skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm sorry, we just disagree. I'm the type of woman who will speak to people if I find their speech to be that distracting if I'm unable to move. These guys? If I was that upset? I would turned and said "eyup mates, can you keep it down? I'm having a hard time hearing the speaker"

I don't police their conversation, any more than I would like them to police mine.

I don't like passive-aggressiveness. I spent a lot of my life being passive-aggressive and always wondering why nothing ever changed.
many thanks...

docs no? :-(
Looking at this code really makes me wish I had taken an OS design class in school.
I've seen employment contracts in the UK that try the "own time" thing - these are probably not enforceable, but you probably wouldn't want to go through the process of putting that to the test.
As long as you can convert bitcoin to some relatively stable currency somewhere in the world, the US government will have a tough time getting a handle on it.

There is no reason bitcoin needs to be converted to USD on US soil. If you have to exchange your bitcoin for HKD in Hong Kong, easy methods can arise for this, and it may not be a big issue.
many thanks...

the fork docs point to the original site, which was taken down :-(

Edit: docs are in index.html, but w/o css
Sounds great, email sent.
It's a fair point, though the whole thing is slightly irrelevant (the overall point you're responding to) as we shouldn't assume that men don't find this stuff offensive.
This is exciting, and I wish you luck!

The article mentions a 90% detection success rate, but it doesn't go into rates of false positives (people who aren't scammers who are flagged as scammers) or false negatives; and it doesn't mention if there's any path for people marked as scammers to become not scammers.

Also, do you have any plans to feed information to law enforcement in various jurisdictions?
https://twitter.com/_nnnick

@masukomi @radweb I don't work at Radweb. Lets not turn into an angry mob please, Internet.
Your description sounds like a good thing, i.e. it makes it sound like it's not possible to overdose via a vitamin supplement.

You'd have to also declare that it's impossible for people avoid these vitamins in everyday life before they became useless.

However, I though the general advice was to make sure you get your vitamins from your normal diet (as you'll get other benefits too).
Yes, you should.

There is no space in the market for drama queens. If you can't give negative feedback now because of their feelings, how do you expect to give it to them when their company doesn't meet targets & expectations?

Negative feedback is priceless. It's toughening, it points people in the right direction and, sometimes, it helps to laser-focus (especially when it's pointless - eg remember when people asked for GANTT charts on Basecamp?).
I work for Radweb, Nick no longer works with us. He left around a year ago or so.

I've made a few open-source contributions through the company (https://github.com/danharper and https://github.com/radweb).

Chart.js looked like an awesome library, it's a shame what happened.
I was going to post this too, but found it was already here. What a pity this did not get more votes, because it is the single best explanation of why it is such a big deal that Google is killing Reader.
Doewn't work there anymore it seems, as in that's not the company in question (see linked-to cmt)
Not all testing is equal, it might be worth looking into the following concepts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formative_assessment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summative_assessment

Standardised testing tends to be summative, if the teacher is setting his or her own tests then then I would assuming the assessment would be more formative.
"confiscating his wealth"

The problem is with the wealth he probably has hidden somewhere.
If not in prison, he would still be living a very rich life. He wouldn't need any job.
Letter from MIT President on Releasing Aaron Swartz Documents
Some one did both to our startup. It was one of the most productive meetings that I had. The conclusion that we needed to shut shop was pretty clear after that meeting. It was something that I guess we knew already, but needed validation (you know how much founders hang on to hope).

So yes, if an idea sucks, say "it sucks." It will be a revelation.
Regardless, civility and decorum should rule the day. Advisors and mentors are valuable for the introspection and internal analysis they induce. If you can find a way to encourage people to channel themselves in the right direction with tact and dignity, go for it. Otherwise it's probably best to just let people live their own lives, learn their own lessons, and earn their own success.
Radweb is not the employer in question, according to his Twitter feed. He no longer works there.
The suggestion in the post I was replying to was to involve osha and demand overtime pay for work previously done in spare time.

So no. The agreements the OP had with his company are irrelevant to his work hours. If OP did open source work on his free time, then later is asked by his company to take down said work, and complies, he is not entitled to any compensation, other than what his employer voluntarily offers him.
What question is really being asked - did we evolve the ability to digest carbs? We've apparently always been able to do that. Or did we evolve the ability to eat large amounts of carbs without risking various ills like type II diabetes and heart disease?

The paleo hypothesis is that we haven't adapted to carbs to the point that they don't cause disease. Carbs aren't dangerous enough to kill us before we reproduce, so why would we expect the genes to be selected out?
People aren't arguing that it's illegal or incorrect for them to take it down, or that they don't have the authority here. They are arguing that it's a stupid move.
Why not learn now?
Did the person doing this get his permission? Seems unclear from the readme.

The readable source code of the JS PC emulator itself is not yet available. At this point, any mirroring or redistribution of the code needs my explicit permission

http://bellard.org/jslinux/faq.html
tweet in question https://twitter.com/_nnnick/status/313983245987479552
I do believe the person intended the joke to be private. It wasn't smartest or most mature thing to do, but I don't think it's much different from a couple guys texting each other jokes and Adria just happened to caught a glance of their cellphone screen.
It's many, many different things that can make the quality vary so much. From the purity and quality of the raw silicon itself, to the quality of the design of the chip itself, where some critical part of the chip architecture is incredibly hard to fabricate to the highest standard.

Remember that the widths of the oxide tracks within the silicon is on average 40nm these days (that's only ~400 atoms across!) or even smaller. with hundreds of process steps. One big molecule from some tiny error in the production process on the wrong part of the chip may not cripple it, but may impede performance, it's just probability at the end of the day.

With regards to potential fails going into production, it does happen, there are several test phases during production to catch as many as you can, but at the end of the day you won't get them all.

Semiconductor fabrication is fantastically expensive, new Fab plants cost several billion to build, so if you want to guarantee quality you have to pay for it.
I agree that it's worth bringing up, though investigating yourself is likely more accurate (if they haven't released any open projects previously, I'd be hesitant to believe their newfound commitment to the cause).

But it's not really something they can honestly negotiate with - they can't commit to releasing anything until they can see what it is, and how likely it is to help their competitors.
JRebel maker buys Javeleon for total Java domination
This is a big one. When contracting/consulting, if I see a problem with client's vision or specs (and the problem is within the scope of what I was hired for), I feel it is my professional duty to tell them (often quite bluntly) exactly what is wrong and my ideas for fixes or workarounds.

I think this should also extend to any sort of critical relationship, such as when someone's success or failure depends very much on your actions and advice (for example, in mentor-mentee relationships as well as someone is paying you).

There are many good ways of pointing out faults that don't boil down to "this sucks" and trying to sugar coat, gloss over, or hint at major problems is doing a major disservice to whoever is on the other side of the relationship.
I assume when one says for 3 days, he/she knows that they won't have time after that - or else, they would have agreed for a week/two or so on. What if the idea/mockup was not completed in 3 days, and the trainee was not willing to spend more time...

From a founder's perspective they lost the time. Probably for mitigation they would have someone else implement the idea too... which would indicate that they might not provide the same attention to your implementation.
I'm not sure.

I mean, I hear a lot of startup ideas on this site, and for almost 100% of them I think "that's cool, but I can't imagine ever wanting to use it".

Still, people like me don't make up very much of the market place, so I could think your idea is terrible and be wrong, and I like to see people make things.

There's a phrase I like (although I'm not sure of the source) : "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, while the unreasonable man attempts to adapt the world to himself. Thus all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

So for almost any startup idea, I'm going to think 'neat idea, but it'll never work and I'll never use it', and for most of them I'll be right, but by being an entrepeneur you've already accepted those odds and you probably have to deal with enough negativity without me adding any. I'd hate to be a cause of fewer cool things being made.
I don't think so at all,even without trying to reverse it you can inspect the DOM and debug the event flow etc. I think "construction is more difficult than verification" is a good adage for engineering. JS/CSS is transmitted in the clear and it should move towards open source, plus it's not hugely valuable. Now, if this guy was doing projects at work to do charting and then he decides to open source that on his own? Not cool, you need to make your personal projects clear to your employers to avoid this nonsense. That being said if it was just charts and it was my company and he managed to get press on it... I'd probably give him a bit of a lecture about it and then probably a raise and continue it as open source.
Don't you think the guys would have been removed from the talk, even if Adria didn't post the picture to twitter?
To be honest, if he'd done these actions to his victim's face, I think violence could have modified his behaviour quite effectively.
Overtime doesn't apply to white collar workers.

Maybe in places like USA which has very poor employment law. However in the EU there isn't really that distinction, and employment law applies to all employees.
RapidShare will delete free users' data over 5GB tonight
Imprint - Flava club
Make it clear that OSHA will be involved if they decline.

I'm not sure, but I think the author lives in the UK. OSHA appears to be some USA thing. But this is good for the author. The EU has better employee law.
Sorry but the company were judge, jury and executor, not her.

If you report a crime to the police and as a result the person gets sent to prison did you send them to prison? Of course not.

She reported something that happened (which the person in question doesn't deny) - that's a reasonable thing to do.

The neutral party you ask for should then be the employer who can listen to both sides of the story and work out the appropriate way forward. If they felt there was damage to their reputation it feels a public apology from both the individual and the company, plus possibly some sort of corrective training seems more than enough.

Instead, based on what I've read the employer has over reacted and that balance didn't happen, but you can't blame that on the person reporting the event.

Yes it's utterly shitty that he lost his job over this and it really shouldn't have happened but it's not fair to lay it at her door in this way.
Thanks so much for your encouragement! Your comment made my day. I've saved tons of interesting business stories after reading many books and blog posts over the years. Would like to share them on this site going forward.
They are costly indeed, for the same reason "original" thinkpads or MBPs are costly: they're worth it.

As to "heavy", I linked to "business rugged" series of toughbooks. Fully rugged toughbooks (those you see on field work) are built like tanks and heavy as fuck indeed (e.g. Toughbook 19 with 5.1 lbs or Toughbook 31 with 7.9 lbs), these are much sleeker machines: way above an average laptop, but not MIL-STD or IP65 by a long shot.

The SX2 is 3.1 lbs. By comparison, a 2012 MBA is 2.38 (11") to 2.96 lbs (13"). Would you really call 3.1 lbs "heavy"? Let alone "extremely" so? (the C2 is a big bit heaver at 3.6 lbs, as it's a convertible tablet with a bunch more features like hot-swappable batteries)
Hah - auto-hoist, petard-wise. I hadn't realised I'd submitted this - I would've deleted it had I noticed sooner.

Never mind - if people like it it will float, if not it will sink. Thanks for the heads-up - I'll remember not to post from my mobile - HNSearch doesn't work on that, so I couldn't check.
As a non-American, that concept is very alien to me. Say, if a burger-flipping cook at a fast-food joint cooks burgers for himself and a few friends at home, is he infringing? Are those burgers company property? Baffled...
Ah, that must have been the reason why he mentioned it.
See also Green and Black chocolate, now part of Kraft.
Yup, you'd want to strike out any clauses like that before you signed any employment contract that had them in.
You're probably right, but it's been up over a year now that I can see, the code commits are from Dec 2011:

https://github.com/levskaya/jslinux-deobfuscated/commits/mas...

So by now it's likely that Fabrice Bellard is aware of it
How (and why) to set up a VPN today
Never really thought about food in this way before - great article.

Which reminds me. Don't you find it funny how some the most important things to have occurred in history came from the most random places, times and humble beginnings? I find the fact that such little, seemingly innocuous, random events go on to have such an enormous impact upon billions of people centuries into the future absolutely fascinating.

For example have you ever wondered what effectively helped end the need for slavery and in turn paved the way for women's rights? The steam engine. Weren't expecting that now then were you?

History is random like that.
I have noticed that everybody thinks that everyone else's idea sucks. Once you see someone else's idea (that you thought sucked, obviously) succeed. That'll make you think
Yeah except you might be deficient in some vitamin, and in that case you're screwing yourself over by not taking a multivitamin that has just 100% of the RDA's. Not everyone can afford to eat a world-class, healthy diet, and obtain all nutrients sans a multivitamin.
SEB seems to lack a day limit, but has a "for each withdraw" limit of $1500 and a 4-day limit of $3000. This is also only in special ATMs, where the common form again only allow for a ~$200 withdraw. If the is per day or per witdraw I do not know. (http://www.seb.se/pow/wcp/index.asp?ss=/pow/wcp/templates/se...)

On other hand, SEB has a hard limit of $14000 a month regarding any type of transaction (bank wire, withdraws, ectra).

as a side note, should test both types of atm to see if its per withdraw or per day. They do not actually say it explicitly. I have never tried to do 15 withdraws in a row on the same machine. I suspect the line behind me will start to mutter...
RIP Bitcoin, I think
I would imagine that they would get a "Highly indicative of Fraud" warning.

According to the article, the client JS is just used to get some extra metrics, they rely on the server talking to it as well.
This will be NVD3 scenario all over again.

(if the product in question has the same level of quality/community engagement)
In a lot of Universities, depending on what course you do, this means the University has a share in it. (Although I've never seen this enforced!)
George Bernard Shaw, iirc

On the general question: there is an obvious distinction to be made between someone asking you for advice on what they plan to spend the next three years doing, and what they're hacking together on a single pizza-fueled weekend. The latter is a learning experience and even without your advice they'll fail fast if they fail, so don't sweat it.
I feel so sad about this. I am not liking the path of sexual harassment cases being so quick to be made in the USA. This is ridiculous that you were FIRED over this situation! As a female, I am upset at the way everyone can be such babies in this country.
Added in some documentation here: https://github.com/umaar/Chart.js/tree/master/docs (there's no CSS however)
No, burgers aren't "intellectual property". If he wrote the burger-flipping manual for work, and then wrote another one and published it online, he'd have more of a problem.

And yes, the entire concept of IP is on the strange side and needs some dramatic revisions, I'd agree.
It is a form of price discrimination. In a nutshell, price discrimination is always better for the producer and results are mixed for consumers -- sometimes it leaves them better off, and sometimes worse off.

The claim that this is not economically efficient isn't so straightforward. In particular, your counterfactual isn't "at no additional cost." It would reduce revenue to the card-maker as no one would pay the higher price for the more expensive cards. If the producer can only charge one price, then it would be somewhere in the middle, which would hurt the consumers buying the low end card. Worst case it would make the entire card unprofitable and it would never get produced in the first place.
US senator seeks China aid on nuke threat, hacks
Agreed that he should have gotten permission before publicly hosting this, but looking through some of what he's done, I'm pretty impressed with what I've seen so far. He's clearly doing this to learn, and some of the comments in the source code I read through reflect this as well. I always loved showing people JSLinux, they'd flip out at how it was a joke or not real or something...

Then I'd do a "Hello, world!" type example in C and their eyes would open wide, knowing that I just compiled and ran an x86 program under a Javascript emulator in my browser.
Sites integrate both a Javascript snippet and events from the server. If there are server-side events, but no Javascript, that's a suspicious sign.

You can see the steps for integration here:
https://siftscience.com/quickstart
However in your latter scenario, the net loss is only 2$ versus your original scenario where the net loss is 8$. (lose 8$ per card to the perfessional, versus gamer losing 2$ of performance)

So its socially optimum to continue to do what Nvidia is doing ;).
Here's a key insight on this issue that the general public seems to be unaware about: the most expensive thing in workstation cards like Quadro and Tesla is warranty and support. This is also the reason that they are clocked down, they have to be more reliable than a gaming gpu.

Gaming GPUs have some parts fused off. These parts are not essential for gaming performance, and powering them off with fuses gives better thermal properties, which allows more gaming performance. These things run HOT.

Finally, this hack does not really make your card into a Tesla or a Quadro, it just fools the driver with a bogus PCI ID and enables some software features that are disabled. It does not enable hardware that has been fused out.
Adria, what did you expect to happen?

You didn't want to argue your perspective so you went full nuclear on people. And that full nuclear got someone fired, simply because you didn't want to have to talk to them. I can understand you may be sick and tired of arguing your perspective with other people, but I hope you've learned something as well here as I doubt that this was the outcome you were looking for.
V interesting. I am runng FF19 on windows and some sites just do not work for me, e.g www.mixlr.com, or even the button to download Chrome https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chrome/browser/ (a failed attempt to give up on FF!)

Yes JS is "on", I disabled all addins, but no joy. Wed Dev Toolbar gives a number of js errors. I shall take a close look at my options....
First 10 seconds impression:

The landing page seems confusing, there are at least 3/4 fonts used and the layout doesn't seem consistent, same with colours and styles, sometimes you use flat buttons, sometimes bootstrap gradient buttons.

There is not explanation of what is this for, saying collaborating and sharing nowadays is like saying that breathing.

The idea might be good but if you want people to actually use it you must give them a reason to do it and work on the design.
If this was such a good idea, why doesn't it exist for other professions? EG the very best lawyers, accountants etc? Is the supply more contrained for tech people?

Also, freelance IT people typically work through several agents. What happens if you find a role yourself, not through these guys? Do you still have to pay them a cut?
It does make sense in that they are always pushing the edge as hard as they can, and it sounds like this process allows them to do just that. They get to sell the 'lucky' results for a premium, their 'average' for their bread and butter, and even the sub-par chips provide income.

It seems like a really good idea. It also seems like it must be pretty hard to do in a way that gives you a reliable (say) 10% emerging as 'lucky.'
HP EliteBooks also have track points with buttons... albeit four of them. And they dont have a middle click button, which is disappointing for me. But yeah, My Thinkpad is dying on me, and I am thinking of getting an X230 sooner rather than later now, too.
It's gradually getting managed down, I believe, due to Preferred Sipplier Lists etc.
Always keep the http://lmgtfy.com link in a copy/paste buffer for these kinds of emergencies!
Pharo 2.0 released
Yea I am on accord with you on this. This is a case where she tried to make things better, but her slight immaturity made someone lose their job, and now kind of makes her look worse. cringe why do the people who think they are going to help us (women) the most, make us look the worst at times. I just feel both parties should have communicated to each other. She didn't need to make this about social media and a fight for women on this planet. This is nuts--- everyone thinks that they are speakers for "all of us". I just wish Americans left their high horse standings and realized this is not okay.
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If you're shocked, then you've not been paying the slightest bit of attention.

Don't trust free services for anything important, and don't trust "unlimited" services, ever!
Because that's what scrot did?
You're not too far from right, but you're not fully right either. America is very much a spot where anyone can sue or whine and get people fired.
I actually think that it's a pretty good characteristic of the US government that unpopular proposed laws have to be re-proposed rather than rammed through without any debate or legislative process by some sort of dictatorship.
Oh great. "The poor don't need solid foods. Just feed them this mush. That'll be a kick in the pants to get back into the work force too."

The current costs are also way too high. Most of the world survives on much less than $150 a month for food. I spend less than $150 and i live in the USA.