skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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In two words: side effects.

Some powerful antibiotics are very toxic (e.g. liver, etc) and thus less used.
Awful was too much. Should have said average. Also, I'm judging him from this song only.

His main problem is the simple rhyme schemes. His lines are basically long sentences that rhyme at the end. He also frequently makes long pauses (a criminal offense in hiphop, IMO).

Allow me the use of a simple example to show you the difference between him and an amazing MC (rhymes are marked as -):

> Macklemore:

I call that getting tricked by a business, that shirt's -hella dough-

And having the same one as six other people in this club is a -hella don't-

Peep game, come take a look through my -telescope-

Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you -hella won't-

> Nas:

It ain't hard to -tell-, I -excel- then -prevail-

The mic is contacted, I attract -clientele-

My mic check is -life or death-, breathing a -sniper's breath-

I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through -righteous steps-

Deep like the -Shining-, sparkle like a -diamond-

Sneak a Uzi on the -island- in my army jacket -lining-

Hit the Earth like a comet –invasion-!

Nas is like the Afrocentric -Asian-, half-man, half--amazing-

Cause in my physical I can -express- through -song-

Delete -stress- like -Motrin-, then -extend- -strong-

I drink Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in -hell-

From the -spliff- that I -lift- and -inhale-, it ain't hard to -tell-

---

Also note the abundance of alliterations in Nas' quote.

EDIT: fixed formatting

EDIT2: couldn't resist doing the whole verse for Nas. Illmatic is so good...
Tell that to my local feed store. I picked up package of Terramycin (Oxytetracycline) powder at one a few months ago.
> This guy is incredible! Actually rapping about things that matter.

to you..
> What's an expensive conference? The euruko for example is at around 50(?) and used to hover at 20 Euros.

Holy moly, travel and hotels have gotten very cheap in Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd

The one I have tells my kernel how to boot into my encrypted drive. It is also necessary for RAID, LVM, and NFS root filesystems, loading special modules and drivers before booting, and loading swap back into memory after hibernation.
It's astonishing how somebody's earnest hard work, put out in the world for all to see and benefit from, draws so many unmitigated assholes out of the woodwork.

Is it jealousy at quickly and elegantly producing something simple and useful?

protip: here's how to recognize you made a mistake and humbly apologize http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html Good on Corey.

here's how to do the opposite
http://justcramer.com/2013/01/24/being-wrong-on-the-internet...

http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2013-01-23-node
https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/294302391279435776
https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/294302539510337536

https://twitter.com/zeeg/status/294307568019464192
"Because, why not?"

OK, I'll bite. What follows is devil's advocacy, so be warned.

On the whole, it would be better for the world if you wrote something that provided either novel functionality or improved functionality over the existing code. A poor man's sed in PHP is not really very useful, unless there's some way in which your version is going to be better for users - faster, more reliable, easier to use (though the latter could be achieved by wrapping sed in a nicer interface).

Secondly, the people most likely to use such a program are PHP developers who aren't aware of sed. They would probably be better served by being told how to use sed rather than thinking that they have to use the PHP ghetto version. Knowing that lots of people are using your poor-man's-sed, and even getting kudos from these people, does not mean that you've created something new and awesome.

OK, devil's advocate over. I don't really believe all of that, although there is _some_ truth in it. We should try to stand on the shoulders of giants, and creating a monolithic application which replicates the behaviour of sed, grep and find but in a more tightly-coupled and less reusable package is still behaviour worthy of (mild) criticism in a programmer. If we don't make these criticisms, then in 10 years we'll still be awash with half-assed versions of Smalltalk, or package managers that are no advance on apt or yum, or what-have-you.

As a community this is a huge challenge for us. So much work done by programmers is pointless reinvention of work already done (and improved in countless iterations) by others, and we should lament the fact that reuse is so hard that just rewriting stuff in your favourite language is considered to be the best option.
I'm not seeing a decrease in Python development and investment. In the past decade I've seen a lot of effort invested in interesting and productive third party utilities and libraries. New languages still have to build those tools and such to get to a steady-state and attract more than language explorers and hipsters.

I wasn't trashing Javascript, which is obvious if you trace through the message thread. I haven't delved much into modern Javascript, since most of my work involves data and cli/desktop/network applications instead of web applications and services, so I don't have a valid observation worth sharing.
This is by Mencius Moldbug, a coder who made off with enough options money just prior to the dot-com crash to basically be retired in the Bay Area, reading and writing. He's been bringing the wordy essays for almost a decade now on a wide variety of topics, but I'll save you some time: He's crazy. He's the very definition of Umberto Eco's lunatic, who says things with a certain superficial plausibility, but you know something is wrong with it, but it takes so much work to dig through the mess and find it out that you'll find you feel it was a waste of time to do so. His prolixity is a direct attempt to enhance this quality of this prose.

He's got some weird definition of an ideal state based on corporate governance, he thinks black people are a social class defined by welfare queens and petty criminals, he thinks he eviscerated Dawkins by somehow agreeing with him. The length of his work is actually a subtle trap: If you read enough to understand what he's going on about, you're subtly invested in not rejecting it because then you'll have wasted all that time understanding him.
Nice piece.
I experimented once with the same aim with the iPad. Found it useful with Prompt.app as terminal, iWriter for texts, and Textastic for code. But no decent ftp and S3 client. Also being addicted to normal size keys, I still find typing on large desktop keyboard more comfy (disclaimer - I use Kinesis since I am sick with RSI).
Age has nothing to do with it. Ideas held, does.

Dr. Billington believes the government should have that kind of authority. It's no more complicated than that, and it tells you all you probably need to know about what the man believes - whether he's 20, or 90.
I'm intrigued by how long this thread has gone without anybody mentioning Heather Arthur's gender. Did her critics know she was a woman at the time they ridiculed her code? If so, did that fact embolden them or make them more prone to belittle her work? Would a man's friends have come so quickly to his defense, over a piece of code? Would the men who had made her cry been so quick to feel shitty about it and apologize?

When I first saw the part in Arthur's article [1] about sobbing, I thought it was tongue-in-cheek. Only after I realized Heather was Heather did I reread that section and realize she had shed literal tears. Not sure what that says about me, that I made different assumptions based on gender.

[1] Not the "I'm sorry" article, but the one he links to: http://harthur.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/771/.
What else Google has left for others? Is it really a beast?
I've now taken a sudden interest in either forking or writing one of my own as a learning exercise...and also in reading up more on node.js (which I've been ignoring).
I'm sorry to bring this into the discussion (ducks), but does it really matter that this guy is white? Is he the first white, unsigned musician to hit #1?

I get that "white" rappers for the hip-hop ignorant are somewhat of a novelty but come on ... linkbait headline at it's worst IMHO.
Having made the opposite transition, I can say that there are pluses and minuses on both sides.

I certainly enjoyed being around reporters, and the programming team was one of the most fun I've ever been on. The computer science wasn't terribly deep (we joked that we mostly take, store, sort, display strings), but it was fun to be able to point people at interesting things you built[1], complex or not. And I do miss working with mostly industry-standard tech.

We got re-org'ed out of the newsroom a year before I left, though. Unless you're a huge newspaper with a commitment to the flavor of reporting that requires programming, a dedicated programming team doesn't make sense: better to consolidate at some central, non-newsroom location where you can build common applications for multiple newspapers and radio/tv stations.

On the other hand, I now work at YouTube, which is an exceptionally exciting, fun, dynamic (both culturally and pythonically) place to be. The scale makes things very interesting, and we affect people the world over. Oh, and San Francisco.

I should probably write a more carefully written blog post...

[1] http://projects.ajc.com/names/list/
He could probably argue it's a parody, in which case it's not really infringement. But saying "no copyright infringement intended" is like saying "Hey, potential employers! I don't know how copyright works!"
How to conquer your fear of rejection
That's the issue really. SatoshiDICE seems to make up the vast majority of transactions on the bitcoin network, thousands every hour. There's probably a lot of eyes on the bitcoin network because of that one service.
In a nutshell:

* @laurakalbag previously spoke at @leydon's tech meet-up.

* She was involved in a twitter debate regarding gender equality in tech.

* @leydon chipped in with a comment meant in jest: https://twitter.com/leydon/status/294450249567711232

* @laurakalbag took offence and a twitter fight ensued.

For context, @leydon is an openly gay male who runs a small tech meet-up group that has had a large percentage of female speakers in the past.
It's not only the use of antibiotics for livestock. In Russian prisons for example TB is a big problem, but there isn't enough money to give every patient the full antibiotic treatment. This results in a patient getting antibiotics for a few days and then the treatment stops before the TB is fully healed. Those are ideal conditions for TB to become resistant against antibiotics. I am sure similar things are happening elsewhere where there is a lack of funding. I am also pretty sure tat so e patients think they are cured and decide to stop treatment premarturly, resulting in the same problem.
Link to the Russian prison problem: http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Tuberculosis_in_Russ...
The Man doesn't need any list of names (whatever that is). He seizes the exchanges' domain names and their "fiat" bank accounts and the damage is done. Once the exchange rate hits zero there's really no need to bring anyone to trial. (I have no idea whether any government will go after Bitcoin, but they certainly could if they want to.)

...cheap international transfers...

Aka illegal money laundering.
Well, there is no easy way for me to buy heavy drugs using any other currency and online.
TLDR: Basically working in a journalism organization is more exciting than aggregating journalist organization's work.
Someone created something simmilar (Alchemydb) and later got acquired by Aerospike.
The Society of Barefoot Walkers may include it in their next newsletter, though.
For people to actually barter and be paid in Bitcoin, the exchange needs to settle down a lot more than it is now. Bitcoin isn't worth the same one hour to the next, let alone a week from now.
HN London: 500 attendees on average each month. £6 entry fee. Not exactly expensive when you consider we also supply free beer and pizza.
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like thrift shops?
PagerDuty Down
I can't get into <company>.pagerduty.com for my own company or others that I know. They all give: 502 Bad Gateway

I just got an email that should've triggered a call & text, but nothing came (yet). Anybody know what's up?

edit: confirmed with others
I don't know about you but people make mistakes. What counts is how they handle it. Unlike the others in this drama, Corey actually owned up to it instead of just posting a lame non-apology.
Sorry to be a cynic but isn't this a textbook case of a non-technical founder? Not sharing any information about the idea? It must be super secret and great.

Additionally, I'm a bit confused as to how this is a 'reverse tech founder' search.
I am wondering - how do these startups get the media (techcrunch in this case) to write about them on their launch day. They just launched, have no business. There are countless new startups everyday. Is it because of the relationship (YC, Google Ventures)? Or do they pay for the articles? Or the journalists' personal preferences? Or what?
Agreed with onemorepassword. The influence of the "persuasive centrists" the OP notes means that comments that aren't largely predictable will often be downvoted, discouraging different points of view and forming a boring hivemind. (Here come the downvotes.)
I was speaking of epidemiology, not evolution. I agree that there are quite significant differences between evolution of software and evolution of organisms, and evolution certainly has an impact on epidemiology, but monocultures are an epidemiological problem for reasons mostly unrelated to evolution.
How to Master Life
link for anyone else curious what a 360 deal is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360_deal
I'm going to swim against the tide here and suggest that you might want to go back and play with Pascal some more. Pascal was the third programming language I learned (after machine language and Algol) and after all these years (including decades of working professionally with C, C++ and Ada) Pascal is still the language I have the fondest memories of. I loved it because it was simple and elegant and I could get my mind all the way around it (something I was never able to do with Ada).

There are still implementations of Pascal available, including Free Pascal and GNU Pascal. For more information about implementations, check out the Wikipedia article on "Pascal programming language".

Alternatively, if you want to get a solid foundation in Computer Science and algorithms, I would suggest you work your way through "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (abbreviated SICP). This was the textbook used for years at MIT for their introductory computer programming course, and the course materials are still freely available as part of MIT's Open Courseware program. I personally prefer the original version that used the Scheme programming language, but you could also go with the updated version that covers the same material using Python.

Edit: There are easier courses out there, but I think this one is the best if your are serious about getting a solid foundation in Computer Science.
"Awful rappers" don't make it to the top of the charts, especially unsigned ones. I think it's safe to say your opinion on his abilities to rap are in the minority.
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I'd hardly call him awful...... then again, Bob Dylan is an "awful" singer compared to Clay Aiken, but his lyrics make for great songs that speak to the listener at a deeper level. Does he have the speed of Eminem, or the flow of Lil' Wayne? No, but he doesn't have to.

Steve Vai is a fantastic guitarist, but his music BLOWS. I would way rather listen to someone who isn't quite as talented in delivery but creates, on the whole, superior music.
Just stay clear of ruby developers in general.
Indeed, no more karma rubbernecking and bandwagoning, the scourge of social news.
I thought this was going to be a cryptography article. I believe the concern has been raised before and goes something like this:

1. The Bitcoin cryptosystem is shown to be weak in some way, and might be breakable. There is no migration strategy to a new, stronger system, so people are stuck using it.

2. The weakness turns into a full exploit, and anyone with a desktop computer can forge Bitcoin transactions all they like. Bitcoins lose their trust and no one will exchange them for other currencies, goods, or services.

Has any progress been made on this issue?
But what about what is better for you as an individual, as far as creating something for learning purposes or because you find a different type of interface easier to use?
I think you're wrong. What if you got paid in EUR? Could you delay income tax by not converting EUR->USD?
Saw this on Fast Company the other day. Some of them are hilarious.
That only works if the carriers do indeed offer a lower price for not taking the subsidy. AFAIK, T-Mobile is currently the only one to do that explicitly (I guess you could go PAYGO on other carriers, but it's not quite the same).

If you have to pay the same every month whether you take the subsidy or not, then you'd be a sucker to not take it.
Logically the answer is "Time" and "Karma". You've been here for less than two weeks and you've submitted a porn-based submission. I'm calling shenanigans. If you'd been here a year or four + had 500+ karma and had done this, the rest of us would've believed you.
Don't be a freelancer. Be a consultant.

Talk to big companies (they have money!). Learn how to discover their problems and then sell them solutions.

Don't sell them on Rails apps or even on web apps. Find problems that are taking money out of their pockets and sell solutions to those problems.

Find problems that your customer doesn't even realize can be solved with a simple web app. Once you get outside the programmer world, virtually everyone you meet is less skilled at solving problems with web apps than you are.

Charge accordingly. (For rush projects, I've quoted prices that worked out to over $1000/hr for me, and the customer didn't blink.)

They pay you $X, and in return you make them software that causes them to save (or earn) $X * 10. Everybody is happy.

When you're at this level, design doesn't matter. The app is probably an internal thing and uncustomized Twitter Bootstrap is the fanciest thing they'll have ever seen. And even if fancy design is required for the project, the budget will be large enough that you can just take that part of the project to an agency.
Ditto. Organic milk too: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/12.07/11-dairy.html.
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Don't worry, I'm sure the tens of thousands of new federal laws passed since 1990 have you covered.

The states are passing upwards of 40,000 new laws per year at this point (per MSNBC).

It's a nation that has gone completely insane politically.
If this appeals to you, you owe it to yourself to check out Northwestern's Knight scholarship program: http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/knight/default.aspx

You can get a master's of journalism from one of the nation's best journalism schools at a greatly reduced price.
It may be marginally off topic, but this is exactly why it makes me sad seeing people claiming that monopolies are why capitalism doesn't work. The only reason monopolies really succeed is because of government regulations like this one. Without government regulations, all monopolies would crash very quickly.
The right way to internationalize your Python app
I'm interested in Erlang, have read a lot of good things about it lately.

However I've not tried it yet because I don't see how it is going to help me... I already know some functional programming (Scala, Haskell) and I don't work with large, distributed software or databases.

I'm afraid I'm going to learn it, not finding something useful to do with it, and then "forget" it.
The person was ridiculed, FWIW:
"...but I don't want to build my app on top of others' code who are at this level of understanding..." is insulting the person, not the project.
"I'm hunting, looking for a come-up. This is f*ing awesome."

So deep I can't even see you anymore.

On a serious note though, I don't need these lyrics to be deeply philosophical, it rocks even rapping about grandpa's clothes.
He might be referring to another one of his songs, "Same Love"... sampling of lyrics:

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
We become so numb to what we’re saying
A culture founded from oppression
Yet we don’t have acceptance for ‘em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
It’s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
Live on and be yourself
When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same, but that’s not important
No freedom till we’re equal, damn right I support it
A journalist is protected by freedom of speech and freedom of association. We are not, no the other hand, free to take and publish data that is not ours from, for instance, filing cabinets or servers, no matter how good or bad the security is. A better example would be a competitor walking into an open office, opening a filing cabinet, taking yearly accounting reports and publishing them right before an IPO in order to tank the stock value. This is much closer to what weev actually did.

To follow your analogy further, the Chinese spies who socially engineered access to RSA's security hashes wouldn't be guilty either.

A security hole, like an open door, is not a tacit abdication of rights to a company's data, nor a tacit invitation to do any and all kinds of harm to the company with that data, nor a tacit surrender of all legal means to recoup damages resulting from the stolen data.
If the exchange rate goes to zero or undefined then you need infinite Bitcoins to buy a bag of weed. People who are doing trade in BTC are relying on the exchanges to set an exchange rate.
What are you talking about? Yes, GNU bloatware is massive and hideous, but it is still far easier to install than javascript + framework + package manager + package. If you don't have the ability to run binaries in ~/bin then you can't use this sed alternative either.
I like the focus on value. Find what you value most and do only those things.

Great read.
It is also important to remember that COBOL was the result of design by committee in the attempt to please all parties and not her opus. This is an incredible book about her life and contribution: http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Information-Lemelson-Studies...
You can copy the source code of any amazon product page, it doesn't necesarily shows "a lot of skills in web development". (I am not saying he doesn't have the skills though).