skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The reason is that many of us believe, backed up by various studies (unfortunately I am on a bus now, but I can go and find them when I get home if you like, but look up job advertisements with changed names, and women applying for orchestras), that people who associate with small groups of people like them can end up subconsciously keeping other people out, because they automatically believe they are not as good.

I believe diversity should be the natural state of most fields, including Ruby. Because things are so heavily biased at the moment, some help to begin moving things towards balanced can be greatly beneficial, to help people trying to move into the field.

I was recently in the unusual position of being the only man at a computing conference, and was surprised to find it an exhausting experience, even though almost everybody there made me feel very welcome.
That's not obvious. goatse.cx has been blocked by web filters, but as far as I know there's no history of spam coming from that domain.
They did. They gave to some users, turned back to Ballmer said, "See? They're using it."
Right- and that's sort of the point I was trying to make in the second paragraph- not everyone is willing to pay the price for a cleaner, nicer experience. There is a market for a less locked down but more feature-capable device. I just think that Android may already be there.

There is a trade-off between features and complexity, but Siegler doesn't try to evaluate that once in the article.
I don't know how many messes I've cleaned up (likely left by people charging a hell of a lot more than me) for really low rates.

The implication being that if a company only pays peanuts, they probably only employed monkeys before, and it'll be a head-wreck of a situtation.
Transferring via SD should be an optional optimization/convenience for folks with large collections. Otherwise, it should be as simple as activating+downloading your account on the new device, with the old device deactivating next time it connects.

Is Nintendo really worried folks are going to go around downloading onto devices and never connect them to the Internet again? If folks are willing to put up with workarounds like that, they'll probably also be willing to flat-out pirate things.

This moronic DRM implementation ignores that he could take money and put it towards a tiny cube PC running an emulator. Then he'd get better graphics and an overall better experience (play whatever he wants, however, wherever).

Nintendo had a great chance to create an enjoyable system that encourages people to freely spend and use their accounts all over the place. Instead they lock it down and annoy folks, which will most definitely cost them more in lost sales than the handful of people who'd download a game twice.
If you read a later posts he talks about doing something with 6 other people. It would seem sex plays a significant role in his life, I guess that and drugs fit together well.
Apple's Internet Problem: iCloud Services Go Down, Again
But aren't most industries a race to the bottom?
Ask HN:  Alternative to Quickbooks?
Does anyone know an alternative solution to Quickbooks? Maybe even a YC company tackling this field?

thanks
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Whenever anyone asks me about autoscaling, I always point out that making the autoscaling rules is more art than science. There is a lot of trial and error, but in the end you have to kind of go with your gut on what the business needs.
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Actually Android isn't free. It is so patent encumbered (and hence requiring of royalty fees) that options like Windows Phone end up being a cheaper option.
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Really? If I had built up my profile in the ruby community, gave regular talks at conferences etc you're saying that I wouldn't have been given the opportunity to talk? That they would specifically turn down proposals for non-white speakers regardless of their standing in the ruby community?

By this argument why isn't anyone arguing the corner of transgenders, Native Americans and people who think that the original Battlestar Galactica was better than the re-imagined series?
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I can't recommend http://copyhackers.com/ highly enough. The blog and mailing list are good, the ebooks are excellent. Joanna has figured out how to teach geeks to write powerful copy.
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I read this article as being targeted toward founders picking a provider for their company. Did I misunderstand the target audience?
On my Surface, I have seen lag in the Store app occasionally, but nothing like this author described.

I suspect one factor that may be affecting a lot of first impressions is that the Windows and Office will be downloading and applying a few hundred MB of updates sometime in the first day or two after unboxing. This is perhaps worthy of some criticism, too, but it's not the normal state of operation.

Disclosure: I recently accepted a position at Microsoft, but in an unrelated part of the company. My Surface was purchased at full retail.
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Umm... well... for fear of stating the obvious, Patrick's blog (see TFA) would probably be a really good place to start. You should also watch every video at http://businessofsoftware.org/category/video-2 -- they are presented in the context of helping software companies become better but a lot of the ideas presented could be flipped around (I'm especially thinking of applying various forms of business analytics to more traditional companies).
You should pirate all of your software you previously purchased. If you've already paid for it, there's no reason you shouldn't have access to it. Laws be damned, that's my opinion.
what kind of mails can I expect as a customer?
Well considering we got the notice via overnight courier from his law firm (LEASON ELLIS) I think we can rule out /b/
With all the aerodynamic losses in such a system, it will use much more energy than a plane ride.

"it would cost you much less than an air ticket or car – much less than any other mode of transit – because the fundamental energy cost is so much lower" – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uegOUmgKB4E#t=46m03s

Oh, and he said elsewhere that you wouldn't have to wait, which implies individual cars. That means much more frontal area per person than a regular plane.

My money is on this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4806350
I don't think so.

Maps is a storm in a tea cup as we've seen from Apple and it's massive sales forecasts for iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. Gmail has third party apps. And if Samsung setup their own app store it would be very popular overnight.
Your thoughts may prove to come true, but R&D is a multi-year undertaking, not something you scramble on at the last hour. The iPad was in development since 2002! Jobs has only been gone for a year. His influence should remain for at least the next five years, and only after that point can we really say if Apple is out of ideas or not.
I don't think you're trying to imagine hard enough.

Imagine an inventor or small business who spends years perfecting a process to improve the production of, say, steel. After much work, he publishes it in a journal. What do you think all the steel corporations will do? Will they nicely hand over a bag with ten million dollars in it?

This isn't to say that patents in general or as they exist now are a good idea, but there are certainly ways that eliminating them could and would hurt the little guy.
From a language designer's perspective, conflicting monkey patches seem like a problem. But if you ask Ruby users I bet 90%+ would say speed and memory usage are much bigger problems.
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After reading the story behind MeeGo (http://taskumuro.com/artikkelit/the-story-of-nokia-meego), I'm not sure you could really blame Elop for the steps he took. Nokia sounded like a disaster even before he came.
This stuff kills me. Promise a bunch of gee-whiz features that are only going to 'work' in the most charitable sense of the word, then bloviate about your attention to detail, passion, and craftsmanship. It's done so much nowadays it's cheap. I can very quickly think of a number of ways that this thing cannot possibly track your sleep patterns passively and accurately. At that point it's a glorified glow in the dark dock.
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Yes. This refers to the cloud controller, which all Meraki devices connect to, as opposed to the traditional appliance/software that you install and host yourself for your own devices only.
With a Wii U at least, there's a clause in the license agreement that you waive your right to sue unless you send written notice.
1) No. The object-as-sources ("storeString") is very slow an has many negative effects. E.g. the result is a large string, you need the compiler for de-serialization... all in all, if you look at current Smalltalks, this feature is not used too much.

Saving the whole state of the world to an image is not implemented by using #storeString. Instead it saves the whole heap of the vm to a file. Very fast, but of course this means that the resulting file is specific for 32bit vs. 64bit, endianess... and, very important, object layout (Object Headers are saved as they are in memory). So it is not really serialisation in the classic meaning of the word.

2) Implementing storeString like in Smalltalk needs some reflective features, e.g. enumerating instance variables, setting instance variables after creating new objects when recreating. And the compiler needs to be part of the language, as the string is one huge Smalltalk expression.

3) For image snapshotting serialization is not really the correct term.
The memory is just written from RAM to Disk. For #storeString, yes, this is serialization.

For more infos about a modern binary serializer for Smalltalk, see Fuel:
http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/software/Fuel
The only other one of this sort of scope of which I am aware is the science and engineering competition held by Intel [0]: US $75,000 for winner, 2 awards of $50,000 each, and 17 best of category awards of US $5,000 ea. Then smaller dollar amounts for the next 5 finishers in each category.

[0] http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/competition...
The Real Republican Adversary? Population Density
Short version:

iPad lover insists everything should function like an iPad, then gets upset when it doesn't.
Embracing Disruption: A Manifesto
Astronomers pin down origins of 'mile markers' for expansion of universe
I'm reminded of Andy Rooney's segment about purchasing a small, gasoline-powered scooter for himself so he could travel New York in ease and comfort. The problem was he ran a real risk of hitting pedestrians if he tried to use it on the sidewalk, but felt vulnerable using it on the street. The final sentence of his segment was: "So I packed it back in its box and put it in a closet -- never to be used again."

Windows RT tablets have a lot of the same neither-fish-nor-fowl nature. They are clunky and inefficient compared to an iPad or good Android tablet, but weak and underpowered compared to a Windows PC.
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So wait the first argument was that user-developer loop always leads to monopoly in computing. That's blown up and now OS lock in is what leads to monopoly? But iOS has far more lock in than Android right? So how does that lead to Android monopoly?

"I wouldn't say the difference is corporate purchasing...

And also it was beneficial to buy Windows if people were e-mailing you Word docs and spreadsheets so forth."

I'm not sure how you're trying to leverage the compatibility argument against the idea of the market being driven by corporate purchases when it's actually a consequence of it.
Yes, reading this article makes me feel better about how it works in C#. (I think you mean syntactic sugar rather than semantic sugar though; the semantics stays the same, but the syntax is a little sweeter.)
I had no idea people put this much weight on a press release for their start ups. Great ideas are hard to contain on their own already.
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In general, the family of Lisp languages do not offer access to GUI interfaces comparable to those users have come to expect. The exception, perhaps, being Clojure. It however depends on JVM (or .NET). The web side is another matter, but Crockford himself has chosen a different direction.

This website of course does use a Lisp language. Make of that what you wish.
That's a funny anecdote, but I fear since it seems so apt, it's might just overshadow what I think is a perfectly valid point being made by FuzzyDunlop.

I mean, it's a tech conference. Diversity should equal a wide range of views on technology-related things, right? I find it absolutely believable that the magnitude in the difference of opinions between two (members of gender A & race X) is no different than two people of differing genders and nationalities.
How would he put in on the Wii U, then?
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A sexy, highly marketable e-cigarette.
Like a working app store?
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I always laugh at clueless people who keep talking about current devices like iPad Mini or iPhone 5 as a sign that Apple is dying without Steve Jobs.

Especially when Steve Jobs was personally involved in all of these decisions.
I also initially purchased a lot of games on the Virtual Console before I realized how behind the times they are on digital goods. Since then I've been able to restrain myself from buying any more digital content from them. I really like the company in general, and would love to keep purchasing their products, but they are going to have to prove to me that I won't need to repurchase digital goods in the case of hardware failures or upgrades.
> Here I was getting excited about Google's work on driverless cars.

OP here, only competing for my (unfortunately limited) excitement. There is definitely room in this world for both.
> Shouldn't we simply test our code to ensure it functions correctly and not force additional semantics all the time to fix a rare issue?

The problem is you can't. If library A and B define String#to_param differently for internal use you can't use them together, while both of them are perfectly correct on their own.
There are also direct allegations on the Board ( except Doug Leone) that they were complacent, and did nothing in spite of being privy to all the alleged shenanigans of Bill Nguyen. This is serious stuff.
>The problem you have is that no one spends the money for good sysadmin architecture/infrastructure.

I disagree with your statement. I am currently in Chicago just completing the infrastructure implementation for a large enterprise client where I specifically was brought on to do their tech infrastructure.

They pay a lot for this service.

Here is my scope of work:

Physical cable plant design

Physical network design (based on their corporate logical architecture)

Physical/Logical implementation (Procure, track, receive, rack, patch, power, config, test, coordinate, hand-off)

Turn up and test

Day-one operational support and hand-off.

Doing this for all their global offices.
I agree, given the prevalence of homebrew on the Wii (much more than I've noticed on other consoles), you would think that Nintendo wouldn't be so draconian about people attempting to transfer legitimate purchases.

This again demonstrates Nintendo's misunderstanding of the online space. My Wii has been relegated to a Netflix machine (with occasional local MarioKart matches) and my DS is essentially a Virtual Console machine for me because the times I've tried to get online play to work on those devices has been a huge failure. I'm sure it works for some, but it wasn't worth the hassle for me, especially due to the lack of titles with online support.

If Nintendo offered online play for Virtual Console titles I'd be doing my damndest to get online and play tecmo super bowl or Super Smash Bros. N64 against my friends, but until then, I think it's just a Netflix machine for me.
I've seen the effect too and depending on the nature of the site it can go down after a while too. Content sites come to mind, if you don't keep generating new content, the baseline drops.

I think the answer though is a combination of all the little boosts each article gives (seo, returning visitors, links). Even old articles send visitors. As you collect more of them, the baseline increases.
> In hindsight, I now see why Microsoft did not want me to review the Surface.

What a ridiculous amount of self-importance. Microsoft probably stopped sending out review units because reviews have been bad.
When you look at the itemized breakdown of the Apollo program costs, and realize that much of the work is already done were we to attempt it again, the picture looks even better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Program_cost

The launch vehicles that SpaceX would/will be using will be already completed and tested, as will most required facilities. The DSN is pretty mature these days, and could probably handle a manned mission to Mars without much overhauling.

As a stupidly simplified analysis, assuming that the 125million estimated cost of a Falcon Heavy remains the same wherever you point it, 1 trillion USD will get you 8 thousand launches. Assuming you use one thousand Falcon 9 launches for the initial setup and manned mission to get there, which is absurd, you would still have enough money left over to do more than 10 support flights a month for the next 50 years. (I think it is fair to say that if you need that many support flights, you shouldn't be on Mars anyway. The ISS needs a fraction of that.)

Again, stupidly simplified, 8000 Falcon Heavy flights would get you 112,000,000 kg into trans-Mars orbit. That is something like one and a half RMS Queen Mary's or almost two and a half Titanics.

Of course the R&D/materials for the manned spacecraft itself, the continuous mission support, the R&D/materials of any habitat, etc are all going to be very expensive.

But that expensive? I don't think so.
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I suspect it is way cheaper to buy an engineering team (and IP/patents in this case?) as a unit rather than chase every engineering hire separately and try and construct a team afterwards.
Honest question--why wouldn't or couldn't this work? Curious as it seems a well calibrated IR sensor could make a pretty good run at this with some good software behind it, but maybe I am missing something? If it DID work, it seems certainly more desirable than wearing something I had to charge.
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Here's a related article on the topic:
Is Software Engineering Engineering?
http://denninginstitute.com/pjd/PUBS/CACMcols/cacmMar09.pdf
I honestly find that reading his articles (and Techcrunch in general) are like banging my head against the wall. Did he say anything good about it at all?
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I gave up reserving seats in the quiet car after last time - a man sat next to me and handed his grandson (aged 3 or 4) a Bopit. Yes, one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH4XHwefPVY

There followed a short argument where I questioned why he would book the quiet car in advance and give the kid a toy where noise was the point of the game, and not, say, a colouring book.

Anyway. It's just less stressful to be in part of the train where noise is expected, because I have /never/ been in a quiet car which didn't have people on mobile phones, clacking keyboards, and kids with headphoneless gameboys.
It's not specifically for sole founders, but I'm on nReduce and it's a good way to get feedback from fellow entrepreneurs.
You're right, the numbers were off. They're fixed now.
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Camelizable.new(my_string).camelize does not support polymorphism, because it does not depend on the type of my_string.

Which means if I want to add camelizable to my AnnotatedString I have to monkey patch Camelizable#initialize.
That's not true.
At least Dynamics CRM is written almost completely in C#
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Everything except #100 seems pretty safe (for work, at least). Worst is there's some swearing.

#33 seems pretty plausible: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/color-targets-new-facebook-....

EDIT: added clarification. If you read the parent post, the parent post claims that the points are "not safe for work." I was merely saying that reading the thing would probably be safe for work. Snark is really not necessary.
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Not trying to be sarcastic or such, but I am willing to bet that the agreement is inside the box IE you have "agreed" to it without knowing its contents when you buy the console and open it.

If that's the case will it hold up?
I'd be surprised if moot actually got a law firm to try to enforce a trademark on moot as he has registered no trademark under moot or m00t with the USPTO.

Have you confirmed with the attorney listed on the letter that the address is legitimate? Again, all due respect, but I've had fedex letters with a fake return address before. Paying for overnight shipping is kind of stupid for a prank, but could be done (in my case, a party was trying to get information from me that I declined to give earlier, and tried to get me to give it under false pretense).

If he did actually send that (it's legitimate), as per earlier comments, I'm baffled because with no trademark over a dictionary word, I just don't see it carrying any real weight.
That's a really good question and I suggest you google it. The query 'Why are airlines always bankrupt' makes for some interesting reading.

I think the real question is... why do investors keep investing in something that historically has never made much money.
> but I can go and find them when I get home if you like

Yes please!

> that people who associate with small groups of people like them can end up subconsciously keeping other people out, because they automatically believe they are not as good.

If the problem is that you're associating with small groups of people, the solution should not be to make sure that this particular group of people gets artificially more diverse to satisfy a lacking in your experience. You should just get out of the house and meet more types of people.

> I believe diversity should be the natural state of most fields, including Ruby.

Why? Do you believe that the Ruby community should have people who are good at programming and bad at programming? Racists and non-racists? Pacifists and militarists? Pro-choice and pro-life people? People who like gruyere cheese and those who don't? Why do we stick to race and gender in particular as an axis of diversity? Specifically, why aren't we arguing the corner of racist, cheese-eating pacifists?

> to help people trying to move into the field

As I've said in other comments, I find this attitude to be quite condescending. I do not need your help to move into any field. In Western civilisation at least, my own efforts will be good enough.
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