skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The news, I think, is that there is a software company (actually an institute) just for people with an ASD, with training to help them focus their {personality|condition|disability} into something positive.
Its probably more about the anonymous killing of multiple random people vs the actual number of people killed. A gun may kill many, but the shooter must do some selection of each one.
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/tony-romo-contract.html

The Cowboys are using it.
I like how the comments here are recycling Reddit from yesterday, almost word for word.

The term "WMD" being used here has a specific legal meaning which is far different from the more well-known military meaning, and is valid for the charges in question.

If it makes you feel better, imagine they charged him with "homocidial douchebaggery"...
Agreed. I'm moving to NYC and I'm realizing this fact just now knowing Instacart isn't in NYC yet.
For a long time, Agilists recommended that teams colocate as an antidote to the kinds of tepid collaborations that happen at large software teams in large companies. But collaboration tech has gotten better, and modern, nimble teams should be "built to explode" - you should be able to work together in the office, or at Starbucks, or anywhere on Earth, if you have to. Start with distribution as a goal and few physical issues will disrupt you.

This sounds great as long as you keep the spirit of the standup alive - a standup is for the whole team, not management, and should be a quick read.
Perfect example of just how crazy reporting on Apple has gotten.

In this specific case, yes... but stepping back, isn't this just as likely to be different 'journalists' doing the same non-Apple-specific thing -- skewing their reporting to suit either their assumptions or biases -- as it is to have anything at all to do with Apple?
So there is no difference between killing 3 or 4 and maiming a hundred, and killing 4 or 5 thousand and maiming ten times that many?

I must have missed where the "mass destruction" part was defined.

Don't get me wrong, if he's guilty, I'm about as hardcore as a person could be about what to do with him. I'm just trying to figure out what the hell the government has done to our criminal justice system in the name of the war on terror.

EDIT: From a friend on FB, the definition of Mass Destruction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Crim...

"other device with a charge of more than four ounces"

So a few shotgun shells in a mailbox, which is a mean, vile, lethal weapon and might easily deserve the death penalty, but now it's also a WMD?

I hate to put this so bluntly, but the only thing that this tells me is that idiots are defining legal terms.

Are there any grownups in charge of making these laws?
He allegedly made a bomb, or bombs, and maybe shot a policeman. The bombs killed a few people, including a child. He apparently had intent to set off another bomb or two. There's enough to put him away for the rest of his (useful to him) life. No need to make him any more important than he is, and no need to cheapen the acts of real honest-to-goodness war criminals.
We have accessibility coming for Firefox OS. It still need some work, but I've seen text to speech working really well last week on a target device (with 256MB of RAM).
Definitely agree with this. I, personally, do quite a bit of mixology and cooking as my non-computer based creative outlet. I get a lot of enjoyment out thinking through various combinations of ingredients and how they would interact with each other to create something new and interesting.
old-gregg makes a great observation here. The addition of a ZFS benchmark without-compression is needed to isolate the compression as a factor in the speedup.

That aside, I thought this was a wonderful article with non-intuitive findings. Very interesting, CirtusDB [edit: er, CitusDB]. :-)
It is a naive dream to think that there is a symbiotic partnership with Facebook. The power relations are evident and a Facebook app developer is at the bottom of the food chain.

It is also obvious that you never can rely solely on a 3rd party (without explicit contracts) to build your business on. [Unless you can make a lot of money very quickly but than you can as well go to Las Vegas.]

There is just too much wishful thinking. It is not that Facebook, Google or Apple is evil. It is ultimately about the interests and when there are confrontations you have to hold the right cards in your hands. Begging is not really a good business option.
The free TLDR of "Hacking Politics," the story of the SOPA protest
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Ask HN: Which startups can we visit during YC interview week?
Hi, we are one of the teams who have been invited to S13 interview stage!

As we have long wanted to learn about the startup culture in California, and this is our first time in SF, we would love to meet local startups during our visit here (we're here till the 27th).

If you are up to meeting us, feel free to reply here or at z-e-r-o@z-e-r-o.in

Thank you!
z-e-r-o and caiusg
Man... I'd actually get to an ATM, but I took during supervised visitation to see if they actually had to talk to any judgment. I don't know what is written so we could draw the appropriate details. I had the Sponge Bob Lego set. Not only did they change the social worker again - if lowering the lien can be cancelled or reduced, Windows Vista would not let that get in contact with me. Will we ever know the rest? I told her my name when I signed in today... and then cashed it and put six graveyard cards down on them and that trying to get used to have the present ability to make a deposit. This is the reason it was too much time as an and the house was not there. Maybe whoever poured stuff on my answering machine fell... and now they can't even eat a slice without it tearing and falling to pieces. She is now one of my underwear that is being hacked into, they probably figured out how much it would cost for the attic that flew off the bus. It did install when I told her that she was first soldered, but me... how important a father to a building! I walked there from 2003! Yesterday, I called my lawyer and said that I will clean the apartment tomorrow.
Most non-autistic individuals prefer if we can work in comfortable clothing, too.
Ask HN: How to enter a highly competitive market?
Hi HNRs,
I have an idea on which I have recently started to work on. But I did a little google search on the idea and learned that there its a very competitive space. Although my idea differs a little bit but combined features of all the products in market is pretty comprehensive.

The market I am aiming is the survey/market research area.

My question is should I still give it a try or is it mostly worthless to even try penetrating a highly competitive market? Please share whatever you know.

thanks
So that's why YouTube is still so flaky even on my 50Mbit connection. That's ridiculous. With a 200GB data cap, what's the point in paying for that? I use 500GB/month without even trying.

I think O2 is also just a simple reseller of Telekom's VDSL. So apparently we have a competitive market for standard DSL up to 16Mbit (if you're very lucky, but often well under 10Mbit in practice), but not for the current generation of highspeed internet.
There's a Schneier post about this from 2009:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/definition_of_...

Here's the legal code which describes a "destructive device" (passed in 1968 and amended several times):

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/921

Note that it is so broadly written that it has to specifically exclude antique muzzle-loading rifles.
So, in other words, you'd make AOL.
I've decided to implement in an RDBMS, partly because this will allow me to become familiar with the concepts of message queues at a much lower level. I'm going to try to provide a semi-generic solution so the result is usable for more than my initial implementation, but I think this will provide the most benefit to both my employer and myself. I'll be intimately familiar with the core concepts, and will then know how to parse the feature/capability lists of the various implementation available, and will then be able to make an informed decision if I need to replace the system later.

I like how writing about it forces me to crytalize my thoughts, so I'm going to write it up[1].

[1]: http://yaketyhack.blogspot.com/2013/04/rolling-your-own-mess...

P.S. I've used a similar technique before in the absence of a reliable recommendation on a technology, due to unknown constraints or otherwise. The result of that was "Don't write your own ORM if you can avoid it (unless it's just to learn)". We'll see if the same result applies here...
I used Instacart for the first time yesterday to have Trader Joe's delivered. It was awesome! Their website shopping experience could use a little TLC, but other than that it was solid.
I don't read reddit, so apologies.

I really enjoy a good bit of legal context. No doubt that trained prosecutors do things for legitimate and rational reasons.

However, there is also a role for the "peanut gallery" of uninformed speculation here. In fact, I'd argue the public perception of this stuff is 1000 times more important than the legalese.

You want a crime that's got "mass destruction" in the title, you need to demonstrate to the common man that this involves mass destruction. I don't believe that's too much to ask from the system.
It was the most content-generic palette background that was usable via a Creative Commons license that I found when doing a search for 'Congress' on Flickr.

I understood that it wasn't the Congressional building, but I didn't know what it was, and if it's a church, I didn't know that. :-\

Thanks for the praise. I fully recognize that the implementation is mediocre at best, but it was a rush job.
"All of our customers, that I know of, have selected our solution as the recognized standard for cloud information protection after a thorough evaluation, testing, and scrutiny of our product’s design and implementation by their cryptographers and key management experts."

If you had to guess, how many of CipherCloud's customers do you think keep cryptographers on staff?
You're also testing on a c1.xlarge that gives you excess CPU compared to I/O, so it's potentially biasing your results.
It's not like installing an app is so much more trouble than leaving a rating.
Thanks to techempower for putting this together. It's fantastic for me as the author of Phreeze to see how my framework stacks up, I've always been curious.

One strange thing is that Phreeze rocks on the multi-query test on the EC2 instance but on dedicated hardware does poorly. Would anyone have a clue why that would be? At the PHP level I have to admit I don't really factor in performance tuning for specific hardware - I was very surprised to see such a difference. I almost suspect the Nginx setup or something in the include path searching for too many files on one platform but not the other. Does anybody have any clues on where to look for something like that without having access to the testing hardware?
Is It Time For Programmers To Get Their Own Agents?
>I am programmer, i wan't to die, what can i do?

You DON'T want to die. I mean, you might superficially want it.

But what you really feel is that the whole "game" is BS, that the goals they have set up for you (and you might have internalized) are not worthy, that the societal structure around you is based on lies and hypocrisy etc.

Instead of dying try something else:

1) Understand that this life, the one that failed you, is not all there is. Or all there can be. Fight to change it. Now you have a purpose.

2) Get another life. Another job, another town, another country even. Nothing like a different culture to bring a new perspective. It's not impossible: millions of expats do it every day. You can even start from scratch, money wise. What do you have to lose? You were about to kill yourself anyway.
as a user I have never been more excited!! this is so awesome :)
Given the frequency of the submissions it is not hard to believe that one or two of their stories makes the front page:

https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=me...
The Internet Sales Tax Rush
So we should all stand still in time because current tech is understood by this generation?

You have to draw a line somewhere. The download has in fact been there for years now, at least since late '09. I only remember because we had to download a bunch of images and our only source without giving away a surprise was FB. I was given a bunch of crappy 70% 800x600 .jpgs and I had to show the person getting the images the download like, which at the time wasn't even in the Options menu. Users...
Why does it matter if Discount Oakley Sunglasses really enjoyed your post or not? As long as the writer feels more motivated to continue writing afterwards, then what do you possibly achieve by telling him or her that "oh, don't believe in that compliment, it's CG'd".

Yes, I agree with you that it is a sad moment when you have to break through people's ignorance make them see the ugly side of the world, but it's sad because you played the demon and offered them knowledge, not because Oakley Sunglasses gave someone a CG'd compliment.
Thanks! Would love to hear your feedback: happycustomers@instacart.com
I don't think many on the Hacker News crowd are worried about harmless cellphone radiation. At least, I hope so.
Exactly my reasoning.
Corrupt banks/copyright industry - why can they externalize business problems?
I first mistook this for their other in browser data analysis environment:
https://github.com/ContinuumIO/bokehjs

I have yet to test this, since it looks like early days yet.

Wakari is a cloud service and somewhat expensive for my needs. Though its hard to say how big an instance my data would actually require. If my Pandas experimentations don't pan out, I might have to give it a whirl.
Graet job! I'm a die-hard and long-suffering Raptors fan and would definitely peruse this page from time to time.

I'm also working on a web app in the NBA space, so I'm inspired by your work.
I don't understand what people think is wrong with the usual criminal justice system. If we can't convict someone of 3 murders, 140 attempted murders, destruction of property, using an explosive, etc... without resorting to wacky terrorism laws, then we have bigger problems.
I just realized my mistake – of not posting the original article, and not searching for it – before coming back here now. It wasn’t intended to be spammy. Sorry for that.
Citus
i believe its because they have extremely good content. Only few people are allowed to publish and most of them are pretty good tech writers or founders
Here's a quick script that spins the text.

gem install spintax_parser

ruby -rspintax_parser -ropen-uri -e 'String.send(:include, SpintaxParser); puts open("https://bit.ly/Ziv9Aw").read.gsub("\n", " ").unspin'
Now, if web browser would support custom HTTP verbs, you could map application actions to http verbs and start removing the years of work-arounds that used GET and POST to tunnel what you really wanted.
I think they are claiming that they are not using deterministic encrpytion[1], which can be used to allow searches of encrypted data, not that their software is "non-deterministic".

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic_encryption

EDIT: Or maybe you know that and I missed the joke.
Awesome! Thanks, I'm going to add it to http://verbalcommits.com
I really don't think that's the chief reason. A very tiny number of Facebook users save images locally as it is, and by switching to webp Facebook really does save them a tremendous amount of money. Also, since webp is an open format, it's not like users can't use very easy converters/viewers to make webp quite usable.

I don't feel like this move is significantly more than an economic one.
Learn faster? Clean slate? ALl that is crap. Only 1 reason the young are hired for tech:

"The young can easily pull all-nighters."
Dell neverending story: after nearly 2 months I don't have a working laptop
>platform companies like Facebook, iOS, Android

I stopped reading right there.
sounds great if your team doesn't really work together
No, wouldn't buy it.

The beginning of Part 1 looks more like a beginner programming book than a C++ book. They're important topics, but none of them are specific to C++, and they're not the reason I'm buying a C++ book.

The rest of Part 1 looks like a rehash of "Code Complete" and "Clean Code." There are already good books on those subjects, and I'm not seeing what this one adds. Might be interesting to the same people who don't know about SCM and compiler warnings, but I'm not in that demographic, and even they are probably better off in the long run going with other books.

Part 2 looks interesting, but not enough to buy the first half of the book along with it. There are other books on writing reliable multi-process/multi-threaded code (both in general and in C++), and my impression is they would go into more depth than a book that tries to be as broad as this one.

I should point out I was already predisposed to say "no" because my preference is to avoid books that tie themselves to a specific language unless I'm learning the language or the particular language has an unusual advantage for a particular thing (such as Erlang for reliable multi-processing). Unfortunately neither of those apply here, so I'd prefer the more general books on these topics.
How do they get the inventory of a costco if it isn't officially sanctioned by costco?
Do they buy the stuff on their corporate card then charge you on yours and bank off the $10 fee?
I don't live in an instacart location, so am not sure how their biz model works (sounds like peapod).
Be one of the first to try SlimSurveys
Challenged by Google Fiber, ISPs opt to hasten their downfall
Facebook has to do "anything" here, because they are the ones implementing the format. If they want users to accept the change, they need to slowly phase out jpeg via this Download button.

What is much easier? Waiting for the next version of Photoshop to come (if you need built-in support for WebP, or APNG or whatnot) and splash out $1000 on that

or making facebook put that small link on photos?

You decide.
I'm not picking on you specifically, but I think this is an example of a very common problem on HN. Someone posts a very harshly-worded negative comment. Then the OP responds to it, and the commenter walks back their comment and praises the post.

It seems like once people realize they're communicating with other real-life human beings, they are much more civil. Couldn't we try to consider that ahead of time, and avoid the off-handed negativity in the first place? It would make HN (and nonverbal communication in general) much more productive and enjoyable.

If the two comments combined fully capture your viewpoint, why not say something along the lines of, "Your advice is good and the post is fairly well-written, but it sort of comes off as a product advertisement. You cite scientific evidence, but you don't provide any sources, which makes it seem unsubstantiated."

Just a suggestion.
Probably the increase in revenue from having people signup is more than (or is expected to be more than) the loss from people opting out. They look like they're doing well so I'll assume it is working out for them.
freshdirect is in nyc, i hear its fantastic.
If you earn more than $31k a year, you're in the top 1% richest people globally
First thing that hit me when I visited the link was a huge newsletter overlay on top of the blog, with the blog grayed out in the background. I think that the blog author might be one of the people you mention (the "viral" kind) :)
It's hardly a secret.
Why I don't think parents know how to parent anymore.

For those parents, the problem is videogames, or Marilyn Manson's music, or bicycles, or movies, or obscene writing but never, never, it is something remotely related with their parenting skills.

However, when years later their kids now grown to adulthood have to go to a psychologist, what's what they talk about? Videogames? Music? Obscene books?

No. They talk with the psychologist about their parents and their awful lack of parenting skills.
Wordpress.com announces "hotels"
What would be the point of the SSN if it were illegal for anything to require it?
Brain Research, as Only Vegas Can
If it were up to me, I would create a schema for each metric and then if you need all on one page, create some nice /client/client_id/metrics/all route.

Although if you're dealing with metrics, you probably want to have a good defined model of your data (schema), because statisticians want to know what they have to work with, and saying, "bunch 'o JSON" is not acceptable. Plus there's things like null values to deal with. Yuk.

For my startup, we find the common denominator of social media data. For example, a tweet is very unique so it's itself. But then there's more generic types like photos. So then we look at photo services like flickr and instagram. We then evaluate the data available and look for common denominators again to hone in on as much similar data as possible. The result is a model of photo data from a wide range of sources, but are now unified. We could have just used instagram json and flickr json and tossed in the db, but because we defined a schema/ models to get data from, we can sleep soundly knowing the data we send to the frontend is fast and always valid.
Actually, that level of detail makes the moral dilemma simpler.
So Tim Cook's response to media predictions about the build can be reduced to two words; "no comment"
Perhaps it's an attempt to retro-actively redefine WMD so that Bush/Cheney can claim that Saddam did so have WMDs.

It ties in nicely with defining environmental activists who had never killed anybody (and who had taken pains to avoid doing so) as terrorists after 9/11.
+1 for Fight Club!
I don't know how seriously this license should be taken.
I've found at least one typo (in 'tested or verfied'), and a few ambigous statements, for example: 'You make a good-faith attempt to notify the Author of Your work'.

Does that mean to 'notify the Author about Your work', or 'notify the (Author of Your work)' (i.e. yourself)?

If this license is meant to be serious then I should probably notify its author about these concerns.
This is super slick! I'm digging the interface. I'm assuming that you used ESPN's api in someway because I see their logo at the bottom. Which api's did you end up using if you don't mind me asking?
I was wondering the exact same thing. I'd imagine that they'd use shoppers who have personal memberships and then reimburse. If they had Instacart-only memberships, it would be much easier for Costco to target and cancel those accounts.

Any agreement between Costco and Instacart would basically be endorsing a method of skirting the annual membership fees, something Costco would most likely never be interested in. However, as a Costco member, I would absolutely love this. No more "Cart" rage on Saturdays!