skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Divisions will only dilute. Multiple threads on the same topic in different slightly overlapping categories etc. I don't use Scala but occasionally see something interesting that I read that I wouldn't otherwise. It is quite amazing that HN has held up as well as it has. I am of the opinion that the reason we don't have a mobile stylesheet is that pg is trying to subtley slow the site while still keeping it open to all.
I don't want to come off as a negative Nancy but why didn't you just stick to using Redis? What problems does your lib solve that Redis does not?
I imagine that the org structure would flatten out a bit, and the stereotypical 'office space' managers would be shaking in their boots. The employees of these organisations would feel empowered and generally be happier - but I won't speculate on whether that would improve productivity for the company (though I have seen research that says it would).
Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs
There's a company called Frontpoint Security it's partially DIY, you could check them out. Personally, I don't think the cost of the service is worth the insurance reduction. Of course, I don't know what a rate increase would like on a homeowners claim.

With a DIY system, I'd always be worried about reliability.

Alternatives:
Something slightly odd, but depending on the state Skunks can be a great pet in between a cat and dog. You're not suppose to play rough with them, however I've read it makes people think twice about breaking in. Some other jokes I've read but might help, NRA stickers around the house.

Are you more worried about stray gang bullets, or are you worried about robbery? If it's robbery I'd make sure not to put boxes from new tvs etc outside the house.

Like others said, it's better to well document your personally items, and put in better doors/frames/windows. Which is all very costly.

Edit: Clarify some wording.
The article discusses products and not services, which are a bit of a different animal in more ways than one (especially in the one-time purchase vs subscription). On the other hand, a recent HN submission concerning a service showed similar results - http://www.extendslogic.com/business/what-i-learned-from-inc...

But I completely agree - each case should stand on its own and you should test different pricing.
In a sense, they went for #3 (auto-boxing) without the syntactic sugar. Casting int to interface {} has a similar overhead to boxing in Java.
NodeJS library for interacting with MSF
This is wonderful -'Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time'
I get an error a out being able to view on "my mobile device." Yahoo needs to move a little quicker on mobile.
I never understood what is so hard in treating the space as just another character.
From their FAQ, it says that chocolatey is "CLI focused". So, "C:\chocolatey" makes sense. Paths with space are definitely less CLI-friendly than those without.
This isn't just related to software. I remember reading a few years ago an interview with Henry Juszkiewicz, the CEO of Gibson guitar (here http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/20...) The quote is
"I said we are going to increase prices. Prices were ridiculously low. And people said, the price has been decreasing 20% a year, how can you reverse that? I said I'm just going to double the prices on a lot of models. I actually tested it and got an inverse price curve. Basically it showed that every time I raised prices a certain amount, volume would go up."

Not sure how many people play guitar here, but Gibson's quality has slipped a lot since then, yet they are still raising prices, and I imagine volume is still increasing because of it.

Personally, I build my own guitars :)
I don't understand. What would be the correct default install location?
Is Online Gambling Legal If Bitcoins, Not Dollars, Are At Stake?
The plan is to cut Saturday letter delivery but keep package delivery intact.
If you have to get congressional approval anyway, why not attempt to fix the underlying problem by not requiring all employee pensions to be funded up front? IIRC, that's the crux of their financial woes because it ties up billions in a move that no other industry is required to make.
Best part of the article:

"Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages — and it repeatedly but unsuccessfully appealed to Congress to approve the move. ... It was not immediately clear how the service could eliminate Saturday mail without congressional approval."
Would love Pocket integration, and native Twitter/Facebook sharing.
Which is why employee satisfaction surveys rarely ask the right questions or if they do they are interpreted in such a way that the managers who are the problem are not declared as such. I learned real quick to not be amazed at how such a survey can be turned upside down to blame the employees or a select group of them.
Exactly, and it is very hard sometimes to deviate from that culture, it requires exceptional individuals.

Unfortunately it is seemly easier to be excepcional toward the bad than toward the good.
MIT Researchers Improves Quantum Dot Creation Method
Because space is not just another character. Space separates args.
Hitler, now an app developer, gets frustrated by app monetization issues.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.

> Nobody meant you in particular, but you're welcome to feel that way if you like.

I know you didn't mean me in particular. I was merely trying to show you that you're not just attacking a faceless mass of people or some abstract phenomenon. Whether intentional or not, you are attacking people for participating in this forum.

> You love ice cream and love everything about this ice cream.

This is a gross mischaracterization of my point, and I think you know it.

>"nearly meaningless and diluted forum where inane wannabes try to sell stuff to each other" -- I did not say this, and this is not how I feel.

I must admit you got a bit of flak there as a (perceived) representative of a larger group. But for what it's worth, I do believe humility is healthy in discussions. That's probably what rubbed me the wrong way, and it still does with your answer as well. It's easy to misunderstand tone in written communications, so please understand that I'm not saying this in an emotional, vindictive way.

>If you're interested in more of my premise [...]

I think I remember that article, but I'll be reading it again. Thanks!
Gun-Death Data Boldly Illustrates Stolen Years
I had an MBA roommate once and frequently read her books on management culture. I've never actually seen what was used in those books put into practice, but my experience is relatively small (once a manager).

The books talked about the Organizational Cultural Assessment Index (OCAI) and a manager capabilities assessment test (cannot remember the name). Anyone out there used these?

These seemed like reasonable, standard approaches to improving the workplace.
Yes, the large scale solution from Microsoft is System Center Configuration Manager, which I use extensively at work. SCCM has a lot of strengths, but it's not really suited to small operations: it has a lot of complexity that smaller orgs simply wouldn't use. Doing something simple like pushing out the latest version of Firefox without customizations, aside from the time it takes to find and download the file, still takes a good number of steps afterwards. It's a sledgehammer when some people just need a mallet, and it also costs a good amount of money!

Active Directory users can utilize Group Policy for software deployment, but that has its own share of caveats (I haven't used it in a while, but last I checked deployed apps have to be an MSI).

The thing that appeals to me about Chocolately is that it does the work of going out and getting the package for you. If you're in an environment where you don't need to do any customization of packages, this seems like a way to save time and energy over using Group Policy. However, there doesn't seem to be any reporting capability nor is there a way to initiate deployments from a central server (I guess the idea is to designate a startup script in Group Policy or just have users type commands themselves). Even in a small environment, those two features really help with management.

It'd be nice if there was a way to create a local distribution point in order to minimize bandwidth usage. But that would be a big project in itself...
And the worst of all worlds for the user. When I use Facebook logins for a site, it's because I don't know if there's value in the site so I want signup and evaluation to be as quick and painless as possible. I don't want to have to go through other steps, I want a one-click registration and login.

A pet peeve of mine is when I click on the login with facebook button and the site still makes me fill out my name, username, email address, and set a password. So what's the point of logging in with facebook?
That is the point I need clarification on.

For a site like freelancer.com (large number of users, entirely online, lifetime value very important) testing and data work very well.

So since marketing is growth, isn't this the approach that would be used by a good marketing department?

Obviously a bad marketing department would do things differently, but a good one would find the activities that gave the steepest growth curve
It seems that certain factions within Congress are actively trying to kill the USPS, hence the pension requirement. Eliminating Saturday delivery reduces the services that USPS offers, so perhaps it has a better chance of passing...
I would be interested in seeing this turned into a true Google Chrome extension.

I always seem to miss who's replying. In a sense it's great since we are treated as equals, but I sometimes miss a great reply by pg and others.
I think the question you might ask is a little different. Do you want to improve at your current job or do you want a better job (with the same generous employer)?

If you want a better job, you need to learn soft skills. Focus on marketing, managing & finance. I'd also get your english skills to 100%, even if that's not your homeland. Lots of companies place a higher value on bilingual employees.

If you want to focus on improving the skill set you currently use, I'd look for resume buzzwords. Find a current trend technology & make an impact in a open source project. E.g. Node.js (or one of the frameworks), Go, Hadoop, etc...Hit it hard and mean make an impact. Ask people involved in those areas what needs work. Find a weak spot and tackle it. Publish your work on Github.

I know that sounds cheap and dirty. However, nobody will notice that you read Kernigan & Richie or Code Complete. Anyhow, you'll get more from the fundamentals when you see it in practice.

Plus if you help an open source project, you will get to meet all kinds of smart people who will help you because that's how it works. And you might even get to help someone less far along than you.
Roambi Introduces Database Connector to Turn Data Into Valuable Business Insight
Does this mean I'll get 5/6 of the junk mail? Or will it be redistributed between the other 5 days?
I really like this idea, the peer review system in valve is probably the closest to the best system I have heard of.
I recommend ConEmu over Console2. It has tabs and lets me do fullscreen.
How do you know if people are flagging the article?
I'm getting that feeling too. From not letting them cut Saturday delivery to needing to pay $5.5b upfront every year, someone in Congress wants the USPS to fail, and they're willing to play the long game (USPS has been struggling for a while). The question is who, why, and what is supposed to replace them? Is UPS or FedEx going to start delivering my mail? Again, Congress won't let them. The nation would shut down without the USPS.
How about this - don't waste you time following what other people think a fulfilled life should be.
Institute for Centrifugal Research
How would you handle employee review in such a case? Managers could no longer review employees, it would cause too much gaming the system in either retaliatory or you scratch my back I'll scratch yours sort of rigging. Not that I disagree with you.
I've had fantastic managers at terrible companies. In each case, I left because of the company, not because of the manager.
It is retiree health care that has to be pre-funded, through 2016. The USPS was operating that benefit program as pay-as-you-go, which was creating a huge unfunded liability for taxpayers.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45018432/The_Truth_About_The_Post_Off...
And they flat out refuse to give you an option to see the "desktop" version. Not going to bother, sadly.
According to this meta-analysis, employees dont leave managers nor do they leave companies.

They leave (maybe) because of the job.

Estimated true score correlation
Job Fit - Tenure: 0.18
Company Fit - Tenure: 0.03
Group Fit - Tenure: 0.06
Supervisor Fit - Tenure: 0.09

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005....
(disclosure : I work for a major aftermarket parts distributor)

by law Tesla won't be able to exclude them but from what I have read they seem to think they can change all facets of current automobile marketing and support.

However laws prevent traditional auto manufacturers from requiring buyers to only obtain service from the dealers. I do not see how Tesla is going to circumvent that nor do I believe they should.

As for the article's premise, I don't see the genius. I simply see it as a requirement to break into the market. I also do not think battery powered cars will be the end all, the major automakers are going down many different paths, Tesla is betting the farm on one.

Plus, 400 hundred cars a day? Its going to be a long long time at that pace before they have any noticeable effect. Before then someone is going to craft an environmental impact law to make these battery powered cars more expensive.
Also:

-Display URL in each post (at least domain name)

-Easy way to mark as read each item (example: if you highlight item, it should be marked as read)

-Vim keyboard navigation (hjkl)

-Menubar icon with unread count (optional)

-Preferences panel with options like: refresh period, mute specific words, etc
It's interesting that a country such as the US which, in my view from the outside, seems to generally oppose far-reaching public services, still has a postal service that delivers mail and packages on Saturdays.

I'm from Sweden, which I guess falls somewhere close to the opposite end of the spectrum in many people's eyes, and we've never had that, in my lifetime at least. :)
Remember when people tracked bugs?
They couldn't steal it first if the work was submitted before publishing.
The Trusted Network
All companies have to fund pensions up front. Retiree healthcare doesn't have to be funded up front, but very few companies provide this benefit. It is rare that someone can retire at 50, and have their healthcare paid for by their employer for the rest of their lives (minus Medicare payments). This exceptional benefit should be pre-funded.
I've left two organisations (BBC and Sony) and neither time did I have any problem with my direct manager in fact in both cases I liked them although I did have a lack of faith the top management and the direction of at least my area of the organisation.

In the BBC case (amongst other issues) my department was earmarked to be moved to Manchester (about 200 miles away) in about 4 years. I was clear (for family reasons) that I wouldn't be moving so staying would have felt like a personal dead end to me (although later the BBC's plan changed and much of the department moved into London instead which might have been OK but the lack of thought through initial decision was a really bad sign about the senior management).

At Sony it was a general lack of faith that the management had enough capability that Sony could become a profitable, viable, mass market electronics company again. That made me happy to leave to see what I could do on my own and be home to take and collect my son from school.
I guess in my case I guess had a hook, I was part of a scene (the goth scene, in case you want a laugh, though in the UK it isn't/wasn't synonymous with angry teenagers or Marilyn Manson).

Once you're on the inside of something like that then the barriers to meeting new people within the scene are significantly reduced, though obviously you're perceived to have put up barriers to everyone else to a greater or lesser extent. Also it turns out a lot of goths are software engineers...

I guess what I'm saying is if you have a thing (be it goth, learning the ukelele, mountain climbing, whatever) don't be afraid to embrace the thing, and don't let the day job take over your whole life :)

--edit-- Also, just do stuff. Take a risk, meet people off the internet. I organised a couple of 'fark' meetups in London back then, and even have a couple of pretty good IRL friends met through some much shadier sites.
Just read the Chocolatey vs Ninite comparison [1]. For me, the biggest selling point of Chocolatey is its decentralized nature, making it useful for enterprisey deployment.

[1] https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/wiki/ChocolateyVsNi...
This article unfortunately resonates on a personal level. This is why I believe I enjoy consulting so much. On a short term basis I can put up with ignorance, credit taking, silent treatment etc (All the qualities respondents mentioned in the survey). For a long term career I'm not sure I could last.

I'm curious if anyone has any stories of how they overcame a Manager that was not their Champion? I have been thinking about this a lot. In my short time at large corporations it seems you really need someone on your side to move up the ladder a bit.
I've done way too much work integrating Facebook login and payments, and their error messages never make sense. You just have to learn how to map their undecipherable gibberish into actual errors, and then go fix it.
Establishment of a postal service is actually in the US Constitution.
It wasn't inadvertent, it was intentional. I'm agreeing with you that there exists a market that sees $1000 as too much to pay for a laptop, and the $250 market exists. I then went on to disagree with that market based on personal experience. I've also seen some markets who will look at a $1000 Thinkpad and say "if I'm spending that much, I might as well buy a $2000 Macbook".

$1000 is the high end of the Windows laptop line, and gets you just as much as the $2500 Macbook. But you're right, when you hit that price for Windows laptops, people sometimes begin to balk and move to Mac, for one reason or another.
This isn't smooth at all. Yikes.
I offer a corollary, "Employees follow leaders, not managers."

At one time I considered leaving a company I believed strongly in, due to an immediate manager with which I didn't work well. However, I looked higher in the organization to the leader(ship) I believed in and decided to stay. I'm glad I did, because the management problem rectified itself soon enough and now I follow good leaders and learn from a great mentor.
As the article mentioned, the USPS isn't funded by taxes.
I did that too. Weird.
KDE 4.10 is just released, already packaged for Kubuntu.
The mail used to be delivered several times PER DAY. Saturday delivery is a relic of that bygone era. I probably only need to receive postal mail once a week. Maybe three times a week during holiday season. Saturday won't be missed here.
43 Wonderful Examples of Animal Website Mascots
Mascots are an ever-growing trend in web design and animal mascots are the most memorable object when it comes to branding purposes. Mascot is one of the best ways of imprinting a marketing message into minds.
YC founders' userids show up in orange to one another, and
there is a page where they can see one anothers'
submissions.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025168
Hehe... They're long gone now, I had a lot of fun though. After that little catalog of hedonism I moved to Australia for a while, then back home and now I'm trying the settle-down thing.

Which, incidentally, I don't advise putting off for quite as long as I have, there's a balance somewhere and I think I might have overshot, but I did have an awesome decade.
Anecdotally, I spent 2 years at Microsoft (MSN division). I loved my manager to death, and telling him I was leaving felt kind of like breaking up with a long-term girlfriend. But MSN was a supremely depressing place to work because there was a palpable sense that nothing we did mattered, and Microsoft was simply running out the clock on those [hundreds of millions] of people who haven't figured out how to change their browser homepage away from msn.com. I left the company, not the person.

So while the lesson of this post -- that managing is important and a good manager can greatly increase employee retention -- is well taken, the headline is certainly overstated.
This has been true of almost every single company I've ever worked for. It's also worth noting that Companies are reflective of the management constituency because they control the levers; bad managers usually mean bad companies.
Program like a Videogamer
Open Source? Well I guess it is time to get to work: http://discoursehost.com/
The reality is that managers are performance managed, just what their teams think isn't normally one of the metrics because many organisations by and large don't care that much.

Speaking as a manager you'd be surprised (actually scrub that, you wouldn't) how often when I raise concerns the team has the instruction comes back "screw what the team thinks or wants, just do X" (where X flies in the face of what the team want and best practice but supports what the screaming customer and short term revenue demands).

Organisations that genuinely care about the staff I don't think would change much, those who don't won't ever do it so it's kind of moot.
Perhaps the initial demand for something like USD was due to legal effects like tax codes and bankruptcy laws, but I would think the primary demand today is network-effects. If I want to participate in a transaction within the US borders, almost any transaction, I must use USD. Therefore I need USD. Most of my transactions have nothing to do with said legal structures.

I think it's hard to say that Bitcoin's demand principally comes from technical features (without proof). Certainly there are those that want secure online payments and so buy BTC but there are others that buy BTC because they think it will be more valuable in the future (relative to USD) if it gains more traction. Additional demand: low transaction costs for international exchange (I remember reading an article about Iranian nationals using BTC to sidestep export/import restrictions).

But I definitely share the frustration of explaining perceived value. From an economics stand-point, "perceived value" is redundant. Value is by definition an abstract concept that humans (or other creatures) attach to something based on how much they desire it.
Because then they wouldn't have an excuse to cut the post office. Never underestimate the sheer cynicism of politicians.
End the government-mandated monopoly on mail -- let the market take care of the issue. Probably 50% of the mail I get is stuff I don't even want in the first place.

In fact, it's a criminal act to deliver mail without paying the USPS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Express_Statutes

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1693
Keurig machine in the kitchen here. I'm sure it offends the coffee-snobs, but it works for me (I drink tea, not coffee, so just use it for hot water).
impression (Noun) 1. An idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, esp. one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence.
Viral Marketing is a Myth
like c:\oracle?