skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Yes, back-end applications need ways to show their users that they’re working

This is probably the only reason many dashboards exist. They're not there to be useful, but to provide proof that the gears are turning behind the system.
Ask HN: Advice on selling iOS app?
I own an iOS app with over 150,000 downloads to date. It has been featured by Apple numerous times in its category. It's currently free, but was a paid app and made around $30,000. The app is opened about 80,000 times a month, with 20-25k pieces of content created per month as well. (There are no user accounts or emails, so activating existing users would be a challenge.) It's got an overall rating of 4 stars. I have a complete redesign which addresses the most common user feedback, as well as a pretty complete roadmap for what would be next. Problem is, I'm fairly burnt out working on it and it's clearly detrimental to the product. So, HN, I am curious how I would go about selling it, and even what that might be worth.
A Practical, Purely Functional Game Engine, and Why It Matters to You... or Not
A lot of the stuff isn't brought back. IIRC about a third is donated to locals (stuff that can't be used to fight in the future, a third is junked, and a third is brought back.
If you're looking for math books for kids, I highly recommend "The Cat in Numberland". It's an illustrated story that touches upon the different kinds of infinities, and even describes Cantor's diagonalization argument in a very friendly, intuitive way. Most adults would also benefit from reading this book.

It's out of print, but might be found at your local library or bought used on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/The-Cat-Numberland-Ivar-Ekeland/dp/081...).
Exactly what I meant, thank you.
The bit with the checkbox then 2 radios is a bit confusing (chrome/android/nexus 5) - at the start there's no check in the checkbox, I tap and it checks, I tap to uncheck and it changes to a light grey check. That gives the impression this checkbox has 3 States and is really confusing. Worse, when I then tap, say a radio button, it goes back to unchecked. My guess is this is just a focus issue but it's definitely confusing as it is.
GoFap – A simple http video streamer and playlist generator
>nor did I scroll far enough to see those sorts of comments.

Apology accepted.
Well, people will notice if concentrations change unless there is a real conspiracy. But if it's declared "good" to add something to water, it's much easier to manipulate the dosage.
And bulk analytical-grade lithium carbonate, sulphate and citrate not marketed for human consumption are equally easy to acquire and even cheaper.
(I am the other creator of this website)

> The idea is just that I want to know right away whether or not there is someone who I can help, and someone who can help me.
Ok, this makes it much more clear! We'll definitely improve search experience for unregistered users. Thanks for the link, btw, the lib looks very useful.

> Otherwise, it's a waste of time for me to register. It's like a dating site...
Yeah, I do agree that the site would be attractive with more users. However, you can register, type in some tags and receive occasional notifications when someone with the same tags signs up.
> The kids at school that work out their own homework go on to do well. The kids that copy from others don't really succeed too brilliantly. Those that copy are a step behind.

Those that copy eventually stop copying and start innovating. See the US, Japan or Korea for examples.

> In terms of innovation, I don't see American goods as anywhere near as polished as their German counterparts. I would take the lowest spec. German car over any American car in current production without hesitation. The same applies to white goods and even cakes!

I'm not American but that's ridiculous. You're typing these words using (most likely) a CPU from a US company, on either a US-made OS, or one that contains really a lot of code from US software engineers. Bell Labs have defined a huge part of the modern software landscape. There is Edison, NASA, Boeing, Apple. And obviously, we have a discussion in a forum funded by a company whose business model is to foster innovation.
I believe you forgot to insert the URL.
He had as much intelligence experience as the guy who runs the Packers corporate IT network has NFL experience.

The rest of your comment doesn't address what I said.
I don't mean this in a way of discrediting what you're saying, but I shared similar feelings to you & thought this article was hilarious & accurate.

http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-u...
Drag coeffiecients are not absolute amounts of drag created so some things that improve the coefficient may increase the drag of the total car if they increase its size. It seems to be relative to surface area rather than cross section area so longer cars have an advantage in drag coefficient.
CSS/HTML frameworks like these are very well suited for web interfaces running on embedded microcontrollers, where storage comes at premium and design requirements are moderate.

Looking forward to actually trying this in near future!
The XL1 is exactly the kind of thing I mean. Only because it costs 150k doesn't mean this can't be produced cheaper, especially using all electric components once batteries become cheaper thanks to mass production. From what I get, the main reason why the Tesla S doesn't look similar to the XL1 is because they wanted it to appear 'normal' so people wouldn't feel estranged by it.
I have no idea of why this is happening, I will investigate further
They split it up by discretionary and mandatory.

Supporting veterans or paying government employees' promised pensions is considered mandatory. Buying 12 new aircraft carriers is not mandatory.
>Why is that crazy to believe?

Because he doesn't know what he is looking at. He doesn't know what he doesn't know. He doesn't know what has been said to foreign diplomats.

>I think it's crazier to believe that the only people who should be given the official authority to decide which secrets to keep are those who are directly and strongly incentivized to keep secrets about atrocious programs like those which Snowden has leaked.

I would be behind an independent group to review this sort of stuff. But it can't be one political dood who thinks he is doing the right thing.
Tech chiefs in plea over privacy damage
The projections show the deficit being almost equal to the debt service payments in 2017-2019. There's a lesson about debt in there somewhere.
Thanks, I did miscalculate and your figure is right. That means that Li+ concentration of 0.17 mg/L is ~1/160 of a minimal therapeutic dose.

As a drug Li carbonate comes in 300 and 450 mg doses. Dosing is determined by monitoring the blood level of Li since only a narrow range of levels represent optimal therapeutic effect, and above that range toxicity can develop.

There is no "standard" dose of Li. It's necessary to start at lowest dose and increase gradually while monitoring the blood level. While 900-1200 mg/day is common, there are many individuals who need lower or higher dosage to have measured Li levels fall within acceptable limits.

Occasionally 300 mg/day is sufficient to get a good level, so that's the reason I used it for estimating the ratio of the natural vs. medicinal Li intake.
Being able to "check the further destruction of the retina" is a therapeutic benefit when it comes to macular degeneration. It's the best outcome you can hope for on any of our current treatments for it. The retina is still relatively poorly understood, and our treatments for the pathologies of it are unfortunately limited.
>And the same way with various technological advances now, I mean we need to think about the problems with automation and more profoundly the problems, which may arise with these new techniques, which may contribute to this ultimate revolution. Our business is to be aware of what is happening, and then to use our imagination to see what might happen, how this might be abused, and then if possible to see that the enormous powers which we now possess thanks to these scientific and technological advances to be used for the benefit of human beings and not for their degradation.

Thank You

NO! Thank YOU, mr. Huxley.
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I love Huxley's forward to Jiddu Kirshnamurthi's (who was major influence on Huxley) book.
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-tex...
Right, so imagine that, but without the domain part.
More correctly, certainly; most correctly might be “Erdős Pál”?
That's an interesting way to look at it. But you seem to be neglecting the emotional angle, and his (somewhat vicarious) connection to the boy. He wanted to know if anything that he imagined was grounded in reality.

I agree that the article is a bit confusing. What was he really thinking? But I got the feeling the author was just as confused. At any rate, I learned some things, and it was pleasantly written, so not a waste of time.
As a Swiss I like how you use 'Swiss' as an example for why it's mad ;-).
Not all developers are as good at reading other people's code as you are. Some developers who are good at writing code from scratch are not very good at reading existing code (even code that's not messy) - reading code is a completely different skill than writing code and requires a lot of patience and concentration. Many developers will just throw up their hands and claim the existing code must be thrown away and rewritten from scratch.

So, the answer to the question "How hard is it for a qualified developer to take up an existing project with messy code?" is:
"it depends". It depends a lot on the developer's skill at understanding and refactoring code. It depends on how messy the code base actually is. It depends on whether the original application had any unit tests. It depends on the complexity of the application. It depends on how well you can explain to the developer what the original version of the code was actually supposed to do.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here? That Britain ravaged the US?
I tried using Bootstrap and other CSS frameworks and (as mentioned in the comments) I felt like I was fighting the frameworks to get it to do what I wanted to do.

The problem with CSS frameworks is that they are invasive when it comes to writing semantic HTML. As someone who is working on developing semantic HTML and improving the skill, its annoying when you use a CSS framework which it encourages you to perform inline styling.

Layout should be separated from content.

Bootstrap and others is are great for making something quick and dirty. Semantic UI[1] is onto something decent but the issue of inline styling irritates me. Its good that Picnic is taking an approach to use better naming conventions for classes. I think this is a preference thing but I find writing button-one better than writing btn-1. I think its readable, can be understood quickly , easy to pick up if you have been away from development for a while, looks maintainable even for novice developers.

Shorthand has never been my thing, it just adds more complexity and nuisance by wasting time digging into someones documentation to understand whats going on. I would rather spend an extra two seconds writing out a full name rather than using shorthand knowing that its going to make my life easier in the future.

Great work, I'll definitely play with this when I get time.

1. http://semantic-ui.com/
GCHQ operate to English law. They have specific exemptions and exclusions under and protections under all the relevant English law.

Have a look at RIPA, one important bit of law that regulates GCHQ: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents

Here's an example of GCHQ being mentioned as exempt from a law. This is the sexual offences act; GCHQ are allowed to "make"[1] a photograph of child sexual abuse if it's needed for a function of GCHQ. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/46

Peoe said when RIP was a bill that it was too strong and did not offer enough protection.

The poor quality of oversight of GCHQ is surprising.

[1] make here is a technical term and includes "make a copy of a digital file".
No, it looks fine in the versions of Chrome and Firefox that I'm testing, but not in every browser since this is the #1 issue I've received. I'll fix it within the next 24 hours.
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Button depressed states on hover?!

Your death will be the first
The bigest bomb on Apple iOS security is here. My friend bypass the iCloud activation screen lock whit the hack tool from this page http://bypassicloudactivationlock.blogspot.com/
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I love the game
Well said... a very poignant and moving article. It really resonates with me, as I'm feeling a bit depressed right this moment. The "numb feeling" thing is SO true. Being depressed isn't being sad, it's just feeling empty, numb, disconnected.

The sad thing is, we haven't even failed. In fact, in some regards things are going really well. We have a great opportunity to demo our products this week at the CED Tech Venture Conference, and we have some other cool stuff coming up[1]. But... like TFA says, it's the weight of your expectations that crush you. And while we have some good stuff going on, we're not where we want to be, and the road forward looks pretty bleak sometimes. And for me personally, being on the older'ish side (41), the pressure seems amplified, since I feel like I'm running out of time to achieve things I want to achieve.

Lately, I think the hardest part is how I've been starting to doubt myself. I've always been pretty confident and optimistic, but something lately has me starting to look around and go "Am I really good enough to do this?" and "why should I believe I can make this happen?", stuff like that.

I attribute most of it to overwork and burnout. Working full-time, plus slaving away on the startup by night and weekend, working 100+ hour weeks over and over and over and over and over again... and having the pressure of getting ready for this demo thing, and these upcoming talks, etc., it just wears you a bit thin.

I think if I make it to the end of October, I'll be able to ease off a bit in Nov and Dec., and recover a bit. Maybe take a brief vacation to let the batteries recharge, and then get back at it.

[1]: http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2014/09/come-meet-fogbeam-labs.h...
That's nice, but those who are interested in OGP would also want Schema.org, so, to offer a commercially viable service, I think Schema.org is a must.
precisely. try running a network of any appreciable throughput (10G+) with 5-minute averages.
Or you release a new version of a game and you notice your arpdau tanks. ;)
You can't even give these MRAPs away to our allies. S Korean govt was offered 2000 of these by Pentagon. SK Govt was basically getting them for free plus transportation cost. Guess what? After a few trials in their nations, they realized it wasn't suitable. Too big/heavy. Gas guzzler. Expensive to maintain.

Invading Iraq was a mistake.
Disbanding Iraqi army was a bigger mistake imo.
See also LiveMap and Nuvis, both similar crowd-funded HUD motorcycle helmets:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuviz/the-first-head-up...

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/livemap-motorbike-helmet-...
So it's like Google Glass for motorcycles?
How about Monte Carlo integration?
Or try to instrument any analytics - and wait to verify they show up in the dashboard correctly.
Ok, another corrupt politician.

I don't think this proves anything about smaller governments being more accountable though.
There was a startup doing that in India, IIRC. They installed the solar panels, then you paid for the energy until the panel was paid off, which then became your property.

EDIT: found it: http://simpanetworks.com/our-solution/
They look too out of place in some browsers while in others they look okay. So I tried to make them the same but apparently fail horribly. Now I'll try to fix it within 24hours or revert to default.
Thanks for the link! The article says, that due to the read error rate and the size of today's disks, RAID 5 and RAID 6 have (kind of) lost their purpose.
The TSA's Instagram Feed Is Terrifying and Totally Awesome
Our checkout system was paper based -- no names ever went into a computer. I thought that computerizing the system would be a great idea, but more because I was interested in computers than for any other reason. The librarian was opposed to it, though she was clueless about computers, but challenged me to think of how I could be absolutely sure that there would be no permanent record.

The library didn't switch to a computerized circulation system until after she retired.
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Damn. Thanks for pointing that out. I've created a new corrected submission, but here it is - https://github.com/orkaa/GoFap
Video without volume control => my brain automatically closes the browser's tab.

Also, my brains closes the tab when it hears dubstep.
Taking apart this programming:

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2318856/pg1
Writing bad articles is a great way to move toward writing good articles.

Writing in the public view is a great way to get feedback on your writing and the subjects you discuss—e.g. corrections, further education, etc. For some people, it also increase the pressure to improve.

Vanity is only one possible reason for writing in the public view, and it's an exercise with large potential gains. Your perspective is entirely off, and you've decided to take an opportunity to attack someone who was either brave enough or indifferent enough to risk being attacked in the first place.
I should have expressed this more carefully. Distilled water is by itself neutral, but as you note, CO2 and other gases will dissolve in it, forming weak acids.

That happens when rain falls, but will also occur in the lab when distilled water is exposed to air. In that case, pH will be variably slightly less than 7.0. That's the reason calibration of pH meters relies on carefully prepared buffer solutions which are much less affected by airborne gases.

Neutrality of distilled water could be improved by boiling it to drive off atmospheric CO2, and storing it in full, sealed containers. If its pH were measured without exposure to air, it would be 7.0, or very close to it.
I guess it is Sunday and that's why it is so quiet here in the comments section.

This was a very interesting long form post that was really worth the read.

It is fascinating on two levels. The first was the realisation at how unbelievably (dangerously) intelligent Osama bin Laden was in choosing to attack both the symbol of, and actual, base of US financial power.

The other was the absolutely I impressive resilience of the federal money men to ensure that this attack was ultimately unsuccessful in bringing down the US financial systems in a permanent basis.

I imagine that 17th September 2001 could have gone very badly when the markets opened. I think this must have been a close run thing.

One thing I also noted is that such a review is also a security risk in itself. To truly bring down the US financial sector you would now have the attack blue print from the resulting report. While things have moved on, it does give the enemies of the US a dangerous handbook of targets for success.

Anyway, I found this fascinating. Thanks for posting this.
This looks like an interesting project. But, there's one bit of information, which is missing from the description and this discussion, that would help a lot with my understanding.

Is this a tool for a user who wants to learn more about their own machine, or a non-user who wants to know how a given machine has been used?

More information about the use cases of such a tool would be most helpful.
Sysadmins see evidence that they have been hacked by GCHQ [video]
So can MsgPack

https://github.com/creationix/msgpack-js

https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-javascript
Doesn't work here either. I just see a white block.
Stellar PCS is a german ISP company that is specialized in bringing internet access to inaccessible regions via satellite. Clients include research stations or oil rigs. In this video you can see a SPIEGEL journalist showing them evidence that the NSA has hacked their network for the first time.
Interesting idea. Perhaps we are already living in a version of BNW, with media and constant advertisements serving the role of sleep-learning.
> Also, quite likely using a fast compression algorithm like lzop on the file would make disk access faster and disk storage requirements lower.

>Using an online algorithm is the whole point, I've been saying that from the start. And I remember that Knuth wrote about them so I conclude that they exist for sort, and I quite expect that GNU sort(1) is already sorting big files efficiently (limited testing seems to confirm that, files several times the size of RAM sort just fine in the low single digit minute count).

The cp algorithm already solves this just fine and my proposed reimplementation on-disk solves the RAM usage problem. You're trying to make a strictly worse algorithm work. It both requires more storage and is heavier than it needs to be (full sort vs just a map). What do you expect to gain from it?
I run OSXCollector and I get missing modules error. I'm not a python guy, but looking at the code, it requires:

import Foundation,
import calendar,
import os,
import sys,
import shutil

I assuming os, sys, and shutil are part of the system (are they?). What about the other two? Also, which version of Python do I run this under?
Make the API requests from your server and serve clients yourself?
I'm wondering if there's a more ecologically intelligent version of the Evernote Moleskin... a notebook I can scan and digitize, but uses 100% recycled paper?
Sega Is Making a Sandbox Game with Actual Sand
Advanced full-featured white label iOS product app
So, has anyone a constructive article/site/book for good dashboard design? e.g., how you should deal with the mix of daily and monthly data?
US startup visa options for international founders
Glancing at the chromium developers console, there's a javascript not loading because nginx is returning that error for the jsgb.firecaster.com domain, but it loads fine for the plain firecaster.com domain.

It may just be a configuration error in nginx. So, if they fix that, they may be running again.
Inflation-adjusted version would be useful.
My point is that a proper name for this particular rip-off would be Project Ramanujan, hosted on a second-level domain where it belongs. Fancy jQuery whistles are not helping, either.

But of course its a good thing. The more Apple rip-offs Samsung can come up with, the better the world will become.
I'm reasonably sure this is because of the light grey check hover effect you have. I can reproduce on Nexus 7/Chrome in exactly the same way. I get the same effect on my laptop by leaving the cursor over the checkbox after unchecking - although then it's obvious because I've already seen the hover state.

My guess is mobile Chrome is using the hover effect to denote selected - which I guess kinda makes sense. I'd probably just disable that hover style altogether to be honest, Bootstrap doesn't use one and I think that's better.
Not really. Humans are more or less incapable of filtering noise and avoiding making premature choices in realtime. "OMFG, this story blipped upward in a statistically insignificant way. Hype it!" Myself and a colleage ran this experiment several times at a large news organization. Realtime is useful for algorithms, useless for humans.

Of course if you are marketing an analytics product, give the customer a realtime dashboard. It's useless but it makes them feel powerful and in control. The news writers would certainly have thrown a fit if we tried to take away their useless chartbeat.
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