skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If you find that interesting you might also consider reading into the controversial use of khat in the middle east.

For those that don't know, Khat is a leaf which releases an amphetamine like product when chewed. Traditionally scholars would consume it to help them stay up at night and pray or study however, like all good things, its beneficial uses gave way to its degenerative abuses.

Now Khat is considered Haram (banned from an Islam legal perspective), because its misuse over rides any benefit. Its sad to see some countries though (Yemen, Somalia) have not been able to overcome the addictive and economically lucrative product. Large swathes of Yemen for instance grow the product, which means large aquifiers are redirected primarily to this crop, depriving others from growing staples and other produce. This in turn contributes to a lack of food within the country, resulting in reduced health (particularly in young children). The other knock on effect is that once peopel start chewing it (around lunch time) the whole city shuts down. Someone should really do a case study on it.

Marijuana is also another interesting psychostimulant with a (tenuous) link to Islam. The original assassins (Hashashins), though considered an extreme sect with barely any resemblance to traditional Islamic orthodoxy, relied on Marijuana to produce what we know term assassins!
http://identity.mozilla.com/post/7669886219/how-browserid-di...
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Good suggestions here already.

You might look for jobs on Craigslist. It sounds like right now you're looking for anyjob, for cash/rent. Be willing to do about anything, you're not choosing a career right now you're just taking money from people without stealing. Depending on who you work for, some of them might have interesting ideas or contacts.

If you can get to North Dakota you might work in the oil fields, but I hear it's hard to find a place to stay; boom times and all.

I don't know the producer business, I'm guessing there's much more opportunity programming. Don't know your experience. Pick a language, start making stupid little things and put them on github. The first stuff doesn't have to be impressive, doesn't have to be web whiz bang, just anything that gets you thinking in the language. If you get far enough along before you get an interview you can take the earlier ones down. If you're lucky enough for someone to consider you earlier, for the type of job you might be talking about, you can point to even your small silly projects and say "hey, this is what I've been doing to build my skills."

Whatever language you pick, learn the debugger, it will teach you more than the debugger.

Read something enjoyable, it's a cheap way to do something good for yourself and to get your mind off your troubles. Make it non-career oriented at least some of the time. You can get things at the library, or a used book store. Finding a good, old, funky used book store is a delight.

Your health matters. Exercise as well as you're able. Challenge yourself to eat as well as you can on the least amount of money. Beans and such go a long way for very cheap. These two things can be some of your reading. Learn as much as you can practically use about them.

Help someone.
He doesn't need to go all the way to the Midwest. Seattle and Portland are much closer and have plenty of cheap living arrangements. He might be in a far-flung suburb with an unfashionable address, or live in an area considered "dangerous" by locals (the "bad" parts of Seattle and Portland are nothing compared to those in Chicago and Detroit), but it beats sitting around in Yakima with no prospects.
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/03/01/personas-are-join...

Personas are now just called Themes (background themes, specifically).
This is logically incoherent. The fact that a larger disparity exists between the ultra-wealthy in the West and impoverished people in the third world (though, to be fair, many parts of the West are beginning to resemble the third world) does not invalidate the point that inequality also exists within the first world.

Just because impoverished Africans can't get Ashton Kutcher to invest in their startup doesn't mean that you or I can.
Offer me a job in San Antonio or Austin and I'll be there. :)
It does, but this is the YC discussion board. They don't promise to be unbiased in their treatment of YC companies on this board.
$1600, you woud think MS would be doing everything they can to entice developers, dbas and sysadmins by making these conferences free. They threw hundreds of millions away on the Xbox, why not invest in the the people that can save their empire from crumbling?

Visual Studio Pro should be free just like Xcode.
I'd agree they're overpaying because they're behind, but let's not simplify this too much. They did not pay $30m to 3 people in exchange for them 3 people working with them.
I haven't look at the specs deeply, but it would be nice to have a system that did not need any kind of server at all, but the browser itself could be the Persona identity provider. The actual local data needed to pull it off could be replicated (encrypted) to cloud storage so it would work across all your devices and browsers, but the actual profile data itself would never be readable by the servers.

I started looking at the feasibility of building something like Persona into a 'serverless' social network a while ago using Broadcast Encryption techniques to define social sharing groups with revocation (de-friending) and Identity Based Encryption, but it seems like the state of the art IBE always requires a trusted server somewhere. But someone with more expertise in cryptography than me can maybe make it work. My original essay that prompted it (http://timepedia.blogspot.com/2008/05/decentralizing-web.htm...) based on the sad state of affairs these days where everything is non-federated.
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Just a suggestion regarding the FAQ: What is a Standard Container?

Wouldn't it be better to simply describe it as something similar to a vm snapshot/export. If I export say a virtualbox image I can move it around and run it on other vm players.

I think the shipping container analogy is simply bad:)
I don't think I have ever seen so many people on HN be so envious of someone.
ack! I sure did!

And you are quite right. DTrace is super.
Quora......
In brief, Persona offers a dramatically better privacy model, developer experience, and user experience. The protocol is decentralized and designed from the ground up to be built into the browser natively.

Re: Downvotes: It's a pretty common question that we (the Persona team) have clearly not done a good enough of a job of communicating. I imagine a lot of folks here are just tired of the repetition.
This also ignores reality; the top 500 retailers account for around 75% of the market, the rest make up a really long tail. After the top 1000 or so you're looking at retailers who make around $12,000 in revenue a month. Optimistically you're looking at $6MM a year vs. $240MM.

I'd also worry that this data is more valuable if all your competitors don't have it. If you look at the Amazon Marketplace it's commonly a race to the bottom.
vitno posted their original blog post explaining the difference, and now it's in their FAQ:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Persona/FAQ

You may also wish to take a look at the Mozilla Persona Developer FAQ:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/developer-faq/

It's easier for users since it relies on email addresses instead of a URL, easier for developers thanks to its simple API, and tracking information is never leaked back to the identity provider.
Did you read the examples? In many of these cases, tax fraud isn't the primary factor:

"On September 18, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Larry Lough, of West Chester, Ohio, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $757,751 in restitution to defrauded investors and $145,175 in restitution to the IRS. Lough pleaded guilty on February 15, 2012, to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit employment tax fraud and income tax evasion."
Ubiquitous wireless connectivity at "disposable" prices is a looming killer app for makers. Less than 2 years ago, putting a project "on the net" cost in the neighborhood of $100. You build an entirely different kind of project when its temporary because you have to move your super expensive wireless unit around between projects.

Somewhere around $20 seems to be the "disposability" point. Everything gets interesting after that.
Nobody is claiming that jail/containers are something new. Mass marketization of them is, though. VMs existed way before virtualization too, and yet...
It says you park near the airport then get black car'ed to and from the airport.
It seems all required is publishing a `/.well-known` URL that delegates to another provider, although it's not obvious if such a provider exists yet.

Pretty cool it's this straightforward, though.
That price only applies if you live in the EU and have to pay VAT. You don't have to pay that price anywhere else in the world. And Gandi covers all the relevant fees; the price they quote is what you actually pay them.
Excellent thoughts -- thanks for sharing.

0) Video: we'll work to add a textual description

1) It is a REST API that the `adv` CLI is interfacing with. It is not yet ready for generic programmatic usage, but will be in the future.

2) Geographic proximity is important to us too. Even more so running instances on a local network if possible. Speed tests are a fantastic idea and something that we'll keep in mind.

3) Right now we are running instances on a non-standard port with all others blocked. This is not really a security model at all, but we are more interested in ease of use to gather feedback. We have other ideas about security that we're looking into.

Thanks again for your input and encouraging words!
As mentioned in other comments, you should make sure it's a food-safe bucket. The orange Home Depot buckets, for example, are NOT food-safe.
Clearly, but that seemed to be the accepted HN Hater narrative about this topic so I went with it...
That is such an odd rant and more importantly so far from the mark. We seem to be only at the tip of the iceberg in terms of what can be done with crowdfunding.
I guess this is slightly less "slacktivism" than the facebook profile pic changes.
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I like listening to the instrumental versions of my favorite bands. If you use spotify, just type in "Pink floyd instrumental" for example.

Singing distracts me, but the instrumental is perfect because it's like riding a bike, my mind doesn't have to concentrate on the song, it already knows it, and the music actually helps me think.
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Peak social? Numbers show new social startups are declining.
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Interestingly, $30 million for the license is probably relatively cheap. I imagine that had Yahoo licensed it directly, that they'd be paying a lot more for it.
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If your really passionate about software development consider joining App Academy http://www.appacademy.io/

It actually free and you only have to pay them once you get a job after graduating from their program. Plus the job will be in San Francisco area and will pay well like about 80K which will help you get out of your current situation and then you can decide what to do with your life after that.
Seattle has plenty of 'burbs with cheap rent and public transpo'.
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These material things don't matter in the long run. You've identified your passion; all that's left is to pursue it. But you need to identify what about your personality led you into this situation. You always have a choice, regardless of external circumstances.
why is it odd
> Medias founder Gautam Sivakumar

If any of the techcrunch folks are watching, you've misspelt the
company name. It should be "Medisas"
"You'd open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done. The miserable annual IRS shuffle, gone."

That's how it works in Chile, for about 10 years now :D
Without browser support, you have to type your ID into every site. (I'm ignoring Nascar login because that's not distributed.) With browser support you just click to login and maybe click again to confirm.
Seattle is the most beautiful place I've ever lived (and I've lived in Hawaii). Been through Portland, it's nice too.

I've heard Chattanooga is an option for tech jobs, and Tennessee is supposed to be pretty. Cost of living should be relatively low, if you can get there. Once you get there, or anywhere, do what you would do anywhere: find anyjob and work on moving up from there.

Consider local government for work.
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(Thanks for this! And thanks for staying around HN after comments have gotten crazy. Gems like this help a lot.)
How about not having fewer double negatives next time?
With enough investigation, I'm sure it'll be just as useful.
I'm building this into the authentication scheme for my company's new application. It's remarkably easy to get started with. The team did a great job of making it solid and simple.
Lower your standards and get a job.
"many of the threats came from places like Hacker News"

Wait, when did she receive threats from here?

Verbal abuse, certainly. But ~threats~?
You make some good points and I don't think that online learning will "destroy" higher education as MIT's Cusumano seems to think. I read the original article and agree with the OPs assessment that Cusumano's opinion piece poorly thought out (I don't recommend wasting the time to read it).

However I see several article each week written by teachers criticizing MOOCs. They ARE frightened. You seem to agree online class will likely replace many college classes if only the lower division classes. Keep in mind these are typically much larger than upper level classes and generate much more revenue.

Not sure I buy your argument that unions are correlated with better teaching. Yes Mass has both but NYC, Chicago and LA all have strong unions and bad schools. Unions are for teachers not the students.

It will be interesting how this all plays out. I suspect a mixed model like you suggest is most likely. Meanwhile I am enjoying taking a few classes online every few months. I hope you and more of the fearful teachers give it a try.
i was thinking that this article would be about dropbox and 3d printing! agree with the author about his points, however, the title really got me thinking, what if you could store things to paper, it's a relatively cheap medium, take qr codes as an example, stored to paper (or image file), reproducible via bit for bit. tun out of hd space? print
Interviewers know that one, although I think the right answer is pretty close to what you suggest. I recommend identifying a real weakness and then talking about how you're working to overcome it. Maybe divide the answer into two parts: what you've already done and what you're continuing to do.
I changed careers five years ago. Up until that point of my life, I'd primarily worked in customer service jobs despite having a B.A.

What I did:

1) found the first job I could in the Seattle area (it was a call center job)

2) attended tech / startup community events (meetups, hack days, etc)

3) got lucky by meeting helpful folks in the tech community

4) worked on side projects on nights and weekends to grow my web development skills

5) found my first paying freelance dev work

6) found more paying freelance dev work

7) took a webdev job at a startup

From there a lot more has happened, but I've been in a webdev role ever since and continued learning new skills and taking opportunities to grow and contribute.

This is only one story and one perspective, but I hope you find a way out of the problems you're facing.
I'd much rather buy one of these than just change my facebook profile picture.
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They're potential problems for the employer, but not "weaknesses".
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Google’s Go Appears on Brazilian Cloud
Too bad these weren't out for people to wear today.
I just ordered one.
"In its 14-page complaint, Hispalinux said Windows 8 contained an "obstruction mechanism" called UEFI Secure Boot that controls the start-up of the computer and means users must seek keys from Microsoft to install another operating system.

"The group said it was "a de facto technological jail for computer booting systems ... making Microsoft's Windows platform less neutral than ever".

Wouldn't it make more sense to go after the hardware manufacturers? They're the ones that put Win8 on the machines, they could have put something less obstructive.

I would think manufacturers not being able to sell in Europe would have much wider reaching results.
This was what I thought was happening as well. Even without active transport (because that turkey is dead) some salt should work its way into the tissue, after all it remains salty after a thorough washing post brine.
Why should we be rewarding such poor decision making? What ever happened personal responsibility?
Really cool! A viral tee?
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I don't want to delegate to another provider, though; I'd like to take advantage of the decentralized approach, and authenticate my own email address.
I hate having to enter a second, email/sms-delivered passcode EVERY time I log in. Salesforce's cookie-based approach is much more humane.
Side note to the advice being given here: getting a job, any kind of job, is usually the best way to get to know people, and this should be your ultimate goal: having people you can turn to for a talk or a walk makes wonders to remove the shitty feeling of having no life, even if you have no car and barely enough money to survive.

(Speaking of which, we should probably organize HN meet ups more often)
Django hasn't stopped insisting on that... v1.5 might have pooling, but it's taken them a long time to get connection pooling in.
* You're not the lone ranger, many of us have been there. You're right, you're not in a good place.

* ANY job, if you can pare down/get help with your living expenses, is a plus, especially now. Discipline yourself to save to go to the place where your best chances are. Leave no stone unturned.

* Get help! College environments have lots of services and opportunities for people your age - counselling, jobs lists, ride boards, tutoring opportunities. If you've gone to a college, go there. Don't be shy about spelling out your predicament. Someone may hear you who's been there.

* Avoid the drugs, make sure your personal appearance and demeanor is as good as you can make it. Don't give them any excuses to overlook what you know how to do. Doesn't matter whether you score high on their tests if they don't like your look. "Really tech savvy" is NOT easy to find these days, if by that you mean MAD SKILLS. Sell that hard. If you mean "learn fast and will study hard", sell that. And mean it.
Thank you for the additional insight and context for the quote,
and your paraphrase. The quote makes a lot more sense as a joke,
so it would be good to note that in the article.
Go's compiler toolchain is not "very young". Go's compiler toolchain is derived from the Plan 9 C compiler and is a decade older than modern gcc (4.x), which has substantially rewritten its optimization framework relatively recently with "GENERIC" and "GIMPLE". There are no equivalent changes in the go backend.

The reason the code quality (in optimization terms) of Go's compiler isn't that great is that the Plan 9 C compiler was always designed for fast compiles. This is a matter of design.
Conservative GC for Memory Disclosure
That's what I call an aptronym.
This is incredibly impressive. Someone dedicated a very powerful mining rig (presumably) to this task for a not insignificant amount of time.
Thanks for answering. You're right, but in my case, I was adapting http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html, and the set operation (constructor, actually) was exactly what I needed.

Of course, it was simple to write a removeDuplicates fn that inserted elements from the array to a map, and back to an array. But that is the point of my parent comment... :)

Once, while writing something in Java, I found out that I needed a Multiset (didn't knew the term) and that Java had a implementation. As strange as it sounds, that made me very productive and confident my code was working... (Of course, soon you're writing getters and setters and hating Java again..)
What is your preferred server environment? This would be a fun project to whip up quickly.
I actually checked out your algorithm today during work (I work at a big bank, aka dead end for a "technologist"). It's an intriguing concept, but I still feel as though classifiers are a poor technique for P&L optimization for a given portfolio. Out of curiosity, what type of data set are you using for backtesting, and what time frame? It's not entirely clear that asset (i.e. stock) prices follow Brownian motion/Weiner process, rather they may be discontinuous.
I don't think is the right way to think about things. How much sense does Instagram make in 2010? How much sense did Twitter make in 2006? How much sense did Amazon make after the dotcom crash? No one has perfect information, and "business that are sound and solid" aren't the ones that need loans. Sound and solid businesses don't need help from finance guys.
I didn't downvote it but I think I know why: there's a huge wave of negativity on HN and your question sounds like criticism.

There are ways to formulate the same question which would be much nicer and less negative, for example:

"It's great to see other solutions providing things similar to OpenID. Can anyone explain what are the differences with OpenID?"

Simply writing: "How is this different from XXX?" just sounds rude and negative.
This is awesome! Good to know someone is doing more than just changing a profile pic.