skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That has to be BS. I used to walk around Oakland at night in the 90s during the crack days. Whatever. It was unsafe, but there's unsafe... and unsafe. Put on the city face. Besides, if you're not Black, the cops won't mess with you. People think anyone walking at night is crazy. And don't go to the really dangerous spots where gangs run the street, unless they know you. You can see it by the drug dealing. That's just common sense.

OK yeah I got mugged once. But nonviolently, LOL. Only cost me $20. This was near Downtown.
There are actually bike tour rental things expressly for biking across the bridge, its their advertising.
My Navrozov moments
Diagrams That Changed the World
I can't tell what I'm more confused/impressed by, Hoon or the social model. Either way, I've got a destroyer and now I'm trying to understand just how zod works.
Apparently in the future they've all learned to write from browsing MySpace profiles.
"Yes, this is potentially innovative, but not in the same way that the standard iPod/iPhone connector is."

Why does it have to be the same way? How will copying be an innovations then? Also, i could not understand your second sentence.....you can plug ipad into guitar? Was that the implication?

Tactile feedback can be generated using vibrations ala Xbox controller. I think they have Linkin Park's DJ behind them.

Get Dr.Dre on board. Market it like Beats headphones. Generate a following in music at least.
"here in Brazil (native)"

Ah, that explains your negativism against the Brazilian president.

For the benefit of the foreign audience: President Dilma faces fierce opposition from the Brazilian elite, because of her party's socialist reforms, in a country that historically always catered to the elites. Anything that the president does (good or bad) faces opposition, pretty similar to the opposition President Obama faces in the US.

Note how the commenter above does not say a word about the speech itself. It's all about paying so much taxes and not getting the speed rail.

(also a native-Brazilian here who lived 8 years in the US and 2 in China)
Not a surprise. It communicated everything to some server in China, not exactly good for users or security.
Makeover of WinX DVD to iPhone/iPad Ripper, iPhone/iPad Video Converter
Digiarty has updated four most popular iPhone iPad video programs with new UI, video editing features and rectified input and output formats. Plus, profiles of all new iOS 7 devices such as iPhone 5S/5C, iPad 4 and iPad Mini have been added correspondingly.
Great post. I've been holding off on an update due to the navbar issue and not wanting to deal with it at the moment. Thank for the write up!
Posting's nice.

But, should we support users who don't even update iOS - which needs only one button tapping? Wishing them to search and install extra apps?
There are applications that need to hash data as fast as possible as long as there's a perception of a reasonable security margin. ZFS uses SHA(2)-256 for data checksumming. Some crypto protocols involve HMAC as well as encryption for transmitted data. If a hash can't keep up with line rate on SAS, FC, or many-GigE links, because you wanted maximum security, those users are going to find another, faster, less examined, hash function.

The criteria for SHA-3 is not "as secure as possible". An application that needs as secure a hash as possible should use a protocol that combines multiple hashes of different families.
The BPP starting at Laney is one of the cool things about Oakland. There's history around the corner when you're roaming the city. That and the Oakland Museum and Chinatown. And Flints BBQ, and E&J, and Doug's. And the markets in Fruitvale. And the anarchist and communist stuff in Berkeley. I'm getting all misty-eyed.
I had a "Senior Software Engineer" title after only about 2-3 years of real-world programming experience, at age 23 or so. I had shipped a couple games as lead by then, so it wasn't entirely unearned.
GPS in cars is an interesting one. Where does the Brazilian government mandate that the data is stored/transmitted, then?

You have to note that if you carry a mobile phone the state has easy access to equivalent data anyway (even when you're not in a car), so the reality is most people are providing it regardless of car GPS-related rules. (Co-presence of other device, movement time, and a rudimentary analysis of movement speed would be adequate information to determine one's probable mode of transport and activity profile ... habitual commute, unexpected deviation from established norm, etc.)

I was in Denmark recently and was reliably advised that the government tax department needs no warrant to access mobile phone location records for validation purposes. No warrant. On top of that, ATMs are curiously hard to find and businesses cannot spend over 10,000DKR/year in cash without triggering a government audit. Brazil is clearly not alone.

The sad fact is that most people are unaware, and the majority of the world is either sleepwalking in to totalitarianism or is there already.

I am going to go out on a limb and say that as system designers, builders or more (in-)directly as promoters of tech-fetishism, we in this community are equally at fault. We each have a responsibility to resist the construction and use of easily corrupted centralized systems and to educate those around us about their dangers.
Ba ha! Check this out, God, these clowns are fucking with us.

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Oh my god, ads in the ads section? What is the world coming to?

> and see your search pages

You mean the ones that are the same as the other search engines' for the specific query you complained about? Or some other ones you forgot to mention in this comment tree?
Meh. I dont feel much innovation there. They are simply using the keyboard port as a USB replacement to connect a dedicated peripheral. Its not bad per se, but its proprietary and you may as well throw it all away when you buy a non surface tablet late on. I doubt this will change anything.
Price per Watt of installed PV is what drives adoption so with efficiency as one term in there (Wattage output is a direct result of efficiency) the remaining ones (lifespan, efficiency over lifespan and production costs / unit area of panel) are still problematic enough to slow down wholesale adoption. To some extent this is right now offset by subsidies, you'll know that it has arrived when the subsidies are stopped and adoption still increases.
Highly recommended. Very interesting documentary about the origins of the type, it's use, those who love it, those who do not.
1. The median valuation for pre-revenue startups that raised angel investment in 2012 was south of $3 million, so an $8 million cap is quite generous based on where Casetext is at in terms of meaningful traction.

2. Historically, it has not been uncommon to see convertible note interest rates as high as 10%. Not surprisingly, rates have come down in recent years (I believe the median rate was 5.5% a couple of years ago), but 2% is really low.

Based on my knowledge of the legal market, I don't necessarily agree that Casetext presents a compelling investment, but even if you do, the reality is that successful angel investments are based on two things: a) investing in good startups and b) investing at the right price and on the right terms.

Finding the former without being able to do the latter is sort of like picking next week's winning lottery numbers this week. You'll have a great story to tell your friends but no money to show for your troubles.
Sane people would point out that whoever trained that librarian was an idiot.
Former NSA chief: ‘Morally arrogant’ Snowden will probably become an alcoholic
Is there anything else which has happened recently in the Canadian media space which could have led to the decrease? I understand that we should be careful with correlation/causation, but it seems like a fairly reasonable connection.
Dialyzer is decent, given the constraints for which it was designed, but nowhere near as helpful as a ML-derived static type system.

For example, Dialyzer won't reject a function declared to return values of type A and actually returning values of type B along an execution path which isn't currently traveled.
Space Nerds in Space, an Indie Game in Development [documentary]
Sasquatch Skateboards to Barbershop
I gave up on Hulu. It's too misleading.

I kept going to shows or movies and finding only trailers and clips. Why would I want either of those things? I don't go looking for ads. I just don't...I have less than zero interest in seeing ads, even for shows or movies I wanted to watch.

I used to love Hulu. It works on Linux (which is a big thing for me, especially during the day when I'm working and watching TV), and it used to be a place where I could watch current season shows. Now, it's just too much hassle to find any actual programming.
So only foreigners can complain?

I did not get the speed rail or electricity But I did get 12 SOCCER STADIUM that will do no good to the country..

If I am 'elite' damn... this country is in very baaaaad shape

Now comes our 'nationalists' team... Glad you learn in China
NSA surveillance goes beyond Orwell's imagination – Alan Rusbridger
Two things:

1) The Canadian library initially couldn't hold a candle to the USA library. I've found this hasn't been true for about a year -- most things I've wanted to watch recently have been on both.

2) VPN proxies are <=$5/mo, and easy enough for general consumers to set up with a bit of handholding.
Not happy about the surveillance, but also not expecting China (or other less obvious states) to fight for the cause.
Nice. It looks like I was misinformed, and I now have much less reason to avoid the Bay Area. Thanks for clarifying.

Though biking a 5 mile long bridge with no bike lane on half of it sounds terrifying, so I'd probably consider it still not bikeable for now.
A dumb question to ask an entrepreneur
AOL's Erlang Framework for Real-time Computational Advertising
Thanks for the response.

I primarily program with python for shell scripting/text processing, or data analysis/simulation with numpy/scipy/pandas.

I do a lot of exploration, I rarely ever type anything directly in the REPL/interpreter - I write all my code in scripts and send them to the REPL with emacs keystrokes. Afterwards, I'm left with a script that contains my analysis/processing method. (never had a local web server running except when playing with emacs ipython notebook).

Am I possibly missing a way to do it better?
Jeez! I can't believe the number of HN folks - people waaay above the average Internet commenting monkeys and nutjobs - attacking the messenger while completely missing the message.

Heck if all Rousseff said was just these two sentences, I'd still applaud her:

> A sovereign nation can never establish itself to the detriment of another sovereign nation. The right to safety of citizens of one country can never be guaranteed by violating fundamental human rights of citizens of another country.
Amazingly I've had to switch back to Canadian netflix several times to watch something I wanted to watch in the last few weeks. It blows my mind every time.
That style of art did influence me in art school back in the 90s, I was working with a free beta version of Rhino3D. Rhino3D.com only a few years ago removed my 1990s models from their galleries but here's what I'm talking about, thanks to Wayback Machine! http://web.archive.org/web/20030707154940im_/http://www.rhin...
We're at a tipping point already. What's helped the most recently is financing.

Solar is already cheaper than retail in a few states; see e.g. this map that lets you play with dates and scenarios: http://ilsr.org/projects/solarparitymap/

As for game changers, see e.g.
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/are-utilities-re...
http://grist.org/climate-energy/solar-panels-could-destroy-u...
surely you remember HoTMetaL..
I cannot figure out why more startups are not based in Walnut Creek - lots of office space, a great downtown & there are two BART stations within 5 mins + the contra costa transit center.
Solved By Flexbox – Cleaner, hack-free CSS
I live in Emeryville and have the exact same concerns.

After midnight, I took lyft back from Polk for $35.

Around 11pm, I took uber back from Mission Bay for $29.

Around 2am, I took AC transit bus back. The people taking it were cool, but it was a hassle for two reasons: finding the right bus stop in the city (and timing it) and its stopping about 15 minutes away from my place (not ideal at 2am).

The regular transbay busses that depart from the transbay bus terminal are much better (the F stops right in front of my place), but they don't run during the wee hours of the morning.

That being said, I really like living in Emeryville because of the gentrification of nearby Oakland and Berkeley.
Does anyone know what Android release Fire OS 3.0 is based off of?

The angular back looks stark and painful, though I like the recessed camera.

The casting feature is a bit lost - me and most of my friends don't have PS3s (some have Wii's others 360s, one has a PS3). Plus, if you have a PS3, doesn't it already come with Amazon Video?

What's with the dig about "owning the living room" at the end? Amazon is doing great with their tablet line, features like PlayTime and others look really cool to an iOS family like mine. Why does everything have to "dominate" in order to be a good product?
Using an existing font for the sake of using it is << creating a new font and open sourcing it. More choice is good (especially with something like fonts) and open sourcing it is just icing on the cake. Everyone wins.
PS: Thanks for the tip on Futura, I had not heard of it before.
The problem is finding the rightsholder and getting them to agree to a new contract, on a budget of less than a dollar. If you find a scalable solution to that, great. Google's solution was to just abrogate all the copyrights and see what happened... and what happened was a lawsuit, reminding Google that just because it would be inconvenient for them to negotiate contracts at scale did not mean they could accomplish a contract of adhesion by public notice.
> I fully support the US defending itself

So do I. The problem is that they are confusing attack and defense.
Now combine this with IBM's research to collect most of the energy lost to heat production and push the efficiency up to 80% http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/ibms-solar-tech-is-80...
Wrong AGAIN....
Please read the CONSTITUTION[1]

A.G.A.I.N Constitution

In portuguese: "IV - é livre a manifestação do pensamento, sendo vedado o anonimato; "

Translation : - Freedom of speech but anonymity is vetted

[1] = http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/constituic...

--Edited to do not appear arrogant --

The anonymity concept is one of pillars of privacy and democracy there are several articles about that but this sums up well [1]

So before our 'leader' bashes US to get some popularity votes can we fix our house first?

[1[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/right-anonymity-matter...
According to https://developer.amazon.com/post/Tx3AXKIA2U3GDY/Amazon-Anno... it is based off Android 4.2.2 (API 17).
the illusion that your computer could show you more "real" worlds than you ever thought possible

This still happens to me regularly... for example last week when viewing some of the GTA V screenshots. http://www.gtav.net/screenshots/
I have been on both sides if this, although as a boss I have always tried to give others the glory and take the heat. Also I probably do swoop in with ideas, but I don't leave people high and dry to figure them out.

The solution is really to speak up for yourself. You may have to remind your boss that he put you in charge. I can be a tough boss but I will listen to any argument and will be glad to be proven wrong or told that my idea is going on the list for later. But - you must convince me that your idea is better, or more practical, or that you at least have thought things through.

I know it can be tough because bosses tend to be older and, maybe in some cases wiser (but not always). As the boss your pressure is to keep a team moving forward and so you grow used to delegating. I had to be reminded that I gave somebody a project once and I felt really bad about not letting him do it on his own. I really just didn't want to see him fail, but I was micromanaging. It was difficult for him to bring it up to me but I was glad he did and we got past it.

I'd say - face it head on. If the boss still won't listen, then start figuring out another employment opportunity.
Many other countries also do not have free-speech in the strict sense that the US guarantees in its Constitution. For example, in Germany one cannot protest in favor of neo-nazis, and in South Korea one cannot praise the North Korean regime. In the US any kind of speech is allowed, except for rare libel cases (which are extremely difficult to prove in court).

None of that invalidates President Dilma's point. I am actually the first one to criticize Brazil's lack of democracy, for example in the favelas (which are areas controlled by the drug traffickers and not by the state, and thus without real democracy), but in the international sphere she is absolutely right to raise the issue, as Brazil is an US ally and there was no reasonable explanation for the espionage whatsoever, especially to top-level officials. Furthermore, Petrobras is a oil exploration company -- This is effectively industrial espionage.
I'm glad I made my comment. Thanks a lot for the info.
I'm quite happy with the modern flexbox syntax. I did a lot of work with XUL and xulrunner years ago - it was slick having things automatically flow into place, but the syntax (and syntax of the derivative box-flex CSS properties), but it seemed to require very heavy markup to get things "right".

Flexie [1] appears to provide a polyfill version of flexbox. Has anyone used it in a major production site? What was your experience? There were a few polyfill-type projects for the older syntax, but I never got them to work very well for anything but the most basic layouts.

[1] http://flexiejs.com/
I can see a lot of potential in this if the platform were to be opened up and customised blades could be manufactured cheaply. I'd love to see Microsoft license the technology to third parties and possibly have an open SDK.

This college workshop video suggests they may be planning to open it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9UAxHgXYxw
This company also seems pretty low risk, unlike, say, a consumer privacy messaging or VPN service.

Consumer privacy services have very low revenue per customer, so if you attract a few customers with huge attached legal costs, you probably just shut down. I think if you're not a dick, you shut down and offer to pay your existing customers to use an equivalent (if available) service elsewhere for some transition period, since you can't continue operating your service directly.
absolutely agree, static typing/FP convert here, once you get over the hump, it's a joy.
Are you sure those are real names? I've had around five fb accounts, only one or two used my real name.
sahara has all the land and all the silicon you may need.
"The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten." -- Honoré de Balzac
Agreed. The "r" looks heavier weight than the others to me. (Though I can't be sure if I'm only noticing because you mentioned.)
The Spanish government has the primary responsibility of protecting its own citizen's interests, chiefly basic freedoms.
There's "added content/DLC", then there's "freemium". My hint: look for tokens/credits for purchase. If you see that, avoid the app. I could love the concept or see it as great for my kids but as soon as I'm "buying tokens" I realize it's been engineered to get my money and not deliver a solid product for a fixed price.

The "added content/DLC" model works well for me - I love games/apps like Carcasonne, Ascension, or 123 Color where you buy expansions or additional patterns. But again, most of these types of apps aren't free to begin with.
Let's not confuse Hindley-Milner type inference with Haskell's (or ML's) type system.

While Haskell's type system can be complex, depending on the exact language extensions in play, Hindley-Milner type inference is simple. It's just good UI — you almost never need to write explicit type declarations, because the compiler (or typechecker) can almost always figure out what you mean. That's it!

Using advanced Haskell extensions can occasionally require annotating a non-top-level value with a type, in order to resolve an ambiguity. The compiler will point out which value has an ambiguous type.

Also, if you've made a mistake and your program doesn't typecheck, depending on whether explicit type declarations have been provided or not, the compiler may complain about different parts of the program. Adding type annotations may help pinpoint the exact location of the mistake. This isn't really a problem, and it's more of an issue in SML and OCaml than Haskell, because these languages don't encourage annotating top-level values with types.

There is never any need to simulate any part of the Hindley-Milner type inference algorithm in your head. The algorithm's only failure mode is a request for more information, and the requested information should already be obvious to you, the programmer, as programming in a ML-derived language means thinking in terms of typed values.

The warts I had in mind were problems with the Haskell ecosystem, such as Cabal hell, or the Haskell community, such as a tendency towards academese — not anything to do with its type system, or type inference mechanism.

In a stark contrast, Scala's "type inference" is not Hindley-Milner, and is barely able to infer the existence of its own arse with both hands, failing in even the simplest of cases.

Example 1. Unable to infer type of `optBar`, because `None` is also a type:

scala> class Foo {
| def setBar(bar: Int) = optBar = Some(bar)
| def getBar = optBar.get
| var optBar = None
| }
<console>:8: error: type mismatch;
found : Some[Int]
required: object None
def setBar(bar: Int) = optBar = Some(bar)
^

Workaround:

scala> class Foo {
| def setBar(bar: Int) = optBar = Some(bar)
| def getBar = optBar.get
| var optBar: Option[Int] = None
| }
defined class Foo

Example 2. Unable to infer type of `foobar`, with uncurried `foo`:

scala> def foo(bar: Int, baz: Int) = bar + baz
foo: (bar: Int, baz: Int)Int

scala> val foobar = foo(1, _)
<console>:8: error: missing parameter type for expanded function ((x$1) => foo(1, x$1))
val foobar = foo(1, _)
^

Workaround:

scala> val foobar = foo(1, _: Int)
foobar: (Int) => Int = <function1>

Workaround, with curried `foo`:

scala> def foo(bar: Int)(baz: Int) = bar + baz
foo: (bar: Int)(baz: Int)Int

scala> val foobar = foo(1)_
foobar: (Int) => Int = <function1>

Which languages have "basic unidirectional type inference"? I'm not familiar with the term.
For reference's sake, Point-of-Sale systems (as per fast food retail) have been using completely custom keyboards for years (only affects the last case).
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