skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Personally, I rather like this take on equality:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
> Residents resorting to self-funded policing is a sign that something is very, very wrong with government administration. I never thought i'd see this play out in a major American city.

As someone who grew up in Detroit, I never thought it would take this long to happen.
My assumption is that everything I read is either wrong, has a bias or both. You have to filter truth out of the world's uncertainty, but it's better to leave questions in your mind than to blindly follow a falsehood.
I have a iPhone4, iPad2, and iPhone5, on 7.0.2 and a 4S still on 6.1.3. I'm not getting the placeholder text at all. Did you update from a beta?
‘Brain Training’ May Boost Working Memory, But Not Intelligence
Ah, yes, the age-old "if you're fat it's because you're stupid and lazy".
third, telling computers what to do, which is partly unpleasant but highly paid.
Mirroring, Mindreading and Simulation of the (Java) Virtual Machine
Ditto here, it must have been a management interview fad a decade or two ago. The sysadmin version of fizzbuzz. My particular version was one page script that wiped an existing software installation (and a bit more LOL) and dropped a new version on top of it. The kind of thing that has pretty much been eliminated by using git/etc as a distribution tech and/or puppet.

So VLM... nice to meet you, here's the first version of our software upgrade script I was wondering what you'd change. I started laughing, pointed out a few things, he said I passed.

It had a lot more wrong with it. Weird quoting mistakes (single vs double, also something along the lines of grep "-R blah blah"). And there were basic conceptual issues, like copying the binaries to /usr/local/bin before replacing the old distribution with the new one, such that you'd get old ones. And the path contained a version number and the script tried to change user PATH env variables ... to the old version path.

The proper interview-style fix for my creative solution would be something like rm -Rf .svn instead of rm -Rf *, or bothering to check the output of pwd is longer than X characters using grep -c and some comparisons or playing games with chroot. Its a great interview question because you get a feel for the candidates style, are they most comfortable with chroot, or doing text manipulations of pwd etc or are they a minimalist who likes to make the smallest possible change or into rewriting the whole blasted thing or...
Someone has taken the time to make it into an online tool. I don't know how to code but know plenty of designers who would like to try this

Great stuff,just shared it across Twitter
So don't trust your doctor but some random stranger on the internet.
Could you post your qualifications for that judgement? She has mentioned her doctor's explanation, so that sounds good enough for me. But perhaps you know something we don't?
Because the rule of law hinges upon the fact that people are innocent until proven guilty. Jumping a fence is not sufficient evidence alone that they were going to steal.

Furthermore, beating people like savages is not an acceptable punishment even if they were.

It seems to me like you've never been accused of a crime you didn't actually commit.

The idea here is that it's better to let 10 guilty people go free than erroneously punish one innocent.

I shouldn't have to explain this.
I think the majority of them would never even think of saying something like that in person. It's to do with crowd behaviour and the fact that they literally have no consequences.

I've spoken to a few people that are super nice and then as soon as they lose their identity they just spew hate as a release for all the pent up anger built up throughout the day/year/life.

It's very similar to road rage. You can call people every name under the sun and throw up fingers left, right and center but I can bet most people wouldn't dare do such a thing if you accidentally walked in front of them on the street. There's no consequences really when you can just shut your window and drive off or if someone is going the opposite direction.
> I understand it isn't as "civilized, humanitarian, feel-good" as the western-world's perceived standards

Also, you're using weasel words. They're not "perceived standards", it's simply uncivilized, animalistic behavior.

It is unacceptable, regardless of circumstance.
The article isn't terrible clear about it, but it's not a ruling by a German court. The German Federal Court of Justice submitted the question to the European Court of Justice, and the ECJ made the judgement; this judgement binds other national courts also.
So incredibly depressing. Aren't we reminded enough already everywhere, that it will someday end?
Here's the 5 minute summary: http://www.wikisummaries.org/How_To_Be_Idle
Dave Eggers made me quit Twitter
Real-name policy doesn't really work. I've seen plenty of vile and horrible comments from people through the Facebook comment widget. And doxing is dangerous since it's in effect a call for vigilante justice. You don't even know if you're doxxing the right person. Extrajudicial punishment is extremely dodgy even in the cases where it is legal.

And Internet anonymity serves a purpose beyond how comfortable it is, which is to allow the discussion of subjects where few people want to have their real name and picture attached. Approximately 50% of the political opinions I debate online, I would not want a prospective employer to be able to look up.

I think this is a problem we have to live with. It sucks, but it's better than the alternatives.
Everyone draws the line in their own place. I think some people will draw the line too far one way, I think some people will draw the line too far the other way, and other people will think the same thing (both ways) about the place I draw the line.

The fact that one cannot come up with a universal rule that always works in all circumstances doesn't mean no one is allowed personal judgment.
This. Makes it also unreadable on mobile. Reposted it as a gist: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6883552

(Is there a pastebin-like service that focuses on plain text readability?)
> If you are somehow at a disadvantage, you should work harder

Honest question: why? She mentions her medical issues and, on top of that, appears to be content with the way she looks. Isn't that enough?

I know people in sizes and shapes different from my own who seem to be fine with the way they are. I might not agree with all of them, but in the end they must decide for themselves.

On a related note: telling people they're lying ("my doctor assures me my health is good" — "NO HE DOESN'T" (paraphrased)) doesn't help your point.
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JQuery Modal Window Effects with transitions CSS3.
Go ahead and have this conversation with her.
I draw the line where a joke or statement would be recognized by a third-party observer as hateful and/or intended to hurt someone. You know, like the comments that Ms. Seida actually said "took my heart with it".

And yes, that's not an objective binary distinction, because that is not possible when you're dealing with language and feelings.

My point is that it's not the topic that makes a joke offensive. You can have jokes about sex and race without them being sexist or racist.

That enough thought for you? Or do you prefer not to actually think about this and just wallow in self-righteousness and assume that anyone who disagrees with you must not be thinking?
The joke is fine, the problem is the people turning a joke into an opportunity to be hateful.
Actually I did -- well, to about 80% max. My calibrated profile looked a little like an inverted bell curve.
They often award the physics prize for experimentally verifying a theoretical prediction. For example, they awarded the prize to Paul Dirac for predicting the existence of the positron, and to Carl Anderson for confirming it.
While I agree with your comment, I'd leave out the 'just' part.
Goes to show that peer pressure can be used for both good and for ill.
In their FAQ, they say "Java interoperability is a major priority for the project."
The cold emails which got me meetings at Twitter, LinkedIn and GitHub
I liked the part where he says Kickstarter sucks because you donate your money to them without a stakeholder position or ownership in your investment of any kind. Its the reason Ive kept my money in my wallet and not thrown it around on kickstarter-projects, instead donated to FSF, EFF and Wikileaks among others.

Any takers to start up a kickstarter-clone without donation but part ownership? With pledges for more money to throw into project when it reaches a threshold and so on. Basically what we had 100 years ago with normal public stock traded companies but in a digital world.
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That is the answer! I already had this problem too. You can learn a lot, even if the mentor is awful. You will be challenged a lot to put your point of view in the code, maybe you even discover you are wrong about your arguments.

If you really think you can't learn anything from him, probably he is the right person, you have a lot to learn.
Then you are ignorant.
The line seems rather clear. "Haha, you're fat" phrased in a witty way isn't too bad, and can be amusing even to the "victim" if they have a healthy self-image. But "you should do everyone a favor and kill yourself", or "do the right thing and don't share such pictures of yourself" are hateful comments that have nothing to do with wit.

Digging deeper, personal offensive jokes are acceptable when then joker knows the target well enough to know that it won't be taken as an actual offense. That's what makes them risky e.g. in workplaces where people don't know each other as well. But on the internet, such jokes are not personal to begin with.

You could replace the OP's picture with a photograph of any other overweight person and it wouldn't make a difference. It's only for people that recognize the person (including themselves) that the joke takes on a whole different meaning. As such, I don't have a huge problem with these jokes.

The hateful comments are a different story, but I find that it helps to remember that they are written by children and other people who simply lack the development of empathy, and should neither be taken seriously nor held completely responsible. They just don't understand, just as a toddler wouldn't understand the repercussions of firing a gun.
That's a lot of words to say something that the Internet already meme-ified years ago:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19

Edit: Wow, almost 10(!) years ago.
While the parent certainly didn't approach it in a polite way; they have a point in terms of the last comment at least.

A quick search online associates PCOS with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure, stroke, infertility, fatty liver disease amongst other things. Hardly seems like something a doctor would assure someone was of no consequence to their overall health.

So while saying 'you should work harder' isn't nice; the post shouldn't be disregarded.
A political crisis
I haven't done much hi-temp thermocouple work... anyone know how easy it is to solder to platinum with "real" or lead-free solder? Electroplate a round cryptocard PCB and solder it together? I know solder sticks very well to gold after some unfortunate accidents (keep the solder away from the plated contacts when assembling, etc) so this would work for a "gold" coin.
Adobe's Subscription Model Means You Can't Own Your Own Software
Maybe it's more like custom-building a wheel to the exact specifications that you figured out when using a 'normal' wheel. Sometimes customization matters.
I'm not at all familiar with polycystic ovarian syndrome the author is unfortunate to be burdened with, but I've lost a lot of weight on a keto diet and it looks like it might also be effective for this syndrome as well:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1334192/
No to mention that it might not be an Apple problem, but an industry-wide problem. I've tried to replicate this on a brand new Sony Xperia Z1. It marks -2 degrees on a flat surface. Never occurred to me to test these things before.
Ask HN: What do you think of the idea of marketplaces as a service?
I see new online marketplaces popping up almost everyday. What do you think of the idea of a shopify for online marketplaces like airbnb, ebay, fab.com, chrome appstore, ... as a service?
Sometimes I hear voices
> If you're overweight, you are either not eating right, or not exercising right, and most likely neither.

So everyones bodies are totally equal, and genetics and illnesses don't come in to play at all? Right...
The internet is never wrong.
Distributing confidential Docker images
Why?

Really. Most people only have one day or two of food at home. In cities, stores have two days of stock at most.

The federal government shut down. If anything else happens, God forbids, that breaks down the provisioning circuits, panic will soon ensue, and for city dwellers, only 2 days before they start dying from thirst, and 42 days until they die of hunger.

Now, I'd like to see all those lean people, how they'll fare after one week. If us the fat people can hide for a week and avoid being eaten by them, then the world will be ours!
BBC plans to launch BBC One +1
I have an undergraduate degree in history and was provisionally admitted to an engineering MS at NC State based solely on work experience. After receiving good grades the first semester the provisional part was lifted and I successfully completed the program. Getting to know the program/department directors and the online/distance admissions folks MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
Sorry, I misread your name as Stephanie instead of Stephane---I didn't mean to call you a she instead of a he!
If her doctor says her health is good, why should she listen to the "advice" of some random person on the internet?
His servers are in the UK and his company is in the UK. Since the 'service' is performed in the same country that the business is located, the income does NOT qualify as 'Foreign base company services income'. (see 26 USC § 954 E 1 B)

Any money repatriated to the U.S. (e.g. if he pays himself) is taxable income.
I'm not entirely sure why this is a big deal right now. I had an iPhone 1 and when the App Store opened up I downloaded Cube Runner. The accelerometer calibration was off by A LOT. Just keeping my phone flat on the table would cause the ship to shoot off far to the left.

I actually had to replace my iPhone at the Genius Bar (I think more than once) in order to get one that worked better.

Since that was over 5 years ago it is very unlikely that Apple will now decide to offer software calibration in the OS.

As for this comment from the article

> Unfixable sensor problems, however, would put a dent in Apple’s reputation as the company that sweats the small stuff to get every last detail right.

I am pretty sure iOS 7 already did that.
>I remember a number of dotcom vets saying that their bubble was different because they really believed a revolution was happening. Just how openly was it (the bubble) discussed in your case?

Huh. that's the opposite of my perception. The kids today actually believe it; most of the folks cynically pointing out that it's a bubble around building mostly-useless CRUD apps are people who are old enough to remember the first time around, (people who are older than these new bubble companies usually hire.) Of course, it depends on where you are; Facebook... Everyone I know at facebook actually believes the company line. Like disturbingly so. At yahoo? everyone knows it's bullshit, and the good people get themselves into interesting technical positions where others can't bother them too much. (I am... honestly not sure that the Facebook approach is better for the company. If your employees can't see the problems with your company, they can't fix them.)

(Google, while I don't think it's as bad as facebook, has a similar problem; I've seriously had otherwise intelligent Engineers tell me that ads are good for consumers. Not that well-targeted text ads are less-bad than annoying pop-unders, Not that ads pay for good things, but that the ads themselves, when done right, were actually a net positive for the consumer. Yeah.)

From my limited experience? there was a real day-trader mentality in the '90s; I I remember a bunch of my (technical) co-workers would carry around pager-like devices that had the stock price for the company. (this was in the era of the 32MB rio MP3 player, and of file transfers over the parallel interface.) There was much discussion on when to sell (and how much to sell) when your stock options were above water, and much bitching and moaning when they weren't. Probably almost as much discussion as about what fancy car to buy with the winnings. (come to think of it, I only remember the stock pagers when I was on the east coast, so it's possible that in silicon valley there was more faith.)

Of course, this was the very end of that boom, too, and this was 1/3rd of my life ago, so 1997 and 1999 kinda blend together. I could be talking mostly about 1999, so it's possible that there was confidence among the workers until very nearly the end, and I just didn't notice.

As a sidenote (and possible useful bit of advice for youngsters who are employable now, but are concerned about after the crash) In '99, I chose to go for a prestigious job over a job with options. Obviously, it was the right choice; I still brag about that job, while the options would have been toilet paper long before I vested.
doxing is dangerous since it's in effect a call for vigilante justice

Sure, doxxing (publishing someone's personal information), might be seen as "encouraging violence". But the people we're talking about doxxing are the people who make posts that are explicit calls to violence. If person A says "Heifers like her should be put down" (as in article), they are explicitly calling for murder, so why can they be upset when someone posts their personal information? It's not like doxxing calls for "putting the cow down", so it's not as bad.
Really? What do you call Obama peace prize then.
Those are all things I took out of 3962. But furthermore, I'm now even more confused by your recommendation. If it's a metastandard (which has always been the rap on stuff like SASL), how does it help them design good crypto?

I can't see any reason in the world to adopt GSSAPI. I strongly recommend that nobody else do so.
Have you tried talking to US banks that have UK branch offices? Note that even those who don't have consumer branches may still offer accounts at those branches. E.g. Bank of America has a huge presence in Europe, mainly via MBNA and Merrill Lynch, but also some other services - I don't know if they offer accounts (the way to find out is likely to talk to their US international banking team).

I know that may be non-ideal for you from a risk POV, but you may also find the UK amusingly (or infuriatingly..) bureaucratic and byzantine in that having a UK bank account is the best way to prove to another UK bank that you are worthy of opening a bank account with them afterwards.
Dear God man! You don't know anything about her. For all you know she's already tried everything.

For that matter, the article says she is healthy and the doctors have given her the all clear. So she's of a somewhat larger build - big fucking deal!

This is probably coming off wrong. I'm sure you mean well. But don't be so quick to give healthy living advise to someone with a medical condition (or for that matter, really anyone) you don't know. Put yourself in their shoes - the point of this article really - how would you like unsolicited, judgmental advise about something you have little control over?
The poster probably dogmatically "knows" that fat people are lazy and bad.
This is essentially how it worked for me, too. I had a 2.92 overall GPA but showed them a 3.6 GPA in my major, and was provisionally admitted (based mostly on my letters of reference and work experience). It seems admissions and department heads have quite a bit of flexibility if you can convince them to apply it. :)
I am blown away by the bravery, I know I'd never be so bold.

Also confused why he didn't end up in prison on mysterious "pervert" charges out of the blue or even dead. And don't lecture me that is far fetched after this past year.
You're kind of quoting him out of context

> I believed, and still do believe, that statically typed languages are exactly what you want in the guts of your business logic.

He wasn't making a case against javascript for his shopping cart but rather against dynamic languages.

Now, you could certainly disagree with that as well, but it opens the discussion to a more correct one vs why you believe javascript is a mature language. Something the author actually agrees with.
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.. when that money is repatriated to the U.S. (e.g. upon paying himself).
I don't know why he's trying to turn this into some deepseated thought about "knowing your boundaries". It seems to me like his whole point is that naively templating one language with another is a bad idea (is is).

When I read the linkbait title, I implicitly thought "writing code? FIND your boundaries". Think threading is simple? Write something nontrivial with threads. Discover how outrageously hard threads are!
I don't believe we are reminded of this at all. People make ridiculous decisions today with no thinking of the future. It's a common fallacy on the mind. We think of our today "self" and not the grander "self" of from birth to death. If you think about the finite-ness of life you've live healthier and more productively.
Given that offence it taken and not given, I think you'd best define "offensive" first. Then decide if you left any room for humor.

IMHO, there is humor in weight, gender and race. The point is, is one trying to amuse or deliberately offend.

Aside form this specific issue, I notice a huge cultural difference between the US and the UK in this. In the UK, we "take the piss". Its what we do. We sort of use it to equalise each other. In the US, it seems different. I am reminded of a situation a UK comedian found himself it. He's in the US, eating out with US friends. A man walks in with a awful wig on. UK bloke instinctively takes the piss out of him. The US lot are not happy. Apparently when a ridiculous looking person walks in people are supposed to be some how supportive of the attempt to better himself. In the UK, its cause for a lot of micky taking.

Back to the case in point, even the subject is not objecting to the humor, she is objecting deliberately nasty comments specifically meant to be nasty. That has nothing what so ever to do with humor.

The line? Well, IMHO, the line is intent. Is the comment meant to be funny or nasty.

Lastly, have to ask, is obesity a specific US sensitivity? Seems from my POV that there is a hell of a lot of excuse making for obesity in the US that does not happen else where. Any suggestion that its the persons own doing, eating badly and not exercising, is stamped on like its some sort of heresy. Where as here its pretty much the accepted reason.
Obama got the peace prize without any evidence.
What on earth are you talking about? There is no law that says accredited investors get more information about an ETF than other investors. This does not happen.

Paul will not be able to provide a credible source because what he wrote is completely and totally wrong.

If I'm wrong I'll eat my hat, but I'm not wrong.
Thanks for pointing that out.

My thoughts exactly, except I compressed it into this.

I would be more embarrassed by the picture than I would be affected by the comments.

I attribute this to being used to how people act online. Knowing that it means nothing.