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Kudos to Bill Gates for doing what he's doing with his foundation.

In the article, he says he doesn't care about legacy, but I hope he ends up being known more for his work in philanthropy than for Microsoft.
All the submitted blog post does is reproduce the industry-supplied infographic, without establishing any context.

To me, the interesting application of online learning is not in higher education, the focus of the infographic, but rather in K-12 education, where there is far less competition among providers. Online learning and other forms of distance education can allow bright learners in underperforming schools to take supplemental classes in mathematics (a huge market for online courses), computer programming, English vocabulary, and even more interactive subjects such as humanities and lab sciences. That lets young learners learn more faster. That has been a great help for my children as they develop their skill sets for the twenty-first century.

Here are links to some K-12 providers of online classes:

http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/

http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/gll/

http://epgy.stanford.edu/

http://www.aleks.com/

This list is far from exhaustive, but includes providers my family has used or is now using.
Hack-Proof Webpage "Pwnt" by LulzSec, Group Refuses Cash Prize
Trivial stuff, really. Useful to know - sure. Worth several pages of the blog post - hardly.

Now let's see the HN fanboism in action. It is Jacques' after all.
Porto’s Radamen Falcao to Liverpool or Arsenal?
Falcao, the prolific striker that helped Porto win the Europa League could now join Premier League’s giants Liverpool or Arsenal.
This is amazing (still) but hasn't it been on here before? I remember reading through it ages ago.
Netflix asking their (dissatisfied) customer to try out Amazon Prime is actually a great idea for Netflix.

Prime's selection is quite small compared to Netflix's and Netflix can likely easily stay ahead of Amazon.
IMF is Victim of 'Sophisticated Cyberattack,' Says Report ~ NEWS TODAY
Starlite, the nuclear blast-defying plastic that could change the world
Unconstrained.
I've never heard of this guy, but from the way he's described he sounds more like Oprah-on-happy-pills than anything particularly profound. Is this really the best he has to offer?

"I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed. Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit. Five, every person can reach a full life. Six, there is always a win-win solution. Shall I continue to count?"

because that sounds like an exaggerated comic caricature of a self-help guru, selling the kind of aggravating platitudes that sell large-print books in the business section of the Wal-Mart book department.
Functions are objects in Python. Thanks to __call__, quite profoundly so.

Multiparadigm is a bit oversold; in any language, when paradigms conflict, something wins. Either you consistently choose something, in which case you get a coherent language, or you don't, in which case you get an incoherent mismash (which may be usable, but tends to scale poorly in the end). In Python, that something is OO.

OO broadly means the base abstraction of the language syntax and base libraries is classes and objects. That's Python. Everything is an object, even when that's papered over with things that don't wave it in your face.
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Also, the classic essay "I, Pencil"

> I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.*

Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that's all I do.

You may wonder why I should write a genealogy.

http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html
This is why the Delphi compiler codebase (written in C) uses two functions, "invariant()" and "invariant_if_debug()", instead of library-supplied asserts. The second gets compiled out in release; the first triggers internal compiler error diagnostic even in production.
Ask HN: Chat bots (Speech) for learning a new language. 
tl;dr; Combine the pros of a language buddy with chat bot software.

I'm in the process of learning Chinese from my wife, and love the interaction, but there is a point in time where your language partner doesn't want to repeat something to you for the umpteenth time (while that's exactly what's required to learn a language). Could a speech chat bot take over such a process? I'm thinking a lesson would be the user trying to get information out of the chat bot. Does something like this exist? Would it be feasible? An alternative like a (Text) chat bot would also work for some languages.
I'm a Compass contributor and lover and I'm working on a framework which will provide the ultimate set of tools for front-end engineers.

Currently it's still undocumented and there are no examples; the project will gradually grow after I find some time to write some tests, but you can check it out here: https://github.com/kuroir/Survival-Kit

Survival Kit is to Compass(SASS) what Rails is to Ruby(Core-Library).
Looks interesting but alas, not ready for production. I am looking at something that I can deploy in 1-3 months time. Drupal is awesome though, an ideal Windows CMS would offer the same level of customization whilst allowing the average person to produce content.
I've bought Pixelmator, but every time I try to use it I find that it's just significantly different enough from Photoshop that I lose all my speed and efficiency, and just feel like I'm wasting time. I would really have preferred if it was just a straight subset of Photoshop's features, with the same key commands and paradigms, but more lightweight.
That article is linked to from current #2: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2646439
Loved the test page. Good work!
Coming soon page could be valuable if they contain enough information on what the product is about so that interested people could join. This will be a much more valuable list than when people blindly join in due to hype.
I've learned a lot from reading Twisted and the CPython internals. The newer (2008-) code in Twisted is generally very good.

Another strategy is to skim the source code for your dependencies, without worrying about whether the code is good or not. You'll still get a good idea of the scope of the problem the library is solving, and whether it looks like the authors knew what they were doing. You'll have a crude map of the code in your code, useful when you run into bugs later.
Python idioms
Not sure who downvoted me for this but I share the same sentiment being said here when I made this comment: http://www.humbledmba.com/dont-give-bullshit-advice

Think about all the times ideas like million dollar homepage and pet rocks pops up. People are quick to judge but never seem to see that what they think will succeed or fail is purely an opinion. You can't predict whether something will be a success or not for others.
Check out this site.

http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/
I think he's trying to make a knife from scratch, not make a knife only using stone-age technology.
Were you the business guy or the tech guy? Which one did you go to and which type were you looking for?
The same could be said for Flash intro movies.
The iPad is by far the most popular tablet and still makes up over 50% of the market. The iPhone is a vary popular phone, but there are far more options for phones out there than tablets.
So if this is your secondary stream, what do you do for a primary income stream?
Short Hair Styles 2011
Short hair styles are the most popular hairstyle compared to other hair styles in terms of style and versatility. Also, the short hair can be sexy, alluring and very feminine.Short Hairstyle is easy to manage and it feels really great with them in the summer.
Essentials for an FCPA Compliance Program
I don't mean to be that guy, but this is the sort of bug that makes me wonder about the state of professional programming. Even if you're not fluent in C, as a programmer it should be intuitively obvious what's going on here.

Of course we all have brain farts now and then, but there's no way this code should survive a second, let alone a third reading.

Or am I just being conceited?
Agreed.

However, we have learned to not abuse freedom for selfish profit, but to maintain and protect it. We learned that freedom is the freedom of speech for others. And to accept conflicting opinions peacefully.

This is not a given everywhere, though. Where Social Capital is lacking, freedom can easily become a trigger for a breakdown of personal and public security. Where loyalties are mainly based on family ties or group boundaries, freedom can easily lead to more hate and large scale physical violence. Where education is poor, even the most obvious lie will find people that get angry about it and look for "retaliation", often physical.

I am of course not saying that freedom of speech is bad. On the contrary. But is has to be dealed with carefully, and differently in differend societies, taking into account each societies values and development process. Otherwise it may easily (again!) destroy more than it creates. Just think of the "elections" desaster in Africa in the 1990s. A huge (and forseable) tragedy, but it sold well in the West.
Ask HN: HN On irc.freenode.net?
Why no irc channel? I am sure most use it, I propose #hn - #ycombinator on freenode
Possible but chances are weighed more heavily on founders, usually
Thank you! It's still a work in progress and I'll be adding more information on it gradually.
I would think the probability that any given day is a work day is ((364/365)(5/7))^n
Perhaps I am missing the point, but isn't this just the 21st century version the School of the Americas and the CIAs radio broadcasts / clandestine media efforts?

I certainly don't oppose freedom, but willfully causing destabilization in foreign countries, even if that country has a brutal government seems to violate the concept of state sovereignty, at least a little bit.

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/03/30/how-the-cia-used-rad...

http://www.soaw.org/
I think he is referring to static shock to equipment.
It looks like this is shown after the account is currently canceled, and is completely optional. It doesn't look complicated, it just looks a little time consuming because they want the details. I think they did a good job.
Greater Fool Theory
But there were no extreme positions expressed in the comment you were responding to. The comment is compatible with extreme positions but certainly doesn’t express them.
I disagree. If the entire point of your product is that it adds a new but differentiating layer of functionality to well known products already in the marketplace this is a PHB friendly way of expressing that concept.
The problem here is not that they have "more features". The problem is that this slide is focused on features. Users do not care about features.

Users care about what those features allow them to do. Use-cases. Frame it as as "You can do this thing (that you actually want to do) with us, and not with our competitors". That's a completely different beast than "We have X, Y, Z capabilities."
My bad, I wasn't familiar with the term. I'm still not convinced this is a limitation though. If you want to modify an object, passing by reference usually makes perfect sense. For those occasion when this is not the case, you probably already have a smart pointer in your hand, capture it by copy. A counter example would be great.

BTW the behavior you describe has been achieved in the C language family with Apple's C block extension, not that it's relevant since it's in no way standard (aside from Objective-C++)
I agree with the thrust of what you're saying here, although:

> TDD won't improve your proficiency

Disagree. Knowing that you need to test your code, and going back and testing your old code gives you a real feel for how to split out code, how to write interfaces, and how to organize your objects - at least in Perl and JS, which are the languages I'm proficient in.

If you know that your routine that'll be accepting an object might be accepting a mocked up object, you're more likely to resist the temptation to get all molesty with its private methods; if you know you'll spend time trying to drive up the code coverage, you'll be more inclined to abstract and not repeat yourself.

Random plug for a book that made me a waaaay better Perl programmer: http://perlmedic.com/
Dark Matters (a short cartoon about physics)
It seems to me that coming soon pages can really only be pulled off by people who already hold some weight in the community. If startup "X" with founder John Doe throws up a coming soon page and tries to push it in various media outlets, it's likely to go nowhere.

Targeting "coming soon" pages to the eventual audience of your product (and including at least a relevant description) not only provides the opportunity for valuable feedback, but if you aren't a recognizable name it also gives people a reason to sign up for your product.
Tools for the modern complexity theorist
If you include other sources of software professionals: math, applied math, physics, and engineering, you'll probably get closer to 50,000 per year. Add in non-college and college dropout and you'll get even more.

(The "8,000 from one school in one year" estimate is too high, though, yes.)
Login on Facebook with email addresses and passwords from pron.com
" Has he succumbed to the inevitable pleas from the children for an iPad, iPhone and iPod? His face hardens: ‘They have the Windows equivalent. They have a Zune music player, which is a great Windows portable player. They are not deprived children.’"
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In the first movie had become a stupid picture quality sound effect mix, but if you call an ancient people and show
Why is the US government doing this? Primarily because, for the low low price of building networks they receive dragnet surveillance capabilities in foreign unstable and potentially hostile countries. See the SF fiber split dragnet surveillance. See the Onion episode about "The Facebook Project" - 'normally it would take CIA operatives weeks of tracking down hotel receipts, but people just put stuff on Facebook now!!'
Awesome! I have been thinking about making something like this, but it looks like you did a better job than I would have. Responsive design is an idea who's time has come.
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To apply, send your resume to aws-jobs-fast-yc@amazon.com.

AWS is an unique mix of startup culture/autonomy combined with the ability to leverage the incredible infrastructure of Amazon/AWS. I’ve worked in AWS for the past year and I’ve learned more in that time than I thought possible. I’m an infrastructure person at heart, and at other companies I’ve worked for, I’m always torn between doing the deep engineering that I love, or working on a more customer focused product. In AWS, they are one and the same. I like having scalability, availability, and performance as core features of the product I’m building. Another thing I love about working in AWS is the impact your work has - your service is used by thousands of developers, and those developers use your service in ways you never imagined, which are then used by millions of people.

Detailed job descriptions :

https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/133388/job
https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/137679/job
https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/137677/job
There is some clear thinking in authoring very human characters having new ideas and sharing reasons and their steps onscreen.

Memorable, simple stream-of-conscience demos individual struggle with knowledge or lack (within and without an organization).

It has original perspectives - like involved field work - beyond mainstream pictures of business room decisions causing change.

I am a reader - no evangelist fan - having only listened to an audiobook of The Goal because I like both its writing style and development.
" When it comes to content, I much rather rely on the editorial board of the New York Times for my news, than what my “friends” find interesting. "

Relying on strangers for information while deriding one's peers as a source of information doesn't strike me as a wise course of action.
Thanks :) I really think responsive web design and one web is the future of web design. There are some situations where a specific mobile website will be needed, but in the (near) future these will be very rare IMHO.
If you have any cool ideas let me know with a pull request or something.
U.S. Underwrites detour around Internet censors
It's totally pathetic. All those clearly very intelligent people at Facebook, and they are working on what is basically a dating site, where you can poke people.
Come on retards (yes you can be intelligent but still be a complete fucking idiot), why don't you go solve real problems in the world? Seriously.
I thought the same thing, as bugs go this one seemed rather trivial. Having said that, it is tremendously easy to overlook even the most obvious of errors in code you yourself wrote, even and especially when going over it multiple times.
Nice job! I love that song.
"The IT job sector has been under increasing pressure. A couple of decades ago it was easy to imagine IT as a job for life, but outsourcing, offshoring and the dot-bomb brought wave upon wave of uncertainty to IT professionals.

The past couple of years have seen redundancies in all sectors including IT"

It's a gripping intro, but I'm just not sure it's true. The tech sectors in Silicon Alley / Valley are facing staffing shortages. The tech sector has been almost recession proof.

It's just a fluff angle to write a story about cloud computing.
IAll those clearly very intelligent people at Facebook are totally pathetic. They are working on what is basically a dating site, where you can poke people. Come on retards (yes you can be intelligent but still be a complete fucking idiot), why don't you go solve real problems in the world?
Copyright litigator working for Denver Post takes criticism for its tactics
Would be great to have some charts. The data table is barely readable.
I had to read "The Goal" for Operations Management, which I think is pretty standard for all Operations courses.

I found the portions of the book dealing with the relationship between the husband and wife to be a little trite, but I can see how it might appeal to some to break up the monotony of teaching theory of constraints (TOC), even if the TOC parts are still presented using a fictional narrative.

The book is a quick, interesting, and informative enough read to make it a must-read for anything interested in business books. For most people, I'm sure they'd rather read this than dig into more research and academic-based papers on TOC.

I haven't read any of his other books but will likely look into them in the near future.
Well then you're in luck. Read my comment again, as well as illumin8's, and observe that nowhere do we say that piracy is "okay", nor do we ever mention babies and gas chambers.

I'll ask you the same question as cynicalkane: do you have a specific objection to the assertion that U.S. government is being hypocritical here?
People have been predicting things like this since the beginning of time. Outsourcing is going to kill software developers. Computers are going to write the software for us. Click-n-drag software development is going to kill software developers. And yet, somehow it never happens.

Do these reporters think that "cloud" services run on unicorn farts? Someone has to keep those services running. If anything, the "cloud" is likely to create more demand for sysadmins, since people are using more and more web-based applications.
Login on Facebook with email addresses and passwords from pron.com: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2646862
Instead of a “coming soon” page, put up a landing page for your product. Make it look like the product exists, and then when people try and sign up, show them a page letting them know that you’re not quite ready for them yet ... By skipping the “coming soon” page, you gain validated learning about the emails you collect: they are people who thought your product existed and showed a real interest by trying to sign up.

On the other hand I'm going to be somewhat annoyed if you lead me on about your product to the point of my giving you email address, and only then find out it's vapor.
By black holes do you mean wormholes?
OpenPGP support in Go
So CD Baby initially sent users' CC information via email...
Lots of luck and some hard work. At the time (mid 90s) the job market was much better and everyone was hiring people to build ecommerce sites. It's harder in some ways now to get that entry level job. On the other hand it's phenomenally easier to start your own projects and get experience and attention. In the early 2000s I did a few open source projects which helped a lot. In 2007 or so I started writing articles on a regular basis, basically patching up holes in my education by taking on some subject and trying to explain it. If you lack one social signal ("he went to MIT") you can replace it with another ("he started the foobar project" or "he wrote that post about xyz").
Pshaw, those questions wouldn't even make any halfway viable candidate blink. "Your concerns are very important to me. Those concerns are the concerns of all right-thinking Americans and vital to the continued success of America. My top priority in office will be to address your concerns by making sure to throw lots of money at your concerns in ways that no amount of further questions will get me to concretely pin down, because I've had decades of practice at dodging this sort of question. Who is the next person who needs some concern addressed with vague promises of papering over the problem with taxpayer money?" Since any politician will say the same thing, there's no information in the answer to those questions.
This is why we should read man pages:

man assert: "This may create Heisenbugs which go away when debugging is turned on."
Breakdown for freshtemp (firmware/hardware/software)

10 months full time (80 hrs/week) - first customer ($200/mth)

This time includes learning YUI to build the frontend (2 months)

Hiring consultant to build the backend (3 months)

Testing and building hardware (7 months)

This was done with less than 40K of cash, financed through myself and family.
Exactly. Typography is a difficult and subtle craft which is not that easily emulated by algorithms. Knuth was able to do a pretty good job. The programmers responsible for most of today's eBook text-rendering & layout engines apparently aren't.
Liquor stores often fight laws allowing sales on sundays. When the stores are closed on sundays everyone just purchases what they need during the rest of the week. So they don't lose sales & have reduced costs - no staff on sunday.

In MA they did their best to stop it, but luckily people voted for freedom :P
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I'd love to know too!
With a daily turnover of 4 trillions just on forex,it seems pretty obvious to me.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/110821/20110210/what-is-forei...
Correct, there are parts of the Province of Ulster that are in Republic of Ireland.

Pedantically "Republic of Ireland" is not the name of the state, it is merely "Ireland". "Eire" is likewise not the correct term either. It's from the Irish word for Ireland "Éire", and was common in UK to prevent calling the state "Ireland" (since part of the island of Ireland was in the UK (Northern Ireland)).
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