skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Another Beethoven biography for the beginner that I can recommend is 'Beethoven: The Music and the Life' by Lewis Lockwood. This one does a good treatment on his life while also weaving in relevant analysis of his music for the layperson with some musical background. It's a great introduction to both aspects of his life for the non-serious musician and will give you a much greater appreciation for his work.
OMG. Why do they do that?
Atroyn is referring to @Pinboard the person, who is critical of free bookmarking sites and has a history of buying them for cheap when they eventually fail.
Not sure why so many people downvoted you, this is likely their thought process.
Or you could try the "Reddit Tinnitus Cure" (https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/63etps/the_reddit_t...) and tell us if it worked for you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propuls...

Project Orion is awesome and I am a big supporter. Unfortunately people won't stand for the thousand some odd nuclear bombs it would take to get the interplanetary version out of the atmosphere.

Because it is so massive, building it in space also poses a problem unless we capture a iron meteorite and bring it back or mine/build it on the moon. Both of which we should really do because it would be by far the fastest ship we can build right now.
I think choice is important. Some people prefer one, some the other. The best working environment I've experienced in my life as a software developer was at Bell Labs in the 80s, where small private offices was the norm.

On the other hand, its good to have open working areas available when they are appropriate. In Bell Labs, we'd often congregate near the railings overlooking the Holmdel atrium while our build finished or downstairs in the large open seating areas.
\(\) are part of BRE syntax. They are not GNU extensions.

Source: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/re.html#tag...
Somebody stole my identity and created a Coinbase account with it. I made a ticket on their system over two weeks ago and they haven't even bothered to respond. I'm baffled that such a shady company is able to raise funds like this. I mean, imagine if your bank just one day stopped answering the phone.
If Jamaica does better than USA in track and field they must be doing something right, but what do you mean by generalizing to "black countries"?

There might be a bias towards track and field programs and careers in poor/small countries, thanks to cheap infrastructure and sustainability with very few athletes, and expensive sports that are practically reserved for relatively privileged people, e.g. swimming and horse riding, but confusing an athlete's race and their available opportunities is silly.
Well, maybe. Even if your general experience was positive, if you give honest negative feedback about certain aspects of their service then that could be useful information to the airline.
Former Apple employee here. That sounds exactly like what I witnessed. The new Apple HQ is very much open office and the design was definitely top-down from execs - I just know that I had no input at all even though it was my workplace. Always got my best work done at home.
Why would professionals support tech that makes their labor less scarce? Unfortunately this change won't come from doctors
Generating business value as software consultants
Depends on the work. I do code all day, but the codebase I work on is massive, fairly old (although some parts have been updated) and everyone in the office has their own area of knowledge. What the code does is also complex enough that it requires specific domain knowledge to code properly (I suppose "expert system" is the correct term), so you can't just throw general computer science at every problem. In that type of environment collaboration among developers is vital, I often leave in the evening not because there's nothing to do but because almost everyone else is gone and I've exhausted the bounds of my knowledge. At that point I can bang my head against a problem for 5 hours or ask the local expert the next morning and get my answer in 5 minutes.

But yeah if I was just churning out CRUD apps then I'd probably be more productive on my own.
Malicious code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it
>> yea i had a hard time making sense of the paper, probably my fault

>> Bias: I am a ... underweight stoner

I see :V
Perpendicular, not up wind?

Edit: figured it out- if you are already in the plume, then you need to move perpendicular to the wind direction to leave it quickest.

If you are already up wind from the blast, then I'd keep moving up wind (which is then both up wind and away from ground zero).

Does that sound right?
As a nitpick the proper term is "cryptocurrency", not "digital currency". A cryptocurrency does not necessarily have to be stored or generated digitally.
Where Did Snapchat Go Wrong?
Honest question, why is that hilarious?

There is a huge amount of cheap, cookie-cutter housing in American suburbia. In fact, I suspect a large majority of single family suburban houses built in the last 50 years are rubber stamp clones from homebuilder planbooks.
I don't use PHP and have a Ryzen linux machine that hard freezes every so often (around once per week) with nothing in logs. Have pretty much given up on debugging it.
DeepMind and Blizzard release new tools to train AI using Starcraft
Microsoft comes to mind? I've only been in a couple of buildings in the Seattle campus, but it was the typical open-air shared desks that you see in many other software companies recently. Are they known for using desks otherwise?
Indeed! Most power-users I know (and more than one non-computery-person) completely disregard the dock.

The only reason I ever look at the dock is to open minimized windows, and even for that I usually opt for the 'see all windows of current app' gesture.

That said, the dock is very useful for most tech-illiterate people I know.
Sorry for not replying sooner, I missed your reply.

I should have been more specific about the context: I'm talking about failed projects that were doomed from the start, and known to be in such a state by those that were involved. There are many (most ?) projects that look okay right up until the implementation when all the problems become visible. Those types of projects are fertile grounds for learning from experience, and I would categorize them as valuable experiences.

Obviously if a developer is in a junior position in a project that encompasses a small army of developers, then they may not have any problem with staying on with such a project. But, I would gather that these types of projects are pretty rare, and that most projects involve much smaller teams. In such an environment, the stress and toll on one's family life and health aren't worth sticking around for, even for any learning experience that one may gather from the failure. It's a much better situation to simply learn the involved technologies on one's own in your spare time than subject oneself to that level of harm.
Automated Testing with Rest Example Part 2
That's just like, your opinion man.

Everyone agrees it was polite, but well-argued and coherent is where not everyone does agree.

I've seen people with advanced degrees host debates where they legitimately advocated creationism as the truth against evolutionary biologists with equally advanced degrees. They were polite, and their supporters would say well-argued and coherent. But anyone who knows anything about the topic would see that the creationists weren't actually adding to the discussion or making strong points at all. Those creationist debates are always unsatisfying and exhausting to listen to, and after a while, that schtick becomes old and non-creationists stop engaging because it's just boring. But creationists will attend and be excited every time because having a debate against a real scientist legitimizes them.

That's how this memo thing felt. Nothing new was added to the discussion (at least not to those of us who have had this discussion before) and it just seemed like an opportunity that some less savory folks jumped on to promote some out-dated views (and more importantly, for mainstream media to jump on to paint all of tech as a place where those views are the norm. That story sells despite how wrong it is).

FWIW, I do hate impoliteness though. I understand why people felt defensive for the author after watching the internet freak the hell out (in rude or dismissive ways) about the memo which was not impolite in itself.
I think people don't give leadership the value it deserves. Baller made MS what it was, and Satya is largely responsible for turning the ship around.

I've concluded that the leadership of IBM is what blows, and the C level offices should be gutted and replaced with whatever good engineers remain.

I've seen leadership make or break every organization I've been a part of
Is the brain exempt from being affected by genetics? All humans are genetically pre-disposed to be less capable of being racecar drivers or olympic athletes or physicists. Inherrantly what is it about being a programmer, that necessitates we assume that biology plays no part whatsoever? Note the use of the word biology as opposed to gender, because limiting the context to gender needlessly pits people against each other.
As someone who wants to be a gamedev some day, I'm building a community for indie game developers: https://www.gamehero.org
Applies to most web sites these days, sadly.
See the very old song "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds, also famously covered by folk singer Pete Seeger. I loved it back in 1960, when I was a kid revolted by the sameness of the suburbs.
I guess I missed it because I can't even parse the quote.
What's the second AI winter then? I only know about the 1986-1990 era, where "AI" was used in a broad sense covering everything from Prolog, expert systems, LISP, heuristic search algorithms, fuzzy logic to ML, neural networks and their generalizations.

I've still got great shiny magazines from that time, though.
Orion designs really only work if you're evacuating the planet. Massive fallout and radiation would be caused by each launch.
Right!? We will jump through incredible hoops just to get press coverage. SMH...
Muslim Mayor of London Blames Google and YouTube for Islamic Knife Crimes
I'm the same way.

In middle school, I was sent to the principal's office because I complained to the teacher about a painful noise and the teacher thought I was just being disruptive. There it was determined that the "silent" alarm had gone off.

I also get it when touching some glass surfaces as there's a high-pitched squeak. My parents just accused me of trying to get out of doing the dishes.

Watching the movie 'Baby Driver' was torture. In his attempt to convey to the audience what it was like to live with tinnitus, the director made the film nearly unbearable to people like us.

There's just so many instances where people who can't hear these frequencies ignore the consequences for those that can. And then they disbelieve that anyone's hearing is substantively different than their own.
Get to the point faster.
BlueSteel, a performance tracking tool
cost-benefit.

Determining which kind of medicine works well for you when you have a serious problem is quick and cheap compared to "solving aging", even if the latter will "solve" the former.
I have a theory that people will treat gas cars like they treated smokers. There was a stretch of time where smoking was popular in restaurants but the common shtick was the table next to you would go 'ewww!' and wave their hands around their nose or faux-cough causing all kinds of conflict and pressure. Pedestrians at stop signs might do the same for ICEs, etc.
Show HN: Octavo: Go from Markdown to PDF etc. via Pandoc
hate when that happens.
Safe plan for sure. The whole damn thing is patched together with popsicle sticks and rubber cement.
You might want to "name and not-shame" them, some people want to know because they want to work for companies like this.
I would guess (hope) they have a ton of fiat in reserve that they don't want to touch.
I agree with you. I used them off and on over 3 months and our family had a similar assessment.

We chose the 2 person meal plan because if our (even if nutritionally adventurous) 5 & 7 year olds didn't like the meal, we didn't want way too much leftovers. I'm the only person who has any dedication to leftovers (lunch about 3 times a week).

Portion wise, it felt like 2 person meal plan was usually ok for 3 adults so we'd often supplement with an extra chicken breast or something and spread the sauce thin.

Nutritionally, if felt like a TON of SALT & OIL. Mind you, it's not always bad thing, but I'm currently trying to keep my blood pressure, A1C, HDL, & LDL numbers in check and this always felt like it was harmful to that goal though I didn't check and measure if it was. I did lose weight however, on those weeks which is an odd dichotomy maybe.

In terms of recipe selection, sometimes, it felt like the recipes were just one or two minor ingredients off from being copies of a previous recipe. It did change the flavor, but for me, is that really a different recipe?

I too also had issues with the produce. Bad garlic, bad potatoes, etc.

And yes, there was the cost. $60/week felt just a little high to do that much of the work yourself as well as all of the clean up.

My wife is a one pan/pyrex/crockpot kind of cooker (and she did a stint in cooking school!). I'm more adventurous with the techniques, cooking styles, and willing to try foods of other origins. But, like IgorPatola mentioned, sometimes, specifying early on that you need so many prep dishes and/or X more are recommended, would be a huge help to the clean up part of the process or doing some pre-planning.
That will drive off the young street punks. But instead you'll have a bunch of old codgers setting up their checker tables, hanging out for hours complaining about their problems, and pining for the good old days.

That's my retirement plans anyway.
You guys are going to save so many people from misdiagnosis on webmd! Love the "check symptoms" feature and a user interface. Would love a little graphic that shows how far I've gone in the self-diagnosis (so I don't think it's going to go on forever). Love the product and the UI! Simple/beautiful/sleek.
I take proper vacations, too, but it's when I actually need a vacation only. For certain events I have to travel somewhere, but don't or can't necessarily participate in something the whole time. I can still be there, still be productive, and I miss neither work nor the event. More time to spend on actual vacations when I do want to disconnect for a week or more at a time.
Not trying to invoke confirmation bias or position of authority fallacy, but I am also in the industry. Last year, I spent thousands of dollars on lab tests. We're concerned about the health of our customers. That's why this year we have not used any pesticide at all, and even harvested crops with clear thrichrome to prevent the bad paranoia feeling that happens with THC and GABA inhibitor effect. My observation is not made up, this is asking medical doctors in the area specifically what they see. We have seen drammatic health increase with the heavy heavy heavy smokers/users that quit. The light users do not have this problem. The people I am talking about spend about $60 a day in drugs and use oils,dabs,wax extracts.
A quick glance at robtex suggests one would probably be safe to block the IP address: 104.198.107.72

Below are some of the other whimsical domains listed as pointing to this address.

Whether we send one of the names below in our Host: header or some randomly chosen name, we still get the same response, devoid of any content, except an <img> tag to track the user.

1. anxiousapples.com

2. beamkite.com

3. calmfoot.com

4. chickensstation.com

5. consciouscabbage.com

6. copycarpenter.com

7. crownclam.com

8. functionalclam.com

9. giddycoat.com

10. guardedgovernor.com

11. jewelcheese.com

12. lizardslaugh.com

13. loudloss.com

14. photographpan.com

15. profitrumour.com

16. quaintcan.com

17. scintillatingspace.com

18. scrubsky.com

19. shallowschool.com

20. shelterstraw.com

21. sinceresofa.com

22. snakesort.com

23. storesurprise.com

24. stormyachiever.com

25. stormyshock.com

26. swimslope.com
Perhaps an overly powerful carrier wave for a passive acoustic bug e.g. a non-RF version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) ?
A lot of people would be jealous of your cubicle setup, including me. If your company decides to update their '30 year outdated office structure', you'd most likely be stripped of your cubicle and have no real private space. I'd venture a guess that you'd curse yourself for taking your precious cube for granted.
Yup, was my first impression too. Smoking tires is bad for you, smoking socks is bad for you, smoking dope is bad for you. Don't smoke.

A double blind study between tire, sock and dope smokers would be more interesting than this study.
Apple refuses to enable iPhone emergency settings that could save lives
> And some subjects don't have middle ground. Women being treated less than equal isn't a middle ground sort of issue.

Which is why you need to have ongoing discussion, to determine if people are or are not being treated less equally. People who believe they are "right" but are unable or unwilling to defend that position with words ("the debate is over") should not be trusted, ever.
Apple Adds 2017 13-Inch MacBook Pro Models to Refurbished Store
Makes sense. Coinbase's website is plastered with the term "digital currency" so that seemed the safest to use since I'm not too familiar with that market :)
What wifi router do you use? Also, do you use custom firmware?
Is it a bit like Deloitte? I keep hearing it's the shittiest of the bunch, but you do it for a while so you can move on and get a better job (or start your own company).
So essentially this is terminator but a bit better looking?
If you impose social contact, people are going to practice social contact and improve at social contact. It might not be what some relatively antisocial people want, but it seems like an important improvement for the whole team.
I was viewing https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Sandbox and it appears that Firefox on Linux now has some kind of sandboxing. I presume it's not as good as Chrome but I'm sure it's raised the security level significantly. Realistically, how much danger am I in by using Firefox?
Advice for next time: you don't have to depend on a human's word. You can use a real-time analyzer [1], now available in smartphone apps. They display the frequency spectrum of ambient noise.

We had a similar situation at our office, were the smoke detector was emitting a steady whine that only a few employees (including me) could hear. One skeptic was finally convinced by getting out an RTA app and seeing the big spike at 12 kHz.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_analyzer
Oh, this is super interesting! Thanks!
Orion isn't a launch drive, it's a transit drive.
True and I agree. But I think lifestyle choice has a lot to do with this sickness. I was never conscious about my health until about 3 years ago when I quit "smoking" and began only to vaporize. Maybe that has something to do with it. But I really think a lot of this sickness are results of a sedentary lifestyle. Something we knew was bad when we discovered sitting was the new cancer.
It's behind a flag now, but they're eliminating it, so it will not be released.
I'm using fetching.io, which is a paid service, but it also seems like the work of one guy, and we don't use the same browsers, so I'm ambivalent about it.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87625/what-is-diffe...
Doesn't it happen for all names?
Sorry if I gave the impression that I want to make everyone live there. I don't want to make anyone do anything they don't want to do.
It's not a 100% difference, but there are different dynamics to almost constant face to face communication. Some management styles would have a problem. Similarly, a remote manager might have their work cut out for them moving into a more traditional in-the-office company. But there are different workflows, different subtle problems to notice, etc.
How to Make $100,000 While Working Full-Time
Uber's First Employee, Ryan Graves, to Step Down
This is so completely and utterly wrong, unfortunately...

Yarn takes 12 seconds to install all of our node_modules, npm@5 (latest) takes over 12 minutes.

This made it completely and utterly untenable for our CI system, so we switched to yarn and shaved 12 minutes off our CI builds. It's been fantastic.
I understand that. I guess I don't know how small we can reliably view transits. We can certainly see large planet transits. Perhaps planets of this size are too small to view at this distance/ with this star type with our current technology. Just because we haven't observed a transit doesn't mean the transit isn't happening. But again, I don't really know this specific circumstance.
I don't have enough knowledge to discuss the power/fuel consumption of miniature turbines compared to a similarly sized ICE, but for those with that knowledge:

http://www.jetmodelproducts.com/amt.htm

157 N/16KG thrust at 450 g/min (grams, not gallons ;))
Driving down to Oregon on Friday, wander around the U. S. Forest Service roads looking for dispersed camping. There’s a lot of U. S. Forest in that area, so I can’t imagine every dispersed camping spot will be spoken for. Most people turn around when they see “pavement ends”, I imagine, so I think we’ll be fine. VW camper with onboard water tank and kitchen, we can boondock it for a few days.

It’s that or nothing. Every campground and motel within the totality band in OR has been booked for six months. I’m hoping we get there a few days early, plop down in the middle of nowhere and not be bothered. I’m truly curious to see how it goes. Could be the clusterfuck that’s predicted, could be a bust when less than hardcore folks decide it’s not worth the hassle.

Cloud cover in the OR high desert in August? How many times have I wished for such while on the motorcycle in OR? If that rare event were to happen on eclipse day, then God truly hates us. YMMV in other parts of the country.
This is like the one cooking tip I don't stop blathering about in fact. Always season each ingredient individually. Both ensures that the salt is distributed well and makes it easier to get the desired amount in the end product.
Yea, but those are already properly labeled. I'm not sure what you are getting at?
Backlash is also intentionally introduced to allow proper lubrication. For example, on the ring and pinion of an automobile differential.
Security flaw raises questions about Pacer
Windows Phone, once they got over to the Metro UI, was quite good. I would say from a design, UI and system perspective, it was significantly superior to Android and within striking distance of Apple and iOS.

The issue with MS isn't whether or not they can build a quality mobile OS (they can), but rather it's whether or not MS can build an ecosystem with enough buy-in from companies to build apps and services.

I'm sad to see MS do so poorly with their mobile OS, considering how good it is.
> I think you also need to hire differently for remote. People need to be self-motivated and self-sufficient.

I think this is true, but I think that most hiring managers would prefer to hire for self-motivated and self-sufficient regardless of the role location. But maybe I'm too optimistic.
There are functioning gears in the animal kingdom: juvenile Issus insects have their rear hind leg movement synchronized with gearing.

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/functioning-mechanical-ge...
That must be a typo meaning "20kt"

I don't think many believe NK have thermonuclear weapons so they are at tens of kilotons.
Doctors might fear it, but healthcare administrators would certainly love for a tool to help make diagnosis faster, more accurate and less expensive.