skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Analog = 'sine waves', not 'square waves'. So if you have the left side of the screen white and the right half black then there will be a point in the middle where the signal, no matter how the PAL or NTSC is encoded on a carrier wave, has to do 180 degree change. So this affects the signal and the 'aliasing'. It isn't a mismatch of dots in the horizontal only approximating defined rgb columns, it is all in the 'sine waves'.
It just does it automatically?
I assume you're being facetious, but there is a literal definition of SPAM in the United States (or, at least, a definition whereby it's OK to send 'commercial email', the inverse of which could be considered SPAM). (From Wikipedia for the CAN-SPAM act - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003#Applica...)

A commercial email is legal if it complies with the following:

Unsubscribe compliance

* A visible and operable unsubscribe mechanism is present in all emails.

* Consumer opt-out requests are honored within 10 business days.

* Opt-out lists also known as Suppression lists are only used for compliance purposes.

Content compliance

* Accurate "From" lines (including "friendly froms")

* Relevant subject lines (relative to offer in body content and not deceptive)

* A legitimate physical address of the publisher and/or advertiser is present. PO Box addresses are acceptable in compliance with 16 C.F.R. 316.2(p) and if the email is sent by a third party, the legitimate physical address of the entity, whose products or services are promoted through the email should be visible.

* A label is present if the content is adult.

Sending behavior compliance

* A message cannot be sent through an open relay.

* A message cannot be sent without an unsubscribe option.

* A message cannot be sent to a harvested email address.

* A message cannot contain a false header.

* A message should contain at least one sentence.

* A message cannot be null.

* Unsubscribe option should be below the message.
From Wikipedia: Prenda Law, also known as Steele | Hansmeier PLLP and Anti-Piracy Law Group, was a Chicago-based law firm that ostensibly operated by undertaking litigation against copyright infringement, but was later characterized by the United States District Court for Central California in a May 2013 ruling as a "porno-trolling collective" whose business model "relies on deception", and which resembled most closely a conspiracy and racketeering enterprise,referring in the judgment to RICO, the United States Federal anti-racketeering law.
I still miss the Star Trek bar in the Hilton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Experience

(and there was almost a giant Enterprise, too! http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/lifesize-replica-ente...)
Take a look at this (2015) pic of the landscape: https://www.slideshare.net/RaviralaKarunakar/luma-display-ad...

The companies you are interested in are in "DMP & Data Aggregators" and "Data Suppliers" section.

But this is only the largest, best known companies. There are many, many more.
Surely the greater good would be dubbing in Mandarin, rather than English subtitles.
Mux is hiring for DevOps/SRE: work on a massive data back end with a killer team
Why We Still Don't Have Better Batteries (2016)
The Implementation of a Scalable Texture Cache [pdf]
What do you mean by "live ecosystem?"

Also, have you seen https://www.reddit.com/r/Reaper/
... and then people just "solve" the problem by not indenting at all.

Seriously though, it's super hard to avoid deeply-indented code in some languages (cough Java, JavaScript).

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if(someCrap != null) {
PendingResult<MessageApi.SendMessageResult> pending = Wearable.MessageApi.sendMessage(mGoogleApiClient, mPhoneNode.getId(), path, data);
pending.setResultCallback(new ResultCallback<MessageApi.SendMessageResult>() {
@Override
public void onResult(MessageApi.SendMessageResult result) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
....
Why not just accept the brightest students with the best resumes?
If that were true, would it not be equally likely that husbands would initiate divorces when their wives lost their jobs, and women would initiate divorces when their husbands cheat? (I.e., a contradiction of GP's claim - but your comment doesn't sound like you intend to contradict him, but only explain the behavior he described.)

You could begin to support such an explanation by pointing out that less women work and so less women are able to lose jobs and so less men divorce them because of it. But that only explains half of the divorce inequalities described by GP. Do men really cheat significantly less than women?

So we arrive at a point where either it's more socially acceptable for women to divorce men because of job loss than the reverse (GP correct), or it's more socially acceptable for women to cheat than men (GP incorrect).

Conversely, either it's more socially acceptable for men to divorce women for cheating than the reverse (GP correct), or it's more socially acceptable for women to be unemployed than men (GP incorrect).

Interesting!

Of course, this is all based on anecdote. Also maybe I oopsed and strawmanned inadvertently.
This could probably be spun as a violation of the cfaa. IANAL, but the practical interpretation of that seems to be "don't do bad stuff using a computer", kind of like mail fraud but worse.
>>I've been looking for a job, and I've found how vaguely organizations define their data scientist and analyst roles in their job postings really frustrating.

I lead a Data Science team and part of the struggle with writing sensible job descriptions is that there are too many people providing input into the job description. HR can also put their hand in the pot when they try to use buzzwords (e.g. Hadooop) to internally justify why a role with 2 years of experience needs to be paid like other roles (e.g. traditional Excel based Analyst) with 5-10 years of experience.

>>They tend to have a short description of the role, which is generally filled with buzzwords, followed by a list of requirements. I wish organizations would talk about what they wanted to do with their data instead.

One major challenge for Data Scientists is how hyped the role is, leading to people in an organization believing whatever they want about Data Scientists. Are you a leader who wants a business analyst who can use software and interface with IT? Data Scientist. Are you an engineering manager who wants a person who can interface with the business and use machine learning? Data Scientist. Are you a VP who thinks big data and ML is the problem to your bad or non-existent data? Data Scientist. Do you want somebody who can exhale the maximum amount of hot air while still sounding like a tech and math genius? Data Scientist.

Also add in that business people with minimal experience in modern Analytics are trying to build up Data Science and Analytics capabilities in their own part of the organization because they realize Excel is not the answer to every question. I've spent a lot of time speaking with people to help them understand the type of people they need to hire. Sometimes people are sensible and sensible job descriptions and expectations come from that. Other times they are adamant about what they need (even if they are wrong) and the end result are convoluted job descriptions that are either never filled or filled with the wrong person.
If you already have Django, why not just use Django admin? Give the users a crud app in 5 minutes and skip the import step.
Former coworker of Nathan here. Will concur that he is smart and fun to work with.
Not if you auto format in CI.

Though that could be dangerous.

Although you could just have a build step that waits for a human if the formatted doesn't match submitted.
I've always thought it would be nice to have online "relationship ed" resources, like "Go Ask Alice" for sex ed but instead for the more finicky bits.
More info on the RCU technique in general: https://lwn.net/Articles/262464/
"Integrate these technologies into a massive system of systems, arguably the most complex system in the history of humankind."

You went a bit overboard there. There's plenty of systems probably more complex that work fine on a daily basis. They were usually designed centrally, though.
Is this displaying in a weird way for anyone else? I half thought that this was a bug or something, some attack(?).
There's been an argument that B&MGF's intellectual property focus has been self serving.

Nothing heree to that specific end, but a lot on the organisation's IP focus: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gates+foundation+intellectual+prop...

I'm digging further.

I actually strongly agree with population and reproduction programmes. In strong opposition to GP.
because there's too many people in california to do that.

there is a similar heuristic in place, but of course, the top 3 UC's is the same for everyone (berkeley, LA, SD)

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/califor...
Well, same thing goes to paper note forgery.
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On Linux Mint - install, configure your inputs, select your soundcard/device, done. It will work fine with Alsa.

It will also support JACK but for quickly getting up and running it's about the simplest DAW I've setup on Linux configuration wise.

Not open source but I give them lots of kudos for supporting Linux from the start.
But just how many people think Roger Rabbit is relevant today? Lamp bumped or not, it was forgettable.
> This could probably be spun as a violation of the CFAA

I'm not sure there's much that couldn't
I use random 20 char string for the local part. That way there's no question about the leak. Spammers use a lot of dictionary words in the local part of the email address, so it's better to have a random string. If you're using password manager anyway, there's no reason not to make email/username random too.

For smaller e-shops you might find some with actively exploited 0days this way. I did.
The UC system spends $120K/year per student, roughly 10x the tuition and fees a California resident will pay to attend.

The UC system also has an absurdly high ratio of administrative staff to academic staff, and administrative staff to undergraduates. It has become something of a jobs program for the state of California, and is the third-largest employer of a state that is the 6th-largest economy in the world.

Something has to give.
Friends, it is insensible to ask me to quit without giving me a better offer elsewhere.
So much is happening so fast in the name of bad publicity directed at Uber.

Is anyone else cynically suspecting a coordinated hit? I don't doubt there's a toxic culture with real problems present. But the timing and sustained pressure of all this media attention seems a little... suspicious.

I also think back to the anonymously written Medium piece after the first one [1]. There is literally no way to verify this, and it was upvoted a ridiculous amount (top 10 story on HN of all time or something like that). To a cynic, this could easily be astroturfing.

To reiterate - I'm not by any means doubting that there are serious organizational and cultural problems at Uber that need to be addressed. But I can't help but feeling like something else is going on as well.

Who could stand to benefit from such a public image barrage, by attacking the ability to hire and retain talent?

[1] - https://medium.com/@amyvertino/my-name-is-not-amy-i-am-an-ub...
the deal also contemplates that Steele will cooperate — become a rat, if you want to be unkind

A real-life prisoner's dilemma unfolding.

Couldn't have happened to a couple of nicer guys. /s
Reminds me of this. http://i.imgur.com/tpqNUAd.gifv
See - this isn't what they're discussing at all, it seems to be what they're trying to imply with the naming, but it's not actually that at all. They're discussing game mechanics that force you to say - shoot some cops. Is it dickish to shoot cops in GTA?

I don't think people's real world values have much if any influence on their play style. Ultimately playing Skyrim and Fallout for stealth and one hit kills will dictate a lot more the decisions I make than their moral value to me. I need to make certain decisions in order to optimize my build, so I'll make those decisions whether I like the values they show or not and whether they're consistent or not. I kill for weapons and armor, I steal for cash, etc.
Nice, no need to do the meaningless tipping.
WHY ARMS? Why not just hook up a 30 hoses to bottles, add a shaker, a decent ice dispenser AND have it pour into a damn glass. Done. Use a massive screen with 100 drinks + games (sometimes you win doubles etc). Walk into mc donalds they already do this (one nozzle for 20 drinks).
People complained a lot for 10% of Zcash going to the founders (in the form of a 20% draw on the first half of mining). But that value and expertise are used to ensure bugs like this Zcoin attack do not occur.
"... S&P 500 companies where the founder is still CEO are more innovative, generate 31% more patents, create patents that are more valuable, and are more likely to make bold investments to renew and adapt the business model ..." [1]

[1] https://hbr.org/2016/03/founder-led-companies-outperform-the...
It's hard to follow this bill format -- it's like one big patch file.

Is there a way to get the 'patched' output, with diff highlighting?
Works for me. Fascinating read.
You don't win in Utilitarianism. Both paths are losing paths, just one loses with more meaningless points than the other does.
>the primary goal of any for profit company is to make profit

I couldn't agree more.

But they haven't turned a profit since 2013.

What's even more annoying is that it took me 10 minutes of googling to figure out what their annual net results are. Revenue shows up as the first result on google, but if you want to see the net result, you actually have to look through their quarterly reports.
That sounds suspect to me. The company I work for gives 90 days + 1 month for every 1 month over a year you work there (so work there 2 years and you have 1 year, 90 days to exercise after leaving).

Is this arrangement just a loophole?
I'm under the impression that the general philosophy of cryptocurrencies is that the code is the law. You can do anything that the code will allow you to do, because it's designed so that you can trust the system and not people. It's a small step to say that it's also not the programmers' intent that matters, but the code itself, because it's the code that matters, not people.

(I'm not sure how this relates to courts of law.)
I don't think it's a coordinate hit. I think one woman published her story, and then everyone else started digging deeper, and given their previous ethical issues, the stories, even the anonymous ones, are fairly easy to believe.

But to answer your question, Lyft, as well as cab companies all over the planet, would benefit immensely from people not using Uber.
What optimism! Keep in mind, they'll put out tip jars at self service froyo places if it will dupe someone into think it's expected.
[Star Wars cantina scene]
There is no proof that currencies that have pre-allocations for certain people are more bug-free than ones that don't.
> used to ensure bugs like this...do not occur

Then compensate for that. Create a pool that pays out for each year without vulnerabilities.
> I was talking about the exceptions. If there are exceptions, a way to handle them must exist, is all I was saying.

There is. They put them in a hotel, under police guard, for the duration of the trial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_sequestration
Could an in-state student pay the out-of-state tuition to also benefit from the lowered admission standards?
I recently spoke at an event where we talked about the crossover of cryptocurrency and the law with a bunch of attorneys present. Many attorneys spoke up during the Q and A to remind everyone that at the end of the day the legality of anything will be decided by either a jury or a judge. It's going to come down to the arguments both sides make, and I think any defense would have a hard time explaining how what they did was legal in the face of the CFAA. Analogies will be drawn to hacking of other systems, banks, etc. How people feel about it culturally will also affect the outcome.

One important distinction to make is that it really is also going to depend on the jurisdiction of those involved. Is the defendant in the US or somewhere else? Who is prosecuting and what are the charges?
Literally the whitest post ever
retrolambda will get rid of some of those :)

But generally, if the code is too onerous to modify due to e.g. excessive use of closure-captured data, then the code usually deserves a long, hard ಠ_ಠ to make sure it doesn't deserve a (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻. Hard to test, hard to fix, hard to control.
Except that, for the moment, paper note forgery is illegal but creating "extra" crypto coins doesn't seem to be.
Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang and more
Sorry - I know this is annoying. You can watch the videos on the web here https://askwhale.com/p/5efd87/ama-justin-kan

We will eventually build an Android version but replicating work doesn't make sense for us at the moment while we are still figuring things out.
If there are vulnerabilities, those vulnerabilities will be exploited. That will reduce the currency value and the value of their 'founders reward'
Ask HN: Who is Firing?
Previously at Popehat:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=prenda+site%3Apopehat.com&t=ftas&i...

HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=prenda (much of it Popehat)
Founders can unload substantial part of their stock as long as they can keep the company afloat for a short period after the IPO (at least a year)
Except that I'm really leaving it - Windows 10 Preview is definitely a better OS for development. Apple broke something in 10.12.4 Beta memory management and if this gets released, it will be a fiasco!
I looked at this resume. it looks good but his job history is a major concern. Of course, some might say why even invite him to an interview, perhaps they gave him a chance only to discover in the interview process that he's really impatient and not willing to stick around for long?

There is a ramp up time for new hire, which could be a couple of months. So durations of a year or less doesn't look good. I personally like to see minimum of 2 years for each job. Of course, too long can be a concern too unless they really grew in their role.

I agree with his conclusion, Network is king, but I also believe in listening to the universe. If everyone is "wrong", maybe you are the problem. If lots of people don't wish to hire you after you have solid experience in the industry, something is wrong with you and you are being stubborn by refusing to recognize it and fix it.
I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).
speculation as to why the rocket test have been failing? 88% failure rate is pretty dramatic.
Not to mention the engineers available to SV companies after a mass exodus.
Sorry - this is really annoying I know. You can watch the videos on the web here https://askwhale.com/p/5efd87/ama-justin-kan

I wish I had a better answer than "we're still figuring things out and I don't want to duplicate work yet", but that's where I'm at. We are a really small team (1 designer, 3 engineers, 1 community manager, 1 ceo, 1 professional snapchatter (me)) so right now we are conserving our meager engineering resources until we really believe that it is worth replicating on Android. But we will eventually.
It's actually pretty hard for legitimate patients to get opioids in many circumstances. My mother has chronic pain from a surgery and has been on a very low dose of oxycodone for years now (10mg a day, I think), and she regularly is subjected to urine and other tests to prove that she's not an addict. My grandpa just had an operation and later at home ended up in a lot of pain, but he could not get oxycodone for two days -- the first night because he went in after 7:00 PM and apparently Indiana has some law against prescribing them past that time.
I'm simply saying that the point you're making is orthogonal to mine. I'm not criticizing you for being impure.
Cynically, so would automakers in the economy/hybrid economy segment of the market, I believe.
I would think that they got some bad press (via the Fowler article), then other organizations had some bad press ready to go at the right time.
> it took you one sentence to summarise the few hundred words he wrote.

Oh, come on. What sornaensis's one sentence summarizes is ... the one sentence at the start of my comment. It's true that his is shorter; it also gives less information.

(For the avoidance of doubt, that isn't a problem. Since you declared yourself unable to understand what I wrote, it's fair enough to try to simplify it.)

The rest of what I wrote was (1) an answer to your subsidiary question "What am I missing?" plus (2) an explanation of what I was talking about, in case it was stuff you weren't familiar with.

(Of course if I'd known you'd respond as unpleasantly as you did, I wouldn't have bothered trying to be helpful. But at the time I thought you might well be asking a sincere question rather than just wanting to vent about how out of touch those hoity-toity theoreticians are.)
> a "black" that is grey...
I hear this a lot. Why is an incorrectly biased monitor's bad black levels so widely considered the way it is supposed to be?
Ask HN: Startup built on idea-kernel developed at former employer
I worked starting 2000 January at a startup in the San Jose area and stayed with the company for 1.5 years approx (i.e., through the dot-com bust/mini-recovery/bust). While I was there we came up with some interesting ideas (I came up with and refined a large portion of these ideas) and filed for 10 patents in 2001. I did a large portion of the patent disclosure work.

Long-story short (I will post further about the situation in further comment below) ...

* patents filed were never fully pursued by acquiring
company, and all lapsed in 2007 or before
* patent appications have huge value and adequately
describe a beautiful monetizable system -- and due
to lapsed patents, while one could not prevent others
from implementing the same, others cannot successfully
sue a new startup for developing these ideas since
there is fully documented prior art

More details in a further comment ...
I like to think of plugins like this one playing a sort of "assistant" role rather than a "benevolent dictator" kind of role. So you don't have to end up making ugly hacks to just make it work.