skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While it does sound silly for a grocery store to have a facebook page, several stores make good use of facebook/twitter/etc to offer coupons and encourage people to go to their store. My mom and sister are the primary shoppers in their families and they are heavily influenced by which stores are offering deals. So it's not really about getting likes and "engaging" with customers, it's more of a delivery vehicle that allows you to have a targeted audience-- nobody is going to the Kroeger grocery store facebook page because they like them, they are specifically going for coupons and that audience becomes a known quantity.
A cheaper way of solving this problem would to be to make the cars less complicated. Just offer colour variants and give every option included in the base model. Economies of scale will create your profits.
Those commentaries are indeed excellent! His voice makes me think to HAL 9000 every time it starts which makes for a very singular journey!
Regarding BM mainframes don't have a dedicated stack pointer; the stack is a software construct., Gene Ahmdahl, when asked why the 360 architecture didn't have a stack, he said "Too expensive". One might suspect that wasn't the whole story, as the 8085 (back when $5 retail quantity one) did have a stack.

The Burroughs 5000 and the rest of their line was quite interesting architecture. Arthur Sale once told me that he would use the B6700 architecture as a "universal counterexample" when talking about language conventions, such as C using zero as NULL.
You were still using them that recently? Must be fifteen since I used a cheque here in Norway. My sister still uses them in the UK though, you even see people writing them at supermarket checkouts (but not often).
check out http://www.glif-it.com This sounds similair to what you described, in beta stage now.
Common sense. What else could cause this large spike?

If I were a US citizen I'd be concerned as well.
> python is an interpreted language, and AFAIK it has no concept of a stack,

Here, I could say, "I find it pretty amazing that old-timey[1] 'programmers' fail to understand modern VM architecture". In fact, Python's interpreter (cpython) is partly based on the concept of a stack.

But instead, I'll just explain that most modern VM's are either stack-based or register-based. Stack-based VM's, like Python's, are (not surprisingly) based on a virtual machine that uses a stack as it interprets Python's bytecode. Yes, not the same level of abstraction as the call stack, but it's still a stack.

So instead of expressing dismay at how little modern programmers know about your little corner of the programming world (low-level systems programming), why not spend some time pondering about how so much programming has moved up the stack, and how abstractions have grown multifold.

In the 1970s and 1980s, it used to be that the typical self-taught programmer had to know all the details low-level C and assembly, because that was almost all there was to know, unless you were a high-level Lisp hacker.

I mean, I'm a little surprised at how little some C kernel hackers know about how the modern Web works (particularly regarding async programming patterns; eg, been asked by one why I didn't just use a mutex somewhere in JS program, wasn't trolling.). But then I realize that there's just too much for any but the most exceptional programmers to truly understand the full modern stack, from system architecture, to GPU, to networking, to Web, on so on.

Why not instead welcome how this particular web-focused programmer is interested in these low-level concepts? Is it that it wouldn't give you as much of a chance to show off your knowledge?

1. Said by another old-timey programmer.
theres also the issue that committing to too low level an IR really makes it hard to do nice optimizations in a portable way! :'(
Because there are individuals and companies that simply do not benefit from "social media". They do however benefit from being in Google's search index.
This is cool.

TIL paragonie/awesome-appsec is in the top 10,000, but other projects like paragonie/random_compat aren't :(
We're veering into the we worn paths of rights theory. But I'll point out that theft of precious matter is universally condemned in modern societies. And telling someone else's jokes is rarely criminal.

I believe there is a natural distinction between matter and information. It's obvious in physics and I'm not sure why we feel the need to muddy the water with our legal code.
> I find it pretty amazing how modern "programmers" are lacking in knowledge of basic computer science concepts.

IMO this is the natural evolution of programming. It has gotten remarkably easier to write complex programs that deliver real value to society. How fantastic is it that modern programmers don't need to understand the science of computers in order to be productive?

Yes, we will always need science and engineering and folks who understand the underlying technology. But the field is broadening into new places. Like it or not, when uncle Fred writes an excel macro, he's programming. And good for him!
zBrush would be great. It makes a lot of sense to build 3D stuff in 3D rather than 2d.
That's pretty sweet, especially the tracking. Building blocks might be slower but the results look much better and friendlier haha. Kinda like Minecraft for the real world :).
Malice or Stupidity or Inattention? Using Code Reviews to Find Backdoors
I don't think the two compare that closely.

Generally, if you get robbed (in the UK at least) then people are looking for high-value, easily-fenced items that they can sell off, and that's it. I live in a borderline rough area of a decent town, and have been burgled - my neighbours more than once, so alas speak from experience and from what the Police have told me. They don't tend to go upstairs and nick your diary or your list of passwords, etc.

Being robbed in the virtual world can be much worse - while there may be no physical loss in many cases, having your identity truly stolen and the losses you get from it can devastate your life for years to come - spending a lot of time dealing with issues which the robbers created, such as poor credit, etc. And these attacks can come from anywhere in the world. You need to be physically present to be a burglar. To ream someone via an IoT security flaw, you can be anywhere. And given some of the "how did they miss that" security flaws in many such devices, it's leaving people wide open to all sorts of new attacks.

Plus there's also the parallel of people defecating in the houses they've robbed - it's a piece of cake to delete someone's photos, videos and backups, leaving them completely bereft of something that has no monetary value, but which has an immense sentimental one.
Sci-fi story plot twist: it's possible, but your personality completely changes and you lose your earlier memories. You don't get actually any smarter, but you have a brief period in your life where you learn super fast.
I live in Minnesota. We had a warm (7 deg C) day a couple of weeks ago after months of sub-freezing temps, and I was reminded of how good it feels to be outside and not miserable. I actually got to the office, made a cup of coffee, then left the office again just to walk around outside and enjoy the outdoors.

Probably sounds crazy to people with shorter winters, but you really don't know what you have until you don't have it.
... so you are proposing a bad idea that seems pretty wrong from multiple aspects. generally hydroponics is a sht cheap substitute for real growing for those who cannot afford quality vegetables (sadly, I sometimes fall down that hole too and then regret this decision while eating this tasteless cr*p full of unhealthy chemistry).

no, thank you for many reasons
Alexa on Two New Devices – Echo Dot and Amazon Tap
"You're gonna go far, kid"
The other big advantage is that you don't need a tall hill to put a reservoir on top of.

Sadly it seems the project has been at the "plan to get funding for a pilot" stage for at least 5 years now, and I still don't see how it'd seal.
“the case for substantial genetic influence on g is stronger than for any other human characteristic.”

How does that fit with the popular notion that intelligence is independent of race? Isn't the definition of race essentially just different genetic background?
I wouldn't take it too literally since as I mentioned in another comment, the higher-order clustering I'm doing is fairly simplistic. But interestingly enough, the initial reason I started working on this was to try and figure out what other ecosystems on GitHub had as active a community as React.
Amazon Echo Dot
I use it every day without trouble
Apple starts providing customer service on Twitter
It might be international but people still prefer to read on their own native tongue. It almost doesn't matter what your product or site is, you can always benefit by building at least one more site in a different language.
since the new labels came out, I like the punk and especially the 5am less. I still like the libertine. I was wondering if they were being prepared differently or in a new brewery or something that coincided with the new labels. I'm drinking them far away from the UK, so not sure if there are other issues at work. Cool brewery though. I've loved a couple of their collaborations.
#TechRunsBoston: Q&A with Ethan Bernstein, Founder and CEO of Freebird
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this is not a story about ning going down, this is a live example on how to kill your own business by wired. another few minutes of my life not wasted, thanks abp and an ambush popup!
Interesting how it's in 3D, and pretty interesting considering how early it was done. (back before all the Oculus hype) Oh and sorry what I meant by stickers were colorful cartoon drawings popular in Facebook and LINE. Although what you're saying does make sense in regards to manipulating surfaces.
That's right... but it's my first hackernews submission so be gentle. the article itself is written better I promise.
Rather hand-wavy, don't you think?
Was a great independent brewery now a SABMiller profit center.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32747973
This is OK as a book, I read much of it many years ago:

The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals (McGraw-Hill Library of Investment & Finance) Hardcover – 1 Dec 2006
by Alex Kuznetsov

A book on trading is prob more useful. There are many public specs of exchanges. For example:

http://www.cmegroup.com/confluence/display/EPICSANDBOX/MDP+3...

The main thing to learn is orderbook building mechanics
What's the worst package you've ever worked with?
wellll if you are going to nitpick you ought do it a little more cleanly: you are confusing machine language with assembly for starters, and even at the level of machine code, processors such as the x86 family were designed keeping support for higher level language conventions in mind, so it's difficult to pretend that there is no commonality of stack conventions baked into the microcoded x86 virtual machine.

Concepts you refer to such as "assembly language" exist a level up from bare metal, and at the same level as object libraries, linkers, and loaders and that implies full cooperation WRT calling conventions.
Actually, the US wanted Saddam away just the same like they wanted Assad away. There was nothing Saddam could do except for allowing the US to take over the whole country and prosecute (and kill) him.

That's why the info about WMD was faked, both by the US and the UK. The UK was extreme, doing copy paste of the works of students from the internet. It's an interesting read.

The UK articles from 2003(!):

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jun/08/media.openup

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-159314/No-10-admits-...

"The Government was accused of attempting to mislead Parliament and the general public after it emerged a dossier of evidence against Saddam Hussein was largely lifted from a Californian postgraduate student's outdated thesis."
Thanks!

Right now I have just about as close to an "extreme type C" engine as possible. There is a neural network that maps from a board position directly to a ranked list of moves it wants to make., and a little bit of logic on top of that to reject illegal moves.

The recognition of wins/draws/losses is actually done in a layer around the engine, which doesn't understand these things yet. One of "tricks" it is vulnerable to right now is being forced into a draw by repetition, because doesn't know that is a thing to avoid.

Adding a more traditional search (augmented by the network, of course) is on my todo list, and I think it will improve the playing strength a lot. I am pleasantly surprised though, at how well it plays without any of that.
The article mentions that the robocar can theoretically see other drivers intent:
<i>It’s worth noting that sometimes humans solve this problem by making eye contact, to know if the other car has seen you. Turns out that robots can do that as well, because the human eye flashes brightly in the red and infrared when looking directly at you — the “red eye” effect of small flash cameras.</i>
But what about the other way? Perhaps the bus driver couldn't see Goog's flashing eyes, and assumed therefore it wouldn't attempt to merge back in.
I like it, but even with the screencast I don't understand how this works.
How Paying Off All My Debt Changed My Life
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That'd be cool, I wonder how it'd handle multiple oscillators though. Also given how huge raw audio files are, wouldn't a totally web-based DAW be seriously bottle-necked by connection speed?
The estimated cost of finishing the second dam is much bigger than the "aid" from the link (the aid was meager $27m, split to 21 contractor), but still orders of magnitude lower that the money spent by the US only on the military in Iraq.

Therefore not surprising, from the 2007 article behind your link:

"In a report published on Tuesday, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) said US-funded "short-term solutions" had yet to significantly solve the dam's problems."

To compare:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-war-anniversary-idUSB...

"Iraq war costs U.S. more than $2 trillion"

If I calculate correctly, enough for 74,000 such "aid" fixes.
The article starts off by saying that having too many choices can paralyze us, increasing the fear that we will choose wrong.

I completely understand this from my own life, and I've found that good categorization, rather than fewer choices, is the key to stopping the paralysis.

Good categories, preferably on some sort of spectrum (from cheap to expensive, from funny to tragic, from mild to spicy) allow me to do the equivalent of a quick binary search in my head. I like my buffalo wings hot, so I'll immediately gravitate to two or three choices on that end of the spectrum. Grocery stores and restaurants should setup their shelving and menus, respectively, to accomodate their customers in this.
How to Build the Best Microservices Pipeline in the History of the World
For initial setup, there's tons of different methods, though I don't know about light bulbs specifically, but the different IoT devices I've set up have included:

* WiFi direct

* Setup over Bluetooth

* Device broadcasts for autoconfig, get settings from a gateway or local master node.

* Static configuration entered in the IoT gateway based on
the physical port the device is plugged into.

* Dip switches

* Initial configuration needs to plug into a PC via USB or serial port and a custom windows program.

* Cryptic sequence entered via IRDA remote control.
Yes, I agree it wasn't ad hominem, but you should really back up your insults. You just threw that out of left field, and provided no evidence that I lacked 'abstract thinking skills' or how they related to the rest of your comment at all. If the 'abstract thinking skills' was about inferring the context of your previous comment, I really hope you never accidentally miss some context in your life.

You can prove your point without being a dick, especially when being a dick does nothing to help prove your point. A little politeness goes a long way.
I think this also illustrates why Trader Joe's doesn't need to – most grocery store chains are pure commodity businesses, where the average shopper could do most of their shopping at any of the stores and will pick the store either because it's the closest or due to a coupon.

Trader Joe's doesn't isn't as sensitive to that because they sell a bunch of products which are their own brands or not commonly carried by traditional supermarkets. Coupons and sales are still useful but far less critical because odds are you'll be stopping by anyway.
something tells me sales would plummet?

one example out of many - what about various gearboxes? some people swear by automats, I would not want such a car for free. leather/fabric interior, various suspension setups (hard & more enjoyable vs comfy & puddy). various light options (each has pros and cons). tyres size, rims design. etc etc etc.

I am pretty damn sure I want a different car than you, ignoring color.
I like how it takes the idea even further into a sort of social bulletin board. (also like snapchat for the real world) Making it text-only is also an interesting choice which makes it seem aimed towards notes.
You don't have to necessarily explode it, just de-orbit it. If you're going to hit it ballistically, then you've already got the capability to de-orbit without risk of cascade.
Those low rates have probably also propped up the the value of your house. Look at the ratio of the median house price to income over time, and you will be less convinced that low interest rates have been helpful.
I don't see this working well with kids. I'm a course assistant for an introductory Python course at a {top 5} CS school. It's shocking to see the sheer lack of intuition and inability to think about loops some beginners have.

Although now that I think about it, I think I'd trust a 13-year-old with a fresh mind more than most of the college students I work with.
Funny, it picked up my location perfectly, but the time is off by one hour.
Yes, when you put all the scala/akka/play/spray/netty/typesafe/typelevel/gloovy/gradle/etc project inside the React cluster - I don't see the connection.
I have a distinct impression that half the modern architects are in on the conspiracy to demean and hinder the people who use their creation. Looking at most modern buildings they are either imposing or convoluted.
I'm not sure you can do without images
"I'm young and have a mortgage and car payment."

Your mortgage costs more because interest rates are low, making lending easy, making it easy to take out loans, meaning all the buyers can get bigger loans, meaning you have to bid more to win.

Second order effects. Interests rates are not low in a vacuum.

It is likely that because there's nowhere else to make good returns, there's a lot of money sloshing into stupid non-value-focused dotcoms that will dry up when interest rates go back up, creating competition for those dollars. Again, second order effects. You're not thinking economically if you're not thinking about those.
Did I just read an ad for TJs?
I've gone to one of my local breweries (in the US) for help with getting their recipe right. I messed something up along the way and brought a sample to the brewmaster, who pinpointed exactly what went wrong. The next batch was dead on.
And on the author's taste in weather.
BMW Australia Refusing to Comply with Terms of GNU Public License
Has google made the source available for this? Would be a cool contribution to the VR scene.
> 911 what's your emergency?

There are some visitors from space in my back yard.
Ultimately there's nothing magical about brewing, if you hit the same temperatures, use water with a similar chemical composition and use the same ingredients and yeast you're going to get the same result. Hard to do as a homebrewer, for sure, but not so hard for a professional brewer with a good installation.

Also note that they're open-sourcing the recipes, they're not allowing anyone to reuse the names of their beers.
Uber Spends Big on International Expansion
8 years ago he was very much anti-establishment in message. "Change", "Hope" and "yes we can" were very much anti-establishment slogans in nature. The message changed post-primary, when he cut deals and adopted much of Hillary's platform and personnel, but he certainly defeated Clinton thanks to the combination of his outsider/anti-establishment credentials and his minority status (coupled with powerful oratory skills which are still on a different level). Whether part of the Dem establishment rode on his coat-tails, that's another story - what mattered was the perception of him being the anti-establishment underdog to the veteran Clinton (who, by then, had been extremely visible on the political scene for more than 15 years).
Curing a legacy header-ache
Very nice! The only thing missing is a Back button to allow me to back out of mistakes. :-)

I believe that chess follows the state of the art in AI. The first wave of success was based on brute force of computing better than people. Now it's harnessing insight. Keep up the interesting work!
CoreOS's Rocket is built around systemd?

That alone disqualifies it for me right there.
Thanks for mentioning it! :)
One of the authors here, happy to answer any questions.
I do not think that because he was a dictator he would not care at all.

Probably, he did not want to destroy Mosul and all its people. And even if this did not worry him, taking into account that he was doing this for publicity (either internal or international), he would not have wanted the dam to fail and kill thousands of people.
Apropos of nothing: I moved to the UK eight years ago, and damn, I still miss Trader Joe's. For the most part, I find mid-scale urban British grocery/retail to be much better than its American counterpart (where the industry is too focused on big-box suburban shopping, and to figure out how to do mid-scale/urban right) -- but damn, Trader Joe's is really is the best.

I emailed them a few years ago asking them to expand to the UK. No reply. Alas!
Sorry, I was referring to VBA macros.
Emergent Orange and Playboy Centerfolds
Yikes, hopefully it doesn't contain a chapter on building a training course, with something as sad as #trailhead where contestants, sorry certified solution experts, dress up in Halloween outfits and post selfies to twitter for extra badges...
Doesn't work in the latest Chrome Dev, the dev console says that you need to use HTTPS in order to call getCurrentPosition().
"To order your Echo Dot, use your Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV and just ask..." An Expensive marketing campaign to sell Echo and Fire TV?
Ask HN: Debt collection agency – is worth it for overseas clients?
In Europe, collection services tend to work.

Is it the same in the US, or are collection services somehow restricted and not as effective?

I'm trying to collect from a client in Portland, any good collection agencies someone can recommend?
Aldis does though, that's interesting.
This is explained in the article:

Aldi is happy to dole out recognition to individuals who want to engage with it, playing the attention game where consumer praise is awarded with publicity from the Aldi feed. The consumer endorses the brand, and in turn the brand validates the consumer. The opportunities for this quasi-reciprocal participation in brands is presumed to catalyze customer loyalty.

Some people like to share their appreciation through social media. It can also be nice to know that the company that you patronize has responsive staff monitoring public conversations to service your needs.

I think you can understand that, you just don't see the value in it, which is fair enough because I don't either. That's probably one of the (subconscious) reasons I shop at TJ's - decent food at a great price, and no marketing BS that detracts from my experience with the brand.