skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What I like most about this technique as opposed to other "draw a font as curves in a shader" approaches is that it's actually very fillrate friendly. Instead of drawing a quad and calculating curves (or curve segments) over all of those pixels/fragments, you draw the font outline in polygons which restricts where pixel processing occurs. The whole thing actually reminds me of Carmack's Reverse stencil shadow technique (which grave nice crisp edged shadows but also stopped pixel processing for shadowed regions).

"The code is open source on GitHub in case it’s useful as a reference"

Thank you!

"it’s written in the Skew programming language"

:-(

Thankfully the shader code is in GLSL as you would expect/hope.
Since Lyft actually 'supports' the ability for riders to tip their driver, I would suspect the same person is always happier when their fair is using Lyft's app.
I like pull requests.
Who was this?
wrapping men!
haha right...and he stepped down...I wonder why?
I am going to respectfully highlight why I think this is a mistake.

The original communication does not actually communicate the underlying issue in this particular case. Its not a 'friendly' vs 'unfriendly' communication issue. Its an issue that the communication is NOT actually communicating what the intent of the message is.

The intent of the message is 'this is not your responsibility, although you intend to help you are actually making more work for others not less, do not do this or similar things again, without consulting the person who's responsibility it is beforehand' thats the message.

the way its phrased if the person is a senior he is going to understand what you are 'really' telling him in nice words. if the person is a junior he is going to think you are really entering a debate about how this should be approached, and that you need to reach consensus with him about the approach, and that although you didnt accept his contribution this time, next time or next situation this may be a reasonable way to contribute to the team.

you have communicated the wrong thing to your target audience. its bad communication. its not 'unfriendlier' to communicate directly what you actually mean and to provide clear guidance and correction to a junior.
Yep. Ever since the days of John Adams willing to defend the British soldiers, it's obvious those with mob mentality of those in power can roughshod over anyone they deem guilty.

A right to defend yourself against any charges is a critical right and I fear it's being eroded with all these "national security" excuses.
The one above it is also pretty dumb.
I've actually been looking for something that goes the other way. The main issue i've had with Tether and React is that Tether does too much. I don't want a lib that manipulates the DOM itself, I want a overlay positioning engine that I can use to position an element (much like Popper and Tether), but that leaves the positioning up to me (ie let React keep full control of the DOM). Obviously i'd need to subscribe to position updates too, for scroll and resize (and any other) events. I tried to do this using Tether as a starting point, but it was a painful experience trying to to untangle its code.

When I talk about engines, I mean things like Zynga's Scroller (https://github.com/zynga/scroller), essentially a purely logical set of functionality that doesn't assume a particular view-level implementation.
A little bit of coding could eliminate the need for the user altogether!
Oh good, now I can make sure I'm following proper Newspeak!
I made a reasonable whack at solving the Scunthorpe problem by building a whitelist of terms containing those 4 letters, and a similar list for the Hiroshita problem. Alas, now IBM owns all that code. As I build a search engine with autocomplete for the Wayback Machine, I'm really missing having it.
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That seems way more like a curse (re: taxes) than a reward.
It's great to see high-profile Amazonians practicing the Leadership Principles in their personal lives. Frugality, Highest Standards, and Learn & Be Curious all in one night of partying!
Not to be confused with the big list of naughty strings... https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings
I think the goal with this new mechanism is having the script "automatically" promote your Christmas-themed creatives in December, and go back to your normal creatives in January.

It seems like you could "bucket" results by week, to get some kind of date factor considered. Of course it's also possible your Christmas creatives are simply garbage and will never get promoted, even when they are in-season. ;)
For some uber riders it's standard operating procedure. Especially if you are with overly drunk people or asking something special (more people in one car than is reasonable, ferrying a dog etc)
That's right. Apple will make the first popular one and it'll cost $500 a pair, and require an upgrade each year.
This might be a trendy idea (and is not wrong, per se) but honestly the data simply does not back it up. The GAO estimates that waste, fraud and corruption amounted to approximately $126 billion in 2014.[1] Sure, that's a huge number, but realize that the entire government spend for 2014 was 3.77 trillion dollars.[2] This context is crucial - this "black hole" you are lending such argumentative weight to only amounts to a 3% loss. Even if we were to double the GAO's estimate to 6%, I'm not really convinced that really provides a rational basis for describing the output of tax systems as "so filled with waste, fraud and abuse".

No reasonable person objects to combating waste, fraud, and abuse. But it is certainly not as widespread as some people might believe.

[1] GAO-15-814, Federal Spending Accountability - http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/672473.pdf

[2] US Federal Budget 2014 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_federal_bud...

edit: a word, "it is not wrong, per se"
It's all about how you read your history. You could just as easily point to the amendments expanding voting rights to men without property, then freed slaves, then women, and so on, as an aberration of the founders' original design.

I prefer to look at it through the lens of propaganda because it marked the beginning of an era when big changes in culture and society can be reliably made through subtle manipulation instead of conquest or impassioned public debate.
I appreciate any perspective from people who are much older. I see having a family someday as one of the larger financial variables for me in the coming decades, so I try to prepare for that as best I can.

In defense of my age (and implied lack of life experience), I've unfortunately had significant medical issues in my twenties, which in turn led to some decent sized bills I've had to take care of, so I know a bit about troublesome times.
My assumption would be that he means this a bit less than literally. I'm 40 now, have always lived frugally, and could reasonably retire now. But when retirement starts to look like a real thing in front of you, all you can think about is the "what ifs". Medical bills, kids college tuition in 15 years, stock market crashes, living to 120. And looking back, if I had the opportunity to make 10x, that's such a huge difference not in the amount of "stuff" I'd buy, but the amount of security I'd feel making the jump to retirement.
I'm surprised by the negative response to this comment, I see some appeal in this notion. What if it was just for trying new apps that could be bought permanently as a separate transaction? Exploring business model variation within app development is the point of this whole dialogue.
Would it have safeguarded against Nixon, Reagan, Bush or McCarthy though?

(yes, I know, the latter was never president -- but still elected)
Not received my confirmation email yet, it has been > 10 minutes
Should add "in the English speaking world". Baidu, vkontakte, etc. have their own regional powers.
Where exactly do you suppose all of that water comes from? Independent New York City needs to invest in desalination or pay through the nose for water.
Well, I'm a bit confused as to how this is fill-rate friendlier than something like [1]: if you are drawing and checking the winding rule via the stencil buffer or color buffer, then you're going to overdraw a lot. A technique like [1], on the other hand, only paints each pixel once.

I would think that, compared to the LUT texture approach, this technique is lighter in FS load but more expensive in terms of fill rate/ROP.

[1]: http://wdobbie.com/post/gpu-text-rendering-with-vector-textu...
BUS (http://bus.se/en ). It's a copyright collecting society. That is, if you own the copyright in a visual work, you can assign it to BUS and they will sell the publication rights for you (and take a 20% commission). They also manage some compulsory copyright licence schemes. This is a standard way of managing royalty fees in Europe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_collective ).
Your comment appears to me to assume that if a jury knew someone was not guilt by law, that they would vote not guilt. My point is that a jury in the US can intentionally convict someone as guilty that they're aware is "legally" not guilty.
I often think about this Russelian argument about work, specifically via In Praise of Idleness.[1] Sometimes to me it feels dirty to contemplate doing nothing, being idle, without direction as a lifestyle choice.

To your point, what can be done? On one hand, some argue that we've come a long way from Russel's era, and that work and life is much better off and closer to his philosophical goal than we credit. On the other hand, this discussion clearly shows a desire to look for the essense of what make a job "good."

[1]http://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/?si...
>covered expatriates who spend at least 31 days in the United States in any year

Doesn't "covered" here mean people who had to pay expatriation tax? That seems to indicate it's an AND rather than an OR. Thanks for your input!
Nice, is it meant for permanent hosting or just for prototyping and how does it compare to Cloudnode (https://cloudno.de)
Rick Santorum IIRC
A ~3.5KB kickass library to manage your js poppers
Why flywheel or yotaxi? Is it because they can ride on the Market st?
RJMetrics has a similar product (ETL as a service) with 10x the number of rows for their free tier. https://rjmetrics.com/product/pipeline/
SimpleLegal (YC S13) Hiring a Python/Django Full Stack Engineer in Mountain View
sql's mysqldump CLI command locally or phpmyadmin > export produce a text based db backup in SQL and version that file in git.

If it is a huge site split the tables into separate files but 1 file is pretty good for most medium sized clients.

Git merging db's can be gnarly if changed significantly, (rollbacks are trivial).

This looks very useful and GPL just like Wordpress - excellent!
Environment Environment Environment.. restoring our only home to a sustainable place, like it was before few centuries back, before the industrial revolution and the population explosion.
I love that last paragraph, and the idea of management-as-a-hobby. That's a great way to think about it.

You can make plenty of money as a programmer. Plenty, as in, I have enough to enjoy my job and my family, be relatively independent, and succeed at life.
They can also include a Toki Pona translator.
(Rick) Santorum, as coined by Dan Savage, in recognition of his services to the cause of LGB bigotry.
Same here. There seem to be problems with the current spike.
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The three tier system requires that all wholesale alcohol in this country be ordered from a liquor distributor. These distributors are primarily sales and logistics agents and aren't technology driven.

We are looking to create enterprise software that allows liquor distributors to start accepting orders online via the web and mobile. This frees up sales reps to do high level sales activities and lets distributors save money by being able to service more accounts.

P.S. We are looking for a rails developer to hire if anyone is looking for some hourly work.
Yeah, the disturbing/relevant line is:

"During his initial appearance in a federal courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., the prosecutors indicated a willingness to reduce or drop the child pornography charges if he would tell them about the C-17, said Sara Naheedy, Gartenlaub’s attorney at the time."
Nothing here about privacy or visibility into where my data is going. ("Situational awareness" in security parlance.)
I wouldn't say well above, but probably 10k or a bit less.
Is this implemented in xaml? Oh how I wish more of Windows was free and open source.
Make sure you understand the agenda and priorities of your superiors. If you 'focus' your time and energy working on their priorities you'll be all set.

Incidentally, you can drive your own onboarding plan-- George Bradt is an excellent place to start > http://www.amazon.com/The-Leaders-100-Day-Action-Plan/dp/111...
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> Our focus is on empowering the realtime JavaScript cloud with its rich module ecosystem.

I'm sorry, but that's just meaningless buzzword bingo.
Most people don't live in Manhattan or Brooklyn. If you live in a high COL area, adjust accordingly. I suggested using an approximate 2.3x multiplier elsewhere.

The most financially effective way to be a programmer is to work remotely for someone who pays SF or NYC salaries and live in a moderate COL area.

I've always seen the rental income requirement you stated phrased as "monthly income must be at least 3x monthly rent", in case the 40x thing threw anyone else off (40/12=3.33).
hey vyrotek - you can definitely build that report using Segment sources + BI tool.

Our salesforce source pulls in the Salesforce `Opportunities` and `Users` table (your sales team members). So to get sales by sales rep, you can join the `Opportunities` table to `Users` table, and then aggregate by sales rep.

Once you get the raw data into your data warehouse, you have a ton of flexibility with how you aggregate and analyze it.
Rick Santorum
Tell that to tweens and teens. Yes, they are on it, but they don't spend time browsing it. They are social in other apps.
Kevin, I really liked this comment because my inherent assumption would be that YC - or VC's in general - would stay away from "shit shows." Is there a method or a signal that YC looks for within a "shit show" that tells you it can be fixed?
Personally I'm seeing this as an excellent test of precisely what sort of community HN really is. I'm sure this will be fascinating.
The only precedent is you reading this news article.
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People didn't have a lot of stuff for X+ years of the web. I'm not really sure how that is an argument for or against something.

None of the desires you list are associated with notifications.
Yishan Wong talks about this here http://algeri-wong.com/yishan/engineering-management.html

It is also my Bible. Yet to find a place that runs like that.
My couple cents: that which can be gamed will be gamed, especially in a community full of "hackers."
I dunno, I'm Jewish and I wouldn't mind this particular remark, and a sister comment claimed it seemed typically Chinese just as much and claimed to be Chinese themselves.

One point here is that it's seemingly OK if it's not derogatory plus one is talking about one's own group. Another point is there's a continuum between nationality and culture, and it ought to be OK to point out that something is specific to a culture, and American specifically is very likely to be used to label a culture and not the people as in a bunch of guys and gals with specific genes. This is not to say that one ought to agree with grandparent's views on American culture, just that those views probably aren't racist.

BTW I personally try not to say this sort of thing since people might be offended all too easily, so I guess I agree with you in that way.
Just to be clear, did the on-site interviews consist of additional technical interviews, or just cultural/general interviews?
The author writes: "I just finished my last unit of BC Calculus in high school, which gives me the ethos to talk about what I’m going to talk about." Ethos is the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations, so this article focuses on the characteristic spirit of a student who finished high school calculus.

The author's point is that we should not regard calculus as the pinnacle of high school math education. I certainly agree. The Calculus should just be the beginning of a lifetime exploring and using mathematics as a tool. I am reminded of two points made by Hamming:

1. The calculus is probably the most useful single branch of mathematics. ...I have found the ability to do simple calculus, easily and reliably, was the most valuable part of mathematics I ever learned.

2. Understanding the methods of calculus is vital to the creative use of mathematics... Without this mastery the average scientist or engineer, or any other user of mathematics, will be perpetually stunted in development, and will at best be able to follow only what the textbooks say; with mastery, new things can be done, even in old,well-established fields.

Perhaps the educational system has failed anonymous blogger ComfortablyNumbered by not demonstrating the beauty and utility of the Calculus (and of Mathematics in general).
> the general distribution of land vs ocean observed by the ancients

Nobody had crossed the Ocean Sea before. So if they were reasonable enough, they'd understand that the general distribution of land vs ocean they were seeing relied on them standing on the land part (vs in the middle of a potentially empty Ocean).
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For the sake of discussion, I'll offer a counterargument.

Be Nice is a good goal for Apply HN since it promotes civil discussion and stops the threads from devolving into semantic "lol no https u suck" that some Show HN threads tend to devolve into.

Users are not nice. They don't comment on HN or Twitter, they just stop using it without fanfare. And what determine a startup's success in the real world is if people want to use it.

Hindsight is 20/20, yes. But I do have concerns that "Be Nice" may dissuade commenters/potential customers from pointing out legitimate, immediate flaws.
Downvote me all you want, but it doesn't make you right. It just goes to show your own lack of knowledge regarding the intelligence efforts in support of social control in totalitarian states.
S Is for Single Responsibility Principle
Citation Needed...?
As members of the community, we're all able to have whatever requirements we want for our support of an application. In my opinion, the fewer that are "officially" imposed, the better.
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I think that for this experiment to be valid, only accounts created before today should be allowed to vote (or make a karma threshold for new accounts).
Who uses the word "vagina" for obscene purposes anyway?
YES! Thank you so much for this great packed update. Loving RDB.
That makes sense for people paying for their own insurance on the exchange, but not people at "non-manager tech jobs" at megacorps. They're most likely on the company's group plan, and most of those costs are not seen in the employee's salary.
> Questions or suggestions? Let's discuss and refine this together.

The upvote/commentary is likely going to be highly problematic:

A) I'm pretty sure Dang can't list all 9 accounts I've used on HN over the past few years. I'm also pretty sure 9 accounts in good standing [1500+ karma] would be enough to seed an initial vote if handled carefully. The ones he'd be able to name are the 3 most recent. This being the case...yeah. The danger of sock puppetry is way too high, particularly when combined with strategic downvotes and VPNs.

B) Anyone with control of an existing community/following can use it as a targeted campaign.

C) The reward from bypassing these functions is substantially higher ($20,000 + professional advice from YC) than previously existed for YC.

D) If you want to stick with a vote-based system, I'd offer a larger bounty [say, $50k for manipulating a post to the top of the pile for Apply HN] for finding a way to bypass the vote brigading and other countermeasures. This it is really the only countermeasure I can think of to counter manipulation problems.

E) All the other external factors (time of submission, competition around that time period, repost rules, etc.) are likely to bias the process in unexpected ways but that is probably less problematic than direct manipulation.

> I think we're on the same page to some extent. What I meant by 'ranking by comments' is that we want the ranking to depend on the quality of the discussion. That's the one thing that can't be gamed.

Put a bounty on that to test that theory.

I'm pretty sure someone could create a network of socket puppets that had "quality" discussions between them if the reward was $20k.
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You can check the README. It's from ShutterStock, and it's their list of words to filter image suggestions.

https://github.com/shutterstock/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscen...
> Every country reports unemployment similarly. The system we use has classes, so yes you can look at both U3 and U6 and the still the US comes out on top, if compared to the same class.

First of all, U3 and U6 are both not real unemployment. They exclude a large portion of the population from the statistic, like I already said, but you seem to have no idea what I'm talking about. Real unemployment which is usually taken as the number of people above 16 who do not work is about 40% in the US. Yes, there are reasons why people in this large group should be separated for statistical purposes but this number is the real unemployment, IE the actual number of people who are not employed.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/record-94610...

> The US's high employment rate is unquestionable, as much as you hate it and wish it to be worse.

You're really trying to sound like an idiot aren't you?

> Real Median Household Income is almost excactly the GDP per capita in the USA.

So now you are comparing MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD (OFTEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE COMBINED) income to AVERAGE PER CAPITA (SINGLE PERSON) income? Really? Embarrassing.

Here is what the real median vs average incomes look like:

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/central.html

http://qz.com/260269/painfully-american-families-are-learnin...

> They absolutely are. Their programs are unaffordable, especially in Greece's case.

So, your definition of 'feel good socialism' is 'they have unaffordable programs'? You amaze me with your depth of knowledge.

> Because people are naturally racists and in ethnocentrist cultures people are happy.

Sorry, go preach your NrX crap to the children over at /r/AnarchoCapitalism. It does not impress me.

> Denmark is a mere 5m people, about half of the Chicago metropolitan area.

How is that relevant, when their productive output is still dependent on their size?

> I guess we arent allowed to talk about that ,but anything in the US's history is fair game, eh?

You sound like an angry American redneck, who tries to yell 'Murica! Fuck yeah!' to whoever might hear you and try to defend America to people who don't have anything against the country in general and attack them with childish fallacious rants. All the while trying to cover up any issues that actually hurt American people. You are a brainwashed moron.
This attitude works out if your extremely good in your Spezialisation. I had kept track of my own ROI for the companies I worked for, granted them a bit of that and the rest should be for me. It worked because I always had the digits at hand. Basically "I need a raise, I have 3 jobs offers lined up, your making this of me and I demand x% of that otherwise you loose y over the course of z. Deal?"