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Learn how to code: the next phase for HowToCode.io
14 days ago, I introduced http://HowToCode.io on Hacker News. I wanted to provide a complete online course, for free, on web development. The main goal was to take people from novice to employable.

My idea was to only build the course if there was enough interest for it. So many of you registered on HowToCode.io that I immediately had to scale up my ideas.

I'm happy to announce that not only is the project moving onto the next step, the 'build' phase but also that now, there are 3 dedicated people behind it. You can learn more about us on our about page: http://howtocode.io/about.html. We have also updated our intro video: http://www.vimeo.com/video/74019660 and released a sample lesson: http://howtocode.io/sample.html to demonstrate the course format and teaching style.

For the next few weeks we will be locking ourselves away to deliver the first of what we promised. We are hard at work building the first complete block : "Introduction". This will contain video lessons, an introduction to the sample application we will be developing throughout the course and the first exercise. Full details of the block can be found on the course page and will be a complete introduction to what you need to know to start your journey from novice to employable. This will be just the first of the 16 blocks that the final course will contain. And just like all the rest will be, it's free.

You may not hear from us as much over the next few weeks whilst we are hard at work. We will however be posting updates on our progress to our Twitter feed @HowToCodeIO.

And as usual, please continue to share and spread the word about HowToCode.io. Seeing people signing up, and interacting with them is a huge help and motivation for us while we work on writing the lessons, refining the examples and producing the videos!

Thank you for being an awesome community!
I have an idea, could you load a basic map into this, the map would contain a rough idea what the roads, trees, buildings look like. But then use algorithms to add generated details to those objects. So it would be a way to define the rough idea what a map would be like, except all the nitty gritty is generated.
> The real issue of the article (and complaining about Visual Basic detracts from it) is a teacher who sets up an environment that tolerates harassment and bullying.

You are being unfair. Children while growing up can be cruel. Bullying and harassment isn't a new phenomenon. May be the teacher could have done more, but "who sets up an environment that tolerates harassment" is a bit far fetched.
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And at the same time, there's discussions about the lack of new blood working on Linux (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6298493). I'm not saying this is the only reason why, but it certainly doesn't help attracting new people to a project.
> The mind operates most efficiently by relegating a good deal of high-level, sophisticated thinking to the unconscious

And this is why "distracted" driving is not a real problem. You obviously have to look at the road (so texting is out), but it's not necessary to actively pay attention to the road - your unconscious is actually a better driver than your conscious. (Once you've been driving long enough to "program" your unconscious.)

> Our internal computers are powerful but unknowable.

No. They are totally knowable. You just have to pay attention to how you program them. And programming your unconscious is probably the #1 task of your conscious.

If you pay attention you can actually notice when your unconscious is acting for you, and you can then guide it based on what you would like it to do. Have you ever spoken to someone while doing something else, and then later have no memory of what you actually said? That's an example of your unconscious acting for you.

A mind is not a single entity, but rather a whole bunch of them, with a master at the top giving high level instruction, and then letting the lower "minds" act on their own for the details.

A gamer knows this quite well - if you play a game that demands very fast reflexes, if you actually think about your game you'll do very badly. Instead you program a part of your mind to handle the job for you (by practicing and learning patterns), and it's way faster than your conscious because it's much more specialized (like the difference between a GPU and a CPU).
from a search on its contents, it also apparently originated on /g/, so...it sounds like Linus, but yeah, agreed.
Fork the kernel.
Yeah, you will actually be able to do something like that fairly "easily" (at least, relative to how complex it might be in other engines) -- the engine is scriptable via a javascript client (demoed in another post), so you could pull data from Google Maps or something.
I love that font (and Source Code Pro).. best monospaced fonts ever :)
How long have you been following the Linux Kernel Mailing List?

Linus has always been abrasive when confronted by what he sees as less than intelligent comments.

Then there was one of my favorites; When Linus made the following statement to Nvidia.

http://youtu.be/iYWzMvlj2RQ
So you can hire a security expert to verify Linus' claims, as the parent suggested.
Thanks. TBH I'm not in any super-special position to "take Q&A", the stuff I work on is downstream from Windows much like everyone else. I'm just a dev who likes to talk about work on HN.

That said, I'm taking notes so I can give an earful to someone who deserves it the next time I run into them in the elevator. :-)

And yeah, Sutter and the language folks are pretty great.
That's a great way to get yourself shot by law enforcement.
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However Police long ago started to switch to rigid handcuffs to stop people being able to move their hands and manipulate their way out : http://www.police-supplies.co.uk/handcuffs-keys-pouches/hand...

Since the indiegogo site will have been added to the 'criminal intelligence' database, every paranoid cop will take extra care.

You would be horrified at the number of snopes.com myths cops believe in, so something with the potential to be real will have them in a frenzy.

Expect lots of people to be beaten and tazer'd over the next week or two as a direct result of the hysteria this creates in cops all over the place believing people have a hidden super secret magic handcuff key.
Please allow people to login using their alias OR email address! I have alias only login :-)
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Reminds me of a quote from The Big Lebowski

> You're not wrong, you're just an asshole.
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The project doesn't suggest what types of scenarios are unlawful. Civilians can buy handcuffs too. What if you're kidnapped?!

I imagine their customer base overlaps significantly with the "prepper" and "tactical" crowds who also have $100,000 bunkers in their backyards and full body SWAT gear, etc.

I mean, three of the five sites that covered them have "tactical" in the name.
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Another poorly designed web-site. Why the product is different? Because it's site is black and white and has video with boys and girls? Why tiny crumbs of valuable information are _written_? Is this information not _visual_ in nature? Can you show me how the thing operates? Screenshots? Animated gifs? Fancy CSS3 demos (animated gifs are better)? Schematically shown workflow?
3.2? My FX-8320 runs at 4.8ghz. Even if single threaded isn't improved, the headroom for a higher clock is there, thus giving overall better performance.
I cannot verify my domain fashioner.com - TXT record was successfully added to DNS 18 hours ago, I've checked it by char by char using some outside DNS records viewer.
> I'm sure they're teaching VB simply because that's what they have experience with, probably making them the most experienced programmer on staff at the school.

VB is a fine language to get children interested in programming. Personally, I know many people who weren't able to grasp programming via C but were pretty excited about VB's gui designer and easy database connectivity. Most of the introduction to VB didn't teach them much programming, but at least it got them interested.

> High school bullies are typically quite good at restricting their bullying to times when they're unlikely to be spotted by an authority figure.

The author is being unfair when she is holding the teacher solely accountable for bullying.

> It takes a lot of effort to maintain an authentic connection. Parents have trouble connecting authentically with their children--imagine doing it with scores of students per semester. And when it comes to bullying, most teenagers downplay to avoid being though of as a snitch. Some are self-conscious to be bailed out even when they haven't "snitched".

There is also the fact that being teacher's pet generally invites more bullying. If they can't harass you, they will begin isolating you. And of course, the general mentality isn't in favor of snitches even when the snitches are hapless victims. Children don't have a strong sense of right and wrong and peer pressure muddies it more.

> For many of the author's suggestions, the teacher may be doing these things (recruiting, cross-promoting, etc.), to the extent that they have time. But these are outside the job of teaching. These are things the author could be doing at the school too, but presumably she's too busy. I'm sure the teacher can relate.

I haven't taught at professional level, but I do like teaching. And I like to teach people who are interested in learning. If I were a teacher, I won't really do much recruiting and promotion. If the job requires me to do it, I probably won't take it.
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MOOC couldn't have come at a better time.
I agree with what you wrote. This person is so wrong to write that letter and this type of "nannying" will ensure the child grows up to be the same. So unfortunate.
When it comes down to it, I have to agree with you. I think dealing with situations like this is part of growing up, and while I disagree with a lot of the points of this blog post, the main issue, harassment (of any kind) should not be tolerated anywhere (including and especially schools).

On that same note, I think OP would be hard pressed to find an industry that isn't like this, if not towards women, towards some "different" group of people, possibly even men or Anglo Saxons. One of the things I have the hardest times with is when people say a specific form of harassment isn't tolerable (can't segregate based on color, can't discriminate against race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc.), but don't get at the root issue, singling out anyone for being different. It doesn't matter that she was a girl or that the comment was sexist, what matters is someone was singled out for the sole purpose to make them feel bad and shameful for who they are.
Neat. I'd love to see a site that separates by platform. The different font rendering of OS X and Windows is significant and I tend to pick different fonts for them.
The AURA Breathalyzer ..
I wasn't under the impression that handcuffs prevent rotation of the hands inside?

But why isn't the lock placed on the up side rather than down?
I notice they capitalized "everyday carry"
Some people don't know that they're ignorant, especially when they make crap petitions like this. "Few blame themselves until they have no other choice."
Yes, life is hard for girls and women and everyone else too with adversity.... but, I think some of the point of the article was that the teacher could have taught the boys something about how to treat girls and women. Set the tone right for them before they continue to engage in this behavior throughout college and adulthood so we can break this sexist cycle which is not present in many other technical fields.
In my three years of operation, I have unfortunately witnessed cases where CERN duties and educational training became contradictory and even conflicting. This has particularly been the case when the requirements of the CERN supervisor conflict with the expected time dedicated to a doctoral student’s thesis. Some students would become hostages, torn between their CERN supervisor and their thesis advisor, usually located in his/her remote Institute. This is a very uncomfortable situation for students, which can even endanger his/her thesis.

https://cds.cern.ch/journal/CERNBulletin/2013/27/News%20Arti...

armies of graduate students and postdocs to do the nuts and bolts work, Asaadi says. That's fine, he says, so long as everybody understands the situation from the beginning. "When you're starting graduate school, is your advisor telling you, 'Look, you get this great skill set that will be transferable to other things outside of academic physics'?" Asaadi says. "Or are you being told, 'Just work hard and there will be something or other [in physics] in the end'? It seems like it's more of the latter." He adds, "This is where we got some pushback from advisors—it was seen as whining."

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previou...

"How should we make it attractive for them [young people] to spend [their prime, most productive first] 5,6,7 years in our field, be satisfied, learn about excitement, but finally be qualified to find other possibilities?" -- H. Schopper
I used to use Terminus, but IIRC Tamzen had a nice size for high DPI monitors, whereas Terminus felt too big or too small.
You don't mention that you have read random.c or anything about the SHA mixing that goes on. There's a fairly self explanatory comment that is worth reading. If you ignore the delivery, Linus' advice was pretty clear.
You will be in trouble if you take Linus's language seriously.

Please remove Rdrand from Linux kernel is neither a good question nor a good explanation of anything.
It's very clear from this that Linus is on it. A shill for the NSA! On the payroll!

On a related matter, how can I trust that my tinfoil supply has not been tainted?
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No, his statements that wind up being called douchey are the things that catch the mainstream's attention. When he was speaking to initiates, he wasn't being douchey, because describing him as someone who says douchey things is an invention of the mainstream.
Note: my internet sleuthing skills suggest it is illegal in some states to carry a handcuff key (Florida?)
Aren't they going to have the same problem like Tutorspree, that once you have the contact info of a cleaner that you like, you simply work with him/her directly and bypass the (hefty?) exec transaction fee?
True that regarding rigid handcuffs... The ones with a chain connecting the pair are susceptible to manipulation which can break one of the swivels. (SERE)

On somewhat of a tangent, this reminds me of the German guy who 3D printed keys for some of the more high-tech handcuffs awhile back.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/07/16/hacker-...

I imagine that instead of abusing detainees the more respectable law enforcement officers will conduct more thorough searches.
Ask HN: Should we have an explicit 'Home' link in our site's nav?
Or is the logo enough?

We're redesigning the results page for www.autotempest.com to turn it into more of a one-page web app (ie kayak.com for cars). The 'app page' will have a different layout and a similar but different style from the homepage and rest of the site. I'm wondering whether it needs a clear "Home" link in its navigation, or if a sufficient percentage of users are likely to understand that clicking on the logo takes you to the homepage.
The only accountability you can have when dealing with 'research with seemingly no value' is the peer-review and/or peer-valuation process.

Otherwise, studies on ancient history, dead languages, etc. should be completely eliminated.

Yes, academia in that sense is a set of elitists, but then again, only the elite can properly evaluate one another's jobs.
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They can't really advertise »Evade lawful handcuffing«, I guess ;-)
If there really were a problem here, that would be a quite reasonable action to take.
Handcuffs are placed so that the lock is away from the hands, as well as double-locked in order to thwart shims.

It's fairly difficult to use a key while properly cuffed, but not impossible however, if you're caught trying to escape you'll be adding another charge to whatever you're being detained for...
She first mentions such halfway through the article, and her writing style is masculine. Even I guessed (not assumed) male until that point. <shrug>
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At least around here (Germany) it probably wouldn't be as useful to activists. From what I noticed they just use large cable ties instead of handcuffs. Faster to apply, you can carry a lot of them and the key would be rather useless.
Why don't you just say it without all these passive-aggresive innuendoes. Let me help you - is Linus an asshole? Yes or no.
This is legitimately a big deal. They have big industry partners like Google, Cloudera and at&t and a very highly respected university in Georgia Tech. If any of them show real signs of taking Udacity qualifications seriously MOOCs will be well on their way to going mainstream.

The next step will be cram camps with lots of students in one place to provide a collegiate atmosphere, for some, particularly if some of the courses go always open enrolment. An immersive environment like Hacker School or AppReactor can teach a lot if people are committed and surrounded by people who are.
To everyone talking about law enforcement: I think that the use of the key is implied for being arrested, but by 'unlawful restraint' they just mean some random person restraining you (kiddnapping?). Some random person probably wouldn't use proper handcuffing technique.
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Interesting. I've never heard of precog does. What does one use precog for in practical terms?
Uh, hes always like that.
The Layer UI kit will be open-source from day one. The SDK and protocol will be opened up soon after.

Like mentioned in our presentation today - we are on a mission to make communications better for everyone, and we firmly believe that open is a better option. A bit more about Layer:
https://layer.com/introducing-layer
Yes.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/less-vers...
Yes, it is in the roadmap. Let's nail mobile first ;)
The bullying took a sexist form. I don't care why, no female should ever be told they need to go to the kitchen and make sandwiches for the guys in a programming class.

That's behavior that should be stopped, or preferably never happen. The expectation should have been set that it will not happen, that the cool programmers don't discriminate and are respectful of each other as individuals.
Sigh. Always the same complaint.. A couple of thoughts:

1. He is expected to comment or answer questions like this ALL THE TIME. People only have so much patience. Don't believe me? Go to a poor country as a tourist and see how quickly your tone changes when poor people constantly approach you. Or ask a good looking young woman how it is for her when she goes out.

2. Life is tough, deal with it. This expectation that everything has to be nice and safe and friendly all the time lead, amongst other things, to the NSA mess we have right now, as Schneier pointed out recently [1]. We want EVEN MORE safety. And you want everyone to be nice. Well, what do you prefer? Some tough love from a guy like Linus, or friendly words that neither help you improve your knowledge (in this case) or, worse, someone that pretends that you are doing alright when, in fact, you aren't.

3. If this kind of communication helps to weed out people that are incompetent more successfully than other methods, then isn't it acceptable?

Finally, and this is a little bit of an unnecessary tounge in cheek comment, I recommend you go watch an old Sergio Leone western. And then reflect what a guy like Clint Eastwood would have to say about your comment. Not, much, I suppose. ;)

[1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/our_newfound_fe.html
Full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Redirects_from_Unicod...

Perhaps most interesting is that it's not a search engine feature or anything really built in to the software beyond Unicode support. Rather, English Wikipedians made a ton of redirects, primarily by hand. Fun use case for this is using the emoji keyboard on iOS to search Wikipedia for &#128169; or similar silly things.
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Tin foil is not audit-able since it's hardware.
No Bill Gates is done, he is enjoying retirement and giving out vaccinations to people in the third world.

Microsoft should just buy out Valve Software to get Gabe Newell back, and then make him the new CEO. Gabe knows how to get stuff done, and he knows how to fix Windows and make great software.

Either that or buy out the old Atari in Europe to get Noland Bushnell as CEO of Microsoft.

Steve Wozniak is available for CEO as well, he seemed to like the Windows Mobile 8 phones.

Marc Andreessen formerly of Netscape has become a Microsoft fan and would make a good CEO.
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Completely agreed. When you insult someone personally, they will defend themselves much sooner then they will accept your point. Instead of arguing against his point, he insulted the petition makers intelligence. When trying to make a point to someone, it's always better to do it without hurting their ego. Always.
> it's something anyone who has the potential to influence others' lives should be working on

Especially parents. Ethics should be passed on from generation to generation, religious or not. Somewhere in the past century, the art appears to have been lost. Or it may dilute with each generation, as can be observed in children raised by their grandparents when compared to children of the same age raised by their own parents.
Sounds like you want to try another startup, but perhaps one where you can get to know the team a bit before you join?
This is an emulator. Not a real one. This 'looks like a terminal'
I would love to see everyone in the IT industry take a similar pledge.

If enough of us do we can choke off the oxygen supply to these organisations, especially if we make it an unattractive career prospect for undergrads.
It seems that he is using marching cubes [http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch01.html]
Thanks for the links, especially ICCPR! I did know that the declaration of independence isn't legally binding, but it is a statement of principle on which America is founded, yes? Isn't it through some interpretation of it that America feels compelled to spread freedom and democracy outside its boarders? Don't get me wrong, I'm quite pro-American, but it seems weird that the US government is campaigning for our rights when our own governments are trampling on them (which I personally appreciate), but tramples on them (right to privacy in particular) when its own interests at stake.
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The point is, if his goal is to truly make him understand, he can achieve that goal MUCH faster if he doesn't hurt the ego of the person he is having an argument with. When your intelligence is insulted, you will spend a lot more time defending yourself rather then accepting a point.
Yeah, and along with that I'd like a course in kicking the gun pointed at my head out of the holder's hand, then using it to shoot the three other guards watching over me. They do it on TV all the time, can't be that hard.
Yeah would make a pretty cool openstreetmap tile generator
There are ways to break free from zip ties.
It's amusing to me that you find this extremely insignificant story worthy of mention on HN in a thread where it's not even tangentially relevant.

P. S. He was right. No way that shit counts.