skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
heh, humblebrag much? :P
> Yes it does achieve the same on a per-capita level.

You're missing everyone's point here. It's like Kickstarter. Conditional support. I am willing to give a band $50 for a vinyl printing of their new album, but only if they actually can gather enough money to press the thing. It's an all-or-nothing proposition.
There is a point where having strong opinions results in so much bickering that nothing gets done. Part of doing something the right way is reserving arguments for when they matter.

The solution is to have strong opinions, weakly held.
Maybe they should sue over the price.

I don't think it's realistic to expect to get the lyrics for free.
Fruit fly with the wings of beauty
Unfortunately it is currently difficult to ask the unborn, so you do one of two things:

1) Rely on their prospective parents decision. To improve the parents decision making you attempt to improve their education and increase access to contraception.

2) Enforce laws about how many children a couple can have.

Most places have followed method (1). China followed method (2) (but also increased education).

Both methods seem to have resulted in dramatically better standards of living in less than a generation, and many people from drastically poor areas have gone on to live fulfilling lives.

Indeed some have accomplished more than I ever will - for example, the greatest distance runner of all time[1] grew up as 1 of 10 children of subsistence farmers during the Ethiopian 83-85 famine[2]. You can't get much deeper in poverty than that, and yet he won 2 Olympic Gold medals, 8 World Championships and broke 27 world records.

I'm unconvinced he would think he should never have been born.

Also - as the linked article shows - it is possible to tackle problems like malaria relatively easily and cheaply, if there is the will for it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%9385_famine_in_Ethi...
That's surprising. I wonder if certain cards are more consumer friendly than others because I've had a positive response when I needed to dispute charges. I've heard that debit adds don't give the same protection as credit cards. Maybe protection is different from card to card too.

edit: typo
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As I said, we're in a bear race. Can we switch to renewaable energies, and mitigate the atmospheric CO2 buildup, before catastrophe wipes the current era's slate clean?

And no, I'm not a Luddite. The only way is forward. Full speed. Any hesitation means humanity loses.
Public education is certainly treated as one, and that's an entirely fair point in diminishing my uniqueness assertion on health care.

Voting is, at least the way I'm thinking of it, not necessarily one though. The state's job on voting rights is simply to ensure that it and nobody else interferes with your exercise of that right.

Your other points stand as stated.
> If I have a copy of some information or software, and I can easily copy it to my friend, and my friend needs it, why should I deny him?

How about if you promised not to do that in your acceptance of the license agreement?

Your friends "need" isn't necessarily a valid claim on the fruits of the software authors labor. (A "need" for software? Come on.) It might make a very compelling argument that the author should choose to gift a copy to your friend, or offer an educational version (as many do), but I can't see the logic that a need is a valid claim, moral or otherwise, on someone else's work.
If you don't trust the manufacturer who put the code into your handset, how can you trust that the security plug will always work (other than checking the internal wiring yourself)?
I had to Google this. Here's a Wiki P link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

It's from Frank Herbert's Dune :( Sad because I read this series (all six, I kid you not!! 1,2,6 are good 3,4,5 not so good) 25 years ago nearly and I had forgotten this specific detail. Time is indeed a cruel mistress and thanks for making me feel old :)
Fascinating stuff, and a great comment overall.

But one thing needs to be clarified here: the fear over "killer robots" is that the capacity to make war could be placed largely on autopilot. The danger isn't so much a Terminator-style robotic uprising, which is so farfetched in today's world as to be sensationalistic (if not laughable). Rather, the danger -- a very real one, at that -- lies in an accidental war as the result of malfunctions or data-interpretation errors.

We have more to fear from dumb AI than from smart AI.

As it turns out, the US and the Soviet Union came perilously close to nuclear war on multiple occasions over the result of computer errors. (For an interesting look into the subject, I recommend Eric Schlosser's "Command and Control," a recently released history of nuclear weapons policy over the last 50 years).

Banning autonomous or semi-autonomous tactical systems ("Terminators") seems misguided and impractical. These things will get built, and some of them are being built already. The jury is still out on the ethics of building them (Do they save lives by taking humans off the front lines? Or do they take lives by turning war into a sort of game?). But they're being built, and that genie's not going back in the bottle.

But banning fully autonomous strategic systems ("Skynet") seems more fruitful and worthwhile. Again, this is not because we expect "Skynet" to become self-aware and intentionally initiate a nuclear holocaust. It's because "Skynet" might misinterpret something and accidentally initiate a nuclear holocaust.

(I don't mean to dismiss the very real role of human error in this same domain. But fail-safes, in the form of humans having the final decisionmaking authority over warfare at a strategic level, make a lot of sense.)

I'm a layman here, and I'm way out of my depth in discussing the intricacies of war making AI. But the way I see it, we need to avoid a sort of dangerous middle ground here. Either we keep AI dumb and intentionally non-autonomous, or we make AI a heck of a lot smarter (therefore reducing the risk of fatal errors).

In a weird way, building Skynet might be less risky than getting halfway to Skynet. A relatively dumb AI with full autonomy is a frightening thing. An extremely smart AI with the same degree of autonomy is a little unnerving, perhaps, but it's significantly less dangerous in practical terms.
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I agree 100% that proper handling of copyright is important (and yes, I was wrong about the license/assignment thing), and I think Google is doing the right thing here.

My point was that Google controls the project (so far as it is possible to control an open source project). I don't see that as a bad thing.
The robotics field has been in the "about to explode" phase for maybe something like 20 years... At any rate, when you get that hacker group together, count me in!
Soylent's recipe is supposed to be open.

http://blog.soylent.me/post/65760097009/as-mentioned-in-the-...
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I hope I was able to help explain bitcoin and make it easier to understand in 4 minutes. It was tough!
Yes one of goals is to open source the entire platform.
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In the U.S. capitalism goes beyond the right to the property in most places, and says, more or less, that ALL resources are owned and there is no commons. In effect taking away the right to homeland that people used to be born with.

Sure, we have a few public parks here and there, but I can't grow food or build a house unless I own property.
It's not maximalist to say that a website cannot make a copy of something for someone who owns the item in another form. That right to copy belongs to the copyright owner, not the person who owns a copy.
That is however a mobile game.

Unity is really nice, and if you plan for it, can scale pretty well. It's much more flexible, so it's easier to shoot yourself in the foot, while other engines are less flexible, which can be advantageous at time. Additionally, it's difficult to get it to shine at the higher end in the ways that other engines do. IMO, I think this is more of a problem of bad defaults than any significant lack of features. But the top tier games released by most of the other engine developers have really forced them to tweak the engine in ways that Unity has not.
When I was considering a career path, I thought a lot about this sort of thing. Should I devote my career to helping people in the greatest need? In the end, I decided I should not. Bill Gates correctly identifies the need for money to do the things he wants to do, but money comes from economic growth. And I believe that technological progress is a big driver of growth.

So I decided to make my career in advancing technological progress. Not necessarily hardware, in fact I'm a software engineer, but I want to work on things that push the boundaries. If I can write a library that makes 1% of programmers 10% more efficient, or saves academic researchers 1% of their time, that is probably a bigger contribution than I could make if I worked directly on global health.
I've been managing teams for more than 20 years. Performance evaluation is easy, somebody is either performing well or they are not and a good manager can tell. One of the reason I like Agile is that if it's done right, the whole team can tell who isn't performing.

Performance analysis is incredibly complex and nuanced. Judging if somebody is performing poorly because they are unskilled or not managed properly or having marital problems is hard. Improving performance is even more difficult because it requires the analysis and a remediation plan.
> but it's not just because we keep finding new pockets of resources to exploit, it's because we are getting more efficient at using those resources.

There's something called "Jevon's Paradox". It asserts that increases in efficiency (via technology) increases consumption rather than decreases.
How many times do Freudians, physicists, socialists, economists, biologists, say "we are sorry, our predictions did not pan out."

I'm a Popperian. When the facts (best available science) changes, I change my opinions. Also known as "science".

Whatever their faults, the Malthusians made predictions. To be debated, validated, debunked. Far more useful than the techno utopian unverifiable views of the libertarian ostriches.
One thing stood out for me in the article:

"As mentioned here before, SparkFun.com is really the tip of a much bigger iceberg called Sparkle. Sparkle is an internal website where we hang every tool we need. It does everything but the core accounting."

If you can share, what's the reason you folks went with this architecture?

Beyond DB choices, I'd be very concerned about a design that tied so many important business functions into the one tech. stack, let alone the same application.

I'd like to be able to do things like bring internal tools down for maintenance without hosing the public-facing CMS. Or change database technologies to suit whichever particular application I was optimising.
I've had the opposite problem, seeing in the past an article about Unity the compositor, being about 3D rendering of some sort and instantly thought Unity 3D the engine. This is likely due to my exposure to the gaming space.
...which is an absurd and extreme position.

I don't see how it's absurd to be opposed to technology that makes violence more convenient for wealthy aggressors. One could argue that reducing the human costs of war would only bring more war.
I don't think you realize how much noise computers radiate. If someone wanted to emit a signal instead of noise, it would be quite possible to do so. (People are doing DX work by connecting an IO pin of their Raspberry Pi to a long wire.)
The first python script I wrote is a fairly ugly hack that converts CSV to a SQLITE-compatible SQL so you can query it. https://github.com/elidickinson/csv-tools/blob/master/csv2sq...
Brings back memories of getting magazines like inCider [1] and Windfall and attempting to type out the assembler or machine code for little apps or (monochrome ;) graphics stuff. Was much the same as magic to me then.

Then realizing there's a typo in there, somewhere... check digits helped a bit I think if whatever you used supported that.

1. http://apple2history.org/history/ah21/#03
lyrics without errors. what a concept.
This article adds little value to the story, and it's difficult to locate the indiegogo link on that page.

Here's a direct link to the project: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/minimetalmaker-a-small-3d-...
Unfortunately, this behavior is common across all major browsers. There is a Chromium bug for it (http://crbug.com/315190), but no responses as of yet.
How does airplane mode fit in with this? Wasn't it until recently that FAA regulations required cellphones have an explicit means to halt ALL radio communication? If the phone's radio is still potentially active even when the device is "off", how could these baseband OS's get government certification?
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The House Intelligence Committee's Misinformation Campaign About the NSA
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I'm resubmitting my article here, because a HN editor thought it would be great to change the URL & Title of my original submission after it got over 40 upvotes / 20 comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6722938
This kind of thinking throws me into infinite loops. I think I'm not such a good developer, which makes me think that I must be a good developer because I recognize my limitations, which makes me think that I'm not such a good developer because I think I'm a good developer, and so on.
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No, but I know exactly what you mean. Years ago I was on a team where the "super star" was assigned all new work. The rest of us had to fix the bugs in their code.

At the finale, 5 people were doing nothing but fixing bugs in the "stars" previous projects. That's when senior management finally clued in to the problem and fired both the manager and the "super star".
It would be better for everyone if writers could get paid for views of their lyrics. It would set a precedent for paying the artist. Even if it's just a few ten-thousandths of a penny per view.
Curious... that's not the first I've heard of this happening recently.
I've worked on a sports game, a racing game, a 3D virtual world with a lot of mini-games, a flying arcade style game, simple casual games and maybe a few I can't recall. This was just those which I was involved in while using Unity. I can't speak for my ex-employer but I will not choose Unity in a hurry any time soon after that.

I lost at least 20% of my working hours trying to get the project to work again or waiting for it to sync to asset server and would always be half hopeful and half terrified at the time of any updates to Unity. "Did they fix the unresponsive 'cancel' button on the assert server update action?", "Did they make it more stable?", "OMG! Another update! Will my entire project re-import again?" were the kind of things that used to run in my mind.

I'd have to hear strong positive reviews from those I trust to even try Unity again (assuming they back them with good reasons).
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> Discretionary bonuses are full of shit.

It's both a carrot and a stick for the company over the employee.
Maybe you should buy it and hold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUPPYzzZrI
Disclaimer: I'm biased towards security.

I can't understand the superficiality in doing security-related activities (not being hacked of course, but the leakage of passwords because of md5+salt...).

Or better, I can understand that security is not priority 1 when one launches a new product, but there should be periodic reviews, similarly as reviews of the ux/ui, the branding/communication, the algorithms...

Someone should make a good post like: you can launch a website without x, y, z. When you reach 1k users, you need to implement x. At 10k you must have y. You can't think to 1M users without z.
One of the side effects of software eating the world is that the world becomes more exploitable. I expect that over time we may see the emergence of general 'software building codes' much like there are physical building codes, and more importantly liability associated with failing to provably meet such codes.

The current 'random person implements firmware that controls the this chip' practice and the 'no warranty etc etc' disclaimers will, I predict, be replaced by manufacturers who are willing to warrant their code.
I did it. Not really super hard. https://github.com/ithkuil/angular-on-server/wiki/Running-An.... But http://prerender.io is a lot easier and works for everything.
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>there's a project called pepper.js that compiles the PNaCl application using emscripten.

That made me laugh. You write code that is supposed to compile to native code, only to have it compiled to javascript instead. It's a crazy world we live in.
Still, it felt like BC was always a priority at MS, even if things often slipped by... it just felt like they were trying to maintain backwards compatibility on so many APIs and products in cases where things really did need breaking fixes. But instead of breaking fixes, we get a Whole New Product that is totally better than the old one, but has its own learning curve and its own problems and none of those will get fixed either.

Also, the new powershell ISE is slick (reminds me of Python), but at the same time the near-total lack of integration between Powershell and Visual Studio is pretty surprising. I generally find Powershell a bit disappointing... it feels kind of messy next to C# or Python or plain command-line. I'd probably rather just have a C# REPL with good intellisense. I'm sure one exists.
Asked what IT equipment Glacier uses, Amazon told ZDNet it does not run on tape. "Essentially you can see this as a replacement for tape," a company spokesman said via email.

http://www.zdnet.com/amazon-launches-glacier-cloud-storage-h...

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Glacier#Storage
Interesting article. I really like Microsoft's metro design language but i often wonder how well it works out for asian languages.
Yes, in this case I merely mean to bring in the idea that changes are reacted to. I was using static vs. dynamic more in the physics sense, where "static" can be looked at as a snapshot of the system you're looking at, whereas dynamic brings in the concept of time. I agree that all else being equal, there's every reason to believe that this sort of change would produce a new static equilibrium, at least in terms of debt itself. (My doubt is more about the net effect on the economy as a whole, as debt seems to be a matter of some debate even today. The dominant economic thought seems to be pretty comfortable with it, I have to admit I'm coming around to more of a "Black Swan" sort view where I think the dominant consensus is overvaluing it, which interestingly also accords with a lot of historical thinking on the topic albeit not with that amount of mathematical backing.)
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Groovy Makes Debut Entry Into Programming Languages Top Twenty
Oh hey, you could've used http://dbinbox.com :D
Ask HN: How did you get your telecommute job?
Hello HN!
How did you get your first telecommute job? Were you actively searching for one or did the company you work for allow you to work telecommute? What tips would you have for developers seeking telecommute work? There was already a post on HN earlier about how to maintain a telecommute job. However, how do you actually go about getting one?

Thanks for your responses!
I'm looking for that exemplar (someone who filed a tax return saying they owed more than they paid, and didn't pay anyway). The common cases seem to be, as you point out as well, either a tax return that justifies not paying the tax via some sort of reasoning, or simply not filing.
http://prerender.io
Do you live in an inner city community? You're parroting out bizarre stereotypes (deadbeat Dads and gangs) as if they are the dominant phenomenon, which makes me think you don't actually live here.

I live in one of those "inner city communities" and basic income would be a godsend for a lot of people. I have been supporting one neighbor as he's trying to get on his feet, but it's incredibly costly to actually get a job. He needs money for housing, transit, clothes, food, all kinds of stuff to bootstrap him during the hiring, training, and onboarding process. It's hundreds if not thousands of dollars that you have to pay BEFORE you draw your first paycheck.

That's a guy who is doing everything right, except he has zero dollars in his pocket.

I can do it for one person, every few years. I would love it if the government would do it.
No. This has been stated upfront, at every occasion, and without any form of deceit or indirection.
Gates has actually addressed this specific line of thought. He originally spent a lot of time looking at birth control before switching to vaccination.

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"In society after society, he saw, when the mortality rate falls—specifically, below 10 deaths per 1,000 people—the birth rate follows, and population growth stabilizes. “It goes against common sense,” Gates says. Most parents don’t choose to have eight children because they want to have big families, it turns out, but because they know many of their children will die.

“If a mother and father know their child is going to live to adulthood, they start to naturally reduce their population size,” says Melinda.

In terms of giving, Gates did a 180-degree turn. Rather than prevent births, he would aim his billions at saving the kids already born. “We moved pretty heavily into vaccines once we understood that,” says Gates.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/11/02/the-sec...
Bypassing Firewalls and Tunnelling Tools and Techniques
Google India announces winner of Doodle4Google contest
Before and After Typhoon Haiyan by WSJ.com
I would appreciate upvotes on my original article - as a HN editor changed the URL and title once this hit the front page.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6723445

Thank you!
That's a very dangerous chemical. I'm not sure i'd want a kid having access to it. I don't think I'd want it in my house. I have no problem with 1 molar sulfuric acid.
Netflix introduces one unified TV interface to rule them all
In San Francisco, vermin is considered a "major violation", and requires immediate shutdown:

http://www.sfdph.org/dph/EH/Food/score/Violation.asp
md5+salt.... that isn't so terrible, is it.
I wonder what happened if you refused and held your ground? Somebody must have during all those years.
You can look at the ICD9 to ICD10 transition we are finally making. ICD9 is 30 years old. The ICD codes can basically be used for classifying mortality. Polio is one of the first codes on the ICD9 list. I believe its rank had to do with the amount of people it killed. Thankfully, it is no longer #1 on the list.

There is an interesting Ted talk on this: http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_o...
That quite well illustrates the unacknowledged privilege of women at that time. The men were so accustomed to being denied privacy, either by cultural norms at the time, or by force by the government, that being forced to undress and be photographed was nothing unusual to them. Women, on the other hand, considered this an affront, because they were not subject to either of these. Thank you for pointing this out.
"Beneath Apple DOS" by Don Worth and Pieter Lechner was my bible back then. Reading this book absolutely blew my mind and opened up a world of possibilities, not mentioning a much more intimate knowledge of how copy protection worked on the Apple ][.
It appears you share the views and reasoning of Edmund Burke, father of Conservatism.
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How what works, exactly? Thank you for the vague URL and lack of explanation I suppose.