skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If there's a Costco near you, they normally stock Mexican Coke. I'm not affiliated with Costco in any way, that's just where I purchase my real sugar Coke
New surgical knife prototype can instantly detect cancer
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As someone who fears ageism and my role as a hacker in light of the aging process, I am taking his post to be a beacon of light and hope, not anything resembling a 'douche'.
> Also, what is "especially in Starbucks' home town" supposed to mean?

Seattle has a relatively large genderqueer population.
> among good technical people

Good technical people appreciate others who are of equal or greater skill. And I've noticed older (no offense to you folks; I'm speaking relatively) people tend to abhor office politics and the like. Things got done because they needed to get done, not to further some hidden, convoluted, agenda.

Most of the people in the upper tiers got there in their early to mid 30s.
Pope Francis grants Twitter and Pinterest followers 'time off purgatory'
Yeah. And by the way, I love Heroku, if it's not obvious. I'm friends with their engineers and visit their offices occasionally. It's been one of the most inspiring platforms I've seen.
Meldium (YC W13) nets $1M to make sense out of password management
New crystals yield solar power breakthrough
The same pack of cigarettes taught me how to draw an owl. http://i.imgur.com/Ygg3gxk.jpg
I doubt. The prices they command seem attractive to developers with zero infrastructure experience.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6059249
Isn't the water filter backward? Don't you want the finest layer on the bottom if you're using gravity to filter the water?

It seems to me that as shown, the sand is just going to fall down through the stones and you'll end up with a sand and stone layer.
You should add a redirect from /contact. http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui
...but the NSA most likely has access to this data right now, for free.
There's nothing risky at all about federally guaranteed loans that cannot be discharged with a bankruptcy. It's pretty much printing money.
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Or use the route I went: start your own consulting business.
You are coming from Java.

Nope. Clojure and Haskell. Clojure:

user=> (sort > (vals {:foo 5, :bar 2, :baz 10}))
(10 5 2)

Haskell:

>>> sortBy (flip compare) . map snd $ [("foo", 5), ("bar", 2), ("baz", 10)]
[10,5,2]
Nope, keep going. Always worth working on your side project!
I'm 18 but I can't really answer that, I stumbled across it a while back and now it is my 6th most visited site. I think an article on a site was using hacker news for discussion rather than having a comments thread below it, although I can't remember if this was my first exposure or not.
I am thinking her name should be Senator Soundbite. The majority of students have twenty five thousand or less in student loans.

There are better alternatives than adjusting the rate to making sure students who want an education can afford it. Increasing Pell grants is one, having colleges which don't have price ceiling match them or not receive aid is another. Public Service programs which give way to loan forgiveness; you pay a percent of income for a number of years and the loan is forgiven provided you choose an approved career path. I would love to see another alternative listed in a recent businessweek article, limiting loan amounts based on what is studied. That would fix the problem with some colleges which sell degrees in low paying fields but charge exorbitant fees.

Still key is the rampant rise in tuition and related costs which is a reflection of easy money, as in the loans are just so easy to get
Was about to mention Interix. I consider what Microsoft did with them to be truly a cautionary tale.
I'm 44 and have been writing web apps since the late '90s. As a UI architect now my JavaScript / front-end skills are in very high demand and I am writing by far the best code I have ever written.

A couple of years ago I faced a cross road in my career to either go into mgmt (director of UX) or commit to development. I chose to remain on the technical path and haven't regretted it one bit. I haven't experienced any overt ageism but I do feel I need to keep my skills at the cutting edge to stay on top like a cagey vet.

Looking forward (and in the mirror) I realize the clock is ticking wrt promotions and salary so I'm working on a couple of side project/apps/start-up ideas with the idea that eventually I will be able to leave the mon-fri corporate world behind once and for all.
some student loans are federally-guaranteed, not all (though, perhaps, most)
> I understand that socialism (as an ideology) believes public ownership/control of the means of production is possible.

Its not really an ideological belief. That the public control of the means of production is possible is simple, demonstrable, tested fact. That it is desirable is (or depends on) an ideological position, but that's a different issue.

> It (Socialism/Marx) expected that once the "problem of production" was solved (by the capitalist order), the means to produce could be seized.

I don't think you really understand the Marxist view here. Its not that there was something that capitalism produced which socialism needed to seize. The idea that capitalism "solved" production was that that the displacement of the feudal system of property ownership by the systems of ownership which enabled capitalism removed the barriers that the feudal systems of ownership placed in the way of production. The "problem of production" that was "solved" by capitalism was the problem created by the barriers imposed by feudal property structures.

It wasn't about production planning in the capitalist order.

Socialism views capitalism's property structures as producing similar barriers to the desirable distribution of the outputs of production to the barriers that feudal property structures put in the way of production in the first place, which is the essence of the "problem of distribution".

> Since I know socialism isn't capable of being put into practice

Pretty much all the change in the nature of the economic systems of the West since the early 20th century has been due to socialism being put into practice. Modern mixed economies are pretty much entirely about changing the nature of (both subject and scope) of property rights from what they were in the system for which socialists like Marx coined the term "capitalism" to describe in ways which increase public control of the means production and exchange.

If something happens, it is, ipso facto, not impossible.
Who exactly is the US? The government? Democrats? Republicans? Journalists?
What makes it different from EJS?
I read his original post on Volokh Conspiracy last night before going bed and just the act alone of reading it raised my blood pressure substantially and I had to shut down the computer. This guy is at the retirement age (not an judgment, just observation) and thinks anyone who values their privacy is a luddite when it's very clear to me that my luddite friends have no substantial stance in this battle on account of not having their private information from all the technologies they use and enjoy hoovered up. He wrote an entire book called Skating on Stilts about it and I recommend reading it if only to better understand why this guy is not someone the public should be listening to (although he clearly has Congress' ear).
It cannot be said often enough: state and federal support for universities has dropped considerably, and that is the root cause for the rise in tuition. Nothing else.

Again: the burden has been shifted from the taxpayer to the student.
Um...what?

I had said that it isn't obscene for the federal government to make 50 billion dollars a year off a much larger amount of very risky loans that it bears almost all the risk for, and you accuse me of "shilling for the banking industry".

I think it is you who needs to try harder.

EDIT: changed all to almost all, since not all loans are federally guarenteed as warrenm points out
Google competition plan 'not good enough' - EU official
Another nice way to do this is:

r.expr(range(2, n)).reduce(lambda x,y: x+[x[y-1] + x[y-2]], [0,1])
I'm all for "ringing the cash register" personally. I've said my bit on this before[1], but I'll just re-iterate my position... I'd rather build a business that's designed to actually make money, by selling a product to people for money. BUT... I don't see any conflict between that and a desire go "get big". I see no reason you can't "go big" the old fashioned way... steady, sustainable growth over a period of time. I mean, neither IBM nor Wal-Mart started out as huge megacorps, keep that in mind.

[1]: http://www.fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-point-of-startup...
Who in their right mind would pay $0.288 per hour (a little over $200 per month) to dotCloud for roughly the equivalent of an EC2 small instance, when with just a little extra time spent up front, they'll be able to fire up an AMI of Flynn and pay less than a quarter as much per month?
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Try living in an area of the world full of stray dogs... sooner or later you'll start having "genocidal" thoughts like "why don't we just a few drop tons of poisoned dog food from an airplane across all city?"... I actually found myself thinking of this and wondered (for a few seconds) about the cruelty of it.
Where's the bump for "kids go to college"?
I thought it was a well-humored, insightful post and that your personal attack was completely uncalled for.
Hang on, you lost me here - why would we compare the price of the flagship Apple phone to the price of a non-flagship Android phone?
It's very clear that there is a difference. What is not clear is if we can observe that difference in a human timeframe (thousands of years or less).
Living in Northeast Ohio, I'm fairly accustomed to seeing these blimps in the air all the time. Are the Goodyear Blimps still a big deal in the rest of the country? They're at every major sporting event and Ice Cube shouted them out, but I'm curious for a more modern, outsider's perspective.
Too bad that besides BTSync every Bittorrent Labs product runs exclusively on Windows.
But the article contains many examples of the compiler doing things behind your back. For example:

> The answer depends on whether the optimizations are turned on. If they are then the answer is 3 (the first definition is inlined at all occurrences until the second definition). If the optimizations are off, then the first definition is ignore (treated like a prototype) and the answer is 4.
It's the trusty old rapid sand filter.

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/emergenci...
I think its fine to say the piece is biased (even though you haven't given any evidence despite the fact that "its very obvious"). However, saying an article by the free press was written for a specific political purpose requires some backup.

I could accuse you of trying to engender support against the rebels, but that would be a distraction that moves the conversation nowhere.
"We would have that tool available to us, to look at that data and see if we can't find a possible suspect vehicle."

The concept of collecting and storing all sorts of data and information on everyone just in case someone bad does something is a flawed one.

The government is collecting all phone call information, numbers, location, duration, along with SMS, email, and who knows what else on everybody in order to have that data "just in case" a terrorist attack happens, so they can (possibly) track down the perpetrators.

Now we have police collecting license plate data, along with GPS coordinates, video and still cameras mounted all over cities that can easily allow for facial recognition, combined with the tracking of your phone as mentioned above. It's not a stretch to assume that if the government (NSA/CIA/FBI) wants to know where you are at any given moment, they know.

All this "just in case" one of the infinitesimally unlikely events such as a terrorist attack or kidnapping occurs. For the children. And because terrorism.

The potential for abuse is huge and the cost/benefit is not even close to worth it—unless the stated purpose for collecting the data is not the real one.
I wish they'd been watching for fraud on the part of the biggest banks, which has done America a lot more damage than a smuggled bomb. Putting it in Indianapolis is rank pandering to the Tea Party, though. Back in 2003, my dad (also in (rural) Indiana) professed to be in fear of Saddam Hussein. I told him at the time that even if Saddam Hussein actually had any way to affect him, he'd never heard of Indiana.

And yet it's the heartland running on sheer terror to demand safety instead of their liberty.
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I've seen a lot of people around that age strike out on their own and start new businesses. I think that would be the "advancement" path for those who are interested in that.
Because once you start taking money, that is your valuation, more or less.

That's certainly the perception, but I'll argue that it's a short-sighted perception. There are lots of ways companies can push the gas pedal on growth, even once their financial model is known. Launch a new brand, do a line extension, do a brand extension, make an acquisition, goose the advertising budget, etc., etc.

To look at a company today, take their financial metrics, and assume they will always stay on the same trajectory, strikes me as silly.
That's a two-edged sword.

If I rely on an API, which abstracts everything, I benefit of every performance improvements they make "under the hood".

If they are better with performance than me, I win.
If I'm better with performance than them, I lose.
You are a warrior-poet. Thank you.
Happy Birthday!

I came across HN while searching for code examples for forums (strangely enough). This was when Digg was still relevant, but someone suggested looking to alternatives for link sharing and HN came up in the conversation.

I lurked around for a long time and then finally joined.
"While there are a ton of other real estate crowdfunding startups, Hooper says many are focused on residential real estate, not much larger and more high-profile commercial deals."

I was literally reading about Fundrise yesterday, and they are also focused on commercial deals. Just a reminder of how much reporting is going on in stories like this.
does the plat watering tip actually work in hot climate (~40C/104F)?
> Socialism assumes the problem of production has been solved

Insofar as that is true of socialist theory (its an element of Marxist historical perspective), it is not a general "problem of production", but the specific factors inhibiting realization of production possibilities presented by the structure of feudal property structures that socialism views capitalism (or, perhaps more specifically, the change to the structure of property rights which enabled capitalism) as having removed.

> whereas capitalism is the legal framework of risk/return on investment designed to allow the owner of capital to maximize profit (or grow capital).

Enabling capital owners to maximize profit is a very specific preference in how production and distribution in the presence of scarce resources should be prioritized. Yes, its what capitalism is about, to be sure, but it is simply not true to say that this somehow supports the point that capitalism is not about production.
My nephew is a detective who just worked an Abduction/Murder case. The suspect was located (and later convicted) largely in part because of the license plate scanners. One thing you cannot argue, they are incredibly effective.
My problem is the infinite retention of that data and the fact that many agencies use a private third party for the system.
I think eliminating the scanners is a bad thing, but I would like to see some basic rules that would have to be followed.
It could be that there are only three to five children killed by lightning each year because preventative efforts are extremely widespread.
SubToMe doesn't load for me. I just see a blank page and the subscribe button doesn't work.
Could you elaborate on what you mean by "ability to sound like a douche" or is that just a random personal attack?

When I think about high-karma HN users with douchy tendencies edw519 is not someone who comes to mind. I mean, in any account exceeding a couple of hundred posts it's probably easy to find some less than stellar content, but I don't remember edw519 ever making a post as low as you just did.
Last time I was using Drive, I ran into a trouble of re-synching my files with Drive after a crash. I had copy of my files on a hard drive which I was able to bring back in. I reinstalled Google Drive to learn that Google has no way to avoid the resync (ultimately making duplicates). So I gave up on Drive altogether. Their encryption efforts won't be winning me back.
On #3 "How to stop a mad dog" I can offer this:

As a runner I have had success with running toward a charging dog and acting crazy. Several times that I have done that the dog has run the other way. The key is to make all sorts of hand motion and noise.
In that case, it's your fault for defining two versions of a function (inline and non-inline) that do different things.
Because that's not what they're doing? I can buy a car on credit, and it has nothing to do with my wireless service. I don't have to commit for the next two years to only buying gasoline from a particular type of station, either.
Are we really doing this? Not that student loans aren't a good topic for discussion, but basing it off of obvious political posturing with little basis in reality is a bad place to start.
You are wrong, and I don't mean to sound insulting but it seems like you are making these comments on theory and not on experience.

I have multiple sites with pop-ups that see outstanding open and click-through rates, it's not even close to the same thing as buying an email list (which doesn't work, as you pointed out).
No, it's a GCC extension. That entire section is about non-standard GCC features.
Can't I contribute with my $10? I'll use it personally.
Although I think you're right about everyone sharing blame I think as not for profits this type of behavior is egregious from universities.
> If Google wants to take small free from the encryption, I would be OK with that.

You shouldn't have to pay a company to make sure they don't share your data. That is, in essence, what you're suggesting: you pay google, they encrypt your data and when the government comes a-knocking, it's safe. It's like a hack in a broken system
At what age would you say you were smartest, if you have noticed any fluctuation? I hear you mental power peaks at about 22 and begins to decline after 26, but that's pretty depressing, and I don't want to believe it, so if you have experience to counter or confirm this, please share. If you have noticed any decline in "fluid intelligence," is it negligible? Does your wisdom and experience outweigh any mental decline in real-life situations? How does age affect creativity? Thank you, wise elders.
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This is such a simple trick that makes a huge difference in the readability of the code. Thanks for sharing
Firefox still show that page, you just have to open the feed directly in the browser (instead of pressing that orange icon).

You can put the icon back in the toolbar, or you can press on the globe/keylock near the url, press on more informations, and then Firefox will show all the available feeds for the page under the "feeds" tab.
Ugh. I turn 40 in 3 days. Thanks for the reminder. :-(

All joking aside, it isn't so bad. EDW's chart above is pretty accurate in some ways. Certainly life doesn't end at 40(ish)...

In my case, the main issues are more joint pain, more random stiffness (after long car rides or something, for example) and other minor physical issues. Well, that and adult-onset (type 2) diabetes. But that's managed with oral medication, diet and exercise, and isn't exactly the end of the world (although I was pretty unhappy the day I was diagnosed).
Hooper here, answers below:

1) REIT shares are ownership in the operating company that derives its income from owning real estate. With a single asset LLC you own that specific building and only that building for your investment

2) We are partnering with experts in their respective micro markets that know the ins and outs of their space better than anybody. You get to choose which buildings you invest in and understand the asset specific business plan before you invest. In a REIT, you have no control over how they invest your money, what buildings they buy or how your portfolio is built.

3) If you put all of your money into one deal, there could be concentration risk. However, that's what we're solving. The ability to diversify over multiple buildings with far lower minimum investment amounts

4) Correct, but you're paying 15% load off the top in most cases and are likely going to be subject to stock market volatility as the end goal is usually to convert to public

5) Up for debate :)

Where we're drastically different is in providing access for investors to institutional real estate that they would never have before. A typical deal gets funded by one institution or maybe 5-10 ultra high net worth investors, people don't have access to invest in the best real estate deals. We're changing that.
All of those things. When they all agree on a terminology, the terminology can be said to be used by 'the US'.
Or how many in the field are extremely skeptical of any lessons an aspiring analyst could learn from it.
It's generally pretty obvious if you know dogs.
Yeah well knowing where EVERYONE is, ALL the time probably helps them know a lot of things, who is dating who, where you shop, where you work, etc. You okay with all that to "save the children" ?

If they were allowed to use xray scanners to scan every car on every street in a city to see who and what is inside - you okay with that escalation? Because they are doing it "near" borders (backscatter on vehicles) and who knows where they will take it next.
Good tips, about to go through this myself. Linking to the other services would be nice.
Thank you for your comment.

Some people should sue some other people for deliberately wasting their time.

Back to sanely moderated sites without conflict of interests nor 15 yo-minded mods...
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You don't have to be a member of facebook to view my link so view it there for easy access to the most inspirational video I've seen in a while. I don't watch long videos. I don't watch short videos. That's why I use Vine and Insta... but this is 20 minutes long and will make you feel very good and inspired... again, I hope.<br><br> https://www.facebook.com/robwmatthews/posts/10101175648986878 #hackIhope
Apartment List launches roommate app + SF profiles
I got linked here through reddit.
Yes, and they don't buy it because they can compare the full price of the iPhone vs other flagships and see that they're getting much less for more money (i.e. being screwed over).
Russians also seem pretty anti-Apple, thinking Macs and iPhones are a staple of the rich.
> Who in their right mind would pay $0.288 per hour (a little over $200 per month) to dotCloud for roughly the equivalent of an EC2 small instance, when with just a little extra time spent up front, they'll be able to fire up an AMI of Flynn and pay less than a quarter as much per month?

People who value a little extra effort at startup as being a cost that is more than $200/month over the life of their use of dotCloud.

There's a lot of cases where that could be true, especially if the extra effort and moving to a different platform is deferred, rather than permanent. There are many times where doing something now (that isn't necessary for immediate goals, but is useful for long-term savings) has greater opportunity costs than doing it later. (Lots of times when the reverse is true, as well.)