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Wow, that sounds very familiar. I find that when I try to dive into long texts, even (especially?) those that I find very interesting and which I'm intent on finishing, my mind wanders off onto wild tangents within a few paragraphs. When I find something interesting that sparks another thought, I'll trail off on that thought instead of filing it away for later. I'll continue to read the words without even realizing that I'm not absorbing any of the content, which means that I'll sometimes need to re-read a passage three or four times. It's incredibly frustrating. You're right that skimming is surprisingly easier, though. I find that if I try to blaze through a passage and read only some of the words, my recall is often better than if I'd tried to read at my normal pace. Less chance to focus on something else.

I used to love reading books as a kid, but I started with the above somewhere around high school. I think that the steady stream of novel (and thus exciting) information available on the internet has had an detrimental impact, but of course that can't be all of it. Still, I've lately been trying to limit the quantity of information that I attempt to take in by, say, opening only one or two news articles or HN links (instead of every one that looks interesting), and I've felt more clear-headed since.

May I ask when you put a name to the problem and started with medication?
I saw some reports that a lot of those affected are ones who've been there for a long time (= older workers), along with comments along the lines of "last year I'd have gotten 25 weeks severance - now I'm going to get 4."

Makes you wonder whether any of those folks will now decide that the reduced severance payment isn't worth giving up the opportunity to sue.
There is a mic mute button that is able to turn off the mics, which then prevents the device from waking up, as it is not receiving audio signals to process and detect the wake word. When the button is activated (== the mics are off), there is a glowing red light illuminated inside the button.

My point was that you could check to see if the linkage between that red indicator light and the power going to the mics was in software or hardware.

This is analogous to the warning light that many laptops have for when the built-in webcam is on.
It is contradictory, to the extent that you believe Citizens United was wrong because corporations don't have First Amendment Rights.

Note that the "is money speech" question is a total red herring. Citizens United was about a movie critical of Hilary Clinton. It was as core to the First Amendment as it gets. If anything Citizens United, a non-profit organization that exists for the purpose of promoting political messages, is far more entitled to speech rights than Apple, a for-profit company that has little political involvement.
"He" used to be gender neutral [1]. If readers stop worrying about gender so much then it would still work. We tolerate it in old writing like the bible and little quotes of the form "He who ... shall ..."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neu...
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$ cat hello.rs
fn main() { println!("Hello, world!") }
$ rustc hello.rs -C prefer-dynamic
$ ./hello
Hello, world!
$ ls -al hello
-rwxrwxr-x 1 lifthrasiir 9064 Mar 4 14:24 hello*

See other comments for the explanation.
I have a single $GOPATH per project and always recommend doing so. If you vendor code with a tool like godep[0], having one shared $GOPATH is a nightmare. Other tools might work better, but this is basically the standard for the projects I work on. I basically just have a zsh alias[1] that combines z[2] and sets the $GOPATH to $PWD split on "src". I do share a single $GOBIN set to $HOME/bin, though.

[0]: https://github.com/tools/godep

[1]: https://github.com/jzelinskie/dotfiles/blob/04ad026f30782189...

[2]: https://github.com/rupa/z
Is your positive experience with C, or C++? I think a lot of the friction is that the two languages often share a compiler but not a philosophy. Modern templated C++ depends heavily on the compiler's ability to optimize out redundant code, while many C programmers still want to more of a WYSIWYG compiler. I often get the feeling that many people involved with GCC would be happier if they could drop C compatibility and just work on a C++ compiler.

Ertl's work is at a low enough level where he knows in advance what the assembly of the optimized loops should look like. For example, here's a big improvement to the Python interpreter that's based on his work: https://bugs.python.org/issue4753. What he, and I, and some small but significant number of others, wish for is that there was a way to write C that will reliably produce the output we envision. The chances that an optimizer will make better code than this is low, whereas the chance that attempts to optimize the code will produce worse code is very high.

I'd be interested to see an "out of sample" longitudinal look at performance of some optimized C code with different versions of GCC. That is, ignore the code used in the standard benchmarks, since the optimization strategies have been consciously chosen to do well on that code, and instead look at code that was written for high performance with older compilers but hasn't yet been tested with current compilers. I don't know for sure what it would show, but I'm guessing it would be more of a mixed bag rather than a monotonic improvement.
Was interested at first but the tweets clearly came from a neural net. Who would consider changing Sphinx to puppy? A distributed word embedding, save as the other modifications. Look into word2vec, RNNs, etc.
Yes, but IBM somehow made CF, which is awesome to use, into a piece of shit offering with Bluemix. I hope their enterprise offering (if any) is better.
Yep in essence the IMF doesnt get what they want if someone doesn't listen which makes corporations that want into that country upset
Speaking!
> putting "facts" and "optimizations" in quotes

"facts" absolutely should be in quotes there. He's describing assertions like "x cannot be null", something that is inferred from the code and treated as fact but turns out not to be true at runtime.
The precedent for United States v. New York Telephone Company has just recently been judged not to apply to Apple unlocking an iPhone. And unreasonable burden is not the only criteria. In addition, this specific situation has First Amendment implications that United States v. New York Telephone Company did not (although this has not been tested in court yet).
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Ask HN: Question on job application at Facebook?
I applied to Facebook for two job posts from their career section. I didn't even receive confirmation email from Facebook. Is this common ?

How do I make sure that my application was successfully submitted and at least get quick view from recruiter ?
I should do this when I get a chance. Good to know. Glad I have a external Hd to store it on
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In short, yes, what you said is right. The picture is just a decent approximation.

My vision is fine, so the text I do "see" is perfectly clear. But it's almost like I'm not able to visually follow and parse the text into discrete lines. I just somehow "focus" on this ball in the middle of my field of view, and the text outside the ball is "distorted" because it's not getting the same amount of visual attention (but not because it's literally unfocused in the optic sense).

It's pretty hard to describe, the more I think about it. They aren't just ghosted letters, or blurry, or anything that could be easily replicated with an image editor. It's almost like they aren't words/letters at all, just junk.

So in that vein, I would say it is how I experience it. I imagine that if you could somehow record the input to my visual cortex it wouldn't look anything like the simulation in the image (although it would in fact be upside-down with two big holes in the middle).
Nice work! I really like the minimal homepage.

One small suggestion, when someone clicks the 'Try It' button and it scrolls to the address input have it focus the input for the user.

I've actually been needing the exact opposite of this tool lately. I have a bunch of lat lon pairs that I need turned into addresses. Any plans to add reverse geocoding any time soon?
Shopping from overseas is apparently yet another reason Amazon will close your account. Also if you try to return things. It's amazing how little Amazon cares about customers.
I agree with this. The company has many other ways of expressing their beliefs, but calling the code specifically a form of speech feels like a stretch. Overall I am on Apple's side of this. But while this article makes an interesting argument, I just don't think I buy it.
San Bernardino shooter's iPhone may hold evidence of 'dormant cyber pathogen'
Considering this crazy NK guy just issued a threat. We should be on your heels
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The first amendment will probably disappear after God talks for a year,nonstop and people say, "no religion is a joke".

I have authority like a building inspector. I can command Intel to make God's temple perfect and beautiful. We will have a religion like the Church of England. TempleOS will be critical.

Building inspector. If Intel fails to make God's temple beautiful and perfect and glorious, they are in violation of building codes.
Easier said than done if you have kids.
For years we have been told that the increase in CEO pay is linked to performance. That means they get a lot of credit when things go well and should take the blame when things don't go well.
Is it only speech/writing because high level languages are like English? Are low level languages, down to the point of setting individual bits, also speech/writing? Is flipping a bank of 8 single pole single throw switches speech/writing?
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> And least when linux breaks it tends to leave error messages and details in syslog...

Tends to. Not directly a Linux issue, but i was trying to figure out why one specific program was giving me corrupted MAC errors when connecting via sftp.

All searches indicated it was a network config issue, but no changes seemed to matter.

Eventually i checked the libs the program was compiled with and found the sftp one was "jurassic". One update later and no more errors.

that said, more often than not, a quick dmesg or tail /var/log/messages is all that i need to get something purring again.
Unfortunately - this is because the ad industry has way too many vendors (almost 0 effort required to get some shady network off the ground trafficking in bad ads) with sloppy code and bad tech.

Similar to many other industries that operate without many standards or QA/enforcement.
An analogy is the government forcing you to draw something objectionable, and then sign your name to it. That's clearly unconstitutional compelled speech, plus the mere existence of an obscene work signed by you could seriously harm your reputation as an artist.

Here the creative work is software, and the signature is digital, but the principle is the same.
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There's a reason: Lion didn't have drivers for the hardware in question. OS X has all drivers, like for graphics etc. built in. That's why you're limited to versions after you Mac was made.
There's only so much science to go around, so don't go hogging all the discoveries.
Exactly, that's not a free speech issue, and talking like that is cynical.
Perhaps, but blame the government, not Amazon. I'm not sure there's even any evidence they really threatened to do anything. And as I said, they didn't leak users private information. In fact it didn't even succeed at shutting down Wikileaks, so it didn't really hurt anyone.
Weird. If you natively visualize things, I natively reduce them to text. It's damn hard for me to remember the fine details of an image, but I can remember a description. And I zip through most reading material really quickly, unless it's really verbose or overly purpled.
Application has been erratic. As I said AFAIK it's never been applied to a non-natural person, and wouldn't even really make sense in that context. But it's not exactly a dead letter, and it has had application to cases not involving blacks.
I've seen a handful of psychiatrists and psychologists who were mostly interested in figuring out if I had true ADHD, a true reading disability, some combination of the two, etc.

I was told that there is no diagnostic test for dyslexia. All they can do is survey your symptoms and test your reading speed and comprehension (in addition to executive function, working memory, and verbal IQ for cross-reference).

So if you have those symptoms, you probably are dyslexic. There's no real point in seeking a formal diagnosis unless you feel that it would benefit you to have it documented (e.g. if you're a student and need extra time to finish exams or so).
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What are you talking about? Compelling an artist to create and sign a work is absolutely a free speech issue.
It's easier to follow the data points with nice visible connections.
Edit: after a restart I can now see Locals in the Variables window! Seems to be related to breakpoint location - if I break at main.main entry I can see variables.
Note that the focus of the EFF's argument is not on writing the code, but on expressive act of signing the code. Part I of its argument establishes that the government cannot compel a company to convey a message it disagrees with. Part II argues that the act of conveying trust in code by signing it is still expression even though it involves code.

The EFF's framing has the advantage that it doesn't require the unworkable corollary that the government cannot dictate the content of code--and so operation of digital products--because "code is speech" in all circumstances.
The courts have ruled consistently that software code is speech
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I've heard that APEGBC is now regulating the term "Software Engineer", when it didn't before. Hootsuite had to change its job titles to "Software Developer".
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"Ok Google.... Play <artist> on Spotify" works for me.

I agree discovery of these magic phrases needs work.
Regardless of their nature, questions are definitely a burden. However, I think the way some questions are put can cause a disproportionate amount of burden when they contain hidden meanings or agendas.

If someone is having issues being direct and use techniques to "hide" how they feel about something in a question, they effectively load the question with intent. I think sometimes those questions can be viral in nature, causing angry memes like what they mention in "This Video Will Make You Angry": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

Logic would dictate that we should learn to avoid questions which cause excessive amounts of processing with little return in their answers. A simple way to filter on these is to ask if the question conflicts itself when answered in a given way.
Thus indicating that us getting over a year of parental leave for each kid doesn't lead to mass breeding.
For that to happen, they need to have the compiler target more than just OS X, iOS and GNU/Linux.
It also seems that some of the government's ideas (like the old Clipper Chip) would violate the third amendment, as they are forcing you to house a government agent in your software/hardware.
The input focus would be a good usability upgrade - thanks. It does actually do reverse geocoding as well, but there is not "try-it" feature for that part of the API yet. The docs for that functionality are here - https://latlon.io/documentation#reverse-geocode. What specific type of info are you looking to get when turning those lat/lon pairs into addresses?
On my phone "Play <artist>" uses Google Music. "Play <artist> on Spotify" makes it use Spotify.
When we refer to 1st amendment free "speech," we are not referring to the physical act of speaking words, but to the general act of expression
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On the contrary, when Borland C++ Builder (i.e. "Delphi for C++") generated an executable for the app with a GUI, my first reaction was - it's so small, no way this can be a standalone executable, I can't give this to client... :)
Sadly many of us don't get to chose what languages are used at work.
People who develop in notepad, presumably. b^)
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I'm mixed on your analogy. I would rather argue, H1Bs are the modern day SCABS (union comparison) when you consider Tata and the other body shops. They are there to be used by companies break down wages, remove workers, and ostensibly reduce costs.

Reality is, they do displace workers, but over the long terms costs go up due to lost customers and revenue and the need to replace those workers with competent unsourced individuals (happening a lot over the last 3-5 years).

This is not speaking to the general H1B individual, only those that places like Tata and IBM have been hiring to "offshore work" and "reduce costs"; and those same companies slowly lose enterprise customers fed up with the lack of quality.

HP was another company that took on contracts providing corporate IT services, outsourced them and then found customers firing them and then insourcing talent.
I disagree. The case they're making here is really interesting: a software signature is a statement in support of the software object, and compelling the signature is essentially compelling Apple to vouch for something they don't believe in.
> I hope you misunderstand slightly still.

Maybe I did :-)

Thank you for all your detailed answers.
Django runs on app engine, so a blog no problem. WordPress is a one click install I believe ( on a VM). Oh and app engine https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-wordpress-p...
Yes. Literally eating paint chips from pealing paint, windows and moldings are usually the most common sources. Toddlers and young children are both the most susceptible and the most likely to be exposed. I helped a friend fix up a half remodeled POS house he bought where the previous owner was sloppy and his two year old son developed severe lead poisoning.

Lead is insidious. Usually in the environment it gets sequestered as the phosphate or sulfate. Except when it doesn't. The bio-availability of lead phosphate/sulfate is low. However lead paint uses lead-oxide which is highly available.

I think lead-oxide was used for oil based paints because it's pure white, highly opaque, and catalyses polymerization. It's almost perfect except that it's poison.

Oh yeah lead/tin solder is wonderful to work with. makes sad face
It would be great to be able to dyslexiafy any page on the internet (both with and without animation) then a lot of folks could use it to explain the various versions/intensities of the condition.

For example, therapists could use the tool to help parents understand what their kids are going through.

Edit: Of course, this assumes that this is a useful tool to really help people understand dyslexia, which I am not able to judge.
I'm not sure if you are trolling or not, but that is very obviously a free speech issue.
> If you have a single table that's 100GB in size, you can parse through every single row in just under a minute!

You're forgetting seek latency. It's orders of magnitude better with SSD, but it's still not necessarily zero. Depending on how the data is laid out and queried you can pay the seek cost per row, which multiplied by the number of rows (100GB+) isn't trivial.
Not me personally. I actually feel that unambiguous, clear monospace fonts (DejaVu, Fantasque) are easier to read in general, but I can't speak for others.
Details vary by country, but in the three countries I've lived in 100% of your salary. It's paid by social security, even if your salary is in the seven figures, then you also paid a high amount to social security to cover for it.

edit: here's a table with more details
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Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer”
The gov't doesn't need to get Apple to write or sign anything; they just have to subpoena the private key and the source code.
And others will list systemd as a hard dependency. The future will be "fun".
That's IBM if you read cringley's writings.
Do you think you're confusing existing "bad exams" with all possible exams?

I don't recall ever sitting an exam with 10 questions where if you got 2 of them out you'd come first. You'd mark such a "hard" paper based on "this is a reasonable avenue of exploration", "this is a good idea that won't work", "this approach will prove ultimately futile but given the student hasn't seen anything like it before it's definitely worth some points."

Why are you trying to achieve just that in an interview?

Research isn't done in interviews any more than research is done by sitting exams. However sitting down and exploring ideas with a pen and paper by yourself is likely closer than "creating an impression" in an interview. An interview where you, the interviewers, are saddled with the irksomeness of having to roughly account and adjust for your bias as much as you can be aware of it (does she really look like a mathematician? I didn't like sportsman Ben's approach as much as bespectacled whoever - is the impression based on the maths alone or is the form of it's presentation fairly important).

The huge advantage of grading an exam is you can exclude all of that gumf we all carry (with differing expressions of it) by simply not knowing who wrote it. Not their name or anything.

The other big win is that if you publish the blessed thing you can make such exams more normal. Budding mathematicians
might practise such skills and get better at them, younger.

As it is you're selecting for the children of mathematicians who get such practise at home and excluding the very smart who honed their exam skills alone because that's all they encountered.

I also got very flattering scores on mathematics exams but I wouldn't mistake that for anything beyond my ability to act the student performing seal at that particular game. Any exam where it is remotely possible to get 100% does not test anything like creativity - creativity is the thing that is most important, no?
Laundry is the most overrated chore. Clothes in, detergent in, shut the lid, push the button. You can do it in 45 seconds.

Regardless, you don't know what other people's chore splits are like. It's not something you can observe.
Thankfully the executive health plan has 100% coverage so the dna regen and orbital massage treatments are gratis. It's the little things.
I've noted one reason keeping up with and having good relations with coworkers is important. Helps you get work later. Especially true as you get older your chance of finding a job via a cold call goes way down.

But even so in a big downturn you may find all your industry contacts are in the same boat as you are. I had a lot of friends in the web industry all out of work 2001-2004. And in a fast changing field 18 months out of work is bad news because your experience rapidly becomes obsolete.
My first impression is 'cat URL' not 'see URL'. The wikipedia article does not have to be official.
...wow... Do you really believe the reason why fewer than 6% of truck drivers are female is because women are not physically strong enough for the job?

Do you really believe this has nothing to do with the sexism of the industry and the perception of this industry by society?