skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
On the contrary, in my opinion, this isn't a joke, and since the "punchline" was likely to draw attention to the article from people that might be more interested in a debate over the wisdom of using SQLite "trivially" like this than a generic discussion of image formats, it was useful and shouldn't have been removed from the title.
Here's the story at the LA Times, which is not behind a paywall:

Obama to nominate venture capitalist Thomas Wheeler to head FCC

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-wheeler-20130501,0...
An engineer holds a license such that they can profess, which license is conditional to the respect of their code of ethics (and a bunch of rules). If they do not follow those conditions, their license can be revoked.

So what if they lose their license? They can still write code and do harm.

Yes, indeed. As it stands right now, the reality of the engineer's license is such that it doesn't fit very well the software world. The vast majority of companies couldn't give less of a damn whether you are licensed or not. However, it depends.

Regulations might eventually come in place to force software producers to hire only licensed engineers if the nature of their business is prone to put the public in danger. And as technology grows ever deeper into our lives, the danger that consumer apps can cause on the public is ever growing as well. For instance, breaching a user's privacy can be enough info to grant an ill-intended operator access to the user's e-mail through social engineering, from which it is then often trivial to gain access to that user's bank informations. You don't need that much imagination to figure out a scenario where a user's life can be turned to shit by some software abuse.

Given that this risk is ever growing, the possibility of a code of ethic on software business is plausible. Say in X months, the government of country Y decides that companies hoping to run a social network available on their territories must hire licensed software-engineers, and have them all sign-off any code that is presented to the public. That software engineer they'd hire would have to put their license and career in jeopardy if they were to implement some evil feature.

Before Québec's bridge, engineers didn't need a license to build infrastructure. The parallel between the current situation and the past isn't too hard to make.
Children do love their happy meals though. There wouldn't be a plethora of these fast food places all over the world if the vast majority of people didn't like McDonald's. It isn't healthy to eat at everyday, but every once in a while is fine.
Keep in mind, from the judgement, section II Legal Standard:

In determining facial plausibility, whether a complaint states a plausible claim is a “context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its
judicial experience and common sense.” Id.
at 679. Allegations of material fact are taken as
true and construed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.
http://3taps.com/images/pics/430_138734862-Judge-rules-in-fa...

So essentially these findings are made while reading all facts in the best possible light for craigslist. So it's not necessarily saying, for example, that the compilation is copyrightable - just that it is conceivable that it could be.
- 309 points and 108 comments
- comments about the "vapid" and "useless" nature of Pinterest and Vine
- absolutely no discussion about how there's no takeaway from the post aside from "I'm so important that I blew off two of these successful guys."

I was really expecting some kind of goal that he'd set for himself or way to improve his pessimistic attitude. Oh well.
How to Build a Simple iOS App for Video Recording and Playback
> Tobacco was invented in 5000 BC according to wikipedia. At that point in time it had basically none of the bad side effects you mention due to shorter life spans. It probably had numerous positive side effects.

Another reason that tobacco historically had "basically none of the bad side effects" is that people didn't smoke it nearly in the quantities they do today. Then a few startups (well, they weren't called that back then) came along and it "has made a small number of people incomprehensibly rich, to the great detriment of humanity".

> Now you don't like facebook??? Well, honestly, I do. I like it to keep in touch with people and it had real value to me when I moved to a city where I didn't know a single person as it made me feel less alone. I'm sure many others have benefited.

Strawman. Nowhere in his post jdietrich mentions Facebook.

> The companies mentioned are highly successful.

No one argues that these companies aren't successful. The argument is that the fact that they are highly successful does not mean that they are a good for society as a whole.

> I could care less about any of the companies mentioned

You mean, you couldn't care less, right? :P (Sorry, that particular Americanism is a pet peeve of mine.)
One of the times that I accessed this page I was given this error, for people who aren't using a browser capable of detecting this kind of thing (although I don't know how serious these detections really are).

Danger: Malware Ahead!

Chromium has blocked access to this page on play.esea.net.

Content from bjskosherbaskets.com, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your Mac with malware.
That worked. Thanks!
You are making an unwarranted assumption that they are logging the raw Velodyne data. Most likely that is not the case. Pointcloud data computed from raw Velodyne data can easily require an order of magnitude more space.

That said, this guy may be more than an order of magnitude off (confused MB and GB?). If 1GB/sec figure is correct, then they'd fill up a 10TB NAS in 3 hours. Forget about network throughput, how much storage do they carry in the back of that vehicle?
"Smoking's history dates back to as early as 5000–3000 BC when the agricultural product began to be cultivated in South America; consumption later evolved into burning the plant substance either by accident or with intent of exploring other means of consumption."

I am willing to be a real asshole for the first time on HN because I just don't get this type of comment. This is constantly garbage and it makes me so frustrated to see people who think they are better than someone else because they decided to pursue what they think is right whether or not they are actually right.
PyCon Australia introduces wide-ranging financial aid programme
> That is not a logical fallacy, that's basic decisionmaking.

No. The parent had this to say---"Instead, the average Indian believes he lives in a super developed city, wears his / her goggles, pulls up the car window, turns on the AC and listens to Bollywood or American music. Simple, problem solved (at least for the day)."

Clearly, there is no decision making issue here. The issue is that there are several problems (the plate being full) but the onlooker (the more privileged in the quote) is not doing anything---it's not as if he/she chooses to tackle a part of the problem e.g., sanitation, he/she does nothing. That's why I said the reasoning amounts to false cause---it's not because the plate is full that people are not doing anything. More likely cause is that they simply don't care.
> But a layered image SHOULD be a single file and not a filesystem.

But if all (or most of what) you want is a VFS, SQLite isn't necessarily a good way to make one. As has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, it's fairly common for modern file formats to be zips of a structured filesystem; although this has upsides and downsides compared to SQLite, it seems much easier to run unzip than look up how to get SQLite to output the binary content of a table row to a file.
Ask HN: Can I expect enterprises to know what REST is?
I'm building an enterprise-y app to compete with some truly horrific enterprise solutions out there right now. Nothing too sexy. Invoicing and the like. I know it has a market because I use it along with many colleagues everyday at my day job and it really just doesn't work for certain types of employees. (I'm an engineer who is constantly on the road. I'm the type of employee it doesn't work for.) I've found a good solution for that problem. Furthermore it breaks pretty regularly and has caused some significant issues. My company would probably switch but they're using one of the major players. The self-proclaimed "industry leader" so using the other guys would probably be even worse.

My question is about integration with whatever they may want to integrate with. For example, my company currently uses software that is built on top of MS sharepoint. The company that makes it actually comes to your building and installs it on a server on your floor somewhere. I want to create a saas alternative that would be web based (and not using sharepoint). Can I expect the typical IT department to be able to make sharepoint send a GET request and programmatically do something with the response? I can't imagine a single reason why they would ever need to POST anything but retrieving financial data to use in their other accounting software may be necessary. Would they be happy with the ability to download a csv?

I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts especially if someone has experience dealing with something like this. Thanks!
I'm personally offended by your generalization of what you feel is deterring women to enter tech.

Of course you are offended. That's why reasonable, more detailed examination of generalizations such as mine rarely happens and you certainly don't hear about it. It makes people awkwardly uncomfortable and you can't have that on CNEntertinment, unless it's delivered by an over-the-top caricature you don't have to take seriously. Instead you have equally absurd generalizations based on popular opinion that make everyone feel warm and fuzzy.

1. I never had a problem working hard, 60+ hours, nor did any of my female friends growing up.

Nor do any of the women I know. In fact most of them work as hard as I do or harder. I am not surprised at all to find smart, hard-working women in technology. STEM degree stats suggest women make up nearly 20% even in the most male-heavy fields like Computer Science and Physics. The relevant demographic is not necessarily you or every woman you know, but the hypothetical women that would make up that 10-30% gap in the gender balance.

Or, from the perspective of companies wanting to hire more capable engineers at cheaper salaries, the point is not to address the imbalanced gender ratio, the point is to maximize the pool of talent by whatever means available.

2. A tech career can be great at self-actualization. You build cool shit, and can make new things that can change peoples lives. It's awesome.

Of course it can be. But what percentage of people going into STEM fields admit that it was their first choice and one made without much regard for earning potential? It certainly was not my first choice. I originally wanted to be a professor of music theory. I looked at the employment prospects and job markets and opted to pursue technology instead. In fact many of the people I've worked with in technology started out with different ambitions and wound up here because they were smart, resourceful, and needed money.

3. Seriously...you actually believe that smart women are thinking about lowering their life goals in anticipation of marrying up?

I believe that all women will marry up if they can and that dedicating time and attention to raise a family does not represent lowering of life goals. I also think that regardless of what one may want or what they may decide with their brain, most people will accomplish less if they do not face pressure.

Women absolutely care for themselves. I'm not saying there aren't still women who don't, but this view that a female will be taken care of was never something that entered into my head, nor anyone else I know.

And you are working in a technology field.

Of course women take care of themselves. The question is how much pressure are they under to do so relative to the pressure faced by a man with similar gifts and opportunities.
Lawyers cost money and it doesn't sound like he has enough to pay you. I would call him on it.
My coworkers used to call these "straw horses". Like straw men, but attacking them is supposed to take you somewhere.
This is what's really happening with the McDonald's theory- it's a resetting of expectations by asking a different question. We can't ever figure out lunch because we're thinking "What would I really like to eat today?" and too often the answer is nothing. But if the question is, "What is better than McDonalds?" you might have some ideas. Even if you like McDonalds, this question is more concrete and answerable.
What is a smart idea? Starting a company that goes on to eradicate world poverty or world hunger? Everything else is stupid?

We shouldn't be dismissing every company that is not a Watsi!
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The irony being that the government isn't strictly bound by copyright or licensing terms. They can and have violated them as needed.
> It doesn't matter who you vote for; lobbyists already control the Government.

FTFY
> Essentially, the financial aid programme is the PyCon
Outreach program - it's the community holding up the
community and making itself accessible at this major
event through these financial grants. It is the very
spirit of the conference; make the information,
knowledge, friendships and connection available to everyone.

Love this. Too often, conferences & groups that are all about 'openness' and freedom don't make allowances like this to actually expand the reach and the appeal. Linux Australia do a good job of this.
"There is no AWS-equivalent for hardware."

Someone want to make a few billion dollars?
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Is this for real? I just went to this page on a mac. Did not get any warning or any other signs. What should I look for? Finally can the mods please remove this link, if this is confirmed?
Indian Government Will Foot 50% Patenting Costs for Techology Startups
I have experience in both primary & secondary market research but I'll probably help out mostly with secondary market research. Things like: competitive landscaping, market analysis, target segmentation, market sizing, etc.
Not a problem :)
China is the AWS-equivalent for hardware, guess we didn't realize it. :)
Woah Carl, you're doing Hacker School?? Awesome!! I was in the batch last summer!
Agreed. That is a ridiculously hard problem but in my opinion perhaps the most important tech problem of our time.
The second time I accessed it I did not get that; I imagine it is from some kind of rotated-in advertisement provider (although I don't see any ads).
This is about as bad as you can get for any kind of software developer. I'd rather run an installer that tries to install a toolbar than one that secretly mines Bitcoins. At least those which bundle toolbars generally inform you and provide an opt-out.

Although IANAL, the legality of this is highly questionable, considering the recent (mis?)usage of the Computer Fraud and Abuse act, and the fact that nothing in their EULA/ToS permits this kind of use case.
well, looks like word travels fast: http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic&id=4...
Why are comment scores hidden?
From what I understand the guy who runs ESEA is pretty much saying "Yeah, we were talking about this one day and did it. Now you've caught us, so we'll be removing it and giving everyone a free month. We also made $3000 something dollars by mining with your computers, but we don't want you to be mad at us, so we won't do it again. But we totally had no problem with this earlier."
I'm from BC and have had mcdonalds from downtown/suburb seattle* and it is pretty different, definitely not as high quality imho and a different taste too.

Strangely having mcdonalds in eastern europe was more like canada then the US.

*last time was a few years ago
> It's really easy to dismiss and poke holes in peoples' ideas. The funny thing is that you usually walk away from that feeling pretty smart and full of yourself because you're mostly right.

Realistically, skepticism is the only rational response, considering the odds of a startup succeeding.

If you're at a roulette table, your friend plays number 32 and he asks you "Do you think 32 is coming out?", you should feel neither smug nor bad for saying "I doubt it": it's simple statistics.
"If Windows were equally messed up as Linux I'd expect to run into the problems at around the same rate."

My personal experience (as someone who has been dual-booting Windows and Ubuntu for nearly a decade and uses both operating systems regularly) is that both have a lot of annoying problems, but Windows has always been way more of a pain in the ass, and I've run into more problems using it. Especially when it comes to driver issues, Windows has problems (it took hours to get a standard WiFi card to work, and once my video driver got corrupted so badly the system wouldn't even let my try to fix it, and restore failed -- I had to reinstall the OS to fix it).
There was nothing false about that. It was your mistake for assuming that voting for Obama wouldn't also result in lobbyists being put in charge.

As long as we have only 2 parties, they will have no incentive to do anything different from one another. It's like expecting your local cable monopoly to be a better ISP because they have to compete with your local telephone monopoly for Internet subscribers.
It's interesting what the headline chooses to mention. He was a lobbyist from 1979-1984, but he's also a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who has founded multiple telecommunications companies: "Mr. Wheeler is a managing director at Core Capital Partners, a Washington investment firm with $350 million under management. He has helped to oversee the firm’s investments in an array of start-ups and small- to mid-size technology companies, including GoMobo, Twisted Pair Solutions and Jacked. He also is a member of the board of EarthLink, an Internet service provider that competes aggressively with Verizon and AT&T." (From the NYT article).

The NYT article is a bit better: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/business/technology-invest...

Forbes has more info: http://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-wheeler.

BusinessWeek has a more complete profile: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/pe...

He has a blog/website: http://www.mobilemusings.net.
Exactly that. I never understood what wave was supposed to do when it was released with much fanfare.

And I was at google then :-(
I've been seeing intermittent problems with gv since last weekend.
If everybody (but you, presumably) is happy with McDonald's then the onus is on you to change their minds. The trick only works when there is a consensus to strive higher. If you fail to do that, then, eventually, you will have to say "screw you guys, I'll go to the ramen-place alone then".
Isn't that what the 3D printing revolution is (will be?) all about?
I agree.

I also still think they are dumb, and I think twitter is dumb too, fwiw. Things can be "dumb" (which in the context of describing a product/service is mostly subjective) and wildly successful.

I don't see why anyone would be surprised by this reasoning as it holds for tech/web companies just as well as it holds for popular music or popular tv shows -- there are many of each of these things that I think are dumb (which is to say, "not for me") and yet they are wildly successful.
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Do you have a link to that post on the forum? I don't feel like digging through 4 pages of replies to find it.
He's also claiming that all of the money made this way will be put into a tournament prize pool, but still, that doesn't justify the behavior or attitude.
Wow, that is a whole lot cooler than building a CSP plant in the Mojave to feed the California grid on peak days. Back when I was looking at power usage inside of Google the diesel backups at the data centers didn't seem to provide very economical power. Especially when you took into account generator runtime vs maintenance required (there was something like 1 hour's worth of maintenance for each single digit hours of run time).

Given the efficiency of the Bloom boxes [1] it seems like you could print money with them if you could get a fast start version.

[1] http://www.bloomenergy.com/
This isn't surprising in the least. Anti-cheat clients are the worst, ever scummier than anti-virus clients.

If anyone here has ever played a game that used Inca GameGuard, you know what I'm talking about. If you open a page in your web browser with a title that seems suspicious to GameGuard, it can fucking REBOOT your computer without warning! And that's not the only client with such problems. From my experience, it has been a problem shared by many anti-cheat clients: they're all a bit too trigger-happy, even though they shouldn't be holding that gun in the first place. And if that wasn't bad enough, these clients are also notoriously buggy. They will corrupt the state of your kernel (they will do things like overwrite entries in your SDT/SSDT, making various system calls fail; in fact, it's very common practice for some of these tools to outright disable the use of functions like NtOpenProcess or ZwWriteVirtualMemory, and then not even bother to reallow them after the anti-cheat client exits), they will litter your Windows folder, and wreak havoc however they want.

And here's the kicker: these anti-cheat clients aren't even that effective if you know what you are doing.
You are correct about the dates –– I found the article that you were quoting [1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoking
The inevitable 'competition from lower cost manufacturers' is a likely fear among many hackers today, but one extremely good point that Chris makes is to complement hardware with software. Scaling with hardware can seem tough, especially with competition from lower cost manufacturers, but incorporating software gives companies an edge AND hopefully the ability to scale.

But playing devils advocate, it may be tough for startups to find the resources to have a hybrid hardware/software company from the beginning. It just seems like a daunting idea to start a hardware company. BUT, with crowdfunding having become so popular, startups may be able to raise enough money through initial sales from their hardware that they are able to put that money towards creating unique software.

Sorry for all the back and forth, just was thinking/writing out loud!
I think he understands this. But believed Dwolla was the different based on reading all the hype that has been posted here over the years.

I believed it once. Even Dwolla believed they were going to be different than PayPal, but now I'm sure they realise the reality they live in.
Good luck, looking forward to checking out your future posts. Have you tried posting via medium? I bet they would be interested in your posts.
http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic&id=4...
Dang :( I'm really sorry you have to deal with this. I've definitely not been through anything like that. Thanks for explaining it better, I really had no idea what it was. (I also just googled it and am reading more about it) Don't worry, I hope it didn't bother you that I tried to relate to it. I do hope you can find a way to get better though!
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VP8 Cross-license draft
Is Pinterest even a profitable business? I recall that their site said they were still "figuring out" their revenue model. I can't be the only one that finds this appalling.
Google Glass: Let the evil commence