skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The problem is that for a real currency you ideally want inflation to match the growth of the economy. Fixed inflation rates (including 0) are decidedly non-optimal.
Nice sampling method!
Let's say you play blackjack and are dealt a 20. If you then hit and get an Ace, does that mean it was the right decision?
In this case they choose cancer , because

1.It's a large field, plenty of money.

2.Genetic/molecular cancer medicine is advancing rapidly, creating tons of data, which means This field will most likely be highly computerized anyway.

3.Machine learning is the core of genetic cancer medicine , and a lot of data could be really helpful.

4.Assuming this is the best approach to to do cancer medicine ,watson will have strong political allies on his side , since cancer frightens everyone , including powerfull people.
lol @ 'not as pretty as you think you are' - I think there is so much shallow beauty here you sometimes get desensitized. Your sense for quality people gets honed and you start to gravitate towards each other (if your genuinely looking). Hence why there is an strong but not well known intellectual and art culture here. The visibility is growing though, thanks to places like http://thelabmiami.com/
http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/08/defcon-excuse-me-while-i-t...

Related to that.
Funny how the first comment of that article links to an older HN submission:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3636047
If you currently held 0 BTC, would you spend a few thousand dollars on BTC now in anticipation of huge price increases later?
I shave my head every few days/weeks. The longest I've gone without shaving my head is probably three months.

I've been doing this for at least the last ten years, and mostly I manage to avoid cutting myself. That said if my hair is too long I never shave the day before a wedding, interview, or similar. Just in case I end up having to go with wounds!
Editorialized title much?
Gray Swan investing!
Is this even possible?- This looks like a big Farce
Freicoin takes the inflationary cryptocurrency idea:

http://freico.in/

PPcoin is also slightly inflationary, although it offers you an interest rate higher than the inflation rate if you participate in the validation process (basically like mining except you "mine" with your ppcoins rather than with your cpu cycles):

http://ppcoin.org

Personally, I don't mind the inflation/deflation argument too much; one thing I would like to see, however, is a coin with a semi-centralized distribution model - an organization bound by contract to give X units to every person in the world. Ripple could have been it, but they went with keeping the coins to themselves instead.
Temperature Below Absolute Zero in Practice
Could we ban the words "bubble" and "disrupt" from submission titles?
And Florida has a Melbourne too!
I've seen brain surgery in movies, surgeon pokes into some part of brain causing reaction.

If the above is true, I believe this technology would be totally do-able. I even hope we can use it to boost our brain, that would be totally awesome.

If this day ever come true, brain security researcher would totally become the hottest job ever :D
Oh no, something is showing the slightest glimmer of working, it must immediately be a bubble!
The analogy I was thinking of, is the situation where we find a alien computer, running a twisted raytracing doom. In which a Imp is hunted by hordes of humans with chainsaws. At some point we would probably have a bug compatible C version of this program. But does this mean that the original program consists of C?

But I agree, this is a rabbit hole. ( I am not as sure, that it is depthless. ) And of course, if we would need to carry all this meta physical baggage always, then we could not do anything of practical importance.
Flat rate is calculated on your total revenue including VAT, so for £2000/week your gains would be £52/week (£2000 * 1.20 * 0.855)
Inflation encourages a flight to other stores of value, houses for example, the problem is you're not encouraging investment based on ROI, its simply a drive to preserve value.

All you end up with is another monetized good which isn't actually constrained in the same way as gold or bitcoin leading to overproduction (tulips/houses) and a crash.
I've been having discussions about this with my brother about this recently (who is a million times smarter than me) and it's remarkable to me that all throughout school we think of matter at real, solid stuff we see around us while subatomic particles are virtual abstractions used to describe the solid, real stuff. I never could've understood quantum field theory in those days (and still probably don't for the most part), but from what I do understand it's turned my previous "knowledge" upside down - EVERYTHING is made up of fields or pure mathematical structures, even the empty space around us, and it's the matter and particles which we can see and feel that is a virtual abstraction made up of those fields.
"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" --JM Keynes

:-)
If you follow the bug links there was actually an attempt made to fix it, but it was rejected as being incomplete.

I haven't chased it up, but I think it's an important use-case.
If anyone finds this on google, and is having the same problem...

Because I was ssh-ing into the pi, in the config file, I had to change the localhost address to my pi's address on the lan. Then access it via that lan address with the suggested port.
Or the many headlines about SR acted as sort of advertising.
Apple almost never revolutionize technologies they turn them into businesses which is quite different IMO.
I lived in South Florida for 5 years, and have lived in the Bay Area since 1986, and you have described what I consider one of the essential differences between the two places. There was an article in a local business magazine or the business section of the paper when I was living in South Florida about the new CEO of the local power company (Florida Power and Light). The new CEO was quoted as saying that one of his mantras is, "The customer has my money in his pocket; how do I get it?" which was presented as a good mantra to have; and the CEO was presented as a man to be admired.

Being the (unofficial) world headquarters of a large industry that does more good than harm probably contributes greatly to making the Bay Area a good place for people like you and I to live (although it is good to remember that being the world headquarters of another such industry did not protect Detroit from becoming what I consider a very bad place to live).

P.S. your history should probably mention the time in the 1970s when South Florida was the cocaine-smuggling capital of the US.
Yes, it'll show up on a Mac as Apple's logo.

http://imgur.com/GS6E3gi
THE FLOPPY ROM: Software Distributed on Records [1977]
How many of us today could write working software in less then 48k?
Orders don't take long. Most of the time (i.e. when the exchange is operating normally and isn't down) they pretty much just happen so long as you know, the orders can match with other orders. If you buy 10BTC at market rates and tell mtgox that you don't really care what you pay for it, then it'll just go ahead and do it. There's not much waiting involved other than the web interface refreshing, which isn't strictly necessary since you could trade by API too if you'd prefer that.
I have never had the impression that Apple had revolutionized power supplies. Honestly, I am happy if I am not forced to use a three-pin plug and the power supply works reliably.
Thanks for the advice guys, Baliw, i'll be sending you a message shortly.

My impression is that a lot of the advice which can be applied to freelance coders (but not all) can also be used across the board as applied to writers, so I've periodically been looking through the Ask forum here for tips when I can find them.
Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data
Github Down...
Report: Microsoft Office continues to dominate the productivity software race
Give me some Hollywood tech jagon
wanted to take things to the next level

I feel compelled to do that, too. Sometimes I think it's a curse.

Right now, I'm working on the same engineering problems that Twitter and Facebook have already solved[1] for a tiny, underfunded startup in San Diego, and I can't just do what Twitter or Facebook did and get paid for it. I have to do it better, "take it to the next level".

I feel absolutely compelled to do something that would make my engineering buddies go: how the fuck did you do that? Oh well—at least I still get paid either way. :)

[1] Or did they? Now that I've spent time in that space, I've developed a taxonomy of how social networks are constructed and grow, and it's obvious (at least to me) that what we've got today is like the Altavista of search engines, just waiting for a Google to come along and apply superior algorithms and data center design and kick some ass. We'll see.
An exchange will allow you to trade instantly; the moment your sell/buy orders go through, the btc/usd is available in your account for usage, however getting USD into the exchanges can take some time and in the case of mtgox, getting USD out is almost impossible (it's why the price at mtgox is about 10% higher than elsewhere). Your location matters most, if you're in Europe you could get money into Bitstamp within a couple of hours if you pay for a fast transfer and once it's in you can trade instantly.
> As for macro-evolution, there is a mountain of evidence including the genetic similarity, the geographic distribution of animals, the fossil record, etc.

genetic similarity: When (if) you code, do you invent a new language for every project you do, or do you use the same toolset for several - if not all - of the things you do? Genetic similarity, as the use of a common genetic code for all known life, can be an argument for a creator. It simply depends on what assumptions you make - and this isn't rationalization any more than the mainstream interpretation is, it simply depends on what lens you use.

geographic distribution: Most of that is just adaptation, with which I have no problem at all. (assuming I understand your argument correctly)

fossil record: There are more "missing links" than there is a chain. We don't even have a nearly complete representation for the evolution that led to a few species known today, and there's even less evidence for the development of the larger features...
"At launch" it was worthless.
Mid NYC Hack day. This is mildly inconvenient...
I think Raleigh is the best bang for the buck for tech, food, drink, and residence anywhere in the U.S.

Downtown Raleigh has art festivals, music festivals (Hopscotch, Wide Open Bluegrass), Red Hat amphitheater, and Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts (including Meymandi Concert Hall, Fletcher Opera Theater, Kennedy Theater, Memorial Auditorium), etc. There are a lot of great restaurants within walking distance of some nice/fun bars. You don't even have to walk or ride; they have a Trolley you can ride for free (or rent!), a Trolley Pub (bike bar), rickshaws, etc. There are clubs (various kinds and each age groups), but that's not as much my scene anymore. They are to a saturation point with microbrewing companies in the area, they have so many: http://www.ncbeer.org/brewery-map/ And that's not all of Raleigh, e.g. North Hills has been having great free outdoor concerts with a few great bars (and a great grocery store if you want to be cheap) right next to it, which has been our fav recently. It is basically everything you love about a "small town" (great people, community, lower cost of living) in a well-educated and resourced area (NCSU, UNC-CH, Duke Univ. and too many tech companies to mention) with plenty of great places to eat and things to do.

But, Durham has DPAC, lots of great restaurants, a good startup scene, including areas devoted to startups like the Underground in the American Tobacco District next to DPAC and the Durham Bulls ballpark (where they do concerts, too.), etc.

And for the best hole-in-the-wall places to eat, you just have to ask around enough, like anywhere else. It might be a hot pot Chinese place in some random Morrisville strip mall, etc.
status is here: https://status.github.com/
What's funny is that I actually liked what is considered the worst Apple mouse in history: the hockey puck mouse. For some reason, I just liked it.
A computer simulation isn't coherent in any way without a program. That most certainly points to a creator. Same as with playdough or clay: no animal or farm is gonna make itself.
Rails Rumble weekend. Inconvenient for us too.
Large is relative. I thought Owl, Osprey. Ostrich (another comment) is of course larger. Guess your answer depends on your training set.
Very interesting. Great job!

No xhr queries detected in firebug and firefox console. Its is done without AJAX? How its working? Thanks.
Actionable metrics for SaaS vs Bullshit Metrics
And yet, there are so many layers of abstraction under everything that it all still feels no faster than it all di in the late 90's...

We don't need to develop extremely high abstractions yet. Not until all the layers below are optimised.
I also round them up, but in doing so, it makes me think about the fact that the price doesn't reflect the 'value' of the product: If they hadn't rounded it to ₤X.99, would it have been more or less? How much of that is profit?…
Me either, I didn't realise it was a common misconception.
Thanks for the summary. Reading articles is so 5 years ago.

From what I've read it seems that Reddit is unprofitable more by choice than by anything else though. They refuse any serious attempt to monetize with ads, thinking (foolishly, I would say) that it would scare their audience away. The types of ads they do run are silly and light-hearted. An Amazon affiliate ad for the book "Crafting With Cat Hair" was a personal favorite. So while you do have a valid point -- they're not (or barely) profitable, I think it should be framed in this context for understanding: they're not profitable by choice. I personally don't think making a switch and putting "real" ads up on their site would make a damn bit of difference. Why should anyone care? They're a business, they should make money. People are used to ads. They're No Big Deal at all. Besides, where else would be people go? It's not like there's a better alternative.
- Bitcoin? Sounds interesting but I am not going to waste CPU cycles on it. This will never be of any real value!

- Bitcoin seems to be steadily growing. Well, as soon as they realize it is worth nothing, it will return back to non-existency.

- Yeah, this is definitely a fad. It is growing too fast. No way I am going to mine.

- So, mining at home is redundant now. Well, don't picture me buying into it! It can collapse any second.

- Haha, it collapsed. Good grief. No way I am buying all the leftovers. This will never recover.

- Recovering? This will be temporarily. Bitcoin has no future.

- A new peak? Well too late to step in, now. Just wait for the new burst.

- Yet another peak!? This is the last one. Buying now would be stupid.

- Bitcoin heading towards $(peak of some arbitrary rounded number), new bubble forming

Every time.
Surely this isn't a huge issue due to the decentralised nature of git? Just set up a box/VPS with SSH access and add everyone's public keys to it?
Well, where do physics come from? That's a huge problem right there.

As for the creator of God, that problem is easily solved with the bible: God is the one who is. He is the only one who always was, and always will be. He is everything and the cause of everything.
It's funny that you mention the food being a vegetarian... the food is way more awesome with meat in Miami :) Cubans are known for their pork, beef, and seafood. The 3$ meals you can get at a Cuban dive in Miami put almost everything I've found in Austin to shame.
Exactly. On shorting a bubble:the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Stating the obvious but it will never happen if you don't do anything about it.. As a developer meetups and hackerspaces could be a great way to start. It worked for me. Turning up the first time is the hardest. It's still difficult after that but it's a little easier each time until finally it's a pleasure most of the time.
Why?

I'd wager most of us are happy with the concept that it's being presented on CodePen with a bit of helper JS so that the target audience (developers who are unlikely to disable JS, or are happy to enable it for a site like CodePen) can better appreciate the demo.
Social Networking App for IOS and Android
Is there any way to get an SMS notification or iOS notification, when something like this happens?

I don't always check the frontpage of HN nor GitHub's status Twitter feed.
While domain specific languages are important , i believe most abstraction today happens at the library/tool level. Yes, some of them use text files and exact instruction, but are still high level.

And with machine learning , we don't even spell every step.
Of course, but it's still an inconvenience. No time for delays! But then again I'm sitting here commenting on HN, so I can't really talk...
Github down...
Except for the Canadian southern Midwest....
Executive feelings
Right when the Echonest rep returns from an evening of sleep, those of us up all night working lose access to HIS code. Ha!
As an American, I'm used to our system, but I don't like it ... but, the tricky part in the US is that sales tax(es) aren't national, so prices differ at state, county, city, and sub-city areas. I single café can build the tax price into their prices, which I do see occasionally, but there's no way to advertise a price of a something, including the tax, nationally (or even across all of my city, Minneapolis, for example).
Why Atlanta Is A Legit Alternative To SF/NY
To be fair, the System/360 (which was the first to run the classic OS/360 operating system) was released in '64[1], and was replaced in the '70s by the S/370.

Certainly mainframes were in use prior to the '70s, but the S/360 was the first "classic" mainframe in that it was designed for both business & scientific use[2], and it wasn't until the 70's that they began to become more popular in areas outside their traditional use.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360

[2]
I'm British, but I thought I had seen something along these lines for the US. Here's the UK version: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mps/
Very relevant - Market emotions cycle:

http://cuffelinks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/AO-cycles.png
The drivers are an interesting point. People in Miami drive way too aggressively. In Texas, I found the opposite in Austin. People here are passive to the point where it's dangerous. Someone will come to a full stop slamming on their breaks from about 40 MPH because they got scared of merging onto the highway fairly regularly.
Now that every gamer has a multi-core processor, couldn't you allocate n-1 of them to the game with guaranteed non-preemption, and have one core where pre-emption can occur?
"GitHub.com is currently unavailable for emergency maintenance."

Oxymoron?
Li-Fi Turns Every Lightbulb Into an Ultra-Fast Wireless Network
Let other people suggest alternative titles and let the community vote on the best title! Less work for you and you get good titles and the first person to submit the story doesn't have special privilege.
Does Github need to be the second Twitter ? ( i mean replace Ruby with Scala ).
pagerduty
http://www.pagerduty.com/
The First Tech Visionary (Ada Lovelace )
Which, however, is on the "Space Coast". :)
What about the prove for usage of contextual menu? I'm pretty sure people use it quite regularly especially when they are browsing the web, editing text in word processor, post processing images with Photoshop or editing video in Final Cut Pro.

I for one, use it everyday to open links in a new tab. Cmd+click doesn't work on every website you know.
Where do the rules of physics come from? (i.e., where does nature come from)
That's exactly why (i'm assuming) PG doesn't want HN users re-writing the headlines. Its sort of like saying take 1 level of PR spin, and then discuss. The other option is take 2 levels of PR spin, and then discuss. The problem with the latter is that you end up with a matrix: AA AB BB BA, two of which are worse...
Exactly my point, thank you.
If everything is natural,where does nature come from?
According to the Steve Jobs quote, it isn’t:

“Rod doesn't get a lot of credit for this in the history books but he should.”
I don't follow this too closely but a lot of the times they go down it's just to a malicious DDOS not just regular heavy traffic - would switching help?
Flagged. Link to the status page please: https://status.github.com/
Tech startups gezocht als visitekaartje voor Europa
How many legitimate real world services and products currently accept Bitcoins? I understand it is only the Chinese search engine. I also take it for granted that any major Euro/US-based organization (be it Google or Domino's Pizza) that starts accepting Bitcoins will instantly face very serious political repercussions. Given these facts it is astonishing that Bitcoin seems to be heading from strength to strength.
Excellent question! :)

Have the same feeling (I think): If you sacrifice "global" entanglement then you're probably not doubling the "reachable" state/solution space with every new qubit.

The fact that D-wave seem able to double number of qubits every year while general purpose quantum computer qubit count seems to grow more linearly with time is in my mind one reason to be skeptical of the whole approach.
Looks good but it weighs around 2 pounds! There are lighter laptops ;-)
I suspect braces vs begin/end pair played a big role in this, other than that I think you are correct.
by 2015 google will be accepting bitcoin
When will it be time for Go to go?
How about the more practical question: does it solve any classes of problems faster than an equivalently priced classic computer? What are these problems?

...if they don't come up with answers to this questions that are easy for business persons to understand, then we can only think that they are playing "fake it 'till we make it" on US gov's money. And if, god forbid, they don't make it, we'll be in for a "quantum computing winter(s)" just like we had the "AI winter(s)" because of smart assholes that played a similar game... and boy we have a lot to "thank" them for!
wireshark says like "encrypted allert"

saw https packets
A thread on Hacker News will teach them a lesson in uptime!
Why no contact details? Is this a side project? If so, kudos to you on the execution. very slick.
i see they're updating their market data with socket.io.
but the graph bit is nicely made. Anyone knows how they're doing it with canvas?
Just saw the movie "Jobs" where some time is spent on the features of the power supply. Having not heard of this before, I went searching and found this page. It is older and associated with the release of the original book biography, but still interesting. Figured others might share a curiosity about this facet of the story...
actually they do this regularly in brain surgery. For treatment of parkinsons they place a device that stimulates the damaged part. The device can be turned on and off and the amplitude and frequency of the stimulation can be altered.

A misplacement device or wrong frequency means loss of high level cognitive function (e.g. the patient can't talk, or move part of their body). Hence this type of operation is done with the patient awake, so the surgeon can fiddle with placement and frequency knobs and ask the patient questions in real time. I have seen videos of a person losing the ability to talk, then the surgeon changing something and they can speak again. The surgeon dialled down the device and the patient started shaking from parkinsons, then turn it up and fix the shaking.