skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If you're open to using something proprietary and commercially supported then depending on your scale you should check out http://storreduce.com. We're a growing startup in this space.

We do real-time compression, encryption (on the wire and at rest) and deduplication for object storage. We currently support an s3-compatible (including a full policy engine) api out the front end, and on the backend we can store to anything that exposes an s3 api (S3, Glacier etc.). Because of the s3-compatible interface we work with any existing client tools that work with s3.

We pride ourselves on our speed and scale. We can do 600mb/s sustained throughput and easily scale to multi-petabyte datasets. We typically see 95%-97% dedupe ratios on backup data. We support high availability clustering and replication (for example, replicate between regions for DR).

We don't currently support snapshotting but it's something we can implement relatively easily if people need it.

Our deployment model is based on a virtual appliance and can be deployed in the cloud or on premise. We can also do things like an on-premise writer (that only uploads unique, deduped data over the network), and a reader in the cloud to support cloud workloads or DR.

We have a real focus on backup to cloud in addition to supporting real time big-data use cases in the cloud.

Disclaimer: I work here - if you would like to contact me please feel free tpower@storreduce.com.
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citation now I'm on desktop:

> In fact, Ruby Sass will not release any new features until LibSass catches up. Once it does, there will be feature parity between the two moving forward. Soon, we’ll have the blazing speed of LibSass with all the features of Ruby Sass!

http://sassbreak.com/ruby-sass-libsass-differences/
For GNU/Linux I find that if you stick with the commonly used packages things in your distributions repositories (on supported hardware) things do just work and it is that simple. However, (and it is a big however!) the moment you go try something slightly different good luck to you...
Seconding this. I used Jungle for a while on my laptop, and it actually runs a local WebDAV server that acts as a caching proxy, which it then mounts as a local volume -- and it's horrible. Slow, unstable and prone to mysterious hangs and errors. This was a couple of years ago, but I wouldn't trust it unless they have completely rewritten it since then.
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>"If you throw all these kinds of practice into one big soup, of course you are going to reduce the effect of deliberate practice,” he said in a telephone interview."

I can't help but feel like NYT is just baiting with this headline. The headline talks about talent, but the article meanders through a couple of thoughts and quotes and never arrives at talent. Or anywhere. There's no substance here, just a headline that makes it seem like they're going to make a point they never do.
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Statistics of Mental Imagery (1880)
"Hmm so if race is a social construct then racism doesn't truly exist so there should be no outcry about it?"

If race is a social construct then the thing that racism is itself based on doesn't objectively exist. That doesn't stop racism existing - people are quite capable of having false beliefs. The problem with this particular false belief (as opposed to, say, the false but harmless belief that the earth is flat) is that racism causes suffering for the people it is directed at.

"And if it isn't a social construct but a biological one then racism is justified."

That doesn't follow. If human racial distinctions were biologically "real" then that still wouldn't justify racism.
I missed it the first time round (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9913774).

This aligns with Maslow's Hierarchy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs In other words, to reach a level where one pursues respect or self-actualization, one has to have their physiological and safety needs met first.
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Ask HN: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy?
There are a few articles floating around today about comments from Markus Persson, aka "Notch," the creator of Minecraft. He sold his game studio to Microsoft last year for $2.5 billion, but he seems to be having a hard time adjusting to his newfound fame and wealth[0]. He wrote, "The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance. ... Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead. I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of a$#@%&*s that made me sell minecraft again." While he later suggests he was just having a bad day, he does seem to be dealing with some isolation issues. Granted, it can be hard to feel sorry for a billionaire, but I've wondered at times how I'd handle sudden wealth like that, and I long ago decided it would make the human relationships I'm accustomed to rather difficult. So, how would you deal with Notch's problem? It seems like one the tech industry should at least be aware of, given the focus on startup culture.

[0] http://bgr.com/2015/08/30/minecraft-creator-markus-persson-microsoft-lonely/
Article's thesis mixes means with cause. Quite poor.
In other words, starting a business isn't much different than it was in the past - capital and connections are essential. Sure, there're exceptions when someone with little money and hard work managed to grow their business, but they're that - exceptions. The older I am the more I realize how naive thinking "I just need to create something better than my competitors!" really is. You can have a mediocre product but with capital for heavy marketing and connections to acquire early customers you've much bigger chance of success than "just" having a good product.
> was that a 'shame mob'?

I'm not actually sure. The supporters of each opponent certainly seemed to be a bunch of morons acting like juvenile runts; which is indicative of mob psychology. I'm not sure if either went as far as what I would define as a "shame mob" - I simply don't have enough information about the events. Were they harassing by e.g. picketing outside of the opponents' personal residences? Then possibly yes. Merely protesting against [what they believed] an immoral person, in a public place, is perfectly acceptable: especially if that person were a presidential candidate.
I'm always intrigued how companies with data of this magnitude deal with migrating, I'm really glad Rob put this post together with such detail
On first glance I thought they were powering the devices with the mouse itself, rather than an external wireless power source. Still a cool article, but, I can't wait until we've gotten computers so efficient that we could tap the current in our bodies to power them.

That will be a very cool day, IMHO.
> application developers may prefer to implement a DRBG using /dev/random as a conditioned seed

No. Doing random in userland is just wrong. If your program has access to /dev/urandom, use it. If not, use arc4random().

> “Random Number Generators: Introduction for Operating System Developers”

Or look how OpenBSD does it. (getentropy(), arc4random(), the subsystem)

> The entropy pool used by /dev/urandom must be saved between reboots.

OpenBSD does this, and more. The bootloader basically seeds the kernel with old entropy from before the reboot.
Do not tell friends how much wealth you have and use a nickname if you are famous.
Maybe rather https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-report-thimble...
If you ask 1000 people to predict 10 coin flips, then there's a 62% chance that at least one of them is right.
Intro.js v1.1.0 released
Slightly off topic but on mobile I tried scrolling 6 times and was met with weird flickering. Finally saw a full-page pop up add appear. I really cannot wait for iOS 9 content blockers.
That's the kind of thing I'm talking about :thumbsup:

It doesn't have many of the features I'm after unfortunately - it's more of a frontend for your config file.
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Ask for it – my experience from being a woman in tech
I remember perfectly the pain to change lilo for the first grub (that I didn't liked so much) in the past, and the frozen L-I...(cric, cric, cric) screen. Seems like ages.
I'd say he was correct on #3, #6, #7, #8. That is 4/9, because #10 was just a joke. So he got roughly half of it right, which is not too shabby.
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What about someone who doesn't see wire frames and are only able to visualise with features?
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No matter how good the product is, if the distribution is poor, it will go no where.
"It was all pen driven, but it actually worked really well."

Steve Jobs was right in that no one wanted to use a pen (stylus). As the market matures, this is changing, and the stylus is regaining importance at least in certain niche areas. However, for the vast majority of the mass market, your statement was, and still is, a contradiction.
Ask HN: App to challenge before switching windows
I have a problem maintaining focus avoiding the temptation to multitask.

My idea: Lock me in the current programme. When I Alt+Tab or switch to another window, pop up a box asking me to type in a code (variable length, I can change in settings) before I can switch.

That prompt should be enough - if I don't actually need what I was just about to do (hello Twitter) typing in 24 random characters is going to stop me.

Whitelisting apps would be useful (e.g. If I'm in app X, I can switch to app Y without prompting)

Anyone know of a tool like that for Windows/OSX? If not, hope someone can make a business from it :)
> I try to avoid making predictions. It’s a no-win proposition: if you’re right, hindsight bias makes it look like you’re pointing out the obvious. And most predictions are wrong.

If you are right, then you can point people to your correct predictions. If you are wrong, then silently delete the records or just let people forget about them.
I feel like this move is too early for Netflix strategy-wise for non-power users. Yes, it may be the case that their early adopters plow through premium TV, but I'd like to investigate more to understand if people choose Netflix to have the option fo view movies like Transformers, licensed from Epix.

This move would happen eventually as creators gain access to streaming (distribution) platforms and platforms (like Netflix) start creating. Each player is only gaining margin and then succeeding in locking in users.

As a user, I would have preferred to see Netflix take the agency approach and allow streaming titles to take a percentage cut of revenue (although this would be difficult to calculate and bad for blockbuster hits who seek to increase risk and reward). This would mean Netflix competes on technology while content creators compete on price. If I were an investor, again I say this move is too early but one that, as the article mentions, was inevitable in the current model.
I was referring to "experimentally induced worry".
Changing a government or even changing the voting system is quite possible without any violence...
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Opting out of most of the data collection in Windows 10 at least is incredibly difficult. The options given to you during install and in the OS settings cover only a fraction of that total collection.

Perhaps even impossible without setting up some vigorous third party software firewall rules and keeping on top of them to make sure new domains that harvest this data are not added.
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Fair enough, there are some real benefits, but sometimes people do things just because they like doing them that way. The original person says "the setup I present here is simply what works well for me personally..."

Seems kinda overkill to make an entire blog post because you don't think someone did something the most optimal way ever with 1000% uptime.

edit: contrary opinions are good and encourage discussion, but framing it as "you are wrong and you need to change your mindset" doesn't necessarily support that goal IMO.
For HN it's usually better to submit the URL ( http://www.hockneyfy.me/ ) with a title but without a comment. You may get some comments about the UI. For example, I'd like that you provide a test image, so I don't have to think where in my HD I have an image to submit to test the configuration options.

And it would be much better to submit a "how we made this"/"how this work" technical page. For example, which program are you using for the graphical part (Imagemagic/GIMP/custom C program/ ...)?
“This whole bulk of the population is being seduced into thinking that they can just go out and pursue their dream anytime, but it’s not true.”

Cool. Know your place, leave enterpreneurship to blue bloods - that's the conclusion?
I can see two downsides to this. Neither a show stopper, but they ought to be considered.

1) Bloc voting will be encouraged because delegation itself is unavoidably visible to the recipient even if only in delegate count. This could be exploited by abusers to take control of their victim/partner's vote, cults to hand everything to the guru, and so on.

2) A feature of representative democracy that's reviled and relied upon in equal measure is the ability of leaders, once elected, to take controversial decisions, or to stick by earlier promises, creating stability. If the power leaders exercise can change in real time, who could ever reach a decision eg: close the border in an epidemic?
Sounds highly discriminatory. I'd hate to live there. The commissioner sounds like the biggest criminal in that town.
> Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style

Remembering the Mojang documentary, it makes me a bit sad that his relationship at the time apparently didn't work out - she seemed to really get him. :(

But to address your more general question, I guess it's a bit like solitude in general: some people are better (or even thrive) at it, and some struggle.

> So, how would you deal with Notch's problem?

If I was to become suddenly rich, I would finally have time to do all my goofy projects that are commercially unviable and take up a lot of time. I would probably found some open source projects and take a somewhat active role in them. With the main chunk of my time I would be making indie games without caring if they sold a single copy. I would fund some friends who were less fortunate in life, too, giving them a basic income and the opportunity to pursue whatever they want.

Some people go crazy, buy a lot of things, and party hard. I can understand that, especially if you never got to do these things before - so why not indulge a little. But although those activities can feel good and can be liberating, they should not be confused for having any meaning beyond momentary enjoyment. They are not a source of meaning in the larger sense.

The most dangerous aspect of getting rich might be analogous to the most dangerous aspect of retirement in general: the idea that you're "done". You're not done, you're getting started on a new chapter. You're now more free than ever, and it's a huge opportunity that almost nobody else gets.

To Notch specifically, I would say this: continue to do things for enjoyment, but be mindful (and realistic) of what you are expecting to get out of them. Slowly but surely, work on getting back into a mindset where you want to create things. It doesn't have to be for an audience, just for yourself. Creating things can heal you. Take care of friends and families, morally and financially. Support causes and people you like. Stop obsessing about pairing up with someone, it's unproductive and makes you unhappy. Changing your overall lifestyle is optional. You have a choice to live in a normal apartment with normal possessions. Whenever you buy something extraordinary, make a conscious decision to do so instead of doing it by default. Strive for minimalism and simplicity in all things, it's one of the many freedoms you now have.
My main concern is things like my X-55 Rhino stick and throttle not having Linux drivers.

While most games will work in some way on Linux, either through Steam or through WINE, there are still enough caveats that prevent me from making the jump fully.
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I think you found the Achilles heel. This won't scale, so it is only suitable for small file systems.
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The opposite seems self evident to me.

Saner decision making:

Switzerland > US > Egypt > North Korea

Level of democracy:

Switzerland > US > Egypt > North Korea

I used to think Singapore was a good example of "benevolent dictatorship", but after living here for a few years I've come to understand that this isn't the case. The ruling party has made some spectacularly bad decisions that they wouldn't have without more democratic accountability, and many of the good decisions they did make were stolen from the opposition (whomever they happened to be at the time).
There was a similar smaller scale revolt ( Battle of Athens ) against local corruption by retuning GI's post ww2.

They broke into the national guard armory and enforced fair elections after a short firefight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29
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1: clear all debts across the board - mine, family, maybe even close friends and employees (if it was that much) - credit cards, mortgages, car loans / leases, etc...

2: invest a portion in stocks, funds, etc... - although I would work on something, I would never want to have to work again.

3: as a backup to the investments, save a portion (cash in some sort of savings account) incase the investments fail - be it the fault of mine or my investor

4: now pick something(s) that could use an influx of research to help it move along, be it battery technology, water desalination, medical, etc... and either donate to it if there are well established groups or setup my own.

5: found a new development firm and start all over. I couldn't sit on a beach for to long or in a hotel - i'll get bored. gatta get back to work and work on something.

I read a few of the articles on what he posted to twitter and I have a hard time understanding his problem. You've been given an amazing gift. To never (assuming you dont blow it all) have to worry about money again. EVER.

You can do whatever you want. Work towards curing cancer. Invest in research. Build something (anything). Sit on your ass and do absolutely nothing for decades (or EOL). You are absolutely, 100% in control of your future now - your not restricted to someone else's vision of what they want to build; your not limited in what you can do financially.

For sure, finding a wife that understands all that; friends that understand all that, might be difficult or frustrating - but like someone told him - this will pass - people will accept the new you and if they dont... f'em - theres all kinds of people out there. Go get bottle service at a Las Vegas club - make some new friends and move on.
You just gave me an excuse for not doing my work and feel good about it by doing something else instead of just reading random posts on HN !
The event isn't just "there was a coin flip". The event was "there is a coin flip and I have been woken up". For this event, two thirds of the time the coin flip will have been tails.

Halfers forget that there is an extra piece of information available "I have been woken up". SB knows that one third of the time she has been woken up it is because the coin flip was heads, and two thirds of the time it was tails.

Anyway, this is a stupid "paradox". It is extremely simple to build a simulation of SB being woken up and coin tosses, and if you do so, you get the clear answer - 1/3. There is no sampling issue or other trick that makes this simulation hard to write correctly...
> “This whole bulk of the population is being seduced into thinking that they can just go out and pursue their dream anytime, but it’s not true.”

> Cool. Know your place, leave enterpreneurship to blue bloods - that's the conclusion?

No.

"When basic needs are met, it’s easier to be creative; when you know you have a safety net, you are more willing to take risks. “

The solution is providing a social safety net that enables that bulk of the population to pursue their dream.
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Either that, or eat the rich.
This demo is very impressive !

300000 sprites

fps: 59-60

os: Linux

browser: Chrome 44

cpu: i7-3930k

gpu: GTX 970

driver: Nvidia 346.47
With zipf distribution did you mean for every flow insert a zipf fetched number of events?
How to name things: the hardest problem in programming
Really odd that the report (and the article) focuses on average minutes, without going into number of total minutes/total users. Which means the numbers tells us almost nothing without some more context.
This is cool but is there actual news about the project other than existence?
All crimes of the same name are not equal.

The 17 year old having (nominally) consensual sex with a 15 year old. The drunken liaison where one party was not able to consent (doesn't remember consenting, didn't, or otherwise). The breaking and entering to rape at knife point.

I do not consider these equal crimes, and whilst I've no objection to legal intervention in each I think the key on is to appropriately manage the risk of re offending. Making someone's life nigh on impossible after serving time only makes them resent the system and interferes with proper re-integration into society. That's the only meaningful goal. Or it should be in my opinion.