skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I suspect a naive applicant might think that demonstrating he required financial aid, and thus made good despite coming from a poor background, would have demonstrated that he's a better choice than someone who had it much easier but achieved the same results. He must surely be a harder worker and/or smarter.

For better or for worse, though, it turns out these law firms (as many firms) like to hire people the same as themselves so much that it can swamp their liking to hire based on ability. Which is short-sighted on their part, really; a smart, hard worker could be taught to blend in with these people in a month, someone would struggle to learn how to be smart and industrious in a month.
Unbelievable. I hope they can be studied with compassion and care. Not with violence and hate. And I hope they can be gently introduced to modernity without reducing them to janitors in Mumbai.

Also, the article claims it's located between Myanmar and Indonesia. That's just wrong. It's apparently located in the Andaman Islands, which are claimed by India.
The 60,000 year figure is pretty dubious. Also saying they've avoided contact or still live in the stone age probably isn't true. Obviously they are ignorant of the workings of helicopters and modern fishing vessels, but they likely understand what the purpose of them is. So they've been contacted, they just prefer not to interact.

Given that they live on an island, I'll bet they make use of all sorts of materials that wash ashore. Even a torn plastic tarp is very useful compared to having to make one by hand from some plant material.

So culturally they are likely completely isolated, but likely very aware of the changes going on in the world outside their island.
A few months ago, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12520321
This is a complete nonsense. Such move would simply encourage "bad guys" to find other means of secure communication while exposing everyone else.
I see, so the politician there seems to imply that there should be no end to end encryption, which is even worse.
"culture fit" really has become the code of our time for "looks funny / speaks differently / isn't the same as us".
Yeah, I would consider VTI to be one of my portfolio pillars along with international, bonds, and REITs.
I've seen this as a strategy for H1B fraud, months after accepting applications everyone good is probably employed somewhere, so suddenly we've recently discovered there are no qualified local applicants for the job position H1B stamped approved.

If you want to make the HR person extremely angry then feign interest and you've ruined their whole H1B process. Its kinda funny to do. Sometimes they'll slam the phone down or sound like they're about to cry. If they're made of sterner stuff you'll get requirements like an in person interview at 4am or an interview within the hour in person (for a job 100 miles away).
patio11's comments rang perfectly true of the average Indian software engineer's line of thinking and contextual awareness as well. I didn't grow up or work in India, but I have a lot of friends who do/did and can see them constrained by this thinking.
That's a good explanation of Monoids. You can also watch (at least the first half) of this video for more on Monoids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsA7GtUQeB8

There are already a good number of people trying to explain Monads in this thread, so I won't attempt it. But I'll say this (in the context of Haskell):

In Haskell, like how Monoid is a typeclass, Monad is just another typeclass. So me mentioning "typeclass" twice in a sentence suggests that you probably have to first understand typeclasses and data types.

Also, I wouldn't recommend tackling Monad right after grasping Monoid. I'd recommend you read about and understand Functor and Applicative functors first, and that will ease you into understanding Monads and actually why you would want to have them.

So, you may want to read these pages from Wikibooks in this order:

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Classes_and_types

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/The_Functor_class

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Applicative_functors

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Applicative_prologue

The last link is the first section of a chapter on Monads; so use the links on the sidebar to read the subsequent sections of the chapter.

Typeclassopedia is another great resource for the typeclasses I mentioned: https://wiki.haskell.org/Typeclassopedia
Sure the more features that interact with each other the more the graph looks convex. But I strongly disagree with this:
"Project after project has demonstrated there is nothing about language or underlying technical infrastructure that changes that fundamental curve."

So we should all code in machine code? Perhaps what this shows is that all languages are very similar. Haskell, clojure, java, C#, C++, Rust, C etc they all are statement or expression oriented and data structure oriented. So, until I see languages that explore the rules/constraints and relations(similar to "out of the pit tar") I will remain unconvinced of this "all languages are the same" because assembly certainly isn't the same as java.
Good luck, apple doent even sell thru amazon.
I think that he's definitely right about consolidation and then acquisition.

I work in HNW wealth management and I think that there needs to be better education on what for example a young person's IRA should look like. An ideal robo-advisor would make buy recommendations, ask you to never sell, and use education along the way to help prevent you from making the same mistakes most people fall trap to. I also think that if any of these companies have a desire to stay around for a while they need to be targetting the IRAs of young, high-income programmers. With a good fee and good education and assistance they can probably retain these customers, encourage them to max out contributions into their IRA (you should!!) and slowly build up a long tail of decent-sized accounts from people that may have only been interested from a tech perspective initially.
> One word, my friend: VPN.

A VPN is a way to circumvent surveillance but make no mistake: We must press with all our power for legislation which guarantees privacy, all over the world. This is a battle that in the long run, we can't win with tech. We need to become more privacy-aware.

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
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IIRC Microsoft made like $60M through the remastered Age of Empires 2
I recently started writing technical blog, on Medium, and I'm not "too lazy to setup a blog".

Medium provides me with things I could never achieve on my own personal website. It saves me a lot of DevOps time which I can focus on programming and actual writing. It provides me with an awesome uptime - I alone can't ever beat a flock of engineers on-call. I get a social network of readers who recommend my posts. Publications provide me with an easy way to get bigger number of readers. It's design and technical merits are outcome of years of iteration, time I would have to spend to reinvent the wheel.

It's not about being lazy, it's about having the time to actually provide good content.
Might be related to that GPU-accelerated APL compiler which was on the front page a week or so ago
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Why introduce to modern society at all? Keep them around as a fresh start, should singularity or environmental collapse make that necessary?
> It belongs to the Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (literally “federal ministry for transport and digital infrastructure” i.e. highways and data highways).

That's blatantly wrong. It's the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie). You even mentioned the Wikipedia article which states it right.
I'd just like to quote an old comment here:

>One thing I see every once in a while on HN is people with the belief that they can spend a week or two knocking out an algorithmic trader and start raking it in. In order to break this illusion I would recommend: http://financial-math.org/ http://www.quantresearch.info/
Nasally, if Jurassic Park 3 is to be believed.
I've actually played SC1 over VNC while on a tablet, casually. With the exception of the noticeable click lag from the network, it was actually very enjoyable. I would definitely buy a version made for that form factor.

EDIT: a word
Starcraft Remastered - Check

Warcraft III Remastered - ?
Well, you can always project the virtual laptop's screen on a pizza box or a wall or something like that. But I agree in general. I'd prefer a foldable laptop, but I doubt the technology for something like that is anywhere near, while this AR laptop could be made tomorrow. There already are virtual machines made for mobile phones, all that is left is connecting them to AR glasses and voila.
Tournaments with all the big StarCraft names never went away. They've been happening happily on the regular with good ol' Brood War:

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Main_Page

The game has aged beautifully, thanks to great continuous patching by Blizz, keeping the game running on modern OS's without finicky behaviour. This 4K remaster in my opinion is purely icing on the BW cake rather than a burning desire of the community. From a business perspective, I think Blizzard is hoping the BW eSports scene can become more international , vibrant, and bring in some active revenue for being a much-loved game.
I don't think most are as confused as you'd like them to be over whether H-1B workers are cheaters or willing pawns of cheaters.
Considering the origin of the term "cargo cult" I sincerely doubt they understand what technology they've seen.
As far as I'm aware all new accounts in the U.K. do this unless you call to have it disabled (and give personal information). I mean, how else would you protect the children...
> but TLH saves me 6 figures in taxes every year.

This is a bit misleading since the only way to save 6 figures on capital gains every year from TLH is to have realized > 6 figure loss at some point in the past.

The offset on regular income is also maxed at 3k/year.

The losses/gains must also be in a taxable account.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Tax_loss_harvesting#Using_a_...

TLH can be useful in certain situations (like yours), but I think generally it is oversold by the likes of Wealthfront and Betterment.
CSS preprocessors is something I don't want to get into (ex web dev jack of trades 5 legged pony): install gulp, node, npm, git pull, etc. just to build/compile a stylesheet ? Erk. So now I have to work around CSS hacks and the processing quirks, etc. /ranting
How do these customers plan on doing historical analysis of raw data without Hadoop?
What makes you think they'll be treated with violence and hate?

I would avoid introducing them to modernity at all. They've been there for thousands of years without issue, why interrupt now? Let them be.
I'm more disappointed that there won't be an official Linux release. The 1998 version works fine with WINE so I can still hope that they don't break anything with the remake.
A good point, but could be made differently.
Which shows who the real target is.
> Well, that happens if you have a conservative government which does not understand technology.

Sometimes it's even scarier when they do and discover what great capabilities for surveillance and control it can offer.
There is something to be said about this problem diminishing over time with lots of practice being in chaotic environments. I've worked at home for over a decade and have 3 young sons. There are varying degrees of distraction to overcome. Not to be overlooked, one is just being alone itself with the ability to do anything else. Ambient or sudden noise without direct interruption is another in which Drum Code trance techno seems to help. The last level is the ability to ignore people or hand gesture you are busy in such a way that it neither offends yet also conveys empathy in both directions while not taking you out of the zone. These are not easy things but are achievable because you can't keep exposing to Bob or Sally analogies while maintaining sanity.
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The departments of the agency working on telecommunication law are exclusively supervised by the Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur. Only the other areas plus all administrative supervision is done by the Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie.

("Belongs to" is probably too strong either way. They are not part of a ministry.)
I imagine people are less concerned with the human genome surviving potentially harsh climates and are more concerned with living the rest of their and their children's lives in a post-apocalyptic, lawless society.
Socialization is for pets. I just ran around the forest and played Runescape for my single digit formative years. I did not learn to read until I was 11. To call my childhood homeschooling would be offensive (to me), school is the whole thing I was trying to avoid. I was home though. I played sports and chess with other people my age and older. I missed nothing but the cynicical, pluralistic burnout one gets attending school. And as an adult, I would not say I am missing anything social skills wise, other than that pathological desire to be normal school people have. Mimesis begets external validation begets emptiness.
One reason of why the Sentinelese remain uncontacted is because they might not be immune to diseases and contact could kill them.
I can't speak for the exact source of jimmyswinny's frustration, but it seems to me that when you can be sued for discriminatory hiring policies your best defense is to never have had that information at all (no means => unsuccessful lawsuit).

Someone who deliberately and unnecessarily provides that information unasked for is puncturing that protection.

Now, I don't hire people, but this seems to me like a perfectly rational reason to be annoyed to know your applicants sexuality that has little to do with personal bias.
Economist Dean Baker has been making this point, and its an important one. While most in the upper class seem to be adamant that people in, say, manufacturing must compete with low cost foreign workers (free trade is good, protectionism is bad), they are more than happy to continue the protectionism that more educated workers (people like them) enjoy.

There are a lot of people that are fine with protectionism, but think it should only apply to the people like them. They think that those lower down on the ladder need to find new professions, even if they're in their 50's.

Dean Baker:

> Unfortunately, almost none of the people who pronounce themselves devotees of free trade actually do consistently advocate free trade policies. Rather they push selective protectionist policies, that have the effect of redistributing income to people like them, and call them "free trade."

...

> In the United States, the "free traders" in most cases also support the protectionist restrictions which severely limit the ability of foreign trained doctors and dentists and other high-end professionals from working in the United States. As a result of these protectionist measures doctors in the United States earn twice as much as their counterparts in other wealthy countries, costing us around $100 billion a year in higher health care costs.

http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/the-free-traders-do-not...
> total transparency

Baxter and Clarke: The Light of Other Days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_of_Other_Days

People should be careful what they wish for.
> BNetzA considers XMPP-clients to be "telecommunication services"

But that is exactly what network clients provide: telecommunication services. IFF the relationship between the states and the governed was healthy you wouldn't bat an eyelash at the suggestion.

Problem is elsewhere.
Just to be clear, Andaman is not claimed by India, it is a part of India as much as Hawaii (or even Alaska) is part of the United States of America.
Being ahead of all other EU countries in some field can be something significant while they're inside the EU, in those cases when an investment or purchase needs to be made inside the EU for any reason. But when they're out, what difference does that make?
They identified a real problem but their solution is stupid. It's like China requiring any http server listening on Port 80 to be registered.
Someone did a pretty good job of this, in Starcraft 2, a while back
Given the job descriptions which Blizzard had out for a while before this release, I think it's Diablo 1 & 2 which are more likely to find themselves remastered next.
We don't really know what issues they are facing. We do know that they've been able to survive, that's about it.
Is the colour scheme also determined by the network? Why are there only two light blue bubbles, on opposite sides of the map? I guess this could also use a better algorithm for embedding.
I think all mobile providers do, but the filters are not required on all ISPs, only the big 7 IIRC.
I'm a doctor that performs minor surgical procedures, as well as a coder. Unless something is going wrong in the procedure, I'd much rather get interrupted while performing surgery than while coding. YMMV.
They forgot to ban steganography, didn't they?
If their companies go under, it shouldn't affect your assets- that's not part of their balance sheet. You can move then elsewhere after they flame out, and have paid only 25 bps for a few years in the meantime.
The date picker on mobile (iOS) is impossible to delete a year.
Ah you are right they introduced that change late 2013.

//edit: But how it is stated in the parent post is still wrong ;)
If you take into account various forms of colourblindness, could this be used to create colourblind friendly palettes that are still easy on the eye for everyone?
> Yeah, I too used to be a perfectionist. Now I ship.

This one hits too close to home.
We should also combat the meme that mothers are more essential than fathers. Babies benefit ("need" is a strong word here) from breastfeeding, but all other functions can be performed by fathers just as well. It's also important to note that mothers benefit from rest and support in the months following a delivery. So treating fatherhood as expendable is technically correct if you ignore a lot of practical realities, but we don't exactly treat mothers that use formula as expendable.
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I think this is an awesome project. Please don't let the constructive feedback from others make you feel discouraged on unappreciated. This is fantastic!
Not really, land and culture is not fungible. Having say a minimally corrupt judicial system is the kind of thing you risk with unlimited migration.

I also don't believe in totally free markets. A flat 10% import terrif on ALL goods and services promotes home grown capital intensive industry where appropriate. Sparking long term growth, while allowing counties to import and export goods where appropriate.
Only because it is not yet feasible. Once autonomous vehicles become common there will be pressure to make driving a car manually difficult, expensive, and ultimately a crime.
I'm glad you brought up UMS maps. They were my favorite part of SC and BW also, and I hope to see a lot of other people playing them in SC Remastered.

I've uploaded my old custom map folder left dormant for years, that includes all the maps you mention. Tower defense, glitch maps (I hope the old glitches will still work!), and dragon ball Z maps. Here: https://mega.nz/#!yE9jTZYS!EegEFOhl0uycGxChVwwlJS-zrAXcAGBmC...
That would only be true if abortion and plan b were always accessible and economical.
A new game. My understanding is that SC:R will be a new purchase, while the original StarCraft Anthology becomes free for everyone. So your key won't be terribly helpful.

Makes sense to me - they've put a bit of time and money in to remastering it, so they'll want a return on that. And they know plenty of people will be willing to pay for it.
I beg to differ. My (and everyone's else) right to have a copy of tcpdump doesn't violate you right to privacy.
That would mean the 1st cop he stabbed, who was unarmed, might have stopped it. Its dumb to play whatif in these situations.
I'm in the same boat, and have been for a few years. Being able to deal with interruptions is definitely a learned skill.
The "avoid contact for 60,000 years" bit is quite the embellishment. We only have detailed history being recorded about the island going back for, what, a couple centuries, maybe? For the rest of that time, we've got nothing.

Other sources tell a very different story from this site, which seems to be cherry-picking the historical record. The Wikipedia article documents several probable periods of contact in relatively recent history. That time in the 19th century where a large group of people shipwrecked on the island and lived there for a while before being rescued certainly counts. It wasn't peaceful contact at all, but it was prolonged, and a couple decades later British explorers were able to land on the island and explore - finding a largely depopulated landscape, presumably as a result of disease.

See also this account of peaceful contact a couple decades ago: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/islanders-running-ou...

(edit: Looks like the title and link have both been updated. The "avoid contact for 60,000 years" was a direct quote from the original title, and the original link went to http://themindunleashed.com/2015/07/the-people-of-this-isola...)
Haha. That was my thought but I didn't want to start a battle of opinions.
I had a question the article states:

>"When the processor executes the int 3 instruction, control is passed to the breakpoint interrupt handler, which – in the case of Linux – signals the process with a SIGTRAP. You can see this process in the diagram below, where we overwrite the first byte of the mov instruction with 0xcc,"

0xCC is not 3 in decimal however it is 204. AM I missing something or is the actual number 3 obscured in the encoding somewhere?
So a statement that he acted alone by the met police is bing utterly ignored. Ironically no mention of banning 4x4 cars and that frankly puts this whole situation into perspective - government ignorance of encryption, once again.
The torch7 models need to be loaded in memory, which is the main bottle neck. I've got about 30 or so trained models on disk and they take turns on the homepage.

Maybe there's a better way to do this that I'm not aware of though (Floydhub?)
They are very hostile and violent against outsiders, so it's best for all if they are left alone.

They don't know it themselves but they serve the rest of the humanity by preserving one island as it was.
It is not. Smash "home made gun" into youtube sometime. $30 at any hardware store and you have a functioning shotgun.
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I have a daughter who will be close to 6 when this is released, and I fully intend to force her to learn to play this because her dad is a nerd.
Women (fortunately or unfortunately) are not permitted these contracts either. It's not possible to promise chastity or childlessness or plead hysterectomy and get more money; the actual condition of one's reproductive equipment or desires is ignored and instead a broad bias ("she might leave!") is applied to all.
2) New Zealand would be a decent choice I guess
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/technology/peter-thiel-new-z...

But positioning yourself is also a good idea. I can stay unlimited in three continents with the option of a fourth :-)
This is a thing in France.
Upload your vimrc file and .vim directory to github and just do a clone on every new server.
I edited my post to clarify that.
Where I work it is standard policy to send meaningful feedback after a face-to-face interview. We actively work to make this helpful.