skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yellow lights don't cause more traffic accidents... shorter yellow lights do. How do you think that "Cross streets don't turn green until the yellow is gone" indicates that should not be the case?
Thanks for answering that. However, I've been exposed to US culture since early adulthood and somehow she or her work didn't come up until I joined HN. It seems to me her influence is especially strong here, but that could of course be anecdotal.

From an outsider's perspective it just seems... odd.
If you think this is a way to collect money, try driving in the Netherlands. Our normal speedlimit is 130 km/h, but we have limits of 100 km/h on wide and empty 5 lane highways in the middle of nowhere enforced by average-speedcameras (so 100% chance of getting caught even if speeding by as little as 2 mph)

Oh and the fine of 10 mph (16km/h) over the limit is 174 USD... but really, this is about safety, not about the money :X
Yo, do you need a number for the gym? You sure? I was just looking at your comments, you need to start lifting. Do you even lift bro? You’re probably a skinnylicious man, your girl is bigger than you, you’d better start lifting. You gotta work a little bit harder for muscles. Where are you going so fast? Gym?? You mean go milk the cows, you don’t work out bro, you look small. You look small, do you want a sandwich? You need to pump some iron! Do you even lift bro? Small muscles, I’m serious, do you want to press the reset button and start with this girly dumbbell? I was looking at your muscles, you’re a small guy.
Should be good coffee
plus, i don't think Gartner, IDC etc have included the financial crisis that a lot of countries/people/companies face. In my opinion, a lot of big buyers (governments, enterprises) postponed buying new PCs for a year or two.
Notwithstanding all the hype and legitimate positives of crowd sourcing, this is the very real negative side. Kickstarter gives unfettered access to funds, which more often than not is required by a given project, and they indemnify themselves and further remove themselves from the funding transactions (a legal requisite for anyone not wanting to be tied up in litigation for the rest of their known life). Perhaps there is some room to hold funds in escrow and release them after projects hit certain mile stones, but I think that would stifle projects more than ensure successful use of funds. This is a real problem facing an emerging industry that if someone figures out they could propel themselves to the forefront of this space.
-1 for inaccuracy. There is no start menu in Windows 8.1. There is however a start button.
Does anyone actually believe that online dating algorithms reliably predict relationship success? I've always seen it as merely a weak signal of compatibility, and I imagined other dating site users saw it the same way.

It seems lots of people who don't use dating sites are under the impression that everything is "automated". It's not like you entrust your entire relationship to the algorithm, only dating the person with the highest match %. Rather you look at a ton of profiles, many with a high match %, but some with a low match %, and message the ones you like the look/sound of. From that point we're back to the old monkey-brain dating algorithms that have been around since the paleolithic. (But fair play to OKCupid, they have a decent idea of my tastes - the people with whom I share the highest match % seem consistently interesting).

Adding "identity" seems to be the exact opposite of what every dating site user wants. Women would probably like more safety features, but I don't think anyone wants a "log in with Facebook" button.
Why an Atlas Shrugged smart people strike would never work.
Press "Windows" key. Get full screen start menu with improved search function.
No mention of Devin Graham's channel? High quality consistent videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/devinsupertramp

Comparing the quality of TV to YouTube is like comparing the design of a website vs the design of a newsletter. The expectations are much higher with TV shows and websites. With email and YouTube, as long as it's readable/watchable and the content is good, people will come back.
I wasn't trying to say that body weight exercise trumps weightlifting when the focus is on strength, I was simply saying that you can build strength in other ways too.

If I woke up one day and decided that the most important thing in my life was to one day bench-press 400 lbs, I would grab a copy of Starting Strength and hit the weights. There really isn't any debate about that.

The original argument against bodyweight exercise was that it's a complete waste of time. It clearly isn't. When I started basic training, about 20 percent of us could actually pass a PT test. Some people could only perform a couple of push-ups. After 8-9 weeks of doing nothing but running and body-weight exercise, nearly everyone passed.

If you took a cycle of recruits, tested them on the bench-press on day 1 of basic training, and then did so again on the last day, I'd be willing to bet that on average, their numbers would be significantly higher.
Kickstarter is a in a tough position. I think it offers a valuable service (though it's certainly not unique). I'm sure that most people looking to get funded won't simply take the money & run as was done in this instance. Unfortunately, Kickstarter is the only one still hanging around, so they're left holding the bag, so to speak.
What age do you have to turn before you realize that "right" is a function of power, not facts?
Took long enough. Magic the Gathering: Online Exchange needed to be shut down long ago.
Agreed, I would love a version that works for C/C++ as well.
Video production is a team sport. It's only going to look professional if you hire a crew of experts.

And buy / rent a lot of expensive gear.

Someone like Jenna Marbles needs to focus on her content. Writing, recording, and editing a weekly show is more work than you think.
One Player to Play Them All
You also have freedom of scream.
Regardless of the convention, every user needs to understand how to use the tools.
It's unfortunate that all the updates are Backer-Only, including a recent one titled "Refund Reminder".

Could someone on HN who backed this project summarize what the company has said in its Backer-Only communication?
> So I’ve arranged to fund a significant research program through the Voice Health Institute, which he will lead.

I find this rather awkward. Here we have someone with a ton of money giving a tiny fraction of it away in a very public manner to a cause that seeks to remedy one of his own personal afflictions. He comes off looking like a good guy, and in the process generates excellent PR for his company and social network. What is the downside? It's as if there isn't one. I don't know why, but it gives me the squeamy jibbly icks. Same vibe as when he gave away flu shots at Target.

I guess I have the following questions. Why do the rich need to be our saviors? Do we really need to justify extreme wealth disparity with extreme condescension? Can't we just shuffle some defense money to healthcare and make democratic decisions about how to allocate healthcare funds? Or, god forbid, raise taxes on the wealthy?

Is the answer really, sorry, no, that's how it has to work in "free market" capitalism?
The lack of universal health care probably exacerbates the homelessness situation in the U.S.

With that said, what you see in San Francisco is largely a product of the combination of homeless friendly policies and tolerable weather. Many of the 'homeless' you see during the day don't actually sleep on the street (although a decent number do) and actually reside in SRO's, subsidized housing, and shelters (One complaint I have heard about SF, you can only afford to live here if you are really rich, or if you are really poor).

Fact is the homeless situation may be a bit ugly, but it exists everywhere, it just may not be as visible. At least in SF, it's harder to ignore.
You are correct. Push-ups, pull-ups and other exercises that you can do with your own body provide the same kind benefits as weight training, just at a much smaller range. That is, it's harder (and slower) to start, and you can only go so far.
I suspect that this article makes more sense if you've read his book, which hits on the same themes with a lot more context, and a lot more history.

Youtube optimizes for grabbing attention in well-defined bite sized chunks that people think they can spare. A little dopamine hit, followed by another, followed by another, followed by..why didn't I get anything done today? The interaction isn't meaningful. It isn't rich. It doesn't improve our lives. But it is addictive.

If you don't see what is wrong with this, I recommend reading http://www.highexistence.com/why-you-should-avoid-the-news/ until you think you understand it. Then re-read the article above with that in mind.
I'm guessing there are some sweaty brows at Coinbase today...
Microsoft has a long history of very poorly chosen names. There are at least 3 other Microsoft Stores -- their chain of retail stores (ala Apple Store), the online version of those stores, their multiple "Microsoft Stores" on the corporate campus that sell Microsoft hardware/software/books/swag to both visitors and employees predating the retail locations, and their employee-only online store.
Reducing the amount of time that drivers have to react will never make roads safer. The data supports this.
I did not say that the mentally ill become homeless, I said that many/most of the homeless are fighting mental illness (or substance abuse, or both.)
I would be surprised if it doesn't become more common, it's too simple an "idea" for it not to become a big target for fraud.
Because Obamacare is funded by progressive taxation, as are most programs in the U.S., and the benefits of Obamacare are not equally distributed - an example of the very inequality Hayek was admonishing against in the first quote I posted.
Regardless, the cities are still "growth hacking."
actually, i wonder if there wouldn't be fewer rear end collisions if there were no yellow lights. people might be more cautious when approaching an intersection and less likely to ride someone's ass.
It might be surprising, actually: having significant uncertainty can be much safer than (false) certainty.

There was a town that took down all stop signs and traffic lights, and it significantly decreased traffic accidents and injuries.
That is for now, until PostgreSQL 9.3 released, have only one useful feature comparing to plain string - validation. That's not much help, and that original lmm's point was about.
iPhone owner who doesn't have a texting plan at all here. I avoid iMessage like the plague because it's way too easy to accidentally send texts that cost me $0.25 a pop. I don't want to care what kind of phone my friends have, particularly when screwing it up costs me money.
Source maps are a partial solution. We also need a way to translate the data (fields and data structures) back to its source representation.
You are right. On closer inspection of each picture I now understand what the ports are: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/05/02/back-in-stock-beagle...
The U.S. has the same problem. Now that people have lost faith in the "middle class society" and we realize that 99% of us are poors at the mercy of bosses and health insurance, the IQ 120+ set is deferring childcare until they "make it", the odds of which are very low and most people won't because even at 140+ most people get screwed. So smart people are self-selecting out of the gene pool, not with that intention but by deferral. It's a nasty boiled-frog problem. One day we will wake up and the world will be terminally stupid.

Now that the individual's economic future is so uncertain, and it's that way for everyone, people who don't think about the future are breeding at a much faster rate than people who do, and it's terrifying.

For the life of me, I can't figure out why healthcare (which has long-term effects on peoples' intelligence levels, since a lot of that's not genetic) isn't a no-brainer, but also education. Free higher education is the absolute best eugenic program ever devised-- if your kids are smart, society will invest limitless resources in making them succeed-- because it hurts absolutely no one; it's pure carrot. Instead of getting soaked on tuition, parents whose kids get into top schools should get paid.
I wonder how much revenue these channels would produce if comments were universally disabled.

Nearly every popular YouTube video is its own discussion board. There are people discussing the video, other comments, and completely unrelated topics. You see comments like "Hey, I'm back. How are you guys doing?" -- which implies this is a person who treats the video as its own self-contained forum.

Then of course there's the trolls who perpetuate conversation by inciting others. It's ironic to think trolls earn video channels ad revenue.
All the projects resources went into the pitch video...not a cent went to R&D. Even though crowd sourcing is awesome in my opinion, just like any investment, it comes with a risk.

Every purchase we make in life is an investment of some degree, in regards to kickstarter or indiegogo, a backer/customer/investor (whatever you'd like to call them), needs to weigh out risk/reward ratio, but also factor in the site's history of people delivering on their product.
As far as I can tell, they basically want backers to be comfortable with 100% risk. I think this is a reasonable position.
DHS Starts Seizing Bitcoin Accounts
Please complain to your local traffic engineers. The MUTCD requires at least a 4-second walk signal and specifies 7 seconds as the normal minimum. http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part4/fig4e_02_longdesc.h...
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Especially considering how much BTC-related money is flowing through Dwolla... it probably makes up a significant portion of their revenue. I have to imagine this is bad news for them as well.
One massive difference is healthcare.
So many downsides (increased danger, maintenance costs for vehicle, insurance costs, can't drink then drive). The only upside (mobility) can be compensated with money (i.e., cabs). It does suck when I want to go on a roadtrip though.
>Yellow lights increase safety by avoiding the "slam on the brakes" effect you've described. They've replaced this with a very common "floor the accelarator" reaction which also decreases safety.

In a typical car, flooring the gas pedal is conservatively going to be about 9ft/s² in the same direction as you're already moving. Slamming on the brakes is going to accelerate you at about 15ft/s² in the opposite direction as you're already moving. The effects these two actions have on safety are not comparable

>Red light cameras combined with a short yellow seem the best approach to me.

Except that that approach has been conclusively demonstrated to increase both accidents and fatalities, while lengthening yellow lights has been shown to reduce both accidents and fatalities.
It's not a binary decision. Those with the means can still chose to donate some of their money to causes they like, and we as a society can (or should) still chose the way in which we want to allocate public funds towards more health spending or away from defense spending.

Choosing to donate to a cause that affects him personally is no different than when people create charities or foundations or donate money to fund research for diseases that affect their immediate family members - which happens quite often.
I've never been particularly strong, but strength is clearly not the most important thing in life, that's just common sense.
I am hoping that this will pan out well for them. This may be a blessing in disguise. I suppose time will tell though!
100% enforcement of traffic laws would be a great thing. A wise man once said, "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
Don't avoid failure - embrace it
It is an American/Internet thing in general. Wherever American politics pops up online you will eventually see someone reference her and get piled on, or see someone accuse the other of being "Ayn Randian" or whatever.

If you enjoy this sort of thing, check out reddit sometime.
This is the worst thing about the "college major" system. Yes, comparative advantage is a good thing, but that doesn't logically conclude in overspecialization.
I've only been writing Go for a short while, but my experience so far is that 'go get' only pulls down updated versions of dependencies if you tell it to, with -u.

The developer should have set up a proper Go tree for his project, prepended it to GOPATH, run 'go get DEPENDENCY1…' (which would have put the complete current source of that dependency into his src directory) and then checked his project tree into his VCS (adhering, of course, to the licenses of his dependencies). Anyone who downloaded his code would have gotten the compatible version of all dependencies from the VCS. Then when he felt it was time to upgrade the dependency, he should have committed his work (and branched in something like git), then run 'go get -u DEPENDENCY1…' to fetch the latest version, which—yes—would break his code's compilation. The next step would be to fix his code to work with the new version, then commit that.

It sounds like the guy was doing something developing his project in his main Go tree, not putting his dependencies into version control, blindly updating dependencies and so forth.

But possibly I missed something.
There are several problems with Ayn Rand.

One is that her ideas were not particularly original, and not particularly well-expressed. Self-centered philosophies are far from new, and actually are pretty well-trod ground, but her work does little to address already-existing critiques and, as literature, is not particularly good (her characters tend to be one-dimensional, plots lack good development/tension/resolution, etc.).

Another is that she has become a frankly cult-like figure, with people approaching her work the wrong way around: rather than "this statement is correct, and Ayn Rand said it", too often there is a seeming attitude of "this statement is correct because Ayn Rand said it". The Objectivist movement (people who follow her work and philosophy) is particularly infamous for this, having an established history of venerating her and doing some rather extreme turns when she was alive and particular people from her circle fell out of her favor.

Finally, most of her work is easy to critique with only very basic reasoning/argumentative skills, despite presenting itself as a solid, rationally-justified framework. More realistically, Rand's philosophy consists of appeals to emotional responses, based on the idea of self-evaluation of one's own greatness and the notion that this greatness exists more or less in a vacuum (one of the famous examples is "going Galt", wherein all of the great people who produce value simply retreat and form their own separate society, to spite the "parasites" who "leeched" off their work).

To continue with the fiction theme, one of Heinlein's stories ("The Roads Must Roll", 1940) anticipated and harshly criticized the type of philosophy Rand ended up promoting. One of the asides there is to a philosophy of "Functionalism"; the founder of the philosophy advocates evaluating people -- and giving them power and prestige -- based on what "function" they can perform, and how valuable it is to society.

The result is large numbers of people who do not really make any unusually-significant contributions, but who all come to the conclusion that whatever they do is the one truly indispensable thing, and if they stopped doing it the whole society would fall apart, so they should be given more power or prestige over others in recognition. As Heinlein puts it, "With so many different functions actually indispensible, such self-persuasion was easy." Heinlein also offers a description of the founder of "Functionalism" which critiques the philosophy and in many ways critiques Rand's later work as well, when he says:

The complete interdependence of modern economic life seems to have escaped him entirely.

(see Wikipedia for a summary of the story, or look it up -- it's been republished/anthologized: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roads_Must_Roll)
What's baffling about it? There are the native developer tools, but add-ons can still provide developer functionality.
A no-coding-required Google Reader alternative (prototype of the possibilities)
In the beginning, I thought these kind of incidents would be the end of the service.

A lot of the people using Kickstarter to raise capital for their projects appear out of their depth, if not in the first instance, certainly when their project takes off and they end up raising many times what they anticipated.
Already a thread going on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5707537
I think it's more coincidence than trend. She's definitely discussed more in the US than the rest of the world, but not specifically more on HN. People tend to agree or disagree with her strongly, so when it comes up once it generally doesn't die until everybody who feels obligated to criticize or defend her have made their points.
It's not based on the Inc 500. It says it's based on data from Bloomberg and Capital IQ, which is probably why he isn't releasing it.

I tried Googling around for a free stock screener that would let you filter by revenue and founding year but I couldn't find anything. It wouldn't get you the private companies but it would probably be a representative sample of the whole group.
For the record, I was not justifying the miserable lives of many people. To the extent that society has the will and the means to provide basic "rights" as you describe, I have no objection to participating in that. But society's means and will to provide these things also seem to be running very thin. That leads to miserable lives for children that did not ask to be here in the first place.
You are not being coherent.
Ask HN: 4th member of startup. I missed out on the H1B lottery. Options?
I'm 23. I joined as the fourth member of an extremely early stage startup (post-angel, pre-series). I have been here a year, fully responsible for the company's entire Android footprint, as well as your average startup first-five product design and general engineering responsibilities.

I am on the dregs of my post-graduation OPT. I find it more than mildly frustrating and unreasonable that a willingly tax-paying, non-criminal person trying to innovate in a way that, if it has positive benefits for anyone, will benefit the US economy, is going to be thrown out of the country with little in his power. But that's a separate rant.

Given that a) I believe the fields I'm interested in have the best opportunities in US, and I want to pursue my career here and
b) my current employer is willing to go to some lengths to help me out within reason, but does not have bottomless funds to do so,
What are my best options in your opinions?
a) Apply for H1B again next year, figure some productive way to pass time outside US in the interim (this includes grad school, working for MNCs such as MS or Google to hedge H1B bets, etc)
b) Start a company in my home-country, and try to use the L1 visa to return here and then change status as needed
c) Get married to a US citizen (used to be accompanied with "jk")
d) Other suggestions?
All fines from traffic incidents go into a separate piggy bank that's refunded equally to taxpayers at the end of the year and can't be drawn on for departmental or government funds.

How we get from here to there, I don't know.
Looks like someone needs to start kickescrow.com
Well how? I think they will be shut down.
An upvote is not enough. Thank you for posting this.

Yes, there are a few people who prefer to be homeless. They're very rare. The idea that they're "most" is laughable.