skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A manager wouldn't care if their company were sued for a pattern of discrimination based solely on the numbers, because it is extremely hard to prove a pattern, even harder to prove intent, and the burden and blame would fall on the company not the individual.

By contrast a specific anti-discrimination claim would be very personal, very damaging, and (according to your scenario) completely unexpected and uncontrollable.

It's well known that (rational or not) uncertainties of this kind are weighted very highly and such situations trigger avoidance.

As to evidence, I offered an example of the type of evidence that would persuade me and you were the one that claimed it was contentious. So please don't put that label on me.

Regarding social change through laws, I can offer cases where social change came before changes in laws (e.g. blasphemy, slavery, child labour, apartheid) and cases where laws have not produced the desired social change (e.g. prohibition, drugs). I think the burden should be on those who promote certain laws to show that they actually help overall. Every law has a cost, especially one that produces so much uncertainty.

As to being rational, my other original point was that in a market those who act more rationally succeed, grow, gain influence, and crowd out their competitors. This is the kind of bottom-up change that I believe is actually responsible for social change.
Well, yeah, but it's still hard to produce graphene circuitry at the complexity we need for CPUs and such, too. Are photonics actually harder?
Very interesting! I've been working on implementing (Ed,Curve)25519 recently.

It's been really fascinating to learn how to use hyperelliptic.org/EFD and turn the pure optimized voodoo of DJB's C implementations into minimalist C++ code.

Here is my current progress: http://hastebin.com/raw/vohusotobe

After separating the math operations on the prime field (2^255-19) into its own type, I was able to reduce Curve25519 to a 30-line class, that's still (hopefully) safe from side-channel leaks and ~90% as fast as the original C version was. Ed's about three times that size on account of all the hashing that's involved, and building a table for scalar multiply over the constant B.

However, there's still a very clear gap in my knowledge of how it all actually works. The math is so far beyond my current knowledge that I don't really have any understanding of its potential weaknesses. The best I can do so far is compare and confirm test vectors against the official implementation, and rely on the work of others in verifying the strength and security of the curve itself.

I'll definitely try and go through this set the next time I have downtime.
Imagine a young and inexperienced programmer, entrepreneur-wannabe comes up to you with 2 nice idea for SaaS companies.

One of those, despite being nice, will require overcoming a monstrous network effect to succeed (for example, a new Ebay or something like that).

The other is a much smaller and modest app that will not get as large as $46k/mo, but will not face any network effects.

What do you say to that person? Do you tell him to work hard on the second app, or to start a blog and work hard on that blog for 7 years, then take the first idea and build it?
Yes, both as a read-only gateway (browser navigation friendly) and as a read+write HTTP API, you can find several API client libraries at:

https://github.com/ipfs/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=ipfs-api
No, I'd parse that as being 2/5. The difference is, you didn't say "40% more sick days are taken on Monday and Friday", which would imply (M+F) = 1.4(T+W+T) -> 58% of sick days taken on Monday and Friday, and 42% of sick days taken on the remaining days.
Easy: Your contact list. You may not care who sees your list, but the people on your contact list would probably be upset if their private email address, cellphone number, chat name, home address and other personal data were exposed to the general public. Ditto any conversation you had with them via text; you may not care who sees the conversation, but your partner/friend/boss may object to having their privately texted words plastered all over Times Square.

Your GPS location data is another good one. Hypothetically speaking, would you really want the public, which contains some seedy characters mixed in with the "normal" people, to see the route you take to drop off/pick up your daughter at school, making her easy pickings for a kidnapping?

There's more than just the websites you browse and the people you talk to on your phone. It's a digital vault of every move you make, every question you ponder, every person you've interacted with, every store you shop at. Your banking data is there, your stocks, your hobbies, your bursts of anger, your outlook on life, your loved ones' and associates' addresses and contact information.

In short, you hurt more than yourself by exposing your private data, whether to the public at large, the government, or commercial entities seeking to hoover it up for advertising revenue. It's your responsibility to keep it private.
"Mathematicians have tried many different possibilities and have yet to find a single one that works. But they also haven't been able to prove that such a box doesn't exist, so the hunt is on for a perfect cuboid." apparently, something wrong here.
Can I ask what your career was before leaving? I've worked very hard to get to where I'm at, solving machine learning problems for a great company. But I really just want to quit and travel the world. Leaving behind all the effort I just put in seems like such a shame, I'm not sure if I could get back to where I am now. Where have you travelled? Are you going solo?
In general, the whole of Europe has no appreciation for Mexican food. I'm sure you can find some rare examples of "good" Mexican restaurants at one or two places in Europe but those are definitely the exceptions.

Mexican food in Europe... <shudder>
Sure, but project management teams presumably also have a diversity problem, and engineers can certainly be a part of feature creation / selection.
It's not about Thiel being indifferent to the issue in general as a passive observer. He's actively making things worse by supporting Trump, and he's indifferent about that. He's willing to take his policy wins in exchange for helping make a serial sexual assaulter president. Helping Trump become president is promoting hatred. Whether Thiel himself feels any particular hatred doesn't seem all that relevant.
The Medieval Battle That Launched Modern English
Very much interested by compliance; please share if you feel like doing so.

I'm actually interested in using the Twitter bot you mentioned too...
It's reasonable to expect your phone to not act like thermite randomly. Until they have 100% of sold devices accounts for, they should be accountable for producing something which malfunctions so spectacularly with potentially deadly consequences. I'm sure there are many people who still don't know about the recall (or who don't understand the actual risks and thus don't care). I'm sure that their notification system to urge owners to bring the device in for recall is not without bugs and didn't reach every last owner. I'm sure there are plenty of GN7s sitting in boxes.

It's not really the fault of a person to know that what they though was a normal phone is now considered contraband because the manufacturer goofed epically. Consider also all of the tech-illiterate who may have received one as a gift or whatever, and they don't know / care what model it is. It's not really fair IMO to fine them. I guess this is why they're checking all phones now.

I'm not sure of the exact mechanisms employed by them, but they likely need to work with every telco on which their phone can connect and go through all active IMEIs and ESNs to identify any still-active GN7s, likely at great expense to Samsung. They should also probably then blacklist those so the devices become unable to connect to the carrier, so any people still using them will actually bring them in for disposal.
Graphene has been touted as the miracle matarial for years now. But we're still so far from practical applications.
Fascinating article, and one that reminds me that a police officer friend of mine told me. It was a few years ago, and he said the local police HQ once got a call from a dirt bike rider on a remote beach saying that he had discovered a couple of skeletons half buried in the sand.

Knowing that the area was on a known Aboriginal ancient burial site, the unit dispatched to investigate (which included my friend) took an anthropologist from the local university with them to check the scene.

Apparently when they got there, the anthropologist took one look at the skulls of the skeletons and within a couple of seconds proclaimed that they were native aboriginal skeletons (possibly a married couple buried together) and that it pre dated modern civilisation in the area and was probably 100 to 200 years old.

My friend was curious about how she could tell so quickly, and she said it was the teeth. They showed absolutely no signs of decay caused by modern processed sugar diets.

That one story alone caused me to pause and change my dietary habits.
I wrote something too long about your confused post (for example, you must have meant "opposite-sex", not "same-sex"), then set it aside. I'll just note that of course I supported Prop 8 after the California Supreme Court overturned Prop 22 in its May, 2008 "In re Marriage Cases" ruling. Prop 8 was not even on the ballot until June, 2008!

Your argument that my support was pernicious is based on bogus chronology.

As for "status quo", that was exactly the issue, or one of two big issues. Judges do not make law, they are not our dictators, not even in extremis. It's up to the people and the legislature to correct course, based on judicial review and judicial nullification at the limit, but with new law coming from the legislature and the ballot initiative process (in California, anyway).

A lot of us in California supported Mark Leno's work over more than a decade prior to 2008 to enact CA Domestic Partner law, precisely to address injustices, even as Leno, et al. did not attempt to redefine marriage. That we saw judicial overreach and moved against it does not make us opponents of the status quo.

(Speaking of status quo, Prop 22's definition of marriage is still in the California constitution: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.const/.article_1 SEC. 7.5.)

If you think courts should rule us, just wait long enough. The "next Trump" may give you the judges you deserve. I sincerely commend rule of law and judicial restraint to your attention, even if you don't agree with me on anything else.
Am I confused or is OP trying to just copy peerflix's torrent downloading code?

I looked at the personal website of the Github user (Jeffrey Jose) who forked it (4 hours ago) and they already have a listing for "tget" on their website[0]. I understand it is MIT licensed, but that seems shady to me to try to pass off another's work as your own. The first PR was to fix the README title from peerflix to "tget"[1].

[0]: http://jeffreyjose.com/code

[1]: https://github.com/jeffjose/tget/pull/1/commits/69477080505f...
People that think ML/AI isn't statistics typically haven't studied statistics, or have a marketing agenda. I can tolerate the latter as a fact of life. But the former ... there is often a disturbing lack of statistical understanding in "ML/AI" practitioners at the ground level, even though the vast majority of their tooling is built on basic multivariate statistics. It's rather inevitable give the sudden sex-appeal of the field, but will lead to an 'AI winter' as those folks over promise and under-deliver. Computational statistics, statistical learning, machine learning, pick your term certainly continues to progress as computational horsepower improves. But as another commenter noted, physicists/chemists still self-identify with quantum mechanics even though the computational methods/approximations for molecular dynamics continue to rapidly improve.
My web/mobile game called Twenty (http://twenty.frenchguys.net/play) blew up when I put it on hackernews.

But before and even after that, emails to game review sites were universally ignored (with Rock Paper Shotgun as the one exception). Even the Ars Technica guy who proclaimed it as his "latest obsession" wouldn't reply to an email.

I understand these people are inundated with emails, but I was still a little surprised.
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Fingerprints are user names, not passwords.
Saw the video was from 2007.. looked for an update. It was designed in the 1970s. This was the first system, and was installed in 1989. It's a 2mi loop. In 2013, they installed a 0.6mi line at a Brazilian airport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_railway#Aeromovel

They're working on a new 3.75mi line in downtown Canoas BR. http://www.aeromovel.com.br/en/projeto/canoas/

In this 1993 article, they say this cost $9m US to construct (using local labor and materials) and $500k/yr to operate.
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-17/business/fi-2255_1_tr...

That's a lot cheaper than light rail.. but it's hard to do a fair comparison, because of the labor difference and light rail projects (at least in the US) include stuff like tunnels, re-routing highways, etc.
I started using React/JSX professionally in the last few months, so some of these are fresh in my head. Differences I'm aware of:

1) JSX creates virtual DOM objects, not HTML tags. In places where the DOM and HTML use different names for the same thing, JSX uses the DOM's name. In particular, the "class" attribute is called "className" and the "style" attribute takes an object like { color: "white" } instead of a string like "color: white" (and the keys are like "backgroundImage" rather than "background-image"). The latter rarely comes up, but the former bites me all the time when incorporating markup from designers.

2) JSX requires all tags to be closed, like XHTML and all XML dialects. HTML 5 declares some tags to be self-closing, like IMG.

3) JSX removes whitespace padding inside elements. This usually results in the same visual result, except for those cases where HTML actually cares about extra whitespace (like in PRE and TEXTAREA).

4) Regarding TEXTAREA, you're encouraged not to use the inner content of the tag to define its default value. Instead, you treat it like an INPUT. (I think this is if anything an improvement.)

5) INPUT tags have some special behavior related to default values, but that's really more about React than JSX per se.

Overall I have found JSX pretty easy to get into. I appreciate that it really is just a very thin layer over underlying JS. I'm not totally sold on this approach versus the many, many, many other HTML templating systems out there, but at least it's easy to understand.
Of course. I'm foolish, but not foolish enough to think "easy" compiler/OS equals "easy" webapp. However, I am foolish enough to start any project, although usually not mad enough to finish it once I get an idea of the work involved.

Once again, Oberon looks neat. I am usually not a fan of the Wirthian languages, so I might not enjoy it in the same way I enjoy, say, Python, or Scheme, but it looks interesting.
How on earth do you monetize? I can't see any ads on it. BTW great site, I visit it at least once weekly.
> but that is simply not how React works ... React calls into the children

That's not how function components work, and i can easily imagine how to get lifecycle methods back (including optimizations) on function components
> As far as I know not in the De-Broglie-Bohm theory

As a physicist I am telling you should not conclude that the De-Broglie-Bohm theory is tell you anything different than what comicjk said.

> The particle's characteristics ARE the wavefunction

This kind of statement is normally said to stress the fact that the best evidence and experiments indicate quantum mechanics accurately describe the physical world and even parts like superposition(single particle double slit experiment, tunneling etc) that defy more classical intuitions.

De-Broglie-Bohm theory includes the same set of non-intuitive behaviors that all valid interpretations of quantum mechanics have, in other words it is not testable different from other interpretations.
There's some trouble to be found with project naming.

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I once searched for documentation on Facebook's programming language Hack.

"hack facebook" was a sub-optimal search.

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I later looked for LESS rules writter for Twitter's Pants build tool.

The results for "pants less" were...interesting.
Thank you, I missed Title III.
Look at projects like MaidSafe, Storj, Sia, IPFS with Filecoin
Users who provide storage space and other resources would be compensated.
True, but so what?

If you wanted to create a static files server, Python is just a bad choice.

Python is a good choice if you need custom, complex logic or access to non-file data stores. And if you need that, Nginx isn't a choice (yes you can use modules -- eventually you recreate the same problem).

So yes, don't try to replace Ngnix or HAProxy or PostgreSQL or such with Python. But the gaps not covered are good to be written in Python. And it's nice if they're fast.
Can anyone post their solutions?
RE: 300 days.

Not always true, I took 6 month break from a large consulting firm - they have thousands of consultants so you can take a break without killing the company but obviously they want as many consultants billing hours as possible.
Indonesia uses 95% fossil fuels: oil (46%), coal (31%), and gas (18%).
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/178039/i...

I don't think they really cared about that though.. this was a pilot project
Your ISP should pay for it
I have been using the Go Fucking Work extension for the past few months. It works well.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/go-fucking-work/hi...
I knew about this earlier in the week due to coverage on the Fox News and/or CNN networks.
Look. The best natural position for us is to wait for natural winner to emerge and help him consolidate and work to have him as semi client. Instead US often chooses puppet that is 100% obedient but lacks the strength to rule a country - Karzai and the Iraq guy and the shah are prime examples.

The question was what candidates think - Trump don't have the brain to coherently describe that position - although his stronman admiration shows he instinctively gets it. And Clinton lacks the balls - because the whole left will jump against her.
These are difficult issues. I was among those who voted in the online poll for Brendan Eich's ouster, but eventually, after reading every opinion I could find and wrestling with the issue for some time, decided I had been wrong to do so.

There are some interesting parallels between the two cases. In Eich's case, one of the reasons I decided I had been too hasty was that I didn't see anyone accusing him of actual discriminatory behavior as Mozilla's CTO. Apparently he had done well at keeping his politics out of the workplace. That seemed to me an argument for granting him the same consideration.

I don't really understand Thiel's politics. Some of the things he complained about in his RNC speech I understand and agree with as issues, though I don't understand why he thinks Trump is likely to address them. (I do understand why he thinks Hillary is unlikely to, though.) I haven't read any of Thiel's political writings, except for one widely-commented-on piece [0]. He doesn't sound to me like a racist; I'm less sure he's not sexist but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on that. His reasons for supporting Trump seem to be highly idiosyncratic. If he's just trying to make the point that there's danger in giving the Democrats too much power, well, I don't disagree with that, though I probably disagree on how much is too much. Anyway, the point is, just as in Eich's case, there seem to be mitigating factors.

Well. I don't know the answer, but I offer the following thoughts. It's easier to demonize someone you don't know personally. That in itself suggests that ostracism should be a weapon of last resort.

But I understand your anger. If I were in YC and Thiel offered to invest in my startup, I don't know whether I would take his money.

[0] https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/educatio...
Ok? Neither of those are war crimes or dismantle US democracy, which are the claims in question.
Please open an issue with more details about the changes you'd like and tag me in it.
This is one reason I've always wanted to have two separate authentication credentials for one user. Unfortunately, I've yet to find an acceptable or easy way to implement that on any device that would need it (your phone, your laptop, any device which you want to keep stuff private). For example: have one authentication method that unlocks the device to the typical desktop environment, command line, or whatever -- just a typical GUI that people would expect to see upon logging in. And then have another (hidden) authentication method to unlock the device into the REAL meat & potatoes. Useful for situations like this when law enforcement demands it, or when TSA/Customs in a foreign country demand you open and boot your laptop at a foreign airport. Is there any way to implement this on Android, iOS, GNU/Linux, or Windows?
I'm thinking about creating a gateway for IPFS from clearnet to OnionCat IPv6. So other onion servers can participate without revealing public IPs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
The issue of firing aside, I think most people could easily imagine a political figure whose supporters they would outright disavow and want nothing to do with. To me and many, many others, Trump is unequivocally past that line. When a candidate stands before violent, cheering crowds and promises to tear up the constitution, the people propping him up need to be held fully and publicly accountable.
How come this is already off the front page? This is an insaaanely cool video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_BfjEF513k
Laws like this are exactly what's wrong with the legal system. First, they're overly drastic - why ban the device outright instead of just mandating that they remain powered off at all times. Second - the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Not even close. $100k fine because someone brought a specific model of tablet on a flight? The punishment is so severe, that it's almost guaranteed to never be enforced in full. Just imagine the PR nightmare the prosecutor would have if he tries to fine someone's grandma $100k because she didn't realize that the tablet her son gave her is actually a "galaxy note 7." No prosecutor in hell is going to take that chance. Instead, the vast vast majority of people who break this law will get a slap on the wrist and then walk away. Unless you happened to have an affair with the AG's wife 5 years ago, in which case he might decide that rules are rules and he simply has to prosecute you to the full extent of the law. And all of a sudden, you're fucked.

Have laws that are as minimally restrictive as possible, and have punishments that are fair enough that you don't mind enforcing them every single time someone breaks the law. This is so simple, and yet, the people who draw up these rules never seem to get it.
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Yep, I have an HE tunnel. That's probably it. Thanks.
The week I launched http://kidsdungeonadventure.com I got a review on Wired's GeekDad blog. That link drove nearly all my sales for months
https://geekdad.com/2011/03/an-rpg-for-pre-schoolers-get-the...
I agree that blocking a nominee steps way beyond the roles outline in the U.S. Constitution. Hopefully, it gets taken to the courts and they agree.

Like gerrymandering and fillbustering, it's one of these stupid games that the sides play.
I'll just leave this here: http://prospect.org/article/employer-political-coercion-grow...

Unions are a completely different aspect of employment.
Ha, well it was a publicly listed job, but I got pointed to it and eventually introduced to the profs in the course of networking with ML folks in town. I can't speak to how many applicants.