skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not sure I understand what the article is advocating as an alternative....
Chamillionaire speaking about music and gamification. Surprisingly good
When Gmail first came out, there was a lot of privacy concerns with them simply scanning email for targeting advertising.

It's amazing how quickly we've forgotten about that...
>And the purpose of government is to put systems in place that can give help to all the people who need it, as close to all the time as possible.

That is a hefty thing to assert. If you ask some Afghan kid what the purpose of the U.S. government is I think you would get a different answer.
Why is Python being phased out?
Sorry, my comments were not really directed at your points only motivated by them and were a response to those of the orginal blog post.

I'm curious though, did you ever evaluate wp7/wp8? Microsoft was pushing in its marketing message that it was designed to solve this very problem, live tile updates, at-a-glance utility rather than deep distraction, etc.
We design and build with Enterprise in mind. This particular feature has its own Enterprise-specific design considerations and challenges.

The best answer is: when it's ready, but not before.
The 10 Key Ingredients To The New Industrial Revolution
Have huge savings, so that your decision doesn't put your dependents at risk too much. That's the main difference. And, just like some stuff in the original article, this partially depends on how lucky and good at making money you were previously.
Well why not start somewhere, create axiomatic TOS for example and proceed with contracts between companies.

There has to be academic groundwork to build something like that, a mixture of CS and law. Maybe some students at a law faculty could create a project together with a few CS students just to get the stone rolling.

A programming language to describe who is responsible for cleaning the flat.
The argument comparing to gay/woman is just a fallacy. you can learn english, everyone can. You cannot stop being a woman or being gay (despite the latter being argued many times in the past).

And you should learn english. The problem is not because you have to. The problem is to communicate better and to share more. The exclusion principle will still apply, but instead excluding bigger group (people not speaking language X) instead of a smaller group (people not speaking english), unless we actually have completely-automatic translation (and then there is no issue). See what's going on in ruby community - you cannot participate in the design of the language, if you don't speak japanese. As simple as that.
No issue, we just wanted to set something up as opposed to running directly from S3.
Thanks Jeremy. That's the sort of answer I was looking for. Good luck with Railcar!
Hey Udemy, please forward this to every member of Congress. Perhaps with a poster that says, "It's the immigrants, stupid."
Why didn't gNewSense just fork Debian? All they'd need to do would be disable the 'non-free' repo and block the offending firmware blobs. Instead they have to fork a fork of Debian and have more work on their plate stripping things out.
I would like to link to a post I made about a week ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4856642

There was a discussion in the comments about whether enough cumulative integrated acceleration errors would prevent some sort of system like this from replacing GPS. (Granted, we were discussing gyroscopes, but I think this still relates).
That's probably in breach of your employment agreement, and more than likely criminal too.

I wouldn't.
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>Also, I hate feeling like I'm logging onto an adult site when I'm just trying to configure DNS. I know sex sells but GD is just shameless.

This has annoyed the hell out of me too for a long time. I have no problem if, say, Victoria's Secret tries to sell me their product with a sex-sells strategy, but internet domains? You gotta be frakkin kiddin me.
I'm not sure how I can see Guido having the effect at Dropbox that he had at Google. Dropbox's engineering difficulties, while large, are not near that of Google's. Is this more of a Matz being hired by Heroku scenario, in name only sort of thing.
Many reasons (very incomplete list):

- There is significantly less spectrum available for upstream channel use than downstream channel use. (Something like 37 MHz vs. 500-800 MHz.) This means cable operators have to be very frugal with upstream channel allocations and can't reasonably bond together enough upstream channels w/ DOCSIS 3.0 to give everyone symmetric up/down speeds.

- Upstream channels are a shared medium using TDMA (time division), which introduces overhead to prevent multiple transmitters (cable modems) from transmitting on top of one another. However, even if your cable modem was the only device on the network, it wouldn't get all of the available upstream timeslots for sending data.

- Upstream channels use a less spectrally efficient modulation scheme than downstream channels in order to keep bit error rates low. (The upstream channels are noisier than the downstream channels.) Given identical channel widths, worse spectral efficiency means fewer bits per symbol means less data sent per time unit.
So what's the motor made out of that it can be guaranteed to last a decent amount of time before breaking?
For me, it's because each symbol, letter or number is given a ton of weight in mathematical equations. You can't skip over and fill in the gaps later - like reading a book, for example - you have to understand each aspect before the whole makes sense.
Real Ventures' John Stokes: the Gordon Ramsay of Canadian Startups?
It's what Groupon did, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Yes, you're right, I remember similar things from my time in the Navy. This kind of lighting regime is normal in the combat spaces of a ship, even in the daytime.

The GravityLight article does say that it's meant to replace kerosene lamps, which according to Wikipedia range from 20 to 100 lumens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_lamp

This is about the equivalent of a 1.6 W to 8 W incandescent bulb, so you're right, I was too quick to dismiss the numbers as being too low. They're certainly low compared to what first world citizens are used to, but they are roughly equivalent to what the target users are used to.
Pain points rule everything around me.
Installing and Using EC2 command line tools
This is clever Tom.

Those videos by Noah are awesome - not sure how I missed those before.
Well the codes of conduct in question actually specify that the conference is only to take action if the reporter wishes that to be the case. Second, the codes actually have measures to prevent "moral panic" in them, in the form of getting both sides of the story, and in the case of pycon, using some form of consensus technique to discuss the ramification/consequences. This doesn't mean expulsion, it could simply mean a warning or a requirement to stay away from the reporter. These are reasonable reasonable responses to unwanted continued/"forced" discussion in an elevator.

Further should overreaction occur, there will in fact be backlash against the conference and organizers. This is the internet. You know it is true.

And no it isn't comparable to privacy concerns. It is comparable to people rejecting theft laws because consequences for a wrong action are unfair and someone could be framed. I doubt you rail about how theft laws are unfair because someone could be framed. There can be reasoned discussion about actual penalties being too harsh or not harsh enough, but railing against the existence of such laws only benefits thieves.
> 'against their interests' (that is, against what you believe their interests are)

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

It's not what I believe their interests are. It's what THEY claim their interests are. I'm sorry, but if you claim to vote to a party because "they believe in small government", despite the last 30 years of data showing that government & expenses grow under said party control much more than under the other party's control, then you are not smart.

The specific example I gave was of JtP, who was (for a short time) a hero and looked upon figure in a section of the population. His vote and declared interests (as declared by himself) do not align, and his reasoning is flawed. And unfortunately, that is extremely common.

> Are people who vote 'for their interests' (that is, for what you believe their interests are) but can't articulate why also stupid?

I don't know. Do you? I mean, you might be doing "the right thing" for the right reasons, in which case you are not stupid, and you might be doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, in which case you are stupid (but lucky). I was discussing cases in which there is apparent evidence for improvement of outcome.

> is there any reason he can't make the same argument as you from his reverse perspective?

No, he can (and should) make the same arugment about me, making me non stupid but working against my interests from his perspective. Which is a base for discussion - he might convince me (or might not, or we might agree to disagree), and find some way to work together.

e.g. one might believe that government should backstop failing banks, and one might not. There might be evidence one way or the other, but probably not conclusive evidence. Either one of us may believe the other is working against his interest. And neither of us will really be wrong.

> and just say 'people who can't soundly reason about their votes are stupid' - something relatively uncontroversial.

That's actually what I was trying to say. I was just focusing about the thing that highlights a subset of those people: working against their own interests. NOT what I believe their interests are (that's what you assume, but never have I said that), but about what they declare their interests to be (I should have been more clear about that).
Nice. You guys should check out Name.com as a good example of UI/UX design for a domain site. It's one of the most soothing on the Internet. Sometimes I log in when I don't even have anything to do there, just to enjoy the UX.
Facebook will take away users' right to vote on policy – unless they vote for it
GitHub vs Skyrim
I think this is only for new customers, not existing ones.
This is preposterous. There is no moral equivalence between requiring code to be submitted in a particular language and requiring racial segregation.

"All code must be submitted in English" is morally equivalent to "All code must be submitted in Python" - which is to say, there is no moral perspective whatsoever. Maybe it makes sense to have an all English (or all Python) codebase, maybe not, but these are logistical questions, not moral ones. They should be decided on the basis of utility.
I'll only nit-pick on your comment "And yet, those countries enjoy better health in every possible measurement."

Yes, they enjoy better health if you measure using blunt tools like "life expectancy". Of course, life expectancy is impacted by many more factors other than health care.

If you measure by things like "access to the latest technology/drugs" and "overall survival from first diagnosis of cancer" the US comes out on top in many, many areas despite the lack of uniform coverage.

Again, using blunt tools like life expectancy, one would argue that the UK has a better healthcare system. Of course, if you're a cystic fibrosis patient and can't afford the $300K/yr for the drug Kalydeco because the NHS doesn't cover it (although nearly every insurance company in the US covers), it doesn't quite seem that great.
Thanks for all these ideas! The good news is that most of them are already being built!
RMS is usually correct. Annoying, offensive, unpragmatic, undiplomatic and confrontational, but in the end he's usually right in his basic analyses of the problem. Often well before anyone else even recognizes there is a problem.
I've personally met one of the founders, and it was a damn shame how difficult it was for him to get a Visa to continue growing the company in the US.

We always hear this crap from politicians about how we have to help the "job creators" in the US. Well, Udemy's founders are a shining example of job creators that could use congress's help. Maybe they'll get the memo and finally do something about allowing the world's brightest to start and grow companies here in the US...
Let's volunteer to work for a commercial entity for free?

No thanks. They're doing fine, they can easily afford to pay people to do this if it's necessary. Volunteer your time for non-commercial projects that do not have the option of paying people a fair wage for their work.
They weren't necessarily lying -- they could simply be wrong. There's a huge difference; lying requires knowledge that what you're saying is wrong.
From what I remember reading a US embassy website: If you are telecommuting/teleworking for a foreign corporation not connected in the usa ('non us source income'), you can do that even if you don't have a US work authorization, as long as that corporation is not one you have a controlling interest in (not self-employed). So if you have a spouse who is under a non-work authorized visa, they can still telework for a polish corporation for example. Talk to lawyers and so on before you actually do something like this.
To all those downvoting vectorbunny's comment:

The downvote is not meant to say "I disagree", it is meant to be used to get rid of spam, trolls or comments not adding to the discussion. If you disagree, respond to the comment with your reasons for disagreeing, like all the quality responses to vectorbunny's comment.

Heck, you might even upvote comments you disagree with if you think they add value to the discussion.
The first step in using cloud storage is uploading the data in the first place; a connection which is that asymmetrical won't get you there.
What was wrong with ![Alt text](http://imgur/path)?

Seemed like the perfect balance between, hard enough that you don't throw everything on there and eat up space, but useable enough that it works fine when you need it.
Good luck trying to get Congress to do anything actionable, especially when it comes to education. Any sort of education reform is going to come directly through the internet.
Life: Getting married and having kids, before making my 'still future' fortune.

Programming: Switching majors from Computer Science to Economics (figured programming jobs would all be outsourced)
> Why on earth does Microsoft feel the need to resort to such a pathetic advertising campaign?

Because building mobile operating systems people want to buy isn't exactly working for them.

I'm not sure why, but in all my exchanges with Microsoft supporters (employees or just fans) I felt a huge sense of entitlement and a rather bizarre perplexity about why they fail so completely on mobile and completely dominating the desktop.
'tracking people' is not inherently malicious. Countless parents expect teachers to track their kids.

"Where is my child?" => "I'm sorry ma'am, we had a day trip, but in the interests of your child's freedoms, I was forbidden from tracking her."
Sparrow vs Gmail 2.0 on iPhone
Nothing! In fact, the new issue attachments code uses plain ol' Markdown to show the image. The reason we added this is because arcane Markdown code is impossibly hostile for new users and beginners.
What data is Time Warner evaluating to determine that there is low demand for Fiber connections. I was also hoping that google would release the number of people they are seeing request that google fiber come to their city next (via the sign up page they have posted).

I am sitting at 50 Mbps and when I have two Netflix streams going + background downloading of something on steam you could see how my connection would slow down. Obviously I am an edge case but remember more consumers are going to turn what seems like an edge case now into the norm.
Why only iPhone apps and not both Android and iPhone apps?
They were wrong, factually incorrect. That is not lying. Lying implies intent to deceive. Speaking factually incorrect things if you believe them to be true is honest but incorrect.

Do you shame your kids by calling them liars every time the get something wrong on their homework? Do schools kick you out for violating the code of conduct (which usually includes some language about honesty with faculty and administration) every time you get marks off on a test because of factual incorrectness?

Are people who write code with bugs just dirty liars, because the documentation says it will do this, but a bug means that in some cases it fails?
Ah nice!, easier to drive down the costs that way. Thanks.
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Sorry, I know, and I invite all the downvotes I can :)

Its just the pure stupidity of it all that takes ahold of me when reading this stuff.
How to Hack Chipotle
Was making between $500-$900/month consistently for 1+ year, but the release of iOS6 hit my download count significantly. The app is Group Texting Pro
Kim Dotcom: Mega Will Turn Encryption into a Mass Product
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Perhaps I'm just unlucky. To be fair, I've only tried to run like 3 python packages.
Well, it's a paradox.

If you are fixated on the goal, rather than being present performing the actions that will get you to the goal, you are actually less likely to reach the goal successfully. Thinking about the goal obsessively is counterproductive.

Maybe "detach from the outcome" is a better word. Anchor your happiness and well-being on performing the actions within your control that you believe will take you to that outcome, and do not make that happiness and well-being conditional on reaching that outcome.
Marc.. Noah is a so effective in distilling actionable items for customer development and growing customers.
I am curious to know if you or some relative actually has CF or if you are merely talking out your ass? I have CF and so does my oldest son. There are countries in Europe with better life expectancy, quality of life, etc for CF than the US has. And that is just the tip of the iceberg for the criticisms I have for your ridiculous statement. So just wondering here if you are merely pulling out inflamatory bs just cuz or if you or some relative happen to be in the 5% of CF patients who have the right alleles to potentially benefit from this specific drug.
I'm surprised that nobody has pointed out the other sciences, in which English is clearly the dominant language.

And industries, such as aviation. All air traffic controllers are expected to be able to converse at a basic level (as necessary for ATC duties) in English even if pilots and ATC may sometimes choose to use other languages.
This reminds me of that Homer Simpson quote:

Hey! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
I'm glad I looked in the comments before reading the article -- probably saved a good few minutes with your summary :)
You're not. When I was living in an unfortunate area of the country only served by Time Warner Cable, DNS lookup throttling was their sole means of capping heavy downloaders.
It seems like you're taking the term "fast" to refer to the number of employees. I think it refers more to revenue, or maybe user acquisition for those "we'll figure out how to make money later" companies.
Well, a modern wealthy nation should never let it's citizens starve / go without clean driking water. So yes, the government should provide a safety net for those who can't afford food / water.

The same should be done for healthcare. The problem with healthcare is that you can spend a near infinite amount on treatments. It is hard to spend an infinite amount on food.
Doesn't really stop me from throwing your bike on a truck.
I saw quite a large quantity of stuff being downloaded that was doing nothing but adding Ubuntu branding to other packages like Firefox, etc. Nothing like the Amazon scandal in terms of how close it is to being 'malicious' - but I still didn't like the attitude / trend it indicated.
PG's well-known definition is "a company designed for growth".

http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html
I don't think it's greedy at all. Canonical is hardly beholden to the users of its software.
Fair point on the quote, but I still stand by my point. Just because I do download updates from you does not mean you can make a fundamental change in where my data goes without my explicit permission. That's how you lose the trust I have given you.
To a mathematician reading the technical literature from his own field, there's no issue with math notation.

Let me guess. You haven't learned much differential geometry?

Constants vary by 2 pi depending on which definition you use. Functions might come before or after their arguments. And, of course, you leave everything that is "unambiguous" out of the notation. (Proving that it truly is unambiguous is sometimes nontrivial for the novice.) Guessing what notation a particular author is using has been known to be daunting, even for other differential geometers.

In grad school I remember sitting down with homework sets and spending longer working out what the question said than I did in solving it once understood.

That said, if you tried to actually write everything out explicitly, it would be impossible to read anything. Compact notation is a necessary evil - without it your brain simply can't think certain things. With it, it is hard for anyone else to figure out what you just said.
I've found that RMS sounds eerily sane these days.
No, but my kids aren't asking for money based upon wrong claims, whether they know or don't. However, as adults, especially when you are pitching an idea looking for funding, you are expected to be factually correct. Being factually wrong, and then claiming ignorance isn't going to help build confidence in investors. Caveat emptor applies alright, but really, we aren't in grade school to actually let ignorance be an excuse here, especially given they are soliciting funds.
I didn't mean to actually lay out categories where one style is more effective than another -- I don't have that experience. I was simply proposing a framework to think about the differences between development teams and how that might affect the effectiveness of pair programming. Obviously, "web" projects have significant security and performance requirements, which could definitely benefit from pair programming in your context.

I should have focused on the distinction between the size of companies -- that seems like a more accurate framework. I suppose I meant "performance" in the sense of low-level algorithm efficiency rather than high-level scalability and reliability. A misuse of the term on my part.
The W3C leadership hasn't had a close handle on the challenges of modern day webapp development. The work Rick Waldron, Yehuda and Alex Russell have done in TC39 is hugely valuable. Now to bring that prioritization into the larger W3C will be hugely valuable. Best news I've read in a while.
The article "How to Write Mathematics"

http://www.math.uga.edu/~azoff/courses/halmos.pdf

by the late Paul Halmos, a mathematician famous for his clarity of writing, suggests procedures for making mathematical papers less painful to read.
I personally see Go as more of a Java replacement than anything.
there is a large moral difference between opt in and opt out. With opt in, the consent is explicit, with opt out, the consent is assumed to be implicit, but user ignorance often means they have no idea that its happening at all, thus cannot be said to have consented.
Here: http://test-ipv6.com/

It's not possible to determine both your IPv4 and IPv6 address in a way that's compatible with curl or links, however. You need something like JavaScript to issue the second request.