skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"If you think about a cubic foot of this dirt and you just heat it a little bit - a few hundred degrees - you'll actually get off about two pints of water - like two water bottles you'd take to the gym," Dr Leshin explained.

This is huge for Mars exploration by humans.

1. We can send unmanned expeditions to stockpile large tanks of water.

2. This would allow us to literally 3D print structures on the surface and allow us to significantly decrease the amount of materials we need to transport to the surface in order to build a habitat.

Edit:
3. And ALICE rocket fuel could be created using this water and the aluminum found in the Martian soil.
You have it backwards. They're saying that there are measures that could save money which are foregone because of the unknown but potentially greater risk. An aneasthetist could fuck up a bunch of operations. A design error in a widely-employed robotic anaesthetic device could affect thousands of people. Juries are not kind to defendants in such cases.
I generally don't see pro-science people making the argument that evolution is an unfalsifiable 100% fact. I agree with you that such arguments are within the domain of faith. Perhaps I am not being imaginative enough, but I can't think of an example of anything closer to an objective "100% fact" than a general scientific theory that survives over a hundred years of scientific scrutiny.
San Diego Hacker News Meetup 46 this Friday (9/27)
Seems like an interesting idea. How exactly are you collecting your data? Where is your Google+ integration?
This kind of brings up something I've thought of for a while...why isn't nitrous oxide (mixed with oxygen) used for stuff like this? Seems to be the best of both worlds... comfort/anti-anxiety for the patient (Nitrous has both pain-killing properties, and it's a dissociative, so it makes you much less aware of what's going on, as well as somewhat sedating), but unlike most sedatives administered via IV, since it's an inhaled gas onset/offset time is very quick - peak anesthesia is reached in 60-90 seconds, and after coming off gas you're back to baseline with-in 5 minutes.
I don't do reputation management anymore. Now I build tools to do real reputation analysis, and fight the very things I used to do. I'm like Darth Vader in the last few moments of his life... Only I plan to live a long while.

At Stremor.com we have technology that "breaks" SEO so we have better search results at http://www.samuru.com than you would have using link authority. We have tech that can detect writing styles to tell that 6 reviews all came from the same person. We can do this for things like YELP or Amazon product reviews. We also do this to detect web content that was a Paid Review.
... but still allow me to delete it if I prefer using another food ordering app instead like GrubHub.

The only apps that should not be deletable are core apps like settings and the app store.

Even those should be deletable if it asks you to designate another app on your phone as the replacement for that core service. That replacement app should be API compatible with the data store of the phone itself.

I should be able to replace Apple Maps with Google Maps. Camera with any number of other Camera apps. Photos with any other local photo browsing app. Calendar with something like Fantastical. Weather with something like Yahoo Weather. etc. etc.
To add to what you are saying, one of the the interesting perspectives that computer science taught me early on was an appreciation for the emergence of complex behavior from simple rules. Cellular automaton are fascinating to learn about, particularly if you are having trouble grappling with the fact that not all complexity is born from equivalent or greater complexity.
Playing devil's advocate, they say in movies that the best special effects are the ones you don't notice at all.
"(Coming Soon) The API will be provided through SanFranciscoCode.org, launching officially soon."
They do. Storage Facilities more than restaurants.
After reading the post (and many others), I think I'm starting to get it:

-You have a directory/folder (data store) where all of the files are stored

-Some files (blobs) are data files

-Some files (trees) are hierarchy - they specify the structure of the data (blob) files, and how they connect to each other (like a database)

-Some files (commits) are snapshots (think VM snapshot) of the arrangement of the blobs on the trees (data file structure)

-Some files (tags) hold metadata about the data files (blobs)

And it's all tied together by SHAs (GUIDs) which are just a random number that's so huge it's probably unique.

You can use URLs to point to any of these files, so you can tie together files from different locations at once.
Toshiba's new dual camera module brings 'deep focus' imaging to smartphones
In a sense cartel of carriers has a monopoly. That is even without any conscious wrong doing from their side they act like monopoly forcing prices and terms on manufacturers (breaking the cartel isn't in their interest so even if all of them want to do the best for themselves and don't collude the factual cartel won't be broken).
I was expressing the sentiment and I don't doubt that as the law stands right now it's not formally "antitrust issue". It's however very similar in nature and should be treated as such.

It's close to impossible to introduce a phone without being tied to a carrier. That's exactly what monopoly looks like when dominant player (the one having a monopoly) controls one of the crucial parts of supply chain and can just cut you off if they wish (or if you don't comply).

Usual argument is that it's not a monopoly if you can shop around and choose different provider. Here you really can't without putting yourself in very unfavorable position comparing to players who do comply.

Back to bundling for a bit: it's a practice which is about always bad for a customer. Bonuses, paybacks, plans with phones, loyalty points at gas station. Every one of those reduces competition between providers/sellers by tying customers to them. If about every provider on the market uses the same bundling policy it becomes a monopoly from the point of view of manufacturers of bundled product - they will never be able to compete without bending backwards to meet the requirements of the monopoly owner(s).
That was an idea behind lawsuit vs Microsoft (dominant player bundling their browser making competition (close to) impossible or even "unfair") and that's the exact same situation with carriers or cable providers. Them being a cartel of several instead of monolithic entity shouldn't cloud the issue here.
Offices also have janitor storage rooms, elevator shafts, dining rooms, et cetera. They also have meeting rooms, labs, server rooms that can be located in the centre.
it isn't that hard... it's actually simpler than Ember to grok.

it is the right thing to learn right now anyhow, as the concepts naturally leads to web components, which will probably be the future of app development (cue polymer http://www.polymer-project.org/).
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Angular's dependency injection is literally magic. Someone who has never used javascript before would probably have the advantage over a seasoned js-pro when reading the code.

That said; once I realised what it is doing, I quite like it and it has led to some of the cleanest client-side code I've written.
I think that was Spolsky's point. Why weren't they designed that way? They should be.
> But as a software guy with an interest in salt-of-the-earth hobbies, I'd love to play with one.

Like you said, high-tech outdoors is troublesome. If you want to get a head start on this sort of thing buy an outdoor robot chasis (or make one if you can hold a screwdriver, it'll save you a grand or two). Throw on a kinect, all the cameras you can fit and all the lidar you can afford.

First, teach it what rain is and how to quickly get back to the safety of the charging port. Second, make it navigate around the garden without destroying the plants. Finally, teach it what to look for (pests, damage, ripeness). Don't bother giving it manipulators, just have it log findings and generate reports. When you get home, it can tell you exactly which plants need attention.
Rail worker suspended.. for saving woman's life: Hero 'broke safety rules'
New features coming to Sass 3.3
With ember you will understand the right way to build an ember app from day 1 and it will take you 2 days to build a working 1st app. With Angular you will use it for a year, still have no idea how to build an Angular app the right way, but somehow your app will be done in 1 day instead of 2.
I like your speech. I mean, I totally agree with you. Unfortunately only a minor portion of job offers asks for generalists. Most companies don't understand the potential of a trait such as curiosity that is found in a generalist personality.
"JavaScript version of Drupal"

Ouch, but accurate.
FWIW, I was the first one in this thread to point out the app deletion issue on the iPhone and I am an iPhone user and haven't yet owned an Android. Undeletable crapware is crapware whether it is installed by Apple, Samsung or the carriers.
> I'm just very glad i have the touchpad. Wonder if a nexus tablet is as good... probably not.

I prefer my Nexus 7 over my Touchpad. It's a bit faster and much lighter. Touchpad has mostly been relegated to the Touchstone charging dock since I got the Nexus 7 last year. Also, no app compatibilities that the Touchpad had at times (mostly due to the 1024x768 screen). Also, the Touchpad is far from perfect when running Android 4.2 or later.
Wow. Only 20%?
All is not lost! If you try their sample question, with quotes, it only turns up 4 results - with the article on top.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=“Which+is+better+for+me+—...

But it seems inevitable that as google targets what most people mean, they will target less what niche people mean (us). They could do both, with explicit operators etc, but would double their indices, and not worth it (for them). :( At least it creates opportunity for the google-usurper.
Prettyplotlib: Painlessly create beautiful matplotlib plots
Wow, that is dramatically different than what the headline suggests. The "20% are fake" headline implies "20% of visible reviews", but instead I'm hearing you say, "20% of reviews are killfiled before visibility."
Yea, my biggest problem with my employer 401k is that I can't just invest in a Vanguard low fee fund, but I have to use their 401k management to get my matching funds.
on that subject, i'd be curious to know if anyone here has been using polymer in production!
Exactly. In a post-rails world how can poor developer ergonomics even be an acceptable thing?
The EU quest for a universal charger that works with all phones and tablets
Water doubles as a source of propellant. A human Mars trip may now only need to carry a one way load of propellant.
You could review them and say they offered a good discount with everybody saving face and you between the lines writing that the discount was the only thing worth mentioning about the place ;)
I see your point but Youtube (good example BTW) wasn't even founded until February 14, 2005, this was long after the Java battles of the late 1990's.
"You would expect it to be in Yelp's interest to demonstrate its reviews are credible, though I haven't seen that. Competition and articles like this should motivate them in that direction. In the meantime, they benefit from charging businesses to allow positive reviews to appear and to suppress negative reviews (if they're doing that, it would explain why they don't focus on credibility)."

I think that you haven't been looking for it, then: that exact thing is hugely important to Yelp and is why they filter out so many reviews in the first place!
The ‘What If Failure’ Taboo
> If you want to work at a startup, being a specialist ain't going to get you much attention.

At the same time, few startups I've encountered will hire developers who have never used their technology stack.

I recall, during a conference call with one startup, explaining my background in both Ruby and C# only to have one of the co-founders exclaim "you know we use Node and not Rails here, right?" -- I replied that yes, I do. But I've only ever dabbled in Node and you asked about my experience in web development. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in your product and wouldn't be willing to work on my Javascript... They seemed to lose interest after that.
Only your first name and last initial are shown to the person who referred you. Two people even omitted full names entirely, so I only see two letters and how many days ago they signed up.
Hummingbird: Google overhauls search engine
As a happy Galaxy Note 2 user, that's extremely disappointing. Unless they do an about-face shortly, they've just lost a customer.
I still prefer Keynote to JS presentation tools since playing with layout is easier manually than with css (for me).

But one killer feature Keynote lacks is slide inheritance. I love using build-outs and I wish I could edit a parent slide and have the changes propagate to its children. This feature would be much easier to build out with a JS presentation framework.
Yours is an honest mistake. Just don't do it again. Or at least consider breaking it up into separate collaborative groups.

My personal experiences with open offices have all been at large organizations bending over backwards to explain how they would make us more productive. No engineers bought into it.
You know, if that were me I wouldn't even give it a second thought. I'd be able to sleep at night because I knew I did the right thing.
Microsoft building one app store for the next Windows Phone and Windows releases
>Richard Dawkins' The Ancestors Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life is an accessible account of evolutionary biology and goes to great lengths to disabuse even a sloppy reader of the popular [pre-genetic sequencing] notions of "missing links."

I think it's ironic to quote Dawkin's in this light considering he's spent most of his career a proponent of phyletic gradualism. He's spent most of his career arguing with people like Stephen Gould against the assertions you present here.
Just Signed Up a Huge Customer... and We're Hiring [Job Post]
Greetings HN,

We are a small Chattanooga, Tennessee start-up called Ambition and today has been a big day. My co-founder practically just whispered to me that a 100,000 person organization just called him back and wishes to move forward with our service after several previous demos.

We are a small team with a young product serving a small user base. We've been steadily growing and just this morning we were forecasting our company to break even soon. Now that, as of two hours ago, our revenue stream has essentially grown 10x we are looking to hire as quickly (and sustainably) as possible to serve our new customer and remain aggressive. Maybe this customer will kill us, maybe it will halt our growth for twelve months... but we certainly intend on doing everything in our power to face this challenge and become better for it.

What is Ambition? The moniker we like using is "Fantasy Football for Sales Organizations". Managers choose/weight metrics for employee-based teams to compete over across seasons. These employees are more engaged and productive through competition while the managers are more efficient through automation... we've essentially codified what the great ones do every day.

You can check out our demo at http://tryambition.com (unfortunately we don't have a "marketing site" because we simply haven't had time to build one, but it's in the works)

Positions we are looking to fill:

- Python/Django Developer

- Web Developer

- SalesForce Developer

- AWS Sysadmin

We strongly prefer for our entire team to live and work in Chattanooga but exceptions can be made.

If this opportunity sounds interesting please email me at travis.truett[at]ambition[io] and I'll fill you in with more details and we can go from there. Looking forward to your questions and thank you in advance.
Yup. I went through the site and I still don't know what problem it solves. Modern ag equipment is scarily efficient and fast. The farmer who's just driving into the field when I leave for work in the morning is towing out carts piled full of corn by the time I get home in the afternoon.

As an aside? How to mechanical harvesters for grapes work without breaking/getting tangled in the wires supporting the vines?
They're missing a lot of Fintech firms. Also many Fintech firms are headquartered in SF or Europe, with branch offices here.
The change is interesting. It's making me re-think the description/title of my site if this algorithm is based on serving up the answer to questions. I have noticed that my traffic has dropped a little so I might not be targeting correctly.
Consult the SEO chicken bones.
Bill Gates: Control-Alt-Delete a mistake
Thanks, Bradley. Tutorial explanation comment is noted - we have some ideas on that front.

There are a few themes that we're playing on with regards to the advice, and we'll try to express them more clearly on the site as we move forward. These are:

1) Most of the investment options available to participants are really a mix of a number of market sectors...for example, Vanguard Wellington (http://www.kivalia.com/assets/vwelx/vanguard-wellington-inv). The name tells me nothing, but if one evaluates it, it looks like the mix of assets shown at the bottom right of the page referenced above...a mix of stocks and bonds. So we do a good job of mapping what various investments look like.

2) Getting the overall allocation right is the most important aspect of investing...and explains maybe 80% or more of one's overall returns. How much do I want in large cap growth, small cap value, international, etc.? That's incredibly hard for an individual to do when you have a bunch of vaguely named funds. Of course it's much easier to do when one has a list of sector-based index funds to work with.

3) Philosophically we're indifferent between active and passive funds...they're each just combinations of asset classes with a fee tacked on. What's most important to us is the exposure to various sectors a particular fund provides you, after fees.

4) Yes, our algorithms take into account each fund's respective management fees; so all else being equal we'd be biased towards the lower cost (better performing) alternative.

5) Past performance is definitively NOT a predictor of future performance. We simply show results for transparency sake in an effort to allow users to see whether or not we're adding value to the process.

6) We do build in "tilts" to our advice based on expected returns over a substantially long time horizon. These tilts are intended to bias portfolios towards sectors that look more attractive at any point in time, and away from sectors that are less attractive in our view. That said, it is a simple process to tighten down our algorithms to force the recommendations to a more benchmark-y look and performance.
I was making around $3000 before leaving my job (it's very good money for Turkey) and I had $3000 when I left my company. It's been almost 3 months now and I have $1000 more. My project is ready to sell. And we will start selling next week. I hope I can survive.
future improvements in anesthetic agents, intubation devices, and monitoring tools will probably allow nurse anesthetists to do more and more what anesthesiologists do today.
It's not new. I've heard that term almost 10 years ago.
The bugs he ran into with lightweight transactions were fixed within days, two weeks ago, and included in the 2.0.1 release shortly afterwards.
3-4 person caves are awful. They encourage cliquish behavior which translates into uncooperative competition. Completely open plans might be noisy, but 3-4 is too small a unit. You can always call the big bullpen the quiet room and the smaller rooms the conversation rooms. I've worked at several start ups where that was in place and it worked wonderfully. To blame the plan is to blame the tool - it was the hammers fault!

Also consider that sometimes the biggest producer is sometimes the most introverted and least connected in terms of personnel graph. Putting up walls everywhere dramatically increases that persons social barrier to communication which translates directly into business drag. Open plans ease that persons burden.
I find the same thing. I think the difference is that since 4sq is soliciting tips instead of reviews, they're harder to convincingly game. If I'm looking for a restaurant in an unfamiliar city and see "definitely try the squash risotto with balsamic drizzled" that means a lot more to me than "everything here was yummy!" Without a star rating to game with 1- or 5-star reviews, there's less noise to sift through.

That said, I assume that their 0.0-10.0 ratings they introduced a few months ago are basically random.
That's the secret sauce. I am still wondering if I should do google+ integration.
CMake support in Vim
Bingo. That is kind of my benchmark of "should I use this?". If code is too arcane and hard to understand (especially when docs a slightly lacking) I usually pass it up.

It could reflect on my density and stupidity (can't read code too well) but so far I've had good track record.

I tried understanding and learning Angular.js but got lost in directives, dollar-sign prefixed identifiers, services and other custom terminology.

One way to make sense of it is to look at the source, and that was pretty painful.

Anyway so far it fails my smell test so I'll pass it up. Maybe later will revisit.
I agree conversational skills are 'useful' (if you wish to frame them in terms of functionality), and agree that ability to converse doesn't necessarily alter preference for introversion/extroversion. I disagree that being able to hold a good conversation requires a lot of practice, again I would say it's down to being comfortable in your own skin, but an option for getting that comfortable can be through talking with others.

Speaking personally, throughout my life I've had times when I've been extroverted and times when I've been introverted, and I think both are great. Introverts get to enjoy a rich inner life, and extroverts get to enjoy a vibrant outer life, there's something to be said for both, but best of all is not being restricted from experiencing either (easier said than done).

Just to further our discussion, I'm curious to know what you think about the difference between online and offline conversation, for introverts especially. Does one feel easier than the other, and if so, why do you think that is?
I guess I will just email the architect of my building and tell them they did it wrong. I should have sunlight when?

edit: longer answer - I work in Mountain View, where there is huge competition for buildings thanks to Google. Small companies get the leftovers, and beggers can't be choosers.
I recently worked a gig where the company was a medium sized international business with I think a few thousand employees but did not yet have a local office. They found a place with old, "conventional" offices with real walls and doors. The place had more than enough space for all of the current local employees with room to grow for several years through the lease. They decided instead of letting people have offices they'd spend a ton of money on construction to knock out all of those walls and put in an open cube farm. The level of WTF from the employees was palpable.
Nobody is saying there's no such thing as a bad non-openplan office. There are more than two choices between a sapping openplan office and a cramped windowless one. I mean really.
"Hard". All of egghead takes maybe 3 hours to go through. And then you're done. The the price of 1 lecture you're maybe 85% of the way there to angular use.