skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It boils down to learning a handful of languages enough that you can make some meaningful contributions or a single language deep enough that you can have a meaningful discussion. Neither approach forgoes learning fundamental theory. I equate learning to master C like learning to master a particular instrument like the violin; it requires knowledge of the instrument's construction, the physics of how it produces sound, and a host of other details that must be mastered before one can really make it sing.

I can study music theory for years and it won't help me play the violin well. It will make composition easier and assist me as I adapt myself to the instrument. However one still has to master the instrument and I see the two being complementary and distinct skills.

The metaphor holds together when you start thinking about the breadth of languages available. For example, my primary instrument is guitar. I've been playing for years and have a good grasp of it. However I recently took up the violin so that I could learn to fiddle and play some bluegrass and Irish folk tunes. I still can't play a single tune well on the violin but my knowledge of string instruments and music theory is certainly making my adoption faster than someone who is starting from the very beginning.

However one must be careful with breadth. I could try to learn to play the mandolin after I've "finished," with the violin. And perhaps a banjo after that. However mastery requires a deep, intimate knowledge: you have to spend time with an instrument, learn its quirks, and practice with it every day. Even the best guitar players practice every day. You don't have enough time in this world to master every stringed instrument.

Harder still is the transition to a completely different class of instrument. Mastering drums and guitar is not impossible but rather difficult as knowledge of one doesn't offer much in learning about the other. Learning C is one thing but learning Common Lisp is learning an entirely different model of computation. Having a grasp of the fundamental theories will help some here but nothing you know about C compilers will help you to understand CL (and vice versa). So be even more suspicious of the depth of a programmer's knowledge if they list more than a few languages on their resume if those languages span entire classes of computational models.

And I don't think there's enough time in this world for even a very competent programmer to say they are a master of more than one or two languages.

Update Added a paragraph on computational models and expanded the instrument metaphor.
> Did those documents ever get released publically or just to AP?

Most likely, the AP requested them, either informally or via an FOIA request, and they were released directly to the AP.

Or they were provided to the AP by someone outside of official channels.
This looks helpful: http://berlinstartupjobs.com/
It's the threat thereof that persuades compliance. If you try hard enough to do & keep doing something illegal, there is no limit which the state is unwilling to go to in coercing compliance.
> tools of last resort only to be used in emergencies, with great hesitation, and only when absolutely necessary

Does that exclude post surgery recovery to prevent infection? Or are you saying that people should get the infection first then it should be treated after?
Only for mainframe (Z OS).
RAII.
Plivo Rolls Out Free Trial Account that Lets You Do Voice Calls and SMS
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/durability_...

DOE targets 5k hrs of operation for fuel cells used in transportation. I haven't been able to find an hours of operation for batteries. Wikipedia gins up some numbers to claim 10 to 20 years life expectancy. On the whole it seems batteries are in the lead at this point, but both are near the expected baseline for automobiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_battery
How Box.com allowed a complete stranger to delete all my files
While the rest of the article has some really great points, what I really love about this is all in the beginning and is perfectly summed up with this quote by Professor Daniel H. Cohen (in which he is conceding victory to a hypothetical opponent):

> "So who won that argument? Well, the war metaphor seems to force us into saying you won, even though I’m the only one who made any cognitive gain."

I've been practicing something similar for at least half a decade now. I call it (with a strong sense of irony), "I'm Always Right." By learning how to be wrong ALL THE TIME, I'm actually becoming increasingly ALWAYS RIGHT.

The hardest part is being able to see when somebody else is actually making a better point than I am.[1]

Then I 'lose' the argument by agreeing with them. In the bigger scheme of things, I've actually won because I've just gained something - new knowledge and a new point of view. My intellectual 'opponent' has gained nothing but a temporary feeling of victory. I'm actually happy for both of us. This isn't some trick. I really do change my mind about things all the time as I learn more and listen more. After a while, being wrong feels so right. :-)

[1] The REAL challenge is to recognize this EVEN if you are actually doing a much better job of debating (or think you are) than your 'opponent'.
Ah, so the old "you don't like my pull request, so I will tell people you're not Open Source". Classic.
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The reason that shouting "fire" is considered dangerous isn't because people get scared, but rather that people tend to stampede, which actually gets people physically harmed or killed. The analogy of "shouting BOO in a theater" doesn't carry quite the same weight.
Why we cannot sign your license/support agreements.
An alternate view to "Sign Everything"
T-Mobile offering 200MB/mo tablet data free every month
Is WebP really "worse" than JPEG, or just about the same, or not a substantial improvement? The real question is, what if you don't compare WebP to JPEG, but instead, compare it to APNG, then how does the calculus come out?

If I prepare two animated/transparent images of 100 frames today, what is the filesize of APNG vs WebP?

To me that's the real question. My social network streams are filled full of animated GIFs now and they are huge. The G+ mobile client uses WebP for these and the savings are substantial.
Universe's most distant galaxy discovered
And how much energy is lost charging batteries? Because there are no native sources for charged Tesla battery packs. You're either using electricity to charge them at your house (with 60% lost in transmission) or charging them closer to the power plant.

It's more efficient to simply use hydrogen.

I don't understand why anyone would be convinced by arguments like this that don't include numbers, when you can make the argument sound equally valid on either side of the debate.
If you're a remote worker and most of the employees are working out of an office (or offices), then this is definitely true. It's a different story if the company culture is built around remote working.
The Conceptual Framing of Geoengineering
Raphael has a really complex abstraction that does loads of magic to make it work on IE.

So I'm guessing this way they can map directly to SVG and not worry about breaking APIs and compatibility.
That is completely irrational that airport security would consider banning frozen water some kind of improvement in their performance. A liquid explosive would have a freezing point way below that of water. The freezing point of toluene is too low to be practical for anyone to carry a frozen lump of it. Frozen water would be obviously water and obviously harmless.
Open Whisper Systems's “Winter Break Of Code,” a week-long free trip to Kauai
Keen IO Raises $2.35M For Its Custom Analytics Platform
Here's Ballard's 10-year stock performance:

https://www.google.ca/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&c...

Obama cut funding for fuel cell research a few years ago:

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/obama-to-...
You need to learn the history of HN and realize that Lisp is the original hacker language.

As for assembly, there's been several lists of "free" computer books post that have included assembly tutorials.
One possible solution is renewable energy.

All current renewable energy sources have one big flaw. They produce energy when the circumstances are right, not when required. Beacause of this they cause issues in the energy grid.

If we could build water cracking facilities at the right scale with the right characteristics, that could help offset the efficiency/cost issues.

And on the issue of high pressure fire bombs, gas powered cars are pretty common here in Europe and those things are pretty safe. There are numerous safety features, not to mention that gas tanks are pretty tough vessels.

Edit: On the topic of fire bombs. I have today learned that one would not want Hydrogen tank in his vehicle.
That's not the editor. That looks like an experiment that sets up an ACE editor with TextMate syntax highlighting. The Lime editor is written mainly in Go.
> If it were selling devices, then software updates for older devices (other than bugs and security/safety) would make no sense.

On the other hand, I am more likely to buy an expensive device, knowing that updates will be available. In my mind, updates help the device retain its usefulness and value.
Very true, but it still feels reasonable to me for the larger version, which is likely more expensive to create, to be priced higher, even if more people genuinely prefer the smaller size regardless of price.
Security theater has gone way beyond a cost justifiable by placating the ignorant. Where is the utilitarian argument?
I'm pretty sure an X-Prize-style $10 Billion tax free for the next antibiotic from the government[1] would probably get something done. Given our needs, the $10B would be cheap. Heck, buy the next 3 or 4 discovered.

1) assuming said government exempts the company from court claims on the approved drug
I think you seriously underestimate just how many lives antibiotics save. Sure, for your tooth extraction they were completely unnecessary and your doctor is either a bit of an idiot or there were other compelling reasons to suspect that antibiotics might be beneficial. But healthcare-wise I would not want to go back to the 1920, no sir. Without antibiotics, medical routine procedures will become life-threatening again (that said, I don’t share the article’s pessimism; yes, it’s bad – but there will be solutions).
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Killing bacteria is easy. The trick is killing bacteria without harming ourselves. Soaps can be massively more "brutal" in terms of the mechanisms that destroy bacteria than what antibiotics can, and so the evolutionary steps that would have to occur for resistance are vastly larger, and would mean changing them in many different directions.

E.g. it does not help if a bacteria can survive a soap if it is still physically flushed away.

We also have a massive escalation ladder for external detergents beyond basic soaps that include a near infinite number of substances of increasing brutality than our arsenal of antibiotics. Essentially anything that will not harm us much with relatively limited exposure, yet will physically disrupt small organism. We can wash our hands in bleach. Or various acids. Or any of numerous agents that are massively disruptive on biological organisms through basic chemistry or even by being physically abrasive.

We don't even particularly need to care if we kill off a fairly substantial number of our own skin cells in the process.

If we had the same arsenal available for fighting bacteria internally as what we can safely apply externally, we'd be in a fantastic position.
I think it can be both.

For example, in the Apple context, they commoditize software (including operating systems, mobile apps, and desktop apps) in order to make their platform attractive and appealing, and then make their money through high profit margins on hardware sales. An operating system is a special case of software, since it's so much more intimate with the Apple-designed and controlled hardware than most (any?) other applications.

In this case, creating their own software is a cost that makes money indirectly, by making their hardware and their platform more attractive. And certainly, more apps and cheaper apps (commodity) available for Apple computers (non-commodity) is good for Apple, whether those apps come from Apple themselves or from external developers. (Obviously having both is good for different reasons - in house, you have more control; external apps create a developer base with lock-in).
Startups tend to die (not go anywhere) after being acquired by eBay. I'm just hoping this isn't another one of those cases.

I don't think eBay can really outdo Amazon. The only thing that could happen is that Amazon could stop "killing it" allowing their service to degrade until it's at the level of everyone else. I always price compare when buying, and I usually end up going with Amazon. Usually because they are cheaper, but sometimes because of the convenience (long history, shipping speed) even when they aren't the cheapest option. eBay doesn't have that kinda hook. Also, every time I buy something on eBay there ends up being something wrong with it. Even these days.
What a fantastic application! I wish more companies operated like the Pixelmator Team
It was designed for Bootstrap in the sense that it originally served as a drop-in webfont replacement for the image-based icons in Bootstrap. Bootstrap had <i class="icon-bookmark">, and adding FontAwesome just made that render as a font glyph instead of an image with no extra work.
That's quite good.
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I still don't think that justifies the use of them.
Are you aware of the writings of Ernst Mayr[1]?

In his book 'Toward a New Philosophy of Biology" there is a chapter on this very topic - how teleonomy has pervaded almost all of Biological science and how teleological statements, which are just plain incorrect, are the major way in which Biological processes are explained. I think this has only increased in severity and effect as we have consolidated our systems level view of the world and I've often been in awe of the general ignorance toward fundamental principals such as this.

My own personal take on the situation?

I think it is a very dangerous and ignorant thing for our species to continue with it's genetic hegemony of our ecosystems, creating vast evolutionary plateaus where the slightest advantage can run amok and adapt into something that could wipe out entire species. There is _probably_ enough genetic diversity in humans to avoid this, but I doubt so amongst our crops and livestock.

But I share your optimism/pragmatism in that I feel our human ingenuity will overcome, and if so then the prizes are great indeed. From new drug delivery systems and entirely new ways of treating illnesses, to a more mature approach to our interactions with the biological inheritance we have here on Earth 1.0 - I would like to see our crops and livestock diversified, farming practices overhauled to focus on the long term and most importantly more serious study devoted to analysing and utilising the solutions evolution has put in front of us for the taking.

Not only are these things (IMHO) essential to the prolonged survival of our species, they are also achievable. The organic farming movement took only a generation to go from grass roots to industry standard (and I know there is all sorts of controversy surrounding it but the point is that the industry IS open to disruption), here in the UK there is a debate simmering under the surface of the popular media that could end in more wild deer providing venison for the pot, Canadian geese too, and everyone knows of the whole insect protein debate, and the practical applications of bio-tech and nano-tech are only getting more interesting as the fields begin to find their feet.

[1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Mayr]
Splitting into a generic back end that deals with data means you can adapt different UIs to it. For example, you could provide a native app such as Cocoa without having to rewrite the entire app for that GUI framework.
Can it save 16-bit tifs? I've searched but didn't find any mention.
I feel like this is outside of Font Awesome's remit.
Absolutely loved reading this. He actually describes the "how" process from Day 1 to Day 7. These kind of posts always make me feel awesome and terrible at the same time. Awesome that it is so possible to build something that people actually want but terrible that people like me are still wondering where to start. Damn I need to start talking to my Patrick Rhones.
You could probably compare kids in the developing world versus kids in the developed world.
How to make a Wikipedia page that will stick and not break your budget
Is it though? Politicians are elected by majority, but their actions aren't really decided by majority. That has been shown time and time again, perhaps especially after Snowden.

Either way, a majority outcry to implement X doesn't mean an alternative solution Y should be disregarded.
HN doesn't need to take on responsibility for managing your disappointment level.

The link is useful for anyone who wants to check out the link, see someone's work, and provide feedback.

The linked-to product/app/service is usable by anyone who is interested enough and has the requisite platform or device(s).

Your devices do not determine the usefulness of someone else's work.
Why Remote Teams Are the Future (and How to Make Them Work)
Big-O Notation Made Simple
I don't know why you were down voted; you had a logical argument. There's no greed like short term greed.
Antibiotics on the other hand, present a classic limited pool resource allocation problem

While reading the article, that's what I was thinking: even if I limit my antibiotics use, it won't help me since this affects everyone, not just people who abuse antibiotics…
Oh my, that sounds like a serious Career Ending Event for someone.
High-availability options for MySQL, October 2013 update
Or to put it a different way: extinction happens all the time. Entire branches of evolution are lost to its inability to adjust to rapid change. That bacteria evolve doesn't mean we can't beat them.
Nobody's gonna beat a vet with a rubber hose because they gave a cow antibiotics.
Ask HN: Do you know great any sleeping pattern?
Any links or explanation for good sleeping patterns would be appreciated.I am trying to maximize my productivity.
I'm not sure "open source" has anything to do with this. Selling developer tools has always been a big risk even when the more likely scenario was another developer selling a closed source alternative to your tool.

Sublime Text itself was very much "inspired" by TextMate back when both of them were commercial and closed source.
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> It's about selling apps, not hardware.

Apple makes very little from app sales, profits from iTunes purchases (including both App Stores) are under $1 billion a year. Apple rakes in tens of billions in profits a year from Mac sales, and even that is a minor business compared to profits from iOS device sales.
> Something COTS?

Probably outside of the transmission/receiver. Choosing a conventional speed allows them to use plenty of off-the-shelf electronics (FEC chips, etc) and then focus on the transmission.
the wounds microsoft has inflicted over the last 20 years are not easily forgotten.
That is indeed what I was saying- save for the fact there might be some evidence that requires special privilege to access, or might exist in the observations of some of those who were involved.
Perhaps the more important practice is to establish visibility into which areas of your code are the performance bottlenecks. If you're developing in an environment where you're comfortable quickly profiling things with low friction, then it's much easier to know where to spend your time optimizing data structures and algorithms.
That's interesting, I live in the UK and most of the people think I'm German as well :)
So if it had been "making it illegal for corporations to spill contaminants in local water supplies", this would also be considered violence, in your eyes?

I, for one, think we should pass laws that prevent people from doing harmful things to society..
> Only human beings have science labs and clinical research studies to come up with new defenses against the thoughtless, largely immobile threats from other living things

We're giving bacteria (which reproduce rapidly and mutate quickly) the perfect natural science lab to mutate and select for antibiotic resistance. There are 10^14 bacterial cells in the human body vs only 10^13 human cells [1]. Their reproductive cycle is over one million times faster than ours.

We're creating the perfect conditions for rapid evolution of these organisms. This system is executed by billions of billions of bacteria continuously and we're trying to combat that evolution with a few thousand humans in labs.

It seems to me that the take-away here is we need better engineering of our own solutions and we need to find a way stop enabling this rapid evolution of bacteria.

[1] http://dx.doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev.mi.31.100177.000543
You might find this useful: http://www.serfdom.io/intro/use-cases.html
It's different. Icomoon is brilliant for creating a preset group of icons which will be used in a predictable way. But sometimes, especially during prototyping, you don't know which icons you'll want. Just being able to include a pretty thorough library which renders consistently and gives you a decent level of control is a nice weight off your mind. It would be nice to have a subsetting tool, but imo that's what Icomoon's for.

Btw, you can save fonts in Icomoon - just click on the save icon in the bottom right and it'll save a settings json file which can be reimported.
Nice work man! It's fun going from idea to customers so quickly. We did the same thing in 10 days.
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0 is GA
As of Fast Image Cache 1.1, we now use ARC. Profiling it both ways, I didn't observe any noticeable changes to performance.
I agree with you, but we need to be cautious with washing hands. The CDC have a nice document about "when is clean too clean?" which mentions the problems with people who have to clean their hand frequently. Damaged skin can harbour bacteria, and can make it harder to remove those bacteria.

(http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0225_article.htm)

> Skin hygiene, particularly of the hands, is a primary mechanism for reducing contact and fecal-oral transmission of infectious agents. Widespread use of antimicrobial products has prompted concern about emergence of resistance to antiseptics and damage to the skin barrier associated with frequent washing. This article reviews evidence for the relationship between skin hygiene and infection, the effects of washing on skin integrity, and recommendations for skin care practices.
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I've bought Pixelmator twice now. Once on the App Store and once before. $30 is IMO way too little to pay for an app of this quality.

Very happy to see Pixelmator continue to enjoy some well-deserved success.
I like them all. But seriously, I really wish all of these would roll into http://startupgenome.com instead of having their own sites.
As far as I can tell from my software timings,
likely revenue from ads as I need to scale, and Microsoft's
prices, I should be able to afford Microsoft
as I scale.

But at some point, if Microsoft's charges to me are so
high I could hire a good team to
refactor and convert my code to
Linux and OSS, then I could save money.
I have to believe that Microsoft has seen
that issue before and has responses to it.
This is awesome. One of the problems I've had with Raphael is that it's explicitly not supposed to be an SVG library, so SVG-specific features tend to go unsupported. SVG groups are probably the most obvious example of this.
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