skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, I know that and I had always just used search ads. But I was dominating the SERPs for the terms I was interested in, so tried the display network as an experiment as an alternative to see how it would go.

>I've found Adwords to be very very effective, provided you know exactly what you're doing, and know how to adjust your campaign settings such that Google doesn't bleed unnecessary money from you.

I agree with you there, but you need to learn the ropes when someone else is paying the bills for your mistakes. A wrong setting has the ability to eat your spend very quickly. My point is that the display network is a cesspool of fraud, and I doubt I would touch it again.
No problem with Jay Leno. No problem with anyone.

Can a guy express an opinion based on a personal moral stance without others twisting it into thinking he wants to take over the world and tell everyone what to do and think?

It is simply amazing to me how people read what THEY want to read into a statement as opposed to what is actually being said. It's far more of a surprise on HN, where I generally thought people are more intelligent than to do that.
Princess Leia hologram could become reality
30M is a fraction of the total mobile phone users. I could argue that it's possible that Evernote could get 100 million users if it's more more simple.
Completely new features like TurboLinks aren't covered yet (they will probably be in the full third edition later this year), but additions like strong parameters and the new Active Record finders are covered.

Glad you like the book!
It's (quite) a bit more complex (and expensive) than that. You can't just push a lump of carbon really hard into a sheet. You have to worry about all sorts of things to get a high-quality crystal, and making crystals that are both optically high-quality and large is very expensive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger

You are attacking me instead of the argument. Your logic is incorrect. Here are your questions:

>Do you feel compelled to spend your excess money in a way that's most beneficial for humanity? If not, why should Bezos?

Let's apply the same logic to another issue:

"You say doing drugs is bad for you yet you do drugs. Why should I listen to you and not do drugs?"

It is a basic idea in logical reasoning that the messenger and the message are separate. An valid argument can and should stand on its own regardless of who and how it is delivered. The "drugs are bad for you" argument is equally valid if delivered by a Nobel Prize winning PhD in Biology or a homeless high-school drop-out bum with only one tooth.

So saying "Well, if you don't do it why should he not do it?" just doesn't address whether or not the original premise and argument is valid or not, even if the messenger is a deranged lunatic.

To repeat myself, what I have said in many words is that it is my moral judgement that the uber-rich ought to get behind projects with far more significant and measurable social benefits than lifting junk from the bottom of the ocean.

I further put-up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a role model.

I also pointed out that we have FULLY WORKING versions of these very engines, at least one of which was test fired a couple of months ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/f1_test.html

And, of course, we have a number of them on static display at various locations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketdyne_F-1

So, yeah, from my vantage point, it looks like a waste of money.

Is he entitled to do it? Absolutely. Without a doubt.

Am I still entitled to my opinion? Yup.

Are you entitled to a diametrically opposed opinion? Certainly.

See, it all works out in the end.
Just one word that comes to my mind here: Attention whore.

Talking about penises is not sexist. Just wtf??
To add some cynical flavor: when you went to the Google homepage, you expended electricity, CPU cycles, network traffic, gave up some privacy and waited some time just to see something that could have been shown to you by a static HTML file(²) on your disk (or even something built in the browser), because some corporation sees some benefit in all this extra work. We're not exactly trying to do things efficiently these days, since it's no longer a priority.

(²) not valid for search results of course, but even they could be sent to you in a more efficient, less privacy-destroying way if only some corporation's interests weren't more important than your own
"So you think that people don't think twice about buying the newest PC or phone, knowing that they will be able to buy it in 6 months at a lower price?"

That seems like a poor example since the cost of technology is constantly decreasing.

People still buy stuff even though they could wait because they need (or want) it.
> our society is [sexist]

Very much so. I can hardly imagine women ever getting fired for talking about vaginas. Too sexist IMO.
Hartl's Rails Tutorial is by far the best and most pragmatic programming tutorial I have ever read. I used it to get me started with Rails 3 (bought the hard copy) and I still consult it all the time when working in Rails. I have never felt so empowered as a programmer the first time I build that twitter clone from the tutorial. It didn't teach me anything about algorithms, databases, or any of the core things I learn in school. Instead it taught me serious practical things like deployment, rapid prototyping, version control, and so much more. Michael, if you're still reading this thread: Thank You. You made programming exciting for me.
>In terms of trademarks, it simply isn't illegal to mention the product by its trademarked name, so no defense is necessary in the first place as it is not even a valid charge.

Exactly, see my quote:

"I have to agree the DMCA Notice seems to be embarrassingly improper as an attempt to enforce alleged TM violations."

>Subsequent followup by the company indicates they may have a valid IP claim on other materials

That is exactly why I included the hypothetical legal analysis to assume arguendo that the TMs are also CR[1] or simply other material was CR. See:

"Even assuming the TMs above were actually CRs, it would still be improper to try to enforce a CR when the "alleged" infringement is obviously permissible under the Fair Use Doctrine."

[1] It is not common that a TM to be related and identical to a Copyright - here is an example Nirvana may have a TM for their band name "Nirvana", but may hold CR for their self titled album "Nirvana".
He doesn't sound like he is interested in startups. He has a kid, a big time draw, he says he is going to work 20 hours a week contracting on the side, a big time draw, he wants expensive benefits, a big money draw from the company hurting its runway and making the founders waste time fundraising more often, he gets told he can take unlimited vacation yet decides he'll still hold them to the 15 number, so the extra freedom you get at a smaller younger company isn't even used by him, he says he is saving up for a house, a big distraction from just paying for food and rent, etc..

Someone scrimping and saving every penny and working a side job is not going to grab some hardware that helps them work, or take a cab when they need it to get to an important meeting, or work overnight, etc. they are going to scrimp and save and be less effective and clock out ASAP each day to do their contracting or spend time with their kid.

It doesn't really surprise me that he then considers joining a C round company the same as joining a freshly funded YC company and that he thinks both will just sell to a talent acquisition. And that he doesn't think a smaller earlier company gives him a lot more independence and control over what happens to the company. You can find a lot of founders who definitely will not go for a talent acquisition, which you would do if you are going for a big win. And joining a later round at the same equity means much less upside for the big win. You aren't going to be part of as many big valuation increases. But if you aren't putting a lot into the startup and are spending time on kids, contacting on the side, saving up for a house, I kind of doubt you are going for a big win at your company anyway.

It's OK if you aren't going for a big win, but should you join a startup if you aren't? Should you say joining a startup is a bad idea when you are intentionally making all the choices that make it a bad idea? I don't think he's really in a position to even understand the cost benefits of more cash/benefits vs. more equity and more runway and better startup performance since he doesn't care about the startup's performance, so of course he prefers more cash/benefits.
It's not open-source, but Wheelhouse (https://www.wheelhousecms.com/) is my answer to not being able to find a CMS I could enjoy working with.

It's Ruby on Rails based, so that power is always there when you need, but it then adds a flexible templating system for generation of content-editable fields (example here: https://www.wheelhousecms.com/blog/2011/8/flexible-templates...).
From http://www.chillingeffects.org/question.cgi?QuestionID=132:

Question: What are the counter-notice and put-back procedures?
Answer: In order to ensure that copyright owners do not wrongly insist on the removal of materials that actually do not infringe their copyrights, the safe harbor provisions require service providers to notify the subscribers if their materials have been removed and to provide them with an opportunity to send a written notice to the service provider stating that the material has been wrongly removed. [512(g)] If a subscriber provides a proper "counter-notice" claiming that the material does not infringe copyrights, the service provider must then promptly notify the claiming party of the individual's objection. [512(g)(2)] If the copyright owner does not bring a lawsuit in district court within 14 days, the service provider is then required to restore the material to its location on its network. [512(g)(2)(C)]

A proper counter-notice must contain the following information:

The subscriber's name, address, phone number and physical or electronic signature [512(g)(3)(A)]
Identification of the material and its location before removal [512(g)(3)(B)]
A statement under penalty of perjury that the material was removed by mistake or misidentification [512(g)(3)(C)]
Subscriber consent to local federal court jurisdiction, or if overseas, to an appropriate judicial body. [512(g)(3)(D)]
If it is determined that the copyright holder misrepresented its claim regarding the infringing material, the copyright holder then becomes liable to the person harmed for any damages that resulted from the improper removal of the material. [512(f)]
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For rapes outside of prison, yes.

Rapes inside of prison are almost all male on male, and there is evidence suggesting that the numbers of such are comparable to and may exceed rapes outside of prison. So it is not impossible that the majority of rape victims in the USA are men.
I have a watch with a sapphire glass face. I must say, I have always been impressed with its scratch resistance. Nothing I have done so far has scratched the glass, and it's coming up on ten years. It's not from babying the watch either, because the stainless steel bezel has developed quite a few marks.
"Google has lost touch with its core business model: search"

Those type of statements always bother me. Google probably knows what their core business model is.
BlackBerry inventor to make Star Trek device a reality
I just switched my Sendgrid API to Amazon SES. It won't matter to Sendgrid but at least it's $500 less a month in their pocket. In this economy I can't support a company that gets developers (with a family to support) fired over immature dongle jokes. I've heard much more offensive remarks come from presenters at conferences, this whole ordeal is ridiculous.
Heterogeneity in High Math Achievement Across Schools [pdf]
I'm sorry to say that, but you have to take academic papers about gender eq very carefully. There's a lot of money in gender eq and where's money research follows...
> Turns out, if you make a big deal out of something, people get angry at you for making a bigger deal out of it. If you make a small deal out of something, people ignore you.

She made a huge deal out out of it by posting it to twitter, publicly shaming them and getting them fired, very disproportional to the offense.

She could have just reported it to the conference staff and it would have ended there unless they continued.

> There's no way to do eye for an eye when you're not on a level playing field and women in tech aren't.

Now as i women in tech am i in a better or worse position because now everyone going to worry about what they say around me and hold off on those pesky jokes (that don't bother me) or not hired me because they don't want to deal with what i may do if offended....
You can tell sexist jokes on twitter (a far more public place) but when overhear two people having a private joke, you use your public image to SHAME these people and ultimately cost, at least one of them, their job.

You acted with malice and deception as you took their picture smiling. Nice nice nice! :) You should be in politics!

You are damaging Sendgrid's image by making a complete fool out of yourself in public...

I find your actions disgusting. My personal opinion of you is VERY low. I won't use Sendgrid's products anymore.
How's that for an overreaction?
Hmm, ever hear of slippery slope arguments? Because there's clearly a limit to the situation you're describing and clearly offense is relative. So, since you didn't specify any level of severity, let's assume the joke that offended you was about harming someone or themselves. I mean, people say things like "I want to kill the guy the wrote this" or "oh god, this makes me want to kill myself" jokingly. Would it be okay then or would I still be a colossal fucking idiot? Okay, how about if someone was threatening to harm a political figure as a joke? Or what if the joke insulted people of a different race for their cultural beliefs?

You're generalizing too much.
I think it's just the much lauded cloud flare showing their true colors.
And a lot of things that should in the abstract be harmless are not in reality.

And yet, that's an abstract statement in itself.

In reality, was this harmful? More specifically, was "the future of programming was on the line"? Were the comments "crushing a little kid’s dream"?[1] Adria, PyCon, and the man's employer can draw their lines where they like, and take the actions that they see fit, but there is no reason to assume that any of them got it exactly right in some objective sense.

Pretending otherwise is just silly -- or defensive, in the case of a lot of folk in this thread.

I'm sorry, but that's wrong. Reasonable people can disagree without any of them being "silly" or "defensive"[2]. Being dismissed with those kinds of labels for not subscribing to a dogmatic interpretation of sexism drives more men into outright misogyny than away from it.

[1] http://butyoureagirl.com/14015/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont...

[2] Or prone to "sloppy, biased thinking" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5412004
Nah, I say let's turn it up a couple of notches.

The more I think about it (after a day now), the more I realize this was an opportunity for her to become famous. Think about what does she do -- developer advocate, her site is called "butyouregirl", she does talking engagements. She is a no-name. Have you heard of her before? Doubt it. I haven't. Does the whole tech world know her name now and who she is -- "YES". Hello speaking engagements, hello millions of visitors to her blog, hello book deals about social gender issues in post modern technology landscape.

Besides this, I am sure she is aware what happened before at PyCon (there as a guy who had a picture of a nude woman in one of the talks and he was escorted out and rightly so), then Jesse Noller et. al. made a strong statement that they are very intolerant to this kind of stuff (and rightly so). But I think there in lies a golden opportunity -- one little message + shitty deceivingly taken photo -- and bam! momentary boost to the top.

She made penis jokes herself not too long ago. If that doesn't convince you of her motivations I don't know what will.

Unfortunately public reputation, shaming and humiliation goes both ways. Tech community if anything doesn't tolerate bullshit, bureaucracy, dishonesty, and bullying. The 4 parties that played along here:

*) Adria
*) SendGrid
*) PlayHeaven
*) PSF

Will ultimately have damaged their reputation.

I sure hope this person has an offer on the table by now.
As she described it, he and his friend began their joking in response to her conversation to the man sitting next to them. So they were quite aware that she was there, had every reason to believe that she would be paying attention, and she had cause to believe that she was implicitly addressed.

She may have misunderstood the situation, or inaccurately described it. But that was my understanding of the description that I read.

(Yes, I know that it is unfashionable to actually read what the main participants say happened and develop your own opinions. And dangerous to do so when pitchforks are out. But I am weird that way.)
I really don't see how two men making jokes about their bodies or about sex is 'sexist' in any way. It's not professional, but it's also not offensive. If they speaking in public or with a group of women, then I can see how such a comment would be marginalizing and make women feel uncomfortable. Still, I don't see the 'sexism'.
I'm a contractor, I work for one of the largest telecom companies in the world. Anyone who has worked for this company knows how well known it is for endless bureaucracy, which is fine, because they pay me even if I cant actually do any work.

I make around to slightly above market rates.

I have no benefits.

I pay for health insurance.
I have no paid vacation.
I don't get catered lunches.
I don't get a foosball table either.

Even though I'm a field service engineer, I don't even have a company vehicle.

I'm a mid-career telecom engineer, I've been doing telecom support and IT Service for 10 years, I would love to find a permanent position, every perm role I have made it into, I've been either downsized or outsourced out of. So I contract. So when I see someone like this bemoaning their very good situation, I can't help but roll my eyes a little.
You must provide an email address, but you're free to use disposable or other addresses.
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That sort of thing is called a "hypothetical". It's not intended to be a realistic scenario.
Thats how most of I (female) and my friends would react too.

Everyone is different and to get along we all must understand and compromise.
All right, based on everyone's feedback I was able to get things working on Heroku and have updated the news post and book accordingly. Thanks! HN rocks.
I think physicists are way ahead of mathematics in many areas. The area I know a little about is SLE (Stochastic Loewner Evolution), which is a tool to prove results about a family of conformally invariant processes. Most of the results were known to physicists much earlier, because they just assumed conformal invariance of some limits (supported by simulation) and used that to make calculations.

I've seen the distinction made between mathematics (proven things) and mathematical sciences (experimentally verified beyond any reasonable double).
I'll be honest -- I have no idea what you're trying to say. Your post only confuses me.
We need space between “you’re fine and “you’re fired”
Thanks for sharing your story. Glad to hear it! :-)
Allow me to make a small addendum. You are not a 'developer evangelist' you are an 'arbitrary evangelist'. You've applied internal frustration in a seemingly random manner and you refuse to see it.

I think you've gone too far to apologise now, but you should try and think hard about whether you were right at all to do this.
Wasnt it a private conversation? The code of conduct covered talks and other public communication. This was a gross invasion of privacy and damaging slander.
Morgan Stanley launches portfolio of companies with women on corporate boards
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Wow, instantly paints a picture of what a complete dumbass this person is.
Your definition does not make sense in this context. If it was loud enough the ”damage“ was done (in the shape of an uncomfortable situation).
Yes. Sendgrid is a party to this issue. She's a public figure for them and she made use of her public image to shame two people and ultimately causing, at least one of them to lose their job.

And she was being a hypocrite, as she made phallic jokes on her twitter account...

I hope sendgrid fires her. Either way I'm not using any of their products anymore.
Take a drive past Harrods one day when the in-town princes have their UAE registered Bugatti Veyrons on display. That's right, they fly their million-quid cars into London so they can show off. And there is much more than just one or two of these guys.
The Contour+2 looks like a good alternative. I've been looking through the reviews after my Hero3 Silver turned out to be a lemon. Main differences seem to be that the Hero3 has slightly better in-camera image processing, but is less reliable.
Unrelated, care to share your contact information? wiw@webinwork.com
Oh I use this type of product with a lot of campaigns. Have nt used them yet, due to how I have had no choice to pick it. I do think the people behind the product are stand up guys and their trajectory and growth shows that they provide a good value. That for me is enough to say that I reccomend others to look into it. Just like people tell other peoe to buy Toyotas even if they have never owned one. Their reputation stands for itself.

And before you question my integrity publicly, realize that I did not circle around your question. I answered it in a respectful manner and did not obscure any detail. I cod have just ignored it, but your claim was a valid one. I will not change the answer or hide behind anything because I sat d by it.

Your person attack against me does show a rather poor judgement and attitude towards others. No need to disrespect me publicly. A reasonable argument would have been enough. I understand if my personal opinion seems wrong to you, but I do no tolerate the type of attitude showcased in your post.
Everybody knows diamonds are worthless rocks priced in blood. The reason they retain the status they have is your girlfriend doesn't give a shit.
I can't believe no one has mentioned this already, but Mr Scott can now have his transparent aluminium.
There isn't an outrage because she spoke up, there's an outrage because she publicly identified and shamed them over something so minor. It should have gone no further then her contacting the event staff and how they resolved it
Still cheaper to manufacture diamonds than to mine them.
> Instead, something magical happens, and the magic doesn't work on Heroku.

To be clear, this is because the 'Welcome page' shows info about the server, so you NEVER want that accidentally leaked to the world at large by accident, so the route gets disabled in production mode.
I've gone on the diet that Giles mentions (Eat to Live by Dr. Fuhrman) and I've also had a significant amount of weight loss, but none of the other benefits Giles experienced (as far as I could tell).

There's actually a meal-replacement shake called Shakeology that is made from all-natural ingredients (among others, I'm sure). The two problems I had with trying to replace one meal a day with a Shakeology shake are 1) at $5 a shake (just for the powder), it's really expensive, and 2) after a week or so, I would get ravenously hungry half an hour after drinking the shake.

It would be interesting to compare Soylent and Shakeology on a vitamin or even chemical basis.