skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I won't get into what I've done and haven't (real name) but it's not negativity so much as caution.

First, spiritual experiences are hard to describe but I'm not impressed by people who claim to have had profound experiences. People will also claim profundity out of the "drugs" of the bourgeois nincompoops-- power and money-- because the thrill of power is profound to a typical vapid nincompoop.

That's the fundamental problem with drugs: the upsides are subjective and personal-- that doesn't mean they aren't real-- while the downsides are often visible and awful.

Is LSD evil? No. Is there "something to it"? Yes. In fact, there was a lot of good research being done on these drugs until the 1960s, when they were (improperly) listed as Schedule I, meaning they have no medical value (which is not true). Should it be stigmatized? No, a lot of great people (not just "burnouts") have done it. Is it dangerous? Yes, it is. Can LSD be spiritual for some people? Yes. Do you need psychedelics to be spiritual or to have spiritual experiences? No, absolutely not.

If you choose to use these drugs, you're doing something that society knows very little about. You're experimenting with stuff about which our knowledge is in its infancy. Because society doesn't know enough about these drugs, it fears them, hence the stigma. That also means that if things go wrong for you, you will get no sympathy from the vast majority of people.
Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Linode appears to have a BGP mix of Level3, NTT, Time Warner, KDDI, and Telia vs DigitalOcean's BGP mix of Level3 and Cogent. Linode hands down has the better network connectivity.
Looks awesome, great idea!

I have one feature suggestion, could you make a demo mode or way to preview the sounds. I do not have an ear for notes and have no way to learn the sounds. The functionality might already be built in, I couldn't figure out where it was though.
in particular Google employees, that means you.
Yes, it's a stupid verdict. Yes, the defendant's reasoning that the statutory damages in this case be analogized to unconstitutional punitive damages is a very compelling one.

That being said, the DOJ is basically Congress's lawyer. It is obligated to defend Congress's laws from Constitutional challenges.
Send them the form and call them with your SSN. Not the best, but certainly better than just emailing it.
To be fair, you are pretty much limiting the search to "pre internet." My understanding is that the level of visibility into everything has increased more than can really be considered.

Personally, I do not consider this a bad thing.
"Still, would knowledge go away today? "

Why not? It has before.

IIRC, medieval farmers in Gaul had crop yields a fraction of their Roman ancestors farming the same land. No soil depletion - they'd forgotten how to farm.

This seems silly - it's _food_. It would be like people in 21st century forgetting how to refrigerate their food. 'The meat goes bad so quickly now, I wonder why?'

But it happened.

"minimum sensible size for a modern society?"

The number 10,000 is in my head, but I don't know if that's an actual real number of something a scifi writer made up.

"cquiring raw materials like iron "

Well .. every guy at the mine face digging out ore is supported by .. well a whole lotta people. Someone makes the tools, generates electricity, makes lightbulbs, and pumps, and motors, and food, and builds and maintains the railroad getting the ore to the smelter. The guy at the smelter needs lights, and electricity, and food, and tools.

Border defense! If you've got civilization there are going to be people outside of it who want to rip off what you've got. Better make sure the army is fed, and supplied.

10,000 seems like a very low number, suddenly.
Here's 'tzs on Jammie-Thomas Rasset:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140293

Here's another:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4781933

She's not a very sympathetic defendant. [Late edit: I should be more careful, since the case could be made that she's being taken advantage of by unscrupulous attorneys, and it's they who are unsympathetic.]

[Even later: I thought it was 'tzs who had pointed out that Jammie Thomas-Rasset had also lied under oath, first claiming that her relatives had been behind the downloaded files, but eventually admitting that it was her; ultimately, the narrative I picked up was, "the RIAA offered to settle for $5k, but instead she went to court with a defense so ludicrous she had to disavow it on the stand; she achieved a retrial, at which point she was again offered a $5k settlement by the RIAA, which she again refused". That is, for what it's worth, what seems to have happened, but I'm not sure that whole story is attributable to 'tzs.]
I imagine it will be like some forms of DRM. If you change even a hard disk, the entire copy is invalidated, as it's a 'different' computer.
Its just that burn outs and hippies are the ones to both do it the most and talk about it the most.

But many people can think of something in there life that resulted in a complete change in the way they think - about some thing. Death of a loved one, some traumatic experience. Growing up, having kids, falling in love. Whatever. We naturally hate to think something as emotional or meaningful as those events could be compared to a simple drug, but at the end of the day, anything and everything you think and feel is the result of a chemical reaction. Is it so far flung to think that some other chemical reaction may lead to insightful experiences?
I tend to pick the environment/framework/library that has the functionality already written that I happen to need at the time.
Again, don't mistake your simplicistic, non-scientific view of things with any desire on my end of "wanting" things to be "more [???] complicated than they are". Even just in "stuff that is there" are so many implied assumptions. Also, optical hallucinations don't enter into any of this.
The DOJ will always weigh in on the side of asking the Supreme Court not to invalidate the Constitutionality of a law. It's part of their job. The decision to not defend the constitutionality of DOMA was quite controversial actually.

I think the reason it seems worse in this administration is because Obama's DOJ is fucking bad at public relations. Their understanding of the optics of cases is unusually bad.
Having options is not immoral - it is a moral imperative. Private sector executives are willing to lay off employees for the sake of profitability. Public sector employees (even Feds #Sequester) aren't safe from layoffs or furloughs. It's not cheating to do what's in your best interest - your Employer will certainly do what's best for them.
"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."

Hmm. Nothing in there about getting involved in potential supreme court cases.
I agree that people usually misinterpret their experiences where psychedelics and religion are concerned. However it's worth noting that in striving to create and discover interesting things one becomes vulnerable to all manner of possible obsessions and addictions -- most call it going 'crazy' (e.g. Beethoven, van Gogh, Tesla, Michelangelo, Schumann, John Nash and presumably many who ceased to function altogether in their pursuits)

It seems that psychedelic drugs have helped some people historically in locating an internal pointer or state which, if remembered, prevents this from happening. One wonders, for example, if the Beatles or Steve Jobs, notwithstanding their hard work, could ever have become what they did if they hadn't also taken LSD at some point.
> You can mine bitcoins and send them to a new act but the ip's used to generate those bitcoins are public.

What? There seems to be lots of misinformation here. Please prove your point. There is no need to publish your IP when you mine. Most people mine in pools, and I guess the mining pool announces the block. But you can announce it through Tor, or you can solo-mine through tor.
Shame it's been pulled, I really want to see the content of this epic linkbait
I realise that software like VMWare present their virtual devices as their own brand ('VMWare Network Adaptor' and alike), but isn't one of the points of virtualisation that the client doesn't know it's being run in a VM? At least I presume you could make the VM completely transparent, short of running timing tests on the virtual devices.
They're not telling SCOTUS what to do. They're filing a brief with the court. That's what they're supposed to do. When I go to traffic court to contest a ticket, I'm not "telling the judge what to do".
Man, this is amazing.

Think about the endless possibilities. On top of that it will be possible to build a library of objects like: "NormalGuy", "Ninja", "Tree" and so on.

Then it will be cool to programmatically move them. No Idea if that is feasible or not. Maybe not, but I will say otherwise.

Then we could describe an environment in which they could act in a declarative way. We could add simple behaviours shaped on top of simple goals. Those goals could be described in a similar way as the environment. If we tie a behaviour to an animation we have small drones of "Ninja" that act on themselves (well..kind of).

Or we could move those animation with the keyboard. I mean, at this point possibilities are just to be enumerated.

At the end it will be like a DSL to describe animation and behaviour and environment. Like an engine for videogames, animation, even smart behaviour (not mentioning AI and similars)

I don't know, I smell something really great behind that think that you built.
What do you expect from shroomery.org's phpbb installation?

It's optimistic, I think, to assume that you can even "put the hours in" to become an interesting and clever person. It seems more likely that, like many things in humans, being an intelligent (which is what I think you were proxying through "interesting and clever," so I'll cut to the chase -- correct me if I'm wrong) person is something that has a biological component, a critical period in development, and a long, hard road to substandard functioning if you miss out of one of the above.

I know a PhD who did lots of hallucinogens during his crisis of faith in grad school -- he talks about it all the time, because it became a big part of who he sees himself as, and he's one of the most intelligent, interesting, and clever people I know. When he brings up psychedelic experiences, it's always relevant and adds something meaningful to the conversation.

Personally, I think he's probably become a much better person since then, not because you can learn wisdom from drugs, but because drugs give you perspective the same way any divergent life experience gives you perspective. If I had a friend who climbed mountains and always talked about it, I wouldn't begrudge him that -- he's probably learned a few things along the way.
Constitutionally incoherent argument is constitutionally incoherent. The executive branch houses the DOJ, which is charged with the enforcement of all laws.
Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform
It's called an amicus curiae brief ("friend of the court brief"). In this case, you might consider the friend of the court to be famous, but the supreme court has no obligation to give their filing any more weight than any other.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Amicus+brief
I'm referring to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rubyonra... , which I agree should have gone on the blog as well. I'm not in control of that.
Point taken. Edited language to indicate they are only "getting involved"...
> he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States

What about defending the Constitutionality of Congressional laws seems outside the scope of "take care that the laws be faithfully executed" to you?

Also, note that the Attorney General's position was created in 1789 by the first Congress, and was tasked with more or less the responsibilities he has today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General
"Mary who knows everything there is to know about human perception from a scientific point of view. ... Since she knows everything there is to know"

The second assertion does not necessarily follow from the first.

There may well be more to understanding something than what science can know about it.

Also, there's something that analytic philosophers like to call "qualia", which is what it's like to experience something. That's one thing that would be missing from the above account.

To take another example: I could know quite a lot about the neurological processes that underly the sensation of pain in the human nervous system and the brain. However, such knowledge is very different from the sensation of pain itself.

Same with sex. You can read up about its physiology all you like, but your knowledge of it is going to be of a quite different order from someone who's actually had sex.
I think he was specifically targeting the use of the word 'evolved' instead of, say, 'experienced' (as in people who have tripped balls before).
Actually, there's an important (and under-appreciated) difference between visuals and hallucinations.

Visuals are when you see patterns, fractals, etc. You don't need to use drugs to get that. Use the latest brainwave synch. technologies and aim for low-theta. Entirely safe, produces closed-eye visuals in the dark. You're lingering in a state similar to that which occurs before you go to sleep. It's interesting, but ultimately visuals are just artifacts.

Hallucinations are when you actually believe what you're seeing is real. IMO that's undesirable and it can obviously be extremely dangerous (except in the dream state).
I had a crush on Gadget from Chip n Dale. I think she was an influence in deciding to date my last girlfriend.
I was once in an interview for a development job where I asked what the companies stance on projects outside of work was. The head honcho said, "I don't want to know about them, and in fact I don't want you to do them. You should be getting all your fulfillment from work, and if you need more pay we can work something out."

In my mind the interview died right there. He didn't get it, its not about pay, but about scratching an itch, trying new stuff out. I assume that he would be okay with me watching TV at night, or running with my dog, why would my decision to blow off steam with code matter to him?
"Robust" seems to be defined as "number of services in the city."

If there's more support for cars, then those services get pushed outside of the city, or the city expands in area (if possible). Both trigger a higher need for cars. Venice can't expand, automobile traffic is mostly impossible, and also, the population is decreasing, especially in the historic old city, so likely not a good reference.

My observation is that cars "swarm" to the carrying capacity of the city, so that every city will have cars unless they are prohibited either by law or lack of drivable roads. After all, cars are really convenient, so people who can afford cars will use them until it's more convenient to use other means, like walking, biking, mass transit or (in a few places) animal-drawn carts. Therefore, seeing a lot of cars in a city isn't itself meaningful.

The question then isn't one of swarming, but of the response to the swarming. What are the effects of making it easier to commute by car? That's what this study appears to answer.
Ask HN: Besides reaching out to local media what can we do?
First off if anyone is going to the Founder Institute's Ideation Bootcamp in Hato Rey tomorrow- I need help so I'll see you there.

I'm not sure how many of you follow the Carribean but more than half of Puerto Rico's municipals are bankrupted and are applying for Capital 9. It's the perfect time to embrace Entrepreneurship and crowdfunding.

I've launched a campaign to collect money for Puerto Rico's Code for America application and MySociety's Digital Consultation fee. It can be found here: https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/cfa-brigade-open-data

I was wondering what should we do next besides reaching out to local media?

I'll appreciate any negative, positive, constructive criticism and advice.
The Surprising Ways Humans Continue to Evolve
It seems, the POTUS has discretion in telling the Justice Department what to pursue:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/obama-doma-unconsti...
Naw, man, you gotta do lines. Only then can you become a qubit.
Wait, if you don't work on it at work, why does your employer care?
That's it. I've created it. This is for all of you, SideProjectors!

http://sideprojectors.com
Show HN: Mrklt, Kindle-style highlights bookmarklet for the web
http://mrklt.herokuapp.com/

A friend and I threw this together a while ago and I recently decided to get it to a "releasble" state.

We'd appreciate feedback.
>You aren't doing anyone any long term good by pretending you owe your boss anything.

The best bosses know this and will tell you as much, they will help you find out what you want to do. They realize that your first job is not going to be your last and help you focus on developing your skills. Then they hi five you when you get a better job.
Spot on. As a web development company, we not only encourage it, but also fund and help develop employee side-projects. Bottom-line, if you hire passionate people, you should expect they'll want the same things you do as an employer (I.e. being able to steer you ship). Why fight this?

I know this methodology doesn't quite work well for the likes of Apple and Google, but I think if more companies realized this inevitability, they could actually use it to their advantage and prevent a lot of drama.
After looking at the code, not sure if I would use the word 'simple'. Well done.
Ah, skimmed too fast. Thanks for the clarification. I just happened to notice that some of the DST detection logic seemed similar.
The DOJ's decision to not prosecute DOMA is actually quite a soupy mess, and much more controversial legally than it was politically.
I disagree, if only because I think some people diverge farther from reality when they take these drugs. I know some people who've gone from "slightly weird" to derelict insanity because of them.

If a person's already on a bad course, then psychedelics (under typical recreational use patterns) are going to throw this person farther out into space. The negative experience, in this case, isn't that person being ripped back into reality, but going even further away from it.
UPS has just delivered my Nexus 4 today here in BC, Canada. I shouldn't have rewarded Google with my business but there is really no competition for this product. If there was I would have taken my business there.
The problem isn't testing, its tying funding to the result of these tests. It is this fact that has caused serious turmoil in this country's educational system. It must be stopped.
I'll agree with this. Being a "master" at all of the things listed would take longer than the Internet has existed, but being really good at two or three of them makes you a LOT of money, and VERY valuable.
Irrelevant. Mexico is not the new China. China's exports to the US are nearly 2x more than Mexico's, and in the past year, China has increased its exports to the US by 25billion vs 15billion from Mexico.

Compare this to a decade ago when Mexico exported 135b vs 125b from China. Mexico is not the new China. Mexico is the China of last decade. It's not going to retake that position any time soon.

China is as big as ever, and one mans story doesn't change that.
I believe that this entire mentality runs counter-intuitive to the web dev/tech nature of HN in general. Many web developer professionals work at firms or agencies or other web development shops that rely on client work. I'm speaking generally here, but from my own perspective client work is never enough to fully satisfy a curious and excited mind. Enterprise projects with client services, project managers, client stakeholders, C-levels, QA departments, etc, will never be satisfying in the way that rapid prototyping, direct-to-development ideation, and general 'fooling around' can be.

This article is not only harmful to the modern workplace, but is irritating to web developers who thrive on creativity but work in environments where it's simply not feasible. I still have bills to pay, but am not defined by the desk I sit behind.
Assuming you're talking about an nntp newsgroup then yes, if you're running a mail-to-news gateway.
Once cars self-drive, most commuters' cars can be a quarter the size they are now. When traffic lights, stop signs, lanes, and such are gone, and cars instead talk to each other to make efficient use of the available space, one-person microcars will have an advantage, and the current disadvantage of being flattened by a soccer mom's Canyonero will be absent.
Do these things actually have a legal purpose/meaning?

"This is not an offer to buy or sell securities."

"This is not legal advice."

These are legally useful because rather than enforcing a contract, they explicitly disclaim one.