skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The problem is that "competent staff" are still under conditions of low information, deluged with resumes from unsuitable candidates, and lacking suitable discriminating power between the resumes they do see. I'd encourage you to look through 100 random resumes online and try to decide who you'd hire; most likely, you will pick someone like yourself, not someone who's best for the job. In other words, don't hate the player, hate the game, because otherwise you will end up hating yourself.

I think what's ultimately needed is a way to reveal more information about a candidates' abilities in a very short amount of time. Contract-to-hire works for this, but has the problem that many candidates (and in particular, good candidates) don't have time to devote to a project that may lead to a job. So does tokenadult's persistent suggestion of a work-sample test (and HireArt's implementation), but these both have the problem of being able to cut down an employee's daily duties into a small problem that can be given as a short task. Many of the skills that a really experienced employee brings to the table are only evident on long, hard, extremely challenging problems.
A country is an abstract concept. On the battlefield, it is represented by its soldiers in uniform. There is no Uncle Sam in a uniform who represents the "US" collectively.

If I take your argument to the extreme, it'll be tough to hold any army anywhere in the world to account. Because they can always attribute it to "individuals".
Sounds like cosmoline. My ex-military 1987 Land Rover Defender was slathered in the stuff, presumably by its previous owner, the British Army. It smells awful and coincidentally, a lot like cat piss. It's nearly impossible to remove, requiring a solvent like diesel fuel or mineral spirits.

Anyhow, back to the topic, I tend to agree with one of the commenters on the Dell forums. This doesn't sound like glue, or preservative, or actual cat piss. This sounds like a defect in the plastics manufacturing process, perhaps a bad batch of some component chemical. Not sure if these laptops came from China but tainted or counterfeit industrial products are common there. It's possible that a sub-contractor or sub-sub-contractor manufactured these plastic pieces and they slipped by QC. I can't imagine a laptop manufacturer even doing "smell testing" on their products and it's easy to see how this might have escaped notice by the assembly line workers, especially if they're working in a factory town with awful air pollution.
I wasn't planning on buying an iPad Air, as I'm still happy with my iPad 2, but that comparison chart on the first page really sold me that the iPad Air is the first real upgrade to the iPad 2.

My only complaint is I want high capacity, and I find it so ridiculous that to go from 16GB to 64GB I have to pay $200 extra. Two hundred dollars for 48GB. I think the last time I paid that much for 48GB was ten years ago.

Edit:

I wish Apple would put a microSD reader on the iPad. Purely for storage expansion. I realize they don't do this because it would basically kill their storage upgrade options and they'd probably lose money. No one would feel compelled to upgrade beyond 16GB.

microSD readers exist on the smallest devices nowadays, so form factor or weight is certainly no excuse.
This ATM has everything to do with promoting bitcoins as a legitimate currency. If they started off with no user ID then all the publicity would focus in on the usefulness for drug dealers and money laundering.
Security is reductionist. Once your system is broken it doesn't matter how or where, it just is. If you need SSL, you must use it. You cannot hack around it, since the attacker will simply MITM you without it, or find a side channel to load the malicious code and then use one of the dozens of flexibilities in the JS runtime to get your sensitive info.

The opposite is also true: if your SSL setup is compromised (e.g. Leaked private key), client side crypto does nothing to protect you since the attacker can just MITM your crypto code inside the runtime, get data out of the DOM, etc.

There are no cases left where client side crypto provides any additional security. Some future server-browser model might change that, but not anything that exists on the web currently.
I personally think that "provides only snapshot isolation" and "provides ACID transactions on a single machine, but sharding, caching, and failover will likely violate them as you try to scale" are very different statements. The different isolation modes does not violate ACID transactions and only describe the semantic in more details. I would make a claim that majority of applications can use any isolation mode with ACID transactions as long as application developers understand what exactly going on.
True, but that still mirrors the successful wrote responses in the UNIX file system, right?
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Or you know is tired of seeing every thread turning to an Apple flame.
There is an interesting post on this. I have to restart mail every 20 mins if I want full email functionality. I forward several email addresses to a gmail account as a way of backing up email. It seems to be (not 100% sure) this arrangement that makes all accounts go offline regularly, or at least say they are. Strangely I can still send all, and receive some email. I keep meaning to knuckle down and fix it once and for all, but I dislike email so much that I can't bring myself to invest time in it. So I keep wasting time.
http://tidbits.com/article/14219
It's terrible, the way politicians fear social media. On the flip side, there have been real instances of panic spreading widely through the internet.
Actually, the intent is to terrorize. You are utilizing systematic violence to coerce an entire population for political reasons, and deliberately targeting or disregarding the safety of non-combatants to achieve this goal.

There also isn't a war in Waziristan. Your comparison to WWII is total BS
Classed by whom?

I certainly define it this way. Many others do, too.
Thanks, it's much appreciated.
Ah, thanks for the link.

It's easy to forget how small the RAM budgets still are in some parts of the embedded world.
Have you tried/used the iPad Air? How can you pass a judgment on something based on reviews when the reviewer himself is asserting something opposite to you?
Hopefully, they get these things all over the place. The feature that interests me a lot more is being able to WITHDRAW money from the ATM. This can replace your regular ATM card.
I get this too but on a few k emails - definitely less than 10k.
Hopefully this is an issue that can easily be resolved with one of their "critical updates"

(funny enough I went to their driver page (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx) and it shows an error. Maybe they forgot to install the driver that drives their driver page?)
The verification process typically takes ~5-10 minutes (automatically) during a one-time enrollment step. Afterward, it is instantaneous.
My comment here will sound emotionally tone deaf and heartlessly opportunistic. Let there be no mistake I consider these operations that kill innocent Pakistanis despicable and illegal.

At the same time I wish the political class that shaped the history of Pakistan take a tough and straight look at themselves and the role their decisions (in particular unfettered encouragement of Jihadism and building this identity of "wronged population of righteous Muslims") played in dragging their country to such a pathetic state where their sovereignty doesn't mean shit. A state when one of their erstwhile allies kill their citizens with impunity and political class doesn't do much about it apart from some token grandstanding. Much as I want this navel gazing to happen, I am also aware that ruling political classes of countries are typically so sociopathic that they are incapable of feeling responsible, a fact made very convenient now that there is mean old US to point to.

India managed to avoid this trajectory. Rather than patting ourselves on the back, I am acutely aware of how close a shave it was and still is. There are strong political forces in India that want to make it a Hindu hegemony. Their tools of propaganda are just the same and quite effective, the same "wronged population of righteous Hindus that meant and did nobody any harm". If that happens we wont be that far away from a Hindu version of current Pakistan. This thought terrifies me.

@einhverfr I am replying here because I strongly suspect that what I say will touch many a nerve and will lead to a long thread hijacking the original post, and by that I dont mean you personally. Please feel free to respond in the same way. Encouraging the wronged muslim identity and consequent Jihadism was very much an "in center" phenomena in Pakistan rather than the machinations of some fringe local state. Note the use of 'was' these things go back several decades in history. I think Pakistan under Jinnah would have fared much better had he lived longer.

@r0h1n spot on.

@mcantelon sure they did, a valid question is what did people in charge then do about it.

@prometheuspk India escaped and does, but just barely. It's a complicated mess, there are political parties that exploit the fact that many in India want to avoid the religious hegemony. These parties have been getting away with things that they should not be allowed to get away with. This fuels its own blowback...You mention Malala. Malala for US is I think convenient PR fodder, something useful to screen/decorate their drone program with. I dont even think they do it conciously. Everyone wants to see themselves as compassionate and fair.

@zzsleepzz thank you for illustrating my point.

Heh! there you go. downvotes start rolling in, did not expect any different though.

Interesting, the story suddenly drops out from first page inspite of 90 upvotes in less than 3 hrs. Seems it just got flagged. That I did not see coming.
> it would take years of study for you to begin

No, it would take about one semester to begin to understand why two parties representing two branches of the liberal tradition within political theory cannot represent "most of political theory." Just like it would take about a semester of intro level computer science to understand that "most of programming" cannot be reduced to the differences between Obj-C and Java along two criteria (e.g. typing discipline and messages/methods). Anyone who claimed such a thing would be wildly, objectively, prima facie wrong about the history/diversity/breadth of programming—certainly not the top post.
The other day I noticed that Google Hangouts just doesn't work in my Firefox anymore, helpfully suggesting I switch to Chrome. The cynical person would suspect that Google's dedication to a level playing field is starting to weaken, and that they're just not going to worry about making popular Google tools work well except for Chrome.
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Bill Gates internal interview on Windows 8
It almost sounds like either Bill Gates lost interest in MS or don't believe in Windows 8.
Well, the simplest evidence of the statement you quoted is that they did not even agree with each other on many issues. A slightly less glib answer is that many of the policies which "The Economist" endorses, including fiscal, and monetary policy did not exist at the time, and/or were dismissed.[1][2][there are many more possible citations]

If you want to understand Smith and Ricardo's views in full, I suggest that you read "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" and "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation". There is simply no evidence in either of those books that the classical economists would support many policies outlined in "The Economist", other than free trade and free markets. The books describe more limited roles for government than you will find in the magazine.

It is equally obvious that the current classical, neoclassical, and Austrians have not and do not agree with "The Economist"'s advocacy for activist policies. Note: I view the Austrian school as the most evolved direct descendant of the classical school.

[1] Adam Smith-“The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money.”
[2] http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/ricardo/bullion
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I looked into licensing at one point when it seemed like my career would be heading in a different direction. As I understand it, my state defines "engineering" as anything that could affect public safety, and says that all engineers have to be licensed, but there are only exams in certain subject areas.

I think the guiding principle of engineering regulation would lead one to believe that software controls for a car should be covered by licensing, but that this has not occurred in practice due to the regulations not keeping up with technological change.
Say it with me: browser crypto is bad. But if everyone really wants to build crypto apps using front-end skillsets (which I can understand, because I've done it[0]), go for it! Who says you need a browser? Use Phonegap[1], or node-webkit[2], or appjs[3], or TideSDK[4] (well, not Tide, unless you're a masochist). If you don't want/can't use Node's crypto stuff[5], use SJCL[6] or OpenPGP.js[7] (the last two are not battle-proof libraries, though, because browser crypto is bad so few serious cryptographers have bothered to review them... hopefully that will change if enough people use them outside of the browser). Voila! The convenience of the tools you know, and automatic cross-platform access, without the badness of browser crypto.

0. https://parley.co

1. http://phonegap.com/

2. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

3. http://appjs.com/

4. http://www.tidesdk.org/

5. http://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html

6. http://crypto.stanford.edu/sjcl/

7. http://openpgpjs.org/
You could have the app send you a picture of the person who should be picking you up. The user could then report if someone else comes to pick them up. The only problem I'd see is that it might make riders uncomfortable if it is someone different, they might not want to cause a scene or any sort of confrontation, and they want to get to their destination, but they also wouldn't want to ride with someone unlicensed.

So I'm not sure exactly how you'd get around that problem. Maybe you give people who report that they have a different driver say $20 credit, and the ride is free or something. Of course then you'll have people trying to cheat the system.
Its all about tradeoffs. How many customers would benefit from boosts in multi-tasking and tab re-loading vs. longer battery life? Apple is known for its outstanding battery life, does it make sense to step back from that for the benefits that you describe?
They still have to use some sort of buffering/transferring the key in order to sync; as long as they dont' store the keys permanently on iCloud, it's fine.
I have been interested in the Surface Pro and now SP2 for the reason it appeals to Gabe. I considered buying a Wacom Cintiq for some time now, but it's difficult to justify its price, nearly the same as the SP2, when it's useful only when tethered to a computer, and then it's only useful for painting.

With the Surface Pro 2, which is only ~$100 more than a Wacom Cintiq, you get a comparable painting experience, and the additional benefits of having an portable laptop.

I think it comes down to what you intend to use if for and from that, how to draw your comparisons and justify whether it is right for you or not.
Exactly. This is a thread about Dell, and it should remain that way. The parent was simply flamebait.

edit: three Apple-haters so far. Keep them comin'! :)
The Bitcoiniac's rep (and keep in mind this is a small company) told me specifically that it can take up to an hour for it to be processed and it has to be done by person. Where did you get that it was automatic and would take 5-10 minutes?
Apple does not claim that passwords are only stored locally. Apple claims that your keychain data is only stored locally. This article does nothing to prove that Apple's claim is false.

Apple is saying that your keychain isn't stored by Apple, but only the information required to sync all approved clients.
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Dell's Mission to Go Private is Complete
For me, it wouldn't make sense taking YC itself public. I can't see much of an upside to the partners for taking the company public. Please, correct me if you see otherwise.

What would be fantastic though, is for YC to incorporate their holding of each individual year (older than, say, 3 years) into a fund, and then take those public (and continue to do so). An annual YC ETF.

PG, has an annual YC ETF crossed your mind?
And which Ebay only "corrected" by making asymetrical. I.e. they didn't really fix the original problem but simply transformed the feedback system into something better reflecting Ebay's shift in the direction of conventional online retail. It got rid of tit-for-tat but it also eliminated a feedback mechanism about buyers that was more relevant when the site more resembled a peer-to-peer buying/selling network.
I cant see why this comment is getting downvoted.
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The Prius uses hyraulic brakes, which are at times assisted by the electromechanical motor.

The drivetrain spins the electromechanical motor at all times, adding drag. The drag is not just from the added mass of rotation, but also a dynamic resistance caused by electrical properties of the motor being varied in different ways so that the computer can achieve either regeneration (by temporarily changing modes to allow the motor and circuitry to act as a generator, usually during a coast downhill or to a stop), or additional braking (by electrically braking the motor, using the energy stored in the batteries, to add further resistance to the drive train at the cost of heat generation and range reduction).

If a check engine light that has to do with the electromechanical subgroups of your prius comes on (indicating a fault) those systems are disabled, meaning that the car is more or less non-hybrid during those times. Braking will feel stiff, and the car sluggish, but it is by no means dangerous to drive (unless you consider the new learning curve for the cars' performance profile to be dangerous, which it is.)

Also : Your emergency brake is indeed fully mechanical, but on newer models they may be released electromechanically via a command, i'm unsure. I haven't worked on one since the second generation.

p.s. you forgot a sub group. Your steering rack is also electromechanical. One of the first of its' kind in production. Meaning, if you ever experienced a total blackout, your steering would, too, become much more resistant. This , however, isn't considered to be a safety hazard, because at speed the steering rack does little to assist the driver. the forward momentum takes care of that. The steering assistance is mostly there for parking lot situations.

(source : I was at one time a toyota technician, and my back still remembers the recall on first generation prius battery packs, they weighed 124lbs and were way awkward to remove.)
> Laws like that prevent people from employment, restrict economic growth, destroy economic opportunity.

Show me the data that explicitly shows this causation (correlation not encouraged), please.
Wow, I honestly thought you guys were both trolling. From the article above comes this brilliant hack:

While some may laugh at this strange solution by the German manufacturer,
the urinating process is based on nitridization (a process which introduces
nitrogen into the surface of a material and is widely used in automotive,
mechanical and aeronautical engineering, having the property of a
case hardening treatment of predominantly steel but also for titanium,
aluminium and molybdenum). Why are we talking about nitridization?
Because urine seems to contain numerous waste compounds, many rich in
nitrogen. We can't yet figure out how the German engineers found this
particular method to strengthen the cylinder blocks – and not use a
more technological measure – but it makes for some interesting stories to
tell out grandsons.

That season Brabham-BMW finished first.
Osama bin Laden's war aim, which he himself stated, was to get US soldiers out of Saudi Arabia. He's dead, and there are still US soldiers in Saudi Arabia. I'd say he lost.

What happened in the US after 9/11 was wrong, but to claim it as a victory for bin Laden is incoherent. Bin Laden never cared what conditions in the US were like.
An effort is being made right now to rewrite the concepts docs in better language - and moving out from there.
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I don't know about that second paragraph. The key issue is that you have only a weak central government and a lot of regional autonomy. This has costs and benefits. The costs are that the central authorities have less control. The benefits is that they don't have to use resources that could help find kidnappers in Islamabad to control tribesmen who are fiercely independent.

In the end, what's needing is an understanding that drones have two problems fundamentally associated with them. The first is that they are low-knowledge operations and thus the fact is that it is likely that the drone operators don't have a clear picture of what is really going on, and the second is that a single drone operator may be operating many drones at once, increasing the likelihood of mistakes.

If we are going to engage in targetted killings, nothing beats boots on the ground.
I've always wondered how Spanish speakers deal with this naming convention— do they have some different naming scheme (tal vez nuestra luna se llama `Moon'?), or is there just not an equivalent proper noun?
You seem very good at classifying the killings, but completely fail to classify the big picture by calling it a "war".
It's always a pleasure to read something truly well written; a rare luxury in the world of iPad reviews.
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Because state actors can't be terrorists.

Now it could be a war crime, and indeed arguably we tried Milosevic for less.
Whatever number of customers use a browser to browse the Internet using their iPad - they would benefit from the RAM increase. Besides it's not known how much exactly another GB would cost in terms of lost minutes of battery. Probably nothing to sweat about.

But I will defend your right to defend Apple at any cost - known or unknown ;)
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I had this problem with mine and painstakingly removed every key to try to clean things out. Still smells like BO.
It has generally worked quite well for me (better than most), but its performance cratered a while back, somewhere around 300k messages I think. I haven't found a way to bring it back, so I've switched to Postbox (a Thunderbird wrapper, since Thunderbird's UI is atrocious)
You're completely right about the relative trajectories of India and Pakistan (full disclosure: I'm Indian). I suspect most HNers will not be aware of their shared history, painful separation and subsequent diverging paths.

That said, no country ought to be above international law, even when they are targeting hapless & innocent civilians of a failing or despotic regime. That is the primary point here.
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What is ultimately needed is a renewed understanding that personal contacts are what are important and for both hiring managers and potential employees to seek out these kinds of connections.