skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't think this addresses the issue. First, I think multiple representative agents have to be carefully defined to generate an equilibrium solution -- which implies some strong limitation on the space of possible agents.

Second, and more important, you have not described the "Buyer beware" message you claim is implicit here. What limitation does the requirement for representative agents impose on the behavior or range of applicability of these models?

Unless you can get specific about that we have to fall back on our dark suspicions.
Completely agree that the thrift stuff is a mess, which is why we only used the one interesting part, the IDL, for our system. These days, proto3 would be viable, but wasn't feature rich enough at the time for our needs when we were evaluating options.
Radio coverage can be a lot better than what ends up on TV. We used to mute the TV and have a radio going which worked great, though the commercials could end up somewhat surreal.
“I can't do reviews now, because joewalker fired me.”
What It's Like to Fail (2013)
This technique has been publicly known for well over a decade. See: http://www.amazon.com/Information-Techniques-Steganography-D...

It's been a long time since I read it, but if I recall correctly, the UK government has been encoding the identity of the receiver of highly sensible information in this fashion for a long time. Probably it is SOP by now in most environments where truly important secrets are exchanged.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience.html

The point of that link being, there are people that are thinking about what the problems are and working to fix them, so it is sort of glib to demand that such things be done.
> why the generic UI elements in Polymer, like Menu, Dialog Boxes, etc.., isn't part of HTML itself?

Because they shouldn't be. HTML should not be responsible for providing every possible UI element. In fact, I would argue that provides _far_ too many UI elements, and should instead provide low level user input APIs that can be used to build interactive elements.
My personal experience is that tech folks tend to forget about clothing very quickly if you're actually competent.

If you go around throwing buzzwords everywhere, tech people make fun of you. If you also wear a suit while throwing around buzzwords, well, all the more fun.
That may have been the case before the EU and the euro but now it appears that he should have a voice in the greater European continent. Also is it not essential that they all raise each others livelihood before giving massive amounts of cash towards non citizens? I think Japan has it right in this case regardless of what the guardian and other liberal media want to cram down everyone's throat.
Discover the “other” San Francisco…in Europe
I've definitely noticed that. I often misread BBC headlines as scare-quotes at first, which is sometimes funny. Two on there right now: Ministers 'in listening mode' on tax credits; 'Autonomy' plan for Scottish Labour.
— What refugees wear does not matter. Even if they all wore genuine Armani clothing, what are they supposed to do? Sell all their clothes and buy cheaper brands before they flee?
Your idea that a person who doesn’t look destitute or poor enough should not be regarded as a refugee shows how little you understand what a refugee is. The people fleeing to Europe are from all kinds of backgrounds, including workers, the middle class and highly skilled professionals. When a war breaks out and a city is destroyed, the middle class doesn’t stay behind. They sell their houses, cars and anything else they can and spend upwards of $10K to make it to somewhere safe.

— I’m sure refugees in your country get less money than pensioners, just as they do in Germany. Are you saying that Germany should give refugees less money than any pensioner in the EU gets?
Here's the painful line:

...Subsidizing of car ownership costs the typical household about $1,100 per year—over and above the costs of gas taxes, tolls, and other user fees.

(This is for the United States)
https://github.com/listenrightmeow/dbot

http://pgarbe.github.io/blog/2015/03/24/how-to-run-hubot-in-...

There are a couple articles/repos out there with detailed steps on running Hubot on AWS. While the ease and simplicity of deploying Hubot outside of Heroku is not a tenth as easy, there are a couple of options out there.
Engineers at TEPCO did tell them what they were doing wrong at Fukushima Daiichi. They were ignored:

"In 2008, TEPCO did two sets of calculations, one based on the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion (HERP) fault models which suggested tsunami height estimates of 8.4–10.2 m relative to the reference sea level. Another one based on Satake et al. [47] produced 8.7–9.2 m tsunami height estimates which were also apparently dismissed [32]. TEPCO ignored them, claiming there was ‘no wave source model’ for the former, and it required a tsunami deposit investigation for the latter [32]. In 2009, new estimates using updated bathymetry and tidal data yielded a 6.1 m tsunami height [12,32]. This was not followed-up and was only reported to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on 7 March 2011 [48]. A post-event study [48] asserts that ‘a senior NISA official has confirmed to us that NISA neither ‘commissioned nor reviewed’ numerical studies of tsunami run-up at Fukushima Daiichi’."

The reason you only hear about these issues after an accident occurs is not because they could only be predicted in hindsight, but because no-one cared about the predictions until after the accident.
Here is the correct link - The story was posted two days ago. I thought it was satire at first, but no, the writer doubles down encourages the reader to endorse their "mamalist" philosophy

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/why-i-identi...
Gotcha. You might also be able to search around Mapbox's Github repos https://github.com/mapbox for a good library, or at least some good examples.
I actually had a hard time, early in the article, telling which side he was on. Specifically, "liberties also cherished by free people...the right of a nation’s citizens to be free of punishment by their nation except in accordance with positive law applied with due process" seemed in complete opposition to Cameron's statement that "For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."

If we want to have the right to be free of punishment as long as we obey the law, then we absolutely should resist this level of government surveillance.
TalkTalk cyber-attack: boy, 15, arrested in Northern Ireland
A step towards unified global government, one day, hopefully. You don't need sovereign nations to reap benefits of distribution, and some things are really better centralized (I'd agree that centralization may be the big scam of the 20th century - decentralization is the scam of 21st. People somehow forget that decentralized usually means very wasteful.).

UE is an example of a "blob" that is not much more focused or cohesive than individual nations were, but it seems at least like a step in the right direction.
Reads in LMDB are orders of magnitude faster than BerkeleyDB. Not just a tiny 16-19%. Both are B+trees. Using the right algorithm is important, but using it well matters too.

http://symas.com/mdb/#bench

Wy original comment was about write amplification, not read amplification. It's already a given that LSMs are slow for reads. LSMs are claimed to be write optimized and yet it's easy to demonstrate that their write amplification is prohibitively bad. They also are inherently unreliable, making them a choice suitable only for idiots.

https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi14/technical-sessions/...
One I just discovered recently is ctrl+shift+v to cycle through code recently copied to the clipboard.
That's the exact opposite of the reason why browser vendors are implementing web components. It's so that they can get direct, real-world feedback from actual users of a feature before baking it into standards and making it impossible to remove from the web. The intent has always been that the most frequently used webcomponents will end up getting baked into the browser, and then into the HTML spec.

We used to write web specs speculatively, without having feedback from real-world use, and it was a disaster. Take a look at the list of W3C standards:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium#Stan...

How many of them do you actually use? Remember when everything was XML, XPATH, XSLT, the semantic web, and we were going to replace HTML with XHTML?
No, I'm referring to a botnet. In the OP case we've got just a single bot which controls things, I'm more thinking 1 bot per server sort of thing so you can administer individual servers simply by directing messages at them.

Server goes down? You see it quit on IRC or send an alert message nickalerting relevant admins when a service halts. Need live information on just about anything, just direct a message to a given server. Could even direct logs to a separate IRC channel for each type of service, relevant admins can join and set alerts up just based on message content and keep track of small logs via IRC logging too.

You can make a lot of low visibility processes very visible using such a setup. Of course, it wouldn't be appropriate for a giant company, but for a small to medium sized one I think it could work quite well. For devops types who are already comfortable with IRC at least.
Building digital products with simple feature phones in mind
I'm from a European, but not an EU member country, and I got offered a senior software developer job in Germany. I applied for a 12 month work visa, even signed a statement that I will return when it expires, and it got denied.

So yes in theory it's "easy", but in practice it isn't always like that. (To be fair you're talking about Blue Card which I didn't apply for because I've heard it's bit harder to get since it's usually issued for period longer than 12 months)
The cost of the refugee crisis for Germany will be about 8 billion in 2015. That's more than postage but still less than 100€ per citizen. On the grand economic scale, it barely registers. Compared to the plight of these people (which some may argue the west is somewhat responsible for), it is hardly enough to get jealous.
Only if one has completely missed the point of what the Cookbook explains.
Wait, did this article not factor in maintenance costs?

Edit: I'm not seeing any substantive analysis on maintenance, though, they do claim:

"Because water is so cheap, the financial payback period of
replacing your lawn with a more drought tolerant substitute
is around 30 years."
I believe I misquoted the IAEA, but I did find the actual report [1] which talked about the Tsunami hazard. As reported it was "Fukishima's tsnumani vulnerability has been regularly updated with the latest accepted methodology." (and I relayed that as meeting the standards of the time) but the actual report also concludes that the methodology was insufficient because it did not consider beyond the most recent few hundred years.

But perhaps more importantly this is a great example of how complex these things can be. The "accepted methodology" and by that they mean the one the regulators hold them to, failed to consider a more geologically relevant time span (thousands of years versus hundreds of years).

My understanding of the situation was that the regulators said "Tell us you have accounted for tsunamis" and TEPCO said "We have, using the accepted methodology, here are the results."

So when did we know the methodology was wrong or insufficient? A lot of people had access to what TEPCO filed and their rationale over the 40+ years of operation. I'm interested if there was a concerted effort, pre-disaster, to get the methodology changed.

[1] "While the tsunami hazard assessment ha
d been periodically updated at the
Fukushima nuclear power plant taking into account the latest accepted
methodology in Japan, the magnitude of the tsunami hazard was underestimated
because it was based solely on historical data on relatively recent events
(occurring within the past few hundred years). " -- https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/protection040912.pd...
It seems really strange to argue that wages are too low because business owners aren't greedy enough (to raise wages to profit-maximizing levels).

It actually appears more likely that employers have on average already set wages slightly above the market-clearing level in order to improve productivity and maximize profits. This is the theory of "efficiency wages" [1], which tries to explain why unemployment persists when companies could cut wages and employ more people.

There is no free lunch.

[1] http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/04/the...
Here is the list without 50 pagedowns:

1. Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems – Part 1 / University of Maryland
2. Introduction to Philosophy / University of Edinburgh
3. Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence / Case Western Reserve
4. Introduction to Computer Science / Harvard University
5. Data Analysis and Statistical Inference / Duke University
6. Gamification / University of Pennsylvania / Wharton
7. Social Psychology / Wesleyan University
8. Circuits and Electronics / MIT
9. Think Again: How to Reason and Argue / Duke University
10. Creativity, Innovation and Change / Penn State
11. A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior / Duke University
12. Learn to Program: The Fundamentals / University of Toronto
13. Game Theory / Stanford University, University of British Columbia
14. Greek and Roman Mythology / University of Pennsylvania
15. Startup Engineering / Stanford University
16. Computational Investing, Part I / Georgia Institute of Technology
17. Financial Markets / Yale University
18. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence / Stanford University
19. Introduction to Computer Science and Programming / MIT
20. Introduction to Financial Accounting / University of Pennsylvania / Wharton
21. Modern & Contemporary American Poetry / University of Pennsylvania
22. Machine Learning / Stanford University
23. Data Analysis / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
24. Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python / MIT
25. Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science / Harvard University
26. Introduction to Philosophy: God, Knowledge, and Consciousness / MIT
27. Introduction to Operations Management / University of Pennsylvania / Wharton
28. Introduction to Mathematical Thinking / Stanford University
29. Justice / Harvard University
30. A History of the World Since 1300 / Princeton University
31. Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps / University of London/ Goldsmiths
32. Neural Networks for Machine Learning / University of Toronto
33. Learn to Program – Crafting Quality Code / University of Toronto
34. Critical Thinking in Global Challenges / The University of Edinburgh
35. Statistics – Making Sense of Data / University of Toronto
36. Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life / MIT
37. Drugs and the Brain / Caltech
38. Introduction to Databases / Stanford University
39. The Ancient Greek Hero / Harvard University
40. Social Network Analysis / University of Michigan
41. Health in Numbers: Quantitative Methods in Clinical & Public Health Research / Harvard University
42. Introduction to Astronomy / Duke University
43. Human Health and Global Environmental Change / Harvard University
44. Software Defined Networking / Princeton University
45. Introduction to Statistics: Descriptive Statistics / UC Berkeley
46. Computing for Data Analysis / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
47. Functional Programming Principles in Scala / Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
48. The Camera Never Lies / University of London/ Royal Holloway
49. Calculus One / Ohio State University
50. Maps and the Geospatial Revolution / Penn State
JavaOne keynote highlights Java 9 and 10
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10444917
I'm sorry, that's not professional or mature.

Since when is liking sports a professional requirement?
Startup Diaries: Launching a Pilot
It is her opinion, and it is hyperbole. But the gist of it I get. The sexist attitudes toward women in male dominated areas, from fraternities to sports to the military, are well known, and often these attitudes generate "rapey" behavior, if not outright rape.

From her description he seems to have that kind of attitude, including calling women "chicks".

But as she states in her article, she kept to herself. There is no indication that she share this point of view with him, and more indication that she did not. She specifically stated he knows nothing about her.

In that same paragraph she talked about his innapropriate and unprofessional behavior. If you had any sympathy for what it might be like being a woman, you might be a little more forgiving of her hyperbole, and less forgiving of his calling women "chicks". You might have been taken aback that he went to the manager because he felt "uncomfortable", pointing out that the person who is most justified in feeling uncomfortable was her.
In the decade or so before the Cuban Missile Crisis there were some US military leaders who thought that a "preventative" attack on the Soviets was a good idea - by the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis the public estimates of Soviet capabilities were so high (overestimated by a factor of 100 in some cases) that people probably thought it was too late for such an attack.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/03/13/to-be-sorted/the...
It's trivial to not be vulnerable to SQL injection.
I've working with Polymer and it's been a great experience. This is great news as it will make polyfills less needed.
Hacking your nutrition through analytics on a personal level
You morally accept them but can't functionally accept them. And morals have this downside of interfering with others in an unfair and dangerous ways. Sweden and rapes for a clear example.
What problem in the industry do you think this is pointing out? Someone told their manager that they were uncomfortable working with her, and she said it's sexism. Seems to me the co-worker did the right thing by going to their manager instead of being a jerk/passive aggressive.

People probably think it's cliche because she uses the air conditioning is patriarchy argument.
I guess I'm lazy and want an apt-get/yum/brew recipe. What if I have to install it on iron behind a corporate firewall?
HUMAN+FOUND+IN+FOODS+REM+FINKLESTEIN?+-+YouTube
Yeah, I pay for it in my taxes and I am very happy the money goes to these causes. And your statement about real estate being taken from anyone is just outright false.
I feel like this is the founders story to tell, not some medium blog. Not that you can't learn anything from this, but Adora and Aaron have the most insight, and deserve the chance to share it (if they chose to).
That's IMO the core of the anti-vaxx issue. The real reason is not rejection of the real science (even if it manifests this way) - it's the lack of trust in the way "powers that be will take care of (...) you" will be good for you. Politicians, pharma companies and all those scientists publishing bullshit for career/grant money fucked that up.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/yahoo-ceo-...

""He said after the news broke in the Guardian and the Washington Post about Prism, the government surveillance programme that targets major internet companies: "The government response was, 'Oh don't worry, we're not spying on any Americans.' Oh, wonderful: that's really helpful to companies trying to serve people around the world, and that's really going to inspire confidence in American internet companies."

"I thought that was really bad," he said. Zuckerberg said Facebook and others were pushing successfully for more transparency. "We are not at the end of this. I wish that the government would be more proactive about communicating. We are not psyched that we had to sue in order to get this and we take it very seriously," he said.""

Mostly seems concerned about losing money from abroad, being transparent, and getting better communications with the government.

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/25952/56/

Enough evidence of substantial intentional collaboration to form a lawsuit in the EU.

Then there's the most recent flap about Facebook supporting CISA, which would encode their relationship with the NSA into law.
I don't like sports. Actually I hate them. Calling anyone/anything "Rapey" is what's unprofessional (to the extreme).
Great video and software! :-)

For anyone interested in another modern & capable operating system for the C64 I would really recommend Adam Dunkels Contiki - http://www.contiki-os.org/
The nerd clique has oft been ridiculed for its manner of dress, without regard to whether those garments are the very same as those worn by others.

This has, naturally, led to the group-wide conclusion that keeping up with fashion trends is a pointless practice.

Unfortunately, I don't have a pair of those sunglasses from "They Live" that I can put on to read the secret messages on clothing, like "ADORE ME" or "I AM IMPORTANT" or "FEAR ME" or "SUBMIT". I have a feeling that they are there, whether I can see them or not.

Whatever the message is on a suit, it makes the nerd caste uncomfortable. I don't know exactly why.

I'm just glad that I don't have to think very hard about my clothing. My closet has a "work" section, and a "non-work" section, and I can just grab the first things I see from the appropriate section, put it on, and be done. Waaaaay back in the back of the closet is my sole instance of all-purpose formal attire. That's what I wear for weddings and funerals, without having to think about it.

The author of the article mentioned just how much effort was spent researching and purchasing his two suits. But once it was done, he could, like me, dress on autopilot every workday for the entire rest of his life. How can I possibly fault him for that?
it's probably crack-pot conspiracy theory, but you could definitely sense there were elements of our government who thought a pre-emptive strike to level russia/china in one swift move would be agreeable. Perhaps they thought they would not be capable of retaliating, or the retaliatory strikes would not be nearly as impactful?

I'm not suggesting that is a rational approach, but I've heard crazier things uttered in terms of foreign policy even in modern day (e.g.: nuke entire regions, turn them into glass).

It terrifies me to no end that people could ascend into power with such ideas, but we'd be fools to think it doesn't happen. Look at any big org (company/government, whatever).. the best and brightest are not always the ones being promoted up, -- it's often the sociopaths.
You delusional people are fascinating. If anything you are anti-science, considering that it's bat shit insane to do something that has absolutely no chance of being sustainable and every chance in the world of being a disaster. What's so darn scientific about piling up nuclear waste with a half-life longer than humans have even been able to spell out names? This has nothing to do with NIMBY, but if you think it is, why not simply store it where you live.

That project is not complete at all and there are significant problems with it altogether, not even to mention that it's not a solution, it's a warehousing of a problem. It's as if you cut off your house from the sewage system and started stockpiling your waste in the garage. Sure, that would work, but for how long.
Ah, thanks. I searched HN for "wendelstein stellarator" before submitting, and got nothing, which I thought was odd, but I see I was only searching titles, not comments.
Waste with a half-life of 500,000 years?
And how much will the cost be by 2045?

The entire fucking country and its culture, presumably.