skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Media alone will vastly outrun micro storage capabilities over any relevant length of time we can project (5, 10, 20 years). It might be an interesting thought experiment regarding text (and probably only a fraction of a fraction of that due to social media).

YouTube alone will guarantee you could never store the Internet on a small hand held disk. They're adding 72+ hours of video to the service every minute. And ten years from now, it'll all be HD+ content, and they'll probably be adding 500 hours per minute or something similarly crazy.

I think Wikipedia is around 42gb right now, uncompressed (just the content pages). I don't think that includes the images. So right now we're just to the point where you can store a text Wikipedia on your smart phone with a $30 or $40 sd card. I'd guess in eight to ten years we'll have 500gb to 1tb smart phone equivalents depending on how that all evolves. You might be able to store a dozen plus dual layer full blu ray discs on your smart phone in a decade.

In other words, it's easy to say that we're not going to get anywhere near storing even a sliver of the Web / Internet on a small device in our lifetimes.
> you have approximately as good a chance of becoming CEO of an S&P 500 company if you go to the University of Wisconsin as if you go to Harvard.

I would love to see that data, if you could make the effort. Because I have no faith that this statement is true.
Thomas Sowell recently released a new book on this subject:

http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-and-Race-ebook/dp/B00BAH...

Clearly discrimination against Asians was one of the unforeseen consequences of affirmative action. What's particularly sad is it doesn't even help the people it was supposed to. For example:

"Despite dire predictions that there would be a drastic reduction in the number of minority students in the University of California system after racial preferences in admission were banned, an empirical study showed that there were 'modest declines in black and Hispanic enrollment but an increase in black and Hispanic degrees.'"
Not so much that they can audit your books, but that any scheme you're running that requires constant intervention will fail and be detected by e.g. the books just not balancing at the end of the week.

I seem to remember hearing this policy goes all the way down to bank tellers.
Real time raytracing is vary doable and high quality, it's just we got really good at rasterisation. Consider a 2012 demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5mRRElXy-w it's cool and all but what seperates it from rasterisation is fairly subtle and the computing costs are rather high.
The comparison between Caltech and the Ivies is a bit unfair. Caltech is in California, which has more Asians, and people tend to attend schools near home. Adding in Stanford would be illustrative.
If its true for that reason, yes. Universities are coy with straight answers. Some speculate its because the Asians are culturally too uniform, same focus on GPA, piano, etc. and the schools are looking for more diversity than that. The test of that would be an Asian who didn't fit the profile getting in with a lower test score.

Others suggest its because of how many legacy students the upper tier accept. Whatever the reason, SAT scores are not the only factor in admission because SAT is not the sole arbiter of a good University student, or at least that's what the University leadership say.

Personally, I think its well-meaning racism, and, as they say, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. But my thinking it ain't facts, ain't statistics. Only the facts, carefully analyzed matter in the end.
You did mention it in the last paragraph, but let's reiterate that. In the end, it is plain racism against Asians, solely for being Asian. People can continue to shroud this fact with more comforting language such as "diversity" that's politically salient, but end result for Asians is all the same, plain old racism.

No one is saying that SAT is the sole standard of admission. But does anyone really believe that Asians as a group collectively are so horrible in admission standard (with exception of SAT score) that huge disparity in number of Asian applicants and Asian admissions are justified?
I can't speak to whether admissions officers are, consciously or not, discriminating against Asians.

What I can contribute, however, are my (admittedly anecdotal) experiences with Asian households, and my own personal experience with the college application process. I am not Asian.

Probably because of my own interest in sciences and mathematics, many of my friends in high school were Asian. They tended to excel in schoolwork, in no small part because they were under huge amounts of pressure from their parents. I'm not saying that all Asian families "force" their children to study ad-nauseum, but the "high expectations Asian father" Internet meme is at least somewhat based in truth, stereotyped or not.

Because of this pressure (and supportive culture of success), Asians tend do incredibly well in school, as well as on standardized tests... but the more they study, the proportionally less time they have to do other activities that make students "well-rounded," which is one of the qualities that top-tier universities value.

My personal college application process involved SAT scores that were very good, and a GPA that was solid but somewhat average. However, I had done several sports in high school, done a considerable amount of community service, had three technical jobs (two as a developer, one as a security analyst), and released open source software--all while passing my classes. I was passionate about computer science, and I believe that that helped me gain admission to very good universities.

I'm not trying to "blame the victim" with this comment--it may very well be that admissions officers harbor prejudices against Asians--but I also think it's worth noting that when you're talking about the top-tier of our education system--the Stanfords, Harvards and MITs of the world--great grades aren't enough to gain admission.
I've done a handful of big-memory workloads on the JVM, and I have never seen it not choke on Allocation/GC for anything above 300gb of memory. Does this paper address this limitation?
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Overrepresented? Is the Asian to non-Asian ratio is higher fir college students than for qualified applicants to those colleges?
I'll have to check. Certainly there can be no harm in releasing some of the more aggregated data (i.e. that was behind the plots). Perhaps tweet at me so I don't forget -- @taliesinb
Make things out of stuff
"Prejudicial discrimination is bad because its piss-poor discrimination."

Exactly. This is why basketball teams are missing out by their pig-headed refusal to send talent scouts to evaluate Rwanda's Pygmies.
"The older worker likely has a family and needs to leave the office by 6 p.m. The young can easily pull all-nighters."

I come under young as I am 25 :) .. most of the +40 people I saw are in manager positions or they go towards architect level jobs
Yes.

We should just take race off the applications, like we did on loan applications decades ago. If you want an affirmative action proxy, we can just use high school data, and zip code information, and questions like "did your parents attend college?"
Yes. Now what is anybody going to do about it?

Asian-Americans lack the numbers and the political clout as African- and Hispanic-Americans. Asians do not have a Sharpton. It's also tough to sympathize with a bunch of kids protesting how they weren't let into Harvard / Princeton / etc. It's unfair, and it sucks for them. Jews got around it after Asians came around and took their place. Who can Asians wait for?
All those things on ios are really shortcuts, sometimes really non obvious, I agree, but not essential to get things done. I think only shake to undo doesn't have a visible counterpart?
When it comes to "questions I would ask [the data]": which interests are likely shared by friends? (Can you make a correlation table, or a graph out of it?)

And - is correlations of one's interest vs friends interests the same as correlation of one's interests with itself.
You misunderstood what the parent was saying.

By "force them to do X" he meant the government can refuse to fund them if they didn't do X (which forces them to abide by the government's rules if they are accepting its funds), not that the government can legally mandate them to do X unconditionally.
People seem to get by using Facebook comments and Disqus.
we will do a/b testing on the landing page soon so we will try a couple of things. we want both clients and freelancers so will mix it up :D
yes, that is a good idea. we will definitely include those networks in our outreach efforts. what can we mention about RoR?
> EU officials have always told Switzerland it cannot cherry pick only those parts of European policy it likes best.

Surely that's the exact reason they are not a member of the European Union, and exactly what they can do.
also, that is an interesting thread, will look into it more.
Their's was not the Amazon model. Amazon has always had a gross profit http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Amazon.com_(AMZN)/Data/Gross_... and http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=4268....

The more product Amazon sold, the more money they'd make (or more accurately, the less money they'd lose).

On the other hand, Ecomom never had a gross profit. The more product they sold, the more money they lost. This is the situation you describe in the gasoline scenario. I suspect the gasoline model was not their strategy by choice, but by accident. The controller's assertion is that it's the runaway discounts that did them in. 50% discounts intended to be for one-time-use-only were used on almost all orders.

Whether it was a long-term strategy or a fundamental mistake, whatever they did is not the Amazon model.

Compare.

$000's

Amazon - Quarter ended March, 1996

Net sales: $875
Cost of sales: $695
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Gross profit: $180
Gross profit %: 20.6%

Ecomom November, 2012

Net sales[1]: $52
Cost of sales: $548
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Gross profit/loss: -$496
Gross profit %: -45%

[1]
Sales: $1,089
Discounts: $(751)
Warehousing: $(152)
Freight: $(134)
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Net sales: $52
My simple rules when working from coffee shops:
1. Don't take up space when the place is full
(when the place is empty they should like to have you in)
2. Order reasonably - not just one coffee for 2 hours. Get at least 3 items for a few hours session, preferably also food
3. Be nice and over generous with tips
I think you misunderstood my post. Your question is exactly the problem I addressed. Universities HAVE to discriminate; they cannot accept every applicant. The question is how are they doing it, is it a good way, and is there a better way.

You discriminate every time you purchase one product over another, take one job over another, live in one area over another, befriend one person over another, etc. We all do. The key to doing it well is clear, analytical judgement about such decisions. Personally, I haven't seen much of that in University admissions at any school.
The government really tries to cripple you following any sort of felony. Isn't going to prison and not doing the things you normally do, for any extended amount of time, enough punishment as it is? Isn't the whole thing supposed to be about rehabilitation for tendencies that hurt society and the fostering of tendencies that would help it? I'm not saying prisons, or the whole system, are rigged to perpetuate more crime, but it feels like you'd have to do some sort of illegal activity to stay afloat after losing everything then constantly getting held under water after release so as not being able to make a rent payment.
Per the great state of Nevada:

Jody Sherman ("February Won, Inc") (this is ecomom)

Zem Joaquin ("February Won, Inc")

Alan R. Greene, M.D. FAAP (CareDox, Inc)

Robert Beck BS, MS (EcoMom, Inc.)

John Daniele Hamel (The Cue Ball Group, LLC)

The only one I'd consider credible is Dr. Greene, and in general doctors are exceptionally shitty businesspeople.

Cueball is a small/unknown VC in Boston.
No, but the government could attach strings to the money. Now, freedom of speech is well understood and well protected, so it would probably be difficult for the government to gag the Crimson this way, but it's not hard to see how certain "equal opportunity" or "diversity" requirements for admissions could find its way in.
While it is a very easy "excuse" to hide behind, I believe in holistic admissions qualifications. I think charts of SAT score x race x admissions are as good of a metric of assessing a potential student as college GPA are of assessing a potential employee. To some degree there's a baseline expectation for the practical purposes of filtering (with lots of outliers for various reasons), but at the end of the day it doesn't say much about how intelligent or capable someone really is. Intelligence and capability can't be reduced to a test-taking skill.

I am Asian-American and I went to an ivy league university. I think (hope) that essays hold particular importance for admission to the most competitive schools because academically there's very little variability between most serious applicants. Everyone was the valedictorian, everyone had a 4.0+, everyone had 1500+ on the SAT (out of 1600). Everyone played an instrument, everyone was in every honor society, everyone performed hours of community service. When you get that far as an applicant you know how to play the academics "game." So in the midst of a lot of redundancy -- "“Another piano playing, hard working kid, with perfect SAT scores" -- you have to stand out for other reasons. Like the passions that will ultimately lead to a student body that enriches itself rather than one where everyone is constantly holed up in their room studying non-stop for the next exam.
I assume they did even if it didn't have very impressive numbers. Surely they had a document that tracked balances and cash flows, no?
Hiring tall people for basketball isn't pre-judging people. Evidence has clearly shown its a huge advantage.
Let's go the extreme upper end: POTUS. Out of the last 10 presidents, 6 have attended Ivy League Schools (or 4 of the last 4 if you will). Sounds like pretty good odds to me.

I agree that where you went to school shouldn't matter for your career outcomes, but fact of the matter is that it simply does. There are plenty of people who hire ivyleague only
> Harvard or wherever, fine... go to Georgia Tech

Ouch. That hurts. First in the list of "2nd class" ;)

Anyway, you make a good point. Colleges would like you to think ranking matters more than it really does. Didn't Tim Cook go to Auburn?
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I'm guessing he changed it - looks fine here (text is #111)
see Rumsfeld v. FAIR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumsfeld_v._Forum_for_Academic_....

Those government dollars most certainly can be conditioned on associating with certain people (military recruiters, in that case).
He's differentiating between prejudice and discrimination in his post. Universities discriminate against stupid people all the time, that's how their admissions work. What's not a good metric to discriminate upon, is race, because it doesn't offer insight into how successful the student may or may not be. Those sorts of qualities (race, gender) are not things to discriminate upon because doing so would be prejudice; which by definition is not an effective method of discrimination.
I'm willing to believe that this is what US universities are aiming for (i.e., "well-roundedness", passion vs. nurture, etc.) However, believing than an Asian kid did well on his scores / science competitions simply because a lot of Asian kids are pressured at home is called prejudice and extremely unfair to the kid in question. One (Asian) acquaintance of mine had great passion to be a computer scientist and pursued it against the wishes of his parents... who wanted him to be a doctor.
The local coffee shop I frequent encourages the regulars to stay as long as they want, no "drink minimum" or anything. Having lots of people sitting around is good for business. They've gone out of their way to put in power outlets and benches/tables. There's even one out on the deck we can use if we want.

They keep the music kinda loud also to encourage a lively atmosphere. It has a real community feel to it. I can trace probably 80% of the money I've made in the last eight years to connections I've made here.
That's a good idea! Though if I remember correctly, interests aren't canonicalized, so it might be pretty messy. And I'm not sure if people fill them in non-ironically any more.
If this was the joke I think it was, nice one.
Sure, but you're pre-judging all pygmies as being short.

This is exactly the behavior that you condemn, unless I've missed something.
When I was an Asian student (I'm still Asian), my strategy was to apply to good-but-not-elite schools, and spent my time trying to load up diversity scholarships and merit-based scholarships.

I got a full-ride to a great non-elite school; there are plenty of schools like the one I went to that would love to have more non-white students, and are even giving away money for it. I'd much rather go to a good school for free than to go to an elite one and be in debt.
I would be interested to see how prevalent this is at top institutions around the world. I can be fairly confident that my program does not do this as my class is very far from diverse. (the large majority of students being asian males)

I have heard of a little bit of black magic that is involved in the acceptance process but in order to accept people who are more likely to succeed in the program. But race definitely does not come into play.
If you have a subscription (or don't mind spending money), the TekPub series on AngularJS is very good. http://tekpub.com/productions/angular
You picked one narrow thing that no one even suggested. No one even hinted that the government would tell the Crimson not to criticize, say, Obama but that's the route you went.

Now more on topic, the being able to discriminate as a private uni one:

http://www.hillsdale.edu/admissions/faq/faq_list.asp?iSectio...

Q: Why doesn’t Hillsdale accept any federal or state taxpayer subsidies? A: In 1975, the federal government said that Hillsdale had to sign a form stating that we did not discriminate on the basis of sex. Hillsdale College had never discriminated on any basis, and had never accepted federal taxpayer subsidies of any sort, so the College felt no obligation to comply, fearing that doing so would open the door to additional federal mandates and control. Our trustees pledged two things: first, that the College would continue its long-standing policy of non-discrimination, and second, that it would not accept any encroachments on its independence. The case went to court, and Hillsdale College won a partial victory, but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals did rule that Hillsdale College was an “indirect recipient” of federal funding because of participation in federal grant and loan programs. In 1984, Grove City College in Pennsylvania fought and lost a similar legal battle. The case then went to the Supreme Court, and in Grove City v. Bell, it was determined that if even one student received a federal grant or loan, it made that institution a direct recipient of federal funds. To avoid the hassles of government control, Hillsdale College announced its decision to end participation in all federal financial aid programs in 1985. In 2007, Hillsdale announced that it would no longer accept State of Michigan taxpayer subsidies earmarked for student financial aid, thereby making the College completely independent of taxpayer support.

Basically once you take their money you agree to their strings.
In retrospect, you may be right, when factoring in the different size of the student populations. But nonetheless, I stand by the point that going to a good State school is a perfectly sufficient step to have a good - even amazing - career. Keep in mind that there are only, well, 500, S&P 500 CEOs. But a pretty damn successful and amazing career might be being the CEO of a multi-million dollar textile manufacturer in South Carolina, that nobody on HN has ever heard of.

Of course I'm not arguing against aspiring to go to an Ivy if you have that chance. But one should absolutely not define their life by whether they get into an Ivy (or other "elite" ) school or not. Your ultimate success is going to, IMO, have more to do with how hard you work, and other characteristics, than the name on your degree.
Vim and Emacs have had decades to get to that point. ST is a comparative baby. I'd love to see a modern editor that isn't designed around a terminal join those ranks.
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I use the Evernote Clearly extension on web pages like this. It does a great job of improving the readability. It also removes a lot of the non-content stuff around the edges.
This turns out to explain most of the "overrepresentation" of jewish students as well: there are lots of highly-ranked universities around NYC and Boston.
Bingo. Whether you're alive next week, or perhaps asking your employees to work for free while you close the next round of investment, depends entirely on cash flow. Cash flow tells the real story of what's happening and whether its a viable (well, at the time) business. Other measurements are important, but as you note can be fudged. Even fudged in good will.

Think about the AOL example; from memory, the cost of customer acquisition was defensibly amortized over the expected subscription period (how long they stayed a customer). If that period is overestimated....
"What could it offer that a coffee shop can't?"

The co-working spaces around Seattle offer a dedicated (professional looking) space for meetings wired up for tele/videoconferencing. Hell, even a coffee shop could offer those, with proper reservations and a small deposit. Sure, the ones here have "quiet rooms", but those aren't reservable, to my knowledge.
The full TL;DR of that article is that Jews are "the new WASPs" (e.g. are over-represented relative to recent performance on measures like STEM competitions) and both Asians and non-Jewish whites are "the new Jews."

The author suggests that top Asian students are being discriminated against (implicitly or explicitly), and it's unclear whether top non-Jewish white students are being discriminated against, or whether they apply in much smaller numbers to the Ivies.
By the time you hit 50 you're taking care of aging parents. This can be worse than kids if they live somewhere else.
Conditions placed on the recipients of government expenditures are not unrestrained by Constitutional limitations. Witness the Supreme Court throwing out some of the strings attached to ACA's Medicaid expansion.
Let's go the extreme upper end: POTUS. Out of the last 10 presidents, 6 have attended Ivy League Schools (or 4 of the last 4 if you will). Sounds like pretty good odds to me.

Sounds irrelevant to me. Most people don't have "becoming President" as their goal. For the handful who do, then OK, sell your soul to try and get into an Ivy. But I would posit that this is an irrelevant point to most normal people. :-)
As are these complaints...
The sad part is there will always be discrimination, all attempts to counter discrimination are in themselves discrimination.

Until students/people are judged purely off their merits there will ALWAYS be discrimination.

The truly sad part is it is openly acceptable to discriminate against whole groups of people purely based on statistics of whole groups. If this isn't the definition of stereotyping i don't know what is. Just because one's motivations are sound doesn't mean we should unanimously assume so are there actions.

Judge people for who they are, not where they are from.
Yes, absolutely. After we're "done" fixing gay rights (because it's hard to get everyone behind more than one thing at a time), there's a very strong case that we need to fix felons' rights.
I have and nothing in there applies, but congratulations on being super condescending!