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I'm not anti-Kaggle, but this is not the future.

Credible people will do one or two competitions because they care about the problem, and because they want to establish themselves well enough to get better jobs, etc. If it works for them, great. If it doesn't, they'll get bored and quit. In that case, the best people leave and you have a ghetto.

Right now, Kaggle makes sense because "data science" is still an ill-defined field but a lot of people want to get into it, and no one knows what it means or takes to get in, so people will try things out to see what happens.

If Kaggle wants to stay in play for the long term, they'll need to get really good at connecting talented people with very high-quality jobs.

There is something that I don't think all of the hiring-related startups get yet: as things are, there's such a shortage of quality jobs. That's a 5-year existential threat to the whole business model. What happens when people realize that these sexy startup jobs are just corporate jobs with better marketing? What happens when the dream dies? Right now, high-quality jobs are too rare for the hiring startups (unless the genuinely change the economy) to prevent people from getting just as disillusioned with these new services as they are with headhunters. Now, that's not because there's an intrinsic limit on interesting work (see: Lump of Labor fallacy) but we'd have to overthrow the management of a whole industry to change that.

Now, data science. It is attractive right now because it carries with it a promise of what software engineering was supposed to deliver but, for most people, doesn't: interesting work, implicit respect, autonomy. I feel like data scientist in many companies means "software engineer who gets dibs on the most interesting projects". I'm afraid that title inflation into the data science field might dilute that, however.

What we really need is to fire 90+ percent of software managers and trust engineers to pick their own projects and call some shots. I don't know how to turn that into a specific startup idea, but it will solve a lot of problems.
That's lots of money nowadays.
Right? I don't see how this helps.
False dilemma. One can pursue respect at the same time one works for a fairer system.
I think this as well. Why did Linode describe themselves as being the ones advised, rather than Linode being the one to inform law enforcement of the breach?
Given this, it's a wonder that people try to beat the market and invest in products they don't understand. Index funds are government bonds are much better for the so called "dumb money."
Spot on about a lot of it being unconscious assumptions, not premeditated evil.

But that doesn't make it any different from the point of view of the recipient of such treatment. In some ways it's worse, because people don't even _realize_ how they're treating you, which they sure would if they were doing it on purpose.

This sort of subconscious cultural assumption is _exactly_ how discrimination can easily happen even when no one is explicitly out to get anyone else, and is one of the most important things to try to address...
Can you elaborate on why you think it is cheaper? It's always appeared to me that you pay a hefty premium for compute resources on AWS (at least compared to Linode).
When you introduce a new commodity, like Bitcoin, there will be a speculative period like this.

Nobody knows how useful it is, how much people will like it. However, they are guessing that in the future, as more people hear about it, more people than now will use and like it.

At some point this growth curve of speculative investment will peak. The utility-for-transactions curve will "catch up with" it.

Of course, that stability will in and of itself make it more viable and hence more valuable, so it is all told quite a complex dynamic, as that affect will need to be factored in by investors ahead of time.
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The bombs ended up being about 45% of revenue, so I think that financially that's a "success". Of course the total revenue is still not great, but I think that has more to do with the overall appeal and/or visibility of the game than saying that bombs failed.

But yes, the bombs still bother me from an ethical point of view.

I think freemium / consumable IAPs can work, in a way that leaves players feeling like it was worth their money. However I don't think they really suit the 'gameplay' of ZOS (it's not even really a game - more of a toy).

A while ago I read this article, which talks about the risks of optimizing for short-term revenue at the expense of increasing player churn and ultimately losing out in the long term: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/188197/the_metrics_are...

In the next update for ZOS I'm planning to make the bombs free. I think they were an interesting experiment - they earned a bit of money and were an interesting learning experience. However ultimately I've learned that IAPs don't make sense for the type of game that ZOS is.
Ask HN: Isn't Bitcoin similar to a Ponzi scheme?
I would hate to say this but either it is one, or looks just like one. There will be losers and winners in this case. People who bought them early cash out and earn a huge profit. So where does the profits come from? Thin air? From people who buy them at a higher price. And how do they cash out without making a loss? By cashing out at a higher prices when other people are buying.

It's almost like a never ending cycle until maybe bitcoin prices reaches infinity and beyond. Someone has to win and someone will lose. You can't have everyone becoming bitcoin millionaires. Big issue now is bitcoin prices are dropping fast. So good luck to those still holding on to those hot potatoes. Cheers.
From an engineering stand point it cuts down on spam and false comments. If you have your name tied to a review chances are you are going to be more honest. Don't get me wrong anonymity is extremely important on the web, but you can't deny that it is abused. Look at the current state of YouTube. YouTube has some of the nastiest comments around. Instead of censoring, Google had an idea to tie your name to your comments. If you read comments by users using their name they aren't saying things like "Go f* yourself you fing fg. I f*ed your mother last night". The truth of the matter is everyone loves to attack Google for Google+, but the real threat to anonymity are companies that write and sponsor bills like SOPA, PIPA, and CISPA.
I bet if Email Marketing was one of the options, it'd be really up there.
The dial tone actually ends after the first digit is dialed. However, this is a significant digit, especially for older equipment.

If you pressed 0, you would get the operator immediately. No phone numbers could begin with zero.

If you pressed 1, you would be connected to a long distance trunk and an area code would then be expected. No local prefixes could begin with 1.

If you pressed any other number it was a local call.

Also, on analog networks, maximum modem speed was 56kbps. 64k was the theoretical maximum, but the FCC placed limits on the amount of power you could have in certain frequency bands on the line -- hence 56k was the maximum speed.

On a purely digital network, like ISDN, you could receive 64kbps on each channel.
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> 1) There are tons of decent email services out there.

Honestly, no, not really. It's especially not true if you want to avoid one of the main problems with Google products (ad targeting). Gmail itself is actually pretty poor IMHO as it is, though. The UI drives me crazy sometimes. So I may eventually go to a cheap paid service and also get rid of ads too.

> 2) GoogleTalk, who uses that?

Me and a number of my close friends.
I'm glad to see Linode is keeping an eye out for its customers, nothing wrong with that.
Sadly it sort of bugs out when the commit messages are really long: http://starlogs.net/#torvalds/linux
Or you can note it, hope that people try and do better, and simultaneously work on doing interesting things (which, incidentally, Rachel seems to be doing).
Sure you may buy stuffs with your coins but with the current outlook, it looks like a bomb that may explode in your face. the value of bitcoin is almost predictable as you rolling a dice. You won't want to be holding any.
Why I predict Bing will overtake Google in 5 years
Bing is far superior than google when you're searching for porn

1. Google hides video searches from their toolbar

2. Bing shows relevant keywords for the shit you want to see

3. Bing embeds most of the tube site videos so that you don't have to actually visit the porn sites

4. A third of all search queries are porn related

5. Bing image/video search for porn is A LOT BETTER

6. Google is actively trying to clean up porn from their search results (default strict setting)

Go fucking check it out yourself if you don't believe me. I don't even bother with google anymore when i'm searching for porn. I only use google for mainstream shit.
The wording they use makes it sound like the attackers compromised some Linode service to gain access to a specific customers machine rather than that customer themselves being exploited. If it was just a compromise of that customer there would obviously be no need for this announcement or resetting of passwords. At the very least they don't know which it was.
So, I understand that FOSS is great and we all want more open software because there are tangible benefits to working with open software.

I'm less clear on why API's shouldn't be copyrightable. An API isn't just a few lines of code. It's often an intense creative endeavor that ultimately represents a very specific (sometimes innovative) way of looking at the world. Sometimes, those views are uniquely terrible or uniquely elegant... but what's clear is that they are not "natural" in the way that a mathematical equation or physical law may be. It's clearly an act of creation, at least in my mind.

With that in mind... What are the best reasons to deny copyrights to API authors in a legal system that allows writers (who create intense creative endeavors representative of very specific and often innovative ways of looking at the world) copyright protections?

(Mind: I'm not against reforming said legal system; however, given the status quo, I'm not convinced about the differentiation between an API and a written work as creative (and copyrightable) works.)

(Disclaimer: I'm a huge fan of open source and being as "free" as possible. I love Creative Commons and fiercely enjoy the freedoms that FOSS can provide to developers and consumers. I think that API's are something that should be open rather than closed, but I don't think that means that all API's MUST be copyleft / public domain.)
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didn't run into any gotchas, but I tested things very thoroughly before going into production.

to the contrary- deploying static binaries (instead of the erlang environment) simplified things nicely, in my opinion. to be fair, i (personally) don't have the requisite experience tuning BEAM which probably biases my preference.

while relatively high volume, our usage of RabbitMQ was straightforward and covered by the functionality offered in NSQ.

like most, we were using AMQP.. so the switch to NSQ's concise wire protocol (and the associated reduction in pkt/s) saved us a lot of pain given the highly-variable performance we see in the EC2 network.
Pay surges for mobile app developers
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You are completely correct, and I was wrong. My sincere apologies for filling the net with misinformation. Thanks for pointing out the correction, and I now better see what you are saying.
In a nutshell, I'd say it's probably because native apps use core mobile OS services (like sound), and web apps don't (for the most part).
I gave up of tmux. Now I just use iterm2 split pane. It's working fine for me.
Background for those who missed it the first time:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bearlove-good-cancer-bad?w...

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter
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The NSA already has their own chip fab.
Hear hear! _why, if you're listening, joelmichael speaks for many/most of us: we just wish you'd come back. You don't have to be a character. We'd just like to have _you around.
While I've never followed either of the stories that closely, isn't that fairly similar to what happened with Zed Shaw? Only in Zed's case he ended up finding a happy home in the Python community vs. completely disappearing from the face of the earth forever.
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US dollar and economy prospered for last 40 years with its power to print paper money without anything to back it. with 2 trillion dollars debt, US Paper money is now worth the paper and this bubble will burst someday , so people are going behind a currency with some Mathematical principles .
Not sure why HN is full of so many fair-weather friends these days. Then again your account is only a few days old. I don't wanna sound like an old geezer telling you to get off my lawn, but you should really read the guidelines for posting on HN. For the sake of genuine discussion and just better social behavior in general. Could you say this out loud to a bunch of other hackers with a straight face?
>First, the decline in sales in the sugary soft drink industry is only remotely connected to their social media advertising. It is a widely reported phenomena that is usually attributed to a more health-conscious society and a widening array of beverage choices.

Pepsi is falling way faster than the other major players though. Last year, Dr Pepper was down 0.5% , Coke down 1%, Pepsi down 2.5%. Pepsi's share fell 0.4. This has been the (general) trend ever since they started pulling dollars from TV and began spending big on viral marketing, social media, giveaways and rebranding in 2008

http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2013.pdf

http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2012.pdf

http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2011.pdf

http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2010.pdf

http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2009.pdf
Any idea on what the erased bit on DESOLEE is after the end? Looks very clearly like something was written there, but I can't make it out.. something about 'three' or maybe 'there'.
On one hand, I love Linode. It's a sweet Linux box in the cloud.

On the other hand, I have a hard time using it for anything sensitive. Quotes like "We have implemented all appropriate measures to provide the maximum amount of protection to our customers." somehow don't reassure me.
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Yeah... I was going to add this. When you're making X, but you can see making 2X in a year or two, you're very reluctant to let it go. It's just human nature (and you also don't tend to consider the outcomes where you don't make 2X, or the opportunity cost.)
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There should be a standard, anonymously awardable prize for people that manage to enrage a large collective subgroup of the internet. Sort of a little silver "Met the internet, didn't like it, moved on." plaque. If someone can come up with a clear, pithy, non-malicious phrasing, that is at least 17.3 times better than my clumsy suggestion, I'll fabricate such a plaque and send it to Mr. Carreon as an award.
At the risk of sounding rude, he kinda brought this on himself. And I'm quite astounded a guy who's supposed to be well versed in law, particularly in the internet arena and in freedom of speech, would go this far. All he had to do was admit a mistake and let bygones be bygones.

Also, his wife is nuts! Anyone see the meant-to-disparage "poetry" on her forum?
http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com is the best real-time bitcoin chart that I have found so far.
Economists who don't agree with Keynes aren't credible because they're not the majority? I prefer science over mob mentality.
Rude? You sound logical and sane. This asshole deserved every piece of the judgement and quite frankly a whole lot more. He's identical in nature to the patent trolls plaguing our entire industry.
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It is unfortunate. You're right, logistically it's impossible to screen people. Technically you could do criminal background checks, but I don't know if animal rescues have the resources for that; or what the blow back would be. And even then, like you said, these people could be rehabilitated and just want a dog -- which in itself can be therapeutic. It's complex.

I call all of the pit bull breeds pit bulls (or pits or pibbles) despite the definition being vague. It'd be a bit awkward to walk around in public and say, "check out that Staffordshire bull terrier." I just think lumping all the breeds into one group when citing bite statistics is misleading.
The ring that the caller hears is basically just a recording. And yes, that's it's purpose.. so you know it's doing something before it's actually completed.

It's the telecom equivalent of the loading pinwheel.
>I'm curious if anyone has tried anything like this before? I'd love some guidance or thoughts.

This is proving quite hard to articulate as I try to find a way to visualize it.

To me...

Thoughts are like threads to follow and your wall is faceted shell. Each of these facets carries a kind of gravity which pulls on your thread.

Facets you have accepted without understanding appear solid, a barrier. When you run into one you have hit the wall.

Facets where you have no concept are wide open and you're free to follow your thread, but you risk finding yourself adrift with no reference asking for your thread to become tangled.

Facets where you have greater understanding are revealed to be a lattice, full of gaps to thread through and continue exploring.

You don't "leave" the shell, there's always another layer that might be completely new or something you've passed through many times before.

Imagination/discovery is the act of continually finding the gaps.

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Personally, I've always done a lot of visualizing. As an adult I've come to recognize close similarities to what I do in the visualization techniques of Stoicism and general thought experiments.

One exercise I find quite useful is to avoid resorting to references for things I don't understand, to turn first toward visualizing how to create whatever it is that's puzzling me - to "search for the gaps" and see where I end up.
Depends. HN works best with Safari's minimum font size, which nicely brings all the fonts to a uniform, readable size. For every other site I use ZoomBySite to find the zoom level at which the layout starts working.
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Turns out, you pay for it, just not in money.
It's more like the value determines the mining cost. The coins are created at a fixed rate, and the difficulty of creating them adjusts to the total computation being spent on the task.

As the value of the created coins go up, miners can afford to spend more on the effort in an attempt to capture a bigger share.
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wow, that brings back memories of 1994
Pretty cool--I've been interested in finding new ways to exercise my mind recently. I have pretty bad ADHD/laziness, so it's hard to commit to doing such things regularly, but I'm hoping that meditation as well as these sorts of exercises will help with that.

Another fascinating set of exercises (that I became aware of reading an article on Ithkuil, an invented language, that was on here a little while ago) is "deconcentration of attention". There's a simple website at http://deconcentration-of-attention.com/, which happens to talk about its applications to software engineering. It's somewhat similar to meditation, and focuses on harnessing the parallelism of the subconscious mind to think more non-linearly.

It seems pretty out-there, and I'm not sure if anybody has really had any success with it, but just reading the exercises is quite intriguing to me (e.g. try to hear "red" in your head, visualize "red" without the word, and then try to feel "red" without visualizing it). Another exercise I thought of after reading the page (and which is quite hard for me, it turns out), is to count in your head without subconsciously speaking/hearing the numbers.
Tesla may have been grandiose not only in this thinking - his underdog genius certainly has kept that alive.

Visualizing something you are thinking about (a problem you are trying to solve for instance) goes well beyond an obvious "image" of what is going on. As a coder you probably know what it feels to be in the zone when you are working on something that truly engages and challenges you - you have immediate access to all aspects of your project and your knowledge and experiences come effortlessly into play in figuring out the way forward.
This is actually very interesting, I am glad this has been posted. As a kid, I would cover my eyes with my hands to create darkness, or sometimes put my face into a pillow or even do what Tesla did in putting a slight pressure onto my eyes with my fingers.

I would start to see shapes and just be thinking I could change the color and contort these shapes. Strangely, I never knew how I did it. If I tried too hard it would not work, I would have to let my mind run on its own, and give it a slight nudge every now and then consciously.

In college, when I was trying really hard to visualize a project I was working on I would do the same, I would put pressure on my eyes and try to make it as dark as possible so that I could see what I was trying to imagine, and it helped!

I had no idea others do this as well, this is very cool. Some forms of meditation will be very useful for this I think.
It's life amongst a slice of immature people. It's not inherent, and there are plenty of work cultures where it doesn't happen.

Unfortunately, in an industry of anti-social children who have never been valued for much more than their code, it's the default developmental pathology. Which brings us back to the point of the article: why don't women work in tech? Because tech's culture blows, and nobody does a damned thing to change it, for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

Let's assume that the author's perception of the meeting situation is completely correct, and that things went down exactly as described. Who failed? The other "engineers" failed, of course...but more importantly, the manager failed. It was an epic fail, in fact: the manager should have stepped in when he noticed that one of the quieter employees was being closed out of a discussion. The manager should have done something to control the tenor of the meeting to help ensure that it wasn't a ridiculous, shouted free-for-all. The manager should have pulled the other participants aside and told them that their performance scores would suffer if they continued to behave like a cage full of juvenile howler monkeys.

Did the manager do that? Not even close. The manager scolded the marginalized employee for asserting herself so that she could make her (correct!) point. That's just incredibly fucked up, and it doesn't sound like a productive work environment for anyone. I've been on her side of the table more than one time in this industry, and nothing is more demotivating.
Interesting, I think having sound effects gives a significant advantage to native apps because it creates a more stimulating experience.