skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am in a similar position as david927, working in a good environment, good colleagues, good pay.

I actually have a degree in molecular biology and have transitioned to computer science and an engineering degree, which I think was the right choice for me. I thoroughly enjoy being an engineer but lately I can't help but being drawn towards the arts - music in my case. I have been eye-balling a music academy that offers a state accredited professional guitar degree. According to their information material, their alums are quite sought after because of the hands-on approach, studio skills, etc. I looked at the requirements for admission and I am pretty sure I can get admitted with some preparation, having played on and off for quite a few years now.

The catch here is that music industry is actual shit to work in, as I have heard on multiple occasions. And I cannot afford making less than a certain amount of $$ because I have to/want to provide for my wife and two kids.

On the other hand I started having the (completely irrational) fear of being a complete failure if I don't become a professional guitarist.
For anyone considering Android Auto, there's an open source application for turning any Android tablet with USB OTG into an Android Auto head unit.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/androi...

This is cool for a diy project to turn an old tablet into a car head unit. Google is not happy about this reverse-engineered version, but since the hardware and software on the cars will be very hard to update, the reverse-engineered protocol will be very hard for them to change. Even if you're not into DIY projects, it's still nice to be able to give it a try before taking the plunge for a new head unit.

I was considering getting/building an Android Auto head unit sometime, but after trying it on the tablet, it was really disappointing for me. Only a handful of apps are supported, and none of the ones I'd like to use.
FWIW it works in the Netherlands.
Yeah but that means you only a very small budget for that show. Perhaps $100k per episode perhaps even less.
How the Kremlin blocks GPS signals
You can play The Colony here:
http://retroweb.maclab.org/articles/Macintosh-Games.html
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Are there any plans to offer hosting in germany or at least europe? We love the service you offer, but privacy laws here make it hard to use it when it is only hosted in the US
Mush of the roams went back into US corporations though. However there is a fairly high chance that the same arms companies would have benefitted had a "paying off the locals" strategy been undertaken.
One can binge on cheap food from Blue Apron subsidised by VC money and cheap TV from Netflix subsidised by cheap public capital.

God bless 0% interest rates.
Not the cloud version. To be honest though what business isn't using Windows?
> But a carrier group in the open ocean is a tough nut to crack

Well, that hints at the point, doesn't it? No, Russia or China, or whoever the US Navy Brass dreams about re-fighting the battle of Leyte gulf with again, isn't going to try to hit a US carrier group in the middle of the South Pacific. They are probably perfectly happy with preventing said carrier group from parking outside Archangelsk, the Baltic Sea, the South China sea or wherever it is that they want to flex their military muscle..
fwiw, I graduated with a degree in painting. Got into an ecommerce shop. Figured out how to automate my position. And felt a big draw to programming. Went back to school via a bootcamp and have been a "developer" for the last two years. Mostly CRUD but recently ML and the tools to shuffle data around to input into the ML. I have been in a slump lately, decided to pick up doing part time bicycle messenger/delivery work on the weekends and for an hour or two after a few times a week. There is something satisfying peddling items around the city for people. Tangible and visceral with immediate feedback. I've found it helpful, it has rebalanced my priorities in a sense. Being out in the world, as opposed to continuosly being in an abstract space all the time.
Depending on what you think big money is, and what problems you find interesting, I'd say that's probably not a myth.

If that's what you aspire to I suggest getting involved in solving interesting problems -- there are a lot of them in the open-source world too -- and once you have a reputation in the interesting-problem world you stand a pretty good chance of getting offers from the big-money people.
That word has permeated our language. There was a time when the word for "normal everyday person" was "citizen". Now it's "consumer". I hate it too.
Pluto is not a planet.
It takes 5 minutes to get set up, then 15 minutes to make sure you deleted everything afterwards :(
PAL-M (as used in Brazil), appears to by a hybrid system, using 525 lines / 59.94 Hz, buts with the PAL colour encoding system. [1]

I don't know if this is reflected in the games consoles, but it always seemed like an interesting peculiarity to me and made me want to acquire a Brazilian Master System to find out.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL-M
Why do you care if a worried organic foodie eats non-GMO food?
What, you don't think plants have feelings?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/12/peter-wo...

I can imagine you have more sympathy for animals than plants since they are more like us, but I suspect bias if you use that as a basis for morality.
Apparently, there are quite a few of us who enjoy the idea of a coffee shop. I doubt I'll ever do it, but a year ago, I did a cost analysis spreadsheet of opening my own shop, but now a coffee cart seems like a fun side project. :)
Multi-core crypto throughput for Node
There's also offscreen canvas coming soon which should help.

Offscrren canvas will let you render in a worker and display with zero copy
I don't really think that too many people are aware of Hewitt et al's intentions behind the Actor model - e.g. no global knowledge (emulating a scientific community), actors can only send messages to known acquaintances, only async messages, no need for additional baggage per actor such as mailboxes or lightweight threads. I'm not sure that matters here though.

The author is clearly interested in developing a derivative of Erlang/OTP that works for the author. Erlang is often described as an implementation of the actor model.
2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Toys
This is funny without even realising it's a Monty Python reference.
Care to elaborate on what kind of creative project? How long did you do it until you saw that there was no money in that?
A lot of companies support their employees getting an MBA while they still work. It takes a little longer, and it pretty much devours your life while you do it, and you usually have to keep at least a B+ for the company to support you, but it's doable.

I know a guy who did this at UC Berkeley. Took him a while to get an "MBA-ish" job afterwards but it seems to have worked, and anyway he got as far as the MBA itself without quitting his job.
Web of Trust – Internet Security Add-On Caught Selling User Data
What would you call someone who's self-taught and mentored in the typical engineering practices (construction, repairs, engines, etc)?

Why would some national laws about certifications prevent you from referring to such a person as an engineer?
I think, generally, people are of the mindset, "Yes, I give all my data to Google, and I don't mind it because they power awesome services with it in return".
Did they ask for NI no as well?
> There's plenty of other software out there that's meant to be used with tiled windows.

There is a tiling window manager INSIDE blender used to control its window frames. It works pretty much like any other tiling manager. You immediately grasp the idea if you've ever used one.
> IMHO, "contains GMO" isn't particularly useful either.

Well I think it is our right to know. Doctoring with DNA? At least let me know. Period.
Anonymized how? Even if you don't log in, Google can probably figure out with 99.99% accuracy who you really are.
> The biggest issue by far are the number of traditional packages that install in /usr/local with root privileges

That is very much a problem with Homebrew, not those "traditional" packages.
China adopts cyber security law in face of overseas opposition
IMPORT DATA FROM CSV INTO EXCEL WITH POWERSHELL
except after a certain point it's not e.g. send data from A to B, it's send data from a to be with these C E and F constraints. Now take programmer G (you in the future or someone else) and make them able to understand it. Now you're thinking about design and architecture. Sure at a pretty abstract level. There's an art to it, admittedly with varying degrees of longevity and visibility.
Phishing.
A translation of the draft -

http://chinalawtranslate.com/%E3%80%8A%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E5%...
I imagine that it can also get better once a company can gain competitive advantage by advertising that "our device is secure!" But I suppose a precondition for this is customer awareness of the issue, which probably requires some well publicized high impact/casualty incidents first? :/
Then acting so "scientific", and "we're just some mommies", just to find out that they work for the same organisation. Yr not just some mommies, your colleagues, and it would not surprise me your got paid to write this.
Read/watch? IIRC "consume" showed up within the last decade.
Keep your job and travel the world as a digital nomad
Something that has always bugged me about VLC... The Traffic Cone icon. Whereas it's was a brilliant piece of imagery to separate VLC from other 3rd party players, nowadays that market place is way less competitive, so maybe now is the time to switch up the icon to something more formal?

I've started seeing VLC included on work-orientated desktop builds and the Cone icon sticks out like a sore thumb, and most lay-users have no idea what VLC is so assume it's a system utility (based on the icon).

Maybe a combo of a Video Player icon, with a smaller traffic cone on the side... ?
I wasn't a full time programmer til 2010, been programming since I was a kid in the 80's, didn't think I was good enough at programming to do it for a living (confidence issues) so I spent 8 years working for Staples and gradually mostly by accidents of the "I can build that for you" sort built up a customer base, one of those customers offered me a full time job as a programmer on double the salary I was on and I jumped and never looked back, these days I run my own business doing contract work for SME's and while it has its moments I generally love it, mostly the freedom of starting and stopping when I want.
Started: Automatic Certificate Request via Lets Encrypt
IMO the major thing holding back IPv6 on the web is amazon. A huge proportion of services are hosted on AWS, and the lack of IPv6 addressing of instances cannot be forgiven.
Where are you getting this hate for IP tie-ins from? I was talking about game mechanics and _soulless_ cash grabs. The opposite of The Walking Dead and the Lego games.

First off, the KK:H financial success isn't laudable, it's simply predictable and how companies like Zynga got rich off pilfering the creative ideas of others. All free-to-play gambling games, and gambling in general, make their money from a tiny subset of their audience who are addicted and spend enormous amounts of money to keep playing in the face of artificial barriers. The games rely on word of mouth via free players to reach those juicy targets. The celebrity face was the difference between just another copy-cat and a viral success with tons of media coverage.

Second, to deride "pseudo-masculine bullshit" in search of rich meaning while considering Kardashian beyond reproach, that makes the author's already shaky premises particularly lacking in self-awareness. The game is the actual embodiment of vapid celebrity and appearance-obsessed femininity on top of being an archetype of soulless box ticking.

But see, there's nothing _wrong_ with making games that play to stereotypical female interests either, if done well. Compare for example to the Desperate Housewives game, which is a Sims spin-off aimed squarely at female players who want juicy drama and catty social dynamics. It involves real storytelling, while the gamified aspects are only there to support the player agency.

Those games already exist. The author instead preferred to spin a tale of female oppression at the hands of white men, while promoting her own unproven studio. Color me unsurprised.
IMHO, it's better explanation than God or half-dead cat. If you have better explanation, then film it, please — it will be very helpful.
I agree, and I find that show one of the worst written big budget programs I've seen a long time. It is so full of cliche dialog, I had to stop watching after the second episode.
Almost every reported bug is a high-priority bug
For ios I can really recommend modizer: http://yoyofr.blogspot.se/p/modizer.html
Otherwise the only good generic mod player i've used was deliplayer, unfortunately abandonware.

http://modarchive.org/?article-players for more info, VLC isn't even mentioned here.
Chrome actually does play most MKVs
Just curious, are any people in this thread already using Eclipse BIRT, Jasper Reports or Pentaho? Would you mind sharing your experiences/use-cases?
Do you "consume" paintings in art galery?
In 2011 we had to rewrite a backend which was architected by a guy who left after his plan didn't work which was effectively a rewrite of the rewrite. I left the company in 2013 and in 2014 they hired him at my new workplace (we had no contact before and this decision was oblivious for me). I left that company when they put him as team lead on my team and several years later I heard from an ex-colleague that they dumped a backend which was architected by this guy.
They're different words which draw different contrasts.

A citizen is a normal person in contrast to the military (and unfortunately, lately the police).

A consumer is a normal person in contrast to manufacturers/media companies.
Same, my stomach churns a little every time it's used. It's unfortunate because one implies engagement, productivity, and civic mindedness, the other implies passivity, gluttony, etc.
So nobody's interested in sales?

It's a job that solves a lot of the problems people complain about in programming, like spending all day staring at the screen or not interacting with people or doing things that might be pointless.

The downside of course is that you eat what you kill.
What I learned from reviewing 50 portfolios on Reddit in 3 crazy days
I love the location timeline feature. For example last summer I did a road trip driving from Finland to Venice, Italy through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. Many times after the trip I've checked up exact locations for DSLR photos and actual hiking routes on the mountains. What was the name of the small medieval German town and the cafe that we had the perfect flammkuchen by the town square? Just a sec, I'll check out on the location history! This is only one kind of a example where I have found the location timeline useful.

Edit: Also I've found it useful to check actual driving times for commuting and other trips. "Last tuesday I left home at 08:35 and took the tram and it took me 17 minutes."
Shoveling pig shit.

The only other alternative I've considered is to teach English in foreign lands, but I'd probably still do programming on the side.
You misread me. I didn't say on the fence, that is something else entirely. I said, an appreciation for gray areas, even if you ultimately do have a preference.
"...They deliberately cripple" is the wrong wording, they designed it so that they extract maximum value out of you. Because you, are not paying them. Their services are maximally efficient... for them, and just efficient enough for you not to ditch them.
If you are concerned you aren't getting all your data from google, if you live in Europe this probably applies:
https://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/Accessing-Your-Personal-I...

Accessing Your Personal Information

How can I see what information a body or company holds about me?
Under Section 3 of the Data Protection Acts, you have a right to find out, free of charge, if a person (an individual or an organisation) holds information about you. You also have a right to be given a description of the information and to be told the purpose(s) for holding your information.

You must make the request in writing. The person must send you the information within 21 days.

Under Section 4 of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003, you have a right to obtain a copy, clearly explained, of any information relating to you kept on computer or in a structured manual filing system or intended for such a system by any entity or organisation. All you need to do is write to the organisation or entity concerned and ask for it under the Data Protection Acts. Your request could read as follows:

Dear ... I wish to make an access request under Section 4 of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 for a copy of any information you keep about me, on computer or in manual form in relation to.... (Fill in as much information as possible to assist the organisations to locate the data that you are interested in accessing e.g. customer account number, staff number, or PPS number (if you are writing to a public sector organisation such as the Revenue Commissioners or the Department of Social Protection)).
Can you please explain a bit more on this. Why do you think blockchain is hyped? Also did anything similar to blockchain (distributed decentralized information store) exist earlier?
I love Joe Swanberg and really wanted to like that show, but couldn't. It just wasn't funny, and it didn't scratch my drama itch either.

I guess I just don't like the comedians-acting-serious-and-not-being-funny genre. I had the same issue with Togetherness, and numerous others I'm not getting off the top of my head. I think they to me just fall flat somewhere between funny and warm, and succeed in neither.

For counterexamples, Louie was both funny and "real", and his subsequent shows Horace & Pete as well as Better Things are not really funny, but just genuinely good, and have substance.

But as always, YMMV.
Depends on the definition of TV.

YouTube is the new TV. And that's 1000x the number of "traditional" channels.
MacPorts has moved to GitHub
> grapefruit

Try some grapefruit juice and then a coffee... whizzz!!

Grapefruit is very weird :)
That's not how general relativity works.
Spinning would increase its energy, hence increasing its gravitational pull, hence accelerating faster.
Even if a big event occurs I think the security drive will be short-lived. You'll then find a few manufacturers taking shortcuts to beat their security-minded colleagues to market... then the floodgates open again as everyone races to the bottom.
Yes. But why even bother if the company offering the product is known to abandon its customers? Why not find and trust a trustable brand? Unless there's something exceptional about this product. First time shame on you. Second, third and fourth time... shame on me.
Quite right. I would have expected any paper to include both.

This is quite a good article on the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity
Most UK Banks use HSM modules to store 'pins' (Similar process to Apple with iCloud) which remain separate to passwords which are hash + salted
Short videos are your way to spread across networks – Code95
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I check the google stats[0] on ipv6 adoption every few months. Last time I checked it was barely 9% an now it's on 15% !

I would have never thought we'd get this far this fast. Looks like the switchover is actually going to happen.

[0]https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
In the UK, it is "against the law" (from the "Overview" page) to discriminate by asking for a DOB: https://www.gov.uk/employer-preventing-discrimination/recrui...
So does this mean it misses 14 suicidal people for every one it finds. Or that it classifies 14 people suicidal who aren't for each one it finds? Not super great either way!
unfortunately it is not.
I mostly just wanted to raise the point so it doesn't get ignored, and indeed, your argument is the one I would make against that point.

However, I don't think it's that simple either. If lack of supply drives up the price significantly, I think it's possible some people will be convinced to visit cheaper illegal establishments on the promise that it's totally consensual, they just don't want to pay taxes etc.
Yep, you are right — 3D version will be very different. Why not to conduct such experiment in space, where 3D version can be constructed with ease?

Moreover, electromagnetic waves are very different from sound waves, so physic process involving them will be very different. Can you imagine an experiment, which will be closer to reality?, e.g. spinning eccentric charged particles in space.
This. I have no concerns about my personal health when eating GMO, but the practices you describe are deeply harmful for humanity. I will avoid GMOs until sterile seeds, patented genes and the like are outlawed.
Amazon and github are the two major offenders.
It may not seem like it there has been much change, but the 800 series and later Roombas are vastly better than the older models.

I had one of the early 400 series and it was problematic: it required a lot of picking up and it would get entangled on cords, carpet fringes, anything loose. It also would get stuck and the brushes would get jammed up with hair. So while it vacuumed ok, it required so much picking up and fiddling with that we gradually stopped using it.

The new 805 we got at Costco (a bargain too) looks similar overall but everything is different in detail. The new rollers don't get tangled, it doesn't get caught on cords or fringes, it slows down and approaches walls cautiously instead of just crashing into them, and the algorithms for getting unstuck are effective. Now we have it set to run unattended twice a week and the house is cleaner than it has been for years.

I recommend the 800 series (or up I guess) over the 650 that Sweethome liked because it has the new rollers and bin so it picks up better and needs much less hair removal and other fiddling around.
This is actually something I use very frequently, and wish had more data/functionality. It's insane to be able to answer the question of "where did I go" for yesterday[1] (we've all had bouts of bad short term memory), two weeks ago[2], or a year ago[3].

I've been using this feature for so long I assume it's opt-in (I don't remember), but I fully recommend it to anyone that has an inkling of a thought that they _might_ want it later, since you can always delete[4] your location history if you decide you don't.

It's also really cool if you go on a lot of trips or take a lot of photos, because it'll map them out in a timeline view of where/when you took them throughout the day[5].

[1] http://i.imgur.com/gWzMgUp.png
[2] http://i.imgur.com/Eq7IGnK.png
[3] http://i.imgur.com/HEeZupJ.png
[4] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3118687?hl=en
[5] http://i.imgur.com/dF5TI3q.png
NASA-3D-Resources: 3D models, textures, and images from inside NASA
Thank you for the link. This study is more interesting since it is showing how ceasefires succeed and fail and offer an explanation on how they work, which is more enlightening that the original article.
Same with financial times - ft.com
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That might be true. But it's the expectation that they don't have to be so quick to do it, especially when they are so good at mucking up launch and growth. The best example being Wave. Meanwhile Slack, an inferior effort, is laughing.

Google has a reputation for being a booty call. Fun and crazy, which is great in college. But if you're looking for a LTR a newish Google product probably is marry + kids material.