skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't assume to know what anyone thinks regardless of whether they are a man or a woman. I do know that belittling people and playing 'white man's burden' on them makes them feel disadvantaged and marginalized. I see that behavior coming through here; good intentions, bad secondary consequences.

All the women I've asked about whether they'd get a CS degree ( if they weren't already ) said that there were much better opportunities available to them, and that they chose not to pursue CS because the barrier to entry was higher for them than other more lucrative careers in finance, medicine and law ( this was almost always not an extrinsic barrier but intrinsic, 'why would I want to sit by myself and code all day for someone else, when I can trade stocks/bonds for myself?'; and other such comments about the inherent abstraction of CS ). My friends did not look at CS as liberating in what they could do, but limiting in how they could do it. And of course the women I asked who were already in CS were there for intrinsic reasons as well. I also don't see how my limited interactions are a good metric to apply to all women, but nevertheless.
Net worth of $1m is hardly "rich" in my definition, since it's not sufficient for most of first-world population to retire on. Heck, that 2500 sq ft down the road was listed for $700k and had multiple offers, and my neighbourhood isn't even considered "rich" (perhaps middle- to upper-middle class).

Net worth of $1m quite easily achievable by 50 with two middle class income, not being a spendrift, and not being a bonehead in investing. (For the record, trading stocks too actively is usually a bonehead move, so is putting all savings in CD's.)
No. One of my coworkers is a terrible speller, and especially so in IM. I haven't seen his resume, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a mistake or two in it. And he's pretty scatterbrained.

But when it comes to coding CSS or using javascript design patterns, he is awesome. I ask him tons of questions. He is incredibly valuable.

I mean, it's okay for you to keep on doing what you're comfortable with. But do you understand what you're missing out on? You're missing out on great developers, and you're giving people like Reginald & I an advantage.
The Bay Area hacker-chic tech hipster?
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Dropbox adds drag and drop
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Make copies of that blog post, your email to her, and your published materials at the time which discuss your business model. You can use it to allege willful infringement.

Have records of your earlier use of the name and your earlier use of the tagline and any other marketing slogans that she is using.

Make a list of all of the social media apps that she has registered using your name after you asked her to stop using it. Contact them all alleging trademark infringement and ask them to shut down the account or rename it.

See if Nolo Press has a book on trademark disputes. If she is using your marketing materials, I think you have good cause for a civil case. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Also, build up your business to be better than hers.
Ask HN: Is it bad to put homework code on github?
I've been getting into the habit of using git to
manage my homework. Naturally Id like to put it on github so I can access it when I'm away from my computer. Could my teacher potentially see this as academic misconduct because I'm posting my code? Obviously you won't know for sure but what do you think?
jQuery is pretty great, but YUI shines in bigger projects for larger teams. The 1) module system, 2) conditional loading 3) combo loading and 4) and bias for structuring your code with pub/sub; these really really help in cases where there might be many javascript mini-apps running on the page who can't know anything about the other.

jQuery has these things too, especially recently, but YUI enforces this... for better or worse, in a more "enterprise-y" way
That was not the point.
I completely agree. I went to a university and thought the researchers they hired to teach me were, on average, terrible teachers. Fortunately the textbooks were good enough that the professor could half-assed teach the class and I could learn the material on my own. Without textbooks a university education would be a complete joke.
Beware of personalization filter bubbles - must see
dailyjs did a nice writeup recently http://dailyjs.com/2012/01/19/semicolons/ and isaac (npm guy) wrote a really good piece on it that I like better then mislavs http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascr....

I don't even have a problem with people who want to put semi-colons all over the place, I am just tired of having to defend myself on why I choose not to. And it feels kind of odd that I have to, because I am not the one adding redundant characters everywhere
yes, I love it
Show HN: RootRedirect for your domain, helps SEO
the "@" prefix is only a short-cut if you haven't defined any routes. Mojito also defines app-level and mojit-level static routes.
Amazon Vs. eBay: A Shopper's Perspective
> You need to winnow out any opportunity that is even the slightest bit unappealing just to get the flood down to a manageable level.

This is precisely what the article was talking about but in reverse, like the GP said. You're implying that job ads that rub you the wrong way on a minor point are ads that are at the bottom of the desirability list -- this is the exactly the correlation/causation fallacy the article discussed.

In other words, that vast list of companies looking to hire the talented programmer is comprised of 1) companies that suck 2) companies that are OK, and 3) companies that rock. The occurrence of the word "ninja" or "rockstar" in their ad isn't an indicator of which group the company falls into. What you're advocating is no more scientific than throwing away unlucky resumes.
It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Believe
I liked their guideline on when to use bang methods like `array.map!` in ruby:

"The names of potentially 'dangerous' methods (i.e. methods that modify self or the arguments, exit!, etc.) should end with an exclamation mark. Bang methods should only exist if a non-bang method exists."

That last sentence finally made me understand why `string.gsub!` takes a bang but `FileUtils.rm_rf(dir)` does not, even though the latter is far more dangerous (in the generic case). It's not just about the danger level of the method but about the existence of a non-dangerous alternative. Now I've started noticing that some gems do not follow this guideline.
We haven't done this primarily because we think you'll improve the most when becoming a better hacker is the top idea on your mind (http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html). Doesn't mean it wouldn't work though. Just maybe not as well. I'd love to see what would happen if someone organized it.
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"They're not better than their competitors"

I guess my mileage varies widely here, they're far and away the best.
This is a HUGE difference. It makes the job ad go from we want "someone good" to we want "someone with skill X". If the manager of the project isn't competent enough to know what they are hiring for (skill X) then that is a red flag.

If you need to filter the applicants more then ask them to answer a question on their approach to a common problem or provide a code sample whichever makes more sense for the particular scenario.
The textbook publishers haven't gone into very, very specific detail yet; they've only provided the amount of detail required to file a suit against Boundless.

If you've infringed their content, for instance by knowingly paying contractors to create 1:1 versions of copyrighted textbooks down to specific analogies and figures (like the Smokey the Thermodynamics Bear), why would it be on them to pursue any other form out outreach? You'd have committed a tort against them. They're entitled to relief. It's on you not to violate their copyright.

It's a little annoying that you're trying to leverage people's sentiment about textbook publishers so actively. Right is right and wrong is wrong, even when we don't like the people who've been wronged. It's actually even more wrong, since it casts a pall over everyone else trying to modernize the economics of textbooks.
Businesses can only sue for up to $5,000 in (CA) small claims court. $40,000 would have to go to real court, lawyers and all.
first time i heard that was from greg browns Ruby Best Practices book (was probably the best thing I took away from it). At this point (unfortunately) bang means almost nothing, since the reason to use bang seems to be different for every rubyist
Google discontinuing ebook reseller program due to lack of 'traction'
But is that additional cost purely labor, or does it involve the supply chain costs as well?
You need more than 20% equity.
Scanning through the Ruby styleguide for GitHub-specific changes I found this gem:

"The and and or keywords are banned. It's just not worth it. Always use && and || instead."

sad trombone
I just want to understand why you feel that offering a grant is "belittling." You claim to not assume what people think, yet you are trying to judge how women make decisions to get into a particular field. Being involved in outreach, I know that intimidation and lack of relation to others plays a factor. While I certainly know many women that won't get into CS because they aren't into it, I certainly do know handfuls of women that didn't get into it particularly because of the gender gap.
Great points.

> On the other hand, if you income level drops, it's can be very difficult to reduce housing costs fast. Thus I would think that people are more vulnerable to unexpected drops in income.

I was shocked to see how high housing was. 31.3% just for rent or mortgage? You are screwed in a two person household if someone loses a job.

And 5.4% for utilities? I assume that includes mobile, but that feels incredibly high.
How do you feel about python and machine learning? Numenta is hiring in Redwood City, CA and this post has motivated me to leave no stone left unturned. :) (Contact info in profile)
Similarly (from one page later): a Psych textbook used Brahms to illustrate "Sleep disorders" (the general idea), because he apparently suffered from sleep apnea. The Boundless text apparently also chose Brahms to illustrate "sleep disorders".
Based on the "Don't Be Evil: How Google Screwed a Startup" thread, the simple fix is to just start clicking on all his ads until Google bans his account lol. No need to extradite anyone.
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Scholarships based on need or because the person comes from a poor socioeconomic background helps build equality by helping remove an inherent barrier/bias.

Scholarships based purely on the persons gender or race is by definition sexist/racist... it discriminates who gets it solely on the fact that the person was born a certain race or gender.

That being said, the motivation for such scholarships are because the entity investing that money believes an inbalance already exists in the opposite direction, so they hope to balance the scales.

The hard question is whether doing the same thing (biasing support based on gender/race) on the opposite side of the spectrum is really helping the situation.
These days Stanford, at least, has an active program trying to convince non-CS first-years to switch their major to CS!
Then why not just produce content like "Kill Math", rather than cloning textbooks? How is a 1:1 clone of an existing textbook --- Boundless texts are allegedly pitched to professors as clones, and branded "The Boundless Version of XXX" --- "innovation"?
I am a terrible speller as well. I just take that extra bit of time to correct things with that squiggly line under them. Technology allows me to hide my horrible spelling ability very easily. So it is not so much that potential candidates are bad at spelling (particularly since I am too) but more that they just didn't take the time to do it right. I think resumes are still pretty important documents. Maybe not as important as a patent application or the actual code being written. But if they didn't take the time to do the resume right... what else are they going to overlook when it is important? Just my feelings.

And like I said, sometimes the second string does end up having the one. But if I already found the one in the first stack, then I'm still getting a great developer... just not the one with spelling mistakes. Plus, I'm not even a hiring manager. I review resumes of would-be peers.
Mistakes are only data
The article criticises the unquestioning use of bad heuristics. One needs to think very carefully about how accurate the heuristics employed are at describing the unseen (but directly desired) attribute(s) as well as what un-desirable attributes it may be silently signalling.

As someone who worked at an investment bank, I'd go ballistic when managers would turn away candidates because their resumes weren't properly aligned or formatted. The irony was amplified by the fact that we were not a client-facing trading desk. Here the heuristic used (resume formatting) did not correlate with the desired attribute ([trading skills]) but did correlate well with some undesirable attributes (insecure children more concerned with form than function).
Close but not quite. Even just in CV there's ton more relevant data than in job ad.
Again, at the moment, only half the story is being shared. We look forward to publicizing our side once we can!
I suggest Getting Results the Agile Way: http://gettingresults.com/wiki/Main_Page

J.D. Meier, the author, is notorious for his productivity at Microsoft. J.D. Meier was kind enough to beta test his system with me and many others before he wrote his book.

Despite my bias, do not take my word for it. The whole of the book is online for free; and I encourage you to check it out for yourself.
Another detail he kinda neglected, is that if you don't want browser warnings, the then common name of the subject(or an alt name) needs to match the host the user connects to. Having a cert for "www.joshbetz.com" in your cert store does not preclude the warnings about the host name mismatch when you visit joshbetz.com/
The argument made in the article applies in both directions.
Thanks! That's a really helpful offer. My cofounder just emailed you about it.

Also: If you can't make it this summer, our fall batch will start in September :)
Not to mention that he does not seem to understand the Google ad model. From the post:

> Serve up bad results and the user must search again and this doubles the number of sponsored links you get paid for.

Google gets paid when their search ads get clicked, not when they get displayed, so to maximize profit it is in their best interest to serve the absolute best results first.
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MPAA Chief Dodd Says SOPA War Isn't Over, hints at talks to revive it.
Or they think of themselves as ninjas, which is too a big red flag.
The publishers claim doesn't hang on you rewriting their content. They say you've "[copied] the precise selection, structure, organization, and depth of coverage in [their] textbooks and mapped in substitute text, right down to duplicating [the publishers] pagination", and that you "[took] hundreds of topics, sub-topics, and sub-sub-topics that comprise [the publishers] textbooks and copied them into Boundless texts, even presenting them in the same order, and keying their placement to [publishers] actual pagination"; also, that you "[copied] or [paraphrased] with respect to the substance of hundreds of photographs, illustrations, captions, and other original aspects of [publishers] textbooks".

Look, most of us on HN have read many college textbooks. I think we all recognize that way more goes into a textbook than just the prose.

I'm not judging you, just message-board-nerding your comment here. This is pretty common in threads about legal actions. "We didn't do XXYM", where /\AXX..\Z/ is what's been alleged.

Allowing Smokey the Thermodynamics Bear was a super bad idea, by the way.
So will people learn things like SQL injections and XSS attacks there?

If so, would have applied a longtime ago. Too late for me now, now i just follow the latest vulnerabilities people post on twitter.
But you're the one who publicized it! We're only talking about it because you submitted this one-sided blog post. You shouldn't be surprised that a bunch of message board nerds would actually track the filing down.
Once upon a time, not wearing a tie would have been unacceptable in a job interview. This is no longer the case and the world has not collapsed into a heap of smouldering cinders. I believe the point was that a few spelling mistakes should not disqualify someone from being interviewed for a programming job.
Not in the U.S. The winner is entitled to legal fees from the user only extraordinary circumstances (i.e., where punitive damages or sanctions are also appropriate) or in family law cases (i.e., divorces).
I LOVE alpha centauri, but yeah, I don't see how this would be a good "15-minute-break" game.
No one is saying a news organization couldn't also have automated systems. It's not an either/or situation.

The local newspaper site doesn't have to be the only place where ads are shown, just like google.com isn't the only place where google ads are shown. Google has a large network, and newspapers could have a similar network. They had a great position 10 years ago, but I think it's still tenable now for some news organizations in many markets to be an information hub for that region, and some of that would/should involve becoming an information network, which includes an ad network.

Sites all over SE Michigan should have the option of running ads from an ad network managed by the Detroit Free Press, for example.
1. Hollywood is dwarfed by Big Internet companies. Big Internet is more important to the economy of both the U.S. and the world than Hollywood is.

2. The MPAA declared war on Big Internet with SOPA.

What's really going on is that, thanks to that SOPA wake-up call, companies like Google and Comcast now have lobbyists on the ground in Washington greasing palms and promising campaign contributions, and they can offer a lot more cash than the MPAA can. The MPAA has grown accustomed to being able to buy politicians but now they're being outbid.
The actual article uses precise terminology. I see no reason to pick at the headline.
Google Trends reveals clues about the mentality of richer nations
So the Rails community is free of deeply nested spaghetti logic and long run-on cut and paste methods? There are no Rails apps with overly deep class hierarchies?

Metrics are not so much for code quality as to flag widespread code suckage. I still think this could benefit hiring.
Thousands of New York sex offenders blocked from online gaming networks
You're selling a redirect rule...?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Awesome. I will definitely be applying for the etsy scholarship, sounds like a great opportunity.
I'd recommend adding:

* Alphabetize properties within each CSS rule

To here: https://github.com/styleguide/css
My bf got me to code
Unless I'm totally confused I would think comcast would be on the side of SOPA type legislation. I mean there interest aligns more with content companies than with Tech companies.
The article is a nice summary, but I am uncertain about Safe Shepherd's usage of "non-personally identifying information". The fact that my computer's IP or a unique tracking cookie is tracked while I visit a website does not necessarily mean that website knows anything about me. My IP isn't my name. Yes, the police has it. Yes, Facebook and Google have it, too, as do some other websites, but most other only have my email address or no data at all.

Now, of course, some of those websites who happen to know my realname may use the IP or cookie in a network of sites, in which case every member site knows who I am. That is something I would like to see more clearly stated, e.g. a website plugin that would show me:

You are visiting website CNET.com. It probably shares cookie & customer data with Gamespot.com, X.com, Y.com ... since they are all owned by same company, CBS.

That would raise my awareness and make me care a bit more when providing personal data like credit card numbers, name etc.

I don't see a meaningful way of preventing companies from sharing data across websites they own. I'm not even sure it's meaningful to stop companies that don't have same owner from sharing data, provided they explicitly state the names of these business partners. Perhaps law requiring full disclosure of all partners by name and link to their website would make sense?
You want to charge gullible people up to $60/year for something that they could achieve themselves with a 2 line copypaste in their .htaccess file.

This is a scam and you should be ashamed of yourself.
But OSM is "good enough" for most purposes.

It's a real shame that Google have decided they no longer want to be the universal, free solution for maps. They were the standard for so long. I don't understand what they're doing, especially with the ridiculous pricing.
When did we start using the word "brogrammers"? I'm really tired of hearing it. It reminds me of words like "Synergy".
wow, i never knew i was a rock star
Just the length and number of headings put me off.