skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We use it at TinyCo and have for more than a year. We love it, the food is awesome.

The service is great cuz there's food variety, quality control, and ensures proper delivery time (because ZeroCater tracks delivery time).

Additionally, you can order food to be made on premise from certain vendors (like Crepes).

Oh and they catered our Halloween party.

The only issue I have is it has made me gain weight cuz the food is good and I've been stress-eating.
All current software does this, but the switching capability means the motherboard could be modified to allow it to run little-endian. This means that if someone wanted to repurpose old Xbox hardware to run a little-endian operating system it would be entirely possible. Certainly not a practical process considering the cheapness of CPUs, but it could make for a fun experiment.
I noticed the same clause in the TOS last week and was taken aback. Ideally I'd love to be able to distribute my Google+ URL with the same confidence as I distribute my email address: namely, if you send a message to this address, you can guarantee that I'm the one who receives it. The fear here is that, should Google start charging for this "service" in the future, and should I decline to play along, someone else could squat on my former URL and intercept any traffic intended for my page. Please, Google, for my own peace of mind, either make this a paid service up-front, or pledge that a given URL will always alias to the same individual.

(Though perhaps the email analogy is a bad one, since IIRC both Yahoo and MSN periodically release long-dormant addresses back into the eligible pool. Though still unsettling, it's a more reasonable approach than "we may force you to start paying us an unknown amount at some unknown future date".)

Ultimately, I was about to go through with it anyway until I realized that doing so would require me to register a phone number with my Google account, which I have so far avoided. That requirement was the final straw.
New neutrino detector at South Pole goes after highest energy particles
"This is a great Python module." -Guido van Rossum

"This is a cool display technology." -John Carmack

"Here's a great link to send to skeptics about global climate change." -Al Gore

"This article is pseudo-science at best, and lies at worst." -Bill Nye

"I'm sorry, Pluto." -Neil deGrasse Tyson

Without attribution, none of those comments are remotely interesting. (They're all made up, but you get the idea.)

When I Search for things now, I see top results from previous co-workers, who have Shared things. Those results LEAP out at me.
We use ZeroCater at our office and absolutely love it! Each day we get different food delivered that is catered to our company's preferences. I highly recommend them to any startups!
We use ZeroCater and I can't recommend them highly enough!
If you want to make an omelette, you've gotta break some eggs.
Here's an idea for data storage inspired by this project:
1. Encode the data into a floating number R
2. Take a steel rod, assuming its length is L, make a mark on the rod at the distance of L*R from one end
To read the data, just measure the location of the mark and back out R. Not as genius but isn't it still great? :)
> I was about to go through with it anyway until I realized that doing so would require me to register a phone number with my Google account, which I have so far avoided. That requirement was the final straw

That's exactly how I feel. I try very hard to not give my number out, why the hell does google force me to tell them, just to get a URL?
AngularJS: migrating from 1.0 to 1.2
Sweet. But how does this work? I'm not the only James Britt on g+, but profiles.google.com/jamesbritt goes to my profile page.
Our goal for the rest of the year is to cover our costs by working exclusively on United Pixelworkers and Cotton Bureau. If we haven't quite bridged the gap, we might take on brief, time-blocked consulting work after the holidays. This would be a big, big change from how we've operated for the past four years. All the previous work we did was flat-fee, project. We'd work with a client from strategy to launch. The consulting we were referring to in this would be a 20 or 30 hour, one week engagement and it might not result in us writing a single line of code or opening Photoshop/Illustrator.

We have a couple options for staying in business if United Pixelworkers and Cotton Bureau don't grow fast enough to sustain us. We'd prefer not to need to explore those options, but I hope you can understand why we need to leave that door open. We'd be very sad if we had to stop doing what we enjoy because we ran out of money, and a lot of other people would be too.
I think this is what makes me nervous about electronic currencies. A country, even just a person, could easily abuse it by throwing these huge machines at it.

The only thing analogous to this with real currencies are printing presses that people somehow get a hold of and are able to print themselves. The nice thing about real currency though is we have some ways of knowing whether they're real or not (like looking under a light), but you can't really determine whether someone's bitcoins came from abuse because technically it's legit. Only solution I could think of would be if there's a way for the networks to have throttling so miners could only make so many per day or per hour or some other metric.
Vindicating yourself in a courtroom can be extremely expensive.
Tesla is selling direct. Amazon (like carOrder.com and others before them) is attempting to compete directly with the existing intermediaries. Different regulations.
I'm griping, not trolling. I disagree with the relevancy to HN, and every other marketing "build your followers" posts.
Yeah, it's clear to me what the disincentive is. On the other hand, maybe call their bluff. If you're the manager willing to go to bat for your team and take a stand against insane performance measurement systems, there's a decent chance they don't want to lose you anyways.
You aren't confused, that is exactly correct.
I don't, and I also reserve the right to say that I don't like this aspect of their business model.
Does anyone have statistic - what do people share more pictures or text?
I think the RV is ultimately a better lifestyle. Biking, hiking, sightseeing, canyoneering, etc. appeal to me a lot more than being stuck on a ship with a sad crew and tons of vacationers.

I don't think I'd compare the two directly, though. Driving an RV is probably more expensive per-day even discounting the food and services on a ship and assuming very little depreciation on the vehicle (i.e. you got a deal used), and it's a lot more work. Between finding places to park/camp, run the generator or hook up power, empty the toilet, maintain the drivetrain, cooking, and the inevitable RV disaster-breakdowns RVing is a lot of work - a far cry from "saunter to the restaurant, pick a meal, eat it, come back to a freshly cleaned room and more food."
I've done one project with ember and was very happy with it but I'm now working on a project where I only need parts of the page to be controlled by the framework. So far I'm loving the way angular integrates with the dom but once you get back to the controllers/directives it suddenly feels like I have to do a whole lot more work than with ember. The main difference seems to be that you have to manage updates yourself i.e. use $watch or trigger them yourself by binding to js event. At this point I'm kind of wishing their was an embular project ( :) ) that integrated with the dom the way angular does but had ember's awesome binding/computed properties...
On the other hand there are plenty of managers who would love to work in such a system because it provides perfect cover for them when they want to really screw with employees, scapegoat others for their own failings, etc. One manager at a previous employer at mine would be particularly interested in this kind of management style; he practiced it well enough on his own.

Also, if this internal board is anonymous I'll eat my dirty underwear. I guarantee you the "L2 and L3 executives" (and probably the department heads) can attach names to posts, or have the means to order it done, if they really want to.
My favorite filler text of all time.
Exploring Apple's Software: Mischievous Fumbles
Kara Swisher: She's clearly in the monkey quadrant.

On the topic of the chart: why would you ever work for a place why 85% are structually constrained to underperform or be average? If 100% of the empolyees start out the 15% "Target Hires", in a single generatino they have 6/7 failure rate of performing to their potential? Makes no sense if you're actually any good.
When to Engage With a Contract Manufacturer
but I always feel very guilty every time I go, because I see firsthand how badly the staff are exploited

You have to consider any situation holistically. What you call exploitation is often a tremendous improvement over the alternatives those folks have in their countries of origin.

Go on the cruise, tip well, and be polite to staff.
Some dealers deliver to home. I bought a car through TrueCar back-end (the front-end was my credit union who did the financing) with dealer delivering it, so sorta kinda possible.
My custom Google+ URL is http://google.com/+AnžePečar even though typing letters with diacritics is nearly impossible on 99% of the keyboards out there. I should have kept the random numbers...
In theory, a system like this could work much better if those "bell" rankings were only forced on teams which aren't performing well (as a team). This would both encourage teamwork and lower the risk to let very good people go only because they're in an exceptional team.
This change was discussed: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/pull/4509

It is also clear from the discussion that there are dissenting opinions -- we are constantly iterating and welcome issues and pull requests to make features work even better. The best way to influence AngularJS is to send a pull request.
> throw 10% of a datacenter at it whenever they feel like it and pull off a 51% attack

The rise of ASIC miners have made the BTC network essentially invulnerable to attacks from general-purpose devices. SHA is very amenable to being directly implemented in hardware, making general purpose computers useless for bitcoin.

Because of all the new hashing power coming from all the new asic miners, difficulty has risen to the point that you'd need more than four hundred million modern cpu cores to take over the network. Using top of the line GPUs, you'd need more than 5 million of them.

China could take over the BTC network, however, to do so they would have to attack it with ASIC miners. This would imply ~6 months of preparation, tens of millions in funding, and they'd have to make the decision to pull the trigger some 3-4 months in advance or the money would go to waste.
Can anyone explain how this differs from Microsoft's ranking system? I doubt Marissa is not aware of that practice.
there are no "stand taking" heroes for one. Or at least doing it publicly and conspicuously with big noise seems to be not considered a good style in society here(just my observation for 10+ years here) What i've seen a manager, good person, does when he is forced to pigeonhole somebody into incorrect category, it is to write in plain English in performance review form - "performance is at the grade X, assigning grade Y because of required grade allocation"
> 1) It's a search box. Stuff not typed in the search box never leaves the machine

Is this even an argument? If the box isn't used (crippling the user interface) there is nothing to discuss. You may also argue that if the pc is powered off there aren't privacy problems.

> 2) It's plainly obvious the first time you use it that results are coming back from the Internet.

So discovering that you lost your privacy after the fact is the correct way to be informed?

> 2b) There is a prominent notice saying so. If you don't think it's prominent enough, see point 2.

I think it's not prominent enough, see the answer to the point 2

> 3) It's a search box that didn't exist previously. Canonical invented it. I think it's reasonable for Canonical to create a "search the universe" mechanism on the desktop. Fair enough if you don't like it, or don't want to use it. It's trivial to turn it off (there's even a global Privacy Settings dialog) or to use other searches

Let's break it down

> It's a search box that didn't exist previously. Canonical invented it.

How can this give rights over the users' privacy is beyond me

> I think it's reasonable for Canonical to create a "search the universe" mechanism on the desktop.

Sure, as long the users know beforehand that they are "searching the universe"

> It's trivial to turn it off

Would you like a bath that by default stream what you do over internet? But ehi, "it's trivial to turn it off", so what's the problem? It should be _obviously_ an opt-in

> Edit: I should have expected the downvotes. I notice, though, that the downvoters are unable to actually respond to my argument.

The downvoters are able to respond. Are you unable to read?
HTTP/RESTful API troubleshooting tools
It's not really Google groupthink that YouTube comments suck, that's an external observation. Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/202/

It may be groupthink that G+ comments are better, but for my social stream, the people I follow, G+ is not a ghost town, it is a highly interesting place full of lots of thoughtful commentators. If I can filter comments by those whom I respect, and transitively, maybe one degree extended, it would be a vast improvement.

I say let people turn off the filters and leave the old comments as an option. Personally, first think I'd do is turn them off.
Ask HN: Starting a company/project to strengthen a (love) relationship?
This is the "sequester" approach to layoffs.

Instead of deciding which projects are not paying off and cutting them, cut employees across all projects, regardless of how well they perform. Similar to the budgetary sequester backed into by the US government.
considering the first offset is much, much larger than the file you started with. the offset to the offset is just going to increase in size with each iteration.
I happened to stubble upon one while I was walking in downtown Toronto. I was just as surprised as anyone.
The worst thing is never knowing if it is anxiety or something else. Over time you can just assume it is anxiety...but the problem is what if this time it's different. Seems the noise of anxiety could cause you to ignore what could be real symptoms.
U.S., Israel lose UNESCO voting right
Except apparently Yahoo has grown since she joined, so it would seem this has not been implemented in order to reduce staff size.
Take a look at the pull request queue on Github. We've been focused on 1.2. There are a lot of new features and proposals that we'll pick up now that the release is out the door.
Halloween [Green Screen Remote Meetings]
If you've got an underproductive department with overprotective management, I've got a suggestion for where you could trim some fat.

I have difficulty comprehending the logic that trusts someone to monitor, assess, and organize a team's work, but doesn't trust them to take responsibility for the performance of the whole team and micromanages their staffing from above.
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I worked at Yahoo, and quite frankly, Yahoo needs to go through a few years of culling the bottom 10% like this. After several iterations of this, it could be a great company again.

What Mayer is saying is that she is willing to sacrifice those employees that are at the lower boundaries of acceptable, in order to make more room for the top 85%

And quite frankly, the managers that are complaining about having to put people at the lower boundaries are highly likely to be underperforming as well. When I was there, it was mostly filled with bloated and lazy employees.
If you're a pickup artist doesn't this imply a certain degree of dishonesty and manipulation? Not sure these are things a nice person engages in.
Just tried it out on iOS, and happy with it so far. I'd done extensive research on tools, and one thing that bothered me was lack of updates. For instance, it was tough finding a package that was updated for 64 bit (iphone 5s). Open source is great of course, but not all the tools I needed were available. Will continue with this and see how it goes.
Pretty much. Hope the mods ban that site, along with Upworthy.
Does anybody know if Google plans to allow claiming a deleted account... ever? I'm hoping that since I was granted +MyName in G+ I will be allowed to recover (long story) MyName@gmail.com... (It was MyName@googlemail.com and I wasn't happy... and let it expire...)
"Rockstars" probably aren't going through traditional hiring funnels anyway, so don't worry about that.

A negotiated trial period is typically good for both sides and probationary fire-at-will periods are often much longer anyway. A one-week trial could be better for the employee if they can go back to their existing job.

However, it should be negotiated on both sides, I agree with that.
We've been using rc versions in production code too. As they've mentioned many times when they say unstable it doesn't mean that it was likely to break, simply that they are free to change the API if they need too.

Does anyone know what's the rationale behind the separation of ngRoute? It's less than 4KB and less than 2KB when gzipped. I don't think it's worth the "pain" of having to remember to add another source file.
2 adults, such valuable insight.
From the article: "The current run-up in the price of Bitcoin is an indicator of the interest in the currency, but is likely largely due to speculation." Reporting by economically literate journalists familiar with the situation in China points out that China's housing market is a bubble.[1][2] The speculation in the current residential housing market in China is because middle-class investors cannot find a better investment vehicle, and because they are making unrealistic assumptions about future demand. What's unrealistic about the demand is that migrant workers moving legally to Chinese cities (as they already move illegally) will not possibly be able to afford current market prices for new housing units in China. There is a huge oversupply of housing that is too expensive for anyone to buy who is in the market for a place to live (as contrasted with being in the market for a speculative investment vehicle). The bubble will have to pop. When the China housing bubble pops, China's whole national economy will be severely stressed, and political instability may erupt. The ability to buy houses with Bitcoin reported in this thread is just one more sign of a bubble housing market in China.

[1] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/uncomfortable-truth-chinas-pro...

[2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/28/in-china-the...
Concurrent tasks on node.js? Fibers or Web-workers or Threads?
valuable software isn't always easy and quick to pick up. simple things can be difficult to familiarise yourself with.

learning the value of functional style took ages for me to grok, but it's been one of the biggest values ever.

i find it a little ironic considering one of the first and best talks i've seen from hickey is 'simple made easy'. you'd likely learn a lot from a watch of that, or perhaps more detail about datomic in any of the talks on datomic.
Not that it's quite the same, but I can't help thinking of decimation in the Roman sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)
Besides, the 3D rendering technique is apples compared with the oranges of pixel art. There's really nothing like artisanally crafted, locally sourced pixels made with love ;)
Labor is a complex commodity because it is linked to a human being. It's natural and right that the value of labor is influenced by supply and demand. However, value is also determined by the cost of production. What is the cost of production of the laborer? The very fact that labor is intrinsic to the laborer sets it apart from other commodities, and gives it additional social, cultural, and moral dimensions. Labor laws are designed to address these additional aspects. In the same way, treating labor as a pure commodity is dehumanizing and exploitative.
For now, all the yahoo services I use stink as much as they always have. It will take years for these sweeping cultural changes to pay off, if the do. Definitely a heroic effort on Mayer's part, considering the shelf life of Yahoo CEOs is so low.
Show HN: Launching our first iOS game, BAMF
I am from Double Stallion Games, and yesterday was the global launch of our first iOS game, Big Action Mega Fight!, or BAMF! for short. It's now sitting at #70 overall for iPad games on the US App Store and we're pretty stoked about it. Meanwhile, an Android version is in the works and coming soon.

Most notably, we developed the game thanks to the support of an incubator/accelerator called Execution Labs, which was founded in Montréal and accepted its first cohort this past January (2013). Its model is similar to a miniature Y Combinator, focused specifically on mobile games. We get seed money, office space, mentor advice, and valuable connections over the 6 to 9 month program, in exchange for temporary profit share and equity.

I would love to get some feedback about the game from everyone, or answer any questions regarding our development, launch or marketing, efforts as well as our incubator experience.

Landing page: http://bigactionmegafight.com/

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkuRGbjJyw

App Store page: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id672277660?mt=8
Last year, I spent about six months without regular Internet access. It was fascinating watching my muscle memory adjust, and it got me thinking about how I worked in the past. Not just StackOverflow (which I don't find very useful for what I do), but the tendency to immediately google for a library, or current papers on a class of algorithms, or a piece of code I can study to see the preferred idiom for something.

In some ways I was more productive than before, but I tended to reuse less code, and use less sophisticated algorithms and data structures to solve problems. Having good code around to read became a lot more important, as did having access to good books, and good man pages. (It reminded me why I loved OpenBSD so much in the 90s)

The most positive thing that came out of it was reading a lot more code; I realized one of the habits that had diminished most since sometime in the last decade was the habit of reading the source code for something when I had a problem with it, instead of immediately googling it.

It made me think that maybe younger programmers should try working without a connection now and then (say, for a week at a time). Also that open source has really changed things; there's so much stuff that I don't even think about writing myself now, because I know someone out there has already written and open sourced.
It uses your gmail id. This "profile.google.com/<emailid>" is there before the Buzz time, long before Google+.
Don't necessarily disagree with you about the usefulness (or lack thereof) of this idea. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Company for an illustration. But, however you want to characterize the idea, it is still an unavoidable constraint on US corporations. I only bring it up to illustrate the doctrinal ambiguity that is seen in almost every part of the law.
3 Technological Innovations that Could Revolutionize Meditation Practice
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I once again want to remind people of tig[1]. While there are plugins like gitv that do similar things, i prefer tig.

You can set custom hotkeys in your tigrc (which are context sensitive). For example:

bind generic F !git fetch
bind main ! !git revert %(commit)
bind main c !git checkout %(commit)

[1]http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/