skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The article kindly submitted here links to the project homepage

http://www.metproject.org/

at which the latest project report can be found. I've got some reading to do before I think about what else to add to the discussion already underway here. I get the impression that one observation that has motivated much of this research is how persons educated overseas have fared in United States society after immigrating here in early adulthood. My own experience living in another country (twice, in two different three-year stays) does much to prompt my interest in education reform, which is what drew me here to Hacker News.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4728123
I will need to sanitize the code before uploading it to the github. Also, I found the culprit.. google api :(
Try faking the Google piece for now (maybe only on every other request?) to get the app up and running again. You can legitimately fix it after the traffic dies down.

Edit: You got muted down to the 4th page, at #130 something down from the top 30. Probably the victim of some flagging or a moderator. Sorry.
Honestly, the best thing he could have done is stay silent. Now he's shined a negative light towards IBM
Love it or Hate it, Tech Buzz Words Are Here to Stay
No, he's not downvoted for "speaking the truth". He's being downvoted for the hyperbole.
When a company acts like a friend...
Because when that law was written it wasn't obvious how to distinguish in law between authorized and unauthorized access.

But that's not what the laws do. They make committing fraud with a computer a worse crime than committing fraud some other way; that's a completely separate issue from defining what constitutes unauthorized access.
The section on Minimal Templates is wrong on many points. There's usually no need to sacrifice genericness for readability; that's what typedefs are for. Also, C++11 now has foreach loops.
Same here, I also save a lot articles to be read later but going to go through them and delete most of them and read the ones still seems to be interesting in this weekend. We should be more picky and dont hesitate to delelete most of them, other than that if we are still OK without reading them till now, most probably we are still going to be.
Ask HN: Why is the term "bandwidth" so often used incorrectly?
As I go around the internet I am constantly irritated by the improper use of the term "bandwidth" Examples. (First few from google search)

https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing "FREE Bandwidth"
http://www.dotblock.com/ "Bandwidth Unmetered" (Could be right but in the context it is not.
http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/vps-hosting.aspx "Bandwidth: 1,000 GB/mo"

These uses above are using "bandwidth" as to refer to the total allotted amount of data that each in this case VPS is allowed to ether send/receive. This is not "bandwidth", bandwidth is a unit of change, not a unit of static values.

Am I misunderstanding the meaning of "bandwidth"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth shows multiple meanings but as i understand them they all basically equate to a "band"(some medium) "width"(representation of how much may transverse the medium).

Now i would imagine that most of not all uses of the term "bandwidth" come from sites that are targeting technologically competent individuals/groups. Those of which i would assume would know the correct usage/meaning of bandwidth. What is the reasoning for the widespread misuse of this term? Has it been used as such for so long that everyone has just come accustom to it? Do not know the correct meaning/usage? Am i over thinking the basic words that make up "band-width" and as such misunderstanding its meaning? Or is the whole of the internet unilaterally misusing the term. I would hope the former and not the later, but by posting this post you should know i believe its the former.

Any thoughts?
An API already. You guys move fast.
> I think a big difference with prison is that prison is not voluntary

I tried to note that, but to be more clear: If you voluntarily take actions, over a long period of time, that involve the possibility of prison as a direct consequence of those actions, then I don't think you get to act completely surprised or indignant.

It's the reason I didn't complain too much (then or now) about my "plight"; as you say, I chose to be there.
I'm curious to hear what people have to say here as well.
>Any kid with a family that can afford books will score higher on "can this kid read English".

I don't think this is true. Those who can't afford books can goto the public library and get them.
You're assuming that the first argument here is an integer value. For a single, one off, testing haress application I wouldn't worry too much about applying a full-blown semantic code style.

Is there anything wrong with keeping the default value as a separate constant?

const int kDefaultValue = 1000000;
int value = kDefaultValue;
if (argc > 1) {
value = std::atoi(argv[1]);
}
const int count = value;

Personally I much prefer using [program options][1] from the boost project (since we are talking about C++ here). Most projects already have this as a dependency, and its quite easy to setup. It also properly handles your types.

[1]: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/doc/html/program_option...
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, it's too early to chalk up wisdom learned -- but the main point of writing this was to get a discussion started and see what feedback people had. In my experience, blog posts do better if you offer something in them. In this case, I was sharing what the first two weeks of launching a site and trying to get traffic were like, for all the readers who haven't done it yet but want to do it some day.
For work stuff, I have to agree. For play/hobby stuff, I could see jumping on this the next time I need a VM for experimentation.

Excellent work, DigitalOcean!
AFAIK, 0 QC or checking is done on the contents of a repo. additionally, there have been enough times in the past where someone has just straight up rooted the servers that the repo lives on

Are you talking about debian/fedora repos? Because if so, that is simply false. Both have heavy QC, and the packages are all signed by the developers keys, and the OS checks those keys.
What if PHP primitive type were objects?
If I wanted to rip an Audio CD into an MP3 on Windows I would insert the CD, which causes a popup dialog that offers to run the built-in media player that includes MP3 ripping.
60 Minutes Looks At The Race Against The Machine
Well I can say that the biggest CPA advertiser had a call centre which was there biggest way to earn back the commission they paid us to get us leads. Also these guys had big budgets, unlike all the other advertisers, so when there were days when a certain offer would earn more then 100k they would be happy to pay. I'm guessing the other networks didn't have enough liquid assets to pay back publishers on time (we would get paid every Tuesday usually). Also the main network wasn't fussy where the traffic came from, as where every other network wants organic traffic (which is basically impossible anyway), so they would usually cut you off as soon as you started sending social media traffic, email traffic, sms traffic etc.

But I primarily did email submit offers, they would convert as soon as someone put in their email so we would usually get conversion rates of 30-60% which was pretty dang good.

But yea acai/ringtone got wiped out when the FTC stepped in over all the 'legitimate' reviews and credit card companies got strict on rebilling (which was the only reason they made money).

The whole industry is struggling though, most people are now trying to make money from selling SEO services or reselling Facebook Fans and Youtube Views (which Google nuked the other day).
Dell Buyout Has '50-50' Chance: Wilbur Ross
What do you propose? Putting the man in prison for life, or even executing him, is still poor punishment for killing 77 innocents, many of them children.

No sentence that can be carried out will match the magnitude of his crime. So why should 21 years be "absurd", but life in prison, or death, be "not absurd"?
Overloaded 2013 Conference announced, plus 15% off code
I cling to the hope that there's something I'm not seeing here, but I fear that might not be the case.

All I see is a business model that on top of being reprehensible, is completely out of whack with the times, and even if successful promises to cannibalize itself out of existence by destroying any remnant of faith that Windows user still have in the Wild West of freely downloadable native Windows apps.

Please, let not today be remembered as the day that YC jumped the shark.
There's a really inspiring google tech talk about her life and work. It's titled "Emmy Noether and The Fabric of Reality"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_MpQG2xXVo
On OS X, there is MacUpdate. Not curated, but user-unfettered. There used to be another very similar one, called VersionTracker, which was much more popular... and then it was acquired by CNET. And everybody gradually stopped using it. There's probably some kind of lesson hiding in there somewhere...
Exactly. That's the more salient point. There's no way that this person didn't realize that she went 10x further than the 90 miles she was supposed to travel.
Great idea. I think that anything that aids cross-platform development is going to be very valuable over the next few years.

Building a platform agnostic front end without having to resort to javascript/HTML could be a really useful step forward.
Not crowd-source, friends. As in people you know and have a beer with IRL.

People that might actually care about the outcome and aren't just looking for laughs.
You're right, it's a tragic situation where a bright young man extinguished his own flame. Emotions are so raw that no matter what he says right now, it will not be well received. Even if what he is saying is accurate.

But frankly, I'm disappointed the coverage has stopped being about suicide prevention. Nobody should ever take their own life, and if you are feeling like life is not worth living please immediately call 1-800-273-8255. Thanks.

p.s.: I'd appreciate responses for downvotes, as I know this isn't popular, but would enjoy a real discussion.
> They also have deals with download.com/softopedia/softonic to change/rewrap your installer, without your agreement, often violating your license; or they give back money to those websites, so they are ranked higher than normal other downloads.

I can confirm this, it's the reason we stopped having a download altogether even though it offered features that were hard to do without a download.

Using software I wrote as a vector to spread malware is really beyond the pale.
Would a 'rental package' suit you better? Something like, an SLR and one or two lenses that you rent for the weekend. What price would you be willing to pay? Especially considering you could get a new SLR and kit lens for ~900. $50/weekend? $100?

Thanks for the feedback! This is a suggestion I've been hearing a lot and may pursue.
Parent's example was Arch Linux, not Ubuntu. And it was oversimplified.
I don't mean aptitude itself.

I mean , if you are bundling your own software for Ubuntu you get to distribute it however you like. If somebody else decides to redistribute it minus the crapware then you can potentially sue them.

So you can say "the only legal way to get my software is to download this file which is bundled with InstallMonetizerForUbuntu".

Whether it is bundled as a .tar.gz or a .deb and whether it comes from a random website or the Ubuntu software store is largely irrelevant to this point.

Sure, people will create programs and instructions on how to get the crapware off your system but this is basically the same state as now exists for Windows with various "cleaner" programs, some of which install even more shit.
CodeSense Addendum: Separating Data from Representation
Ask HN: Way to oraganize saved HN stories
Is there a bookmarklet or service that would allow me to search through or organize my saved HN stories.
Even though I'm not a great fan of his work, Banks did write one of the most memorable opening lines ever in The Crow Road.

Two other great examples:

William Gibson's Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

Herman Melville's Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael."

Neither strictly tells the reader what the books are about, but they're great hooks.
Seriously. Take a look at the official site for the excellent open-source Windows graphics editor Paint.NET, for instance:

http://www.getpaint.net/

Now tell me where you are supposed to click to download the actual application. It confuses me, and I'm an experienced user who knows to look out for these sorts of things. I have no idea how normal people ever find the damn thing.

My question is: whose fault is this? Is it Paint.NET's, for allowing the ads onto their site? Or is it the ad network's (Google, in this case), for accepting the ads into their network?
As someone who writes C++ regularly, I would love to see something like __property introduced in C++15.
It is opinion either way but in my opinion not only isn't it necessary, but it clearly threatens global biodiversity. Proper sustainable farming techniques produce an abundance and a variety of food, so the extra 1% increase on a huge monocropped field isn't even something that makes sense for third world communities.

On the biodiversity thing, viewing your website leads me to believe you appreciate nature, so I'm just scratching my head that you haven't made the connection. Ohh well, downvote me all you want buddy. You are entitled to your opinion also.
Ask HN: Where to buy/sell mac apps (code/sales rights)?
Looking for something like flippa.com, but for mac apps. If there is none, what do you think would be the best way to sell an app ? I'm thinking about letting another developer take over Hands Off!, as I'm focusing on a new app.
Cut it out. At least try to be a little more subtle with your spam.
IANAL, but I believe according to DE law if you have a DE corporation, your registered agent must be in DE. For more on the law you can see:

http://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc03/index.shtml

With that said, the state does provide a list of registered agents within DE. Although the list is not regulated by the state.

http://corp.delaware.gov/agents/agts.shtml
Two things. (1) I plan to mitigate cheating where possible, for example hindering rapid-click. (2) Some players will play solo (in which you'd just be cheating yourself), and others will play in parties. I'm going to make party-building "manual", almost like a LAN party - you actually enter their user ids, and you can only have 5. No "auto-select from facebook". This way, you'll only choose close friends. The goal is for the party system to be an accountability partnership, and biggest-loser challenges amongst friends don't cheat on their weight checkins. So yes you can cheat, but due to the nature of the application I'm not worried about people actually cheating. (There won't be any global high score)
By they, I mean the Atlantic, not Disqus. Though, it wouldn't surprise me if they had contract moderator options available for companies who don't want to employ their own.
> "or you haven't been at all successful at getting a date on the main site"

Which is to say, most of the userbase. Most people, of both genders, have trouble getting dates online - pretty much anyone not in the top quartile of attractiveness for their orientation, weighted by race, height, looks, etc.

Getting a lot of messages != getting a lot of dates. Most of OKC, as it is with most dating sites, is copypasta spam. When there is no flow limit, it's individually optimal to spam as many people as possible, so that's what happens. People in the top quartile get their pick of the litter - everyone else gets either no messages, or an inbox full of "sup gurl".

We've sort of kind of gotten past the stigma of online dating. We haven't really gotten past the stigma of failing at online dating. I mean think about it, how pathetic is that? You flunked dating in real life and now you can't even do well on a computer.

We also know, as you pointed out, that people are highly judgmental online. I'd amend your comment and say that you've massively understated the level and scale of this judgment. Almost all messages are instigated based on looks alone, damn what you wrote in your profile. OKC's insistence on collecting your whole life story and having you answer hundreds of questions may help their matching algorithm, but it doesn't help you - as it gives opposing users irrational reasons to reject you "he doesn't like seafood? dealbreaker!"

People are fucking nuts when online dating. They are more judgmental, more racist, more classist than they are in real life, and at every step of the way they will use all of the above to sabotage themselves from finding someone they might actually get along with.

Blind date - properly implemented - will IMO achieve much better results for most of the dating population, but selling people on it is really the tough part. Online daters want absolute control and information, even if they will use this information to sabotage their own chances.

[edit] I also happen to think that OKCupid users would get much better results if there was a substantial rate-limit on messaging. But once again, selling it to the userbase is the tough part. People want utter freedom on your system, and any restriction - even ones that will help them - is seen as draconian.
You make a valid point, and from the perspective of a teacher, or someone in charge of teachers, it is necessary to take your view. However, from public policy perspective, focusing strictly on teachers may be missing the mark.

As an aside, it occurs to me that those teachers who are most effective in underprivileged schools may be totally different than those in wealthier schools.
Launches? I used it in Boston ~4-5 years ago.
In my limited experience, subheds often act as a crutch when the writer doesn't know how to move the piece forward onto the next point in a more natural fashion. At Uni, we were advised to avoid them wherever possible.
So basically a BNI (network) group for entrepreneurs/startup-ers?
Too few cores for my liking. Linode was a lot faster than DigitalOcean when running my Rails application.

I think it all came down to the numbers of cores where Linode have four, where I think I only had access to one on DigitalOcean.
The base MacBook Airs are not fairly-priced, though they might be less overpriced than other Mac models.

For example, consider the Asus Zenbook Prime[1], which can be found for $1100-$1150 configured with a Core i7 (faster than the base $1200 13" Air) and a 1920x1080 screen (about 1.5 times more pixels than the Air).

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-Prime-UX31A-AB71-13-3-Inch-Ult...
One would expect someone with that kind of job to understand the logical fallacy of "you didn't have to run a 5 million dollar risk: you could just have paid the $5000 for an insurance policy", when the insurance company is the one responsible for the 5 million dollar risk.

P.S. Please, don't argue whether the analogy is imperfect: the point is that argument is logically fallacious.
The more I learn about what happened, the sorrier I feel for Aaron. It must have seemed like the whole world was against him.
> Nobody should ever take their own life

I guess I personally disagree with this, at least for my own personal utility function. I would prefer suicide over a lengthy prison term, and I think that's the rational choice, at least with the inhumane conditions in American prisons. And you have to make that decision before sentencing, unfortunately, because courts often order suicide watches around the time of sentencing, precisely because many people share that preference.

I agree with you in cases where you have an option of continuing to live as a free man, however. In those cases seeming dead ends are usually irrational, borne of depressive pessimism. And treatment can make the situation improve and make it clear that there are ways out. But a lengthy prison term is an actual dead end, and treatment can't produce ways out of it. When someone kills themselves to avoid torture, it's the fault of the torturer.
Ask HN: Infuriating UI design decisions
I've HAD it with Youtube UI redesigns. For the last several UI iterations, they've tried to force a new UI and user experience on users where one of the most common use cases, browsing by Popularity in the last X (i.e. Day, Week, Month) has been almost removed from the site (there is a sub standard experience via Charts). For years this was how I used youtube - go see what is popular now/recently. Now they're trying to force a channel based experience on to users - confusing a fktonne of their userbase.

Clearly this is a case of the big G trying to optimize Youtube revenues but if anything it significantly diminishes how long I spend on youtube as a property. It strikes me as the kind of dumbass thinking that you might expect to see at an "old world media" conglomerate trying to keep a struggling dot com era venture alive - and not the actions of an Internet powerhouse with some of the smartest people on the planet.

Is it just me or does this piss anyone else off?

I'm really interested to know what other examples people have of infuriating UI decisions that just mess up a perfectly good product?
Gnome 3.6 is better in a lot of ways, but worse in about as many more.

I do wish they'd stop removing features just to make the UI simple (not even necessarily better, or easier to use, just simple).
From reading good writing, and by looking at opening sentences specially I came to the conclusion that the best way to start a chunk of text is by starting to say what you want to say. Just say what you have to say and don't think about it as an "opening sentence". By thinking of structure you lose perspective of the most important thing in any writing, the message.

My favorite writers get to the point quickly and effectively. Adding cruft is unnecessary and disrespectful to readers and usually only serves to make you feel better about your writing.

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Somebody's taking con law...
You don't need to know anything except how to confirm a dialog. On IE, you press the download link and about 5 warning dialogs later the software is running. No navigation or double-clicks involved.
Agreed that his arguments don't direct my practice. I have to agree with Steve Losh in that all the tools for publishing now days correct for this. And it makes the source material easier to read and parse.

Why then does he destroy his argument at the end by rallying his claim on the subjectivity of ugliness. To this day I still find the double space prettier and find print that use it easier to read. 3. is too much of an opinion to claim sound reason.
As God is Mark Zuckerberg's witness...
You don't honestly expect me to read an entire article written by someone who would use a "sarcasm mark" -- do you?
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>1) Pundits DID predict a $999 price for the iPad.

OTOH, other analysts predicted an average selling price of $600. Which is pretty on target.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/28/apple_seen_selling...