skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's a really good question because a sense of self is integral to our definition of consciousness. Presumably this machine as able to understand math, so it should be able to comprehend it's own formula or source code.
As a guitarist moving to NY in the new year, I've spent the last week obsessing over if I can bring precious instrument with me. Now I need to find out if this legislation applies to an american airline flying into american airspace from the UK (fingers crossed)
This is not about edge conditions, but about two different concepts. Saying "gravity accelerates" does not make sense by definition, at least we should say "gravitational force accelerates".
Technically the airlines must comply "Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section." So February 14th, 2014

Lets hope they don't change it (before it takes effect !)
It would not be simply additional spending, as it would replace many existing (much more beaurocratically complex) social security programs.

And yes, the tax structure would have to change as well.
This is awesome.

My GF learned to be forked
Online course: Build your own #dickbar
Why you should learn just a little bit Apple, a little bit Apple, a little bit Apple, a little Awk - A Native-Looking and Feeling Mobile HTML5 Front-End Framework
Firefox 6 released with long-sought Higgs boson discovery
That advice only works for endeavours that are similar to things we've been selected for. Otherwise, the human brain will fall remarkably short with plenty of built-in biases. The fuzzy matching heuristics are broken in well-determined ways, and even being consciously aware of them isn't enough to overcome the problems.
The fact that <, >, +, - and other operators are just functions brings alot of benefits.

- They are variadic functions, they work on a range of inputs.
- Their names are valid identifiers, which allows for function names like list->vector
- Precense is fairly self-evident. 2 * 2 / 5 - 1 vs (- (* 2 (/ 2 5)) 1). You could add parenthesees to the first, and most would, Lisp just forces you to.
- They are consistent, a function is the first element of a list, no matter what
- Closely related to the above point, they make writing macroes easier. Imagine if macroes had to take infix operators into account. Certain macroes would have to scan the syntax they receive for the presense of operators, or you would have to create special macroes for operators...
- You would need special syntax for passing operators as values to other functions. ((dummy) < 5) ;; What should happen here if dummy returns another function instead of something orderable?
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And as with all other special exceptions written into the law by lobbyists, the tab is generously picked up by the rest of us. You're welcome.
Here the problem is not with her seeking treatment for her mental illness.

The problem is with someone giving her confidential medical records to the US, and with the US having a sub-optimal entry system for people with MH histories.

I fully respect the decisions the people make about their own lives. But I strongly feel that we don't fight stigma by not confronting the organisations that perpetuate that stigma.

> I have depression, and it's made me pause.

I agree it's scary and weird. I agree there's a bunch of stuff around "when to disclose an illness" during employment.

Hope you're doing good though!!
In 1951 there was a startup on Haskell
Awesome.

> Jack Dorsey does 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Twitter, 8 hours at Square daily
Hopefully it's a go this time!
We're past T-3:40 where the previous attempt failed.

Edit: Flight computer has aborted after engine fireup.
Claiming that the authorities in Brazil would not act is a massive understatement. Granted.

But the OP hacked someone's account. And that's also a crime.

From victim, the OP could very well end up in the other side of the system, being accused of hacking into someone else's accounts.
And to make matters worse, because those services are hosted in the US, then Tom could be prosecuted there and very likely being convicted.

Never take the law into your own hands. It's not worth the risk of an eventual table turning.
Shenzhen looks impressive. I haven't been there, but it looks similar to the Zhongguancun district in Beijing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongguancun
Another suggestion: terminate unmatched open delimiters at the end, and strip unmatched close delimiters (parentheses, quotation marks, etc.
It doesn't take a long time to find that Ooyala might not be the best company to work for:

* http://gigaom.com/2010/03/31/brightcove-ooyala-is-spreading-...

* http://blog.brightcove.com/en/2010/03/desperation-security-a...
Parallel Worlds exist and will soon be testable, expert says
I'm trying to read through the cynicism and understand two parts of your post:

1. What lobbyists would have written this and most importantly, why? When I think of lobbyists I think of someone having something financial to gain. I'm not aware of a huge flying-musician lobby.

2. What tab? What penalty are we the unfortunate paying because of this?
> once you give everybody $X,000 dollars per month you'll spur inflation

> Meanwhile, that money has to come from somewhere and it will come out in the form of taxes.

These two statements are contradictory. If it comes from taxes, it's not "printed" money and thus does not directly lead to inflation - unless it's through increased spending, in which case it means increased consumption and thus a growing economy.
Let’s Sit Out Black Friday, Shall We?
My question to anyone who REALLY strives for FU money is - Can you handle it?

I was just discussing this with my friend yesterday. I'm scared of having all of my debt paid off and have some extra left over. I don't think I'm mature enough to handle that lifestyle. Yet.

Right now I have a simple, easy reason to motivate myself to work (and thus learn new tech and maintain my edge) - paying the bills. But if I have no debt, I could maintain my current standard of living (which is pretty high) AND save a lot by just working one day a week. My wife wouldn't even have to work!

What are we supposed to do with all that free time and money? The correct answer is of course doing whatever we want (invent, travel, charity, art, teach etc.). But none of our friends or family have that lifestyle. We'd be the "rich" people who live in luxury and don't have to work. It is similar to winning a lottery and all the problems that come with it.

We are already at a point that PG mentioned where most of the problems that could be solved with money, are being solved with money. We have a pet-sitter to take care of our home zoo. We have cleaning service, laundry-pickup, handyman, lawn guy, property manager etc. It may seem lavish but if I spent the same time doing the same chores, we'd lose a lot more money since I bill by the hour. And if we were debt free, we could afford all of that with me working just 1 day a week.

I have invested in startups and virtual currency. There is a greater than zero chance that something can work in my favor and I end up being debt free and have more than enough to spend a decade or longer without working (barring medical, legal issues etc). As much as I want to hit the tech lottery, I'm not sure I have the self-discipline to maintain a healthy level of productivity, socialization, and carefreeness once I no longer have to work to pay the bills.

However, that doesn't mean I want to do this forever. I think I need about a decade to grow into the idea of that lifestyle. Then not only can we live comfortably easily, our social circle will include other people who will want to go on National Geographic cruises or trips to Antarctic. Right now, our family/friends are working 9-5 or going to school. Having FU money today just makes for a very lonely social lifestyle in our location.
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I keep hearing this "not talk about it" everywhere.

But don't you feel, I don't know, dishonest, limited, when you can't share your happiness, thoughts, etc. with your friends?
How much Equity to Co-Founder?
Co-Founder has experience,can invest 10k,for no work and 50% of company!Angel or Devil?
How much Equity to Co-Founder?
Co-Founder has experience,wants to invest 10k,for no work and 50% of company!Angel or Devil?

Im developing software for real estate and vacation rentals,hotels.I have experience in the industry,but no cash. Potential Co-Founder has successful software,wants to be part but wants 50% of company and invest $10k and do no work. I think he is crazy.But i want him on board. How do you measure potential value of a company at this early stage to negotiate equity in proportion to investment?
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The problem is that they may know that the Moon has gravity, but they don't understand what that concretely means when it comes to questions like this.
aborted at 0
Looks like it failed :(

Edit: Failed was the wrong word, aborted is the correct term.
Abort $%&#!. Aborted on time T+2 seconds. At least it is safe. Shutdown was made after ignition.

Update: Problem was the slow ramp up of the thrust of the rockets. Engineers are looking at the data. Rocket is on stand-by to launch today, but the commentator sounded skeptical.

Update: Clock was restarted with T-00:25:10, still some problems to resolve.

Update: Aborted on time T-48 seconds. Done for today. The rocket will be inspected and another launch attempt will be in a few days.
My favorite: Germany Minister o Justice demands immediate response to "Paul Graham's Letter to YC Companies"
Well, it's a problem, but on the other hand, you'd have so much free time to learn to deal with it :)
thanks for that! looking forward to trying it out. happy thanksgiving :)
Or New Years eve, my Girlfriend and I are coming through SF from 28th till the 2nd Jan, looking for cool parties, gigs, people to hang out with etc.
Is this future in every country ?
(I'm not a physicist, so take the following with a grain of salt!)

It's not wrong, but it would never happen.

Let's say we've built a moon elevator. Like a space elevator, but tethered to the moon. You travel from the earth; there is a brief period of acceleration, then you settle down to a steady speed for your journey.

After you reach the steady state, you are going to experience normal Earth gravity. As you move further from the earth, however, you will experience less of it. As you approach the moon, its gravity will eventually be stronger - with this transition occurring at the Lagrange point L1 between the earth and the moon, where the gravitational pull from each is equal.

In practice, until we build a moon elevator, this isn't going to happen. Instead, we have to throw you at the moon using a rocket. Most of the energy we use for this is actually spent making you go sideways, instead of directly up. It's kind of cool actually - if you are orbiting the earth in, say, the ISS, you are actually experiencing nearly the same gravitational pull as if you were on the surface. You are just moving so ridiculously quickly in a circle around the earth that the centripetal force cancels out gravity - like someone is swinging you around on an invisible rope. Since this is happening to both you and the spaceship you are in, there is no relative acceleration - so you appear to be weightless.

If we fire some more rockets to accelerate you towards a lunar orbit, nothing else changes - you are still not accelerating relative to your spacecraft (assuming you are strapped in!) and so you continue to appear weightless. You transfer into orbit around the moon - and you are in the same situation you were in when orbiting earth. But if you drop a lunar lander, which slows itself down - it'll fall!

Orbital mechanics and gravity can certainly be counterintuitive, but it's thoroughly fascinating.
Aborted at +00:02
This is only really true in America. I've bought bitcoins two different ways in Australia. It wasn't that hard.
1. According to the article, the American Federation of Musicians

2. Agreed, what tab? If the airlines can charge a fee comparable to equivalent carry on luggage, what difference does this actually make? I guess it must be against an extra surcharge for instruments, which honestly I wouldn't have thought would exist in the first place.
Wait. Me reading Hacker News for you.
I don't think the launch window has closed yet though, has it?
Aborted. Bummer.
commentator said that the flight computer canceled launch because the readings from the 9 merlin engines were "not nominal"
Well shit, now I want to know the answer. It's "straight out" right?
I get the same results:

$ touch empty

$ chmod +x empty

$ time ./empty

real 0m0.005s
user 0m0.001s
sys 0m0.001s

$ echo "int main(){return 0;}" > trivial.c

$ gcc trivial.c -o trivial

$ time ./trivial

real 0m0.002s
user 0m0.001s
sys 0m0.002s
Somone must have had their finger on F8 when it was starting. Now in safe mode.
Some of the other stories on the topic seem to indicate the most likely indicator here - calls to 911 are automatically matters involving "law enforcement", and are shared between countries.

It's actually something I hadn't considered before - if you call 911 for an ambulance, that info goes in to police records/databases related to your name even if not about an arrest.

The lesson here isn't about secret sharing - it's that if you (or someone you care about) has an issue that may be used against you later, do everything in your power to go to the hospital yourself rather than calling 911.

It depresses me to think I just wrote that.
I was on a domestic Delta flight recently and someone brought a trombone case and 1 personal item without issue.
Thank you on #1. Missed that in my first read, I see it now.
It's really interesting. I'm nowhere (by several orders of magnitude) near FU money but when I started full time work it still took time to adjust to having income and having to manage that income.

Do you think it's more the differential, rather than the amount that causes issues?
Could you tell us some more about 7 cups of tea? I've gone through the website, but personal experience is much better heard.
At T+0, the flight computer ignites the engines, but the vehicle doesn't liftoff yet. Instead, it is held down for two seconds while the flight computer verifies that all engines are working correctly (to prevent blowing up both the vehicle and everything in its surroundings).

It seems that the checks failed here and the flight computer aborted launch at T+00:01.
No. AIXI is unique, in the technical sense of that word. It's similar to Eurisko in that there are goals and things. If you get any deeper, the similarity ends.
Why are prices for bitcoins so drastically different on the different exchanges? Shouldn't arbitrage fix this nearly right away.
I always thought it was what the places in Bladerunner where the people who made the snake scales were was based on. You would go along and be told that the man over there had that particular kind of resistor.
1: The musicians lobby. It's in the article.

2: Cabin space is a scarce resource. When some of it is forcefully allocated to a privileged group, there is less for the rest of us.
Another year, another startup as well it would appear!
Go for Rubyists
eat good chinese food. if you're not from LA, SF, NY there's a strong chance you've never actually had chinese food.
An on pad abort is very very different from a failed launch. They'll try again later.
There's a section of the four hour work week called filling the void. You may want to check it out, deals exactly with what you're experiencing.

The answer could well be "keep working, just do less of it or avoid the stuff I don't like doing".

It also helps to keep something in mind that you're working towards, beyond finance. For the past two years, my primary goal has been financial: earn enough recurring revenue that I can work on what I want.

But it's obvious that that goal will eventually render itself obsolete if I succeed at it. So I know I need something beyond that.

I have a few ideas of skills I'd like to learn. Latin is something I was working on before starting, I want to read roman authors in the original. If ever I no longer need to work, I know I can do that. And travel, and learning to draw. All things that I've done in the past, and enjoyed, but put aside to focus on my primary goal.

I've heard you should always be looking for a new job. Likewise, I think you should always be looking for what to do when you don't need a job.
So, not Tom Cruise Crazy?
I started using your service in place of ghostery. I like both of them and I truly appreciate what you guys are doing here.

The only short-coming is that my browser sometimes freezes when it is blocking certain flash objects. I consider it a minor inconvenience and a worthwhile trade-off. In general, sites load way faster. I am often appalled when I see the amount of trackers being blocked on some of these pages. It shows why the web, despite running on faster servers and delivering content across faster networks to faster computers, appears to be slowing down year after year.

It also reminds me that I have a responsibility to the users who visit my sites. I will never use any ad-tracking or social-media tracking software on my sites. I will host my own ads on my site and not depend on third-party companies to insert and regulate my ad presence. I will use minor tracking tools, but solely with the aim of improving user experience.

In all, I am very glad that you guys are doing what you are doing. In some meta respects, I think you are improving not only the state of the uses who use your product, but also the general well-being of the entire internet. Once we can extinguish the abusive trackers out there, we all can learn how to monetize our sites in a respectful and appropriate fashion.
Now that's an awesome feature.
My understanding is they net it if someone takes an opposing position and if not, they hedge by buying contracts or BTC outright.
Good point: I don't think they've ever taken an agent which has been learning for a while in one environment and placed it in another. I don't know, but I would expect that the current version at least would have to fail hard, basically unlearning everything, before it started to succeed in the new environment. That's a weakness, if so.

How do humans avoid this? Because our brains are evolved to be plastic but not too plastic. We encounter new environments (like going from one level of Pac-Man to the next), but not new laws of physics (like going from Pac-Man to Mario).
"privileged group", otherwise known as "someone who actually needs it more than you do".
His hard drive may be worth even more when it is dug up by archaeologists 1024 years in the future.
Looks like they'll make a second attempt. He just said "resetting to t-13 minutes"
2: There is currently no allowed cabin baggage equivalent to a guitar.
A lot of people recommend C because it presents an abstraction very close to the hardware. This is useful but in today's world, it isn't really a substitute for actually learning how hardware works.

On modern machines, C doesn't even expose some of the more important issues related to hardware. I am referring to things like the memory consistency model, cache coherence, different abstractions for multiprogramming and how they are implemented in hardware - GPUs vs. shared memory MIMD vs. MPI vs. clusters running MapReduce and so on. I'm not saying these programming models can't be implemented in C. I'm pointing out that learning C won't automatically teach you about the tradeoffs between message passing and shared memory systems. You still have to go out and learn that stuff. I'd argue that in today's world this is about as important as learning what malloc and free are doing under the hood.

Fred Brook's notion of classifying the complexity of programmable systems into essential and accidental complexity is useful here [1]. No matter what language you start with, you'll need to learn to deal with the essential complexity of software systems. In that regard C# is as good as language as any other. In fact, it might even be better than C because you get to focus a little more on the essential complexity because it is a higher-level language than C.

I think the advice of learning C first came in an era when hardware abstractions were simpler and so simply learning C would go a long way towards helping you understand how your computer really worked and thus in one sense helping you cope with the accidental complexity of software. But I think that advice might need to re-thought now because both the hardware and the software systems we build and use today are so much more complex. Just learning C alone might not get you very far in terms of understanding what really happens on your machine when, say, your webbrowser is making a HTTPS request to google.com.

[1] http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~xswang/Research/Papers/SERelat...
Maybe I'm misunderstanding. But it outlines that if it's a comparable item to other carryon baggage, there's no additional penalty on the scarce resource of carryon storage. It's no more forcefully allocated to instruments than it is a standard other item of carryon luggage. It's just equally allocated, now.
Launch window until 6:30EST
My top 10 so far (in no particular order):

Tesla wins in North Korea [since Kim Jong-un bought one]
CISPA Passes in the browser
Zynga Shuts Down Major Websites and Https Protocol [very plausible]
The Rules of a startup [couldn't believe first this wasn't a HN title]
Simple Minecraft Clone in 580 lines of Ruby [ditto]
What's the best startups in the noise of 802.11 [even more true than HN]
Parsley.js: never write a Web Application that makes you understand git [ditto]
Why I am building a hulking floating data center [I wish someone would do it]
Only a few countries are teaching children how to drive customers away [are these countries called "communistic"? ;-) ]
Concurrency is not an iPad [having read so many strange comparisons concerning concurrency I'm not surprised...]
The wiggling email fields are the most obnoxious things I've seen in recent history.
They say that after every failure. It's part of the abort sequence that they confirm - not necessarily the cause of the abort.
1. The original post mentions that the musicians' union, the American Federation of Musicians, lobbied for this for years.

2. These items take up more than the usually allowed amount of cabin baggage space. With high flight loads these days and a high proportion of people carrying on their bags instead of checking, passengers often have to gate-check baggage. It's inconvenient at best, and at worst it results in people losing their possessions.

This measure also decreases the revenue of airlines which they will either make up by increasing prices for everyone, reducing expenditure elsewhere, or lowering profits. The latter two don't affect me that much but you might feel differently if you were an employee or shareholder of the business.
Probably because RMS doesn't really use a web browser.

Text search for 'womb'

http://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
If you're in/around the Bay Area, try Gene Takagi - http://www.attorneyfornonprofits.com/
Using web fonts is one of the most annoying web design trends. My browser sometimes loads the wrong font for some reason, which for example leads to news rendered with a unreadable baroque typeface.

I would prefer to have them disabled completely, but didn't find an easy way to achieve this.