skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This article is right on many points. But, I think it does not do justice in characterizing the application of Temporal Motivation Theory (TMT), Expectancy Theory, Cumulative Prospect Theory to procrastination - by Steel and others at various points in time - as "Time management" in one broad stroke.

The behavioral economic school of thought clearly implies -explicitly and indirectly - the role of emotions and moods in procrastination.

Take for instance, in the TMT equation,[1][2] the concept of

- "Value": This is more of how much you see value in that activity, how interesting or engaging that is to "you", how pleasurable it is, How rewarding that activity is, etc., The selection of the activity is heavily influenced by what looks pleasurable and rewarding to you.

- "Impulsiveness": This is similar to the "Emotional regulation" or "self-control" in the psychologists' approach. If you are in a good and/or stable mood, chances are that, you would have more control over your Emotions and thus less distraction.

The "economic theory", apart from the "Temporal" aspect, also stresses on the "impulsive" and "pleasure" components in the equation.

Also, in the analysis, the analysts from the behavioral economic point of view also recommend "to break the activities into smaller chunks", "have conquerable smaller activities with local deadlines" etc., similar to the psychologists' approach.

I think that the psychologists' point of view is well taken, with the "mood control"/"emotional regulation" point being emphasized. But, at the same time, the behavioral economic point view is not only about "Time Management".

[1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_motivation_theory
But there _is_ some good to balance death out, it's called life. And the lego analogy captures this idea perfectly and quite appropriately for a 5-year-old.
> Apollo software got us to the moon. Doom wasted millions of man-hours on a video game.

Well, to be honest, Episode 1 and Episode 2 of Doom takes place on Phobos and Deimos, so you could say Apollo software got us to the moon but Doom got us to Mars :)
The title of the article is completely misleading. Snaps are described as more secure than apt in that article.
Your god is good, powerful, and all-seeing: pick two.
But, do you agree that the part where the whole human mind (not just some cells) has to die---a soul annihilated permanently---is not really a good thing, even if it happens to be the state we find nature in?
Hacker, yes. News - probably not.

I've depressingly come to accept this as part of being British.
You're right. I got a bit impatient there. This argument seems to come up again and again and no amount of reason and explanation seems to be able to overcome it, even to the point of convincing its adherents to read what others have said about it.

This notion ("the people get exactly what they vote for") goes back to Ancient Greece; it's not like its a novel topic.
That's not a complete complaint. If the password were your brainwaves, why would you still need to reset it? Did someone else steal your brain and you need to make sure they no longer have access?
> These firms don't have any interest in hearing her speech.

Of course they do. Having Hillary Clinton speak helps to cement and perpetuate a firm's status and influence in its industry.

Imagine your employer were to host such a speech. Who would they invite? Business partners, clients, investors...
There's been a lot of speculation about this being bad for other health related startups, etc. But I don't think so. To be a valid comparison, your startup would have to be perceived to have a confluence of factors shielding it from accountability: A combination of long tenure (Theranos is 13 years old) + huge amount of funding (this co. has $750M+) + a very politically influential board appear to be shielding Theranos from typical consequences of non-verified innovation (contrary to standard scientific process) and resistance to directly address specific allegations of misconduct (in tech process, company operations, among personnel etc).
Terrorism is what "they" do. We do "morally just wars".

Said every side involved in any conflict sense the dawn of humanity.

ISIS: morally just. The west = terrorists. And they are probably right. Our bombs do terrorise. As do the torture weopans we export to their ruling parties.

and vice versa
Can we all stop pretending they paid for her speeches?
I have wanted to read up on ZeroMQ. This time I will. It is meaningless in the face of his situation, but I feel like this is how I, as a programmer, can "talk" to him, honor him. I'm not trying to be sentimental but it feels right.
I have a counterexample for this one: in Phoenix, there's an outdoor arena/pavilion that used to be called "Desert Sky Pavilion", a nice non-corporate name referring to the local geography. Well it went through that whole corporate branding crap, and while I was there at least, it seemed like people were calling it "Cricket Pavilion" (which was the current name at the time). Here's what Wikipedia says about the naming:

"Ak-Chin Pavilion (formerly known as the Desert Sky Pavilion, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, Cricket Pavilion, Cricket Wireless Pavilion and Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion) is an amphitheater located in Phoenix, Arizona, which seats 8,000 under a pavilion roof and an additional 12,000 on a hillside behind the main stands."

That much renaming is really ridiculous IMO.
weird product, usually when i think of a sql tool, i think of something like toad

i am not sure how datagrips compared to toad
the question is how much of the other stuff being built is built on top of the ad money pyramid. would cloud computing have grown as much without tons of apps and sites springing up that then try to acquire users via the main adverting channels? how many saas businesses are there catering to these types of cos that are basically unsustainable, but got funding which they primarily used in user acquisition efforts?
Note they were granted some patents re: self driving cars. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-driverless-car-patent-usp...
what happens when instead of my association of apples to keeping doctors away changes to Isaac Newton and Gravity.

does my identity change?

(assuming one image is an apple)
> Why do you think SA has something to do with this?

There were some leaked Saudi cables (from Wikileaks?), that showed how radical outfits in other countries count on Saudi largesse to further their agenda.
What I mean is that it should be anonymous to the candidate. One way to accomplish that is to have all donations pass through a central fund that passes it on to the candidates. Some government organization could check whether the donation meets the rules and do something else with it when it doesn't.

That would make it an unaccountable black box, though. That would not be good in the interest of transparency. On the other hand, there are plenty of unaccountable black boxes already.
Ashamed of success: Build a company that adds value
Well of course not if your number system doesn't even exhibit fractal resonance in holistic projective encodings, given the angular momentum of the universe.
> There has been studies that show American politicians are mainly aligned with the wishes of the rich rather than people who vote on them.

http://i.imgur.com/e3jOsWR.jpg
Note: this article is from February 1, 2016
Denver school district arming security staff with semiautomatic rifles
I dig that you tie this domain-specific problem with that much larger social issue.
This would be a great plugin for the workplace, but it appears to be laced with profanity. That's definitely going to prevent a number of people from using it. Maybe redo the language and add an "Angry Mode" that is a bit more insulting if the user wants that...

Also, it's clearly tracking me, but nowhere can I find anything that discloses that. I can only assume you're collecting/selling my data, so there's absolutely no way I am installing this, and I am DEFINITELY not recommending it for workplace use, because I don't know what kind of data you might be collecting.

If you want to make some cash on these things, add some ads. You definitely have space in that injected header to fit a banner or two.
I really don't think you can state as an absolute truth that death is bad and we would be better off if no one died. That may be your view, but this is a massively complex philosophical question for which I get the impression you have too hastily answered.
Altair 8800, kit from MITS. And I wrote a game on it, using keyboard and screen.
Curious regarding moderation/editorial objectives.
Is there an equivalent tool for no-sql DB?
Here: http://playdosgamesonline.com/doom-ii-hell-on-earth.html (yes, it's Doom 2, and yes it requires a fast machine since it emulates a DOS PC in the browser)
My understanding is: Saudis fund the "troublemakers", as long as they stay away from KSA and keep the mayhem outside. It's like bribing the local goons to leave your hood alone; go cause trouble in other areas.
I've heard China's less restrictive in some ways.

You can't call for the overthrow of the government in China or read about Tienanmen Square, but in Britain mildly positive remarks about designated terrorist groups or disparaging speech about minorities (like the man who argued with a Muslim woman and posted about it on Twitter) can get you arrested.

Even if this isn't true there's a perception of monitoring and risk which chills speech. Britain doesn't need too many lessons from the USA, but one exception would be the First Amendment.
It would probably be better if it still works, but is able to read your state ie figure out whether you are drunk or not.
It's wonderful to see someone approaching death with such a calm and balanced state of mind.

May your wisdom and compassion live on in your children and in all the other people you have influenced.
Many tech oriented companies pay engineers more than PMs. Although PMs eventually become managers and managers make more.
I can accept the idea of prolonging one's life for a meaningful purpose. But, to think that we should aim for "curing dead"?

You talk about death as it is some kind of disease... Dead is part of life everywhere you look and not in the disease sense. There's a cyclic constant in all nature. You have seasons. You have day and night. Even stars that "live" for millions of years wither and "die" at some point. Why do you think we, as humanity, deserve to be the exception to that rule and escape a cyclic order that's been around like... forever?

Also, "life" feeds from "dead", no the other way around. It's not a coincidence that it's this way...
The site seems to have moved to http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/visualdoomai/competition-cig-201...
They're not buying favors. They're buying access just like any lobbyist. The relevant thing to understand about HRC is that she's been heavily in the access selling business for about 25 years now.

Think about how much that would warp your worldview if a large bulk of the people you meet day-in and day-out for decades paid six figure sums to talk to you?
HN already has an in-built anti-procrastination feature.
Uber hit with record $11.4M fine in Pennsylvania
That's the idea -- that society is rigid whereas this one is open. Some people can't handle the openness, they just want somewhere to fit into.

Setting aside predictable culture clash, the fundamental issue is misaligned standards and expectations. Some communities need strong male leaders that everybody can orbit around, and there are none. They're all just trying to help people get by when there's more to life than just surviving -- it's about wanting more.
Actors are paid millions to star in movies that are seen by millions of people. More importantly, actors don't run your country or pass laws which affect you personally. If you don't like an actor, it's easy to not watch his movie. If you don't like a politician, you're stuck with her if she gets elected.

Why do people like you always rush to defend obvious bribery anyway?
Unfortunate that Theranos didn't live up to expectations. Bill Gurley writes that the expose on Theranos may have been the seminal moment causing reality to kick in for this tech cycle: http://abovethecrowd.com/2016/04/21/on-the-road-to-recap/

So in a way, it can be seen as a good and necessary thing that expectations are brought back to match reality.
Uber to pay up to $100M in driver status suits
Do you want to get pwned? Because this is how you get pwned.
Countries latlong and UTC time
If you like SQL Server Management Studio then give MongoChef a try:

http://3t.io/mongochef/
NexusT55
Nexust55.com why? well dont know, i guess someone had to do it :P aim to gather all news
Now you're just plain lying.

Clinton has been strongly against re-instating the Glass-Steagal Act which would have prevented the 2008 disaster. She does this because she's sold out to Wall Street, since obviously they don't want that law back on the books either.
Just reference what they wrote and maybe a comment on it then transition to your site and benefit to readers. No need to go overboard with praise just show you have actually read at least a tad of what they have written. Can say I would be happy to tell you more about X not please write about us.
There is a fantastic Adam Curtis documentary about Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism called Bitter Lake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Lake_(film)

Due to various issues, you'll just have to find a way to watch it... (BBC iplayer blocked in us, copyright issues when posted on youtube, etc, etc, etc)
Microsoft, Google agree to stop complaining to regulators about each other
The iPwn: A 20-year Comparison of Apple, Microsoft and IBM
For many it is a calling - a deeply felt desire to explore and seek answers to questions that are currently beyond human understanding. There are few careers outside of academia that enable the focused pursuit of knowledge. Only the most advanced societies in history have supported such endeavors, and public universities were a democratic experiment in extending this support beyond the wealthy elite.

Sadly, it seems that the United States has lost the will and vision to provide this opportunity for its citizens. Now we only talk of job training and ROI. The financial burden has been shifted from the society to the individual, and the true promise of higher education is but a fading memory.
I did try it. Node works fine even though I didn't do anything exotic on it.
A short list of facts doesn't tell the whole story. They are barren and lack deeper context. They can be understood academically, but sometimes that is shallow, clinical, and doesn't reveal the true nature of something, just a simplistic, factoid level idea of it.

A story is a series of facts, but can provide a richer understanding sometimes, as one can build a cohesive picture in their mind.
Don't forget the agreement between the house of Saud and the religious rulers. The religious rulers will not criticise the house of Saud and they will be pretty much left alone.

Add to that mix tribal allegiances, the cross pollination of all groups seeking their own agendas and you have the situation where some very wealthy religious extremists can fund their agendas worldwide including "terrorism".

Too many posts are seeing everything as black and white. The Saudis from the top down planned 9-11 etc.

Just like in the US, there are hidden agendas, secretive groups akin to the CIA all pushing their own agendas whether financial / religious. And just like some in US politics, there are some pushing for the end of days where their chosen deity / son of / prophet of returns and leads them to paradise / the next world.
Yeah that's a scary thought. You get a bunch of businesses that are flush with VC money and that opens opportunities for other companies that rely on their services or networks (granted that usually means google <thing> or AWS but that doesn't make their arbitrary removal of services any less capricious), and suddenly the pyramid wobbles like a house of cards.

Then again I'm naturally averse to invest in anything that doesn't have a profit motive front and center.
"You're a fucking moron if you use default browser styles."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
That makes sense for a "Recent files" menu in applications, but if I'm using a general purpose file browser I'm probably looking for something I haven't used recently.
Keepsite Is Hiring and you should definitely consider applying
There are lots of legitimate reasons to not use jQuery. Not being in a browser might be one of them. So if someone asks about javascript, one should answer the question (and perhaps suggest that there are libraries such as jquery that handle it better).
I would go one of two routes.

1) Learn ansible. Then you can manage a fleet of servers with 1 set of scripts. Have a single ansible stack for all of stuff, and you can do simple tasks easily. Consistency is key, try to minimize the number of special flowers. i.e. pick ubuntu 16.04, then use it everywhere. Not much benefit from half ubuntu half debian.

2) Pay for someone else to do the server stuff. Could be Google Container Engine or elastic beanstalk or Heroku.. You will pay more money, but need to learn less stuff.

The better choice depends on your tradeoff of learning to do things yourself vs just paying an easy tax.
I knew this was suspected but I thought it was officially denied. Apparently it's acknowledged by the Saudis. This quote from a recent FT article [0] surprised me:

After the Iraqi city of Mosul fell to a lightning Isis offensive in 2014, even
the late Prince Saud al-Faisal, the respected Saudi foreign minister,
remonstrated with John Kerry, US secretary of state, that “Daesh [Isis] is our
[Sunni] response to your support for the Da’wa” — the Tehran-aligned Shia
Islamist ruling party of Iraq.

[0] https://next.ft.com/content/876a971c-0644-11e6-a70d-4e39ac32...
Per #1, you are correct in theory. However I can counter with Amazon and Tesla, which have been increasing revenue rapidly but making losses for years. And their stocks are near all time highs. So I would say Wall Street prefers profits, but as long as you can keep increasing revenue, your stock will continue to go up regardless.
If you wait for a couple of months for Ubuntu for Windows to be bundled in the new release of windows you can just use that and probably avoid most of the issues mentioned here.
> Was there something on the phone what made it worth it?

It doesn't matter to me tbh. They want to investigate, they can.

I just don't want them to be able to "scale" their investigations like they seem to want so they can get into all encrypted communications without a serious financial hurdle because they'll abuse it.

> I don't know if I understand the hypocrisy of hn. We cry "oh humanity" when Ford pays $50k over sticker for a new Tesla car for reverse engineering but of course if the FBI does something then surely they were judicious with their purse strings.

I didn't. Generalizing like that is unhealthy because it causes you to make some silly assumptions.
Facebook usage over Tor passes 1M per month
I'd prefer the cost in humans. How much staff does it take to ensure compliance. That's helps you figure out what size the company has to be since you might have to hire a few people. For a 500 person company it's no big deal.

How big was Cruise when GM went to buy them? I think too small to have done an IPO and part of that is that they were too small to have hired the extra people for compliance.
I don't remember where I heard it but someone said something along the lings of "You shouldn't use something that you leave everywhere and can never change as a secure token"
> Did someone else steal your brain and you need to make sure they no longer have access?

Password databases get compromised all the time; so would a "brainprint" database. You can change a password.
This is an entertaining read:

Ultimate Limits to Computation
http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908043
Whenever people mention the Foxconn suicide nets, I remember how nobody noted that the measured suicide rate of Foxconn workers is and was lower than the general population, and I laugh at humanity's prospect of ever rising above its animal nature.
No, it doesn't. A quantum computer would make very short work of a 512 bit key.
There's a lot right here, but I think you've got one crucial detail wrong. The recipients of Clinton's speeches hardly constitute the "large bulk" of the people she deals with every day. I think the more accurate phrase would be "tiny fraction" in the context of the rest of the Obama administration, professional advisers, staff, people met at official State Department functions, etc.
A role model for young women with parents coming from old money, with both Beltway and VC connections?

It'll be great to have another role model in tech for young women, but incidents like this do more harm than good…
It's an explanation of conservation of mass. Maybe not the only reason we die, but if no one ever did die, we'd eventually run into problems, er, assembling the next generation. In fact all you need to assume in order to run up against these problems is that population growth continues.
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Working on end result properly is not the same as "wishing" or "dreaming".

My commentary is this,

The quantification of the relationship between her leadership role and the direct effectiveness of the product is quite different than many other successful founder/CEOs. It is that which blinded her from either pivoting or acknowledging the reality of low effectiveness. A circumstance which to others would be justification to shutdown.

Unless this was all well understood and then that would enter into discussions of willful negligence. A characteristic that has consequences as people's livelihood were expected to be affected.

The spectacle is negatively impact ing startup partnerships. The result is either more due diligence with all parties, which either translates to more funding and a longer IPO journey, or cutting off these less mature startups at the knees early from funding until "results" are evident.

Another question is will this situation coupled with general lack luster equity market enthusiasm be incorrect fodder for "bubble" talk (barring this a straw on camel back scenario - doubt it).
It might LEGALLY have to run on Apple hardware, but it doesn't TECHNICALLY have to run on Apple hardware.

If you live in a locality where the Apple licensing terms binding VMs to only run on Apple hardware are not valid / enforceable, you can check this out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodqGvug6e0
The streets of Bucharest: How road behaviour correlates with trust in government
People have an innate metric for "this thing is slow", it's when lots of time passes between its start and end. Why is color-coding more evident than our own perception of time?
Reddit: Hillary PAC Spends $1M to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook
I think having the opinion that AGI is possible is quite reasonable given the existence of humans. I happen to believe its' advent is inevitable. I don't see how humans won't come to invent an AGI at some point in the future. Consciousness is a physical information process taking place in a physical universe. Any other attempt at explanation is woo woo.
Zero-waste bloggers:the millennials who can fit a year's worth of trash in a jar
She did make some progress for equality though - to show that not just men can be completely incompetent founders running an overhyped company that never had any connection with reality whatsoever.
Has somebody broken out FB events into a standalone app yet? Can't wait until the real world can go back to being the focus.
All fair points. It's harder for them to exert control on funding to organizations beyond their borders, but at the end of the day it's their money and they are responsible for where it goes.