skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> [Lomborgh] called the greenhouse effect a "myth"

That claim appears to itself be a "myth" promulgated by people who don't like the guy's political conclusions.

The wikipedia page that made this inflammatory claim gave as its only reference a print-only newspaper article, from 1998, in Norwegian. (the ref was: Bjørn Lomborg, 'Det går bedre', newspaper article, Weekendavisen 13 March 1998)

So IF that article actually exists AND the claims made about it were valid, the best you'd be able to say is presumably that he said something once, 15 years ago, which when translated to English was taken to mean he suggested the "greenhouse effect" was a "myth". But given how much he's written on the subject in English in articles and reference sources that can actually be checked, the more likely assumption is that there was some amount of exaggeration/mistranslation going on. For instance, he might have been arguing that some claim about the greenhouse effect was "a myth", if that word was even used. Near as I can tell, all the google-able articles point back to that wikipedia page as a source, which - since it's been marked "citation needed" for more than 6 months - I've just fixed.
I fully recognize that systems of crime reporting are dramatically different, which I did (at least attempt to) clarify going into it early. I understand that it is a complicated mess, and there is no apples to apples comparison.

Regarding your other statement:
This is a canard - where have all the second amendment activists been for this century so far? They don't seem to be doing a very good job of it, and don't seem particularly interested in protecting any amendment other than the second.

I have to confess that I take a certain amount of offense to that, though I'm not exactly sure what you're implying (I'm just vaguely offended at this point. ;-).

Are you trying to assert that people who care about the second amendment only care about the second amendment? Or are you trying to assert that people who care about the second amendment have been complacent for the past decade? Both? Some combination thereof?

At least personally, I've been politically active in a number of civil rights issues including those on the first and fourth amendments. I've testified before state Senate and my House of Representatives on civil liberties and the potential incursion of those liberties for some time now. (Thereby disproving that all gun nuts only care about the second amendment.)

As for the second, at least in Maryland, we've been fighting our 'May Issue' statutes here in Maryland, and I was personally a part of the case that got our state laws overturned (at least temporarily) to 'Shall Issue' status (though it's currently back in legal flux, but that should disprove that all second amendment advocates have been complacent).

Knowing that your statements weren't a Boolean, I'll wait for clarification as to what you actually meant, but I think that it's perhaps only as visible lately because the second amendment is in such peril. In the past decade though, there have been nearly a dozen high profile cases in defense of the second amendment in DC, Illinois, Chicago and Maryland at the least.

Also, oddly enough, the American Civil Liberties Union doesn't recognize that the right to bear arms is an individual right (and they believe that the ruling in DC v Heller, which specifically states that it is an individual right is wrong), so second amendment advocates tend to clump together into one of two groups, where you either are or aren't in support of the ACLU.
I was one of those students (great course!) and you're right. So, folk sign up on the spur of the moment and then drop out! Big deal. Where’s the dirty secret? Was there any cost to signing up on the part of the student or the instructors? Not at all. Why then probe further into what would be a vast range of personal reasons for not completing the course?

We have to ask ‘Why do people make cost-free momentary decisions and then fail to act on them?’. Do we think this an important question? I suggest most of us have much better things to do with our time than agonize over this.
I started a consulting company with a partner. We make our own hours. Sometime we work very long hours, but there's almost never a day when I work 9 - 5.
I'm not sure there's a big ROI for Tesla to develop elaborate countermeasures.

4,750 units of the 60kWh car at $62.4k yields $296.4m in revenue. If 4% of the orders are for the 40kWh car (190 units at $52.4k), there'd be at most $1.9m in lost revenue by "giving away" the slightly beefier battery.

It's plausible they'd still come out ahead given the cost savings of not setting up that production line even if they gave away all 190 software upgrades for free.
OmniWeb has per-site CSS overrides and site prefs! It's actually quite nice. That's a feature I miss.
The code is available at
https://github.com/ciju/gotunnel
Stateless services
I have researched this subject a lot, and I can assure that yes, I have far more reasons than just because the Founders intended it.

For 1, more armed populaces tend to be safer places to live. To quote Heinlein, "An armed society is a polite society", and there is evidence to that fact here in America. Of interest is a place called Kennesaw, GA which, in 1981 (I think) they enacted a law encouraging every head of household to own a firearm. In the year they enacted that law, burglaries in the town of Kennesaw dropped 80%. Since then, their crime rate has held at FAR below the national average, as well as the state of Georgia. Somewhat ironically, it obviously didn't "solve crime", but did displace it to areas outside of Kennesaw to a very large degree. Before the law was enacted, it seemed as though every media outlet in the nation was decrying the law as it would surely be "a wild west town" and "blood in the streets" and all that, but that never happened. What happened instead is that they effectively pushed crime (and presumably criminals) out of town. Since then, the population of Kennesaw has quintupled, but crime rates have stayed low.

Meanwhile, if you look to Morton Grove, IL, they enacted a gun ban at a similar time, and crime (of all types) went up across the charts. When they repealed their gun ban, crime went down. The data on Morton Grove isn't quite as marked as Kennesaw (e.g., only 17% difference instead of the more obvious 80%), so it's possibly attributable to other factors, but it's hard to explain away the results in Kennesaw.

Further, the state that has the highest concentration of "fully automatic" machine guns (e.g., already to buy new) is New Hampshire. They also have some of the most lax gun control in the nation. Open carrying firearms is fairly common place in New Hampshire, and if I recall correctly, the only thing you need a permit for is to concealed carry in a vehicle. On top of that, their state buildings don't even have metal detectors, and you're allowed to carry guns in there. Wild West sounding? Maybe, but it's the third safest state in the union.

Again, I have more data to support my position with better than "cause the Constitution said so", though I do obviously agree with my interpretation (which is also the Supreme Court's interpretation) of what it means.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read over my code. I don't get enough of this.

You're right that 28 lines is pretty ridiculous, but it's because I never abstracted out that code. The playlist code is some of the ugliest in that project, because I got pretty lazy with it. I know it's terrible. The console logging stuff is part of that.

Q actually allows exceptions to cause promise rejections, which is both a nifty feature and a potential curse (e.g. throwing an exception before releasing a resource).

I like the changes you propose (not considering testing), but with slightly different implementation. the DbCommand should be creating its own deferreds, rather than accepting one as a parameter. This kind of promise handling is best left up to DbCommand to implement, rather than the caller. In Q it's easy to chain promises, like so:

Q.fcall(someFunction).then(function(result) {
return functionThatReturnsAPromise();
}).then(function(secondResult) {
console.log(secondResult);
}).done();

Also, in a proper redesign, Q's denodeify function can change the whole flow of the execute function entirely:

DbCommand.prototype.execute = function(query, onComplete) {
var self = this;
Q.denodeify(dbConnectionPool.acquire).then(function(connection) {
self.connection = connection;
return Q.denodeify(connection.query);
}).then(function(rows) {
return onComplete(rows);
}).finally(function() {
self.connection && dbConnectionPool.release(self.connection);
}).done();
};

Q's denodeify call works with Node.js callbacks which follow the convention that the error is the first argument, and the result all others. denodeify then converts the error into an argument for any calls to Q.fail. Any uncaught errors will be thrown after done() is called.

However, I am not sold on the idea of creating a prototype for DB commands. There's no state that needs to be held, and the code is abstract enough without introducing a prototype.

Again, thanks for the code review. The playlist DB code needs a lot of refactoring, since right now there's too much repetition I've been too lazy to fix. If you want to talk some more, feel free to email me.
It would be frowned upon if the hellbanned user was trolling or flaming.
You're just being difficult now. My point is that we're surrounded by many examples of artificially limited products, and the sky hasn't fallen.

Other commenters have already pointed out that there's no weight difference between the 40 and 60KWh models, and that you get the benefit of a greater top speed.
Yes, but they also said that about SQL, starting in the 90s.

The more high-level the thing you're trying to hide is, the more likely it'll keep peeking out from underneath your abstraction layer.
I wonder how many of the actual customers are as disturbed by this as you.
1. There are lots of sources for intelligence services, saying lots of things. It is hard [for them] to select. [Edit: Besides, that was a totally different subject, with a different president administration, > a decade ago.]

2. You wrote that a given article was propaganda, without any support except your opinions. Here you seem to argue that the Western world (no, not only US) is lying about that China is doing extreme industrial spying. It is hard to take seriously.

3. I have seen lots of conspiracy theorist comments over the last years, both in English and my native Swedish, supporting Assad and other extremely horrible dictatorships against democracies. But sure, most of you guys are certainly just unpaid political extremists...
I guess you could do well to short your friends bets.
I doubt the expense would be particularly micro ;)
Which usability tests? Anecdotal evidence - my 2 year old picked it up quite easily on her own back 4 years ago when iOS was a lot slower and buggier.

There's no "metamode" here and it's tripped over quite easily during normal interactions.
Wow, that's a biased article. "Two cautionary tales", one being that of Australia. Note the conclusion: Strict gun laws in Great Britain and Australia haven't made their people noticeably safer, nor have they prevented massacres.

I'd like to know what all these massacres in Australia are, because it's been nearly 20 years since the gun buyback, and there's been no massacres that grab headlines and make people fearful. There was one mass murder by arson, but it's not like that's a common event here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_mass_murders

In reference to her other points, assault has indeed been on the rise recently in Australia, but it's due to some complex factors independent of guns, and sexual assault is up largely because of improved reporting.

It is a bit sad that the article is dated Dec 26 2012, yet the author can't find a more recent peer-reviewed study than 2003 for one of her "Two cautionary tales".
Can never get up at 7am. Spent 2years looking. Found out that I can survive without a corporate job. Now I do work from 11am to midnight on my own Corp.

In a traditional Corp, my boss will probably think I am lazy. As I come in late(which they see) and leave late (which they don't see).I also tend to put my feet up on my table and close my eyes when thinking about a programming problem really deeply.
I've installed it hundreds of times with no problems. Its also not huge - it only downloads the parts you need which includes just the debuggers if you want.

What obscure msi errors?

Just to add, when windows crashes it leaves a minidump on disk. Usual practice is to get this on another host and debug there. If you're out or away from such a facility, that's what system restore is for.
Apple has been teaching gestures to people through marketing. I always thought that was brilliant. Gestures are not at all discoverable, but if you show them often enough they become natural. Most of Apple's TV ads, especially those for iOS devices, are little tutorials.

It is, however, a bad idea to rely on that. I see gestures as I see keyboard shortcuts: not intuitive at all, but potentially great time savers once you learned them.

For those making touch UIs this means, quite simply, that you always have to be able to do something without gestures or that if a gesture is essential, it has to be taught to you.
OkCupid Labs Date Courier (find dates via snail mail): http://www.okcupidlabs.com/blog/2013/03/30/Date-Courier.html
I just realized that Github's pull requests UI handles this pretty well:

You can leave a comment on a particular line in the diff and the comment will be collapsed if you update the code and the diff gets outdated, but the UI will still show you the original chunk you commented on.
Works on my Gnex too. I still find the zoom buttons are best though, they're more 'robust' to use.
Uh... I don't really get this. Why not lower the price for everyone and get a better rep among customers?

I mean if Tesla wants to have lifelong customers that's where you start. But then again they seem to be going into the marketing of their tech so maybe not.
Supreme Court dismisses plea of Novartis for patent of cancer drug
This looks like a precursor to asking for more money--scale back development costs for a few quarters to achieve profitability, then go back into the red to pay for future models. I am curious to see if Tesla goes back to the public markets for more money this year.
Humm I disagree

There's "obvious" bad ideas like trying to sell sand in the desert.

There's the bad (underwhelming) ideas, maybe that's the most common of them, it's probably the 'trying to make a weird idea sellable'. Like 'french fries are amazing but unhealthy so let's try to sell potatoes cut as fries, but baked, with no salt'

There's also quirky ideas as bad ideas, which is the way most people go and what PG probably meant. Not to mention sometimes your idea looks like the same as a failed one already but the devil is in the details.
Genuine question: why do you care so much about your grade?
Why Im Crying Infront Abraham Lincoln
Why Im Crying Infront Abraham Lincoln
No, the gun doesn't shoot for you. It replaces the trigger with one with a solenoid behind it that it can dynamically change the pull of. It sets the trigger pull restrictively high until your reticle matches your tag, and then quickly drops it so you make the shot. You just hold the trigger down until it lets you shoot.
"Bushnell, now 70, could have reaped even more from his relationship with Jobs if he hadn't turned down an offer from his former employee to invest $50,000 in Apple during its formative stages."

$50 000 in 1976, the year Apple was founded, had the purchasing power of over $200 000 today. Without the benefit of hindsight he probably made a sensible, if unlucky, decision.
Googles Android Dev April Fools 2013 Joke
The Most Tried and Failed Small Businesses
Yes, any constraints not consistent with modern, 2010's workplace standards is totally unacceptable. If they want to work in the fuckin' 1980's I would walk.
CSS3 Based Masonry Layout With jQuery Masonry as Fallback
Except when there are really[1] fun[2] targets[3], I generally get bored too. I do love sporting clay, which is similar to trap and skeet, except you walk from one station to the next, and the patterns are different at each station.

[1] - http://www.gameandfishmag.com/2012/03/28/10-shooting-targets...

[2] - http://www.gameandfishmag.com/2012/03/28/10-shooting-targets...

[3] - http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1314484
Tip for naming your projects: google it first

I'm not blaming anyone or saying anyone is wrong.

But I almost named a project I was involved "beaver" something. (No, I am not a native speaker)
Which logical argument are you referring to? Scott Hanselman used an analogy to make an observation about javascript. It's a blog post, not a rigorous mathematical thesis. Who are you to say what rhetorical devices someone should or should not use?
Great tip. In return here's a great writing hack for you - stop calling everything a hack when it's just advice.
These kinds problems can easily be solved with promises too. It would be even simpler if `fs.stat` returned a promise and there are promise libraries that do that. Promises is a small library I use, probably about the same number of bytes as your library, as I transition my code from callbacks to promises.

var queue = new Promises;
fs.stat("file1.txt", queue.cb());
fs.stat("file2.txt", queue.cb());
fs.stat("file2.txt", queue.cb());
queue.all()
.then()
.fail();

But, comparing how promises solves the same flow as callbacks misses the point. Here's an example where an action is taken when two events fire (promises shine here):

pub.on('foo', function() {
promise1.fulfill();
});
pub.on('bar', function() {
promise2.fullfill();
});
Vow.all([promise1, promise2]).then(...).fail(...);
Sure, but people still get grumpy when they aren't at fault. And they irrationally blame the other party for it. It doesn't matter if it's their fault if they're your customers.
Great extraordinary pictures 2013
Great extraordinary pictures 2013
That's so great, and mbostock's a coder I greatly admire. I have had it on my mind for the past few weeks precisely this--to get into the habit of reading code, and in doing so write deep articles explaining it. Thanks for this.
Netflix too (also has free charging).
Hmm, wait. If I upload a picture file, this rotate 90° left. (See screenshhot) http://s14.directupload.net/images/130401/asanfblz.png
You now what I mean?
Created my own RSS Reader Nuesbyte
I would love some feedback!
Responding to tripleeggg's dead comment.

I have a child with a diagnosis that significantly increases the risk of his failing to graduate, using drugs, becoming a convicted felon, suffering accidental death, and being unable to hold down a regular job. There is a safe medication that addresses all of those risks, with reasonably moderate side effects.

If some day you have a child in the same situation, you'll be free to try whatever unproven experimental course of action you want. But I see no point in taking such risks with my child's future.
The red press of Drupal
Wouldn't that be way more expensive?
Yes. It was called the "487SX", and was billed as a floating-point coprocessor, but it was actually a 486DX with a lower pricetag and a different pinout. When you installed it, the motherboard disabled your 486SX and just used the "coprocessor" for everything.

What's the relationship to Tesla's crippleware strategy here? I'm not seeing it.
Didn't Amazon have a similar model?
Oh, iCloud. You know it's bad when developer backlash starts going nearly mainstream.

It's "key/value store", by the way, not "key-value store." More Apple brilliance. And you thought only Bill Gates fucked up the slash: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/04/when-did-slash-become...
Bitcoin Mining
I've recently gotten into bitcoin mining (as a lot have recently lol), what's your setup like? What's the best way to mine for btc? Is there any scripts and/or a way to mine btc using cloud hosting?
Show HN: Weekend project - Chardin.js, simple overlay instructions for apps
I never understood why Coursera has a schedule. Let people learn at their own pace. Let them start whenever they want. Let them pause whenever they want.

Emulating old abstractions using new tech is a HUGE failure.
You've got to admit though, that it is uncommon to testify before state (or federal) government at all. But it goes along with what I'm saying: you're trying to sway your government by using words and politics, not by joining a militia and violently opposing it. Whether you're armed or not has zero effect on speaking on the record. You're not trying to keep your government honest by virtue of your firearm, you're trying to keep it honest by virtue of your words. The government as an entity is more scared of your vote than your firearm.

Some things aren't relevant anymore, such as the whole third amendment. And one of those things is the slogan that it's firearms in the hands of the citizens that keeps a government honest - because it's clearly not. The US government is not more honest than its unarmed-citizen contemporaries.

Edit: To be clearer, in reference to 'not doing a good job of it', I mean that there hasn't been a lot of change brought about by threatening the government with force of arms, despite the last decade containing a lot of incursions to civil rights or things like gerrymandering.
Is this the Mother Jones dataset you were talking about?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-m...

I made a detailed visualization of it @ http://www.caerusgeo.com/surveys/299/public
The big ROI is of course in not pissing of their 60Kwh customer base.
Just to note: it did say there was no sound in Safari, but it was silently edited after the comment edit/delete window on parent ended. Odd you can't even delete comments that no longer apply after the edit window.
Multiplying averages doesn't work for general distributions. (It probably works out mostly alright here.)
Also, I wonder how many people here realize that supporting this tap-release-tap gesture requires adding a forced delay to tap recognition.

After a single tap happens, you can't react instantly because it's not yet known if the user will tap a second time until some threshold time (around 200 ms) passes. Alternatively, something else can gets in the way (e.g. quickly tap anywhere else to "break the combo" and skip the 200 ms tap delay).

It's not a big drawback in this particular case (tapping on things on the map makes the pin appear slightly delayed), but it's important to realize the negative effects of recognizing more elaborate gestures.
Wow.. what a mess hahaha http://rakuten.co.jp .. This is fun.
I've read this article but think that author failed to make a point. A few gags is not enough and I obviously lack context.
Who cares? That's what disruptive innovations do. They destabilize and mostly eliminate the incumbents. The future is everyone having their own energy source at home, fully decentralized, without the need for "power companies". I'm thinking even beyond solar here, although solar will definitely be the majority of this in the next few decades.
For the Stanford Introduction to AI course, I was at about 1.7x to 1.8x, depending on who was speaking and how fast they were talking; but I had to use a combination of pitch-shifting and non-pitch-shifting audio speedups to get that far.
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Thanks, I found this really helpful. As a side note, I had no idea what matrix parameters were or that they even existed before reading this.
HTML5 image editor - similar to Adobe Photoshop released
Get one of these shiny ASIC systems, CPU mining is dead since ages and GPU mining won't be profitable in a year, give or take a couple months.
Everest launches a startup within a startup, code named: Project Pink Elephant
http://everest.com/about
Android Dev Portal "Add New Awesome Application"

http://nirvanatikku.tumblr.com/post/46785199420/add-new-awes...