skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is really a blend of the fourth and fifth amendments. The fourth amendment protects you from the government randomly seizing your phone, but the right to not incriminate yourself under the fifth amendment is what is used to justify not being able to compel someone to unlock/decrypt their device.
Retryable operations
It would be nice to compare JuliaStats and Clojure based Incanter with Python Pandas/NumPy/SciPy.
http://juliastats.github.io/
This is the point of the benchmarks in literature such as MNIST, CIFAR-10, ImageNet, SVHN, and so on. You can see a pretty comprehensive list here [1] that also shows papers and their reported performance.

There are a lot of implementations for many of these models out there to be found with some google-fu, and usually porting a network from one library or framework to another is not too bad. The main thing is that many modern neural networks are on the hairy edge of research, so having some nice, easy to use code just laying around is pretty unlikely unless the researcher who published the model prioritized making things clean and readable.

The good news is that as long as a "suboptimal solution" is in place in your pipeline, you can always improve later. The hard part is really setting up the pipeline in the first place, IMO.

Since the state of the art is always moving (day to day at times!), and many reported SOTA results are not 100% trustworthy, it is much better to setup a pipeline and test different solutions yourself. One working solution on production data is worth 1000 papers with "optimal" results.

[1] http://rodrigob.github.io/are_we_there_yet/build/classificat...
You could say the same about multiple measurements using a single method. In the event that we do find the results by different methods diverging, that is a better situation to be in than having picked one method and not being aware that the results are drifting.

However, as the methods are based on very well-established physics, there is good reason to expect that, as more measurements are made and any discrepancies are investigated, the results will continue to converge.
>referring to themselves that way

Apply this logic to any other ethnic slur and see how well it works out for you.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, for Startups
Indeed, as Tesla stated when open sourcing their patents [1]:

> Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories every day.

[1]: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-yo...
It's not just internal candidates. It's done for H1B applications also.
I just did this math for our company a couple months ago.

Power8 memory bandwidth is VERY appealing. And, it's not always just about cost per benchmark unit -- if you have some realtime requirements for your analysis tools, then scale-up speed can be really valuable as compared to dev time and management time.

In the end, we made the call for Intel because golang runs some key parts of our tools, and the golang power8 story isn't there. But, as I gaze at our servers where we paid what feels like thousands for extra megabytes of L3 cache, I wouldn't say I'm happy about the decision. A good go story from IBM would have likely tipped things the other way.
Considering the Chromecast is plugged behind the TV, wouldn't it be really awkward to get to to tap on it?

Btw, Google has a series of APIs called Nearby (https://developers.google.com/nearby/) that are all about connecting to nearby devices but NFC doesn't seem the right answer here.
It's been a while since I Java'd, but wouldn't this still have problems when mixing types?

A java string added to anything results in the toString() method being called. It doesn't matter if the string is before or after the + operator. How do you specify precedence in this new scheme short of an exponentially large `add` method handling all the cases. And each add method has to handle all the variety of cases.
«But that would be an extraordinary coincidence, if that happened so recently, only a few millennia before humans developed the tech to loft a telescope into space. That’s a narrow band of time, cosmically speaking.

After all, this light pattern doesn’t show up anywhere else, across 150,000 stars. We know that something strange is going on out there.»

It would also be an extraordinary coincidence if we find another planet with life on it, so quickly after humans started to look for it. 150'000 stars is a narrow band of universe, cosmically speaking.
You're the second person to list AngelList - are you located in SF (or near)? Would you use the same if in another location?
Agree. When I was in the USAF, we had micro-processor controlled communication systems, but also still had the 1950's Teletypes as backups. Running a war at 75 baud...

One time we bolted some backpack straps to one, painted it camo, and called it our Tactical Teletype. The joke was that it was 350 pounds of steel parts and electric motor...
Oh I didn't mean that it isn't. It's a great city but I've been caught off balance with the sometimes blatant racism.
One really interesting historical example (or, perhaps, counter-example) was the Empire State Building. At least in Mary Poppendieck's telling, it was completed on time, under budget, and with no plan in advance, at least not as we understand plans today:

https://chrisgagne.com/1255/mary-poppendiecks-the-tyranny-of...

And there's a better telling of it in her excellent book:

http://www.amazon.com/Leading-Lean-Software-Development-Resu...

This makes a ton of sense to me; the American culture around plans is thoroughly fucked.

In software, otherwise reasonable people expect me to give them numbers at the drop of a hat. When will this be done? What will it cost? What will our revenues be for the next 5 years? When I tell them I have no data for numbers like that, they will ask again, as if they thought I hadn't quite heard the question.

When I make it clear that although I'm glad to do real estimates I won't just make up numbers, they get mad. They need numbers! [No, they don't. They want them, often for political reasons.] Other people have given them numbers! [I am not other people.] This is how everybody does it! [Thanks, I've seen the stats on how well that works.] I should just give some ballpark numbers! Nobody will take them seriously! [Except they always, always, always turn into real numbers.] It makes me crazy.

For years, I kept thinking that if I just explained it well, people would come around. But I've come to believe that the root problem here is a managerialist culture, where power matters more than expertise or professional responsibility. Managers want numbers, so managers get numbers. They don't actually help, but managers get to feel in control. If it all happens to work, they're brilliant managers. And if it doesn't, the blame falls upon the people who gave them the numbers, or the people who failed to execute according to the always-impossible plan.

Now I just look for people and work cultures that are focused on actual results and are comfortable with bottom-up power structures.
Formerly (When I Had a Different Name)
> It's so easy to make choices for others when you already have what they don't.

I see your point, but most safety regulation could be criticized the same way. We as a society won't allow you to buy or sell a house that doesn't meet building codes, meat that doesn't pass inspection, etc.

This is a restriction on your freedom and could be viewed as paternalistic, but it also prevents poor, desperate people from getting sick living in asbestos houses.

Is Facebook-controlled internet like an asbestos house? Arguably.
[offtopic] How many of you noticed that hovering on the left color band shows post list? clever UI/ bad design :/
And here a somewhat more mundane anti-clickbait article...

"Citizen scientists catch cloud of comets orbiting distant star"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28191-citizen-scienti...
Never found pointer arithmetic hard. I honestly don't know what the big deal is.

Template metaprogramming can go straight to hell, though . . . :0
InLivingColor – Flickr Photos Exhibit Seasonal Changes
Okay, someone help me. The article says:

> The new version of the Chromecast is launched. I was already in love with the existing version and [its] JavaScript API.

I have a Chromecast and I Don't Get It. I'll be honest, I haven't tried searching for cool stuff to do with it. Sometimes I stream Netflix or Youtube from my phone. I found a way to stream MKV videos from my computer using Chrome. But that's it, nothing there is cool or revolutionary.

So, what's some cool stuff I can do with my Chromecast? I recognize there's something neat going on here, but it seems so locked down that I can't figure out what it is. Can I write arbitrary apps for it somehow? Is there a cool collection of apps that do... something?

Help me out. What's cool about Chromecast?
>Are you honestly saying that fashion, choreography, dance and cooking is void of original unique things? That they lack creativity? Are you saying that nobody produces automobiles because they don't have a greater incentive of protections?

No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying text is different. It's far simpler to replicate text than a dance.

I'm not saying no text works will get produced without copyright. Just that a lot of things we take for granted or even things that are free now actually depend on copyright as part of their creation.
Chromecast isn't the right brand for what the author is suggesting. But what the author is suggesting is a really neat idea.

But it's no different from having a touchscreen with an NFC contact point. The Chromecast brand has nothing to do with it. Such a box could easily be a Chromebox - with NFC & Beacon support.
10 Scams You Encounter Every Day
Back when I was in the band (in high school), my conductor loved playing Hans Zimmer and John Williams and we played them pretty much every year, and in marching band we mostly did halftime shows based on popular movies or musicals. I don't see much difference between performing the soundtrack of Jurassic Park or Jaws and performing music from Zelda.

I personally know at least one person performing in orchestras professionally who grew up with video games and would be excited to play music from her favorite games.
https://developers.google.com/cast/

As the author states, the Chromecast basically just displays a webpage. There are a large number of APIs available. Get hacking!
You could try this link instead.
https://www.blogger.com/feeds/8704899696538705849/posts/defa...

It will give the contents of the blog, but not sure how modern browsers will render it as is. However if you save to a file with an .html extension then open in browser it should look fine.

Using .co.uk extension on the blogspot URL instead of .com may also work, as another commenter has suggested.
If Transit is just a human readable XML that is easy to use, that's a great thing because people will actually use it!
We use a COBOL variant from a company in the US that is not open-sauce, but is very, very efficient and in continued developemnt, and we like it. A lot. It has a simplified syntax over COBOL, for example, no 6 columns on each line before code, no weird definition section at the start, seemless integration with the DB (no sql, just "READ users INVALID KEY next sentence" will open and read a file and handle an error (no primary key found) ).

It's so efficient that it's hard to grok at first. And 'normal' COBOL sytnax works. And it comes with a web framework. If anyone on HN is sitting on an aging COBOL project/app you could do worse than to chat to Zortec in Tennessee.
"But, more seriously, as a counter, I've spent most of my adult life trying to be less 'manly' and more male (xy-chromosomer )."

Out of curiosity, what does that mean? Were you getting in bar fights or what?

I've spent time trying to become more manly in some ways. I started lifting weights, speaking with my deeper vocal cords rather than head voice, having a bit more of a sense of command, learning how to dish it back or take it in stride if someone gives me some jocular ribbing (rather than getting defensive or avoiding that person), not being whiny under any circumstances, etc. I think that modern western culture overly feminizes men, and it has been a good experience for myself to try to be more masculine.
Still true, but you can use HAProxy (or Pound, or...) to terminate TLS, and pass the TCP connection through to Varnish 4.1 using the PROXY protocol (so you get the client IP).
Yes, also that more cyclists means a greater awareness of them amongst drivers, which improves safety. Making helmets non-compulsory can make riding safer in that way, encouraging more people to ride.
Share your phone's screen.
One of my favorite musicians ever, not to mention the creator of the Windows 95 welcome music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbjTapNImM
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The creator of keepwomen.com here, if anybody wants to discuss? I'm happy to hear about improvement ideas for the website!
The screenshots look pretty, but more details would be helpful. From my experience digging into collecting VAT for digital goods, the issue is complex to say the least.

Does is handle VAT exempt areas? Are VAT IDs validated? Does it allow not collecting VAT for businesses with a validated VAT ID? Does it collect multiple pieces of location proof for consumer purchases?

For EU business purchases, does it deal with the invoicing regulations surrounding invoice contents or digital signatures?

Does it handle collecting sales tax based on the state of incorporation for the seller?
The Korean War Saved the World from Nuclear Annihilation
This seems like saying, "Hey, lets ditch remote controls and put the controls right on the TV!"
Sorry for my ignorance about the project, GraphQL looks awesome in terms of flexibility while developing and saving network traffic, but I have a question related to how API backend will work with GraphQL.

If storage was some kind of NoSQL and stores everything as one huge JSON, then we can filter out data while retrieving, but what would happen if data storage is RDBMS?
Are we going to do multiple joins to retrieve data?

seems GraphQL work really well with graph databases, but if you have 2-3nesting in GraphQL query, then you need to do multiple big joins on the server side
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/fuck-everything-were-doing-...

So inductive patent expansion. Take previous innovation, add 1, profit.

What about L0 and L4 caches? Or Renaming sets of renamed registers? The problem as others have outlined, that patents are not concrete enough. Simply describing a problem is enough to be granted a patent. The value of the description of most patents is zero, which afaik this opposite of their intended effect as a record and transfer of technology.
UW holds the patent.

UW sued Intel. This lawsuit was settled.

UW then sued Apple. A different company.

Why would the fact that the suit with Intel was settled impact their ability to sue Apple? What's the source of confusion here?
What a City Would Look Like If It Were Designed for Only Bikes
They wouldn't necessarily live on a planet --- planets are a really inefficient may to make real estate. Much easier to live on the collectors themselves.

Assuming that 'live' is a useful term; thing about aliens is that they're going to be alien. Star Trek has conditioned us to think of aliens as humans in rubber suits, but real aliens are going to be anything but. We don't even know if it's a 'they'; it could be an 'it'.

If this is an artifact, then all it tells us is that they (or it) builds tools and likes energy. This suggests an inner-solar-system species like us, as living where things are fast and hot. But that's not necessarily a given. It could be a cold and slow outer-solar-system species doing something uncharacteristic. Or a plasma-based solar species. Or maybe it's something that's actually weird.

I know this is going to turn out to be rocks moving oddly, just like everything else, but I'm still really interested to see what the results of the radio telescope survey's going to be...
Examining religious scripture in isolation like this is a pointless exercise. It's like trying to imagine what it's like to eat at a banquet by tasting a single ingredient you pinched from the kitchen. You taste salt and you think the meal was salty, you taste sugar and you think it was sweet. In reality it contained elements of both, but tasted nothing like either.
you could use the energy on-site for whatever you would use it anyway.
As an HAProxy user, support for logging to stdout (and hence journald) would be great. Currently HAProxy users on the major Linux distros either have to use it in debug mode or have a second log server just for the purposes of running HAProxy.

Otherwise I love HAProxy!
Ring-laser INS still have a drift of a few kilometres per hour.

To keep their respective INS in-check, Tomahawk looks down and performs terrain-comparison whereas Trident looks up and does stellar nav...

The Kearfott Mk 6 that is used by Trident is the successor a line of stellar nav units they produced for the Navajo, SR-71, Hound Dog and FB-111. And probably a bunch of others I've forgotten.

The early models used a sheath of acetate star-chart sheets in a mechanical loader to perform the matching operation!
I think I can agree.

A lot of video game music was created by people trained in classical music. The Nintendo themes, a lot of Square / Enix games, etc. etc.

There are plenty of videogamers who take music damn seriously. The OC Remix guys are absolutely superb at what they do for example.

For less of a "Classical" feel, there is MAGFest (Music and Gaming).

In any case, you will find plenty of "serious" musicians trying to celebrate video games and music. I think that symphony orchestras have begun to realize how much video gamers enjoy music and are learning to merge the two fields. But Video Gamers have known this fact for many years already!

Ultimately, I welcome our classical music brethren to the party.
Unless life is relatively common. In that case it's not so odd.
Higher Order Macros in C++
Danish discovery raises hopes for a cancer cure
My concern is more that the information which would develop productive experiences is missing. Yes, learning comes from experience. But you can learn the wrong things when your experiences are bad. Applying for work often does more to reinforce learning the wrong things than it does reinforcing successful things.

It's a lot like having many failed relationships. It doesn't necessarily teach you to try harder, it often teaches you to become cynical and careless.
I Look Forward to People Embracing Stability Rather Than Changing Tools Rapidly
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It all depends on how common live and consequently intelligent life is, we currently have absolutely no clue.
Victor Grishchenko: I Solve New Problems with New Math
I can understand some degree of censorship like pornography, very explicit violence, etc. But this is just an article about a very public issue. FB has no problems with other divisive issues getting shared, so I'm quite surprised to see this level of blatant censorship on this particular article.
I had a physics teacher who joked that instead of “gram”, we should say “millikilogram”.
I really enjoy my Chromecast, I use it almost daily, and I agree with you, it doesn't do anything revolutionary. In my opinion what it does, it does a great job of. Before I purchased my Chromecast it was a nuisance to play media from my computer onto my TV, I had to mess around with long HDMI cable. If I wanted to play something from YouTube or Netflix I had to boot up my Xbox 360/PS3, wait for it to load, if there were updates I had to wait for those to download/install.

With Chromecast I can have the desire to watch something and have it playing on my TV within seconds. So it may not be revolutionary, but it certainly speeds things up.
Whoops, I can't read this morning.
Ford aims high at a larger slice of China's market
I worked a program in the early nineties. We all met the test pilots that would fly the bird. It was abundantly clear (they made it clear) that lives were at stake, and that they wouldn't step inside unless they trusted you and your work. They had the unilateral right to declare the entire program 'no go', and rightly so. This is formalized as a "flight readiness review", but of course you meet the pilots before that. This was a Navy helicopter, not space, I can't speak to what happens at NASA these days, but I can't imagine it's much different.
Rapid7 Acquires Logentries for $68 million
what about this type of configuration:

global
log /dev/stdout local0 info
The article dismisses natural explanations as "wanting", but then goes on to dedicate half the article to aliens?

It claims that another star having a close encounter with KIC 8462852 (the star discussed in the article) and stirring up its comet cloud "would be an extraordinary coincidence". There is, in fact, evidence that such an encounter happened in our own solar system, "only a few millennia before humans developed the tech to loft a telescope into space." Calculating the speed and trajectory of a particular star, astronomers found that it would have crossed within the radius of the Oort Cloud approximately 70,000 years ago, producing exactly the scenario that "would be an extraordinary coincidence."[1]

Additionally, astronomers have checked stars in the galaxy for the possibility of a close encounter with our solar system, and find dozens of such candidates to come close to our solar system, sometimes within the radius of the Oort cloud, within the next million years (some as close as 240,000-470,000 years from now).[2]

The idea that a passing star would stir up the comet cloud of KIC 8462852 should not be dismissed as a coincidence, especially not to give leeway to discuss the potential for intelligence to build megastructures, when we see that such a coincidence is not even that rare for our own solar system.

[1] http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L1...

[2] http://www.mpia.de/~calj/stellar_encounters/stellar_encounte...
ex-BIM Engineer here. Can confirm that major construction companies are not adopting new technologies as quickly as they should be.

These companies run on legacy networks, so I can tell first hand - developing your own software tools is only possible at private companies. Any of the major public companies have such old networks that no engineer can innovate. Suffolk Construction in Boston is a great example of the future of the industry.
Vanuatu's speaker uses his power to pardon himself while president is away
Perhaps this is naive, but it seems to me that a general-purpose allocator, as Ryan defines it, is a solution to a problem that doesn't have to exist in principle. The allocator just needs to be able to move memory blocks around, so it can compact allocated memory. Probably the most natural way to enable this in C-ish languages is to use relocatable handles, as implemented by the original Macintosh memory manager and the Windows GlobalAlloc function (when using the GHND flag). In this scheme, the allocator doesn't return a pointer, but a handle, which has to be locked to retrieve a pointer whenever that piece of memory is being used. As long as most handles are unlocked most of the time, the memory manager is free to move blocks of memory around when necessary. In Ryan's parking-lot analogy, it's as if all parked cars could be moved around the lot at any time to avoid fragmentation. So I wonder if the inventor of libc's malloc was aware of relocatable handles and simply chose not to use them. Are there good reasons why we don't use relocatable handles in C/C++ today? Or is it just the weight of arbitrary history?