skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Apparently we don't read here on HN. From http://core.telegram.org/contestfaq:

> Q: What if I don‘t trust bitcoins and don’t want them as a prize?

>If the winner prefers conventional money over bitcoin, we will be happy to transfer them 200,000 regular USD instead of BTC.
Advice for mobile apps: Ditch the credit card forms
This reminds of a story that ran in the news last year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...

It is not ok for a retail company to profile your underage daughter, find out that she is probably pregnant (before you do!) and then do targeted advertisement. That is wrong and more than a little creepy.
If you make it harder to pay, people will but less and when they do buy, they will more likely use cash. That is not a net win for credit cards.
A Wi-Fi indicator is pretty useless for most users to detect malware infection because there's so much else that might be using the network at any given moment on a modern system. Likewise, I can't remember the last time I needed an HD access indicator. Don't need more things blinking at me conveying nothing useful/actionable.
I find that way of thinking about it terribly close minded, and ignores anything that doesn't fit the standard "nuclear family" situation.
Do you guys need any Python or Django people?
Darpa Tried to Build Skynet in the 1980s
I used to write this kind of snippet when creating the skeleton of a function, this seems like a leftover that was over-sighted in the code review (assuming that there was a code review at all)
This is more Intel not Apple.

http://ark.intel.com/products/75283/

Retail price for that CPU is 2.7k... you are paying maybe a $500 markup?
Wow, thanks for pointing me to https://filetea.me
Tabs.

The argument that spaces are better because they make the code appear the same to everyone is irrational. Some prefer 2 space indentation, some 4, some 8. You can set that to your own preference with tabs. Not with spaces.

Also, using spaces feels counterintuitive. It hurts my brain when I see that there are four characters expressing what could be done with one.
Yes, and the problem with having to support these approaches is it limits the ability of a provider to innovate when it has a model that doesn't fit the abstraction of the API (e.g. look at the speed of innovation at AWS, standards bodies would have a tough time keeping up with that)
The funny thing is the day that this was happening they were trying to sign me up for their checking account program. Where I give them my checking account info and I save 5% on every purchase. They gave me the hard sell too and wouldn't quit. I then conveniently typed in my pin so I'm f'd.
I understand the potentially precarious position this puts the government in with regards to handling leaks and whistle-blowers in the future but I'm okay with that. Pardon Snowden, pardon (encourage?) future whistle-blowers.
You ever tried to edit 4K video? Real time editing is very important to post-production studios and when you are adding effects, rendering etc in a time sensitive environment - and you are a Final Cut person - then this is a great tool.

This is not for your average dev or photo person, this is legitimately a 'Pro' machine aimed at very small a subset of Apple customers who actually mean quite a bit to the company. It is a quality perception game, when Hollywood is using your stuff you gain a certain mystique.
Munroe did not mention Skype. Tons of people have accounts there, and it transmits files like ICQ did back in the day.
Your big fat line may be legality, but it's not safe to assume that other people's moral judgements consider legality in any way.

>Please learn the difference between "asshole" and "evil".

>You can be a stark raging asshole (e.g. Pincus, or weev) and still not be criminal, such as the activities of Obama, the DNI, and the NSA.

I'm not sure how you can more clearly equivocate between "evil" and "criminal," and it's telling that the post you are responding to has absolutely no mention of legality. It's just something that you introduced in order to equivocate.
Billions in tax breaks says contrary.
I don't know whether a nearly-empty drive is better or worse than average. But the point is, you had a 1000-block file full of secret data and when you do

> secrets.txt

the file is truncated, freeing blocks 1-999 (usually block 0 is zero-filled.) If you proceed to write random data it will go to newly-allocated blocks. Then a raw read of the original blocks will expose your secret data.

With dd and notrunc, the random data goes to the original blocks, overwriting your secrets.
Film editors will gobble these up.
https://rtccopy.com/
140 characters? Probably not, but this is a relatively concise summary of the problem we're working on:

--

Knowledge workers spend too much time looking for information and knowledge[1] instead of, you know, thinking about problems. Organizations can be more effective when they provide tooling and processes to encourage and support knowledge sharing and transfer, and more efficient information retrieval.

---

[1]: according to some research, up to 50% of knowledge workers' time is spent just looking for stuff. But to be fair, other research puts the number as low as 17%. Still, we believe that facilitating more efficient knowledge use, transfer and creation, will benefit all organizations.
Well, maybe it reminds you of that. As for myself, it reminds me that Bill Gates has a PR agency working for him that engages in stuff like this as a way to "relate to the community".

As a different way of expressing the same thought: Bill Gates found out that Bill Gates was participating in the reddit gift exchange at the same time you did. Or more probably, is entirely unaware of his participation even now.

I'm sure he's a nice guy, likes puppies, Mom, and apple pie, but you need to be aware how public relations works if you're going to have any hope of mentally combating its power.
They'll say "eww" and close it. Stop the "appeal to emotion" "think of the children" hypotheticals, that frankly aren't particularly believable.
Oh great, the useless bunch who brought you the cookie law will now take on cloud interoperability. And UN, another highly effective institution, will take on spying. I feel safer already.

Does anyone here really believes that any of this is going to make a measurable, positive difference in a regular Internet user's life? That somehow more government meddling is a cure for government meddling? Weren't European spy agencies cooperating with the Americans?

It's yet another power grab of the "no crisis should go to waste" kind.
The last thing Ed Snowden needs is a shady character like Pinicus vouching for him what next will Donald Trump get in the act or gorgeous George Galloway MP.

He needs some higher quality supporters if he does want to negotiate a way out of his predicament
Try looking at it from an ecological standpoint: if someone already has a working keyboard and mouse, why should they need new ones and create more waste?
Did you actually look at that site?

I'm so far unable to find content that I wouldn't consider very much okay for minors (the 'What the hell would a 3 year old do on the net?' question from a sibling still applies). It's a wall of text and weird cartoonish videos/images, paired with the sexual education pseudo FAQs that you get if you buy a teenage magazine over here.

What adult content, on this site specifically?

Glossary:

Adult as in 'of age', legally responsible for himself. 18 for now

Minor as in 'anything below, from 17 downwards'

(And really, show me a 5 or 7 year old kid that would actually look at this site for more than 2 seconds. If you show me that kid, I'd say you can start talking about the content and drop the bee's talk)
<sarcasm>I'm good with ignoring this one if it means we don't have to sit through another watercooler session of Aspberger's self-diagnosis.</sarcasm>

There is still a lot of disagreement about what Aspberger's and autism actually mean. There is a growing body of study that says it's not an inability to empathize with others, but more likely a hypersensitivity to stimulus. Regardless of whether or not that is true, with such a drastic difference in opinion on the nature of the disease, it seems unlikely that studies on the occurrence of the disease would yield meaningful results.

I have a few problems with the study you linked to. It looks like they are basing the data off of interviews of parents who brought their kids in for testing, comparing the diagnosis rates for these kids. Wouldn't this more likely show that "boys with disruptive behavioral issues are 12 times more likely to have it blamed on autism than girls of the same age", not that "boys are more likely to be autistic"? They collected data over an 8 year span for a 20 year span of birth-years, but never indicate the age of the subject at the time of diagnosis. Given that the test is almost completely behavioral in nature, wouldn't it stand to reason that age is a significant factor in behavioral development, and thus the likelihood of being diagnosed with behavioral issues?

I remember the other study you mentioned, it was in the early 2000s. I remember because one of my professors conducted our university's part of the study and made his students fill out the questionnaire during class. They asked questions on the narcissistic personality disorder spectrum on the hypothesis that lack of empathy correlated to Aspberger's syndrome. From there, finding a statistically significant skewing of the data supporting the idea that computer science students lack empathy, they then concluded that Aspberger's-afflicted people are attracted to the pure, analytical nature of programming.

Talk about leaping lizards of logic, Batman.

Without an associated correlation of lack of empathy in other analytical fields, I just think the far more likely answer is that, as a culture, we tolerate dickish behavior out of programmers more than any other analytical field, and thus people either learn dickishness or people who are prone to dickishness find a certain degree of survivability in programming. My experiences online with communities such as YouTube and 4chan indicate that dickishness is extremely easily learned behavior.
I think the parent was suggesting a consumer-friendly method of that -- for example Gmail.com would provide a button that lets the user download a single file, and Outlook.com would accept such a file.
"Everything" was invented by the 70s (and a lot in the 60s); unfortunately the huge stinking popularity of GUIs combined with relentless drum beats of the latest code being due out yesterday took us on a decades-long detour through what turned out to be some bad ideas (OO in the "model the physical world" sense, which GUI frameworks deceptively made appear to work, event-based systems which are simple spaghetti-code redux in the Dijkstra sense of "spaghetti code").
Video editors, recording engineers, anyone who needs a super powerful desktop that runs os x and has a big budget for such things.

I am baffled as to why apple went with such bespoke / underpowered hardware. It would have been relatively simple to update the internals of the existing mac pros and add thunderbolt 2 support.
You probably misread, it will be the ETSI setting the standard, not the European parliament.
Difference between KISSmetrics and Mixpanel?
If you're doing 4K check out Dell, they actually have a monitor for it.
If you want to try this out without building it yourself, I've put together a quick Emscripten port, including the two demos:
http://jamesfriend.com.au/x6502
Ask HN: Which setup would be better(custom PC/MBA)?
I'm in college, and my laptop just died on me. I'm thinking of either:

"Great" config custom PC from logicalincrements.com + Nexus 7/iPad Mini

or

11" MBA i5/8/256GB + cheap external monitor

I'm in Mechanical Engineering, and coding work starts only during the 3rd year. I do still feel like the MBA would be more suitable(able to do more stuff on a larger screen on the go is really convenient), however I can't ignore my desire to game(which I do regularly). Using an Apple Wireless keyboard with a tablet would look really silly, plus I had such a keyboard with my prior iPad(gave it to my mum, so there's that).

Also, my room is hot as hell all year round, sweat runs down my back all day long.

I recall doing most of the paper writing and circuit simulations either in my room or somewhere in the house(before my HDD died). My university's tech lab only house super old workstations(i3, 2GB RAM). I only check WolframAlpha and review past year questions on my laptop in the library while doing psets with paper and pen.

And then there's the price factor. The MBA would obviously be the more expensive choice, and the price difference could be put to use. Just saying.

Which would be a better choice?
expert python programming is the only good packt book i have come across
I have a question that is related to how Coinbase deals with situations like the one on this thread:
I have a Coinbase account, and I am verified with a Credit Card. This means that I can instantly buy bitcoins. What happens if they fail to get the money from my bank account 2-3 days later? Would they charge my credit card instead?
13k? Was that top of the line, or is there room for more?

Also, yeah, I really don't see why Apple can't throw in a keyboard and mouse for free if you were to want one.
I don't think the Beta OS users software review situation carries over to the other context.

If it's a low quality then you're relying on the story. If the story of the movie is good then there's no harm - people will be more keen to see it. If the story is OK but the visuals are clearly harmed by the quality of the copy - then people will be more keen to see it in a better definition/encoding/format.

Some movies you just know you want to see at the cinema even if you've bought the DVD just because you know you'll appreciate the scale more. I've never watched a movie with a good story and said "I wouldn't watch that if the visuals were better".

YM[as a movie distributor]MV.
Only for BTO - stock config shows Dec 20th
My understanding is that Outlook.com (which I think is their rebranding of hotmail?) supports IMAP at no additional cost starting this year (although take that with a grain of salt, I'm pretty sure I remember hearing about that but I don't use the service myself)
People who want a really powerful Mac.
Amongst other things, altcoins and anonymous exchanges are perfect for bitcoin laundering. For example, the thief of Sheep marketplace instead of tumbling his coins endlessly through the blockchain (and being watched doing so) could've just waited for an anonymous exchange to open that he could've deposited into and and bought new altcoins (maybe he could even setup the exchange.) On the other hand, people that had their coins stolen could've owned such an exchange and tracked the thief's altcoins out of the exchange.

But every altcoin has a set of pro and cons. They're just like flavours of Linux, and how hard is it to switch over as a miner, user or admin? The real power of altcoins how I see it will come when a second generation of altcoins comes into existence. Perhaps some way of retracting stolen or lost coins would be an interesting feature, perhaps tying coins to an email address for approval of spending or a resending of lost keys.
If you're prepared/have $13k to spend on a Mac Pro, what's $69?
I think the average man on the google shuttle bus or any SV employee would consider "surrender shares or be fired" to be evil.
It looks like some important express-like things are missing though. For instance, there is no routing abstraction or rendering. I think you're right that Express is connect with extra goodies, but the most important of those are missing from koa. Although branding it as a 'next-generation web framework' definitely seems like they want to replace express.
I have to say this stuff is a complete joke. If you want to find porn, you can find it on twitter, here's a tame search https://twitter.com/search?q=boobs&src=typd (SFW)

Please feel free to experiment with 'harder' search terms.

The problem is that a medium most politicians use to interact with the public with, is also a medium through which anyone can search and view hard core porn.

Will the UK ban twitter?
Sometimes Instant Isn’t So Gratifying
I've never liked Target for its intrusive tracking of customer spending ... We have shifted THOUSANDS of dollars a year from Target, my home-town store I grew up with, to Sam's, the store everyone is inclined to decry...

I thought an important part of the "members only" business model was that they pioneered exactly the sort of tracking you mention. My understanding was that at Costco and BJ's and Sam's Club, you're required to present your membership card even if you're paying cash. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

I've always been pleasantly surprised what good luck I've had returning things at all the big-box stores: Wal-Mart (which I mostly avoid these days), Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. I wonder if it's a regional thing. It may help that I generally pay with a credit card, so I'm just asking for credit, not cash.

Of course, today, it sounds like that habit is biting me in the ass.
Wow, I can see how that must ruin your life and make the entire city intolerable.

Brooklyn Bridge is basically second only to Times Square in terms of tourist nonsense. If you bike you really ought to be taking the Manhattan Bridge.
The lab I work with likes Macs, so I get to optimize for it. We have an interesting (and expanding) database of peptides, and just about everything we do will benefit from the extra horsepower.
There was "December 30" when I looked 3-5 hours ago.
I've moved over to cash for 95% of things that aren't bills, it's quite liberating.
Agreed, I follow this styleguide: https://github.com/felixge/node-style-guide
They're offering a Sharp 4K monitor as an add-on in the configuration. Costs £3,499.
I think he was suggesting that you wrote the compiler to use only the parts of C that could be converted to go, not that C was written to be convertible to go.
An interesting read on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/The-Unfolding-Language-Evolutionary-In...
If you are contemplating buying a $4K computer, I don't think a free mouse is going to be the piece that makes your decision.
Substantial discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6927905 (tau.ac.il) (92 comments)

Other submissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6933255 (slashdot.org)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932445 (slideshare.net)
I actually dont, but I leased office space in a post-prod studio for a long time and am still friends with the owner. There is a demand for raw horsepower on a level many people dont understand.
> I am not advocating that at all.

That's exactly what you're advocating for. Pornography is all of those things. It is not evil.
Haha. I'm glad I'm not the only who did a double take when the Melbourne man, who we were led to believe completed the project, simply asked people for money and then hired a teen in Eastern Europe with peanuts to build the thing. All the while talking about the ills of out-sourcing.

Fantastic project, but what a strange, article.
> When I started with Java, it seemed appropriate to put hundreds of getter / setter methods. Is there much advantage to that over allowing the variable to be accessed directly?

Oh my yes. As soon as you need more than one processor messing with an object they are invaluable. The only thing better is immutable objects.

It's also nice to have the object interface separate from object data if you want to change the object data representation without breaking everything (I don't know in general when you would do this, I just know I have done it before and getter/setters let me work faster to refactor).
> I'm disappointed about the Android market, I hope it improves.

Based on some research that I have done, iOS revenue is about 2:1 for phone apps, with the gap closing quickly. If the app has strong international appeal, it is probably closer to parity. For tablet apps, iOS has something like a 10:1 revenue advantage.

I wouldn't write off Android if the app is designed to be used on phones, but for tablet apps, it is currently a waste of time for most indie devs.

That being said, this type of software is completely evergreen. You can't reach saturation because there are always new kids and new parents searching for apps. It is conceivable you could launch an Android app, make $10k this year, but then the app earns $100k five years from now.

The bigger problem is other devs poisoning the well with high quality free apps. Which is why I believe this type of post is a mistake if maximizing income is your priority. This type of post is an invitation for talentless hacks to hire people from elance to clone your app. All it takes is someone to figure out how to game the app store rankings better than you. I could probably pay $40k to clone an app, with the twist that modules are unlocked if you rate the app, and then out rank Pierre's apps.
40m card numbers stolen from Target
I had a free keyboard by just asking when I bought my iMac three years ago. Just go to an Apple Store if you want a free trackpad.
Yeah. That was my next stop too. I was going to mention the cache, but it was too much of a pun.
Dynamic Session Timeouts – Rewarding site progress with a longer session
It might be technically correct, but if the intention was a loose comparison surely don't include null in the comparison?

return !foo ? null : foo;
Presumably the copyright holders of the other movies can now prosecute and get the same amount per movie in judgement?
Probably because the keyboard is too big to fit in the box.
Hi benmarks, authors continue to retain royalties and payments as per our agreement at the time of writing. Hopefully with the added benefit of seeing more happy members of the community with copies of their book :)
Ummm tons of currency have dealt with ridiculous inflation. Go to Africa, go to 1920s Germany - their are examples where currency fluctuated 100s% a day. It doesn't mean it's nota currency. Again the problem with a lot of the discussion here is that many people simply don't understand the definition of a currency. A currency is not defined by how stable it is.
So, it appears to work with Androids (only). Not iPhones, and not dumb-phones?

Seems pretty useless.
Make it a free configuration option. That way people can choose it if they need it (e.g. someone coming upgrading from a MacBook won't have a keyboard/mouse).
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ann+win...
Plus whatever the CPU you replaced cost.
You're argument is that it's literally impossible that Bill does something like this just for fun. Yes, PR is a real thing, but lighten up. You have no idea if what you just said was true.
I think it was either Grace Hopper or Barbara Liskov, that once made a statement that C entry into the mainstream computing has set the compiler development back to stone age.
They are also the same group that brought us usb charging for all phones (or at least throw around enough threats like this one for manufactures to start using usb cords for charging for the more pedant among you).
What I don't like about your argument here (although - are on the same side of the argument here, contra these filters) is that it's the inverse child abuse argument.

"Filter the internet, reduce child abuse"

and

"Don't filter the internet, help abused children"

is equally annoying in my world and stops every discussion. Internet filters are crap because the government isn't responsible for this part of its citizens' private lives. ISPs are supposed to be dumb service providers, not your proxy nanny.

If there's child abuse somewhere that's totally not related to the argument and leads us off track. Filtering the net (aka censorship) can be discussed without abusing (<- intended) kids as excuses pro or contra.