skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
TL;DR: We don't know Microsoft's plans. But don't worry, everything will be fine.

Yeah, right. It's MS we are talking about. MS don't even hide their mindset here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sept14/09-15n...

> Minecraft fans are loyal, with nearly 90 percent of paid customers on the PC having signed in within the past 12 months.

That's MS for you. DRM to be expected.
Reading the responses here, I think you guys are completely disconnected from the reality, because you (like me) are lucky to have a high-paid high-in-demand profession! There are people in America who go to bed hungry - and not because they overspend or manage finances poorly. Just go over at http://www.feedingamerica.org/ as starters!
That footnote does not answer the question. Why start with regex?
Fantastic...have a similar initiative though of a little different flavor. Will share soon.

All the best
In the US, Minecraft is huge among boys born around the millennium. I have no idea about other demographics, but is one to which I have direct access.

This is also the generation that is likely to have had an Xbox 360 or Wii as their first console experience...or at least as a major one.

For a company with the revenue of MicroSoft, this is a reasonable investment in the possibility of a potentially huge increase in mindshare among an important long-term demographic. Just the database alone might be worth the purchase price.
It's unfortunate that all our greed and crazy fandom keep scaring the great minds away from continuing to push us all forward.
Yes. It is done this way on EPEL distributions (i.e. Fedora, CentOS, Scientific Linux) and Ubuntu. However, it is not presently done on Debian and Gentoo. I am hopeful that this will change on Debian in the future. Gentoo makes kernel upgrades the responsibility of the system administrator, so this does not really apply to it.

WRT to Gentoo, Gentoo does have a tool called genkernel that I consider to make such upgrades fairly easy. It can handle any of initramfs generation, kernel compilation, kernel configuration and bootloader configuration (GRUB2). However, it does have a moderate learning curve. I am also one of the genkernel developers, so I likely have an implicit advantage over users in understanding genkernel. In particular, I find some users have difficulty discovering its functionality, despite it having things fairly well documented in the man page. There is likely more that needs to be done in this area.
I think the limitation is more technical than you make it seem. Why is there no network-level decentralization for social networks? Because P2P connections have a habit of being unstable, unreliable and hard to initiate. What if your desired peer is offline at the moment? Would be very convenient to store the information somewhere. A server in the middle just works. The primary reason not to use a server is because there is an inherent disadvantage/distrust in a central authority (à la Bitcoin). Apparently for social networks this is not an issue for 99.9% of people.
You know how much it costs per hour to talk to someone about option 3? Even trying to prove how broke you are costs a lot of money.
It isn't actually a statement of fact though.

Not all religious sects have an afterlife and some, like Calvinists, believe in predestination, so nothing you do affects where you are going anyway.

edit - The position of respecting other beliefs as the number one priority is basically saying that it is better to let someone die than offend them. However from a religious perspective you wouldn't normally give a shit about offending other people's beliefs as other religions are generally regarded as heresy. There are exceptions, such as the Baha'i, but generally the idea of trying to respect all beliefs is largely a secular position.
Local butcher sells tripe. But yes buying offal in regular supermarkets is pretty hard.
Ajax AutoComplete for jQuery
In theory, yes - but there are entire armies of marketing and sales people who'll use every trick in the book to convince your fickle brain otherwise.
right, because a big codebase to deal with the lack of generics doesnt add complexity at all.

you see, the problem with the complexity of a language isnt real. it is perfectly possible to avoid generics in c++ forever. but there will come a day when you think to yourself, was it really worth it to be this lazy?
then you take a peek and (assuming you understand generics by then enough to use it a little) suddenly half of what you have writen so far is for the bin.
Interesting note, if an author uses a pseudonym of a different gender, its appropriate to use that gender of the pseudonym. I find it weird that James Tiptree, Jr. is still a "he" when we've known for decades it was Alice Bradley Sheldon's pen name.

In fact, Tiptree, not Sheldon, has been inducted into the science fiction hall of fame, which is even weirder.
Try Google'in it for half a second and come up with 10 million hits. Of course its not the game they're buying; its those millions of enthusiasts' attention and buying power.
Comcast denies this.
And even the relevance of the credit score depends on where you are and what you're planning to do with it. Where I live you can get mortgages without a credit history as they value more that you can live within your means than having a history of going over it.
> Microsoft plans to continue to make “Minecraft” available across all the platforms on which it is available today: PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and PlayStation.

While they say it will be available across all of the platforms available today, noticeably absent in the enumerated list are OSX and Linux.
The source article is more detailed and worth reading: http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/09/13/comcast-declares-war-to...
I think the content of what Assange and Wikileaks has delivered since Assange's rise to fame/infamy is far more worthy than this conversation. How about you all get back to the point.
1. Be comcast

2. How do I get the NSA off my back as much as possible?

3. Oh lets threaten to cut off customers service because of Tor! that will totally work (comcast logic)

4. ....NSA still on our backs guys what do I do?

5. Ban Tor

6. Make NSA happy = TWC merger will happen

7. NSA still not happy

8. Spend millions on trying to kill net neutrality because the survival of comcast/ twc/ NBC universal depends on it
Instagram was a steal (and Google fucked up).

WhatsApp was pricey, but that was driven by defensive strategy rather then pure financials.
When I was in college, and my wife and I were in hard times, we had a $10,000 credit line that we ran up to full and I've been slowly paying down. I currently pay around $70 a month in interest on it - and it was so worth it. It's so cheap now that I don't even register it as an expense today, but the value of the money was 100x to me then when I was struggling so much.
Oh yes it is:

- 1924-1925 smallpox outbreak and mass vaccinations in Duluth, Minneapolis, and St. Paul:
http://www.mnopedia.org/event/smallpox-epidemic-1924-1925

- 1947 smallpox outbreak and mass vaccinations in New York City:
http://www.virology.ws/2009/12/22/smallpox-in-new-york-city-...
My brother asked me for advice, when he was in college, about whether he should get a credit card. I told him that he should, if he was confident that he make a small charge and consistently pay the bill, on time, every month. However, if he wasn't confident that he could do this, he shouldn't. He decided against the credit card.

In retrospect, I didn't give him good advice. It's not that the overall approach is a bad one, but I didn't understand or emphasize just how important it is to establish a credit history. When you're in college, credit card companies will offer you a line of credit even if you have no previous credit history. If you can charge $10 a month, and pay it on time every month, for several years… I'm not kidding, banks will lend you $750,000 to buy a house at the most favorable rates 5 years later simply based on your demonstrated ability to pay $10 a month reliably and not run up a $10,000 debt just because you can. It's a test, and it's an important one to pass - but if you aren't going to pass, don't take it (yet). You will need to eventually.

If you don't take this test and pass it, banks will at best charge you a higher interest rate that could actually cost you well over 100K over the lifetime of the loan. They might not loan to you at all.

So yeah… if you can't handle credit, don't do it, but be aware of how important it is to establish a credit history.
How is that inspiring? To me, it's incredibly depressing. It's basically saying that he will aim to make mediocre (or terrible) things now that he has more money than he needs.

This means that unless I win the lottery of life, I am condemned to doing what I'm doing and if I actually do succeed in what I'm doing, I'll never want to touch anything like it again.

Edit: Sorry that I inadvertently insulted one of your heroes.

I realize that I'm incredibly lucky already because I have food/water/shelter/etc. But "gaining perspective" seems like code to me for "I've given up, so you should too".
There might be a different documentary/biopic/film, but there is currently Minecraft: The Story of Mojang[1]. It only really covers the first year, however.

1: http://www.2playerproductions.com/projects/minecraft
Important note: If you don't buy anything with credit, you could find yourself unable to sign up for internet service at a new apartment because you're an "unknown credit risk." This happened to me, and I would have been completely screwed if I hadn't had a roommate who did have credit. The ISP was the only service available at the apartment, and they absolutely refused to let me sign up. It wasn't because I had bad credit; I had never used credit.

From my point of view, it was absolutely crazy. I tried everything in order to persuade them to let me open an account, such as offering to pay for several months of service in advance, but their policy prohibited anyone with "unknown credit risk" from creating a new account under any circumstances.

All you have to do is get a credit card, buy all your groceries with it, then pay it off every month. Paying it off every month is the most important part. If you suddenly find yourself in a position where you have much less income, resist the temptation to use your credit card as a supplementary income.
I would actually vote version control as chapter 1 of Coding for Lawyers. Also not "coding" per se, but immensely important - anything to get past "importantdocument.version.13.3.barkingcat.doc" hell.
What Apple Features Matter Most to Marketers
Would you say the same about buying a large item (such as a home) on credit? They are fundamentally both debt, but drastically different in details.
Asimov's ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save
Any active comments thread related to MySQL attracts a derailing holier-than-thou invasion telling us how dumb we are for not using PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL's advocates haven't quite reached the arrogance level of Oracle DBAs, granted, but they're a lot more active.

I basically stopped using (public) IRC somewhere around 2000. I have little idea what goes on in PostgreSQL's IRC channel(s). I expect it's toxic, but I'd expect that for any project's IRC presence. Public IRC is an inherently toxic medium.
It was dismissed as fake in under 2 hours of the release. Was a full and unbiased review of the claims actually done?
I'm surprised none of these break-out Kickstarters have sold their product to an established consumer products company, who would handle the Kickstarter fulfillment and then sell the product at retail

Because it's pretty clear that the people who run these products generally have no idea what they are doing when they get 100x the money they wanted.
> In my mind I divide companies (and professionals) by whether their occupation is an instrumental or terminal goal.

That's a super good observation, thank you. It instantly explains why I have such a loathing for some companies and people and others I feel only pride. Wow. Never ever thought about it that way.

I suspect this may also help you to pick out good founders from an investors point of view and good co-founders from a founders point of view.
I dont see any reason why Microsoft would like to share Minecraft with Apple unless they will test the game, new revenue models and will be able to deliver product that after release to IOS will bring more pros than cons.
Here's what he posted on pastebin http://pastebin.com/n1qTeikM
Tony Stark? You mean Elon Musk, right?
People don't wake up one day and find their wages garnished. They must have a lawsuit filed against them, be served with a summons, get a judgment against them, and finally have their wages garnished. And the money that is being garnished is to pay back the creditor for the money and/or services that the debtor received. It's called justice.
> If anything, you should use them only to maintain your credit rating. Keep a small balance (under $100) and use them to make small purchases. That way, you can reap the benefits to your credit score, without putting yourself in a huge hole.

Don't leave the balance, pay it off every month. It doesn't benefit your credit score.

From a Bank of America FAQ [0]:

Fiction: You must carry a balance on your credit cards to build a credit history.

Fact: You do need to use your credit cards to build a credit history, but that doesn't mean you must carry an unpaid balance. In fact, your best strategy is to use your credit cards and pay off the bill in full each month so you keep your overall debt-to-credit limit low.

[0] https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/education/5-facts...
That is a very targeted market.

And I'm not sure what you are using, but nothing is turning up for me. For example...

http://www.localmint.com/ie/search?q=tim+hortons&l=toronto%2...

http://www.localmint.com/ie/search?q=starbucks&l=toronto%2C+...

http://www.localmint.com/ie/search?q=starbucks&l=new+york+ci...

http://www.localmint.com/ie/search?q=winners&l=new+york+city

Now there is def Tim Hortons and Star Bucks in Toronto. There is at least 4000 of them.
More accessible, cross platform with little headaches, people will be more likely to trust it than native binaries.
Gave it a try on a chain of sporting goods store with several locations in my area.

Google: Correct hours

Yelp: Correct hours

Localmint: No stores found

Looks like you've got a long road ahead if you want any chance of making this work. I personally don't see any need for such a website since Yelp and Google have pretty much got it covered.
Dashboard in 1950's GMC trucks is solid. Just two dials. One for speed, the other displays 4 types of engine data.

http://i.imgur.com/g9RUbiF.jpg
Statamic CMS
No, not quite like that.
Actually, just found out about another one. Olympic Decathlon, released by MS for the TRS-80 in 1980.

PS: Separate comment as the anti-procrastination filter kicked in. ;)
Hi Larry, we have considered the "open now" feature and it is in the pipeline. Really keeping it simple to start with. Search by area option should always be available? Doplaces looks great. Best of luck!
somewhat agree that it's a tough topic to start with, but regexes are one of the few things that can be immediately applied. a lot of the practice of law (esp. early in your career) is pretty mundane and repetitive stuff. couple that with attorneys love of OCR, you get a lot of copy/paste/hours of editing workflow that can easily be solved by a quick find and replace with a handful of regular expressions. (you could also argue that the root cause e.g., storage mechanism, should be changed, but often times that is a nonstarter or at least heavily resisted)

edit: also, a lot of services like westlaw/lexis have a very rudimentary type of regex searching capacity (i think just * and some connectors) so it's not 100% foreign to many lawyers

to be honest though, most attorneys need training in basic desktop publishing software to start with. i've seen things done in microsoft word that no man or woman should ever have to see.
Consistency over Correctness
Mojang already has a service like that - it's called Minecraft Realms.
Behavioral Targeting, the new way to reach customers
That doesn't sound like anyone I know of who actually works on PostgreSQL, and certainly not anyone I'd consider part of the PostgreSQL "community." The mailing lists, IRC channel and other forms of community communication are much more hostile to Oracle than any other RDBMS, and anyone who tries to start a flamewar there (particularly one about MySQL) is instantly shut down. I'm really sorry that you've been turned off from great technology by the actions of some overzealous Postgres users.
Slightly OT, but what is everyone's favorite minimalist printer? Are there any?

I avoid printing like the plague, but sometimes you just need to print a ticket, letter, or a photo of a document you have on your computer. I don't need a scanner, wifi, 500MB of software, or even color. I need something which is small and out of the way when I'm not using it (most of the time), cheap, and ready to go when I have to print something.

I kinda miss dot-matrix printers, to be honest.
Unlikely to visit very often if it's just opening times...what I want is to be able to give feedback!

Two things that annoy me about SuperValu, Deansgrange...over-charging (I only bought one punnet of blueberries Mr SuperValu, not TWO!)...and constant out-of-stocks of products I want to buy.

There... I feel better after that.
There is also merchandise as a revenue stream.

The interesting aspect of the purchase is the mindshare. I have kids in elementary and middle school and as far as I can tell, all their friends play it. When my kids went as Steve and a pig (from minecraft) for Halloween last year, they were drawing shouts nonstop from all the kids. Most parents had no idea.

How you turn that mindshare into money is math I don't understand.
That's a pretty loose analogy. Law doesn't execute. I guess you could think of it as source, but the execution engine is a lot more, um, variable.
Let me give you a hint: if you ever are in the position to do a major exit get yourself a tax lawyer. Or you indeed might find yourself in the poorhouse after all.
Got a text summary for the phone users please?
Say Facebook had acquired Minecraft I believe Notch might have had a chance at continuing at Mojang. But Microsoft's history with killing talent is legendary (Nokia, Rare, etc) and there was no question of him taking a chance with them.
Yeah, mp3fs has been around a long time. It's really useful.
Mojang not looking to sell out (2013)
Just like millions of Americans conscientiously choose to not buy food and life-saving medical care each day!

Life isn't always as simple as "don't buy more things".
Google Unveils $105 Android One Smartphone Amid Push in India
Yes, the Eclipse TFS plugin is pretty nice
Haha, I just realized this and came back to see if someone had corrected the mistake. Sure enough :)
I remember just a few years ago everybody being afraid to eat meals made with coconut oil as well, but, thank god, it's omnipresent now and red palm oil is quickly catching up (which is not necessarily good for the natural habitat affected, so, be selectively when you buy it). Ansel Keys is to be blamed, he fake evidence to shape the Lipid hypothesis and he himself didn't abstain from saturated fats and meat.
The HN effect is real but pretty sure it's just a tiny factor in this case.
PC != Windows
Let it Rainbow – An indie game with 7 levels of despair
It's interesting how many people have grown so desensitized to the content being presented that they're back to slinging mud about the credibility of the persons delivering the content. I'd say regardless of what you may think of Assange, Dot Com and Snowden personally, the presentation was excellent and raised an extremely valid critique of the state of Western surveillance. Perhaps we all need to stay on point.
For the interested, Notch didn't enter the current Ludum Dare but thousands of mortal coders did, and they'd love you to go play their games!

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/
I can found starbucks,
http://www.localmint.com/us/search?q=starbucks&l=new+york
Ask HN: How about a Web Framework Competition?
One recurring discussion I have with fellow developers and entrepreneurs is about which is the best language/framework for rapid prototyping and for building MVPs.

I heard people swear Rails is the fastest, while others claim Django is the best choice, while others yet claim raw PHP will beat anything.

Thinking about that I figured: why not run a competition to put those claims into practice? It could work like this:

1. Schedule a day for the competition (probably a Saturday or Sunday), and gather a list of people interested in participating

2. At the start of the competition, release a document to participants with an outline of the web application to be built. It would be something complex enough to challenge the participants and their stack choice, yet simple enough to be completed in one afternoon.

3. Participants may use any stack/language/framework they prefer. Once they complete the web application they submit it for judging.

4. One or more judges evaluate the submissions to see if they pass the requirements.

5. Once the competition is over we release a report with the results, including the fastest stacks used, the most popular ones, etc.

What do you guys think?

If you like the idea and would like to participate (either as a competitor or as a judge) send an email to daniel@kubic.com.br and we'll try to get it off the ground.
What about the converse - lawforcoders.com ... or is that essentially what groklaw was?
These guys (http://blueshiftpdx.com) have a speaker system that runs entirely on super caps. It charges in 5 minutes and plays for 6 hours. Downside I guess is its a bit expensive.
Utilizing Grunt for Better WordPress Theme Development
I'm sure Walmart labs is no joke. I can't think of a worse word association though.
I like Meteor, which seems to be similar except that Meteor also supplies a synced datastore (MongoDB on the server and a light weight equivalent in the browser).

I will definitely try this out, especially since I have already played with Opal (used in Volt).
These are the fastest-growing skills in tech
More like anti-virus companies are just bad at what they do.
The talks were professionally recorded (and will be available in like a month). Thanks for the reminder about notes - I don't need them myself, but I didn't consider that people would want to read them in the slides.
"overspend or manage finances poorly"

The sort of debt that you're talking about goes way further than the narrow perspective that most take on it. It begins before you are even born, and I think we should all ruminate on that.

Let me elaborate a bit, despite consistently getting down mods for expressing this point of view before. The debt begins with the parents that choose to have kids when they are unsure of their financial wellness and security for the years to come of their child's growth to adulthood. i.e. People shouldn't be having kids unless they're damn sure they can take care of them till they're adults and able to take care of themselves.
Advocating Fragment Oriented Applications in Android
Say you are looking at grcery stores in SF and pop open categories and select bookstores, instead of seeing bookstores in SF you see a list of all the bookstores... Categories in area view I think would work better as a filter. or at least have a way to pop back to your last map view with that category from the businesses page.
Where I live, comcast is pretty much the ONLY broadband provider. There are lots of places like this.

These are the risks of a monopoly on broadband internet access.

(Did you go send your comments to the FCC saying to treat ISP's like common carriers yet?

1) Go to http://fcc.gov/comments
2) Click on Proceeding 14-28
3) Say "I want internet service providers classified as common carriers."
)
Very addictive game. I can't really win it, but I loved it xD.