skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You were asserting that I was making a binary distinction:

"Make it explicit for me, how many page views/month do I need before haskell has been declared gremlin free?"

There is no such thing as gremlin free. As something is tested in various environments, we become gradually more confident that there are no gremlins.

A gremlin might look like:

I spent weeks building this system, and now I realize that it can't ever really be robust because I built it all around lazy IO and have no good method of controlling where exceptions happen when they are triggered.

That would be an example of Haskell - as a language and ecosystem - being immature. This is not what anyone recommends doing anymore, because the people have realized there be dragons there. Dragons are worse than gremlins, as it happens.

The odds of similar troubles go down over time, especially for areas anyone has done work near.

I'm sure we could quantify, with sufficient data, but I don't have the resources and I'm not sure it would be a good use anyway. How many resources did you put into investigating the other pros and cons, when you made the decision to use Haskell? Like anything else, it's a concern I give some thought, and weigh against other concerns, investing as much time into it as seems appropriate - estimating from what I've observed on other projects, what I've heard from other people, &c.

Just because I acknowledge that something can be a legitimate concern doesn't mean I'm lazy and unintellectual for not pouring way more resources than I have into it - eventually we have to get work done, and doing yet more investigation of the details of a particular decision has diminishing returns.
Man gets ransomware pop-up, goes to cops, gets arrested on child porn charges
IIRC, there's only one chapter listing all of Ferriss's accomplishments and it was only a few pages. I thought the book had a lot of great information and case studies. Honestly though, the biggest takeaway is "get lucky starting a business and make a bunch of money and then you can justify anything that follows." Easy to travel when you've made a bunch of money, easy to hire assistants when you've made a bunch of money, etc. Of course, there are case studies that are specifically chosen to show people with fewer means doing the same things.

I will say though that, from the title to the terminology, the book definitely has its cheesy, "get rich quick" moments. Why? Probably because that was the best way to sell it. It wasn't initially called "The 4 Hour Workweek," but Ferriss tested titles and found that one got the most reaction.
A move in the right direction would be to make and sell easy, strong, encrypted communication apps and services for those who may have something to hide: eg, journalists.

Journalists have a clear need for freedom from government scrutiny in their communications. They know this and (I think) are already embracing encryption solutions. As technologists, we can build and sell great ones. Government efforts to outlaw or compromise those will be like kicking the media's beehive, and will only highlight the need for their existence in the minds of the public.
Interesting, a direct sparse solver (for structured sparse matrices?). The name "clique" implies graph theory, so I was expecting to see distributed iterative SVD. I've yet to see a good distributed SVD for huge real-world/power-law graphs.
Check out the /parse endpoint for our API, it does exactly what you want: https://api.mailgun.net/v2/address
...But It’s My Choice If I Want To Be Seen Naked
My experience with restaurants is that if one is too popular, just wait a little while. Eventually the mob's attention will turn to the next heretofore-undiscovered gem, and you'll find it's much easier to finally check out the previous one.
This looks like a shameless post from my site. By me. It is. But I don't usually do that with my thoughts. I just wanted feedback on this one.
> Formal grammars (and specifically in our case a context free grammar) are a set of rules that define the structure of a string.

Note that a regular expression is a formal grammar too.
Nicotine is bad for the heart and possibly the brain. You're better off avoiding it. However, electronic cigarettes are better than smoking. The cancer and lung damage come from inhaling particles. (In fact, it's not just tobacco; inhaling any particulate matter on a long-term basis is really bad. Tobacco's a common culprit because it's so ubiquitous; there aren't people smoking 30 pot or salvia cigarettes per day.)
> 20K is supposedly able to affect/sway their decision.

It happens to be the market rate unfortunately. And that goes to tell you much invested or interested these people are in upholding any ideals.

They could vote either way, personally they've been around the block and in bed with so many lobbyists they just care about furthering the political career. For them in this case it is getting $0 or getting 20K for a vote they probably don't/can't fully understand and are not personally invested in. They see 20K and in their head that might = nice weekend in Vegas or new car for my son.
Are you speculating about a conspiracy? Or just voicing some vague, unfocused resentment?
> but we will probably observe over the coming decades the epidemiologic impact (much as we did for the consequences of cigarettes in the 20th Century).

Assuming that countries where such tests can be easily performed don't regulate them into the grave anyway. Uk and the EU are notably gearing up to kill them off.
Nicotine is not "safe". It's less harmful than some of the other constituents of tobacco smoke, but it's still cancer promoting in itself:

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i46/7428.htm
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/91/14/1194.long
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/2/279.long
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I'm not suggesting that apps do this or even if it is a good idea to have this level of security checks in code. Rather, the Android framework encourages decentralized pieces of code that revolve accessing various capabilities of the API. The kind of paradigms in Android could be considered to be already a bit helpful in that they promote certain kinds of application architecture that may be more easily adapted to doing such security checks.

Ultimately it is a matter of time before something like this does make its way into the core features of Android. It is worth thinking about how Android is both deficient and helpful with its design philosophy regarding that eventuality.
I wondered about this myself. I smoked throughout the 90s, but have been mostly nicotine free since. Recently I spent a few weeks experimenting with e-cigs to see if I could get the nicotine high that I remember enjoying without my body feeling like crap. No dice. Puffing on nice-tasting, pleasant smelling nicotine vapor still made my body feel like crap at times, just like it did when I smoked analog cigarettes. I didn't feel it in my lungs so much, but I did feel like my blood pressure was elevated and my heart was a bit fluttery, and once it gave me a rather bad headache. A few times it felt really nice, like I remembered, but mostly I felt like I was just chasing that feeling, and not really receiving the satisfaction I wanted.

I canceled the experiment and gave my gear to a friend who still smoked analog cigarettes. He's quite happy having switched. He tells me his sense of smell has returned and his smokers cough is lessened. I noticed he no longer smells like an ashtray.
I've actually found the opposite to be the case. I'm much more apt to concentrate and strive to build something great when I'm trapped in a run-down, somewhat distraction-free environment. If I'm in a really nice space, I often spend time just enjoying and admiring the space rather than working.
As a smoker currently trying to quit, this is particularly relevant to me at the moment. The problem with nicotine patches is that they only deal with the actual "physical" addiction, not the "psychological" addiction to the experience of smoking. I've been using nicotine patches for a while now, yet I still find myself holding things between my fingers, or chewing pens.

This is the huge advantage of an electronic cigarettte, it deals with both aspects; it does so a lot better than those nicotine "inhalers" that they have because of the look & feel of them and the appearance of the vapour they produce.

The downside to all nicotine replacement therapies is that nicotine is a pretty bad irritant; you can't wear a patch in the same place two days in a row and the gum can cause really sore throats and even mess with your digestive system. This is also an issue that most people overlook with the e-cigarettes, the nicotine in an e-cigarette concentrated enough to cause irritation of the throat and lungs, much like smoking. Obviously e-cigarettes are not dangerous in the way that cigarettes are, but if people think they're safe and decide to use them in the longer term there may be unexpected issues ahead.
I think anxiety disorders can also trap people in a smoking habit. I've heard that nicotine withdrawal can cause panic attacks. I've never smoked but I know what panic attacks are like and they really try the will power; they're so horrible that you'll do anything (except for something immediately dangerous) that you think can end one. Given how rapidly an ex-smoker "unquits" after lighting up the first time, one can imagine it being hard (for some) to get out of.

It does seem to be highly variable how hard it is for people to get out of the habit. Some just stop one day and lose the desire, but I also know a number of people who've "quit" several times but always fall back into it.
The state department _officially_ stated they will not look into if it was a coup or not. They are not looking into it because if it turns out it was ( which it was ) then they theoretically have to obey the law on whom they can give money to.

Think about that. It would be like them saying we are not investigating if someone tortured snowden because then we might need to admit to torturing him
GOP’s new tech strategy leads to Silicon Valley in quest to ‘leapfrog’ Democrats
What about the Vito Corleone law firm --
"We make each patent troll an offer
they can't refuse"?
> This is the basic mistake they’ve made: they’ve fallen prey to the belief that money and meaning are two totally separate things.

Ah, what a terrible mistake to make! To think that one could derive meaning from one's life independently of wealth accumulation! What a ridiculous concept!

EDIT:

Here's another theory: what if the reason these people are miserable is because they made the "basic mistake" of assuming money would bring them meaning and/or happiness? They believed wealth would be an end-in-itself, and upon reaching that holy grail of financial security, they were struck with the terrible realization that there was no instant nirvana waiting for them. And now, having achieved the goal they were supposed to achieve, they're left wondering just what it is they're supposed to do now.

In other words, the problem wasn't believing money and meaning were separate. The problem was believing that they were innately connected.
The formulation of passive income the author talks about is specifically addressed to the crowd that wants(or is being instructed by "self-help gurus") to turn around a product of minimal or transient value. Although that sector makes an undeserved amount of noise, it's not representative of all the possible ways in which one could make a low-maintenance product, and the reasons for doing so.
> so the probability of doing something that requires less effort than everyone else and having a better livelihood than them seems, well, unlikely

Tell that to everyone who is wealthy enough to live off their investment portfolio (or just savings-interest, which is implicitly a very low-volatility investment portfolio provided by the bank.) Tell that to trust-fund kids. Tell that to artists and musicians and writers who make their money off royalties. And, meanwhile, also tell that to the population of some cities in the US where business revenue is supported entirely by disability cheques[1].

There are a lot of people in this world who don't "work for a living"; the middle-class seems to have a mental block associated with imagining how they got there.

[1] http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/
Check out the UN investigation into the treatment of Bradley Manning.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/12/bradley-manning-...
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Google handed over years of mails belonging to WikiLeaks chatroom admin
Voting is the end all be all of the political process. Also it happens yearly, and in most places multiple times per year. Go collect signatures and put yourself on the ballot, Yes it takes hard work, but that hard work is to get people to check a box and vote.

As a example of this please pay attention to the turnout percentage in the upcoming election in New Jersey for senator. Everyone agrees that whoever wins the Democratic nomination will most likely sit in that seat for decades, but I image we will see less then 25% turnout.
The paper you link to is pay wall protected so I'm loathe to dismiss it without actually reading it...but the fact that it's been cited once and has this in its abstract:

> Motivation -- To evaluate people's acceptance of the minimalist approach to information visualization.

Um, OK...there are so many things wrong with that as a scientific hypothesis that I don't even know where to start. Perhaps the fact that this hypothesis was tested against a single example is a sufficient red flag? Doesn't it feel a bit of a stretch to refer to this study's findings so matter of factly?

In any case, though, I agree with this study. And so maybe would Tufte...it's not about what people prefer, it's about what people actually learn and understand from the graphics. Is your purpose to clarify and educate? Or to please the eye? I don't think Tufte would ever argue that he would win in a contest of the latter (it is true, though, that elegance often correlates with simplicity)...so what this "study" is trying to prove entirely misses the point.

Do a study of whether an average group of people are more drawn to the works of Ernest Hemingway versus Dan Brown...I don't think you'd find the results of that study being a conclusive argument that Dan Brown is among our greatest writers.
If so then, would you hire a 'fat fuck'? I think the deal on judging others like this is that everyone will want the right to policy on each others vices, too, some eat, some drink, some smoke cigarretes, some pot, some fuck, some masturbate, some pray, some addict to games, some addict to sports.. then need more day-offs because of injuries(so no hire too, right?)...

I mean, who has long term thinking? Nobody, that's who, it's not in our nature, to me the biggest reason less people smoke now is that less people try it now, because if they did they would eventually become smokers, it's not because they've got more self-control. I imagine everyone has got a non-virtuous habit, that's just human.

I'd rather not mind anyone's business.
It was a snarky dismissal, yes, but I think it points out something quite valuable that a lot of people overlook -- Obama's election message was that voting matters, that it effects change, and that he was different, etc. He has utterly and completely failed to live up to that message. Which is fine, he was a politician trying to get elected and that's the way the system works -- anyone who honestly believes ANYTHING a politician says during a campaign (or any other time, for that matter) needs their head examined.

Technical means can be a solution, but it falls back to the way encrypted communications have traditionally been done: I encrypt it locally, send only the encrypted copy (ideally destroying the "plain-text" copy), and use a key (or set of keys, depending on the encryption scheme chosen) that only the recipient has possession of. This involves work; exchanging keys, etc. Any steps or solutions to make things easier necessarily involve trusting third parties, which increases the possibility of that trust, and therefore your message security, being betrayed.

As for the hearts and minds issue - I don't believe the trite saying: "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". I am, however, extremely cynical and pessimistic. So while I don't think the current trend towards a surveillance state is good at all, I do think the system is too far gone to successfully change it. The saying "power corrupts" has more truth to it than anyone really wants to admit. Bureaucracies do not like to reduce their size, or their power. Making that happen is, sadly, more likely than not going to require force and bloodshed - a path I'd rather not have this country go down.

I realize this type of thinking doesn't really help, as it offers no solutions for actual change, but that's the reason why I'm not "all that bothered" by any of the recent revelations - it's less a matter of being "bothered" and more a matter of being resigned to the reality that the average person; or even a majority of them, cannot make real change happen in a peaceful way anymore - the best we can hope for is to put a new coat of paint on while the structure keeps rotting.
I just wanted to say RabbitMQ is an impressive product. Just looking at the features it supports (clustering, message types, federation, shovel) and the plugin ecosystem (STOMP+WebSockets, MQTT).
I can't wait till it's stable and has a man page!
You think payroll is complicated because of Obamacare? You're ridiculous.
If I found out your bank account details, would you be happy for me to publish them?
The medium for e-cigarettes is propylene glycol with nicotine. (There is also a vegetable alternative for people who have sensitivity to PG.) Allegedly inhaling PG doesn't have significant effects on the body.

I recently started smoking ("vaping") e-cigarettes, and while I haven't seen any immediate improvements to my health, a) I smell a helluvalot better, and b) I'm not putting carbonized paper and plant fibers (along with all the other flavorings and chemicals used in the tobacco production process) into my lungs.

And yes, they cost a lot less. Here in CA a pack costs about $5 and I know in NY it's over $9. An e-cigarette cartridge (equivalent to a pack) costs about $2.
To summarize this for you OP: no, fuck you, do it yourself.

#HN
Pretty disingenuous on slide 58 to attempt to make the Go code look shorter than it actually is. Note how he left out all the verbose error checking code.
Addicts lack self control. Source: I'm a recovering addict.

Edit: Really, come visit an AA meeting sometime and watch everyone guzzle coffee and light up the second they get out the door.
The async/await model does not create new threads.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh191443.asp...

TPL(Task parallel library) does use additional threads, and that's a different programming model.

The async/await model in C# is essentially from F#'s async workflows:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233250.aspx
Technology is not fertile ground for truly passive income. It might be one of the best places to go for long-term active income, and of course there are the outlier startup successes, but technology is all about change. I've seen enough people go from thinking they were rich on $30k per month to losing the golden faucet and not knowing what to do.

What most people want is more freedom-- so they don't sweat the prospect of losing this job or that client-- and that's an admirable and worthy thing to strive for, but not necessarily long-term passive income. This is just the wrong business for that. The idea that an iPhone app is going to be making the same money, with no improvements, 20 years out, is laughable.

What people are experiencing and calling "passive income" is actually a result of the fact that good engineers are so underpaid in comparison to their value that, by going alone and interacting with the market directly, they can often do better than they would under an employer and taking a 90% haircut (largely, to pay for all the less competent people) on the value they deliver.
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/12/18925384-...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html?_r=0

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/justice-departme...
No one is suggesting that they are equivalent; they're equally undesirable. Snark is, however, the typical response seen here to the also undesirable conspiracy theory.
You'll find a lot more common culture between people in NYC and London than you'll find between Atlanta and Portland, or Little Rock and San Francisco.

As someone who's moved both across the US and across the ocean, stopping to embed myself culturally for several years each time, I think you overestimate this bond.
Chartbeat is attempting to help with 1 & 2 with "Engaged Time": https://chartbeat.com/publishing/for-editorial/ . (I've no connection).

I'm building an analytics interface for GA though and would love to chat about what else publishers need in an analytics interface - luke at itsninja if you'd like to chat.
That escalated quickly. You can't tell me with a straight face that you wouldn't hire Don Draper on the spot.
> I think it'd be neat if RapGenius became as broad as Wikipedia.

Yeah, i think it's pretty trivial for the wikipedia folks to implement a modal popup...
Maybe I'm not a good representative of his target audience, but to me, sounding like an infomercial con-artist isn't a good way to sell a product unless it has no value and you are merely attempting to take advantage of people. That may not be the case, but that's how I interpret that method of promotion.

It's been a while since I read it, perhaps I did exaggerate the page count of his self-promotion, but I remember finding it extremely off-putting.
Ask HN: Is it illegal to require users to be under a certain age?
Many sites require that users be over a certain age, for example Facebook requires users to be at least 13, most dating sites require users to be legal adults, as do most porn sites. It's obvious why that's all considered perfectly legal and reasonable.

Is it legal to require users to be under a certain age (eg 30)? Does anyone have personal experience with this, or know of any sites with such requirements? My concern is an age discrimination lawsuit. I've been building web businesses since the mid 1990s, but I honestly have never run across this issue before, and I suspect it's a murky area legally; as in, it's not technically illegal, but someone could definitely sue you for age discrimination and have a case, but that doesn't mean someone will ever bother to do so.
The author seems to be aiming this article at people who decide to spend their time on something that can generate passive income because it generates passive income. And I agree with that sentiment. That being said, if you enjoy doing something that can generate passive income, the by all means go for it.

The author almost gets there by saying,
>Of course, you can make honest money in Internet info-products, or affiliate marketing, or other such areas where people tend to get drawn to “passive income” fantasies. But, to make real money over the sustainable long-haul, you must treat these like any other business.

If this were true, then no one is able to generate such income. Not sure if I agree with that then. Interesting read though.
> I've fallen and I can't get up!

How many of us are old enough to get that?

Consider the end point of a mission; getting there is more important perhaps than getting back, especially for a drone. If everything work out, they can be retrieved manually later.

Or perhaps they just need to find a cliff.
Here is a glimpse of that reality distortion field on this site: http://talks.golang.org/2013/oscon-dl.slide

And this very site itself is another reality distortion.
I love ZenPayroll. Thought this might be related, but it's not.