skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is no value in a thoughtless "enjoyed reading" or "nice read." If that's all someone has to say, I would recommend waiting until they have more to say. If they want to spend 5 minutes explaining their thought process and why they enjoyed it, that's a different story, that's something I'm interested in hearing.

Personally, I enjoyed the post because it has a chronological order, specific names, dates, and numbers. Dave's transparency is refreshing and gives me confidence in his opinion. As for readability, it could use more of a contrast of the text and background, but I appreciated the increased line-height, which helped me to scan the article quickly.

Anyone can type a couple of words, this is the internet after all, but that's not why people come here.
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My 32 Billion dollar guess is Harvard.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list...

Harvard students? Faculty? huh? Why would $32 Billion USD care about that?
Foxtel is so ubiquitous in Australia that the name has become a genericised trademark for "cable TV".
Dan Boneh's Cryptography I class on Coursera is about to start again in just a few days. I highly recommend it: https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto
other notable omission are: the 2 stroke engine (commonly found in 2 wheel urban vehicle now these days) and the Miller cycle that was used in the Mazda Xedos 9.
> So you don't know what to endorse and what not

Surely that's the point of how endorsements should work? Do you know that this person is skilled in Fooing Bars? Then endorse them. Otherwise, don't.

If you don't know whether the site or the user added the skill, it suggests you don't know enough to endorse them for that particular skill.

> It's like the whole damn site was build to fool people around and to promote lying.

Agreed. I'm sure the whole endorsements system at least was built to generate spam and click-throughs. Fortunately, almost everyone recognises it for what it really is - a pointless click-fest with no real value in deciding which skills someone has.
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There are some problems with preferential voting in the Senate though as Antony Green raises (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-29/green-senate-ballot-sy...).

95% of Australians will defer to their parties' chosen preferences, rather than stating their preferences explicitly. This is mostly because you have to number hundreds of boxes if you chose to vote "below the line".

Some argue that parties' preferences will not always reflect the intention of the voter - but they get away with it because its too difficult to vote preferentially.
That's hardly a reasonable solution -- people have to first consider bigger things like proximity to their place of work, good schools, whether or not pets are allowed, etc.
My DSL, at 6km from the CBD of a city of >2 million, syncs at about 3400kbps down and 700kbps up. I struggle to stream 720p video unless it's compressed to oblivion. Purchasing games on Steam is an overnight (plus potentially during work the following day) affair to actually get the content. Grabbing trial software (stats packages and VMs are two that I've encountered so far) to do online study are hours of waiting.

60-70KB/sec upload means that producing video content is out of the question. It means that dropbox-style syncing of content I produce on my mobile device to the could is not possible. Services like crashplan are a far-away dream.

There's many, many things that are not possible even with our current DSL network, even for people who are living in the highly developed parts of this country. Never mind those who are out in rural areas and for whom DSL is even more crippled.
This is very sad, and I feel for his loved ones. At the same time it's worth pointing out that these things command respect and sensible caution, as it is with pretty much any other hobby.

> In one video, he drops the $1,500 model from above, only to restart the rotor
> just inches from his head.
"No one ultimately cares all that much whether their daughter has a Coke or a Pepsi, do they? But they would do nearly anything to send her to an elite university."

Anyone else confused by this comparison in the opener?
During free time I'm working on http://forexnotions.com/ - free forex signals aggregator and http://cryptrading.com/ - cryptocurrencies trading data aggregator. I want to improve those sites & implement more realtime financial service further. Why I made this? I love realtime data gathering and analysis as developer
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Such knowledge instills fear. You're right in that there will be a situation where gender matters, but you are also right in that it is eventual. Stressing the eventual sculpts the event.

Might as well feel empowered the other 99% of the time.
Agree. Solid blades being spun by a powerful motor? Not the sort of toy I would give to my kids.
I was fascinated by the wankel geometry, and found other even more original shapes, unfortunately I forgot the name but that's close : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=engine+spherical

The analogical continuity of their surfaces and the discrete states of engines is very inspiring.
Yeah, for those not in the know -- unless you're just a couple of km away from your local telephone exchange, you can kiss goodbye any hope of 21st century sync speeds. It's amazing how quickly the speeds drop off.

If you want to get an idea of this, just look at the "DSLAM maps" for a major Australian ISP: http://www.tpg.com.au/maps/
> (and instead use the Suite A ciphers -- it's impossible for others to break them if they don't know anything about them, right?)

It is possible to break an unpublished cipher. Just more difficult, because you've got to figure out the algorithm as well as the key. As long as it is similar to existing algorithms, you can try and look for differences.

For example, American cryptanalysts broke the Japanese Purple cipher during World War II entirely from encrypted messages. It was only at the end of the war that they managed to recover parts of one machine from the Japanese embassy in Berlin. No complete machine was ever found.

(In contrast, Enigma machines were captured, so cryptanalysts could directly examine the mechanism and use this knowledge to look for weaknesses.)

Of course, if the algorithm is completely novel, and bears no resemblance even to any principle used in published cipher, then it's a lot more secure. It would be hard to even begin to analyze it.
Yes, when reading this article, I wondered how influenced it was by the philosophy of hyper-individualism. And maybe even the positive-thinking ideology Barbara Ehrenreich discusses. (http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/brightsidedexcerpt.htm)

But people team up to accomplished shared ends; they're constantly "pushing in". Startups are often done by people who work crazy hours to gain something they didn't have before. We build formal corporations (weird sorts of communes) and informal networks. Because we live in a social context; money ceases to make any sense absent certain social relations.

So it's only rational for people to form teams where members support each other through shared difficulties. (http://leanin.org/circles/) (Would be even better if it's not just for those whose problem is the glass ceiling, but also the dark basement.)
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No free market exists in this space, unless you count BitCoin. And I'm sure that is being "addressed."
``Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over at the Very Least,'' reads the headline of a post accompanied by photos of people suffering from radiation poisoning, as well as a deformed infant"

Brilliant campaign for the anti-whaling /anti-fishing crowd actually. The truth doesn't matter, as long as people believe it.

"And the plant operators and government seem to be blundering from one miscalculation to the next. If the scale of the leak increases, or large quantities of more persistent radioactive elements such as strontium-90 get into the food chain, there might be cause for greater concern. So far, that doesn't seem to have happened."

The governments also lie ("downplay") http://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2011/jun/... for one reason or another (commerce, not cause panic etc) so their numbers would mean little to me. Better safe than sorry, it's not like I can't do without Japanese fish for xxx days.
I never found one that was better. Most of the 30s-50s instructional videos have a very high degree of efficiency in conveying the information.
If so many people are missing the point, then maybe, just maybe, there isn't one to miss.
Seriously, for all that some people might dislike the silly/cute games/stickers/addons/yadayada, the basic LINE app is very good, vastly better than most of the other free voice/talk apps I've tried: much better voice quality and far less buggy than skype, much better quality and less buggy than kakaotalk, etc, and there's no point in even comparing to garbage like vibber or whatsapp.

Moreover, because it's so popular, as soon as I ran it for the first time, a bunch of people I knew just popped up automatically in my contact list (presumably matched with numbers in my phone's address book)...
Here's another one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkQ2pXkYjRM : gears.
I hold out hope that even if the LNP wins tomorrow's Australian election, enough coverage of the actual cost of losing the NBN will sway them to maybe keep the plans mostly intact.

It's unlikely, but one can hope.
In terms of the online resumes, what I like about LinkedIn are the recommendations. Not the "endorsements" which are a flawed and totally annoying concept, but the good old fashioned text recommendations.

It takes effort to recommend a colleague, to compose a couple of lines of text that represent what you think about him or his work. That's why they came up with those shitty endorsements. And when looking at profiles, these recommendations is what I search for.

Of course, the system is gamed a little, as these recommendations are often reciprocal (e.g. "give me a recommendation and I'll also give you one"). But on the other hand, when recommending somebody, your reputation is on the line, so for example I never recommended somebody whose work I didn't like.

So yes, it's useful as an online resume. But it's also annoying to get countless of notifications from clueless recruiters that didn't even bother to do keyword matching on your profile.
A good demonstration of where theory fails in reality.

I also hear that in practice, the third parties are basically bribed with minor legislative concessions if they form a coalition with a major party and cast the deciding vote in favor of their legislation.

Still better than the third party not existing & having a say at all, though.
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And sadly that's probably the real reason for Line's success.
Roger doesn't understand botnets at all. The author clearly doesn't care about Tor itself, just his C&C server, which are more likely to get shutdown. Tor is exactly what he wants. Anonymity only matters at the server, not all the zombies.
Wow great! I have just enrolled. Thank you. I develop commercial products and would feel guilty too by not protecting costumers' data better.
good luck, I'm making a mess.
These aren't really 'toys'. They stop being toys when you buy them from the model shop instead of the toy shop. Couple of incidents from my youth:

A good friend of mine had a couple of bones smashed in his ankle after a fairly innocent looking Yokomo MR4 TC ploughed into his leg at around 40mph. Hospital, static cast, crutches for 2 months. No prop and wasn't even airborne.

Model rockets: these are the worst. I nearly killed someone with one after a fin snapped off (due to putting a E engine in a low D rated rocket) and it basically lost stability and went sideways missing someone's face by literally 3 inches. It had to be dug out of the mud due to the impact force.

This particular chopper incident was probably the guy being an idiot. I've seen it before. They hover their choppers inverted and do stunt rolls about 6 feet away from their heads. One bit of wind or a miscalculation and this happens.

However, we shouldn't stop playing with these things. We should just put safety first.
It is amazing how many software developers think they are awesome. And then of course think everyone else is shit.

Unfortunately that pretty much means everyone is shit relative to someone else.

So its important to remember, you are shit too.
I've done the same thing.All my business relationships have come from real life networking.
He assumes that you should go to Harvard because you want to get a good job and leave with the best qualifications. This is not why you should go to Harvard. Harry Lewis (who has an excellent blog that's well worth reading if you're into higher ed[0]) has said in the past that students should really be going to Harvard to become better people.

Delivering education at scale is not in itself hard. Coursera, Udacity, Khan, edX...lots of people are making a very good go at it. Delivering the personal and social development that comes with a college education - that's the hard part. That's I have to disagree with Ferreira when he says:

> Even Harvard could admit five totally different freshman classes every year from the United States alone without compromising its standards

Technically, this is probably true. The majority of people applying to Harvard are more than qualified on paper (I've interviewed enough of them!). But a college education is so, so much more than just taking classes and getting good grades. It is about developing as a person, finding yourself. Doing that online: that's a very, very hard problem.

The funny thing is that Harvard already is making significant progress in the six areas Ferreira has identified (...edX, for example, a self governing body that uses the Harvard brand to further internet learning). The difference is that many faculty at Harvard understand that college is not, in itself, all about the lectures and grades.

[0]:http://harry-lewis.blogspot.com - Harry Lewis also has some excellent thoughts on why Harvard doesn't, as Ferreira suggests, offshoot campuses into rich countries.
Let's not give "Innovation" a free pass here.

Put both words together and you have something worth letting out a nice big SIGH for.
It is nice to see, especially because fast moving project is always an enjoyable thing to observer. As a sidenote, to increase overall awareness, FreeBSD has capability for hierarchical Jails (Jails inside of Jails) for a while.
Or you could, you know , exercise and eat less.

It seem to me that the proper solution is in psyche of the afflicted, not in the drugs.
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Yeah it's a little odd to compare them considering universities vary so widely from one another in a variety of facets whereas Coke and Pepsi have significant similarities. Furthermore, the implications of which university one attends is vastly different than choosing a soft drink.
This happens time and again. PayPal really do suck. Don't use them.
Pirozek developed a YouTube channel where he would post footage of various tricks and flights using a Trex 700 model helicopter. In one video, he drops the $1,500 model from above, only to restart the rotor just inches from his head. The helicopter's blade span measures 62 inches, its rotor spins at more than 2,000 rpm.

Well, that was fucking stupid. That's a rude thing to say, but his youtube channel is full of comments along the lines of 'he died doing what he loved...must have been something wrong with the helicopter, he was such a great pilot.' WTF.
I prefer it to the dyslexic font, it feels less disruptive. It should come bundled with every os :)
...yes. I think it sort of undermines his point. Because people might not care about drinking Coke or Pepsi, but lots of people would pick a brand name cola above a generic one.

The same with colleges: you could go to Harvard, Yale, Penn, MIT...one of dozens of highly respected colleges and have a fantastic time. Like Coke and Pepsi, it's much of a muchness. But the next tier down - the 'generic colas' of university education, if you will - that's a little different. Not bad, per se - just different.
Chrome packaged apps give the same api in the browser as in chrome OS.
The whole trick of packaged apps, is to get the same API on all OS. And along the way, google gets apps for chrome OS. I guess it's some kind of chicken and egg problem, to use the OS you need apps, but developers only develop if there are users. By having apps working on various OS the entice developers to create stuff that will also work in Chrome OS.
It's ironic, you double spaced your sentences. Maybe, that's
the answer; More authors should double space?
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Red & Blue are sure good for your eyes!
Professionals at work.
FWIW, I am writing a book about how to find and test such niches: http://www.howtofindsaasideas.com

(Apologies for the terrible landing page).
Yet so far there haven't been any major changes in how they treat businesses or people. The only major changes have been the designs of the websites and apps.
My heart goes out to his family. It seems timely to point out that if you're out there flying any size or type of model aircraft (as another posted, not fair to call it a "toy") you should seriously consider joining the AMA[1].

It appears that this young man was a member and flying at a sanctioned location[2]. His family should receive $10,000 in death benefits from the club[3]. This hobby has the possibility for you to hurt yourself, someone else, or damage property and being a member provides a lot of benefits, even if you're just out flying in a park in some cases.

I hope they remain safe in future activities and they don't lose the right to fly.

[1] http://www.modelaircraft.org/

[2] http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/09/05/remote-control-he...

[3] http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/103.pdf
I've cracked games, for lives, and so on, since I was about 14 years old. Then later I used to turn "demo" versions of PC-software into full versions and the vast majority of all the programs I attacked were trivial to defeat.

People tend to only add in the protection at the last minute; rather than making it an integral part of the code.

I only ever came up against a few programs that I couldn't hack. It genuinely became easier when people would use an off-the-shelf "protect my program" toolkit; crack one and you'd cracked all programs using that family of protection.

It was rare that I couldn't register demo/eval copies of programs. Sure I know assembly, and used SoftIce, but we're talking about a random guy in his late teens/early twenties who mostly learned by trial and error with random hints from +fravia.

(ObRandom: I know it must be a pain as a developer, but the best way to stop people cracking your demo is literally to have two binaries. Genuinely don't compile "file:save" or whatever feature you're keeping for paid users, into your demo version. Sure this will stop instant registration, and it won't stop somebody from leaking a full version, but it will absolutely stop the majority of attacks.)
they will be free to copy the API.
much of HTML5 is standardizing stuff already existing in various browsers (ironically, a lot of IE stuff).
Firefox is already working on an API for USB for example.
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I would suspect so. Otherwise this has to be the strangest thing I have read in a while.
Only if the clients becomes relays, which they have not done. It just a bunch more client requests, and all that those can do is affecting the performance of the network itself. They can't directly impact others anonymity.
I turned the endorsements off. People can still endorse you, but those endorsements won't show up on your profile.

I really hope they'll redesign this feature, as it is freaking annoying.
Sad for his family but, as sad as it sounds, frankly its better that he didn't take someone else's life.
These are dangerous toys and soon enough we'll see heavy regulation.

I was surprised to learn that a lot of people are killed in Pakistan by kites http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4800004.stm
Not a strawman at all...teachers unions are all about seniority over effectiveness and will fight tooth and nail accordingly. Many other unions are similar. I agree to the policy of public bargaining, but individual members should be subjected to measurements of their effectiveness. Tenure based on the sake of time (only) should not have equal weight to merit within the union structure. I say this as a product of public education and having many wonderful teachers, but saw younger ones forced out where older were tenured in and safe but not effective. I can't speak to other unions which I did not experience.

The unions helped build the middle class in this country. The apprentice/journeyman/master levels within the trades is a great measure of skill and advancement, but regardless of trade (metal working, teaching, programming, etc) your tenure should be one component of your measure, but not the sole measure. Do you continue to learn? Do you teach? Are you advancing the best interests of the group? There is more than "oh, I've been here longer than you".

This is what I mean when I talk greed and seniority.

Yes, unions have faced an offensive, but their insular nature has also harmed them just as much as the outside offensives.
I imagine their insurer would probably only pay out it they weren't flying the giant chain saw next to their head...

This was more than avoidable.
Thanks mct, that's a perfect fit. Timing is perfect, and I've just signed up.

For those who may not be available in that time, maybe you have a more permanent resource in mind ?
Not completely liberating though, right? I mean, you're still commenting in LinkedIn threads.
Indeed, DVRs gather and report far more detailed stats than traditional Nielsen boxes could ever have dreamed.
No, we must go to mars and there we will find new mineral that consumed will lessen obesity, it will be expensive, as to transport from there, but you know, science...
The first rule of nuclear accidents is that all interested parties will lie through their teeth to protect their interests
You're so right.

In Germany this is called "Fachkräftemangel", which translates to "Shortage of Specialists". But it can also translate to "Mangle for Specialists".
But that can't be it either. Texting is prevalent in China as well.
I don't know where you looked but you were looking in the wrong place. An overwhelming majority of the studies ever conducted on the topic have found UV exposure to increase skin cancer risk. In fact, most studies are more interested in the mechanisms now than the risks, since the risks have been known for 50 years.

Look through the list of papers here:

http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?q=uv+exposure+malignant...

If you want a really simple summary, from this meta study in 1997:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(1...

> There was a significantly increased risk with sunburn at all ages or in adult life (OR = 1.91) and similarly elevated relative risks for sunburn in adolescence (OR = 1.73) and in childhood (OR = 1.95).

Basically, if you have a history of sunburn (at any age) you nearly double the chance of getting malignant melanoma (the most deadly form of skin cancer).

And here's one:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2363407/

That indicates an 80% elevated risk of malignant melanoma from using sun tanning beds.
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Oh sme people are jsut really really fast at reading :/ a book i'd finish in a week, my gf finishes it in a 24-hr day!