skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I wouldn't call that "brave". "Putting ego aside" is hard, requires a lot of work and in most situations it's a safe thing to do. Hence no bravery here, maybe loyalty would be a better word.

He was being brave when he brought his problem to his superiors and said he'd like to quit. Actually, the only "braver" thing in this situation would be to quit anyway, without letting them "talk him out of quitting". But that could have been also stupid, we don't know the exact circumstances.

On a more general note: everyone should try to ~~contain~~ [edit: solve!] his/her ego-issues (and other psychological issues) as much as possible, of course. But placing someone with mentioned issues on the project which caused these issues in the first place is clearly a fail of management. If "soft skills" are so important (and they are), then the management should use them! Management should place employees in an optimal environment so that psychological issues are less likely to occur. Making people work for a long time on things they are averse to is a recipe for disaster. Both for the employee and the project.
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perhaps in 400 years USA won't do wel
You're being totally unrealistic. The salaries are higher because the cost of living is higher. They don't go down because of "competition". Nor should companies rule a country, most just act in their own self interest.
JSEncrypt
Mob of brokers attack Indian startup NoBroker, assault staff
but none whatsoever for the senior management team or board.

Who happen to keep their jobs no matter what happens to the company.
Show HN: Unofficial Facebook Messenger app
This.

Two weeks to get two hard disks on an enterprise agreement. Bought the damn things off Misco and had them there the next morning.

Decided to buy supermicro from now on.

Plus Broadcom NICs in 2015. Kill me now.
In my experience in small companies "Lead Developer" usually means "the person who wrote all of our initial software and still does some programming while keeping track of our code base in general". I.e. something between a retired programmer, a software architect and a CTO.
None of what you said makes any sense. No bitcoin isn't designed for private ledgers, it's the exact opposite, an innovation to make global, public, decentralised/distributed (you can argue the semantics a bit here), trustless system without a dependency on any particular set of gate keepers, while keeping alive some semblance of privacy/pseudonymity. This private banking database requires none of that and is the opposite of what bitcoin was designed for. And the gigantic waste of proof-of-work is completely unnecessary, and forcing the use of it regardless by keeping a 'single server per bank' is insane, it's literally a waste of money. Not only that but it doesn't even achieve anything you want as it creates a false sense of security, after all what stops a bank from simply having more than 1 server and blowing all the proof of work from anyone else out of the water and dictating the entire database? Well guess what, the exact same thing that obviates the need for a proof of work system in the first place.

Bitcoin is the dumbest possible technology outside of the context for which it was designed, in which it appears to be the only viable technology and works incredibly well. Running a private blockchain with a set bunch of gate keepers is simply ridiculous.
>I genuinely wish that any libertarians here (in Poland) move to USA

Lots of Poles, libertarian or not, do that for the massive quality of life increase.
The intuitive conclusion I have is that "dogs are uncanny," and I somewhat doubt if the answer will ever get better than that: we simply can't communicate with them to the degree that is required to answer these questions.

> He asked what color he was, and learned "grey" after being told the answer six times. This made him the first and only non-human animal to have ever asked an existential question.

There's a little evidence[1] to suggest that the influence of a sentient (or intelligent) species can, to some degree, rub off. You could definitely cherry-pick specific traits of any species that would imply that it is not intellectual, including humans (e.g. war, intolerance). Maybe dogs don't have an intellectual reason for looking at us but that's not conclusive as to the intellectual capacity of the species.

At the end of the day I think it's inconceivable for a person to form an emotional bond with an animal such as a baboon - yet we do that with dogs and that's got to mean something, even if it's not scientifically quantifiable.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_%28parrot%29
How many people are there still left in Syria?
Look, the NSA as an organization, as a whole, is blatantly violating the Constitution, which is supposedly the most sacrosanct law of the nation.

The fact that they don't care about what laws say doesn't get any clearer than that.

The fact that no one from NSA has gone to jail for the NSA violating the Constitution shows.. well, pretty much that the government doesn't bother punishing itself for violating its own laws.

To be fair, that would be kind of silly, after all.
AngularJS and Scroll lazy load directive
The Productivity Secret
One of the problems of collapsible threads is that it reduces the amount of people who are prepared to flag and downvote comments that shouldn't be here.
دراسة+تؤكد+الفوائد+الصحية+للشطة+فى+مكافحة+مرض+السرطان+|اليوم+السابع
The point is to make them care. There are ways of doing this.

Google are steering progress toward HTTPS and app-add interstitials, for example.
Hardly 21st century. In its essence it was known to Markov, who died in 1922. For comparison, the idea of TUring machines came in 1936
I always loved Kickstarter but there are lots of interesting on IndieGoGo too.
MS Office 2013 Product Key Generator Get Here
Good luck with this! Really simple neat idea and one that YouTube or Pinterest should talk to you about.
It interferes with the filtering. You should try to first filter, then "Hilbertize" and then deflate
While I agree with you, you'd be very surprised.

Usually even if CEO, CTO (etc.) understands the logic behind it they still have this paranoid thought: What if my employee is actually slacking off instead of just being very efficient? How can I know? Maybe if I make everyone sit at their desk for 8 hours I can avoid being overrun by a bunch of slackers?
If you think it's important to teach math to uninterested pupil, take a look at the results of PIAAC adult skills survey:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51bb74b8e4b0139570ddf...
My own take in MFi controllers is that they were always intended to primarily be used with the new Apple TV. Supporting them early was just a Trojan Horse to get them in the stores in advance of the TV launch.

The alternative to requiring thinning is to allow fat app downloads and pretty much guarantee that app thinning stays a niche capability with low adoption, so Apple is making sure devs and their tools vendors just have to suck it up. It also means developers of apps that can conceivably fit inside the 200mb limit will work their buts off to make sure it does, which will tend to improve download speeds.

Both effects will lead to a better user experience at the cost of some developer inconvenience, but frankly they're not asking anything unreasonable. Apple provide support for app thinning in their own frameworks, and if devs still freely choose to use different tools then that's up to them but a professional tool or framework that doesn't support thin apps in this era isn't worthy of the name.
Meanwhile the people not in the west get to suffer dire poverty and war. But I guess those folks don't count.

I think that most white people in the south also preferred the current, perhaps more subdued reality of segregation to the constant struggles of integration and economic competition with "those people". Is that a valid argument against eliminating mandatory discrimination?
Getting towards a real "smart home": Adding anti-theft, child safety, energy conservation, easy control and fun into every power outlet of your home!
Pulseaudio support is definitely nice. I use stock wine and it's the main reason I use alsa. The alsa sink of pulse and wine don't run well together for some reason.
> So if I had a team member who told me "the task I was assigned for this week is actually pretty easy, so I decided to just finish at 2pm each day", then I'd consider that wildly inappropriate and tell them so.

Why is it inappropriate though? Employee happiness is also a part of compensation. Or at least it should be.

In a hypothetical situation I would gladly trade a few Ks off my salary for more flexible hours.
ESA tries uploading patch to Philae lander to fix radios
So in February HP announced it would fire 58,000 just so the company could spend even more billions on stock buybacks. Since then, buyback activity has gone down a bit and so they clearly needed to spend even more on buybacks.

But where get the money? Cutting 30k jobs is a start:

https://imgur.com/3MdRKqv
I would consider that you add a step before making a phone call or going and tapping somebody on the shoulder.

The thing that most threatens my zone is when the headphones need to come out. The _only_ exception is a simple yes/no, such as, "hey, want a coffee from Starbucks?" Anything bigger, whether a phone call or tap on the shoulder can really kill my session or workday. I'm talking your five minute conversation costing an hour or more of wasted time.

What do I recommend? Message me first and say "hey are you free to chat?"
Paeth filter helps. This PNG is only 251 bytes:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/PNG-Grad...
Show HN: Canned LinkedIn Connection Request Response
Basically, `Bitcoin - Politics`. A nice idea.
This articles doesn't look that convincing to me. I has no technical details to prove that Erlang was the major reason why WhatsApp was scalable. I think the low number of engineers has more to do with the simplicity of their product than with this particular language choice.
WhatsApp seems to be a great example of designing your system with the best tools available. To go from nothing to pretty much being the de-facto modern replacement for SMS in a couple of years is an amazing achievement.

I really need to sit down and spend some time properly learning a functional language. I can hack my way through Haskell code but I do it in a very non-Haskell way. I really need to change that. My primary language is C++ and I am open to any recommendations for what direction to go in :)
> "There are certainly a lot of fixes that never make it to mainline Wine."

Out of interest, why is that?
> except work as a mirror.

It does have a front facing camera ;)
The algorithms that drive what news we see on Twitter and Facebook (and Google for that matter) don't take into account the quality of the information we're confronted with. They're more based on popularity than anything else.

We're working on a platform (inquary.com) that will allow users to rate, research, and assess news and other information items based upon their Information Quality scores, specifically their accuracy, trustworthiness, comprehensiveness, and objectivity.

I'm always looking for feedback. If you have comments about what you'd like to see from such a platform, I'd love to hear from you here or at inquary.com.

For the record, I won't bore people with too much information here but there is a lot of data about how much people want accurate, objective news, as well as how surprisingly capable the public, in the aggregate, is at assessing such things.

Happy to talk more if people are interested.
> Banks borrow money for less than they lend it effectively guaranteeing a profit if properly and concervatively managed

Is like saying that every salesman or shop in the world "buys things for less than he sells it" — it paints a picture of "free money" while completely forgetting all the work and service to society that goes into that process. In case of salesmen and shops, it's logistics; in terms of banks, it's risk management. Modern financial system is one of the most important achievements of our society: it's overwhelmingly effective in managing risks and enabling creation of countless big and/or high-risk projects while maintaining stability. It may seem counter-intuitive when you're faced with recession, but when you look how things rolled out in countries that tried to follow planned economy, communist systems, or, on the other hand, full of corruption "capitalism" that is China, you see how good is the western, first-world capitalism is in comparison.
I heard that they have the philosophy of "you build it, you own it", meaning that anything you build, you are also responsible for running. So if you don't want a call at 3am, make sure your code works correctly.
We are all on a learning journey of life.
Re: the title. What are inevitable facts of life?
The camera versus the human eye
Well, isn't the language a hood enough reason?

I think most seasoned game developers would be faster making a simple 3D game with Unity rather than just openGL + C ( mainly because with Unity you get soon much boilerplate-y stuff out of the box)

The language and the amazing properties of failure tolerance could be productivity multipliers ( think of the times you've had to deal with catastrophic failures of software)
I don't think the two are comparable.

You're not able to directly make a shit tonne of money at others expense by contributing to TCP/IP standards.

Not true for anything banks are doing.
Google’s Hypocrisy on the Right to Be Forgotten
They failed to link to any of the apps, so I don't think so. Which brings me to my question, anyone got a link for Crystal?

Edit: https://www.crystalknows.com/
Death? I mean, if you will not die, you could die? And taxes of course.
Q: How am I going to make money on Medium?

A: Not right now. We haven’t solved that problem quite yet. [...] Will do turnkey premium-content option–with a paywall. We’ll also enable advertising.

So what's the benefit of Medium over the website of my newspaper, where the newspaper has 100% control of the appearance, content, advertisers, additional revenue streams and so on?

Furthermore: I don't read that many magazines or newspapers. But when I do, I make the conscious decision to read a specific magazine or newspaper, because they have a certain opinion on things I'd like to know about. Medium blends all of this in some uni-branded way and at the end of the day, people don't care about the publisher/brand anymore.

The last time you bought something on eBay or Aamzon Marketplace, do you know the actual shop's name within the marketplace? Probably not. This is not desirable for publishers and thus, I don't believe that Medium will be the future. It's merely an experiment for publishers to play with, to get more traffic to their own websites (frequently you see the last paragraph stating "first appeared on wired.com" or whatever).

Creating content on Medium is easier than doing your own website. So is getting readers.

Once the platform is even more crowded, the readers won't come themselves. You need to actively market your content and then the question is: Why would you market Medium's platform instead of your own?
Twitter sued for scanning private messages
I prefer fast & simple SVG over "hand-drawn-generated" SVG. Does your generation support this? I noticed a lot of DOM junk in the current generated graphs.
At the bottom of the article it says it evolved from a talk she gave, so I would guess not. The article says she used it herself, and she does mention some of the competition, so I'd just guess she's a happy customer.
Why is this domain (and a few others on the front page) colored?
What about the board? There should be a "golden ass-kick" rather than a golden parachute when CEOs have such poor performance. Does anyone else remember Leo Apotheker? I believe they gave him like $25 million when he left a year later after he took the job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Apotheker
Yes, they have a conscience, and it's telling them they did nothing wrong...
Cool. I really liked the idea of Stellar, but I just cant get over the premined coin distribution.
Nice to have a truly decentralized alternative!
Will we be able to make our own apps for this or is it limited to what you guys are building?
Like Instagram for doctors, Figure 1 app now has 500K users
Mildly surprised not to see public key crypto in there. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what makes a best algorithm?

http://www.cesg.gov.uk/publications/Documents/nonsecret_encr...

He did this in his head, and had to keep it there overnight until he got to work the next morning.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/gchq-pioneers-on-birth-of-publi...

This article also shows GCHQ's failure of imagination:

> Ralph Benjamin: It was revolutionary in the intellectual schema, and eventually in its operational impact. We didn't then foresee the full eventual operational impact. My conclusion was that the process would be so cumbersome, especially considering the computing ability of the time, it might have been useful for the occasional short message, but its main use would be a short message to transmit a key for conventional cryptography.
"Us+ creator Lauren McCarthy, an artist and programmer at New York University, told me that the tension her technology creates was part of her intent" what??

So the intent was to create an app that frustrates people and shows them "that there are things the computer can’t do as well as a human". We have this experience I'd argue the majority of time with computers anyway, the whole point is breaking down that barrier. So if her statements are not a joke its just bad software design.

Otherwise, the concept of realtime communication aid seems ridiculous IMO. Do we really need a software buffer between us and another human in order to communicate better? I still prefer talking to people on the phone as compared to chat, and face-to-face over the phone, I'd assert you always loose information once you add buffers between two communicating parties.
I appreciate the need in this case to state the obvious about the device, but let's also state the obvious about why the teacher, principal, and police did this: because he was a brown-skinned boy named Ahmed. Everyone involved should lose their jobs, but they won't.
I prefer the original title of the article: "The secret of living to 200 years old". Does what it says. Not sure why it was changed.
Congratulations! What a campaign! Great!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645
The Paradox of Intellectual Promiscuity.
Not my cup of tea but it seems nicely done, and Stephen Fry likes it so there's that: https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/643785572419506176
every time I open IndieGoGo I hang out there for 20 minutes)
You can easily spot paid placements; they don't have the “upvote” triangle next to them.
Well, if you buy their cheapest shit, you get the cheapest shit :-)

Their business workstations are second to none in terms of internal design (with seemingly minor stuff like automatic shutoff if a short circuit or ground leakage is detected anywhere) and reliability (laptops that can operate 24/7 under 100% load for months at end), at least in my experience...
Okay, but why the weird syntax and not the standard C style

int main() { sleep(1); printf("Hello World"); return 0; }

And then you can say "pure functions can be evaluated in any order". Maybe impure functions can be suffixed by a !.
It is beautiful. I'd probably get one if I had the money.

> Qwerkywriter's Patent-Pending keycaps features typewriter inspired keycaps.

WHAT THE FUCK.
Upgraded the db master node to a SSD server (yay no more seeks) for my Android app, Graticule[1]

Used the opportunity to get better acquainted with ansible, finally no more manual configurations.

On the hardware side, I did my first breadboard to perfboard transplant[2]. It's a basic circuit, the layout is not so great, the soldering is messy, but it's mine.

[1] https://graticule.link/

[2] https://goo.gl/photos/DkzE63ZfrHpR2VC3A
Europe is a continent of diasporas[1], that should make it much easier to accept refugees but sadly people don't seem to think much about it. Also, most people in Europe will know someone or someone's family member who had to leave the country due to wars and persecutions. For example, my grandfather was tortured by it's own country's state police back in the 60s. Most people in Europe know stories like his.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_diaspora#Contemporary...
Has any court ruled NSA actions to be against the Constitution?
Funny they don't mention the hydra, an amazing little creature, almost(?) immortal:
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-hyd...
Why would someone use this over the official Facebook Messenger app?
LaserJets were always good, but their inkjets (DerpJets, all of them :-)) were always horrible in my experience. Then again, I've never worked with other printers for a long period of time (my employer used all HP), so I can't compare...
Impressive! Any reason you chose Raphael over D3?
Amazon, boredom, and culture
It sounds like the intent with Us+ was to be performance art. In other words, if it's baffling or strange and it makes you reconsider how you think about something, it worked.
Contact- US, Top Management Colleges Varanasi
Some Bank of England economists published some interesting research exploring this earlier this year: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/Documents/workingpap...
Lobsters and some jellyfish are functionally immortal as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii
7 Reasons Why You Should See Ride Along
Ouch. I realise that this doesn't contribute hugely to the conversation, but that makes me feel a little sad.

"It's a clock, we know" -> "But what was he going to use it for?"

How is that a question you'd ever have to ask?
Re:Invent tickets
Hi guys,
the conference is sold out. Does anyone have a promo code or tickets they would be willing to sell.

Thank you.
Pavilions or Elitebooks (and their unnamed predecessor series)? Major difference imo...
Great that you guys added a US plug right from the start! And where will it be produced, in the States?
Sysomos acquires Gazemetrix
Bypass android lockscreen
I've said for years, using a debit card for purchases is foolish, yet another example of why. Banks have done a “good job” of hiding it from consumers, but to believe you universally have the same fraud protections using it as with a normal credit card is just crazy.
> Unaddressed things like the fact that majority of immigrants are actually safe in Turkey and Lebanon immigrant camps, yet they decide to go to Europe for better life (so its not like they are in danger).

This is false and it's easy to confirm, just read a bit about the conditions of these camps, the lack of food, etc, and if you want to see it for yourself, check YouTube, it actually has a lot of in person short docs about most refugee camps. That's what I did when I had that question in my mind, why would they leave those camps to risk their lifes, and it's mostly due to the lack of food, hygiene, healthcare, and over-capacity.

On a side-note, how can someone say something is unaddressed with the amount of information available on the internet? People just need to read a bit when in doubt and stop with false (and dangerous) assumptions.
In other words, "offshore all jobs except the ones that we need to keep our lucrative government contracts."
Wow.
You mention immigrant rapists on the way as a valid reason to not bring women..
Yet when you as much as mutter about immigrant rapistz in europe all hell breaks loose, political correctness maelstorm
Where is open discussion about the issues?
Where is data to talk about? I tried to look for any and there are almost none that supports the PC side...
> Why WhatsApp Only Needs 50 Engineers for Its 900M Users

Answer: because sending short messages from A to B is basically a solved problem. There is even a programming language (Erlang) that was made with this application in mind. The prototypical "Hello World" example for Erlang is a messaging application.