skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
more processes? Sure. But better? hardly

I'm not sure how accurate or exagerrated the OP's examples are, but here is how I'd fix a number of them:

they snarl and say, "load on the consumer site has been up 12% all week, we have bigger problems" and mumble a bunch of other things about permissions and server racks and subnets and all you know is that whatever to-do list they're working off of, you're all the way at the bottom.

Have a regularly scheduled release train so everyone in the company knows when new releases can go out (i.e. every Friday night, etc.) and can plan ahead accordingly. If a release misses the train, then it can wait for the next one to leave the station. This allows all groups to plan ahead, make sure they have resources available, etc.

The production and development environment just aren't in synch and this never gets addressed.

This is pretty inexcusable, it's a matter of laziness or unwillingness to spend the time to make the environment better. You can clearly see the effects of this bad practice when you have releases that fail in production and have to be re-tried several times. If the production environment is so complex that it can't easily be mirrored in development, at the very least the release should be tested in a staging environment (not QA) which does mirror production - so you can test the release process itself.

The fundamental problem that nhashem seems to be describing are admins that don't seem to care too much about whether or not new software releases are being released in a timely fashion to production. While I understand that the admins have a whole lot of other areas to also be responsible for, the entire reason why someone wants to release this software in the first place is that there is some business value in the release/new version/feature etc. Not allowing this release to reach customers as fast as possible reduces it's value. If the company is not focused on getting value in front of the customer as quickly as possible, then why are they even spending the time developing the software/changes in the first place?

This is why it's a management failure - a failure to plan, get teams to work together, and cut things down to the bottom line of delivering value to the customer as rapidly as possible while still maintaining stability and other responsibilities. Company's that can't do these things will have their lunch eaten by competitors who can.
You are quite incorrect, the fact is someone called Jack from another company who tried hijack that TC post and pitch his own payment solution to someone interested in the Karsa solution. That 'competitor' offered a plugin for other open video apps was then 'taken to task' about the security of their system and it was him and their system which failed to address the security concerns raised. NOT the Karsa Player....
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"P.S. your cousins did pretty well; if their patent for the watering mechanism is as broad as suggested they might want to ask questions about it's applicability to industrial sized greenhouses as well..."

Cool Point, I will pass that on... thanks.
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Unrelated to your suggestions, Quebec has a school (CEGEP) between high school and university. I think it's a good idea to give kids some time to think about their choice, and since they have to choose their general orientation (science, etc.) it's a good test of their choice. Many people change program at this point.
Although quality of life in the whole of India or China is less than in the West,
quality of life in a well-defined portion (e.g. city area) of these
developing countries will often be competitive, e.g. Dalian in China.

I do agree with that partly. With infrastructure I mean everything: electricity, roads, wastewater, ... And I'm not that sure, if this will be the same than in western countries in the next few decades. Of course, if you hide out in some gated areas or luxury domicils you can have the same quality of life. And yes, this is a generalization, no doubts. But if you look for example at the striving Mumbai area, the environmental problems already present, and most probably increasing such as the groundwater issues they have, won't increase quality of live for most of the people. And in China despite the recent massive infrastructure investments similar problems are already present. I don't say there are no such problems in the west, but I think (not an expert anyway) that these problems are going to be much more present in named countries. As I said, this is just a generalization and exceptions exist.
I think there are a lot of site owners who make the mistake of thinking that SSL is only about encryption. They see these certs as a way to prevent data snooping. It's easy to see when a browser doesn't show a little lock icon or warns about an untrusted cert. The identity management side that protects against outright website forgery is harder to police and largely hidden from end users and customers of the CA's. As a result, there is probably insufficient pressure on the CA's to pay attention to some of this stuff.
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My take on this: the game is not worth the candle. Usually there are lower hanging fruits to be gathered regarding client-side performance, and I am not even sure it is worth to bother with CSS performance: 100ms on huge page is not that much. Also there are other factors to consider: adding classes to your markup will increase it's size, and it will be downloaded every time (with millions of hits it adds up). CSS on the other hand can be cached and have zero impact on load time (expires set into future). Non-semantic class names are ugly.
My ideal page would use as little IDs and classes as possible (preferably none, doable with HTML5 where you can use semantic elements instead of trying to give some semantic meaning to the DIV via some class name). Yes descendent selectors and friends are slower than direct targeting with id or class, but the difference is negligible.
Spend your time reducing the number of http requests, minimizing js, taking care of parallel loading, setting proper expires and cache control headers, don't sweat about CSS selectors speed.
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Can't you just put the name the credit card company uses to identify them on your resume :)
I much prefer http://launchset.com as a "place for hackers to get together" project. Launchset seems like it genuinely wants to bring hackers together. Hackers Den seems like it's trying to make money from hackers, without providing any value back (who's on the panel?)
Why wouldn't they? The pricing is $49/mo for the standard account normally. Too steep for many individuals, but they're going after organizations.
"The best way to understand what you are reading is to make the idea your own. This means following the idea back to its origin, and rediscovering it for yourself."

While this is probably true everywhere, it's especially true in any hard science.
I dont think so. In Europe its a must because you have to know English. This is also a case for me.

If you are American or UK native you DONT HAVE TO invest in learning any other lang. Although you can if you want to. But i know many smart ppl Americans who rather invest ALL their spare time in learning/practicing programming and or math. There is nothing wrong with that, i dont see why these guys are in "low standards"
Personally, I can't stand Dragons Den, a bunch of smug and often rude people sitting there with piles of cash, pontificating and judging other people's ideas.

Capitalism at its worst
Australian Internet filtering plan is FINALLY dead
If you can't protect you informants, don't have them.
I worked for kink.com for 4 years as a lead sr software engineer. We built an amazing platform on jboss/j2ee that deals with fairly massive scale. I finally decided to move on recently in order to get a change of scenery. While looking for a new gig, every one I interviewed with was quite interested to know what it was like working in the castle. Maybe it kept me from getting a few gigs, I don't know, but the reality is that the experience I gained at kink certainly opened up a lot of opportunities that I didn't have before. I'd say don't worry about it and go for the job. One bit of insider info is that porn companies have a hard time finding really good geek talent. So, if you are truly good, and most of you probably aren't, you can use that to your advantage.

Good luck on your job hunting.
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So there's so much data out there and one of the most important uses for that data according to Schmidt is to predict where I am going next.

If that's Google's best thinking about data, it shows very well why they have so far not managed to make money on anything outside their original ad business model.

And I have to say, if everything they are able to come up with is new ways of spying on me in order to create information that is useless to me then I'm going to prevent them from getting access to any of my data.
Hackers Den could have a commercial aspect to it. Money raised could be used to pay the contributors or it could be used as a prize draw for the best of the best. I'm certainly not against any commercial aspects but that really is miles away at this point. My intent is to develop something entertaining and of use to us all.
I have a strong negative reaction every time I view the InfoQ site. I can't say exactly what is the problem thought... perhaps they should have somewhat bigger margins to separate content from menus and ads?
So the story is either one way around.... or the exact opposite.

Great. Excellent. The fourth estate at work.
Ask HN: How are you securing your laptops in public places?
How are you securing your laptops in public places, like coffee shops and LAN parties/events, when you're by yourself and need to be absent from the laptop? Like when "nature calls".

EDIT:

1. i think i mean "gyroscope" instead of osciloscope.
2. since this post is my content and, ergo, any comments here are derived from that content, i therefore allow permission for any commenter to make use of humor, sarcasm, wits and any language expression deemed "funny".
An internal piece of software built by so many people that no one can agree on a feature set. Usually way over engineered using the latest technology buzz to enhance developers resumes.
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I keep my laptop with me at all times in a public place. If I go to the toilet, I pack up my laptop and take it with me. It's not worth risking £2.2k of equipment (plus all the hassle) for the convenience of not losing your seat.

Worth noting that I don't work in coffee shops too often.
> Not to mention being an entrepreneur is a sure way to socially kill oneself in japan, this idea is still widely shunned and looked down upon.

I suppose we may be talking about a different age group, but I'm in a theatre circle at a Japanese university, and out of the 7 people who joined this year, 3 aim to start a business (one in Economy, one in Business, me in Engineering). Most people who ask me about it seem to have a reaction of "it sounds so awesome, but I could never do this". I think the way of thinking is slowly changing.

I agree with the rest of your post. I've been especially disappointed by the lack of innovation at research labs in what is supposed to be a top university.
I got an eee pc for "I'm not at home" purposes, so I just stick it in my bag and bring it with me.

I wouldn't leave my cheap phone unattended, nevermind a laptop.
The Taleban was killing people before the 3-star generals started their part. Still, when you are in command of a quite impressive military force capable to deal death and destruction in unheard-of scale, you should, at the very least, wield this power sparingly.
Also, Adwords-based business models probably do work better due to being ugly - the ads are both more likely to blend with the rest of the site content and more likely to be clicked by users actively wanting to leave the website for a better one.

Where Plenty of Fish succeeds more than thousands of similarly ugly ad-based sites is by being big enough, useful enough and famous enough for people to come back.
Everything starts somewhere. I'm starting right here.
This got me wondering about a self/USB powered device with an oscilloscope or something, that you would attach to a Kesington lock or something and would sound an alarm if it detected movement (being moved)...
Proof, please.
"The moral of the story is that having an exceptionally independent, driving job like a startup actually makes you better at weathering crises."

In this case yes, but it's anecdotal evidence to say the least. He was involved in a rapidly growing, popular and revenue-generating start-up, this last point being the key. If you're involved in start-up that's struggling or pre-rev, then I imagine the story would be quite different.
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Even if they didn't want to cooperate with Wikileaks by singling out names (that would give WL the extra bit of info on the importance of each name), they knew for sure who should be removed from the field. If their handlers did nothing to protect their field agents, it's not completely WL's fault they get killed.
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It's been 20yrs since I visited India, but I remember Delhi, Mumbai, and Calcutta each had a newer part of the city where living was easier.

China doesn't seem to have the the crime problems of many larger Western cities, or the "no-go zones" of US cities, but of course the price is less freedom.

Many Westerners though enjoy living in a different environment, such as India or China, for a few years anyway, though not many would want to spend the rest of their lives there.

Overall, it seems most Chinese I talk to in China would emigrate to the US, Canada, or Australia if they could [though I admit my sample is skewed, i.e. Chinese who take the trouble to approach me to talk in English].
+1 for paranoia. It's not just the price of the laptop itself:

* Downtime if I have to replace it.

* Hassle of getting something similar (US keyboard) over here in Italy.

* Worry of having passwords/ssh keys/etc... out there.
The boring meetings and conflicts only came relatively recently. It used to be a really fun place to work, but some hires which brought in silly cover your ass politics and corporitification (funny word) really put a damper on things. I'm not saying this to be mean, just clarifying the facts from someone who was on the inside. I do love kink.com and hope the best for them.
Page with full details on the charity event http://www.toptiertactics.com/golden-charity/

Also it has already raised over $13k
Amazon succeeds in a similar way to Godaddy and low cost airline sites do - because people go there with the prior intention of buying something and the cluttered interface full of recommendations is more likely to convince them to add to that than put them off. The same doesn't apply to lesser stores that might scare away much of their "just browsing" traffic trying to do the same thing.
Direct link to the cited UK report Siding with the angels - http://www.bbaa.org.uk/library/file/BBAA_NESTA_Siding_with_t....

Key extracts:

"...drawn from a survey of 158 UK-based angel investors in late 2008.

They have invested £134 million into 1,080 angel investments between them, and have exited 406 of those investments.

Fifty-six per cent of the exits failed to return capital, while 9 per cent generate more than ten times the capital invested.

overall return to business angel investing in the UK is 2.2 times the invested capital.

These 9 per cent large investment exits produced nearly 80 per cent of all the positive cash flows.

Given the holding period of just under four years, this is approximately a 22 per cent gross Internal Rate of Return (IRR)."
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Though I'll freely admit I don't have an authoritative source, I have heard in the past that 50mph was the approximate cross-over point between rolling resistance and aerodynamic resistance for a typical car. Of course this car isn't going to be doing that speed very often (well, unless you happen to commute a short distance along a fast road).
As long as you know your technical shit and don't lie about your ability, this strategy will work regardless of how illogical you personally feel it is.
http://www.google.com/latitude/apps

Turn on Latitude, enable friends alerts in Latitude Apps, and you'll see that the alerts only happen when you go outside of the predicted pattern... meaning that they can already do this if you want them to.
Well done to Rahul, Martin and Sam! Really interesting details around the timings of launching a demo, getting funded, and seeing competitors (even within YC) pivot.

I love these lines in particular:

"But rather than write him fan mail, they used their own product as bait, portraying McClure as the example user of their original web site. “We plastered his face all over, and then people kept asking him, ‘These Rapportive guys, are they your company?’” After McClure got that question more than once, he was intrigued enough to follow up and commit to investing, and then made copious intros for the rest of the round."
Reddit is somewhat different from the others in that it's not insanely profitable. That itself is largely down to the deliberate design decision not to clutter it with ugly ads.
I have one of those but never used it for securing laptops, for scaring the shit out of wannabe thieves trying to access my expensive stuff in my beaten old clunker of a car however ... cheapest car alarm ever.
> I don't understand why it matters that the US helped bring the Taliban to power.

For one, I think they would be better off had the Soviet Union succeeded invading it. They would have some industry, mining operation, separation between religion and state and so on. It's not like the Taleban ever were "freedom fighters".

The Soviet Union would get rid of the Taleban for free.

It's, in fact, the kind of poor judgment that minimized the threat the Taleban presented and made it worth to defeat the soviets by any means possible that worries me. Had the Taleban been properly groomed and supported (and "westernized") after driving the Soviets out, the world would be a far better place now.
Quite entertaining though. And it is also a reality check for many who often need such an abrasive dressing down so as to ensure they don't carry on wasting their life on something which will clearly never work.
Only leave it around the university library, half these kids are far more affluent than me. So theft is the last thing on most people's agenda!
Ask HN: Why Google permits blank search inputs?
Just wondering why Google does not prevent searching for empty inputs through Javascript?? Better User Experience? Lesser JS code in source? Anyone, any ideas?
That's exclusive, not inclusive 'us', I believe. This thing isn't serving me well. In fact, it is serving me very badly (gay marriage isn't going to improve that very much, though any remedy is welcome).
Yes and I wish you luck. It would be interesting and useful if this works out.

(Sorry I didn't mean to be so cynical with my earlier comments.)
The same way you secure your wallet.

I can't imagine why anyone would leave their laptop / phone / other device lying around. I go out and about in London, and I don't see anyone doing this.

I suppose LAN parties are an exception, but properly organised large events have a policy of tagging all equipment coming in and checking it on the way out. I have not been to a small private event where people were allowed in without being known and vouched for by another attendee.
It certainly is entertaining for the viewers, but probably too soul-crushing for the participants themselves. I'm not too sure about the "something which will clearly never work" part. Really? Just because 5 investors think so?
CNET is reporting the story quite differently:

"As part of the deal, Verizon would agree not to selectively throttle Internet traffic through its pipes. That would not, however, apply to data traveling over its wireless network for mobile phones, the report says."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20012703-260.html

This makes it sound like Google is still fighting the good fight...

(via Slashdot)
- Normally I take it with me, just like swombat does

- Harddrive is encrpyted

- Installed http://preyproject.com/ (free) - allows you to track it in case it gets stolen

- My profile is secured by a password, but there is a blank profile that people can just log into, so that Prey can do its work :)
I’ve used Lockdown before: http://www.foozoodesign.com/lockdown.html

Still, I rarely allow my laptop to leave my sight.
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thanks! Hopefully I can kick their asses ;)

edit: which doesn't seem like it'll be too difficult. On their developer test I just get {"data": {"error": 0}} back for any image I try to upload.
Internet Explorer 8 came out in March 2009. IE7 in 2006. Microsoft are keeping it up.
Yes:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/04/eric-schmidt-twitter-pictur...
Access to our non-public systems is (partially) controlled through SSL server and client certificates, both of which use a CA we control. This is probably a good practise for systems you are keen on defending, because the public CA system is so broken.
"Hey, do you mind watching my stuff for a minute?" works pretty well.

This is normally on a train or a library, and when there's someone around who doesn't look too shifty.
Ok, some of the ideas pitched are really insane, and we all have bad ideas sometimes. I see it as a more positive thing to get a dressing down by people who aren't friends and family (who would never dare) as a result many people can get quite lost down the rabbit hole without such feedback, and lets face it we always think our own ideas are fab.
Actually "keystroke by keystroke" is one think I'd gladly tossed out of wave and what they wrote seemed humble to me and I got a very positive feeling. Unfortunately what they have is a closed tool so it's something completely different.
You should have your skepticism filter on by default at the same filter rate, regardless of the source of the information. The moment you start micro-managing your filter rate, it defeats the purpose of being skeptic.

Be skeptic of everyone. Just because someone/organization has a positive reputation doesn't mean they won't intentionally (or unintentionally) screw things up.