skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No, it's very easy and inexpensive to balance that robot at this point for Segway. They've already solved those problems, it's a natural extension to use their existing technology for stabilizing the robot. Further, it's not an option to not stabilize the whole robot, you have to or the whole concept implodes. Put another way, they were going down that road regardless.
Ukraine is awesome!

They also had Darth Vader running for mayor.

'He joins Peking Duck and a man calling himself Putin in the leadership race.'

http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/23/ukraine-darth-vader-runs-...
And the fact is that the human brain uses utility-weighted sampling, which causes us to systematically over-consider "black swan events" that proceed to never happen.
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Thanks, Lt. Balme.
Completely agree!

One approach is to run it in a Docker container and access it from your other micro services and never expose it to the public. This is still handy because you can isolate that old program and act as if it is an API to your other micro services.
How did we end with everything being "API" and nothing being "service" any
longer?
Complain about the feature all you want, but pretending that it's not well documented or configurable is just silly.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt577208(v=vs.85...
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I can't take advice seriously if it is to "avoid all carbohydrates" since one of the healthiest things you can do for your heart, intestines, and waistline is to increase your dietary fibre intake. Protein is certainly important too, and fat isn't as scary as it was made out to be in the 90s, but carbs are fine in smaller doses, and especially in the presence of water soluble fibre (to lower the GL).

If you want to be skinny eat cottage cheese with carrots and hummus.
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Of course, once upon a time static linking was the only way.

It is dynamic linking that is hard to implement, not the other way around.
That's a bunch of pseudo-historic non-sense with basically no scientific foundation to it.

The fact remains that eating less calories than you burn resulting in weight loss. There isn't any magic to this. There is nothing to indicate otherwise.
> Lots of things in R proceed without stopping on errors

This alone would make me run away very fast from R.
I don't think that's the reason, you could just quote the filename (which is commonly done if the name contains spaces anyway):

myapp "-verify.txt"
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Mmmm, highly dubious this has anything to do with Japan. I mean, it's not like every other dictatorship under the Sun that lasted long enough does not share the same aspects. Mao was still very much revered like a God in China, the same goes for Stalin in Russia - so, is this guy saying Japanese Imperialism is at the root of all of this ? Seriously?
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All fads whose promoters have a vested interest in selling merchandise rather than the truth.
They do offer those options. People would just rather complain that the free upgrade they got doesn't have features they want - but apparently not enough to actually pay for them.
Nah. If you're not a web design company, than you're not going to know what to look for when trying to contract a web design company. I'd expect shit-show engineering to be the norm rather than the exception.
This is true. They are already collecting all your data in one place so it'll be easier on China or whoever gets your data next. The government is on it guys. No worries.
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Thanks Zandro!
I put things out there on it and I have had success leading to interviews at companies. I had a Google Recruiter reach out to me via LinkedIn two years ago while I was still in college, and ended up going deep into their interview process. Never applied to Google, they just reached out.

I also keep up with friends/acquaintances (typically people on the 'business' side of things). Though most of my software/programming buds and gals we connect elsewhere (typically through Steam).
Ah, the "British Racing Misery". Super powerful but very unreliable. That, along with the three liter BRM H16 (which was too heavy to be competitive) were rather exotic engines. But yes, they must have sounded great, at least when they didn't break down, that is.

I really like the sound (in recorded footage, would love to hear it in person) of the Cosworth DFV, although it's a much more conventional engine. The (inherently unbalanced) flat plane V8 engine with an unusual valve arrangement, coupled with a tuned exhaust has a great sound. It's was a handful to drive with a very narrow power band, giving out only a few hundred horsepower at ~6000 rpm, and quickly jumping to 400+ hp at 7500 rpm when the exhaust tuning does its trick. You can hear from the exhaust note when it's about to kick.
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I'm glad this exists. I think it's important to point out: it's not just that black travelers had to find places to stay overnight that were welcoming because Jim Crow laws meant that many hotels and boarding houses only accepted whites. It has as much to do with the fact that there were (are?) towns known as sundown towns, as in

>signs posted at their city limits reading, typically, "Nigger, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You In ___."[1]

It wasn't just about finding a warm smile to greet you and a place to lay your head. It was about saving your black life by helping make sure you didn't find yourself at night in one of these sundown towns.

It was not / is not just in the southern U.S., as the link below attests.

[1] http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/sundowntowns.php
I guess I see your point, but £1 Billion still sounds like shit ton of money for cycle infrastructure in a city.
Why laws? How about just contracts binding those in the market?
No problem.

It'll be good to get an understanding of "if you're not being compensated by salary then what are you compensated with?"

It sounds like you're literally taking the same amount of risk as your boss and for that reason, you should have some share in whatever rewards that come out of the risk taking.

Money to survive has to come from somewhere (i.e. loan, parents, savings, etc.) but it definitely doesn't appear out of nowhere.

Also, evaluate the product. How long do you think they can reach the point where it's revenue generating? In the absence of revenue and cash runs out, will they start to fund raise again? Will all the other expenses be comfortably covered by the current cash pool?

It also comes down to a lot of luck as well. There's really no right or wrong answer here and no one can say for sure if it'll be a success or not. But that's the fun part of life. And trust me, even if you have a normal software engineering job, the success is also always down to you. And the benefits are that you manage to build relationships with other talented software developers and you'd be bringing in money that you can save to start your own venture in the future. Many people have also been very successful starting companies later down in life.

Nothing is ever a dead end. Every path has a pros and cons. It's ultimately up to us to open our minds to see it and leverage it.
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Why are they set up this way? The purchase should confer ownership at the time of purchase, or within a reasonable time afterwards, in such a way that it is physically impossible for the seller to take back ownership without the cooperation of the buyer.
OK, you don't have any experience with NK, but what about brainwashing and propaganda in general? Do you, like, have no concept of that?
"The story of the seizure of the machine by Balme and his shipmates was kept secret until the mid-1970s". I've always been intrigued by this fact. Does anyone know why this was kept a secret for so long?
Anyone who cares to look it up knows.

Of course, there's always the chance that Microsoft is lying in their documentation, but if you mistrust them that much, you probably shouldn't use their software even if they claim to not collect any information.
To be fair, the very first section of the StubHub user agreement warns about this scenario:

"1. Using StubHub

Ticket Marketplace.

StubHub is a marketplace that allows users to buy ("Buyers") and sell ("Sellers") tickets, related passes and merchandise or other goods (collectively, the "tickets") for events. As a marketplace, StubHub does not own the tickets on the Site nor does it set prices for tickets. Because sellers set ticket prices, they may be higher than face value.

While StubHub may provide pricing, shipping, listing and other guidance in our Services, such guidance is solely informational and you may decide to follow it or not. Also, while we may help facilitate the resolution of disputes and provide the FanProtect Guarantee, StubHub has no control over and does not guarantee the existence, quality, safety or legality of the items advertised; the truth or accuracy of the user's content or listings; the ability of Sellers to sell tickets or Buyers to pay for them; or that a Buyer or Seller will complete a transaction."

The takeaway from this seems to be that:

1. StubHub should be more transparent about the seller-side risks involved when "selling tickets" to customers.

2. Buyers should be more aware of the fact that Stubhub is only a marketplace, and they are really at the mercy of the seller.

3. Given StubHub's policy above, anyone who wants a guaranteed ticket should never ever use StubHub.
Simple way to solve this is to make SH an escrow service that requires the tickets up front.

Of course that would increase costs and their responsibility, so it will never happen.
This viewpoint is described in detail in the book, The Cleanest Race:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EWETZW/ref=dp-kindle-re...

It supports the theory of North Korean racial fascism premised upon WW2 Japanese Fascism, by analyzing language (The dramatic superiority of the "Mother" word over the "Father" word in the North Korean dictionary) and historical trends (the movement of korean propagandists from south korea to north korea following the end of WW2)
How many games are exclusive to Steam and how many games are exclusive to windows?
Thanks very much!

I've had many responses from people who had an idea to create something like Readlang, but only a handful who actually built their own app like you did :-)

I agree I need to get better at finding those ideal customers, for whom Readlang should be a very easy sell.
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Resubmitted as a link rather than comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10858254
of their yearly budget for the next 10 years

This is a pet hate of mine: it's very easy to use it to make a number sound 10 times larger, for good or ill.
Except that Unix also allows "-" in the filename, and as far as I know always has done. Using "--" to mark that all subsequent arguments should be treated as filenames rather than options has worked fine to allow Unix programs to access files beginning with a dash (including files called "--").

The actual reason that DOS uses "/" to mark options isn't technical, it's purely historic: that was the character that CP/M used.
Yoy didn't address my point above. The need to separate identities and accounts is not equal to the boundaries set by non federated services.

And my IM clients have no problem enabling many accounts in parallel. Some client must be really crippled and archaic not to enable that. I can run multiple clients too if I wish (Pidgin. KDE Telepathy and etc.) but not because they can't talk to the same service but for whatever MY reason. Again - don't mix up unrelated issues.
He states the following:

> "A couple months ago, I decided to buy a PS4 instead of a PC for gaming purposes in part because I didn't want to spend a few hundred more dollars"

That's the driving reason here. If he had bought a gaming PC instead of a PS4, the Rift would be the more likely choice.
That is similar to my reasoning: I've kept to the changes I've made over the last couple of years by making them habit.

My general morning routine, when I don't oversleep are am otherwise in more of a rush than usual, is now "wake up, feed the cat, lavatory, check and note mass, dress, breakfast while checking messages, go to work/other". Weighing myself weekly, or possibly even less often, would almost certainly suffice - but doing it more often keeps it habit and much reduces the risk that I'll simply stop doing it at some point.

Similarly with exercise, while I don't have a fixed schedule except where there are things I do with a group of people I do try do something (sometimes something small, but not nothing) at least every other day.

If something is a habit you notice when you miss it (your routine feels wrong because of the "forgotten something" feeling) which I find helps my self management. Of course you have to be careful not to care too much about the routine and the occasional missing something, or there is a risk it can become mentally unhealthy (which may be another reason people are careful about recommending daily measurements - it needs to become a habit not an obsession).
The article might be more compelling if half of it weren't in all caps.

Though as is, I probably won't ever use StubHub if this is the case.
> But this looks like a way too big jump for me. What if I fail? What if the startup fails because of me?

Yes accept! Use that fear of failure to tap into your drive, creativity, and bring your A game. Business/Tech Management/Leadership are ALL learned and practiced things.

Money should NOT be an issue-- go to back to your boss. Share with him your bare bones monthly budget. Tell him you need $X just to eat beans & rice and pay basic bills. Can he help cover you during the gap before funding? Could someone else, say a family member cover you for 6 months? Strike a bargain with him, keep your part-time job for necessary cash-flow, then work part-time on the startup. If you believe in this guy, the two of you can find a way.

Incidentally, you might find Josh Kaufmann's Personal MBA a helpful read > https://personalmba.com/
Let's see if history repeats itself. The "West" armed and supported Saddam Hussein's brutal regime and he went to war with Iran. Today, the West is arming the brutal regime of the Saudis and they just bombed Iran's embassy in Yemen, things are heating up.
Point taken - I clearly need to work on streamlining the landing page and first run experience. Thanks for the feedback! :-)
This book really made it much clearer for me: http://www.amazon.com/The-Enzyme-Factor-Hiromi-Shinya/dp/098...

Advise of a doctor called Hiromi Shinya, who studied/observed intestines all his live. He is one of the best in his field and the explanations he gives in his book are really really logic and inspirational. I highly recommend it, it changed my perspective of food. Counting calories never done it for me. Not all calories are not the same.

Hiromi Shinya also made it clear that we only think about our outside and not about. The inside and the inside is all what counts to stay healthy and live a long live. You can be thin and extremely unhealthy. It is the inside what counts and we shouldn't exhaust our organs.
Ask HN: When will Google Finance dump flash?
I'm annoyed that I can't disable flash.. I really like google finance and am used to it, but the non-flash version is really 15 years behind.
They will pay $10-20 in actual money if and only if they can buy in bulk. Some things are worthless if bought in small quantities.
I don't know if you should watch it...

But https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)#Historical_events : "David Balme, the British naval officer who led the boarding party aboard U-110, called U-571, "a great film"[9] and said that the film would not have been financially viable without being "Americanised"."

And there's a bit more of his opinion and recollections in a BBC article from when the film was released: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/774427.stm
I believe the link you pointed to is for work specific to JRuby, while the OP is specific to MRI.
> BBC understands

it's an oxymoron IMHO
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Definitely not paint packs. The segway is worth a lot more than a cheap change of clothing from Walmart, or a pair of overalls/coveralls.

The average new car weighs 4,000 pounds, and is increasingly difficult to steal, requiring ever greater tech to do so. NYC for example has seen a 96% drop in car thefts (!) since 1990. Stealing a car is a pain in the ass. Stealing this robot, would be relatively trivial.
the biggest concern I have heard from friends who work in stats and mathematics academia is that it is much, MUCH easier to publish a package in CRAN than to PyPi.

I think most users of Python are that... "users". But R is used by creators of algorithms who find it very easy to create and distribute code.

In fact a lot of them talk about how difficult it is to install packages in python, while any R script has "install.packages" right in it.

I'm willing to bet if Pandas/Numpy/Jupyter built a CRAN-PY and made the packaging system similar to R, the adoption would be much different.
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I am thinking that I need to start migrating all the stuff I have on Evernote to somewhere else. I am not convinced of their longevity given the recent press I have read.
> The scenario outlined did not involve an actual gun that could harm anyone.

It did not involve an actual gun in that particular instance. I would like you to explain exactly how the police may identify whether the object that appears to be a weapon is an actual weapon other than waiting for the suspect to fire first.

Again, we should just hope that innocent bystanders are not hit by that first shot at police as they hide behind their defensive positions and superior equipment? Police officers and innocent bystanders don't always fare too well when the police are obligated to follow stupid rules of engagement.

> Some people say the suspect should be shot in all four scenarios (after all, he might shoot!). I disagree.

See, that's where I agree with you. Because none of the scenarios in your list is a reason for police officers to fire as you list them. But tack on the end of each item that the suspect acted in a threatening manner with an object that appeared to be a weapon then the police officer may choose to fire their weapon. To be fair, if the suspect tried to run down other people or cops during the chase to show that he was a threat then just getting out of the car with an object that appeared to be a weapon will get him shot. It's all about context.
Great! Just what I wanted. I'm gonna check it out.
Is there a CLI available as well for things like docker?

It's only 20mb. Auto-downloads linux iso's, including debian and coreos
And what phone can I put it on without irreversibly voiding my warranty?

I tried Android a few years ago on an LG G2. Rooting to install CyanogenMod was an EXTREMELY STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE; and flashing back to stock to return the fucking thing every time it broke (every other month) was even more stressful.

I'm on an iPhone now because it works well and doesn't shit out every 5 minutes like my G2 did, but I'm becoming increasingly aware of the myriad ways that my personal privacy is being violated by the apps and services that I use, and I'm considering jumping ship again.

But I can't handle the constant stress of hardware breaking and having to frantically scramble around, downloading random zips off of weird mirrors from the XDA forums and wiping my phone back to stock so I can return it and go through the same thing again, a week later.
This is the one that worries me -- "More than four billion hours spent playing PC games"

Tracking usage in Microsoft's own software is one thing. But for the OS to understand which 3rd party apps are games, and track hours spent on them has some deeper implications.
It seems a glorified internship to me. Experience may be interesting, even good, but no money upfront? Meh. You will get ton of paid opportunities if you are as smart as your posts here. Good luck.
Just came across this to help you with your decision:
https://hbr.org/2015/11/3-timeless-rules-for-making-tough-de...

I'm facing the tough decision of whether or not to jump ship.
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If you are confident with your programming skills and believe this startup has bright future, accept it. Otherwise, join another company to gain income and experience.

Btw, are you in the US?
Relying on quotes as special characters is not that simple to parse either:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/twistylittlepassagesallalike/archive...

That article also doesn't go into the difficulties of quotes in legacy DOS apps. Passing/ignoring quotes in DOS command lines was extremely difficult compared to the Win32 API. The CMD.EXE would eat the quote delimiters and your app wouldn't even see them. (It's been many years since I last tested this so a new OS like Windows 10 may have changed things.)
Show HN: Dream Afar New Tab 0.3 Release
In this version 0.3 release, 6 new background sources was added like Google Earth, Google Art, Flickr, 500px, Bing, Unsplash, which provides much more possibilities of adventure (10000+ amazing photos) when you simply open a new tab in Chrome. And in the setting panel, you have the freedom to choose from which background source to get photos.

You will definitely meet and love some of those great photos if you use this extension, and the share to social network button at the left bottom corner makes it extremely easy to share those photos with friends or collect them on Pinterest board.

It's a great way to get relaxed and joyful during a stressful work day.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dream-afar-new-tab/henmfoppjjkcencpbjaigfahdjlgpegn
Worth noting is xyhve [0], a virtualisation solution written by the author of this article.

[0] https://github.com/mist64/xhyve
Even better, when you're doing particularly 'wordy' calculations with many many greek letters where one line goes over two actual lines one the paper, you can start from both ends and just drop a little here and add a little there until you have woven them together (if you cannot get it done properly). Chances are good that whoever corrects it won't notice..
No, they are referring to an application that is being moved from MySQL to PostgreSQL. The application is "legacy" in that it is an older version and the new version is "current".

Due to the English language however there can be some debate as to what they meant. In this case "legacy" is most likely meant to describe the "MySQL application" not "MySQL" itself.
Wild guess: It probably took 'Mir', meaning world, kingdom, etc. in Russian, and made a connection to "Mordor", or perhaps "Mordor" is even spelled as "Mirdor" in Russian.
I assume you mean the Enterprise version? Last time I checked that wasn't something individual consumers can just go out and buy.

But regardless of that, from Microsoft's perspective, does it make any sense to not offer the option to disable telemetry on all versions? From what I see, all it's doing is giving them bad publicity while driving potential users away to other platforms. And for what? Probably a few basis points in telemetry data that won't even make a dent to the overall trends in their telemetry data.
Dupe: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1636/
Here is some ignorant voters on video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oKosd0xJadE
Agreed. If they really want the company to succeed and they need you to steer the ship, they should at the very least make sure you don't have to worry about these things.
This was happening at the Finnish border, too, but just recently Finnish authorities banned crossing it with a bicycle, officially for safety reasons.