skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> When they slant something what they will do is either pick someone on the opposite side of something who is off the rails or ineloquent. Or, when the opposition has an argument, they often will challenge the argument. When they have the side they agree with on, rather than challenge they tend to ask supporting questions.

This is the modus operandi of NPR and Fox News (and increasingly, every news source). These tactics allow them to masquerade as journalism and maintain a patina of credibility, because they can engage in it without ever exposing a compact-enough unit of dishonesty that people can point to and discredit them with.

People seem to understand that there's a difference between a news article and an opinion piece, but not enough people understand that the curation and editorial process itself is another opportunity for an opinion piece (and one that doesn't necessarily produce opinion pieces or factual inaccuracies as its output).
copy-paste to website :)
You can not control everything. Obviously everyone would prefer to be healthy to being sick or crippled, but getting implant like this is hardly the most dangerous thing people do.

Since I'm not American I can't obviously speak for you. For me money wouldn't be an issue since it would be obvious in this case that the company would bare all the medical costs involved caused by the implant.
The Craigwatch story
No, I just made it for fun. Someone else in the thread said they'd be impressed by a proper implementation in Make, so I took a stab at it.

I do wonder what the response would be like if I actually wrote something like this in a real job interview though...

Would the interviewer like my comment style? Would they be impressed that I have the technical skills needed to actually pull it off? Or, would they be so horrified by it that they'd refuse to ever let me touch any of their code? :)
> not going to support a comfortable living

It's not supposed to.
> I have no idea what I'm talking about.

That's okay, you're on "hacker news". 1 in 20 have.
There are several suggestions on how you can get an immediate gig here.

I have something else to add. Once you do get a gig and start on it, budget some time and money to grow your network. There's no real substitute for a real circle of influential and well connected contacts in my experience. Perhaps attend conferences related to technologies that you're interested in, participate on online fora (mailing lists, stack overflow etc.) to help people with their problems in exchange for visibility, get a linkedIN profile, go to local user group meetups (or atleast attend nearby ones less frequently if you're in a city that doesn't have many such groups).

Good luck!
They hire political consultants to do the commentary for those election-night shows. They outnumber the journalists pretty overwhelmingly, that's just the way it works.

In defense of CNN, Democratic consultant James Carville was the first person on any of those shows - I was scanning pretty heavily - to acknowledge that Hillary Clinton was really hosed. Nobody else, even on Fox, seemed to believe it.
Nitpicking intensifies: There is no PAL/NTSC in DVD as they are analog TV color encoding systems, DVD has just resolutions and frame (field) rates. So you can practically have 576p dvds in any region.
Best lifehack on health insurance: get your government to move to single payer.
they look great, do they have usable I2C, GPIO libs with support for python
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I'm assuming they support some version of ubuntu/debian
Healthy was the key word there.
He was clearly paraphrasing and it doesn't refute what actually happened: Milo made a statement about underage relationships that caused him to get the boot from the conservative sphere.

As an aside, probably the most damning thing about the Milo affair is the fact that Milo has little conservative credentials beyond trolling liberals but was nevertheless wholly embraced as a conservative. It turns out all the gusto for free speech and logical arguments flies out the window if your topic of discussion shifts to pederasty.
Prices don't simply say shovels are best. Economic theory says that under some ideal conditions, prices reflect what is most efficient, and that whats most efficient is best.

That is, your argument is more an assumption that ideal economic models apply than a justification. Ideal economics don't always apply, prices aren't always transparent, competition isn't always perfect, cows aren't spherical.
OP here -- I posted this because I wanted to see some discussion on what HNers thought about this.

On one hand, it seems ridiculous for a company to try and limit the freedom of every single user of the application to use possibly inefficient methods only to interact with their site. On the other hand, I understand that a contract is a contract (of course there are issues with enforcability, and "by using this site you agree to these terms" is probably a bit legally shaky), they do have a EULA that prohibits it.

That said, something about this just leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

Does anyone know any relevant precedent for this kind of thing?

To be clear, I have just about 0 ill-will towards craiglist, they offer a fantastic free service, and I use it often.
> I didn't realize you were anti-UBI altogether.

I'm still not sure where you're getting these conclusions about what my position is, especially when I say things like "I'm interested in UBI" which contradict it. If you have a question about my position just ask, if you don't care then don't respond, but I feel like I'm talking to Eliza.

What we seem to agree on is that "just give citizens money" doesn't work.

> And you believe the current welfare complex is superior?

Superior to what? It's hard to even compare something that exists in all its complexity with something that is just an idea you could write down on a napkin. How do you even evaluate a UBI proposal that doesn't have numbers in it?

One complaint here is that people who currently receive SSI should not be dropped by the new system. Rules like "you must be a US citizen for 18 years" are simply unworkable.

> however, I don't think the financial effect of a UBI creates this unlivable economy you describe, and it provides a bright future to look forward to.

It's already hard to be an immigrant, such a system would mean that immigrants get paid significantly less than non-immigrants. I am not interested in a system that deincentivizes immigration that severely. And again, it's hard to evaluate the potential effects a proposal without numbers or quantitative analysis, so I can merely say "I disagree" here and there's not much substance available to change my mind.

One thing to watch out for in these threads is that sometimes people will dismiss or devalue viewpoints or arguments merely because they do not provide alternative solutions to complex problems. That behavior is nothing more than a transparent attempt to shut arguments down without responding to their content.
Don't down vote him. More often than not those are just normal refactoring with PR attempts to get rid of old license info. See IE7, it got rid of Mosaic license info yet even IE11 and early Edge contains web render code and mouse behaviors that can be traced back to Mosaic web browser, where it forked off. The same is with game engines, Valve's Source engine 2 started as a fork of ID's Quake 1 engine and it's still evident even in 2017. Or Dunia engine from Ubisoft traces back to FarCry 1 engine from Crytek. Or Call of Duty engine originates in Quake 3 engine from ID. Or in WinWord 2010 originates in WinWord2 code from 1990, with code that predates threads and uses fibers (known as coroutines nowadays in other languages).
Any type is great, but projects that can have actual user are more interesting.
> if it is the reward function is certainly unknown

It is a collection of reward channels related to the functioning of the body (food, shelter), learning (curiosity), socializing (and physical touch), physical integrity (avoiding harm). Even newborn babies like to be held and are curious about objects around them - they are already learning to maximize rewards.
Kiwi here. Had a mate drop a ladder on my head and had to get my head stitched together.

Total cost: $0, 9 stitches, and a lecture from the nurse on the dangers of drinking.
A Software Architect's Perspective on APIs and Copyrights
[SH17B] Pixel Shader Dungeon
That should be enough, but keep in mind that you might be entering the password on a lot of non-keyboards. 20 lowercase letters is faster and far more secure. Even 14-15 lowercase letters is soundly better.
I'm genuinely surprised to find out, in this thread, that so many people actually bought an Openmoko device. I only remember it being a perennial work-in-progress, and when they eventually started actually selling something, it was so painfully obsolete that I couldn't get myself to consider it (unlike the N900).
Thanks for the feedback... the report emails are almost 4 years old now so could definitely use a refresher. I personally prefer emails without images, but would you want charts as images in the report emails?
I have a bone to pik with you.

Just thought of the Teledyne Waterpik brand. What did they ever do with that in Denmark? According to this FB post:

https://www.facebook.com/JstTht/posts/134568413284684?_fb_no...

Quote:

Waterpik uses another name in Denmark. "Pik" is the common Danish word for male genitals. Most Danes can easily translate "water" to the danish word "vand". And "vandpik" is a term for the morning erection.
"And you put that thing in your mouth?!?!"
Could you give a link to your portfolio to get an idea what kind of portfolio attracts clients these days?
It also paves the way to algorithms which can solve problems by repurposing available actions for achieving unintended goals, and by creating new high-level actions from low-level ones.

That is solving problems creatively.
But you've gone and picked only one preexisting phrase, instead of independently-random words. That cripples the security of your password.

Making a phrase is okay, but you have to start with actually-random words.
The flip side to Amazon's easy returns is that I regularly receive used/returned merchandise from Amazon that was advertised as new.
I got the Colbert reference, but it reminded me of something interesting that everyone with basic cable should watch and experience, at least a few times.

Brian Lamb created the gold standard for balanced reporting on political topics and current affairs with Washington Journal on C-SPAN. Expert guests are chosen when feasible in preference to talking heads, the show uses separate call-in lines for guests of various political affiliations to ensure balance, and in the interest of maintaining a neutral point of view the journalists are frighteningly capable of maintaining poker-faces in the face of whatever idiocy comes their way from guests or - more likely - callers. Their production does not depend on advertisers or ratings. It's all just brilliant. Their viewership numbers in the dozens.

In spite of all that, callers will at times complain randomly, often hilariously, about perceived political bias in what they are watching - while the journalists maintain their sober, quiet poker faces and the experts talk about whatever is within their expertise. So often these complaints have literally nothing to do with bias in the presentation and everything to do with bias in the viewer.
Missing from the article: how to tell if you have it and what to do if you do
Video Teardown of the Ethereum Parity Hack
In my GNOME, Calculator app is the first option and the LibreOffice Calc come second. I use Fedora btw.
Modulation is already taken into account when talking about channel capacity. If you don't have any kind of modulation you essentially just have a sine wave and can't transmit any data.

The number of bits per hertz is bounded by the amount of noise in the signal. There are natural sources of noise, so a noise free channel is impossible. The mathematical basis for this is the Shannon Hartley theorem if you're up for some reading.

Higher frequencies don't provide more bandwidth. It's the width of the channel that matters. A 20mhz channel provides the same bandwidth regardless of whether its centered at 100mhz or 900mhz. The main difference is the 900mhz signal won't travel through solid objects as well.

People sometimes turn to higher frequencies for more bandwifth simply because there's more spectrum available because it's far less useful. For instance, cell towers sometimes communicate with other cell towers using frequencies around 60ghz. The downside is you need direct line of sight on frequencies that high, so it works for tower to tower, but not tower to phone.
Smith also said that most of the negative reaction
was due to confusion around what the tools actually
do. (Connor pointed out that it’s not possible to
review what Kite does, since it itself is not open
source.) Then he blew this reporter off. “I apologize
in advance that I can't answer any further questions,”
he wrote. “I need to focus on other parts of the
business, including continuing to improve the product
for our users, and conflict like this is always doubly
distracting.”

Love and avoiding negativity have become the bywords of unaccountability. To foment conflict and then not comment...
Apple launches beta 4 of iOS 11, MacOS High Sierra and watchOS 4
CNN is more pro-status-quo/pro-Third Way than "left" in the traditional sense. They're markets-and-welfare nationalists really, but in the original, less frightening sense of "nationalist". I read Reason and The Economist plus additional assorted liberal media. It's still bad but at least there's variety without having to sift through as much crap.
Ask HN: Why are british obsessed with tea and “mate”?
Any historical significance for this group behavior?
I'm from Pittsburgh, too.

Not only do I find the term "rust belt" perfectly acceptable, I find your scolding strangers on the internet about its use to be pompously absurd.

You are not "our" spokesman invested with some kind of moral authority to publicly sermonize about "our" identity. Please refrain from doing so on "our" behalf, and speak only for yourself.
I wonder how many people would accept UBI in exchange for voluntary sterilization? I think that would end up solving basically all the problems we have now.
The thing is if the goal is to create jobs then this policy is counterproductive. It's a great way to ensure that in 20 years time India has no car industry left. When foreign companies have had decades long lead in autonomous tech there's no way Indian companies will be able to compete with them either in foreign or even domestic market when self-driving cars are allowed.

Create a few extra jobs now and destroy an entire industry in the long run. Just like India has a blanket ban on all small drones which just means that whatever innovations come from the drone industry, India will only be its importer.

The sad thing is Nitin Gadkari one of the more sensible ministers and yet this is coming from him.
Being a founder is a shit job
waatcher has a nice graph too
From a hiring managers perspective, there is also the benefit that a person who has gone through college is a safe choice that it unlikely to reflect badly on them.
Population Density 2: Old and New New England
> What is the proper way to validate credit cards?
A) If you are asking that question, you really should use something like https://stripe.com/radar

But assuming you don't want to:

1) Validate against the standard checksum formulas (this catches legit typos)

1b) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm

1c) Regardless of what happens next, send an order confirmation and play dead.

1d) If it fails any of the following steps, send a politely worded "issue with the order" e-mail and to contact you (after 24 hours). Use a reason that sounds generic rather than credit card specific.

2) Check GeoIP and compare against potentially geographic space. (this catches VPNs, etc. For instance, shipping to a US freight forwarder from a Russian IP is likely highly probably fraud. The customer can call/e-mail you if they get caught in this.)

2b) Services like https://www.maxmind.com/en/minfraud-services qualify for this.

3) Check address locations against known US freight forwarders / PO boxes / UPS Stores / etc. Force additional customer verification, like for IP addresses.

4) To validate repeat card usage, fingerprint cards that were successfully charged and you didn't receive a chargeback after the window closes:

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/63248/hashing-a...

You can use Stripe/Braintree tokens or your own implementation.

5) If it fails step 4:

5a) Run whatever business heuristics/signals that might be true for your customer base. Too specific to get into really.

5b) Actually charge the card and see what happens. If its declined by the credit card company, send the generic contact e-mail.
for me, there is no special book effect my code style, the greatest effect is read source code of projects I am interested in.
That's horse shit. I listen to npr a lot, and yes, they have narratives. Of all the happening in the world, there is daily a story about someone who happens to be overcoming the adversity of homosexuality, or being of color (not colored).

But that choice in coverage does not compare to calling editorial entertainment news, or flat out lying to their listeners.

The big difference is when I really think NPR screws up a story, or is too far left, I write them and feel like someone might listen on the other end. Good luck with that on Fox.
Uh, I'd be parsimonious when choosing which reports to give attention and credence .

Within the industry there is a herd tendency.

Results of models which are far off from others get tweaked. Once data is sufficiently in line, only then does it get reported.

I agree to this though, there's going to be a dense PDF somewhere.
Build a simple project with asp as the backend and react on the front end. Then swap the backend to something else you have been considering vs asp.net, like rails or Django or node.js. Then swap the front end to something else like angular2. If the project is simple, you can do each of these swaps in a few days, and then you will have a better understanding of each, instead of just wondering.
Very interesting. I've never seen anything like that before for long form text (although I can't imagine working without colored code highlighting). It does seem to allow me to read faster. Not sure how I missed the original show HN. I was around in 2013. Maybe it was lack of line coloring :)
MS Paint is here to stay
At 25Hz. (plus interlacing)

Edit: Or that might be wrong and the framerate can be changed separately.
i am not native speaker so didn't even know what does it mean, since it's much less common than Without written this way
VCs by definition are looking for the Next Big Thing, not to finance someone's lifestyle business. The returns are too low to justify the huge risk. There are many other lower risk ways to get lifestyle-business sized returns for an investor.

VC limited partners invest because it has low correlation to other investments and the potential for 100% returns. If they're just getting a potential 7% (or whatever), they can buy stocks or real estate etc. at much lower risk.
Snopes labeled this entirely false:

http://www.snopes.com/2015/06/22/dylann-roof-burger-king/

Dylan Roof was treated to Burger King. Snopes seized on the wording "taken to" Burger King, and give it the big red X.

Not mostly false, not mixed, but entirely false. That's all most people will ever see. They won't read down the page. Confirmation bias has been confirmed at that point.

Roof was given body armor, Burger King, and additional guards. Freddie Grey wasn't so lucky. That was the original point of the article Snopes wouldn't link to.

http://thesource.com/2015/06/21/police-chief-says-dylann-roo...

Snopes is that guy on a message board who thinks he won the argument by being a grammar Nazi. That's what people who don't like Snopes find infuriating.
What forced narrative? Genuinely curious. Is it Amazon is the best/something pro Amazon? That's the best I can glean from your passive aggressive hinting.
Keepa is a great extension for price tracking on Amazon directly embedded into the page.

https://keepa.com/
Home depot does not price match IME. I tried to buy a portable AC a few weeks ago and they wouldn't price match against anyone.
Another such change: charging more and more for Prime on the grounds that it now includes a lot of stuff I don't want, like videos. That might make it a better deal for some people, but I canceled it.
Do you have any proof this happened?
MS Paint is here to stay

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14845225

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/24/ms-pa...
Except... it is released on various platforms. That 'Linux desktop' isn't part of it doesn't mean that Office isn't on pretty much every other relevant platform (Windows desktop, macOS, Android, iOS, web, ...).
Capitalism - yes.

"meritocracy" is a myth. Too many people forget that they started the 10-lap race with a 9-lap headstart.

I am personally very thankful for the headstart that my family gave me. Lots of others I grew up with didn't get the headstart.

...And it had nothing to do with me personally, it was an accident of lucky birth.
> Combined with requiring people to be US citizens for 18 years before qualifying

The safety net programs that UBI would replace don't require that (some require citizenship, others require only satisfactory immigration status, none have anything like an 18 year citizenship requirement.)
If the product clearly appears to be used I'd say that's a problem with Amazon's quality control for returns (though I never experienced those problems). However what do you think happens to returned items? You don't expect them to be thrown out, do you?

Maybe I'm way off, but I was always under the impression that those returned items are re-packaged (if necessary) and sold as new.

And I think that's fine since I really don't see any other way to handle it. Think about europe, where every shop has to offer a free 14 day return policy, regardless of if you're Amazon or a small Shopify seller.

If the item can't be sold as new, that means the customer overstepped and should be held accountable.
sounds a lot like there's a startup like that parking ticket startup, but for medical bills.
While I could see how it can be done in a way that isn't outright unethical, it still strikes me as 'wrong' in the sense that it betrays my expectations of how open source works and relates to for-profit endeavors.

There's no implementation I can think of where I wouldn't feel icky about this, even if the 'Kite update' did absolutely nothing without turning it on explicitly through some setting that I actively have to look for (so no 'would you like to opt-in' screen' at all).
I'm not following. Are you saying that laundromats have existed as long as money has? And what does "implicitly illegal" mean? Are you from a country normally described as free?
The Visitor pattern mostly addresses the shortcomings of the type system (i.e no "match" statement).

The Command pattern, in its most basic form, could also be considered as implementing 1st class functions by wrapping them into objects.

So if you're using a functional langage, there's a good chance you're wondering why consider both of the above as "design patterns", as you're seing them as basic things, and the compiler implements them for you.
The bad reviews are useful. The positive ones are almost universally worthless (excluding Benson's).
If you're only doing business with techies, that's probably the best way to do it.

When dealing with small business owners, you will meet people who don't have a smartphone handy to fire off an email from. Shoot, you will meet people who do not have an email address.