skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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I consider the fundamental chords in progressions to be tetrads (seventh and sixth chords). Triads are nice in their ambiguity as to where they are going (and their sonic simplicity), and when a seventh or a sixth note is added, it generally tells you where the chord is headed.

EGs: I I I6 V V V V7 I vs. I I I Imaj7 IV IV IV IV6 I

Sixth chords move up a fifth, seventh chords move down a fifth. (the seventh of a chord falls, the sixth rises - one can also view the IV7 chord in blues music that moves to the I to be a IV+6)

The fundamental tetrad concept introduces the idea of "homophonic chords" - for example, a major sixth chord and a minor seventh chord have the exact same pattern, and the designation depends on context. Often, two designations exist in a superposition until it is settled later on (or never).

Also interesting is chordal metamorphosis, where for example a subtle shift in notes can modulate you into a new mode -for example, V morphing into III7 by chromatically altering a note, taking you from major mode to relative minor. (and this particular V III7 change is a nice way to make a strong chord change when stuck on an already strong chord)
EG: Hallelujah - |I |IV V |vi |IV |V |III7 |vi |

Music theory is a very interesting topic, and I've arrived at models that do a pretty good job of explaining the underworkings, allowing me to appreciate the beauty of songs analytically as well as emotionally.
Starting a startup: Developing a plan
I am really curious, can you go into a bit more detail as to what each those transitions meant for you, and how you went about doing them?

For example what exactly the move from employee to contractor entailed, or the one from contractor to consultant?
Somebody posted a link to pressureNETs data:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5380672
http://pndv.cumulonimbus.ca/

If you zoom in on a location that has lots of people (say, New York City), you can see the readings moving together. That suggests some utility.
Only brand-new links are allowed on the front page?
Please! Saying "Apple vs Android" is nonsense, you are comparing two things that are completly different! It's either "iOS vs Android" or "Apple vs Google".
Heh, php and flash is what I use for my hobby gamedev. I'm a Java developer. (Hides from the Java and Flash hate). I've worked with js before, html5 is definitely interesting, I'll have to come to a meetup and let you lure me to the cool side.
Please note that this article's main link is to that very domain.
Search Engines for Grownups
Would be interesting to see what companies (if any) wouldn't want this sort of service. Guessing later stage startups could push back.
A Review of MPEx, the Bitcoin Stock Exchange.
or even TMTOWTDI :)

Here in perl5i (https://metacpan.org/module/perl5i):

func deriv ($f) {
my $dx = 0.0001;
func ($x) { ($f->($x + $dx) - $f->($x)) / $dx };
}

my $cube = func ($x) { $x ** 3 };
say deriv($cube)->(2);

And also in perl6:

sub deriv (Code $f) {
my $dx = 0.0001;
-> $x { ($f($x + $dx) - $f($x)) / $dx };
}

my $cube = -> $x { $x ** 3 };
say deriv($cube)(2);
It's called First World Problems :)
But not all of their potential customers are political correctness Nazis.
My initial reaction was that this was a Bad Idea security-wise, but reading into the FAQ at http://www.instabridge.com/security has settled my qualms a little.
One of the problem in France is the dire state of the political discourse, full of empty diatribes and finger-pointing that prevent focus on real, practical problems with painful solutions. Sadly your commentary is an example of this. Immigration is not a problem to the welfare state (it has been shown that new immigrants pay off for what they obtain) and socialists are not the only culprits when the welfare state you're complaining about takes its origin in conservative De Gaulle era and more than 2/3 of the national debt originates from years when right-wing governments were in power.

France needs to change its course, of course. Off the top of my head, I can cite two or three reforms that are badly needed: adopt the "flexicurity" Scandinavian system with flexible hiring/firing and great investment of the state in helping people finding job again, to reduce risks for employers and prevent people to fall in the shitty long-term unemployment; reform entirely the unfair and ineffective tax system to get rid of loopholes and reduce the tax rate and pay for welfare with progressive income tax instead of get money from poor worker's salary. These are centrists policies and despite all the shit thrown in political discourse right now, they have slightly better chance to be implemented by the current Socialist Party in power (which is very centrist in acts, albeit not in speech) than by what the main right wing party is currently heading to right now. But that's just my opinion.
Eventbrite didn’t start thinking International until 2010, and they paid for it
The Breakpoint Ep. 6: Accelerating Load Time, Run Time, and JS tooling
"The military are already in charge of subway stations and doing surveillance in front of important buildings (like Notre Dame). There are only going to be more and more of them. If the situation gets worse I expect the "couvre feu" to be put in place in big cities."

This is because of the war in Mali, and 'vigipirate' protective plan. Your rant could be interesting, but unfortunately, it plays facts instead of trying to understand them.
IPhone 5, HTC One and Xperia Z, main rival to the Samsung Galaxy S4
Very very well said. IMHO, Microsoft is as much patent troll as some of these NPEs given its aggressive use of patents (such as its ex-FAT patent) against competitors.
>Pirates pirate to avoid money

While that is true is some cases, it's not true in all. Some pirate because they can't get it otherwise (ex. region exclusions, see Game of Thrones), some because they want to try out a game but there is no trial, and some because they don't want to deal will all the stupid ads and Don't pirate crap on DVD's now (SEE: http://bit.ly/eriKlB) as well as broken DRM management (Sony Music CD's anyone)

Companies try to hurt pirates with DRM but all they hurt are the paying customers, who do not have it easier. The recent fiasco with SimCity is a perfect example of that. Paying customers got screwed because of EA's DRM scheme.

And the long term effect of Steams DRM has yet to be proven. If Steam goes under and we lose all the games we paid for does that still qualify as reasonable or completely borked?

I get that companies want to protect their assets, but applying 19th processes to a 21st century reality is never, ever going to work.
I feel like adding another anecdotal fact: we're a startup in Toulouse and NY, and we love Toulouse, great city for both daily life and business (think Airbus etc...).
I guess that makes sense. Could this be because lawyers artificially limit their supply, so all lawyers are expensive?

On the other hand, programmers do not. There exist programmers who are cheap.
Welcome to the theater where we pretend that we are playing grown ups and life.
I live there, just next to the train station that you describe as being in a war state, and while there are worrying incidents in the outskirts and suspicious neighbourhoods, center Paris is by far the safest city I've ever lived in, and the only one where my women friends feel safe enough to walk alone at 3am. If we're playing the anedoctal evidence game, the only place I was ever seriously threatened ("I will kill you", at gunpoint and with evil eyes) was in your beloved Caribbean, in the beautiful island of Saint Lucia.
The advice there is specifically about not setting a plan that "if it's not successful in 6 months, I'll go back to this other job in a corporation" - because I can practically guarantee you the deadline will pass without the desired success and it will just make you feel bad, or worse, you might have made a public commitment and then maybe you'll actually go through with it.

So, do make plans about what you'll achieve, but don't make plans to "achieve it in X months or go back to the corporate world".
Aha, good idea for JSON (but I think attribute is a good one for some frameworks like ExtJs that you don't know your element id or something like that).

What you need by "senario"? Could you please explain it more?

Thanks anyway.
That's not a consumer market, silly. Don't be silly.
This doesn't run anything important on the Pi. The only thing running there is a client that dispatches calculation jobs to some server with nvidia GPUs somewhere is the network.

It is a stupid and deceptive publicity stunt.
How Not to Write Code
I agree; I think it's important to be extraordinarily careful in such circumstances.

But I also think it's important to engage with potential users whenever possible, to help ensure I'm building something that's actually useful and helpful, rather than spinning my wheels on my guess on what to do.
Had no idea my Note II had a barometer. Just got pressureNET.
How to Make Your Prospects Irresistible Offers They Can't Refuse
True, but why not just run it on the host of the GPUs then? I guess the advantage would be on-demand GPUs.
This is piece of brilliant work! When I saw it I suddenly got the idea I have to use it the project I'm working on. Thanks!
Previous thread, which includes comments from a patent lawyer.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5211221

Long story short: this change is not a big deal.

Especially useful comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5212111
You should have been honest in your presentation and openly stated that not a single line of GPU code runs on the Pi.
DRM isn't a stupid idea

Very, very simply, here is the premise behind DRM.

1. I know a secret
2. I want to tell you the secret
3. I don't want you to tell anyone else the secret
4. I don't trust you

Perhaps now you can see why some people consider DRM a stupid idea.
Secrets, entrer dans les paramètres les plus profonds de votre Mac
agree, also all around the same time of the post =P
This is the single most insightful comment in this thread.

That's close to what the Economist said on that issue - the socialists have the political power to make such reports.

These are centrist reforms - partly libertarian, partly social, but given the current status of France they are among the only possible solutions.

Regarding immigration, it's not a problem when it's selected immigration like some country do - say Canada. Immigration is a problem if you are welcoming workers with little education, who come from social or religious group who holds their beliefs are superior and better than anyone else's, and are more likely to develop hatred towards the host country and grow that hate when they are forced into a social net they have no hope of escaping - and that'll also be forced on their kids due to racism etc.

How good could it be for say Isreal to welcome immigration in open arms from say Iran ? I'm not talking of their nuclear scientists, remember- unselective immigration. IMHO, it wouldn't be good at all, which may be why they are not doing it :-)
“No need for UN intervention” Claims Bacon in Ubuntu civil war
So, I'm a little confused. Why is it so hard to do this with paypal / credit cards and so easy with bitcoins? What sort of fraud do credit card companies have to deal with that bitcoin does not?
Given the web is so wide open and been available for over 20 years to the public, I fail to see how Apple is responsible for this lock-in trend.

Rather Apple has aptly uncovered an untapped desire among the public, which the web failed to provide.

Yes, you can say Apple started it, so they're responsible. But this desire was ready for the pickin's. I don't fault Apple for picking it up. It must have been obvious to them.
I don't think they artificially limit their supply. I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure you need to pass a fairly difficult exam and maybe need some formal schooling?

That's going to cut down on the supply of lawyers.

Programming can also be done remotely. Having someone working in India where the cost of living for them might be 50x less than NYC is going to result in them working for a cheaper price than a programmer in NYC.

You can't really hire a plumber or lawyer from another country and expect them to be able to do their job remotely too.
No.

The article makes several references to "licensing" and "pricing." These are euphemisms for shakedowns.

Patent trolls shakedown developers with patents that never should have existed in the first place. Why should a developer have to pay ANYTHING to a patent troll? Why should a developer have pay ANYTHING to defend themselves against a patent troll?

The only solution is to eliminate software patents. Entirely.
??? Why?
IOS 6 switch style checkboxes with pure CSS
Hopefully that's never the rules. However, the title could be more informative, apparently there was a minor version release 3 days ago.
Now that you mention it, that's pretty accurate. You do still have to think about each step still; just keep repeating the process of finding a really small thing that is totally doable immediately and do it. The difficulty remains the same throughout, but it would be at a doable level the whole time. On the other hand, I do get excited that I'm actually making progress on something, and I try to get to a point that has a reward.
same concept as http://sidebar.io/
Perhaps he is thinking of Gibsons's Bridge trilogy. There AIDS is cured by finding a variant of HIV which does not cause the disease. And at least in one scene it is implied that infection with the harmless variant is a usual prerequisite for casual sex.
I've met the militairy police in Paris as well. I was obviously not French (way too tall for the average French guy, can't talk the language and not wearing French-looking clothes). Intimidating bunch. One even flipped open his holster holding his pistol before talking to me in front of the subway. Couldn't understand a word he said and he wasn't really willing to talk English. Let me go on my way again. I kept thinking 'what are you going to do with a machine gun in a crowded subway? Shoot everybody?'
this is simply brilliant.
Awesome project, this plugin is great to do "howtos" and online interactive manuals. Cheers!
Samsung's gaming controller shows a heavy Xbox influence
Goodbye Tumblr, hello Svbtle.
https://www.google.com/takeout/#custom:reader

http://theoldreader.com/feeds/import

"Thank you for uploading your OPML file. We will soon start importing your subscriptions, which might take up to several hours depending on the amount of feeds you have.

There are 22325 users in the import queue ahead of you."

It may take some time indeed... I have 114 subscriptions and some of them can be dead now, as I haven't used GR for quite some time.
What Does it Take to Be Remarkable?
That's true. However, if the little inventor doesn't file the patent, they either 1) sell the product anyway or 2) don't sell the product.

If #1, they have prior art to keep a big company from patenting it, and the two compete in the market.

If #2, I'd argue they don't deserve the patent; it doesn't benefit the public to grant them that monopoly unless the public gets a product out of it. Let the big company patent and sell it.

Right?
"I believe the idea of a Multi-pipe is a natural progression of basic unix pipes, and this amazing Patented Invention of IBM's is something that I think everyone should know about."

Seems pretty bold to put "natural progression" and "amazing patented invention" in the same sentence.
In the UK at least it doesn't matter if you are paid in a currency or not (i.e. "payment in kind") - you'll still have to pay tax on it.
The author is out of luck: the idea to send source code back in past to circumvent patents was itself patented some time ago...
Anyone got a nice summary?

Do you think this should be patentable?
Moving to contract work is pretty straightforward. It's essentially just finding a new job. Lots of places prefer to hire contractors for individual projects, so it's not too tough to pick up a 3/6/9 month contract someplace.

Most contractors tend to try to move from one contract to the next with as little downtime as possible, or work for an agency that sorts it all out for them. For me, the downtime was the big payoff, since contracting pays roughly double what a salaried job does. If you have no attachments, you can spend a fair amount of time slacking off before picking up another contract. I used to push it as far as 9 months off between 3 month contracts and still put plenty into savings.

Repeat the above enough times, and you'll be able to break off work that doesn't require you to be on site, or pick up work from new clients from word of mouth. Some people refer to this as freelancing, but then they don't get to charge as much if they use that term in front of a client. Naturally, it's best to describe yourself as a consultant instead, and double your rate again.
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I found it informative. I'd never heard of Chicken Scheme.
its likely for publicity, especially with Nvidia's GTC coming up next week
> if you wanted to do simple text processing work there was always awk/sed and other little unix utilities in form of a command line program using pipes. But any thing more than that and you really had to write program

In the current landscape of scripting languages, what makes Perl superior to Python for text processing?

Asking as I have not touched Perl in over 10 years, after it was supplanted by Python for my needs. I use awk for many of the tasks I could call "text processing", and Python for more complex stuff.
I've had a similar experience, although not nearly as challenging as yours. I believe you do need to seek help. But in the meantime, I'll share what's worked for me, so that you can give it a shot. You'll really just have to find what works for you.

I got some help during college, but unfortunately for me, medication would lead to very high blood pressure (probably combined with stress and other factors at the time and due to a predisposition that runs in the family) so I stopped taking them after a couple of months.

I have found that I don't need them as much though. Like danenania suggests, your problem is likely one of body chemistry that few understand (kind of like depression), and one especially of brain chemistry. I've tried l-tyrosine only and haven't really noticed much change, but try it (GNC has it). What's really helped me, specially lately -- and when I look back at High School -- is exercise. Exercise, exercise, exercise. I have found for me, that exercising intensely even for 10 minutes (though more is ideal) during the morning is an excellent way for me to feel very focused and energetic the rest of the day. The key is intensity.

So here's what I suggest, especially since you like extreme sports:
* wake up early -- it's not easy with ADD, I know, but sleep early the first night before it.
* hit the gym, or visit to your favorite jogging place
* Run your guts out!

Jog at a good pace for ~4 minutes after stretching a bit and walking one minute. The 5th minute, sprint/run as fast as you can without stopping. Then walk for 1-1.5 mins, and do at least one other set of this, but ideally 3. (As always, build up to it an adapt to yourself--as long as you really push yourself for one minute). What also works for me is also listening to music that gives you a "braingasm" during your sprints -- I love Radiohead's "Weird fishes", for example, because it's a great song and is conveniently 5 minutes long. Best of all it has the lines "I hit the bottom and escape" during the last minute--during my sprints. This seems to release dopamines (I feel a great rush) AND pushing yourself beyond the point when you want to quit will also build will power. I try to do this at least 3x a week and unless I stay up (sleeping well is also key!), I always look forward to this because of how great I feel the rest of the day. Working out intensely has also been great for my body weight, and for reducing stress -- which means less stress eating and less impulsiveness (it's a feedback loop). Just walking isn't that great for stress (which you need to take care of first). You really, really have to push your body beyond its limits.

Once you take care of your stress, I'll echo others: find what you're passionate about. If your passionate about engineering, but hate some classes like I did, get help on those classes (do study groups, office hours, etc). And take what you learn in the courses you love and build something great with it.
Very nice!

Just one thing. I pressed the Enter key thinking that it would take me to the next step (like the right-arrow), but the page background went darker. And, each successive press of Enter made it even darker. I actually liked the effect (even if it was unintended) as it increased the contrast between the step being focused and the rest of the page.

However, I found no way to get back to original page after all the steps are completed (by right-arrow navigation). Pressing ESC had no effect.

Edit: Using Firefox 20.0 on Ubuntu Lucid.
If you have line-of-sight to three GPS satellites, you can compute all three of your coordinates (one will be impossible and can be ruled out), assuming you have an atomic clock locally. If you're like most of us and don't, then you need a fourth (and fifth, and sixth, and seventh) satellite for timing adjustments. Until then, you'll get no fix.
MobileWorks is hiring a Community Operations Manager
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At MobileWorks, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of community members from around the world to ensure that we continue to provide fantastic service. You’ll make sure that each client using Premier has an incredible experience, not just through direct customer service, but also by building design processes and policies that support Premier as we add hundreds of new staffers and clients each month.

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You’re a self-motivated, detail-oriented person that loves managing projects with a lot of moving parts. Bringing people together--perhaps with a wide variety of backgrounds--is second nature to you. Great communication is something you take personal pride in--it’s not just a bullet point to check off on an application. You take great satisfaction in training others on a team to be successful with their roles. You get jazzed knowing that you brought a group together to complete a well-done project. And you can use all the latest desktop and cloud productivity software (e.g. google docs, MS office, Skype, etc.) like it’s another appendage.

It might be a match if you have:

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The Strategy Design Pattern in JavaScript
I'm also 24.

Spent much of my life struggling to do basic things as well.

24 years of hearing the familiar platitudes of "just do it", like telling a depressed person to "just smile".

Fortunately I stumbled upon slow-release d-amphetamine and it changed my life.
69+34==103%
Cisco Systems Wins Patent Suit; VirnetX Shares Plunge
It would be useful if the site made it obvious which language this is for. For anyone else wondering, it's (apparently) Java.
S Health turns the Galaxy S4 into a full-fledged fitness tracker