skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think this article is written on purpose to make a small improvement on googles approach from 5 years ago look more impressive than it is.

Here's an image of a "google server" from 2009: http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2009/04/leadacid_bat... The innovation that google made was to first run the mainboards with +12V only, generating all other rails on the mainboard from this supply (that's why only yellow wires are going from the PSU to the mainboard, as can be seen on the back end). The 12V lead acid battery in the front is connected with the black and red wire to the power-supply (you can see the red and black wire also, on the far end of the picture). So the charger was already integrated into the PSU circuit back then, I'd say.

From a topological standpoint, I'd claim that this is pretty much the same thing as the microsoft-datacenter approach -- with the exception of running the powersupply with AC (except DC, as the current article seems to imply). Of course battery technology has improved in the meantime, and using LiIon would be just the smart thing to do now.
History is relevant today. Historical posts are some of the best material we see on Hacker News. More historical posts, please!
the more equal a society the less likely women will opt for hard sciences

as evidenced by this doco on the "Gender Equality" paradox https://vimeo.com/19707588
Thinking (or thoughts) are different from consciousness. A simple experiment can tell you this.
Sit silently and observe your mind. You'd see thoughts keep on popping up, if you don't indulge with them, each would fade away quickly. If you do indulge, you get on a ride of similar chain of thoughts. This riding is termed as "thinking".

IMO the neuron pathways that exist in our physical brain are determined based on "rides of thoughts" we have taken in our life so far.
But there's no visual or physical proof to locate the consciousness that does this observation and takes the ride.

So uploading brains means uploading only "the experiences" you have got in your life but as long as the rider isn't there, these are just mere memories with no further rides possible.
>but whose student evaluations are marred by the fact that they can't speak English well, they have social deficiencies (e.g. Asperger's syndrome), etc. Student evaluations are flawed in the same way intelligence tests are flawed; student evaluations favor professors who speak and communicate most closely to the popular consciousness of students at the time in the same way intelligence tests are biased against non-native test-takers (some questions posed on intelligence tests may use culturally native objects).

Teaching is intrinsically tied to communication. Failure to communicate, failure to speak english well, is a failure in performing the art of teaching.
Also, given http://skarnet.org/software/sdnotify-wrapper.c it becomes possible to both use s6's superior notification approach in code and to be compatible with how systemd handles notifications.

This is exciting to me and I would like to encourage you to make it way more obvious, given I've been playing with s6 for a while and still only managed to notice it existed because of http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/un... - and while perhaps that's due to my own stupidity, likely there will be other similarly stupid people who'd also value this information ;)
Not necessarily high in sugar, since the insulin causes just as much damage as high fat. But a lower-fat diet would be beneficial
Yea, it really stands out to me how much the narrative matters to me now as opposed to when I was younger, when it was all about gameplay. I get bored basically once I've figured out the controls and what the character does, etc.

However. I really like playing Mario Kart in a group. But then it is more of a social thing, not a hobby.
UC Berkeley does accept earmarked donations, but there is a limit to how specific they can be. I'm not sure what that particular level is, to be clear, but I've heard it's above the "it must go to this lab / group / person" level.

Scott Shenker, a CS Prof actually has an unrelated campaign right now where he'll match his student donations 10:1, so a few friends and I have been discussing some rules lately.
This is a great solution, in my opinion. Perhaps it could include the browser version instead:

-chrome-46-faster-font-engine:

This will allow any developer to opt in, with an explicit understanding that when the next browser version comes out the feature will disappear.

console.warn can be used to give a URL where developers can go to give feedback.
I get the sense that everyone in the big-metal hardware market (Dell, HP, IBM) is scared of something like Open Compute driving them to irrelevancy. They're all teching up to own some key piece of the IaaS space instead. VMWare is a nice keystone for that.
What about a bot that logs into the server and observes block placement, then uses image recognition?
Digital Ocean claims to meter bandwidth but they don't.
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it's part of the process for wrongful dismissal.

for most employment stuff you go through the company's internal grievance procedures first (and if those procedures are inadequate it helps you) before going to courts.

although if he was going to take this to court I'm surprised he created the webpage.
Also referenced in the article is that despite boards needing to consist of 40% women, that all board members are still only from a single school. Like that is any different to unbounded boards where the members are generally from the same small set of schools.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
Interesting thoughts.

I've been working in and managing software development teams for a while. The most striking thing about the female developers that I've worked with is how quiet they are (I wouldn't say 'introverted').

Ever see those studies that show that the most vocal person in a meeting is considered the most knowledgeable by the group (even if they're the least knowledgeable)? Yeah - software development has this to the extreme.
Stereotypes are putting me off too - I am a male. Not sure if this can really explain why there is fewer women in tech.

At the local university where I was a bit involved into the whys of fewer women it seems to be that interestingly enough it seems to be related to friends and family of someone entering IT. If friends and family come up with questions like "But aren't there mostly men" and "Aren't to all video game nerds" or similar, then those stereotypes affect people and especially women, cause they are usually the target of such statements way more when deciding whether to study at a certain university.

So it's social expectations of others. I think if one wants to study computer science then it's not that much of a deal. After all students in general have a lot of room for stereotypes. Women in communication, men in medicine and students in general have stereotypes applying to them that many people simply don't identify with at all. I think if that would be having such a huge effect then there would be way fewer students overall.
Would have been but no longer is. Unfortunately, it is really the standard language of today's youth.
On "why can't those people move to___?" https://medium.com/b-copy-com-longform-content/why-can-t-tho...
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It's actually interesting to consider the divergent paths followed by a merge scenario presented here. If we assume that uploaded-you is put through a simulated "going to university" experience, then it's a few years older than you are. Even if it was _only_ simulating classes and studying, somehow turning off any "human" needs for social interaction and enteratinment, it's had years of time to think new thoughts, assimilate new ideas, and become a fundamentally different person.

If it's completely overwriting your brain's current state, then you're replacing yourself with someone similar to you but who'll be _obviously_ different to anyone who knows you.

If it's more a merge scenario, then you're (effectively) killing yourself and the copy, and maybe the copy won't want to rejoin you if it means losing its own distinct state.

Continuity of consciousness is weird to think about.
Very nice!

I have spend the last hour trying to display the Poincaré disk[1], but to no avail.

I have z * (cos(1.57 * (a^2+b^2+1)^(1/2))/sin(1.57 * (a^2+b^2+1)^(1/2))), which project the coordinates to the infinite on a circle. But this is only a fancy zoom, straight lines are not projected to circles.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_disk_model

Edit: Wrong thread
Well, try to portray them the other way around and see what reaction you get.
Here are my tips I posted on another forum recently Hopefully they're helpful.

Learn JavaScript. It's a powerful language and will be required for any front end work, but increasingly is used on the server side as well.

Learn about databases, both SQL and NoSQL. Almost every project comes down to having a sound understanding of data concepts.

Work on some Open Source projects that interest you. It will be an opportunity to learn from more experienced developers, produce something of value to our on your resume, introduce you to source control and help you understand how developers communicate around software development.

The most important is not technical. If you can't effectively communicate and prioritize any technical ability loses value rapidly.
I kept a close eye on the ARM server market for years waiting for it to happen and bring cheap multi core boxes to the masses. Ultimately, I stopped caring when quad core Xeon boxes got down to less than $400 and draw less than 30 watts idle: http://amzn.com/B00FE2G79C
> and the FDA has only been able to recommend that farmers use the drugs "judiciously." [1]

Given that FDA has a revolving door to the industry it controls (where CEOs of industry become regulators and vice-versa, just playing musical chairs basically), that is a pretty rational response.

They have both 1) done something "Oh look, we are warning them to be careful!" 2) haven't angered their ex or future board members.
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How did you find him?
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I wonder if the question we ought to be asking is "How idle is your server farm"? ARM still uses significantly less power than Intel chips do when idle. If your fleet is working hard all the time, it would be a no-brainer to go with Intel. What if your fleet spends 50% of the time not working? 70%? There presumably is some tipping point there.
This is how I optimise my productivity:

- Make a list every morning of your priorities
- Take a break every 1.5hrs minimum
- Exercise at least every second day for 30mins
- At the end of the week review where you were unproductive (due to the benefit of hindsight, missed opportunities, focussing on the wrong thing)
- Pen and paper can't be beaten for some activities

I also fast one day a week as it sharpens my mind.
Billboards could be seen as a driver's safety issue as well as landscaping goals, but what about resumes? Or web pages?

Advertising is a fundamental social skill. You advertise yourself to others when you dress up in the morning, so you're seen as superior compared to the slob that doesn't dress up. (or do you go out naked? who knows..) You post here to advertise your ideas.

None of these are free. All this marketing you do costs you one way or another. And you doing too much of some kind of promotion could be seen as excessive pollution.

Really, the only people that complain about advertising are people that are terrible at it. Everybody advertises in one form or another.

I think the opposite should be taught: how to be a better marketer. Everybody should know how to market properly, since everybody does it, but the vast majority just aren't good at it.

Always be closing.
Cybernetics, known better today as control theory, is a significant discipline of math with lots of valuable insight applicable to broad areas of sciences and life. My favourite example - grokking the difference between open and closed-loop systems will let you discover the simple idea behind agile methodologies and how 90% of what's written about them is pure marketing bullshit.
> I'm a bit puzzled by the statement that he is asking "campus authorities" to "overrule" his firing. Why would he want to continue working there, or, how could he expect to be able to work in a department after indicting it in this fashion? With this document hasn't he pretty thoroughly burned his bridges?

He probably doesn't expect to keep working there. However, the department can't quietly give him bad references to torpedo his attempts to get a job elsewhere.

His capability is now acknowledged and in the public record such that they can't deny it.

So, he now doesn't have to explain the lack of a reference when he applies for a new job. Fairly smart maneuver actually.
Very nice!

I have spend the last hour trying to display the Poincaré disk[1], but to no avail.

I have z * ( cos(1.57 * (a^2+b^2+1)^(1/2)) / sin(1.57 * (a^2+b^2+1)^(1/2)) ), which project the coordinates to the infinite on a circle. But this is only a fancy zoom, straight lines are not projected to circles.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_disk_model
Pilots who risk their lives flying tiny planes over the Atlantic
Why on earth would you advocate giving the administrators what they want and depriving Berkeley math students of their one exceptional professor--a professor that they clearly need more than better-supplied students elsewhere?
Patents are territorial. If the English guy did not bother to patent in Denmark (highly unlikely especially at that time) then Lego was perfectly free to use the design and build on it.
Maybe in the long term - though I very much doubt that patronage was unbiased, nor will crowdfunding. Imagine the fundraising power of anti-vaxxers, for example, in funding utterly junk science.

I like the idea of experiment.com, but right now...it's just not there. I want it to be, but it's just not. None of the projects you link even approach "Pay a grad student for a year", let alone supporting an assistant professor and their lab.

I'd also like to note that you're taking "close to the average citizen or constituent" as an inherently good thing, and I'm not necessarily convinced that's true, or at least so true it doesn't need examination. What's worth research is not necessary what captures the public imagination. Heck, its not even what captures the imagination of other scientists - I have no idea what's worth funding and studying in high energy physics or theoretical CS, and I very much doubt they know the same for my field.
Really, control theory helped you understand Agile? Please, do go on. I would love to hear the specifics.
One crucial point when we talk about high core count parts is memory and IO bandwidths. In the end, that'll determine the overall performance of your server. I don't see ARM parts, due to their relatively low single-thread performance, as good for compute-bound workloads, but, with memory and IO channels significantly faster than current x86-based parts, they could be competitive in IO bound ones.

I'd love to see more diversity in the server space, but reality is harsh.
One of his letters suggests that folks at the math department insisted that he water the exam down and reduce the number of questions.

Do you know if other Math 1A sections have more/less difficult exams?
> If your company is not growing at the rate they expect they will find someone else who will be willing to do what they expect.

Graduated from Hogwarts probably. Because even CEO-s are sometimes bound by reality.
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Does this guy have any video lectures? I'd like to watch and check him out.
I wouldn't go that far. I did not refer to more modern implementations - I was talking about the original SmallTalk-80 you could get in 1980. With that, it's still only a half-joke.
This type of advertising is starting to get traction in Cologne, especially at bus stops and train station. Captive audience, right? It is mostly visual at the moment, however I think the level of consumer backlash will increase once audio starts to appear.
>Put your grandma's Moravec replacement brain inside your dog's body, and tell me she's still alive.

That's an ontological conundrum that's far from settled. I'd argue the information we have points to our biological intelligence not being particularly special or more "real" than other forms.

What I can tell you is that your hypothetical monstrosity there would probably play fetch and bake some really good cookies. Heck, I'd probably name it Dogma.
Also learn Python will you're at it to be honest ...

(1) Build stuff
(2) Show people
(3) Improve it

Rinse and repeat ad nauseam
I mention this above, but my first thought on "impact" is that they're really neat experiments, but it's very much in the domain of "enough preliminary data to keep a grad student busy for a bit and justify a pilot grant submission". A great stepping stone, but...

I'll be honest, I looked at crowdfunding when I was working on my dissertation. It was more work than an industry grant (especially when you include wooing the public) for a fraction of the money.
Another critique of the growth mindset: http://www.salon.com/2015/08/16/the_education_fad_thats_hurt...
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Head Emacs maintainer stepping down
So coming back to what I said - as long as you dispassionately and sensibly point out the injustice being done in the name of justice, what is the problem? Our fear is what makes the SJW shaming tactics effective.

Men -- men in tech in particular -- gotta buckle up and speak frankly. Learn to stand up for themselves, without letting other people -- women in particular -- control their every thought.
Credible research institutions have no problems publishing white papers or research reports discussing their own research. For example, Microsoft Research is fully financed by Microsoft, but they have a sterling academic reputation which they've earned by doing top tier independent research.

On the flipside, absolutely nobody will believe research coming out from Shell that says that climate change concerns are overblown, or by Philip Morris that dismisses the health harms of smoking. This is why when energy companies want to contest research funding, they attempt to buy out credible scientists and ask them to speak in their own name: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/feb/02/frontpage...
VC money powers them.
>I also fast one day a week as it sharpens my mind.

I tried this and my body literally can NOT handle this. When I fast one day the next day my body goes nuts and I eat everything in sight.

I fast til diner (5 pm) and then eat all my protein + calories. This builds a kind of 'buffer' for random food I didn't expect (lunch with someone I met that day, birthday cake, etc)
That's unrelated to to their business models.
> Over and over, Dr. Cheryan and her colleagues have found that female students are more interested in enrolling in a computer class if they are shown a classroom (whether virtual or real) decorated not with “Star Wars” posters, science-fiction books, computer parts and tech magazines, but with a more neutral décor — art and nature posters, coffee makers, plants and general-interest magazines.

That last part sounds so banally corporate. And later in the article the author suggests we redecorate many/most programming spaces, academic and professional, into banal corporate farms like every other soul-crushing workplace.

The best high school teachers I remember were the ones to fill their classrooms with zany stuff related to their subject/field. Creatures from Disney's Hercules in a Latin classroom. Ancient Roman coins, sorted on a timeline by metallurgic debasement and inflation, in an economics classroom. A wall of student painted musical posters in a theater/dance classroom.

Is telling those teachers, "no, you can't decorate your classroom the way you want; it must look like the front office of ACME business park tenant," really the answer?

Or is it reforming our education system, especially high school, into an institution that discourages conformity? Or at least doesn't punish nonconformity?
Some people who are using the system:

The British Museum - archeology - w3w.co/British-museum
Pollinate Energy - solar lighting the slums - w3w.co/pollinate-energy
In2care - mosquito traps in Africa - w3w.co/in2care
Remind me where - navigation for the visually impaired - w3w.co/remind-me-where
Cartero Amigo - deliveries in the favelas - w3w.co/cartero-amigo
A steak causes the release of as much insulin as pure sugar.

Also,
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lipotoxicity-how-saturated-f...
His short story, Learning to be me, is a really great piece exploring a related technology. Recommended!
Interesting point. Apropos of not much, a lot of them use paid advertising in some form to drive awareness of their products or services, though.
If you care deeply about educating students, and you are able to do a good job of that with large lecture groups, then choosing to move to a position that slashes your class size by 75%+ would be shooting yourself in the foot, wouldn't it?
Crowd sourced scientific funding is a fine way of supplementing existing infrastructure and it's good for funding small side-projects that augment existing grants / research groups. It's also a good way for amatuers to get a hobby project funded.

But it's not an adequate alternative to more traditional forms of scientific funding, for a lot of reasons.

First, the amounts are just too small. Even a very successful crowd funder would have an incredibly difficult time paying for a single full time employee, even at grad student rates and even before administrative overhead / tuition. Which is essentially $10-$15/hr.

Second, if you look at sites like experiment.com, it's rare for a project to be funded without a very clear picture for what questions are being asked, how they are being asked, and exactly how they will be answered. And none of the projects I found asked to recoup that cost. This is particularly problematic for fundamental research, where scope and intent are not well-defined almost by definition.

(Being a cynic, I'd be unsurprised if a lot of the people doing the crowd funding thing in small dollar amounts are mostly just in it for the sex appeal it will have on their next grant report, rather than e.g. actually needing the money. There are often way easier ways to scrounge up a few thousand bucks at a major research university. Heck, were I did grad school, you could get grants in the small thousands just for being a grad student with a pulse, and doubling that money was about as easy.)
Until you reach the point where you don't have to close a new round each year to keep meeting payroll you don't have a business model.
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I wasn't responsible for that. I believe honesty and respect are both possible in the same response so I'm advocating for more of that.