skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> whereas in PHP the really good ones are like drops in an ocean of sulphuric acid

Which is a good thing. Once a client finds you, they will hold on to you for dear life. Why should I care about the level of difficulty of finding me, if that level of difficulty is in my favor?

> and like anyone in an ocean of sulphuric acid, they usually prefer to be somewhere else.

What? No. I like being in that ocean. I charge extra whenever I have to touch anyone else's code-base, because I know it'll be garbage. Is it fun cleaning up garbage? No. But it pays well and it is challenging. You don't know challenging until you forced yourself to think like a moron.

And the thing is, the person who wrote it knows it's garbage too, so they'll never publish it. Quite a bit of the open-source stuff recently has been of high quality.
The Wave not Ridden and Why You Should Live Fearless
Nice idea as a faster incremental development tool, but not something that one should run in production.
Causality is a notoriously hard thing to prove. I challenge you to find a study or two that demonstrate a similar relationship proving causality beyond any doubt.

Working in psychiatry research myself, I definitely don't trust a single study out there that claims to have found a simple relationship between such incredibly complex things as moods, bioactive substances, person's environment, genetics, etc (same goes for nutritional science, environmental science, economics, and so on).

To me much more compelling evidence are anecdotal cases from my personal life. I know people who have smoked all the time since their teenage years and who lead happy lives, but I have also seen how people can get really messed up from pot and how it goes away when they stop (although occasional episodes and mood swings can persist long after stopping). Other huge factors no one seems to talk much about are interactions between everyday stress and smoking, between coffee consumption and smoking, alcohol and smoking. The list goes on forever.
Sproutcore vs Ember vs AngularJS interest over last two years
If we assume that at least some unethical prosecutors exist (which seems verifiable) then this risk exists any time you do something to annoy someone who has influence over said unethical prosecutors. So then it's no longer a question of what the law is, but of pure, cynical politics. When you get into that realm, all bets are off.
Somewhere between vital and fundamental.
"Almost no products can cut costs by 5-10%."

Automation can cut costs by much more than that.
That is crazy. I've recently signed up for an account. How annoying. I hope he wins his fight.

Talk about slapping down on the little guy.

His choice was a noble one. How many others would walk away from their business rather than be complicit in crimes of the state against it's own people? Few I imagine.
>because doctors have to do that sort of thing (eg. GSK releases lamotrigine, do you give it to your patients?).

Ideally, that's how it would work. In practice, it appears that in many cases, doctors do little research beyond what pharmaceutical reps tell them[1].

This seems to have a lot to do with time constraints. Doctors report spending an average of 4.4 hours per week reading medical journals, and they only read the full text of about a third of the articles they read[2]. On average, the FDA approves about three new drugs each month. If new drugs were all a doctor needed to read about, 6 hours for each one might be enough to get a decent idea of safety and efficacy. But of course, that's not all a doctor needs to read up on.

But of course that has no bearing on whether doctors know how to read scientific papers.

[1] http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-013-2411-7

[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495716/
The train stations sometimes auction off the bikes that nobody claimed, you can get one there.
Have you ever changed your mind...ON WEED?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkA9rz-1YoA
How the hell does drivel like this get upvoted?
Thirding the Houston biking club (we should grab beers sometime!).

The nice thing about moving here is that everything is flat, the roads are fun if you have a mountain bike, and you know that everyone else outside (walking, biking, or driving) is as sweaty and gross as you are.

It's the great equalizer.
He lost creativity? He's, what, 23-24? Shit! Too early for a sabbatical... I didn't lose my creativity till 28.
Thanks for the informed comment.

So OK penalty clauses are really abusives but what about simply granting oneself favorable terms (like guaranteed interest rates, free services, etc.) ?
If MJ is so useful medically, wouldn't it be healthier (and easier to control dosage) to injest it, rather than expose your lungs to all that smoke? Hot smoke can't be good for your airways.

And eventually, can't the active substances be put into pill form?
I was going to post a link to an image of this font in vim, which looks quite funny, but then I realized that I don't know if I want everyone on the Internet to be able to copy my handwriting.
I've met a bunch of the people involved in the Seattle Meshnet project, since they have held meetings and set up a repeater station at ALTSpace, a makerspace I'm involved with. They're an enthusiastic bunch; the project hasn't hit critical mass yet but they are slogging away diligently.

I don't really understand what CJDNS does, and for the short term you can't really participate in the meshnet without a pretty solid understanding of the technologies involved, but I personally know quite a few people in central Seattle who would be happy to host repeaters if the meshnet people can get a turn-key installation package set up. I hope they'll reach that point soon.
What!?

>I am so tired of the "the US lagging behind the rest of the world" trope. It's the same thing with same sex marriage. The US has been and is ahead of curve when it come to sex marriage rights.

That statement is true of almost everything except cannabis legalization. It's certainly true for decriminalization. And the "country", the US, is no better than it was 5 years ago. The only thing that's changed is individual states making more reasonable laws.
What is it about naming a SEAL team, which is only identified by the addition of a single digit, that puts them at risk or creates issues for them? Assuming they are consecutively numbered, I would assume there is a ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5 and possibly many ST(n+1). What makes ST6 special?
Was going to comment that the title here felt misleading since article read like straight up PR, but someone's changed the title.
HIPAA, Business Associates Agreements & Your Business
They're supposed to ignore their patients, dismiss scientific evidence without reading it, and keep their patients on dangerous, addictive, and tolerance building drugs indefinitely?

No, I don't think so.
It is ok if you like him so much but seriously, can you stop giving him a blowJob. You don't really look objective at all. It is quite shameful.
Having personally encountered this, I can attest to the sentiment that nothing will cause you to lose your motivation quicker than being in a situation such as this. I'm amazed that so many people do not realize that this is demoralizing and will destroy the quality talent that you have.
Any details here are likely under NDA. I'd expect most apps to work just fine though as they have worked fine during the other upgrades.
> People seem to have this idea of lavish Zynga style life styles. It's not. It's really really hard work.

Yes, I absolutely agree with you. But in this particular case, I didn't leave because it was hard. I left because it was easy. Too easy. I wasn't challenged. The work I was doing was mundane and repetitive, and I didn't feel like what I was working on was important (or fulfilling). My productivity was great. I excelled. I made an effort to contribute in every way I could. But at the end of the day, I was just another dev.
I'm part of the the Montreal mesh net. It's really cool to see news of the movement on a mainstream platform.
If having a great job that you love and pays well were easy, everyone would be doing it. Jobs suck, unless you're lucky and a big risk pays off. And it's not burnout. Most tech jobs are just fucking boring, and nobody can get excited about technology after being mind-fucked all day by it. My suggestion is to get a non-tech job.
Determinate on said employee's skills being mobile across industries and companies, which may not be the norm outside of IT/software currently.

"Why don't they just leave?" is not a valid argument.
Is it possible that "make up" meant "put together" or "do", instead of "fake up"?
Bring on full legalization, regulation and taxation. It is overdue.

Again, that's the trick here. Legalization and regulation could still end up banning production at home or anywhere but crazy high-grade pharma labs and greenhouses--especially if, for example, you are now suddenly on the hook for tax stamps or whatnot.

Be careful what you wish for.
What is the benefit of this (from a developer/website perspective) over using OpenID? I can't really see the difference... obviously I'm missing something fundamental...
As long as it doesn't make me stink like a chimney when I get home from a bar or restaurant, then more power to them.
Whoa. I read this as "SlideProjectors – Marketplace to buy and sell slide projectors"

Side Projects is a MUCH better idea ;)
Musk On Tesla Surprise: 'We Feel Good About Where Things Are'
As a non-smoker, I wouldn't call it pleasant.
For a long time I thought I wanted to work at a startup, but it turns out that what I want just sort of correlates with being a startup. As long as I can be creative and build things of value for real people while improving my skills without being micro-managed, I'm happy.

Everything else is just aesthetic.
Can't LSD cause you to hallucinate? Hallucinations seem like the #1 thing you wouldn't want to happen to you while you are driving.
How man who found $25K in hollowed-out book at dump spent cash
Lavabit abruptly shuts down
You can't submit apps built against the beta SDK to the app store. So in many cases, there is no way for the developer to remedy the situation until Apple deems a particular release candidate as The One, at which point they start accepting submissions. Anyway, the betas are still in flux, so half the time you'd be working around OS bugs for the sake of a week or two after which the workaround is no longer needed.

I don't see how public reviews from beta users are in any way a positive thing. Sure, forward them to developers, but definitely don't let them influence the average star rating.
Precisely -- the shareholder agreement, along with statutory and SEC reqs (esp for public co's) define what the corporation is supposed to be "for". In general, they are for making the shareholders money.

B-corps (benefit corporations) are a new idea where the charter of the company can include optimizing for things other than pure shareholder value, such as social responsibility, commitment to workers etc. Sort of a merge of profit and not-for-profit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation
Actually, who says you need complicated control schemes and traditional video games?

Bizarre idea: strap on a Rift headset, instead of a treadmill you've now got some kind of thingamabob rigged to tilt and turn an exercise bike. The exercise bike has a few simple buttons for game input on it. You now play something simple that can really take advantage of immersion and graphics quality like Pokemon Snap, while riding the exercise bike.

I mean, sure, you could make this game with the treadmill version and walk down the safari trails, but that wouldn't be a very good workout.
For one vision of an augmented reality (AR) future, see this music video (no need for sound if you don't like it):

The Toxic Avenger feat. Orelsan - N'importe Comment (French hip hop/electronic/dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEolW1x9O3k
Tomatoes are a garden weed; most people still buy them from stores. Just because you can grow something yourself, doesn't mean most people will when it's much easier to simply buy it.
I'm not going to say that that all banks are angelic and innocent. But I would take the long view on this issue, and come down in favor of honesty and transparency in contractual negotiation. You may not like the victim in this case, but what if the same thing were done to a more sympathetic victim by a less sympathetic adversary?

> banks will use stronger language next time

Except that such language could be deleted by the customer. In this case, a customer has demonstrated an ability to make arbitrary changes to the contract. Assuming he is legally savvy, he should be able to alter any terms that would damage his case. This, of course, assumes that the contract is held to be enforceable. I still have strong doubts about that.
Which UK companies are carrying out drug tests on their employees? I've never experienced that first-hand, nor heard of it happening second- or even third-hand. It is definitely not widespread practice, and is probably a statistical insignificance.
The corporate world is even more so plagued by this occurrence and explains why there are so many people in roles that they shouldn't be.
Association. Most people associate constantly wearing a Bluetooth headset with douchey, self-important MBA types. There's nothing wrong with the tech per se, it just got adopted by an unpopular crowd first.
> I'm just curious as to why it took him this long.

He's a media-savvy guy who was considered for surgeon general and has a career appearing on mainstream TV, including Oprah and Larry King Live. Someone like that can't afford to be too far ahead of the curve. I'd say this about-face means the marijuana legalization debate is ready to go national.
Hey, great work! I really like it. I noticed when added into home screen, if I click through the direct link to the article, there's not way to go back. This is probably related to "apple-mobile-web-app-*" meta tags. Is there any tweak that can make it possible to go back from external article page?
I don't know, plenty of cities are flat.. NYC is mostly flat?

Biking in .nl was actually quite arduous for me the few times I've been. One word: wind. No mountains or anything to break it, it's like being on an endless hill. I did a few short out of town trips (<15km) and I highly underestimated how long it would take because of the wind...
I've been using disposable fountain pens from Bic for a while since I lost my nice one. A good place to start for people who want to casually try it out before dropping a few hundred dollars. :)
It could be viewed as a red flag, but should you be interviewing this person, you'd likely not hear the story framed this way at all. The folks he leaves behind, should you pursue a reference, would probably also have a different version.
This meta-phone is still too expensive.

They marketed and priced it for high-end consumers...and then ask these same customers do something that none of them ever want to do...wait. Wait a long time for delivery.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Drop the price or up the delivery date. Better if they did both.

I'd also have more faith if I could have seen a functional prototype not just a couple of Nexus4's running alpha software. I'm not paying 800 bucks for the free software...I'm paying for hardware which is still on the drawing board.
I hate this cop out response. It's just not true. There are plenty of transparent companies that value the input of their employees and clue them in as to whats going on. There doesn't have to be a top-down decision making process that runs through the hierarchy. Especially when there are only 10 people at the company.
Must be nice not to need to work for a living. Remind me never to hire this quitter.
This might be why... https://lavabit.com/
I had a theory based class last semester (no computers at all), and haven't had a real class in which I can't type everything in 2 years. During the midterm my hand started cramping because I hadn't written anything longer than a sentence or two at a time in years.
It depends on the liquid, really. There's no inherent smell to ecigs; it's all in the flavoring. So if someone is vaping peach flavored liquid, it will smell like peaches. If it's tobacco flavored, it will smell like tobacco.
Irrational probably.

Possibly I can trace this back to the fact that the 1st people to start using them were mostly douche bags.....

Maybe there's something deeper about having no respect for someone who considers themselves so busy that they can't find a place to stand and have a conversation. At least if I have to over hear a bit of their tedious phone call I do it as I pass them. Rather than walking behind / in front of them for the entire conversation.

I've never really invested a lot of time in thinking about "why" I dislike it. It is just an immediate reaction.

ps: I have the same sort of reaction to people who engage in long and useless phone conversations on public transport.
Really excited for this. Password authentication is an absolute disaster on the Internet, and despite at least 8 years of development solutions like OpenID are not succeeding fast enough. Mozilla Persona looks really promising. Sure wish there were a Chrome extension for it!
Why not? Stick an HTTP cache (Varnish, Cloudflare, whatever) in front of it, and I see no reason not to do the preprocessing on the fly.

Also: "Harp apps run directly with the built-in web server, or exported to HTML, CSS & JS, putting you in full control of your production environment."
When I first read John Holland's book on Emergence it opened my eyes to an exciting new field.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0738201421

I'm not sure if we can solve AI in an 8 bit cellular automata, but the general concept of intelligence emerging versus being designed certainly rings true with human evolution.
The editor of the journal has made a statement, http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2013/08/07/when-authors-forget...
There's a caution story here. Today we finally pushed a near-complete rewrite in Angular of our Sproutcore app. It wasn't cheap.

When we started with SC, it was backed by Apple, Yehuda had just declared it the future of web development, and everything was very rosy.

After Ember split off from SC and the company developing it (Strobe) got acquihired by Facebook, the community got completely decimated and it quickly became a sinking ship.

The one thing SC never had was a ton of large scale real-world deployment (outside of Apple). I think that's the lesson here.
Well the one thing which I do believe holds true is that picking numbers which are above 31 would lower the chances of splitting. I'd suspect that even just sticking over 12 would help out.
Patent Troll Forced To Settle Frivolous Lawsuit Against One-Man Business
I always wonder how many open source projects actually look like they do because the creators choose, and like those certain styles.

As a designer there is only that much you can do if you don't get support, or get conflicting views from the client (= all the contributors in the project).
What do you mean, "good one"? Add in some AR tech for bringing stuff from your office, and this is going to be an enterprise application.
Aye, I've linked to the blog article as it does a mildly better job of describing what bbcp does.
Will Bloomberg Save or Kill Ubuntu Edge?
The early betas were missing whole APIs, and they're still fixing crashers that happen inside Apple's code. Many of the issues aren't anything the devs can do anything about.
Do you have multiple small children under the age of 5? Both those activities typically take at least 30 minutes of continuity to be done right... a real challenge with a 4 and a 1 year old. After they go to bed, great. While they are awake? If you are ok with some TV time. then you might get lucky to have them sit still for half an hour.
Important parts of my compensation (involvement, agency, sense of ownership, diversity in work effort) were just inadvertently phased out

That's a neat observation, and a pattern I've seen before. As the company (or team, within a larger company) grows, it's possible to lose some of the things you most value about your job -- without even realising it.

The company and management have the best intentions at heart for you, the team and the product -- but is this an inevitable side-effect of growth?

Also, the reason I became a product manager in the first place was because I found the specific stuff you mention invigorating, and coding became a distraction from it; I wouldn't diss all product managers with the same brush, it's just an unfortunate trap that if you're a good engineer then people probably don't think you want to be more product-focused, and don't want to lose your coding contributions.
An experienced developer does not lack for job offers. You can spend your entire life taking people up on those offers and never get around to doing your own thing. For most people on Earth, historically, that's not a bad place to be: it beats the hell out of starving. But if you have the luxury to do it, I think it's less impulsive than you imagine.
It would be cool to support CommonJS modules in the browser using Browserify or similar as well.
The link within the thread that breaks out of your mobile web app should open in standard Safari - this way I can easily email or SMS the link to a friend. Nice job.
This is what I thought... there are brits in the comments saying they have used this phrase in this way many times.

That said, it is a little odd that it made it through 3 reviewers, none of whom objected or got clarification — or if they did, it's not on the record. (edit: which/whom)
Yes but why not just do good for the sake of good because of a belief that it will be for the benefit of all, the self included. It gives you something to believe in without having a "church" to follow and be told what to do from.

That's what has always struck me negatively, at least from Christianity. When I went to Church, the only reason they told me to follow the commandments or accept Christ was so that I can go to heaven. They were only trying to appeal to my inner-selfishness. I've since changed, and simplified that teaching. Doing good is the natural order and will benefit myself in the long-term for the least amount of total effort invested. It's as simple as that, and no lying required (I say lying because none of the Christians could honestly verify going to heaven, but presented it as if it was basically fact to tons of young impressionable children).

Many pastors I've met always had amazing stories about how they used to be really bad, and gave examples of their previous life behaviors. What's funny is that this did not relate to me at all, as I was never that bad and couldn't imagine why someone would do those (in my opinion) horrible things. It led me to believe that Christianity appealed to those who sinned, because it promised that one thing, forgiveness and salvation, regardless of whether you deserved it. All you had to say was "I believe..."

Not all atheists lack spirituality, and not all are moral-less. You can totally believe in a greater cause without having to invent things.
I think you'll find that there is a big difference between the people who planned and willingly went into exile and those who had no choice.

Of course he wouldn't want to give himself up.

You've missed the point though. The US government is directing the world media on the chase for Snowden and keeping them distracted; no one is remotely close to being held accountable for the things that Snowden leaked about.

"You told everyone that we had done something wrong, and now you're going to have to go to jail to make up for it".
See my other responses. In summary, DOs are fully trained doctors who also believe that a completely pseudoscientific methodology (OMM) is valid medicine. I have very little confidence in such a person's ability to critically weigh evidence, and it seems crazy to me to let them give people drugs.