skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I simply can't trust or rely upon a country where laws don't matter. Sure, in the United States, money buys you better representation, as it does everywhere. But in China, Russia, etc. being disliked by the government can be a death sentence.

Start your company in China, fine. You'll move to a western country eventually, if you get big enough, and China doesn't reform. You simply can't trust a society where the laws don't apply equally. There isn't an Apple, Google, or Microsoft coming out of China. Instead, you get Ali Baba and Weibo that clone American startups.

I won't consider China a threat to American innovation until they get a true rule of law, democracy, and intellectual property rights. This is a tall order that won't be fulfilled anytime soon.
I find the intuition that the insurers are scumbags interesting (not that I don't share it, on some level). After all, in this case they also didn't cause the problem, don't own the house, and never agreed to insure the homeowner against that kind of risk. What am I missing?

Of course, its important to distinguish this situation from cases where the insurer did agree to cover it, but refuses to pay anyway.
"In your friend's case, the fact that she had two claims adjusted her relative risk profile"

For car insurance it makes sense, as the risk is specific to the driver, so the number of claims tells you something about the insured's driving.

But, for home insurance, isn't it mainly about the property rather than the individual? And isn't that mostly about location and property type?

Will this continue to affect her premiums if she moves? Will it also affect the new owner of her home, even though they weren't party to the previous claims?
Java and Scala are the main languages of Spark, one of the most popular large scale machine learning tools out there.
This is sad on many levels, but for me it is most sad that Makerbot got caught up in the whole "if we own the IP we'll be the biggest fish in the pond" mentality. They fundamentally did not understand that as big as the 3D printer market was when they switched over from open source to closed source, it was not self sustaining, and it still isn't self sustaining. People like Printrbot came in with better solutions, people like Lulzbot out makered Makerbot, and in general the community revolted at them trying to be the only game in town after all the contributions from everyone in the community. Totally not the way to start a revolution but a good way to put the brakes on one.
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9 times out of 10 it will be a clueless manager that read in Gartner that ML is the next big thing so they'll put some programmers on it, they'll click their heels together at learning something new, nothing will come out of it, except they funded the platform for the much smaller group of people who'll actually use it for something useful. Win win.
>>Your perspective seems based on the idea that housing (shelter) is a basic need and should be provided for

There is a very unfortunate problem with this line of thinking. It takes a lot of effort/money to build a house. You need to procure raw materials, pay for human labor and various other expenses, this is apart from acquiring land.

And the problem with this kind of 'equality for all' argument towards housing is you are assuming, that a good quality home should either come at a cheap price or some one being ready to pay and make up for everybody else. Both of them are problematic, why should every single economic link in the chain related to building a house suffer? Or why are we expecting some people to pay taxes and have houses built for every one else?

You don't have the right to anything unless the cost of achieving that is literally free or negligible.
I don't know why I couldn't reply to your comment 4 children down but oh well.

I don't understand how what you say is somehow a case for fossil fuel more so than a case for energy use. That is: why is the rise of a country's wealth metrics tied to fossil fuel? Wouldn't it be the same even if it were using say solar?

Also, I quickly browsed through your second link and I was very surprised about the figure 1.6 (which claims that there is less pollution as time goes by). I checked the source and although there isn't much context, it seems that what the EPA data is saying is that less pollutants are emitted year over year… that's a negative second order derivative of the amount of pollutant, not a negative first order derivative as the title seems to suggest (to me anyway).

It bothers me greatly that such a superficial analysis reveals bothersome details like this. I am inclined to believe that this source is not very good.
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Again, most people dont have a 1000+ USD laptop. You are not talking about your regular laptop user here - there is definitely more people who have large cameras and not only smartphones among the ones who buy expensive computers.
Bad CS school student here, we don't take any Math aside from a very basic "discrete structures" class, which is simplified discrete structures :/ Wish we did more math...
No matter what side of an issue a 'true believer' is on they do not like having their dogma challenged. In the modern web comments have frequently played that role, so, it is no wonder that comments are dying out.

Of course, no one will say that is why their own comment section is going away. There is always some high-minded reason why they shouldn't have comments. It doesn't hurt that comments aren't advertiser safe. Protecting a brand runs counter to having open comments.
I really don't understand. What kind of stories about the greatness of capitalism does one have to tell themselves to realize that the dream of living 'comfortably' with a house and a rolled lawn isn't there and not sustainable for most of us anymore? dare I say retire in dignity...
For my perspective, Musk speeches are more relevant than Apple or Microsoft people can say. He is the next game changer guy.
I know plenty of people that live in $1MM apartments that doubled in value over the last 10 years. So while they might not be able to "spare" $50k, it's not that big a deal overall. Of course I know other people for which that would be a lifetime of savings.
There's possibly a better alternative to batteries:

http://www.audiusa.com/newsroom/news/press-releases/2015/05/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-diesel

This type of technology can allow the extra power generated by solar/wind to be used to create oil. If this technology is developed further, I think it could be a better alternative to batteries. Imagine a desert full of solar panels creating oil with excess electricity during the day. And at night the oil can be used to either provide night time electricity or directly in the existing oil infrastructure (cars, gas stations, etc.) The oil would be effectively carbon neutral.
Link for those who are unfamiliar / CBF googling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents
Absolute champion
These other submissions were more lucky.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10308708 (7 points, 8 days ago, 6 comments )

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10323565 (2 points, 5 days ago, 7 comments) (more interesting comments)

Very short version of the comments: They claim that they can harvest ~30µW, this is very little. For example, it can only blink a led a few times per minute, because a normal led use 30mW=30000µW. Read the complete comments for more details.
> 3. I love people. I love working with them and getting to know them and having conversations with my coworkers. This is very easy to do when you are collocated. For me, working at home is lonely.

On my team this is solved by pair programming. Audio chat plus some form of shared screen (whether it's video or shared tmux/screen) closes the gap between colocation and remote, IMO.

I ackowledge, however, that not all teams accept pair programming as a thing. And it is indeed an extra skill that you have to develop in order to be productive with.

If you have a chance, I encourage you to try it! :D Even in the same office you can both put on a headset and have a remote pairing session without needing to sit beside each other.
Depends entirely on what you're doing. However the most important part is this. Depending on your company needs you need at least one or more of these, and they should not be coopted to serve in place of any of their others:

- customer support solution (to talk to people external to the company)

- task tracker (plans the future of when which tasks will be started/done)

- bug tracker (keeps history of problems and their solutions)

- group chat (to address the whole company, or task groups in it at once (IRC + friends), as well as brainstorm on things)

Which exact softwares are best for these depends on your needs and budget. Important is that you deliberate well, choose on quality and don't mix things. Important is also that you make clear that using those is mandatory. People side-stepping the task/bug tracker and resorting to emails/phone calls is toxic. People not having the group chat installed as well.
It's possible. Personally, I've always had a soft spot for the idea that Eden in the Bible was really not on Earth at all, but Mars or some other location in the universe. The flaming sword that "guarded" Eden could have been a rocket/spaceship at the end of Eden in the "east", the direction of the morning Sun, possibly signifying that it was headed closer to our sun, to Earth.

That seems to be a stretch you might say, but, similarly, Genesis tells a story of the creation of life which isn't wholly incompatible with our scientific understanding. There were stars, planets, life originating in plants while the earth was covered with clouds, finally the stars, sun and moon appeared through the clouds, then animals in the sea evolved, then birds/dinosaurs, then mammals, and finally a mammal called a human.

Even the rib of Adam could be a simple way of telling about the X chromosome, doubled to make the female (double X chromosomes).

Sure, you could say people made up these Bible stories if you want. However, in my mind it closely aligns with current knowledge of science and evolution that it would seem to indicate that humans in the past had some way of knowing past history they'd never experienced.

Perhaps something, likely an intelligent entity, spread life to Mars as a seed, it thrived, but then Mars became an inhospitable place so it was moved to Earth. Then later it came back to tell the story to a human or perhaps even all humans, and that story was relayed from generation to generation.
yes, and an hour of cycling is not the same as an hour on the average bike ride. Unless you're cycling up a mountain.
I built and operated a pedal powered generator [1] It's a regular bike on a stand, with a belt turning a 110v AC motor.

I can tell you, pedaling to making electricity is hard. It requires a lot of effort. On the flip side, if you told people they had to pedal before they could use the electricity for stuff like TV, xbox, etc., people would be doing those things a lot less.

I ended up giving it to a friend who powers his house with the bike, a 70W solar panel and three old car batteries :)

[1] http://theroadchoseme.com/smoothie-bike
One correction: it is the ACA ("Affordable Care Act") not the AMA. The AMA is the lobbying organization for providers.

Also, most health insurance plans have always covered checkups, contraception etc. The ACA specifies that these should be covered without copayments and deductibles. This is intended to be an incentive for the insured to get these kinds of preventative procedures instead of waiting till more costly problems develop. This tends to reduce the total cost of care to be reimbursed and (in theory) should lower premiums.
I wish there was a link to the article and sources on the prices.

"while natural gas-based electricity cost $82 in North and South America."

This makes no sense – the price of NG is very local.

I just ran an analysis of NYISO Zone J (New York City's) average hourly price for the last year – and it comes out at an average of $40.87 per MWh(peak and off peak). This would include all sources of generation.

The prices in the article would have everyone generating electricity loosing massive amounts of money – which they aren't.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mOm7bMQYJof7WDfqXmbA...

You can find raw pricing data from the various US energy markets below – you'll have to dig a bit. This is price though, not cost.

http://www.nyiso.com/
http://www.pjm.com/
http://www.ercot.com/
http://www.miso.com/
http://www.caiso.com/
This article here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8542091 is why some of the technology puffery in this WSJ article may not come true: there's been some pretty damning and serious scientific feedback om their sound-energy transmission efforts.
The price of eggs has been going up.
I find it interesting how you care about a person's race so much.
I was thinking about this the other day, what's the loss factor in compressed air storage?
Original post here, along with some other good related articles:

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?tag=gongkai

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4018

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=284

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=147 (I've been there. It's overwhelming.)
I've seen a lot more incompetence among on-site employees. Which makes sense, because management is automatically suspicious of anyone working remotely (it's still seen as some kind of privilege that they often resent), so remote workers have to survive much greater scrutiny of their work.

It's true that the serendipitous in-person contact has benefits that are hard to account for, though.
Lovely. https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/unique-identifier-he...

"Verizon Wireless will stop inserting the UIDH after a customer opts out of the Relevant Mobile Advertising program or activates a line that is ineligible for the advertising program. GOVERNMENT AND ENTERPRISE LINES ARE EXAMPLES OF INELIGIBLE LINES. The UIDH will still appear for a short period of time after a customer opts out of the Relevant Mobile."

Emphasis mine. This sort of clause is indicative that anyone with bargaining power would not put up with this. Business users are probably even more valuable to have data on, but the individuals just deal.
I stopped reading when the author referenced the energy market as an example to aspire to.
NOx emissions have probably killed people with smog sensitivities.
Lol. Nice way to inadvertently plug them. What specifically do you hate about breeze?
Wow--that really is an extraordinary level of giving, relative to what they have earned. I suppose that's one way to cushion the effect of a financial shock--get used to living on only a fraction of your total income and donate the surplus when available.
I'm wondering, when they say prices are now near parity, is that pure prices, or does it still consider the "cost of externalities" factor?

Also, does it factor in the necessary costs for peak load and low production (cloudy / no wind)?

I actually don't think life would be that bad if society had to self-limit consumption during these times, but what are the real facts on these two items?
How big is their actual market. In Print The Legend they realize a major sector is the small engineering/tech shops that can't afford/don't need an industrial prototyper but could use a $3000 one. After that they have the "Hobbyist". These sectors seem small and possibly shrinking.
>>Many people can't.

Any what are they doing about it?

Please don't just stop at that. World today is at a point, where any skill can be gained at a very little price, which is almost free. You can learn anything you want, provided you 'want' to learn.

If you stretch a little, sleep a little and push harder you can learn how to repair stuff, build websites and what not.

I think most people can bail themselves out of poverty in first/developing world countries, if they learn simple management skills. Planning, setting goals, reviewing, taking next logical steps etc.
let's face it, the primary argument against working from home is not wanting to adjust communication styles.

if you are part of a team that tends not to put communication in writing or text (email, IM, etc), and does more of the shuffling-from-desk-to-desk thing, you are going to fail with folks who work from home, folks who work in a different office, and folks who work on the road.

a few years ago, i managed a team of 6: 5 in new york, 1 in california. first, i started out using the conference room for team meetings, and like clockwork, everyone would break out into mini-conversations, or not talk loud enough for the speakerphone, so the california guy would essentially check out.

when it came time for scheduled work to be done, the new york team has already left for the day, and california guy wouldn't have enough details to complete it successfully. so he'd bail on the change, or wake up someone on the east coast.

i didn't realize what could be the root cause until i flew out to california to spend some days with him, and i got to experience how damn frustrating it was to talk with the rest of my team back in new york.

so i started an experiment -- we would no longer meet in the conference room and dial him in, but instead, we would all dial in from our desks into the same conference bridge.

there was definitely a learning curve, but things improved. the welcome side effect is everyone learned how to use mute button on their phones appropriately (keep it muted unless you are talking, no one wants to hear echoing coworkers, or your darth vader breathing).

what happened next surprised me: the mini-conversations didn't go away, they instead either turned into full blown voice conversations on the bridge or it became a conversation on our internal irc server (either privmsg, or our team channel). everyone learned to share details even if they thought it was irrelevant, and started to respect each other's time -- california guy no longer felt like he was left holding the bag, and the new york team would go out of their way to provide enough detail so that could avoid getting a call at odd hours (due to the combination of change window scheduling and pacific time vs. eastern time)

working from home is the excuse, when learning how to effectively communicate is the actual problem. not addressing that is what leads to the redundant efforts, or being too "heads down" in something but going down the wrong path.

additionally, in every work from home failure story or success story, no one has ever addressed the challenges of migrating from face-to-face to remote -- it's really, really, hard.

you're fighting with people who have "being doing it this way forever". you're juggling with people who feel more and more disconnected from the company. eventually, everyone feels offended and things break down, either temporarily or permanently.

working from home is not something to be taken lightly, you either commit to supporting it in your work environment, or don't bother.
Are IPR and democracy actually as important as the rule of law here?
With the low energy requirements of LED's it would seem much easier to give people a solar panel and a battery. Manufacture everything in Africa to create local jobs.

This kid, William Kamkwamba, in Africa did it with wind power. If I were this billionaire Bhargava I'd fund this kid with a foundation in Africa, probably for the price of a single engineer in Ann Arbor. Want to bet who would get the better results?

http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/
Yes. Even if they support SPDY it will be quite useful - http://caniuse.com/#search=spdy
Pretty much nothing in Mountain View goes for "asking price". I strongly bet that place will go for near $1M. The Zestimate (http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1945-Mount-Vernon-Ct-APT-1...) is $800k, and zillow estimates for that area are notoriously low.
A Nock, the Urbit Assembly Language, Compiler and Interpreter in Common Lisp
reworded:

there was a [little puddle that was dusty]
Prospective employee's use public showcasing as a meter stick for who's who.

GitHub projects notably exemplify this -- not only is it a painless/cheap indicator of an employee's skillset, it also works for companies too.

On top of that, it fosters communication between teams in the industry and (in some cases) serves as a recruitment channel. Those that contribute in a meaningful manner to your open-source projects must meet certain standards and expectations, and finding such people is difficult. In this case they come to you.
> I wish there was a link to the article and sources on the prices.

Here [1] is the official press release. However, I don't think the full report is available as a free download.

[1] http://about.bnef.com/press-releases/wind-solar-boost-cost-c...
The valuation of a public company is easy--it's the "market cap." or the number of outstanding shares times the share price.

The S-1 filing for an IPO has to include a cap. table and the share price is right on the front page of the S-1.
GBPUSD: On the Upbeat, Maintains Above the 1.5336 Region
How Daily Fantasy Sports Is Changing the Game
Origami looks really nice, can someone that has used it for some time share their experience with it?
Maybe the algorithm is different here in Canada? I wonder why we're getting so different of results.
Insurance companies need a lot of cash on hand to cover low probability events. However, they can invest this money, so things like life insurance where risks increase over time but the premiums are fixed, can end up with a higher average payout than insurance premium, the difference being time value of money. In other words you end up paying the opportunity cost, but not nessisarily a nominal cost in the long term.
-> I simply can't trust or rely upon a country where laws don't matter.

I also simply can't trust or rely upon a country where people get shot on a daily basis.

http://shootingtracker.com/wiki/Mass_Shootings_in_2015
I read a summary of some recent research at Stanford - concluding that wind was more than competitive with oil. That article mentioned that there were hidden subsidies to many energy sources, including oil and gas, and that most analysis didn't take those into account.
Isn't it illegal for a company to make phones and sell service? Didn't they break up AT&T for this.
Instead of traveling hours out-of-state to buy a laptop, how about buying one used, maybe from a pawnshop or a garage sale or one of those one-man-show used computer stores? Its possible that pawnshops have cameras on all the time, but anything in it is likely to be, maybe not "hot", but disowned with extreme prejudice. You'd be putting a cut-out between yourself and the purchase of the laptop.

The Step 5 checklist should include setting a random hardware address for the wireless card or ethernet port. Maybe you can obtain MAC addresses using nmap in one coffee shop, then use them in another shop.

Step 7, get a USB wireless that lets you put a directional antenna with high gain on it, so you can actually be some distance away from the coffee shop, library, etc while you use it.
IP rights are the least important. I strongly believe that a protocol needs to exist to expel the top government leader(s) using non-violence to prevent corruption. Any system that exists without transparency and checks & balances ultimately results in corruption. FIFA is a perfect recent example.
I'm a sentry user but I'm looking at other options.

* Can't filter by additional data sent by you.

* Can't filter by Browser names instead of browser versions (i.e all Firefox instead of Firefox 35,36 etc)

* Can't ignore errors created by bots and old browsers.
I spent about a second wondering if you were being serious or sarcastic, then I realized that I was gonna downvote you either way, so it didn't matter.
A company I worked for had a permit to practice and required engineering sign-off for each release.
The benefit of creating oil like this is that it is energy dense, the downside is that it is hugely inefficient at every step compared to battery storage and burning it still produces air pollution.