skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Agreed. There is a difference between someone who has become an expert in any topic and can demonstrate a willingness to dig down into that space, and someone who has just taken the surface path. The former probably can learn, the latter may require more teaching effort than it's worth.
That's the technology. Apple actually made people want those touch devices. They were the first ones to package it correctly.

I'm sure there were many people who thought and wrote about rrepublics and democracies before the French revolution. But the revolution was what did it.

Maybe the technology of those other phones was revolutionary. But revolutionary technology no one wants hardly matters. Apple found the revolutionary package.
Which is part of what the proposed laws are ie extending the traffic analysis they can already do on phonecalls to the internet (ok they are asking for a lot more but that may be a negotiating ploy)

Though after the scandel with the Met and News International maybe it RIPA sould be amended so that the Police dont have access without a warrent and leave just the SS and SIS.

Oh and remove any ability of local govenment from RIPA
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DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a DevOps engineer to join us on our mission to make online payments amazing. We see this position as an engineering role - you will be working closely with the other engineers to build tools and processes to manage our infrastructure.

Responsibilities

- Managing and improving our existing infrastructure, using tools such as Chef to automate as much as possible.

- Building tools for automating our testing and deployment processes.
- Setting up monitoring and alerting systems that ensure that any issues in our production environment are resolved as quickly as possible.
- Working closely with the development team to ensure that the application is interacting effectively with the infrastructure it runs on.

Requirements:

- Professional experience of Linux systems administration

- Excellent knowledge of programming and shell scripting. Ruby would be a huge advantage.

- Configuration management (Chef or Puppet) experience

- Able to work in London full-time.

- Competent English speaker, good written and spoken communication skills.

- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS and Rackspace cloud.

Bonus points for:

- Computer Science degree

- Strong knowledge of databases; PostgreSQL or MySQL, Mongo & Redis

- An interest in the startup community

- Any experience of Windows systems administration (don't worry - Windows only plays an extremely minor role in our stack!)

- Salary is dependent on experience & ability. Stock options will be part of the compensation package.

To find out more, please send your CV to harry@gocardless.com.
I want an all-in-one solution in terms of the APIs that the OS provides to applications. That doesn't mean all applications should look and behave exactly the same on every device.
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Your redefining the term. In law, a monopoly is business entity that has significant market power, that is, the power, to charge high prices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

While, I get where your coming from. If you want to redefine a term use a new word, I would suggest Monopower if you don't want to say coercive monopolies.

PS: The reason you don't need 100% market share to count as a Monopoly is once your competition can't meet the full needs of the market so you can increase prices which in theory causes a loss of market share, significant barriers to entry can dramatically slow this process down. If the barriers to entry are high enough you can fluctuate between high prices -> slightly below market prices -> high price to prevent the competition from affording to expand quickly or even drive them out of the market as they must conserve cash to survive your dumping product on the market.
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Yeah it's not easy.

Our teams do certain things well:

Cleaning, organizing, and having a nice friendly presence that makes clients want to have them back in their home over and over again.

I do certain things fairly well:

Managing web design (I feel like i have a fairly good eye), writing web copy, client acquisition (adwords, twitter), finding ways to adopt high-tech practices into low tech industries (I think we're the first cleaning company with an actual affiliate program), SEO, branding, and a few extra things I can't think of now.

I'm not great at any of these things, but I feel like I'm at least competent at many of them.

I don't have the skills they have. They don't have the skills I have. We both realize this and figured we could work together and benefit each other.
>You can map multiple Cloud IPs to the same Cloud Server, but the server cannot differentiate between connections made to different Cloud IPs.

This may be the case for Brightbox, but in general a server can differentiate between connections to different IP's. This is how multiple SSL certificates have been supported on one server since forever.
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I discovered Reddit and everything has changed
Yes, it's great. Not because of anything specific to what they're doing with it but because it fundamentally changes the game from you jumping through whatever flaming hoops the network vendor chooses to provide to being able to implement what makes sense for your business.

If you haven't dealt with network gear before, it's like going back 3-4 decades in general computing: bizarre, obscure UIs, features which are complicated by very strict limits, management is a bolt-on after-thought generally treated as a profit center ("We'll sell you tools to deal with our arcane UI!"), paid bug fixes which have to be installed by hand, interoperability across vendors is very limited, etc.
A Generation-Y Entrepreneur on Being Lost, Living Out of Your Car, and God
IT & Radiology Work Hand in Hand
When IT and radiology work together with RIS PACS software, infrastructure and equipment, the results can be beneficial. A post from McKesson.
The crypto course is fantastic =)
They did this in 2010 in Hamilton, Ontario:

"It took just 51 hours to completely replace the Aberdeen Avenue Bridge over Highway 403 this weekend … 29 hours ahead of schedule! Using conventional methods, this remarkable feat would have taken up to two years to finish. Instead, using rapid bridge replacement (RBR) technology, removing the old structure and replacing it with the new bridge took only 2 days to complete."

http://www.morrisonhershfield.com/newsroom/Pages/AberdeenBri...
I used to work as a sub-editor for Teletext. Writing 35-character headlines for the analogue service was some of the best journalism training anybody could have. I still remember some of the best:

Spurs move right, said Fred's agent

Sizzling Gasquet batters sorry Fish

Fish Mardy from Del Potro battering

(we liked Mardy Fish losing badly at tennis, particularly if he also had a strop after)

For anybody with knowledge about British tennis out there, the following became a running joke which we rehashed at every opportunity.

Bogdanovic suffers first-round exit

That must have been used a mind-boggling number of times.

We also did subbing for Ceefax, with its extra paragraph - but I'll always have a bigger place in my heart for Teletext and its 40 x 24 character grids (for text, 35 for headlines).

Romantics ire after death of Ceefax
Google's mission is to display their ads to as many people as possible. How is a walled garden going to help achieve that goal?
The variance in aptitude in men is greater than the variance in women

Yes there are several diseases that negatively affect intelligence that are much much more common in males (e.g. autism). However genetics (and evolution) is not fair. It's not a trade off, where if one subset of humanity (men) are more likely to have autism doesn't mean that Genetics will give that subset more genius genes "to make up". Evolution is blind, the universe is apathetic.

This "genetic disadvange in one area ergo must be genetic advantage in another" idea is only used to explain why people in a privileged position are "entitled" to their privileged position, and a deflection away from the main issue of privilege.

If the universe worked that way, then why are the IQ tests for (in the USA) lower on average for african americans? What genetic advantage do they get in return? If Asians are good at maths, what genetic disadvantages do they get to to counter act it? If Jews are better with money, what genetic disadvantages do they get in exchange? If this theory was true, it could have answers for these. If gay people are geneticly more inclined to mental health issues than straight people, what genetic advantages do they get in return?
Tried in Google Chrome 20 on Debian unstable, but it says my browser doesn't support CSS 3D.
I don't own an tablet because it is frustratingly useless, I just can't figure out why I'd really want one regardless if they were actually worth their price or not.

But an all-in-one-solution is soo much more appealing. Now suddenly there is a reason to carry an oversized phone even if you can't call with it.
For years Microsoft has failed to deliver the great UX we've come to expect from devices like the iPad and iPhone, and apps like gmail. I've heard Windows Phone is pretty good, but it's hard to imagine Microsoft offering serious competition to Apple and Google while they still think stuff like this is a good idea: http://gizmodo.com/5835814/th-new-windows-8-explorer-ui-look...
The SpaceX wikipedia page indicates that they have so far used US Military and NASA launch sites. But they are also planning to build a launch complex in South Texas. Not sure if its for their exclusive use.

There is also Spaceport America [1] being built in New Mexico. Seems to be open to anyone.

[1] http://www.spaceportamerica.com/
Ways antivirus software interferes with Firefox
Another observation from the datasheet: this seems extremely energy-intensive, even compared to desalination. Modern desalination ranges from about 3 kWh/meter^3 (reverse osmosis) to 13-25 kWh/meter^3 (multistage flash distillation) [1] [electricity-equivalent kWh]. The wind turbine's spec sheet says it has two scroll-compressors rated 30 kW combined. I'm not sure about the capacity factor these compressors operate at (no data given), but if it's basically that of the wind turbine itself (should be about ~20%), that's ~140 kWh (mechanical energy)/day for 1 meter^3/day water, or 140 kWh per m^3. Triple that for a desert zone (same energy, one-third the output).

[1] http://www.desware.net/desa4.aspx
It is trivial as long as your assignment is trivial and supported out of the box. Also, .NET is a complete platform, while PHP/Python/JS are programming languages not frameworks. For example Cake, Django or Rails would [parhaps] be better comparison. Also RAD tools are generally, in my opinion, not as helpful on complex projects as they are for simple applications.
Bear in mind, it's from a TV viewer's perspective. It's fast compared to waiting for a news bulletin.
But why would you? Normally a server can differentiate the src interface and dst ip.
Value as I see it:
Clients Book and pay online
We show up on time
We follow up after cleanings so clients rate the team
We deliver wine with each cleaning
We provide ridiculous customer service
We have a 200% guarantee that we actually honor
We simplify the price structure (cost is tied to number of bedrooms, that's it), no need to come out and do quotes

and more. It's a lot more than just, hey you make X, I'll charge X+$45 and we'll all be happy. I had to build entire systems around delivering top notch service to justify raising our pricing points and creating premium experiences for the client.
export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1

:)
David "Lefty" Schlesinger aka "Stonemirror" has one hell of a long history of being offensive and harassing to women. Here one of those women, Kathy Sutphen, speaks out. She was stalked so viciously by Lefty that she suffered traumatic effects.

“I’d save the ASCII totem for an occasion just prior to your court
)) )date, in the event that ever actually comes to pass: you’ll need all
)) )the good luck you can scrape together.
)) )
)) )–
)) )Lefty Redux [gYon-Pa] (lefty apple.com), (dns netcom.com)
)) )C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.
))
)) I was utterly shocked by the vicious animosity of these messages. In all
)) honesty, I have find them to be quite intimidating. They have affected my
)) sleep and my appetite. I do not know to what lengths this man will go to
)) for retaliation. I hope that his anger is limited to email and I have not
)) exhibited foolish bravado in posting these. However, I will not participate
)) in his abuse by continuing to allow him to send me these types of messages
)) privately with the thought that his threats of extortion will keep me from
)) sharing. Every abuser needs to be drug into a public forum posthaste. It is
)) only in a public arena that this type of behavior can be halted.
))
)) I hope that others of you that have been subjected to this type of abuse
)) will ignore his threats and make his behavior public.
))
)) Kathy Sutphen”

http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/archives/WCA9707.html
"At his memorial service, Laurene remarked that what struck her most upon really getting to know him was his "fully formed aesthetic sense." He knew exactly what he liked, and he analyzed it until he could tell you precisely why."

I find this quote very interesting. To analyse exactly why you like something obviously puts you in a place where you can easily critique and improve on ideas.
David "Lefty" Schlesinger aka "stonemirror" has one hell of a long history of being offensive and harassing to women. Here one of those women, Kathy Sutphen, speaks out. She was stalked so viciously by Lefty that she suffered traumatic effects.

“I’d save the ASCII totem for an occasion just prior to your court
)) )date, in the event that ever actually comes to pass: you’ll need all
)) )the good luck you can scrape together.
)) )
)) )–
)) )Lefty Redux [gYon-Pa] (lefty apple.com), (dns netcom.com)
)) )C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.
))
)) I was utterly shocked by the vicious animosity of these messages. In all
)) honesty, I have find them to be quite intimidating. They have affected my
)) sleep and my appetite. I do not know to what lengths this man will go to
)) for retaliation. I hope that his anger is limited to email and I have not
)) exhibited foolish bravado in posting these. However, I will not participate
)) in his abuse by continuing to allow him to send me these types of messages
)) privately with the thought that his threats of extortion will keep me from
)) sharing. Every abuser needs to be drug into a public forum posthaste. It is
)) only in a public arena that this type of behavior can be halted.
))
)) I hope that others of you that have been subjected to this type of abuse
)) will ignore his threats and make his behavior public.
))
)) Kathy Sutphen”

http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/archives/WCA9707.html
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It's entirely possible for both things to be true.

In a village of 1 man and 10 women, and that man impregnates each women, resulting in 10 babies. If you look at that set of 10 babies, then each baby will have half their DNA from a man and half from a woman. However of the 10 babies, the set of male ancestors is 1 person, but the set of female ancestors will be 10.
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My understanding of "seed" was that it was used to get the thing off the ground, i.e. "I don't even have a real demo yet, but I really believe in this". I don't think YC is going to let you in on that, right? Even if they do, forcing me to move back to the US for 3 months is a pretty steep price. :(
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Anyone know why some of the courses offered by the likes of Standford that are available as open (free courses) on iTunesU and across the web aren't available on Coursera? One thing I dislike about the courses on iTunesU is the lack of being able to connect with others who are also studying along with you. There's no community per se
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Works for me, thanks! :D
I reviewed an early draft of it. It is very good!
Google have entered the Chinese market, compromised their values and still got their asses handed to them by Baidu, then pulled out. Not quite the same thing.
Imagine Facebook or Google controlled the music industry like Apple do.

Imagine Facebook or Google controlled the mobile phone market like Apple do.

Imagine Apple or Google controlled social interaction like Facebook do.

Imagine Apple, Google or Facebook controlled desktops like Microsoft do.
The background image doesn't scale right on iPad... What a shame...
$200k seems like an awful lot to me. I don't see why you need a massive team to make an IDE. It's not like you're making a game, where you need artists, programmers, composers, etc. All this is is programming.
Also, in the remote case he gets to be right, he will get known as the wise told-you-so guy.
Works for me from the Netherlands.
From stroustrup's FAQ, interesting to note he equates copyright infringement with stealing:

Where do I find free machine-readable copies of your books?

There are no legal free machine readable copies of my books. If you see a copy freely available it must be a copyright violation (that is, it was stolen).
Menus for set top boxes feel painfully slow to me. Maybe I'm just impatient.

But I'd love something that can overlay stuff - "now and next"; subtitles; tv schedules; 'your favourite programme is on in 5 minutes on the other side"; "Ann (who you trust) recommends this programme. Do you agree? [YES][NO]" (and it builds up a score of trust in some reviewers, enabling discovery of good programmes.

With a bit of human intervention you get some exciting possibilities. Links to (as you mention) Wikipedia would be awesome for instant checking. Some people would enjoy having tweets running on the tv.

Tie the news into a web search for other stories, or better analysis.
It's the case for many "floating ip" style systems, like EC2 and Openstack too.

NAT-based floating IP style systems have some great benefits, in particular that the cloud server itself doesn't need to know anything about them. So you can move Cloud IPs between them without changing any configs, or doing anything particularly special on the servers themselves.

Adding multiple IPs to a cloud server adds quite a bit of complexity - makes it harder to just move the floating IPs between servers (because you have to maintain a mapping to each IP, which is different on each server) and it makes configuring the web server more complex too (because the IPs will be different on each server).

In the majority of use cases I've seen, you don't actually need multiple IP addresses on the same cloud server, so it's overkill to support them when port translation can solve the most common problem so neatly.
So there are three approaches to the future of computing, the apple way based on Macs and iOS, the Google-way based in the internet and an all-in-one from Microsoft. All three big computer companies are betting on the future, but in different ways.

I think all approaches are justified, there are so many different users out there that there should be enough place for all of them. For me that's the message of the article, covered under a lot of Microsoft Windows 8 PR.
Yeah, i don't usually read papers but on the few occasions i did, that week, it was hard to escape :D
Sorry, I was unconsciously adding context not directly in the article.

One of the articles linked to[1] indicates that this article's statements are misleading. The turbine is "the size of a standard 300-500kW model", but generates 30kW of excess capacity used for pumping and purification.

[1] http://www.rechargenews.com/business_area/innovation/article...
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I like what they did to the xbox 360 dashboard. I don't understand why they went with flat tiles in windows 8. (actually I do, but it's a shame that they don't have an option to switch into it like aero) The depth and 3D elements on the 360 made for a slick interface.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhBWbRXqIOw
Why can't an OS like Android be an all-in-one solution anyway?

See: http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and...

Also, another approach is to make your phone start a desktop OS, such as Ubuntu, once connected to a monitor, mouse and keyboard:

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

Which would essentially be just like regular dual-booting known to geeks, but simplified to make the switch instantly after you dock your phone.
Many funds have provisions for recycling (ie calling a given dollar twice instead of just once) that address cases like this that are quick flips.

One other note - for the first five years of a fund (typically), the 2 percent fee is calculated on committed capital not invested capital, so an event like this has no impact.
Yep, done that. This approach works with my 3 copies of Reeder (work, home, phone) and Calender on my phone, but for some reason Adium refuses to log in. Bug report (along with network trace) is:

http://trac.adium.im/ticket/15310

I’m guessing it’s because my Google account doesn’t have a Gmail account associated with it, but Google Talk still works fine from the widget on iGoogle.

Edit: opened a superuser.com question: http://superuser.com/questions/413859/google-talk-and-2-fact...
Using IPython with virtualenv
> The reason why they may be using the wind turbine directly is if they're using mechanical energy to fire the compressors, etc to run the process.

The gearing would make this too complicated. A compressor wants a constant force, with a varying speed. But a turbine produces a varying force. (This can be adjusted somewhat by angling the blades, but not enough.) Older turbines run at a constant speed, the extra force allows more electricity to be generated. Newer ones are more complicated running at varying speeds. But in both cases the force varies, which would not work for a compressor.

You don't need to both compress the air, and refrigerate it - it's either/or.

If you compress the air, the cooling is just ambient cooling. A way to capture that energy is pretty important. It would be easy to capture the energy in the compression of the air, but once you cool it the pressure drops which is a waste. Maybe dump the heat after the expansion to increase the pressure of the air before using it?

The gearing of this system would be pretty complicated - you have energy from the turbine, then energy from the compressed air releasing. I guess a differential gear would work.

Refrigeration is a lot simpler in some ways (after condensing the water, use the cold to help cool the hot side) but designing a refrigeration pump to run at varying speed is really hard. And varying force is no good either.

You don't need reverse osmosis for the filtration - the water is quite clean, it just has some dust in it which a simple filter could handle. May be easier to filter the air instead.