skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There are a plethora of white male role models to look to for inspiration in nearly any professional field (even basketball!). Is the same true for black lesbians?

Black lesbians are as free to look up to white male role models as anybody else, just as I'm free to not care about someone's race, gender, or sexuality when I look to them as a role model. (Or religion, ethnicity, etc.)

Lots of people with money and good educational pedigrees have to face the accusation their education was simply purchased by their parents

You wouldn't say that poor people are privileged though, would you? This is where the concept gets shaky, because one person's challenge does not always equate to another person's advantage.

And the point of talking about all this isn't to make you feel bad, or to say that one group is better than another — it's just to create understanding.

You might reconsider what kind of understanding is created when you accuse people of not working as hard or persevering through as much as other people. Nothing is more alienating to hard-working non-bigots (of which there are many among the privileged) than to be accused of secretly being lazy bigots.
They were not sexual jokes at Adria's expense. They were not sexual jokes about women. They were not sexist jokes. They were jokes about dongles. Men make dick jokes. Women make dick jokes. They're usually in bad taste, but they are in no way sexist. This wasn't abuse, it was a publicity op that went south. Adria saw an opportunity for a spotlight and didn't foresee the consequences of that spotlight. Judging from her blog post, she's more of a sexist than the joker, because she makes the implicit assumption that other women can't be around sexual humor. Anyone who spends any time with women knows that that is not the case; most of my female friends make dirtier jokes than I ever would. The jokes were not discriminatory, they were not prejudicial, they were not sexist, and they were not abuse.
We aren't exactly building a "Google Reader workalike" but we do have a project[1] that is very much based on consuming and aggregating RSS feeds. It's a different model though, as the central abstraction is a "channel" (think "topic" or "subreddit") where a "channel" aggregates n RSS feeds, as well as any manually submitted content.

Think of what you would have if you could take a subreddit and point it to a bunch of RSS feeds and have it pull that content in automatically.

That said, we already have the ability to do freeform tagging, and it occurred to me last night that we could leverage the tagging support to build an interface for interacting with the feeds, that would act more like a traditional feed reader. I can't promise that we're going to add that, but it's on my mind.

Note that we aren't currently pursuing a SaaS application model... this is based on a "install and host it yourself" model - because our real focus in on enterprise use, and we expect people to consume feeds from things like their CRM system, document management system, internal blogs, etc. as a primary use case.

Also, as a side note, I think Dave Winer has some interesting thoughts here[2] for anybody considering building a new Reader.

[1]: https://github.com/fogbeam/Neddick

[2]: http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/march/theIdealRssReader
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We created a system for database changes so they are part of the continuous integration process. With each build, all the database patches are applied. It took some time to create a set of rules and processes for this, of course. At this point, it's worked well for several years and makes it so all databases are consistent. Whatever patches are run during development are the same as those released on production.
It seems that your frustration is that some people now have a privilege they previously didn't have. This makes sense, but the very first statement you said in light of it suggests that you are turning a blind eye to other privileges. To say that the way things work with some people getting privileges and others not - therefore having to work harder - is ideal, then complaining that some people have to work harder and others not (but in different categories) is somewhat hypocritical.

Basically - your response to a post about how certain unprivileged groups have to work harder is ideal. Then you rand about how different unprivileged groups have to work harder, and how horrible it is.

Whether or not it is your intent, it comes off as defending a status quo based on you not liking the membership conditions (or don't qualify for them) of other privilege.
Doesn't say anything about Go changes. What are they?
Yes, i'm a registered patent/trademark attorney, so i'm familiar with the law :)
I'm just surprised, usually they don't go issuing letters until they have something substantial registered.
This whole post reads like "How Not to Use AWS" instruction guide.

If you're running anything important on a single EC2 instance, you're doing it wrong. If you're logging in and manually configuring an EC2 instance, you're also doing it wrong.
IBM reveals 2013 Power7+ line-up (gallery)
I am an avid LastPass user and I already have my CC details in LastPass. But, until now I didn't realize you can add them to the Form Fill details! Thank you tempestn!
T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling App vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attack
I guess I'm the only person that has had the "privilege" of being physically assaulted, several times... in separate states, and harassed and threatened for no other reason than being white. Yay privileged white me! Or maybe the only one that was denied financial aid because my father (not me... my father... single father even) was about $1K over the cut off. Damn him for working that second job and getting a few extra hours of overtime. If only he'd not been such a hard worker, he would have made just a tiny bit less and I could have qualified for assistance. However, this was my dad's money they were counting... not mine. I didn't have money. It would have been nice if my totally (not) rich dad had been able to help me with college. Yay privileged white me! And then there was a whole set of grants I could not even apply for because I was white. Yay privileged white me! And then there is the law about making sure that all groups were proportionally represented in schools and jobs, regardless of qualifications. Yay privileged white me!

Not everyone in this perceived "privileged" class gets dealt aces. Not that it has to be some competition about who has the harder life (sure... you win that prize)... but some of us actually do get the shaft plenty and have to power through it like everyone else. But you can choose to use it as an excuse or you can choose to use it as inspiration. I chose inspiration! I don't complain about it [except in cases like this. ;)] or use it to dismiss the plights of others. I studied and earned an academic scholarship to partially fund my schooling. I worked nights and weekends to pay rent like everyone else. I worked hard to get where I am. And sure, people will just dismiss that and point a link to that "White Male: Lowest Difficulty Level in Life" article. Those people are hypocrites. If your whole argument is "You don't know what it's like" and "Don't judge me until you've walked a mile in my shoes" then you are not allowed to judge me until you've walked in my shoes either. I shut up and listen plenty and mostly what I hear is "Oh poor me and the tough hand I was dealt... I need to tell everyone else to shut up and listen to me because they can't possibly know the hardships I've seen." My "privileged" ass will shut up now. But shutting up and listening is not reserved only for "privileged whites." We'll gladly share that with anyone willing.
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Kansas City Hosts Hackathon To Develop Apps For Google Fiber
Yes the image was embedded as a resource IIRC and the assembly signed (enterprise app)
Who is Michael O. Church? He seems to have lots of top comments on this site. Is it mostly because if the interesting (and voluminous) stuff he writes about office politics? Or is there more of a story here? I haven't found much.
>Yeah, Britain hasn't been repressive in this sense for at least the last ~250 years

250 years? They had colonies all over the world until merely 50 years ago. Doing stuff from direct slavery to mass executions, to fighting natives asking for freedom with submachine guns. And they still interfere in their ex-colonies politics (not to mention being the US lackeys and partners in all kinds of invasions). They even cheered when their "prince" did his first killings of their "enemies" in Afghanistan, like they had any reason for being there in the first place.
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This gentleman's agreement.. What crap it is.

I have a story: a few years ago, the US had a nasty hurricane called Katrina. This hurricane directly hit New Orleans, and other cities. After this time, all insurance companies pulled all operations out... With exception of one. This company, once called Government Employee Insurance Company, realized that they could raise rates by 400% and be the only one willing to sell.

The company is Geico, run by Berkshire Hathaway.
Is it really true that they can't do it on the fly? Live streaming is creating the video on the fly completely isn't it?
IMO, the phrase "repressive nation" is redundant in most cases anyway.
As far as I know, while astronomers are fairly sure that it was a giant space rock that killed dinosaurs, biologists/paleontologists are more wary.

Some of big dinosaur findings are well after the iridium anomaly - meaning some dinosaurs managed to survive the impact.
I believe this has been fixed for a while now. It was fixed by the time I reported this over a week ago, for example.

If you see an error in a Knowledge Panel (the box on the right-hand side), look for the "Feedback / More info" link at the bottom of the box and then you can click next to a fact to report a problem. People do review those reports, and that's the fastest way to report an issue.
I don't think it's possible to use Gitolite with GitLab >= 5
The issue is that it arguably violates the spirit of open source. Open source software is meant to be free and available to everyone.

The spirit of Open Source is free like speech, not like beer. Open Source, while often given away, has always been about empowering people to be able to hack on internals, not simply avoid paying money for things. I've paid real money for a lot of open source software for the decade and a half and done so happily.
Your body is not primitive, try becoming advanced at a complex martial art, a sport or an artisan of a beautiful craft.

Look into history at the things built with our bodies.

The only thing primitive is thinking that our bodies are not exquisite works of artistic science in this utterly beautiful universe.
The jokes were not sexist. I've had to type that sentence so many times the keys are starting to wear in. The jokes were not sexist. They were not about women, directed towards women, or discriminatory towards women. They didn't have anything to do with women at all. Calling a dongle joke sexist is extremely detrimental because it distracts from real instances of sexism that do occur within this community. We need to talk about the real issues, and this incident is not one of them.
Youtube tries to ban bull fighting
Only if he advertises his "trailer park" background. The point is, he can "pass" for not being from a trailer park with no difficulty (just get setting appropriate clothes and don't say "I'm from a trailer park" all the time).
And we've been working successfully in this area for quite a while, with a solution you can access today: www.3D-Avatar-Store.com.

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From what I can see, it means you write your code in another language, and then it is "compiled" into performant JavaScript. Basically it would create much more efficient JavaScript than you could write yourself. Nothing to stop you from continuing to write regular JS, though =]
Also, the key code to play the song is: K-E-Y-C-O-D-E-(enter)
Furthermore, "gentleman's agreements" like these are fundamentally anti-competitive. The sentiment is an us vs. them one, where 'us' is vendors, and 'them' is customers.

While misleading statements about competitors should be unacceptable, since it hurts customers and the industry, the same cannot be said for vigorous competition.

It is also worth pointing out that it's expensive to prepare for rare events, and the costs make you less competitive when those rare events are not occurring. This event was difficult to anticipate, but so are large natural disasters, and it isn't difficult to imagine even more random attacks.

Maybe Dyn isn't any more prepared for an unpredictable DDoS attack of the same scale, but I don't know either way, but at the very least there is a case for being part of one's failover plan.
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/ has now been modified to say

March 22, 2013

The GNU project and the GCC developers are pleased to announce the release of GCC 4.8.0.
I think the OP was discussing more privilege in general, and using the stereotypical straight white male as an example. I agree with you that this is obviously a stereotype, but I don't think the OP used it as anything but just that. Your example speaks volumes about shutting up and listening, both by people of all backgrounds, and to people of all backgrounds.
That's helpful, cheers.

How about letting us lesser plebs know how to do it properly then?
Why your inbox fills with bacn instead of spam
This page shows the C++11 features that are added by each version of GCC, in case you're curious how C++11 support has changed from 4.7 to 4.8: http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html

EDIT: I see that some of the C++11 changes are also listed on the change log (http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html), but that page seems to be missing the changes in concurrency support: bidirectional fences, memory model, `at_quick_exit`, and thread-local storage.
How Hackers can control Google Maps traffic using floating car data
There's a small bit of irony when a legal student is asking for an explanation of maths in plain language. Sorry if I sound a little jaded.
Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
You really don't need to boycott Firefox like the other commenter suggested. Just disable java and set plugins to click_to_play in about:config.
I didn't think of that. And that would be nice. Thanks!
I've thought this for a while. At least having subcategories for /programming and /startups would solve a few issues that people have - if you only want programming related links, only read /programming.

Though personally I think there should also be categories for /illinformedrants, /pointlesstechdramaoftheweek, /motivationalfluff, etc. The people who like that kind of stuff can have it, and the people who don't like it can not have it.
Nice article, I would be curious how it is implemented and how you setup the rules for alerting.

I'm working with Microsoft's Semantic Logging Application Block to standardize error logging and auditing across all my .NET apps. It utilizes the built-in Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to capture events written by any application, and writes them to a destination of your choice (db, file, etc). .NET 4.5 includes a new EventSource class that I inherit from, and simply call WriteEvent() and the message goes off to ETW. Reference: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/agile/archive/2013/02/07/embracing-s...

I would like to add heartbeats to my design, in addition to just error logging, tracing and http auditing.
Why I spend my precious spare time with emscripten
Announcing Openbeta
Wait, the brain is a Bloom filter?
You're correct. gitlab-shell is required in 5.
Imagine a descendant of humanity fifty thousand years from now unearthing my bones and tell me I'm not primitive.

When you worship the beauty and wonder of the universe, don't forget to include the most wonderful part: the future.
That's an interesting point, but it's really difficult when you talk to a Chinese person and they flatly deny tiananmen square, or that their government is suppressing their own freedom.

When you go to prove it on the internet, it still seems like they just do not want to believe. I find that very difficult to deal with.

I'm not going to win friends here, but it's much like talking with an Israeli.
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3 critical, non-obvious ingredients for ANY launch
> Consider the following pair of URLS: [/api/v1/posts/1, /api/v2/posts/1] This implies out-of-band information that these two resources are actually the same entity.

No, it doesn't imply that. Now, it would be accurate to say that it would require out-of-band information to know that the two resources are the same entity, but that's not true either. Assuming that the entity returned by a request to an API-specified endpoint has an API-independent GET-able representation, you can specify that in-band in any response that produces the entity using the Content-Location: response header.

> The version number belongs in the `Accept:` field of the HTTP request headers

No, it doesn't. This makes no sense, since Accept defines media types acceptable in the response, not the semantics of the request, whereas different API versions mean different request semantics.

Insofar as multiple representations of returned entities are available, it might make sense to use this style to differentiate which representation version the client wanted, but it doesn't make sense to specify the API version, since that may involve the representation expected by the server on client-sent bodies (for non-GET requests) rather than (or in addition to) changing the format of server-sent bodies, while the Accept: header is only about the latter, not the former.
That seems like an unnecessarily flippant response. I can just imagine the reaction if Google or Facebook responded similarly to privacy concerns.

The fact that I already do trust a service with my data isn't itself a reason to not periodically question that trust.
Any news on supporting a single gitlab instance fronting several load-balanced git servers as backend? Or do both git repositories and gitlab still have to live on same machine?
Indeed. As one of those performance obsessed haskellers, a golden rule is "choose your data structures based upon your work load". This means not just the time space complexity of the operations , but also whether you want persistence vs shared state. Etc etc. finger trees are nice for workloads that are heavy on adding / removing values on the ends, with some random access, sequential scans are ok too.

I may wind up using this or a similar data structure in a number of current commercial and open source projects
Even better, let's make use of the French number system. http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number/french.html

The number before hundred is quadtwenty tenty nine!
What parts are you getting snagged at?
No, this doesn't make sense in the slightest.

Fact 1. If I want a movie or song without paying for it, I can get it.

I don't need any more facts, this "solution" doesn't solve fact 1's problem. It simply breaks the internet. So what part of creating a burden that doesn't solve a problem make sense?
Kickstarter fees are something like 5%, right? (And a further 5% for payment fees, but you'd have to deal with that anyway.)

Out of the goal, that's 125 pounds. How many man-hours do you think it would take to set up the site, test it, secure it, etc? I can't see that ever being worth it for relatively small goals like this! And that's before you even consider that folk are probably more likely to feel comfortable donating to a kickstarter, since they already have an account etc.
There might be other changes under the hood, but the only thing that's changed in the gccgo manual from 4.7.2 to 4.8.0 is the addition of a new flag, -fgo-relative-import-path.
So...This is what it's come to.
Large Scale Customer Support is Broken
It's really cool to see these videos surfacing. Vince Patton, the person uploading them, is working on getting everything uploaded:

"I'm working on the whole talk, but the transfer had problems due to the age of the tape and audio﻿ slips several seconds out of sync. It'll take a bit to re-do it. The whole talk is close to 90 minutes long."

There are a few other videos on his channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/PDXtvVince
There are evolutionary differences between the races, and the fear of sounding racist makes people say thinks that are untrue scientifically.

Example: When exposed to the sun, white people have a higher risk to get a skin cancer than black people (especially if they live in Australia). On the other hand, black people having a skin that filter more UV and make them more vulnerable to a Vitamin D deficiency (especially if they live in NYC).

This is simply because they evolved to adapt to different climates. Just claiming "no, there is no difference because we're all the same species" is plain wrong.
$12,000 a month sounds like a commercial rate
(roughly the London Ruby contracting rate).
Do these open-source Kickstarter projects normally pay themselves so well?
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Interesting story, but I fail to see what on earth the comparison is with this piece of tech news.
Reducing their level of effort in fundraising didn't mean the lights went out overnight. It took six years for it to dwindle to where there was more cost (the cost of incorporation) than benefit in PDPC's continued existence.
We just released our API to allow others to build tools even more powerful than Google Reader. We're not interested in building our own client, but we think our API could let others create beautiful news readers with deep social integration. https://streamified.me/developer/
Huh? I know lots of people who have bank accounts in other currencies. Any taxes due on them obviously have to be paid in USD but there's no inherent law against it afaik.
The Big Book of Bitcoin
yeah, that is a dropbox limitation. O'reilly and other sites offer dropbox integration, but they are actually given permission to the entirety of dropbox although they just create a root folder and deposit files normally.
Very cool, but the site is pretty much unusable on android chrome.
Doing this has the same advantages and disadvantages, for both businesses and customers, as price-fixing or forming a cartel.

I'm not saying it's the same as forming a cartel, maybe a cartel lite. Think about it: from the point of view of the customer of a downed service, competitors doing some opportunistic PR is only beneficial.

So competitors not doing opportunistic PR is depriving customers of a benefit, while helping the industry itself.
What is your point exactly? The article you link to states that the flush reaction is genetic, "appears to have been positively selected in the past" and has been hypothesized to "have conferred protection agains certain parasitic infections."