skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Misdirection is distracting from the issue at hand by pointing to something else. It's a magician's trick. If you can't see the driver mentioning that he felt the vehicle saved his life by not letting the tow hitch penetrate the cabin, and the very deliberate placement of that observation written in a blog post published by Tesla in response to the vehicle catching fire after a common collision scenario, then I don't know what else to say.
And the fact that the media have been grossly hacking and spying on the public - the media in the uk dont have the rosy view of "journalists" that the USA has.

People are more concerned about shady media moguls and the importation of invasive hr practices that for example amazon are doing in the uk.

And we dont have the paranoid style that infects the USA political discourse.
Because the bike paths are unsafe. Frankly cyclists usually annoy me, but he's following the law, and probably better than most of the self entitled idiots in cars who get by with the VERY minimum of safety awareness on the road.
One of the first things my driving instructor taught me is that you have to assert your right. A measly bicycle has as much right to be on the road as a Cadillac Escalade. At the risk of preaching to the choir, a bicycle should take up a full lane on the road unless there is a special bicycle lane.

I am not saying go crazy and ride your bicycles on freeways. This is more about city streets. That being said, I truly believe the way to have fewer cars striking cyclists is to have more cyclists assert themselves on the road.
FreakyT, if I ever see you in the street, I'm going to run you over for getting in my way.

And it will be called an accident.

I do not understand why it is so hard for people to understand this problem, but I've given up hope ever describing it in Internet comments. In the interim, if you ever want to get away with murder, use a car.
How can I read it?
No one says you shouldn't pay taxes, of course. But just think about what taxes really are. A group of people calling themselves "a government" claims it has the right to collect part of the created value to provide some products and services that they claim nobody else is able to provide at the same or better quality and price. And because the government not just offers those services, but simply orders people to give money (or go to jail), almost nobody is able to compete with government - if a consumer wanted an alternative, he still would have to buy this service from government and then put extra money for the alternative. Needless to say, people are reluctant to do that. That's why private schools are mostly for rich parents who can afford paying taxes and paying for a private school. That's why in Europe private hospitals are for rich people. That's why protection services are for rich people, but the poor get abused by government police force.

What Bitcoin is able to do is to break this vicious cycle. Of course, governments are not going to give up easily, but fighting a war against mathematics is arguably a bad idea.

As for 98% of BTC being controller by 2% of portfolios - same can be argued for almost any currency, that's the state of the world. The difference with Bitcoin is that although those players can shift the market, they have a lot less power than any government. They can't force me to buy from them. And they arguably didn't get their money by stealing it from others.
DrRacket pioneered the notion of "language levels" that grow with the student's needs. Pyret will end up taking some variant of this route. It's just too early to design those levels yet. Once we have more experimental data about what kinds of inadvertent mistakes students make, we'll be in a position to say, "Oh, yeah, that was a bad thing to release on day 1", etc.
That is a most excellent game, problem is a lot of these are way out in the boonies. For instance I saw a beautiful place at a medieval Italian town for $28/day, its great! But I get the feeling there is nothing to do there after a couple of days so a month seems excessive. Could be wrong.
I'm not the OP but Istanbul's been my second city for over a decade.

It's a really amazing place. As the parent says, Turks are incredibly friendly. Having said that, corruption is fairly rife and people will constantly try to rip you off in business transactions. It's not unusual in some jobs to forget being paid your last month's salary (or indeed several months of salary leading up to it) and taxi drivers are mostly the scum of the earth (although it is improving).

There's been a big influx of poorer, less educated and more islamic-oriented people from the east of Turkey for several years and while they may be nice people they're culturally very different to the "white turks" of Istanbul. Taksim's fine, but Cihangir, Galata, Besiktas, Ortakoy and Etiler are (in no order) where I would look to live if I wanted to stay somewhere permanent.

Oh and it goes without saying that the Istanbul police force are not your friends.
This is a fair point, and, to be honest, I don't have any idea of whether a standard car may catch fire in a similar circumstance.

Had you been clear from the get go, you might not have been downvoted like you are now.

That being said, even if standard cars wouldn't catch fire, it is not necessarily aggravating for Tesla. The technology is different, and the kind of risk being run differs. This doesn't mean that Tesla cars are inherently safer or more dangerous (we'll need more data to determine this).
Is this a bigger thing for Bitcoin or for Shopify. One the one hand, another sign of bitcoin being integrated into mainstream sites. On the other hand, quite possibly Shopify might be looking for ways to obtain discounted bitcoins (assuming they have a profit margin). imho and everything :)
Yeah that's the curious part of the article.

Why did he not pull over immediately? Especially if you own an expensive car, I'd want to know immediately if it was damaged... if it was raised off the ground by an object.

Did his continued driving contribute to causing the fire to start? Rather than stopping immediately.
I'm building an online community/wiki to try to find the answer to this question and others like it. So far I've gotten responses from more than 100 expats, long-term travelers, and nomads about different places they've lived.

You might be interested in reading some of the posts people have contributed so far.

Link: http://www.istorical.com
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Story 1

I was on my motorcycle on the left lane in a city when a car way ahead of me just plowed into a bicycle riding on the side of the road ahead of it as if it wasn't there. The car driver was dreaming or sleeping- I don't know. The bicycle rider, an elderly person, almost went through the windshield. Me and some others stopped to help. Luckily he survived.

Story 2

When I grew up I was on my bicycle all the time. I was one of the cyclists you may see disobeying traffic rules but I never did it in any dangerous way, to myself or to traffic around me. I had zero encounters involving cars though I did have a few scary falls involving myself doing stupid stuff. This is over years of riding every day.

The point I am trying to make here is that treating a bicycle like a car is stupid. It's almost as stupid as saying pedestrians should walk on the road, stop at stop signs, change lanes when they want to turn, and stop at traffic lights. Bicycles sit somewhere between pedestrians and motorized traffic, they're not one and they're not the other.

These days I am very careful about where and how I ride my bicycle. This is because I don't have that sixth sense anymore of what's going on around me as I don't ride as much and I also don't live in the same place. New riders in a new environment should be very very careful. I will often prefer to ride on an empty sidewalk to riding on the road as the odds of getting mowed down are much lower (but watch out for cars zooming out of driveways). As a driver I give plenty of room to cyclists, if I can I move out of their lane, because I know that a bicycle may simply move into my path at any point and I know how hard it is for a cyclist to hold a line perfectly over a length of time.

Adding another thought here: It seems car drivers these days are more isolated from what goes on around them for various reasons. I see this even in myself as my car is better insulated and there are more distractions (GPS, phone, etc). This is yet another problem in sharing the road.
The big difference in the first point is who collectible the debt is. Someone who underwithholds has to have that money in the first place to do so. Sure, they may have spent it, but it suggests an ability to earn money commemorate with the debt incurred.

With insurance subsidies, scamming "insurance" companies can sign up nonexistant people etc. and collect those payments from the Treasury until someone catches on months or years down the road. Hence the need to reconcile everything in one central system.

In the case of individuals committing fraud, many would do so simply because they can't pay the higher premiums now demanded of their subgroup (there's a lot of cost shifting), so you have more of a "can't get blood out of a stone", and the optics for the IRS are horrible.

For your latter point, you're saying you make a 2013 enrollment based on partial 2012 data, and if you've got your act together you adjust with healthcare.gov or the linked state site as things change. Which I'm familiar with, the quarterly payments for those who don't withhold ... but I bet this'll hit a lot of people who aren't used to this sort of thing, but the automatic withholding of income that HR/ADT/whomever does for your paycheck....
I humbly tip my hat to the author. And hope to create a hack, half as inspired in my lifetime.
I'm not talking about riding on the sidewalk. I'm talking about pedestrians who walk out into the street (when they don't have the light) in front of a cyclist because they're only looking for cars and not bikes. I'm talking about pedestrians who walk into bike lanes without even looking at all.

I'm a cyclist and I'm constantly looking out for them and I still sometimes accidentally walk into them.

One of the biggest problems with New York's new bike lanes is that a great many pedestrians treat them as sidewalks and cops don't give them tickets for it. It totally should be a jaywalking ticket.
Yeah, weather is unusually nice right now, but not in winter: huge winds and rains. In summer it's so hot that you wouldn't want to work.
> Why would people be upset when you've ignored the lane provided for you and instead decided to slow traffic to a grinding halt by taking up an entire lane?

Perhaps people could recognize that the existence of a cycle lane does not necessarily mean that it's safe or even physically possible to cycle within its boundaries.
Amusing how positive stories about tesla take the top spot on HN while news of the fire was quickly flagged off the front page.

Not to question what was said here, but:

> Had I not been in a Tesla, that object could have punched through the floor and caused me serious harm.

How is that the case? There are cars that are higher off the ground than a Tesla (where it wouldn't have a chance to punch through the floor) and most cars have material in the undercarriage to protect against small blows like this ...
Uh. I actually have an MSG sensitivity which took me forever to figure out what it was. For decades I'd occasionally be eating in a restaurant and my lips, tongue and/or back of my throat would go numb. It wasn't until I bought MSG and started putting it on pretty much everything in larger doses that I realized it was the culprit.

I can reproduce it pretty easily by simply putting nothing but MSG on my tongue. It takes a good bit to do it however and seems to cause me no other problems so I tend not to worry about it, but it is clearly some kind of sensitivity or allergy which is easily reproducible and not the slightest bit vague (lips going numb is a pretty easily identifiable sensation). Claiming it is all completely made up seems a bit premature.
+1 for that. I live in Malaga and prices are OK. You can find a 1BR apartment from 300€, maybe 250€. Not much tech/startup scene, if you want to engage in this field. There is a technology park where you can find job offers in technology (development, IT), although some of them are from IT consulting firms with low wages and long hours, so you better choose wisely.

The weather is very good, 30°-35°C in the summer, and 10°-15°C in winter. And you have a wide variety of beaches along the coast (you will be in the Costa del Sol)

There are very good connections with the rest of European cities via its airport, and you can get cheap flights with RyanAir.
I find what you say somewhere much closer to 'dishonest'.

The great thing about irony, is that it makes no such pretense.

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i·ro·ny ˈīrənē,ˈiərnē/ noun noun: irony

1. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
I am still young (20), but in my entire life I have only seen a car run a red light once.

Maybe it's different up here in Canada, though.
We crossed ways. See my reply in the other thread.
It's not the "ideology of the modern university." It's the ideology from the time people first gathered into groups. You don't piss off the people who bring you your food, your shelter, etc.

That's why it's nice to be independent.
You're on your own if you're involved in an accident while riding a bike.
Agreed 100% on Madison. It's is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever witnessed, and the culture there is energized and unique. I've had the opportunity to bootstrap my company there, and it's something I wouldn't have been able to achieve in many other cities, especial SF.

That said, I'm beginning to find the internet at large the best "place" to build a company. I've begun to realize that in many ways location has become less and less important to the potential success of a company. I'm experiencing this first hand, as are countless others around the globe.
I think there's a CLI intended for SpriteLamp too.

If Sprite Lamp can fit a similar niche to Texture Packer then it can be successful. For example, if it implements multiple normal-determination algorithms, has loads of parameters to tweak, accepts and outputs many different formats, and has a stable and great looking GUI.
I got dinged for pointing that out at one agency I went to an interview at.
But to actually contribute here:

I'd recommend Prague: http://www.istorical.com/cities/prague/experiences/127

[Are you able to afford a better standard of living in Prague than in other places you've lived, or able to afford less?]

"Money certainly goes a lot farther here. For one thing, the shops are terrible, so there's nowhere to indulge yourself if you want to go crazy with your credit card. Parking in the city centre is next to impossible but the public transportation system here is safe, clean and a pleasure to use so there's no need to drive a car. The rent compared to other European cities is pretty cheap although times are changing and costs are going up in general. When I first visited Prague, a beer was less than a euro and you only needed to work three days a week to live like a king. But just like anywhere else, you can either pay through the nose for an apartment or get one really cheap by developing the right contacts.

The drugs and clothes are more expensive and much poorer quality than in the UK but everything else is generally much cheaper.

We live right in the centre of the city so I'm not sure how that compares to the outer edges of the city but we pay 18,000.00 CZK = 698.377 EUR for 90, sq meter apartment with 1 large bedroom, kitchen and living room plus a decent-sized balcony that looks out over the street. That price includes all janitor services, wi-fi and cable TV. This is way more expensive than what I was paying for a three-bedroom house on the outskirts of London but hey, it's Prague."
I don't see such classy combination at once often, it's just a sum of everything I see. But running lights and stops is very-very common here.
My first car was an early 80's Jeep Grand Cherokee that had been 'modified' by a previous owner. Whoever it was had ripped off anything that might have been EPA mandated, and had then pounded bolts into the vacant holes left in the exhaust manifold. It took months for my father, grandfather, and I to figure out where all the vacuum hoses should go, in order to get it to pass inspection. Even after extensive repairs, well beyond I've described here, the thing would bleed quart after quart of oil as it went down the road.

It still did alright for a while, but eventually caught on fire. It happened spontaneously and without warning, while driving home in the snow. No impacts or anything, the thing just overheated and went up in flames.

The reporting on these Tesla events make the vehicle sound like my $1 anti-EPA Jeep, but I think it is pretty clear there are a few differences.
It is dropping altitude faster (40 metres/sec) as it nears the equator and is moving at almost constant velocity (between 7.89-7.91). Looks like it will continue to slowly spiral around the earth and crash in the Atlantic Ocean/N.America based on simple extrapolation. Except that the it is probably not going to be that simple. Just hit the equator. Alt: 156, Spd: 7.93, Long: 128.8, Lat: 0. Now altitude is increasing again.
Relevant to this discussion: Roundabouts do cyclists no favors whatsoever.

This article cites a number of others on the subject: http://www.cascade.org/2010/11/circular-logic/
Stanislav Ulam is an incredible man. Mathematician (Ulam Spiral, Monte Carlo Method), Manhattan Project participant, and part-time astronomer who devised a method for nuclear-explosive-powered space travel [0].

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion
You'd first have to fix Python's broken notion of scope. If you want to read only one, simple, page, read the last page (appendix 2 on variable renaming). Pyret was created to not have such problems by design.
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> I'm truly impressed by the PR skill of Mr Musk and his team

It's certainly a bold strategy, but perhaps a little risky. They must be confident it's not really a problem though, because if there was a real risk of fire in the car putting a release out like this could be problematic if, in the future, another car went up in flames and the driver did not escape uninjured.

Slightly unrelated - their PR team does alright, but they've had their fair share of mis-fires (if you'll excuse the pun).
This is the same company that put together a libel suit against its critics that was so "gravely deficient" (the judge's words) it was thrown out of court (and a libel-friendly English court at that).

[1]:http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/top-gear-libel-...
That'll teach me a lesson! Seriously though, he said that he was getting run over, he said he was being passed by in a dangerously close way. Have you ever tried to pass a cyclist on a two-lane road without a shoulder? You'll find it's extremely difficult.
> New riders in a new environment should be very very careful.

Very. I narrowly avoided getting creamed by one of my neighbors who wasn't looking where they were driving about a week after moving here. Unfortunately I tried to hop a 6-inch-plus curb to avoid getting hit and wound up going over the bars and skinning my hands and arms pretty badly.
It's probably worth pointing out here that there is a navbox, and he could have been using that; you'll notice it doesn't include a link for ISO 8.
"Car needs service" does not mean "pull over immediately". Pulling over on the side of a freeway isn't the safest thing to do, especially if you're told your car may not restart. Once the car told him to pull over, he did, safely.
I saw a bicyclist flip over a car door. He just had a baseball cap on, but it was torn to shreds. I'm glad that wasn't his forehead on the asphalt.
I've always thought they look really low on the road, but apparently the data suggests otherwise:

http://db.theautochannel.com/db/newcarbuyersguide/rank_car_c...
A gas tank presents a smaller profile under the vehicle than the Model S battery back, which covers a substantial portion of the undercarriage.
In the other hand see a car do it on a weekly basis where as I can't remember the last time a bicycle did it (and in the few cases I saw it, there was no obstruction of traffic and in fact they were getting a head start to allow traffic to flow more smoothly). So now that we have these disparate anecdotes what happens next?
However, permanent record is in no way the natural state of man. The problem of constant surveillance now is problematic, but only to a limited extent because of how surprisingly not evil the people watching are; black bags and public executions are reserved for people with funny skin and strange religions in far away places. However, there is an even bigger problem in that the surveillance record stays. It follows us around forever. Any mistake or error you make will haunt you til the rest of your days.

People are forgetful, but less forgiving. If you "fix" forgetfulness, and make memory of your actions eternal and immortal, you destroy second chances.
If you only touch one byte, the system will only allocate one memory page. A memory page is typically 1024 KB so that wouldn't suffice.
Quote from the article... "Car needs service. Car may not restart." I continued to drive, hoping to get home.

He also stated that after he had hit the object, he still had full control of the car so he didn't feel like he was in any dangerous or had the need to pull over. Quote below.

"While driving after I hit the object until I pulled over, the car performed perfectly, and it was a totally controlled situation."
What you describe - with everyone knowing everyone else's business - is not mass surveillance. Surveillance is "watching from above", that is the observation of individuals by those higher up the hierarchy of power. By extension, mass surveillance is this but applied to a significantly large segment of the population.
This thread is not the place for a debate about whether life has historically been (or currently is) easier on men than on women.

So I'll simply say that it shows a remarkable lack of empathy and understanding for you to call those desperate men who resort to PUA tactics "powerful". Almost by definition, they are acting from a position of weakness.

I realize it's currently trendy to break the world down into large, tidy, digestible traits (maleness and femaleness in this case), labeling one as "privileged" and the other as "oppressed".

Life's way too complicated for that.
Germany has a freelance visa that'll allow you to stay in the country for a year or longer. It's not the easiest to obtain, but do a quick search on Google and you'll find information on the process.
Is it ethical not to?
Running over a piece of debris so large that it feels like it lifted the car absolutely means "pull over immediately". He had no idea what structural damage occurred to the car, and continuing as is put not only himself but other drivers on the roadway in danger.

There is negligible danger pulling over on the freeway. I can only imagine that he didn't want the inconvenience, which is remarkably selfish.

That aspect of the story read very poorly.
5 inches, because you need to account for the air suspension option that lowers the car at highway speeds.

http://www.teslamotors.com/de_AT/forum/forums/air-suspension...