skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
1. Food, as already said, but so very important it bears repeating. I've found there's nothing like a lack of available chemical energy (or water to facilitate the reactions) to drag down my kinetic expenditure. Just being aware of this is helpful, e.g., "I don't feel like doing anything… Wait, I haven't eaten right today… OK, time to fight through that now that I know the cause isn't some cosmic force outside my control!"

2. I've found I've a strong connection to musical context, i.e., when my ass is dragging, playing tunes I have listened to while doing things I find fun (in my case, careening down mountains on bikes with earbuds in) can give me a good jolt out of a lethargic moment.

3. Redirect the slack. Few time-wasters out there compare with surfing the web. So, if I'm falling down that rabbit-hole, I surf to find things I find motivating and energizing, e.g., reading about the training regimes of athletes I admire, or find youtube clips of them demonstrating significant badassery, or finding training clips I can follow (I've been enjoying Ryan Leech's 30 Day Wheelie Challenge lately.)

4. Take a nap. In the sun if possible.

5. Listen to Car Talk (while eating some proper food, but be careful with liquids that can come back through the nose.)

6. Smile. If you can't do #5, just plaster a big, fake grin on your face. I find it rare my brain doesn't say "hey, we're smiling here, crap we must be happy and energized and I just missed the memo, time to get on that!"
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Some people like a browser to be a browser, not something which grows into a poorly engineered, sand-boxed, slow operating system inside of another operating system.

Sorry, I just don't trust JavaScript developers that much.
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> If you don't use it, then it is not doing you any harm.

I've heard that before.
I think I would actually like that.
The thing with Pocket is that it's basically an extension installed by default. This is the first time Mozilla does such a thing to Firefox, and this doesn't please the community, including myself.

I though that the whole point of integrating a new feature is to really implement it into the software, where you can make it efficient and reliable, where you don't rely on a third party to make it work and where users' data is bundled to their Firefox profile only.

If they think it was not worth it to implement it, then they could just label the extension "featured", make a blog post to advice it to the community and call it a day. Otherwise they can just start integrating any popular extension, call it a new "feature" and defend themselves by saying that people use it so it's important.
The overall readership size isn't of great concern (the more the merrier), but it breaks down when people start interacting at scale. It breaks down when posts start getting thousands of upvotes or tens of thousands of comments. At that point, why bother?

Depending on where you step in Reddit, it's either steeped in a common shock culture (relate everything back to racism, sexism, nazis, 4chan dirty memes, ...) or just friendly nonsense. You never know what will show up where.

All this has happened before, all this will happen again. http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html — http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/social-software-sundays-2-the-...

You have to fit your thinking to fit the social masses because you can't manipulate the masses enough to fit your clever business model (unless you can demand monopolistic lock-in to force behavior).
I can't speak for firefox users, but when I buy a phone and it comes with a "phone company daily deals" app that that can't be removed because it's a "system component" it often seems to me that they could easily have been made it removable, and that making bloat impossible to remove was a business decision.

Perhaps firefox users feel the same way.
At 20, Amazon Continues to Defy Predictions
Sometimes it can mean you are dehydrated or suffer from sleep Apnea. I would try drinking a quart of cold water, take a cold shower, eat a meal with complex carbs, veggies and lean protein. Get at least 8 hours of sleep.
Not sure but I think he was talking about the fact that NASA had to close the communication with the satellite so that it can get busy with clicking and doing science with Pluto during the flyby
Cats, tall buildings, cars, and fracking kill far more birds than windmills do. And I don't understand the military radar objection. If your radar can't tell the difference between a windmill farm and an approaching squadron of hostiles, the problem is in the radar, not the windmill.

Off-shore is indeed much more expensive than on-shore, but also more reliable.

It's really an issue of capital cost and ramp-up time.
view = f(data) + counter
> And does 1/6th the amount of "stuff."

I disabled all capabilities that weren't required for the task, then killed all source files that weren't required for the build, in both trees. I believe it was a fair comparison.
Push Notifications Are as Distracting as Phone Calls
We wanted to talk about rape culture through an adventure game made in 48h
> What do we do about the historic content that will never, ever be ported to anything other than Flash?

Stick it in our history books as an example of what happens when you tie yourself to a proprietary platform?
Iceweasel actually has a file somewhere in /etc that overrides the config to disable some of those features.
He is one of the original open disclosure type founders:
Here he post his ad-sense earning for a couple years:
https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/adsense-breakd...

Here is the post with the $900k(CAD) check from google (which bounced!)
https://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/06/07/small-companie...
I am definitely not a lawyer, if you listen to me for legal advice you're an idiot, however:

I don't know details, but I think Fan Duels model has had some court tests and it was ruled a game of skill (in a way that poker was not somehow) somehow because you a) picked your lineup and b) there were no random number generators.

Here's a few articles:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2013/10/09/fanduel-s...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2013/09/03/is-it-leg...

That second one seems to specifically mention this clause of UIGEA:
"1. In many cases, playing fantasy football for money is entirely legal under federal law. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 includes an explicit carve-out for fantasy sports games that meet three criteria: (1) the value of the prizes is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of fees paid; (2) all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants; and (3) the fantasy game’s result is not based on the final scores of any real-world games."

So it seems as long as the individual tournaments run have fixed prize pools they satisfy (1), (2) seems to be met because there's still sports knowledge of the sport that can improve performance, and (3) is met simply by their scoring system not having to do with final scores (and includes lots of other stats to help) although this one would probably need a text check to say what "based on the real-world scores" means exactly.
Just wait until they turn it into a mail client...
I agree that there is that 'mesothelioma' part of the web but your commentary sounds like some unfounded elitism. "Simple tips and tutorials" - what exactly is bad about that? If people are visiting the website, reading and receiving value from the content, what's the issue?

Further - what's wrong with gifs and memes? There is a market for it people will go ahead and supply it. It's definitely not easy to do.
I've noted the printer problem in the past (I tend to call it crapitalism, the equilibrium point between price tolerance and crap tolerance, and a lot of people are way more crap tolerant than I am.) But I think for folks here who are wondering what sort of startup to create its a good way of thinking about the question.
If you search for a stock symbol in Google Web Search (instead of Google Finance) you'll get a SVG-and-JavaScript chart that has fewer features.

If you don't need the specific features in the Google Finance chart, that might be a good alternative.

(Disclaimer: I work at Google but not on Google Finance. My own opinion, yada yada.)
Superhero media today, owned by Disney.
Safari:

http://f.cl.ly/items/2J3Y0W473c3y1N2s401k/Screen%20Shot%2020...

http://f.cl.ly/items/2X2X303p3q2i2a2d2M3o/Screen%20Shot%2020...
Flash was the major source of online rich-media games up until a couple of years ago, not "the 90's". It's still used in that arena because HTML/CSS/JS is not as good of a platform for interactive gaming.
Ah, so that's the C in CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
Google Launches Nearby APIs for Android and iOS
>> "* There is no money involved in the Pocket thing."

If there was money involved I would completely respect the decision. The fact that Firefox gets no money from this boggles my mind. It really does. If I was working at Pocket I'd be sitting at my desk laughing at how lucky we got.
> The Euro though is a different matter. It is dividing the EU. It is creating the have's and have not's. It is being used as an economic nuclear weapon in order to force the will of one nations economic culture and expectations on to others.

Maybe it is, but the Greek problems started decades ago, years before the Euro.
Plastic is not a sustainable nor cost-effective material to build roads out of. I am a mechanical designer who designs with plastics daily. All plastic polymer chains break down over time and there is no getting around it. Light, thermal-variations, water-absorption, and mechanical stress can cause microscopic polymer chains to break and this weakens the plastic. If you have ever seen plastic that has become brittle with old age or sunlight you have seen a perfect example of polymer-chain damage in plastics. The rate of polymer chain breakage can be slowed down through various plastic formulations but it can't be stopped, especially in an outdoor environment where it is contending with wild temperature variations, water, oil, sunlight, and cars driving on it.

So yes, lets make a road out of plastic, even though plastic is at it's absolute worst under the stresses roads undergo. I will join the "when will the road break" betting pool at 8 years and 2 months after the road is laid.
> The Pocket feature is really useful for those using it and harmless for those not using it.

Textbook use case for an Addon eh.

Embedded in the install you're pushing a commercial organisations interests which might not align with those of the non-profit Mozilla orgs.

Please just remove it, and the video conferencing. Make them as addons as they should be, and work to tighten the privacy holes in firefox and put all about:config magic meat options in an advanced tab in the options menu where they should be.
> Cardiovascular is the best thing. Not weight lifting, but running, swimming, or fast walking, biking, any of those things.

What makes you say this? I always feel fantastic and motivated after a hard session in the gym. I agree that long runs or walks yield more creative thoughts than time in the gym, but few things are as energizing and motivating as successfully grinding out heavy sets of squats or deadlifts.
This is the better, link, imo. As the OP just swiped the image from this article.
Of course, though I think economical sanctions are already much better than starting another preventive war.
Haven't all the flash game developers moved on anyways? To either mobile or steam.
Of all the people to speculate, the former CEO is probably the most reliable.
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Another option is to sit down and have a think. If your subconscious is trying to deprive you of all activities, other than thinking, there might be a reason for it.
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> To be clear, by "blocked" Flash we really mean enforced click-to-activate

For the record, I'm more than fine with that. In fact, I've used extensions to get that effect for years.
The devices of concern are stored in a cardboard box on a wooden bench? Noting the risk of combustion is low, hopefully that bench is not near any combustible materials in that wall.
Github claims that the flash version is "currently the only reliable way to put data in the clipboard". This seems to indicate that they looked at the native browser option and found it unacceptable for their use case.

https://github.com/blog/1365-a-more-transparent-clipboard-bu...
I actually think that's an awesome business.
A) eSports are growing, but many have not found clear revenue models.
B) Would be awesome if you could figure out a way to actually fund leagues based on revenue brought in. Almost a horse-racing model. It's difficult because of gambling laws, but a) might be fine in some states or countries and b) the betting is not related to the actual score of the game so gambling abuse is less likely (although still not impossible, much like point shaving). It's also still really hard to help someone's outcome on their bet a ton since it's mostly bet in large pools. Would be like trying to help rig an NCAA bracket pool vs trying to fail to cover in a NCAA game.
You're right, it's no longer relevant.

Just like Commodore 64, Apple IIe, the original PlayStation, NES, XBox, and a slew of other platforms made obsolete by something called "progress".
What got you interested in learning when you were 18?
When you say more reliable are you talking about the capacity factor?

I would think maintenance costs would be higher in the sea air.
If we're talking about the market size for Tesla teh urbanization trend is not at all exaggerated. The US may not be doing much urbanization but the world overall certainly is.
Hm, the OP asked what would I do to overcome lethargy. I personally would not lift weights, preferring instead the other forms of cardio activity I mentioned... so that is why I answered the OP's question as I did.
OS X, Yosemite, Safari
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Plutos "demotion" from being a fully-fledged planet makes me wonder if it would have been politically feasible to start the New Horizons project if the redefinition had happened a few years earlier.

Still, I am pleasantly surprised by the excitement this mission is garnering.
We owe nothing to China considering we pay them
American here. Sounds like they are just like our leaders. :)
I specifically mention that even when it tries to do hardware acceleration it isn't as efficient. I know it does h264 hardware acceleration along with 3D stuff. It does it, it just does it really poorly compared to native alternatives.

The blackbox comment is referring to it not being part of the DOM.
whoo boy, I recently did a contract job deploying a clone of reddit (directly using their source code on Github), and yes... it is a gigantic mess of ugly crap code and bizarre design decisions. I'm kind of surprised it works as well as it does.
Has there been any clarification on how the Pocket TOS applies to users of Firefox who aren't actively using Pocket? Because the wording seems to indicate that mere installation of "Pocket Technologies" constitutes acceptance of their TOS.

"Please read the following terms of service ("Agreement") before you install the Pocket™ application or use any of the products or services we provide through our application, software or website (all of which are referred to collectively herein as the "Pocket Technologies")... The terms of service constitute a binding legal agreement, which govern your use of the Pocket Technologies via any platform or device. By installing the Pocket™ application, visiting our website or installing or using any of the Pocket Technologies, you are accepting these terms of service."

Notice "installing or using any of the Pocket Technologies," along with the preceding definition: "application, software or website (all of which are referred to collectively herein as the "Pocket Technologies")"

Does the presence of Pocket integration in Firefox constitute installation of Pocket technologies? If so, then this TOS would appear to apply -- and it's a TOS I have no interest in accepting.
They ought to cover that unsightly box with some oily rags.
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I think the OP was referring to games that require complex animations, 3D, or interfaces that use the webcams or microphones.
I'm a longtime professional developer and Starfighter doesn't appeal to me either. I don't see why I'd spend time on it instead of on paid work or a personal project or open source, all of which would demonstrate my value to an employer and reward me more than playing a game.

I've followed Patrick McKenzie since before BCC and this is the first thing that I don't get. Maybe it'd appeal to me if I played computer games.

Having said all that, I'm not meaning to be negative. Clearly it does appeal to some people. I really only wrote this so akavel would know that he/she wasn't alone! I think uninterested people generally don't comment and it's impossible to be against someone creating a product like this so naturally all the comments are from interested people.

Summary: Nothing against it, it's just not for me.
It's not an appeal to consequences ("it would be horrifying if this were true") but to absurdity ("believing this would require us to believe all these implausible things").
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Finally a solution to annoying email attachments
Well, pixel tracking actually exists.

http://digiday.com/platforms/explainer-why-pixel-tracking-is...
"Well contained" perhaps but hardly "unnoticeable." Check out this 5 megaton "Cannikin" test from 1971:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtH0EDLcbwA

From Wikipedia:

"Cannikin was detonated on November 6, 1971 51°28′13.20″N 179°6′40.75″E, as the thirteenth test of the Operation Grommet (1971–1972) underground nuclear test series. The announced yield was 5 megatons (21 PJ) – the largest underground nuclear test in US history.[24] (Estimates for the precise yield range from 4.4[36] to 5.2[37] megatons or 18 to 22 PJ). The ground lifted 20 feet (6 m), caused by an explosive force almost 400 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.[38] Subsidence and faulting at the site created a new lake, over a mile wide.[3] The explosion caused a seismic shock of 7.0 on the Richter scale, causing rockfalls and turf slides of a total of 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2).[24] Though earthquakes and tsunamis predicted by environmentalists did not occur,[33] a number of small tectonic events did occur in the following weeks, (some registering as high as 4.0 on the richter scale) thought to be due to the interaction of the explosion with local tectonic stresses.[39]"
Aren't you just tired?

If you are, stopping feeling guilty because the time is not productive will help a lot.
Everything seems to be worded just right in case they don't deliver. From the FAQ:
"As a contributor to this Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, you are supporting Airing’s intent to develop the world's first micro-CPAP device."

Also, all physical perks have the disclaimer:
"Subject to FDA clearance and doctor’s prescription in the US and local regulation abroad."

From a financial perspective, I can't imagine getting the device certified in multiple countries is going to be cheap. Would they also be expected to check doctors prescriptions in various languages somehow before delivering?
Greece functioned OK before the euro. They devalued the drachma every now and then to keep themselves competitive. While never the model of operational efficiency, they chugged along before they were saddled with debt in the mid 2000s - debt spent mostly on buying military equipment and other unnecessary stuff FROM GERMANY and other EU countries with Greek decision-makers decisions being "incentivized" to do so. Ordinary people did not see much of this money. And the money spent on bailouts since 2010 was just bailing out private banks and saddling euro taxpayers with the bill.

By the way, Germany is not exactly a stranger to corruption (compared to other northern states in Europe):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Germany
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Look at the various computer museums and organizations that deal in archiving old technology. They have been dealing with this problem for years. It could be as simple as mirroring the website or service and firing up a virtual machine with windows 2000 and Adobe Flash installed. Thats easy compared to dealing with old magnetic media like floppies and reels.

It's time for flash to die.
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There was that leukemia guy a couple weeks ago.
Speaking as somebody with no interest in the region, if I was an Iranian I'd want a nuclear weapon. Nobody invades a nuclear power. Nuclear powers get propped up instead of sabotaged.
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> I don't really think of this as "undefined" ... we define very clearly that one of two things happens, based on the OS' memory layout. That's very different from GCC's understanding, where undefined == "if I want to have the program upload a cat picture to Reddit instead of shift a signed integer right, then that's what I'll do."

I don't think there's much of a difference in practice between the two. If you admit "bad data" into your language, you very quickly spiral into true undefined behavior. For example, call a "bad data" function pointer—what happens then? (This is basically how UAF tends to get weaponized in the wild, BTW.) Or use the "bad data" to index into a jump table—what happens then?
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How would that help? The "integrity" packet is provided by the now hacked server, and thus can never provide extra security? Or am I missing something?