skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I suspect that there are two points to those jobs. The not-really-stated point is that they keep the university from being sued for some student having bad judgment, by not letting the students have any judgment. The absolutely-not-stated point is that somebody got a cushy, well-paying job.
On the other hand if you can use existing runways for ferrying the Skylon around, it can give a lot of operational flexibility.

You do still need hydrogen etc, but maybe you can bring that in with a normal jetliner.
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Of course, it is a horrible thing to happen. Just to give you some apps from my dock.

Chrome, Spotify, Outlook, HipChat, Viber, Skype, SourceTree, Atom, Sketch, Dropbox.

All these would be not be usable because they are not sandboxed. Basically I would have to install Windows on my Macbook and I would virtualize Mac OS X so I can use Xcode and I would use Windows for everything else.

It would be suicide for Mac OS X and if you think Apple is so stupid to do it, okay then...
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If it exists in the version I'm using, it is certainly not discoverable. I don't see any hint of this in a two-level-deep manual search of various menus. I would expect to find osmething like this if I right click on the toolbox (context menu pops up, with one of the choices being "Add New Preset ..." or whatever). Or in the Tools menu, with a menu item being "Manage presets ..." or whatever.

Ah, finally found it. You have to click on the little docking triangle on some specific Tool Options dialog for a given tool. It is in this docking-related menu that a command is found to bring up the Tool Options Menu! I think I didn't notice it before because it's totally "off topic" for docking. (Why would a semantically important feature be found under a little docking triangle?) It is this Tool Options Menu which has the preset management commands.

If you right click anywhere on the Tool Options, you get context menu with one-button context menu which says "Tool Options". When you click that button, it just disappears: there you are in Tool Options as before! Right clicking on a Tool Options object would be the obvious place to have the Tool Options Menu. Then the preset stuff would be more discoverable.
It may be open source, but it's a thin client-side with your data being handled by the servers of a third party. No thanks, as trusting Google or FastMail with my email is a tough pill to swallow already, trusting an intermediary as well is way too much.
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Be aware that Homebrew Cask [1], which your comment is referring to, is a separate project being built on top of Homebrew ("brew") [2] and it currently has a number of shortcomings that are independent of anything to do with Homebrew itself.

1. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/

2. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
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Just to play devil's advocate: what specific things about the MAS "[do] more harm than good" or encourage "pump-and-dump" development as you say?

I'm not trying to defend the MAS, and I think it definitely needs improvement, but are we really worse off for it?

The two things mentioned by the Sketch developers are app review time and sandbox limits. Those same things exist on iOS, but I keep hearing people say the MAS is somehow worse. From Apple's perspective, the sandbox limits are arguably justified by a desire to provide greater security and privacy controls. The review process is basically a consequence of that same goal - though of course, review time could be greatly reduced.

It sounds like the core issue for people is sandboxing. But what specifically about sandboxing is the issue? Are the sandbox limits really too restrictive for most apps (I guess new APIs/permissions could improve that with time), or are there just a lot of developers who prefer not to rework their apps to deal with the sandbox restrictions? Or is the very idea of sandboxing the problem (or perhaps the default security setting for allowed app installation)?

As long as apps can be distributed outside the MAS, I guess I don't really understand the problem. The MAS adds a lot of convenience, but as usual, the convenience comes at a cost, and thankfully users and developers can take it or leave it.
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I'll take your insistence on bashing modern Christianity with whatever you can (red cup, Christmas, politics, Sharia) as an indicator of something all right.
The levels are small enough that it makes no difference. And as far as teaching goes, repetition is the name of the game. Resetting on failures just means typing the same thing multiple times, reinforcing the things you are having difficulty with. A timer also allows for such things as scoring.
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There's a bunch of old, mature, projects that were started at a time when Sourceforge hosting made sense.

I agree that sourceforge is a scumbag company now, but what's the alternative for people who want a place to host binaries, source code, and user forums?
Good choice. I stopped using the AppStore because I hate how it connects an app to my apple ID. For example, when I came to the U.S. I had to create a new AppleID. So each time I want an app from the old AppleID I have to change to the German app store. Quite annoying.
I also thought that line was interesting, because, the way I look at it, Pearl Harbor was a pre-preemptive strike by the Empire of Japan. They figured our entry into WWII was imminent and decided to strike early and decisively to cripple our strength in the Pacific.
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Another point, Pro Tools HD is $99/year and $199 for the first year. In that case, $199 is reasonable.
If I am to set up an embedded device for distribution to outside customers, and would like to setup https and/or more secure ssh private keys.

What's the best way to set it up?

Is it possible with current CA/https system?
Their ecosystem is powered by power users, who do you think is creating apps, games, design, books, videos and so on? If Apple forces to move these users out, they will probably focus on other platforms where they are not so restricted.
Nylas N1 requires a custom server (Nylas Sync Engine) to do notifications. Why? Their FAQ is extremely vague about it. Apparently it suffers the same performance issues as plain IMAP for search. It seems this might be to support their Electron based UI, which seems... bloated to say the least.
Most of the problems you're describing with bash are symptomatic of larger problems:

> The problem with bash is if you have different operating systems spread around, like CentOS 5, 6, 7 in our case, you wind up with a whole bunch of conditions figuring out what to do for specific OS versions.

This is a very poor approach to this problem in this situation. You're supporting 3 systems. It's not unreasonable to maintain 3 branches for 3 branches of the code, and with tools like `git` it's easy to backport features when it's possible without code change. This also gives you better measurement of the cost of maintaining support for legacy systems so you know when it's time to pay the cost of upgrading. And when you do upgrade, you simply stop patching the CentOS 5 branch, and you're not left with a bunch of if statements in your active codebase testing for a system that you no longer care about.

SaltStack might do better when targeting, for example, many many different Linux distros. But even then, it only solves a 99% use case, and the tools are opaque enough that fixing the 1% may take just as much time as writing more portable bash.

> There's also the non-DRYness of "a whole bunch of bash scripts." You could maybe figure out some sort of include system to avoid repetition, but it's bash... it won't be pretty.

It's really not that complicated or bad. `source` is typically all you need.

There's also a larger antipattern here, which is that if your configuration is so complicated that you're feeling pain, you're probably not curating your dependencies very well. Configuration isn't the worst way in which you're going to feel this pain: if you're letting so many dependencies into your system that you're having trouble installing them all, you're almost certainly installing a lot of bad libraries and you're going to find that you also have trouble implementing features using libraries that are poorly-designed. I'm definitely not espousing a blanket fear of NIH code, but if you don't take care on which dependencies you decide to include, you're going to end up with a lot of problems.
The App Store is shit for discoverability - and I suspect the lack of an easy keyboard makes it even worse on Apple TV.

But even if the discoverability were top notch, this still wouldn't be discoverable. Does author seriously expect a properly functioning app discovery engine to prominently surface a dice roller, or a gif browser?

There are many, many legitimate complaints against the App Store model and how tough it is to survive as an app developer within that ecosystem, but the base requirement is still "building something good that people want", and I really don't feel like the author did that.
Qt5 ships with WebKit.
I enjoyed reading it - it's amusing and some of it resonates with my experiences.

...But I don't think it's great satire, for the reasons you point out.
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Could you report what happens when you send exactly "WhatsApp"?
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Thanks for the compliment, sounds like you have a use case.

It would be cool if we can connect on our git repo (https://github.com/varnish/zipnish/issues) we would definitely like to see how we can integrate with kubernetes.

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My cofounders and I have gotten to the point where we don't want to use our personal cards for the business anymore, so we're trying to select a business card, but there are so many choices.

Some give airline miles, some points, some cash back, some have fees after the first year, etc.

Anyone have a favorite they like or any warnings of what we should stay away from? Anyone know of a good web site to help us compare, or any cards that are geared specifically towards up and coming tech companies?

Thanks!
The page you've linked links to https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram for the android client.
1) It's buggy. Literally 50% of the time when I launch it, it says it can't reach the network. Meanwhile my browser and email are chugging along just fine. Another launch of Steam and suddenly it sees the network. No other app I run has any problem reaching the network ever.

2) Steam "updates" itself every time I launch. I see others saying it only happens once a month, but I literally cannot launch it and have it not update. If I quit and immediately relaunch, it says it's updating and starts downloading stuff. WTF?

3) It shows me ads. Note - it's not like the App store which opens to a list of "what's hot/what's new/what's promoted". It launches, I go to click on something and an ad for a game pops up in a separate window blocking the interface.

4) It shows me ads for games that don't work on any system I've ever used Steam on.

5) Support from Valve is non-existent. If you try to get support for a game, they will by default tell you it's the game vendor's fault, even before figuring out what the problem is. If you try to use their support forums, you are required to use a different login and password than the one you use for the store. WTF? Why would they ever do that?

The list goes on. It's just a terrible app. In my opinion the Mac App Store is lightyears ahead of it in just about every dimension I care about. I no longer use Steam when there's any other option available.
That has only one minor advantage compared to:

mysqldump -u mysql db | ssh user@rsync.net "cat > db_dump"

Namely, the syntax is one character shorter. (But only because I used whitespace around >).

With dd, you can control the transfer units (the size of the read and write system calls which are performed) whereas cat chooses its own buffering. However, this doesn't matter on regular files and block devices. The transfer sizes only matter on raw devices where the block size must be observed. E.g. traditional tape devices on Unix where if you do a short read, or oversized write, you get truncation.
Yes, I think so. There might be a mention of it in the article.
It sounds like you're asking some of the same questions that David Nolen is asking (and answering) with Om Next. If you haven't been following that process, you might find it informative. You can find some details about Om Next on the wiki https://github.com/omcljs/om/wiki and several talks by David are available YouTube.
Fascinating read.

NB: it's about purported trolls ('wild men of the ether') of the 20's and 30's believed to be intentionally disrupting local radio reception by tuning to beating frequencies on either side of true; and how that was part of the story of an escaped airship
For some reason Xcode updates are shown in Launchpad (both the dock icon and if you can manage to find the app in Launchpad itself) and then sync'd back to the App Store after some delay. The delay seems to be completely random.

I think for some class of updates that includes Xcode and OS the App Store uses a separate tool to download and run the update so it has to use some sort of (very) delayed IPC mechanism. Regular apps update through the App Store itself so it shows progress immediately.
Bizarrely, The Power Broker appeared in the Financial Times list of best books of 2015. It seems it was never published in the UK until now. It's one of the finest biographies ever written.
For me it's yet another example of technology (that was predicted long time ago) emerging from quite an unexpected direction:

1. For many years we were reading/watching SF about computers worn on the wrists. They materialized as an extension of phones.

2. For many years we were reading/watching SF about (successful) virtual/simulated world. It materializes as extension of an "ugly", indie game.

I'm quite sure there are other examples, but can't recall them right now.
Yeah, that's not going to happen. The majority of "We the people" is made up of those who take the path of least resistance.

Facebook, by doing things like this, will only hurt themselves. We've been down this road before with Microsoft. It is anti-trust, and will get them in a lot of trouble.
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The final solution was pretty fun.

Here is a gist if you can't get it :-)

https://gist.github.com/aphillipo/59ab3b54419c97d96687
Not only would it be nice, but if such an application exists internally at Apple, and they released it with Xcode or something, then perhaps developers could integrate it into their testing infrastructure. If that chain of events happened, then it could bring up the consistency of Apple-centric OS 3rd party software, all the while decreasing time that updates spend in review. This sort of change could be a huge win for Apple, iOS/OSX Developers, and iOS/OSX users.
It's also full of Japanese imperialist apologism. As you might expect from such a source.
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>"Actually, could . . . instead?"

A phrase that so very often tests the self control, patience and will to live of software developers around the world.
Hmmm... now you've got me wondering. Thing is, on the later levels, I found myself working one property at a time, understanding the effect of that one property, and building up the complete 'answer'. I'm not sure that handling the 'wrong answer' as a special case works for this type of approach. The repetition should (and is, to an extent) be provided by subsequent questions reusing just-learned knowledge.

There's nothing to stop you starting from the beginning at any point, or starting from scratch at any point in future. It makes it less of a 'game' but, like I said, I think you're overplaying the game element.
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Is it that expensive? In terms of raw materials it may cost more, but not double. The use of prefabricated parts (torso, limbs) reduces each tower's uniqueness and therefore complexity of repairs. Fabrication of unique beams is well within the repair capability of a mobile crew. Is the actual material cost of each tower a major component of a transmission line cost model? I am betting no; transmission wire, ongoing maintenance, land and rights acquisition, and monitoring probably make up the bulk of a transmission line's cost. Finding actual data on this is proving to be difficult, however.
I have derealization so I can relate. But if there is one thing that is guaranteed to invoke an emotional response from me it is music. Usually fleeting, but this probably preserves the potency. Needless to say I love music =)
Indeed. Totally not Google.

Also these companies call entire blocks of phone numbers that are "typically" associated with businesses (they can see what is a residential and what is a business block, and call the corresponding one with the appropriate scam(s)).

This link has more info on the "Google Specialist" scam (and what they're selling):
http://www.mechamcompany.com/getting-calls-from-a-google-spe...
Good page,

Here is another quick performance view.
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A yes. You are correct.

Finding minimum # of moves from a single state = not so hard.

Finding the worst possible state (the state where the minimum # of moves is a maximum) = pretty hard, though now solved.
Presentation is everything here. Be humble. It's not Machiavellian if you're really trying to understand.

Letting someone fail is often good, too...
I tried several times to refactor a 10k+ line switch statement which had a particular case that by all logic should be unreachable, but had a comment something like this:

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I wonder if that is still there, it's been over ten years.
Author here!

I know these apps aren't exactly starting revolutions in developing nations, but what I do think is that this is a brand new class of device and users are likely curious to see what's out there only to be stumped by an App Store that seems to be saying "netflix and games are all this device does".

You say users don't want to view gif slideshows, but I'm not so sure of that. I don't think they've had a chance to find out if they want that or not.

(and yes, I know they don't want to roll dice. The number of board gamers with Apple TVs and penchants for loosing their dice is apparently vanishingly small)
> I found this sentence interesting -- I've been under the impression for some time that preemptive war is not necessarily a traditional doctrine, at least in America

I'm not certain what exactly 'preemptive war' is supposed to be, either than war undertaken in order to preempt a worse possibility (which would seem to be the traditional doctrine for going to war in general).

America's first war, the Quasi-War with France, could be seen as a kind of pre-emptive war in order to prevent further seizures of our ships, which was seen as worse than the war itself.

The First Barbary War was waged in order to prevent the Barbary Pirates (of Tunis, Tripoli & Algiers) from seizing & enslaving our merchant sailors. It should stand to reason that war was considered preferable to continued enslavement of American citizens.

The War of 1812, of course, was waged in response to certain British provocations whose continuation was considered worse than war.

The Second Barbary War was again waged in order to prevent the Barbary Pirates from seizing & enslaving our sailors.
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I had one of my EC2 instances (Ubuntu 14.04) lock up on Monday morning. I use it to run a Ruby on Rails app and to do a handful of ETL jobs. The website wasn't able to load and I wasn't able to SSH into the box. So, I went into the AWS console and rebooted the instance. This has happened 3 times in the last 6 months. It looks like the CPU spikes up to almost 100% around the same time when the instance locks up.

I'd love to be able to identify the root cause of the instance locking up. It seems like this article is more about the commands you'd run to assess the health of an active/working EC2 instance and not one that you're unable to SSH into. Any idea on how to identify the problem with my EC2 instance?
Good question. I'd like to know if going with AMEX is still as limiting as it used to be. I recall many restaurants not accepting it and only VISA and Mastercard.
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