skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a common sentiment, and I think there are a few points against it:

1. SF could double it's current housing density tomorrow and still have less than half of manhatten's density. That's not a serious concern.

2. Even if it were, we're faced with a tough choice: preserve SF's low-density housing, or preserve it's people. Which is better: a city with 20% taller buildings, or a city where the only the rich can afford to live, secure in their $10m victorians and $5k/mo NEMA towers?

3. Many would argue that SF's uniqueness is its population, its freespirited attitude, and its rich history of art and culture. The buildings themselves are only a small part of that. Losing them would be a bummer, but far worse than losing the real soul of the city.
he isn't "controlling speech". the courts are, by rendering judgement on whether gawker did something that warrants some penalty.
Forbes: "Six Reasons Why Your College Major Doesn't Matter" (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/08/12/six-reaso...)

NY Times: "Does the College Major Matter? Not Really" (http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/does-the-colle...)

WSJ: "Your College Major Is a Minor Issue, Employers Say" (http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/04/10/your-college-major-is...)
sounds like 'emerge hell' from gentoo 12 years ago.
It looks like the first guy's paper is partially based on an idea well-known in the competitive programming community (makes sense given the 3 IOI medals).

http://codeforces.com/blog/entry/18051

Cool.
> My cost of living is very cheap. My commute is 15 minutes. I live close to my family. Why should I want to leave?

You shouldn't. If you have a good job in such a location and are happy with the opportunities available, enjoy!

The problem is that markets naturally congregate in distinct locations so anyone who is looking to advance their career needs to make their way to a hub.
This article compares two graphs and deduces some rather broad realities from it, which are rather incorrect. It assumes that the state of the economy is the same today as it was 25 years ago: obviously, this isn't true. The skill sets in demand have changed drastically which must be accounted for.

That said, it does make the good point that it is rather easy to get misled by statistics that say that college graduates have lower unemployment rates. Or to assume that just by graduating high school/college guarantees a job, automagically.

I will say this though: the exposure to different ideas and the broadening of the mind that comes from a good education is rather priceless. Of course one doesn't have to go to college to get that. But it certainly seems like the most straightforward and fun way to do so (if you manage not to get too indebted etc.etc.).
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It is a major problem - that's why debian has been on a major push for reproducible builds too.
It's used for all the images on the site.
Most business owners don't hire an employee 'just because you know them'.

They try to find the best candidate through the people they already know.

It's all about risk/reward. A random candidate will most likely be a higher risk than a know candidate.

Would you rather be roomates with a random person on craigslist or a friend of a friend?
lol. Black people are literally getting gunned down in the streets by our government without prosecution, but you think a couple of outlandish questions in an interview are implausible. Adorable.
Major Premium:

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2013/04/major_premium.ht...
"Dear members of the jury, please be aware that the accuser is partly supported by third-party X, who has conflicts of interest Y, Z and W with the accused." is all I am asking for.

> Right, so the real problem here is simply that people don't like him.

For the record, I am far more pro-Thiel than I am pro-Gawker, although I base my judgement only on their public reputations. I am actually more concerned about the general idea than the specific parties in this case, and I think the result of the suit is correct, I just wonder about the means and the precedent that you can use a third-party's legitimate complaint to launch a punitive lawsuit.
Ok, it's not clear here as I read each paper. Here's what each one says. Multics paper first. Already has a discussion of source vs object. Source is more visible but survives recompilations. That's the backdrop here. Here's quote:

"It was noted above that while object code trap doors are invisible, they are vulnerable to recompilations. The compiler (or assembler) trap door is inserted to permit object code trap doors to survive even a complete recompilation of the entire system. In Multics, most of the ring 0 supervisor is written in PL/I. A penetrator could insert a trap door in the PL/I compiler to note when it is compiling a ring 0 module. Then the compiler would insert an object code trap door in the ring 0 module without listing the code in the listing. Since the PL/I compiler is itself written in PL/I, the trap door can maintain itself,
even when the compiler is recompiled."

Given backdrop, hard to say whether they put it in the source or object code of the compiler. It's ambiguous: "since PL/I compiler is written in PL/I." Either it's because they have backdoor in its source code or because the backdoored, object code is the PL/I compiler that will be used to re-compile any PL/I source. Next paragraph indicates they insert the trapdoor in another routine using object code that closely matches that produced from PL/I source. So, I'm assuming... with some uncertainty... that they bugged the object code of PL/I compiler to add trapdoor to it and all executables on compiles. With nothing left in the source.

Then, Thompson paper simply says:

"First we compile the modified source with teh normal C compiler to produce a bugged binary. We install this binary as the official C. We can now remove the bugs from the source of teh compiler and the new binary will reinsert the bugs whenever it is compiled. Of course, the login command will remain bugged with no trace in source anywhere."

Sounds like they're doing the same thing except MULTICS attack uses assembly code directly. They might have coded it in PL/I first, then directly inputed the code. That would make both attacks equal. Who knows. That they each bug the compiler at object level with no source-level evidence seems accurate. In that case, Thompson attack is MULTICS PL/I attack applied to C with clear use of C for subversion artifact.
This is a good way to keep content out of Europe permenantly.
High school students' parents in China give gifts to teachers to guarantee good grades for their kids.

This culture of cheating goes beyond cheating on the American tests.

In the business world, it's common to give gifts to your boss to get a promotion.

China will not surpass us economically any time soon. Their educational and promotional systems have a long way to go.
People presumably think it is. As a visitor there now a lot of SF looks quite low density low rise, but a lot of the buildings are very pretty and the low rise wooden houses are part of the charm. Not sure how much less dense than Tokyo it is but maybe 4x? As a Brit I love the history, but there are probably parts that could be rebuilt. But there is a high risk that they won't be built as high density, the fact that the proposal includes affordable is because the builders will infill high end mostly. You need to allow rebuild of low density at eg 10x at scale to get a fall in prices. Builders don't want that.
Thanks for a well-reasoned reply. I think there are two issues here, which I don't often see cleanly separated:

* She took the helm of a failing company; is it reasonable to think that she was going to be able to turn it around, from any rational perspective?

* She was paid a lot of money to turn it around; is a CEO essentially paid to "take the blame" when a company fails /for whatever reason?/

The former is a question of business physics, if you will, and my personal belief is that she is not at fault in any real sense. Yahoo was a company on life support for several years before she got there. Nothing was going to turn that around. If anything, the point of bringing her in was to prop up the company long enough to cash in on Alibaba, and in that she certainly succeeded.

The latter question goes to a debate we should definitely be having regarding executive compensation, and one in which I probably agree with both you and other (somewhat self-righteous) respondents to my comment. She was paid far too much. However, in that she cannot be faulted any more than any other well-compensated CEO in the world, regardless of success. To say that she was paid far too much /to fail/ implies that had she succeeded the pay would have been appropriate. The notion that there's some outcome that warrants executive compensation on that level is not one I subscribe to.
i think the court has definitively answered this question (pending appeals etc), and i personally agree with the judgement.
Can we scale the schools, transportation, etc. to support this legislature? If so, I'm all for it. But the way things stand currently, it's already pushed to the limits.
This article taught me something... which apparently will have no impact on my ability to avoid poverty.
Because the university and myself are assessing different sets of competencies. They are measuring academic performance, usually in mathematics or computer science, and I am looking for people who can help my company build better software. Those two competencies aren't always strongly correlated. Thus I must assess "chops" as well as I can.

Additionally, the farther out from a candidate's graduation the interview takes place, the less their GPA matters compared the work they have done since they left. If you have a great resume and come highly recommended I'm not very concerned with how well you did in your calc 2 or operating systems courses.
It's happening at virtually every large state school with many foreign students. The schools let them get away with it because of the absurd amount of $$$ they pay to go to school here. It's become a serious source of revenue for many schools and I think they're unwilling to part with it, especially with the way many states are cutting education spending.
Hmm. Love to know what that tool is but NDA's and policies are what they are. I have an email if you want to send it to me for what advantages it has over similar comparison. Then, on odd chance I see opportunity, I'll nudge someone in direction of trying to bring OSS up to par. No promises it will happen as opportunity has to happen first.
Unlike a policeman who shot someone, I would expect actual negative consequences would accrue to a CEO who routinely behaved like that in technical interviews, and that they would expect such negative consequences to accrue.
I've recently updated a project from RC1 to RC2. It was fairly easy. I don't know about compatibility with "legacy" full .NET class libraries as I do not have such requirements.

I prefer the new tooling. Overall, things seem much more stable. The ecosystem of 3rd party libraries seems like it will be healthy in a few months for most commonly used things.
Find a good lawyer. Reach out to them and let them know what's going on and that you may require their services in the future. Just establish the relationship now so that you don't have to do that legwork on a 2 minutes phone call.
The keyword is "can". What's the expected value of investing in a startup versus real estate?
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Is email marketing startup Campaign Monitor the next Atlassian?
Sure, that's what the data shows. But that won't mean very much if everyone says the opposite. Most people never really dig into the numbers.
Campaign Monitor: the biggest Australian tech company you have never heard of
He published essentially a comic book with a character that looked just like the pope named Ignoramus.
Question. What's wrong with making just a little bit of money?? (which is presumably still more than i will ever see!)
Great, I'm sure the 101 will just be a blast to drive now! Maybe they should solve the transportation grid lock first..
> The media singling out a group such as the Chinese visa students is certainly a popular thing to do to gain clicks

There are a lot of Chinese in American schools. They account for a greater proportion of students.

There are also ton of really bright Chinese like yourself who work hard. News articles don't tell the full story, but I think most readers understand and can identify stereotypes. If they can't, well, that's their loss.
"Maybe slightly more capacitance somewhere, so that right after a core comes out of power save, for the first few cycles some part of the protection hardware doesn't work right."

That already happens in embedded systems (esp MCU's) in a different way. You're thinking on the right track. All I can say.
Maybe I'll turn out to be right after all.
As a Bostonian none of this rain or cold stuff bothers me. Visiting Seattle for the first time next month for DockerCon and I'm super excited!
i'm curious, what are you meaning by "freedom of speech"? in what way does releasing sex tapes constitute this?
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons, even death may die.
21 University Professors file friend-of-the-court brief in Deflategate case [pdf]
You talk as if culture is some constant. Culture has throughout history been shaped by change. So why should SF somehow try to hold on to the good old times, whatever that is? Why shouldn't SF change to accommodate a revolution that will likely rival the industrial revolution in its impact.

You are right in that we need to make sure development is respectful of the environment but your attitude of "they are ruining it" is not helpful. Given that attitude of yours I do sincerely hope you are the one who leaves SF instead of discouraging the new comers. I hear Portland is nice.
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Well, yeah. Education increases individual income primarily through competitive advantage in the job market, right? But, also, the function of education in the job market is largely just as a certification arms race, right? Just a ritual we go through to compete for jobs that don’t actually make any use of or require our advanced educations, in most cases. So educating us all doesn’t produce many benefits, because the benefits (so far as the job market was concerned) were largely relative rather than absolute to begin with.

(In case it matters, I’ve felt this same way as a student, as a teacher, and as a member of industry. From every side, it has seemed to me that an awful lot of time, money, and effort is spent on a process that is not actually valued in any direct, substantial way, for the most part, but rather is used only as some competitive signaling filter.)
They didn't stop them from publishing... But there are, can and should be repercussions for some things that one may publish.

If it's news, it will circulate the likes of twitter/facebook regardless and be picked up by others.. that's how news works. Someone will always be the first. All of that said, there's also a consideration to be held for ethics and responsible disclosure in journalism.

In this instance a legal case with merit was funded, I don't see a problem with that, necessarily.
> Around 65% of the population in SF are renters.

We don't in practice have "1 person, 1 vote". Because of the influence of money in politics, the effective reality is somewhere in between "1 person, 1 vote" and "1 dollar, 1 vote". There are far more dollars on the property owning side.
> To me, the tech "industry" has been ruining the city I love since the Dot-Com boom. To me, they are an invading army culturally speaking.

I assume you're also planning to vote for Drumpf this fall?

After all, the rights of "natives" to enjoy a nice place without any cultural changes is far more important than allowing others to seek new opportunities for themselves. Where you were born is the most important determinant of where you should be allowed to live.
Japanese Lawmakers Approve New Digital Currency Regulations
Bingo, this is how incadescence work: heating any solid material above a certain temperature will make it glow, all we need to worry about is finding a material that can withstand the temperature and make it into an efficient package.

Gas mantles work pretty much the same way. A cage made of ceramic metal oxides (formed by firing a cotton bag dipped in thorium or yttrium nitrate, if thorium is used then every use will release a few microrems of radioactove radon gas) is heated by gas or oil fire to incadescence; because the temperature is much higher than a light bulb, gas lamps actually waste less heat as infrared.
Try to find developers that work at the bank via LinkedIn or something. Ask if they have a bug bounty program, and disclose things appropriately. You won't ever get to the right person calling in on the customer support or abuse numbers. You need to go around.

EDIT: Also, how long does that money stick around in your account? I wonder if there is some kind reconciliation processes that go through and square everything up. The web software is probably just a replica of the actual ACH data, so maybe those processes would correct things and it's not as big of a deal as it seems to be?
To be fair, I think those are usually the fault of malicious ads getting into whatever ad networks imgur uses and they usually get rid of them fairly quickly. They used to pop up every few weeks but I haven't seem them recently (in my experience as a daily imgur user for the past year or so).
I don't know why reddit would want to take on the burden and cost of dealing with images. It might make it incrementally easier, but with something like RES the entire thing was seamless. Seems like a misplaced focus on a feature that doesn't bring that much value, and a lot more cost. I'll be curious to see how successful this ends up being. If they wanted to concentrate on making the site easier to use, they should have hired the people who made RES.
Imgur has its own weird devoted community...I wouldn't worry about it yet
"I will say this though: the exposure to different ideas and the broadening of the mind that comes from a good education is rather priceless."

I think this is what psychologists call a "taboo tradeoff". Education (and life, health, freedom, etc.) is a sacred value, while money is a secular value, so it's considered taboo to trade one off against the other. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychology-of-tabo...)

Unfortunately, making these tradeoffs is necessary, because there are many competing values and a limited supply of money. For example, you can show that a hospital must either a) assign a consistent dollar value to human life, or b) must be wasting resources, ie. it could be saving more lives with the money it has. See eg. Peter Singer's essay at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.ht....
I demoed NixOS a few years back when I was wrangling with the Haskell ecosystem.

I was pleasantly surprised, as I could rollback the entire state of my system from GRUB itself if anything went screwy.
Hogan is the only one who could approve that, as its arguably against his interests. So if you're going after someone for vengeance here, it should be him.
Plus countless forums and community sites around the internet.
And it's not like redditors will switch away from imgur all at once, it's going to be a long process..
Having a third party host Reddit's images gave away a bunch of control to the point that imgur has its own community based upon the site . At the time Reddit didn't have the resources to make a competitor but this seems to be a good move now that imgur is doing dark patterns.
Bad news for the current shareholders of imgur.

All we want is an easy and reliable image hoster. You upload an image, they host it, you can link it, fin.

Perfect plan!

Except for the plot hole of not generating any money this way. That's where the suits creep in. First they finance you to grow and grow quickly you must. Imgur did it. Then you experiment with some methods of generating ad views or other revenue. People realize they hit on a gold mine and business starts to grow like cancer. Then there are some minor changes to optimize revenue. Then some founders start to cash out and jump the ship. Then the suits, loudmouths and ginas slowly but surely take over the company and due process replaces the dictatorship of the personal union of owner and leader. There's guitars and barbecue as the corporate drones dance around the firepit of burning money as they hurry to please the gods of corporate capitalism. A spiral is forming like a siphon circling around itself pulling everything in like a black hole. And it's great.

If you listen carefully in the storm of excitement you can hear a faint voice who still remebers the core of the business: Provide the service and don't fuck with the customer.

Or as some politicians said: You can fuck over some of your customers all the time and you can fuck over all of your customers for some time. Both is a great business plan. But you cannot fuck over all of your customers all of the time. Especially not if you don't have a stranglehold on their necks like a dictator or monopoly has.

The imgur we have today deserves to die.

It may redeem itself by remembering its roots and not wanting to become more than it is. That would be great!

One thing that is more important over the whole debacle is to watch reddit closely and be ready to jump ship quickly as they stumble deeper into the corporate trap. Having a plan B "just in case" for everything important will cost you resources but it pays out for itself in the long run.
Thanks for the suggestion, and that's why I'm still working on the paper and related documentation.

Additionally, my Jupyter Notebook is getting too long. I'm thinking how can I decouple it into several parts while still make it easy to use. That's the main reason I haven't add any text in the it. The notebook would get even longer, making it extremely hard to read.
I use search engine selection in Firefox, too. /d/ is for duckduckgo. With bangs, I can type "d !whois ycombinator.com" in the location box and hit the whois record.
Life is unfair and people are racist, and I don't think it would change in the future. But at least you will earn much more money than the average person (especially compared to the world), which can compensate for the problems you had somewhat.
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My experience with people in the bay is most are superficial and make their identity around either their careers or that they live in San Francisco. Pretty insufferable group compared to the "freeze" in Seattle. Also, believe it or not, some people actually like when it rains all the time, especially people who came from very sunny (and drought-y) climes. It's nice not having to worry about water rationing. Frankly, constant sunshine drives me batty.

I split the difference and ended up in Portland.
Theranos is sued for inaccurate blood tests and false marketing
> The commenter seems more interested in the culture, the freakiness or weirdness, of the people who come in, and not so much which country they came from

Go to a Trump rally and ask if they actually hate minorities for the color of the skin. They'll say no.

Xenophobes and racists always insist it's about "culture" and an invading army which is somehow destroying that "culture" and ruining their way of life with an outside culture.

I fail to see how this attitude is acceptable when it comes from privileged urban hippies, but unacceptable when it comes from poor rural workers.
I'm sure they made mistakes but when you see massive growth like imgur did someone's gotta pay the sever bills somehow. Plenty of image uploading sites have come and gone because of server costs.