jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
I don't think that holds. In fact while longer-wear flash devices do exist in the market, the design mistake here would have driven any feasible part to failure. While you can argue that choosing consumer parts was "a" mistake, it wasn't the one that caused this failure, which was a software/integration thing.
This reminds me of a story. It's been quite a while, it's from a friend, and my memory is definitely not fresh, but it goes something like this:

It's 1989 or so, and Apple has an internal project doing outline fonts (led by Sampo Kaasila); fonts like these are the current publishing industry rocket science. John Scully drops by the group one day, sees how the they are progressing, and gets a demo. After the meeting, very soon after, he calls up the internal investment folks at Apple and tells them to sell all of Apple's stock in Adobe.

(There are some things that don't quite fit, but I still like the story).

One thing I did see personally see was an outline font package, written in C, that had about a 2K footprint in our project's ROM and worked really, really well, even on a 13 Mhz 68000 box with minimal memory. The guy who wrote that has been serially responsible for quite a few graphics library implementations over the last 30-40 years (and it's not all he does).
96 key. You're welcome.
I disagree.

Making one specific aspect of incompetent crypto coding “safer” doesn’t solve any of the problems.

We can argue about what threshold you need to reach to be considered “capable” of writing crypto code (that’s not just a learning exercise), but not knowing the deficiencies of random() is clearly well below that bar. Even knowing that is barely past the “don’t eat your crayons” level of skill.

If anything, a hook in your CI pipeline that automatically fires anybody who checks in code using random() in a cryptographic context is a better way to “make all of us safer”.
The globe has a few supranational currencies already we have some experience in this
What practices specifically in yoga do you speak of? I honestly appreciate that people in the west have secularized both yoga and meditation, as I personally find no value in the spiritual aspects and only find value in the exercise in the case of yoga and helping psychologically in the case of meditation. I'm curious to hear your perspective though, it seems to be different from mine.
The Federal Reserve has a mission which can be very simply understood [1]

The reasons for specific actions can be read and understood by the majority of people on HN, assuming they are willing to devote the time required to read through the research which guides the Fed's actions.

Stating that it is the Fed's policies which have taken $50T of wealth from the bottom 90% is, in my not so humble opinion, an extremely naive and shallow assessment of the situation.

There is very little debate that the Quantitative Easing and ZIRP of the Fed and other central banks generally hurt savers, it also likely prevented significant harm to any equity holdings they had, which would account for the vast majority of the volatility in their portfolios.

To place the blame at the feet of an institution which is controlled by congress is silly. The tax policies of the last fifty years get a pass? The protectionism that helped usher in the demise of the american steel industry? The excessive power of unions to push wages well above the global market, without the support of politicians to penalize offshoring of jobs? The general trends of automation of repetitive, moderately skilled work? The explosion in software which has a marginal cost of production approaching zero? The willingness of the populace to ignore where and who made their trinkets, so long as they can buy a dozen for the cost of one locally made? The willingness of state and local politicians to hand out tax incentives to mega-corps at the expense of small businesses? The shift toward knowledge work, which study after study has shown has significant network effects, pushing people into more densely populated cities, harming small towns and the tax bases of rural communities? I could go on. None of these things matter? It's all the Federal Reserve?

[1] https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/what-economic-goals-does....
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Below is the extract from Google Code In Contest.

4. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to individual students who are at least thirteen (13) years of age and no older than eighteen (18) years of age on November 22, 2010 who are currently enrolled in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program, and who have agreed to these Rules (“Participants”). You must demonstrate the consent of a parent or legal guardian in order to be eligible to receive any prizes as well as written proof of age and proof of enrollment in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program. The Contest is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma), or to other individuals restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions, and is void in any other nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law. Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of (1) Google, (2) participating Open Source Organizations, (3) the parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries of either Google or any participating Open Source Organization, and members of their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside, and/or those living in the same household of each) are ineligible to participate in the Contest. You must have access to the Internet and either have or sign up for a free Google Account in order to enter.

http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gci_program/goog...

Will I be covered if I add similar text on the Eligibility page/section on my app. Is there anything else that I need to consider.
I've had great results from FoxyCart, even with custom code.
I think the follow up note might mean that this shouldn't have been front-paged here at HN, http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_frm/t...

Stop syncing!
?? The current discussion is about the abuse of eminent domain, not about the type of property which fall under eminent domain. IMHO, you are not adding much to discussion by bringing up NYC CRE.
I doubt he's motivated by a financial interest, if that's what you're suggesting. What he certainly has a stake in is maintaining the social status that college degrees give you. He put years into getting a PhD, and if he's teaching undergrads, that means he devotes a lot of time to helping other people get college degrees. To someone in his position, "glorifying dropouts" devalues his accomplishments and his work, at least in the eyes of others.
FYI, links to Thomas are dynamic and die after about 20 minutes - OP or mod should update with a permalink to this (final version of the bill, no partisan content): http://democrats.senate.gov/pdfs/MAT10785.pdf The party link is only because Harry Reid is still majority leader and it was up there first.

Not a lawyer or accountant, but a very quick look says partnership/s-corp/homeowner (ha!) capital gains taxed at 0% extended 2 years if bought before end 2012, realized before end 2016. Options would count, I believe, but ask an expert. 100% exclusion from taxable income from startup investments made in 2011, but must be configured as an LLC. Also, mortgage interest and first-time homebuyer tax credits extended one more year. Some employment-based tax credits extended too, which might help fledgling startups a little.

It's lot of money just in terms of the tax incentives, as well as various benefit extensions and so on...from a financial planning standpoint it's like stimulus 2.0, $958 billion of red ink. Some economists are saying it's worth 0.5-1% more GDP growth next year. I worry it may be fiscal madness, but perhaps I'll be eating my words in 2 years' time.
In addition to that I just came across http://www.mementoweb.org/

Asides, delicious says it isn't closing shop.
For mobile phones there's a bit of regulatory backlash. iirc as of this year you can't market a phone as free anymore for example, and then combine it with a 2-year contract and advertise a 50% off 3-month rate.

So an $800 phone costing $60 a month for 2 years ($93 per month) gets advertised as 'free iPhone at just $30!'

Not sure if it works on our generation. On the one hand, obviously it does to some extent, else they wouldn't do it. I know I always made spreadsheets of monthly-average-costs (taking into account resell value of the phone) everytime I got into a 2-year contract. I know a few friends operate like that, too... In any case I think the fake advertised rate may not convince anyone in and of itself, but it does grab the attention, and that's such a key facet of marketing. For example here I'm sure plenty of people would be interested in paying $200 for the helicopter trip, but they probably wouldn't have immediately paid attention to it or had friends tell them about it or have it stuck in their minds if it wasn't priced $99.
I used XMonad for a while until I realized how much time I was spending customizing configuration files, tiling layouts, rc files, and whatnot. I like floating window managers, specifically evilwm, because it isn't very configurable or extensible. It just does what I expect, and I don't have to think about it.
65 MB? For a git browser? Really?
One should also note that when IE is talking to IIS, the request will be sent in the first packet and the initial response will be sent in the first ACK. You can actually complete a request and response (if small enough) in 3 packets. Also, when tearing down the connection, it's left half-open.

http://osdir.com/ml/mozilla.devel.netlib/2003-01/msg00018.ht...
What are you basing your conclusion on? How do you evaluate the effectiveness of a researcher? Especially in an era where there are often ~200 job applicants for a given position? At one point people simply tried number of publications. But, as you say, many of those publications could be lousy. Thus, the h-index was born (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index) in which not just the number of publications is counted, but also their impact (citations/yr). It's an imperfect system, but it does put more emphasis on higher impact (more cited) publications rather than simple quantity of papers.....
It sounds like they might have learned the lessons of Habitat (http://www.fudco.com/chip/lessons.html - long but worth it; if you want to skip to the relevant portion, scroll down to the "A Warning" section, or to the "Keeping 'Reality' Consistent" and keep in mind this was about 25 years ago).
^ Some more thoughts:

The author implies that this gap between real-world skill and the related undergraduate program is unique to computer science, but certainly this is not the case.

My father is a high school History teacher. His degree is in History, not "High School History Teaching." Sure, many History majors probably go on to teach History. Sure, they probably learn way more "theoretical stuff" about the US Civil War or the Renaissance than would ever be covered in a high school class.

In re-reading the article, I'm now confused about exactly what the author is claiming or proposing. He says that CS programs are dumbing down the rigorous stuff because students want to learn modern programming, but he also complains about using "easier" programming languages. I'd like to interject and say that "easier" languages are probably easier because they're better for the task at hand. Language/compiler/interpreter design has come a long way and I have no problems with moving away from 40 year old languages and learning 20 or 10 year old languages. I don't think scientists or employers will be impressed at your ability to solve a problem in a difficult manner rather than an easy manner.

As for his argument that students hate the "theoretical" stuff and just want to learn to program, that's not true. I go to Missouri State University, not at all known for its CS department, and even students that don't do very well often list classes like Discrete Math or Languages and Machines as their favorite courses in the curriculum.
Uh oh, I wouldn't want anyone to copy anything that has to with typesystem from Go before they tell how they are going to have typesafe containers without generics. Haskell typeclasses would be a better source of inspiration IMNSHO.
"I am not stupid, I know the law."

Those two things are not mutually exclusive, obviously.
How this proves that the money

1) has been moved 'illegally' (which authority is responsible)

2) linked to Putin's family personally

3) linked to the 'uncovered' scheme

This is what I call jumping between the facts
> I'm 18 and taking delivery of my Model S

I definately chose the wrong parents.
So, seriously. Move.
This really resonates with me because it was a very similar story with one of my projects (a $SHELL -- a bit like Bash et al). I started it as a short "what if" project and was really surprised at just how much already worked after only 3 weeks.

I think it's a great lesson for hobbyists: don't worry about perfection. Just POC something and if you're still passionate about it after 3 weeks you can always go back and tidy stuff up.
What I’m reading here suggests peer groups more than parents are influential to young school aged children. Depending on the field you hold in highest esteem you could probably find evidence for that. But, maybe there’s more to it? For example, 5-6 year olds (kindergarten age) do start to show some independence from their parents, and they do set higher priority on peers than earlier ages, but not to the extent an adolescent aged (9-13) kid will.

Then again, you might reject developmental psychology and rely on sociological studies of child rearing like Annette Lareau’s book, “Unequal Childhoods.” Lareau outlines two competing parenting styles based on parental income: natural growth and concerted cultivation.

Or, you can pass on both of those and read Critical X Theorists who complicate the narrative of both developmental psychology and sociology by providing studies based on narratives. For an accessible take check out Ijeoma Oluo’s work. For in-depth check out Gloria Ladson Billings.

The other point mentioned in this post is about “good” and “bad” schools intersecting with the geography of opportunity. What makes a school good? Well, since the late 90’s the main criterion for a good school has been high test scores (SAT’s or state proficiency scores, depending on the school). But test scores don’t tell you a whole lot about the school’s quality, even as a proxy measure (see Dan Koretz’s “Measuring Up.”) In that case, then, what makes a “good school” good and a “bad school“ bad? Relative income and race seem to be deciding factors (see Finnigan and Holme’s most recent book, or Rothstein’s book on redlining, or Nikole Hannah-Jones’ series on her own daughter’s education).

Long story short: it’s complicated and this article is about VAM, not parenting, school quality, or peer effects.

Edit: fixed spelling and punctuation
Well why fact check anything then ?

If you're going to do it as a company, I don't know why you have two standards..
Ha. I've been thinking about these sorts of problems and I'm leaning towards the idea that while governments are legitimate (groups of people pooling resources to achieve communal goals with some degree of compromise) most citizens are not legitimate (for lack of a better word). I was born in the US so I get all these rights, benefits, and obligations with no choice. From that viewpoint are immigrants the only "true" citizens of a nation because they actively choose to be a part of it?
There was also a seaquest game for the 2600. I don't know how well it's aged.
30 minutes to build Rust in a container? Why does it take so long?
All cars used to be much more dangerous than even the worst ones today.
I doubt this is the case: the system was developed in part because blackouts were one of the leading causes of deaths during training.
Google “ACAS X” if you’re interested in what these algorithms are like. There are some good papers available online.
The artist has a long history within the Amiga community. It's a project specifically catering to said community so it's quite on point.

They could have some kind of explanation about it on the site though...
I don’t know why you’re getting the downvotes, this is the reality of the situation. People who already live in the US are in a privileged position and cannot emphasize with this point of view.
If he was truly insane, he never would have told anyone he solved the problem. Lucky for us.
I don't read reluctance into those comments at all. Just look at the comments on personnel management. It's clear he likes it. The early remarks about the "stupid decisions" being made at the first company are a clear sign. Most business leaders know it's culturally not cool to talk like they enjoy leadership. To me, Wolfram went to the enfant terrible school of management. At least he turned out to be competent enough to last.
Here's another instance of the article (Yale Law School's Information Society Project site) with a few comments that might be worth reading if you're especially interested in this topic:

http://yaleisp.org/2010/06/copyright-and-glee/
I'm sure you're referring to the famous UncleFroggy swimming YouTube chicken. I've seen the video, but many questions remain.

Was this a stunt chicken?

Was there a chicken flotation device used?

How many other chickens drowned before this one swam? Sure, we have the comments from the guy who shot the video, but how reliable is a man who throws chickens into his swimming pool and video tapes them? A guy that would do that would do about anything, including faking a video. I notice that there are several times that the chicken looks directly at the camera, and you'll notice that the chicken never clucks while he is talking.

Is there an assurance that this chicken wasn't trained before the video?

:)

(To answer the original comment, yes, the arguing is much more fun than the result)

Next up, differences between chickens and giraffes when viscosity is varied. Would a chicken in molasses do better than a giraffe? I think the answer is obvious
Well, Apple's iAd is supposedly a $10 CPM and $2 per click.. and they've apparently got $60m of suckers lined up already..

(Actually, i'm interested to see what kind of businesses have conversion rates that can sustain that kind of cost)
Pshh, splitting hairs. You know what I mean. Next time I'll be sure to fully enumerate the infinite list.
It's not about whether spending the money on something would make him happier or not. It's about whether taking the money would commit him to a social group, or structure, or organization he disagrees with.

Or maybe he just has other things he wants to be doing that don't require that money.

For me that's called being consistent as a man and it's the type of choice that separates men from peons.

So, let's not put a man on trial for refusing a gift. What's wrong with that? It didn't harm anybody I think...

Go Grigory Perelman!
In 2002, I had 3 friends employed by gaming companies. In 2010, none of them are, and happier for it.

One of them got an 90% pay increase by moving to a company doing kernel level development. They also got normal working hours. Hmmm, tough call.
The safety net that can be dropped out from under you "at will" is not the true safety net.
One thing which mystifies me about this whole situation is that Facebook arguably benefits from Lamebook's presence. Lamebook isn't a substitute for Facebook, it's a complement to Facebook. Someone who enjoys Lamebook for its humor will probably try extra-hard to find entertaining scenarios among their own Facebook friends, meaning that Lamebook increases Facebook's usage. Why you'd want to shut down a company that gives you more traffic (and therefore revenue) for a relatively unimportant and legally dubious reason is beyond me.

Not to mention, of course, the fact that Facebook is already invoking the Streisand effect by going after Lamebook at all.
Twitter has become a platform. Google is far better at web-platforms than Microsoft.
Good points (I'd forgotten about FasterCSV and Psych).

I guess it's a mixed blessing if your library becomes part of stlib. On the one hand, it's gotta feel great to have so many people using your code. But on the other, your release cycle is pegged to Ruby's.
I wrote something similar a while ago[0]. Ruby should be the language and everything you "require" should be a Gem. It won't happen with Ruby (and isn't worth the effort). New languages, however, take heed.

[0] http://thelincolnshirepoacher.com/pages/standard-libraries
I thought normal valuation was 5 - 7x revenue, not 20 - 40x.
There's yet another "Last modified" date with a year of 2002. I think that over its long history, the page has been through a few different layers of CMS.
This kind of ties into a proof of concept I worked on a while ago.

An advantage of the native SETI-at-home clients is that they have access to the gpu. But theoretically so does javascript via WebGL so I took a stab at implementing matrix multiplication entirely on the GPU from within the browser. I think it could be a pretty powerful idea if it were fleshed out a bit more.

http://learningwebgl.com/blog/?p=1828
This was a very apropos read for me, since I'm working on my next app by starting with the API. I have been working with quite a few API's and I've found that a lot of them felt like their creators never used them. So I'm building an API that I would use myself, and I'm forcing myself to live up to that promise by building the rest of the app on top of the API. I'll let you guys know how that goes!
The original G1 had 192 MB RAM total, i.e. including radio. For application system, 128 was available (including VRAM).
The original Danger Hip-Top also used Java. Rubin had already experience with that. They removed the part that sucked hard (MIDP) and replaced with their own implementation (Dalvik).

In 2009, I thought the same way as you do - that C API would be better. However, I was wrong - the Java/Dalvik as a first class is actually better, Google got the possibility to be CPU-architecture independent. Today, we have ARM, Intel, MIPS implementations, that are all first class citizens. Compare that to the failure of Windows-on-ARM.

Yes, the Java language is nothing to write home about - but there is a lot of existing code written in it, so replacing that would be difficult. Designing another language that could use the same standard library, API semantics AND be effective on small devices is not that easy (for example, Scala and Clojure both bring their own large standard libraries, Clojure also runtime overhead, making them both unusable on small devices).
Whats your point? That the WHO are scare-mongering? That Monsanto shouldn't be held accountable for knowingly marketing a poisonous, carcinogenic substance and profiting from it in the billions?