skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How long did you contract for before you quit and decided it was somehow easier to found your own company?
Contracts require (amongst other things) counter-parties who also sign and the exchange of goods or services between the parties ("consideration"), neither of which unilaterally signing some random document has.

In law, it is very difficult for individuals to bind their future selves. You generally need another party to create obligations that they can enforce against you. So for example counter-parties to a contract, trustees and beneficiaries, employers and employees, fiduciary agents and their clients etc etc. All of these require distinct legal persons to work, if you you combine them into a single legal person the obligations evaporate.

Because when it's you vs you the law pretty sensibly throws its hands in the air and says "well what the hell do you want the courts to do? Hop in a time machine and drag past you into court?"

IANAL, TINLA.
FSA got gimped in the past year or so - you can't use it to expense non-prescription items.

Where are you getting your better coverage than at a company? I heard group coverage was insanely difficult to get outside the umbrella of a large risk pool (ie, corporate)...

Most of the times benefits offered are optional - I've never been forced into any benefit at my company. Also the cost for benefits are usually better for larger pools than smaller so some of the not-as-popular options you state would cost the company an inordinate amount if you were the only subscriber.
1. Get professional help ASAP

2. I was in a similar position to you and survived, only just. The key is that if one therapist doesn't help - find another and another until you find one with whom you "click".

3. Medications can work, the tricky part is to find the combination that works for you. And then to ease off the cocktail once the positive effects of therapy kick in.

4. The thought process that saved me was rather simple: If I go ahead with this self-harm idea it is final. Since I'm willing to chuck it all in, then why not try ____ and see if it lets me start again from a better base. If not I can try something else. There's always another day for that.

Anyway, that's what worked for me. But the first step is to keep the dialogue going and go to step 1 ASAP --- please
Yes, we do use third party cookies. Yep, very aware of Mozilla's recent announcements. I've been reading those discussions pretty closely.

So, a few thoughts on the issue:

1. There's ways to work within that environment that delivers ROI and still respects user privacy.

2. The actual business impact from this change remains to be seen. Firefox has a large share of the browser market, today. But we've seen how quickly things like that change. Also, the browser market share for "marketable impressions" does not line up 1-1 with overall browser marketshare.

So we're watching things closely.
Even with an explicit Ruby line in the Gemfile, I get this error:

$ heroku logs
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.
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heroku[slugc]: Slug compilation failed: unrecognized error

Here's the Gemfile:

source 'https://rubygems.org'
ruby '2.0.0'

gem 'rails', '4.0.0.beta1'

group :development do
gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.7'
end

group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails', '4.0.0.beta1'
gem 'coffee-rails', '4.0.0.beta1'
gem 'uglifier', '1.0.3'
end

gem 'jquery-rails', '2.2.1'
gem 'turbolinks', '1.0.0'
gem 'jbuilder', '1.0.1'

group :production do
gem 'pg', '0.14.1'
end

The app is the "first_app" from the book, which is basically the result of running "rails new first_app" plus a slightly modified Gemfile. The full repo is here: https://github.com/mhartl/first_app. Any help in getting it to work on Heroku would be much appreciated.
Wait - being treated with professional courtesy is a privilege women have? Why did nobody ever tell me?

Sex jokes have no place in the work place. Period. No matter the gender of the narrator or the audience.
DFJ in SpaceX Secondary Liquidity Round - Reported $4-5Bn Valuation
Are we sure the takedown wasn't sent by Sony to get sympathy?
I would like to think it's a temporary overcorrection. With the gender imbalance in higher education swinging the other way, one hopes that enough glass ceilings are eliminated that we can normalize to a state where "legitimate harassment" is four or five sigmas outside normal professional behavior.

You're right, it's not the same as your boss implying (or stating) quid pro quo, being touched against your will, or any of the other bajillion ways people can mess with each other.

Normally, if I had an employee in his situation, I'd ask him for his side once he returned. If he confirmed the incident, the reaction would be something on the range of,"you dumbass," to "you have a documented case of being a schmuck and have exposed us to legal complaints from coworkers. Re-take the mandatory two-hour California harassment training as a refresher."

Then again, I don't allow Python on my teams because Guido is insane, so I'd obviously avoid the situation completely. :-)
That's postfeminism, I think you mean? And mainly postfeminism isn't "sex-positive" so much as it is a reactionary backlash against 2nd wave feminism's tendency toward slutshaming any woman who didn't fall into line and march alongside her sisters (ALLEGEDLY).

Postfeminism is "sex-positive" in the sense that it's all about how awesome it is to be girly and how gross and narsty those annoying feminists are; girls should go wild! according to this kind of postfeminist attitude. If a woman wants to stay home and raise her kids, well, darn it, postfeminism says there's nothing wrong with that, and it's the dirty stupid "you can have it all" feminists who want to kill the American family! Or who want to shame the women who don't aspire to the things that 2nd wave feminism said women should aspire to. If a man makes a joke that degrades women, the postfeminist says "LAUGH AT IT!!! because it's FUNNY!! why are you so sensitive?!?!" The postfeminist is dtf and she's fun as hell...until you criticize her in some way that she thinks is trying to shame her for just being a woman. And then she's not so much fun.

3rd wave feminism isn't so well defined and I don't think that "wave" has quite crested yet. I see you linked to a wiki page on it, but I'd be surprised to see it offering some kind of cohesive definition. In lots of ways, postfeminism wants to be called 3rd wave feminism...but it lacks credibility since it mostly seems geared towards calling female activists bitches and telling them to stfu about gender-based oppression already.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
the iphone maps app was from google (until the contract expired, and apple created their own)... how could charging themselves for api use be a monetization strategy?
Ah yes, ActiveRecord is one of those parts I am _not_ an expert in.
this makes a lot more sense to me than the web app. I'm usually in need of a quick dictation tool that I can sync with my home pc everyday.
This is exactly what I'm realizing with my self-driving trash can: Google's self-driving car team are just a few guys who can code, and some sensors, processors, and servos attached to a car. (And since it's Google, a TON of code written by those few guys)

What, I can't do the same with an RC car chassis and a handful of Arduinos?
Sign yourself up for an MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) class. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_stress_reduct... If you live near a major city you should likely be able to find a certified instructor who conducts classes on a regular basis.

Its not a magic pill but it works and has been around for many many years. I can assure you it has helped many people in your situation. (I actually wasnt too far off from your situation when I went through it.) I would also guess that there may be others here on HN that may have gone through it and could chime in with their opinion.
If you can afford it, then I would recommend spending more on a designer as well. My circumstance puts in me a position in which I can't afford to spend more than $20-$25. I assume that there are more people in such a circumstance. These are tips and tricks where you are trading your time to lower your expense on graphics.

However, I do believe that there are enough people around the world who can communicate easily and can understand what you are trying to do. I have worked with people all over the world and have been very happy with the outcomes.
"That's easier said than done. Programming is such a hard and specialized field, that very few people can be fully competent at it and have another field of business expertise."

I find it telling that both of your paths include school. Life is a better teacher than school will ever be; the person you're describing may be hard to find straight out of college, but after a few more years of life, they will tend to broaden their horizons (and have hobbies that don't include programming).
Some people are flagging the post.
I'm pretty healthy and single, so when I priced my personal $3500 deductible HSA (+$3500/yr into the HSA, which is like a Roth) vs. any group plans I've found, I ended up with much better coverage and pricing. I think the issue is we have people in multiple states, so it was hard to get good group coverage.

I forgot about FSA reductions (which were already pretty bad when you have both an HSA and FSA). I probably don't have anything useful to spend FSA money on.
PyCon attendee procedure for handling harassment:

https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-i...

"Report the harassment incident (preferably in writing) to a conference staff member - all reports are confidential...The staff is well informed on how to deal with the incident and how to further proceed with the situation...Note: Public shaming can be counter-productive to building a strong community. PyCon does not condone nor participate in such actions out of respect."
I'm working on Telescope, an open-source HN clone: http://telesc.pe

So anybody can now create their own "HN for X"!
Did she? I just read the entire post, and I disagree.

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

It certainly exists within the context of gender issues at a tech conference, but she didn't even go so far as to label the jokes sexist -- just something that would make some women uncomfortable. (Which is obviously true, given her response!)
YES! How about getting a rescue dog! You'll be responsible for it, that keeps you going from day to day. Those adorable little buggers give back your love many times over.

A friend of mine did that and since he had to walk the dog, met many other people with dogs and in so doing met a lovely girl and they're now happily together with both dogs.
Dongle Joke in Wired From 1999
The Moleskine IPO: The Wildly Profitable Fancy Notebook Company's IPO
it's not an outrage she spoke up. she overheard an inappropriate comment and proceeded to publicly drag these guys' reputations through the mud. between the two actions (private, inappropriate comments in a public space, or calling out the pitchforks), her action was clearly worse, and in real terms more damaging.
Just Use Sublime Text
Ah, no I didn't mean FPGAs as the next step for implementation, I meant more as a development tool.

For example, it would be cool if there was some sort of software that would let you design multiple-chip setups that would usually require breadboarding, but then run the whole circuit on the FPGA. That design could be transformed straight into a PCB that's ready for fab with the discrete components.
I would not have reacted as she did. I would have either ignored it or said something directly to them. But. . .I have male friends who are offended by discussions of some of the things that we females say. And when I'm around them, I'll tone it down a bit. Not completely, both sides compromise. . .I say a little less than I normally would and they tolerate a little more than they normally would.
That is not at all how "first to file" works. You still need to be presenting a novel invention that doesn't have prior art.

First to file drastically reduces the number and complexity of patent disputes and it improves the stability of a patent once acquired.

And there's always been a de facto paperwork requirement under first to invent anyhow, it's just that you had to keep nauseatingly detailed "inventor's logs" just in case somebody sued you. And even then you could be bankrupted in court by someone running a frivolous interference case.

First to file is a net win. That's why everyone else on Earth has been using it.

IANAL, TINLA.
I'm working through it now - have left the tutorial for a while (finished chapter 8, sign in) to do a few demo projects and make sure all the concepts are sticking.

I'm also finding that reading open source code is giving me some much needed 'real-world' exposure - currently studying Lobsters (https://github.com/jcs/lobsters)
Why Tizen will be a game-changer
Personally, and I think this might be the case with most people here, I'm most worried by the public shaming of the two individuals. Them being kicked out of PyCon isn't as much a concern to me.

I think the culture that she's implicitly promoting is ultimately a suspicious and hostile one where there is no principle of charity but instead there's the inverse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity). And not by the fact that she reported it to PyCon organizers, but by the fact that she then escalated it to the public. In this instance, I think she should have kept their identities anonymous in her tweets and blog post.

There are instances where I can imagine revealing their identities would be the right thing to do, but this doesn't come close to it by my judgement (for all that's worth).
3. Penis Envy.
Rails - ruining Ruby and putting the fail train on the right tracks since 2004.
By then it's too late. The point is not to get more out of it if things go south. The point is to make sure they don't. This is basic game theory, buddy.
And her domain name is "butyoureagirl".

Predispositioned much?

Downvote away...
Looks like it's new only, and a very small sample of the web. (For example, I searched one of my existing Alerts, "Hideaki Anno interview", and it turned up nothing at all but one page on my site. Even though I have at least two pages which should match...)
AFAIK Israel has more startups per capita than any other country in the world, but the legally mandated benefits are very similar to those in the UK (with slightly less vacation time).

Actually, I think some form of social safety net is supportive of very entrepreneurs. From personal experience, the only people I know who quit their job to work full time on a startup had significant savings from previous jobs. Also it's quite common in Israel to start working on your startup while getting unemployment benefits.
> If they didn't file a patent someone else would have.

And Twitter would have been in a position to object it to death.
I don't own a GoPro, but wanted one badly until I read that.
In fact I was one of those people who would suggest it as a great camera for other people who wanted a water-proof action oriented camera. 2 of my close friends own GoPro's because of me and my big mouth. I doubt GoPro will be reading this as they have their heads up their asses, but I'll be using my big mouth to scare people away from GoPro from here on out.
The table looks really cool. We need to set up a demo so rental companies and clubs can see the lights in action.

Best of Luck,Ray
The pricing of Mention alone torpedoes it as a tool for anyone but a commercial entity: you need to pay them $120 a year to get like more than 5 searches! (5 searches wouldn't even cover my existing Google Alerts for just my family, to say nothing of all the other interesting things I want news of.)
Why do you care what the respect is based on? What differentiates "superficial" respect from genuine respect? I guarantee you the criteria you use to judge people look equally ridiculous to other people too.
A self-driving trash can is possibly the best idea I've ever heard!
Earning money and buying things with it is something you do, no less than climbing a mountain or writing a play.
it reads: thanks for using myid.net so far, we have decided to discontinue the service.

date of close : 2013-02-27
I have a variety of Alerts set to both Best and All. Both have seen substantial falls in hits over the years. (And really, did you think no one would've pointed this out yet if that were the real cause?)
> That she got a little too hot-headed and posted a picture seems to be all anyone wants to talk about.

Because that's what got the guy fired. If she had just posted a tweet complaining, or just made a blog post talking about how those kinds of comments were offensive, people would have learned but nobody's life would have been ruined. Instead she choose to post their picture online AND continue to make a big deal about it. That's a personal vendetta.
+1, an incredibly important point. Feeling detached/disconnected from the world is one cause of depression. Feeling disconnected is a logical outcome of changing everything about your life all at once.

Changing habits/attitudes/etc. is important, but I'd try to do it incrementally - testing to see if these changes improve your experience, while focusing on maintaining and strengthening connections to things that you think make life easier/more enjoyable (could be friends/family or work or hobbies or ...)

[I'm not well versed in psychology, please take this as an idea to start your own research, and not a prescription of activity]
What's worse about that than any other silly thing to respect someone for?
I am always eager to hear about research that opens new perspectives to Maths, even when it's wrong

Sarah Silverman held just the TED talk for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5p1OdVLAc
And if you're not comfortable confronting them in person, tell conference staff, who'll talk to them. In fact, PyCon staff did talk to them, got an apology, and sensibly decided that was that:

http://pycon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/pycon-response-to-inappr...
> PyCon has a code of conduct.

PyCon attendee procedure for handling harassment:

https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/code-of-conduct/harassment-i...

"Report the harassment incident (preferably in writing) to a conference staff member - all reports are confidential...The staff is well informed on how to deal with the incident and how to further proceed with the situation...Note: Public shaming can be counter-productive to building a strong community. PyCon does not condone nor participate in such actions out of respect."
Try using google: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=single+gender+teams+perf...

I grabbed a couple citations while I was there because I was also curious:

* http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0432.00129/a... - "Although generalizations from student-based studies to the workplace is problematic, the results indicate that groups may be more effective when women outnumber or equal men, especially in complex management activities requiring extensive information management and processing, planning and decision-making over protracted periods."

* http://sgr.sagepub.com/content/27/1/79.short - "Overall, in this study, gender diversity facilitated task performance for a male-oriented task[1] without sacrificing cohesion or at the expense of increased decision-making time." (From the full text of the paper, the last concluding sentence.)

So I'm not sure why you would assert:

> We all know that you can't provide any evidence to back this up

[1] I have no idea what they mean by this, but I'm going to guess "tech" would probably be classified as such.
Why concentrate on benefits. Being less generous with everything is a good filter for hiring candidates that are genuinely interested in what the startup's doing! Pay your employees poorly, and you're guaranteed to only get the ones who really believe in your company. You're virtually guaranteed success, right?
Check out WooCommerce - an excellent ecommerce platform built on Wordpress.
You may be right -- possibly I'm overcompensating for my earlier worries. Still, if the worst comes to the worst it'll still be an interesting project.
I don't know who you are, but this comment embodies the bad side of HN. "You" is in the above comment 15+ times - it's so personally insulting and unnecessary. Belittling some stranger's worth to their team is unproductive, toxic behavior. I'm upset I can't downvote this into completely matching the site's bg color.
You're absolutely right it isn't inherently sexist. However, when these types of jokes become so common, and are almost always made by men, and sometimes made towards women, it contributes to a sexist atmosphere.

I can't even use the example "What if you had to hear jokes about vaginas and breasts all the time?" since it doesn't carry the same weight for men as the opposite does for women.

I wish commenters here would realize this is supposed to be a professional convention, and these two were supposed to be representing their companies, so making jokes about their genitalia might be in bad taste. I really can't believe the comments here. Those remarks didn't happen in a vacuum. She had to deal with them multiple times beforehand. Her actions were not out of line.
Aha, it's for Bootstrapping!

Awesome, good to hear. I saw the thing about Identity Providers and got excited, but then I logged in and was like... aww..

So, hopefully Google will be doing it soon with Gmail/Google Apps!
It feels uncomfortable. I think the reaction here is much more harassing than any dongle/fork/whatever jokes two guys would have made in a conference.
I agree that she went too far. But. . .if guys are really extreme - in my subjective view - I can live with them not being able to totally relax. It's unfortunately, but I've worked with a handful who even made other men uncomfortable, but the other men were unwilling to say something. I was willing to allow a lot of latitude, but I did say there are some extreme lines that I'd rather you not cross. I can tune out a lot, but some things were beyond what I wanted to tolerate. So we compromised.
It's great - it's been in our production stack now for a little while and so far everything works as advertised!
We're discussing Python at PyCon, no? I'm also not exchanging soup recipes, beauty tips, or nutrition experiences, because they're not appropriate either. Same goes for human sexuality. Not a relevant topic.

As for the "lame double entendre", and being capable of dealing with it - I (and most women, I suppose) can deal with one. Or with two. Or three. But that's usually just the first 5 minutes of the day. It's a constant barrage of low-level "othering". (I hate the word, but it describes the process)

It's not one comment. It's the fact that the tech industry often manages to feel like a permanent gathering of 14-year old adolescent boys. At some point, yes, it does make you uncomfortable, because everything is reduced to sexual references.
Yeah, tvongaza is correct. Admittedly, it's not a _big_ issue, and perhaps I'm going about things the wrong way. If you could tell me a better way of getting this issue fixed, I'd love to hear it. The only other time I tried, it took more than two years. Luckily, it was pretty easy to monkey-patch our own code to deal with this, once it broke our live site.