skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> At my last job, I was the primary fire-putter-outer on a number of fronts, and it was very disheartening watching new projects (that I'd put my hand up for) get handed off to others while I was busy fixing up the previous efforts of said others.

I've seen this happen at an even bigger scale. The site I was part of was very successful, and was therefore completely unable to get any time or capital to do independent (non-contract) projects. And some of the projects we wanted to do were to improve our IP holdings within the space we were working! Meanwhile, the entire site that lost two contracts to rebids all got put on cool, independent, green-field projects. Completely bananas, and a symptom of a much larger problem of not rewarding success that eventually caused me to leave.
I added the parenthetical to the title, as "The Millionaire Machine" by itself really buries the lede that it's Cliff Stoll demonstrating the mechanical computer.
You've made the same error as the OP. The volume of a unit n-dimensional sphere decreases exponentially in n. But that doesn't mean you need to increase r exponentially to compensate - in the volume formula, the r also has an exponent of n. The distance between opposite corners of a unit cube in n-dimensional space is root(n). That's hardly exponential.
So many... what a sensationalist title
You are right and it's also much cheaper to form and maintain an LLC. I think that forming an LLC in Colorado is the cheapest option ~ $250 total costs. That is great if you're just bootstraping and don't know if the business is going to be successful. BTW, if you're not a US citizen + the business is providing services + you're the only owner (single member LLC), then there are NO TAX-paying requirements.

Also, the business might not succeed, so why waste all that time+money on creating a C Corp, which is even more expensive to dissolve? C Corps also have many more expensive legal requirements.
If the business is successful and you plan on getting VC money, convert it later to a C Corp.
ignore skype and use ekiga.
I don't hear a voice in my head when I read. When I try to read that paragraph, I can't get past the 4th word without an uncomfortable mental pause. In order to continue reading I do have to "hear" it as I'm reading it. How did you come up with this?
> For me, it's the same, but I don't have memory for faces

This is something that has always concerned me in general. I was worried for the first year I dated my now-wife that I would not be able to recognize her when meeting her at a crowded place. I wouldn't go so far as to say she would turn around and I couldn't recognize her, but the permanence just wasn't there.
Shopping with a friend and a bot
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Having been through a similar knee-jerk of late, the important thing to remember (not that it helps) is that a publicly-traded company is a machine to make money. Not to make sales, not to make designs / widgets, but make money for the investors / owners.

Once I wrapped my head around that it helped somewhat.
The Fall of the House of Node
Wasn't there another company or two that just did specifically this?
Here's my feedback - I'm someone who actually has surprising amounts of pain maintaining my FAQ so your product is appealing:

- I want to see screenshots of your mobile presentation of the faq. I also want to understand that it'll be easy to integrate with my app. (Ideally native - I don't trust web based interactive elements on mobile)

- I want FAQ localization somehow.

- Customize FAQ based on parameters of the user (if they've indicated they want to use certain "slices" of my app, I either only want to show those slices, or at least to prioritize them so they show up first)

Neat idea!
Should dictionaries do more to confront sexism?
I have read it, it's almost exclusively about some geese, but the title is "So Many Animals."

Actually "many" animals aren't choosy, having no problem jumping on the same sex or even corpses or non-living objects, and don't make long-term unbreakable bonds. There are enough links here in responses.

Honestly, have you never had a male dog trying to copulate with your leg?
Thanks for the feedback! We agree that C Corps may not be for every company: we're looking at support for other company structures, including LLCs (https://stripe.com/atlas/faq#Can-Stripe-help-me-set-up-a-dif...).

To kick off the beta, we found that the C Corp was the best place to start based on what entrepreneurs in emerging markets were already looking to do. We go into much more detail about C Corps and their tradeoffs when we invite someone to the beta. In addition to other company structures (like LLCs) here in the US, we're also looking at equivalent structures as we expand Atlas globally.
It's hardly searchable.

I've used Skype for years, and I can honestly tell you that while Skype may have an unlimited history. In practice, that unlimited history is a pain in the ass to search, to the point that it may as well not have unlimited history. So from my perspective I'd equally say that the "non-limited history for free" of Skype is an equally straw-man argument.

They used to have bot integration which was awesome and allowed us to pipe information in and out from our other systems, but they terminated bot integration which was a huge nail in the coffin for us.
Yeah, its hard to believe that the super delegates will override a popular victory. It would destroy the party.
There's no actual way of fixing this, if it ultimately relies on VINs. You can however mitigate it.

Let's say you required an account and utilised authentication tokens, sure, that will stop unauthenticated requests. But what is stopping someone else from stealing your VIN and registering an account themselves? If you only allow a single account registration per VIN then what happens if the vehicle changes ownership?

VINs aren't a "shared secret." They're a public fact. Instead Nissan should be utilising a secret number stored in the vehicle entertainment unit and user accessible, and they should add a button to change it when the vehicle changes ownership. Heck they could even do a QR code if they really wanted registration to be as painless as possible.
In terms of the startup incorporation, how does this compare to Clerky? As a pre-incorporation startup based in CA, which is preferable?
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I've seen my friends slowly drift away from Skype. At this point when I install a new operating system, I just use web.skype.com to get in touch with my friends that haven''t moved onto something else. It works the same on all platforms, but I don't know if many people know about the web client.

It's really helpful.
Lazarus Rising or Icarus Falling? The GoPro and LinkedIn Question
I don't know about that. If there's anyone who's shown more willingness to challenge the status quo, it's him. In spite of all his faults, and considering that much of his appeal is his (apparent) contrarian attitude, I most expect him to buck "establishment" expectations if elected.

Of course, I'm not holding my breath. Successful politicians are wizards at portraying 1 thing and doing another, so it wouldn't surprise me if you're right. I'm just saying I think there's a slightly bigger chance that he's someone to buck that trend.
I think an even more stupid example was the xor cursor technique that was locked up by CadTrac, (later Quantel) and forced a rewrite of parts of X, and the Amiga.

https://plus.google.com/+RayCromwell/posts/dbipY1GJoGv
Yeah, when I was writing that I was just kinda hacking something together to see if it was possible and it ended up working so well that I pushed it out. Probably could still use a bit of polish yet.

Would anyone be interested in a write-up of how I put it together? It might finally be something to post to one of the umpteen blogs I've setup and never used.
A related article about Dr Moshe Vardi and his controversial view that governments and societies around the world may have to consider a "basic income guarantee"

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new...
How sure are you that these concepts apply to us, and aren't just us making up stories to rationalize our instincts?
I see this as a strategy of expanding horizontally (broaden your menu) vs following the trend of healthy.

-You can see it as a move to keep doing what they can do
and they are good at while expanding the options they can
offer
-OTOH how more healthy are the healthy options? most people
are aware on how Mc. Salads have more calories than their
Big Mac.
-How bad is non healthy food when the reference point for
showing up how bad fast food is (super size me[0]) can
also lead to lose weight[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me

[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2533353/Forget-Sup...
Exactly, law enforcement isn't exactly supposed to be a super easy job.
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Funny, they write "Aerogel is considered to be the most effective thermal conductor on the planet ..." where they mean insulator!
I don't see the value in this product that justifies $7/month price. It's such a shallow effort.
1. Facebook is a global company, not a national project.

2. Advertising/marketing budget is in there somewhere.

3. So are acquisitions (Oculus etc.).

4. Operational costs for their datacentres, ops staff etc.
>> Yeah, things have changed in recent years in HK. HSBC HK has a horrible reputation now and they are very resistant to do corporate account openings and prefer your company is resident or doing business in HK.

Good to know. Though it's kinda sad as HK really used to be a great place for business. I've seen similar changes in

>> Regarding long stay visas in Thailand - as I said, getting a long term visa or work permit is very simple you can do it through a company who will sponsor you for a modest fee. If you are interested I can provide you with links.

Yea but many such offerings are just circumventing the law and here in the south at least a couple of these companies got into trouble. And by trouble I mean the usual extortion by immigration/police.
Especially companies with nominees that hold the other 51% for you are getting more and more attention.

>> My BOI did take some time, you are right, but the process was relatively simple as I used an agency - but totally worth it.

Hehe the typical Thai way. Find someone (agency) who knows someone that makes the decision. Pay the agent a "service fee" from which a nice chunk goes to the official to incentivize a smooth process :)

>> Yes - much easier to incorporate somewhere else. Your experience with HK/HSBC opening a merchant account is simply not a reality anymore for the majority of people, particularly without processing history, nor is it in other countries using HK.

Again said to hear.

>> Anyway, this product offering from Stripe is a genuine game changer for people who want to operate from the US, want a business in a box and want to set it up remotely. I know many, many people who will jump on it.

Undoubtedly the offering from Stripe will be helpful for many people. Somehow I get the feeling that the US pushed other countries hard to make incorporation and especially bank account opening much harder in the guise of fighting terrorism and crime while itself trying to make it simpler. An interesting economic strategy.
Google shows untied.com as the first result for me:

http://i.imgur.com/IOAPSfS.jpg
> The bonobo example is a little overplayed.

No:

> I don't consider 'sexually greeting' each other by grabbing assess to be on the same page as sex.

They actually do greetings by involving their reproduction organs.

"Genito-genital rubbing of bonobo females"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdeAJUxJ7gg

> but humans don't have a 10 day heat period. They're in heat all the time.

Bonobos and chimps don't have too. They do make sex all the time. Google "concealed ovulation." That's the evolved mechanism where female never signals when it actually ovulates. And it's present by bonobos.
I can totally relate to your experience, and this is exactly why I started building a startup one year ago with 2 partners with this exact same goal:

Help companies get online ASAP, company incorporation, facilitate business bank accounts opening, negotiate excellent deals when it comes to online transaction fees and so on. We can also help integrate virtually any payment service provider in your IT system.

We'd love to hear from the issues you encountered and would happily provide you with advice, or more in-depth accompaniment.

Just drop me an email at t+stripe-atlas-HN [at] mekloud.com and we'll get back to you!
job placement is also an NP-hard problem.
Is your psycho-pass looking a bit cloudy today?
Fascinating article about stumping for primaries:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/10/white-man-pat...
Minor point but surprised that for such a major release the site isn't mobile optimised.
Go live behind a firewall. See how that pans out for you.

It will encourage some horrendous levels of indirection in dependencies that cpp currently doesn't suffer from. I've been doing this for 7/8 yers and I don't feel inconvenienced. Indeed I think it represents a decent quality control step
>No, it was created by the EU who bailed out the banks

No, it was caused by the Greeks living beyond their means.
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It works fine for me though, so maybe it's based on your location or something

http://i.imgur.com/IOAPSfS.jpg
> (1) He plays along - most likely. (2) Continued gridlock. (3) He spends four years trying to steamroll Congress by vilifying his opponents, scapegoating and executive order abuse

And how would that be any different from the last 7 years? The only real difference I can see is the side the press will be on.

The thought process that this is a new thing is ignoring the last couple of election cycles.
Bear in mind this is not a complete list. They can also arbitrarily decide they don't like you even if your business isn't explicitly mentioned on the list and shut down your account even if you had zero chargebacks and zero refunds made.
Probably not. But they (or the courts) should make it clear what actions it can be used to compel, and what actions it can't be used to compel.
Cant wait for the various tox clients to stabilize.
An enormous part of that $14.5b funds growth, not maintenance.
I've used tahoe lafs before, but not many other distributed file systems.

There doesn't seem to be much information provided in this link, and their website doesn't help much either. Does LizardFS do full end to end encryption too? That's one of the more important things to me.
Anyone remember YouTube's reaction buttons added over 4 years ago? http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/youtube-reactions.h...

And it was killed because no one used it correctly and it made things more difficult versus a simple like/dislike?

What makes things different now?
UK.gov could reopen Google's £130m HMRC tax deal, says Parliament
Saw this on Product Hunt :) what is your twitter username to add you as a maker?
I'm wondering how Atlas compares to Clerky. You mentioned 83b forms, default allocations, and foreign entity registration... Anything else to consider?
Many geese are going to find it offensive too.
The Price of Free: Privacy Leakage in Personalized Mobile In-App Ads [pdf]
You probably should put a prominent notice somewhere that this is not endorsed or affiliated with paypal (unless it is). If it isn't, the "powered by paypal" at the top is a bit misleading I think.
The government can overrule private contracts, and does so on the daily.
Oy wow, that's bad.

I've poked around in the Tesla API and it's much better, based on OAUTH and an account registered to the specific owner.
I built a smart mirror for only $79
I would say the problem with the psych, in the article at least, is not so much they don't deal with precise language, but that they deal with precise, and rigid, protocols. The psych didn't take the time to clarify because the protocol (probably) was, if a patient shows any risk (no matter how small, apparently) to self-harm, put them in the hospital.

Instead of being pedantic about language, the psych is being pedantic about protocol.
I'm in Colorado and it costs only $50 to file for an LLC online. Where is it costing you $250?
Any cc processor has to worry about age restricted products or services using "Enter your credit card details here" to do their ID checks, especially since that is often combined with dark patterns that downplay the fact there's a charge associated with that.
And age-restricted products tend to come with a whole host of other liability issues which they probably don't want connected to Stripe-registered US shell companies.
A normal programmer will be billed out at £500-1000/day by a big consulting firm.

By the way you cost your employer a LOT more than your salary. There's taxes, rent on the building, utilities, equipment and supplies, support staff, overhead staff, yadda yadda.
I do not know how the funding was split but NHS England was the primary however I would assume all NHS bodies put something into the pot for funding?
McClellands 3 needs theory [pdf]
Google Seeks to Pacify Consumers with Faster Mobile Pages
The keyboard comes with free 3G? I'd love to see if someone could pull that out and do something cool with it.
Yes, every Leaf has a built-in 2G modem that connects to AT&T to facilitate this service, and they don't charge for it.

It's only active in the car if you've signed up for a CarWings/NissanConnectEV account on the Nissan Owners portal (which requires verifying ownership of the car with Nissan) and valid login credentials have been entered through the car's touchscreen infotainment system. That's why the article says people who haven't signed up, or who disable their account, aren't at risk.
When writing crappy code you are either not thinking long term at all, or you are just "kicking the can down the road", in that you'll pay for it later when there isn't a time crunch.

Not that I've ever done something like that...
>Most things worked far, far better 10 years ago than today. Apparently this is progress.

Not everything; cars today are a big improvement over cars 10 years ago, and especially cars 20 years ago. Just in the last 10 years, cars have made huge improvements in fuel economy alone. Cars have gotten really good for the most part. Some article I recently read on an auto blog, about the "10 worst" cars, even complained that modern cars are so great now that their picks were really just about which ones were the worst values relative to their competition, and that, unlike in past ages, they couldn't point to any true stinkers.

Also, I think mobile phone software is generally better now than 10 years ago. 10 years ago the iPhone was brand new, and most people still used crappy feature phones running things like BREW. They just didn't give you the capabilities that modern phones do. Some people complain that newer phones have poorer call quality than old flip-phones, but personally talking on the phone is one of the least-used features. I spend a lot more time using it for texting, photos, voice mail, and various apps (taking notes, calculator, playing games, Tinder, etc.).

However, in the software world, I will readily agree that most PC-based software was far, far better 10 years ago than today. PC-based software in the last 5 years has really, really gone down the toilet. Windows 8/10 are a prime example here, but even Linux distros really aren't doing that great either. The web is a horror show, with every site full of dozens of JavaScript scripts running, mainly for spying/tracking purposes. I don't even agree that the web is prettier; too many sites are mobile-centric, and look stupid on a regular PC screen.
Here's one that might interest you.

Generating Good Syntax Errors http://research.swtch.com/yyerror
>One of the biggest arguments for the UK leaving the EU is that the EU has become a vast bureaucracy that is remote, bloated, undemocratic, disconnected from the people etc.

Except the EU isn't that big, about 33,000 staff [1]. I also seem to remember voting in EU elections so it's hard to call it undemocratic.

[1] http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/hr_key_figures_2016.p...
Those were just the studies I could find offhand of monogamous species with no EPCs. If you include EPCs, about 90% of birds are socially monogamous[1]. According to [2] ~25% of those species are genetically monogamous (i.e. no EPCs). Though I should mention that genetic monogamy is a pretty high bar, which humans do not pass by a long shot. Is this sufficient evidence for you?

[1]Lack, D. 1968. Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds. Methuen and Company, London.

[2]Griffith, S. C. , I. P F. Owens , and K. A. Thuman . 2002. Extra-pair paternity in birds: A review of interspecific variation and adaptive function. Molecular Ecology 11:2195–2212.
>> First, we seem to call different things an experiment. The guy didn't made any experiment, he just charted some data. He didn't change CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, keeping everything else equal, to check if it would affect the resulting temperature.

> Right, and the LIGO didn't create two colliding black holes to measure gravity waves, but measure gravity waves it did.

You think that some guy that merely charted some data is equivalent to some
guy that developed a model, predicted what should be seen when some event
Q happens, patiently waited for Q to happen, and then observed if his
predictions matched what was measured while Q was happening?

> So your disagreement is based on superstitious beliefs, not the scientific method. Exactly as predicted in my previous post.

No, it's not based on superstitions. It's based on climatology's inability to
deliver any explaination that actually make sense when one starts estimating
how big values are in play (those that don't make sense ignore one of the
basic principles, like only accounting the signal that exceeds measurement
errors, or laws of thermodynamics).
The Greek debacle was created by the Euro, establishing a common monetary area without a corresponding common fiscal area to rebalance it (not that a common fiscal area would have been feasible: the EU is really not ready to file federal EU tax returns).
yep.. was my way of getting on facebook while traveling in china.
My first thought is to contrast this with Bitcoin which really is Internet money. It's delocalized by default.
I've been wondering this too. Tesla does it as well. It makes me feel "bad" on the inside from a security perspective.

Can I turn this feature off? How does it communicate?
It looks great.Simple and to the point.

Feature suggestion (or feature creep):
I think as one other poster mentioned, for people that are in a suburban setting, it might be a neat idea to concatenate search locations: my university, my local city, a local town that i am willing to drive to, and my current position could all be contributors to one "list of interest".
These three issues are kind of connected. They're requesting you your Google account email so they can associate your account with their private beta (available in the Chrome store) and let you install it from the Chrome's webstore.

You can go the other way around and "build" it. Just clone their repo and point Chrome to the cloned directory so that it knows that there's an unsigned extension there. Done.
I'm a terrible driver, it's just hard to drive when I'm on ADD 100% of the time, and it means that I must live in the city. I look forward very much to self-driving cars.
Well if someone from the perceived establishment presents an analysis saying the establishment's thinking is flawed, wouldn't their own analysis be questionable, given they are a part of the group they are claiming has flawed thinking?
Thanks! Great feedback! We plan to add native integration (for iOS) and localization, soon.

The "slices" feature sounds interesting, we'll investigate. For now we want to keep it as simple as possible. Thanks! (I'm an engineer on SlimFAQ)