skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think anyone that is even a little bit serious about their particular exercise/activity will not use this. I cycle and run. I record everything in Strava. Most of my friends do too. I can't really see a reason to use this. Counting steps does not seem to be very useful.
About our own product, we are building something to help web and mobile business grow their revenue.

Horntell - http://horntell.com
Demo - http://demo.horntell.com

We allow businesses to automatically engage their users and turn them into champions. I think, demo should give you a fair piece of idea.

What do you think about the demo, guys? Awesome? Good? Or just Eh? :)

TIA
Congrats to the Meteor team!

We've built an enterprise/b2b app on meteor, and even through all of the hard yards, it's been a success & the right choice for us.

When I first heard about meteor, back at v0.5 or v0.6 - I watched the video from their home page, and thought it was full of buzzword bullshit. I didn't have a clue what it did.

I then ended up reading about how their latency-compensation API system worked [Meteor Methods]; And instantly knew that it was for me.

Having an API that simulates itself on the client, while simultaneously performing the same work on the server, is freaking awesome. (And then rolls back automatically if they don't agree).

If you are building a real-time, collaborative tool. Meteor is the framework.

That being said, there are a few questions about integration & scalability.

Opportunities to use Meteor:

* If you can make something small, eg. an internal tool [Free mobile app with cordova!]

* If it matches a certain feature of your app - and you can segment it based on URL (eg, it's a separate app)

* You're a sadist, and you're going to port your whole app to meteor...

* You're writing an MVP and you're going to scrap it later

* You're product has realtime/ collaborative elements that are a SELLING feature [not just for your personal enjoyment].

Scalability:

* Client are always connected via websocket. Great for realtime data (no polling), crap for a website.

* As meteor instances are single threads, you can run multiple instances on the one server. Design you code for this (eg, don't store state in regular JS variables on the server - all has to be in the database). Load balance between them.

* Once the "client" has booted up. You can then connect to as many other DDP servers [backed by their own mongo instance, or the same mongo instance] as you like. This gives you the ability to segment your application based on your core feature. EG; if you're a monitoring app, shard your data by client, if you're a document app, shard by project. Have a central listing which tells them which server to connect to.

* Perform heavy lifting somewhere else. Plenty of "web workers" out there, or roll your own using Celery & Meteor-Celery package [shameless plug].

All in all. Meteor is great at what it does; and what it does, is going to be the next generation of web apps.
Only if the lower costs that enable that increase in the riding market are sustainable, which appears its not (at least until self driving vehicles are here).
Very interesting. Is the U.S. Military utilizing this research to test potential candidates more so than the traditional print image books? Certain jobs in the military such as special operations or aviation prevent color blind candidates from applying.
> Are you saying attack ads are actually designed to keep you away from the polls altogether?

That's usually an acceptable result, yes. They are intended to make you not vote for the target of the attack. Usually, the people behind them have some other candidate that they'd rather you vote for then not voting at all -- but getting you to do that isn't the point of the attack ad. Attack ads are popular in the US (with its ubiquitous use of duopolistic first-past-the-post voting) elections because getting people to not vote for your opponent (even if it means not voting at all) is itself a viable route to victory.
Besides the number being wrong, it is precarious employment without benefits and therefore not equivalent to a $X/yr "real" job. Moreover I would expect Uber wages to decrease over time (unskilled, easy to acquire work)
Wonder whether there are any cases where it actually DOES make sense to drop an existing site and move to app only? Guess lots of examples of companies launching mobile-first or mobile-only solutions (e.g. Sprig) but any examples of companies making a clear switch away from web?
Oh, right! A bit spaced out (30-40 minute gaps, irregular, it seems) - but trip is only 20 minutes in the mornings. Not a bad option at all! Anyone know how crowded it is?
Ya, really. Of all the sites I visit and get valuable content from, most of them I pay for. The only outstanding ones I can think of are google search, gmail, and HN. Facebook? NYT? Buzzfeed? Not really in my interest areas.

I'd also waste a lot less time on random stuff if I had to pay for it, so I'd be more productive and make more money!
The Worrying State of Kenya’s Startup Ecosystem
I think the biggest threat to Uber is unionization (or other labor organizing).
Video of the explosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMmMgdcOSU

...and I believe this is the water-tower you can see in the video: https://www.google.se/maps/place/NASA+Wallops+Flight+Facilit...
Given Linode's atrocious security record who cares what they do.

The default should always be to listen on internal interfaces or have firewalls pre-configured.
They've generally been quite good at refusing to let advertisers target on sensitive subjects. It's probably a legal minefield in most developed countries, and it'd be a PR nightmare if there were any sort of adverse effects.

"We won’t associate with an individual’s cookie any audiences considered sensitive, such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation, health, certain financial information, and others."[0]

[0] https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2497941?hl=en
I could not move on very far from Microsoft when they were at the height of their power. Surely I could use Linux but the outside world will try constantly to infect me with something MS-proprietary.

These days they are dying and I'm so glad.
GitHub for Windows is definitely too simplistic, though attractive. I use the TK-based `git gui` which comes with git regardless of OS.
One of my Latin teachers told us that "the Church would give her right arm" for a copy of the book (the title escapes me) that convinced St. Augustine to stop being a skeptic and become a Christian. That book is lost.
That's true for most ads. I sometimes get 20-25 second ads that are not skippable on my tablet. I'd say they make up about 5-10% of all the ads I get on YouTube.
I'm doing a rebuild of a personal project over the holidays and I spent some time looking into binding together React, Airbnb's Rendr, and JSX through Browserify and Grunt. It's possible, but it's a nightmare. Meteor definitely succeeds and just delivering that.

(Not that that is the only requirement you might have.)
For certain (acceptable) values of perfect. I'm in California but for just a year, so I'm not a citizen or anything. I see 2-3 unskippable 30 second political ads each night and while ads have never driven me away from online streaming before, these are actually pushing me away from youtube.
You know it's bad when the United Kingdom covers it in the press...
To give a decent look for the outside look, we usually buy some HTML template and customize it our way, and keep focussing on the real product that lies behind the curtain.

Of course, with time the homepage evolves and changes accordingly.
This sounds like a Front Porch appliance - 'PorchLight/7.0.1406.154 Server'

http://www.frontporch.com/

I built a similar system several years ago, and modified the html directly using kernel modules and a non-blocking proxy. These JS based systems like front porch are pretty easy to build, and often give crappy performance since they are using blocking proxies.
I don't see any constitutional prohibition on sting operations against a crime suspect who's a minor. I disagree that it damages the reputation of the Seattle Times - not least because this information has been public for ~3 years, during which time you might have expected some measurable impact if that fear was well-grounded.

Law enforcement is well known to carry out undercover investigations during which law enforcement officers pretend to be someone else, or mislead people about their real intention. A classic example is offering a a suspect a drink out of apparent courtesy, with the real intention being to harvest the suspect's fingerprints/DNA from the drinking vessel. As long as the deception does not involve an inducement to illegal activity then I don't really have a problem with it. Deception as an investigative tool has long been considered acceptable by the courts as long as it does not 'shock the conscience' or involve a violation of the penal code. http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8766034093838378... (Frazier v. Cupp, 1969)

As an analogy, suppose you had a phone number for a criminal suspect. Would it be OK to call and say 'Hi, I work for the Seattle Times and I'd like to offer our newspaper free for two weeks, are you interested?' (this is a popular sales pitch with my local newspapers). If the person says yes and gives out an address and police start staking out that location (and delivering a copy of the newspaper every day), I don't think any court would have a problem with that.
A story of the first startup in history now on Kickstarter
Just got an interview invite! Super excited! Anyone else got one yet?
Exactly. There's all kinds of quality content on Youtube catering to almost any imaginable niche. It's not hard to find good content covering whatever interests you might have.

Just skimming through my subscription list and ignoring the video game and music-related stuff for examples:

Alton Brown - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfDNi1aEljAQ17mUrfUjkvg

FliteTest (RC planes/multirotors) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfDNi1aEljAQ17mUrfUjkvg

Munchies (Vice's food channel) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLfMkkHhSA_LaCta0BzyhQ

Smarter Every Day (science) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA

Veritasium (science) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA

Vsauce (random interesting information) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA

Numberphile (mathematics) - https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile

The Fast Lane (cars) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6S0jAvcapqJ48ZzLfva12g

Regular Car Reviews (cars/comedy) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1pShh6dtg-T_ZZkgi_JDQ

Every Frame a Painting (film analysis) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A

Wisecrack/Thug Notes (comedy/educational) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-ymYjG0SU0jUWnWh9ZzEQ

I've found that most hobbies usually have at least a couple of channels that regularly put out great content. I don't have any problem coming up with an hour or two worth of solid content that actually interests me when I wind down most nights.
I keep seeing that template where the header stays fixed and the page animates as you scroll. What's it called? Is it part of foundation?
There aren't many blogs covering this right now, but there are no personnel injured (according to the launch loop) -- just "significant property damage and significant vehicle damage".

Nobody has said much yet: https://twitter.com/OrbitalSciences/status/52722568241456742...
Everyone will wait for you! We wish you all the best. :)
Maybe I don't really want to know, but the comment you're replying to has since been [deleted]. You mind editing yours to share the gist of it?
I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "Discretion is the better part of valor". It is good to be brave, however it is also good to be discreet. If you are cautious and discreet (keep your mouth shut and don't brag), you will probably not be put into a situation that requires bravery.
What a bummer... Getting to space isn't easy.
Glad to see The Intercept is still bringing those hard-hitting revelatory leaks instead of merely capitalizing on public idolization with hagiographic exclusives.
Awesome man! Not yet, though. How does the email look like? Copy paste here?
I'm hoping Chrome will drop their built-in flash runtime, only thing it's used for is ads.
Video of Antares rocket explosion during liftoff
Our TV signals reached 2100 planets potentially suitable for life
We at Sherpa has collected around 1M trips from Uber and Lyft. The average hourly rate of Uber driver is around $15 -- varies among cities. If you work 8 hours a day for 365 days, you will earn around $43,800. Of course, if you drive for 24 hours a day, you will earn as much as $131,400.
Thanks so much!

I know the MarketPsych founder Richard. Great guy, super forward thinking and definitely someone we respect. He sells exclusively through TR now I believe.

Under the hood we are very different cos in terms of our data and what we aim to do with it. Time will tell ;-)
Would you like to share your product here? We would love to see it.
Plausibly. I'm not sure how we'd tell. And there being "a will" may be dependent on an understanding of what's going on whose absence could - in principle - persist indefinitely.
It's not just about constancy, it's about having some relationship between how much you pay and how much you use. Utilities that offer that "pay the same every month" feature base the amount you pay on your average usage throughout the year.

Here's an analogy that's closer to cell phone unlimited plans: Imagine if it were instead the same flat fee for everyone across the country. I imagine you'd find the family that lives in a small apartment and keeps the house cool in the winter isn't too happy to find out that very little of their gas bill is explained by their own energy usage, and the vast majority of it is paying to heat the mansions of the rich people across town.
I really don't see the point of making so much breaking changes just to simplify the public API. The thing was working, it was good. It didn't need any changes. God would have rested.

But well, the developers were there and, you know, they cannot see a repository without commits for much time, right?
Facebook just said something that sent it shares plummeting
Very sad that this has happened. I can only imagine what it must feel like to those who worked on the rocket and its payload. It can really happen to anyone, even the best. At least we can all be thankful no one was hurt.
The price point and how wide the subscription applies are key in whether this is at all desirable.

For a couple of comparison points: Netflix is roughly $9/month for streaming service, Pandora radio is $36/year ($3/month) for their unlimited plan (which is more of a radio service), and Spotify's unlimited plan is $10/mo.

Youtube as a service is probably most directly comparable to Spotify or Netflix, but their content doesn't come from the same sorts of old media sources, so that would definitely put a pretty firm upper cap on a reasonable price at $9.
My cat does this and doesn't even bite when I rub her belly gently, so I guess I'm either lucky or my cat doesn't conform to normality!
I'm not confused about the difference between what an irrational number is and the cardinality of the real numbers and it's various subsets.

It all depends on one's philosophy and existence. When you say, "only countably many of them exists....The rest are just..." you are admitting that at least in some sense they all exist. Indeed, one must be careful when making a statement, "irrational real numbers exist in nature". You can't point to anything and say, "There is the number square root of 2." It does not exist as a physical object.

Even if one were to make a giant philosophical leap and believe that one can make right triangle whose legs have precisely the same length (down to the last particle!) you don't have the existence of an irrational number. You have the hypotenuse of a triangle. The number itself does not exist in the physical sense.

Numbers are concepts and to say that one such concept exists but not another because there is some physical quantity is "equal" to it in former case but not the latter is an absurdity in my opinion. There are errors in all physical measurements. How is one going to distinguish between which numbers exist in your sense and which ones don't when the numbers are close enough together that no measurement can possibly distinguish between them?
Awesome. Didn't know that existed. I have to check it out for my own personal email communications between my friends.
I closed the tab when the demo asked for a name / email. Why should I give my name / email before I know whether or not I want to use something?

Nice design, though.
If you just agree due to fear of repercussions, and "they" know this and manipulate it to their advantage then yes, that's probably bullying. Best case you're working with sociopaths.
Video started immediately, I didn't touch anything. The video ended uninterrupted at 4:30.

An small annotation link to a different song appeared for a couple of seconds, at the bottom left. Those annotations can be disabled in the ui. Of course that as any other annotation, didn't pause the video.

Apart from that there were no adds.

( choose a better song next time please :-) )
Yeah, I would too. I only visit a few that have advertisements, and I would gladly pay to get rid of them.
I think you are misunderstanding me. I am not calling terminals disempowering.

I am criticizing the keyboard handling (and general input device handling) at all levels of the computing stack from device firmware and drivers up through web or curses applications. As a user, it is effectively impossible to get the keyboard to behave the way I want (or even in a way that I can anticipate with some kind of mental model) in every context.
Verizon is launching a tech news site that bans stories on U.S. spying
My entire physics lab watched this happen live. It started going up and everyone was cheering. Seconds later just caught fire, and fell to the ground and exploded.

"That's what happens when you set 'a' to negative." a good lesson from my TA
The instruction cache gets cold every few hundred ms, when processes are rescheduled because of a tick, or trying to do I/O. Disk speed never had much relevance here.
For an unbiased overview of Meteor, including what it offers and how it differs from typical JavaScript frameworks (like Angular.js and Backbone.js) and ecosystems (like Mean.js and Yeoman), read this article:
http://javascriptissexy.com/learn-meteor-js-properly/
From what I understand X-cart and Magento already address this with PayPal and quite possibly Stripe. And if you're coding your own website you might as well use Stripe's API.
But that goes against the very grain of a free and open internet, where anyone of any income level can access information. When you start creating paywalls, you start creating scarcity of information to justify people to pay those fees.

I find the whole "internet ads are bad" argument silly and specious at best - I don't care that Amazon shows me pictures of wallets I might want to buy if that means a poor kid in Eastern Europe can read CNN or BBC news for free.
oh my god! congratulations! what was your idea? did you submit early or late?
I KNEW this was coming, it's too successful of a model on twitch, I don't see why subscription and ads can't live side by side though.
You chose to make your point with probability, which is actually what will most likely make people accept driverless cars in the end.

It's amusing to read the same reasoning after striking away "driverless":

"You are far more optimistic than me about the future of cars. Given N cars, some fraction p will eventually run over and kill small children. Stand back and watch the hysteria and the end of cars."

or with elevators:

"You are far more optimistic than me about the future of automatic elevators. Given N elevators, some fraction p will eventually malfunction and kill small children. Stand back and watch the hysteria and the end of elevators."

If the accident probabilities can be brought to acceptable levels, why wouldn't we adopt them?

PS: With trains and subways we have 1 driver per dozens of passengers, where the savings gained from reducing it to 0 may not outweigh the risk increase/loss of safety feeling.
@All - Thanks everyone. I really don't know if $1200 did sound as a joke , although it might be if you are already in SF, but I would consider it as high rent. I added $$250 to what we were paying in NC. I could be terribly wrong. I could go up until $1500 but I can't grasp idea of paying $2k or $2.5k for 1 bd/ba. I don't care / mind what everyone is doing in their home but I just don't want to get robbed at gun point.

Many of you have provided very nice information which will help me narrow down the area.

Just one last question on living on Oakland after researching further. Is Oakland really runs that scary ? I am asking because even though I might rent in some good neighborhood I might have to pass through Oakland. Do people literally get robbed or shot in broad daylight or by 8pm / 9pm ?

Thanks very much again for helping me out and excellent info.
Oh, we didn't think it that way.

But we need your name to show the personalisation capabilities and email to demonstrate you the off-site engagement.

I know everyone says it, but we truly mean it when we say that we will not spam you. It is the need of demo that it requires some information to personalise the demo your way.

Anyways, thanks for the feedback. We will definitely brainstorm something around it this week.
I haven't been following the situation super-closely, but I understand that the threat of W3C not ratifying the HTML5 spec as it is (or was) has curtailed the behaviour of certain individuals on a number of occasions during the HTML5 process. If so then the W3C's involvement with HTML5 has not been at all inconsequential, even if you view the formal announcement today as unimportant.
Video of Antares rocket exploding 4 seconds after liftoff
Marketing, competition, new features, bugs, expoits, evolution. These things could go viral. Literally.
A hard robots.txt equivalent cellular protocol might be needed to protect body parts from the gaze of Grey Google.
I'd be surprised if you don't get an interview. Nice product.
It's bad. I recently drove to LA through the central valley, and in 18 years of doing that drive, I've never seen it so dry. Whole farms are just gone, everything is brown.

There are a couple of problems preventing us from saving more water though.

#1, we had a drought in the 80s. A lot of people learned to conserve then and never changed their habits (like me). There is no way I could use 20% less water -- I already use the minimum. I have buckets all over the house for reuse, for example. My next step is a gray water system, which is expensive.

Which leads to #2, water is way to cheap in this state. I would have expected my water bill to go up during the drought. It's gone down. It's insane. Sure, let's keep tier one usage cheap so we don't destroy the poor, but tier two and up? It should be 10x what it is. That would make people conserve.
Even i would like to know answer to this.
congrats big time!
This is kind of sad really. I didn't realize people with color-blindness were missing so much of the color experience (if this website is accurate). I guess if you've always been colorblind though, you don't know that you're missing anything. It'd be like me complaining about not having the 11-dimensional color perception that an octopus has.
Well, that's good. Property damage is insurable - let's hope that's the only loss.

Listening to the audio feed for a few minutes, I always find it a bit sad how people resort to 'officialese' bullshit when they're embarrassed or stressed, eg 'we're going to triage the data'?!
The Future of Civilization Is a Battle Between Google and Wikileaks