jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
> try negotiating first

Absolutely right. It's amazing what you can get if you simply have the nerve to ask for it.
True, but a race driver needs the intimate understanding of the dynamics of the car, suspension, engine, transmission, tires and track you start getting when you drive manual and actually feel what the car is doing.
Speaking of whatsapp, I'd like to see statistics to see whether many of those who migrated away migrated back over time.
Where can I find more information about this?
It was someone else who made that initial claim of 2%, however if you read the full summary of my second link, they admit to only accounting for factors they were able to measure. So additional factors they didn't account for, may have influence towards the divide (other than gender-pay), and may account for any number that could further reduce that 4.8-7.1%. I'm not saying it is as low as 2-3%, but its certainly possible.
There is no need to attack my intelligence.
I would guess owning assets?
As a touchtypist, I can not understand how can you touchtype while not holding your index fingers on FJ keys with sensible relief. I feel very uncomfortable if neither left nor right index finger touches those keys. And instead of having rest on the buttons, your fingers are flying, which is ridiculous from my point of view and requires an unusual level of stamina. Sorry if I am wrong, just the animation is very different from my experience.
I wonder why backblazeb2.com is registered with GoDaddy but backblaze.com with Enom...
I think this article underestimates a risk of the "short fat" information spectrum.

People who think they know something are more likely to be wrong than people who don't think they know anything on a topic. There's a "competence gap" between knowing you know nothing and actually having deep knowledge; it's the "just enough to be dangerous" zone.

Depending on how tall precisely "short fat" is, that can describe an engineer that, more often than not, makes the wrong choice because they know enough to have opinions but those opinions are raw.
The point that "on a long enough time line, wisdom is always more valuable than knowledge" is pretty irrelevant to tech companies. They hire engineers to get stuff done quickly - not slowly gather "wisdom". The average tenure at a tech company continues to be a few years.
Also, I've noticed that entry-to-mid level jobs are great for "short and fat" engineers, but once you start aiming for senior (or higher) level IC positions, job interviews require you to be an expert in whatever field the position you’re interviewing for is in. If you stay "short and fat", you're setting your career trajectory up for failure.
For the wrong reasons, I wanted to see "Too many redirects" in there.
Because I'm in a zoom meeting while reading hacker news.
Practical question: I have a short, fat resume (e.g. MechE degree, work experience in AI, UX, manufacturing, academic research, and writing). What industries/companies/roles will value this skill set the most? Where can short, fat people find opportunities?
> it is my responsibility to ensure that the alerting is actually working

> delegating tasks is some fake thing to make others feel good

Somebody has to ultimately be responsible though right? If you're a team lead, isn't it still your responsibility to make sure the work your team has done is actually working before you tell your manager that it is?
Totally misleading.

We bought ours through the website. It is the ONLY way to buy one regardless of where you live.
Following that argument, C allows as much control, with fewer gotchas.
Right, the first one is usually more accurate when spoken by someone unfamiliar with the context of the art and the state of that art form.
Glad to see your from Ottawa. I am a masters student at Carleton's TIM program. Are you guys involved with the Ottawa startup scene? I am curious if there are any meetups/events/websites you can recommend.
It's not legal. A lot of people use Wordpress and OpenDNS which are made available under creative commons, see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1385181

See the comments there about OpenDNS, the privacy policy is also reusable as long as you edit it the way they want.
I did this in 1997 or 1998.
So is the Nexus One the only one with a usb host?

I'd be very excited if other android devices had a usb host, imagine the peripherals I could attach to my phone.

Way back when, i preferred the android devices to the iphone because of the usb port rather than the proprietary apple port. Now, the fact that you can have these extra devices attached to your iphone while the android can't is one feature i'd like android to catch up with.
Maybe it's because I'm relatively new to OS X but I find Visual Studio and its single-window interface vastly more efficient and usable than Xcode+IB and it's plethora of open windows.
It is an unfortunate truth that "haters gonna hate" as they would say.

Whenever I have the urge to hate, I try and ask myself first if I have the right to indulge in hate (am I trying as hard as them?). Then I ask if I should get worked up over it, or try and forget about it. Then I make sure that I haven't just spent the whole day being negative. I try not to get caught up on infuriating things for more than a few minutes a day and just refocus my energies. This guy has the right idea.
This sounds like a nightmare that no one but people like Robert Scoble would fully opt in to.

> He gets an alert on his mobile phone that I’m on my way and Glympse sends him the ability to watch my progress so he’ll know if I’ll be on time.

This kind of surveillance is appropriate for a police state or someone who has to be monitored for drug/alcohol violations of some kind.

He never actually says that these "information silos" will "die" as in go out of business, he just suggests ways they could integrate. Developing integration between all of these websites is in general ad-hoc and based on the whims of each service. If there is heavy integration between these services, each individual website will still be a silo.

It's a really boring vision of technology based on endless spammy intertwingled streams of useless information.
I'm glad he didn't. Purchasing domains in hopes of selling them to people who want to _actually_ utilize them for legitimate purposes (read: not spam) is one of the most irritating and selfish practices around. People who do that are contributing nothing by skimming off of other peoples' ventures.
That quote is basically how I learn. I know concepts, not facts and recreate the facts as I need them. That being said, it's definitely not how everyone learns and I would classify it as bad advice: schools have the correct learning strategy for the vast majority of the human race, so stick to that.

If you are one of the outliers (as you have said you are) you would have figured this all out a long time ago, even if you cannot articulate it.
I thought the ethnic/income quota was very surprising and did some more research.

If others are curious, here is the Singapore
"Housing and Development Board" website that spells out the details and through which you apply for a spot: http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10321p.nsf/w/BuyResaleFlatEthni...

"The Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) was implemented to promote racial integration and harmony. The policy also aims to prevent the formation of racial enclaves by ensuring a balanced ethnic mix among the various ethnic communities living in public housing estates.
[...]
When the ethnic group proportion or SPR quota or both have reached the block/neighbourhood limit, a buyer will not be allowed to buy a flat as it will lead to an increase in that ethnic proportion or SPR quota or both."
Monopoly used to be fun, that can't be denied or we'd be at a loss explaining how much it sold. That game mechanics (taking the other players out) is not regarded to be so fun any more, as the success of German/Eurogames demonstrates. The best games nowadays are the ones in which all players compete (or think so) until the end. There is a fairly authoritative ranking at http://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame

I never played WoW but it also sold a lot. I also never played Mario Kart, but I played tons of other car games. When playing against the AIs many of those games usually help the player to catch up by noticeably slowing down the leaders. Some games also make the AI cars faster when the player is leading. Obviously that's less appreciated :-) However when one gets good enough the AIs can't compete, and that another obvious design decision to make players happy.
YMMV, but a lot of that "useless user interface candy" makes my day noticeably better. Launchpad is silly, but Mission Control pretty much changed how I used a computer. I'd been using Macs since 10.4, but I didn't get Macs until Lion. And 10.9 made multi-monitor much much better by making Mission Control desktops per-monitor. This is the best OS X release by far.

As far as Gatekeeper dialogs go, I'm curious what you're doing with your machine because I have seen a Gatekeeper complaint exactly once, because Cisco hadn't signed their VPN software (which was really awesome of them).
>>Often you are just screwed if you don't belong to your manager's state, or don't speak his mother tongue.

This is a typical South India problem.
Not to say that North would be a fair game for south indians but it is still not that harsh from what I have seen.

People do try to get in a comfortable group based on common factors and Language in India is a great factor.
I think the bigger problem with ORM's or database driven application design in general is that you start to see the world through the eyes of the database and how you move things around inside it. Thus, your code resembles your database more than your database resembles your code.

Ironically, developers would never think to do this with a storage mechanism like the filesystem. There is no great popularity in filesystem based ORM's. Somehow when we deal with the filesystem we treat it as it is - data storage and retrieval. When we deal with 3rd party api's we tend to keep them at arms length as well. Yet, when we deal with the database, we treat it as some other thing that seeks to influence the design of our code on a fundamental level.

I wrote about this like a year ago: http://brianknapp.me/the-filesystem-test/ and I don't think much has changed since then.
It can either be:

1. Open Source - The source is available under a license recognized as open source so others can contribute to and build on it (think Firefox).

2. Closed Source - The application may use certain open source components and abide by their licenses and distribute their source code but the application as a whole does not have the full source to it available under any circumstances (think Mac OS X)

3. Shared Source - The full application source is available for analysis under a specific agreement or license, possibly paid, but may not be used in other projects or recompiled. The restrictions vary from onerous, to 'here's all the source you just can't use it'. (think Windows, and think onerous)

It won't be 1, so it will be either 2 or 3. If 3, it could just all be available for free for analysis but not licensed for any other use.
Not a single one of my Signal contacts (almost exclusively non-tech) uses any of the features you mention. It's been awkward watching them blindly copy "popular" features from other messaging platforms. The reason I like and use Signal is precisely because of the minimal feature set - all I want to do is text people directly or in group chat. Some emoji and gif support is nice and that's about it.

I hope Signal stays true to its roots and doesn't give in to more bloated crap like the other messaging platforms but unfortunately I'm not optimistic in that front...
Once the censorship kraken, there will be no end of this.
Ever notice how many political groups name themselves basically the opposite of what they actually are, or end up being?

People's Republic, Family Values, Pro-Life...
Of all the things he's tweeted that skirted or crossed over their policy rules, these are the two that get him banned?
In the US, they are actually protected speech unless relating to an imminent threat. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_libel#Seditious_spee...
I agree that the manipulation is automated and intended to increase their profit. The effect seems to be that it creates really bubbles where you only see views that align with your existing world view.
My own experience - I have my own YouTube profile filled with videos which reflect my political opinion and the feed of my friend who leans towards the other side of the political spectrum had videos reasserting his world views.
I don't think the big tech is trying to steer socius towards one unified political view.
And yet, decentralisation and the social networks' "hands off" policies were exactly what started those cults.

Those trolls, movements and "subcultures" were not started on r/all. They came from niche subcommunities which were effectively unmoderated before they gained media attention or from 4chan and all the other -chan, -booru, etc sites which already were exactly the kind of small decentralised, free-speech-above-all-else services you're talking about.

> The historic precedent for minimizing bad influences of cults is decentralization and distribution so as to prevent systemic failure cascades in case where cultish behavior is endemic.

If this is anything more than repetition of dogma then please explain how exactly this should be applied to the current situation. What should be done?
You reject WhatsApp and tell your family that they can write you on Signal, because it’s important that your communications are only for you, not for Zuckerberg
Unfortunately, that wouldn't be possible. The only details you can know about the spotter is the following:

enum irsdk_CarLeftRight
{
irsdk_LROff,
irsdk_LRClear, // no cars around us.
irsdk_LRCarLeft, // there is a car to our left.
irsdk_LRCarRight, // there is a car to our right.
irsdk_LRCarLeftRight, // there are cars on each side.
irsdk_LR2CarsLeft, // there are two cars to our left.
irsdk_LR2CarsRight // there are two cars to our right.
};

And detailed positional data simply isn't available through the live API either. The closest you get is how far along the track a car is, as a percentage of the total track length. I recall reading some time ago, though I don't remember where, that this is a deliberate attempt to curb any form of cheating. Live access to information like ride height, tire pressure, and tire temperature is likewise not available.
How is there gradient descent or even a gradient in biological mutations? If anything there could be an analogy to undirected trial & error as in genetic algorithms.
You made so much for Mojolicious growth and promotion and now doing great job for security audit (which is a point most people are lazy to do). Thank you much! It's a good article to re-read from time to time, just like check-list.
Do you plan any security-related articles in nearest future?
Well, it's a little late now, but they could have kept to security best practices (hashed passwords, external hardware credit card encryption/decryption seem like two obvious things they chose not to do.) For a large network, that doesn't seem like an unreasonable burden.

Their business concerns are merely for their own good to try to protect their brand, not to actually benefit their customers. They will spend more on just PR, never mind making good any actual losses, than on just doing it right in the first place. At this point, they deserve to look shitty, because they were shitty. In the case of lying about it, that should be a serious corporate crime (and I think this sort of disclosure is required in most jurisdictions.)

More generally, why do businesses pay almost anything to protect their good names, but only after they themselves have let their reputation fall into the deep shit? Look at how much BP must have spent over the deepwater horizon spill, compared to how much it would have cost to maintain their equipment. Never mind the banking crisis. An ounce of rational prevention is worth a tonne of PR fire-fighting — why do companies struggle so much with mitigating downside risk?
Yes, absolutely true. Anecdotally the first couple of novels I wrote (unpublished) disgusted me. I know the stories I want to tell and all of the things that make books in my genre (fantasy and historical fiction) suck. But I found myself reading the semi-finished work and finding the same plot holes and problems.

#2 was better than #1. And #3 is looking better and better as it goes on (I enjoy reading it, which is a good start :)).

Same with programming. I have scratty bits of PHP code from a couple of years ago that make me cringe. Today I am writing the same functionality - it still sucks, but not quite as much as it used to.
I'm currently trying pretty hard to get one support answer out of Google to help prevent 6 hours of downtime next week. Go with the smaller companies who will at least respond when you need it.
I don't know about others, but i guess most of my contacts, customers and yet to become customers appreciate it if i start an email to them with a friendly "Hello" and end with a formal "Regards".

When i call someone on the phone i will also continue to say "Hello" and "Bye" instead of just starting to talk and hang up when i'm done.
.gaz?
Maybe they're content with their influence over existing countries?
Fad or not, get tested for vit D and calcium absorption.

I was a rugby player at amateur level until 3 years ago, when I fractured twice my left wrist in 8 months. Seeing that the second fracture was due to a pretty light contact, I asked to get tested and I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. This is quite rare for a 36 years old male such as myself, I understand it may not be so rare in the next years.
I had to look V& up. It means to be arrested by the FBI, i.e. taken away by an FBI van (thus, vanned/v&).
There are no undiscovered or unclaimed islands to start a new country. Existing countries are protecting their sovereignty and territorial integrity... in theory you can "build" a new country... an island, 22 km/14 miles from the border (territorial waters). Probably it's expensive.
There are many micronations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_micronations Why gazzilionaires haven't started one - I don't know, probably their life is good enough to enjoy it in countries that already exist.

If anyone wants to start a new country and has budget - let me know. In the beginning we can make money by selling domain names, if ICAAN approves us. So we need to pick a good name for our country to get a decent domain name and make shitloads of money.
Maybe they don't think politics is fun?
I got approximately 1.5 pages of their server to load. I think it's being used for "smart" TVs first. It sounds like they're trying to build an Apple-free dev environment familiar to Apple dev's.

Quoth the raven:
SNAP is a completely open-source licensed (for license details click here) development environment based on GNUstep.

Historically, GNUstep is based on the OpenStep specification developed by NeXT (now Apple Computer Inc.) plus additional extensions added by Apple through the Cocoa framework. SNAP is an extension of this framework created by Sony and will take a big step forward in evolving a new application framework.

The initial areas of enhancement target the windowing system and graphic framework but further modifications and refinements address networking, widgets, UI building, 3D graphics, file system, garbage collection, performance and execution size. The overall goal of the SNAP project is to develop and evolve a next generation native application framework for embedded devices. While SNAP does not currently target a specific hardware platform or product, the long-term goal is to enable SNAP on Consumer Electronic (CE) devices.
More and more, I'm starting to come to the awful conclusion that most people have very little control over how their lives go. They maybe have a few key decision points in their life - but maybe not all that many.

And the rest is autopilot. They watch some subset of the new movies, new TV programs, websites they stumble across. They eat whatever's more or less served near them and eaten by people they associate with. They pick the political party that matches their friends and relatives, or no party, or maybe they pick up a book that has an emotional impact on them and swear loyalty to that. Maybe.

I hate this idea, because it seems to subtly advocate for totalitarianism, which I've been against my whole life. But then there's nagging voice that says, "well, just ban all the food that's unhealthy, and people will eat better..." - but we know where that road leads.

sigh

It's strange being someone who strives to be self reliant, studies and analyzes to make ethics from scratch, constantly examines and re-examines everything... I think there exists less people like this than I originally thought. No, less than that. Okay, divide that number by 10 again.

Less than that, even? Maybe.

Scary thoughts. I'm going to go eat some oatmeal now.
I know exactly how you feel.. This is my advice from my own experiences, research and seeking advice.

QUICK FIXES
- Force yourself to practice 5-10 times a day. You will find natural confidence in the automacity you'll gain from the slides & the presentation being second nature after so much practice. Also see your powerpoint slides as safety mechanism - imagine if you had to do the talk without anything to refer to and keep your thoughts on track!

- Bach's Flower Rescue Remedy - OK I'm a bit of a hippie - but this is a natural remedy for fighting anxiety that many people swear by.

- Beta blockers - I've never tried them, and if you've never tried them - I'd recommend giving a dose a trial run before the presentation day just so you know how you will be feeling.

LONG TERM FIXES

- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - although the psychologist will basically tell you to 'ride out the anxiety' and counter any negative thought with realistic positive thoughts. This takes time and a lot of exposure to the feared situation to become effective.

- Toastmasters. Proven, tested and true. If you get to 1 meeting a week, you would probably end up giving up the beta blockers pretty soon (if you do decide to try them).
Okay, I rounded the numbers.
According to the screenshots you are using copied artwork from League of Legends. This is a pretty obvious copyright violation.
How could you even expect this application to be successful?
Several reasons at random :

- Less noise

- Less heat

- Smaller

- Faster boot time

- More bandwidth
New Orleans is worth a look. Having visited last year and fallen in love with the city, it's encouraging to see people moving in.
There is this:

Looking back, I realize I knew nothing about boys and pornography. I’d never seen online porn and assumed that Alex was viewing still pictures similar to print magazines.

Which is them putting their hands up and saying we made a mistake. So they were naive when it came to internet pornography, not unusual when it comes to baby boomers/older gen-xers. The last thing I would accuse them of is lack of caring. Have you read the comment from the father?

http://goodmenproject.com/2010/06/02/out-of-sync/comment-pag...
I'm currently using a SIM-unlocked iPhone 3G - it's great for going abroad as data roaming is stupidly expensive in most countries. Good to see Apple selling the unlocked version directly - the semi-official unlocked version of the 3GS was crazy expensive at around €800.
that is 1 sexy looking machine. it'll go nice in the entertainment center