skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
it is being a early adopter, think of guys on twitter having 2 letter id's, you can't get those anymore

unless you are already a celebrity or you have great contribution in your line of work, people do judge you by their prejudices including member since on github
In this case it seems to be entirely a royalty dispute, and has nothing to do with the patent. Hasbro properly licensed the product, the just didn't properly pay out the royalties.

Also, the patent reform bill[1] that was featured not so long ago isn't about holding companies, it's about making the trolling process harder. One of the provisions is requiring the "real party of interest" to be exposed in the litigation, so a shell company litigating on behalf of microsoft would have to get microsoft involved with it. The other big thing has to do with validity and pleading. In many cases the lawsuits are brought about without any valid claim, and are just used as a harassment tactic to get small companies to pay up their fee instead of going through an expensive and painful legal process. Under the bill, the discovery process is halted until the patent is interpreted, and it forces the patent holder to be more specific about which claims are actually at issue.

None of the things put in that bill seem like they would affect the likes Johnson, had this case even been about patents, as he has legitimate and valid patents, and he himself is the real party of interest.

[1] https://www.eff.org/issues/current-legislative-proposals-pat...
3 things I learnt while bootstrapping my startup
> Most of its traction happens above earth atmosphere, right?

What do you think is pulling it in?
> Why are you hiring?

This is a good one to ask, but tricky sometimes. I've heard answers along the lines of 'we keep positions open perpetually' for architects, systems analysts, data scientists, and the like. So I think to myself, that's great! It is fun to think I'll be a valued hire, and the friend who brought me in will eligible for a nice referral bonus. However, I am starting to think that if a company appropriately values experienced, talented leadership in the most challenging sectors of development, then these roles don't need to be 'always open' any more than entry level positions. My guess is that there's always a catch with companies that give this answer.

So what's a good answer? I'd prefer: 'we weren't hiring, but X thought we should meet you.'
Rochester, NY (if you don't mind the weather). Good writeup here: http://thelistservearchive.com/2013/10/03.html
Good point. Does this mean that whatever you decided to do you will succeed if you work hard? What if you already spent some years on something that is still far from perfect but your still believe you could improve it to make the best?
Aha. That's a really narrow hit target. Yeah, it seems like if you place a video and decide you don't want it there after all or want it somewhere else, all you can do is delete the whole tab containing the video and start over. A work in progress, I suppose. :-)
Do you love the idea and product?
Hmm.. is that statistic calculated for each individual or for the entire population. The changes are to hit are very low in either case, but there is still a large difference mathematically.
History is history
Ah. So nice when science fiction actually happens.

“She lets go of the handle and goes into free fall.

At the same time, she jerks the manual release on her cervical collar and goes into full Michelin Man mode as tiny gas cartridges detonate in several strategic locations around her bod. The biggest one goes off like an M-80 at the nape of her neck, unfurling the coverall's collar into a cylindrical gasbag that shoots straight up and encases her entire head. Other airbags go off around her torso and pelvis, paying lots of attention to that spinal column.”

-- Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
Displaces?

Americans have all kinds of terribly weird assumptions about free trade. Stupid nationalism.
Yes, there's a whole world of difference between developing a pressurized self-contained water pistol and a vague all-encompassing concept like "cloud backup".
The more time you've spent on your passion the less you have left from initial state... How could you return to it? Try some new angle of existing thing?
Very clever idea. Can't wait to try this!
They bootstrapped a lot, that's nice :)
That's what I don't understand about Ansible. It's basically -- literally, actually -- Puppet reinvented with a new syntax based on YAML.

Puppet works so well, Ansible seems like a typical "not invented here" tragedy that frequently occurs in open source. Rather than coalesce around something that works and has years of experience and knowledge and bug fixing sunk into it, people create something from scratch.

To be specific, this is Ansible:

- name: Memcached
template:
src=$repository_basedir/memcached/templates/memcached.conf.j2
dest=/etc/memcached.conf
owner=root group=root mode=0644
notify:
- memcached-restart

The same in Puppet:

file {
'/etc/memcached.conf':
content => template('memcached/memcached.conf'),
owner => root,
group => root,
mode => '0644',
notify => Service['memcached'];
}

It's literally the same data expressed here.

Puppet has very little abstraction. But what you do get, which Ansible has not really understood, I think, is a data model. The above results in the graph getting an object File['/etc/memcached.conf'] which can be referred to. I can do this:

service {
'memcached':
require => File['/etc/memcached.conf'];
}

This in turn creates the graph node Service['memcached']. It takes part in a larger graph that looks like this:

Stage[main]/Node[myserver]/Service['memcached']

In fact, manifests are all compiled into a large graph like this, with interdependencies between the nodes. The logic-based, Prolog-type language in the OP's link is precisely what Puppet builds underneath.

Likewise, the graph model is extensible. I can invent a new object like so:

define public_key() {
file {
"/home/$name/.ssh/authorized_keys":
content => "$key";
}
}

public_key {
'someuser':
key => 'some public key';
}

account {
'someuser':
require => PublicKey['someuser'];
}

Here, the define public_key() actually defines a new type of object that can be instantiated in scripts. When one is instantiated, other objects can be depend on it. This allows me to encapsulate stuff in my scripts; rather than having other declarations depend on the internal details of how a public key is stored (ie., in a home directory), they depend on my definition.

Ansible may look simpler on the surface, but I think it's all surface. When you have learned to use Puppet, it becomes simple. Ansible looks to me like the product of a person who looked at Puppet, said something like "ugh Ruby, ew syntax" and made his own thing, without looking deeper. Simialrly, Ansible appeals to people who look at Puppet with the same reaction, again without looking deeper. The irony is that they are buying into something that is arguably poorer.

That said, I would argue that part of the problem is Puppet's documentation, which surely must drive people to "poor man's Puppet" solutions. (The cynic in me wonders if Puppet's poor documentation is a deliberate ploy on part of Puppet Labs to boost their consulting business.)
Argus: Ruby library for controlling AR drones
What's a ninja sand robot?
Just like the internet will be nothing more than a fancy fax machine. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman
True, but don't you think experience is bad thing sometimes because it tells you X is undoable?
Is the offer that good?

If you do sell it now, do you have other startup ideas worth working on? (I assume this was your best one).

Is there any vesting involved, or is it a cash deal?
Avoid the South if you're black, Hispanic, or mediterranean in appearance. (Or have kids you'd prefer not to be taught racism by their peers.) I lived im Tuscaloosa, AL — another college town — 2006-2012. We came with open minds.

My wife, a half Puerto Rican professor, was nearly arrested for driving while Hispanic, my mother (who is vietnamese) had racist epithets screamed at her while walking our kids in an upscale neighborhood. There were major racist incidents on campus every year we were there. The frats are still segregated.
I don't quite get why internal tools are listed as "beware of". Internal tools are products too. At game companies they have teams dedicated to building just them. I'm sure most larger companies do too.
It's sad how everyone ignores the "cheaply" part. It's easy to find places to live if you want to pay 1k+ a month in rent. :|
The question seems to indicate that you think of Haskells type system as sufficiently expressive (as opposed to some dependently typed language like agda or coq). There's lots of possible semantic information that might be useful to maintenance developers that would be a massive pain to encode into Haskells type system.

More generally though, all of this seems to ignore what it might take to get the type system to do something for you. Just because you can make the type system check some property doesn't mean that it's a good use of your time. I can indicate to other developers a bunch of useful information by simply prefixing with c for Celsius if that's the convention for the codebase, but actually encoding all the rules that go along with that into the type system (e.g. no values allowed below -273.15) might not be a good use of my time.

I think in the final analysis, the answer is no, because I could have a Hungarian prefix that meant 'is a string encoding a turing machine that halts when run on itself', but that's not something you're going to want your type system to try to check for you.

Hungarian notation is all about encoding arbitrary semantic intention about variables into their name. Type systems can also encode arbitrary semantic intention (if they're expressive enough), but the effort associated with using them like that is much higher, just as the benefit is greater (since they're automatically checked). Therefore, while there is overlap, from an engineering point of view they don't cover exactly the same ground.
You're out of luck. Any major city here in Canada (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary) is expensive. But, these cities are routinely in the top 10 for best places to live, so you get what you pay for (kinda).
It goes towards hiring more administrators to chase that grant money they need to make the budget even bigger.
Do you know your helmet really works? Do you really know your helmet covers all these cases?
Opposite anecdote for you...

I skipped class, a lot. So much so that I nearly got kicked out of (a red brick) university in the UK. Up in front of the dean and everything. I was too busy reselling and refurbishing Unix kit and installing network kit and cabling. Oh and like yourself, sleeping when I desired :)

After a year, I quit my electrical engineering degree anyway much to the disappointment of my entire family.

I don't regret this for a minute.

Firstly, most of the entire higher education system in the UK is a scam. It was primarily an exercise in shutting up and sucking cock which I really can't stand for. I'm not willing to trade my ethics and morals for an education.

Secondly, prospects are terribly inflated. None of my peers are employed in that sector as it's cheaper to get your designs and production knocked up in the far east. All of them have a shit ton of debt, even after 15 years and are way down the ladder in their respective industries. At best, they're just about breaking even at the end of the month. The university in questoin is still selling the same course with false promises at the end.

My practical knowledge and experience over the years turned out to be more valuable than the education would have been.

Obviously I make no recommendation but higher education was a social event and business building opportunity for me.
... and Sweden went down lots of places in the economic comparision charts a bit after the high tax economy was implemented.
[Original message removed due to another downvote. I guess I will not share personal anecdotes anymore. I feel that downvotes are for off topic or mean comments. I only shared a personal experience that I felt related to the OP's story.]
Oh, man. Don't tell them about Kahan summation--they'll freak out and go rewrite everything.
HN goes about AMAs by getting them to post here. Then people ask them random questions whenever they want. There's no focused idea of an AMA. I think because there's very little celebrity worship on HN compared to other sites. People here tend to look at others' accomplishments and say, "I can do that."
No, because you can't access that hash from https://sourceforge.net/ ( https://sourceforge.net/ is just a redirect to http).

It's slightly more of a nuisance for the attacker to modify the hash as well as the file, but if they can modify the .zip you get, then they'll surely have no trouble doing "s/the original zip's hash/their malicious zip's hash/" on all your unauthenticated web traffic too. It's a simpler modification than Upside-Down-Ternet.

In this case, they do need to create a compromised version of the zip before you view the hash, but that can be arranged with good probability by tracking the web pages you visit, pre-computing compromises of popular downloads, and/or slowing down your page load speed to give them enough time to compute and serve you compromised hashes. It wouldn't be too hard for an accomplished Web villain to have a good shot at compromising your computer if you are using public WiFi or they have ISP or NSA level access, provided you download software insecurely. ( My unfortunately ranty blog post on the matter: http://idupree.dreamwidth.org/3233.html )

HTTPS isn't perfect, but it (and/or other cryptographic signing) is the minimum we should accept for downloads of code that can quietly pwn your user account when you run 'make'.
And what's the point of that? Videos are generally low resolution, compared to photos. We're talking order of magnitude difference - 2 megapixels vs 36 megapixels.
What will Bitcoin clones do to the value of Bitcoin? In principle you could have an unlimited number of them, it's not as if Bitcoin is the only possible instantiation of a cryptocurrency.
It doesn't hurt to be a cynical in this situation. They will want to do "due diligence" which means they discover many valuable things about your product before they have really committed to anything. This is certainly to their advantage. They are also likely to make you a low-ball offer if you come across as inexperienced or gullible.

When you engage in any sort of negotiation with M&A guys (who are bound to be much better at negotiating than you are) you really need some sort of leverage or you'll get a raw deal. So unless there are multiple suitors that you can play off against each other this is likely to turn out to be an expensive distraction for you.
High tech tattoos, low tech patent
Will this be able to make $100M/year in revenue within the next 3 years?

If it won't probably be able to make >$10M rev/year, you're not super passionate about it and they want to buy it for $3M+, I'd go for it.
How do you prevent a company itself from being sold?
Are you properly incorporated yet? If so, ask for their specific legal advice and take the meeting. Don't disclose anything that the potential acquirers could use to build their own product and see if their interest is sincere. If so, then make a decision. Until then chances are they are really just trying to pick your brain for insights before they build their own competitor.

The way I see it is that if the fit is good and the money is solid then maybe it's worth it. If not you have at least one fantastic example of validation when it comes time to raise funds...
O Trabalho Honesto sempre vai dar Bons Frutos
Possibly an eccentric orbit.
Hey, I have no problems with my taxes going toward science. The way it's done is far from perfect but the answer isn't to take away funding.
Because helmets pass certifications.

Because helmets are always "deployed". I know for a fact that even a shitty helmet is better than no helmet. Let alone a 400 euro helmet.
Gospel Artist Poses Nude (Currently Trending)
GOSPEL ARTIST POSES NUDE!

Evon Latrail is the author of a children's book "When Mommy Went to Heaven". She wrote/recorded a few songs; "Lord Bless My Enemies" and "It Is Time" happens to be two of the titles. She even has a song entitled, "Can't You See (Abortion Is Murder). She went Pro-life after having a abortion! Really???? Now here is a photo of her posing in chocolate as a "Swamp Girl". The word Hypocrite is floating around somewhere. This story has made front page news in the local paper. How can this so called "Gospel Artist" be a role model if she's posing news? For more on this story.....Go to Google or YouTube and search, Evon Latrail. I seen the picture on Google! Pass it on!
Keep your startup strategy simple and clear
Google Says It Could Replace Dalvik Runtime In Next Version Of Android
Who actually uses this in the Philippines? The tool always gets shared across social networks whenever there's a typhoon but I've never heard of people actually finding lost families/friends with it.
Why would the best and brightest of India who master English not leave? Indians who work in the US/UK reach their global maximum. I don't see how this is a net negative on India.
> easier, safer, and cheaper than using a credit card.

Well, let's see. Easier - the credit card process is already about as easy as is possible given some authentication requirements, but bitcoin could certainly tie that process. Cheaper - the credit card process costs the consumer nothing, so you can't be cheaper, but you could tie that as well. Safer - the credit card process has substantial fraud protections for the consumer, but bitcoin by design does not have those fraud protections, so I don't see any way bitcoin could ever be safer.

So, the score at best can be: TIE-TIE-LOSE. And IMHO, TIE-TIE-LOSE vs. a heavily entrenched technology used around the world is not going to win, except for those rare items where credit cards cannot be used - purchasing drugs, or child pornography, or donating to Wikileaks.
> Q: Is there any risk to anyone on ground?

> HK: The risk to the population on ground will be minute. Statistically speaking,

Its nice to see some common sense and statistics to play key role in "preparedness" in this situation.

To the contrary, the "War on Terror" continues with 1/18th of US debt being spent [1], even though the odds of dying due to terrorist attack are minimalist [2].

[1] http://nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/

[2] http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/08/president-obama-the-o...
Restaurant tipping in the US is fairly standard and shouldn't be too confusing or stressful. But I know exactly what you are talking about with other situations. For what it's worth, Americans are sometimes uncomfortable and don't know what the heck to do either! Hotels can be especially confusing.

Basically restaurants are the only place where tips are absolutely expected and you can make yourself look bad by not tipping. For anything else, if I'm not sure I usually just check a travel guide or go on forums and ask other people what they do.

I would do this if I travel to any country, just ask around at how you should behave if you want to fit in.
I think the line lies in the transfer. Patents should only be enforceable by the original inventor or businesses that are actively using the patent for goods/services.
Has the RE market changed that much in 6 years? Last time I was in Miami (2007 I think), all the houses for sale off the water were $400k+. The ones near or on the water were at least hovering around a million.
> What percentage of people with individual plans (who need to get new plans) would actually qualify for subsidies? I don't, so I have more options: (1) I can buy another individual plan from my insurer (2) I can shop other insurers or (3) I can buy from california exchange

I don't understand why you're required to use the exchange to get the subsidies, anyway. Why not let people claim the subsidy directly through an insurer? Then turn healthcare.gov into a static site that simply displays the options and redirects to an insurer's web site.

After all, the subsidies are only an estimate. The actual amount is only calculated on the 1040 tax return. So why should this be any different from tax withholding?

We don't make everyone pay estimated taxes through a centralized site. We let employers withhold an estimated amount, and then the IRS balances the accounts annually, in a batch process.
Congratulations Joshua. Great reading about your experience learning how to code, sticking at it and getting the job you wanted. Your post was short on details (I assume your book will have more) but still inspirational. Definitely good reading something positive like this at the weekend! Good luck.
If you don't love your product, just sell it.
I was going to say something similar. The poster sounds like a young one, assuming things were different before he was born. Not so. For example, back in the 60's muscle cars were hugely important for auto makers and they were largely an object of teen lust. High schoolers and their cars used to be really important; young people's love affair with cars has waned in last couple decades. And teenagers have determined large amounts of adult (i.e, their parents) spending for long time, which has made them target of advertisers for just as long.
That is an excellent explanation! What it suggests to me is that the problem with patent trolls is perhaps not so much with the patent system itself but with the specific mechanisms through which patent lawsuits proceed.

Kind of like how software security most often fails in the implementation rather than the theory. :)
This story seems very similar to the universal wrench story here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/MadeInAmerica/wrench-inventor-claim...

It seems to be a disturbing trend where large companies get into business agreements with small time inventors, then do everything possible to screw them out of royalties by creating cheap knock-off products with trivial differences.
This looks like it could be useful as a way to prototype a real program.
htdp was my first programming book, and it is really helpful.
"People have prejudices against late-adopters"

Also a good point. I was a late adopter to github, as I had troubles wrapping my brain around "socialized programming" as it related to what I considered a "personal" project.

I saw the light, and signed//repo'd up. In 2013.

The line in the article I referenced made me pause, so I thought I'd ask.
He'd have to buy a pickup truck, though.
If weather is not a factor Albany/Troy/Schenectady NY. The area is home to a good sized and growing tech industry with an AMD chip manufacture, industry leading nano technology research, universities like Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who have incubator programs http://www.rpi.edu/about/eve/, and Schenectady whose economy depended so heavily on GE manufacturing is not giving large tax incentives to small businesses to move there. The social life is mid sized city to very rural depending where you want to actually live. I believe it is a hour an a half train ride to NYC, 3 hour drive to Boston, and 2 -3 hour drive will bury you in the middle of the Adirondack state park with no cell service.
Also, your body is actually better at processing MSG than salt, so supplementing your food with MSG can allow you to get good flavor with a considerable salt reduction.
Puppet's unpredictable ordering should be a write-and-forget benefit, but in reality it's very difficult to reason about.

But this is Prolog and ordering in Prolog is deterministic. Clause goals are proven in order. When there are multiple clauses with the same predicate, they are executed in order. If this weren't the case extra-logical facilities such as cuts wouldn't work in Prolog