skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I was careful with my wording: 'direct illumination' - point xenon/LED directional flash at target, shoot, enjoy off-axis vignetting, severe distance limitations, extreme inverse square contrast effect, & sharp nearly-incident shadows. Reflectors ('umbrellas'), big diffusers, aiming the flash at the ceiling, all the hardware that the places you mentioned sell, are aimed at avoiding these effects while still controlling the light quality.

Amateur photographers don't know this. They use on-camera flash because their cameras force them to use flash to get a reasonable signal to noise ratio. For them (who will never even attempt to use specialized flash diffusers/reflectors), the best option for dynamic indoor & evening scenes is a bigger sensor camera, or if they want to get really fancy, aiming a speed flash at the ceiling.
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One of my friends spent a month in Sri Lanka living in hostels and working in cafes. For internet connection, he bought a USB dongle which worked throughout the island. Whole trip costed him less than $800 including airfare (from Pakistan).
I think they also missed the background discussion.

In the UK, permanent salaries are very low compared to other english speaking markets. Several people (self included) mentioned contracting. This is distinct from freelancing in that it usually for a company running a project but in need of some specific skills for a fixed time at a daily rate, rather than asking you to make something for a fixed price.

I see them as distinct career paths, and I'm pretty sure the question was aimed at this.
Just three, ask for more if you wish:

The original version of Skype was done in Delphi.

The first versions of Mac OS were done in Apple Pascal.

Photoshop was originally done in Apple Pascal.
> There is no particularly good reason for C to be anywhere in the software stack;

Really? Not anywhere?

Who is handling your hardware interrupts? How is your keyboard and mouse input being handled? What about your video card drivers?

Now I will grant that you can bootstrap an initial run time in assembly and place your favorite high level language4 on top of that, if you add extensions to your favorite language to better interact with HW you can do everything in a higher level language, but as it stands, LISP doesn't have built in support for doing a DMA copy from memory buffer to a USB port.

My question then becomes, why the heck bootstrap in ASM rather than C?
See http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm .
Boston wasn't systematically shut down -- The call to stay indoors was voluntary. There were plenty of people out, plenty of pictures from people shooting photos of deserted freeways and streets. Not that I disagree with your overall sentiment.
What might I read to begin to learn which platform to emulate and how to get started?
which once again mean the mail has been scooped while received since these are unread mails (I use outlook as a backup mail for gmail)
You start off by saying that only hard work can bring about bliss, and when confronted with a different experience you pigeonhole it into asserting that bliss must befall every single person regardless of their circumstances. Step aside from the false dichotomy - it's not the case that yoga can either bring about bliss quickly to everyone or no one. It may bring to some and not to others. Will it work for a particular person? The easiest way to find out is to try. There is no point in guessing. Sign up for 8-class introductory course, by the end of it you will have a pretty good idea whether it works for you. It worked for me, and it worked for other people I know, so it works for some people. It's not going to be a waste of time.

If you're worried about prerequisite fitness level, I can guarantee you that I had the worst stretching and the least endurance of the entire group - it's fairly obvious in class. One thing I had more that others is discipline - I think I was one of the few to attend all eight classes.
Peaceful Parenting, I’m Ok – You’re Ok Is Key to Shaping Our Future
“The problems of the world . . . essentially are the problems of individuals. If individuals can change, the course of the world can change. Peaceful parenting for a peaceful world is a choice that every parent [and grandparent] can make.”
I believe you should provide some evidence for such claims. Like I said the wikipedia entry(to which you linked) contains mixed data.

There are some positive data, like: "A study by Bernadi and Tuzzi finding that the communication of FC users displayed the characteristics of valid communication recorded that of its 50 subjects 13 had achieved “full and independent control of the method” while 37 “had reached a high level of independence”"
IMO Github doesn't break often enough to make effort of adding `some scripts/utilities` worthwhile.
Stop lie about Turkey
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BLwbtR7CUAASWSe.jpg:large
Hey everyone,

Exciting news-- Vufind is opening up the object recognition platform to developers! For now, it starts with free access to startups and developers for the object recognition library which is un-domain constrained, i.e objects range from apparel (purse, sunglasses, etc) to decor (bedroom, living room) to scenes (beach, mountain etc). Our intent and plan is to collaborate with developers all over the globe to extend the platform adding their own models irrespective of classifier type to the library to build the largest scalable object recognition platform. Overtime if your object model is used by paying enterprise customers, we will also offer rev-share agreements. The input is one jpeg/png or a keyframe from a video. The output is a probabilistic match score.
We look forward to working with you.

http://developers.vufind.com/visual.php
Best,
Moataz and the Vufind team.
I can't tell if you agree or disagree with my statement. I, of course, agree with your statement, and it definitely follows from what I said. Legal right of way means nothing.
This wasn't the "media", this post was written by the father of an autistic person about his experience with coursera. I did not read any blanket statements that you are referring too. The fact this is frustrating to you is odd, given this is about a positive and specific circumstance.

tl;dr If it helps one person great, the article never implies it's a magic pill.
No thats not true. I put the exact number there from the top right and that is 4,182 global/US billions. Long billions are pretty rare now, especially not for money, and for something in English as both US and UK use short scale (now, UK used not to).
Taking a lead from another current thread [0]: on what basis is this tripe? I find micheleochurch's comments always thought-provoking; not always grounded in the world I see, but that's not what I look for in a good comment. I want to be provoked to think.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5807770
I love SVG but it's not a solution in all cases, e.g. for photographs. Raster graphics are very much here to stay.
Today's Recap: Today's tech news you need to know, recapped.
The most annoying issue with dual monitors is by far the default configuration when the system starts.

I've used unity, gnome and xfce and the only one I found good enough as been xfce because no matter how the screens are, you run xrand/arandr and your 2 screens are setup properly.
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Silicon Valley certainly outperforms Germany in new energy tech. It's not even comparable. Germany just spends more on deployment.
Of course I took that out of my #$% :-)

But there is a documentary about it... fairly recent one, I just can't find it knowing only that it was a park in Germany.
Learning from top performers - the importance of making notes
Perhaps you should face your fears and learn C ;-)
> The idea that software is an extremely anti-intellectual industry is remarkably out of touch.

Have you ever worked at a web development shop? Your bio says you're a biology guy caught up in programming, so I would guess you've found a more intellectual strain of the industry - if so congratulations. Enjoy it, because you're one of the lucky few. I slowly die of boredom in the web development field...
Yes, you are correct. The active ingredient in Agent Orange is routinely in use for weed control.

> > It is incredibly toxic and forbidden by the UN after the horrific effects it had on both the Vietnamese and Americans exposed to it.

It's not forbidden by the UN, the active ingredient is 2,4-D and is the 3rd most used herbicide in america.

The other ingredient 2,4,5-T is non toxic, but making it commonly contaminates it with the very toxic 2,3,7,8.
I agree with you if the stories are taken as "here is what you could have done" or "here is your prognosis". But autism is highly variable. And how it responds to treatment is also variable. Successes are worth looking at because they might be applicable in others.

This particular child does not seem to be able to talk. Completing high level humanities course work really is an accomplishment worth celebrating.

Incidentally, speaking of high functioning autism, I'f long found it ironic that one of the top experts alive today on emotion in animals is herself autistic. See http://templegrandin.com/ for more.

(And what, you ask, is the practical value of understanding emotion in animals? Well one thing that she did was improve a slaughterhouse to would not frighten the cows going into it, thereby lessening how much inefficiency they had from frightened animals trying to escape. The ironies mount...)
Tele.vision, an idea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-kruger_effect

I'm not sure that it's Dunning Kruger so much as it is just not knowing at the outset of the project all the pitfalls you'll get into making it.
> You seem to labor under the false belief that simply because something is voted upon, it is infallibly a correct decision.

And you seem to labor under the false belief that simply because someone protested something, it is infallibly a correct decision.
Pigeons master touchscreen intelligence test
Eh. Close enough, honestly.
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/facilitated-com...

http://www.asha.org/policy/PS1995-00089/

http://researchautism.net/autism_treatments_therapies_interv...
i got mine through HN, changed my life for better
Agreed; OS kernels and firmware for embedded systems all require low-level access to hardware in a way that high-level desktop applications do not. Being able to easily reason about how C is going to use resources and be compiled down to machine code for the architecture you are using can sometimes be an important asset.
At 30 the only thing you are too old to start is a path to becoming a professional dancer or athlete. I'm 41, just starting to learn programming and I love it so I don't really give a fuck if I'm 'too old'. This debate is tiresome (because I'm old :P) and its important to think of writing code like any other type of writing. If your brain, eyes, and fingers are in good shape then you're fine. You will be judged on the merits of what you write and create. If you love it, do it.
There are already a few regular expression matchers built for GPU based computation. They often have modified finite state machine implementations in order to exploit GPUs.

There's a NFA implementation called iNFAnt, which explores multiple paths through the NFA simultaneously, avoiding backtracking normally required in NFAs.
Are you claiming that it's the true reality? If you want, you can trek down to specific parts of Kabul, or the Tenderloin, or South Bronx, or San Quentin, and see horror upon horror that bespeaks the devils within our phenotype.

But you can see far more greatness, goodness, and humanity if you so choose. Which shall it be?
What's you excuse? - I don't have one - I only successfully finished about 3 courses, while I got 2 finished but with below required percentage and started about 10.
Html5 videos have it.You have to join the html5 trial to see all videos in html5.
The state is not good enough. I don't know enough about X to configure it correctly, and I actually don't want to learn it...
I did say probably, which is my "legal out"

But yes, at some point, we have to make assumptions based on the information we have available.
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Show HN: Critique my web design business's website
contacternst.wix.com/directvt2

Thank you for your time.
As I said earlier, great article. Since you're here, wanted to let you know there's a typo:

Addition

In principle we could [create? make? construct?] types corresponding to 3, 4, 5 and so on.

Thought you might want to fix it. Thanks, again.
> felt I was too strong technically to be used on a customer focused role)...

seems like amazon and google have the same ideas when it comes to support.
I'd disagree, on paper Github has a nice suite of services, arguably best-in-class for some of them, but that doesn't make them untouchable. Github is only the latest in a line of code-hosting services.

Just because you tried and failed, doesn't mean every try will fail.
I'd also like to get some feed back on this as I'm currently finishing up a double major in applied math and CS (with a focus on AI).

Would taking ML, advanced ML, Data Mining, Computer Vision, NLP, SLP, Biometrics, Computational Learning Theory, Robotics, Linear Programming, Real Analysis, Convex Optimization, Analysis of Algorithms I + II and Differential Equations be enough to get me in the door?
Ask HN: Opinion about website of an open-source project.
The projet is Novius OS, a open-source CMS. The question is not about the project him-self but about is website.

http://www.novius-os.org

How do you rate? Weaknesses, good points? What would you change to become a real launching pad for the project?

Thanks !
It's not so much about technical ability as it is the ability to sell. Build up your brand and you increase your value in the eyes of others. The best paying clients may not even know what Ruby/PHP/JS is.

One of your disadvantages right now is that you can't meet people face to face in the U.S. That doesn't mean you can't charge good rates, but this removes a certain group of clients who require this.

In some cases you have little choice but to charge $100+ per hour. If you live in Sydney, Los Angeles, New York and any other crazy expensive city, then charging these rates would be expected because everything else is crazy expensive also. People know how much it costs to live in that city.

However, it still comes down to sales. Always be networking. Always be looking for new clients. Always be raising your rates as you keep the sales machine going. You mentioned only one client, try landing a bunch more.
Plebiscites in Germany are rather rare, and the only recent one I can think of is Stuttgart 21, where a train station was/is to be re-built. There was also only one plebiscite specifically about it, it was announced well in advance and it was won by those wanting to build the new station (which didn’t make the Green party that originally pressed for it particularly happy).
So what you are saying is that work becomes your life, and your employer is happy because they 'own' you 24/7 and get many more hours of your-brain-output than they'd normally get for your salary?

I've had far more pleasure writing very little code outside work and dedicating myself to my wife, friends and being outdoors. I don't want to look back when I die with regret for only pursuing my coding ideas, which are ephemeral. Each to their own though!
No offense, but you seem to be answering the question as an American worker, not a UK worker. Contracting is VERY different in both countries. If the OP is asking about contracting in the UK, I don't believe your lengthy post has any relevance to him. Almost nothing you say about networking, meetups, paperwork+tax, linkedin, etc. applies to the contracting market in the UK.
It has yielded many of our best candidates, but not yet any hires. We judge job boards mainly on the quality of candidates that it connects us with, since what happens from that point on is more a function of us and the individual candidate. So, yes, we consider it to have worked out well for us.

That said, I have my doubts about the mechanism. It seems to me that it would be more efficient to have a job board, since even a primitive one would allow candidates to better search for the jobs they are interested in. A basic job board doesn't seem very hard to set up, and we'd be definitely be willing to pay a monthly fee, because the quality of developers here is so high.
while trying to build a parking lot in central park is part of moses' downfall, the picture painted here is not really accurate to my knowledge. for one, a lot of stuff was built in central park during moses' reign as parks commissioner, particularly early on: something like 20 playgrounds, including the demolition of the casino restaurant for rumsey playground; a ton of ball fields; tavern on the green; major changes to the central park zoo. more to the point, characterizing residents of the UWS in the 60s as well-to-do is particularly odd. Like the residents of greenwich village more commonly associated with Moses' downfall, I would think that middle class is the far more accurate description.
I tend to see these as orthogonal. What does a macro do but generate more code? So shouldn't the use of macros be reducible to ordinary code? That, and you can still employ this stuff at the micro level and your chatter between compilation units or library boundaries can still be OO.
The terms purport to apply to persons who are "just navigating our Website," - how is that for overreaching...
Minr.info is a comparison of current bitcoin ASIC mining hardware
A small part of C was beaten into us for 2 years at the 11th and 12th grade. Today (I'm not a CS guy by the way), even when I write programs in python or any high level language I have this nagging feeling of 'loss of control' and that the code is not efficient enough. I know this is wrong but I can't help this feeling when now things are handed to you as compared to flipping every figurative bit in C.
OpenBSD Foundation: Call for support to continue Radeon KMS work
I disagree that xfce is good by default. On my system it started in mirror mode. It's also very hard for novice users to find out how to enable the extended desktop. The best default setup is either KDE or Unity, because they are extended by default. The downside is that adding other features is complicated.
Well, I actually see that as an advantage vs. placing trust in an abstraction you have no control over that can provide security problems for you. So I guess we'll agree to disagree on this one.

Curious though, in what would you implement the examples I gave?
Given that "facilitated communication" has been shown time and again to be the results of the facilitator rather than the impaired individual, this story mainly underscores how little credibility one should give to completion of a Coursera course as a demonstration of learning.
He doesn't officially control that, but through party connections he controls a lot of things, and that's not how it should be, but it is. The more important issue is that he controls the press, which generally isn't great feature to have as part of a democracy. No doubt he really is popular, and not just with the rural population, but that doesn't mean that he or others in the AKP makes decisions such as whether or not to build a shopping center for the benefit of the people. It's a favor to the contractor who is going to build the shopping mall, or the guy who is going to own it, or something like that. That's just how it works: favors in return for favors, i.e. corruption. He was democratically elected (at least as far as that's possible while you control the press and corruption runs through the party structure), but that doesn't mean that these kind of decisions are made in the name of the general population.
An apology to Zach Holman.
Never, for long periods of time.

Modern societies have never really lived without a large state. So almost every new society (or post-revolution) in history adopted that same practice. But usually with new limitations.

The problem is that once the state is instantiated and given broad power, their power continues to grow and expand out of self-interest and desire for control.

Regardless of capitalism or socialism.

As Rothbard said: "the true utopian is the man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, 'Limit yourself.'".
For the purposes of this discussion, I don't think it's correct to be comparing the current Singapore with the current Turkey, since the premise is that Turkey is on the way to becoming like Singapore. So from this perspective if you examine the points you gave:

- Singapore is the least corrupt country in the world because of extremely tough laws that were enacted in the past.

- I'll give you that Singapore is much more diverse, but note that China also wants to adopt a Singapore model and has an incredibly strong cultural identity.

- A quick lookup shows that Erdoğan has been in office for the longest time since the 60s (three terms). To me, fears of Turkey becoming a de facto one-party state seems justified, at least absent any other information.

I'm not sure if listing the differences and similarities of the two countries is even relevant to this particular discussion. The thesis was that Turkey might be trying to adopt a Singapore model of using economic growth and social order to offset the demand for political freedom. It doesn't actually matter how different the countries are if the government objectives are similar.
The only estimation I give on tasks is "as fast as possible"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5786842
Companies will pass required cost increased like a higher sales tax on to their customers (in general, I'm sure there are some exceptions). However it is obvious that they sometimes simply avoid paying a cost increase if possible - if it were not the case, you would never hear of a cost cutting measure implemented by a business.
Enable HTML5 trial http://www.youtube.com/html5 and then on some videos (non-VEVO etc.) you can control the speed.
Why Startups are like the Kobayashi Maru
As long as there is another person available full-time to caretake and facilitate?
>i asked them to remove it, they refused and i walked.

Good on you!
Squirrel/rat-like creature spotted on Mars + photos
Crisis of Confidence
Luckily none of the desktop environments I tested required editing xorg.conf.

I agree the state could be better. The most disappointing aspect is the lack of individual panel and task bar support.
Well probably... but no one said anything about bootstrapping being a requirement.
I don't have time at the moment to reply substantively to the rest, and I don't want to shortchange.
However, I will address one thing:

"Google doesn't oppose reporting on people because it's evil; they're opposed because it would be really bad for business. And while I do share Assange's concern about government surveillance, I'm much more horrified at the prospect of surveillance by a corporation."

This is false.
I have first hand knowledge of why we oppose it. We oppose it because it's evil. It is bad for business, but that is secondary.
Bethnal Green isn't exactly a lovely place to live. It's saving grace is it's proximity to central London/Shoreditch, but there's nothing stand-out about it at all. It seems like no one respects it - every day I walk home from the station past at least 1 drunk/crackhead and rubbish all over the street.
I think the problem with programming is fricking programmers.

We write so much obtuse code with no documentation, adhering to no standards, and with no tutorials that you can literally get side tracked for days on some esoteric dependency that has you bashing your head against the wall.
(getting mcrypt working with php I'm looking at you)

You should keep other developers in mind when writing software.