skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it's wealth correlating with obesity more than sprawl. Do people who live in the Bronx or Queens really walk around less than those in Manhattan?
The biggest thing missing from Chrome for Android IMO is plugins. I hope they bring those over soon. I'm seriously thinking of switching to Firefox for Mobile just for this reason, even though I'd probably have to write/port the extensions I want myself.
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No, it really wouldn't. Clock speed is as much restricted by light speed delays as it is by transistor switching speed.
Like other businesses, Amazon collects sales tax in states where it has a physical presence (which is a probably a different list of states than for Google). For example, New York State residents pay sales tax on Amazon.
Great list Ben! In my experience of analyzing and commenting on A/B test results of our (Visual Website Optimizer) customers, one of the most important effects I have observed is the newness effect of variations. Visitors are sometimes inclined to respond positively to a new variation just because it's a change from plain, old boring control. Even though the newness effect fades in after a couple of days, but it makes our customers prone to celebrating early the success of their test. That is why we always recommending calculating a preset number of days for which to run the test before even looking at the result (we have a setting for that). And as a general rule of thumb, we ask our customers to at least wait for 7 days before concluding anything from the results.
You cannot manage professionals by a set of numbers. (Sales might be the single exception.) Dilbert is full of tales of developers being graded on lines of code or number of bugs.

You need to have human judgment involved.

The problem is that the teachers' union does not trust the administrators (probably with good historical reason, but that's neither here nor there) to make those decisions using human judgment. They will only submit to clear rules, and, as with any organization, the rules will tend to benefit the members of the org that are in charge of bargaining.
As someone who regularly interviews prospective engineers at my current gig, I see no problem with expecting candidates to arrive prepared to answer algorithm questions or questions about their strongest programming language.

And as someone growing to be an expert in programming languages, I'd appreciate if Google didn't immediately peg me as "useless academic" for using something other than C++, Java, and Python.

Ditto on Amazon.

I'm reasonably sure I failed a couple of job interviews for being more familiar with Scala than Java.
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"Gold plated" (sic) health care?

Tuck in your pants. Your bias is peeking out.

(Edit after being downvoted, in an attempt to be more constructive): Seriously, you seem to have an animus against teachers having decent health care. What's your problem with that, and why do you feel it's appropriate to label their quite average health care plans as "gold plated", as if they were unfairly receiving more health care than they are entitled to?
More cities show up if you click to zoom in. Some cities may take a few zoom levels to show up, though, like my native Amarillo.
WOW - I cannot believe the false premise this entire article is based on. This is Epigenetics, not mutation or evolution!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetics.html

The article itself says
>Two hundred thousand years later, around 10,000 B.C., this began to change. A genetic mutation appeared, somewhere near modern-day Turkey, that jammed the lactase-production gene permanently in the “on” position.

This is NOT a genetic mutation. The gene was already there but not turned on past the toddler years. I searched this entire page of comments and no one knows or points this out?
Google said the Motorola integration will take 12-18 months. The Nexus 4 was probably being designed before the acquisition.
Standardized testing is an application of the scientific method to education, but it's (accurately) measuring stupid shit that we shouldn't care about in ways that are not relevant.
In the United States, public school teachers do get tenure in most locations which protects them for being fired except for a limited set of reasons or teacher supply being greater than demand.
I'm waiting for them to shut Motorola down. It's generating huge losses, yet Google is doing nothing with it. And they've stated the patents are all Google values.
Yes, but they often don't. We usually think of good teachers as people who give clear explanations and keep the students interested. Attacking student misconceptions tends to confuse them, even if it improves their understanding in the end, so people are reluctant to do it.
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I don't think that's worth the hassle. I do not want to fumble around with that stuff.
>> Say I put all the resulting files up for download on an FTP server

128kilobits per second * 30 seconds = (128 * 1000 * 30) = 3,840,000 bits per file.

There are 2 to the 3,840,000 possible combinations of that many bits. Ignoring the fact that many of those won't be valid mp3s, each of those is about a 0.46 megabyte file.

I'm guessing you don't have enough hard drive space to put all those mp3s up. :)

Assuming you did, the RIAA would have a tough time crawling all that content for infringement.

It would make an interesting test for the theory that "linking isn't infringing," since the link would be the only thing distinguishing a song from random noise.
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Besides sales, every attempt to manage professionals by an objective formula ends up with horrible results. The technocrats will always insist we just need a better formula.
But instead of waiting, people just reply in the wrong place which both defeats the purpose and makes threads harder to read. I can't think of any better solution, though.
I spent two years building an iOS game without any special psychological or monetization tricks. My goal was simply to make an interesting and engaging game, and charge people a few bucks up front to play it. But making a living doing this is not as simple as it seems.

My game (http://buttonbrigade.com) is completely unique and those that play it love it, but so far the market has shown very little interest, even for the free version. From this side of the fence, it seems much easier to market and make money off of a clone of an existing game.

I wish it were simply a matter of making a great game and enjoying success, but if I want to keep doing this for a living, it seems I need to put much more effort into marketing than actually making great games.
Newsflash: Individuals who create stuff put their favorite things in the stuff they create.

It says a lot about your intelligence that you immediately jump to a worldwide conspiracy theory from a single instance of a single individual putting his personal favorite author in a logo for a writing website.
Oh. Awesome.

So when will Valve let me install their software with Ubuntu Software Center?
Agreed, but like bmelton it took me longer than usual to figure out it was interactive. The little "try it" could definitely have been more obvious.
The newness effect can be a really confusing PITA. Yet another strategy to use for it for long-running tests is cohort analysis - analyze what people's actions were starting x days after entering the test.

That said, if you turn it around, deliberately finding ways to use the newness effect to your advantage can be very rewarding.
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Yes. Some of us have unlimited plans.
Co-founders often agree that one guy should be the front man and get thrown under the PR bus, so the rest can focus on getting stuff done.

Doing an interview with a good photo pretty much kills a day. Multiply by an article a month, add fan mail and invitations to speak, and many sane people would prefer to stay in the background.
I rather like this too, as they degrade gracefully. It's quite elegant.

Does anybody know what support exists (or is required) for ligatures across common browsers?
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That's why I think it might work for finding the bottom 10%. Those are the ones you want to fire. If a teacher is in the bottom 30% (and in danger of getting in to the bottom 10%), you probably want them behaving like robots (teaching the test, following set procedures). If they are competent (most teachers are) you want them to manage themselves, as heavy incentives will just screw up their behavior.
Google now has a standard for low-latency devices:

> 5.4. Audio Latency

> Audio latency is broadly defined as the interval between when an application requests an audio playback or record
operation, and when the device implementation actually begins the operation. Many classes of applications rely on
short latencies, to achieve real-time effects such sound effects or VOIP communication. Device implementations
that include microphone hardware and declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD meet all audio latency
requirements outlined in this section. See Section 7 for details on the conditions under which microphone hardware
may be omitted by device implementations.

> For the purposes of this section:

> - "cold output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and
when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been idle and powered down prior to the request

> - "warm output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and
when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been recently used but is currently idle (that is, silent)

> - "continuous output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application issues a sample to be
played and when the speaker physically plays the corresponding sound, while the device is currently playing
back audio

> - "cold input latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio recording and
when the first sample is delivered to the application via its callback, when the audio system and microphone
has been idle and powered down prior to the request
> - "continuous input latency" is defined to be when an ambient sound occurs and when the sample
corresponding to that sound is delivered to a recording application via its callback, while the device is in
recording mode

> Using the above definitions, device implementations SHOULD exhibit each of these properties:

> - cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less

> - warm output latency of 10 milliseconds or less

> - continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less

> - cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less

> - continuous input latency of 50 milliseconds or less

> Note: while the requirements outlined above are stated as "SHOULD" for Android 4.1, the Compatibility Definition
for a future version is planned to change these to "MUST". That is, these requirements are optional in Android 4.1
but will be required by a future version. Existing and new devices that run Android 4.1 are very strongly
encouraged to meet these requirements in Android 4.1, or they will not be able to attain Android compatibility
when upgraded to the future version.

> If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by
reporting the feature "android.hardware.audio.low-latency" via the android.content.pm.PackageManager class.
[Resources, 37] Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it MUST NOT report
support for low-latency audio.
Its a pretty wide spread depending what state.

North Carolina teachers start around $37k, averaging out later to $46k. Some counties are higher, some lower.

The pension plans are problematic, because many of them are under funded. For an older teacher about to retire this might not be an issue, but if you're 30 this seems like a much less certain deal.

Teachers are rarely compensated on an hourly basis, and when they are it probably doesn't count half of their hours.

Would your attorney charge you (in 5 minute increments) for a call at 7pm? You bet they would! But a call with a parent at 7pm nets a teacher nothing. Nor does preparation in the evening. Many teachers have exceedingly low classroom budgets as well, and are often forced to purchase supplies out of pocket.

The High School theatre teacher who is working on a play with students until 11pm every night for weeks and weekends isn't compensated on an hourly basis; or given overtime. Its just part of the gig. And that sucks.

I wouldn't mind being a teacher some day, as I love teaching; but unless I hit the startup lottery there's no way i can accept that level of compensation given my background, experience and skills. And even then, in a state like North Carolina that is more about rules than education, I can't see myself being able to last 3 days in that environment.
Its worth pointing out that there is a vast difference between the following:

-Communicating something in a way that makes it easy to understand.

-Making an attribution error.

-Making numerous errors and omitting crucial, relevant, details.

I'm not sure about the WSJ, but many news organizations have moved toward "page view journalism" and the quality shows. I have a subscription to the WSJ but I'm not sure how much longer I will keep it.
The West Bank has been sort-of quiet for about 10 years (since the end of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Defensive_Shield), though I suppose that doesn't give any guarantees.
Scala is great, I wish it saw wider use.

But given your claim to be an expert in programming languages and that many teams need C++, Java, and Python skills, perhaps a little flexibility on your part would go a long way?

Or given that such flexibility is not an option, why not target teams that need Scala skills instead of complaining about the teams that don't?
I was part of one when I was a kid. Science was taught by a teacher who used to teach in public schools and we were very fortunate to have him because my mother didn't want potentially dangerous chemicals or dissection animals in the house. I was home-schooled from 1st to 8th grade, then went to public high school and college.
Two additional points:

1) Be careful about what you're actually testing. More clicks or conversions is quite likely good, but over the long-term you want to track LTV. An effort that gets a lot of low-LTV customers will have great metrics at launch but will be disappointing down the road.

2) Consider segmenting your traffic on appropriate dimensions (campaign, referrer, previous behavior, platform, day of week, time of day), because it's common for a change to be amazingly effective (or ineffective), but only for one segment. Those opportunities can be lost if you treat your customer-base as a single segment.
At-will employment, unfortunately, makes that doctrine legally useless for workers in America.

A friend of mine came to this country (Israel) to work as a chemical engineer. His salary isn't large by American standards ($27,000 USD/year take-home pay), but for here it's pretty good and the benefits package is superb. The thing that really hit me, though, was that his job offer was a literal, written contract specifying, in legally binding terms, the conditions and compensation of his employment.

It was one of those "Why don't we have that back home?" moments. Why don't Americans get binding contracts for jobs? Honestly, which bastard came up with at-will employment?
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Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop Screen Sharing Service Comes Out Of Beta
LTE is not as important as you make it sound.

Mobile bandwidth is still expensive, so you only get a couple of GB per month for a decent price and if you want more, you have to shell out a lot of cash.

I don't know how it is in the US, but here in Europe (at least in my country, Romania), the 3G connections are pretty good and 4G is coming, but it's not there yet.

And I can't picture what you'd want to do with an expensive 4G connection. With my 3G connection I can watch Youtube videos just fine. But it really does work at around ~ 20 Mbps (HSPA+), which is like ~ 2 MB/s, so if I'm not careful, I can burn thorough my 5 GB plan in a couple of hours. And from personal experience, few people have more than 5 GB of monthly bandwidth.

At home I have Wifi, at work I have Wifi, all the coffee-shops I go to have free Wifis for clients, most hotels have Wifis too. The only instances where I use my 3G connection is when I commute between places or if I end-up with a shitty Wifi connection and in such instances I just browse the web casually, or read email, or read Twitter/Facebook updates. Which is what most people do.

The only heavy-usage of my 3G connection has been for Skype. But Skype works surprisingly well for me over 3G (YMMV of course).
Has anyone read the book (http://www.amazon.fr/Traits-Successful-People-Common-ebook/d...) ?
Owning information seems weird to me. It is intangible. I am all for property ownership, but not the ownership of ideas.
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The valid metric to observe in asserting AT&T's LTE coverage's uselessness is not relative standing. We should measure the number of people who can be reasonably expected to have LTE coverage a reasonable percent of the time.
These devices have 18 month lead times. Give them some time. The next round of devices from Motorola should be heavily influenced by Google by then.
I was interviewed by Google and had to answer this "brain teaser" kind of questions. So, no, it is not just folklore.
In the spirit of GetVero, Intercom.io and Mixpanel, here is our done-is-better-than-perfect take on drip campaigns. Definitely check out the docs [1] and the demo [2] for a better idea of what it does (and doesn't do).

My favorite feature is the ability to view "scheduled" emails. Hope the services out there add that feature!

[1] https://django-drip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
[2] http://djangodrip.com/
It sure wasn't long before the Google apologists started clamoring that you don't really need LTE anyway.
A private school education is not really expensive in most of the country. Think around $5000 a year. I know that's not pocket-change to many people, but you hardly need to be "upper middle class" to do it.
another anonymous video yet to be published?
I actually can program in C, C++, Java and Python just fine, and I've repeatedly told the companies so (and have published portfolio work in Java and Python). Where they faulted me was for falling back on Scala syntax in my psuedocode answers to interview questions, rather than immediately jumping into "ordinary thought" in an imperative, weakly-typed, object-oriented language.

If I worked with X most recently and I tell you so, could you allow that I'll have X at the top of my head in the interview rather than Y, Z, A or B? I'm not going to totally swap-out everything about my last job and my hobby projects from my brain for the sake of someone who hasn't even offered me a job yet.
>That said, if you turn it around, deliberately finding ways to use the newness effect to your advantage can be very rewarding.

I'm curious to hear more about this. How do you make use of the newness effect? Have you practiced this in the wild?
The iPhone 5 is thinner and lighter than the new Nexus.
There more people there are, the more complex the processes and procedures becomes. This is why big corporations are seen as slow usually.
Not necessarily. I've had LTE since July and am very happy with it. I don't use crazy amounts of data, but when I am using it I like the zippiness compared with 3G.
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This sharing feature isn't of interest to me. IMO, a tablet is a very personal device which I don't want to share. My wife and I tried sharing one tablet and it just didn't work because we both always wanted to be using it. Now she has her iPad and I have mine.
The comment I was replying to suggested that people would be imprisoned for thoughtcrime. The original comment was disagreeing (slightly) with someone that has a very left-wing view of "social justice" or whatever.

No, he is suggesting that historically people have been imprisoned for thought crime, been passed over for jobs, and generally shunned when social values change. Thus the whole it is OK to be yourself thing might be true right now, but could be ones undoing if things change and one is on the record as pro X.
If the device is free (or close to cost) then buyer beware... The device is not the product; you are!
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Why try to game the application process? Just be extremely [capable, passionate, grit-ful, and inventive].
Got some pretty interesting results we're still parsing through: the short version is we our click-through rate on the page was 5x what it's been otherwise, and Tony Hsieh responded through an assistant. Sharing the results to pay it forward.
I think you have drastically misrepresented the computing market. The cheapest device you can put Windows 8 on is a $200 (maybe 250 EUR) netbook. It will then run whatever you want - including Valve. There are zero restrictions there. Can you game on that $200 machine? Sure, just probably not the games you want to play. That's hardly Microsoft's fault though, it's a $200 computer.

Amazon sells a Mac Mini for 600EUR (at least Amazon.fr does). That's about what an unsubsidized iPhone costs, right?

So where is this doom-and-gloom everything-is-locked-down-except-the-ultra-expensive actually coming from?
"But then Google came along and exploited the fact that the Internet was growing too fast for Yahoo! to keep up."

That's an interesting re-write of history. There were general-purpose search engines like AltaVista (1995) years before Google came along (1998).
In my opinion (and experience), it was barely usable the first day I started using it. I'd think by now they'd have thought about making it any amount of slightly more usable.
Maybe he misinterpreted it like I did. It read a bit like you were saying AT&T's coverage was not only worse than Verizon, but also Sprint.
I wish everyone in the world knew about Snopes. So many times someone posts something on FB, and a quick search inevitably turns up a page on snopes debunking whatever farce they're posting about ... if only they would do the same before posting.

edit: I usually refrain from posting the link unless it's a really good friend that I know would appreciate a good "Well Actually". Otherwise, I'm not interested in internet-arguing with someone that probably won't listen to reason anyways.
Interestingly, that's a lot like the hypothesis that the linked article proposes.
You're right – the intent is to demo the interaction when hovered and I did not spend any time designing the resting states. If this were to be used for something like a gallery thumbnail I think it's perfectly fine to not promote the hover preview at all. Users would discover it naturally as they mouse over to click on the thumbnail.

However if it's important the user discovers what's in the stack, this could be communicated visually like http://cl.ly/image/1c041l2e1S0O