skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Having worked in both finance and software, I don't think either group is particularly happier or more miserable than the other. Both jobs have tradeoffs. Neither is truly stressful in comparison to say, being a soldier, EMT or policeman. (I can't speak to construction - but it does have a high injury rate.)

We're not talking about grossly inappropriate behavior here. We're really talking about behavior that's sufficiently in the margins that an otherwise "okay guy" might do it because they just don't understand why it's problematic, or they don't realize they're doing it. (As opposed to really blatant sexual harassment or misogyny, which is still common in lots of other industries.) It seems to me that the issue with most of what the OP relates is simply rooted in ignorance and/or insensitivity, rather than any kind of suppressed suffering.
"It's really easy to say that the world has become too politically correct when you're not the one offended. It's easy not to be offended when you're not in an isolated or alienated group."

This isn't true. When my co-workers have gotten into political discussions that were completely against my beliefs, I could have easily gotten offended.

But you know what? I don't, because I'm an adult. Some people are going to say things you may not like. Just ignore them.

"It's easy not to be offended when you're not in an isolated or alienated group."

Women mostly work in Nursing and as teachers. If I were to go into either of these fields, I still wouldn't whine to my superiors about something my co-worker said or how they made me feel bad.

"If the women in your office showed up with plaid shirts, pocket protectors, slide rules, and mocked your condescending whiny voice, would that not be offensive?"

No, I would laugh. You need to be proud of what you are. I'm confident enough to know that a little mockery won't hurt me.

Every company I have ever worked for has been so paranoid about sexual harassment and offending people I seriously doubt it happens as much as people would like us to believe.

"What's not too PC for you? Blackface minstrel shows? Cross burning? Swastikas? Effigy burnings?"

Why is it that in any conversation, the people that claim to be against discrimination bring up things like this?

I don't agree with what you posted, but we should have the freedom to express our opinions. I'm tired of people trying to legislate personal opinions away.

It's opinions like yours that allow special interest groups to get power in this country.
To play devil's advocate, the Dropbox homepage is nothing but a big play button w/ video. But I agree not every product needs a video.

I agree that using subtitles everywhere is a good thing.
Music video takes over your browser
Yung Jake not only put a music video together, but coded a site which causes fake social media windows to pop up simulating the video blowing up. Quite meta.
Not this nonsense again.

Larry Page: "we want to get you out of Google and to the right place as fast as possible"

That was pre-IPO Google! if you haven't noticed the web changed quite a bit since then and companies do evolve, especially the ones who want to remain relevant.

Also It's not like Google is selling the items in shopping search it's just a different view for shopping results, and I'd argue that sending users elsewhere and not computing the solutions (results) or visualizing them immediately is a weakness that I'm glad to hear Google is working to address.
> But I'm explaining it to you now. Just be honest with yourself about social distance and "kidding."

I really wonder at the need to mischaracterize what I said above. Nowhere did I mention picking on anyone or engaging in humor at the expense of my coworkers.

Maybe you didn't realize you were battling a straw man. But I'm explaining it to you now. You're bringing a lot of your own preconceptions and baggage to the sub-thread off my post here that didn't say what you imply it said. It's right up there, go re-read it.
This will be a fantastic opportunity to whoever gets it. To the armchair critics of the design. Maybe, this is why they will need a designer.
".as tons of other startups do, and actually the only external services they use are Twilio and Stripe, others cited are just opensource frameworks/technologies (RoR, Bootstrap)."

..and they are disposable. Most startups I see I know won't be around in 2 years.
My employer does this sort of thing, but it isn't mandatory. A sign-up sheet goes up in the kitchen, and there's never a lack of participation. From what I've seen, folks seem to genuinely enjoy doing this sort of thing, so more power to them. Sometimes I take part, sometimes I don't.

Now, if we were forced to participate, that'd be another matter.
geeeezzz... I hate all these biased political correct people... guys why not to talk about having equal amount of male and female childcare professionals? Or coal miners? Sexes are NOT equal. Start dealing with reality. please.
> You're arguing a straw man. I didn't say anything remotely close to that; my point was just that wearing low-cut tops and dressing for sex appeal are usually correlated.

Oh, did I get that quote wrong? Let's play the tape:

> Why do all the waitresses in Hooters wear low-cut tops?

Huh. It sounds like you're saying there that, because women selected for their sex appeal by a restaurant which is only a step away from a strip club wear low-cut tops as part of their required work uniform, it is reasonable to assume that a professional developer who chooses to wear a low-cut top is doing so to attract male attention.

Which part did I get wrong?

> Can you expand on this a little?

Here is a picture of an infant eating:
http://www.breastfeedingchild.com/images/lying%20down.jpg

Here is a picture of a procedure which detects cancer: http://www.sciencephoto.com/image/271974/530wm/M4150542-Mamm...

Here is a picture of some people who aren't wearing shirts:
http://gothamist.com/upload/2011/08/toplessdaya0811.jpg?882

Which of these pictures (if not all) causes you sexual arousal? Am I really so bizarre in my ability to look at these images, think "That is an uncovered female breast," and have my next thought not be "I would like to have sex with that person"? Because, you know, breasts (like the women who own them) don't exist for my sexual pleasure? Because context matters?

(For the record, my next thoughts, in order: "Awww!", "Oh man, that looks like it sucks," and "Wait, do I know that guy?")

Lastly, if you make inappropriate sexual comments about women, and not men, you are being sexist full stop. You are treating people differently, in a damaging way, solely on the basis of their sex. That is the definition of sexism. The justification is not relevant; in fact a lot of sexist behavior stems ultimately from insufficiently mediated sexual desire. (If you make inappropriate comments about both men and women equally, you are excused from the charge of sexism, though not from that of being a creep.)
Is that through a website?
I mean "lighten up" as in, she perceives "a million little barbs" around her and sees herself as the victim of sexism lurking everywhere. She didn't just criticize one company or co-worker, but the whole industry. Her post is a torrent of rhetorical questions, exclamation points, hyperbole, and quotes she ascribes to her co-workers that likely never happened. Do you really think someone responded to her concerns with "if you are not in the middle of being raped or beaten or threatened or fired, lighten up"?

To make such sweeping statements about the industry, I presume she was not happy at her job, changed jobs, and the same thing happened again, and again, to the point where she left the industry altogether, discouraged. Which is weird, given that I changed jobs often myself and never had such experiences.

Two sentences gave me the most pause. One being, "Which label do I want to be stuck with today? Ice Queen or Slut?" It makes me think this is more about herself than the people around her.

The other weird comment was that she loves coding and "spent thousands of dollars to go to conferences so I can learn more about it." All excellent IT people I know learn stuff hands-on by playing around with technologies and studying on their own. Maybe there are other reasons why she felt stuck doing inferior tasks. If you are crucial to the team's success, nobody treats you like the "secretary who we let on the server" or a personal assistant, regardless of your gender.

I hope that the discussion of this topic doesn't make men paranoid about saying anything around women, because the fun and banter is one of the things that makes working in IT so enjoyable.
As a startup, you're resources are extremely constrained. Your most constrained resource is time, esp when you have customers.

The hard fact is that you really can only focus on one idea, so make the most of it and pick the one that you're most frustrated doesn't exist yet.

Popular advice these days is to just do something you're really interested in, but it's resulting in a bunch of redundant nonsense in popular spaces like music and geolocation social networks. I would only do something based on interest if I had a really unique offering (Turntable.fm comes to mind). Otherwise, focus on something that just sucks and that's begging for a solution. You don't need to convince the market that they want/need what you have. They already know they do and have been waiting for it. If you can do something that you're uniquely positioned to do, even better.

Best of luck!
Sorry, I can't talk to someone who says that rape is "accepted" as something that we just do. There are some idiots trying to justify it for sure. Not once did I try to justify rape. You talk nonsense about "power culture" that I never even brought up. I believe in small, resilient entities. This is the opposite of a "power culture". Centuries ago it would have been inconceivable that we would eliminate smallpox. The fact that we might eliminate the flu and other small-harm diseases in the future is not a reason to laud the idea as a good one.
London thinktank has already lofted a fleet of swarming file-sharing drones
"I'm taking the foosball table when this bitch fails"
I take 4:20 breaks and try not to work on weekends but I'm still tired at times. I'm the founder of a startup that's about 10 months old and have to do most the work myself. Sales are so low I'm on welfare and I'm angry about that. I resent anybody who hasn't bought my company's merchandise. I can't afford the gas to go anywhere outside town much less the other costs of going on a trip to get away for a while. Any more genius ideas? Excessive talking about misdiagnosed selfishness doesn't count as an idea!

I don't suffer from lack of inspiration. I have tons of ideas. I'm exhausted from working full time for so little reward.

I need financial incentive to keep going; i.e., you buying merchandise!

An example of my work: http://www.cafepress.com/reversedengineereddesigns/8584366
Zero to $70M in 2 years: the numbers and story behind the growth of Tough Mudder
Why People in Cities Walk Fast
As a person with (perhaps incorrect) assumptions about the normal locations for toilet paper to end up, I have to ask: has someone ever had to tell you you had toilet paper stuck to your face? If so...

Why?
Give me one example of a society where youthful aggression has been eliminated.
HN Feature I'd like to see.
When you click "more" after being on a page too long the next page comes up with "Unknown or expired link". Couldn't that be a link to the front page instead? Minor annoyance.
Sorry, could you expand on that? It sounds interesting, but I don't understand the logic.
Compounding the trouble, Casey Hudson, the series' mastermind, did tons of press wherein he describes the game as having several endings that will vary significantly based on the player's decisions. He claimed that it wouldn't be as simple as being able to say "I got ending A, B or C." So that sets expectations pretty high.

The reality was that at the end of the game, you walk to one of three areas, and then get ending A, B, or C.
Is hCalendar dead?
It seems like hCalendar is pretty much dead, any HN people still using it? Should I bother supporting it on a site?
No, but if I win, I'll revisit your site and read the actual copy and you'll get a chance at a customer.

Regardless of the outcome, you win because now you have actual data to make a decision with.

For me to agree to sign up that your AB test wins, I'd have to proctor the test and at that point, you'd owe me for consulting services.
Horrible writing.
Oh noes its not.

Google is promoting its own content when better alternatives exist.

And why does Google want to do that?

Because the longer a user stays on Google, the more ads he clicks.

It's all about the money at the end of the day. Google used to care about the user, but now it's a giant middle finger with a search box.

This is not evolution; this is a company selling you a car with 10 years of warranty, but reneging on the promise 3 years down the line.

Change I can understand, but this shit is telling internet entrepreneurs who use SEO: screw you. IMO, that's not too good for the internets
That man is an impostor. His actual name is Akyzum Yar, an invader from another dimension, a bizarre alternate universe where game critics outnumber game fans, where games are free but review copies sell for $60. Know him, and others from his realm, by their strange belief that the opinions expressed in traditional media outlets are somehow more valid than opinions expressed on blogs and Twitter.
I don't disagree with anything you have to say, but a thought did enter my mind:

At what point did we become okay with excluding sexuality from human lives, or a large portion of them -- the time we spend working? Sexuality is every bit as much a "human" endeavor as, say, eating -- and we don't (currently) say: never eat at work, work is for work only (despite the fact that food does separate people from each other, and accentuates differences).

Anyway, a random rambling, but I thought I'd share anyway...
Where's a good place to get magnetic rings for this purpose? I searched Amazon and found things like magnetic bracelets marketed as alternative medicine to cure you. None of the reviews I found mentioned using them as an electromagnetic sensor, so I can't tell if they're useful for the purpose.
Firefox Add-on and Google Chrome Extensions hijacked by Sponsored Ads
You can't have it both ways.

You're favoring the opinion of one sex over another because of their experiences. In this example, you're favoring woman's opinion over man's opinion because she naturally has more experience with sexual harassment. That's like saying a man's opinion in the business world is more valuable than a woman's because he naturally has more experience with leadership and conflict. If I said the latter, I would be torn to shreds. But it's the same thing you're trying to pull right now.
I think there was another guy, first name Bill I think.
It's actually surprisingly hard to intentionally damage most magnetic media (except audio tape and really cheap magstripe cards and you probably aren't going to see either today) with permanent magnet, so one can safely assume, that this is not a problem.
Big news I'm joining Google
Budweiser wants to fund a startup
Attempting to find nature's law governing complex social interactions sounds like a fool's errand.
Even the best engineer on the team should understand how the business works though. There's more to being a good engineer in a business than understanding the technical side.

I tend to see people on three paths - they're an engineer and they want to keep coding and getting rewarded for that; or they're an engineer who wants to manage process and people; or they're an engineer who wants to focus more on architecture and design. The person you want to "manage" is the second one - they've a working knowledge of how the tech works but they're actively developing their leadership skills.

Leadership skills are no different from any other skills - they can be learned. In some cases people show more of a "natural" skill in that area but that doesn't meant that it can't still be learned - it'll take you out of your comfort zone but you don't tend to advance unless you do that.
Sooooo...

You've got a software product that you promote as having feature foo.

You sell 900,000 copies at ~$60 apiece, plus DLC, plus premiums for collectors. Many of these are pre-orders.

Users discover there is no feature foo, but rather feature bar. Feature bar was not what was described – feature foo was, and was a selling point of the product. The nature of game sales leaves customers with no easy recourse, as returns are not generally permitted.

Tens of thousands of customers, feeling deceived, revolt.

Help me find the silly in there.

Is it in the $58,500,000 in sales?

The huge customer volume?

The dubious marketing and business practices?
Panasonic VIERA TC-L37E5 & TC-L32E5 Review
Fun times. I actually played "telepictionary" aka "telestrations" for the first time probably back in 2007. It's a blast. Good to see someone made it digital.
Toilet paper is a classic technique for treating nicks from razors.

It was merely an example. I have, at various times, had a variety of substances accidentally adhered to my face, head, or clothing. Pointing out something which is obviously unintentionally out of place is much appreciated. Making value judgments on appearance is not.
Maybe some were. I'm basing it off a comment from a professor regarding nuclear power in small electronics. Quote (from memory, thus unreliable) below:

"So, they tested these things for all the possible stresses they would encounter -- high G maneuver and impact if they were in a car wreck, crushing force, electrical damage (from a lightening strike, etc), anything that they were likely to encounter whilst inside a human body. However, they were never thermally tested -- after all, why would the human body ever experience >1000 degrees F?

Ends up the answer is cremation. So, for a while, a major hazard around funeral homes was radioactive crematoriums."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1279940/

Also apparently a mercury hazard.
I agree.

I recently re-watched David Lynch's Lost Highway. That is a wonderful and complex film that on the surface seems nonsensical and surreal, but - once you make certain revelations - reveals its beautiful and elegant construction.
So go to other sites, I assume your browser has an address bar.

Also: SEO is killing America: http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/the-information-die...

If Google is killing SEO then they are making the world a better place.
Read your history, slavery in america started in the early 1600s. That's almost 400 years ago. That's almost 6 lifetimes. That agrees with my statements.
I feel like this post is just troll linkbait. What are the alternatives? To weed through every review in the sites listed in the SERPs? Check each and every site (each with their own design and sometimes horrible UI) write down the prices in Excel and sort them by price? I have limited experience with Google shopping US but I know that in Germany if you submit your products in a CSV you will get listed at Google shopping. Also you are always free to sort the results by price.
So Google provides a API for you to submit your inventory and scrapes reviews and provides a user friendly unified interface for people to compare prices of different retailers (leaving out SEO efforts)...and that's a bad thing??? The fact that Google shopping is always the first result is also not true here is a search for "keyboards" [ http://imgur.com/GMZBs ] at Google Germany (can't replicate it with US Google because I don't even get Google Shopping at google.com).

tl;dr I call bullshit on this article.

FULL DISCLOSURE:
I use DuckDuckGo
I started to reply to the grandparent, then came across this and realized you've summed up my thoughts nicely. The key here is that living in a society, there is some level of civility (respect, really) that you should try to attain. I'm fairly certain that many of us here have been put down (or worse) at some point in our lives. And I'm sure, at some point in my life, I made some poor choices because of those experiences. But, the point is, you absolutely do have to learn that acting out in kind to someone else isn't a solution. The solution is to treat others as you wish to be treated.
I read that as potentially firing someone as an expected outcome, not a desired/optimal one. HR is short for CYA.

Clearly the author is hesitant to report it because of that outcome.
I have a lot of relatives that grew up in a apartheid South Africa. And a few of them have a similar explanation for their attitude towards black people - "oh, well that's how I grew up/everyone was doing it!"

But it's a load of BS. I have close relatives who grew up in that environment who are not racist at all. If you think for yourself, there is little chance of social pressures influencing your behavior - at the risk of ostracism, of course (hello High School!).

Regardless of past influences, I believe that we, as rational beings, can overcome any behavior w/ practice and effort. To not do so is a character flaw that should be worked on.
Doesn't Bootstrap use jQuery for its JS plugins?
The difference is that Dropbox was a product everyone already understood the concept behind--nobody needed five paragraphs of text to understand "it syncs files"--but was sold entirely on the execution, and how much better that execution was than all the challengers who had failed to penetrate the space before it. And you really can't get execution from a speel.

To make a gaming analogy: you can effectively market a JRPG through commercials, because, in essence, what people are buying is the narrative. But you can't market Tetris in a commercial, because what's being bought there is the experience of gameplay. Some things can simply be described; other things can only be shown; and still others need to be played with.
Can find them using Reverse IP Lookups as well:
e.g. http://viewdns.info/reverseip/?host=ipod.com

Try a few other of their domains and see what else is hosted on the same server.
I'm sure all of your coworkers are very thankful to have a super-hero like you around to protect them from all the mortal dangers that pop up in the office on a daily basis.

If I heard you going on and on about how it's unfair that your expected to hid fear and put the safety of all the women-folk before your own, I wouldn't think you were a whiner, I'd think you have a damned screw loose.

Read what you wrote, man. We're not talking about the wilderness of Afghanistan, we're talking about a cube farm. Your macho baggage has no place in that setting. If you can't get rid of it, at least suppress it long enough to not burden your co-workers with it.
Not necessarily. They can of course charge before demonstrating said skill, but if someone else happens to be witness, or copy the output in some way, it doesn't mean he controls all future uses of the result of said skill.
Witnesses warn Verizon-Comcast deal will damage competition
A company's quest to fix online reputation without nefarious SEO
> also, you're convinced your site is more like an "application"

I think thats the big thing. I randomly arrive at tweets all the time, I open gmail once or twice a day and leave it open. Even if you are a heavy twitter user, you are still going to end up loading the page multiple times organically from browsing, even if you leave a main twitter tab open.

The lines are blurring between dynamic content driven websites and web applications, but they are still there. IMO Twitter (and Gawker) got distracted by the new hotness, even if it wasn't appropriate for what they actually are.
UK game industry rejoices as new tax breaks passed
That guy here who was recently let go.

Thank you sir for your kind advice.But I think I will run my own business.It was my mistake that I thought I can co-exist with the likes of you.
I am utterly floored by the frequency at which new features are being released for AWS... Are you Amazon people getting any sleep?