skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is brilliantly put and has actually made me feel better, for a second. Then I realised that private defence firms and the NSA are, clearly, one and the same organisation at this point. This idea chilled me to my core.
That is glorious.
Those OVH boxes don't slow down after X transfer. They used to do that, but OVH changed their policies recently. It's a flat out 100mbps unmetered now.

Here's the announcement lifting the TB transfer limit:

http://forum.ovh.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6713
speculating a conspiracy.
Spike Lee "Seeking Kickstarter Handout"
Well, you are not forced to reject the email, you can just stick to the unobtrusive spellchecker, that just suggests in case if something suspicious. So the end decision is up to your app.
Why not just use an electronic cigarette to get your nicotine fix?

I've been considering doing this recently as a mild stimulant.
Personally, I think its sad that stars who can easily get their projects funded through the traditional channels are now sucking money away from independent projects on kickstarter. Almost as if they're not satisfied with taking only some of the pie, but they have to make sure they're making every dollar that's out there.

It seems that they have seen the challenge provided by kickstarted competition, and have decided to fight fire with fire.
> Neither copyright nor patent can give ownership rights in a color.

A color can be a trademark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_trademark
I'm on the TrapIt UI team in Palo Alto, and we have a very solid team of platform / dev ops / machine learning engineers up in Portland.

We are mostly looking for a new dev-ops/sysadmin guru, but we are constantly searching for great talent in other areas too. Send me a pm and I'd be happy to help you get in touch.

A little bit about TrapIt: http://trap.it/about/
The jobs page: http://trap.it/jobs/
Yeah I saw #3 and realized the author has no idea what the goal of passive in come is. It's completely the opposite of "scaling" and "growing a team".
All these young tech people dieing lately is a bit unsettling.

It's a big world. There are thousands of people (many of whom most of us haven't heard of, but a few have) who would get an HN mention if they died, and 20- to 40-year-old people still have a ~0.1% per year death rate.

It's nothing unusual. The Internet just makes people more attuned to it. If you went to a 1000-person high school, you probably only lost two classmates in your whole time and it was a big deal. Now, however, there are so many interesting people in the (amorphously defined) tech community that, yes, interesting young people are going to die all the time.
On a side note, does anyone know what ~B actually does? Does it send a SIGINT to the remote terminal? What does ssh mean by the phrase "send a BREAK to a remote system"?

I've tried to use it without success to kill a runaway listing of megabytes of scrolling text, but frantically hitting ctrl-C seems to work much better.
Smoking is a nasty habit and harmful to my body.

Now that that's out of the way, here are a couple reasons I smoke now and then:

1. Socialization. For whatever reason, it's easy to meet new people while smoking. You don't feel the need to constantly be talking so it's a pretty chill, low-pressure way to meet coworkers, especially those outside of your department.

2. Reflection. I think Ayn Rand said it best:

“I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours when a man sits alone, watching the smoke of a cigarette, thinking. I wonder what great things have come from such hours. When a man thinks, there is a spot of fire alive in his mind--and it is proper that he should have the burning point of a cigarette as his one expression.”

Obviously there is no requirement to smoke to get in a reflective state, but it is a trigger that helps me.
If you sign up for a coursera course, do you have access after the term ends?
I found Designing with Data (http://www.designingwithdata.com/) to be a simple and practical introduction to data visualization.

I attended Tufte's seminar years ago, and found it entertaining, but that's about it.
Because not everyone can do what they want to do and support their lives? I've hated every job I've ever had. I still have to do it.
edit: Why is it that you associate work with meaning in your life? What if someone find meaning in spending time with family, or whatever?
Woz is not commenting on the script, not on Ashton Kutcher.
CSS 3D iPhone
Sparse-direct solvers use graph theory to exploit nonzeros. In particular, Clique uses recursive nodal bisection ("nested dissection") for this purpose. The separators from this process end up (more-or-less) becoming cliques in the graph implied by the factored sparse matrix. Each of these cliques ends up corresponding to a dense matrix, which I then factor/solve-against using Elemental.
FWIW, I learnt a couple of programming languages when I was very young, and immigrated to the US shortly thereafter. I find that I really struggle having a conversation with anybody who doesn't use very precise language, and I easily get caught up on little details of what someone says if it doesn't seem consistent. I blame the coding.
Do a Little Growth Hacking
Your site as seen when shared online
And who were these Nazis? Were they Germans who acted on behalf of their party and political ideology?

You can argue all you like about how much worse the USA is than Europe but my mother lived in Germany during that time. Complain all you like, but the USA is still far ahead of where Europe is when it comes to civil rights. Ask any survivor of the camps.

The mere fact that the head of the intelligence agencies is going to have to testify under oath in front of the Congress is a sign that the legitimacy of our government is something that is valued and protected.
The author has some good points, but the most important thing to keep in mind is that in a free society, anyone else can come along and do what you're doing and do it cheaper (which is apparently what has happened after Ferriss et al. widely publicized various passive income approaches).

I do like setting "passive income generation" as a goal, but only as a useful thought experiment. It helps to think about "what would have to be true for me to remove myself from this business indefintely?"

That's great as a thought experiment; it can facilitate some creative brainstorming, but it's not so wise as a business strategy.
Those aren't mutually exclusive. You can find meaning in work & in spending time with family, etc.

No one thinks it's bad to find meaning in relationships, or whatever.
Not that I'm sympathetic to ad networks that data rape you to support some half-baked behavioral targeting, but one reason they don't now handle it gracefully is that SecuirtyException should in most cases be unhandled, because it would indicate some kind of defective installation. That's why this change has to be phased-in.
Surely the true engineers would take all of that free time and build amazing things, free from any worry about success or failure.

I know I'd love to have some amazing AI or robotics lab, pay modest salaries to some computer scientists to do research and just see what happens.
Level of effort is not directly related to level of success.
Peter Gibbons: Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. And invariably what you'd say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic.

Samir: So what did you say?

Peter Gibbons: I never had an answer. I guess that's why I'm working at Initech.

Michael Bolton: No, you're working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars.
Every time I see something like this I think it is an opportunity to finally do something with http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/. How cool would it be to come up with a simple (external!) DSL to mount SQL queries over HTTP routes, and transform the whole thing to a nginx configuration file?
That is true but the original post seemed to come to the conclusion that if you don't find a job you like you will never have meaning in your life.
It adds some validity to the opinions and points he makes? I will certainly pay more attention to a presentation if I know that the presenter has credibility..
I'm a newbie, and I enjoy articles like this as a starting point to frame the overall concept.

Like most simplifications, it's not entirely correct.

Which is why I like the comments section of HN - where I can learn more about the concept by observing how a wide variety of people explain it (and in the process correct the errors of the original article).
Is retirement a dangerous fantasy?
Yo dawg!??
Does smoking cause bad self-control or does bad self-control drive people to smoke? I do not know the answer.

What I know is that I am nicotine addict and smoking addict. It is a habit that I go for a cigarette about every hour. It is like a clock in my head ringing to go for a cigarette after 45-60 minutes even though the nicotine withdrawal hits in around three hours. After that I usually will just go out of choice for a cigarette even if I have decided not to smoke that much for the day, because the withdrawal symptoms are annoying.

Then again I know for a certain that I am looking for activities that create lasting profit and happiness and avoid every kind of risky things like lottery. Even though I may once a year buy a lottery ticket to try my bad luck, but so does everyone else.

I do know that smoking has bad social risks like yellow teeth and bad smell. I do know that smoking causes health problems. Thing is. It is life and it is my decision to live with my addiction, where is the self-control missing?

One thing I have noticed since some of my friends have tried to stop smoking or actually have stopped smoking. They will still be the occasional smokers if they stay around other smokers and often that is the case, because smokers usually socialize with other smokers at the cigarette break and once you have quit you will still have that carving for another cigarette and some times the decision "maybe one" will rule them all. It's the ~20% club.
I added a device about 3 hours ago. Still no go. I don't think they tested everything.
Show HN: Find out how many emails you send/receive
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Mark Zuckerberg's Next Invention: 4 Animal Frankenfeast
for that matter, it's also how Chrome/Chromium/Chrome OS work.
Connecting social influencers through common interests = gold.
Why is it that you associate work with meaning in your life?

It's a common sensibility in the US and Western Europe because that's the Puritan Work Ethic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
> You don't really lose anything for other peoples failures (unless you're investing money you're not willing to lose)

A number of pension funds are invested in venture capital.

Thus, a lot of people are unknowingly losing money on these types of things. Granted, they're only losing pennies each time. But it adds up.
Neither copyright nor patent can give ownership rights in a color.

Under EU law one can register a color as a trademark, provided it's a distinguishing mark. I think that's fair. Deutsche Telekom have been using magenta on their outlets ever since they started, people think "Magenta" whenever the name is mentioned, and I guess even you would stop a second if another phone company painted their outlets that color.
Its also probably a lot easier to maintain now due to ...

- Gofmt; code formatting

- Smaller number of language keywords compared to C++

- Garbage collection

- Built in concurrency

- Simpler error handling (no C++ style exceptions)
> If you settle, more trolls will come knocking on your door.

The settlement agreement should include an NDA.
The pay wall only appears after 10 views? I was so confused because I never see the paywall and I see people complain.
In reply to your reply:

Different, perhaps, but not necessarily better, or necessarily worse. What I'm saying is that the differences are so minor as to not matter in the long run. The figurehead at the top matters, yes, but not nearly as much as people think - the bulk of the power resides in congress, which is one of the reasons that nothing really changes when the presidency changes clothes and puts on the (R) robes or the (D) robes.

I'll freely admit that my cynicism and pessimism get in the way at times. On the other hand, I'm right about the actions of the government far more than I'm wrong.

I've been around long enough to see multiple administrations from both parties. I get the impression that you were not politically active prior to gwb, or if you were, it was not long beforehand -- if that is incorrect, I apologize. If I'm correct, then feel free to write me off as a lost-cause, a bitter old man, etc. because to you, that's what I am. Either way, cherish that idealism, for when it's gone, you can't get it back.
Celebrating by moving workloads to the public cloud!
Reminds me of Rule No 1 for the GS Summer interns:
If your boss smokes, smoke. [1]

[1] http://gselevator.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/congratulations-s...
Nicotine addiction is not really the problem; you can get over that in a week. The problem is habit: want to go outside and think; talk to friends; kill some time while walking from point A to B? Would you rather think about smoking or just smoke and think about something else? For a smoker trying to quit, any whitespace/meditation time in your schedule is a potential for relapse. And its not just a matter of not smoking for a week, a month, 3 months, or even 6 months. It is a continuous long-road challenge to really stop.

Source: me.
To be clear, I mean the counsel representing the activists will do the search and give only relevant documents to Chevron. Since the activists are adverse to Chevron, it wouldn't be appropriate for Chevron's counsel to go through the emails themselves.
> Finally, we also have small-oh notation, which is a lower bound.

Little-oh is a strict upper-bound. If `f` is `o(g)` then

lim_(x -> inf) f(x)/g(x) -> 0.

Or something. It has been a while. If you want an asymptotic lower-bound you want big Omega (non-strict) or little omega (strict).
I've noticed a pattern. People who sneer at HN—of whom there are more than a few, it's quite a thing now—always think it's other people who are the assholes.

To reply to zombio: it's probably that NYT and WaPo are such major publications that a site that wants to link to the best content can't very well exclude them. I agree it's annoying. What I do is visit the URLs in an incognito browser window.
Wrong. Making a claim in a courtroom and telling truth has not got one thing to do with each other.

Chevron has the unmitigated gall here to claim the $18.2 Billion settlement against Chevron in Uruguay was the product of FRAUD. Chevron is claiming they did nothing wrong in Uruguay and they should be allowed to look look through 9 years of e-mail of activists to get the chance to try to dig up something up
My initial reaction was similar to what you've stated. Then, I realized, it's their own money and they can give it to whatever or whomever they wish.

In the last month and a half or so, I've given hundreds to the EFF and similar organizations. Just as I'd be offended if someone tried to tell me how to spend my money or whom I should give it to, I feel that shouldn't criticize anyone else for how they choose to spend theirs.
Is there an API for Zenefits? Would be extremely useful for our clients.
That's just it, its not the nicotine. It is the habit and the association (deserved or not) with relaxation and meditation. Non smokers don't really get that, and that is quite understandable.

Nicotine is also not the major danger in a cigarette (this is debated), but the tars and crap that burn and will really kill you. The problem is...the stuff that will kill you is part of the texture that makes the experience addictive.
Excuse my inexperienced query, but wouldn't a high resolution MRI-esque device be much better for that task? It seems that physical deconstruction of something as intricate as an IC would be fraught with peril. I know there was a similar technique used on a frozen brain to obtain 1mm(?) slices, and I'm sure that's good for biology but my mental model of an IC is that the interesting and encased materials differ more sharply than in biology.
I've talked to multiple people who have been to Tufte's seminars. They all, unfortunately, say the same thing: in person, he's not a very dynamic teacher - maybe even a bit boring.

That does not detract from his ability to bring data visualization to the mainstream.
The Hummer is back - as an Electric Vehicle
Just as I'm hesitant to take advice from a personal trainer who has never worked out, I'm hesitant to take advice on starting a business from a guy who has never started a business.

While I agree that info products and affiliate marketing are not the passive cash cows that a lot of people are being tricked into believing they are, those are not the only forms of passive income.

In addition, it's completely possible to enjoy the passive business you've created while at the same time enjoying stuff that brings you no monetary value. I personally enjoy snowboarding, track racing, rock climbing, and power lifting, but I don't have any desire to try to turn them into income generating activities. It's like the author is completely unaware that there are other things to do with your non-work time than partying on a beach. I find my most fulfilling moments when setting and accomplishing goals in activities that give no other reward than the meaning and gravity I have given it.

This whole article reads more like SEM/lead-gen for his book. I read it a bit over a year ago and found it disappointing.
So you are saying that an Android user who wanted to play the game would just buy an iOS device? And that's why sells on Android were lower?
Yes I do know that Nicotine addiction is not the problem. The bigger problem is the habit of wanting to go outside and think, talk to friends, kill some time while taking the dog out. Like I just went to smoke and thought about this and that about how people discriminate smokers and try to get us to stop it even though most of us avoid smoking while non-smokers are present. Though it is their problem if they hang around with smokers while they smoke.

Oh yes and I do wear a seat belt while I am in a vehicle if the vehicle has one for me.
Quick offtopic: from where is the image in the article?
Top intelligent excuses for not doing your homework Funny
Tufte agrees. https://twitter.com/EdwardTufte/status/336951232197451777
I can also confirm from personal experience that many, many educated Chinese locals are not aware of this portion of their history.

Even those whom I suspect may be aware of it seem to confine it to a cultural blindspot approaching wilful ignorance. It is something you simply _do not talk about_ in China.
I wish there was a data source that compared risky behaviors. Like smoking one cigarette is equivalent to driving 100 mph on a windy road is equivalent to not eating vegetables for a week. (just making those up)

The problem for me is that I really don't know how risky smoking is relative to other activities.

I know that it's risky. But, is it more risky than eating charcoal grilled meat or walking across a busy intersection?
Looks like it's from the movie Troll Hunter.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/
I completely agree with you on not accepting the violent way of changing things and on the fact the system has gone too far to be changed through instituted processes.

One non-violent way of changing things I see is to use Bitcoin for saving and transactions as much as possible, because I don't feed the system with my tax money and confiscation through inflation. It's not perfect, but to me it's far superior to anything we have so far.

Look at it this way. If a thief on the street approaches you and tries to rob you, you have three ways: 1) beg him to not rob you (wouldn't work) 2) fight (would work, but you can get hurt) and 3) pretend you don't have any money (in which case he might as well decide to not bother with you if you can convince him you really don't have it).
I would add a #3.

3. Counteracting the negative effects of other chemicals that are used that day.

Any stimulant, whether its caffeine, amphetamines or pure adrenaline causes anxiety. That anxiety increases with the dosage of the aforementioned substances; leading to an increased desire of ending said anxiety (b/c you know...no one likes anxiety).
https://github.com/fjolnir/xnomad

app bundle:
https://github.com/JasonJAyalaP/xnomad/raw/master/xnomad.app...
I realize that, what I was referring to was the old model (TPL), which wasn't terrible to begin with.
I laugh at how seriously he takes himself.
I wish I didn't have a phone at my desk.
The rules of HN state: "Essentially there are two rules here: don't post or upvote crap links, and don't be rude or dumb in comment threads."

I think you have unintentionally violated the last provision. Please don't post about things you have not taken the time to investigate at all, which is true by your own admission: "I've never touched [ScaLAPACK]".
Wearable technology
Totally. We should spend more time speculating about every move of Snowden and examining every new piece of fluff in the media about the NSA; linking to actually interesting programming-related content is so 2012.
I'm not a smoker but as coincidence would have it today I was talking to some smokers outside work and a woman joined the group and "lit up" her e-cigarette. They're illegal here but she got it through the mail somehow. She said her pack a day habit dropped a lot not due to trying just due to the difference between the e-cigarette and regular cigarettes.

It was such a contrast between the little white sticks of smoke spewing paper and a glass and metal e-cigarette. The one the woman had was quite long because it had an extended battery pack, the vial of liquid peach flavoured liquid was visible, the mouthpiece was a formed metal end it reminded me of some sort of musical instrument.

Standing next to someone with an e-cigarette is very different than a regular cigarette you may smell the vapour if you're close enough but it's gone within a second. Regular cigarettes are like some sort of Charles Dickens creation in old London it may as well be coal smoke and ash chimney it lingers so long and is so strong in comparison.

I think the reason e-cigarettes are banned in my province is due to the nicotine containing liquid which I guess is far more dangerous than caffeine even in common bulk powdered form since a liquid on skin is more easily absorbed. I've read about nicotine levels per vial of 6mg to 18mg and the lethal dose for humans is 1.0mg/kg body weight so maybe it's possible a person could accidentally poison themselves if a vial broke and the liquid fell on their skin.
Urbandictionary.com/random.php and Spotify Mashup
If you don't mind me asking, what is Falling Water really like? Would you recommend the in-depth tour?
they're not "steaming devices" - they do not use steam but rather just hot air. they're called vaporizers, and what they do is cause sublimation of THC into a vapor, which is inhaled along with hot air. this eliminates the presence of tar, which is a byproduct of combustion.
A bunch of "typical" programmers wrote a program in C++, and it turned out crappy. A "super smart guy" rewrote it in Go, and it turned out nice. How much of the delta between crappy and nice was due to the language, and how much to the programmer? (And how much is due to the new programmer learning from the old programmer's mistakes?)

As with all anecdotal language advocacy, you have to take it with a grain of salt, and in this case maybe more than usual.