skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
" Describing what code does is very hard, and it would be easier to just publish it in stead.'

Depends on what level you're describing it. "It does an FFT" or "it sorts" are pretty clear. It gets hairy if you describe the specific details of the implementations. But the implementation is likely irrelevant, because other scientists can choose any implementation. Even with complex models you ought to be able to piece much of them together out of descriptions at that higher level.
I hang with old ship guys and all of the 'underwater archology' ideas seem to be presented by folks with little real life experience with oceans. Sea water is incredibly powerful and corrosive. Just watch the shoreline, if not maintained someplaces you'll see a huge bolder up out of place and you think "it took a huge crane to put that there" but no, just a storm.
Maybe. There was a lot of green in the application as well, so that could very well have been it. It was 10 years ago, and I wasn't involved in the design. Whatever the color, it looked good design wise, but we had to change the color because of the culture.
dare I say 42?
I love lifting weights. Particularly the lack of thought and physicality that is required. It's a tremendous break from my norm.
As a rule of thumb, the best predictor of your mental health is what you do physically, and the best predictor of your physical health is what you spend all day thinking about.[1] Kind of funny how that works.

[1] Assuming you're not outright poisoning yourself or something.
> It's not one of his accounts, it's a spam bot.

It is a twitter account. He has the password to it, and presumerably no one else does.

That makes it his twitter account.
well, these guys are giving the right advice. Doing it is the fastest way to succeed, even if it is a small step.
Every story about the TSA always seems to end with something like this article did:

"Mr. Delahorne said he was perfectly willing to comply with all procedures to ensure good security."

There's always a quote about how someone is willing to do what must be done to ensure our safety. It makes me think that news agencies are required to do this or get paid to do this.
WTF is up with people? It's one thing to play fast and loose with the rules, but where do people get the audacity to even try that level of BS? When someone catches then red-handed, why do people keep denying? It's just silly - there's no way you can successfully argue the article was in the public domain, so you should probably just donate the $130, and be glad you're not on the hook for the $30,000 in maximum statutory damages.

What is it with our culture where people just can't admit they were wrong?
I considered this, but if you assume that the scientists don't benefit from science functioning properly, then they're playing a zero sum game with other scientists --- they're simply competing with each other for a fixed pool of resources. That was what I meant.

You could argue that a prisoner's dilemma view of it is more realistic. In this view, the scientists all desperately do want to get it right, but they know they can't because they'll be punished for doing it by their peers, who'll seize the opportunity to get ahead at their expense. This model is plausible too, but it's different from the one I suggested. So it's not actually a terminological difference.
Indeed ! I had never heard of him before The Gathering Storm. But his work on the Wheel Of Time series has fulfilled all my expectations (and they were high!). The Way of Kings series is next in my queue.
One queue adds an overhead for the time it takes for the person at the front of the queue to notice a cashier is free and walk to that cashier. I have watched this system in action at the Post Office, Rail stations, and one supermarket and this overhead can be significant. One supermarket actually employs somebody at the head of the queue just to tell them which cashier to go to and when.

Whole Foods in NYC has solved this problem by having one queue, but when you get towards the front, there are five separate, color-coded lines. At the front of the queue is a giant television that shows a bar of color for each lane. When a register opens up, the number for that register slides into the color bar for the next person in the sequence, and a voice announces "Register 12". It's fairly efficient at keeping the queue moving as well as managing people's psychological need for multiple lines. It also prevents cashiers from wasting time, because as soon as a transaction is finished, their register is automatically assigned to the next person in the queue. The only "wasted" time is the time walking from queue to register, and pleasantries.
Here's a better explanation:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/04/ftc_settles_with_int...
I was going to say the exact same thing as JoelSutherland, so I'm glad you posted a screenshot of your site.

And now I want to say thank you so much for bringing some taste to the Japanese internet, especially the Japanese fashion/shopping internet.
Additionally I would feel perfectly safe flying without any security screening at the airports.

No "terrorists" have been attacking schools, churches, malls, buses, trains, bridges, theaters, libraries, office buildings, etc. Either they only attack planes (not even the airports themselves) or there aren't enough terrorists to justify this amount of "security".
Choose tools that are part of the world you want to be in. Choose culture, not tech. You will help change the world in that direction.

http://wingolog.org/archives/2008/07/10/how-to-choose-betwee...
Your correct that it is often a situation where the taker is selling. It can also be an expression of gratitude for a favor.

However, there is another business scenario in which a mentor uses lunch as the opportunity to schedule time with their mentee. Sharing a meal often provides a less formal setting and fosters the personal relationship.

This case appears to be a combination of the second and third scenarios.
How much time does it take me to blog?
Glad that he bothered to follow up but disappointingly short on the details.

When I read the original I thought it was all good, apart from:

1. <<Possess strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. If you can't tell the difference between "you're" and "your", your never going to be able to get you're points across to me.>> There are plenty of people out there who have correct grammar but terrible communication skills.

2. he seems to think that people are unable to type their e-mail address correctly and that they have not yet figured out how to copy and paste their e-mail address on web forms.

These seemed very arrogant to me and the anonymous psychologists comments in the follow-up re-inforce that.
especially compared to ps3 or the Wii.

That was something that confused me about the article. "Euthanizes" implies that Microsoft is actively trying to kill the service, but from the complaints it sounds like they are simply failing to improve it. And if they are already better than their competitors, it's not surprising that there is little pressure to improve.

Given that, it seems unreasonable to assume that the situation will not be better for Windows Phone, since Microsoft will need to stand up to comparisons against the iPhone and Android development experiences.
I'm pretty sure that cases like this is why that CD-ROM compendium was pulled from the market. Ironically, it's probably a collector's item now.

It's actually quite frustrating, because there are a number of magazines that want to publish back issue electronic archives, but can't because in they never imagined that they'd want to republish articles electronically and there's no practical way to chase down all the authors, artists, photographers and potentially the advertisers to get the rights.

I know one magazine publisher that just shrugged his shoulders and gave up. There are decent-quality scanned copies of every issue on the torrents now, but he isn't pursuing any action to stop it.
Intel is essentially a moral-less, ravenous money-making machine. Their two-facedness is legendary. Their "customer programs" are designed to fleece customers while spending the absolute minimum effort/investment on Intel's part.

But we get cheap chips! Sort of.
Too bad that last paragraph doesn't fit in a tweet, it's worth quoting again and again. :-)
There are always places you can get help online: comp.lang.* is still pretty good (depending on the specific language), and sites like StackOverflow usually have good advice.
He beat it by being a better chess player. When he can explain how the supercomputer works and talk knowledgeably about the algorithms underlying the game software and it's design, then he would be an expert on technology.
"Since when is having a poor user experience good for business."

You'd do better to ask which situations it is good for business,and which situations focusing on a strong UX can distract from more pressing concerns, or worse.

The article mentions one potential situation of the later type and I strongly suspect that large e-commerce firms do know what they are doing for the most part. The Expedia example you cite clearly shows that they do, in fact, experiment with their UX. (It doesn't clearly show that there is a correlation with removing fields and clutter and increasing profits, we'd need a lot more datapoints than that.)

CWuestefeld, mentions another, where they have to cater to two very different kinds of customers with different needs and usage patterns. There is no single UX that would satisfy both and I suspect that it would be prohibitively expensive to target them separately, hence business, in this situations trumps UX.

Clearly this isn't always the case and everything being equal, good UX will probably trump bad UX, but everything rarely is equal, and that's the problem.
Probably not to 'real' great programmers. But I've given classes on numerical algorithms for the CS program in our university. None of these guys (and gals) except for one or two out of 70 or 80 will be better than "someone who can program".
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It's not really anything new, you can use the current Tier-1 visa for this purpose.

There's a Tier-1 entrepreneur visa which requires £200k investment, however most professional software developers will qualify for the Tier-1 general visa which doesn't require investment.

The general Tier-1 uses a points based system which takes into account education, english language fluency and past earnings. With the Tier-1 general visa you can stay in the UK for up-to 2 years (if you're not making money after 2 years and don't have investment, you might not be able to renew though)
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> The science clearly points against the global warming hypothesis.

I can't believe this gets upvotes. No citations, no evidence. Fucking depressing.
on standardized platforms

This would be horrifying. Maybe it could work in some fields, but not in mine (neuroscience). What, I'm going to use Java v.<whatever> on Ubuntu v.<whatever> because a funding agency tells me I have to?

I agree with much of your post, but not this bit.

edit: I think much of the professional insecurity of my field -- which feeds into the stuff you're complaining about -- is driven by the fact that way more grad student positions are funded than there are academic jobs. I wrote about this in more detail here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470181
1. Try to express the problem as a question (sometimes that's enough to reveal the solution)

2. Google the question exactly as is (surprisingly often this works)

3. Ask your question at http://stackoverflow.com (actually, open an account right now, so it's ready for when you need it).
Quite likely. I'm not trying to say that this phenomenon is a bad thing (neither is Becker, really), merely that it's a way to look at an individual's motivations. If you accept the premise, then your conclusion is absolutely right. Becker's point, in fact, is that it's a driving force behind much of what we'd call progress and it affects, whether consciously or not, most of the significant decisions we make.
I've always been baffled by the lack of those sorts of attacks. One can imagine the economic damage if everyone was terrified to go to malls, grocery stores, schools, etc.

Amazon.com would be about the only company to come out okay.
Why are we singling out climate scientists here?

Because this recent rash of articles is a result of "ClimateGate". Clearly the issues raised are more general.

And why dismiss so casually the argument that running the code used to generate a paper's result provides no actual independent verification of that result? How does running the same buggy code and getting the same buggy result help anyone

I think it's a bogus argument because it's one scientist deciding to protect another scientist from doing something silly. I like your argument about the code base's bugs propagating but I don't buy it. If you look at CRUTEM3 you'll see that hidden, buggy code from the Met Office has resulted in erroneous _data_ propagating the field even though there was a detailed description of the algorithm available (http://blog.jgc.org/2010/04/met-office-confirms-that-station...). It would have been far easier to fix that problem had the source code been available. It was only when an enthusiastic amateur (myself) reproduced the algorithm in the paper that the bug was discovered.
I can't support the arbitrary deadlines trick enough. I've set a deadline for the end of November for the project I'm working on. Consequently, I've been getting up an hour earlier every day to work on it, and then working an hour after work on it as well. The feeling of a pressing deadline forces me to get something out, instead of nothing at all. It also helps me with pushing past the "should I use this tool or this tool" problems.
Sounds like a great way to get a real strip-search as well as a virtual one. Of course, you may be willing to accept that to make your point.
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• You have access to not less than £200,000
• The money is held in one or more regulated financial institutions
• The money is disposable in the United Kingdom
• You personally have at least £3000 to support yourself
• You can pass an english language fluency test

For more details:
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As a side note, your 'obviously' probably means that most mathematicians I know are therefore not 'great programmers'. Ok, maybe my definition is flawed. But when they have to do some program to solve anything, they'll find a way to do it.
I've always considered/wanted to do this, but the bother of having to actually type in my credentials every time and changing my habits has put me off. IIRC, Chrome won't remember my logins/passwords in incognito mode, correct?
Yeah, if your brother doesn't have the authority to link a google adwords account, he won't be able to use AdGrok. Know that we can link to MCCs and that any given account can have 2 links, though. People who already use an agency also use AdGrok just so they can keep tabs on what's going on easily.

I posted http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1854584 to the original Ask HN post -- he should read through those bullet points after he reads the first couple sections of that getting-started link I sent. PPC is all about targeting customer eyeballs, NOT targeting the "bouncers" or "trolls" that you won't ever be able to convert into a customer, and giving a message that is specific enough to someone's needs that it speaks to them.

Google has a certification process that has a horribly dry but thorough -- he should slog through that and get certified (it'd be good for his CV if he wants to do PPC at other companies, because many require it):

http://www.google.com/intl/en/adwords/professionals/individu...

Here's their "learning center":

http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/static.py?hl=en&...

He should also try "AdWords for Dummies" (really!) and/or Brad Geddes' book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470500239

Good luck to your brother!
I'm in exactly the same boat with you here. I always try something and keep asking myself if this is the right way to do it. And then I put it off for a couple days pondering over it and essentially never go back...
Who is responsible for crafting these procedures, I.E., requiring the body scans or alternative opt-out procedures? Do they have a name besides "Homeland Security"?
"Do the simplest thing that could possibly work" - then move on to the next thing. This is going to be painful for you to not stay to "perfect" it (it will take some courage) but bear in mind the following:

It's surprising how often the extra bits you were worried about turn out to not actually occur, once you've learnt more from the initial version, you've understood it better and therefore designed a better approach.

The first version is to understand the problem. The next version (a rewrite) is to understand the solution. Call them "exploratory drafts" if you like.
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The key thing in LA is DO NOT LIVE IN THE OUTER SUBURBS.

Not only do they have much higher crime than LA proper, but your life will just become a series of hellish drives. That said, if you work in a nice neighborhood, and can afford rent nearby, you'll probably almost never need to drive more than a couple miles. That's a big deal for your freedom/sanity there, because traffic can often guide your agenda.
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“Master your instrument, Master the music, and then forget all that bullshit and just play.”

-- Charlie Parker
I wonder how much of an impact HN had on the success of this. Did he get any job offers before it was submitted to places like this? In this case, the success is based more on the exposure provided via HN then on the actual idea. HN adds a level of credibility that simply putting up a website does not.
Come on dude, don't be a troll. Here we have a personal blog post of a guy who isn't bragging about not having a TV, but explaining the flaws he sees in American TV. It's a blog - it's the guy's thoughts. He's not constantly bringing it up at your house parties or anything.

Don't be the crazy hobo outside the bar.
Is it possible that in the midst of their no-comments, no-test-cases spaghetti they introduce a few bugs that affect the results? If so, they need to release their code to be scrutinized along with their findings.
Serious question for the physicists: How feasible would it be to put a faraday cage in one's underpants that wouldn't trigger a metal detector but would mess up the body scanner?
I'm always amazed when I see how much it costs to live and work in the Valley. For things like startups you would think driving down the cost would be the most important thing. I have friends who work at a company that basically takes outsourcing work from Silicon Valley and does it for pennies on the dollar and still makes out like a bandit.

I mean, a place like Orlando would be amazing. Am I right? hint, hint We have the "happiest place on earth" (tm), how could you not want to be here?
Sounds like you love tools. Remember that if you don't want to become a tool yourself, you need to tie your identity up with shipping a product more than with using any particular toolset.

EDIT: I do too! We can all use a reminder like this at some point or another....
I saw political ads on Hulu. I believe it was for Ron Johnson for WI senate.
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Most smallish startups want to see a solid portfolio of projects and/or open source contributions.

I have similar problems to the OP, and don't have much of a portfolio. What I do have is boring stuff from my day job (the small amount I can share).

I desperately want to start my own venture or work for a small, early stage startup. And after seeing the HeyZap job ads yesterday, I got inspired. I planned out a small web app project for this weekend. I will have something launched by Monday morning, or else (I'm not sure what the `else` is, but it'll be bad).
The journey is the reward, though it may not seem like it.
Sup shadyside. Preface: I've lived 6 months in SF, 6 months in NYC, and visited many other places. I've been living in Pittsburgh fulltime for about 8 months now, 5 months outside the city, 3 months in Squirrel Hill/Bloomfield.

The distinct neighborhoods and main areas are very true. I think my largest complaint about Pittsburgh has been learning where stuff is going and what's going on. Knowledge about the city seems so hidden and not well organized online. Yelp usage is lukewarm.

The other problem with all the distinct areas is how spread out they are, having a car is critical IMO to get around. Public transit (only busses basically) seem terrible.

In terms of food, there definitely is a good variety of cultures and has kept me busy sampling things. Huge amount of German culture foodwise and beerwise, having the Hoffbrau Haus around is excellent.

Girls seem pretty normal, plenty of em around, I found a girlfriend without much trouble.

Overall, the city has grown on me through the pains I've taken to learn what is fun to do.
Can she not use the DMCA to request that any offending online copies be removed and then sue in small claims court?

I'm always amazed at how any copyright law doesn't make it any easier to seek compensation if you are an individual. To the point where copyright only seems to have meaning if you have a team of lawyers on staff.
What happens when a parent has their children opt-out of the full-body scanner? Can the TSA be sued for child abuse or can the parent press for criminal charges for touching?
Vita coco is awesome for this!
"It doesn't matter if you build your app in php, ruby, python, asp or whatever, if you're a good coder you will produce good secure code, if you suck, so will your code."

Can we please link to this in every new language discussion/flamewar?
Just guessing, but ...

Duplicates seem only to be auto-detected when they're within a certin time range. If they're old enough, repeats are permitted.