skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To use an outdated term, something is stressful if it impacts your superego—whether or not there is a real person expecting some property X of you, the need to be/do/have X has been wired into you, through socialization, as a terminal goal that you must reach in order to be happy. Alternatively, something can be stressful if it impacts your id (I use this term more for parallel structure than utility): you can instinctually crave X (such as high-calorie food, or sex, or status, or survival in the face of near death.) And either one will cause X to be considered stressful along with as any pursuit instrumental to achieving X, however many levels removed.

On the other hand, if you can draw a line in your hierarchy of instrumental goals and say "goals below this line do not affect pursuits above this line, except in-so-much as I decide it to be so (through a bet or somesuch)", then you partition the stress into the hierarchy above, and create leisure in the hierarchy below. In game design, this line is termed the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Circle_(synthetic_worlds) .

Of course, something can be both leisureful and stressful: if you take a stressful pursuit and then add the pursuit of mastery within it, you can usually make it feel like (stressful) fun. The pursuit of mastery is simply the push, for its own sake, to work at a higher, and more quickly increasing, level of skill than you would if simply working for consequence; because of this, mastery sometimes overwhelms the need to recognize the consequences of the work at all, at which point the work becomes leisure (i.e., if you practice until you are winning tournaments 100% of the time, the consequences of losing a tournament cease to matter. If you grind levels in a video game, the bosses cease to matter. And so on.)
Actually years ago I discovered one bewildered undergrad would run Emacs to edit a single source file, control-Z out of it, run the compiler from the shell, test, start another Emacs (after all, the shell announced the previous Emacs was "stopped"), lather-rinse-repeat until the shared host had finally died under the weight of all the suspended Emacs processes.

To sum up, nobody sane opens a new Emacs for each file. VISUAL=emacsclient is your friend, as are Dired and M-x compile....
As always with any fiction, vehicles travel at the speed of the plot, technology works efficiently as the plot requires and the universe laws are bent to fit the plot.

Besides, like others have said, if the ship's computer was that good... why have humans there?
Actual black-on-white proof that they are aware of doing just that and want to do just that?

This is your little editorialization, some people agree, some don’t.
If you write it down and don't show it to anyone else, that's fine. If you show it to your best friend in a private setting, and your best friend cancels a business deal with mkramlich as a result, that's defamation, and you can be sued for it.
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Show HN: A place to privately save embedable media (youtube videos etc)
LideoApp: http://lideoapp.webfactional.com

So this is my first actually public side project. It's quite rough around the edges but what the hell, it works.

I wanted a place to save videos/embedable media I find online. I don't want to Share it on Facebook, I don't want to Favorite it on YouTube, I just want to keep it somewhere so I can watch it later. I could just bookmark it but then I'm left with a bunch of bookmarks to sort through.

What this does is simply save the embed/oembed data of a URL resource, let you rate it (1-3) and add it to a list.

So what are your thoughts on this? Would you use it?
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If we assume there's an even chance of having a boy or girl, the proportion of boys to girls is still 50/50. It's basic stats. These are independent events.
Maybe no one has contacted us because we haven't been broadcasting our existence for long enough.
A simple non-intrusive alternative social network coming soon
, where your data is your data and no one else's. No tracking cookies, no data mining, no sharing your information with 3rd parties. Safely stay connected and keep your finger on the pulse without the hassle
Great to hear you have an opinion on the way I express my opinion. Do you also have an opinion on the matter itself?
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I think it just needs a @media(print) stylesheet then? (Or whatever the actual name is.)
Note that Read It Later can be used as your default 'read-later' service, too - just open Settings.app and change your preferences.
How up to date is this book?
Would it be practical to make remote calls to the listen function? Usage: if I want to have a webpage read speech automatically to the user after a javascript event, without showing the google page. I expect the first step would be loading the page in a hidden iframe.
How does your approach compare with Koen Claessen's Parallel Parsing Processes?

http://www.cse.chalmers.se/edu/course/afp/Papers/parser-clae...

I haven't studies either approach well but they seem similar in that both are like a breadth first traversal of the parser combinators, instead of the traditional depth first (backtracking) traversal. That is, when you have a union A u B you process this by advancing both sides in tandem D_c A u D_c B, instead of the traditional approach of first computing all results of A on the entire input and then computing all results of B on the entire input?

Parallel Parsing Processes don't seem to handle left recursion. On the other hand they parse S expressions in linear time without a special coded repetition operation ;)

When I find time I'm going to try to do an F# implementation.
> the answer may be anywhere between 0 and 1

0 and infinity, actually.

(sorry, couldn't resist)
The trouble with Scribd is it tries to legitimize PDF for browsing. We'd be better served by a tool that rescues the text and images from the boneheaded universal print-derived layout that assumes a very high resolution portrait display and pointlessly huge margins. Google has a lot of trouble with this, but bless them for trying.
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I quit clicking on them because every single time I tried to load a Scribd page Firefox would lock up and then crash. I really hate them.
I think Andrew Mason and Co. will take the deal, if only because the payout is so gargantuan for Groupon investors. They must REALLY want this to happen.
Beatboxing seems to be a very geeky scene. Not that I know much about it, but look at the biggest names in beatboxing - most of them would blend in no problem in any CS department. Looks don't mean much, but still, on interviews these guys give off the same vibe.
The pdf says "version: 9 September 2010". I haven't read it yet so can't comment on the content.
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It's been a while since I generated JVM bytecode (oh my, five years), but I don't recall there being array initializer instructions. In other words, the new Object[] {...} statement probably translates to a whole bunch of array-write operations on the caller side whereas with a method call you just push them all on the stack and invoke the utility method.
Having not read any Culture novels yet (but planning to), is there any mention of how [non-trans-]humans managed to survive an AI Singularity?
Its been discussed on MathOverflow: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/17960/google-question-in-a...
If it's not a case here, how could this be a good example? This is an example of generating code to work around a limitation. You can approve or disapprove of the whole situation, but it does have technical merit.
I prefer RadBox http://radbox.me

They support most of the video sites.
heh - looks like an IC startup ( http://incubatorincubator.com )
I exercise regularly (by virtue of my job), but I found that waking up at the same time every day helped greatly. My work switched to winter hours (so that we're still going to work with some modicum of sunlight), but I found myself still waking up at 6am regardless of whether my alarm was set or not.

In total I must have gotten 12 hours of sleep over the weekend due to family being in from out of town, but I still got up and worked a full day without an ounce of tiredness. It wasn't until around 10:30pm that my body demanded sleep.

I also noted that I have similar creative productivity at 6am as I used to at 1am when I was on night-owl hours. So I now use my extra morning time to get writing done that I find hard to get to later in the day.
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It's not so much that it doesn't work, but that it's at extreme odds with the rest of society. I can't say much for the Uberman, having tried it three times so far and failing each time, but I did do the Everyman for a period of a couple months with no ill effects. I tried again a while ago but I just can't keep it up when school is going (which was my reason for stopping before).

I'm not going to go dig up some research (though the PDF seems to agree we're at least biphasic) so you're free to take this as opinion, but I'm sure I've read some out there suggesting that humans are naturally polyphasic and evolved that way in the ancestral environment. A just-so story could be that those who slept less or in bursts avoided deadly danger better than those who got 8 solid hours each night.

There's also this man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Wright_%28sleep_deprivatio... whose theory is roughly that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have different sleep requirements, and you can operate on one while the other rests.

Edit: I should mention that my most successful sleep pattern (that is, me feeling my best) was with free-running sleep.
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You have Charles Stross' Accelerando which kind of covers this sort of scenario.

I'm not 100% enthusiastic about the book, especially how things were rounded up at the end, but that's my usual reaction to books which are very vivid, imaginative and does lots of exciting things on the way to their conclusion.

Not a Culture-novel, but you could do worse.
Looks like fun. I would like to see a play button, like etherpad. Also live scrubbing would be nice: as the user scrubs the timeline it could show the pages, rate-limited to 10Hz or something.
I would argue that no analog or analog/hybrid computer can be TC, almost by definition. If you accept this (arguable) statement, then one can argue further that there is a class of problem solvable by analog machines but not TC machines. True random numbers is one example.

(Disclaimer: I am no computer scientist - this is just a personal musing)
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You're right, thanks for the correction.
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It's worth reading Charles Nutter's thoughts on the performance of implementing this language feature:

http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-core-google/msg/7ccc3759...

JRuby seems rather important these days. I wonder if that gives the project an effective veto on (bad) language features?
> A super fast broadband network will make entirely new classes of applications possible - applications that cannot be envisaged today.

This is a common argument, but such new applications have yet to emerge in Japan and South Korea, who've had these sorts of speeds for around a decade now.
especially when companies like facebook & google discriminate against you for not using firefox, safari, chrome, or IE.

example: when I use google docs, I have to set my browser (midori) to identify as safari in order to not be told "you're not using a supported browser, use chrome"
For critical stuff the current mainstream agile thinking is naive.

Some years ago I also believed that debugging was evil! That your software must work in your head, in paper and in the computer.

But, that's mainly an algorithm oriented thinking, when your software is integrated with a lot of third-party pieces it's impossible to progress without debugging.
Aside from the mentioned safari bug, it looks as if diaspora is starting to shape up.

That said, I wonder how many of the security issues have been fixed?
If you want to use a notebook your main computer I think a docking station is a must. The problem is that, if you want to go with a macbook you there are no really decent docking options for it.
Waiting for WikiLeaks clones all around the world!
He complains about Ajax being a horrible term when it could mean something so simple, and then names his project 'Scatter'? Pot, meet kettle.
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I got asked brainteasers in one of my (many) Google interviews. Non-engineering position though - close to Product Marketing. I was asked to use the board.

Certain interviewers have preferences for certain types of questions. I had questions similar to the listed ones in each category (including basic ones in Engineering).

Generally in their engineering interviews, you're expected to know sorting and search algorithms and their big-O complexity - and expected to code on the board.
I recommend a pencil, it's more useful than trying to etch out a drawing with a book... however I do like that people aren't suggesting art classes to learn drawing.

I'm a self-taught writer and I think my biggest selling point is my personal voice in my work. I don't think you'd learn a personal style in artistry without brute forcing. I also think brute forcing your way to being talented is going to give you the ability to brute force your way through a block.
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it's a little easier to grow when you have an existing company to piggy back on, since you get a large customer base right away. That's pretty much the #1 reason they became #1 in the space...otherwise they would have been matched by competitors at this point, and Google would be buying living social for a few hundred mil
Steve's now been informed. Will update if required.
How did you arrive at that answer?
Hope you don't mind -> just forwarded this to Mr Jobs. Will update as/when I hear back.
I did not have to sign a NDA until receiving an offer, FYI. (in the UK)
Non-TC languages in current use are largely representational data formats (like HTML, CSS etc), or Excel spreadsheets (using only formulas, without macros) or languages with a closed topological memory space (like Befunge).
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Sleep hacks
I think if you spend enough money on advertising, they'll pick up the phone.
No shit sherlock, Nexon has like a $600 million revenue from in-game purchases and has none of the notoriety of a company like EA.

I wouldn't doubt a company like EA could get past the $11 billion in in-game purchases alone if it deployed its systems like Zynga does. However, unless they developed like Nexon where the games are still great games, I doubt EA would be survivable.
This submission - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1953615 - is of a document about getting better sleep, and taking control of your sleeping patterns. It's also hosted by scribd.

In the discussion a link was provided to a non-scribd version, so here it is. It's a 1.8MB ZIP of a PDF.
http://www.deityproject.com/Delbruck.WMA

also of interest,

http://www.deityproject.com/Kuipers.WMA

Ben Kuipers takes us through his investigations to date on the subject of robotic cognition - using some very adorable footage of a "research student" (actually the students 2yo son) to show just how far we have yet to go. Focusses on the "grasp" function of human object interaction. Bit slow in places as it's just audio and the slides were important, but could help someone find further information.

Sorry for WMA, it's the native format my dictaphone uses =S

There is another up there for linguists - Geoff Ketland discusses his notion of language as platonic solids... I found it VERY interesting stuff.

Note: I'll keep them up for a week or two in case anyone is interested, but I'll be using the domain for something soon, so can't provide permanent links.
Blaming America's dismal education system on teachers unions is a tired and hollow argument. Mr. Adams would do well to consider the chronic underfunding, push toward standardization at all costs, and political interference that directly challenges science education.

Are unions good for a small, agile company? No. Are they necessary for monolithic employers? Probably. The U.S. government employs 2 million civilians. (ref:http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm) Withouts CBAs, etc, this likely would not work particularly well. Having a organizational structure that completely changes its goals, direction, and attitude towards employees every four years probably doesn't help much.
> Wikileaks alone gets to choose the conversations we have based solely on what they decide to publish.

There's an entire ecosystem of media (ranging from MSM to bloggers) that sets the conversations. Picking out one small element and giving it this massive importance really isn't accurate. It's true that they editorialize by choosing what to cover and what not to. So do all news media. Don't you remember the NY times sitting on the warrantless wiretapping story for over a year?

If you don't like the messages being pushed you have one option -- start using your own printing press. Create another site dedicated to publishing leaks,with your own editorial policy, such as "publish everything as soon as you get it".
I have a strong dislike for unions, especially when people are forced to deal with unionized companies for contractors.

I also feel sympathetic to those who are trapped in a union, who have been making the same wage as everyone else for 30 years and are still forced to walk out of their job for 8 months when talks break down so a union rep can feel important and still relevant.
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Unions for armies aren't a problem because they might make the army less efficient. They're a problem because they introduce a parallel and competing chain of command and undermine the control of the civilian state over the men with guns.
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What's wrong with OpenID? It hasn't taken over the world.
While very useful, mathematical proofs are not substitutes for unit testing, either.

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." - Donald Knuth
for me it was programming ios4 as i recently picked up Clojure in Action and The Joy of Clojure (MEAP) at Manning for a like wise good deal

I used the code: clojure35 (35% discount code) for that and paid $37.37
As far as I can tell, the handwave explanation is that seriously posthumanity-oriented civilizations always end up moving away from the material universe in some vaguely specified way when they improve themselves sufficiently far. The Culture and other advanced civilizations who are still hanging around are inveterate eccentrics obsessed with sticking close to their biological baseline.
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While true, I doubt investors own only 10% of Groupon, especially not at a $171M stake. Groupon had (at least) two cash injections, one for $1M in seed money, the other for $135M. The last round was for 10%, which gave them a $1.35B valuation in April.

Some reading: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0830/entrepreneurs-groupon...
Sounds like "Startup Races" to me. "Riot" connotes disorganized violence... or anarchy. =\
I think the NBN won't prove itself in the next 10 years, it will take longer. I don't know what we will be using the internet for in 2020 . . do you?

This is the long haul and frankly the private sector has had 10 years to prove themselves in Australia and they have faltered at every turn. This is the kind of projects governments should take on, long term and perhaps a little visionary.

Oh and don't ignore the reliability it could/should. I know we've dealt with some pretty unreliable internet connections both a home and at the office due to oooold copper and you really do pay through the nose for good connections.

Don't underestimate what reliable infrastructure brings to the table especially for business confidence.
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I love it.

Don't listen to those asking for markdown, WYSIWYG editing and the like - keep it simple. /Maybe/ do some detection to identify links and linkify them, but that's it. The instant usability and beautiful /enforced/ styling are its strong points, adding more customisability just dilutes this, IMO.
The cure to prevent people from stealing your idea before you ship... is to ship? Really?

I certainly hope he's not saying that shipping a product will prevent people from stealing them afterwards. Because it absolutely will not. We even had a post on here from a guy that said his success was mainly from NOT having his own ideas. He'd see something new and good and do the same, but better. And it worked really well for him.

These vapid posts are a waste of time.
Maybe instead of comparing military and education in terms of why unions are allowed in one and not in the other, he should just make a comparison between education and any private sector with functioning competition. I'd say the benchmark for education should not be the military but rather retail. Imagine schools as efficient as Walmart or Starbucks.
The Culture books don't directly address the topic of a technological singularity, although Look to Windward has the Culture dealing with a society that has partially "sublimed" - which might be similar.

I second the recommendation for Accelerando below - it is perhaps a little disjointed, but it is really a collection of short stories rather than a single novel, so this is understandable. Few books have the idea density of Accelerando. Charlie Stross hangs out on HN as well!

Personally, I think the best idea of what it might be like in the run up to a singularity is Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End - the settings and technology are plausible and as a parent the idea of young kids augmented with information technology being fundamentally more capable than the previous generation is fascinating.
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True, but extrapolating this single test with a particular audience looking for a particular type of information and being presented with these particular images and videos out to all websites is probably not the wisest thing.
I'd like to see you do blettr.
Since goals change every 4 years and that is a major problem, let's just privatize the whole thing.