skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Remember that SMB was being sold as part of the Humble Bundle when it was first added to the Ubuntu Software Center, and sales made through HIB aren't in that 77 figure, even if they were downloaded via USC.
Should one list their projected graduation date on their resume?
My grandparents make me feel so bad for not having kids. I thought the pressure would go away after my niece was born, but nope. The older people in my life like huge families and a constant stream of babies. The last thing I need in my life is more responsibility and less time, and my SO feels the same way.
Heavens forbid if you said God instead of "natural selection" on a uber-geek site....
I'm 35, been together with my wife for about 8 years and we're finally expecting our first kid in about 1 month. We were both always firmly in the "no kids" camp, the cost/benefit ratio just never seemed to add up. So what changed our minds? Partly it was peer pressure: everyone I know by this time has had kids, people who I respect, smarter people than myself. But mostly it was two slow realizations I've had:

1. It is part of the lifecycle, it is part of being an adult. The link at the top is mislabeled, you can't be an "adult" and not have kids. Yes it's grueling and miserable, but discomfort grounds you and gives you perspective. People that never leave their comfort zone never grow... they don't "grow up".

2. I personally believe it is the key to immortality. I'm not talking reincarnation or ancestor worship. Just a mental image I have every being that lived and died since the beginning of time to create me (or you), like threads in a fabric, and then you don't procreate and it's like "snip" and that thread ends.
Getting rid of javascript altogether and sticking with validating html5 worked for me.
As far as I know, Rackspace was not involved with the Obama fundraising website (other than this blog post which talks about Jekyll). Obama fundraising website was Jekyll/Akamai/AWS[EC2,S3,RDS] [1]. You can also watch a video from most of the Obama ops team about the stack on AWS [2].

[1] http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/interviews/chatting-with-ob...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tJAT7ioEg
What incentive exists for anyone to use this currency at all? Why would I ever accept a "freicoin"?
I have the feeling this is in reaction to the capped total value of the bitcoin monetary system which generates deflation over time and incentivizes sparing currency instead of using it.

By adding a component of inflation, you increase exchanges.

Let's just get rid of the cap and keep things simple.

edit: Of course from a micro-economic perspective this doesn't make sense unless it was forced onto us by a government as a de facto standard.
Sorry if it's a bit scatter-brained and unorganized. I threw it together late last night and am posting to help show others what to expect.

"no understanding from author about how the services actually work". I gave my interpretation of the data I was presented with. I am no expert in deferred javascript.

If you'd like you can ignore the entire article's text and just look at the pretty graphs.
why is it chrome only?
Slightly over two years - he goes to sleep around 8pm, my problem is that I tend to be very tired in the evening, too. Not sure I can blame it on him, though. I never managed to install good sleep habits. And I still waste time on Hacker News.

It doesn't seem impossible to perhaps achieve better mental hygiene (more sleep, less time wasted on useless stuff). And if I don't, the time I'll have with my son already feels so short anyway. He is going to kindergarten, so now there are only late afternoons and weekends. At the age of 5 or 6 he'll start going to school, which will probably mean even less time with him. That is only 3 years in the future from now.

And to be honest, I wasn't the best at finishing my own projects before my son was around. I still think that my energy levels will probably stabilize a bit and I'll get more things done.

Also having clear arrangements with the wife might help: we have certain days where one of us takes care of the child.

Eventually, perhaps some projects could be done together with the child? I am very interested in creating games for kids now. And ultimately I would like to build him a cool robot...
China requires Internet users to register names
The Ambani's are / were extremely corrupt. Hardly an inspiration to anyone.
> Not to be confused with mod_pagespeed, which is an Apache module

PageSpeed Service proxies your site, but aside from that the optimizations it makes are very similar to mod_pagespeed (and ngx_pagespeed). Which makes sense: they're closely related Google projects.

(I work on all three, but mostly ngx_pagespeed these days.)
One reason why "ifs are smelly" has become a maxim in some circles is because they represent an under-tested code path. In such areas as safety-critical/life systems, where a different codepath can be taken on the basis of a single var, this can be a very, very dangerous practice. Certainly in safety-critical, a reduction of "if"-based codepaths represents higher quality software in the end.

I have seen cases of radiation-derived bit-rot which don't manifest in any way until a certain "if"-path is evaluated by the computer - this seriously does happen and can still happen in modern computers today.

Having an abundance of such code switch points in a particularly large codebase can be a degree of complexity that nobody really wants to manage - or in the case of disaster, be responsible for .. so this maxim has been pretty solidly presented in industrial computing for a while. Make the decision-making as minimal as possible to get the job done, and don't over-rely on the ability of the computer to evaluate the expression in order to build robust software.

Now, its sort of amusing that this has propagated into the higher-order realms of general application development by which most Class/Object-oriented developers are employed .. but it is still an equally valid position to take. State changes in an application can be implemented in a number of different ways, "if" being one of the more banal mechanisms - there are of course other mechanisms as well (duffs devices, etc.) which are equally testable, yet more robust - simply because they break sooner, and can thus be tested better.

I take the position, however, that a well-designed class hierarchy won't need much navel-gazing decision-making, which is what the ol' "if (something == SOMETYPE)" statement really is: a kind of internal house-keeping mechanism being done by the computer at runtime, instead of at compile-time.

So there is a balance to this maxim, and the key to it is this: how complex does it need to be, versus how complex can the codebase be before it becomes unmanageable. If you're not doing full code-coverage testing with 100% testing of potential codepaths, then every single if statement represents a potential bug you didn't catch yet.
ShEdit - a learning tool for vertex and fragment shaders
Every day I say a little prayer of thanks for getting to where I am without having kids. Every time I spend time with my (many) friends who have kids (and now grandkids in some cases), I understand why they've made this choice and yet feel even more validated in my own choice.

And every time someone says, "how do you look so young for your age" or "how can you possibly afford to live the way you live and go the places you go and have the experiences you have" - I just smile and say, "no kids."
Ron Wyden explained the "general warrants" in FISA:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/27/sen-wyden-fisas-genera...

It's not like normal warrants. It's warrant that is in effect for a year and allows them to spy on everyone for that whole year. But of course they will get it renewed every year. The idea of a "FISA Court" is a joke. The only reason they even have that extra step is to say they "go through Court". But it's just like not having it at all, because everything they are doing gets approved. If FISA was a proper law, the warrant should be asked from any regular Court.
The second author is a narcissist and a fool.

People have chosen not to have children for at least as long as people have been writing down their thoughts. Most cultures throughout history have a monastic class of some sort, who renounce many aspects of conventional life to pursue other aims. There are myriad ways to live a significant, meaningful life without children. If you cannot think of a worthwhile use of your life that is not focussed on either your own material enrichment or raising your own progeny, that is merely a reflection of your own worthlessness.

Saying "I regret having children" is one of the most taboo sentences in our society. Until we address that taboo, we are unlikely to find an honest answer as to whether having children really is a source of fulfilment.
Easiest way to do off-the-cuff conversions:

- Celsius scale is based on water freezing at 0C and boiling at 100C. That's 32F and 212F, respectively.

- 45C is about halfway between 0C and 100C, so it's about halfway between 32F and 212F.

- Normal body temp 98.7F or 36C.

- Also -40C == -40F. I looked this up once because I was out on a day that where the wind chill was -40F. I thought that I did something wrong when the conversion came out exactly the same. ;-)
No offense, as I know little about your website, but you're one site out of thousands/tens of thousands on Cloudflare at this point. Your results without substantial research and supporting evidence of this being a trending problem with other sites is not enough to say (per your article) 'As I mentioned earlier, avoid Cloudflare at all costs'.

First, have you contacted Cloudflare support regarding your purported page slowdowns? If not, they are actually very good about both fixing things and getting back to you, even on the piss-ant level plans.

Second, what optimization features exactly do you have enabled? Do you set proper cache headers? Those are especially important to Cloudflare and without them being properly set (especially on JS and CSS objects) I imagine your page speeds will be pure crap.

That isn't to say that Cloudflare is without issue. We've had them, they exist. But if you're going to present an issue and blame it on the service, do your homework first and present full evidence, otherwise don't spread it as it's just an unproven lie.
But that is precisely the point - we each have our own time preferences. I'd rather have 1 apple a day for 1,000 days than 1,000 right now, but if I was a baker making apple pie, I don't know what I would do with just one fresh apple a day.

However both inflationary (USD) and deflationary (BTC) currencies force an external influence on our time valuations. With inflation I'd rather buy things now if possible because the price could go up at any time, whereas deflation results in the opposite: exchanges are delayed as you can get a better price in the future.

Demurrage allows interest rates to drop to zero, which eliminates the influence monetary policy has on time preference, allowing me to be free to choose when and how much I buy without penalty.
I recommend reading Greenwald's long article on this. I think he explains better than anyone else the absurdity of the situation and the shamelessness of the senators who voted for FISA and against the amendments to it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/28/fisa-fei...
Except he gave a blanket statement saying that without love of children life is meaningless. In effect saying that all of us who don't want kids are doomed to live a hollow meaningless life and die a lonely death having accomplished nothing.

That's what makes him seem like a prick. Maybe if it was a personal revelation but he is saying it will happen to us all but we're not wise enough (or our mortality isn't visible enough yet) to realize it.

It's about as snippy as if someone religious told me I'd burn in hell unless I came to god... the only difference is that I know for sure that religion is bullshit, but having kids is a fact and really you can never be entirely sure if its the right thing or not. So this is actually a subject worth being passionate about.
Ugh. Where did they find those people? (oh, apparently at Quora, which makes me sad for my people)

I, at 33, still wake up at least 3 times a week thinking "thank god I don't have children", and pretty much have felt that way for as long as I can remember. I really like my freedom. I mean, I'm reluctant to buy houseplants because they would tie me to one place to maintain them. Kids would be ok if they could be shipped off to boarding school most of the time, or were adults, but I viscerally hate being around young (under 10-12yo, but especially under 3yo) children.

I am probably less likely to get married (not wanting kids) than I would be otherwise, but I'm fine with living in sin indefinitely. (I see no real benefit to marriage other than the legal benefits, and for me, those seem mostly negative).
Having children is not 'doing your part' anymore, and people need to understand this. We are quickly reaching the point where we have enough humans in the world. Feel free to have children if you want them, but please understand that 'doing your part' is quickly changing to mean 'no children - we have enough'. If you want to do your part, rather adopt a child.

Also, the world isn't all about you.
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AFAICS, no rational person would without external incentives.
I don't understand why people are saying "I have so many things left to do and so many places to visit, I can't have kids now". But you can do all that with kids and have even more fun than doing all that by yourself...
Has FISA-authorized surveillance been found constitutional?
I've seen many entrepreneurs in the valley use similar tactics to sneak into conferences and garner equipment and resources for building product.
I understand your point, but I read it to be that he was speaking about his own life, not anyone else's.
> I mean the screaming kid in the restaurant.

I'll say this for everyone else out there - deciding to not have kids based on bad kids in public is like deciding to not buy a house because of that one guy who never mows his lawn.

My kids have never had an outburst in public. Had one have gone into a temper tantrum or anything of the sort, I would have quietly left the establishment as a courtesy to others.

You don't notice the people who raise their kids well or have good kids because they go out of their way not to be a burden to others.

I'll call myself lucky that I have two great, artistic, and intelligent kids that are also mannered and polite, but it's less about luck and more about parenting.

If you want to have kids, and are scared by that horror scene in the restaurant, rest assured that you can have kids that aren't like that. It's not luck, it's parenting.
I can't say that I've been in extreme cold or dressed with lots of clothes, but I always undress in order to prevent (too much) sweat. Then I dress back as soon as I'm getting cold.
When I was five I asked this question and got a simple answer. I'm not an economist so it is probably incompletely or completely wrong.

If you notice that your money is worth more tomorrow, you are going to save your money and spend it tomorrow. This is true in situations of "deflation".

This sounds good to you, because all you have to do is wait and you'll be better off tomorrow. You don't even have to work to get more stuff.

However, you aren't the only person with this idea. Everyone saves their money in the bank. The people who sell goods and services, sell fewer goods, and maybe go out of business.

The economy slows down.

On the other side, if you design an economy so that inflation exists. People want to spend because in the future their money will be worth (a little bit) less.

Money flows around a lot. People who sells things make money and stay in business. People have jobs and the money is still worth something.

Remember money isn't worth something, trading good fluidly and efficiently is worth something. Money lets us do that. So a currency that lets us do that is good.

If anyone knows more about the situation, please add it. I don't know any economists so this story is probably pretty incomplete.
Congrats to the "Freigeld" proponents to actually put something in motion. I wish this would see some adaption so that they could finally get a reality check of their theory (which I personally think wouldn't be very positive)
And of course, Krugman is right

-- Um, no. Its false.

The entire idea is false coming (literally) and going (figuratively).

but hey, he's a Nobel-prize winning economist...

== This is not even worth responding to.
Don't know if he's a narcissist, but he's definitely sanctimonious about having seen the light.
Should your Product manager be the Product Owner
I love this idea, and I think most of you will too. Many of you are complaining about ambiance, but how many of you use your cell phones at dinner (be honest). This will enable restauranteurs to turn over a table more quickly, and have fewer wait staff, both of which will mean more profit for them, and lower costs for us. This is a great idea and it WILL happen.
Everyone has excuses for not getting around to the stuff they want to do. When you have a kid, it's the most convenient excuse, but in my experience I've gotten no less done since my daughter's birth.

I was a no kid adult until 37. I had great success, owning bars and restaurants and living a very busy life. I was happy to believe that a childless life was my destiny. My wife was told it was a medical impossibility for her to have children, further reinforcing this mindset.

I had it all, and had no time for children. Having owned fine dining restaurants, I had a dim view of them in social settings, and having a very active social life they were a dirty, smelly, noisy intrusion.

We found out we were pregnant, and it scared us, mostly that we'd be losing out on the life we built for ourselves.

Two and a half years in, I've never been happier, and more motivated. I've been more productive as a father than I ever was with all the other distractions. I've launched 3 companies, consulting on two more, and lost 30 lbs.

A great parent, like a great leader, is made, not born. Inside all of us is a great, loving parent, but there are some who will not bear the risk to their lifestyle, just like we wouldn't.

Staying motivated, honestly, is about realizing that you are ultimately responsible for managing your time. Don't blame your kids. They're hard work, but so is running a company, or leading a revolution. I would argue that they're worth it, even as I'm working from home as I toilet train her.

I wont judge anyone who chooses to avoid being a parent, just as I wouldn't judge anyone who never chooses to start a company, chase a dream, or take a big risk. But I will say this.

The reward far outweighs the risk.

All great things are difficult, all worthwhile achievements demand sacrifice, and while some may be intimidated by a heavy workload, for me it's a clarion call to be the best father I can be.

It has made me the best founder I could be.
Give it a few years and the kid will do his best to avoid you.
Obviously I have little to no idea how many sites I visit daily are using CloudFlare, however:

* Over the last two weeks, the number of CloudFlare 'down' pages I have seen has grown quite rapidly on sites that were never unavailable in the first place. (And, typically, the 'live' link ends up at the correct, working, page)

* imgur load time has gotten exponentially worse since the addition of CloudFlare. (Whether or not performance would have degraded the same without it is clearly debatable.)
Nice thing when I hit the end of my 30s, people stopped asking me when I was going to get married and have kids. Just never had the urge for kids and figured if I didn't feel the desire it wouldn't be a good idea. Came close to marriage once or twice and I might again, but kids no.

I like kids. I like my brother's kids. I like my friends' kids. Just don't want my own.
Well there's all the advantages that bitcoin has (low transaction fees, quick processing, no chargebacks, etc.). We're also working on tools & services that would make transacting in Freicoin as easy as possible, so that for example you can set a limit on how many freicoins you want to hold, and the remainder will automatically be swept into an exchange account and converted into bitcoins or dollars.
I'm confused by the first author's response: part of the way through the article she explains she regrets it and then quickly contradicts herself.

Did she truly regret it or not? Or has she not yet decided?
hi, i'm 34' two sons. one 14, the other 4. my tip: prioritize

do one thing after the other, start with the most important.

and: stop doing stuff that isn't important to you. i stopped watching tv years ago, also no alcohol.

if a side project is important to you, then the trick is just to not do the stuff that isnt as important. if you follow that logic you will always find time to do the stuff that you want to do. oh, and sooner or later you will have to quit your day job. as a day job is the biggest time and energy black hole ever.
Sounds like the outline of a good book. I'm not being facetious, you are on to some great truths in your comments.
"We've always had two or three dogs at a time"

Damn... all that time walking the dogs... coulda had a kid!

The thing about people hating shrieking children, that seems to be a very strong sentiment among those who feel the same. I really wonder what it is, because I really am able to tune it out, or at least not let it bother me much. Is it about taking it personally, or is that a condescending (and incorrect) theory?
> "Part of what makes a good developer is the ability to
> choose the tools that work best."

Is an article that insults the intelligence of PHP developers best tool for convincing them to switch languages?
If I recall, I think the over-styled but less-usable drop-down list was a deliberate decision, much like the call to setTimeout.

(I'm a housemate of StuieK and Firehed, and also contributed to the page)
I'm a couple years younger than you and have four kids (6yo to a newborn). We do all the things you do except for one thing: complain we have no time (but I do remember doing that before I had any kids!). I think kids give you a new outlook on time and the fact you just have to enjoy what time you do have.
actually narcissist and fool will be a person who decides that satisfying his own hunger for travel and business is more important than evolution.
the web audio API isn't implemented in anything else. Firefox uses a proprietary thing that's been deprecated.
You don't really increase exchange with other currencies if its low friction to do transactions in BTC as the optimal strategy is to keep your savings in assets that increase the most in purchasing power and only move value out at the moment of a purchase and only for the amount of the purchase. Likewise, the seller prefers to receive the highest appreciating asset in exchange if friction is low.
Fair point. I agree with what you've said here with respect to most large corporations ("enterprise"). Generally, I think designers are better trained to think like this than engineers. Either way, this is the way I think both crafts need to evolve: both engineering and design should aim towards more of a core focus on the product, rather than just their individual pieces.

The startup world is certainly leading the charge in this right now, though I think it's often mischaracterized as a resource constraint problem, one that will presumably be solved down the road by hiring a proper product manager when the company needs to "scale". Training all employees to think strategically about business and product is a universally good thing, but especially for those building the products, especially when the software is the product.

As far as how well the system "scales", I suppose it depends on your definition of scale ;) Facebook seems to be doing pretty well with some version of this approach, and I think they're at about 3-4k employees, at least half of those are technical afaik.