skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Apple's DACs have hissed for a long time. My 2010 MBP had the same problem. They just use shitty DACs.
Because bitcoins are illegal in my country, I'll keep my personal domains on namecheap but will certainly move my company domains out of there until I figure out if there's a chance I have problems with this.

I like bitcoins just like everyone, but there are laws you need to abide by and bitcoins are illegal in many countries.
full-frame sensor that can see stars and turn moonlight into daylight
I would suggest using the XR version if possible. You may need 20-30mg, but I have found it is much more stable and I don't feel the need to redose all day long. My friend has an IR script, and he ends up running out early, while I keep a stable sleep schedule and don't experience the mood swings.
My favourite: S.O.D. The Milano Mosh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNKKAXtaxco

You think that, you're really hard
You think that you can mosh
Got your suspenders, and got your boots
You'd better wear armor, you fuckin' fool
WE MOSH, until we die,
WE MOSH, until you try.
You think, that you can try,
But can you do ... the MILANO MOSH !
REPEAT VERSE
Cushman, you sound like somebody who believes everything that you were taught in school, and you are unwilling to entertain an idea that has the possibility of destroying the foundation of your world view. Don't try to impose your world view on events as they occur, rather, observe the world and consider all possibilities. Things usually are not what they appear to be. The expert is not always right, even if he thinks he is.
On dashes, hyphens, and other important aspects of life.
Hey, Ed, as an aside, are you going to be migrating your posts out of Posterous? (Which is, as we all know by now, closing.)
Incentives and affiliation are not the same thing.
Neat, but will they turn a blind eye to domains registered with false information? After all, the biggest advantage of Bitcoin over traditional digital payment methods is its capability to be used anonymously.
DRM Chair Falls Apart After 8 Uses On Purpose
Does it truly affect people with ADHD differently than someone without? My understand is that this is a misconception...
Mexico? The wall along the border is not to keep Mexicans out, it is to keep Americans inside.
Do tell more!
I was unaware of any country having officially stated Bitcoin as illegal.
haha. Maybe I got caught up watching this a little longer than you guys, but at times the pattern does begin emulating a circle pit. Both directions.

It's sort of hard to determine a "push" from the perspective of spheres, but IIRC I saw some of that behavior as well. I mean pushing insofar as red pieces would occasionally move erratically away from the walls.

I do agree about the lone mad rager acting as an unstable epicenter, though. That's key behavior, and something I did not notice in this simulation.
We do already open source a wide variety of projects, for those who aren't already aware: https://github.com/facebook
This book has come up several times in several recent (unrelated) hacker news threads. I find the prescience of the privacy concerns (and how people react to never ever having privacy again) relevant to today's world of drones and oversharing via social media. And of course it's just got that good Clark science tone.
...or you have moderate to severe ADHD?
Good job on the opiate sobriety! Suboxone is a miracle for opiate addicts. I took it for 15 months after I got clean, and I really enjoyed the extra energy and antidepressant effect. I experienced minor difficulties adjusting to life without it, but it was nothing compared to real opiate withdrawals, which I'm sure you vividly remember. I've been off suboxone for nearly 18 months now, and I don't have cravings for opiates any more. I think this is partially due to knowing exactly where I will end up if I do them again.

I have considered going back on suboxone, but I found that adderall gives me the same type of effects without being an opiod itself. Adderall does have more negative side effects than suboxone though.
Online Education May Make Top Colleges More Elite
Except its now legal for merchants to tack on a surcharge for you paying with credit (as it should be).

Online merchants will absorb the cost of processing credit cards, as they aren't going to wait for a check in the mail. But physical merchants that can accept cash and are now allowed to recoup that 3%? I can see certain groups of people migrating away from plastic if it increases the cost of their goods/services in a meaningful way.
I assume they still accept real cash.
I've had the same power management issue for my non-Retina mid-2012 MBP. The main issue is that the machine insists on doing something whenever AC power status changes. Even if the machine is asleep, it'll wake for 10 seconds or so and then sleep again. Even if you change the appropriate pmset flags, which is unnerving, because those flags are now being ignored. The best way to reproduce is to take the sleeping MBP, unplug it, open the lid, and begin using it. BAM, it goes to sleep on you!

The problem appeared either with 10.8.2 or a firmware update that arrived around that time. There are a couple Apple support threads about it, and I've done everything (yes, I've reset the PRAM).

I hope it gets fixed soon.
I don't see your concern being very realistic. I very much doubt doing business with a foreign company that accepts Bitcoins is illegal in any country as long as you yourself are not involved in Bitcoin trade. I mean, obviously you can be as cautious as you want, but it seems unreasonable to assume that NameCheap is forcing any liability onto its customers.
"Free" is vague, but accurate. CC-BY-3.0 specifically, though I had to download the zip to find that out.
I had a friend whose grandfather was a hot shot lawyer at one of the largest international firms of his day in the 60s/70s/80s. She told me that he was a speed addict for close to 20 years. Long story short he got into a situation where he had to quit cold turkey and did, successfully.

Substance abuse to get ahead is nothing new. Drugs are not as new as we pretend they are, and it's been common practice to abuse them for personal gain probably as long as they've been around.
Why not? It's in the zone. House is a US citizen. The only complicating factor is that he was involved in political speech, so now we're dealing with first amendment issues, too.
Good to know! I'll probably take the same approach at first.
Why do you presume to know what is/isn't good for me, my ADHD, and my employer with only that what I have written above.

Adderall occasionally wouldn't help me complete the tasks I have to complete. I take it as the doctor has prescribed it to me. I make sure to take breaks from it (and I schedule those with work, so they know that during that week/two weeks I am going to be distracted, have trouble concentrating and it is best to let me be and bite into a hard problem and figure it all out). I have been taking the same dose for a year now, I know its effects, I know how it affects me.

I don't use Adderall as a pick-me-up, or to cram for an exam, I use it as a daily medicine because it helps me do my work. Please don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do, or that my job is not for me. I love the work I do, I enjoy working with the people I work with and learn more than I could have ever imagined. Adderall helps me through the non-exciting parts, it helps me keep focused in design meetings, it helps me keep focused on finishing the last part of the project where there is no challenge left, it helps me be able to think clearly and reason without being distracted by other projects and things I enjoy.

The only reason I think that without Adderall I would have lost my job is that it allowed me to do all those other tasks that were not interesting that still need doing. A worker that can do the hard tasks but leaves projects unfinished is useless. When a worker can't even stay focused long enough on work to be a participant in a meeting regarding new features/design that is a problem, especially when writing new software. I can learn new technologies and pick things up almost instantly, I can see my code, see how things fit together, but once the hard part is done and the rest is just rote coding, my mind goes onto new and better things. Adderall lets me focus on writing good API documentation, it lets me focus on designing the last 10% of a library to be excellent.

I don't know how to explain it to you. You have your notions of Adderall and how it should be used, and I doubt a comment from a fairly faceless person will persuade you one way or another. What I do know is that Adderall has helped me tremendously, and has helped me accomplish things I didn't think I was capable of before.
Just make sure you get Applecare with it.
Providing falsified WHOIS information will only harm the registrant.
I am not aware of any country that has made bitcoin illegal. Are you sure you have your facts right?
You know a website's gone to the birds when they start letting people over the age of 99 start joining.
Interesting section in that wikipedia about Amtrak temporarily banning TSA/VIPR from its property.
> And to clear another misconception some people have, faux leather stitchings have nothing to do with "skeuomorphism".

To test my conceptions (which very well may be mis-):

That is, "unless you're interacting with the UI element as if it were stitches", yes?
Cycles in family tree software
Um, are you saying they don't accept real cash anymore?
The proficiency exchange isn't worth it with those side effects.
That's why you send a warning e-mail. You could also opt them down to a weekly digest instead of daily e-mails.

One good thing about Sailthru is that it you can track all clicks on links. So if you have a user with no opens and no clicks over a few months, you have a lot more certainty that they're not reading (especially if your e-mails have a considerable amount of links).
> Do you really think the current size of the federal government is reasonable? It is getting out of control.

I think federalism is a failed experiment and I have no interest in re-litigating the Civil War. The 13/14/15th as a practical matter abrogated the idea of states as anything other than lesser sovereigns to the federal government. Federalism died with the Confederacy--let it rest in peace...

As for the size of the federal government, the number of federal workers has been more or less static for the last 40+ years even though the population has grown dramatically. The federal budget has grown, but most of it has been in the form of transfer payments--money that goes straight from one private citizen to the other. It's not clear the size and scope of the federal government is substantially different than it ought to be.

> Social spending programs as a general rule belong at the state level.

What makes you think that having 50 different poorly run versions of any given social program is a better idea than having 1 somewhat less poorly run version of any given program?
An affiliate is an incentivised partner but I guess you are talking about how airlines pay travel agents online or offline. However, Adioso are not an online travel agent.
Well, it's probably safe to assume that at least some of the effects are the same for ADHD and non-ADHD users. Stimulants affect pretty much the whole brain; probably much more of the brain than merely the part(s) that differ between those with ADHD and those without ADHD.

(To be clear, I'm not a medical professional)
No, he did not, this is what is commonly referred to as a joke.
nuclear_eclipse: can you point out the repo where this fix was applied?
I tried switching to Strattera and ended up with some serious sexual dysfunctions and nearly lost my job (at a company I founded!) because I had to wait two months before I could say for certain that it didn't work for me. So buyer beware.
I think the gp might be talking about quantization noise...
I live in Southern California. I thought it would be hard to find when I first went looking, but the first Albertsons I went in had a giant stack of it. Do you have any grocery stores with a kosher section or an "international" section? That might be a place to look.

I've read it's available some places now; I haven't seen it myself yet this year.
I've loved this site since 2011. Had no idea how grim things were for a while. Good to see you guys pulling through!
Matter for what?
If I have a problem with an online purchase that I can't sort out with the merchant, my bank is more than happy to compensate me for it.

Not possible with Bitcoin.
The largest turbines are more like 300ft in diameter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine_design#Turbine_siz...)

Also, the effect is important. At 1/4 mile distance, you can only place about 20 or so on a square mile of land. Looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine#Horizontal_axis_wi..., that gives you less than 18MW peak power.

That same square mile has 2M plus m^2. So, you would need only 10W per m^2 peak solar power to beat that wind turbine.

Yes, there is lots of hand waiving here. For example, I am assuming equal duty cycle; that will vary with location. The crux still is that there is way less wind power than solar per m^2.
The founders didn't even make provision for non-landowning white males to vote, much less anyone else.
Also, 80-90% of people in business or first are using free or mileage upgrades. Almost nobody actually pays to be up there. That's exactly why so many new and/or low cost carriers don't even have business class.
Which long magazine profile of Aaron Swartz should you read?
Yeah, I played that quite a bit a few years back. Unfortunately at the time quite a bit of some of the runecaster class was broken, but it was still quite fun.

That was all before the current engine, which I have to say looks pretty awesome from videos and screenshots. I'll have to try playing it again.
On my list of about 11,500, just under 400 people have "opened never" but have clicked at least one link. So it's a pretty small number. I'd be you can just about double it to get the total number of opens that haven't been tracked.
Learning would be great, but really, we are pretty static creatures. I spent 10 minutes setting up rules.... I don't know, 4 years ago? I've imported those new rules into every new machine I've had since.
Tutorspree Is Hiring Full-Stack Engineers (NYC)
Move out of Elbonia.
Ive been taking adderall for a bit over 2 years now, and the important part about taking adderall is that you are supposed to do things like sleep every night, eat food during the day, and drink plenty of water, otherwise your tolerance takes over. This is true for people with adhd as well.

The thing is, if you are taking adderall because it "super charges" you, you are taking it for the wrong reasons. People with adhd (like myself) have to take adderall so that we can compete on a level playing field. There is nothing we can really do to self motivate and study. Without my meds I can not retain the information that I read. Without my meds I cant motivate myself to sit down and program because I cant concentrate and conceptualize the model im trying to write in code.

Adderall can be an invaluable tool for somebody who doesnt stand a chance without it, but it can take control of somebody who doesnt have a good enough reason to maintain self control and moderate their usage. The adhd mindset is a very awkward and uncomfortable feeling. Abusing our medication means we have to go back into that mindset and it sucks, therefore its easier to not let it become a craving addiction.

Also the zombie feeling the kid was talking about, is due to the fact that he is taking too high of a dose. Either that or he would be better off on ritalin or strattera. Each specific case of adhd is somewhat different and the underlying cause may be served by a different treatment due to the difference reactions the drugs have in the brain. (Adderall increases dopamine and prevents it reuptake. Ritalin, just prevents the reuptake, etc).
Click tracking on links. Obviously, it only works if your users click.
I realize you're probably trolling, but just in case..

The 'high' of adderall is not even remotely similar to cocaine.
I have this question as well. Especially since they have already done so much work around Android for Ubuntu touch, why not simply build, what will essentially be desktop Android with a Unity Shell.
> regular domains take 24 hours to be useful anyways

It only takes about 10 minutes for a new registration to go live with most registrars. If you set your DNS servers during the purchase and have the zones ready from the get-go, your domain is resolving on the web immediately.
Adjusting for a 1% cash back that's only 2% surcharge for the ability to dispute charges, pay at the end of the month. VS: Risking a Bitcoin wallet will zero recourse if something goes wrong and an unstable currency.

The way I see it Bitcoins are not stable / safe enough for large transactions and the transaction fees on small transactions are effectively meaningless.
We spent an hr at the Apple store and 1 hr on the phone speaking with their customer care, but they pretty much refused to believe that it was an actual issue! And we have the same issue with two macs, not one!
Is it just me or the title is a bit sensationalist? Surely they could done it a bit better: "Facebook registration doesn't allow dates before x" - which is somewhat understandable, and yes this does indeed force her to "lie" about her age, but to make it on the Times with such an accusatory article makes me question the motives/credibility of the author/reporter.
I have been considering an upgrade, but have been more worried about getting an LG screen with awful ghosting.
I'm not sure inlining is that difficult. Java bytecode is a relatively straightforward language is it not? Especially if it doesn't have to be for all cases, which, if you're looking at eliminating small methods, it does not have to be.

Assuming Java has something like the Cecil library for MSIL, it should be a fairly straightforward task. Although, as you point out, so is fixing up a number.
but they use medeco locks, those are impossible to attack
It's cheap to register a domain. Fake WHOIS information may mean that you have a possibility of losing the domain, but if you're doing something sketchy, or just politically unpopular to people who matter, there isn't a paper trail.

Really, a debit card card purchased with cash would probably work just as well, but there are imaginable situations where the risk of losing the domain is less of a problem than being identified as the registrant.
7 Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Code
https://bitbucket.org/futurapp/swiftly

This is a C++ web framework I wrote. It's a work in progress. I could beat go and nodejs in some simple perf test.
Either it will be better, worse, or a mixed bag.

If it's better, Then they have improved the ecosystem, and the developers and users will follow. If it's worse, then we can hope they will switch back, or they will lose users/developers.

The concern is a mixed bag... splitting development on something that may or may not ultimately win.

But mixed bags lead to innovation more than having one true way. Ideas from Mir and Wayland and X can lead to all three of them improving more then if only one or two of them were viable. However the lack of focus may slow individual development.

TL/DR Worst case is still not horrible, so long as Canonical recognizes it.
Linux does not have Raymond Chen - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/

EDIT: or cek, Charlie Kindel :)
> I suspect I will be able to buy film such as Kodak Kodacolor for a long time

Check your suspicions again. Kodak has discontinued, in the past few years:

* Kodachrome

* High color Portra films (the VC versions)

* Ektachrome (pro and consumer)

* Plus-X Pan

I suspect consumer negative film is on the way out. You'll be stuck with Ektar and Portra, or maybe just one of those two choices. All of the above films were discontinued before Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so perhaps it will only get worse.

THE BIG PROBLEM: You cannot inexpensively scan 35mm at high resolution. Photographers have been saying for years that film is great because you can just hang on to your negatives and wait for the prices on good scanners to come down, but my experience is that the nice scanners ($3,000 Nikon Coolscan 9000) yield an actual resolution much closer to 2000 dpi rather than the advertised 4000 dpi. You could also buy a Flextight or a drum scanner for like $12,000, and you can send good frames out for drum scanning at $40 per frame.

This means that with a good setup you'll be getting roughly 5+ MP pictures out of your 35mm rig.

In most situations, it's not even close to competetive with the quality of a modern 24 MP DSLR with a full frame sensor. It's just a hell of a lot cheaper.
Chasing the Higgs
February 2013: Social Media Marketing Stats On Social Media Marketing
> Forget about third parties. Third parties can't win with a first past the post voting system

This is known as Duverger's Law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law

There are a number of meaningful counterexamples, perhaps most notably in the UK, where Lib Dems have received a significant number of seats since 1974.

These discussions tend to obscure the degree of differences within a given party in the US. (ie, Zell Miller and Dennis Kucinich once shared a party. Though Kucinich was given an "F" by the NRA on gun issues, Zell was later elected to the NRA's board of governors. Kucinich was also a strict vegan, while Zell once threatened to shoot Chris Matthews. You could run similar comparisons by bringing in other Dems, you could do the same on the other side of the aisle. ie, not many Republicans would consider marrying one of the Kennedys or praise Obama's post-hurricane support, but a couple would.)

Any two-party system with a diverse electorate will eventually have to allow substantial variation in candidates and viewpoints, or it will be inevitably reduced to regionalism and obscurity.

A many-party system will eventually force smaller parties into large coalitions to attempt any governance at all.

In short, a two party system and a many-party system are not substantially different in the number of political viewpoints they entertain, nor in the types of compromises required between those factions to result in political action.
Launch Hackathon!
Yep I agree, it's definitely not the most interesting/useful problem to solve (I hope everyone got that my post was mostly ironic).

But I do find it interesting that we've "over engineered" many things on other futile topics, and yet our download folders are still stuck in the messe 1990's (but even then, users where pushed to tidy their Downloads for space reasons).

Anyway, I suggest we let this topic rest.

I've still got some work to do on the new version of my startup's product (and in case you ask, no it isn't anything related to the above)
I was about time to put TweetDeck out of it's misery.
As I have understood, "Black Hole" is something of a misnomer, as the singularity is in fact an intensely compact ball of matter/energy radiating x rays, etc. Matter releases energy as light in various wavelengths, including x, gamma, etc, but once inside the heart of the "hole" it is unable to emit ANYTHING. The net effect, however, is a surrounding veil of electromagnetic spectral emissions. Matter/energy can't escape once inside, but on the way in it puts on a hell of a show.
Yeah, pretty fluffy article, no mention of HOL, dependent types, other camps. I was hoping to see libs like Isabelle, metaMath, Corbineau's coq lib etc mentioned
I am building a demo site with this just to test things out. I feel like a grid is missing from the demo. I would also like to see how he does the single color background like in the screenshot. I don't see a way I can recreate that given the toolset.