skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it's lack of visibility combined with the fact that there's not much more to innovate by sheer force of will in the game graphics world anymore. The industry has matured, so now it's all about scaling a team and being within budget and whatnot rather than two guys bringing their vision to the world in 2 months. When you see a history of success in independent games recently, it's invariably because of a fresh idea rather than some unseen technological innovation.

He's still doing a lot in bringing Oculus' software to maturity, and to helping the industry in general. He had some role - both technical and logistical - in bringing Minecraft VR released just recently.

I think he retired from rocket science.
> It's been brined for many hours (it takes time to prep the brine, then dry the chicken after brining), which makes the meat moist

For what it's worth, there are a number of simple recipes for roasting chicken that don't require brining or any long marinating period but still come out nice and moist.

Even a basic roast will be fine as long as you don't overcook it.
And my (I thought pretty clear) point was that "team sports", especially as the primary peer-interaction socialization venue, are far from a panacea for that problem.
Because this isn't just about that. It's about an independently implemented web of trust. PGP has buy in from people like Linus, it has independent implementations, it is distributed, and has a strong web of trust.
> [there are] no grades

> A smart kid will make good grades
A content sharing plateform to connect people through interests
It is widespread but it's not variance in message and interpretation.

One can argue about who has the "cutest" monkey or the "spookiest" ghost but they are still a monkey and a ghost.

A water pistol is not the same thing as a "realistic" gun.
What do you think would happen if some one sends a text from an iphone saying "war in the school parking lot bring your [gunemoji]" while being used to the water pistol emoji and some one gets the same message with a realistic gun emoji?

Having artistic variance is fine, but there are guidelines, the emoji still has to be universally recognizable and not misleading a water pistol is not a gun.
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My anecdote as a Dallas resident: Your description is correct. I visit Austin often. I personally want separation between what Austin offers and where I live. Dallas is boring and clean, an important aspect when comparing to living in inner-Austin. Granted many do not live in Dallas city proper and the northern suburbanization that has been occurring for many years in Dallas has/is occurring in Austin and were you blindfolded and dropped onto a northern tollway loop outside of either city you would not be able to distinguish the two.
there is also the possibility of talking to them about their life
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I'm so glad I had swallowed my coffee before reading this.
American public schools don't have much to offer highly capable students. On the other hand, they don't stand in the way of them, either. I met many such in college, and they found ways to get what the wanted.
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It is good to read the news if you have an understanding of what the media is trying to achieve. There should be a "News 101" class at every university to help students navigating the deluge of information - especially to help them understand what the media conglomerates are and how their business works. Mostly everything that is written follows an agenda that is set by advertisers, political positions of the owners of the particular media group, and national interests. If you don't understand this, reading the news is just like being brainwashed.
Did you try www.edmunds.com/price-promise.html?
Even though if it is a solid piece of software, what is wrong with not hiring a guy who does not know the fundamentals(google standard)? Sounds very much google and i would not expect anything less of a googles employees.
The founders, VC, LP also want their returns (exit).
Any particular reason you want it at the db layer? Wouldn't having it at the query builder/orm layer suffice?
The guy with the suit, house, and car is doing that too.
Can't upvote this enough. I was recently at a talk by Kenneth Cukier from the Economist and he discussed how our economic climate is similar to the early days of the industrial revolution - inequality is increasing as jobs are being eroded by technology. In the short term, this actually causes problems as a whole generation are essentially displaced by technology and are not able to reskill, but in the long term the next generation inherit the right skill base to benefit from the new trajectory of civilization and mass prosperity is achieved.

The problem is that individuals often cannot see the bigger picture. It also does not necessarily follow that individuals benefit from aggregate wealth creation. If you are unemployed (by technology) and can no longer feed yourself or your dependents why do you really care that goods are now available cheaper and can be delivered 247: you still can't afford them. If in your lifetime technology only brought starvation upon you, why should you care that future generations will benefit. Last I checked, we are not indoctrinated from young to be altruistic martyrs for humanity nor do I recall that being a basic human instinct either.

So displacement is a somewhat inevitable outcome from mass technological disruption. It's very easy to champion progress when you're on the winning side, and ultimately progress is important. It falls to the powerful (the wealthy like Gates and Zuckerberg) and nation States to protect the interest of all citizens to make sure everyone's basic rights are still preserved. Especially over trasitory eras such as the current one.
That setup actually works really well; its predecessor GX700 was one of the few previous-gen laptops that can drive HTC Vive _and_ Oculus Rift (adapters required) at the same time. https://plus.google.com/+AudreyTang/posts/VGebgzXnefP
I be downvoted into hell but here it goes:

Yes; and Apple also has a convicted woman abuser on board...

http://qz.com/476599/dr-dre-rapper-turned-apple-guru-wants-y...
Still almost always better off on SQL (Lite or Postgres).
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I disagree. When one can find parallels to their own life in a tale (even if fictional), it can start a more comprehensive look at the overall system of values one employs, or how one uses their time.
Honestly this was the first article I'd come across even mentioning the taxation concept of streaming. Makes me kind of feel like a chump for not knowing about it prior. Got to start somewhere I guess.

If it was my cash going to politicians, I'd make dang sure they understood my position favors a significant portion of the "streaming audio service" revenue was earmarked and full-faith pledged to in-state music education programs.
State actors, when sufficiently motivated, are unlikely to be daunted by licensing terms. (Hell, private companies often violate license agreements in minor ways; meanwhile, state actors routinely violate international treaties / break into the networks of allies / perform illegal acts for unconvincing reasons.)
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If you choose to vendor part of stdlib like http then boom diamond dependency problem approaches.
That was exactly my first thought as well. It was a movie that definitely carved itself to my memory (though I saw it only on TV some time in early 1970's, no movie theatres around my place)
1. The 'demo' button does not seem to provide noticeably changed content. I was expecting something similar to what the 'view example' text link provides.

2. Before providing a valid email address, I'd like to know more about how it Webfolio works and what it offers. For the purpose of soliciting feedback captcha and email validation and profile information are friction for the user.

My advice is to turn all that stuff on when there is an actual problem with spam that outweighs the value of making it very easy for people to try the service out. Or to put it another way, spam and validation are Webfolio's problem not mine.

My first experience with the site is working to solve Webfolio's problem rather than Webfolio working to solve mine. And my past experience is that providing a valid email to a website often results in managing spam for several years. So the sign up process not only involves work that doesn't solve my problem it also involves possibly creating additional unrelated work...all before I've even been able to touch the product.

I mean I see a phone and maybe it's mostly an iOS app. How would I know?

3. Webfolio is not unusual. Lots of sites encourage people with legitimate interest to leave before touching the product and few treat all visitors as possible diamonds.

4. I think that portfolios probably play a role in the future of programmer hiring as software moves from strict engineering toward a cluster of related creative concepts. So it is good that Webfolio is exploring that space.

Good luck.
I think Mongo is GREAT at one very important thing:

Storing other people's data.

If you need to consume other services, especially if its more than one, it's hard to beat Mongo (or other NoSQL databases). You get a lot of search power (not always the easiest to tap, but you get it), and your app won't break when they change their formats. If you need a LOT of it, even better.

I would never use it as my main datastore, though. At least not for any projects I can think of offhand.
That's accurate if you are doing tax optimized direct indexing (https://www.wealthfront.com/tax-optimized-direct-indexing) which doesn't involve just using index funds. Their basic level of service just involves purchasing index funds.
Or is doing.
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This article doesn't do the work. It does not provide good arguments, nor does it provide evidence. It simply repeats some fairly popular platitudes and jabs in hopes that it will make people agree and go buy the book. But nothing is really being properly explored in the article and I would not give it any credit.

The book is another matter but that will need to be analyzed separately.
Exactly this.

I had a friend that skipped a grade, and the age difference affected her. She was 17 in her first year of college, unable to fully participate, for example. Many kids that are held back a year find other sorts of problems as well - sexual maturity and hormones a year ahead of their classmates, for example.

The other problem i've seen with "advanced" students is complete seperation from other students, with the implicit expectation that the students should be more mature because they were smart. One school system did this from a young age, and in high school there were multiples that simply had trouble socializing with 'normal' students. Really had a detrimental effect on some of them.

I would approve of specialized sorts of schedules for such 10 year olds, however. Part of the day in the classes needed for their level, while going back to enjoy the other classes with their emotional and developmental peers. Art, music, physical education, lunch, recess, and some of the reading (after all, it would be fun stories at an emotional level they understand), etc. Perhaps even special advanced classes with a lighter homework load designed for the advanced student, for example, could be worked in.
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I'm guessing the reference is to Mongo being coupled with Node (eg, MEAN). If you're gonna go MEAN, skip the A and swap Postgres for M.
This is unrelated to net neutrality.
I don't see the threat in Kosher, Halal, etc.

As a non-Muslim in upstate NY I see Halal meat as a net positive influence. It enables a local alternative supply chain for meat: some restaurants around here sell really delicious meat, often things like lamb and goat you don't see every day. Also a lot of non-Muslim farmers can make a living because of this supply chain.
I don't think that the English of that message is real. Looks made up, maybe too give a better aura of mystery and possibly to avoid the risk of being recognised by some writing style analysis software.
"The Puzzle Palace" was written in 1982. It's by an insider, James Bamford, and about his discovering by happenstance that people at the NSA listening post he was stationed at were listening in on american conversations illegally.

He also discovered that the Carter administration's justice department had opened a criminal investigation on the NSA, and through FOIA managed to get a copy of the file. It was pretty damning stuff.

This was 1982. What changed because of this?

https://theintercept.com/2014/10/02/the-nsa-and-me/
A cofounder with me on another project was involved in Boston Chicken in its early stages. Her sister living in NY at the time told her the business was a dumb idea because everyone could already get fresh cooked chicken whenever they want from food carts.

It's difficult to appreciate what was novel and what was obvious at different times in the past. I lived in Italy in 1994/95, and when I returned to a non-city in the US I was sure I wouldn't be able to find a good espresso, yet the independent coffee shops starting turning up right about when I returned. I also imagined that the per-minute local phone billing in Italy would end up precluding modems and the internet from taking hold back in Italy any time soon.
I think the surface book looks great. what's your hangup with its aesthetic?
Yes, team sports is a bit of a weird environment, and not just in America. Socialization is also possible while participating in 1v1 sports, or even something like chess club.
I too recommend "A Guide to the Good Life" but saying its a "more complete look into Stoicism" seems a little exagerating. Irvine covers a lot of of the major topics and offers a many excellent ways of integrating them into modern life but underplays one of the most important aspects of Stoicism: living a virtuous lifestyle. He instead heavily plays up the tranquility aspects which I find a bit disingenuous. He also neglects many of the metaphysical aspects of Stoicism which, even if you don't believe/agree with them (I certainly don't), makes it more difficult to understand the background of a lot of Stoic teachings and practices.

It's best to take Irvine's book as a guide to his own modern philosophy heavily based off Stoicism. Take that as you will, but I would recommend Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and some of the original Stoic classics; Enchiridion by Epictetus (it's short and very direct) and Seneca the Youngers Letters.
Generalizations about "American public school's" features are usually wrong. Many American public schools have a lot to offer highly-capable students. OTOH, many American public schools actually do quite a bit to stand in their way (often, at a minimum, forcing them to spend a large portion of the day in classes far below their ability is pretty significantly standing in their way.)
Timing is an interesting component. Time certainly helps to separate fact from fiction, and important facts from not-so important facts.

However, I don't think it prevents bias, either from the authors own ideology or the status-quo at the time of writing.

EDIT: Also, access to past facts can be limited as well. History being written by the victors, etc.
Here's the full thread - http://quote.ms/2bkM2HW
Just to be clear, your theory is that the Debian operating system is a honeypot operation to get people to click links from arbitrary email signatures in the Debian mailing list?
Interesting Instagram Buffer Overflow (still Open)
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I think she has the capacity to be an effective educator, helping others to avoid doing the evil she has done.

But first, she needs to apologize. This is obvious.

So yes, I think that anybody who regards her as a compelling part of their education needs to explain how they intend to avoid repeating her mistakes.
Pretty sure we are all above average now.

But seriously, it seems like schools have really drifted towards programs that enhance self-esteem and build confidence rather than making school the narcissistic insult it was when I was kid. I think that is fine. For the most part you can learn everything you actually want to know or need to know yourself later in life. It would be great if every kid left school thinking they were really good at things and had the confidence to get out there and try.
Yes, that's the approach Go takes.
I think you're thinking of the Athenian democracy, because Greece wasn't politically unified at that time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy

I doubt that the Athenians had the present-day concept of "white people". Wikipedia says that citizens "had to be descended from citizens", so maybe at least in a certain era nobody known to be descended from people coming from outside of Athens could be a citizen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy#Citizenship...

Edit: looking at one of the references, it seems that there was a year when explicit citizenship lists were drawn up based on all free men who lived in Athens (maybe with some kind of ethnic exclusion at that time too?). From then on until Pericles, children could be added to the list if their fathers were on the list. After Pericles, children could be added to the list if their mothers and fathers were on the list.
I left my cable subscriber recently and was surprised at how easy it was. I somewhat expected the hard sell. They did try and lower my bill but when I declined it was accepted easily.

It's funny how perspective plays in, though. When she offered to drop the price dramatically my thought wasn't "gee, that's a good deal" it was "I've been really overpaying for a long time". If they can survive on those low prices, it's clear subscribers are being gouged.
Curious if it has been deployed in heavy production.
I first read that as "startups" and it's no less true.
maybe that's the two types of Norwegian seeping through?
It's absurd to use a schemaless database for the simple sake of "rapid" iteration! That is so, so incredibly inefficient. You need — NEED — to understand your domain data (its structure, volume, usage, etc.) before you even begin writing a single line of code or picking a specific DB vendor. This — and only this — will rightfully inform you of what your actual technical requirements are.
I'd like to know this too. I've just started a proof of concept s3-lambda-dynamodb project and I'd like to know what others think about it.

Also I know document dbs don't aggregate well, but wouldn't it be appropriate to have your app backend in NoSQL and have etl or other duplication to an rdbms or possibly cassandra?
It's not difficult to mount Box on Linux. Google Drive integration comes built into Nautilus IIRC. There are other solutions for Linux integrations with both.

Perhaps not as easy as Dropbox but can't see it being a winning USP.

I read somewhere that Google Drive has a Linux client used by Google enployees internally—so if it were significant, it would probably only be a matter of time before this client would be released for public use.

I don't think it is significant though.
Another question for me is: what is the argument for a single grade across subjects? Why not let a kid be in Math 7, while still staying in Literature 5, and Physical Education 3, while another kid the same age is in Physical Education 12, Literature 6, and Math 2? If you mixed it up enough you could substantially lessen the stigmas of both being ahead and behind.
I had this realization when considering the happiest people on earth (scandinavians) also have pretty much the most disgusting food (imo). But my culture's food (soul food) makes me happy.

This led to the realization that you can change what makes you happy. Though it's very difficult to do that work in today's climate, and impossible over short time scales. A practice like transcendental meditation or yoga is essential in my opinion.

Disappointing that well-tested multigenerational wisdom like this is often downvoted on HN =/

disclaimer: currently reading Autobiography of a Yogi.
The e-mail includes a couple of links. The linked site at http://gwolf.org/node/4070 returns "page not found?" for me currently. Here is an archived version of that page which works: http://archive.is/sSXvX
I suppose this was just an example of when you want to do safety-critical control in software. For something as simple, hardware measures are probably more appropriate, but your particular problem may be far too complex to solve with simple hardware-based logic. For example, consider a system in a radiation therapy machine which ensures the patient does not receive too much dose or at the wrong spots.
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They had neither the first-mover advantage (Dropbox), nor massive cash reserves to offer storage at a loss just to compete with Dropbox (Google, Microsoft). They flew out to every single conference about everything to promote Box to people who kept asking, "oh, so you're like Dropbox?"; they bought a bunch of S3 but then they started building their own backend [1], and literally paid people to make 'apps' for their 'platform' [2].

They were always going to have to burn a ton of cash to catch up and it's actually kind of remarkable that they're still around.

[1] https://gigaom.com/2013/06/20/why-cloud-storage-startup-box-...

[2] https://gigaom.com/2013/06/06/box-to-pay-mobile-app-develope...
Here is a question worth ignoring it seems:

> what purpose does precluding the latter serve?
Some of them are listed on the wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA

Notable ones that caught my attention: internet (ARPANET), satellite navigation (transit), time-sharing computing (multics), onion routing (Tor), the computer mouse (Engelbart), autonomous robots (Shakey), and self-driving cars (Grand Challenge).
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The most important thing you are missing is traction. They reached half a billion signups recently, and have many millions of active users, which is very valuable in itself.

Sure, if you were you start a file syncing dropbox competitor today you would have a hard time, but the position they are in is far more defensible simply because they have a massive user base.

It's the same reason why WhatsApp was acquired for billions, their "value proposition" from a product and feature set point of view was weak, but they had a traction and a massive user base. And having a massive user base is almost all that matters nowadays.
This is an interesting/creative idea. I've heard about people doing something similar with Twitter and Facebook. While they want you to keep everything forever, it's actually pretty easy to use them more ephemerally.
Ask the ethicist: Should bots get a byline?
I can't see the blue shades in the daylight clock with µblock running (in Chromium on Linux), so at first I didn't understand what the purpose of the website is, but it looks great in an incognito window — and thus without µblock — in the same browser.
At the same time India has more kids with IQ over 120 than total amount of kids in the US.
Is there a federal lawsuit or question at play here? IANAL, but interstate commerce comes to mind. What punitive measures or recourse does a state have on an out of state vendor like Netflix?
That's a good point. Presumably the funds that invested were raised around 2007 and also have a 10 year window.
My understanding is that Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc... will be responsible for charging, collecting, and reporting the tax. So if you live in PA, you will now pay a 6% tax on your monthly Netflix subscription.