jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I'm curious - when they did this survey, did they make the unlabeled mystery pie chart which represents Sweden 20% smaller? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_...

More useful info on the income distribution of Sweden relative to the US. Fun fact: the top 9 deciles of Swedish Americans are richer than their corresponding deciles in Sweden: http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-economy-in-o...

Sweden's tax is actually much less progressive than the US. So are the authors of the article advocating that we reduce taxes for the top 10%? http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/27134.html
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On second thought, doing this automatically might be a waste of time for most one-shot commands. Perhaps a separate COEVAL command would work better for this.
As someone who's gone from boxy laptops to an Air... yes, there is a difference in "mobility". I take my Air out to a cafe or a park or whatever to get work done a LOT more than I took my old Powerbooks.

Heavier computers are something I had to make a decision to go out with. I knew I would be lugging it around on my shoulder and feeling grumpy. But the Air? It, plus a Wacom tablet next to it, takes up less room than the hardback sketchbooks I used to haul around as a matter of course. And I can sit out under a tree on a nice day and do finished, full-color art with a lot less mass than hauling a paint box around. (The fact that a full charge lasts most of a day helps a lot, too. I only take the power brick when I'm going out of town.)

Now, I will admit that I do also care about how stuff looks. I'm an artist; it's my job. But my experience is that there is something really, really different about having a laptop that does everything you need, and weighs less than a hardbound book.
Why does he need a lawyer to do a BSD license?
Good news? If LE can deanonymize pedophiles with malware they can deanonymize dissidents with malware. The capability is the problem, if it wasn't, we wouldn't need Tor.

As much as people don't want it to be true, this is an all or nothing situation. Tor is secure for everyone, or no one.

You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelet...
I started in OSes and filesystems, but I recommend hitting Cmd+Alt+i on this page and typing:

var comments = document.querySelectorAll('.comment');

[].forEach.call(comments, function(comment){comment.style.backgroundColor = "#ffaa44"})

Instead.
Driving any car at 85mph will nuke the mileage.. DOE figures for 80mph vs. 55mph show a 30% reduction in mileage, so I'd imagine 85mpg is more like a 35% reduction. Given that MPG isn't a direct linkage, it's worth noting that this will roughly double your driving cost per mile depending on the car..

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/driveHabits.jsp
The only thing I've personally heard it refer to is Tor, Freenet, etc. What else has it been used for?
This got popular on reddit about a month ago. This thread has a warning about community moderation policies: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2n97b1/to_anyone_who...

tl;dr Consider that unprofessional moderation may expose your IP address, email, or other personal information and that others may be encouraged to harass you before playing.
> power cable, monitor cables and a mouse

Won't be too long before you can do all three of those with one USB-C cable.
Already done: http://www.geek.com/games/notchs-70-million-beverly-hills-ma...
I find it's heavily dependent on the company. Companies that see IT as core to a successful business tend to attract 10x programmers. If you are still in school then my advice is to learn to interview a company while you are interviewing for a job. Find the place that's going to push you more, regardless of pay.
This is the best news yet coming from the auto manufacturers and Android Auto/Apple Carplay. I personally would never choose one of the two, but the option will make both ecosystems more successful.
Dunno if the author is on HN, but I just want to say I love the design of this site.
Why can't HTML some kind of templating system, or even simple includes? Then I wouldn't need to use a static generator and could just author HTML directly.

e.g. (with hypothetical <extends> and <block> tags)

template.html

<!doctype html>
<html>
<h1>My Fancy Blog</h1>
<block main/>
</html>

index.html

<extends "template.html">
<block main>
<body>
Hello world
</body>
</block>

Maybe this would compromise browser performance or add some kind of vulnerability, but authoring DRY HTML directly is my fantasy
Bulk senders overwhelmingly prioritize html email content correctness over plain text correctness. For the past 2 years I’ve been getting monthly emails from a major auto vendor financing company whose plaintext part begins:

Dear < Customer >,
This email is a reminder that your payment of $< Payment Amount >
is due in < Days Prior Reminder to Due Date > day(s).
I do not believe it would be ethical to force chemicals into people. We rushed the testing of the vaccines, so we could be forcing people into harms way. That could also have legal blowback and other social implications even if governments grant immunity to the medical facilities and vaccine producers. Everyone is already on edge, so at best this could be dumping fuel on the fire and lead to more riots. Additionally, if we have the power to force drugs on people, then I would also expect that we have the power to force people to get healthy and not be at risk in the first place. This will eventually happen anyway as not a single government will be able to absorb the medical costs of diabetes by 2050, per the CDC. [1] [2] There are additional CDC PDF's that break down the cost by 2050 and will be in the trillions. By 2040 there will be no money left for anything beyond medical. [3]

In my opinion, a more ethical option would be to make the vaccines available to anyone that wants it and prioritize access to those at highest risk. Those at risk should self isolate. Those not at risk should get back to work and open their businesses up.

[1] - https://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2010/r101022.html

[2] - https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-repor...

[3] - https://youtu.be/5LTWJOi3bCo?t=3 [video] skipping rude intro
I did something similar and already convinced my immediate family and 5 other people to install Signal. Let's see how this goes.
The amount of data on 5.25" disks which is also in standard PC formats means that a standard USB-mass-storage implementation would have limited use.

There are plenty of archival-quality solutions which perform low-level flux imaging of the media, and these do operate over USB. Because the 5.25" media saw application in tons of non-PC applications, and this is the kind of controller you need to do useful work with them.

More info here: https://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Rescuing_Floppy_Disk...
I might argue it’s always better to be a dog.
Thanks Patrick, I agree with these points actually. I guess I didn't make that clear.

I don't think I mentioned in the article to ask for their friends' email addresses though, did I? I'll have a re-read.

At the time, I seem to recall that we very specifically mentioned to our users that they would gain their high score ratings (over time) AND they would be notified of PopJam's launch, via email.

I'm very much a "white hat" guy - so if there's anything you think in there that may be considered grey/black, let me know and I'll remove it from the article. I'm all for best practices.
How many of you dear readers are really going to need such processing power?
Well, while the legal definition of assault is based on contact in general, I would guess that notahacker is talking about injurious violence, or at least a solid threat of it, as 'real assault'. And probably 'real' in terms of 'sexual' would mean something sexually motivated.

That's the problem with categories; a whole range of behaviors end up with the same name, and now we're wasting time with semantics instead of worrying about the rights violation.
fix gnu code -> gpu code :)
I think two key elements from their implementation, which I would not suggest copying for your implementation, are

1) Don't tell people you want their email address because you want to mail them.

and

2) Ask them for their friend's email addresses, too, and see #1.

If you try pulling either of these stunts, most reputable mailing providers are going to hit you with the banhammer. You'll have deserved it, too. If, on the other hand, you a) tell people you want their address to mail them and then b) do a proper double opt-in, your response rates will drop.
If you don't care about the standard, you can use / * * / to comment out stuff in JSON. It's a shame this wasn't in the spec. Along with making quotes optional for keys.

It's a real shame that the native JSON object, and the spec missed out these useful features...

var obj = eval("({foo:3 /*,bar:7*/ })");

Works fine, but JSON.parse and probably most other JSON libs throw a hissy fit for no good reason.

I love JSON, but making quotes compulsory for keys, and missing out comments are both a PITA.
Consent is a large part of the equation with your doctor analogy. If I'm going to the doctor for an issue pertaining to, or in the area of, my genitalia, I'm walking into that examination knowing where it will go.

If I'm having pain in a testicle, I know that the doctor is going to touch my genitalia. If I'm having pain in my throat, however, I can't imagine a circumstance where a doctor could convince me that he or she needs to examine my genitalia. If the doctor forces the issue, or performs the exam without my knowledge or consent (anesthesia, for example), I'm feel like I'd be able to argue that I was sexually assaulted. The reason is that an exam of that type wouldn't be reasonably expected based on my symptoms. If a doctor had reason to perform the exam, then a) I'd most likely be informed, and b) it would no longer meet your "without medical necessity" requirement.

Also, I really doubt many doctors are in medicine to be able to fondle their patients. I know it's a common joke that men go into gynecology to be able to grope women, but the level of commitment required to get through medical school in order to do it is huge compared to the expected non-medical "benefits." I think there was an AMA on reddit a while ago, and I know I've read articles about this before, which said that you sort of get sick of seeing so much vagina. It's like working at a mint, the sort of person who sees the newly minted cash as cash and not "just the product" after their first week is the sort of person that doesn't keep their job long.

The same can't be said of the TSA. I don't know how apocryphal the references are, since I'm not American, but reddit has me believing that TSA screeners have roughly the same qualifications as the average McDonald's employee. You certainly don't need a college degree to get the job. This leaves open the possibility of people taking the job mainly for sexual satisfaction. Again I'm reference apocryphal reddit anecdotes, but there was a post recently about a guy whose whole strategy for getting through security was to stand directly behind the hottest girls in line, because they tended to be "randomly" pulled into the scan-or-grope line.
Mysql 5.6+ has delayed replication. Until then, there's always tools like:

http://www.maatkit.org/doc/mk-slave-delay.html
> Is that so bad?

Is funneling tons of taxpayer money to some useless family of millionaires bad?

Yes, I think so. It's a moral failure and should just stop.
> phones before android were not upgradable AT ALL.

They weren't general computing devices. They were for making phone calls, sending SMS messages, and tracking contacts. The security risk profile did not include access to social media accounts and/or online banking.

For many folks, and a growing many folks, their phones are now their primary computing devices. For many folks, their primary computing devices no longer receive security updates.

> you can rebuild the os and reflash it yourself.

Tell me how I do that if I cannot root the phone.
The average length of time people own cars is 6 years. Sure, rich people lease every 3, but most people aren't rich. It's still an unfair comparison imo.

> Soon all phones will offer basically same functionality with only minor differences. After some point there will be no more gains from more camera or screen pixels, more cores, more gigabytes of storage. The only reason to buy a new phone will be if the old one broke or if you feel to switch to a new phone to follow trends.

We have essentially been at this point for a few years now. Most people I know who don't have to have the latest and greatest don't want to upgrade - but are forced to because of performance degradation, un-repairability, and bad faith phone contracts.
Is LuaJIT still under active development? I thought the developer had walked away. With Torch also looking dead, that use case is gone, too. Roblox has their own Lua VM now.

I love Lua and code in it almost every day for fun, but yeah I'm pretty sure LuaJIT is just "done" now?
Bike power :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aESqrP3hfi8

"Why Dutch Bikes are Better (and why you should want one)"

By "Not Just bikes" (excellent as usual).
Thanks for this. I always had the impression that it was just for recruiting and transactional networking. I'm gonna give it a try.
Yep. I was kind of thinking out loud but was curious about your perspective. Thank you.
I was thinking the same thing when I first started watching but it get's far better about 2/3 of the way through...
there are those who were raised to do all for themselves and others rather than take a handout. This includes working multiple jobs and the like instead of accepting assistance.

you cannot under estimate the value you place in things in your everyday life when you know you worked to obtain them.

I cannot imagine being unemployed and simply collecting money and assistance. I would take entry level jobs putting up groceries to bide my time, or be at the local donation center sorting stuff for free. idle time leads to an idle mind and that does more damage than about anything else I know of
I just did an overlay of the two images and most of the visible scratches in the "before" version have matches in the "after" version. There are other scratches that are visible in the "after" image that often obscure the "before" scratches, so it can be difficult to tell. But maybe there are scratches on both the chip package and the glass?
Did you read what I posted? If you're writing a REST API (I advise you to read http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hyperte... if you think you know what REST is) then all you need is an entry point (much like http://news.ycombinator.com) then everything else should be hypertext driven.
What's your contention exactly? That because of prosecutorial overreach drug dealers are convicted of harsher crimes than are justified by the facts?
While the article only mentions them briefly, the Gigabyte Brix is a very nice platform as well. The specs for the Brix Pro did very well too.

I recently installed four (4) BXi5-4200's (w/SSD's and 8GB) into the operatories of a local dental practice and they have been rock solid. 1080p video, crystal clear images, and great audio.

While they seem a little pricey at first, there are few maintenance issues -- mostly software related.

These NUC style devices are the sleepers of 2014-2015.
Source? It's interesting if true, but I think that would be hard to verify, as Lamo's honesty is suspect and Assange has no problem lying about what he does or does not have.
Will the industry actually benefit if additional women join its workforce, rather than anyone (regardless of gender) who is competent and wants to? I suppose it's possible that there's something to gain from diversity, perhaps from morale or just diversity of mindsets/ideas/backgrounds, but that seems like a bit of an immeasurable stretch.
Sometime back I read MS marketing budget is more than $2 billion.
No disagreement there :)

Perhaps more disturbing than the upstream: the downstream is noticeably higher in favor of Facebook. So, after people have browsed their porn, they go to Facebook. Looking for...?
How would you define the difference? Is it a matter of degree? I'm not saying there isn't one, but I'd be interested in your distinction.
In my opinion Apple does need to worry about Android. Android is improving at a faster rate than iOS and is gaining faster momentum. Developers are catching on and more are starting to see the potential behind Android. However the biggest advantage for Android is price and variety. At Virgin Mobile you can get an Android device, Samsung Interceptor, for under $200 with no contract and pay just $25/month for unlimited data and 300 minutes, taxes included. That's amazing. I love my iPhone 4, but if Virgin Mobile had a slightly better Android phone like a Droid than I'd be tempted to switch. Sure Apple has the emotional appeal, but how can you argue with saving $1000+ over 2 years? Apple needs a stronger argument with the iPhone. The iPod touch and iPad are priced very aggressively. That's why it's difficult for competition to get a hold. But in my opinion the iPhone is overpriced and Apple is raking in the profits. Why is the iPhone priced $400 more than a iPod touch? Doesn't make sense. Its price abuse. Apple should price the iPhone more aggressively. And get some variety out there.
Exactly, MS should fix HTML5 bugs in IE11.

IE12 will be Win10-only (at least it won't run in Win7 as the normal support ends very soon) If the rumours are true, IE12 will come without the IE compatibility modes (IE7-10). And IE11 will ship as legacy browser next to IE11 for corporate users. So fixing the bugs in IE11 is even more important.
I feel sure that I have met cow-orkers in whom these genes may not be fully functional...
Feng office is mediocre, but if someone put the time and effort into making it a great app, it would be perfectly suited to this task.
Apparently HN didn't catch it as the thread you linked included the "?ref=technology" referrer.
I can't find the article I was thinking of, but http://sheol.org/throopw/tachyon-pistols.html gives the general idea.
"GitHub Pages config backup", not pages themselves (the way I understand it at least).
Its one thing to do protectionism (if you want to ensure a base level on quality, codify that in law and put harsh enough penalties on it that people follow them), but the way the US does it is that they subsidize corn production, but put protection in against foreign sugar which means sugar is very expensive, but corn is cheap and so is used as a substitute.
I get that you didn't mean it as a put down, I was just expressing to you how it read for me (and probably for a lot of people). I didn't mean to come off as aggressive towards you specifically, I was more being aggressive towards the idea itself.

Now I don't see where the general disdain relates to the TSA agents themselves, with the exceptions of a few posts stating that people that work as TSA agents would resign as a result of this policies, and I agree with you in that they aren't the ones that should have to deal with out unhappiness with the policies.

It's not that people think that they have a right to not be searched, it's that people think they have a right to not be treated in a way that demeans them and that violates some of the basic human rights they posses. There is no expectation of privacy on an airport, and as such you should be searched for dangerous artifacts and weapons, but that doesn't mean that you should be stripped by a machine or 'fondled' and 'groped' without a reason. There is no expectation of privacy while walking down the street or getting into a bus, and as such, but that doesn't give the right to anyone to take naked xray pictures of your person or to touch you in way you not deem appropriate.

You might get plenty or courtesy on behalf of the TSA agents, and that's great; however the fight is not with the agents themselves, it's with the policies that demand people to submit to potentially damaging irradiation or to a search procedure that proves to be invasive and with which you don't feel comfortable with.
Ironically, you can probably reach the copies via Tor and get the information you want there instead.
Interview with a lot of companies, only accept a job if you believe that you'll enjoy it. If you're interviewing with a small company, make sure to meet the founder(s) and/or leadership. You'll get a good idea quickly if you'll find purpose.

What you'll find is that most people you work with are honest people who share similar values to you.
Thanks - I did struggle with getting the game to size properly under different conditions. I sorely lack deep knowledge of the matrix of Android browsers/OS version quirks.
...because "all you can eat" is not the same as "all you want to eat"

A buffet doesn't have to limit anyone's consumption to keep them at reasonable levels. Just like you can have broadband service with unlimited traffic. But storage is relatively expensive and can have quadratic cost if it's being constantly filled. It's a risky place to do actual "unlimited", and pretend "unlimited" is scummy.
The trouble with that logic is that it doesn't work when the effects stack.

This is a good case in point. According to the article families who make less than $125,000 pay nothing and those who make $225,000 or more pay the full amount, listed as $65,000. Now let's take the hypothetical family where one parent makes $125,000 and the other makes $100,000 and look at what happens. If the second parent keeps his or her job, this is where the $100,000 salary goes:

28% federal income tax ($28,000)
9.3% California state income tax ($9,300)
Stanford annual cost ($65,000)
Total: ($102,300)

In other words, that parent is working a full time job in order to lose $2300. And that's assuming there are no other taxes or loss of benefits that come from the higher income, which there are, and that there is only one child in college.

It seems like this can't possibly have been the intended outcome.
> you can assess the road yourself and hop off (and on if you just miss it)

Unless it's evening, or there's a staff shortage, or it's being run on one of several routes which now never have a second staff member and hence always shut the door between stops.

Such a shame.
Prepare to be surprised:

http://www.nber.org/digest/jul06/w11895.html
"In reality, many of the people targeted by the Block Bot were political critics and sceptics who disagreed with its creators’ hardline progressive beliefs."

I'm really not surprised by this. The norm now is to silence and destroy your opposition by calling them bigots, racists, and bullies.

I've seen this in many of the open source project discussions (I subscribe to a few mailing lists). A contributor won't want any critics and will call anyone that disagrees a "bully".
With regard to your first paragraph, it's often the other way around; trying to cater to people's material needs from several thousand miles away through multiple layers of agency problems often ends up doing more harm than good, distorting local economies, encouraging corruption and undermining the efforts of developing countries to build a stable society. If people have literacy and Internet access, they have access to all the world's knowledge and a better chance of helping themselves; if you would send gifts, send those.

I agree entirely with your second paragraph, however.