skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think because it is incredibly dangerous to have people who don't understand a subject passing legislation/informing public opinion on that subject.

At the very least it is a situation ripe for misunderstandings leading to bad end results and at the worst is fertile ground for lobbyists and special interests.
I Google'd. From wikipedia:
"Graham presided over the Post at a crucial time in its history. The Post played an integral role in unveiling the Watergate conspiracy and ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Graham and editor Bradlee first experienced challenges when they published the content of the Pentagon Papers. When Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein brought the Watergate story to Bradlee, Graham supported their investigative reporting and Bradlee ran stories about Watergate when few other news outlets were reporting on the matter.

In conjunction with the Watergate scandal, Graham was the subject of one of the best-known threats in American journalistic history. It occurred in 1972, when Nixon's attorney general, John Mitchell, warned reporter Carl Bernstein about a forthcoming article: "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published." The two words "her tit" were cut on publication."
Discussing the grill serves to provide a context for their meeting and to establish character, in this case, by describing what she does. I imagine most American readers can relate to someone who knows their way around a grill; especially a "mattress" sized one.

It's called Litery Journalism.

As I recall, Gay Talese and Joan Didion, among others, helped to popularize it.
If I missed anything, let me know!
It is quite common to push-process Kodak Vision 500T one stop to ASA 1000.

Of course, Stanley Kubrick shot Barry Lyndon before the widespread availability of T-grained film. Thus, the high-speed film available in 1975 would've been much grainier.
Yup, sounds like the Microsoft that I know. Microsoft is a company ruled by fear. Everyone is afraid that a decision they make is going to blow up on them, so very few people do anything beyond maintaining the status quo.
Meanwhile the Koch brothers want to buy the LA times...I will grab my popcorn and wait for the hilarity.
Likewise, there's no About page or Management Team page that I could find. What are the backgrounds of the people running the company? Is the company a YC company? Has it received funding from anyone? Can't stress enough that this sort of background info important, from a business customer's perspective, when evaluating potential services.
Your friend is not a recruiter, he is a salesperson. This explains the way he can make a lot of money whilst knowing nothing.

A large proportion of people calling themselves recruiters are actually just salespeople. A real recruiter who understands the industry they're hiring for is a contact worth hanging on to. The rest, just block them asap and move on.
Subsurface, the diving software originally written by Torvalds, is moving to QT because they are sick of problems with GTK.

If you follow the mailing list, they're only using the minimal amount of C++ required for QT, otherwise everything is in C. So in 2013, Linus still doesn't like C++.
A couple absolutely needs the core directions to be similar. If what was meant is just professions, professions too, ultimately have to be compatible in a way that works for the couple.

Sometimes one career influences the ability for the other to exist. Sometimes both parties want to be location independent. Sometimes both careers are going strong and no one wants to give up or miss an opportunity.

Being in a long term long distance relationship for over 5 years at least in my one situation has drilled home: direction is relevant and important.

Having too many friends who are doctors and programmers:

- Having a incompatible schedule starts out as a small thing

- Small things become big things

- Big things become distance creators, emotionally, mentally, and then physically

- Then we wonder how we got here.

Hope I didn't add to the confusion from other comments.
Asset forfeiture can make it impossible to hire a competent defense atty, investigators, experts, etc.
"In particular, don’t found a startup with people that are busy with school, have personal issues, are traveling, or are working a full-time job." I'd like to know if there is anybody without personal issues, or what the author is trying to say in this context.
That would be difficult: how are you going to make the case that your conviction is due to this method?
Partnerships are about both timing, a good fit, and ability/willingness to commit.

I've had many fail where one or the other was missing.
I don't think your post addressed Dystopian's question: as I understand, your organization keeps not only your compiler proprietary but even the source code (preferred data structures for making changes) for your clients' websites (their flows, templates, etc.).

While use of the compiled output of your service may be a fallback, it's certainly not a good contingency. In particular, wouldn't consider the complied output "source code" any more than I'd consider assembler language output "source code".
It works best in chrome or safari 6
The fact that this seems very plausible ought to give us pause when the actual event convinces us that they're still independent.
Ask HN: SSH is still safe, after NSA?
After all this news about NSA spying everything, is SSH still a safe tool?
I think it is a run-of-the-mill acquisition of power by a member of the super rich.

How much is it worth to have the WaPo as a mouthpiece?
You might get an SLA for money but you can't stop a product from disappearing.
Simply put, a bigger aperture means you can let more light in, which means better image quality in low light conditions (don't need to increase film/sensor ISO level as much), and shorter minimum exposure time (for taking photos of super fast actions without blurring). It also gives you a much shallower depth of field which cannot be achieved with something of a smaller aperture.

It is of course more expensive to build a lens like this, because the larger the aperture, the larger your lens cross section has to be (to actually let the light in), and the harder it is to design such a big lens that minimizes optical aberrations. With glass, the maximum aperture size theoretically achievable is around f/0.5, anything bigger and you will have to use something with a higher index of refraction than glass. So f/0.7 is very impressive.
They're completely different businesses. Huffington Post is a cross between a content farm, a bad women's magazine, and Daily Kos. The Washington Post is a newspaper.
I agree. The number of resources available on the internet for beginning programmers is astounding. You can find tutorials and documentation for any language that you might want to learn. Professional-quality tools are available for free. There are numerous websites where professional programmers will provide comprehensive answers to your questions within a few hours, sometimes within minutes. The source code of major software packages, like the Linux kernel or the Firefox browser, is available free of charge to anyone who wants to study or modify it. Someone who wants to learn to program is limited only by their intelligence and motivation.
So America is safer for its residents than they feel it is.

But I wonder what would be the result if one was to ask Europeans, "how dangerous is America [for Europe / the World]?".
Agreed. If you can manage or cover these points some how, it's fine, but I've generally found them to be necessary in any successful project.

On a side note, sad face that another thread has been taken towards a tangent of exploring marriage instead of partnerships, maybe I shouldn't have said that :)
When you 'go get github.com/spf13/hugo', it checks out a copy into $GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo. It then fetches all the external dependencies listed in hugo's source and fetches them, so you'll get $GOPATH/src/bitbucket.org/howeyc/fsnotify etc. Those exist in your own local tree, but if howeyc deletes his repository and somebody new tries to check out hugo, he'll get an error when "go get" fails to find bitbucket.org/howeyc/fsnotify.

Now, what you as the developer can do, as I mentioned in my original post, is get all the packages you need and put them in a $GOPATH directory, so you have $GOPATH/src/hugo and $GOPATH/src/fsnotify etc., then check in the entire $GOPATH directory. Your code then imports "fsnotify" rather than "bitbucket.org/howeyc/fsnotify" and so on. This repository is no longer trivially fetchable+compileable with "go get", but in my opinion that's a small price to pay--and compilation is still very simple.
Even junkier: endorsements.
If two comapanies look like they are doing the same thing and one fails and one succeeds, I'd have to conclude that there wasn't enough measurement (lean startup measurement) to make apparent the difference.
I always like the simple "Thanks, but no thanks" followed by immediately hanging up.
To the developers: I'd strongly recommend reviewing the Solaris Linkers and Libraries Guide in your quest to create a new linker:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E26507/index.html

There are loads of generally useful technical details about ELF and linking in general that apply to almost any UNIX-like platform.

For example, full details of the System V Application Binary Interface (ELF):

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E26507/glcfv.html#s...

Rod Evans and Ali Bahrami have decades of experience in this area and often added new functionality to the Solaris linker long before the GNU folks ever considered it.

Rod in particular has a very valuable set of posts with insight into linkers and related vagaries on his blog:

https://blogs.oracle.com/rie/

The Solaris linker was made to deal with crazy things like 4GB+ executables, multiple processor architectures, and hardware capabilities.
One reason is that leather is a waste by product of the demand for meat. If we made artificial leather it wouldn't really lower the number of animals that would need to be raised.
Bezos:

> While I hope no one ever threatens to put one of my body parts through a wringer, if they do, thanks to Mrs. Graham’s example, I’ll be ready.

TIL that this is a reference to a threat from Nixon's Attorney General, John Mitchell, not to publish the Watergate story:

> Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham
I think I'd feel ok if they used these tactics in the SEC.
Why did you post this?

It would be cool if it was a huge collection of these, but this one isn't that good and it's kinda boring.

The gradiant on the nav looks horrible, the search bar is out of place, and the nav looks like something is pushing it to the hr.
I agree that trying to sign up elderly listeners would be an excellent idea. You will probably need a pretty strong technical support crew for them, because they in general won't have our comfort level with computers.

My father has been working to keep some older relatives able to use computers, but there are lots of challenges. A couple of points I can offer from his experience:
- Tablets are probably easier use, especially if you spent some effort making a specific app.
- Reliable always on internet is not necessarily a given.
- Even if they have good internet, they may not have a wireless network
I think it's been demonstrated time and time again that with enough monetary interest, the public will happily gulp down whatever slop is thrown their way. If this can be supplied cheaper than real beef, I think the fast food corporations will switch to it. Sergey Brin throwing his support behind the synthetic meat movement has really given me a new hope for the viability of a readily available consumer synthetic meat product in the near future.
I'm inclined to disagree. The problem the article illustrates has little to do with government, state, federal or local, so much as it has to do with incentive structures.

I think that in this day and age, we need a new method for developing laws. Big software companies will pay bounties for bugs/security holes; why isn't there something like that for flaws/bad incentive structures/tax exploits in government?
> Really the halting problem comes down to "Can we tell if a function will end or not?"

Except that "program" is usually used instead of function, that's the usual statement of the halting problem, not something it "comes down to".

> A simple while ( time ) { 1 } will stop us from finding that out very nicely, so the fact that it's not parseable is actually a separate issue.

The problem with parsing Perl is that Perl cannot be parsed independently of simulating its execution. That fact, combined with the halting problem, means that it cannot be parsed (or, more accurately, that any program that correctly parses Perl cannot be guaranteed to terminate on all valid inputs.)

> As an aside: Ruby is also subject to the halting problem, and thus cannot be parsed

All Turing-complete programming languages are subject to the halting problem. But that's not a problem for parsing most of them (including Ruby) the way it is for Perl because parsing most languages does not require simulating the execution of the code being parsed.

Ruby can be parsed, though its parser is notoriously ugly. [1]

[1] see, e.g., http://programmingisterrible.com/post/42432568185/how-to-par...
I was interested to know why is shoplocket not listed on your LinkedIn? Obviously, this might be a personal question, and no answer is deemed necessary but was just curious about the direction of the original project.
Good points.

I've had partnerships fail with friends. And have one succeeding right now.

What it taught me is that not all friendships can handle pressure and you are only friends to a certain depth, intensity, and commitment to each other.

It's a stoic truth that I think can be explained by those friendships that we maintain over the years with little to no effort... with whom spending 24 hours is more than spending months with the wrong people.

There is an absolutely necessity to being able to turn the friendship on/off as well as work. I didn't start working with a very close friend until we were in our early 30's, and I'm glad we waited. As mature as we already were, having 10 years away from each other working on projects has increased the appreciation on both sides of the tables.
The article makes plain that fetishizing origin is the only way to see past the disinformation.
So nothing changed in the five years after I quit. I guess that isn't too surprising. The review process is toxic, especially stack ranking. I don't think you could pay me enough to go back.
Well, if this isn't validation for my latest idea, I don't know what is. I know it shouldn't, but finding out about competitors always seems to take the wind out of my sails.
We're currently working on this and would love to get some feedback. With just 5 min of your time you can help shape the roadmap and get early access. Survey here: http://bit.ly/15GpvsD
> I smelled The Dread Marijuana

That's not a lawful reason for suspicion in any of the many states where medical marijuana is legal; I don't recall the ruling offhand, but the court has said this.
Unfortunately, there is no way to test the theory rigorously with a double-blind randomized controlled study. But Steve has seen it happen many times, and I've seen it happen a few times myself, and I think it's advice worth heeding.
He supported the widespread hacking of UK citizens.

Yeah him and healthy majorities of both houses of Congress. Did Parliament not get the memo?
It puts a bit more work on you, since you have to track the dependencies, but it'll pay off the first time somebody decides to check in a radical API overhaul; you'll be able to update your code on your own schedule, not in a panicked rush because bug reports are flooding in.

It also makes things easier if you decide to modify the libraries, or if the author abandons his code and someone else becomes the "canonical" source. Your code will just import "fsnotify", and you can put whatever source you prefer in $GOPATH/src/fsnotify/
> IANAL so I don't how one would deal with that.

You can't. Police have the authority to impound your car for any moving violation. They can inventory the contents of your car in the process.

Why doesn't this happen often? Fear of public outcry. That, and an officer needs the search to unearth evidence worth the paperwork and bother. Police officers have bosses just like you and me.

Your only recourse: follow traffic laws to the letter. Unfortunately, this is more difficult than it sounds.
Here's a plug for my local olive oil producer: http://www.bvranch.com/

Quality conscious and low on bullshit.
Well I agree with everything he has to say here, I am constantly amazed with Linus' delivery. There were plenty of way to make the point he wanted to make without attacking anyone and with a much less angry tone.
A nice letter but this:

"Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about – government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports – and working backwards from there. I’m excited and optimistic about the opportunity for invention."

Reminds a little of "Bud Fox" (played by Charlie Sheen) in the first Wall Street where he gave how he was going to turn Blue Star around.

Hard to believe what he says in that paragraph hasn't been tried before and it's like "oops the rest of the newspaper business missed that wow"!
...compared to the sanctions regime that it replaced.

Even if I were to believe that, it would be an odd comparison to make.
Have you ever been outside of the bay area? Go someplace not in the top 3 for most expensive real estate and you'll see kids 3 weeks out of school making $40k a year with plenty left over after paying for their car and 1-bedroom with no roommate.

God it's like everybody on HN was born and raised in SF and has never made less than $150k a year.
You might be thinking of Cobram Estate[1] Olive Oil? My mate actually works in their factory in Lara, Victoria. Apparently the family who owns it are very generous, and he comes home with a box of olive oil every other month (with one or two bottles then finding their way into my hands).

Cobram Estate, as well as many other Australian olive oil brands are certified by the Australian Olive Association[2]. For some reason they have a separate website[3] for listing certified brands.

[1]http://cobramestate.com.au/
[2]http://www.australianolives.com.au/
[3]http://australianextravirginoliveoil.com/brands/
Thanks, this is an interesting idea. I actually need more than 3 books to generate useful recommendations...more like 20 ratings. The other problem is that this is still beta stage and the algorithm to create your book list is very computionally intensive. It takes days not seconds to compute everybody's recommendations. The choice is between good recommendations delivered after waiting, or not that great recommendations delivered instantly.
I think that was one of the first courses they offered actually.
Show HN: The Hunt - Play to win real rewards
I did consider switching teams briefly, but at the end of the day I actually had a pretty great team compared to what a lot of people I was friends with would describe to me. The issues I had were definitely not limited to just my team (I talked with plenty of my friends on other teams who had similar issues and a lot of other ones that I was lucky I didn't have on my team). The process also takes time, and usually only happens after a release, or if you are at least at a level 60 (which can take a couple years).
The "badness" is unevenly distributed.

Well educated people with money tend not to have to deal with most of it. And can usually afford to make it go away when they do. Cops also tend not to bother them as much.

I have a personal interest in "poor people's" issues, my wife works with a poor "population" and I live in an area with concerns about social justice so I'm a little more aware of it.

The poor are different from you and me and it's not just because they have less money.
You might want to check chromatic's comment on this subject in this comment tree (he has written, amongst other things, my favorite Perl book and hence has gone over these subjects carefully). He argues the halting problem for the parser is only an academic problem.

Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6163283
In time my friends, in time. :)

The fact is, most customers (ie. the ones who actually fork over a credit card) don't care about a "management team page" for a product that they'll likely spend about $50/mo for. They've got better things to do than research that sort of thing for a product at that price point.

We'll certainly get one eventually, but from past experience...actual customers don't give a rip.
Thanks lox. That problem should be fixed now.
I lost four years in my career because I was afraid the next company would be worse. It wasn't. Pick your battles carefully and know when it is time to move on.
I've only had it for a semester but already I hate it.

Maybe that puts me in esteemed company.

(probably not though.)
I still dream of an alternative universe, where Apple kept Dylan alive through the lean years, Jobs came back and based OS X and the iPhone on it.

We were this close to having iPhone being a LispOS.
Relevant interview - whether real or fake - with Bjarne Stroustrup.

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_inter...

"Stroustrup: Hmm. I've always wondered about that. Originally, I
thought I had. Then, one day I was discussing this with a
guy who'd written C++ from the beginning. He said he could
never remember whether his variables were referenced or
dereferenced, so he always used pointers. He said the
little asterisk always reminded him."
Substance called 'Soylent' intended to replace food
You can say the same thing about references.
When I see a stellar recommendation, that's when it makes a difference.
The Ultimate Coffee/Tea Gift
I just saw this campaign and I am wondering who is going to take that perk.
"Coffee Match (www.coffeematch.com), a new
Coffee/Tea brand is running an indiegogo. And one of their perks for pledging a to die for for any Coffee or Tea lover. Pledge Tag - $6000. Someone's Loved one is going to be happy."
Why #TwitterSilence is not the solution
I ended up staying at Shoplocket for only 2 months. It was a great experience and I'm still really close with the founder (she's a great friend of mine). I decided not to list it on LinkedIn because I think it usually just raises more questions than answers when someone sees you worked at a place for only 2 months. I ended up writing another post about why I left after 2 months - http://jaclynkonzelmann.com/when-things-take-a-turn/
Some awesome analysis. I need to get wireshark for CAN :-)

Its amazing to me to have seen the transformation of cars from things that were primarily mechanically controlled to ones that are primarily software + actuators controlled. A lot more ways to fail. No doubt at some point 'high speed' chases will no longer be possible when the cops send an SMS to your car telling it to pull over.
The comments I like the most focus on how to better build and reach more customers.

I like some of the e-mails I get from HN readers.
I think it should be noted explicitly, that this is just quantum encryption on the link level, so the data is secure on the fibre, but apparently needs to be decrypted at the router. So this is a nice application, but simply does not solve most security needs. ( Except protecting against and adversary who is willing to splice into the fibre, if you happen to control all endpoints and the intermediate routers.)
Thanks! I'm glad things worked out so well for you too :)