skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Routes change all the time. What you probably meant to say was
destination or endpoint. If the destination of a route changes during a
TCP session, there are two possible ways to handle it; shared state and
retrying the connection.

In a shared state setup, the old and new endpoints are communicating the
'state' of connections, so as long as the state is in sync when the old
endpoint goes down, the new endpoint can pick up the connection without
delays. This is the basic way arrays of stateful firewalls work together
to provide redundancy. When a shared state system fails to keep state in
sync, the application can fall back to retrying the connection.

Retrying the connection incurs a larger delay than shared state systems,
but it's handled transparently, so it's often not a big deal.
Who would try to disable github?
Github hit by DDOS two days in a row
Of course different people will have beliefs that contradict each other, but by the definition of a contradiction, they can't both be right. Likewise, if two of your own beliefs end up contradicting each other in the end, then one of those beliefs was wrong. That's the meaning of the quote.

Just letting a contradiction sit there is the lazy thing to do--it's the resolving of contradictions that's the fun part!
Welcome to part of the reason this system still remains in place.

But I understand where you're coming from. I just opt-out. I don't mind the pat down. I understand what they're trying to do. I don't hate the agents for their work, they're just doing what they have to do to get money.
Why is it not possible to engineer a basic VM to do this job from the start, rather than retrofitting Javascript to act as a bytecode?
The margin of victory does not correctly sort.
I don't think it's good for the long run, but having a bit of knowledge about everything is really handy. I'm a non-working recent grad. I'm taking a few months off (graduated in May) to try my hand at making some software stuff. I'm working on a website now, and having even a little bit of exposure to web frameworks, databases, UI, UX, etc. is nice (these are things I never had before, as I'm an EE).

I can see things I never saw before because of it. I would never ever wish this upon someone (I spend hours trying to make the stupidest things work, but then realize I was going in the completely incorrect direction). It's a pain in the ass when I can't make something look exactly how I want it, but for a little bit it's fun. It's nice being able to hack at the backend for a while, get bored, switch to design, get bored, switch to new features I could implement. I'll be ready for the big challenges when they come. It'll be cool when I show some people one day and say "I made this, all by myself, everything that happened I thought of superficially (as I'm using bootstrap, and tons of back end libraries)". We always stand on the shoulders of giants.
Very different.

"Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in transmission through the target. In contrast, backscatter X-ray detects the radiation that reflects from the target. It has potential applications where less-destructive examination is required, and can be used if only one side of the target is available for examination." from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray
Impressive skills, great hoax! I like that there was a message behind it as well, rather than just trolling the public.
I agree that it's reasonable. Consider this C program:

int main()
{
return 4 + 2 + 5 + (19 + 3 * 4) - 8 / 10;
}

Becomes the following assembly:

.section __TEXT,__text,regular,pure_instructions
.globl _main
.align 4, 0x90
_main:
Leh_func_begin1:
pushq %rbp
Ltmp0:
movq %rsp, %rbp
Ltmp1:
movl $42, -8(%rbp)
movl -8(%rbp), %eax
movl %eax, -4(%rbp)
movl -4(%rbp), %eax
popq %rbp
ret
Leh_func_end1:

Yes, that's going from "high level" to "low level," but much of the same concepts exist. You have to set up a bunch of stuff unrelated to the computation first, which in the Ruby-to-JavaScript case means setting up the runtime system. In the C-to-assembly case, it means mucking around with the stack. Then the actual computation may not be the most optimal thing, because it was generated by a general framework which can handle any arbitrary computation. Reducing it to something more reasonable looking is an optimization.
The best thing about this is that it doesn't require me to download and install 1.8 gigabytes of life-sucking Mathematica demo-version just to get a graph that I can draw on a napkin in 4 or 5 seconds ..
The EU did not end all wars everywhere and create world peace, but between it's members (and the members of the EEC before that) it sure did keep peace pretty well.
The State of Minnesota bans Coursera
Peter Thiel In Talks To Invest $150M In Airbnb: Report
That's why it's called security theatre, not security.
Of course. And don't forget you need a place to stay and food to eat on the way as well. I was just referring to the cost of transportation.
I purchased a w520 just under a year ago. It did take a while to get. Approx 3 weeks, but I did customize it. I'm extremely happy about the purchase. I do remember a funky issue about 4 years ago with my address or something.

What kind of "issue" are you worried about? Microsoft doesn't help you? I had a HD failure with one about 4 years ago, and I didn't have any issues.
I opt out 100% of the time. Instead of me just feeling violated (by going through the scanner) I think it's important that the TSA feels violated too. Most of the time the person doing the opt-out is humiliated as well. I also think it's important for Americans to see it.
Beautiful! Incredibly clean and intuitive. A great model for those of us building statistical interfaces. A+ and bookmarked.

Small thing: The sorting parameters for "Margin of Victory" and "Turnover Margin" are a bit off. I believe sorting alphabetically rather than numerically?

Looking forward to other leagues/sports?
If you think ideas are worth something, I have a huge pile of them I will gladly sell you.
Thank is exactly what I was thinking. Who in their right mind would want to do that?
Why do I doubt that Apple corporate told the resort about the tablet release?
Trustworthy and Automatic (for the link shortening) do not combine well.

At least the bit.ly service means that the traffic can be gathered and analysed (and presumably those links disabled) to get data about spam clicks.
I think a lot of that is just that if the person in question clearly does just say whatever they think people want to hear, then a dramatic change in position appears more likely to just be more of the same. Romney suddenly being against "obamacare" is a good example. It doesn't appear that he changed his mind because of new information, since he still claims his version of the same thing is great, but Obama's is terrible.
Those seem like good skills, but I have no idea why they'd be placed under a heading of "Spiritual".
The Huffington post claims Chertoff's company was doing undisclosed public PR for Rapiscan's equipment in The Washington Post, etc. misrepresenting the capabilities of their equipment, which the WP partially confirmed: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12...

Rapiscan denies that they hired him to as a government lobbyist, so they're very specifically denying something other than what they're being accused of.
Absolutely! iPhone app is in the final stages as well.
Try the algebra from the other end.

"I have a wife and two kids. I want to own a 3 bedroom house with a yard. I need a car, and I drive 15,000 miles a year. We eat <x> number of meals at home each week, and <y> at restaurants. We do <z> things as a family including movies. This takes up 80% of our net income."

Okay, now what would that cost in Minneapolis, and what would that cost in San Francisco? That's all we're trying to ask.
Someone who wants to test the limits of their botnet and technique. Can you think of a more tech savvy target?
It appears the only thing that correctly predicts victory is turnover margin!!
Why is $GOOG focusing on PC's when the world is shifting to tablets? Why not put most of your focus on tablets, and make them 10x better?
How A $19 Million Movie Makes $150 Million - And Still Isn't Profitable
Basically, people are stupid because they don't realize how stupid they are.
> It may just be poor wording, but I don't think this sentence makes sense

I can see how you could might have interpreted that sentence differently. I just tweaked it a little in the post, mainly changing "the sample" to "this sample". Hopefully it's precise enough for most now.
There is a high correlation in the NFL between turnover margin and winning.
Follow-on question: Are we prepared for the consequences of everyone's taxes quintupling, to prevent/fight the consequences of such an eruption? (Not considering the massive corruption increase caused by such tax increase.)
I also got the same email and spent some bit of time writing a (somewhat thoughtful) reply but got nothing back. I assumed he didn't like my reply.
Curious as to what Bezos thinks of the current state of politics. "He said people who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds." Maybe he's voting for Mitt Romney.
As well, I'd generally think a 6-0 team should be ranked above a 6-1 team, does not currently appear that way.
> What incentive do they have to stop them?

That it's illegal? (the ones that are)
Calls where you already have a business relationship with the company are legal. "Robocalls" in this context specifically means auto-dialed telemarketing calls, usually with a prerecorded spam message, where you have no business relationship with the caller.
People get upset about things that negatively affect them directly. As opposed to stop and frisk, which for many people does not affect them directly, and many feel might positively affect them indirectly.

I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just saying it's strange to be surprised by it. It's even a stretch to call it hypocritical because you are talking about two types of situations.
"never click on links" is impossible advice to follow. Security people often forget that there is a tradeoff between security and functionality. You need to do cost/benefit analysis to decide whether to use a particular feature.
I have 4 kids and a mortgage, which seem to signify "old" more than actual age. :)
Mediocre education for all? In a socialist way that makes sense. But won't people with bright kids and money, opt out? Or would you force them to dumb-down their kids experience so your utopian view is satisfied?

We'd all be better served by encouraging the best of us, even at the expense of those less able. Not PC, but undeniably true.
Because telling everyone that they have to have religion is such a strong compulsion that people can't even resist doing it in an article supposedly aimed at programmers.
A gentle introduction to Bayesian Statistics
If someone had all these skills, why would they be a programmer? :)
Looks like the radius is half the range. A Tesla Model S gets 300 miles per charge, and the distance from Barstow, CA to Vegas is about 150 miles: http://bit.ly/PGUXSU
0. If not proper, at least consistent spelling.
> Backscatter doesn't pose any health risk to travelers.

This is possibly only true if there are no problems with the machines. If the machine is functioning properly, an X-ray beam will quickly scan you from head to toe. But if the scanner gets stuck (which happens from time to time), all of the dosage is concentrated in a single part of the body.
[HTML5] Gmail Like App - Saher Team
Thanks! Here is a similar comparison of CNN vs Al-Jazeera:

http://wtfcnn.com/
Maybe it's because I just personally identify with the founders of github (i.e. entrepreneurial sw engineers), but I'm starting to get mad at whoever keeps doing this. Here's hoping that with all the smart people this is affecting, the people responsible will be tracked down and exposed.
Not really. You're still using Javascript in the end.
Hmm....
> The amount of energy in the earth is vast – the kinetic energy of rotation alone is 2.137 x 1029 Joules

10^29?
Of course not. Words aren't worthless either. Neither are numbers. But if the only thing you have is a word or a number, you don't really have much, and it's the same way with ideas.
Very nice! Beautiful and very fast for the amount of data that is calculated on the fly. What technologies did you use? Also, did you have to pay license fees to display team and conference logos?
He very clearly states its not about religion and that he isn't religious. Just a poor title.
And you're missing the point that if anyone tries any online educational innovation, they can potentially be stopped by every locality in the world shaking them down for money on a dubious pretense, if we let Minnesota set a precedent.
Well stated, and I agree wholeheartedly. For now.
Microsoft Films Drop Test Of Surface With Windows RT [video]
This is awesome. My only concern is that the data looks to be a bit stale, as the Oregon Ducks won last night but none of their stats are up. Mind if I ask where you're pulling the data from?
Franklin is required to be covered in grades 3, 5, and 8. Paine is required to be covered in grade 8. The proposed standards and their changes are available for reading to all at the Texas Education Agency site. There is no excuse for not educating yourself rather than trying to score points spouting falsehoods as trollbait. Such uninformed comments are the problem. Do you consider yourself educated? What state did you go to school in? They seem to not have required critical thinking. It is exhausting and exasperating to constantly be correcting non-factual statements on the internet by people who haven't bothered to check facts and rely on absurd sources such as the New York Times that are known for repeating lies in pursuit of political agendas. Truth be damned, eh? It's a terrible way to live.
This is why crowdfunding is such a misleading term. If it is was real crowdfunding, it means regular Joes like you and me can invest in the next Google BEFORE it goes public. Otherwise, there's nothing to get excited about here.
Stop-and-frisk was only new because the newly expanded federal civil rights in the early 60s would have made the long-standing police practice illegal without a special exception. It's not like the cops discovered hassling people based on stereotypes in 1968.

How would a new legal justification for something cops have been doing forever suddenly cause a crime reduction? You'd have a much better case arguing that the semi-professionalization of the police in the aftermath of Warren court rules complicating police procedure caused it.

I'm not sure I understand your larger point at all: Singapore is a police state and people there seem to be pretty on board with it, so until everywhere is like Singapore we shouldn't do anything about it?
You're not buying something. You're not trying to gamble and get back something worth more than you put in. You're donating to a cause.
Two nights ago while I slept, for the first time I had a dream about going into space on the shuttle. I have wanted to go into space since I was a child, so in my dream I was extremely excited about going into space.

I dreamt of the launch, the G-Forces, the adrenaline rush, and finally the sky turning from blue to black as we escaped the atmosphere.

Then the shuttle turned over so we could see the Earth. As the cockpit window rotated and Earth came into view, the feeling of _sheer terror_ washed over me as I saw how small the planet looked. I had a panic attack in my dream from looking back down at Earth. I woke up a few minutes later as if from a nightmare. It was the strangest experience, and the imagery and feelings are extremely vivid in my memory. I wonder if humans have an innate emotional response to this size perspective, but this seems somewhat related to the Overview Effect described in the article.
I think it is not appropriate to say that every programmer should have all of this skills.
First, sociability depends from one person to another.
Secondly, designing is a full job.
It is ok to have some knowledge but don't ask too many things to somebody.

In this case, why not asking marketing people (for example) to have programming skills ?

This kind of thread reminds me this : http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/05/what-if-drivers-were-hired-li...
I should think the issue is the insecure redirects, not the link-shortening.
What do you mean 70s, 80s, and 90s? Stop and frisk happens today in cities like New York, and it's a problem.

I'm not sure how one government agency abusing its power in one way makes it ok for another agency to abuse its power in another way. Your argument could easily be restated as: "in World War II, the government put Japanese people in internment camps, so it's silly to complain about stop and frisk as if it's an unprecedented weakening of the 4th amendment."
Where are you obtaining your stat data from?
Of course, you are correct. I'll have to modify my attempts at witticism in the future.
I really like the animation too. But I'm wondering why they chose to make a collage of movie posters if the search is for tv shows. Awesome nonetheless.
I'd be willing to bet Windows releases another operating system after Windows 8. Whether it is the end of their dominance in the business realm is about the only thing up for debate, but the company is sure not going to file for bankruptcy before Windows 9.
I agree with you, but unfortunately, when I travel it's almost always for pleasure and I have my child with me. I didn't opt out last time because I didn't want him to have to deal with someone getting personal with him (he was 10 at the time).
I would have thought that you'd have to be a lot higher up than Felix to experience the overview effect. Its one thing being able to see the curvature of the earth... its another matter altogether to be be in orbit and see the whole planet in 90 minutes (or being able to blot out the entire planet with your thumb held at arm's distance, as was the case for the guys that made it to the moon).
Thanks. Data is sourced directly from the NCAA. Expect updates every Sunday morning.
The Acquisition That Wasn't
I'm a really big fan of reddit in some ways and I have been following this drama very closely. I just don't think it's appropriate for HN.
While certainly a seemingly off-color (no pun intended, I swear) remark, this is an interesting topic that came to my attention during the London Olympic games.
Of the ~80 men who have run a sub-10 second 100m dash, only one or two of them have been Caucasian, though Jason Fried was not among the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-second_barrier#Ethnicity
An open window to Googles Data Center, Take the Virtual Tour
Same. I have many ideas for interesting products. These ideas are not of value in themselves and I'll happily hand most of them off for the asking (I would in fact back in kickstarter if anyone seems able to execute.)

Now, an idea + something else can be of value, but then it is beyond a mere idea. An idea which has been validated by market research to show its marketable and at least enough technical research to give a rough idea of development costs and production costs can be valuable, but then you have added a lot to it.

Even just an idea + a detailed plan for researching and then developping the idea can be valuable, but again that has at least added something.

I won't quite go so far as to say that a bare idea is worthless (absolutes often make me hesitate), but without something more it is worth very little.
A Dizzying Survey of Video Apps
YouTube Networks: An Inside Look At Their Unsavory Business Practices
No.

First of all, just because someone spends 18 hours a day on a computer does not mean they're a "native netizen." That's not a real thing.

Secondly, you're still in [State/Country of residence] when you're online. Just because someone is checking Twitter in a bathroom in Minnesota does not mean they're no longer subject to laws and regulations in Minnesota.
iOS Maps: Replacing MapKit with ArcGIS
I mentioned the birth defect as simply an example of how they discovered there is a critical developmental period for vision.

As far as critical developmental periods for people without birth defects, there are many accounts of feral children that were never able to learn speech. There really is evidence for a critical developmental period for speech functions.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period#section_1
From the article, it appears that they are the sole resident in the data center; "[Cloudflare] owned every router and every server in their racks".
I'd suggest that "spiritual skills" encompass an understanding that there are connections between ourselves and our surroundings that defy precise, scientific description. Whether that's a feeling of camaraderie with your teammates, or a sense that one's office is warm and inviting or cold and unpleasant, or an immediate response upon meeting someone for the first time that you can trust them implicitly--or that you absolutely cannot--these are skills that can be developed and improved over time, and the effective use of which can enhance an individual's overall health, productivity, and success.
Anyone else having trouble connecting to GitHub via SSH from AWS?
I know a few governments who would be more than happy for github to be disabled.
Yes, basically each asset (we're trying to say 'Copybar element') is one editable chunk. It could be one paragraph or picture, or it could be all custom HTML.

Also, something interesting: you can use the same element across many different pages. It will repeat the same content, but still count as only 1 element.
Yeah. I'll work on putting more details on the tips.
I think they are trying to avoid arguments over whether there's 2.9oz or 3.1oz of liquid in that 5oz bottle.
MVC3 + SQL Server + Mongo + custom software for the realtime calculations.

All components (with the exception of the front-end) are highly abstracted enabling us to swap technologies (e.g. SQL Server to MySQL, Mongo to Memcached) quickly.
> "For example: if the dose is concentrated in the skin, couldn't that be a good thing? Our skin is constantly bombarded with ionizing radiation. UV rays, alpha and beta particles, etc"

Alpha particles only travel a few cm in air. Beta particles may travel around a metre. Unless someone works with radiation, I cannot imagine how anyone's skin is constantly bombarded by these types of particles.

Also, any form of ionising radiation is generally accepted to be A Bad Thing. To suggest that it could possibly be good seems ludicrous. Even UV rays are generally accepted to be harmful and I'm sure most people would understand that they're supposed to limit their exposure.

Edit: Or did you mean to say that dumping it in the skin might be better ('a good thing') compared to spreading throughout the body? Either way, it's not a medical procedure so there should be no need to use it at all imho.
>> many are sick of people that don't value the ability to execute

>> business isn't just about "execution" of an idea into a product

The ability to execute is not limited to engineering. It's also applicable to the business side (ability to successfully secure funding, find product market fit, create a marketing and pricing strategy that works, etc).

The other thing is that you cannot neatly separate ideas and execution. As you break a high level problem into its components, there are ideas at every lower level that will allow you to succeed. A high level idea cannot succeed without the supporting lower level ideas (strategies and tactics) in a variety of disciplines (marketing, product, engineering, etc). If we take Facebook as an example: many people at several universities had the broad idea, but only one set of people also had the lower level strategies and tactics to turn that idea into a multi-billion dollar company.

My take on this: good high level ideas are worthless without the appropriate low level supporting ideas.