "most of the state of Arkansas". Wikipedia claims the lethal radius on a bomb of that size is about 20 miles for thermal effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B53_nuclear_bomb#Effects ), which is around 2% of the area of Arkansas; other effects are described as having an even smaller radius.

I suspect, but cannot prove, the wikipedia number is more likely to be correct.
1999 would like a word with you.
OK, I agree with your points that having written notes is good, and I would say that 90% or more of meetings that I attend are a waste of time, but then occasionally something useful does come out that can't be conveyed clearly via email.

And a lot of people are bad communicators.
I see 3 reasons.

I.
Flipkart is losing money definitely. But so is Amazon which has not reported a profit before last year. However Flipkart's losses are not for the same reasons as Amazon but it should not be forgotten that FK is never afraid to try out models and kill them if they fail. FK is following a lot of Amazon's footsteps but it is coming into its own quite a bit and given FK does not have to do the same mistakes that Amazon had to do for more than a decade, FK has a good second mover advantage.

II.
Flipkart has been a trailblazer in the Indian e-commerce space by forcing the users to internalize new habits. Getting them to trust the online e-commerce stores with their money and buying products online without a rethink, Cash on delivery and now 'online only sales'.

Amazon.in is also being forced to innovate at its own pace in India changing its last mile delivery models (IBP stores).

So right now this is anyone's game.

III.
Flipkart is simply bulking up its warchest on the impending war with Amazon. Neither of them are going to let go of the massive opportunity that they do not have any more in China. If Alibaba could do a single day $5.7 Bn sales on Nov 11, there is no reason to think why we might not be looking at a similar opportunity just as big in India where the human consumption potential is just as big!

However, the more it looks like India will not be a winner takes all market. Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart will have to contend with being 3 players in a huge ecommerce market in India unlike China or US... the rules are just hatke in India :) Of course there are still the pristine south east Asian markets for everybody's taking!
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Hmm, indeed. I would still argue that this is an issue of the individual, since they are ultimately the entity responsible for deciding what is a valid point of reference, regardless of if the source is more or less justifiable.
Counterpoint: Chronology (http://store.steampowered.com/app/269330/). The guys who made it has been in the games business for about a decade, the game is pretty, interesting and has some novel mechanics.

It was part of the steam summer sales, at 50% of.

I don't think they have sold a thousand copies yet and the game has been up for months. Counter that with Goat Simulator - which saw a huge sale boost during the sale.

Unless you can point to a few games that fit your bill for being good games before they are released and then become successful after your prediction I doubt you are right.

And anyway the way to make money now seems to be to make the game fun and addictive (farmville wasn't either) then constantly charge users once they have gotten invested (think Clash of Clans - oh you are shielded from attack initially and can raid an easy AI and build up stuff, then you are no longer shielded and need to build so much more without getting raided and then you can't really do that without IAP).
Ask HN: Favorite audiobooks?
What are your recommended audiobooks for the HN crowd?
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The Abbot smear is silly, seeing that he belongs to the federal executive, and this order was made by a state judiciary. However, the "Asian values" comment is completely apt. I'll say no more, because the phrase alone could remind readers of certain people, and it's against the law for me to refer to those people in this thread. 8-(
Nice flow-chart of Git file life-cycle
+1 for Good Will Hunting reference
a least S3 has an option to turn a bucket into a static web host. i run multiple angularjs apps directly from S3 via cloudfront without any servers.
What is the purpose behind increasing fat in diet when doing this? Is it to just compensate for calorie loss? Is it to control cravings?

It is both. Firstly, for an average person, carbs are a significant part of calorie intake. If you just drop them, and drop fat at the same time, where will you get your calorie intake from? You'll only be left with protein, and it's not so easy to get all your calories from protein. Besides, there is no benefit in reducing fat further than required to achieve some caloric deficit. And also, many people find the combination of fat+protein in meals satiating.

One one hand, it is saying that ketogenic diet will help burn body fat, and on the second it says go increase fat consumption!

You don't get fat from eating fat. You also don't get fat from eating carbs. You get fat from eating too much calories. The goal is to reduce the amount of calories in a sustainable way. Some do it by eating many small meals, some by 1-2 large meals. Some do it by reducing carbs, and some by reducing fat. Try and see what is the easiest for you.

A "Pure Protein" bar I just consumed by itself had 17g!

Try to stick to fresh, unprocessed foods, if you can - it's healthier, but also easier to avoid "carb creep" by added sugar and other sources of carb. Fresh vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts, cheese, cream are very compatible with keto.

Eggs seem to be recommended in these diets. As someone with borderline cholesterol, would eggs still be recommended?

This is a very controversial subject, and there are multiple books written, and they contradict each other. Ask me for a book recommendation if you wish. :)
In short, there are two separate issues:
1. Does dietary cholesterol raise blood cholesterol, and
2. Does blood cholesterol cause heart disease?
Overall, it appears that there is still no proof that cholesterol causes heart diseas - most, almost all evidence is just correlation. Eggs appear to be safe regardless of some studies that demonize them. And, just for fun, the following link (it's not a proof of anything as it is n=1 anecdote)

Normal Plasma Cholesterol in an 88-Year-Old Man Who Eats 25 Eggs a Day — Mechanisms of Adaptation

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199103283241306

Feel free to ask me for more references on specific subjects ...
Ask HN: I have a great idea. Where can I get feedback before going further?
So I have had this idea for a while now about an app/website that would target a large niche community (programmers+gamers). I have a proof of concept. Now I would love to get some feedback about the project from multiple people before getting too much involved, or getting other people involved: "Would people be interested in it or will I die trying to build up a community? Is there something similar online that I might have missed? etc."

What are some good places to get that type of public feedback?

I'd hate to spend 6 months in the dark building this thing to realize that it already existed, or that noone is interested in it.

Thanks!
From reading the article, I get the sense that the best thing working in our[1] favor was having a series of relatively steady, not crazy hands on the nuclear football, on both sides. It's still incredibly frightening that the annihilation of the human race was literally placed in the hands of two people at any given time, but a testament to the capability of the Soviet Politburo and the American political system to elect capable human beings.

[1] i.e. the human race
>And the missile was armed. Schlosser says that the explosive force of the warhead on a Titan II is nine megatons, which is three times the force of all the bombs dropped in the Second World War, including the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If it had detonated, most of the state of Arkansas would have been wiped out.

That is the scariest thing I have read in a while. I always had the impression that there were a lot of active steps in a bomb actually exploding.
Thanks :). Didn't think anyone noticed!
Eh few people would know that game, by definition.

My best example would be Chronology (http://store.steampowered.com/app/269330/) which did have a bit of marketing that went absolutely nowhere. It is a pretty good game though.
I used to buy things from eBay India using CoD in 2004. Flipkart was not even founded at that time.

I know lot of people who were afraid to buy things from ebay even though ebay offered buyer protection for long long time.

In my opinion, Flipkart is successful in India because they created trust among people who were afraid (based on false rumors) to buy things online.
It's a game I have been working on for some time. The gameplay is simple and easy to copy and that is why I have been reluctant to show it to too many people.
I hope to finish it in the next 6 months but It could take longer depending on how much spare time I have for it.
I am planning on showing it to the HN crowd first - the support is always pretty good here.
Feeling "pain" is not the problem. The displeasure experienced due to the pain is.
The largest nuclear detonation set off by the United States was Castle Bravo. It was fifteen megatons. It had serious fallout issues, but it did not cause the kind of damage that is claimed for this weapon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo
> Mathias Rust had flown a rented Cessna, an airplane about the size of a Piper Cub, from Helsinki to Moscow and landed it a hundred yards from Red Square

Are there people that know how big a Cub is, but don't know how big a Cessna is?
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Don't worry, the legs just weren't broken enough.
Black hat marketing.