skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It all depends on whether they hire for quality or quantity. I've worked alongside some H1B workers who were top notch. But, I've seen the other side too. Finding good talent is incredibly hard. We probably won't have to worry about stagnant wages. Just don't get too attached to any employer, keep your skills marketable, and you'll be okay.
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I disagree with you, but admire your consistency. I think a lot of people pushing for "free information" draw an arbitrary distinction between digital things that are almost free to reproduce and physical things that are fairly cheap to reproduce.
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I'm interested as to why you'd assert that so confidently.

Is it perhaps the more comfortable of the two possibilities?
This might sound silly, as Taleb seems to have a cult following of his own, but I really enjoy when Taleb takes down these pseudo-scientific cults a notch. Not because it it is overly harsh, but rather because it will all seem so blindingly obvious in the not so distant future. And they will feel like idiots for overlooking it.
"Seeing possible evidence of extraterrestrial life in every unexpected observation is nothing more than a superstition."

I agree, and I hope I didn't give the impression that this is what we should be doing. This thing is still just an observation - it's not evidence of anything yet. My point was this: we know of things that would effectively rule out the 'life as we know it on Mars' hypothesis (e.g. absolutely no evidence of any water, liquid or otherwise), but we're not seeing them.

It's true that we keep trying to dream up new ways of allowing the possibility of life on Mars to counter existing hurdles (e.g. hypothetical microbial life buried underground to shield from radiation), but if there were some solid evidence that would allow us to say 'yeah, there was almost certainly never any life on Mars, and neither is there any life on it today,' we would accept that filter.

We could then put Mars in the same category as the Moon when it comes to the life hypothesis. This is not the case - so I'd say a search for evidence of life on Mars (past or even present) is justified.
This is beautifully crafted. But more than that, I wish more websites presented an "annual" of some sorts where they proudly displayed advances in a graphically heroic manner.

It really makes you want to associate with companies like Airbnb more when you see projects like this outside of their core competency. Well done.
Well HN threads demonize prosecutors, and prosecutors demonize criminals. Or something.
Devil's advocate: those are of the successful landings, it doesn't include the other Mars "landings" that were unsuccessful or unintentional. Such as Beagle 2, MPL, MCO, Deep Space 2, Mars 2, and Mars 6. Here's a full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_M...

Most of the impact sites of those objects are known except for a few. MCO's impact point is unknown and whether or not Beagle 2 hit the surface is unknown (it may have skipped out of the atmosphere into a heliocentric orbit, or into an elliptical orbit and reentered elsewhere, or burned up entirely).

Even so, the chances are astronomically low that Curiosity has managed to stumble upon the wreck of another spacecraft.
I think you're mistaken about why the authors are doing this. It's not fundamentalism; they just don't like to see the effort they invest in writing and reviewing these papers go to enriching the publisher while they, the mathematicians and scientists, don't see a dime out of it.

Basically, the publishers have figured out a way to insert themselves as parasites into the system, based on the fact that many academics must publish or perish. They charge substantial rents and contribute little if any value. Mostly, they coordinate the peer reviews (for which they don't pay a dime) and handle the actual printing (of little value anymore).

It's very difficult for any individual actor in the system to opt out of using them. Untenured professors need to publish ("or perish", as they say); they are not in a position to take a stand on this issue. Libraries are disincented from cancelling individual journal subscriptions by clever bundling by the publishers.

I can understand why people wouldn't want to continue to be taken advantage of in this manner. I wouldn't either.
I wonder what the people in the article think about tetris friends and if any of them play on there. I used to play that a lot, but hit a barrier and was never able to get past my high score of 728,514.
Negative.

Silk Road only accounts for about 3.4% of Bitcoin's total monthly transactions. (about $6mil right now)

Bitcoinstore.com, BitPay's 3000 business clients, the dozens of casino/gambling sites processing millions of USD equivalent every month, etc.
I suspect finding evidence of other lifeforms in the universe, even highly intelligent lifeforms, would briefly be novel, but would have very little long-term effect on most people's daily lives.
Even if we multiplied the H1B count by 10, we still wouldn't have enough developers and other professionals to meet demand. If you look at the security industry, for instance, everyone is hiring. And hiring. And hiring. There's more work than anyone can possibly hope to meet while keeping up quality; there simply aren't enough bodies to fill chairs.

Yes, increasing the talent pool might drop the salaries of certain positions (competition does that), but it's not even a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.
That's true, but it's hardly restricted to finance. That is a deep well.
I share this with you... Kind of.

Personally, I'd not be that mind-blown, more like vindicated for years of conjecture and lively debate.
Haha nope, I rather think that she clicks yes on every crapware installer and her PC is infested with spyware, toolbars, "cleaners" etc.

Just like 90% of private computers and organization computers without a decent IT staff.
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Yes, that's a totally reasonable comparison :-)
The landing created an extensive debris field [1]. For example, the descent stage energetically disassembled on impact with 100+ kg of unused propellant still on board, as planned [2]. Bits of plastic and metal are strewn across a 30km-long strip. Curiosity has imaged several of these pieces already [3]. On the other hand, some 'bright material' that was thought to be spacecraft fragments turned out to be soil material. These fragments are important: they're a science hazard. A big goal for the mission is to find Martian organic matter, so the project is keen to avoid accidentally ingesting Earth plastic into the exquisitely precise onboard laboratory, SAM [4].

[1] http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA15696.jpg (debris from the last few minutes of flight),

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/2800.pdf (debris from interplanetary cruise and atmospheric entry).

[2] http://www.spaceflight101.com/msl-descent-stage-impact-analy... (crash movie).

[3] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16230.ht...

[4] http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11214-012-9879-z (free full text)
>The most important difference between Bitcoin and your hypothetical perfect digital currency is that Bitcoin exists and it works. Satoshi didn't waste time waxing philosophical on the internet, he shut up and wrote code. If there is one thing you could learn from Bitcoin, this should probably be it.

You're taking a lot of offense here over a disagreement. I do write code, and I respect bitcoin a lot, as I've said already three times now. I have and use bitcoins and think it's a cool thing they're doing. I'm glad Sathosi coded it despite its issues. I just don't believe these issues are as minor as the btc community believes they are, and I don't believe the proper response to criticism is "oh yeah well you can't do any better so shut up".
It's a good idea, but it needs to be fleshed out more for internationalization. Even for the given case, English, what exactly constitutes a word?
Be a better programmer?

Or better yet, make a better product and take the profits for yourself?

Dev is in high demand right now.

"The real issue is 'dey terk er jerbs!'" -> "I want security."
I'm rooting for Bitcoin.

But FYI MintChip transactions are anonymous.

It is a digital form of cash.
Spend less time writing blog posts about how wages are going to stagnate?
I've replied with some very practical advice relating to OP's specific situation (F-1 student) here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5191832

(Sorry if this sounds like I'm promoting it or anything. I just don't want my comment to get buried among the 150+ other comments here.)
But it doesn't say ninja anywhere on his resume...
we don't know for sure it is metal, but it looks terribly similar to a number of metal ore veins I've seen here on earth.
I would imagine because if you don't have a product completed before Demo Day (even a completed prototype that works, of sorts) there is no value to show potential investors.
Maybe the one who decided it has an Apple device with 'retina' screen? I was reading it on an rMBP and the font struck me as very pleasant, hence I couldn't understand the fuss here first. Helvetica Neue Light is quite popular on these newer Apple devices, it's good to know that it is a bad idea though.
Shoot me a PM, I'd like to see your portfolio. I'm actually looking at mobile app shops right now.

It seems like every other nutter in NYC is looking for a tech co-founder; perhaps market yourself as a CTO-in-a-box?
It'd be a huge blow to the rule of law to give someone the death penalty based on public pressure -- no matter how horrific his crimes.
I am not sure if this site provides an accurate aggregate view of public opinion on movies, but if it does then I have no desire to know what the public likes. I also don't know how this is better than other "what does everyone think?" ratings available on IMDB or rotten tomatoes.

The real beauty of all the social data now available is that a service like this could theoretically provide ratings based on the sentiment of people who's opinions I follow or who are have similar tastes to me. I don't care how much the average person loves Pitch Perfect, its just not something want on my list of potential movies. If I were matched through my social iterations to people who's ratings are relevant that would likely be obvious.

I love seeing new software in this space and I hope you develop it further, but you're going to need to dive much deeper into the social data available if you want to really make a disruption.
A more awesome 3D CSS digital clock
Work contract for any number of Rails Shops. I am always looking to sub out work to GOOD dedicated programmers.
I can't imagine there's anyone on this forum who doesn't want it to be alien technology.
Both are true. A lot of investors travel in August, but I've heard a significant number now arrange their trips so as to be in town for Demo Day.

Whatever the cause, there's no observable difference between the amount that gets raised by summer and winter batches.
So much for the kinder, gentler paypal.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/21/technology/paypal-frozen-fun...

I guess it was all talk.

Never, ever, keep more than $100 in a paypal account (or as much as you are willing to lose immediately, forever).

Also, if possible, close the bank account your paypal is tied to as they will draw from it as they see fit without your consent.
I am always concerned when I hear a developer self-identifying as a "10x developer" - you may well be right, but it smacks of arrogance as well.

Likewise, being intentionally condescending is an unusual approach to take at any time - even to the "anonymous internet". No-one likes to be condescended to (by definition) and so if you're attempting to promote your company and opinions I'd advise you to reconsider your tone.
Yes. I knew someone who got bought out about a year prior to the tech stock crash of 2000. He had a chance to cash out all his stocks about a month before the crash, but didn't.

It did not end well for him (divorce, no $2.3M home, no car, no money, etc.).
That doesn't seem likely, since there's images from a second camera of a stereo pair. The suggestion that it's a fulgerite or offthrow of the landing seem the likliest explanations to me.
What part of the law requires they look at his site? What part of having a really spiffy site on the internet instantly translates into someone running a legitimate company rather than a shell corporation?

To be frank, you're talking out of your ass here. You have no idea of the problems that paypal is facing, and you are imaging that frozen funds are somehow identical to profit for paypal. That's not the case at all. In reality paypal has to deal with a veritable army of fraudsters and organized crime members on a daily basis. And they are hugely sophisticated, well funded, and impressively capable. Paypal's successes against such folks happen in the dark, because typically these guys aren't going to go blogging and tweeting up a storm about how paypal shut down their international money laundering operation. But it happens all the time. And that's why paypal is often so aggressive in these cases. Because they've seen the "clueless international student with a side-business and no paperwork but a really fancy website" gambit played out a thousand times already. How do you tell the difference?

Easy, when the legitimate operation goes and gets its legal issues sorted out, gets a business license, gets a tax ID, EID, inputs an SSN, etc. and sorts out any other legal or ToS violations they have then paypal won't have a cause for freezing the funds anymore.

Now, you might say that we should change the rules, and make it easier for anyone and everyone to toss around hundreds of thousands of dollars across international borders without any documentation or the involvement of any sort of registered business entity. I'm somewhat sympathetic to such notions, but such changes would entail a plethora of complex and thorny ramifications that I think most people who implicitly hold such ideals almost certainly haven't thought through.

There is one complaint against paypal that is sensible and backed up by evidence, and that is that they often have crappy customer service. That does indeed suck, and it aggravates these sorts of situations beyond a level that is reasonable, and, of course, generates a lot of antipathy toward paypal that isn't fully warranted.

If people want to switch to paypal alternatives, they are certainly able to try. Of course, one wonders why there are so few which have a global reach and the convenience of paypal. It couldn't be that the problem of peer-to-peer international payments is at its core fundamentally quite difficult and that only one company has done the immensely challenging work to actually make it possible, could it?

Surely not.

Paypal sux.
Get a TIN its an alternative to SSN for non-us citizen who are doing business with United States
We're fine with just an idea.

There's an age bias in that our standards get higher as the founders get older. You can't reasonably expect a 19 year old to have achieved as much as a 35 year old. But there's no sudden cutoff.
If you destroy considerable amounts of food to profit off of a reduced food supply that is as reprehensible as using copyright to profit off of an artificially scarce supply of useful information. In general, artificially limiting the supply of any useful good is always unacceptable.
Just thought you should know. If you haven't heard from anyone, it probably isn't a big deal.
OR he was investing his money in the area that he knew best and that would have the best profit he knew how to achieve so he could donate _more_ later.

Exponential growth is king.

If he had donated all he had in 1997 he wouldn't have even come close to what he's donated today.
I don't think anyone would argue that Skeuomorphism in moderation is a bad thing, but the same is true for essentially everything. Its finding that moderation that takes skill.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=apple+skeuomorp...

this is not that moderation, though.
If you want to maintain a better security setup than mentioned in the article above (and for Windows), you can use TrueCrypt[1], which has some nice schemes to protect your data, even if someone forces you to leak out your password. You can even maintain virtual drives that are completely encrypted and can be mounted when needed. Do check it out!

[1]http://www.truecrypt.org
From what I can glean from the article, it may not be possible to completely address the problem in software, because weather prediction is inexact, and it's hard to account for all eventualities. The software can say, "100 miles of range unless the temperature drops more than 5 degrees from forecast, or unless it turns out your hotel has no indoor parking, or if you have to stay late at work and your car spends an extra four hours outside, or your flight is cancelled and your car spends an extra day at the airport." That's not to say it can't be improved, though.
Indeed, the rule of law should be held above the rule of man (mob rule). The chorus however is incendiary and volatile, "Justice delayed is justice denied."

The situation is tense to say the least.
"I agree with the author on all points" is a much less interesting post to write than "I think the author is wrong because X." Indeed, even if I agree with an author, I will occasionally post some criticism, unconsidered edge case, or even try to defend an opposing/unpopular theory. I usually hope that by doing so, I get some criticism of my criticism; I'm really just interested in mentally exploring the topic.

If you asked me the question "When would I ever want to seek public comment?" I would answer "Whenever you want criticism." I will also add that the tone of your writing will be reflected in the responses. If you say to the internet: “Fuck you, bioinformatics. Eat shit and die.” Expect the general reaction to be "Fuck you too" regardless of how right you are.
Of course. There's a startup from Hungary in the current batch.

If Eastern European founders have a weakness, it's that their English is sometimes bad. That's a real problem in a startup, because you often have to talk about subtle distinctions.

We like the video because it's a so much more efficient way of seeing what someone's like than just reading a written application. Not as efficient as meeting them in person; we'd meet everyone in person if we could; but there are just too many applications to do that.
The journals offer a service: branding and aggregation. There is nothing devious about it like you're implying (not any more devious than Google making money from aggregating other peoples' news articles). Your disagreement seems to be with the value of the service, and I think that's just a matter of you undervaluing branding and signaling. There are a lot of people who write a lot of tripe. Kooks, quacks, etc. Any of them can put their crap up on the internet (they're called blogs). What the journals offer is a branding that certain articles rise above a minimal level threshold of value, and a central point of accessing such articles.

Nobody is forced to use their service. Your point that untenured professors must "publish or perish" doesn't fully analyze the situation. Tenure committees have no intrinsic reason to favor these publishers. They care only to the extent that these publishers have the brand that signals to them and others: "hey, this author doesn't completely suck."

Now, the publishers largely inherited these brands, from back when publishing was a more involved process involving paper. But there is nothing nefarious keeping them in the system. Any open access publisher could rise up tomorrow and as long as they could develop the brand and signaling power they could take on the publishers. But regardless of anything else, branding, sorting, filtering, and signaling are things people want, even more than free and easy access to information. And the publishers stay in the loop because they offer those things.
I'm no lawyer, but I bet the issue is that the US will want him to pay taxes on that income and has no way to do so at present.

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Taxpa...

Perhaps the obvious answer is to find a way to convince the government to let him pay the $50,600 in taxes he would owe on that $200k of income if he were a citizen with a SSN...
Reading this reminded me of an anti AIDS campaign we have here in South Africa. I can't bring to mind the catch-phrase but the gist of it is that one HIV free generation could stop the virus forever.
You're likely being down voted because since the invention of programming the field has been continuously becoming "easier" often by leaps and bounds. However, programmers always remain at the edge of the boundary so there is continuously more work for programmers, not less. Every component of what made things "easy" can be improved by making it more flexible, performant etc. and doing this most believe will always require a skilled programmer.

But to play devils advocate, if we were to create true artificial intelligence (I guess it would just be intelligence at that point) then not only would programmers be obsolete, but all of humanity would be obsolete. We'd all just be WALL-E style mouths to feed. This seems difficult to imagine, but we already see it happening in some ways. Unemployment is high almost everywhere and there's no fundamental economic law that every human on the planet can contribute sufficiently to match said human's consumption.

Essentially what this means is we have two pretty rough options. First, all of these people fall under the welfare state. The homeless and hungry all get what they need through governments, NGOs and charities. The other is the Darwinian approach, nature's great equalizer. Both of these options suck pretty hard, but that may be the world we're looking at until our robot overlords turn us into batteries (although it's more likely we'd become pets if anything at all).
This happened to me back in 2007, contact me for tactics.
You little crack whore
question , why the hell would you let 200k sitting on a paypal accound for 6 months ? i dont understand. At least invest that money in obligations, life insurance or something ... even with 3/4% returns it is worth it, you could almost live without working in Venezuela ...
I am in Bangladesh. This is not an uprising, or atleast not according to my definition of an uprising. If you consider what happened in Egypt or middle east in general as an uprising then this is not the same as whats happening in dhaka.

This so-called uprising is NOT against the government. There is good reason to believe part of it is instigated by the government and indirectly controlled by them.

While not a farce, or without any reason, I thing this is pointless because I thing there are some valid reasons to have neutral uprising against the corrupted government and the political parties. This is not it. Unfortunately.

The funniest part is even with all these corruption Bangladesh is going through one of most amazing period of economic growth in its history, in many cases surpassing even its powerful neighbors. If only they could curb corruption, BD can be an economic powerhouse in the region.
That makes more sense. For 18.5 billion, I wouldn't think there'd be a single person on the continent of Africa that wasn't circumsized.