skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Someone else having control of your currency is a lot different than no one having control over it.
I was lucky enough to get in the alpha of this; I was super skeptical until I tried it - it's now replaced iPhoto for me completely...plus I never sync my phone. Win.
I _wish_ I had these traffic load problems to use Go. :(
Whether you believe in Lyft or not, it's amazing that in just one year transportation in SF is a solved problem. And soon it will be in many other cities as well. I remember waiting on the phone for Yellow Cab to confirm my taxi and it would sometimes take hours. I would have to plan my night ahead. Now with Uber, Sidecar, Lyft, and Flywheel I can be out the door in 5 minutes.
oops.I forgot a step. Step 3: Click "Invite people". Step 4: "add a phone number".
Awesome Google Glass Face Recognition API
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin
:(

I weep for our generation of engineers.
People won't sit at a charging station except in emergency situations. I think explicit gas stations will go the way of the dodo and parking lot charging will become the norm.
My take on it is this --

1) The Economist piece is really a reference to a New Yorker piece.

2) The author seems to be indulging in schadenfreude / triumphalism over the "new" SV strategy of engaging in politics.

It's a rather stinky bit of smugness really.

If any locale has gotten too big for its' boots, it's NYC, especially the borough that provides The New Yorker with most of its' readers. This is both fact and more importantly, a very common perception by those who live outside the five boroughs.

As far as "playing ball" politically, I'm sure the author, if asked nicely, can cite numerous instances where ball-playing has hurt both their personal interests and what they perceive to be the "national / global interest."

So to the author I would say, "Be careful in your wish-making."
I'm in the same boat as you. I like the looks of Angular, but not sure I want the client-side lock-in.

I enjoy writing templates without thinking too much if they are rendered server-side or client-side.

Funny, I've been considering this architecture:

client :: js + your nunjucks library for templating
server :: python + jinja2 for templating

Are nunjucks and jinja2 pretty compatible now, to the point that you're actually sharing templates across client and server? The docs currently discourage it:

http://nunjucks.jlongster.com/#Can-I-share-templates-between...
When I work in my home office. To be really productive. I have to close the door even tho I live alone, then LOCK it. Sometimes I will get up, walk to door and when I try to open it and realize it's locked. It signals me that I should be doing work, and I turn around and sit back down and keep working. If I leave that door open. I would just get up almost without thinking to walk around and I dunno, just get out of the office. Then it's 10hrs later and I haven't made it back in lost between the office and kitchen.
I can't wait until SF gets Car2Go. It's an amazing service that is surprisingly cheaper than Uber, Lyft... even the bus!

The most expensive part of a cab ride is the labor. That labor is uneccesary for people who know how to drive and haven't been drinking. Car2Go fixes that problem handily.
Afraid to take your Caste share of land and build your own nation as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_Award
I laughed until I realized you were serious. AI can't even get basic speech processing correct. The combined computer processing power in the world cannot yet accurately emulate the thought processes of the average human mind.

It will be decades before it can tackle the "creativity" needed to draft complex transactional legal documents, let alone litigation-related documents. I can't comment on finance, but law is not about "wrote procedural operations from a complex set of rules." The law is relatively simple--it is, and always has been, the application of the law that is complex, and this is why lawyers get paid so much. (This same logic generally applies to programming -- the syntactic rules of a language are simple, but the application of those rules is highly complex.)

Indeed, anything beyond the simplest legal work requires a very highly contextual understanding of both the applicable law and the facts of the situation which is currently beyond the capabilities of current software or hardware (and that includes currently available or near-available quantum optimizers).

AI will replace legal work about the same time as it replaces programming.
Honda's website says the range is 240 miles [1]

I would argue most people don't have 240 Volt electric lines running through their house in North America so they need to 'build' that infrastructure at home too.

[1] http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/specifications.aspx
How much is the lease on a leaf? Aren't there pretty strict mileage restrictions with a lease though? I'd imagine that would limit your cost savings?
We've had similar problems before (outside of angular), and the lack of visibility and tooling is horrendous.

However, at Google I/O they demoed the new object allocation tracker, which seems like a vast, vast improvement. Highly recommended for figuring out where memory is leaking and what code is causing it.

Here's the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...

Still pretty primitive, but progress at least.
Or really any other language - i'm German and sometime i alternate too, though i most of the time use the British spelling.
all your base.
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This is the same company that was building battery packs for Fisker, which is also "going bankrupt" [1].

[1] http://gigaom.com/2013/05/22/if-fisker-goes-for-20m-thats-an...
Not quite. I meant that my the course description that I provided was a random sampling. I googled for EE programs, picked a university randomly, went to its list of courses, and picked a course randomly.
Sorry, I just found out who this was, and personally what you consider to be worthy of 'one of the most untrustworthy designers I've ever encountered', I find somewhat offensive.

What happened: I missed a Skype call, and wasn't interested in working with you on a potential project. No contracts signed, 8 emails exchanged - just a sign from you that you might be interested in hiring me; and I wasn't into the project.

Hardly a crime in my eyes.

Also, this means I just shared a different story where I actually messed up.
> First of all clang and LLVM support the GCC vector extensions which means you can write portable SIMD code

It's portable in one sense, but not another - it doesn't work in other compilers like MSVC, which was used in this article.

> Second, compilers also do auto vectorization (automatically vectorizing code that is not explicitly written to use vector types / SIMD intrinsics)

Yes, if the native compiler did auto vectorization here, it helped it. asm.js still did very well though, so I suspect auto vectorization could not be achieved.

> and in addition SSE is used even for scalar floating point operations these days.

Yes, in both native compilers and JS engines. Likely SSE was used in both sides of the comparison here.

> It doesn't look like asm.js even lets you operate on single precision (32 bit) floating point values which can be a performance issue in some cases.

True, we are investigating that. Note that you can in some cases optimize double precision operations into single precision ones, even without explicit syntax.

> These and other issues mean it will not be possible to squeeze as much performance (and as a result power savings) out of asm.js as from native code or PNaCL.

If we are talking about the current state now, then PNaCl does not support SIMD either. If we are talking about eventually, then eventually JS might gain those things too.
Cool. It looks like they're trying to solve a lot of the same problems we are at Pixite. Unbound is our solution for this:

http://unboundformac.com/dropbox.html

I'm interested to see where they go with it and how they approach the problem differently.
Why would they charge less than a cab? It's clear they are not a ride sharing service, unless your $12 ride was for 50 miles ($.55/mile * 50 miles / 2 people ~= 12).
If they're doing something people want (which they are), does it matter?
Allow me to add:

Time Zone issues: If you work in a different time zone, then adjust to it to lessen the difference. This only works if you are from 1-4 hours away. Your team will appreciate the effort.

Try splitting the work day into shifts. One of the issues I had was working non-stop (as in an office job) for 8 hours. Reason was that I felt jailed into my house. So I splitastwer my work day into two shifts. One during the daylight, and one during the night (once my family has gone to sleep). I work better, and faster.

Get a hobby. When you work in an office, you have little hobbies that you do without ever noticing. Maybe its talking with another employee, or cleaning your desk, or anything. When you are home, you feel like you are in the office 24 hours a day. So get a hobby (preferably outside the house), so you feel like your life is not all about work.
If you don't mind, what is your blog? Thanks.
Agreed, when reading a blog with long lines I usually have to resize my browser to keep it readable.

If the content is very short (like comments on HN) then I don't mind the long lines though.

And small fonts are definitely a problem, I have set my browser's minimum font size to make HN more readable :)
Instead, you can redirect to a web page with an iOS Smart Banner at the top. If the app is installed, the user must tap the open button. If the app is not installed, the user can tap the install button and the app will then install and open to the same designated in-app URL.

An alternative hacky method to avoid the web page is to redirect the browser to a JavaScript URL. However, this results in a momentary error popup, though it's automatically dismissed. And the user is still navigated to the backup URL when Safari returns to the foreground in the future.

For example: javascript:window.location = 'app-schema://'; window.setTimeout(function() { window.location = 'http://app-url; }, 10);

EDIT: After thinking about it, since timers are suspended when Safari enters the background, you can probably use setInterval and check how long it's been to decide whether the browser should navigate to the backup URL. The error popup remains a problem, however.
Indians are morally corrupt/fraud by birth (Caste system) for the past 3000 years.
Google "90% of corrupt money is with Forward Caste people".
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My first thought was 60 million is alot of money which also means their valuation is really up there.I think alot of these sharing companies Airbnb Lyft etc are interseting love their vibe and profit models but they are playing in markets that are zero sum games and the old guard that they are disrupting are going launch serious knock down drag out legal battles in the near future.
I did this for two years. The key is to switch it up. I'm lucky enough that there are many different coffee shops in my area that I can go to. The general rule of thumb, if you're planning on spending multiple hours in a single place, is to buy a little something each 1 to 2 hours. I've seen many, many people buy a single tall coffee, nothing else, and then sit in the coffee shop for 4+ hours. These people are jerks.
Actually, this is how it works on your local computer - projects are folders. Moving them around re-syncs it on the web / iphone (and vice-versa)
A lot of this article applies just as much to working at the office. Managing time, distractions and communicating clearly are important no matter where you are.

Does anyone have any links to articles that talk more about the tool for collaborating and developing remotely? With existing tools I find it pretty easy to get code written and coordinate remotely, but it it still seems very difficult to actively collaborate in real time remotely. I'm a little surprised at how hard it is still to do some white boarding with someone else remotely or just share my desktop with them so they can see a prototype easily. Gotomeeting and Webex are ok but cost money and are more geared to showing presentations than anything else.
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First-world problems are accessible.
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Question: if lyft drivers don't have to purchase professional insurance, why should cab companies have to do so? The insurance companies charge a lot more when driving for hire.
[ed] oops, nevermind, see dons' post above re:"+RTS -xc", probably shd mark the trac ticket superceded or something
https://www.change.org/petitions/independent-nation-for-300-...
Well, some of it is not on AWS actually.
I wish it could look a little more normal.
I had this distraction when I was working from home for two years, wife and three kids. I love them dearly, but they can be a huge distraction. The best thing you can do here is to lock yourself in a room, or go out to a coffee shop, or the library.
Have you compared the fuel savings for a more recent gasoline-powered auto? You would be surprised to hear that they are becoming more fuel efficient.

How about Hybrids? A Prius can get 50mpg.

Or how about a diesel engine? Then you won't lose that 'fun' factor you mentioned in another post.
I think this may have been one of those cultural changes that happens when you double the size of the company in 2 years and norms are not explicitly stated...

I started as a Noogler in 2009 and my original cubemate was a pre-IPO Googler who started around 2002. I asked him what some of the biggest changes have been since he started, and he said that there was less of a feeling of community and more of one of entitlement. The snacks in the microkitchen was a specific example he used, that in the beginning everyone understood they were for office use only but around 2006-2007 he started to see people stockpiling them.

More generally - the perks you get as a Googler are not because you were so awesome that Google decided to hire you. They're there to build a sense of community and common purpose. General guideline for when something's okay: Are you in this together with your coworkers, or are you in it alone?
1200-800=400 in Fahrenheit too, you know :p
> Ever heard of the Borland Turbo C compiler? Yeah, that's still used to teach students C/C++, with outdated (and non-standard) code.

So THAT'S where all the bizarre Turbo C++ questions on Stack Overflow are coming from! I've always wondered.
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Don't think so. Technically speaking racism is strictly prejudice based on racial, biological theories. This is prejudice based on history. Imperial Japan was part of the 8 Nation alliance, defeated China in the Sino-Japanese Wars, in WWII, etc. It's just easier to figure out if you're a white businessman than a Japanese businessman. Looks are a part of it, but their reasoning is all historical. Unlike say, segregation in the 60s USA -- black < white simply because they're black. So, maybe it's sort of like racism, but if you want to be technical, it's some other kind of prejudice. I'd say xenophobia is a better term.
Parking is going to be a problem. Even with something the size of the Smart car parking SF is going to be a gigantic pain.

I have a friend who lived in the Outer Richmond and we'd meet up from time to time. He'd take his car because it's the Outer Richmond and transit is basically non-existent. Conversations when we meet up would go something like:

"I'm here in front of the restaurant"

"Be there in 5. Looking for parking."

[5 minutes later]

"Hang on..."

[15 minutes later]

"Okay, got a spot. See you soon."
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I've switched to using DropBox for my image storage and haven't looked back. It just works on all my devices, no problem. It works with videos too. How is Loom better than that?
"I'm Bobbin Threadbare. Are you my mother?"
I can only assume you've never actually used Backbone (Which I also assume is what you meant when you said 'bootstrap'). It's neither heavy or "my way or the highway."

Knockout is great, but the two-way bindings do come with a non-trivial performance impact.
I have no numbers to back this up, just how it plays out logically in my head, but I would guess that many 3 car families have a car for the kids in the house. At least in my family, when the oldest turned 16 we got a car to share. The car got passed down to younger kids as the older kids moved to college and the younger kids got their license.

It would also make sense that the article says 3 car families prefer a mix of domestic and import, as you can get safe, reliable, and old imports more readily than you can domestic cars. We had a Honda Civic, the parents drove Chevy.

In this situation, buying an EV as the third vehicle wouldn't make sense.
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Correlation vs. causation seems weak here... while you might view some of these companies as contrary to some sort of popular wisdom or historical trends, it doesn't follow that "contrarian thinking" is necessarily an effective way to build a company, nor does it suggest such a thing as a requirement or even asset in establishing new businesses.

All it does say is that you can sometimes be successful by doing things other people are not doing... not exactly a breakthrough. :)

I'm not saying it's a bad thing -- in some, perhaps many, cases I'd say it's pretty useful -- just that it's not a necessary or sufficient thing for this kind of success.
Yes, one area where Microsoft is ahead of Google is in designing interfaces within the IDE. Probably this trend is changing since Android Studio but I am waiting for the HTML/CSS/JS Studio (not Aptana/Eclipse).
As did I -- especially considering the shutdown of Lucasarts, I had hoped this was an article about the license being given to some other company
Of course you have to take maintenance and aesthetics etc. into account, but depending on your target market and the value you put on fuel efficiency, you can still come to the conclusion that covered wheels are the way to go for this particular vehicle.

Nobody would put covered wheels on some off-road car, mostly because these aren’t exactly known for efficiency in the first place.
Yeah, the Microsoft stack plays well with startups (and enterprises too, obviously).

Everybody here seems to preach that "if you want to be in the startup scene you have GOT to get a MacBook and write Rails apps!" though.
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Are there any twilio based businesses left to start? It always struck me a cool technology.

Perhaps a service to automatically call customers when something is cancelled due to weather, etc?
Well, PG already mentioned that you need to measure your output of hardwork in terms of users.
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Get in touch if you have an iOS app for sale. I'm interested in the gaming and image/video space.
Congrats to those at Makani. Also, RIP Corwin[1].. I didn't know him personally but it's clear from the responses after his passing how important he was to the company and to those around him. It's a shame he didn't get to see Makani get this wonderful bit of validation.

[1] - http://www.makanipower.com/corwin/
The thing that strikes me is some of the best ideas were not necessarily "Not X" ideas. I also don't think the contrarian thinking is as binary as "X vs Not X" implies.

For instance, it's not like everybody in the world was thinking "a clean and concise search engine will never work" or "a social network catered towards college students will never work."

Perhaps people thought "we don't need another search engine" or "we don't need another social network," but those thoughts do not necessarily make Google and Facebook "Not X" ideas. Both fixed very specific weaknesses with the then current solutions and have since evolved.

Airbnb is different than Google and Facebook in that they created a market. But like I mentioned earlier, I don't think the world was thinking "I will never rent out a room in my house, if given the opportunity." More likely that thought had never crossed their mind prior to Airbnb.
Sure - but that doesn't make him a Sir.
> No. I wouldn't. I'm an electrical engineer by training.

I agree. Electrical, Electronics, Civil, NASA aka Real Engineering will not have more kludges.

Phone Radiation / Drainage Systems have a few "Oh well I'll just leave it here ..."

But what about medicine, law, newspapers ? Are they not part of the real messy world ?

I agree to be a kludge worker and an idealist part time poet :) (pragmatic choice)
Your columns are too wide for the font size and so you have minimized readability rather than distraction.
The most commons causes of slowness I've seen are:

1) Interleaving changes to style and requests for layout information: this causes lots of relayouts instead of just one.

2) Using libraries that under the hood helpfully end up doing item #1 for you.

3) Using complex graphical effects (blurred shadows are a common one, as are certain gradients) that are actually very expensive to implement and may not be amenable to being GPU-accelerated.
Kids will do stupid things, but you have to instruct them on not doing stupid things, which is going to include negative consequences for doing stupid things. That's part of growing up.
One of the issues I struggled with while toying around with AngularJS was how to load the many scripts (controllers, directives, etc.). Is there any suggested reading out there on how to perform this without just including a bunch of script tags on the page? Or, is this considered more of a build tool problem, where the scripts should all be concatenated, then loaded as a single file?
This sentiment sets off red flags for me. If people assume that cars with a pink mustaches are safe, it will be that much easier for somebody to take advantage of a false sense of security.
> an article published railing on the culture for not focusing on more important problems like cancer, poverty or something similar?

So what? People say this all the time. I can't remember how many times I hear this about other fields (oh no, smart kids are going to Wall Street instead of curing cancer).

Just sack up, accept the fact that the real money is in areas of the economy that aren't necessarily (at least on their face) the most socially useful (e.g. banking in the case of Wall Street, advertising in the case of Silicon Valley) and that this fact will always rub people the wrong way. People in Silicon Valley are making a lot of money doing whatever it is that they're doing. Do they really need adoring approval from everyone else?
An issue with Lyft, or any ride sharing service, is that they'll need to figure out how to operate in sprawly areas where customers are low-density. I spoke with them last year about their options for opening up in Detroit, but it seemed like a stretch for their ops; the only service I see really working there is Uber.

I imagine a similar issue for Dallas, Atlanta, etc. would transpire.
Yes, it had lot of eye openers. I enjoyed it but it's definitely not more valuable to me than a college degree.
A Prius costs more than $199 a month to lease. So would most any other hybrid.
I think it's the potential for harm that makes her punishment somewhat justified. Not unlike charging someone for driving drunk, when they haven't actually run anyone over yet.

I knew a guy in high school that got expelled in the middle of his senior year, because cops turned up an airsoft gun in the trunk of his car after they brought drug dogs through our school parking lot (this was done routinely, inside the school and also in the parking lot, probably still is). That to me is a much worse example of how far these "zero-tolerance" polices get taken.
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