skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I browse with NoScript on. When I seem to need Javascript, I may:

1. Turn it on for that site. (But this can be problematic if there are 15 different domains to turn it on for, only 12 of which are about showing me ads.)

2. Use IEtab in Firefox (not working as well recently).

3. Paste the URL into a different browser. I use IE mainly for my several least favorite sites and services -- Facebook, WebEx, etc. So I'm unlike to mess things up too badly by viewing some JavaScript-heavy page in there.

4. Live without the site that demands all the JavaScript.

Now, one might hypothesize that a security-conscious, ad-hating web surfer as myself isn't a bit loss for most consumer websites. So perhaps it all works out in the end. But there also are a few companies that would pay a lot of money to have me look at their websites -- a fact that I infer from them paying PR people to attempt to get my attention -- and miss out solely because it's too hard to beat the Javascript requirement.
That's literally three opposite of how they work.

The more "unavailable" you look the more attractive you are to women.

It's called social proof, a demonstration that you've been vetted and determined of value by someone else.

Not posting pictures with women because you don't want to look unavailable is like not putting your current employment on your resume. It is the opposite of what you should do by all means.
(abortion is wrong) (citation needed?) (my bible) (I'm not Christian) (holy way begins)

Perhaps for some. For me it's clear that I've encountered someone whose worldview is fundamentally transrational and further discussion isn't necessary.

My purpose isn't to change the person's mind but to understand it. And if that understanding leads me to the conclusion that they're not worth wasting time in discussion, so be it. What's frustrating is when someone drops some vaguely provocative hint of something without giving a sense of what underlies it. Knowing the source of the bullshit is helpful.

It does make perfect sense for situations where the literature is lacking.

Also for where the person posting has a specific instance or reference in mind but cannot be assed to provide it. Again, my experience is that discussions with such people tend to be pretty unproductive. I only wish H/N had the ability present on, say, Reddit, to tag people as idiots. I've similarly created "idiot", "troll", "denialist", and "libertardian" circles on G+ simply to keep tabs of who's not worth engaging with (or noting to others that their conversation will likely be unproductive).
Depends what the app is.

We were asked to take part in such an offering for our portal but we declined as there is little point in making an app when you already have a working mobile site that is tested on the platform in question.

Whilst I really like WP, this is not the way to promote your platform.
Despite popular perception, there's more to Netherland than just Amsterdam. Some towns are quite a bit older. Some date back to Roman settlements.

Still, building materials mean that buildings from before the 16th century are incredibly rare.
Well one could argue the world is quantum, so that would give you lots of examples! But more to the point:

* The colors you can see on a puddle of water with a bit of oil on it is due to interference [1]

* Certain butterflies wings colors are not due to pigments, but to microscopic structures that cause interference.

* One very striking example is superconductivity [2], where a material can conduct electricity without resistance, and expels magnetic fields, leading to magnetic levitation.

* Diamagnetism: Since water is slightly diamagnetic, that is, it creates a small magnetic field that oposes an external magnetic field applied to it, things with lots of water can be levitated in a strong enough magnetic field. [3]

[1] http://www.kentshillphysics.net/light-optics/thin-films-and-...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HHJv8lPERQ

[3] http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic/
If you want buttons and sliders, HTML and CSS are perfect for that. They are way easier than Qt or any other framework. Let alone whatever that new browser has in place.
Do you have a link to the archives? I can't find them. Thanks for the link.
Perhaps you misunderstood that the point of it was to demonstrate your higher value and hence you were worth more pay.

If you choose to do as little as possible, it does make for a tough negotiating position when asking for more pay.

When I've gone into my boss's office and negotiated for more pay, I'd come in prepared to show how I'd already demonstrated higher value to the company. Sometimes I walked out with a raise, and other times I failed and started looking for another boss who did value what I could do for him.
He'd have to work with congress on some of the controversial stuff, but as commander in chief, he could of ended the wars and not dragged the USA into new ones. Anyways, if you look into his voting record, he hasn't actually spent much time on the abortion issue other than some comments on his beliefs. Furthermore, he sees it as a states rights as he does many issues. Speaking of regressive, what has President Obama changed?
Maglev is quieter (much quieter) than conventional rail at lower speeds (below ~ 90 mph) but at higher speeds, once the aerodynamic noise region kicks in, they get very loud very quickly.
I don't work in finance, but I have a degree in the discipline and a tiny bit of experience. I also freaking love finance.

Start with a broad class on economics (e.g. Econ 001 on UC Berkeley's webcasts, or intro macro and intro micro on MIT OCW). Then take a look at "Financial Theory" on Yale's OYC. Following Financial Theory, take Financial Markets on OYC too.

Stay on top of current events. Obsessively. I have an IB friend who claims that his perfect-GPA interns who barely know what's going on in the world are useless compared to average-GPA* interns who can relate content to context. Context is everything; financial decisions never exist in a constrained system.

There's always so much going on that you need some service for digesting the news (as opposed to opinions and analysis). For news look at the WSJ or FT. Bloomberg isn't as shabby as people say; simply stick to Bloomberg's news and not their analysis (which is often poor). Podcasts and audio editions are helpful (you can only read so much, but you can jog to someone reading the WSJ). Understanding others' opinions (derived from their analysis) is very important, because it helps you spark or critique your own. I've seen some other blogs posted here that are good... but you cannot beat FT's Alphaville blog (free).

Where does your existing knowledge stand? Have you learned some sort of finance 101? Relevantly, have you taken any economics or accounting classes? Remember that finance is really an intersection of economics, accounting and statistics - so leverage any relevant knowledge that you already have.

Oh, and good luck :)

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* What he calls an "average" GPA, I think of as excellent. Our local unis work on a 1-7 scale (4 is a pass), and "average" means to him 6-6.3 (or a "distinction" average). These same universities usually equate a USA GPA 3/4 to a GPA 5/7. So that's a rough guide of who your competing interns are :)

For further context (comparing GPAs between university systems is never easy..), I graduated with a 'meager' 5.6 GPA from a good university, which still placed me in the top 20% of my class.
Since law enforcement can demand your footage after the fact, your cameras are actually contributing to surveillance en masse.
Lenovo CEO Shares Bonus with Workers for a Second Year
Well, I'm a woman, too. And I don't think it is that impressive to make it to the front page. There are tons of submissions like that... But it seems a post like this is only upvoted if the poster is either a woman or at least only 10 years old.
Why is it so unlikely? The simple fact is that demand for the internet is inelastic. There is no good reason to not install Firefox. It is open-source, standards-compliant, more secure, as fast (if not faster) than IE. All it takes is for companies to say no - you have to spend 5 minutes installing a different browser (and you'll be glad you did).

Time to grow some balls.
We all need to practice tolerance and grace. Identifying that there are non-native speakers means we all share a bit of the burden. Antirez mentions slowing down, this is one easy way to make conversations better understood. Also, we should avoid idioms or turns of phrase. These are quite difficult even for some native speakers. Finally, we need to make a genuine effort to make ourselves understood. This is the sign of effective communication.

I think the whole "accent" controversy misses the mark. Having grown up with an immigrant parent, I know how frequently he was mocked for his accent. Of course, I could always understand and act as the mediator. This has served me well in the rest of my life. If only we all had the same benefit.
Fluorescent lightbulbs, you may have seen one.
Two people have done it publicly and successfully over the past month or so, so yeah, I would argue that it might be worth it.
I know hacker news is going to kill me for asking this, but what's wrong with center?
This project converts Markdown to LaTeX to PDF.
Ok, so by your definition, it's essentially impossible to be homeless in a place like South Carolina or California, because folks are unlikely to die of exposure?
The article does not mention it, but 310 mph is still below previous maglev's speed records, done 10-15 years ago(!) on the same test line:

361.0 mph in December 2003

343.0 mph in April 1999

329.9 mph in December 1997

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev#Manned_records
Exactly.
I am making a more general point, while Paul Graham was just specifically talking about startup CEOs.

By the way, this is probably why some people found his post xenophobic: they thought he was expressing a judgement on people with accents; he just wanted to say something to help startup CEOs with strong accents.
OMG. Gateway is one of my all-time favourite books. So brilliant. The Space Merchants is great as well.

He finally hitched that Heechee ride.
Its the real world mate - putting your head in the sand isn't going to help you.

And your handle is that of a roman politician an odd one to chose when your saying real world politics doesn't matter.
Going back to the semantic movement, strictly speaking em and strong should be used to encapsulate text with stress emphasis (when spoken) [0] and strong importance [1] respectively, and these properties would not necessarily be represented by italic and bold fonts (though, by default, they are).

A better choice for bold text that you don't think qualifies as "strong importance" would probably be the <b> tag, which denotes a "span of text offset from its surrounding content without conveying any extra emphasis or importance".

[0] http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/em.html
[1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/strong.html
[2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/b.html
That was a dig at Facebook, not pg or YC.
Why don't we have mipmapping on the web? I've never heard anyone suggest it before, but it seems like a good solution to this problem and all the other pixel ratio kinds of problems.
"every female athlete who gets pregnant is hurting her chances for victory. Yet tons of them do it."

That isn't clear-cut. There are rumours that getting pregnat was used as a form of doping. See http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/doping.asp, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_doping
What is the technology stack? What are the open positions?
You can try out for yourself :)

http://telesc.pe
Terry Gilliam Talks About The Future And Web Use At Venice
Your comment suggests that you are analyzing the situtation as a static configuration rather than a dynamic system.

From a static point of view where the job situtation will never change it doesn't make sense to put in an effort that exceeds the compensation but that 'solution' is certainly non-optimal from dynamic point of view where the employment contract gets continually revised over time resulting in raises, promotions or perhaps shifting to a new employer where your experience and skills result in a better employment situation.
You'd be fine if half the web didn't work for you?

How about we say it's fine replacing text with images? We could always use alt tags for accessibility. The number of people who ever actually select/copy text from your website will be <1%, so why not just do away with it and get the text in any font we like, with any rendering style & layout we like?
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Marines Website
'Lifelogging' camera shrugs off privacy to seize the moment
One of Pohl's laws is "Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it".

I always thought that could be the HN motto.
Breaking Cryptography: the NSA's crypto breakthrough
Yes, this is the dictionary definition. In this case, I believe that pidgin has turned into a bit of a contronym. I could be misinformed though.
I think your edit is spot on. Cache a single page render in the event that someone is hitting it from search or a direct link and if they hit the home page, give them the dynamic single page app treatment. Sounds like a happy medium with a little overhead. (JS apps who want to be indexed would want the static pages for crawlers anyway.)
Just for fun I made http://sighinternet.tumblr.com/
Interesting, but I think there's probably a large intersection between users who want a text-only interface and users who don't want their browsing habits on your site attached to their name in your database.
Shanghai has been operating Maglev line for more than 6 years, see [1] and [2]. The top speed is 431km/h and 268 mph. The Japanese line will have much higher capacity as the Shanghai one is not full production design, but I don't think it has material advantage. The real challenge is economics and noise, and China decided to go with conventional high speed railway system. Even HSR was designed for 350km/h, it is actually operated at 270-300 km/h to reduce operating cost.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-54gBLwK3s
Original Source: https://twitter.com/emilypohlweary/status/374628088791175168
Comparing Joyce with schizophrenia is to understand neither and to do a grave disservice to both.
I wish I had done the same. Friends were telling me back then to just shut it down and BK the thing. To be perfectly frank, cultural baggage prevented me from doing that. I come from a family of entrepreneurs. I've seen my own parents slog it out against all odds and make it. I have to tell you, it is a fucked existence. Social stigma aside, tripping the circuit breaker would have been the right approach. Live and learn.
Do you disagree?

It seems like your strategy for life has the worst case of you dying. I think that's what they call natural selection. Generally people like to consider themselves above that.

Aside from that, don't you think you could compare the price of taxation to the price of losing someone from society? One is less than the other.
Yeah, the problems there are that the symbols don't have easy to remember names, and that they can't be typed in a normal environment. Multi-character ascii symbols would be a lot more accessible.
Is it really the golden era of programming in America? In Europe we still get underpaid for what we do yet there is an extreme shortage of good engineers. I have seen a lot of my network move to America and haunt software engineering positions in SV but always thought they were chasing a lottery ticket. People drop out of school here and move to the States because there is so much demand and half of what they learn is not even applicable in real life jobs "In America you can actually get a job if you can prove you can program - without a degree!" is what I hear a lot.

How true is this? Is it a gold rush or are we not even close to the peak? Are they exaggerating? What is the demand like? Is a degree worth it if you are just in it for the paper?
> positive light on surveillance

Positive for whom? Do you suppose NCR offers a product that helps waitstaff recoup tips stolen from staff by restaurant owners/managers?
The results of Stanford Uni's Startup Engineering MOOC...
I am not particularly a fan of Sci-Fi but I know he was a well regarded author. My condolences to those who knew him and to those who enjoyed his work.
Genesis looks like old version of Ajenti.
>If you feel your wages are too low, negotiate for higher ones. If that doesn't work, accept it or quit.

Labor rights in this country are so laughable that this isn't a realistic an option. Any attempt towards that end such as simply unionizing has been eroded away by the law written to favor the owners of capital.
Spoiler alert: it does. According to the article, it's another sub-specialty of the PE license. here's the california website for getting a PE license: http://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/
From the article:

Of course, there will always be cases where server-rendered HTML will be more appropriate. But that’s for you to decide by analyzing what percentage of your users have JavaScript disabled and what kind of user experience you want to deliver.

Seems like a pretty big caveat to me.
I spouse it depends on the fidelity of said restoration. Of even one bit is on a different sector I would say it is not original.
If you're going to shill, at least you should offer her free hosting.
I don't believe that that was his point.

I think that his point was that a healthy attitude to take on in life is to generally take other people's words as true (thus trust), but to have mechanisms to ensure that (thus verify). The key point is that unless you have specific reasons not to trust them, then you do not set up an antagonistic relationship.

For this to work, both parties must believe that 'trust, but verify' is a valid norm.

His example about contracts is exactly that. Typically, for most 'small things', you could probably just take someone's word for it. But just in case, we're going to sign on it. As I said before, this really only works when both parties accept this as a norm. Examine trying to sign a contract with someone from a culture which places far higher value on personal honor (or however you want to put it). They might get completely insulted that you would not just 'take their word for it'.

That's something of a similar situation with employers vs employees and video surveillance at work. Clearly, most employees -don't- warrant video surveillance, and simply imposing it on them could lead to serious issues (like the culture clash above).
Android Hands down.
Yes Per User you make more money on iOS. But that market is way over matured and slim chance for any new entrant to make it.

Also there was a question in Silicon Valley iOS Developers Meetup mailing list to find Bootstrap developers who live on revenue from their apps (without any contracting work on the side). The only developers who seem to make money purely developing their apps are Android Developers.
(Not a single iOS developer from silicon valley developer group with 6K+ members said they make a living purely on iOS app development).

PS: This was from September 2012. I don't know how to link the emails from meetup.
Smarts required for trades IMO from top to bottom (source: finishing a new construction this week on time and on budget(ish) as project manager who knew nothing about building 8 months ago):

1. Carpenter/Sparky/Concretor/Plumber (different skill spaces, similar skill levels required, if anything electric is harder as it's the most likely to kill you and requires high level maths)
2. Tiler/plasterer/brickie/painter
3. Floor sander and other unpleasent menial trades.

So the biggest difference between construction and software eng is that for a construction project it's relatively easy to specify a project such that outcomes are deterministic. Any significant software project will have non-deterministic outcomes. Good tradies use the reduced cognitive load caused by certainty to be fast and efficient, and to have incredible levels of attention to detail. In software to achieve similar levels is either impossible, or requires two or three stabs at the same problem to get it right (and minor deviations from the problem space cause extra confusion).
> Where did you get that idea?

Details of cases I am familiar with, and talking with lawyer friends who tell me that, although it is not supposed to be that way, jurors and judges often give the benefit of any doubt to the perceived underdog.

There's a reason why lawyers carefully dress their clients in certain ways, select jurors based on socioeconomic status, etc.
You can flag them if you have enough karma.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Forgive me for making assumptions about you, but, you sound as though you have never even known anyone who worked this kind of job. What you're describing would likely earn you enmity or a very antagonistic working relationship with your coworkers.
It is a little comical that this post comes out a day after one of the greatest community-driven races to the 1.0 finish line from Angular's chief competitor.
Because sites that distract me from what I'm reading to tell me that there are new comments are extremely annoying.

Sure, you could add, say, auto-loading for new comments when you reach the bottom of the page, or setting the message icon to orange when you get a reply, but that hardly requires a full-blown web app, it's a simple addon to a static site.
Definitely spend more time on it - cause it's a great idea. It's really just some design nitpicks I have.

Everything's full-screen and stretched so it seems like a ton of information thrown at you. Each posting has a top line, so you might be able to put that in a header bar of some sort, like an orange div that stretches across with an side and down arrow indicating nested or not - and maybe start out with all of them nested, that way users can really pick the ones they want easily instead of scrolling all the way through. A little more padding between jobs would be nice as well.

I like it though! Keep up the good work.
Template rendering is rarely a bottleneck. When JS-only pages seem slow, it is often because they are loading large JS libraries or are waiting for after page load to begin fetching AJAX data. By prerendering the initial JSON data for the page in script tags, and keeping javascript to the minimum necessary to render the page, pure javascript can render very quickly.
Insomnium (a successful metal band) wrote their last album via email
Alternatively, create startups using a fund (I know that Google and Apple have both done this - but only really could find the iFund [1] )

Benefits: * Not free cash * Startups own their product, but are forced to develop for your platform * Multiplies the amount of money * Allows some form of control through stock ownership * Can pay for itself if the platform is successful.

Cons: * Requires more overhead * Fund management needs to be trusted * Startups thus created could "branch out" of your platform, thus creating competition (see. Spotify - now competes with iTunes).

Personally, I see most of the negatives as "good problems to have", esp. when you're about 3+ years behind existing (and rapidly growing) platforms (in the case of Apple, that was vs. Windows/Web and in the case of Microsoft, it would be iOS/Android).

[1] http://www.kpcb.com/initiatives/ifund/
A Note is a tablet for all intents...
Windows Phone does use all caps titles, though in a more subtle way. In general Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Office 2013/VS 2012 all seem to interpret Metro in a different way, with a surprising amount of inconsistency between WP/W8.
> Feeling bad for less socially popular people. When the post an update and aren't getting any likes, I really want to click "like" to make them feel better, but then I remember that I'd look uncool for associating with them.

I'd drop this one in particular right in the "over concerned" category.
Has anybody tried flashing this to a BeagleBone Black with any success?