skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am really looking forward this clean desktop email software! this current one available for windows are so boring and time consuming! Hope Mailbird will change that!
That is to say, given the rather high quality of your other contributions to the site, I can't imagine that your posts here are only accidentally coming across as obtuse. Perhaps I'm wrong! It's been known to happen.
leangains is awesome.

Although to be honest Dr. Layne Norton has been debunking some of the myths around it (fasting != anabolic). But it really, really helped me cut down on my exaggerated food intake and be more satiated in general.
Anonymous Claims to Leak 28,000 Passwords from PayPal
Also another one I found today: http://amperedesign.com/blog/more-responsive-grid-systems/
Current title is a bit of a stretch. It hasn't been named the "Best invention of the year" -- it's number 19 out of 26 on a 2012 Best Inventions list.

Not to mention it's presented in a wonderfully agonizing slideshow format, gotta maximize those pageviews!
What are the most popular services used by Y Combinator startups? (Infographics)
You're doing a great job! I hope it takes off.
Highly relativistic spaceflight would be fatal for passengers and instruments
>If you don't like it as a user, you can change the News Feed sort to "Most Recent"

I have done this probably hundreds of times. Facebook seems incapable of remembering this, or unwilling to. I have taken a highly scientific poll of at least a dozen of my friends and they see the same thing. It is annoying to have to keep saying "no, really, most recent", pretty much every day. So much so I would say it has lessened the amount of time I spend on Facebook, which is probably a net-positive for me personally, but I suspect that was not Facebook's goal here.
"I had once again become a cog in the insidious machine called quo." That is a masterful turn of a phrase!
Kim Dotcom: fund free NZ Internet by suing Hollywood and US government
The goal is to keep happy customers happy, and make a difference in the world one step at a time. Good job Karma thumbs up!
But isnt that the same as saying "we are protecting your feed from spam", (unless someone pays us enough to trash your feed with spam) - in which case your feed is spam...sorry.
Regardless if it is really the "best" invention of the year, I'm glad the media seems to be giving it a ton of attention. I can't wait till there is a tesla model in my price range.
Of course it is. But many employers will want that asset cheaper than in a younger package, and some other employers will pass at any price. And that's fair, because the older developer has fewer potential years to give to the company.
Hehe, I was thinking about this recently, and I suspect it's true. I actually spent quite a bit on my current laptop (although, importantly, I optimized for screen resolution, size and weight above sheer performance). Then I looked at my usage patterns.

Which program do I use the most? Easy: Emacs and Firefox. Which I could probably run--just as easily--on virtually any computer imaginable.

Emacs really speaks for itself; "eight megabytes and constantly swapping" is not an insult any more. In the grand scheme of things, Emacs uses essentially no resources.

And Firefox is good for two reasons: it's pretty efficient as is, and I don't visit many heavy websites. Hacker News, StackOverflow, Reddit, Google, hackage, Wikipedia and so on could easily be rendered by even the weakest of computers.

So I could probably get by almost as comfortably on a ten-year-old laptop. The main problem I would have would be with compilers (especially GHC), but I don't compile large packages all that often. The programs I work on myself are never gigantic. So for my own files, especially without optimizations, compile time would not be an issue even on a smaller machine. And if I'm not using Haskell or OCaml, chances are I'm using something like Scheme or Python or JavaScript, which don't even have compile times.

I am definitely sure that I could get by on a significantly weaker computer than somebody with less technical acumen. But would I? No! I love my useless desktop effects, my silly widgets and my 20-second boot. I like my programs opening in seconds. And I certainly enjoy having more computer power than I strictly need.

So while I'm pretty sure I require far less computer resources than most people, I'm still going to get a nicer computer than I strictly have to. Just because I can.

Just an amusing observation I've had about myself.
Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe
I have no problem with that. The only issue I have is when people cast a data-driven policy decision about a relatively dangerous novelty item as some kind of ignorant overreach.
If only such a comment were made in, say Dr.Phil, the same HN community would have scoffed at it. Somehow when a fellow techie expresses it, it is sagely wisdom. Oh, bow to thee, emotions have surfaced here. These are not the same ones that they world feels, these are special. These are HN folks'.
Note that facebook could have handled this by letting users filter, exactly how G+ does it where you put your friends together in circles then you say, "I want this circle, now I want this circle"... FB is controlling that filter because they want to monetize it. They could have allowed you to control the filter, by allowing you to put people into groups then you could, say, show all posts by users in certain groups. But then facebook loses control, or as they might say, "we know best wink wink". Facebook wants to be the gatekeeper for what you receive, and they stand to make a tidy sum off of that. They could have allowed users to filter based on group.. G+ does this. But Google makes their money differently. Facebook has chosen the monetization path. Shareholders want to see revenue. Facebook will say, "Hey, we need to fight spam." Fine, but in G+, I fight spam by filtering on circles. Why can't facebook do that? Less money.
Sharp's warning it may collapse surprises few
Do you really think people with higher IQ dropping out of school is an issue? Firstly, there are some many other factors at play making a person a "supertstar" (emotional stability, finding out what they love, creativity) but let's agree IQ is one of them and an important one. I'd argue that people on the top 1% are statistically people more interested in learning varied subjects. So unless the person had serious family issues, which is something hard to devote serious resources to pinpointedly correct, whether they drop out of school is not as relevant as them finding what they love and having the tools to learn it, on their own if they're so inclined.
The Future Of Publishing: You Think You Know, But You Have No Idea
How long until this old media dinosaur rolls over and dies? Fuck this stupid slideshow.
I don't think there's anything wrong with this reasoning at all! It seems well-informed and carefully reasoned. I disagree with it, but so what?
"you will get sued for violating the commercial-distribution aspects of copyright law"

I think that's incorrect. I think this would be infringement due to it being considered a public performance, not commercial distribution. As the copyright act says, "A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication."

The MPAA also describes the situation as a public performance issue:

http://www.mpaa.org/contentprotection/public-performance-law

Do you know of any cases where a public performance was prosecuted as a commercial distribution case?
Why is Tesla more important than other electric cars? It's an honest question... no disrespect intended.

Nissan and Smart Car also made electric cars.
The ads being stuffed into my Facebook feed are the first time I've really thought about leaving FB. I don't watch any media with commercials.
Sorry to put it like a fanboy, but primarily because Elon Musk and his teams have a history of getting hard things done.
How Apple Avoids Paying Billions in Taxes
How to build a solid roadmap
This kind of helps explain Japan's lackluster performance over the last 20+ years for me. The typical corporate culture there seems to focus on getting the mediocre and lagging employees to perform up to par (mind you, their systems for accomplishing this are rather impressive), rather than sharpening the skills and maximizing the contributions of their Ace players (they definitely exist, but are definitely not given their due compared to their output).
Can you share the URL you're citing?
Uber NYC and the Surge: Right, Wrong, Lessons Learned
Let's ask God about IQ.

What's His definition or test of IQ like?

God says...

punished by the judges.

31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root
out all mine increase.

31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my
maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do
when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb? 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their
desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have
eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten
thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a
father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have
seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with
the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the
fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm
fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

----

A sheep gives wool. That's God's answer.

An egg is not a womb.

God says...
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continueth fictions dared mastered encourage Defect affrighted
Shhh assure Righteousness relating sold result general
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marvelled coals goads omnium explained contradictory swelled
couldest repelled Electronic constellations play-fellow
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around

----

pork, beef, fish, liver

I said "liver". Answer was "fish" because not meat.
Why? If I found out that the library that I was using didn't have good fixed-point support (i.e., "doesn't do what I expect"), and if I didn't need the values to be infinitely precise, I'd just use a multiplier. It's always worked well for me in the past.

e.g., 7 * 215 = 1505.
I like to find gadget reviews on HN. I think only the really outstanding ones reach and stay on the front page. And that is a good thing for someone like me that loves gadgets but don't visit gadget review sites anymore.

Check this out about background noise:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4737550

HN's front page is like a curated page of interesting stuff about anything. The important word here is _curated_.
See the spider-graph halfway down this page: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/alternative/1208_2012_te...

Alternatively, maybe you could sum it up by saying that it is because the Model S isn't a good electric car, but rather a good car.
Why everyone seems to hate amazon?
People who spend the most time on facebook have the least to share.
Seven days ago you said it was "looking good".[1] did you forget about it? Or did you get a little sloppy with your astroturfing?

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4696795
Same here. I only use FB to keep up with brands and bands that I like. I don't use it to connect with friends so it is incredibly annoying that I have to click to see the top stories every time I visit. I also can't stand that they remove posts... I don't "like" things to see just some of what they post.

A good example is that I went to a show that was canceled the other day because that post wasn't in my feed like it should have been. I have to go to individual pages to make sure I'm not missing anything, which defeats the purpose of a feed.
The Razr M has a nice form factor, hopefully we can look forward to a Motorola Nexus in the future.
Note that changing the sort order to "Most Recent" will reset to their special sauce "Sort" after 12-24hrs of inactivity.

However, it's plain that FB is going to keep changing things in this direction. They can't not.
A Wedding, With Followers
Given two possible FB usage trends [1], (1) high levels of usage leading to a quick burn out and "tuning out" from FB, or (2) moderate usage of FB over a very long timespan (possibly even a lifetime), it's pretty clear that (2) is preferable for a company that has become public and must become sustainable over a timespan of decades to continue its survival. Option (1) would be ideal for a startup looking for a quick flip, but FB is obviously past that stage. Their preference for avoiding user burnout is hardly surprising [2].

Offtopic, but I'm rather dismayed by seeing a meme on a "news" site :(.

[1] Clearly these are not the only two options in the universe, but they're the most illustrative for this purpose.

[2] Though I suppose that a public admission of this fact is somewhat noteworthy.
If you build a fan/business page, and get 100 fans. People that enjoy you or your service. Why should you have to pay to promote your posts just to reach those very people that already said they enjoy your company/person/brand/posts. It is a shady way for Facebook to try and milk their users to keep their shareholders happy. We understand why it's happening but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do to your users.
> I disagree with it . . .

Because . . . ?

> . . . but so what?

Well, I obviously care somewhat about your opinion. Otherwise I wouldn't have posted all this stuff. And you obviously care somewhat about the existence of this marketing campaign (that being essentially what this piece of news is). Otherwise you wouldn't have posted all this stuff.
I agree, FB is not what it used to be and for that very reason, I stopped using it as one of main ways to keep social.
Its not going to happen.

The problem is most places don't even have a way to find out a average manager. The reason is that management layers in almost every big company works like a cartel, they know darn well how to preserve their self interests. Generally you don't get to know until its often too late to do anything about it. The people who suffer the most are not bad performers, but those who fall out of managements favor or people who just can't get political and benefit out of it. The actual performers are likely to be named arrogant mavericks who are bad at team work. They won't be fired, but they will be treated so badly, until they themselves see the wisdom in leaving.

Also this whole GE analogy in these kind of articles is MBA speak. That is talking at high abstract levels, without absolutely knowing what they are talking about. Stack ranking worked at GE not because Stack Ranking is awesome, but because there was some one like Jack Welch to make it work.

Adhering to stack ranking to the letter but not in spirit will basically amplify the problem. Guess who gets the least rank in a political system?
> Your argument seems to be "if the CPSC does their job, they won't not do their job" which I'd generally agree with, however I'm quite worried that the CPSC does not do their job, as error-prone humans run the agency.

It's plausible that they might become overzealous, sloppy, subject to some unforeseen corruption, etc. Your previous assertion that they might begin censoring speech strikes me as rather over the top.
Switching the sort to "Most Recent" is a negative signal that they can track in order to refine the default sort. When you stop switching it (or as often), they'll know their algo is meeting your wall needs.
'Ignorant overreach' is a value judgment, even if it doesn't sound quite like one. We can disagree about which data is relevant and how it should drive policy, and end up right back where we started.

The only ways out (that I can see) are to either talk about the disagreement itself or ignore each other and go back to lobbyist fights.
Wolf-Parkinson's, that's me. I was a highly-trained and mostly-healthy bike racer and would occasionally get a rapid, arythmic heart beat under certain conditions that would last for sometimes hours. Finally went in to get it checked, and when I asked "doesn't that result in sudden death in athletes?" He said if it hadn't killed me by now it probably wasn't going to. One heart ablation and it hasn't bothered me since.

My rambling point is that, yeah, "perfect health" sometimes isn't. And a few pieces of heart tissue that grew just a little differently could have meant I'm not writing this despite being a life long endurance athlete. I can't say it's changed my outlook on life much, though.
Landed 2.25 miles due west of an airport. "That said, I also took care to avoid airports and other airspace that might cause issues as the balloon was being launched. . . . I didn’t want my balloon getting tangled with an airplane or causing any other issues."
(apologies to Yogi Berra)
Am i the only one who was expecting to see him on the outside of the building climbing up its face?
Cool! I was aware that variable reassignment didn't carry over in for loops, but I didn't know that the variables in each iteration were independent.

Keep up the good work!
I get the impression that Tesla is trying to improve more than just the drivetrain and create truly modern vehicles. While I haven't been in (let alone driven) one, I've heard a few tidbits that suggest it, unlike the few other all-electric options, is really trying to be a so-called vehicle of the future.

The bits where it's fast and have the supercharger (and now its associated charging network) are certainly nice perks, but it's stuff like this that show they're rethinking a lot of things from the ground up: "As you approach, the Tesla key commands the door handle to unlock, waiting for a simple tap to present itself. With it in your pocket, Model S turns on as you buckle in to the driver’s seat." (http://www.teslamotors.com/models/features#/styling)

From an industry standpoint, catering to the luxury market (as compared the Volt, for example, which seems relatively pedestrian other than the fact that it's also all-electric), it probably affords them a higher R+D budget to push the tech faster. And by having no gas vehicles for sale, they don't have the problem of making all of their other cars seem less desirable by having an EV option. They're changing up the sales model as well from what I hear, and lord knows the car sales industry could use a kick in a more humane direction.

Would it be top of my list if I had a spare $90,000 lying around? No. But if money were no object in my life, it would certainly be a pretty nice purchase.
Anonymous hackers claim to leak 28,000 PayPal passwords on global protest day
I am quite dumb, but GRE made me dumber and this is a fact.
If I understand your point, I can't imagine what the walls of my friends who Like Washington Post articles, or Target ads, or whatever. I'd like to see a FB anonymizer service that can handle screenshots or page scrapes in order to display the effects of different peoples' preferences on their walls. Like a homepage gallery, I guess!
I'm in Vancouver and the hiring rate is definitely going up for Developers who know Java + a bit of front-end knowledge (according to some of the recruiters I talked to a few months ago).

On the flip side, Vancouver is a small market that most knowledge workers know almost everyone and the opportunity to work with his/her former colleagues are quite high.

On the consulting side, IT projects typically come from governments/municipals and there are plenty small IT shops that only do one or two of these projects to stay afloat.

It's a bit tough city overall even though some people would disagree with me.
Japanese mega corps are almost designed to be pathological for their best performing employees. I don't know if that is significant enough to have macroeconomic effects (all explanations of that nature strike me as suspicious just-so-stories), but if you hypothetically think you're good at something, a traditionally managed Japanese megacorp will attempt to a) dilute that aptitude, b) put you on a career track which requires decades to reach the autonomy you'd have at a US company in months or a startup in minutes, and c) compensate quality like a teacher's union does (I.e. forbid it and treat anyone asking for it as a threat to social harmony).

That is not projection, btw. I played the game pretty well for 3 years. That is just me describing a small portion of the well-understood rules of the game.
Well like any other good company out there, Amazon has not interest to squeeze their producers too much, because they would be killing their own business in the process. The art is to squeeze them just enough so that they feel pressure but still can survive and make money - which is exactly what is happening. Of course, for producers who have not felt any pressure to change for the past xxxx years, ANY pressure feels like extortion. But it's just normal business negotiation like everywhere else. Now their business is catching up as well, that is all.
Beating every other invention of 2012: indoor fog machine cloud.
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It didn’t take long for me to realize that gold teeth were just the tip of the iceberg. But even though so many people were getting these things, I couldn’t shake that nagging question of why, why teeth, why would a God who is so normal do something so abnormal?
Gates Foundation GCE winners announced.
Somewhat related idea: given an employee who's stellar in some areas and not so stellar in others, do you try to even their attributes out, or do you develop the areas where they're stellar even further?

I'm a fan of this line of thought: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/0...

So many people are focused on bringing everyone up to some base level of mediocrity in every imaginable area, but what if we instead focused on finding brilliance, then doing everything we can to amplify that brilliance?

Which might, of course, include working on some of those areas for improvement, but intelligently, with the goal of keeping those weaknesses from impeding excellence elsewhere.
" I started by rolling my own over and over again, only to discover a data structure or technique that erases 50 LOC and opens up a whole new world of program reuse. I have zero idea how someone coming from Python, Java, or Ruby would handle the transition, but I imagine it would be very messy at first."

This is a good point and keeps happening to me. Otoh, there are a lot built in (and so a lot not to reproduce accidentally). clojure/core has > 500 symbols in it[1]. Is there a systematic way to learn what is 'built-in' to Clojure vs waiting till one stumbles across specific items?

[1] (count (ns-publics 'clojure.core)) --> 580

(on the version of Clojure on my machine -> 1.4.0)
Nope. I know nothing about emacs so I haven't even attempted it. I'm sure the CoffeeScript one could be slightly modified to fit MoonScript.
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