skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
One of the things I’ve noticed in Einstein’s writings is that he had a remarkable self-confidence and sense of certainty. Compare this with Darwin who, when he initially conceived of natural selection, annotated the note describing it with “I think” and proceeded to spend years gathering evidence before mentioning it to anyone. Perhaps the comparison isn’t fair because Darwin knew his idea would be highly controversial but, if it is, I think this might suggest that there is no single correct stance on confidence versus humility.

I’ve noticed in my programming that when I make errors that prevent me from reaching a solution or lead to a cumbersome design my natural tendency is to become more conservative with my ideas, thinking that it might have been arrogance that caused the error. But, if I feel like I understand the error well, I force myself to remain bold in the knowledge that my continued boldness will be manifest in a completely different way with my new knowledge and I will be successful much sooner than had I become timid. I don’t know who said this, but it is a quote I like: the solution to bad decisions is not to stop making decisions; it’s to make better decisions.
The one quote that has led me on to _greater smartness_ is that of (i believe) Socrates:

"The only thing I know, is that I don't know anything."

Remind yourself of that whenever you feel smart, and you will soon feel your mind expanding.
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I have a same gut feeling, but one of my professors told us how the discoveries are being made:

Everybody know that some thing is impossible to do. But one person who didn't know that accidentally does it.

Right now I have one type-1 set having 36 numbers in it. The first numbers are 7, 25 and 42. I like it.
what do you want to know? interesting view
Yes, but it's an Apple with multiline lambdas vs. an Orange with only single-line lambdas.
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Quotes dense but good.
While the Doctrine can be looked up, a reliable definition for Reasonable Person cannot. Concise != objective and static.
Path said it was sending over HTTPS, but storing in plaintext - protected by a firewall. No server-side encryption.
You have valid points with your abortion point in that it's very often about perception of right and wrong. But it looks like the U.S. at least didn't "know" until a year after they entered the war[1], but even when they did, it appears that they had reservations about acting on it[2] (ie, do you bomb Auschwitz and kill the current prisoners to prevent future prisoners from being gassed there?)

[1] http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/faq/details.php?lang=e...

[2] http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005182
> which isn't really a viable point on a website

It's a viable point on a website like reddit, which built its community on a no-censorship basis. They're free to do with their business as they like, but I'm free to feel betrayed when they do.
My response to Arrington - e.g. why start-ups need to learn the basics of Fair Information Practices: http://ryansingel.net/blog/2012/02/13/stop-screwing-users-pr...
Sell business cards. No matter how big or small, rich or poor, established or not, the startup, they will always buy some. =)
You are talking about this: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/uom-ate120109...

We started our research seeking men in their twenties who had never consumed pornography. We couldn't find any.

But this is a different assertion (many people have consumed pornography once or a few times, but don't actively do it later in life), and this is canada (not USA)
The difference is the concentration of email in one company's hands. Ironically it would be less of an issue if all my friends were using different providers but, since they're all on GMail, our conversations get sieved either way.
I'm not much of a businessperson, but I wonder why startups cluster in expensive places like South Park. You could move to a loft in the East Bay, not too far from BART, and save enough to pay a whole other salary, maybe two.

pg's thesis about Silicon Valley is that it's mostly the about the investors. I assume that the talent pool is willing to do a BART ride to the East Bay for the right startup. So is being smack dab in the middle of the cluster that vital to success? How does the math work out?
Wow, I'm blown away. VLC has always has the best interface in OS X of all platforms but now the others aren't even comparable. I hope they have big things in store for the Windows & Linux interface, the lag is even more glaring now.

In case anyone is looking for a download link, here is 2.0 RC1: http://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/vlc-2.0.0-rc1/macos...
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That doesn't sound correct. Both PEP 333 and 3333 specifically mention that the server may use chunked encoding.
The preteen girls subreddit didn't have anything explicitly illegal in it. Just really creepy stuff.
This rant, and those of similar shrillness (here come the neg votes), is what's over the top.

Oh dear god, they're building.... a marketing profile! The horror, the horror. Won't somebody think of the children?

Now Path knows that I'm friends with Tom, and Tom likes Starbucks, therefore I must like Starbucks. Initiate media buys NOW!

Does anybody want access to my address book? Just let me know, I'll send it to you in a CSV. Prepare to be underwhelmed.
I have always classified things as "spyware" not according to whether or not they asked me for permission, but rather how they use the information they acquire. Namely, spyware collects personally identifiable information and sells it to third parties.

Everyone knows that Google and Facebook use your information both to target ads for you and to improve their other services (e.g. better search results, better news feed). Do they both qualify as spyware?
http://web.mit.edu/sfs/financial_aid/financial_aid_backgroun...

MIT is actually pretty great with financial aid. 76% of students receive need-based aid. ALL financial aid is need-based. Merit and abilities don't even enter into the equation.

99% of students in 0-50k income bracket get a full ride.
98% of students in 50-100k bracket get mostly covered
94% of students in 100-150k get a lot of help.

The average debt upon graduation is 18k.
There ought to be at least some things that literally none of the participants in w3c etc have any conflict of interest about and therefore would be able to decide quickly on. The debate over the <video> tag for example may never be decided on. But I have trouble thinking of any counter-examples.
What do you mean?

exec cat /etc/passwd | grep root

works just fine.

You can also use Tcl's open command with a pipe to do back and forth communication with a subprocess.

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl/tutorial/Tcl26.html
Lean startup SaaS tools bundling for cost is an idea I'm vetting now: leanmeanbundlemachine.com
I think HSL would probably be a better choice than HSV. Python has HSL support built in, so you can do that pretty easily:

from colorsys import rgb_to_hls, hls_to_rgb

def adjust_color_lightness(r, g, b, factor):
h, l, s = rgb_to_hls(r / 255.0, g / 255.0, b / 255.0)
l = max(min(l * factor, 1.0), 0.0)
r, g, b = hls_to_rgb(h, l, s)
return int(r * 255), int(g * 255), int(b * 255)

def lighten_color(r, g, b, factor=0.1):
return adjust_color_lightness(r, g, b, 1 + factor)

def darken_color(r, g, b, factor=0.1):
return adjust_color_lightness(r, g, b, 1 - factor)

Though, I'm not sure if doing it by multiplying is correct. I don't like that lighten_color(*darken_color(r, g, b)) != (r, g, b)
The Mozilla ISP database (https://live.mozillamessaging.com/autoconfig/v1.1) has a zillion entries, most of which clearly indicate SSL or STARTTLS.
It seems to me they are assuming they know why just adequate nutrition helps critters live longer. I doubt they really do.
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Contrary to character, they have allowed other browsers on iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id3637...
Congratz guys!

If you ever need someone taking up room at your place again, you know where to find me.
Prey:
2
a : an animal taken by a predator as food
b : one that is helpless or unable to resist attack : victim <was prey to his own appetites>

In this case, the prey are unsuspecting teenage girls who are powerless to prevent horny men from prowling their Facebook profiles for photos to circulate into underage spank banks (or for personal use).
They began on the slippery slope - they didn't shut down some kiddy porn ring today, they shut down something that might be illegal. You can see kids in bikinis in movies, magazines including by their parent company [1], at the beach, etc.

Reddit's got a lot of content that might be illegal, that few people would be sad to see gone, and that the community as a whole would be a better class of people without.

[1] Is this CP if it's submitted to reddit? http://www.teenvogue.com/style/market/feature/2011/05/tribal...
Singling out Path in this issue is not right. Instagram fixed the same issue in their new release. Ditto with Voxer. And more app updates to come. Its sad that one company is being shown all the heat. The issue is pervasive and the problem is not with the apps but with the platform, iOS. It would make much better sense and workout better if we take the issue to Apple. But I'm sure Apple will close this loophole in the next release. Until then, lets leave the app developers alone.
If you have a decent URL, I find that it's usually more of a hassle to open my code-scanning app and taking a picture than it is to just type the URL into my phone's browser.
Very true, I would bet that often times a govt such as the US will take precautions against the very same technological espionage that they themselves are performing, as they will figure if they built something and are using it, so is somebody else (china).
Wow. I just learned that Uncrunched is as annoying as TechCrunch is.
And uses python 2.4
Is this some documented "official" purpose of a patent?

Either way, I have a hard time believing that this is a bigger problem than managing a patent system per se.

Also, there are probably much better ways to protect secrets systematically for the benefit of both inventors and the public.

More plausible is the potential benefit of being able to broadcast an invention and attract investors without having to give up a first-to-move advantage. Elisha Gray might suggest otherwise.
Unfortunately, I know exactly what you mean. If not for places like HN...
>Since I think we should cut unnecessary travel, I decided to stay here in Singapore and use a telepresence robot instead of flying to California.

Telepresence robots are useful, but I don't see the advantage of giving a speech with one over just using video chat as many others have done. Where Anybot might be useful is for the mingling before and after a speech.
The bottom part of this Quora snwer is a analogy of the technique in the paper for sending physical money which might help you better understand things:

http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-safest-way-to-send-someone-...
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> I was referring to specific technological skills and not the general knowledge behind it.

Yeah, it might sound remarkable but that really is what I personally avoid bothering with, these days almost entirely. But that’s only a decision I’m able to maintain because I don’t have to make a living from software/IT nor do I work with teams. Nevertheless I reckon most people could do with spending more time thinking about the merits and drawbacks of the way they are doing things instead of learning how all the various technologies work.
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Sounds a lot like Wuphf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuphf

;)
I don't think the title was specific to Newry (I could be wrong-I didn't write it).

I think it was a generic answer. There are many examples of cities claiming they are the next Silicon Valley (Silicon alley, silicon prairie, silicon waters, silicon hills, silicon beach and silicon dubai to name a few).

SV is so unique though. I think they might be able to claim what silicon valley was in the 1960's (before the large tech anchors supported the every expanding ecosystem).

We hope that Newry "keeps trying" as is successful. The world could benefit from another silicon valley.
This looks rather complicated.

I'm not sure whether this is meant to be a media organiser or a media player – it looks like it may be attempting to do both, but succeeding at doing neither well.

I would have been happier if the route taken was more similar to QuickTime, pairing minimal, well considered and incredibly simple UI with VLC's bulletproof playback.
I'm currently downloading this now to make a fair comparison. I always saw VLC as I see VIM, it's an editor, it's great for editing, but it's not an IDE. My sudden though upon seeing this is something similar, VLC is a great media player, but I wasn't expecting it to become a Media Library/Organiser/Environment.

I'll offer some feedback:

- This sidebar is useless. Once I've hidden the unwanted items I am left with Library -> Playlist. I don't care about Internet/My Computer/Local Network. This design only works in iTunes because it has more to offer such as Playlists!
- There needs to be a way to go back to the previous gui, perhaps a 'Mini mode player'
- Only 3 options in the Playlist/Library view of columns, "Name, Author Duration".
- I'm not sure why My Music/My Pictures/My Videos exists.
I think there's serious potential for a business to build a general-purpose Reddit-like community that applies high standards across the board. And then sells targeted advertising to that desirable audience.

Hands-on moderation is a must, but I also think there's plenty of interesting possibilities for self-moderation that go beyond simple, equally weighted up/down votes that only serve to encourage low effort content and the regurgitation of memes.
Already exists: JBoss Teiid (http://www.jboss.org/teiid) virtualizes your LDAP (and more besides) allowing you to 'safely' expose your directory as a restricted view. I use it all the time. Haven't made any millions yet, but I'll keep smiling.
I think the author of the article is pretty inaccurate in his analysis of students at Harvard. I think the article reflects poorly on Harvard, to be honest. The author is about as smart as my shoe.

Usually, the ones who continually ask questions and run their mouths in class are the ones who are extremely interested in their respective field of study. Interest creates curiosity and excitement, and both are required for someone to continually want to ask questions and learn more about whatever subject.

The other students who do not continually ask questions are either shy or are just going through the motions at college, so they do not really care.

If you are a student at Harvard, you probably have above-average fluid-intelligence, regardless of what you accomplish with it. The more you ask questions and the more interest you have in a subject, the more knowledge you will gain in that said subject (crystallized intelligence). But it doesn't mean people who do not continually ask questions have any less fluid intelligence.
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OK, I should have made this more clear, and I'll edit the original. WSGI is not compatible with chunked encoded POST request bodies.
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AFAIK google has broken its own privacy policy, gmail's databases have been compromised and they did change default settings to be more public at least once.

This makes a strong contender of gmail for privacy issues.
What's the Django equivalent of this?
Forcing people to read ads -- check off another world-problem solved :p This stuff bums me out. Guessing this a solid group of engineers; could be working on something that matters instead.
The best way to teach your kids programming is in accord with their level of interest in learning it.

In all honesty, if your kids are interested in learning programming, the problem will more or less solve itself - i.e. it really won't matter what tools you put in front of them - Alice, Kudo, Logo, javascricpt, TouchDevelop or BASIC will all be a way for them to further their interests.

On the other hand, if your boys are typical ten and seven year olds, then their interest in programming is likely to come in a few years - if ever.

Good luck.
>I'm certainly not as smart as some fellow HNers here.

I tell the following to my roommate weekly: "These guys (referring to HN) are 'wicked smart'". HN certainly makes me humble about what I think of myself.

>What a retard I was

No, you've grown a lot. I got back to my writings of even 1 year ago and I can see the difference.
I can't find the effects reel for that modern CSI+disasters show I was looking for... You'll have to settle for this: http://youtu.be/aFHKwaW4Um8
It is most definitely is a US thing. I say this as an American.
If I did install an app from Google or Facebook, and it siphoned my personal data and sent it home to their servers in a way I found surprising, yes I would feel like it was spyware. Yes, this has happened to me and it made me angry.

However, I'm sure there are far more rigorous definitions of spyware and you should probably go with one of those in formal writing. I know it when I see it, but I'll let the experts define it.
There are just over 700 entries in that database, not a zillion.
>Ok, then first: did you look at all pictures in r/jailbait, r/teen_girls, etc? If not, how can you say they were all illegal?

I said the majority of them were illegal.

>What, do you really think the photoshoot of a naked Miley Cyrus (covered, but still naked) was not* intended to arouse men? Ha.*

You can continue your conjecturing, but according to [the photographer and Cyrus][0], it was artistic.

[0]: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/SummerConcert/story?id=4...

>Now compare that with r/jailbait, where all photos were clothed and many (most?) were self-shots.

Oh, you mean all of those photos taken from their Facebook pages and Photobucket accounts without their permission? The photos meant only for themselves or their friends, spread across the Internet? Totally better than Miley Cyrus taking a single artistic photograph for Vanity Fair.

>So they broke the law, not the subreddits. Having a forum called "jailbait" or "teen girls" is not illegal by itself.

I never said it was.
I switched from my domain ( a .co.uk) to gmail for personal email because it makes things clearer to other people. Being @gmail means people know to gchat you or send you a google doc. Or add you to an analytics account. A bunch of third party tools like browser plugins, gmail mail clients also don't work with apps for domains first. That has become less of an issue over time, but there has certainly been a reduced hassle just having a gmail account.
Here's your rebuttal: shine another light on your situation and suddenly instead of having half the messages ending up on google servers anyways, you have half of your email freed from google servers which is better than having all on it there, privacywise.
"I would think banning something that may be illegal plants you pretty firmly on that slippery slope … "

Not sure I agree there. A forum (non-tech, it's actually a model-specific motorcycle forum) that I'm involved in has explicit rules against discussion of "politics, firearms, and police", not because it's illegal, but because there's such a strong track record of well intentioned discussions of those topics degenerating into arguments and fights that are _clearly_ not worth whatever "benefit" the free and open discussion of those topics on a motorcycle forum might have.

Whether or not you agree that grey-area images of children are technically legal, the owners/admins of Reddit clearly have the right to say "legal or not, we choose not to host those images/discussions here." You wouldn't expect a church or McDonalds to feel happy with you arranging a group of friends to meet there and swap bikini model photos - even if they're completely legal images, they're inappropriate for someone else's venue and they've got every right to say "not here, please". (and have you moved along if you persist).

I think fears of "slippery slopes" here are unfounded.
This is amazing! Is he doing it with other paintings too?
I've been told by unnamed Apple employees that VLC is the #2 application on OS X for bug reports (the #1 being Safari). Whilst I too have had very little problems with VLC's stability - apparently the whole truth is far different.
People seem smart when they know something you don't know and want to know. They appear dumb when they don't know something you consider easy.

If you use those definitions instead of some hypothetical absolute standard of intelligence, things seem to be a lot clearer, and you no longer have trouble understanding how "someone so smart could be that dumb" or things like that.

Every person who is X years old has had the same amount of time. What they've been able to do with it is another matter entirely.
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http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html

The best article written on the difficulties of becoming the next silicon valley.

Keep trying....stay hungry
This isn't about compressing data, it's rather the opposite: expand the data so that even if a certain portion of it is affected by interference, the original data can still be reconstructed without errors.

To take a really simple code, let's say you have this data:

10110

Then you append a checksum (actually a parity bit here) to the data
1+0+1+1+0 = 1 (in binary)

101101

Now let's say there's interference and a bit flips:

100101

The receiver calculates the checksum and sees that the sum is 1+0+0+1+0 = 0, which does not fit since the sum is supposed to be 1. Thus the receiver knows that an error happened and can request a retransmission. More advanced codes like those discussed here can allow arbitrary levels of error correction, instead of only detection of single errors like the parity bit; but higher levels of error correction come with an overhead, and apparently the innovation here is a technique to reduce this cost in wireless networks.
You feel betrayed when a site like reddit says that child porn is bad, but I'd be willing to bet everything that you have a facebook account which sells you, your likeness and your personal data and you couldn't give a shit when they alter their privacy policies.
Ask HN: any good tools for tracking hours spent on one task?
the popular book 'Outilers' stated the 10,000 hours make a talent, do any hackers here track the hours spent on the way to be a hacker?
what are the good tools for tracking the time on task?
thx.
Give it a shot. In practice, it's not complicated. Double-clicking a file leads directly to the player window bypassing the playlist/media library.

If you launch VLC by itself, it opens that window and that window is really just a playlist with other options at the side. Honestly, try it. It's just like the old VLC but with a cleaned up interface. There are zero new features, everything you see in that screenshot would show up if you drag the corner of the controller out, albeit with a somewhat different UI. Now it just shows up by default.

As someone who basically only uses the player window and the playlist on occasion, I'm happy. They cleaned up the two most important and commonly used aspects of VLC.
I don't think that's the proper way to deal with it. We don't go around beating people up so they know what it feels either.

The point is, if behavior is wrong, it is _always_ wrong. It's not a good idea (in my book) to engage in this kind of behavior to make a point.