skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You are my age, and I intend this to be friendly. Gizmo is right. You have too much potential left to be so negative. This negative view of employment in our industry is not unique to software. The same concerns about getting stuck in a career-killing, life-draining job are found in most professions.

I don't know you personally, so I am hesitant to put words in your mouth or infer what you are feeling. So I'll just talk about myself.

What made the difference for me was attitude. It sounds trite but it's true. Some people are too motivated to let themselves be beaten down by a bad job or a bad boss. They continue to struggle through until they change things for the better. I used to be that kind of person, but I gave up hope. I had to find a way to convince myself that I was smart enough, could work hard enough, and could be persistent enough to force positive change in my life. That I would carve a good path through life with my bare hands if I had to. The other alternative was for that negative view of career option to become a self-fulfilling prophesy.

I have three children myself, the oldest of which is 4 years old. For their sake I cannot kill myself no matter how bad I feel about my prospects. But also for their sake I cannot let myself get beaten back into a hopeless corner where I come home depressed every day about my life. If I come home every day dead already, what hope do they have of seeing the wonder and beauty of life that makes it worth living? Even without the responsibility of kids I have seen too much good in life to ever be convinced that death is preferable.
He is referring to the principle of the state's monopoly on violence. It's necessary for some violence to exist to maintain internal and external security (police and the military, respectively). The more effective the state, the theory goes, the better able it is to maintain control over the use of violence in its territory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence
Wow. If that's what you took away from the author's post, I seriously question DN's capacity to moderate. This, on top of the FlatUI fiasco, leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. My interest in DN is less and less each day.
That doesn't make sense. Relational databases use relational algebra (which includes joins) to model data. The mere fact that you model it that way doesn't necessarily have to affect the physical representation. True, there is no such thing as an actual RDBMS on the market, but that's hardly Dr. Codd's fault. :-)
It could also be difference in circumstance. Note that the bone growth occurs as a response to muscle damage, so a more active child who suffers a higher incidence of standard bumps and bruises would be more likely to have more ossification.
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Code reuse is an advantage I guess.
For example you want fast responsive validations as the user enters data, but for security reasons you need to do final validations on the server.

You have objects on the client that you want to persist to the server but you don't want to have to write two models.
I was on Assange's side until I saw the Frontline piece on Wikileaks. I highly recommend it.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/wikileaks/
Focus on building your company as much as you do on your product
Actually "Build it and they'll come" used to be a good motto,when technical side was the biggest challenge. I guess it was pretty motivating then. Today when it's much easier thanks to many frameworks,APIs and generally available technologies it's a myth indeed. It was replaced by "Hack the growth and they'll come" which soon will also turn in deceptive myth I believe.
Interesting. I've heard good things about the Windows Azure program, but I don't think any cloud-based option will work for finance. People generally want to keep their servers and data in-house, for trade secret protection and regulatory purposes.
IQ Measurable Just By A Visual Test
Scientists at the University of Rochester found a unique way to measure high IQ and IQ of the brain in general just by studying individuals and their abilities to filter out noise in images. The results of a visual test where people were told to as quickly as possible detect movements showed similar IQ results as a classic intelligence test.

Quote: "People with higher IQ are quicker at detecting small moving objects" (...) "The relationship between IQ and motion suppression points to the fundamental cognitive processes that underlie intelligence, the authors write. (...) The researchers point out that this vision test could remove some of the limitations associated with standard IQ tests, which have been criticized for cultural bias."
I agree. I hope the brand of eugenics of early 20th century never sees the light of day.
If anyone has anything to add, I'd be happy to discuss.
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I believe that is a tout - as in "touting his wares".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tout mentions barker (US) and spruiker (AU) as equivalent.
What about simply using the original NoSQL system? http://www.strozzi.it/cgi-bin/CSA/tw7/I/en_US/nosql/Home%20P...
Stop feeling sorry for yourself, and get a full time job. You need to accept that you're not good enough to start your own company. It's okay, there are millions of people like you, like me and most people on HN.

Take a break, go on a vacation, and recharge your batteries. You have the skills to have a well-paid job, and a great life. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth just because you had a failed dream of being a millionaire through some startup. You can still have a great life from your skills, if you just step back and realize how lucky you are.
>> As soon as 3d printers will be able to replicate themselves, every regulation will be moot.

> I don't get this. In theory, if it were illegal to print "Item #325" having 200 printers doesn't make it any less illegal to print "Item #325".

It might be illegal. But the law would be unenforceable.

>> Information always finds a way to propagate.

> Doesn't this presuppose that no secret has ever been kept?

Valid point. What I meant is information that is out in the open. The cad files by Defense Distributed where published intentionally. You need a North Korean style regime to significantly slow down the propagation of such material.
leave it off your resume
Thank you for your time and effort to explain this.

Well, honestly, this smells national socialism from a mile.

Which genes are bad? Is it really that genes are bad? What about their mutations?

I have (not really suffer) ehlers-danlos type 2. Which is genetic disorder. Some people with it - like me - are lucky and have it really benign. It doesn't really affect my life in any way. It doesn't affect lifespan in my case. Then there are some others - with exact same gene mutations - who suffer constant pain to the point they would like to die (literally). Not to mention constant medical emergencies.

Now, I have almost no problems because of eds. And one benefit - apparently I have lower risk of colon cancer. (there is more bile in the system which is laxative which helps preventing colon cancer, plus the colon is built differently, in my case causing "stuff" to move quicker). So, how would you know my gene mutation is good or bad?

And how do you know that if you change it, something else won't be totally messed up instead? There is always the problem of unintended consequences.

Not to mention that once you would open this pandora box, you'd also need to deal with prospect parents demanding "gene therapy" for their future kid because of a gene they think is bad. Like with cosmetic surgeries. People with gene A have higher risk of being short, so please doctor, please, let's "fix" that. Our boy can't be short! Can't have red hair! Can't have 40% higher risk of being depressed or obese too.

And here we go, all blond, tall, beautiful.

Wouldn't you agree?
But we already had arrived at the point of unreadable source code with the advent minifiers and tools like Closure Compiler.
Interesting problem. How do Google's self-driving cars react to road problems such as bridge-collapses and sinkholes? Scanning for objects and avoiding objects which extend above the road level is obvious, but what about when the road cuts off? These things rarely happen, but it would be terrifying to be in a self-driving car in that moment when the bridge ahead of you collapses and the car continues to drive as if there is nothing wrong.

I actually had a similar thought yesterday when thinking about how the cars would handle object-avoidance. Say a deer hops out in front of the car. The car is constantly aware of its environment for 100+ feet in all directions, so it could tell if there are no cars in a neighboring lane and swerve to miss the deer. But what if there _are_ cars in neighboring lanes and the only available direction is to go onto the shoulder or into the ditch? If the ditch is fairly level with the road, then this could be the safest option. But if the ditch is steep, then it would be more dangerous than simply hitting the brakes and hoping you don't hit the deer too hard.
It "works" well, albeit the data it is working with is flawed (depending on where you live).
Trading bacon for beans: a mobile app helps users barter unwanted items
Shoot me an email--let's chat. You seem kind of ragey.
Have you checked out the completely free course on how to build a startup by Steve Blank? It's not as dumb or cheesy as it sounds. The guy knows a bit or two about what he's talking about. http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/ep245/ Give it a try. Worst that could happen is that you wasted a couple of hours getting slightly entertained.
VNC over gif
>I think Google+ could be understood better once you realize that Google+ is not a social network in the traditional terms. Google+ is truly a social layer across all Google services.

This is what we hear all the time from google executives, when explaining what google+ is. As a user, I dont see any difference between google+ vs facebook. In terms enabling social interaction, google+ is same as facebook. posting picutres, videos, chatting with friends, liking stuff on internet, games, etc. Also dont see why they try to spin this in any other way.
Google+ goes a step further by integrating into search,Ads etc.
Maybe it is because the media has traditionally been at the end of the strings of the State[0], so to be surprised about such actions seems kinda naive. Some people probably stopped taking orders…

But it is interesting/amusing to see the State encroaching upon itself and its own devices in the pursuit of terrorism or whatever thing we're supposed to be fighting these days.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opinio...
They deliver the information on a number of formatted pages. This is simply the source document.
If I read the book first I often don't agree with the casting of the characters, no problem the other way round.
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Since I was about to say the same thing you already did, I’ll add that the difference is that kerning refers to adjusting the spacing between specific character pairs instead of the whole text (which is what letter-spacing/tracking does). For example the AV pair usually needs to be kerned to make the glyphs partially overlap so that they don’t look too far apart.
I wonder how many still remember Jaiku and Pownce (don't google them, no cheating!)
On private property you are always privileged to be there and the owner can ask you to leave at any point for any reason.

If you act considerately and don't cause problems (like occupying space when you are not spending) then this is less likely to happen, so there is certainly a degree of self interest.
Show HN: Presentation: Cucumber Cross Browser Testing in the Cloud
I saw Jaron speak last week. My biggest takeaway from his talk was his thought on asymmetric information relationships.

When you buy something through amazon, you are exposed to the price they think you should pay (there's some truth to the idea that Amazon varies their price depending on how much money they think you have to spend). This is an example of an asymmetrical information relationship.

Amazon has global pricing information and a big data system that they can leverage to push all of the risk onto local bookstores, but while you can remove risk from a particular part of a system, that risk is always offloaded elsewhere. Companies with these big data systems have the ability to push risk onto the other companies in the system.

The example Jaron uses that is easiest to understand is healthcare, particularly insurance. Essentially, with enough data, insurance providers can insure people right to the point of predictable illness and then cut care, thereby transitioning risk to the public sector. If you look at this situation from the perspective of the shareholder, that's fucking awesome, but if you look at it in a larger societal context, the public is paying for the insurance companies profits.

In short, there's a lot of information asymmetry in the world. This asymmetry is the new definition of power. Even if you think Jaron is an idiot, this is a profound point.
That's a fair criticism, but it needs qualification. JS doesn't have an integer type currently, but engines can be smart about using integers behind the scenes for efficiency.

In terms of your ability to use them explicitly there's asm.js, typed arrays, and various proposals like value objects for the future.
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Even in silly Poland (not to speak of Netherlands) abuse of ambulance service is treated very seriously. If the hospital makes the case that you made a call either as a prank or frivolously, you're in a world of trouble.
Take a six month break from everything.

Come back and kick ass.
After "printcrime" there will be: "look-crime" where you are caught peeking into or learning about how the insides of a system work on a base level, so you can replicate it without the backdoors, spyware, government mothership authorizations, credentials, alarms, and limitations.

Close that vehicle/system lid citizen, there are trade secrets in there, step away, don't make me Taze you.
"This gun is godsend for terrorists. It is a gun that you can easily create at home, and it can be carried on planes and other high risk places without detection."

How is creating a low quality gun at home some kind of godsend? A high quality gun can be acquired quite simply anywhere in the USA. Even if you have some kind of problem with your criminal background you can acquire one at the right price. Or get someone else to acquire it for you. And you don't have to worry about detection with a small gun because it is easily concealable. You're free to walk out of the house and head to times square if you so choose.

I'm not sure why you'd think it is better than a bomb. Those are also easily made at home and can be made to look like pretty much any non-threatening object.
As long as you explain, I'm fine. Thanks!
I, For One, Welcome Our New Steve 'Woz' Wozniak Correct Place in History Overlords. And the rumors about me are lies, I'm true to the gospel, he did not only develop a computer like dozens of others did.
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I was always told that here (Austria) if you call the ambulance but are not in actual danger you have to pay for it, and that it's very expensive.
But you can call an emergency physician if you're not sure if somethings wrong which is free in any case afaik. They will examine you and make a determination if you need to go the hospital.
My mother once called them because she was concentrating so hard on her heartbeat while trying to sleep that she started to panic because she thought it wasn't beating normally. The emergency physician examined her and deemed everything normal, made her calm down, and then just left. I was told if she had called the ambulance it would have cost a lot.
The Atlassian values are real and not just PR bullshit
The case against Tom Drake was beyond the pale for me. Every circumstance surrounding that case was just horrid.

You only need one Watergate to bring down a president.
Ask HN: Typical Higher Ed % discount for SaaS offering?
Our SaaS company has been asked to provide a quote for a college. They've (understandably) stated that they hope that we have a higher ed discount. Any thoughts on roughly what % discount is typical/appropriate?
Providers are stealing, or there are kickbacks.

There was a public investigation in Paraguay when a public entity paid 200k for an ambulance, they should cost 100k at the most.

In Peru the cost of transforming a van into an ambulance is 14.000 dollars.

http://www.laestrella.com.pa/online/impreso/2011/10/05/dispa...

http://www.larepublica.pe/11-03-2007/hubo-sobrevaloracion-en...
You're not contradicting my contention: Lots of political groups were applying for charitable status, they're not allowed to have it, and it's the IRS's job to flag those groups, filter them out and inform them that their donations are not tax-deductible.

Any political group asking for charity status was not being persecuted -- they were being very properly informed that they're not a charity. If any actual charity was caught up in this dragnet, then that charity was persecuted.

Look at it this way: This IRS dept (overseen by a bush appointee) in a particular year sees a lot of bogus charity 501c4 applications using the word "foobar". They set up a filter on the word foobar to flag any entries containing it for manual review. Completely reasonable, right?

Now change "foobar" to "tea party". That's where they screwed up on CYA, they should've added a bunch of democratic party type keywords to the list and then they're good.
Well it was just an idea conceived over 2-3 beers with a friend with just some basic napkin math that said we don't brake too much of the laws of physics. I can see multiple approaches working.

But the goal - make the existing fleet of vehicles better while cleaning the air as a bonus is a worthy one and smog is a first world problem.

Edit: honda have something similar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Motor_Assist
To be fair, you can generate asm.js with quite readable names (use -g in emscripten for example). asm.js does not require that you also minify variable and function names (and whitespace), that is orthogonal, and done on all JS these days anyhow.

If you do not minify the output, then asm.js's readability is somewhere in between x86 and C. It's far easier to understand than x86, but it is still definitely less readable than handwritten C because it's machine-generated and optimized.
Last year was really great ... @fat was amazing !
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A good starting point is rhok.org/problems.
Death to the Cult of Stealth Startups
No. If I want byte code, I'll use Java or a native app. This idea that a web browser should be an operating-system-in-a-box-over-http needs to stop.

JavaScript is not a bad language. If you're getting caught up in gotchas and 'quirky' behavior, why not just read EMCA-262 [1] ? It lays out all defined behavior of JavaScript so you'll know exactly what the interpreter is doing when it reads your code.

[1] http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST...
Support for the progress element is still missing from a lot of browsers, so I don't know if it's right to say that the markup is "wrong" for not using it
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just for the record and to please the prospective downvoting mob, here is a warning to any non-westerner members:

"The cost [...] has been evaluated, taking into account realistic labor prices in different countries. The total cost is X (with a western equivalent value of Y) [where Y>X]

source: LHCb calorimeters : Technical Design Report

ISBN: 9290831693 http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/494264

Berner was looking at RPC as his dayjob to give control commands to machines. What Berner did, was to use the Interface Builder's precursor on the NeXT he got as a toy to put a gopher-like link into the text properties field, where the font boldness, size ...and colour and underline were. This was a graphical workstation, and not spread world-wide at the time (NeXT was an expensive toy). Hardly an innovation. And not everybody was allowed to toy around -- certainly not western equivalents.

Nobody has really heard of Groff, Pellow, Nielsen and the rest, who made it work multiplatform, over the command-line, etc. ie. a universal world-wide. Nobody was astonished by them back then, because what they were doing was nothing special: several such systems existed already both commercial and academic. They were the cheap students, whose work allowed it to be opened up and given away without charge.

WWW grew like it did because of two reasons: it was free of charge, because it was actually made by cheap and disposable students, and the then changing climate of the deregulation of the internet, of which some companies ie. Vermeer, Netscape could take early advantage of.

CERN likes cheap students' work, and sell if off as stellar examples of innovation by CERN. Read Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by Veltman to learn more about CERN, if you feel to downvote.
So, one wonders--how does anyone who detests the idea of getting arrested for printing things and having printer tech confiscated simultaneously detest the idea of printing weapons with which to defend yourself and your means of production?
Or gloating.
Spoiler: "the history of swearing is one of a movement back and forth between the holy and the shit. At different times in the history of the west, the primary taboo has been to do either with God, or with the functions of the human body."
I don't mean to be defensive, I personally don't use JS on the server side, but I don't see any problems with other people doing it. No more than I would have problems with people using, say, Ruby.
Eh, it's a natural progression given their design goals -- I think the central principle behind Apple's design, one even more basic than their idolization of Dieter Rams, is to capitalize on a trope you see in a lot of science fiction: technology that is so advanced as to defy compartmentalization, as if the driver of their functionality is external to the universe itself. Thus the black slate design, the aluminum unibody, the elimination of removable batteries, the thinness obsession they have with the MacBook Air and the iMac. This works especially well for them because technology isn't actually at that stage, so creating the illusion this way really does make their stuff look more advanced (note how that's far and away the most prevalent word in their ad copy, by the way) than competing products to your average consumer.
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Dynamic languages typically lack them: Lua, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
Mine is a short reflection but I crave for the day in which all human beings will be able to work for free, not for money. And then, they will rediscover the interest of art, handcraft, music, conversation, philosophy.

The world described by Lanier is very much one in which people can live without caring about earning money to survive: "subsistence" will be dealt with by robots.

I see that as a liberation.

Of course there are other problems but solving the 'earn money or otherwise live as a pariah/die' seems to me interesting.

Work is much more important for man than a mere means of making money, as I see it. If it is just that (emphasis), then the feeling of slavery must be great.

Which is probably what a lot of people nowadays feel, sadly.

EDIT: [Just not to look too 'asinine']. Obviously I am aware this is utopian. Please bear with me.
However, the abstract reflection stands as it is.

And, by the way: it is important to realize that what is 'dirty' for some is 'beautiful' for others. Even law enforcement and (I've lived with one) even 'Administrative Law'. Yes, even pig-herding and trash-cleaning can be seen as 'liberating' works.

It is not what you do: it is what you aim to.