skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just create a Makefile or something that cats together hosts.common and hosts.work or hosts.play.

all:
cat hosts.common hosts.work.in > hosts.work
cat hosts.common hosts.play.in > hosts.play

Make common changes to hosts.common and easily build your final hosts files.

play:
cat hosts.play | sudo tee /etc/hosts > /dev/null

work:
cat hosts.work | sudo tee /etc/hosts > /dev/null
Unraveling the mystery of the IO monad
To be honest the whole comment was pretty flippant and ill-considered, I was just trying to combat the idea that the life of a 'rockstar' is really worth idealising outside of the material rewards, which aren't even that great.

Rockstars get paid just enough so that they'll be too busy spending it to realise that they're getting stiffed.

In the words of Chris Rock: "Shaq is rich. The white guy who signs his cheque, is wealthy ... If Bill Gates woke up tomorrow with Oprah's money, he'd jump out a fucking window." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m37JkkGjAY

>there are several rock stars who don't end up crazy

I'd be willing to bet though that the eventual craziness of rockstars is fairly closely related to what proportion of their career was spent on a hardcore, label-mandated touring schedule.
Good point! I could thread those in already. Will look into that. Thanks again!
I'm going to be a cynic here and say that the author's real thrust seems to be to reconcile his childhood dreams of being a rock star with his current station in life. The definition of rock star precludes the vast majority from ever attaining it, and most of us have to "give up the dream" at some point.

A rock star is a public figure that a sizable portion of the general population respects, envies, appreciates, and to some degree emulates.

I agree with many commenters here that the almost no tech-related workers are rock stars. Steve Jobs (and even he is debatable), Bill Gates, and now Mark Zuckerberg are the only legitimate tech rock stars. If you claim anyone else, you're just kidding yourself.

Everyone wants to be adored and respected -- it's what makes us care about "meaningless" karma points. It's great to find from time to time that a total stranger appreciates you. That does not mean you're a rock star. You can come to grips with that, delude yourself, or actually become a true rock star. Changing the definition of rock star is not an option.
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Also, the StayFocusd google chrome extension works well - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfm...
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With 8 instances and the number of files the input was split in to there were definitely both map and reduce tasks waiting for a runner. I don't know exactly how much but I'm pretty sure I'm paying a pretty heavy IO tax by using S3.
Knowing that "if he doesn't give in, I'll take him to court and take everything he owns" can be a real advantage in negotiations. For that matter, "she's totally within her rights" or "that clause is not enforceable" are good to know too.

This is more about a BATNA than about letting lawyers negotiate for you, though.
While there does appear to be some physics articles on the site, the whole thing appears to be cloaking itself in legitimacy as a scheme to get inbound links and drive up its page rank score. Their strategy is likely to get people linking for the physics so that they can sell links for heating oil prices, concert tickets, physics help, and so on. It's more about the advertising than the physics.

I'm sure there's a less spammy physics site you could have linked to?
After playing with noprocrast, I found very good settings for me are

maxvisit: 20

minaway: 1

That means, every 20 minutes HN kicks me off for one minute. I leave it like that constantly - it means if I'm spending time on here nonstop for an hour or two, I get a couple little reminders to ask myself if I really want to be on here. If I do, it's not a big deal to get up and make myself a tea or whatever until 1 minute passes, if not I close the tab and get to business, and it's low enough that I don't cheat by logging in with another browser or Chrome Incognito Mode.
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#1 Private exec office with no frills costs $500/mo-$700/mo... so worth it

#2 Wear noise-blocking headphones (the kind you use for yardwork or from levenger.com)

#3 Use Pomodoros: 30 mins focused work, 5 min breaks

#4 Open HN and/or Google Reader only during Pomodoro breaks; use PostRank to filter most popular stuff in your feeds.

#5 Skim all news/articles and send good ones to Instapaper for iPad reading.

#6 Never take more than 2 "wildcard" coffees/lunches per week.

#7 Setup 2 calendars on Tungle or WhenBusy, one calendar that's very limited for wildcards (see #8) and one that's for urgent/high-priority meetings.
I think you're underestimating the effects of Murphy's Law. Ah well, necessity is the mother of invention.
If you're going to play a pointless game of semantics, you should at least take a second to check your definitions:

"pro·duc·tion: (Economics) the creation of value; the producing of articles having exchange value."

100,000 lines of generated code would have no value and, therefore, your productivity would not be "incredible" at all, it would be zero. You knew what he was asking for, no need to try to rewrite his question.
Hey. That was suggested to me by a good friend when I showed this to him. QEDServer's code is on Github... it's just a Sinatra app wrapped by jRuby. I could see a situation where we just have a config file and we just say "this route returns this string" or something. It wouldn't need to be anything fancy at all and probably wouldn't take terribly long to build.

I wanted QEDServer to be zero-install, zero-setup because I do a lot of teaching with jQuery, etc. But this makes two people, plus me, who thinks that would be neat.

Thanks for the feedback!
Similar to this, I use eternity time tracker on my iphone to work in 30 minute intervals. During the interval, no email, news sites etc. It has worked really well for me.
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Why such interest in this script? Besides being written in php, it's also a fairly kludgey approach to managing /etc/hosts. Is it the vulgarities?

#!/bin/sh
[ $UID -eq 0 ] || { echo "You're not root, asshole."; exit 1; }
[ -f "/etc/hosts.$1" ] || { echo "/etc/hosts.$1 doesn't exist, asshole."; exit 1; }
cat /etc/hosts.{$1,tail} > /etc/hosts

...

sudo ~/bin/stopfuckingoff play
This looks like another solution looking for a problem. It's basically remote desktop as a service. The flash app runs on a remote server, and you are viewing/controlling it via a vnc-like app on the iPad.

Look at the iPad sales numbers. Do you really think there would be a measurable increase if it had Flash capabilities?
I don't honestly know the exact pitch that our sales team is using right now, but in the case of Kiln, stories that show how powerful DVCS is compared to legacy solutions usually make one hell of an impact. You can check out http://www.fogcreek.com/kiln/worldtour2010-dvcsu.html?fccmp=... for example, which is the talk I gave as part of the World Tour. A lot of people who previously didn't "get it", suddenly did.

That can't work for everything, sadly. I know that products that centralize all of your communication, like FogBugz or Flowdock, make one hell of a difference, but it's hard to demonstrate that centralizing communication is helpful if someone doesn't currently believe that.
I once wrote a similar script which was configurable and it installed as a service. It would periodically scan /etc/hosts to check I wasn't cheating.

$ sudo /etc/inid.d/procrastination-ctl start
OK.
$ sudo /etc/inid.d/procrastination-ctl stop
You need to wait 59 minutes before you can stop.

Managed to waste a whole day on that one.
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I took a really simple approach: removing HN, Facebook, Clicky, and Google Reader from my bookmarks bar. Having to type them in manually instead of compulsively clicking is enough to limit me to an hour or two of dicking around per day.
Interesting. LinkedIn and Google actually seem like a good fit, now that I think about it:

Facebook = Fun

Google = Work/education/information

LinkedIn = Work

These are obviously generalizations, but they hold up. After all, I'd be pretty upset if Google ever bought Facebook. But Google buying LinkedIn? It makes me think "yeah, sure, that's an excellent way to make LinkedIn even better for me".
While I would like to think you were talking about myself, I'm guessing you're thinking of people more along the lines of Dennis Ritchie.
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“One of his jobs after an explosion was to plot where the body parts landed, and to figure out what caused the explosion.”

And I thought my job had bad days.
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Why did they fight the founders in the first place? Hopefully other projects will be treated differently from them in the future.
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Apple's number 1 priority is getting iTunes&cruft onto every computer their products touch. It won't be long before they put an end to this blasphemy.
Is that actually true? I can quit and start Steam as often as I want while being offline. The firewall in my dorm is configured in such a way that I don't have access to Steam but I had never a problem starting Steam up in offline mode, even after restarts of my computer.

I think that I can't install new games but I certainly can play the ones I already have.
Re #2: I've tried many models, but I invariably find them too uncomfortable. Have you found a model that excels?

Re #1: I've had issues with noise at home (various homes -- what is it with people, these days?). To the point where renting a private office seems a reasonable additional expense. In fact, I might consider downgrading my living quarters and putting the saved expense towards an office.

I wonder whether others find that a practical solution, and if so, what tips they might have for finding and negotiating a quiet private office. Not a shared/business office -- a private office. (This should probably be a separate thread, if there's any interest.)
Firefox's AwesomeBar makes this hard. Hacker News is just a 'control-t y tab enter' away.
This piece gives a glimpse into the snake pit of patent monetization and some of the machinations that go on there, normally under the covers from public view. The business model described is perverse but apparently effective (at least effective enough to go IPO) in the modern upside-down world of patent litigation.
The headline doesn't match what's reported in the article: "Survey participants included permanent residents, US citizens and work visa holders."

Many "work visa holders" BY LAW are supposed to not have intent to immigrate to the United States, or in other words are expected to have intent to return to their countries of citizenship. Until this sample is described more carefully than it is in the submitted article, it's not clear that this is a meaningful finding.
It is not the greatest distraction, but a significant fraction of it (#1 distraction, and about 3x as big as #2, according to RescueTime).

While it is not a huge problem, and there is lot of value I extract from this site, culling seems like a good idea. A daily quota would help me avoid the high hitters and still keep myself "well read".
This will be a bit long but:

http://twitter.com/Mike_FTW
http://twitter.com/leolaporte
http://twitter.com/sacca
http://twitter.com/ryan
http://twitter.com/jason
http://twitter.com/kevinrose
http://twitter.com/jack
http://twitter.com/om
http://twitter.com/wilw

I'm probably missing a few but that's what's in my timeline right now.
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My Comcast internet bill was $70+ for this month in Huntsville Alabama, and I don't have cable TV or phone services. This is way too much money for the little they provide. Does anyone know how to get a better deal?
Your own example suggests you're in the (vast) minority.
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My wife and I also moved to Portland from Austin, so I have a bit of insight on this. First, let me point out that while the job market in general in Portland is still a bit sluggish, the tech job market seems relatively lively. I don't know any experienced, talented software developers who have been out of work for long. I know a number of them who are freelancing successfully, even, so that's possible here, but I would suggest that before you have built up a local network, it's likely not the best idea. If you are planning to visit here, I would search out the user groups and various technical "networking" groups ahead of time and get in touch. Sign up for their mailing lists, plan to attend as many meetings as you can while you're here and ask direct questions about the "scene."

As for interviews and salaries... salaries, at least in the areas I've paid attention to, are generally slightly higher than Austin (offset marginally by a very slightly higher cost of living here) but lower, in general, than you'd find in the bay area. Interviews are across the board as they are anywhere. Your best bet to find out what to expect for interviews is to find someone who works for the company and try to befriend them or at least get their opinion. These same rules really apply anywhere, honestly, so I hope I'm not telling you anything new.

As someone else mentioned, there are a lot of media/SEO related companies here, but there are also some interesting startups and more established companies in other areas, as well. As with my suggestion above, the best way to find out about the different companies is to talk to people who work there. Users group and (the old fashioned variety of) social networking are really your best opportunity to find out more about them.

Also, as with Austin, I've found that the people who do best in this community are the ones who are not afraid to cross bridges (sorry, slight pun on one of Portland's nicknames). That is, explore communities that maybe aren't directly in your area of experience. Whether that's the data visualization group, beer and blog (which isn't really all that much about blogging), or some group for a language you just barely even understand, give it a try and see who you meet. Chances are you'll start to see some of the same people around town. Seek these people out and get to know them -- they will be your best resource. If you're really determined to do well, get involved in organizing and planning of different events and groups. Before you know it, jobs will be coming to you.
This is a good joke, but too subtle for most of the people who moderate on HN.

My advice if you care about that sort of thing: link in further, e.g., http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
This is an ugly desperate move and the Eclipse Foundation shouldn't take part in the fight and reject the project.

But I pretty sure Oracle will bind money to the offer and the foundation will say yes. Oracle aim is control through bureaucracy and the Eclipse Foundation is just the perfect match for that ...
is it too late to suggest an epigraph?

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
It seemed to me the founders decided there was a fight when Oracle got the trademark for Hudson. Was there more to the 'fight' than that?
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Probably not, but some number between the two seems reasonable. Depending on what goes into it and how much staff it needs, $1m wouldn't surprise me.
Answer on Quora: http://www.quora.com/How-can-I-increase-my-productivity

From the answer summary:

-Develop a system of personal collection, organisation and action that suits your personality and role (GTD etc) - a guiding set of principles that translates your goals into actions in a way that is complementary to your professional and psychological makeup.

-Have a method of accountability to that system (A physical system - such as a diary, planner, task manager etc - that allows you to monitor and measure progression)

-Understand your personality / psychology and its impact on your productivity. Some people will respond well to "have to" / "ought to" commands. Others will find that a dynamic to rebel against, and will need unstructured time.

-Understand that "small strokes fell great oaks". In other words, make a start on your work, no matter how insignificant it may seem. Start and keep starting.

-Actively incorporate health / exercise / leisure to stimulate thought and promote longevity.

-Leverage as much as possible where appropriate. Networks, opportunities. Build momentum.

-Love what you do. Productivity is easy when your heart is in it.

Also liked this quote from Peter Drucker: “Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”
I agree with you on this. I worked on a small team of 3 people and we all reported directly to a product manager. She was great. Not an engineer, but more than capable of knowing what we were talking about. And she's just a nice person and respected us as much as we respect her. But she was a great manager because she would point us at a problem and then get out of the way. She also took our feedback so we really felt like we were part of the process in what we built.

Fast forward to now, our team was absorbed into a much larger group. There's 4 frontend engineers, then they take one of them and make him the "manager". So they're back to 3 engineers. None of us feel like we have any say any more in what we're building.

I finally realized a few weeks ago what my problem with him is, and it's that he should be reporting to me. He's a nice enough guy, and an ok developer, but definitely not a good manager.

I'm taking the lesson in the article and moving to another company soon where I can look people in the eye and feel like they know what they're doing.
It's not about generating iPad sales, it's about monetizing iPad users.

Would people like to access their favorites (not to mention new content) on Armor Games, MiniClip, Addicting Games, Kongregate etc? Just because they can't doesn't mean they wouldn't if these guys can pull it off.
I don't even use bookmarks because it would take longer to click a bookmark than typing "n" for HN (or "r" for reddit or "f" for facebook) and letting Chrome auto-complete and pressing enter, so this wouldn't help me that much.
This reminds me of all the people shouting "Dow 20,000!!!" right before the market exploded.
The talk you gave, which highlights how DVCS can help you seamlessly manage bug fixes and features in multiple versions of software, was an excellent example of explaining benefits over features (which Dan talked about in the source article). Sure, Kiln has a ton of great features for getting the most out of DVCS, but explaining the benefit of how DVCS can positively affect your team helped tons of people "get it," myself included.
Pretty much.

Do that enough days in a row and you'll have little else to worry about.

(I'd say "good" instead of "productive".)
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get cell phone with unlimited data; tether

Your speeds wont be nearly as fast, but you'll manage to save a fair amount of money.
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The short version is that the developers voted to move the project's source code hosting to github after several infrastructure problems with java.net, including unplanned downtime (there were some issues of the wrong groups notified for actual planned maintenance, etc).

The team at Oracle clamped down on this and said no, you cannot do this, all decisions regarding infrastructure are to be made by us, and claimed that a (silent) majority of the larger "user community" was not in favor of moving to Github, although why these people did not speak up on the developer list or why casual users cared where the source code was hosted was never explained. After seeing how hard Oracle was to work with on simple things like hosting, the core developers voted to fork the project rather than live under a situation where Oracle could make threats because of their claim to own the trademark to the name Hudson.

Longer version: http://jenkins-ci.org/content/whos-driving-thing and http://jenkins-ci.org/content/hudsons-future
Is there a DSL company or another cable company in your area? Talk to them and find out what introductory rates they have. Call Comcast and see if they can match or beat that offer (in both speed and price). If they won't, switch to the other company. I've found that companies will almost always give you a better deal to retain you, but if they won't, you can bounce back and forth every 6 months.

Never rent the modem, buy your own.

If there is no competition from DSL, your options are a bit limited. Look into wireless ISPs in your area (they tend to be slower and have severe caps though, at least in my part of the country).
Oh, I guess I would call myself a "burst typer", so I usually find it faster to just type all or most of the domain than to type one letter and check to see if Chrome got the right thing. But of course that requires a little bit of effort, so it's still just enough to make me consider whether to go there or get some work done.

I just subconsciously don't trust one-letter autocomplete I guess.
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One thing at a time.

Most important thing first.

Start now.