skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>No. A normal kid wouldn't throw rocks at buildings. It is just instinct. So there are natural instincts that prevent kids from throwing rocks at cars, hospitals or power stations.

Natural instinct? No, it's upbringing.

And a lot of kids have shitty upbringing. It doesn't even have to be of the "father was an alcoholic, beat mother etc" kind. It can be "I had a perfectly good family that bend over backwards to satisfy my ego" type, or "I got most of my intra-personal skills off of TV and the internet", type.
And I'm amazed that this hasn't caught on in the US yet. Last time I vistited, I was horrified when they swiped the magnetic strip and asked me to sign for it - felt like I'd jumped back in time.
Apple has to think different about China
Computers are in no way deflationary.

They're manufactured. Better ones are made. There are so many computers in the world now compared to demand that their value has simply inflated away, making them accessible to everyone.

If the computer market were deflationary, then computers would really only be affordable by the 5 richest men in the world.

You seem to under the mistaken assumption that money itself is an investment. It's not. Investments produce value - which hoarding money does not. Neither does hoarding computers for that matter. The moment you buy a computer it decreases in value, so unless you use it productively it really is just inflated away - much faster then your money is.
Thought experiment: I set up my own "bank", which is really just a little website that maintains accounts and a transaction ledger. I somehow manage to convince a large fraction of the population that I will follow certain rules and not mess with those numbers. Assuming that I do manage this, do you think those numbers on my website would become valuable?

If yes, why? If no, why do you believe that trust is the reason that fiat currency is valuable?

Consider the following alternative explanation: Fiat currency is valuable because there is demand for it. The prime source of demand for fiat currency is for taxes. The secondary source is from all sorts of contracts (in particular, mortgage and other debt service) that require lots of people to obtain it. Trust comes in only as a tertiary source, at best.
You actually have an incentive to collude and carefully manage the market, then crash it and buy all the money back and go back to hoarding it.

With sufficient deflation, you end up spending less on necessities (food) then the rate of increase in the value of your horde. Making you the permanent upper class, and making everyone else the permanent lower class. It's a return to feudalism.
Cool Counter - a Meteor app with live users and realtime chart ( Smoothie )
"the problem is that Facebook is going to use all this data — not to improve our lives — but to target better marketing and advertising messages at us"

If "the problem" is more relevant advertising, I for one, welcome Facebook Home. When advertising becomes useful to me I might stop blocking it.
wow, seriously? Ignorance is strong in you.
That's no different to any other currency. Speculators have free range to do whatever they want on forex trading systems.
Selling off a portion of your investment to protect yourself from excessive risk is perfectly rational. Doing it partially as a function of the price you originally paid is not.
Well, this quote (the one I've shared) has indeed a fair amount of sources.

It's attributed to Metaphysics (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2479557), Nichomachean Ethics -- as you said (http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/aristotleworks/a/121610-A...), and Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle). cmd+f (or ctrl) for 'educated' to find it in the last two links for it also appears slightly different from your version.
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Can you summarize how the videos in the last link were created?
Detroit Electric reveals its Lotus-like sports car
I was having the exact same thoughts when it was at 30$. I'm having a lot of regrets now.
GE & StartUp Health Select 13 Companies For Its Health Entrepreneurship Program
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Holy Crap, Is This Mark Zuckerberg's Embarrassing Childhood Angelfire Website?
I personally remember some sites I made at the beginning of it all, very embarrassing looking back on them but still a good laugh. Anyone else out there they created and might not be so proud of today? haha
>Yet, I don't want to call myself better, because most people here are better than me. Yet this leaves me with quite a strange view of everything. I'm not a great programmer, but I'm not as bad as those guys who worked at some big name place. Where does that leave me? Who knows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

If you think you're bad, you're probably way above average :p
You are saying the same thing the person you are criticising is.

He said "can throw you in prison for 10 years"
You say "maximum possible sentence of 10 years"

Exact same thing.

Be in the accused's position, and then argue the difference.
Ask HN: How can content based sites make money?
How can primarily content based websites make money? for example, how can websites like stackoverflow, xkcd, theoatmeal can make money? Should there be customized method for the particular content, like jobs portal for stackoverflow and print comics for theoatmeal?

Besides advertising and referrals what are other ways to monetize content based websites.

Thanks.
If adding signatures to a codebase, why not use the closure syntax? Because then you also get a compiler which gives you nice warnings as well as better minification.
Is it really more broken than just having to sign?
Someday, someday I will land an investor haha
Is it just me, or is this whole mess starting to sound like a childish slap-fight, probably over one or two specific features?
This probably isn't for experienced developers, but it looks gorgeous.
Please don't call it golang. It's Go. Golang is a tag you use so people can search for your article... but it shouldn't be the formal name you use when talking about the language.
No, because the iPad is pretty obvious: you touch to screen. I can't even tell what's going on. Is it replacement for the lock screen? But then what's up with the messenger? Why is there an ad for an htc phone, but it's also android.... It's just confusing what they are trying to communicate other than attractive people.

Frankly
This falls into what I'd categorize as "solving the easy problems". It's something that companies do all the time. And sometimes it's worthwhile, but often it means that a company doesn't understand the business it's in very well and doesn't have a clue how to innovate.

Personally I believe that there is a huge amount of room for improvement and innovation in social, and when I see a company like facebook merely working on the "make it prettier and easier" aspect I can't help but wonder how long until a disruptor wrecks their world.
Thanks. Looks interesting (if you pardon the pun).

I think the big difference in the approaches revolve around
this claim, "Using this method, we can reconstruct arbitrary
visual images, including geometric figures and alphabet letters,
which are not used to train the decoders."

versus

> [4] Build a random library of ~18,000,000 seconds (5000 hours) of video downloaded at random from YouTube. (Note these videos have no overlap with the movies that subjects saw in the magnet). Put each of these clips through the dictionaries to generate predictions of brain activity. Select the 100 clips whose predicted activity is most similar to the observed brain activity. Average these clips together. This is the reconstruction.

It seems gallantlab.org work is using known images/video along with
the subject in the fMRI (magnet) being awake.

Decoding arbitrary images seems to be the main advancement
being leveraged in the dream decoding research.
You completely missed the point of what I said.

The labels you or I use to describe the institution in question are entirely irrelevant, it is the characteristics which those institutions have which dictate their actual material nature. Responding to my iteration of the characteristics that a government shares with an organised crime syndicate with "I don't think so" is exactly as effective as trying to tell me a marsupial is not a mammal despite its characteristics because you don't think so.

If you hope to convince me that the state is not an intrinsically violent and extortionate body you would do far better pointing to examples of how one might choose not to participate in the structure of the state without being subject to it's violent sanction. That you can't do this is precisely why the pretty labels you plaster it with are utterly unconvincing to anyone unswayed by simplistic feelgood propaganda.
I think you have already identified the answer. It is based upon the needs or disposition of the site visitors/users.

Stackoverflow has a self qualifying audience that is ready to be offered a job/employee matching service.

You have to find that same match for any content site that needs to generate anything more than enough income to run itself - when vanilla advertising will probably meet the need.

I have a similar issue with a site I am working on - it is not yet clear how the audience demographic will settle down. Once it starts to jell then we can probably work from there. In the mean time we are adding some value added services that can be charged for.
I wonder if a javascript/jquery helper could be used as a fill for now?

You could set up size points for an Element like this (mobile first approach) :

$(".testimonials").when-min-width(400px, "medium").when-min-width(800px, "large");

Then you're CSS could look like this :

.testimonials{
// do basic stuff, and small display stuff
}

.testimonials.medium{
// do medium display stuff
}

.testimonials.large{
// do large display stuff
}

Hmm. Maybe I'll build it.
I think this was actually just another 1/10th developer article. There's developers that are worth paying, and then there are those developers that actually subtract value from your company by creating such a hacky mess that it costs more to fix it than it did to write it in the first place.

I've worked with one of those. We'll be cleaning up his code for years.
There won't be a lot of lost wallets. At least not enough to cause any kind of noticeable effect.
Ask HN: Tech industry in France for SysAdmins/DevOps
Hi all,
I'm looking for info on the tech industry in France at the moment and how vibrant it is. I'm currently a site reliability engineer for quite a large internet based company. The thing is my partner and I would like to move to France - she's French. Aside from getting my language skills up to scratch I don't know anything of the tech industry job wise over there. Getting a company transfer is not an option as we have no tech bases over there. My skills involve sysadmin linux/unix, automation etc. Any Francophones could provide some info to help?

Many thanks
Good tools
"Responding to my iteration of the characteristics that a government shares with an organised crime syndicate with "I don't think so" is exactly as effective as trying to tell me a marsupial is not a mammal despite its characteristics because you don't think so."

No, because we can point at a marsupial and agree on the characteristics. You and I do not agree on the characteristics of government or currency. --edit-- In fact many of the 'characteristics' you list are emotional labels as far as I can see. Yet you continue to insist that they are part of an 'underlying reality'. I disagree.

"If you hope to convince me that the state is not an intrinsically violent and extortionate body"

I don't hope to convince you of that, it's clearly central to your outlook on life. I only hope to convince you that not everyone sees it that way, and that not everyone that doesn't see it that way thinks the way they do because of ignorance.
Deploy PHP to Heroku
Conservation gets boost from new Landsat satellite
You would probably like http://freico.in which incentivize sustainable investment.
My advice is, always post images in full size, scaled down images look odd in the sense, they don't show the real spacing and readability.

Also, you could use more spacing between sections and 12pt fonts are too 2003-ish

Keep working. All the very best.
Do you think it's wise to invest in Litecoin right now?
Updated Packages – Python 3.3
Freicoin - easy-to-use demurrage currency
HP co-chair resigns, two others follow
Ask HN: How to get a domain from squatter
Hey HN, I have the following problem:

I'm interested in a domain zaman.co for my personal blog (Zaman is my last name). I asked the owner how much does he want for it and he went on and on that it's very valuable, since there is a turkish news site called zaman.com which is very popular. He also pointed out that I should make a very generous offer, but I don't want to spend a lot of money on it. Since the domain in question isn't used but just squatted I'm wondering there's a better way of getting it without spending much?

Thanks
That's a valid concern but it doesn't stand scrutiny. Production itself doesn't create deflation. If the number of goods and services in the world remains more or less constant, it means there is no deflation. At the same time, people will still be working and producing things.

It's only when money are invested then you have a surplus of things in the economy which deflates the money. By investing, hoarders allow others not-yet-rich people access to capital. Thus, if hoarders want to become richer they will have to make rich others too.
The primary effect of anabolic steroids is to reduce recovery times. Bodybuilders get so big on them not because they magically make you bigger but because they let you train incredibly hard.

Long distance runners do use anabolic steroids amongst other PEDs. [1]

"For example, Lyubov Denisova tested positive for Prostanozol and Testosterone in 2007. She has won the Honolulu and Los Angeles marathons and has been 2nd place at New York."

Prostanozol is an anabolic steroid.

[1] http://www.runningahead.com/forums/post/d63143aa7f5246359388...
Doc.js, because you probably don't need jQuery.
Idiotic title. Why should it be embarrasing? He was 15 at the time.
That makes sense, because in the gallantlab video, you can clearly see the residual images from the previous videos (letters, different shapes).
It's probably pretty popular in the break room though.
By your 'logic', logging into a SCADA system and opening a dam is less serious than graffiti? Or, changing the header of Amazon.com to say 'FUCK YOU', causing customers to go elsewhere and cause real monetary losses is less serious than graffiti? Because one is 'virtual'? How can you claim that some act has more severe consequences, just because it's in the physical world? Is stealing a wallet with 10$ worse than wiring 10$ from someone else's account?
The wavelengths used by heat detection equipment are way longer than you'll pick up with a DSLR, even after a conversion to remove its IR-blocking filter.
Sex, Marriage, and Fairytales
Acting quick and getting a fire under control often makes the difference between an emergency and a disaster. But only after you've made sure the building is being evacuated, and the fire department has been alerted.

Don't be afraid to call the emergency number. They'll know what to do and walk you through it.

Under no circumstance should you enter a room filled with smoke. Smoke inhalation is incredibly dangerous.
A lot of bitcoins have also been lost forever by their owners.
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Who does the demurrage fee go to? I couldn't find any information about this on their site. If it is just recirculated through re-mining or something, great (though I don't know how that would work). If it goes to the creators of freicoin then it is a blatant scam. I don't suppose it does, but it's suspicious that they don't mention where the money goes.
More from Chris: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/this-magic-journey/
I just read about that and joined one yesterday, though. I ran it for an hour or so and made a ten-thousandth of a bitcoin or so, at which point I calculated that it's probably not worth the electricity and shut it down.
Big data startup Tranzlogic offers merchants extra information.
If the value of BitCoin increases quickly enough (i.e. you hold a sufficient initial amount) then the amount you spend on food, gas, electricity can be less then the rate of increase.

This is literally getting something for nothing.
Ask HN: How to identify a passionate programmer?
People like Joel spolsky or Jon skeet when talking about hiring always list passion as the topmost priority but is it that easy? How can one identify a passionate programmer in one
Astronaut falling into black hole would be burned not crushed
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Unfortunately no. The details are most likely in the journal article
(sciencemag.org), but I've been unable to find a free copy of it.

(I'm really trying to resist ranting about the "Evil Overlords"
of academic publishing ;)
New Facebook mobile Home
To the authors of the comments beneath this one:

A more constructive angle to this debate would be to compare HTML/CSS to other declarative UI frameworks such as those in QT and iOS and discuss what features need to be added or removed to make HTML/CSS more maintainable and less painful.

We all know the history of HTML and we're aware of the path it's evolution has taken.

Are you arguing that it's inherently unfixable and needs to be scrapped? I think you'd have a tough time arguing that point so why not move the debate forward instead of playing the curmudgeon?
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"If the number of goods and services in the world remains more or less constant"

Does it though? I thought we were all addicted to growth? If we continue to have any growth then with a limited cash supply, each unit becomes worth more (deflation).

"By investing, hoarders allow others not-yet-rich people access to capital."

I'm not clear on how you think this works, because (AFAICT) hoarding BTC is just holding on to currency, not any sort of investment?

" Thus, if hoarders want to become richer they will have to make rich others too."

Or they can just sit on it while others do the work and achieve much the same with no risk...
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The Perl vs Python Debate
Check out the <BODY> tag it's capitalized. The <html> tag and other tags are put there by angelfire.
>The destroyed money simply vanishes, being permanently taken out of circulation. However to keep prices stable an equal-valued batch of freshly minted coins is created and distributed to the diligent accountants (the “miners”) who maintain at their own cost the global ledger of electronic transactions.

So in effect, the demurrage fee goes to the miners.
If it's just the "melting plastic" kind of smoke, it won't trigger smoke detectors. And I believe that his battery wasn't actually on fire - if it was, then yes, smoke detectors would have triggered.
Use DRAKON to Automatically Generate Code from Flowcharts
Except don't take tons of Vitamin D http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529102346.ht...
Properly useful post. As a numpty-coder but proficient flowcharter DRAKON offers hope.
MongoDB singleton connection in Node.Js
Futuristic Handheld Stabilizer Could Change the Filmmaking World
Heard of Steadicam? Normally it takes years to learn to "fly" one properly. This new device turns anyone into a Steadicam operator in minutes.
Q: What is the Freicoin Foundation?
A: The Freicoin Foundation is a non-profit organization, aiming to support sustainability and biodiversity by integrating Freicoin into economical relations.

Q: You said that Freicoin is decentralized. But the Foundation makes it centralized!
A: You are right. But we have no other solution. Initial coins should be distributed to the society.

Q: Why can't you just give these coins to miners (as in Bitcoin). Why do we need a bureaucracy?
A: The mining community consists mostly of enthusiasts, not ordinary people who use computers to browse the Internet.

Q: How many coins does the Foundation have?
A: The Freicoin Foundation distributes 80% of the total Freicoin money supply through grants. The remaining 20% is a reward for miners, who support the network with their computing power.

Hahaha... no.
Cool! You can also see the after images (black square after white square).
> There is stupid and there is malicious, this is way beyond stupid.

No argument there. But I think it's not inconceivable that people who behaved like utter assholes in their youth can still turn out OK in adulthood - especially when "troubled" teenagers are involved who come from screwed-up backgrounds. I believe there are still opportunities to turn your life around at that point, and if that's the case something you did when you were 16 shouldn't really matter by the time you turn 40. We were all different people a few years ago.
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Designing for rewards?
I've thought about doing this in the past, but decided against it. To pull it off, you have to focus on it so hard that it just becomes work, and you miss out on a lot of the reasons you travel in the first place.

Most obsessions are like this, I guess. Find anybody doing a "collect all the X", and you'll likely find a person who long ago stopped really enjoying X. It reminds me of the guys a few years back who were determined to completely max out some airline's "all you can fly in 30 days" ticket. Lots of suffering for suffering's sake [1].

Naturally, I can't claim that I've somehow had a better time travelling through my meager 65 countries than the subject of this article did with his 193. But I bet if his goal wasn't "every single one", but rather "as many as it takes", it would have been a lot more fun.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782792
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Not based in France but my understanding is that HP has a large datacenter in the Lyon area.
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Of course you could, but in addition to mobile devices, the point of media queries is to handle anything that might make a standard HTTP request. This includes televisions, older phones, gaming consoles, you name it. Javascript is relatively unreliable on many of those devices; what's worse, you don't want to force a jquery call just to do something that's actively supported by CSS3.
I don't mean this offensively, but this has a bit of a whiff of NIH syndrome.

Rewriting and refactoring existing code is a lot easier and quicker than writing it the first time, even if it's someone else's. Unless you saw a massive drop in TLOC you were probably just rewriting it into your own style. Looking back on my own past, I am guilty of doing this myself more than once.

And raw SQL vs the Entity Framework is not a reason to judge code. There's a lot of warts on that thing still, though I do use it in moderation. LINQ and the EF are two completely different concepts btw which you seem to have muddled. You can use LINQ or the LINQ extension methods with any IEnumerable, not just with the EF ORM.
A $5 app isn't expensive
I don't think it goes anywhere. In theory Freigeld should simply decay into nothing (i.e. tax is collected by government who would depending on financial situation either print more or destroy existing). However I'm unsure where would in Freicoin decay go.

Also what makes me really suspect of it is the fact that Freicoin foundation centralizes the whole thing, so it's a bit pointless. I mean, why have an centralized P2P network? Another worrying thing is that under Silvio Gessel's original idea Freigeld is a local currency NOT a global one.
Sorry about the accusation. I read the Bamboo's issue wrongly. The article from Feb 2013 seems to imply that the slow degradation happened from 2011 to 2013. It starts with "Over the past couple of years", I guess that's what got me confused. The FAQ clarifies that the slow degradation happened from 2009 to 2011.