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Well deserved!

I remember that before BootStrap came to the scene, we used to work with BluePrint CSS. BluePrint gave a nice canvas and concealed all the IE6 related issues. However, once Google Chrome became mainstream, it was time to move up to the next level. BootStrap emerged to the scene and completely won over so many hearts. The world is a better place because of BootStrap! Many many thanks for the team that put this together.
It was never open source in the sense of the OSI (Open Source Initiative) definition, but the source code was available to the public for a while:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QNX&oldid=7308275...

"In September 2007, QNX Software Systems announced the availability of some of its source code. [http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_2471_1.html]

On April 9, 2010, Research In Motion announced they would acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International Industries. On the same day, QNX source code access was restricted from the public and hobbyists."
> you know

Ignorance like this is a large part of the problem with the world.
The useless predictive reply stuff makes it feel more like a tech demo than an actual product. Why on Earth would I want a machine actually expressing sentiment for me, even if it's really cool that it can?
All of them? In this order?
It is refreshing when only the maps, and not the objects, are under serious contention. I suspect I still might prefer walking a shade closer to the line dividing definitely intra and potentially extra boxed agents, but you are the ones actually in the arena - do keep up the interesting work.
That would not be headline-worthy. There are many devices that don't have Linux drivers.

The real problem is that somebody went out of their way to remove the ACPI setting in the BIOS, and apparently did this only for the Microsoft store "Signature" edition. Furthermore it doesn't seem to be a technical neccessity, since after re-flashing the BIOS the laptop works in ACPI mode with Linux and Windows.

Whether or not this was due to malice is besides the point for me personally. They should just say "oops, my bad" and set the flag allowing ACPI in the next BIOS revision.
I traveled around Southeast Asia for $1000 a month. Including flights
Functional at Scale:functional principles and distributed computing
None of those are ok.

But a monopoly mandating interacting products to lock down is a completely different game.
Police in Norway is absolutely allowed to break the law to be able to catch the real culprits and not just the visible parts of criminal networks.

Here [1] is a case from April where the police imported 12 kg of cocaine as part of a deal with a man trying to smuggle the cocaine. The result was that they got the whole cell of Albanian smugglers and not just their german scapegoat.

[1] http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/04/28/nyheter/innenriks/kokain/...
Any system will be abused. You balance the risk of that abuse against the downside of letting criminals do what they want. There are lots of countries were the police don't really control the streets--that's not pleasant either.

The problem here isn't that abuse happens--it's that even when there is hard evidence of it it can't be successfully addressed and the offenders punished. What keeps abuse of the system to acceptable levels is the social norms and deterrent effect created by the law. Both are eviscerated when clear-cut abuses go unpunished.
I can see how these apps can take off with kids, who are in school and see each-other every day.. so there can be some coordination on what app to use.

But for me, I don't see how I could use anything other than email/sms and expect someone else to use it.
Just bear in mind that a 'Google Apps for work' account, is never useable for Google Play family, or music (I think).

Basically, ensure everyone realises that their google 'account', even though it seems to include everything, isn't theirs and is never changeable to a personal one.

I have one, purely for using a custom domain from a few years back, and now find that my 'Google everything' account is completely useless for some things and I have to create a brand new personal account - everything in the play store, or wallet or anything else is wasted.

I'd go with Fastmail and keep it outside of the Google 'everything'.
It's just popular to hate JavaScript and npm right now.

It's not perfect, but it's not bad either.
If Musk is able to do it, then he will beat all the governments from Earth. However, I expect to see a lot of politics in this. It's just too an important of an issue to remain uncontrolled.

I dunno, maybe we should work on our social decision making process as well, not just on technology. Progress is a function of both and we seem to be leaving the social one behind.

Maybe we should be working to transition to a kind of direct democracy, or a more evolved form with the help of technology. Leaving all the power in the hands of a few doesn't seem to do much good in the long run...

Or maybe we should count on Elon to do this as well, as he promised, once he becomes king of Mars...
Possibly but there are fundamental limitations to having a small screen and no proper keyboard. I also annotated a map the other day on the macbook and have no great desire to do it by prodding the 4" bit of glass on my iPhone.
Looks like Google was onto something when they rejected him to start with...
My wife and I our currently expecting and are about to have a baby shower.

For those unfamiliar with the shower concept here in the US we have a party that is generally more expensive then if you were to just buy the baby stuff. We invite people over and they give us stuff off a list that is at a few big box stores.

Registering for the baby shower was my eye opener of what we are getting ourselves into. I actually seriously wondered what we would do if we didn't have friends, family and/or money. I had no clue where to start. I wasn't even sure what car seat we needed (the baby store will tell you).

I have to say though I'm amazed by the quality of the cardboard box stuff. Some of that stuff looks better than the stuff we registered for :).
Set theory is useful, as well as category theory (although I never formally studied category theory myself...maybe eventually I will).

Basic logic is also important - understanding symbolic logic, and methods of proof (direct inference, proof by contradiction, induction, etc.) also prove important.

I have had to use basic trigonometry in the past as well, and linear algebra (for CSS rotations/translations driven by JS).

Algorithmic number theory, closely related to algebraic number theory, drives cryptography.

Harmonic analysis drives audio.

Algebraic geometry powers facial recognition software.

The list goes far deeper, but I have been away from the math world for 6 years & have forgotten much.
Encrypted or not?
It shows “Test is starting” forever in my case. I am behind a company proxy. Should I create a bug report, or is it unnecessary (unfixable), as your experiment’s point is to use WebTorrent?
StavrosK's law: Nobody will take a law you invoke seriously if you're the one who coined that law.
I find your statement laughable. Brew and Debian's package manager aren't even comparable.
My favorites are

* Stuff you should know

* Radiolab

* Planet Money

* Welcome to Night Vale

* This American Life

* Serial

Great shows and have kept me entertained for a while now. Nothing you wouldn't find in any random top 10 list though. Haven't explored podcasts enough to find the more niche shows.
tl;dr: It's not because the cardboard boxes are significantly better than cribs and other sleeping methods, it's the fact that the box comes with almost everything a new parent needs to look after kids, which means they don't have to shell out $foo-money to be able to take care of the children properly, and aren't left worried that they left something out.
And by Risk I meant Riak but didn't notice it in time to edit the comment (sorry).
Lambda Calculus since it's a computer science field of study that makes math, in my opinion, useful for most situations in our field.

Math isn't majorly needed and you can learn what you need on the fly. For instance, if you want to get into game development you need to understand some fairly complex math concepts but nothing is stopping you from attacking the problem and either a) working around it with your understanding of the computing devices you are using or b) by learning what you need on the fly.

If you want to practice in a field that operates on computers, don't learn another field. That's like saying "what kind of philosophy most correctly correlates to learning about horticulture?" Just start to learn horticulture and as you need philosophy it will be tied in.
Google/Alphabet are not in the marketing business. In fact they have pretty awful marketing. They are in the displaying ads business.
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Publicly fund the transition to a society beyond work
Good! Time to move to telegram! And delete your facebook account! And uninstall whatsapp!

I expect nothing less from HN.
My issue with those APT on Debian is that I almost always have to add another PPA to download a version of something that I actually want to use. That reduces the utility of APT in my view. Having a crowdsourced list of Homebrew packages to install would be fabulous.
You mention you're hiring a backend engineer. Are you looking for mid-level/senior engineers as well? What is the compensation band you guys are offering?
> Essentially the reason is that before they started treatment, they had no motivation to do anything. After they start the treatment, but before they've waited long enough to realize the benefits, they have enough motivation to end their lives.

Which is why in the UK they've experimented with giving patients MDMA for an instant seratonin rush needed to curb depressive symptoms until the antidepressants kick in.
Agreed on the smaller doses of melatonin. A full tablet (5 or 10mg) tends to have the opposite effect and make me even wider awake after an hour or so of sleepiness. Someone told me once that most tablets are dosed too strong simply because it's an inexpensive supplement, and in the manufacturing process, it's cheaper to use the production templates used for other supplements that are dosed in higher amounts.
> Stay evil.

Wow. Google went a full 180 from being a company that promoted itself by saying "Don't be evil" to something evil. Couldn't Google have made its billions still being not evil, without its privacy issues, without its obnoxious desire for tracking everything. Did they turn to this evil for the money or just because they can do it (or if not someone else will).
And how many "Kings" do you know personally?/s What me (and presumably, OP) trying to say is, that an ordinal person should be much more worried about their private data being collected and used (virtually) unconstrained by the shady companies than three letter agencies. This doesn't imply that mass surveillance isn't wrong and evil, these two things are orthogonal.
Here you go! Kyle is available to hire to do Jepsen testing if you're serious about it. Here is the page on how to go about it:

http://jepsen.io/analyses.html
I drink diet soda because it's much more pleasant to drink and I don't get the sugar rush/crash. Don't assume people do it for health reasons.
Are you claiming you know how to solve cancer?
I just stopped drinking coffee. The first 2 weeks were awful. I was tired all the time and sleeping over 10 hours every night. After that I returned to my usual 7 hour sleep but I had no more issues getting to sleep. My performance is the same as it was when drinking coffee, I sleep well, and if I ever need a boost, a single ristretto will give me lots of energy! :D
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Anyone know if Telegram is any better? Or in terms of privacy, what's the order here: Signal > Telegram > WhatsApp?
I disagree that they are a "great experience" for users.

Here's my experience with PPAs:

1. Is it already in the Ubuntu / Debian repositories? Nope.

2. Search google for "Ubuntu <package name>".

3. Find some random website like some stack exchange question that tells me what couple of commands to run to get it into my repositories, or risk trying to navigate this disaster of a site.[1]

4. Finally, install the package!

On the other end of the spectrum, (this may be unfair and biased because this is what I"m familiar with), on Arch Linux, to get community maintained packages:

1. yaourt <package name>

2. hit corresponding number

3. answer prompts. (This step gives me the opportunity to analyze the build scripts if I so choose, which includes the source location.)

4. done.

[1]https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas

Edit: Actually that's not really a fair comparison. I forgot that Arch does not come with yaourt preinstalled. I would have the same complaints about downloading the tarball, unzipping, makepkg, and installing the package on Arch, so take my complaints with a grain of salt. I'm sure it's a good experience with a similar tool on Ubuntu.
I'm not convinced but your argument doesn't really pan out. Microsoft own Lenovo wrt what OS installs are made: by preventing any OS install except the factory one they can guarantee such devices will start at Win10 and only change if MS deem it. If they allowed reinstalls then users might be able to install Win7 or another OS.
I drink a lot of sour beers. The agent of souring is generally lactobacillus or pediococcus bacteria producing lactic acid. The pH of these is generally around 3, which is a little bit higher than vinegar. I've made some homebrew that is a bit lower - though it ended up being ab it too sour for my personal tastes. There have been plenty of days where I have had more than 2 liters of sour beer - many commercial bottles are sold as 750mL, and sour beers are generally relatively low alcohol %, so it's easily possible to drink plenty of these if you've decided you want to make a day of it.

About the only ill effect would be some heartburn. Tums to the rescue
Ask HN: Fulltime software engineers over 250k, how'd you get there(updated)?
I’ve been inspired by an old HN thread that asks what software engineers with > 200K salary did to get there ( tinyurl.com/hwvw5yl ). I am looking for recent data points/advice on what people did or are doing to get > 250K base salary (total > 300K comp) these days. Silicon valley/new york data points are preferable, but other outliers are interesting as well. To keep the spirit of old thread - there are the questions: How much are you making? Is your income stable or volatile? What industry are you in? Where do you live? How long/What did it take to get to your level? What kind of work do you do? Do you enjoy it, or is it the stereotypical "highly paid because it's crappy" work? Is this a short-lived opportunity, or do you expect it to exist in 5 years? What would your advice be to a 25-yr-old aspiring developer? 30? 35 ?

Hope this post helps someone who is either entering the field or a current player looking for a similar path.

This was a quick write up, so I’ll add any important details I missed later.
There's not much choice so you just don't sleep. Takes a bit of getting used to. After a while you jump into bed at 10pm when before you had children you'd go to sleep at 2am and become a 'normal person', sort of.
>Couldn't Google have made its billions still being not evil

No. Google is advertising company and advertisement companies need a lot of user data for targeted ads.
http://xkcd.com/1736/
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> should I work hard in the current company trusting them to right the wrongs...

Senior executives (especially in FinTech) do NOT think in these terms. Their focus is purely bottom line, what have you done for us today?

> I am on a work visa...

Apply for a permanent status, you will be free to chart your own course. Pay for your own attorney to navigate the system. Do this TODAY!

> I am worried about losing some perks ...

Easily negotiated into your next compensation package. Simply let a potential new company know your current perks-- expect they will meet or beat what you have.
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In general, work in finance. I have a friend who works as a systems engineer (sysadmin who can code) at Bloomberg and makes just that. His total comp is > 300.
Also "desktop" is much less stuck on desks than it was. I'm typing this from an 11" macbook air lying on the grass in a park tethered to 4G via the phone so the thing's pretty mobile although it's "desktop" from the software point of view. I think that may be where the futures headed rather than people just using ios/android.
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I don't think that is enough. Here we are relying on Google being magnanimous enough to not use the data to increase their profitability. And even beyond that, your opinion is a little naive to hold in a post-snowden world.
Laureline: discontinued open hardware/software GPS NTP server
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Actually, paying robots a salary sounds like an equitable way to fund a basic income.
Also printed ones? Burn all the old newspapers?
Class status is self reported so I wonder how much can be traced to economic vs mentality changes.
One thing I always find missing with forecast.io/DarkSky apis is that you have to supply cordinates to get the weather of a location. What if I want to be able to query by city or postal code? It's the only reason why I stick with weather underground for my weather chat bot where people are trying to get weather info based on a (city, region), (city, region, country), or (postal code).
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Ghost 1.0 and LTS
That gear looks well designed.
Oh I thought of that, but only had access to a simple kitchen scale. The weight of the nail before the experiment didn't even register on it.
> The percentage of Americans who say they are in the middle or upper-middle class has fallen 10 percentage points, from a 61% average between 2000 and 2008 to 51% today.

This statistic is psychological. Americans want to be middle class and tend to identify as such even if their income does not fall into what is considered a "middle class income" (lower or higher).

So, while it is significant that fewer people identify as middle class, it is not clear what that actually means. And we certainly shouldn't take it for granted that everyone who no longer identifies as middle class has seen a salary drop from 65k to 28k.
We should just pass a new law called "The right to scrub your public image", which allows you to control how the public perceives you or your company online. If someone says something unflattering about you, you can force them to delete it.

That's basically what all these European "privacy" laws are amounting to.
How is that relevant to the fact that many people are more worried about marketers than the NSA? Nobody's questioning that some people are in fact so monitored. "I am more concerned about A than B" is not a claim that B does not exist, nor is it a claim that "I" am unconcerned about B.
I had errors with Homebrew and Go this week. In both cases, it was an issue with Websense (also known as Forcepoint). Might your issue be related to that?
Since you're already taking magnesium, try getting magnesium glycinate. It has 6 times as much glycine as magnesium by weight and is readily available. Glycine may help you sleep.
Better link:

https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=stars%3A%3E1000&t...
I can think of two hypotheses that can't currently be ruled out:

1) We're living in a computer simulation of a universe, which was built and operated for our benefit by some unknown intelligence(s).

2) Our universe is just one of an infinitely many universes, each of which has slightly different values for the physical constants. Our universe seems well-suited to our life because of selection bias--in the universes not suited to life, there is no life to observe that fact.

These both relate to various formulations of the anthropic principle. The principle itself can't be used to prove the correctness of one or the other. But it's possible that we will find some experiment in the future that will allow us to test one or the other.
And that's a little scary, you sell a bit of yourself to get access to a service. It's not really the best case scenario I would want.
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So ... what does it do?
Will Amazon just ante up and buy TripAdvisor already?
Most programmers can forget the specifics of calculus, but the conceptual ideas of integration and differentiation are important. Many problems are better solved when you transform a series of changes into a whole (integration) and/or vice versa (differentiation).
Generally I'd like to see something like an "Internet District" court with technically trained judges that have jurisdiction over warrants on the internet.
What the North Korean internet really looks like
"The second count is a Fourth Amendment claim: the seizure of Michael’s camera without probable cause to believe that it contained evidence of a crime, or a warrant for its seizure. The police cannot grab people’s property and confiscate it on a whim."

You would think the ACLU knows that this is not true at all. Police regularly confiscate property on a daily basis with no cause. They have laws that allow them to do this. It's usually cash but they have been known to take whatever isn't nailed down. Some police departments apparently plan their budgets around it.
I take you seriously, so the law must be true.
>myth that artifical sweeteners are a bad as sugar //

Could you link to a review paper for all the studies showing this myth, I must have missed ("myth-ed it!") and was still under the impression artificial sweeteners did damage to the body's control mechanisms for sugar intake.
In fairness, the Github org is still called "twbs".
Except windows 10s drivers are compatible with windows 8 and 7, since the driver model haven't changed since then.

So using that install media you can extract the drivers and install older windows versions anyway.

So it's a pretty crappy conspiracy :)
Sex is a good option too. My wife and I both fall asleep earlier and sleep longer after we've had a good romp and roll.
How does it benefit by keeping data forever though? Of what use is aged data?
It really is more distracting to hear only one side of a conversation compared to both, e.g. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
Be sure to burn all the archived articles in libraries. We wouldn't want pesky expired history changing our minds.

... wait aren't online archives identical to hardcopy archives.... Silly me, they are totally different.
Mac OS X came out in 2001, and there was a lot of immediate adoption by people using emacs and bash: It became the largest consumer distro of a Unix-based system overnight. (look for all the old articles about how to upgrade from tcsh to bash).

Homebrew was successful because there were developers who wanted it. Is the Mac more successful as a developer platform because of it? Possibly.
I dont see how breaking out the messaging part was bad, the messenger app is far superior to the normal one and the chatheads is great. has the same benefit as hangouts, (multiplatform)
i must be the only person on earth that can't get brew to work right.

every so often i'll try to install something with brew, and it just won't work. the last thing i'm trying to do on planet earth is spend 30 minutes debugging a packager on my workstation (as opposed to on servers, where i do this literally all day long), so i just don't bother.
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If it was meant contra Linux, it obviously failed as the Linux installer booted just fine.