dsteinweg's comments

It looks like it's pulling characters from the paragraph to generate the "unique" paragraph ID. ID = First letter from the first 3 words in the first sentence in the paragraph + First letter from the first 3 words in the last sentence in the paragraph.

I wonder... for all the different articles on NYTimes, and the different configurations of words across paragraphs, is this unique enough such that you won't get duplicate paragraph IDs in any given article?

I overcome problems all the time by talking it out with someone--they don't even have to be a programmer. Just describing the process, what I'm trying to accomplish, the pieces of information involved, and the "why's" of each step can help me find where my logical flaw or bug is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

I would recommend a card game called Dominion.

My guess is that since Sifter is a bug-tracking app, "no custom statuses" means a user can't provide a custom status for a particular bug--only pre-set options like "Open", "Assigned", "Resolved", etc.

As a .NET developer who has yet to integrate regular unit testing into his work, I thought this article was too short to be useful. Some concrete examples would help.

They seemed to be concerned about the lack of security they were witnessing, and they also alluded to "this could be bad in the hands of a spammer".

If this log is real, is it truly the conversation of those that took the data?

I think it's where the only submissions displayed are those submitted by users who have karma above a certain threshold (or where their account was created a long time ago, i.e. not new account submissions).

Refresh the page and you'll get a new lady.

After hearing your interpretation, I realize that probably does make more sense within the context of the paragraph.

But I certainly heard it the other way first. That's probably another good example of meaning being lost in text compared to spoken word.

> Google is a freakin' giant. I don't see how you compete with that, unless you are a large company like Microsoft.

I agree with your statements here, but still, I think it's flawed thinking. Just because Google is big doesn't mean one person (or a small group) can't come up with innovations and compete.

Even if Gabriel says DuckDuckGo is not a competitor to Google, or if it doesn't have a sustainable business model, I applaud his efforts. I too enjoy the bang syntax, and that's something I wouldn't get using other search engines (even if DDG isn't classified as such).

Matsano!

That was Duke all right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_3D#Controversy

Maybe he was referring to this? http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html

I thought the "interactive panorama" link in the article was neat. Had mouseover tooltips for each of the apps he had open, too.

His "dashboard" is cool in a way, but also sad. Makes me think of some rumors (perhaps well-founded or even true) that Sesame Street reduced the attention span of children because of the constant switching of scenes and characters and etc.

This comment made me think of the recent submission on geek behaviors in conversation: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1078529.

I liked that submission because I could easily identify with most of the behaviors in that list. I too often have the urge to correct someone over something arguably unimportant. It's so strange.

I'm curious, could you provide any details around the death caused by a software bug?

Regarding the colors and un-linkability... why is that? To discourage lengthy "Ask HN" posts?

While I appreciate the commenters who do it, I think it's kind of silly to have to comment a "clickable link" for HN submissions that need it. Why not just change that?

Anyone ever tried TeraCopy? I think it's leagues ahead of the regular Windows file copy (it has pause and resume and error recovery).

It can be a big shock to start living with someone else closely for the first time. Prepare to compromise.

There will be several times when your roommate(s) gets on your nerves, and I found it best to step back, take a breath, look at specifically is bothering you, and confront your roommate about it calmly. Ask him to do the same if you start to bother him somehow. Patience and good communication are key to maintaining order in your living space. Do this right and dorm/apartment life will be a blast.

On the flip side, your first year can be quite hellish if you've got a roommate that is unbearable. If peaceful negotiations are not working, definitely consider moving out; don't just live in misery.