skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You probably did not see the videos fully. Chucks of Liberty and 'Murica can crack open a human body pretty smoothly. Most lethal, in my opinion.

And even if Fraggucino and Blunderbussiness only hurt or maim someone, they are enough to strike fear among a crowd of people. Do not underestimate the implications of that.
Let's try wikipedia:

The three-strikes law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence. Violent and serious felonies are specifically listed in state laws. Violent offenses include murder, robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used, rape and other sex offenses; serious offenses include the same offenses defined as violent offenses, but also include other crimes such as burglary of a residence and assault with intent to commit a robbery or murder.

So, since speeding is not a felony, it has no relevance here. Shoplifting might be a felony, but it would only invoke three strikes if you already had two prior felonies which also happened to be violent.

By the way, I'm not defending three-strikes laws, just describing them. I think they are a bad idea. I also think the ACLU is whitewashing the records of a lot of the people involved here.
Scandanavian countries don't have as many blacks as the US.
in a sane world murders get 3 chances?
are you currently stationed in thailand?
Since intelligence is just a fancy word for news, I guess that means every journalist needs to be at the sharp end of the same mob justice
indeed, agreed. I only use the prefix number shortcut for that.
The U.S. and Canada have very similar cultures, so comparisons here have some meaning. The U.S.'s per capita incarceration rate is 6.28 times Canada's [1] and the per capita number of police officers is 1.26 times higher in the U.S.[2]. However, the intentional homicide rate of the U.S. is 2.94 times that of Canada[3]. Certain types of offenses (e.g. drug offenses) are higher in Canada, but the violent crime rate is lower.

It's worth asking what is going on here. I'm no expert on law and punishment, but it seems like the U.S. is throwing more resources at the problem (perhaps prodded by for-profit prison lobbyists) and getting poorer results. The cultures are too similar to explain this away by saying Canadians are inherently less violent. As Canada considers harsher prison sentences and expanding prison capacity, it's imperative to understand if this will produce the intended results.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...

[3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona...
Cyan's Obduction just shy of VR support in final Kickstarter hours
And that one line calls out to a library which does all the work.

Why should this be a module? It's absurd.
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Jony Ive's custom-designed Leica camera took 9 months and 55 engineers to build
>Thinking the world is your problem is assuming the world should care about you more than you care about it or yourself.

no they shouldn't. The world does not give a flying fuck about me. It only cares what I give to them. So why don't I? Why am I such a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit.

I am a piece of shit.
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I didn't down vote you but I will disagree with you. Criticizing the US does not mean that you support/can't criticize other countries.
>If someone commits three consecutive rapes...well, who would complain about locking him up forever?

I would. The primary purpose of prisons should be rehabilitation. Giving life sentences doesn't take into account that people can change.
I am a fucking piece of shit. I should kill myself. I should fucking hang myself. I am a piece of shit.
Are we already implying that Stratfor carried out the bombing? Wow.
Interesting article, and I think a 2 hour marathon is certainly doable. I mean, 3 minutes in a 26.2 mile 2 hour race seems like if someone just has a great day they can do that. That being said, I'm not sure I agree with his analysis of the data. The section of graphs that he says are all straight lines, looks to me like several of them are curves going to a plateau.

We can always get better, but at some point there is a soft limit. Someone can always do a little better, but I think we can all agree that there won't be any 30 minute marathons any time soon. Suggesting that gaining 3 minutes in 30-40 years is simply linear progression seems kinda silly to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 2 hour marathon tomorrow.
> ... pack them together, side by side in a way that they lock ...

So what happens when you have, say, five drives like that and the one in the middle fails? How do you get it out?
Granted, this specific submission can be qualified as off-topic under the guidelines. But I seriously doubt this for any NSA-related submissions, given their impact on the whole US tech/startup sector.
I'm not scared of meeting Cuban. I am scared of meeting Graham.

Cuban is not that smart in my eyes, Graham is really smart, but I'm not sure Graham realizes how smart he is.

How arrogant is that?
1. Lack of market: retail spending is still occasionally dropping month-on- month.

2. Lack of liquidity: what bank, already in perilous condition, is going to lend to these young people?

3. Lack of savings to compensate for ( 2 )

Spanish financial indicators:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/spain/consumer-spending
I second volunteering. Donating your time makes you feel much more involved than if you donated an equivalent (or even greater than) your wage for that time. It also is a visible show of dedication to a cause!
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Mean, cynical and snarky remarks are a hanging offense, apparently
Thanks for sharing! I was introduced to Tmux at work earlier this year. We used it primarily for remote pairing, but now I use it for anything and everything terminal.
I want to help who I empathize with. But if I do not love myself, how am I supposed to love others?

I cannot help poor people, I do not empathize with them. I can help broken people, but how am I to help them when I cannot help myself?
Buzzfeed has a lot of pics of today's event.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/everything-you-need-t...
I find strange the assumption that bytecode is bigger than the source. It's not true for many programs and many languages.

Since we have interpretation phase anyway, it would be interesting to try to optimize for size and speed of interpretation or pre-compilation.
Well then why don't we work together, motherfucker?
btw, I am serious, and would join you, just give me the word.
You don't do your camp any favors with this category of response.
I wish I was talented enough to take this advice to heart. I know it is true, and yet I am too retarded to act on it.
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This is where we all applaud attacks on our own infrastructure
His conclusion is contingent on the continued exponential growth of the runner population. Obviously, this growth itself is not sustainable, but it seems plausible that it will end before we start hitting the wall of human performance.
Thanks for your comments Steve.

1. RocksDb has a feature that allows an application to determine when to close a file (i.e. segment). You can write your compaction code via compaction_filter_factory defined in https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/master/include/rock...

2. RocksDb also has a feature that allows an application to close a block inside a segment. https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/commit/fd075d6edd68ddbc1...

3. RocksDb has a feature to use different compression algorithms for different parts of the database. In the Level Style Compaction, you can configure a different compression algorithm for different levels. In Universal Style Compaction, you can specify that you want compression only for x% earliest data in your database.

4. We have internal benchmarks for scan performance but because of lack of developer resources, we might not be able to open source those numbers.

It will be great to catch up in person.
Well what the fuck esw, point me in the direction. It's not like it's a guarantee.
They generally just catch on fire and smoke a lot.
In an effort to be more civilized we have inadvertently come up with more barbaric punishments than the past. Locking someone away for life for stealing is worse than cutting off a hand or tattooing the forehead.
well i laughed out loud at this. And yes, I see how much of a douchekongercunt I am. I am a fucking cunt. Fine.

But it doesn't change the fact that i am fucked right now and I need some help.
No, with 0.01 BTC and nothing else, I can buy coffee at my local coffee shop. The Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto accepts Bitcoin.

On a more serious note: Bitcoin has steadily gained acceptance as a form of payment. In 2010, a guy bought a pizza for 10000 BTC. It was a one-off transaction between two Bitcoin enthusiasts, but a milestone: the first purchase of real goods. In 2011 and 2012, Bitcoin matured from enthusiasts to a wider audience, albeit mostly for illegal uses. The biggest was Silk Road.

Now, in 2013, Bitcoin is starting to be accepted by regular, legal businesses. Shopify, Coupa Cafe, WordPress, Reddit, OkCupid, and new merchants joining every week. There are startups like Coinbase devoted to making this as easy as possible. Someone in Vancouver set up an ATM that takes Bitcoin and gives you cash.

Sure, there's a long way to go. But acceptance has been improving rapidly. And Bitcoin has features--very low transaction costs, no "chargebacks", etc--that make it inherently attractive to sellers. Instead of focusing on "where the puck is", we should skate "where the puck is going to be".
> It's a pneumonic for "previous"

I'm guessing this is autocorrect, but an autocorrect that knows 'pneumonic' (the Firefox spell-checker doesn't!) but not 'mnemonic' seems even less likely than a person who knows the first word but not the second.

Anyway, 'previous' is perhaps less likely to spring to mind than 'back' or 'reverse' or even 'last', each of which would have different mnemonics. ('Last' has a particularly good mnemonic if you keep your hands to the Holy Home Row, which is why vi users, who are most likely to worship at the Altar of the Home Row, can't use it.)
So what is a reasonable punishment for a serial rapist? Seems to me that no one should get the chance to be convicted of rape 3 times. They should have been locked up before that 3rd one happened. I might, might let you out at some point after 1. After 2, screw you. You clearly didn't learn and you are a danger to society.
> Even if the sum total was positive the revenue came from businesses such as Windows and Office which everyone agrees are set to decline. Microsoft was supposed to be in a position to offset the decline from Windows/Office

It is true that Windows and Office grew over the past ten years. On the other hand, the Server & Tools division grew from 12% of Microsoft's operating income in fiscal year 2003, to 31% of operating income in fiscal year 2013.

Also, there is no decline in "Windows and Office." There is a decline in Windows -- but not in Office. Maybe you think that Office will decline, but the analysts don't. So it's certainly not true that "everyone agrees" it is "set to decline."
Rich for who? Who are these people then?

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sales/manhattan/

Why should they get to have more fun than me? Fuck them.
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Here is the US, we're allowed to criticize the government. If you're unhappy with that, maybe you'd like to move to North Korea, China, or any of those other countries where people like you are allowed to shut down critical thinking.
Almost every internet company has similar language in their TOS.
Man. Can we talk on Skype. I need to talk to you.
I really like Mozilla's recommendations, which are detailed, explicit, and well-justified: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Recommende...
Eh, you're comparing PPP with GDP. Try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomin... You'll find that France is richer than the richest US state (California).
This is little more than an advertisement with a baseless graph to lure you in.
what the fuck is going on here. I didn't understand what you are talking about.
Have you considered fashioning some stylish yet concealed body-armour under your outer clothing, possibly using bits of left-over belt and magazines?

Not quite Ned Kelly, but might help a little.
If you guys think this is a travesty, look up felony murder. I think it's unconstitutional, and people have been sentenced to life because of it.
Fuck it, ship it
I am sitting at my local watering hole with my wife and friends discussing my job hunt and the thought struck me: What haven't I launched my web app yet?

I constantly remind myself of the quote: "If you aren't first, you're last."

Crowd tilt. Kudos. To all those considering starting a company or have what you perceive to be a great idea - you have nothing to lose. Start building. I don't care if you don't know how to create a paragraph tag in HTML. Man up and fucking do it. I got laid off last month and trust me when I say it makes me feel disallusioned (is that the correct use of that word?) with a tidy corporate job. Now more than ever I want to create what I believe will be a highly sustainable business with a real market and that "cool" factor that is highly desirable.

I implore you. What have you got to lose? You don't want to have any regrets so just FUCKING DO IT.

Fuck NDA's.
Fuck a Technical Co-founder. You got this.
It's a great idea, quit doubting yourself you idiot.
Quit reading articles. Just build.
Excuses. Everyone has them. Don't be "that" guy.

I'm 28 years old and I wanted to be on the Forbes list by now. Damnit.

Seriously, get off your ass guys. (And gals)

The best way to get ahead is getting started.
Honestly, I would be fucking happy with 100 million. If someone has 10 billion, good for them, I don't want to be famous.

100 million is what I want. I feel like then, I could live how I wanted. I want to help people. I want to make the world a better place. I have no evil desires. If someone came up to me right now and said hey buddy, I'll give you 100 million if you help me starve just 1 dying boy in africa right now, I would punch that cock in the face. I do not want to make money at the expense of other people.

I want to help people. I want to improve the world. I believe in evolution. I believe in our planet.

I don't know what else there is to say. Except for- I will make it my business to murder people who oppress other people. I really will.
So how can we get the same people motivated to work for a cure?
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The melee weapons are a bit silly though. Everyone knows that people can be extremely dangerous with melee weapons, or even just their bare hands.
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If only we had a major Federal agency with world-leading expertise in network security...
Yes, as opposed to actively encouraging or causing it.
> I don't favor speeding tickets at all; as far as I can see, they're just a way for governments to capriciously collect extra revenue from people without giving it the politically unpopular name of "taxes".

> Repeated-burglaries guy is obviously opting out of functioning in society. If the cost of keeping him out of it exceeds the cost he inflicts by his presence, I'd say we should keep him incarcerated and spend less, not just tell him "OK, burgle all you want".

So reckless, dangerous driving is part of being a functional member of society, but 3 (apparently) non-violent and (in the scheme of things) minor thefts over 44 years gets someone thrown in jail for the rest of their life. That could be 30+ years on the dole. We (the taxpayers) are paying for his feeding, his clothing, his medical, his guards, his shelter. I seriously doubt another 3 thefts over the remainder of his life is worth that cost.
The NSA submissions are more of a mixed bag. A lot of them are still not a good fit as they are more outrage than information, but yeah, a lot of them are relevant to the site. (I still think even the relevant stories have a negative impact on the signal:noise ratio by encouraging people to post important-but-irrelevant stories like this one, but you're right, the NSA stories do belong here.)
dude. if you could understand how much 'psychotherapy' I have been through, you would not be saying that I bet. If you have someone whom you think can bring me out of this funk, please recommend. I don't doubt you. I have been out of this funk once, but a long time ago.
It's basically the same in USA (places with jobs and without), but it's the same country, and internal migration is not considered a big deal.

And university is espansive, so people that doesn't expect to gain enough by graduating don't go there. In manu EU countries university education is free.
Carl Sagan said: "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
There's a big difference between saying there's something on the Internet for no great cause (stop the presses!) and saying that something on the Internet is causing unfair personal damage.
you have to jump through a lot more hoops to create an incorporated business entity in europe. Much much easier in the US.
Freelancer soars to $2.50 on ASX debut
It’s unfortunate there are always people who think bring resourceful is not a essential quality of a good programmer...
> "When Aaron's co-worker woke up to find his truck missing, he reported it stolen"

What could have happened: Aaron requests truck for a day from room-mate. Room-mate agrees. But the company finds out about it and frowns. Mate says Aaron stole the truck, out of fear.

There are any number of ways this might have happened; and perhaps the case docs talk about it. But, in any case, life sentence seems harsh.
How. How do you not know anyone 'that rich'.. I am not rich. I feel like this is a major shortsight.
I also initially thought of a TTY, but there are too many definitions of the word that could still fit with this site.
I'm assuming that there is some sort of Star Trek universe remake of the scene from Spartacus, but I can't seem to find it. If so, does it have the same set-up (slave gladiators battling for the amusement of the elites)? I'm not entirely sure this makes sense...
> Who sees the US as a leader in human rights?

The vast majority of people who are raised in USA public schools.
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They are applying spin to fit their narrative.

This is the ACLU; they are both biased and good at spin.

(Which is not to say they are quacks, but know what you are dealing with)
a rising tide lifts all boats. Adding them to my short them in the future list.
I'm a supporter of the idea of WikiLeaks, if not all of their decisions ... now here's what bugs me: why is it rare (or never) that we see mass dumps of Russian, Chinese, or Pakistani intelligence information? What, there's no corruption, profiteering, or otherwise bad vibes over there? The US has a monopoly on all that? Why does it always have to hurt US intelligence activities (yes: some deserve to be hurt, but just blanket dumping also puts the country at risk).
Thank you for responding in detail. I need to think over what you've written to grok the finer points, but here's one I can talk to:

"Why not replace (insert hugely established system) with (completely new system)"?

It's not a total rip-out-and-replace. Bitcoin might be the grease that enables the seriously broken parts of our struggling world economy to slip through the entrenched tax collectors and let the actual consumers reward the actual producers. It fills the niche of Community Currencies without the balkanization.

One thing that the huge, established system misunderstands about the new entrant is where the most effective inroads will happen:

The lower class.

Someone already richly rewarded by the establishment is not going to be very interested in Bitcoin (other than as a toy). But someone in a nation outside the US and Western Europe?

Bitcoin gives them first-world tools that completely bypass their local currency.

It sounds like the classic innovator's dilemma. Suddenly trade barriers are being circumvented. Chinese currency can escape currency controls. Micropayments and small businesses have an option.

I'm not convinced Bitcoin is that thing, but I'm certain the established system will fail to adapt.

Develop a game plan for what that will look like and where you want to be when it happens. In thinking along those lines, I see that you're working with ISO–and in my mind, that's not where you want to be! :)
In 2007 I did the same level of digging with a facebook puzzle solving game. Game used to post daily puzzles and top scorers (solving the puzzle in minimum time) were shown on global leaderboard. At that time, the app was not using any kind of hashing or validation. It was simply posting the score to the server so tempering the data was easier. After staying on top of global leaderboard for a few days (with impossible score of 1 second), the app developer contacted me and requested to stop cheating the system. I suggested him some changes and the game became much better
The title of the article makes it sound like the US has damaged ties with Germany. Apparently not:

“The worst part? Germany doesn’t even seem to mind.”
The book http://trustmeimlying.com/ talks about this and the financial motivations behind this. In the age of the pageview journalism the main distribution channels are social networks and Google News, and on those channels headlines are the only thing that people pay attention to.
I live in butthole texas. I have been all over the US, Canada, Mexico.

I have volunteered at homeless shelters. I have played golf at a professional level, I have an engineering degree, I have given speeches to high school classes about life, I have built a blog and website (not good @ coding though).

I have traveled and enjoyed some of the finest food in the American nation. I have owned some of the finest sports cars and lived and some of the nicest places (douche). I have caught world record fish in the gulf of mexico. I have shot a 59 on a golf course (18 holes). I have raided with a top 6 worldwide guild on wow. I have made it to the top 18 in quake live duel rankings. Wow I am fucking loser. I haven't done shit with my life. Fuck me. I should kill myself. lol.
Are we asking for the right soccer data
Is there a better way to gather football statistics?