skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I also had an experience where the existential depression went away. I thought this comment on the original article described it pretty well:

The solution to existential depression is counter intuitive, which is probably why it isn't well known. Existential depression is caused by wanting to have meaning when a part of us knows that meaning doesn't exist. We grow up in a life where everyone around us jumps from one 'important' and 'meaningful' thing to another, never seeing the pointlessness of it all. We think this is normal so adopt the behavior, but we constantly fight ourselves because part of us sees how pointless it really is. Our base state is where we see how pointless everything is. However, this state does not create existential depression. It's the conflict between the pointless state and the part of us that wants meaning that creates existential depression. We enter suicidal states only when we are unable to find a solution. (i.e. we are unable to find something that has meaning.) The solution, which is now obvious, is to remove all feelings of meaning and importance so that we return to our natural state. If everything is meaningless than everything is unimportant. If everything is unimportant than nothing is more important than anything else. When the feelings of meaning and importance are removed, our existential depression disappears.

Basically it felt like the abstract notions I had been worrying over were indeed meaningless, but that the meaningful world from when I was a little kid was still around, when I could capture the same intense non-verbal awareness.
Thanks to grandparent for posting. For a split second, I considered setting this as wallpaper on my laptop.

Then I remembered how much work this kind of prank generates for the system administrators.
>Who was making that accusation?! (Answer: basically nobody)

Basically lots of people. Idiots who commented on blogs, YouTube etc to ridicule Koreans.
While it's not a great solution, and is rather clunky, this can be overcome by buffers/typed arrays.
I unfortunately get an "Invalid Beta Invite Code". Did I miss out after 3 minutes?
Does the same hold for EPA?

">This pamphlet from the EPA, at pages 49 and 51, clearly states the hazard of using portable electric fans during high heat. It specifically says “Portable electric fans can … increase the circulation of hot air, which increases thermal stress and health risks[,]” and “DON’T use a portable electric fan in a closed room without windows or doors open to the outside.”
High social class predicts unethical behaviour
I try to read a bit of everything. My current long term project is "Paradise Lost" (so far I've read it by bits over the past year or so -- still not half way through).

Lately I've also finished "Voices" by Ursula Le Guin (recommended), "The Steel Remains" by Richard Morgan (ok), "The Unberable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera (very good, and also very relevant right now) and I'm reading "From the Dust Returned" by Ray Bradburry (so far great).
I think that IP clause in the UK is the result of a boilerplate contract. I always get them to remove it. Employers should have no right to claim ownership of what you do as a hobby IMO.
What is a 'Hacker'?
Awesome. Where did you hear this? A Google search for "Everything sucks until version" returns no results.

I think there might be some truth to this. My first MVP sucked hard. My second version of it was passable, but still left quite a bit to be desired. I have a feeling whenever I ever get to version 3, it will be good.
It's a question of how much you're backing up... my Tarsnap use and cost is very low.

I retain off-site encrypted HDD images updated once a month of things like media which constitute the vast majority of my data and do not need daily snapshots.
Invalid sign up code - cannot sign up - let us know

Ps I suggest you put why it is different in the submission text
You probably didn't notice but one of the Twitter account names in embeds is pretty offensive.
Batman and Superman to team up in a new movie
I very much like the paragraph entitled "The Hacker Ethic", because it also perfectly describe academic research, except for the decentralization part, where we still have problems accessing papers published in closed-access journals/conferences. I think it really point out how much this is a problem.
This isn't so much about the design of ios 7 as it is about the icons, which are woeful in places. Good idea though, but to really make the point it should have mocked the app up in the ios 7 style.

Interesting point about people liking the designer not the design, people become very defensive over their personal preferences despite a drop off in quality, or a sudden upheaval.
We cannot trust Paul Offit. See my comment on his previous article:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5848390
I am pretty sure an employer can't stop you working elsewhere, many of us are protected by human rights laws that void those sorts of terms.
I learned programming on the net, so everyone has the same opportunity for sure :-)
Day-to-day life isn't superficial to everyone.
> But with the cosmic sadness there is no going up one level, it's all there to ponder and still real. No snapping out of it.

There are two mechanisms to cope with this without discarding or distorting it. Both are linked to accepting and expanding the comical (and cosmic) smallness of our existences.

The first one I actually learned recently from reading Stephensons Anathem (which made me wonder if I'm reading that into his work or whether it was put in there from the same urge to cope). It's a bit hard to relay it without spoiling the book too much, but let's say it's related to the fact that even our understanding of the heat death of the universe is based on and limited by our human brains. There is hope in understanding it as a field that may still be ripe for discovery (top-of-my-head exmples: quantum immortality, parallel universes etc.) and that, as per usual, reality is always more fascinating, weird and grand than our brains can even begin to imagine. (And maybe these short term sprints of depression stem from being unable, for a short while, to muster an appropriate sense of wonder.) We're along for a ride and that ride is awesome.

While the first one is going one step ahead, the second is taking one step back: Even the fact that we are able to form thoughts about the heat death of the universe means that we are incredibly gifted and that it's a gift we should not waste on despair. We are part of a universe that is to all appearances without inherent meaning or even sense. Fine. It's up to you to decide whether you want to dwell in and facilitate the static and the cold, or whether you want to pump your energy into showering it with the most fantastic entropy that the universe hasn't seen yet. You are here because thousands of generations of humans have found ways to cope and carry on and make today into a better tomorrow. If they figured out a way to give a damn, you can, too.
Magic is great, it's hugely entertaining and can be used for great effect. However, knowing how to deconstruct the magic is also very useful so you know how the sleight of hand has taken place.
I like the one about the icon looking like a blow up doll. lol
"How old is your child?"
"How old is the little one?"
The code is just hantero-hackernews without the '
Similar things have been done before, for example Isabele health care, and other medical decision support systems.
If you haven't read "Diamond Age" yet, I highly recommend it. I loved "Snow crash" too, but DA is arguably his best book. Let me know if you ever finish anything he wrote later than that, to be honest I think he is in dire need of a strict editor that cuts his books in at least half.

I see we disagree on "The Unberable Lightness of Being", but that is fine, I guess.

I think Murakami is at his best in "Norwegian Wood" and "South of the Border" -- in different ways. You might also enjoy "Chrome Yellow" by Huxley.

For something a bit different, try: "American Essays" edited by Shaw (http://www.amazon.com/American-Essays-Charles-B-Shaw/dp/B000...).

If you enjoyed the books on Steve Jobs, you might enjoy "The new new thing" by Lewis (on the founder of SGI and Netscape).

I don't know if you've read any William Gibson, if not, at least read "Burning Chrome" (and everything else he's ever written ;-).

Finally, you should read "The Code Book" by Singh.
I echo all of that.

Do you not also feel that sometimes it's hard to consciously think that it is pointless and to feel yourself accidentally drifting back into a state of trying to find meaning... to feel this existential depression creeping back?

I find it takes constant awareness (not effort) to maintain an idea that it is all futile and pointless, to allow me to exist without any depression.
The icon in the article looks fine and the huge irony about iOS7 is that non-Apple graphic designers voicing their disagreement have generally been nothing but wrong.

Minor anecdote, but I'm overseas on vacation and was in a restaurant when one of the waiters/runners almost freaked out when he noticed that I was running the beta. He was completely enamored with it. Everyday, average people absolutely love the design and that's what's going to be what matters in the end.
A similar phenomenon in terms of functionality would be Gruber's Vesper app.
Hi there, I did try that before but it let me sign up this time.
Is there a specific reason why you would want to source .profile from within .bash_profile instead of just making one a symlink to the other?
That's weird. I'm glad it worked this time :)
I've found with project managers more than other positions, you get what you pay for. The best project managers command exorbitant fees because of their reliability, to the point where bringing them in can be counter productive. But if you have the cash, you can definitely attract top level talent.
If you're interested in building something, I think an automated medical interview app, for use by consumers, focused on some subset seems more practical.
This is an excellent point that people miss when talking about the 'sharing economy'

The difference in price between equivalent quality airBnBs and traditional hotels can be attributed to a few things:

1) Difference in demand due to people being more comfortable in anonymous hotels

2) Inherent efficiency in 'sharing', because the owner was going to own the property whether or not they rent it out.

3) Corruption. Unfair zoning and political influence of hotel industry.

4) The risk that you mention is priced into hotel rooms, but not into airBnBs.

5) External costs. The negative impact on the neighborhood (traffic, noise, damage) caused by high-turnover renters. Hotels pay some of this through extra taxes and regulation, while sharers pay none of it.

Now to the extent the price difference is made up of 1,2, and 3, the sharing economy is great. We are moving towards a more efficient marketplace, with lower prices and better quality for everyone.

The trouble is, the hotel industry is already pretty competitive. So I would guess that a good amount of the price difference actually resides in 4 and 5, in which case the sharing economy is saving travelers money and taking it out of the pocket of the hosts and local communities.
Log4j 2 - Insane Performance
I feel that you're confusing Rowling with her publisher and maybe even her agent.
User-agents can be abolished once all browsers are created equal; same HTML standards support, same performance. Pretty sure it only works in Chrome because it has good support for the latest HTML technologies, good performance, and good developer tools.
We don't hear a lot about non-American startups in general. Or even those outside SF and maybe NY. It's the ecosystem effect.
Previous discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767867

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1634955

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589346
Government-control kicked in now and they demand 'cheaper' milk powder as the prices had actually been kept unnaturally high due to cartel. Prices have been lowered, Netherlands have been asked to open factories in China (or do quality checks). It is now cheaper, but I still import my Nutrilon from back home to feed my baby-child; cheaper and more trustworthy. Because even the package says Dumex and looks same as in the Netherlands, it is local milk and I am not so sure about the 'real or fake' question.
Could you elaborate on how the "metal must be moved" rule incentivises delayed shipments?
yeah, going back to that now. HTML5 fanciness has replaced animated .gifs, too. And modal dialogs have replaced popups.

[rant]seriously, why do a third of the sites linked to HN open up with a meaningless modal dialog / popup asking me to join a mailing list or fill in a survey. I'd fill in a survey if you'd actually let me visit your site to see what the survey questions are about![/rant]
I've added a quote from the text I linked to.
Computer Chess (2013) - IMDB
The one written in cyrillic — @dieselboy's
"In an infinite universe, the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion."
-- Douglas Adams
Here's the longer article: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21582041-rich-world-s...

The economist clearly doesn't agree with you, here's what they said about lead:

Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, an American researcher, has argued that the cognitive effects of exposure to lead were a primary determinant of violent crime, and unleaded petrol is to thank for the improvement. But the causal link is far from proven.
I do freelance work for people who want apps built according to their vague vision, and don't have experience with the strategy-level consulting myself. But I assume the step up would be similar to the step up at not needing precise specifications and asking the client about each ambiguity.

An important point not directly mentioned in the article is: as you start doing more expensive consulting, you should also find new clients. Clients who do require the services and are willing to pay a premium for them.

While it's sometimes possible to charge a premium for a simple job, I find more honest to carefully explain the cheaper options (other freelancers, elance) to them first.

Setting up Wordpress could be "strategy" or 2 hours of sysadmin work depending on the involvement of the client. If they know that they just want a Wordpress setup, they could get the service for cheap elsewhere, and it would be appropriate to inform them of this before accepting. If they want a "website that my assistant can update", then choosing a platform for their requirements may be the experience in technical decision-making they are paying for, and actually setting it up Wordpress is a small part of the service.
If you don't mind, what caused those project managers you've worked with to fail?
Ubuntu Forums Hacked, 1.8 Million Passwords, E-Mails & Usernames Stolen
Other shells (e.g. ksh) may only use .profile.
PC division != Microsoft

MS will do just fine.
If the EPA tried to explain random deaths as being caused by fans when they weren't actually? Yeah. It would.
The employee agreement I signed* a long time back basically reads like a contractual restatement of RCW 49.44.140. Manager approval used to be required for employees not based in Washington but that was eliminated years ago. The moonlighting and employment agreements are required reading for us prior to developing independent apps for Windows Phone.

* - I am a long-time (greater than 10 years) Microsoft employee.
Dishonest linkbait headline.
I read The Box when it was first released and I highly recommend it; it's fascinating.
Vitamin D deficiency is pretty widespread even in extremely 'sunny' countries such as Australia ... http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/06/12/3522708.ht...
There's enough material on the web at this point that a list of other peoples lists and personal collections probably has more value on average than a news aggregator.

The strategy this implies is going a further level up, which implies going a further level up, etc etc.

EDIT: I changed my mind, but don't feel like going into detail here. The problem with these lists is that there's a lot of repetition. If everybody would list their books in the same format you could get rid of the repeats and leave only the books that have been recommended by a HN member. Bonus if you can put the descriptions into a structured format as well.
[Survey] Clipboard Manager - save, search, sync clipboard history
Here we go again. The same story on how PCs are dead and will be replaced by tablets and smartphones and Google Glasses. Never mind there is a sizable amount of people who need huge screens for what they do everyday, who need a mouse to do proper work, who play high end games in Full HD and full details with graphics cards that consume more watts that you can ever hope your whole ipad10 to use, and you'll see this story is seriously outdated.

PC sales may go down. A bit. So what? The PC will not die. You're just looking at a more fragmented market. End of story.
Yeah, that phenomenon plagues everything diet/nutrition/fitness these days.

Doctors themselves aren't necessarily scientists nor researchers, and in practicality it's hard to have that kind of wide depth of knowledge when you're supposed to be a 'general' physician anyway. The problem arises from our culture which turns everything doctors say into a holy tautology that dominates public discourse (without actually understanding the matter), to the point where it doesn't even matter what scientific research comes up with, because "those scientists never make up their minds anyway"... sigh.

It's when you realize that even a rudimentary understanding of the scientific process would avoid that kind of misunderstanding, that it puts into perspective how sad our situation is. This is largely thanks to the media and not individual people themselves, but it's still quite annoying to say the least.

But even without that, if people subsequently understood the role and limitations of doctors, such critical self-research wouldn't be so rare anymore anyway. A doctor's role is like that of a consulting company with you as the client: you're always going to be better suited to understand your problem domain, a doctor will just serve as a guide to make sure everything makes sense and will then help you implement a solution. Or well, that would be the ideal case anyway. I know I've had my fair share of poor doctors too.
EncFS allows to deactivate some of these features at the price of reduced security. The EncFS manpage [1] has a good explanation of all the tunables. If you want to use Boxcryptor, you're even advised to deactivate most of these features [2].

[1] http://linux.die.net/man/1/encfs

[2] https://boxcryptor.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/565934
Why Men Need Women - to be more generous?
"Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. Our focus must be on those who break the law," Obama said during a May 23 address after those scandals first surfaced.

I find it hard to reconcile that with the Obama administration's attitude to Snowden, Wikileaks, Assange, etc.
For the record that's kind of my point. You need to have a balance and "it's just a portfolio demo" rings hollow to me.
Since you're still 18, I'll give you the advice I wish someone had told me 13 years ago:

You are not a head in a body. Your mind is intertwined with your body and your body is what connects you to reality. Keep in touch with your body.

It's easy for you to focus on things to the exclusion of everything else and it's very easy to forget about your body. Don't.

I'm fairly sure that's also why the article mentioned hugging. Just let your canary in the coal mine be that if you no longer enjoy physical touch; you're out of contact with your body.
MemoTexts | Memory cards in your pocket
Ideas for Computing
I've been writing my ideas down for years. This is a 100 ideas forming an idea of how computers could be.
Now, with Snowden, Obama has charged 8 people under the Espionage Act, whereas it was used only 3 times before his administration.

There is something systemically wrong happening behind closed, classified doors.
Seldon Lady, Ex-CIA Station Chief, Arrested In Panama - not extradited to Italy
Everyone who is not colorblind perceives that there is a special emotion linked to a specific color. This applys to Children as well - they are not emotionless entitiys until the age of 6. They have thier favourite colors afore.
You're not wrong, that's what I meant. Well, and that the tunica albuginea is bluish, I believe.
That's because when you load it in Firefox it will redirect you to another URL. Then you copy/paste that in Chrome and you see the same message. I hate when websites do this...
Letter from James Clapper to Dianne Feinstein
.profile works nicer if you run another Shell, I presume, so can be added to every users home directory upon creation and not just to those of Bash users.

What I don’t get is why RVM adds a .bash_profile, when there is, for example, /etc/profile.d/.
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This has got to stop.

This administration is walking all over civil liberties and constitutionally protected freedoms. It is turning way too many citizens into enemies of the state. And where not charging them as such, it settles for treating them as such.

The branches are not keeping each other in check, either. Instead, they continue to allow themselves to be complicit in violating the consent of the governed, fighting over useless, divisive issues (let's break the country's arm to control everyone's sexuality), and tossing away the constitutional protections we've grown far too accustomed to taking for granted.

This is unacceptable.
Monitor your website for downtime locally
Well, nowadays I just try to be aware in the moment and not focus on meaning, the future, etc unless I need too. Success varies.

If I'm too hyper-focused on something (like coding) for too long though sometimes I'll still get a similar feeling. Haven't found anything to do in that case but wait it out.
Indeed. A thousand times this.

I had exactly what was described in the article in response to a car accident (being hit while biking) that 'should have been fatal' at age 15.

The author's recommendation of a daily hug also resonates with me since if I had to describe, 15 years later, what happened I'd say that the accident caused my mind to retreat from my body and that it wasn't until I learnt to enjoy physical touch again 7 years later that I felt I had recovered.

While my experience probably was a bit more intense than the article describes, my guess is that it points to a failure mode in gifted (or let's say 'mentally oriented') children in which they focus on their mind to the exclusion of all else and lose track of their (physical) connection to the world.
Not all wants are wants of material goods.
can people just stop posting misleading titles?

its so disgusting how people like you lied to other viewers just to gain pageviews to your website.

at least have some decency and write the link title truthfully.

you need not to explain why you did it, most would just press the X button once they read the first line.

thanks for wasting my time.
I mix several things at all times to ensure the hyper-focus doesn't set in.

At the moment I code, cycle, read sci-fi, takes photos, and am just about to buy an electric piano to add something else (as the coding was dominating again).
LXDE and Razor join forces to create one Qt-based desktop – KDE offers help
What makes an java application enterprise ready?
What makes an java application ready to be sold to a large enterprise? Security? Error Handing? Just functionality?

I'm trying to bridge the gap between what students learn in standard java subjects at university and creating something sellable to a large enterprise. Assuming that it fills a void and there is a need for it by the customer.

Thank you
the police and the cities have been falsifying their stats for many years now in order to lure more people and businesses to their cities. Obvious, much?
Does that make it a crime for a journalist to take the 5th?