skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I assumed too high a dose was dangerous. Is that not true?
Then I fail to understand why we cant go after the Big 3 using libel laws.

It's one thing to say somebody is a smelly, poop-eating mongrel vs child rapist. One is an opinion and the other is a provable statement of fact. If, in fact, the child rapist epithet is false, it's libel.

Now, these companies are selling rights to loans, along with your information and a formula they use to equate it all. If the information is just not true and affects you negatively, "sue the bastards".
Is this really a grey area? If there is no law on a particular topic, how does it differ from merely being 'not prohibited'?
I'm just glad that analytics is on its own domain. Google could easily have placed it at google.com/analytics and it would be much trickier to block. As it is, an entry in hosts or blacklist it in NoScript is all you need.
Honestly? Suck it up!

I wasted 3 years of my non-work life 20s playing an MMO (DAoC if you're curious), and I've had more failed relationships than I care to count (in a good one now though). I could have let that sort of thing get me down, instead I use it as motivation. No matter what there will come a point where you simply have to suck it up, and that means doing stuff even when you don't feel like it or you can get away with not doing it.

This isn't an insult to you, but you probably had it pretty easy your whole life so you've never had to dig down deep for intrinsic motivation. You've taken the first step of realizing that what you are doing now is not what you want to be doing. The next step is taking action to change, so get off your ass and get to it.

I enjoy high altitude hiking/mountain climbing so I'll leave you with this quote that I think epitomizes willpower and motivation:

"When I rest I feel utterly lifeless except that my throat burns when I draw breath...I can scarcely go on. No despair, no happiness, no anxiety. I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. I consist only of will." Messner on the first solo ascent of Everest
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Old Spice contains chemicals called phthalates that bind to your estrogen receptors. Exposure to these chemicals is essentially like taking a low-level version of the hormone replacement therapy that transgendered people (sometimes) use. Among other things your sperm count dramatically drops and the sperm you have left are much less viable. Exposure to chemicals like those found in Old Spice are primarily why 1 in 5 couples are now considered infertile. (Even though the government keeps changing the definition of infertility to mask the massive reduction in reproductive viability, so in reality it's actually much worse than even the already shocking 1 in 5 statistic.)

If you want to know more check out this video:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375127
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Best part is in the follow-up discussion:

> Do you actually realise that not all computer languages can
> be implemented with a model of one stack?
>

Do you actually realize that there are far better ways to implement stacks
for interpreters than dinking with esp? Ways that actually have a chance of
working? I suggest you investigate those alternatives instead of trying to
do something that cannot work, and then getting all pissy when people try to
dissuade you from wasting your time.

And don't make me break out my Turing Machine on you about that statement of
yours.
I'm sure that expensive cologne is stupidly overpriced, though I do think it smells better than cheap cologne, and members of the opposite sex seem to agree, and at the one-small-bottle-per-decade rate I seem to go through it I really don't think it's worth economizing.

Still, if you want to do double-blind experiments on Old Spice vs Christian Dior vs your leaves-in-alcohol by spraying young men with each and seeing who attracts more women, I'll be interested to see the results.
What normal do they cost more than? I'm a big fan of Creed's Millisime Imperial and L'Artisan's Voluer de Roses, but if your herbalist could outdo those two in their own categories and last longer, I'd pay a bit more.
Reminds me of inlinecallbacks (http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2007-Febru...) and imvu.task (http://thespeedbump.livejournal.com/63798.html).

Their Deferred type looks like it's not thread-safe or able to handle reentrant invocations, which seems like it would limit the usefulness of this framework in the real world, since many asynchronous APIs require you to be able to handle being invoked from multiple threads.
I for one would pay good money to get a response like this.

He points out the errors,the incorrect assumptions and offers pointers of what to do. The general standard of discourse on most mailing lists tend to be quite a bit lower than this.
In a 100% ideal scenario an organization would only need developers as every possible failure/problem would be covered and handled by automation.

Obviously the real world is different. New code is deployed that has bugs, there are unpredicted events, there are complex failure scenarios that are difficult to automate etc.

A DevOps engineer may write automation software in conjunction with developers to automate the operational aspects of business logic. Thus, it's a partnership between the DevOps engineer whose metrics are driven by availability/reliability/scalability/security and the developer who is trying to attain some business objective.
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how come no one did this already? i spent countless hours in calculus class in high school playing this. could be why i suck at calculus now...

though you could argue zynga's mobster games are all inspired by drug wars.
Right. You need to set the tone for a community while it is growing.
It probably depends on the datacenter environment and the quality of machine you are buying. I'm not talking about logging on to godaddy and asking for 75 random dedicated servers. I'm talking about going to Dell and buying 75 machines and putting them in a rack. You will know exactly what you are getting. We use a datacenter that is also a Dell service center so they have parts on hand for any failures and they can service any Dell machine that comes with the base warranty.

With 75 good quality machines I bet you wouldn't see more than three hardware failure a year if that. All 3 of those would probably be drive failures. I imagine the redundancy of the software would handle that without a problem.

I agree that the continence of EC2 is very nice. We use EC2 a lot but just in a lot more "elastic" way. We have found it is cheaper to colo boxes if the demand is constant.
For further information http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html is an interesting read.
Ok, agreed.

The use of the same word as used to describe groundless religious belief just makes me a bit nervous about the connotation.
Wow. Thanks a lot for that insight.

You know I still think sometimes that I am a retard and I can't possibly understand stuff. I know it's rather self-defeating, but when I used to see a few teachers handle stuff with amazing dexterity I used to just gape at the whiteboard. Aware that something beautiful was going on, without being able to put my finger on it.

Whenever I used to talk about this to people they would say that I don't work hard enough. Or, that I am a fool to expect anything more than just get the marks which are expected of me. Or, that this is not the time or place to do such stuff. When I told my mother right now about this amazing place called HN and this thread she told me to shut up and stop being so impractical (don't judge her on this she's quite amazing).

Long story short, in the end I assumed that the problem was with me and that I was deficient in some way or the other. Now, I'm learning that is not so and hence this thread. So, your comment was an eye opener.

I am so sorry that I put proofs in there. To me that was the biggest symptom of not seeing stuff, you know. So, I thought that people may understand from that. My bad.
Intresting. Maybe that's why I haven't noticed anything.
I use FriendFeed.

Pros: Great email integration, real-time conversation, sweet UI designed by ex-googlers, powerful search capability.

Cons: Search doesn't always work. Although Facebook keeps the service running, it isn't as high-priority as their bigger product.
Why do they call them fossil fuels? They are hydrocarbons.

If I burn plant derived ethanol the same hazards exist.

The term "fossil fuel" should be made obsolete.
On a good day, advertisements are as legitimate an artform as anything subsidized. How is a major corporation funding an ad really that different from commissioning a sculpture or a painting?

Take, for example the Philips "Carousel" Ad[1], which was for all intents and purposes a high-budget short film that happened to be paid for by Philips as a way to promote their support of the depicted cinematic aspect ratio.

They aren't all cinematic genius, but it's tremendously disingenuous to write ads off entirely due to some perceived taint associated with selling a product.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_(advert)
Ha, I remember having a version of this in TI-BASIC. I got tired of the cops busting me all the time so I modified the bust probability to 0.
I don't see any demands in the original mail:

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-08/msg00504.html

He questions whether it "should be fixed" in Cygwin, a perfectly reasonable request, and he fully admits that he isn't sure whether it's a problem in Cygwin or not.
At some point, yes. But as the linked article notes -- and as someone concerned about this enough to take a supplement and ask a question, you did read the article, right? -- adults have taken 10,000IU/day for 6 months with no ill effects, and 50,000IU/week is usual for people with a diagnosed deficiency until it's cured.

So as for everything else, the dose makes the poison, but typical official recommendations (1000IU/day and lower) seem to be a fraction of what's best and a tiny fraction of what's safe.
As a point of contention, Drug Wars was popular back before even the TI-83 (not TI-83+) came out. My sister had it on her TI-82, and I had it on my TI-83, both long before the TI-83+ was ever released. Would be interested to find out who made the "original" version of the program, when they made it, and if the 82 was actually the first model they made it for, or if even that was an updated release...

Edit: as a btw, there has been a "drug wars" game available on the Android market for at least 3 or 4 months; long enough that I played it to the point of "beating" it and got bored.
Yeah, but blunt brevity and "go read X instead, you're going about it wrong" would have been better for everyone involved.
Apple's multitouch technology comes from a startup called Fingerworks that Apple bought years back. Fingerworks trackpads were so well liked that they're still selling on eBay for hundreds of dollars.

The difference between Belkin and Apple is that Belkin has a history of mediocrity, while Apple does not. Apple earned their enormous reservoir of good will through years of great products.
Why are you deleting your account?
"This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance."

I can't help think that it might be more useful to play a short recording saying something like "The CPU fan is failing. The CPU fan has failed."

On the other hand, this is undeniably awesome, and would perhaps make people feel a bit better about having to repair their computer (I know that it would make me feel better).
There's a great story about a heckler at a Windows NT conference:

MS speaker: and we've got POSIX, and we've got POSIX ACLs, and we've got a Unix Subsystem and we've got Korn Shell, and it works just the same way as under Unix.

Heckler: NO IT DOESN'T

MS speaker: er, ok. It does work. Anyway...

Heckler: NO IT DOESN'T WORK

MS speaker: What doesn't work?

Heckler: (rattles off differences in behavior and brokenness of ksh on NT)

MS speaker: we'll we've had our top guys working on this ...

Heckler: I'M DAVID KORN.

Room erupts in laughter.

Update: source: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/02/06/2030205.shtml. See question 5.
Cool, although I'd suggest not getting to excited about AI itself. It's cool your already focusing on machine learning.

A great way to get going in that direction is to check out the state of the art as expressed by AT&T labs Netflix Prize solution. To get very far you'll want to have some background in linear algebra. However, theory isn't the way to go (although you'll probably need it eventually). Do a little digging and you'll find code for svds, the simplex method and all sorts of super important algorithms that are used all over the place.

You'll find if you ask questions like: How does x work in y algorithm? people will have a better idea of where to start. When you actually are coding and able to see numbers for a particular problem, you'll be able to wrap your mind around what's going on.
The point of the site is to find out where to purchase a prepaid GSM SIM to use in an existing phone. Not where to buy all new equipment on an unreliable service.
Wait. Are you seriously saying that women don't search for actual information, but just to satisfy their flighty little minds? Are you posting from the 50's or something?
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>> "and the bandwidth is at a great price."

http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/01/how-much-does-one-te...

* Layered Tech: $169 (2 TB/month)
* The Planet: $149 (1.5 TB/month)
* Superb Hosting: $119 (2 TB/month)
* Hostway: $99 (2 TB/month)
* Server Beach: $75 (1.2 TB/month)
* Cari.net: $60 (1.3 TB/month)

* Amazon EC2: $244.40

So I disagree the bandwidth is at a great price. I think it's ridiculously expensive. Maybe you have money to burn though.

If a dedicated server dies, just spin up some VPSes while you order a new dedicated server or get it fixed :/ It's not a great problem for the rare hardware failure.

The dedicated servers I use get me 5TB transfer for around $100/month. That would cost me around $1,000 on Amazon.
Is it possible for you to provide some context for this project? I get the vague sense this has something to do with the Afghanistan war?
Fun toy. I honestly never thought about how ubiquitous Google Analytics really was.

Hope you win your emmy!
I understand being scrappy and all but a cheap used car doesn't have to be a car that constantly breaks down and has lots of trouble. I personally use a small used car (1999, my previous one was a 1991) that I keep in good condition but rent something spacious when going on vacation with the family. But it doesn't seem like anything special.

Maybe there is a back story I am missing here.
I just use their body spray as deodorant because my body doesn't freak out over aluminum ingredients which is found in almost all solid products (causes me to sweat excessively)... I also find the brand more timeless, a lot less obnoxious than AXE which just screams Ed Hardy.

ps. The markup on cologne/perfume is ridiculous, it's liquid gold and why so many celebrities release their own variation. Your impression of cheap is simply defined by luxury pricing and marketing.
Is that the same Dave Korn that did Korn Shell?
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I did the Digg > Reddit > Hacker News migration path. I'm glad to see HN seems to have the general community stability of a Slashdot or Metafilter. Reddit was a disappointment, although certain subreddits are very useful.
Is the cloud infrastructure market too crowded?
If you think Old Spice makes excellent deodorant, body washes or whatever then by all means support them with your wallet. But why buy a product just because you liked the commercial? I just see that as being suggestible.

People didn't spend $500 on the Humble Indie Bundle so they would put out more ads did they? They wanted to support indie games, no?
> Rail doesn't get anywhere in the U.S because generally it doesn't go where you want by anything like a direct route so _it takes a significant portion of your life in travel time._

I don't think any HSR advocates really believe something like cross-country would be viable. This would be more like (as it is currently) NY-Washington DC.
i think that it is appropriate for a $300-500 custom project. he could've done better, but for a full site redesign at under $500, he could've also done much worse.
Considering that I am not an herbalist, and only dabble in some aspects of oils and creams, I can somewhat answer that.

Last I know she was in the Kansas City area going to Lillies War, part of the SCA. She travels the world for different botanicals, and buys else what she cannot retrieve. She extracts these botanicals herself. The last I heard, she had 6 different amber oils, all dependent on the amber used.

The most impressive thing about this all is her: she can separate each individual scent from already-done compounds. And she has this cool ability that if she meets you, she 'knows' the perfect scent for you.

I will see if I can get permission for me to give you her contact information. Usually after Lillies War, she's swamped.
I remain skeptical of the claims of "random internet guy" that "commonly used household product" is (without doubt) causing "horrible disease" and that "ban-happy government agency which is in charge of these sorts of things" hasn't got around to doing anything about it yet.
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Sometimes I feel deeply ashamed when I read stories on HN, because there are stories of people who achieved absolutely incredible things in the face of adversity: People who created businesses while destitute; people who built families and careers simultaneously; people who got things done even when they didn't feel like it. Even when life got in the way.

If you want something to get done, you give it to someone who has no time or options.
Slowly killing the American economy.
Maybe you're not a hacker. Maybe your opinion is different from others. Maybe it doesn't really matter. Maybe you don't have to click the link and comment.
Nothing against proofs, of course proofs are the basis of maths. What I meant is that typically I couldn't just read a mathematical text, follow every step logically, and then have an understanding of that mathematical subject. Rather, the understanding would sink in after a while of trying to follow the proofs and solving exercises.

Could you give examples of the kind of problems that stump you, and the things you try to do? I am sure a lot of people, including me, would be glad to help.

To me it just sounds as if you are trying to take too many steps at once, if you can not follow some of the proofs.
So the real question is whether the £1.4m a year they estimate they'll bring in now is significantly higher or lower than the revenues they were generating when they were free.

I would assume their operating costs are now noticeably lower, at least from a hosting and bandwidth perspective. Maybe this isn't a doomsday scenario for them.
It does, because people's preferences do not obey the rules of rationality. They differ inconsistently across different time-scales, so that it's very common (eg) to have a very strong desire for something immediately gratifying (a cigarette, more ice cream, whatever) and a weaker desire to not want them. This is a fairly well-studied phenomenon; you can [start here](http://picoeconomics.org/breakdown.htm) with the work of George Ainslie.
Because of the latest internet addiction article, and the one about what's on the top of your mind. Too many times I've found myself thinking about hacker news discussions when I'm away from my computer. And, I've been using Hacker News too much when I should be doing something more productive.
Awesome. You nailed how I wanted to approach it. I am sorry if this comment sounds like a bunch of gibberish, but I am half asleep down here.

I actually want to learn maths because I want to make this beautiful thing I have in my head. It's basically a user friendly data mining app that learns as you go along and it gives you the stuff you need. Not what I think you need.

Basically I am trying to make a system that can collect data, and analyze it for someone who doesn't know what parameters to set in the first place. After that I want to apply what I learn from those interaction to trim the excess fat or give anything more if required. I know that this is a really lofty goal, but if I make it then I would be the happiest person on earth. As this is a part of an even bigger thing I want to make, which is brewing in my head. :)

I haven't been able to get much mileage as I have concentration issues and there are environmental pressures which expect me to conform to the rat race of indian society. So, I figured that this was the best way to kill two birds with the same stone; I master my fundamentals as well as create the foundation for my real life later on. I won't give up on my idea though and I try to force stuff through my head at each sane moment of time I get.

Any suggestions?

Thank you for commenting.
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And she has this cool ability that if she meets you, she 'knows' the perfect scent for you.

Yeah, I met a used car dealer like that once.
For the record, some of us played drugwars on our 8088 machines...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars
It is a little unclear from your post: are you just speculating that since it is a good commercial it came from W+K, or are you saying that it DID come from W+K in a roundabout way?

It's really interesting to hear some of their past success, but randomly attributing any good campaign to them seems a little strange to me. :)
http://zferral.com/ (not affiliated) has a pretty decent, simple build-your-own affiliate / referral program.
That sounds like a horrible experience. Depending on the country you live him, you could have sued that teacher.

Unfortunately a lot of maths teachers are really bad. It's great that you kept your interest in maths despite of such experiences!
Hello both,

First, please excuse me for the late reply, I've been away for several days and couldn't get a chance to keep you up to date.
I think we got into a dead-end with both proposed solutions having notable drawbacks.

The original sheet (read+write) was (and is still) prone to vandalism, which makes its content unreliable and fragile.
The second sheet (read only + form) I less editable, has no wiki-like features (discussion, correction of mistakes after original submit, etc.).
I think that the drawbacks of the original solutions justified the fork, but I do agree that forks are generaly a bad thing, mostly because of the dissolution of informations and energy that it implies.

To date, I think the best solution comes from the site
hackernewsers.com, the site is simple and straightforward, it addresses all the problems of the previous solutions, and adds some nice features (maps, classification of abilities [improvable], etc.).
I have not been in contact with the author(s) of the site, but I'm quite impressed by the speed at which they delivered this.

So after starting the migration of all country+city data from original sheet to the forked sheet, I stopped and I now think we should direct the people who use the sheets to this new website. What do you think ?

Regards,

David.
this should really be a two part question:
which ideas did you have which you saw someone else come out w/later?

and/or
which ideas do you wish you had followed through on, that you still haven't seen someone do. (like i dunno, cold fusion).

I had written a business plan for a site to connect students to each other and let them share pictures. wrote this in 2000. yeah so much for that one.
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