skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Harp.io does this (although with Harp not Jekyll). Using it to build a little web comic site[1]. Makes it easy for the author to upload new pages even though they don't know how HTML/FTP work.

[1] http://houseoforr.com
Thanks, I didn't know that. I myself don't know if I dislike pink because i associate it with weakness or not.

Do you have any articles about toy function being socially conditioned into genders? Girls toys mostly consist of 'nurturer' stereotypes. For example tea sets, doll houses or baby dolls with baby cribs.
According to your theory --of children as free thinkers whose actions represent their own 'free will'-- doesn't account for why advertizement works. If it were true, nobody would spend money on advertizement because everybody's actions is fully controlled by rational thinkers.

Nor does your theory account for insanity or stupidity (why do something stupid if you have full control of your actions?)

In fact your theory implies that children somehow are agents not affected by outside stimuli. Which would make them unique in nature.

Your theory in fact is by far more unbelievable then any theory of the powers of marketing.
The obligatory link: http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programm...
Is there any non-anecdotal evidence that marketing has anywhere near the power this article ascribes to it?

I hear this a lot lately. Some people believe that media have an almost magical power of shaping culture and behaviours.

Beauty? Cosmo propaganda. Boys liking different toys than girls? Marketing.

Yet when you dig a little deeper, studies on priming usually get wee p-values and barely significant, temporary changes in behaviour, if any. And when they do show something more, they're impossible to replicate, or straight-up fraud.

I don't buy it.
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I don't know....it seemed to work for the Ruby on Rails community. :)
Hey, very nice! What about allowing users to take notes and tags on the search results? I have a bunch of bash commands I run I always forget, this would help me a lot to keep track of things (like all the ssh-ing stuff that I can't seem to fit in my memory...).
Show HN: Twiddle Touch-Search. Zoom in and out of your search results.
Look at the model names again, the Ultrasharp are available today for $$$, but announced the Ultra series to be released early 2014 for $$.
5 reasons why Sinatra is an awesome Ruby framework
You moved the goalposts there a little: why the "completely" in "It doesn't completely change their desires"?

What children want is influenced by what their peers want, and what peer groups find desirable is influenced, among other things, by merchandising-related children's TV programming.

When I was young, there was far less difference between boys toys and girls toys than there is now.
I really hope this will reduce the number of times commentators have to say a word "tires". Couldn't care less about saving tires. Its like a footballer saving a ball, or boxer his gloves. The same applies to the engine.
Mexican drug cartels now make money exporting ore
The problem with the dickwolves thing wasn't the dickwolves joke itself, but rather how they responded when people got upset. There is nothing wrong with cards against humanity criticising penny arcade for this while having similar content, as long as they don't respond similarly if people get upset over their content.
LOL @ the -1 score for the one answer which dares suggest that maybe slurping 10k+ elements onto the client side isn't the best idea.
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It would allow for this. We're talking with two different satellite providers about what this would need to do. The biggest problem seems to be that the satellite connections are pretty good standalone systems, but they don't do a good job of making a WiFi station, what would be helpful is a self-powered router to connect to - and this is where the BRCK sits.

We recently ran a test of the BRCK up in the far northern reaches of Kenya, where the closest mobile phone tower was 160km away. The only option for internet was satellite, so we hooked up a BGAN terminal and ran that ethernet line into the BRCK to broadcast the signal as WiFi. (more here: http://www.brck.com/2013/11/brck-eclipse-day-7-home-again/)
White font on bright pink background is not a pleasant combination. Maybe use paler colours next time?
It's interesting that you thought it was so small at first. I've been talking to a number of people about the size over the last few months, and the most common reaction is, "I thought it was bigger". For some reason our early photography left the impression that this was the size of a shoe box or car battery. In reality, it's about the size of 3 stacked iPhones.

We've got some pictures with it next to computers and on top, or near, other "stuff". That was the idea we were going for in that top header image on the site anyway.
I remember all the fear mongering about violence in computer games (especially first-person shooters). Now, there is a whole generation of 20-somethings that grew up staring at the screen and shooting people and monsters, and crime rates have not gone up (in fact, they are falling IIRC).

Accordingly, I don't think marketing can change our desires and behaviour. Sure, it can change what we buy through brand-perception, but the desire to buy must already be there (e.g. we want shiny rare objects -> we buy diamonds (due to marketing)).
We meant RJ45, typo being fixed.
If you've ever worked with or for either of these companies you would know how "old school" they are. They can barely keep an autosorter running, I wouldn't expect them to be able to run a fleet of unmanned drones. Also I'm sure the union at UPS would have some feelings about losing jobs to robots.

Source: I worked for FedEx Smartpost/Ground IT for a few years. It was absolutely terrible.
Here's my list:

Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs (Abelman, Sussman - Lisp oriented, classic)
Algorithms in a Nutshell (OReilly)
Clever Algorithms (Jason Brownlee. Uses Ruby for examples)
Data Mining Analysis - Fundamental Algorithms (Mo. Zaki - ebook)
Python for Data Analysis (Wes McKinney)
Mining of Massive Datasets (Rajaraman, Leskovec, Ullman - ebook)

Enjoy.
Well, the thing is, it costs time to replace tires

So you have to balance tire wear with the time gained by pushing it to the limit

They also have an increased engine life this year, I think each team must go through 5 engines during the season, as opposed to 8 engines

And you can bet they're designed to last as much as needed but not much more.
NSFW tag maybe

;-)
PhD Epidemiologist: I wouldn't. I love zombies, and I love zombies in Epidemiology, but I wouldn't exactly hold World War Z as a great example of pandemics in action. Especially not the movie.
While I think the history of marketing of games is interesting, to be honest to me this read like "bla bla bla... Video games were heavily marketed as products for men, and the message was clear: No girls allowed.... bla bla bla"

Meaning the conclusion "no girls allowed" is just randomly inserted somewhere in the middle of a wall of text.

Just because boys and men were identified as a large audience and targeted with marketing does not imply that girls are not allowed.

Nobody is forcing you to choose either aisle in the toy shop. Just the other day I bought a playmobil horse for my son that came in a pink box. Whatever...

What exactly do they mean by girls not allowed? Girls are not allowed to play first person shooters? How would such a rule even be enforced?

Or the right games are not being made for girls, then there would be more female gamers? I think whoever believes that should go out and make those games. Put their money where their mouth is.

Never mind that there are already lots of games that are being played by lots of girls/women. "No girls allowed" simply has no foundation in reality whatsoever.
I've emailed Scott Guthrie a couple of times with regard to a couple of ASP.NET issues I felt warranted his team's attention rather than use that "Connect" bug reporting crap. After three or four hours he forwarded my emails to "the right people" and cc'd me and I got to work with these folks resolving the issues at hand via email. Was a pretty good experience and Scott is a top bloke.
Ask HN: how would you solve the usd/btc exchange delay?
Dear HN,

In my quest on improving the Bitcoin, I've stumbled into one major problem which I think is quite essential to the Bitcoin as a payment platform. And that is that the exchange of BTC -> USD takes up to a couple of days and in the worst case a week. How is this effectively solvable? I've thought a lot about it but I just can't seem to find a good solution which will structurally benefit the Bitcoin as a whole.

Please share your thoughts in the comments.
Perhaps the turning could be improved if jets were used for steering as well?

But by this point, you are effectively left with a rocket that just happens to have some circular things that touch the ground.
Agreed. In a way, it's like the "Blub paradox", only applied to formal methods instead of programming languages. Those who aren't familiar with them don't see the point and think it's merely "mathy" nonsense.
Pandemic strains of influenza are noted for, among other things, their tendency to utterly ignore the routine seasonal patterns of flu. See: The 2009 pandemic, which kicked off in late spring, when the major wave of seasonal influenza is on the way out, if not over entirely.
> Many would also say that (1) and (2) make Clojure a joy to program in, ...

Yep, the opposing view being that the lack of syntax that some see as a benefit actually makes it inexpressive, compared to a language with more syntax that expresses its ideas more like human language (e.g. Ruby, Python).

> but I'll leave that to the reader to judge for themselves.

Same! Not made my mind up yet, currently struggling through the Clojure book.
ServiceStack v4 beta released, now commercial
Nokia Gets Ruling Blocking Sales of HTC’s One Mini Phone in U.K.
It may well be the case that they are all topologically equivalent, but they needn't be, so long as bridges are allowed. Perhaps that's how they could make F1 more interesting.
Maybe the fact that there are many compilers that target language A means that either language A is easy to target (so transforming to it is a fun hack) or no-one wants to program directly in language A or both (or more). I believe an example of A is JavaScript.
The analysis of the influence of media onto the individual was, in fact, the subject that was at the very heart of the establishment of modern empirical sociology. A good start for further reading is the Princeton Radio Research Project[1], with a follow-up reading on its director, Paul Lazarsfeld[2].

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

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lazarsfeld
I thought the mindset exposed in this article was something most hackers shared

That's what I think as well, and for me this mindset is a defining characteristic of hackers. Most of programmers nowadays are not hackers. They used to be, but then programming went mainstream and attracted people without the hacker mindset.

Also the term hacker got terribly diluted recently. Now everyone and their dog is a hacker just because they know that JavaScript is something that is used 'on the interwebz' (cf. "growth hacking"). I guess we need a new term for people like OP's roommate.
Your example may be a proof that violence in games does not cause violence in person, but it isn't a proof that it has no effect. In essence I may be fearful of the wrong scenario, but that isn't the same as me not having a good reason to fear.

Personally I think opulence of violence in media makes us number when confronted with images or stories of real violence then we would be otherwise.
Clojure is designed as a hosted languages from the start and intentionally exposes platform semantics for many operations, such as math, strings, etc. This makes porting easier, since one doesn't have to implement "compatibility layer" for all those operations.

On a side note, Clojure concurrency primitives implement different ideas compared to FRP. A good source to learn about ideas behind Clojure concurrency is this talk by Rich Hickey: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hic... . At 1:08:25 Rich tells his opinion about FRP.
You can compare the Javascript code generated by the Veloce mode [0] and by compliant mode [1]

[0] https://gist.github.com/amirouche/7768738
[1] https://gist.github.com/amirouche/7768858
I wouldn't say so. Without carrier restrictions, EU is much easier to sell to. In fact, in EU, the carrier is totally worthless, and the phones they usually bundle with contract plans are in general the lowest-end phones you can have. Even the iPhone deals are usually meaningless, since you can have the phone for less then a 10% difference, with the added choice of getting a better data plan at any time you wish.
> This indicates that JavaScript is a pain in the ass

Or as another commenter pointed out that people want to write for the browser and want to use their favourite language to do so.
I find it fairly obvious that natural seating contest must have worked in favor of women more inclined to beautify themselves (whether out of vanity or something else, doesn't matter at all).
512MB of memory seems rather small? Or will people finally learn to use GB and Gb properly?
Put your phone in a Ziploc bag and it's water resistant. Add a cheap external 10.000 mAh battery and you'll have lots of battery life. You won't need a large battery, though: the BRCK only lasts for 8 hours, while an LTE iPad can last about 24 hours in hotspot mode.
I know a father who claims that his daughter does math specifically because she knows it makes him happy.
It isn't enough that they are obvious when they are pointed out explicitly.

If they were obvious, you'd find other articles/authors explaining the same issues?
Having flown to Berlin recently via RyanAir and then EasyJet. EasyJet all the way, from the booking to the day of flight, all aspects EasyJet do better and make me less stressed. RyanAir is awful.
Very difficult page to read due to ugly color combinations. White on pink, next white on green. It literally hurts my eyes.
I think there is a new generation in IT very different from the previous ones. Rejection of misogyny is the norm now. Seems to be an improvement.
My first girl-friend threatened to leave me in case I bought a game boy. It's not just stereotypes from the media, it's also an experience that lots of men have made in their lives. But that doesn't mean we don't like the idea of women playing games. Quite the opposite. I still remember the first time I saw a woman wearing an Atari T-Shirt. I could hardly believe my eyes... Turns out by then Atari didn't really exist anymore and was being rebranded by whoever bought the Trademark, but still (I was attracted, but I didn't talk to her, so no further story to that).

It's just that it feels like a waste of time trying to get women interested in games. If they want to play, fine, but why try to make them? (Speaking from the consumer perspective - game makers of course have different incentives).

Next week I plan to have a C64 revival party. I will invite women, curious to see how many of them will also play...

My advice for women interested in computer games: just do it/try it. Don't waste time wondering if you are allowed to do it.
His handwriting looks beautiful!

I loved it and emailed Prof. Dijkstra during the brief time that he finally had email (I got a graduate degree from his department and attended some of his classes). I asked him for permission to one day create a font from his handwriting, not really expecting a response.

However, he did eventually reply, granting me the permission to do so.

I commissioned the font and it worked nice. It was distributed briefly and it may still be out there (I see one or two are found out there).

My original copy may be in old backups. One day I will find it and update it!

Edit: found the email reply! He retired in 11/1999 and passed away in 8/2002

Austin, Tuesday 11 April 2000

Dear Dr. Puchol,

If a competent designer can use my handwriting as a source of
inspiration, that is fine with me. Thank you for asking my permission,
which is granted with pleasure.

With my greetings and best wishes,
yours ever, Edsger W.Dijkstra
Appearances can deceive.

The current casual gaming market is also flooded with fantastic games, and with games that, despite being accused of low quality under certain criteria, have millions of fans and regular players that love them. There's a great game waiting for anyone who may want to play something. Low prices, Steam/etc sales, and free-to-play games mean that getting the wrong game is not painful to the consumer, and remove the problem where consumers stop buying games.

The games industry (including casual and hardcore) has many problems and pitfalls for individual studios or teams. But in terms of market size, it is pretty healthy and likely to stay that way.
In pythonium access to JavaScript objects is transparent look at the example app.py of the webgl demo: https://github.com/pythonium/pythonium.github.io/blob/master...
Being spoiled by apple retina, 32'' 4k does not sould 'ultra sharp' for me. 24'' maybe, so i'll buy one.

Can't wait until 8k monitors come about! These can be both truly ultra sharp, with invisible pixels, and sizeable.
Having a daughter about the same age so it gives me a bit of insight.

She doesn't get to watch TV. Her playgroup has no major bias towards pink for girls (actually even deliberate in their avoidance of such stereotyping). My wife secretly detests pink and girly stuff and is/was a tomboy at heart. We do not discourage or encourage any particular colour or style.

There are no obvious factors in my daughter's life that should bias her towards pink girly toys, yet she is absolutely obsessed with girly pink clothes and toys.

I honestly can't fathom it. Pink attraction seems to be built in. Like a moth to a flame.

Recently she asked for a pirate ship for her birthday, so it isn't all bad.
Covariance / Contravariance - Noooooooo!
I admit - this might be hard to grasp at first, but in reality it is very simple concept that simplifies a lot of code. It is enough to get variance right once for a class, instead of fighting with ? in Java everywhere.

BTW: Kotlin has copied it and noone complains it is too complex :D

As of implicit parameters / implicit objects - ok, but what do you suggest as a replacement so that map/filter/reduce preserve types correctly? Or how do you do type-classes then?
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Suzuka has a bridge:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuka_Circuit
A handy way to sell things twice if boys and girls need different colors. Maybe not so much for dolls, but certainly for clothes (can't pass on clothes from older sibling if gender differs).

Perhaps the main desire being served is to be able to announce "I am a boy" or "I am a girl".

Also note that there aren't many pink first person shooters.
Don't ads create false memories[1] and consequently our behavior?

[1] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/ads-implant-false-...
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Can't recommend "The Sleepwalkers" enough.
I collect records too...this sounds incredible, but it would bankrupt me within twelve months...;)
Woah there. Even when a child is 1 or 2, they start to exhibit the traits that show what they want.
Way before they have any peer group, before they can be advertised at etc etc.

Girls want to care for things, communicate, etc, and boys want to blow stuff up or build stuff. It's preprogrammed into our DNA.
No GirlS... we're allowed one.
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We're not talking about artifacts though; we're talking about people.

Yes it would be better to be able to observe and use a language within a native, living body of people in order to be able to well comprehend and thoroughly appreciate the nuance, breadth and depth of a language. But in order to do that you also must require that population not to use some other language which may well benefit them (in terms of education, trade, international relations, access to information, etc.).

In Wales for example the historic Welsh language is being propped up at vast expense to a relatively poor region of the UK. All lessons¹ in [state run] primary schools (4-11 year olds) are used to promote the historic Welsh language and children are taught that their own language - predominantly English - is to be deprecated in preference to Welsh.

None of that serves the children. Without government interference, if trends continued, barely a handful of people of any age would speak historic Welsh. As it is now - made compulsory for all children in state schools - use of historic Welsh language is still declining.

That would indeed be a loss to those interested in Brythonic languages or who mourn for the simpler times of their youth when they spoke historic Welsh or who despise the English people so fervently that using "their" language is anathema [I'm not even joking], or whatever. But, would it be any loss for the people living in Wales as a whole? I warrant not. Indeed it seems it would be a gain.

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¹ PISA results for 2012, http://priceonomics.com/only-4-of-languages-are-used-online/, are just in and show Wales is falling behind the rest of the UK and that the UK is slipping relative to the other countries surveyed. I think an insidious over-emphasis on historic Welsh is at least in part to blame.