skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I worked at livemocha as an intern back in 2008. It was a hip startup company. There were maybe 20 employees. They had a ping-pong table in the office. The CEO invited everyone to his home to watch the World Cup and eat bbq.

I remember celebrating their 1,000,000th user. There was something special about being able to run SQL queries on 1,000,000 users. The whole system, then, ran on cake PHP code.

One of the things I remember is that they had a wall of the weird requests and things they got from users. One was a man that masqueraded as a hot chick and then messaged himself sexy messages from a different account but the same IP. Another I remember was an eloquent and irate englishman who insisted we use words like colour instead of color.
Mozilla releases Firefox 20
The hyperfocus phenomenon is symptomatic of those that suffer with ADD. I've always likened my brain to a lawnmower where you have to pull the cord 20 times just to get it started; but once you get going, you can zero in for hours at a time. And you get really grumpy when someone interupts you from what you're doing. (OK maybe the latter is just my experience)

And yeah, I share the difficulties in traditional academia with all of you. It can be almost impossibly hard to concentrate on getting a task done (irrespective of difficulty) if you don't have buy-in as far as what you're doing. School was one of those things for me, day jobs another. I drift constantly and find it hard not to think about the project I'm working on while at the day job.
Jack Paul Sartre?
It seems very risky to base your core business on a language that's only been around for two years. Sometimes web development seems to be more volatile than the fashion industry.
I have Kaiser HMO in California. I think it's awesome, and the best health care I've ever had.

I'm also from Canada, so I'm comfortable with the idea of socialized medicare. However, when I compare stories between me and my friends in Canada, there really is no comparison. I basically pay a $20-30 co-pay per visit (something that was completely foreign to me when I first moved to the US), and then anything and everything gets done for me. I have never experienced the horror stories you hear about where insurance companies try to opt for cheaper treatments or deny services to save money. Any test or procedure I needed, or even asked about, I could get.

The longest I waited for things like a MRI was 2 days, and 9 days for an endoscopy. My doctor was willing to get me a CT scan the next day for this stomach problem I had. My friends in Canada have waited 4 months for an MRI and 3 months for a CT scan. My dad had to wait about 6-8 weeks to get a pacemaker installed, even though his heart was stopping for 5-10 seconds several times a day. Seeing a specialist takes months in Canada vs days with Kaiser. On weekends, if I get sick I don't have to wait in Emergency for hours like in Canada, I can just set up an appointment at one of the hospitals and see a GP in around 30-45 mins, and they have full access to all my medical records.

The downside is that when I'm out of a Kaiser area, I have to pay out of pocket unless it's an emergency (I believe). The only time I felt vulnerable was when my family was out of state, and they didn't have Kaiser facilities there.
It isn't loading the right article?!

Got it: http://qz.com/69630/how-to-short-bitcoins-if-you-really-must...
My first question is... why would you want to do this?
There are a ton of reasons for which someone might not respond to unsolicited quotes, and I'll do my best to explain. Without seeing the specific email you sent, it's all guesswork though.

1) Freelancers are generally busy right now, and it's hard to keep up with potential customers that may or may not work out when you're already bouncing time between two or three active, paying customers that are a known-good quantity. This leads into,

2) Lots of freelancers aren't set up to be agencies. The main difference between a freelancer and an agency is that an agency has someone following up on potential work while there is someone different actually doing the work. For non-agencies, this means that every customer I'm ironing out terms with or trying to get a sale from is time away from paying customers and real money in lieu of potential money. Obviously, it costs a lot more to work with an agency because now you are paying for at least two people, and also paying for the time that gets wasted, but it is generally the more reliable way to go if you can afford it.

3) If you mention a specific toolset (e.g., Rails, Django) in your message, it might be that the folks you're sending to either aren't familiar with that toolset, or they don't think it's appropriate for the task, or in some cases, I've seen people simply avoid working with customers that asked for a specific toolset. The logic there is that people who ask for things like Rails, but that aren't competent to build the thing themselves, often don't know what they're asking for and that could be in indicator of a difficult client. Obviously this may not be the case, you may simply have another codebase that it needs to work with, or y'know, any of a hundred different reasons that you actually need something written in Rails, but that is the perception I've sometimes seen.

Obviously if I don't know your toolset, I can't help you. I've worked with a lot of customers on a lot of different technologies. I could build something in Django, Flask, or pretty much any Python Framework, Node, Express, or pretty much any new JS frameworks, etc., Java, .Net, but if you ask for Rails, I'd have to (at the least) tell you that I don't have any recent experience in it, and I don't really love it. The better freelancers will at least try to refer you to someone else they know, but many of them might just as quickly assume that there are a million Rails freelancers out there, and you're likely to find one with the very next email.

All this, and I haven't even mentioned budget yet. People have their preferred budget ranges. Some guys like small projects, some guys prefer 3-6 month projects, etc. If you specifically mention budget, it might easily be that your budget thoughts are too small for the work at hand.

Anyway, hope this helps.
What would a micro instance do if the load increases to that degree? Does it actually crash or try to do some scaling? I'm a bit green to aws.
Resume on steroids (work in progress):

http://ipythondemo-zemanel.rhcloud.com/1f98e2af-dfdd-4ba5-a5...
I've been thinking about this recently too, and I think this is an area which is ripe for a language feature.

Currently we have 3 (ugly) options:

1: Validate before method call (bad for obvious reasons)

2: Validate immediately within method (does the job, but looks ugly).

3: Add some kind of pre-processing via method annotations which will do the validation for you.

Wouldn't it be better if we could assert the validation requirements directly within the method definition?

For example:

public boolean doSomethingFor(10 > int iterations > 0)...

Obviously this isn't the most concise example, but I think it demonstrates the point. I guess the problem with this is it makes future changes to the preconditions confusing / difficult - depending upon how exactly this feature would end up being implemented. I'm imagining that this wouldn't interfere directly with the method signature, and would instead be turned into code much like the one in the example during compilation.
I'm really digging the concept of putting a twist on the traditional to-do list. Categorization and prioritization are still there, the items themselves are just thoughts rather than discreet action items. Very cool and very likely useful to a wider audience than just those with ADD.
Just in case: if you like ncat and networking tools check out also scapy http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/demo.html
Good point, and a reasonable objection to my suggestion (not very deeply thought out, I must admit). I would need to look at some numbers, but I do seem to recall that "major" care, comprising stuff like hospital visits, surgeries, chronic conditions, and end-of-life care, takes such a large percentage of the total healthcare spending that scrimping on regular doctors' visits, which are quite cheap in comparison, may be counterproductive.
>An artificial scarcity of what?

scarcity of option to format change, timeshifts, rebroadcasting, and choice.

Broadcast tv (discounting DVR's) has set times for set programs, and i do not want that - it was only recently that recording broadcast TV was made legal in australia (can't recall how long ago off top of my head).
This sounds great.

Parallels + pirated windows 8 isn't too hard to set up, but for any billable rate, $25 is a good deal.
As somebody who has ADHD (Please start using the correct acronym.) I feel it is my obligation to make it absolutely clear to everyone that there is nothing beneficial about ADHD. If we are successful with ADHD, then we would only be more successful if we didnt have ADHD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUQu-OPrzUc
With the coverage the Bitcoin exchange rate has been getting, this was just a matter of time.
Round robin. DNS queries give out the IP of different servers if one happens to go down, or to keep the load minimal across all of them. Amazon Route 53 works well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_DNS
I just switched to Piwik and regret not doing it sooner. http://thecrumb.com/2013/03/29/breaking-up-with-google-analy...
May I ask you to kindly explain what "GP" means? I think I've been outside of the realm of English English for too long...
After taxes :(
GS Design in Milwaukee, WI is hiring a full-time backend developer. Must be on-site.

GS Design offers an incredible work environment, generous compensation and benefits, and the opportunity to work with a national client roster including Harley-Davidson, Mercury Marine, SRAM Corporation, Showtime and more.

Most of our work is in Python and PHP, and we use Django, Drupal, and Wordpress. Our projects are client-focused and varied - web applications, custom content management, and service integration. We're looking for a flexible, pragmatic generalist who can handle multiple projects and shifting requirements.

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I really wished when people posted to complain about their situation they would give more details.

Where do you live? Can you take freelance work? Available to travel if opportunity arises?

At the moment I don't have any leads but if I know where you are located at least, I could try and see if I (and others here I'm sure) could help.
Nobody likes raisins that much.
As adults, do we really need to be reminded not to slam doors? It is essentially a tantrum, and while feeling frustrated or ridiculously annoyed is perfectly normal, it should be expected of us as adults to respond to these situations without blowing up. Whether in relationships or a job, 'slamming the door' is nearly guaranteed to make one look like the immature one in the conflict.
It seems there are better alternatives to netcat, i.e. socat and ncat. Why should I choose either? I'd like to learn how to use such a tool, but I'm not a CS major.
Bitcoin alternatives
Email me, corey@stevenhallen.com
Everything is proprietary!! that is our big advantage.

Data store code name "Saycron" sits on the Demanjo's Distributed file system.

Indexing -- > uses a data structure i call "Octo-tree" Outperforms any multidimensional index i came across in any academic papers.

Web server -- > Code name "SlimAPE". simple non blocking.

Web framework -- > Code name "HerikX".

I will write about all of these technologies later on my blog whenever i get to setting up one.
There is a similar site in Russia: http://auto.yandex.ru/
I have always been told by my doctors that I have ADHD because there is a component of hyperactivity in addition to my ADD.
It's cool. Like I said, I'm sure you're not alone.

Also, you make a very good point. We never expected to have to pause, but we should have put more focus on making sure people never felt their data was trapped, even in the very beginning.

In fact, you've managed to convince me that proper data export should be the very next feature we add.
Granted, the OP indicates that indeed it is difficult to get advanced pricing because it entails asking the doctor for the code, then checking with the insurance company.

But what's stopping people from voluntarily posting the procedure_code=>price information they obtain? Are there contractual/legal reasons that prevent you from sharing that information? If patients get that price in the normal course of getting healthcare, then why not share it all, and force transparency in the market?
Judge: Facebook must see Timelines Inc in court over trademark
I see WU looking at things like Bitcoin more to minimize transmission time and interbank exchange fees on the foreign exchange market. WU can then control the float time and the margins on exchange rates.
Building an Image Slideshow UI Switcher with jQuery
One sticking point in my mind is that people always seem to conflate our pharmaceutical and medical technology industry with our healthcare and health insurance system, which are different areas completely.

They think that if we don't have the expensive, privately-held bureaucratic system we do, then GE can't charge what it does for its MRI and CT scanner machines and exit the market, and then Grandma will die a horrible, painful death in a ditch outside Waukegan. Or, if pharmaceuticals don't charge insured patients $10000 a dose of some new drug, that our system will collapse because no one will make medicine in America ever again (never mind that 5 of the top 10 largest drug makers are outside of the US in countries that have abundantly socialist healthcare systems).
Most of the problems I see with the system are inherent in the idea of attempting to socialize costs using the model of "insurance". For example, a friend of mine was born with a heart defect. No rational free-market insurance would sell him coverage at any price he could possibly pay, because the expected lifetime cost is quite high. The only real way to deal with such cases is to spread them across a large population, so people not born with heart defects subsidize those who were (and likewise for other major issues). But of course the population has to be selected in a way that is reasonably representative, rather than only the least healthy people opting in. The three traditional non-adverse-selected populations are: 1) the entire population of a country (the socialized-medicine solution); 2) the members of a large union; or 3) the employees of large corporations (the U.S. solution of employer-tied group plans).

But #3 is showing cracks as corporate-jobs-for-life get less common. In a world where you change jobs more frequently, now there are messes of coverage gaps, COBRA, etc. Not to mention that this arrangement discourages freelancing and entrepreneurship, since you must work for a large corporation with a group plan to be part of a health-care pool, a connection that otherwise seems rather arbitrary (why should where you get risk-pooled for health-care purposes depend on who you work for? only because corporation-tied pools are a way of minimizing adverse selection in the pool).
What are you posting people's names publically on the internet. Please remove that comment.
That is how it was explained to me by a flight attendant. Obviously it doesn't matter if the blinds are down when it is dark outside, but the sun will come up sooner than some sleeping people expect/want it to. And if you happen to fall asleep with your blind up, by the time you wake up to put it down, it will be too late--the light will already be flooding in on everyone else.

A seat light is much dimmer and more focused than sunlight flooding in through an open window, so it's less disturbing to sleeping passengers.

On flights where it was known that we would be landing in darkness or dusk, they didn't care if the blinds were up--since the passengers would have to wake up to egress anyway.
The point is that these Ivy League schools come with networks, which are more important than the education itself. When you are part of such a network, you are more likely to be considered for high-ranking positions.

I don't disagree with that, but I think the value of that may be overstated. That's all I'm saying. Again, I would not try to tell somebody to not attend an Ivy League school... what I'm saying is that there is plenty of evidence that one can attend a non-Ivy League school, even the oft-derided "State university" and still have a good chance at an amazing career. Not just a good career mind you, but amazing, as I would consider making it to the level of "S&P 500 CEO" to be pretty dang amazing.

So, if you're just starting out, just out of high-school, and you know that you absolutely want to be CEO of a S&P 500, or Fortune 500 company one day, then by all means, do everything in your power to get into Harvard or Stanford or Yale or Princeton or Brown or Columbia or something. It can't hurt. BUT... if you're willing to accept, say, only being CEO of a multi-million dollar company that nobody has ever heard of, you certainly aren't out of the running if you go to a State university. And, as seen above, you aren't even out of the running for the S&P 500 gig either. Maybe you'd have to work a little harder, or have a little more luck to get there, but it obviously can be done.
I think this made an appearance here some time back, as well... [AR Drone + Node]
https://github.com/felixge/node-ar-drone
current amature manufacturing tech is way below par when copmpared with industrial manufacturing tech.

When downloading digital media, the reproduction is perfect, and takes no effort. Current home kits for making things are far from perfect, and takes a lot more effort in comparison to digital media reproduction. This is why 3D printing hasn't really taken off. When the day you can recreate a perfect car/bike/toaster like the one you buy from a shop, printed at home with a click of a button, then you'd see the car manufacturers sueing people for laser scanning their model/designs and uploading it - just the same as the media conglomerates doing so right now.

When the masses can perform what used to be the domain of the specialists, the specialists would necessarily have to disappear.
You could check out http://www.baselinecss.com which uses a lineheight + top to push text down.
That may be true in the past, but according to study, who your parents are matters more in US than in most other developed countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility
Does this mean you need to be a registered Apple Developer (with the ID and all the jazz..)? I can't get to the site to check, it keeps timing out.
a web page. pretty a.w.e.s.o.m.e
My Adventures in China Social Media by Kai Fu Lee
I sent you an email. My portfolio is at madebyargon.com
I'm not sure this is a good idea. From first communications HR may remember him as the programmer with a stammer, and will have some time to give the condition undeserved attention. Yet there's even no guarantee that the interviewer will be aware of that conversation (especially with larger companies, AFAICT).
This sure sounds like April 1 joke, but, I get that developer(s) wanted something even more innovative then brunch and coffeescript. Like arkitaip said, it is a very risky move.
Wow, really? That's impressively bad.

Over here we have a Bismarck health system (baseline coverage is publicly funded, supplementary insurances are available from the same companies for a premium), and the last time I had to go see the doctor it was free. I think I paid 15 NIS (about $4 USD) to fill the antibiotic prescription my doctor gave me.

America really needs to fix its health-care system, by now its decay has become incredibly low-hanging fruit. You have the rest of the civilized world to cherry-pick for efficient, caring health systems!
I was speaking anecdotally, both from my experiences and the many experiences I've read about online. Modafinil is a great replacement for sleep once in a while, but repeated usage ends up making it useless. It's not that you don't notice the effects, more like you notice the lack of them. Still tired, unable to focus, etc.
Ask HN: How would you pay for a Dev Bootcamp type class?
Hey everyone. I was recently accepted into the coding dojo boot camp in Mountain View, CA. This is great news but now I need to find a way to pay for it. I have saved up around $1500 but the class itself is $7500 and I live in Ann Arbor so I would have to move out there for the summer which is a whole lot more money. I set up an indiegogo campaign (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/coding-dojo-tuition if you wanted to help) which raised $300 so far (from my family). I was just wondering what you all would do if you were in my situation. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
I'm noticing that there have been a whole lot of discussions/articles on HN recently relating to ADD/ADHD. Do a significant amount of founders have this disorder? I'm wondering what's the explanation here.
I think "General Practitioner".
A Sandwich, a Startup, and Soon, a Lawsuit? The Crunchbutton Story
A General Practitioner, your primary care doctor. Don't think thats "English English" I call my doc here in the U.S. that too.
The Jet Stream, which at times blows nearly west to east across the continental U.S., and can provide a powerful tail wind to jet aircraft. This is why the parent post references "depending on weather conditions."
Agreed. There is also scientific research that proves white noise can help. Good instrumental music is not far off from that.
Yeah, that's the same data I've seen. Life-saving and end-of-life care is usually the most expensive, so the long-term rational way to save money (private and public) ends up being to prevent major health problems from occurring at all.
What I've Learned From A.D.D
I don't think age is relevant to be valued and compensated for your ability to be productive and creative.

Your mindset is everything and don't let irrelevant thinking to cripple in.

There are plenty of posts on HN from bright ninjas feeling depressed about their 20-something "old" ages and "lost" opportunities.

Age is irrelevant, mindset and attitude (is it the same thing?) is everything.
I've love to try Here.com, however their home page isn't even rendering properly right now. They are serving a completely unstyled page that has totally broken their maps component. I can't even see a map on the page.. There is no style, and apparently no behavior attached to a white page with black text.

Is the internet trying to teach us a timely lesson with this broken site? :p (semi-tongue-in-cheek)
Twitter acquired Vine when it was just a web page.
Nvidia unveils Minority Report-style face-bot tech (2 Teraflops)
That's an interesting article, but unfortunately all the videos have been taken down :(
I'm not cherry-picking anything, I'm just relating what's in the study. And while all state schools may not be equivalent that isn't the point... the point, at least the point I was getting at is this: There is an existence proof (multiple ones, actually) that you don't need to have attended an Ivy League school to become the CEO of an S&P 500 firm.

The bigger point I'd also make, going along with my reply to somebody else about how "the world is a lot bigger than the S&P 500" is that there no reason at all to think that not attending an Ivy League school means you won't be able to have a great career, even being a CEO or whatever. You might just be CEO of a sock manufacturing firm that nobody other than the employees and owners has ever heard of. But that's still a pretty damn good career compared to a lot of the alternatives. :-)