skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The article does a great job highlighting the stark reality of today's labor market.

I was at the unemployment agency in silicon valley doing some research, and they informed me that even though unemployment rate is around 9-10%, there is this whole category of 'under-employed' and they make up 20% of workforce population in silicon valley. Therefore, there are around 30% workforce that are looking for jobs...

One part of it is training, but most urgent is the need to recognize value of 'informal' learning; thats learning outside the university structure. The ever increasing costs of degrees has made it difficult for common Americans to pursue or even justify college education. As a result, these people are not developing skill sets through traditional means. These are the ones that need help.

Once we start recognizing continuous learning (certifications, workshops, books, events) as a medium to build a skills portfolio and get jobs, this skills 'gap' will start diminishing.

We in the tech world can create tools to help answer these challenges. Help people create their informal learning, let them track progress and share that progress with the rest of the world. Thats what the unemployed need and the employers will value.
"You could go one step further and say that without Firefox — without the competition that drove an increase in JavaScript performance and the adherence to standards — we might even be living in a web without Google or Facebook or Twitter."

Huh? Google existed in 2000!

"but back in 2002 there was only one web browser: Internet Explorer. "

one common web browser
Programming and reading tend to take up the same mind-space for me; after working all day, the thought of reading a book just doesn't seem relaxing.
Whenever I hear logo and turtle I think of Logo.
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The last one will be extremely effective in deterring cheaters. It will also be extremely effective in deterring people who learn in different ways; every class I've ever had with heavy participation components was dominated by grade-obsessed people who spoke as quickly as they could. The end result is that reflecting on your response to a discussion means you won't be able to share it.
Very nice.

Is there any way to control balance? Could there be?
It sounds like you want to know how much you should charge for advertisements on your newsletter. A good way of determining this is to see how much others are charging- pick a newsletter similar to yours (content, popularity, etc) and contact the owner pretending to be an advertiser (they usually won't disclose their rates otherwise). Once you have that info, price accordingly.
Yes, but they pay for that privilege. I haven't seen any public figures of how much that is, but it did get extended for a year or two recently.
Minor usability critique: It wasn't clear from the wording whether you meant personal income or family income at the first question. It appears that you meant family taxable income.
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Can someone help me understand -- is this a CEP for js?

Edit: or rather: CEP + message queue?
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this is so broken...
Question: why would I want a list of which tweets directed at me are spam? The problem I want solved is that I ever see them at all, I don't really care if Jimbo scored a 78%-probability-of-spam for linking DJ Kittens on youtube.
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You can build an API in any common language. Since you are already comfortable in PHP or Python, your time will be best spent using one of those languages. I'm guessing your client will be expecting the product some time soon. =)

I would recommend structuring it as a RESTful web service though.
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Mid-terms at 1:19 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCKGOiauJCE&feature=playe...

Fun to see the results pile in -- then the usual reaction shots from pols (frowns and smiles depending on party).
This is nice on the browser, but not very useful in nodeJS.

twait{} will block and stop my nodeJS process from doing anything else.

It would be more useful if I could give twait{} a callback to fire when all its async events completed. Then my nodeJS process could do other stuff while waiting for a twait{} bundle to finish.
Anybody else thinks Apple is now being the Lodsys? I know they create products unlike Lodsys, but c'mmon, if this isn't a cheap shot, I dont know what else is.
absolutely true.
Hey aren't they talking about raising the cap on Social Security and Medicare taxes too?
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Well done. Backpacking an existing fad to get visibility from early adopters on your project. Case study in excellent blog-marketing.

Thanks for the buttons too~
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You understandably suffer from the mistaken impression that Android is 'free.' when the reality is that the kernel is 'free' but the 'Apps' which most phones have (mail, dialer, appstore, browser, maps, etc etc) are actually licensed for actual cash. It's not entirely clear how much that costs (and it benefits Google for that not to be clear).

In terms of business advantage, Android seems to me to be fairly unique. Google created a lower barrier to entry into the 'smartphone' market than either Apple, Microsoft, or RIM. Folks who took advantage of that were people early on were people who had the most to gain (low end carriers like T-mobile, Chinese ODMs who wanted to move up the value chain like HTC). They captured a large (if somewhat chaotic) developer market by making much of the source code for the system available for download, and they did create the ability for an individual to create a nearly complete phone 'stack' for certain types of hardware.

The established players greatly underestimated the impact of capturing the 'hobbiest' phone market. (Much like the established data processing players missed completely the impact of the hobbiest computer market).

Google generates anywhere from two to three billion dollars a quarter in free cash flow, which accounts for any and all R&D investment in Android, so its a classic example of being able to take huge profits from your cash-cow market (Search advertising) and disrupt a different market (smartphones) which is the fastest growing channel for advertising (Mobile ads).

Not to mention that Google probably has a better network than any phone carrier today, and they have a voice calling product (Google Voice), its entirely possible at some point for them to create a 'phone' system based entirely on WiFi (like, maybe something with this new whitespace bandwidth that is available or a bunch of hotspots) which gives you a device which can replace AT&T or Vodaphone or whomever.

Ultimately Google understands that nobody bought a smart phone because they 'wanted to be a customer of AT&T', rather they bought it because as a tool it made them more productive. If Google can back into owning that whole stack then their company becomes just that much more valuable.

Worth throwing a bit of pocket change at is it not?
Israel has a German-like safety net (health, food, unemplouyment, training and otherwise), and more risk taking than the US - at least where technology is concerned (only silicon valley tops israel in startups per capita - even California does not). So neither explanation is good.
Here's a true fact about programming:

Following the herd means that there's a better chance that someone will have already solved any given problem you encounter and released documentation or a drop-in implementation.

I like the idea of Django/Bottle/etc. because I use Python for a lot of my non-web stuff. But RoR has a bigger and more active population. Unless there's something specific to your situation which changes this equation, you'll save yourself time and effort if you go with the more mainstream option.
Your profile says:

> I live in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I think that's significantly different than, say, living in California where you may originally be from some other state that's as distant as you are from Moscow or Madrid, and not have as many friends and family...

Also, no, it's probably not ideal for everyone, but by being a small operation, she can satisfy a niche and not have to worry about conquering the entire baby clothing market.

Lastly, even though we got plenty of stuff from friends and family, I could see utilizing this to get some 'extras', especially if it's really high quality stuff. Hand-me-downs can sometimes be a bit ragged.
Thanks for the support!

I agree; you're right that tyranny by majority is an attack on personal freedom...but that's a structural failing of our democracy. I think it's a bit unfair to connect systemic faults of a society and government to a specific budget proposal.
Its not a message queue, and although its only for js now, it meant to be for everybody. But i dont know what CEP is. Something similar?
> (2) one student cheated off of the other

You might believe that it's morally wrong to penalize the person who did the work, but I would have to disagree with you. Both Cheating and giving others the ability to cheat undermine the credibility of an institution and harm the legitimate efforts of others.
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Yes. Example of how the code could look in RoR:

http://davidwparker.com/2010/03/09/api-in-rails-respond-to-a...
tl;dr; (Not meant as a smart-ass comment but...) they're busy building stuff.

I think one of the interesting with Django is just how easy it is to get started with it without prior programming knowledge. I believe this has to do with Python itself and the great docs on Djangoproject.com

Just start doing the tutorial and voila. This has introduced a large amount of new programmers to Django and Python, making it gain in popularity extremely quickly. Case in point: when Django 1.0 came out the "core team" was often on Google Groups "django-users" answering even the most basic questions about programming.

Now most have moved on from Lawrence to businesses of their own; e.g. they're building cool new things. Other users within the Django community need to take over the baton and build up the community. I truly think there are tons of developers out there that are just using Django and haven't taken time to contribute back (I'm partly looking at myself) I think a new surge can take place in Django development in that respect; the user base Django has accrued over the years need to start returning the investment as it were.

Speaking for myself, I've been able to find most if not all information I needed online, and haven't so much needed to go to meetups or even irc and google groups. In this respect the lack of Django community you speak of rests on my shoulders and other Django users out there who haven't taken the time to contribute back to the community.

EDIT: I'm going to make a point of being more involved in the community via IRC etc.
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Don't start him on a graphical programming environment like Alice. I started programming Pascal when I was 11, but I wouldn't recommend something so low level. I would probably recommend python or ruby.
Still doesn't work for my netbook since your tweak. 8.9inch screen - 1024 x 600 - doubt many use a laptop this small!

Cheers, nice site, great idea.
My rule is add cursor: pointer if you can click on it.

Just because browsers didn't do that in the past for form buttons doesn't mean they did the right thing.
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Why is this and my replies (with detailed descriptions) being downvoted? It was an honest question about cultural differences.
Yeah, it's way more complicated than this. SS, Medicare, payroll taxes, estate taxes, etc. are all part of the proposal. I just wanted to focus on income tax for this project - I think your average joe can most easily understand income taxes (and probably complains about them most often).

Also, because there are only so many hours of my life I'm willing to spend deciphering tax law.
If nothing else, we need a way to downvote posts which are objectively wrong.

Nothing wrong with having an earned downvote if you in fact think somber thoughts about using it.

I could perhaps support a change to earning each downvote, further encouraging contemplation ("do I really want to burn a downvote on _this_?").
By CEP I mean something like esper: http://esper.codehaus.org/tutorials/solution_patterns/soluti...
For all Michael Jackson's issues, he was undeniably talented, extremely talented. And even if you have examples from a while ago of not particularly talented child celebrities (modern example, somebody like Miley Cyrus), at least they're becoming famous for doing something.

What is really new is that people can become celebrities just by deciding they want to (or sometimes without even that), it doesn't neccesarily require marketing, TV exposure, etc.
I think you're mixing multiple issues into one big ball of yarn.

A solid case can be made that America's biggest problem right now is our populations inability to think critically. "here, take this loan with fluctuatings interest rates that only lasts 5 years. don't worry you can refinance in 5 years after your house is worth more". "Don't worry about eating well or exercising, here are some pills that will solve it all for your". "let's pray for a solution to our national debt" <- I wish I were making that up
No, that's not the case. twait won't block your Node process from handling other events.
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I realize there are weaknesses in all those suggestions. There are pros and cons to every grading method.

I think some of these can be mitigated though (whereas cheating probably can't, especially in my mind since I intensely disapprove of Turnitin).

A few ideas:

For the interviews, start by requiring office visits for more trivial things and build up to the main interview.

I had one professor that regularly started class by having every write for a few minutes (like 5-10) about something they found interesting in the assigned reading. Aside from making sure students actually read, assigning an amount of time rather than a topic allows students to select a complexity level they feel is appropriate for the time allowed.

For class participation, this obviously requires some re-thinking of what class participation means. It also probably requires smaller classes. In a class of 10 students, I find it unimaginable that the professor wouldn't know before grading anything approximately what grade each student will receive.
Ask HN: Should I make my app freemium
So on Saturday I launched BugMuncher (http://bugmuncher.com), my Google+ inspired website feedback tool.

I've had a lot of positive feedback, but unfortunately not much in the way of sign ups. I'm wondering should I create a free version, with limited functionality, and if yes, how should I limit it?

I was thinking the free version would not have the blackout functionality, and maybe ads on the preview page?

Also, while I've got your attention, have you got any other thoughts on how I could increase sign ups (is my design all wrong, price too high/low, etc)?

Thanks,

Matt Bearman
I keep waiting for someone to explain why this is a bad self-image to possess, but it never seems to happen.
This is all very true, but you are leaving out the part about dealing with human feces.
His very first message in this discussion!

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2777338

That _IS_ essentially what the patent claims. Ptacek tried to add specificity by pointing out that Apple essentially added the disclaimer "on a computer", which is of marginal usefulness.

His original response was wrong, and was the classic alluding to some deeper (but never stated) meaning to the patent. There is no deeper meaning. That is it.
Care to qualify this highly general and rather hyperbolic statement? Which specific aspects of "micro" frameworks do you find to be "evil"?
Unemployment happens because:

1. Producing in China is cheaper, so companies move production and jobs there.

2. China sells to the US while the US sells nothing to China but dollars.

3. This is possible because the US can print as many dollars as it pleases.

4. And that is possible because we left the gold standard in 1971 and unemployment has been growing since then, along with our trade and fiscal deficit.

If we had gold standard:

1. The US wouldn't print as many dollars as it pleases. and we wouldn't carry a trade deficit.

2. China wouldn't be able to sell so much to the US without buying something back.

3. Production and jobs would move back to the US because without trade imbalance it wouldn't be possible to export so much from China.
If it's possible, I think it would be interesting for the purposes of discussion to also include the amount you are currently paying in taxes, in order to calculate your net tax amount. In other words, show what your take home pay would be under the new plan.
That cat looks far too young to know much about enterprise software -- I'm not using Mono unless Business Cat ( http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/business-cat ) says it is ok.
I think the difference is more cultural than anything. Making your own fortune is very much part of the American identity (from gold rushes to tech startups), whereas Europe has experienced over and over again that boundless ambition can lead to horrendous things (war, war, more war and genocide).

The US getting more universal health care coverage will not change that.
I lied...I didn't actually fix the problem, because I didn't upload the correct version of the file, because I'm not using proper version control. Color me embarrassed.

Is it better now?
That's a good idea- bias in one direction or the other could create wind-swept looking trees. I'll throw that in later tonight.
You might enjoy reading: http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-software/economic...
Imagine a future society where food and shelter are essentially free. A single person can farm hectares of land and produce food for thousands. Food is distributed automatically. Shelter is built once and lasts for hundreds of years. Humans spend very little doing things they dont want to.

I have thought a lot about this. My first question was, how do we get there from here? With 9 billion people. With the poorest and least educated pumping out babies as per genetic programming. Then I had the realisation: We are already there. The problem is for those 8.9999 billion on the outside of it.

I've been looking at the poor immigrants living a few miles east, and their eight kids, and thinking that they are the problem. In fact, my two kids are just as much a part of the problem. If all of us making less than $5,000,000 p.a. would stop reproducing, we'd have our utopia in a generation.
Cloth diaper services give you new diapers for each kid, then keep using them. So they are used in some sense, but they are new for each kid.

When the kid outgrows the diapers they are tossed/recycled, but not given to another kid.
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That's why the FSM gave us private browsing modes
Could the work being done for porting nodejs to windows[1] be used for a nginx's windows port in any way ?

[1]https://github.com/joyent/node/tree/master/deps/uv
And I'm especially concerned with the idea of using 7th Generation cleaning products. I've used their products, and they barely work.

The idea of washing strangers clothing for a baby in their very weak cleaning products is just ridiculous.
Not only that, it looks like it's being flagged off the front page -- yeah it's gone from the main stream -- it only shows up under "new".
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Speaking as a student, I'm still confused as to why we need the textbook industry at all for certain subjects. Is it really necessary to make an annual book for subjects that don't change significantly from year to year?

I've personally seen new editions feature nothing but shuffling of the contents. They've even started selling "loose-leaf" editions, meaning that it's just a collection of binder-punched pages. Why? No new textbooks = no used textbooks = no competition from third party vendors selling used textbooks. No one wants to buy a bunch of pages in a binder.

Seems to me that an open-source textbook should be written once and updated incrementally as needed. Up-to-date information could be available online for those with slightly dated textbooks. Of course, the universities, McGraw Hill, Chegg, Amazon, and numberless other interests wouldn't gain much from this situation.
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It gets better.

3. The Chinese use the money we give them to buy gvt bonds.
4. The gvt bonds are spent by the gvt.
5. This spending is added to GDP.
6. GDP appears to have gone up.
Without gvt debt, GDP is the same it was in 1998.
In what ways is Django clumsy, inflexible or restrictive?
I was wondering the same thing. If the spec evolves tools to handle this stuff, thats one thing, and of course this could be an example solution, but right now I think the problem has a solution without adding extra keywords to the language.
Agreed, use the highlight colour inverted with the button right aligned to the para (that green doesn't say baby clothes to me incidentally, though I see the organic bit, looks a bit reserved).
Perfect, thanks ;)
I'm in this same boat. I decided to go with Python vs Ruby due to what seemed like a better language for Sys Admin scripting. I tried Django in the past and quickly ran into issues after Django Book. I think I might give Bottle and Flask a try and get my project live.
Your market is probably people who garage sale for baby clothes - or go to second-hand shops and don't care if their kids are wearing hand-me-downs.

However, those people are finding full outfits for $0.25

Will the same people pay $16.95 per month for this? Not in my opinion.

We buy new clothes for our kids. We hand-down clothes. But we were never comfortable putting our kids in hand-me-down clothes because we see what kids do to clothes.

It seems like a pretty narrow niche.
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Businesses pay taxes and spark huge amounts of taxable activity in the course of operating — that's how they pitch in (even discounting the non-tax benefits that businesses provide to society). If society is not providing education with those tax dollars, that would be society's choice.

I can see some reasons why businesses might want to provide education (and many do in certain circumstances), but in general, I don't see why it should be more their responsibility than society's.
No, he was right. The comment he replied to was discussing a single element of the claim, and implying that anything that does just that element is enough to infringe.

What the patent claims is a device that has every element of a claim. Not just one element, or some elements. If it doesn't have every element, it's not an infringement.
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