skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would pay a few hundred a month (or more?) if I could hold semi-private events for 20-30 people occasionally in the evenings, but the listed hours of 9AM-5PM are uninteresting to me. Mechanics Institute still sounds neat, I'll check it out sometime. Thanks.
Nasty Gal, an Online Start-Up, Is a Fast-Growing Retailer
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I disagree. The post ends with "We HATE it!", with "HATE" bolded. The title (rage included) is a pretty accurate summary of what you're going to read.

Now if you're asking if this is a useful way of starting an HN discussion about whether or not iOS should change its file managment... I'd say probably not, but that's a different question from whether or not the title accurately captures what the link points to.
> Yes, rape culture is real. Yes, drunk people are more dangerous, on average, than sober people.
> No, this does not mean you should start skipping events where people are drinking because some of them might hurt you.

This isn't really your judgement call to make on behalf of somebody else, is it?

I'm a fairly big guy with some martial arts training, so when it comes to being around a bunch of people who are inebriated, I assess the level of risk to me as being pretty low. If I were a woman, and someone who's less physically imposing than almost everyone at the party, my assessed level of risk would doubtless be higher. Too, if I've been raped or subjected to other sexual violence previously -- as a significant number of women have -- I can't imagine my risk tolerance being very high at all.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5433390
I don't think he's denying her experience. I read it as advice on how to deal with how things currently are.

The problem is change in the industry takes time, and so without changing how she personally deals with things currently, she is going to continue to be unhappy. Obviously this is a bad situation and we need to make things better in our industry, but arcing up at people trying to help other people cope with current conditions is hardly helpful.
Really you can change your name for whatever reason you want, and there isn't even a process. You just start introducing yourself as that new name. Of course you have to be careful which name you use on which form (legal name goes on the I-9, chosen name goes on the resume, occasionally you get the opportunity to fill out the 'other aliases' field, etc), but otherwise there is zero hassle and so long as there is not an intent to defraud, you are in the clear.

Almost every member of my immediate family has casually done this at least once with no problem (it's kind of a family tradition it seems..). The name on my credit cards, the name I am known by professionally, and the name my parents know me by are all different. They share similar derivation yes, if you know one of them you probably would not bat an eye when another came up, but they are absolutely sufficiently different to isolate online reputations.
Indeed. Learning that

debugger;

will stop the interpreter at any point you like, with console scoped at that point, has sped up my JS'ing greatly
My opinion is that nobody with knowledge of what a disaster Fiorina was as CEO could vote for her as senator. Even if they did agree with her political positions (which few in California do).

If it were Meg Whitman running for senator, I'd have voted for her in a heartbeat. I respect her. But Fiorina? No way!
Android has direct filesystem access, but I can't think of the last time I ever used it. The "sharing" mechanism provides a much nicer experience than forcing the user to fumble around in a tree abstraction that hasn't changed in ~40 years. I eagerly await the day when filenames become completely opaque identifiers, never exposed in the UI.

iOS's problem is that there is no standardized way for third-party apps to allow other apps access to a particular document. That's what the OP is actually asking for. Just because desktops have historically implemented this feature as an N-ary tree of (string, blob) pairs doesn't matter.
Why Dart? SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data - Speeds up things like WebGL, added to Dart VM, not available in JavaScript except through an experimental technique in FireFox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKh7UOELpPo
Conjures up a 2 year old who's been denied a piece of candy.
>Be a decent human being and realize that by being aware, you can make our industry a better place to be for all people.

The problem is the agendas that ride on the coat-tails of such dialogues. If we could separate the baby from the bath water that'd be great but a culture moulded by P.C zealots does not make the culture a better place.
They are making use of Aaron's case for their own purposes.
Don't feel bad, it's not your company but it is your life. It is obviously already dysfunctional and there's no point gambling it will stop being dysfunctional on top of the already slim chance it will succeed at all.
This is actually kind of in line with Republican beliefs. Small government and less federal interference.
Such a fun idea. And I had no idea miniature USB-powered routers existed... definitely added to my wish list. I'm saddened to say that I haven't put my Pi to creative use since receiving it a few months ago.
Show HN: I'm building a Google Reader Replacement
In the last days I started to build a Google Reader replacement http://reader.is (also found this nice domain name). What do you think of it? For the moment it's just very simple you can add feeds and then read them aggregated or single.
Some large percentage of land value taxes could be dedicated to improving transport infrastructure around the place where high taxes come to lessen the squash.
American citizen should be aliased as well. When I see a list of words like Afghan, Albanian, and Armenian, it makes me think the list describes nationalities as adjectives, not country names. If you ask most US citizens which adjective they'd use to identify their nationality, they'll say American.
Isn't that an O and an H?
Yep. That comic was the inspiration.
WTF/minute is the end goal (amongst other metrics).
Feel free to add any other suggestions to the uservoice site (click the WTFeedback button at the bottom of the page).
Rewatched and they did test with the full weight and as you said no (noticeable) change with the added weight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKxEkT2H8pI#t=322s

I know that Mythbusters isn't generally hard science but you know.
Indonesia doesn't give any results for a US citizen either:

http://www.doineedavisafor.com/visa/us-citizen/travelling/in...

I was in Bali last year. You give them $25 at the airport and they give you a temporary visa, valid for 30 days. There's an ATM at the Hong Kong airport that pays out in US dollars, in case you need cash for the visa. Yes, the visa fee is 25 USD.

Confirmation here:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_2052.html
I would disagree. My use case is usually either "I'm considering a vacation in Elbonia, would they let me in", or "OMG, I have a work trip to Elbonia next week, should I get some visa or what?" For both, the big map is useless and the API provided is perfect. Only problem it doesn't cover all countries...
Someone with access to edit headlines on HN fixed it. When I first saw it, it said "hate apple for" while the actual post said "hate it". That changes the meaning of it.
I didn't realize 9gag was in YC and 500
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I guess this guy does not understand what sandboxing is and the benefit it brings in terms of security. Android today has 79% of malware issues and IOS is at 0.7% — thanks to policies like sandboxing.

Reference: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/f-secure-android-malware-r...
No, this is new-school GOP: attack the Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney. It was the "old-school GOP" that pushed, for decades, for ever-escalating prosecutorial powers and tougher laws to put away the "bad guys." In the 1970's, it wasn't the "old-school GOP" pushing for accused criminals to be afforded their 5th, 6th, and 7th amendment rights.
>> "Does anyone benefit from this?"

Yes, users. Presumably, in Apple's view, the filesystem is a poor metaphor for users. Users think of their files as "in iTunes" or the like. Removing the filesystem separates concerns by requiring more strict ways of passing files around.

>> "each app must copy every file it needs access to"
>> "Each and every developer must reinvent the file system"

These points are fair criticisms, but to claim blankly, "Apple needs to make a full U-turn on this" seems a bit much. I think there are a lot of potential fixes for this issue, and even though the author dismisses Dropbox, it seems like an obvious potential solution. There are other OS-level potentials though, like web intents, etc.

The claims, however, seem like a one-sided argument which fails to understand Apple's line of reasoning whatsoever.
Clickable Link

http://reader.is/
> They are making use of Aaron's case for their own purposes.

We can give them a deal. They can politicize his case if they get the DMCA repealed or at least fixed.
Regarding the list bullets and numbers: this style is known as hanging punctuation [1] and is "classically correct".

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_punctuation
'suck it fucking up and start acting like adults, including respecting each other.'

Agreed.

'nobody should be making dongle jokes'

What have we come to where I can't sit with a friend and shoot the shit about dongles? I can tell you that some of my best 'that's what she said' moments were in the midst of another woman, who had some of the best of all.
Thank you for this summary. It helped a lot.
Android's data provider interfaces are so neat on this subject. I can't believe iOS did not implement anything like it yet.
There seems to be a prevailing attitude among some that the "users" don't like trees of files and we should all move to something more advanced. It has always seemed weird to me.

Is something being 40 years old make it bad? Humans naturally like to put things in hierarchies. It is a very well understood concept by everyone.
Very interesting.

If these ships are supposed to be "reserve ready", but plainly appear to be floating wrecks, is there a potential scandal brewing here (Misrepresenting the status of an ostensibly viable fleet)?

Also, what is the statutes of limitations for the photographers since they broke many laws to do this?
Bcrypt uses Blowfish, but it is not Blowfish.
I'm constantly amazed at how 500 Startups came out of nowhere to become #2.
I thought I was bad driving my farming combine to work and back. I feel so much better now.
There isn't a reason to be an asshole, richo.

Its shit like this that gives HN a bad reputation.
> It is a very well understood concept by everyone.

No it is not.
Why Weirdos Outperform Normals
That's the same GOP candidate that Elizabeth Warren slighted for supporting marijuana legalization:

http://blog.norml.org/2013/03/19/sen-elizabeth-warren-takes-...
I don't know Julie much, but I have met her at least once or twice and have seen her around the Pittsburgh software community events on several occasions. As an organizer of the Pittsburgh Python group I feel a sort of camaraderie with her and the other members of our little community. I can't truly understand her experiences as a woman in this industry, but I know she is hurting now, and I won't ever forget that.

These women are our people. They are tinkerers and geeks and perfectionists and builders and creators and geniuses and artists. They are who we are and who we aspire to be. There is plenty of imperfection to go around on both sides of the gender divide, but what we all have in common is a desire to be better... Better at our work or our craft, better at our fun. I think if we took just a little bit of that energy and aimed it at being better at relating to and respecting one another, we would all be better off.

We can make progress on this issue of sexism. We can start by practicing a bit more professionalism, even when we think no one is watching. We can make progress by thinking about others first when we think or act. We can make comments with real value, rather than shock value. We can acknowledge that there is no inherent connection between boldness and rightness. We don't need to start treating women differently... We are already doing that and it is only making things worse. We need to hold ourselves to a higher standard when dealing with everyone.

What if we all went to work today and encouraged every good idea, and were constructive toward every bad idea? What if we talked about software like it was software, not a swimsuit model? What if we stopped being so impressed with ourselves at every turn of off-color phrase, and started being impressed with the great things that the men and women we work with are doing to drive our products forward?

What if we spent just one week focusing on that. Maybe some of Julie's paper cuts would get a chance to heal. Maybe then we would learn what we can really accomplish together. Maybe we would never look back.
Indian citizen --> Cambodia. Need visa; you can get an E-Visa or get it on arrival.

http://www.mfaic.gov.kh/evisa/

Been there, done that :)
> Stop it Apple! Every minute we spend dealing with this nonsense is a minute of lost productivity and a minute of aggravation. Collectively we've clocked up billions of these minutes and we hate it! You understand, Apple? We HATE it!

Do you remember that Leave Britney Alone kid?

Speaking as a developer, the ability to do interesting things with files has improved dramatically over the years. You can do the email attachment thing, iTunes sync, clipboard, Dropbox... In my day, we put things on S3 and passed custom links around. And we liked it! (Not really; it was terrible.)

As a user, now, I call bullshit. It's occasionally weird but it's definitely not a rage-inducing condition. Besides that, Apple has found an easy-to-communicate means of enabling their users manage the limitations of their storage:

Every app has its own weight. Need room? Dump an app. Don't worry – nothing you do in any other app will be affected.

Does it make for some duped data? Probably. Maybe tons for certain workflows. Doesn't matter.

The hermitcally sealed environments of each app let a larger swath of their userbase manage things without outside help. Limited complexity makes it easy to understand the scope of possible problems and solutions.

tl;dr: Ain't no Santa Claus and keep on crying.
People can navigate a web page. They can find a food item in a menu or in the supermarket. There are a million examples. Hierarchical navigation is central to living in society.
I'm not knowledgable on her time at HP and your concerns sound legitimate. But Fiorina couldn't have been worse than Boxer/Feinstein on tech issues. They just voted for the internet tax in the Senate for chrissakes.

Fiorina's and Whitman's double defeat in 2010 was a big setback for those of us trying to convince the GOP that courting the tech vote is worth their trouble.
I used to do the 5 chakra meditation as per the yoga. It brings the calmess and pleasant feeling.
How on earth is Dropbox a workaround for this? You want to round-trip potentially massive files through a third-party Internet server over a cellular connection? And that's assuming you HAVE a connection. And that you're not in another country paying out the ass for data. Why the hell should we accept that rip-off without calling Apple out on it?

Apple loves to live in its own world where Apple tells users how those users THINK, and where it pretends never to have heard of the valid criticisms leveled at it year after year.

Nobody fears file systems. That's like saying we fear tables of contents or outlines. And hey, if you don't "get" files, then don't launch the file browser! People excusing hobbled products always pretend not to understand OPTIONS. Nobody is proposing that Apple turn the home screen into a directory tree.

By crippling iOS and its SDK, Apple has squandered much of the potential of their handheld Unix computers. This guy's article identifies one of the worst offenses.
It is improving though: the first women to achieve grandmaster was in 1991: now 21 of the top 100 women have full grandmaster status.
>200A @ 5V

I don't think so. Have a look at the comparison image around 3/4ths of the way down the page here:

http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html

14AWG (the small one) is the one rated for 20A which you might find in the power cord for a desktop PC, and is significantly bigger than the wire on your current phone charger. The big one (1/0) is rated for 125 amps. You have to go to 3/0, two sizes higher than that, for 200 amps. 3/0 gauge wire is what they commonly use for the main electrical service for a commercial building.

There is no way they would use a 5V charger if it had to draw that much current. But then you have a different problem: High voltage DC is extremely dangerous because it causes your muscles to contract if you come into contact with it, so your heart stops and you can't move to separate yourself from the electrical source.

20 seconds for a full charge is just unrealistic. Make it 60 seconds, and use a 24V charger, and now you're well within reason.
Hello spoiledtechie,

I wanted to mention why I downvoted. I am worried someone will misunderstand if I follow usual protocol and skip commenting.

The reason I downvoted your comment is because I think it crosses the "interesting to hackers" and "politics" greyline. As you know politics permeates society and avoiding all politics is just not possible. I understand that your comment was in good faith and not in the least bit antagonizing. I am conservative as well and it is always nice to see politicians doing the right thing. Double so if a group has often ignored their founding principles.

The core reason for my objection is that we must be active in the fight against conversation degradation. To this end I hope we will avoid politics even if the article itself is political.
I wrote about this a while back:
http://arpitonline.com/blog/2010/03/28/is-the-file-system-an...

Not having a mess of folders I need to deal with is mostly a welcome change in the new devices. On iOS I never have to think about the files, but if I do uninstall an app (say if I get a better drawing app or something), all my work done in app 1 is lost. On Android thats not always the case though I do find folders of data written by apps that I have uninstalled and had no idea was still around.

I think having a file system is a good thing, but it doesnt need to be very much in a user's face. A middle ground may be where a user doesn't see a file system but can get a prompt like "Get data from app..." that then negotiates with the other app to actually find the relevant directories.
Sorry, I didn't think my last comment needed clarifying any further - I actively use the bcrypt class for password hashing - I said Blowfish originally as I was comparing hashing algorithms.
Yes. They are trying to win our votes by taking our side. How devious.
It's a tradeoff. Not sharing files means that rogue/buggy apps can't mess up data from other apps, app developers can change file formats without worrying about other apps reading their files, you don't need to worry about files left over after you delete an app, etc.

On the flip side, nobody except Apple can implement utilities that work with "data regardless of what kind of data it is" - things like synchronization, compression, encryption.

Personally, I agree with the OP in a sense that I don't like the choice that Apple made, but I can see their logic... And given that choice, what I would really like to see is more apps using UIFileSharingEnabled key, which allows me to copy files between app sandbox and my computer via iTunes - you hear me, Dropbox?
Agreed.

Developers are generally intelligent people but unfortunately many users are not. Sandboxing is for those people and it does its job well.

I do think however that there is a case for allowing a vendor-level sandbox so that apps made by the same vendor could share data amongst themselves.

This would facilitate free-trial to paid app upgrades.

In any case, give it time. Apple tends to start off with a solid base and build from there (rather than throwing everything onto the wall to see what sticks).
You can just start dicking around just like them. Learn a new language/framework/NoSQL DB on their dime "because it will be useful later". If no one gets up to manage you and set some realistic and meaningful goals, all the better. If someone does, then maybe they give a real shit after all.
It's rather telling that you feel so entitled as to tell others what they should and shouldn't be offended by.
1- Gregory Benford's "Galactic Center" series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center_Saga

2- Dan Simmons' "Hyperion Cantos" series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos
And I guess you do not understand that Apple could achieve the same thing with a COMMON sandbox for third-party applications. You don't have to give applications access to the entire Unix volume. Just give us a place to grant common access to non-executable files.
It seems like Apple is doing kind of a "pure" filesystem (i.e., no global state).

If hard drives get fast enough, I can see that being what you want.
I was meditating daily for like 3 months, and then it altogether stopped once I started gyming
> Also, what is the statutes of limitations for the photographers since they broke many laws to do this?

I thought of the same thing. This amounts to a confession that they went there. The danger is if something happened to them and there had to be a rescue operation. Say if one of them fell or fractures a limb or something like that.
One paragraph into your response, I thought "hey, that's good, he's finding a way to reduce his suffering with meditation. That's a great start."

Then I got to your second paragraph. Yes. You're on the right track. Buddhism and Hinduism are "designed" not only to demonstrate the "true reality" beyond appearances, but to show that the end of suffering lies in that direction.

It is true that mindfulness as it is commonly understood may not lead to what you seek. The primary obstacle you'll face is that mindfulness is typically dualistic -- there's a _you_ observing a _that_. If the true nature of existence does not distinguish subject and object -- that is, if it is nondual -- then this will always be a stumbling block.

I eagerly recommend to you two similar paths. One is Advaita Vedanta. Examples of sages and teachers would be Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and more recently, Greg Goode and Rupert Spira. Check out Goode's "Standing as Awareness" for the most clearheaded investigation I've found.

The other path is the pinnacle of Tibetan Buddhism: Mahamudra or Dzogchen. You can find a Mahamudra manual online at chagchen.com. It was authorized by one of the great living masters of the tradition, so it's legit.

In both cases, having a teacher to keep you from wandering off into nonsense may be critical. Check out "the Advaita trap" on YouTube for a somewhat humorous example of that.

As you investigate Buddhism more deeply, never forget that the different schools have more philosophical differences than commonalities, despite the kumbaya face they present. The mystical traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism are far more similar to each other than to their parent traditions, and folks from neither school will openly admit this. And if you continue to follow the Theravada tradition, make sure you understand the difference between being an arhat, bodhisattva, or Buddha. If you're into "seeing through the illusion," this will be important.
> The problem is change in the industry takes time, and so without changing how she personally deals with things currently, she is going to continue to be unhappy.

Yeah, I'm not going to argue with an obvious concern troll. Next time, try to be more subtle.
There are many others: Rapportive, 9GAG, Daily Muse, MixRank, Referly, etc.