skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
True, but I expect that for a number of potential employers, it will increase her chances. Not everyone who goes a Google search on her name and finds things like this will immediately stop consider hiring her. Some will actually think it's positive.

I could, for instance: it's certainly a demonstration that she has intellectual curiosity, which is good in some jobs. In some of the better jobs, actually. These jobs could be a minority, but in the end, you usually have only one job at a time anyway...
Ironically, after all this new fragmentation, a few friends and I have decided to move back to IRC. It has all the features we need, we know how to use it, it's not going anywhere, and it's not gonna start changing privacy settings on us.
There are many webcomics out there that are strictly better from both a plotting and dialog standpoint--however, for simply having delightful art and interesting character design, Dresden Codak is wonderful.

I'm a bit skeptical of the current Kickstarter, but here's hoping, you know?
At Stack Overflow we ran on Bizpark til sometime in 2012, it really is a very nice program (everyone seems to forget that you keep the licenses you get, it's not like you have to re-buy everything when you graduate).

While I suppose in theory Joel could have thrown a lot of money away just because it didn't happen that way. Stack Overflow was running on it's own income until the first round of funding ( http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/05/announcing-our-series-... ), excepting the pre-launch period (everyone might have just taken equity then, I don't know I wasn't around until just before the series A). I think it was mostly ad income, though Careers ( http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ ) was around fairly early too.

Disclaimer: Stack Exchange employee
Until recent news such as this, I didn't know it was the "conceptually simple" but practically difficult ability to switch (interrupt) a GW or so of DC energy flow preventing the implementation of better than point-to-point HVDC (i.e. multiple access point) power grids.

Evidently interruption's easier with AC because of the zero-crossings of current every half-cycle.

Three alternate solutions to HVDC circuit interruption are described in this article. Two are electronically integrated with the output circuitry of the bidirectional AC-DC converters (bidirectional energy flow AC-DC converters being an interesting, but off-topic subject in their own right).

I find it an ingenious use of an IGBT bridge surrounding a capacitor to throw the cap's charge into reversed polarity so as to stop the current flow -- effectively opening the circuit. This tells me the cap would seem to be in series with the DC side somehow. Were it in parallel, well, it wouldn't make much sense to reverse the cap's polarity as you'd only get to do it once.

I also find it fascinating that the mathematics it takes to describe AC circuits is far more complex than for DC -- one has to accept that there genuinely exists a square root of negative one, "imaginary" though we may call it.

As in programming, good nomenclature is often late to the table. I wouldn't try (and I'm certainly not qualified) to "refactor" centuries, maybe millennia [1] of mathematical terminology.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number
Windows Phone has tens of millions of users and YT is a really popular app so it would hit the quota limit real quick and get banned.

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started#quo...
You realize that if ads are required by the TOS, but you don't have the ability to include ads, that it doesn't mean it's just okay to ignore the TOS and distribute the app anyway?

Whether it's fair or not for Google to not provide a way to include ads is a different argument entirely. It sounds like it's just not even technically legal for MS to distribute their YouTube app in its current state.
The App Store’s 50B Downloads Vs. Google Play’s 48B: Android Closes The Gap
php > $x = array("a" => 1, "b" => 2);
php > echo $x["a"] . "\n";
1
php > echo array("a" => 1, "b" => 2)["a"] . "\n";
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ',' or ';' in php shell code on line 1

I don't mean to denigrate everyone who uses PHP. But there's a whole world of great languages out there, and the vast majority of them act in more consistent (not to mention pleasant) ways than PHP.

When I got into web dev I spent 2 years developing in PHP before moving on. My programs worked fine, eventually, and some were even well-written. I'm sure yours are too. That doesn't make PHP any less of a mess. But I never understood until I moved on to Ruby and Python and beyond just what a mess it was.
That rather small collection of comments down there, half of which agree with you, is 'ranting from the hivemind'? Your comment currently being at 1+ karma is "getting downvotes"?

Grow a thicker skin.
If the whole thing is legit and they made a page about it, they should notice when they lose control over how that page is displayed in various locations. It could be acceptance tested via many proxies. Maybe a counter-interference phishing bot could send emails and fills forms to make sure they go through correctly. Self-safety audits like that could be built into Tor itself so that these "red blood cell"-like bots are themselves distributed processes (maybe only as pre-installed plugins in the full featured Tor browsers).

Unless the Tor site is a honeypot. Hmm a bit odd they don't have any offline validation instructions on there ;)

I guess the downloaded source code could always be diffed with a known legit copy, if it was compiled on a trusted machine.

By the way, how does one determine the right amount of paranoia?

The first response to this thread helped me understand the issues better: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=228869
The most annoying thing about this option to me is that it turned off my record of the chat in addition to that of my privacy-minded conversation partner. Hey, bud, I'm fine if you don't want this conversation recorded, but if the bytes are hitting my computer, I want to decide whether they're kept. I could do it with an XMPP client, but not within gmail itself. So, for me, this gets rid of a small annoyance.
From XNA to MonoGame
I probably should have posted that in the existing php-sucks party above, I suppose.
This is a chart comparing the "official inflation" vs. an unofficial one: http://www.pricestats.com/argentina-series

Also, the government forces McDonald's to keep the price of the Big Mac low for statistical reasons. You will not find the typical Big Mac advertised. It appears in a small McDonald's menu because the advertised one is a "Triple Big Mac" with an adjusted price. Bizarre?
I'm hesitant to call anything evil just for being caught in the cross-hairs of the drug laws in the US.
Condensation, atmospheric motion, and cold beer
Shadow of the Eternals developer Precursor Games on its origins
It was at -3 when I wrote that comment. I guess writing a reply is a good way to get upvotes. :P
When will this support bitcoin?
>You realize that if ads are required by the TOS, but you don't have the ability to include ads, that it doesn't mean it's just okay to ignore the TOS and distribute the app anyway?

Microsoft developers didn't have to read and accept the TOS to access Youtube videos. Perhaps they're trying the legal precedent of the equivalent of 'clean room reverse engineering".

Is it legal for Mozilla to distribute Adblock on their site which is a program that disables Youtube and Google ads and hurts content creators?

Would Mozilla be forced to remove it from https://addons.mozilla.org if Google sends a C&D to them?

>It sounds like it's just not even technically legal for MS to distribute their YouTube app in its current state.

So what? Google can sue them for billions and win and stop all Windows Phone users from easy access to YouTube videos despite their stated mission of "Organize the world's information and make it accessible to everyone".

Not sure why you're so worried about Microsoft's finances, they have 75 billion in the bank and some pretty good lawyers. No wonder they snuck in a "download video" button too. The WP Youtube app is the best Youtube app on mobile platforms because of that.
I might have missed this in the keynote. However, what was the original drive to provide such a feature inside of gmail. Also will this work on gmail for mobile devices?
(reposting an earlier comment)

To my knowledge the YouTube API doesn't ban users for excessive use of the API, it just throttles them temporarily.

The exact throttling values are not posted publicly, but there are multiple third-party apps using the YouTube APIs successfully, so I expect the limits are high enough for a standard client to work without problems.

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If Microsoft wrote a TOS-compliant YouTube app and put it in their app store, but it was written in a way that bumped up against the quota limits, I'm sure they and Google could work out some way to grant them more quota.
I've never encountered a work environment where viewing those drawings at work would be defensible unless you were actually an artist.

Note that I'm not saying that this would be a firable offense, but that someone could easily complain to HR about it and it could be considered creating a hostile work environment if it makes them feel unwelcome. These things matter!
1) You clearly don't work at a fairly liberal company.
2) I disagree with the "regardless of context". Let's say someone did see you reading this. You would say "this is the top ranked item on Hacker News. Didn't realize one of the drawings was naked." And that would be that, at least everywhere I've ever worked.
Rbanffy, you should look at your average rating and that if cooldeal before making that comment
E-books Now Make Up 1/5 of U.S. Book Sales
Hi numbers!

I'm a software engineer at Google and I just wanted to let you know how to get your money back!

I'm sorry if we weren't properly indexed when the card was retired, but as of now searching for 'google wallet prepaid refund' returns the correct link at the top. (With the phone support number on the 'Contact Us' sub-page listed there[1].)

Since we had special support staff for this refund (and Wallet in general), I suspect that the number you found was not the correct one, which would explain the confusion. I've used the Wallet customer support, and have always been impressed, so I'm hoping that really is what happened.

I can't tell you why you haven't received your funds, but the customer support reps at that number are authorized (with your consent) to look up that information and help you out.

Cheers!
Doug

[1] http://www.google.com/wallet/prepaid-refund/contact.html
If they do that, people will migrate off Gmail too. I know I will.
Ask HN: How do people do remote pair programming?
I am currently using skype/hangout screen sharing which sometimes can be really frustrating. Plus code don't synced (we have to constantly push-and-pull). So I'm curious how do people do remote pair programming? If there is no other alternative, are you interested in having something like google docs but for coding and sync with repo?
Depends on what you call live stream and the battery of the device, if you mean record and transmit live video the no, that would need too much power for such a device.
>"Server & Tools business reported $5.04 billion of revenue, up 11% from last year"

So, they made in a year something around what Apple makes every quarter just from iPad sales? That's the rosy sign MS's "Servers and Tools" business is doing OK?
>>Being able to find the translation of a spoken phrase, or answer a spoken question accurately is actually difficult.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that every world-changing problem is difficult to solve, but not every difficult problem is world-changing when solved. I have no doubt that Google engineers overcame countless challenges that would fry the brains of most people here. Does that mean the solutions they produced changed the world? No. Rather, they ended up as products and features in Google's massive advertising machine.

You mentioned other projects. Let's take Google Glass. It is quite promising. But let's face it: at the end of the day, it will be yet another means of showing people ads. They will be more accurate ads perhaps, since Google will know exactly where you are and what you are looking at - but they will still be ads.
Er. There was a certain scalability demo of Microsoft SQL server, of all things. Some time back in 1997 or 1998 it was... Terraserver was the name. Just a tidy bit before google.
Solution to :"ImageIO: JPEG Application transferred too few scanlines" error
> Where did you gather this from, since you aren't banned from flagging?

In addition to this just being common knowledge, I had a HN account prior to this one that I retired when I decided that I wanted to have an account nominally connected to my external identity (it was not hellbanned). This account had it's flagging privileges revoked after I flagged a handful of Steve Jobs death stories.

> Also, since you seem to be quite knowledgeable about HN's system, instead of just "disagreeing", could you enlighten us a few few ways other than flagging that all those posts in the screenshots are ranked lower than other older posts with less points?

I have no inside knowledge into this, however it is my suspicion that vote velocity and comment section quality are factored into rank.

This would explain how highly controversial stories that undoubtedly had excessive flagging (I am thinking specifically of several of the "gender politics" themed stories we have had here in the past) have often managed to hang onto the top spot for unusual amounts of time. They had many high-quality comments.

Frankly the points and number of comments on those allegedly "flagged to death" Microsoft articles are pretty low. I can easily see small differences in voting velocity and comment quality accounting for the slightly lower rank on the page.

Is it possible that flagging is causing the phenomenon that you are seeing? Sure, it might be that. But I do not think that it is the only plausible explanation (or even the most plausible.)

If PG chimed in on this, there would be no reason to speculate.
Nothing you said is actually a justification for MS's actions.

> Is it legal for Mozilla to distribute Adblock on their site which is a program that disables Youtube and Google ads and hurts content creators?

Yes. This is because AdBlock is a service that modifies the way your own browser - your property - works. It is not in itself a service that pulls YouTube content from YouTube.

For this same reason, it is available even in the Chrome Web Store itself.

I don't understand how you can say "so what" to pointing out that one of these companies is acting illegally, and expect to be taken seriously.

Also I think you meant to say "Google" in your last sentence instead of "Microsoft"? I can't tell and it doesn't seem to make sense otherwise.
No, it's not at all helpful in the sense of telling you what you should do. But what it's trying to do is kick you in the butt and make you think for yourself, advising you to discard some of the preconceived notions all of us have about a subject. If it doesn't make you do that about validating names in programming, you're in the wrong profession.
And here I thought I'd regret switching to IDEA due to the lack of official Google support. How serendipitous.
Do I have enough experience to be hired as a remote software developer?
Do you think I have enough experience to be hired as a remote developer for a company? I'm just tired of driving into work everyday AND trying to do grad school. I don't see myself continuing to do what I did last semester. I live in Texas and I own a car, but I'd really like to just sell it and ride my bike to campus.

I got my bachelors degree in physics and I started a Computer Science minor, but I never finished the minor.

Every job that I've had since graduating from college has been as some sort of developer role.

-Most of my experience has been in programming with Java.

-I like to use JUnit and Mockito for testing.I've used RestEasy before to make a few apis.

-Even after using it a few times, I'm still not completely sure how Spring works or why IOC is useful.

-My front end skills suck. If you need someone to write any type of css or complicated javascript app I can get something done...but it will be bad.

-I'm using BuildHive as the CI server for a personal project that I have on Github.

-I know how to use git. For more advanced things like cherry picking and rebasing I've started playing around with source tree.

So...what would I need to do to be hired as a mid level dev remotely?
I made a test page to see the new Google Maps style
Absolutely, but that's more than just coding.
I'm sorry if this comes across as rude, but... did you read the god damn article? Google actively helped scammers sell fake pharmaceuticals. How is that not the definition of evil?
I'm using the Google Maps JavaScript API which now has the option to enable the new visual style. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...

Of course it has a daily rate limit of 25,000 free requests so if it goes down that would be why.
Online Hiring Tools Are Changing Recruiting Techniques
>If Microsoft wrote a TOS-compliant YouTube app and put it in their app store, but it was written in a way that bumped up against the quota limits, I'm sure they and Google could work out some way to grant them more quota.

MS has been requesting API access since three years, so I think there was no amicable resolution and MS was forced to do this.

From their statement:

"We’d be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs," says a Microsoft spokesperson.
New Yorker Launches 'Strongbox' for Anonymous Transmission of Files
I'm going to delete my facebook account after this g+ update.
I am continually impressed with Warren. If only more of the politicians in this country were as interested in serving the public interest as she is.
And I've never worked anyplace where it would be a problem. Which refutes your categorical pronouncements about nationally-consistent standards.

Everyone's got an anecdote!
Georgia Tech Teams Up With Udacity, AT&T To Offer $6K Master’s Degree
Hey Facebook Think Global. There are Admins Outside US Too
Viewpoint: When did people stop thinking God lives on a cloud?
Yes, I read the article. Did you? The sting wasn't to catch Google helping scammers, but to catch Google knowingly helping people sell illicit drugs.
Google Cloud Messaging Gets Faster
You seem to be telling a story about someone who lost website traffic because Google changed their ranking scheme or introduced a competing product. Is this right? If so, what happened, and is that person you?
Django Future DB Migrations
I've seen a couple other people say that as well.
Mejora en el menejo de recursos con Java 7
Why TV Is Now Archaic
There is a difference between

1) Requesting Google design, implement, and publish a set of new APIs specifically to support a particular low-population platform owned by a self-vowed enemy of the technology stack Google is built on.

2) Requesting Google increment a few numbers in a database somewhere.
Very interesting article indeed!

>I also find it fascinating that the mathematics it takes to describe AC circuits is far more complex than for DC

Why? The math is exactly the same as for DC once you substitute complex numbers for current, voltage and impedances.

Things get more complicated in the time domain, which becomes relevant once you want to look into problems like switching HVDC on and OFF. The nonlinearities of the switching devices lead to differential equations that can only be solved numerically.
Larry Page: “We Should Be Building Great Things That Don’t Exist”
I've been remote pairing for a while, and either use a Google Hangout or an RDP connection depending on latency and pair preference. RDP allows both parties to control the host, but seems to have higher bandwidth requirements and can lead to some other confusion when pairing (e.g. moving the mouse in the RDP window by mistake). The Hangout doesn't allow for remote control, which I prefer (it makes pair responsibilities very clear), and further, seems to share a screen more clearly than RDP.

I would not recommend trying to constantly push-pull to keep code in sync when remote pairing: you're cluttering the hell out of your repo and making "good" commits much harder to see.
Wow, they just had to just send an email to their instead of pleading with Google for three years for API access. Microsoft sure is stupid!

Or perhaps the Xbox Youtube app was written by Google like the first line of your article says, so the Xbox devs don't have access to the API.

You sure write a lot of unintelligent comments in your haste to criticize MS and pump Google, but this one takes the cake.
A Day Late And A Dollar Short
Rubygems Dependency API down?
OK, confused. "Current" Kickstarter? Is there more than one? Because the one that he finished seemed to fund quite well.

Skeptical that it will be late? Well, given the normal DC schedule, that wouldn't surprise me a lot. But I don't fund projects on Kickstarter expecting a particular delivery date like it's a store. So if it arrives in November I'll still be happy.
Ever worked in construction?
Getting from the demo stage to the current state has been about making small incremental improvements. There was a huge list of things not working, and now there is an even bigger list of things not working. The game is by no means complete yet.

I find it very useful to use HN and reddit to get feedback from users. That feedback is very important to know that I'm working on things which are useful to the users. Also, the demo was hosted by me personally, this server is hosted by the freeciv project, on the freeciv.org domain.

The demo was supported by ads, this version is supported by donations. Supporting the game by ads was not sustainable, so let's see how it goes with donations this time around. It is quite costly to host a powerful enough server to be able to run the full game server-side for each player.

The source code can be found here:
https://github.com/andreasrosdal/freeciv-web
The situation seems even worse for free streaming services. If I go to Hulu.com and watch something, I am pretty sure they have the rights to show it to me. If I go to Megavideo (when it was up), I am pretty sure they do not. If I go to youtube (and watch something potentially copyrighted), I have no idea if they have rights.
Google Play for Education Makes Software, Devices Affordable
It wasn't just Tea Party groups. It was anybody on Obama's enemies list, including journalists who asked questions he didn't like. All that's going to come out in the hearings.
I don't use desktop Reader anymore, I'm looking for an Android home screen widget for reading RSS that works as well as Google Reader's. I like its design, shape/size, and the fact that it pre-downloads the text of articles so I can read while offline in the subway. Any ideas?
if there were anti-dumping policy then Dow would not have the way to profit off those monopolies. strange how sometimes government control can forbid such clever ingenuity as Dow employed in this situation.
Why does it have to be that? The plethora of browser extensions that implement this feature prove it's something users want. Why imagine a nefarious reason for developers to add a feature to their app that users want?
Really excellent work.

Freeciv was one of my first programming projects when I was little. I always wanted a mobile, multiplayer freeciv—for me it was freeciv-gtk on a Sharp Zaurus.

This is a fantastic system with a clever combo of server and client.
There are programs that print checks with signatures already on them using just your normal printer. VersaCheck is the one I can think of off the top of my head.