skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Send me your resume and I'll make sure it gets into the right hands. For the purposes of this comment thread, my email address is heresmyresume@viewthesource.org

(I catch anything sent to viewthesource.org, so I like to customize it when giving my email to people)

It should be noted that we're in Bentonville, AR. That could potentially be a limiting factor for some people.
Chicago's Monuments to Adaptation
>It is a sad testament to how manipulated the US communists were that when I told this story to my grandmother who had been active in those movements, that she had heard of Birobidzhan, and that they used to sing songs about it in Yiddish and thought of it as a Jewish Worker's paradise.
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>It's not correct to say that "Jews were deported." It was most definitely a choice for most of the Jews that went there (my grandfather's family was among them,) and the government incentivized migration there with a stipend of several thousand rubles to those that decided to stay

Seeing the correction from somebody who actually knows about those facts, it seems that it's a sad testament to how manipulated the US version of USSR history is in general, not only to "US communists".
There is the thinkpad Tablet 2 it has a docking station but I honestly find the build quality and functionality to be questionable at best. It also had issues connecting to my workplace wifi, I attributed it to Windows 8 but my colleagues surface pro did not have the same problems.
These attacks have all been well understood as possible within the security community for years. People have demonstrated firmware exploits at security conferences and things like Microsoft's secure boot were explicitly designed to prevent this kind of threat.

Put another way, if you found that an intelligence agency had cool lock-picking tech would it change anything? Maybe it's surprisingly fast, leaves fewer traces, etc. but … it's not exactly a secret that they're in this business and this kind of thing is far less troubling than wide-scale surveillance because it still requires explicitly targeting specific people.
I guess they're getting tired of the "leading NoSQL database" tripe. Which, despite its being utterly devoid of meaning (if you understand anything at all about the general database landscape), 10gen just keeps repeating, and repeating, and repeating.
Yeah, it would only be actually "bad" for google if people were switching search engines en masse because they couldn't find the lyrics they wanted.

I think that anyone who characterizes google as needing one site over needing people to not blackhat will find that google really doesn't need said site. (Maybe Wikipedia is an exception to this rule?)
Adwords spend is completely unrelated to search ranking.
Yup, ESR is the embodiment of the American exceptionalism, white, male, heterosexual privilege resident in the hacker community, and the sooner that we move beyond his worldview (while still observing he is technically astute) the better.
I think the fact that they did lose as much of their uniques means that there is not a lot of brand-loyalty in the market. Then no people would form loyalty for competitors that are now over RG in the google results and they would be back once the penalty is over or RG works things out with Google.
What are some of the conceptual differences that make bzr easier to learn? (I agree that git's command syntax is inconsistent.)
More specifically, companies are going to avoid entering markets (e.g. online lyrics databases) where Google has demonstrated an unwillingness to appropriately punish established players who use the same black hat practices, since it's impossible to compete in the organic rankings against them.
First, I'm male; second, both parents suffer the upbringing of a baby; and third, I think therefore I exist as a sentient being.
No. They broke the terms of service. They got banned. End of story.
If you bought at the beginning of December, it's certainly "succeeded" in turning 1/3rd of your money into nothing...
related problem:

a population has a 10% incidence of condition X. A test exists that is 90% accurate.

1) What is the expected percentage of positive test results?
2) if a person tests positive, what is the probability that they actually have the condition?
3) if a person tests negative, what is the probability that they are actually free of the condition?
A much cheaper and easier approach that works for most locks is to get a coke bottle and tear a strip out of it, then use it to do the 'hollywood credit card trick'.

unlike a credit card it doesn't snap or break very easily - the type of plastic will become softer when placed under pressure and is very flexible but strong - if you continue to force it in the right area it will work its way around hard corners and into tiny gaps until there is enough pressure to pop the bolt. when the bolt has an edge that is sloped towards you it will pop on the first push (the way i see most 'yale style' locks fitted on doors that open inwards - i.e. most front doors)

it takes an exceptionally tightly fitted door frame to prohibit this (e.g. one with brushes or hermetic seals)

the one time i couldn't break into my own home doing this was because there was a brush fitted down the side of the door - fortunately there was not one fitted in the letter box, so i found a long spanner at a nearby construction site and then spent the next four hours of my life whacking the mechanism from through the letterbox blindly until i caught the handle the right way and the door popped open...
The punishment is about the same for all websites that engage in blackhat SEO. At least, once they clean up their acts. Until they clean up their acts, the punishment remains in effect. This can be difficult when you pay for nebulous backlinks from spam sites in a network, for instance, as played out with the Anglo Links takedown Google did last month: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2319130/Did-Anglo-Rank-...

Mind you, this is not the exact behavior RapGenius engaged in. They paid for backlinks, but they paid legitimate sites directly for links in blog posts. Either way, though, it's still blackhat.

It's a really interesting world if you feel like reading up on it at some point. I've always done basic SEO (read: real, legitimate, basic stuff that I'd never even advertise as 'whitehat SEO' since that nearly always means 'blackhat' but we'll pretend it isn't) for my personal sites and client sites over the years. But you're going up against these 'players' who routinely setup networks of spam link sites, backlink payment networks, etc. Granted, most of those are pump and dump. They build them up, make their money, get penalized, then burn it to the ground and move on to another domain. Still, it can be disheartening. And it may tempt some people to take the blackhat approach. But, one look at the penalties should be enough to change their minds.
A good place to start is office furniture locks. They usually aren't very well made, and therefore easy to pick. The nearby office supplies can be used as your tools. You can use the large wire from one side of a binder clip as-is as your torque wrench, and a bent paper clip as your rake pick. First, straighten the clip, then bend the middle into a triangle shape. Bend the ends outward for better control over depth and angle.

Insert the binder clip wire, apply some torque, and scrub the pointy end of the triangle on your former paper clip against the pins. The lock will turn in seconds. You may need to adjust the shape of the triangle somewhat to achieve best results.

Popping open your first lock with entirely improvised materials is a powerful reminder that cheap locks are little deterrent to anyone but the most casual and unmotivated intruders, just like privacy locks in bathrooms.
If you have any citations for that, they'd be interesting reading.
If there really is anything that requires somebody to lie to the highest institution that is democratically legitimated, there's something wrong with that democracy.
Jolla Outsells iPhone 5S and 5C in Finland
I don't disagree with your assessment. (3) is a major factor in drug shortages.

There is room to innovate in the generic drug industry. Most generic drug manufacturers have R&D budgets aimed at reducing the cost of manufacturing.

However, the generic drug market is an odd one. It all comes down to price and some companies price certain generics at below cost (i.e. loss leaders) in order to gain other business.

The most interesting quote I've read was from Barry Sherman who runs Apotex, one of the biggest generic drug makers. I don't have the quote in front of me, but to sum it up: "I rarely make any profit on any of my drugs. Most of my profit comes from patent settlements and court cases I win again the branded drug makers."
Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6963365
So? Only one thing matters:

They broke the TOS and Google rightfully enforced it.
Interesting, I'll give this a go with my personal to-do (for that one I currently use a gdoc).

Thanks for sharing!
From what I understood this is a meteor, which means it burned up in atmosphere. Meanwhile, meteorite is an achievement awarded a space rock that actually hits the ground/water.
I've been using my own minamilist todo-list manager for the last couple of year: https://github.com/asb/sh-todo

However I've recently found I want to have some sort of task hierarchy, and to associate notes with tasks. I was going to just extend my text-based file format but luckily came across taskpaper which is pretty much exactly what I was aiming for. I'm now playing with taskpaper.vim and finding it promising: <https://github.com/davidoc/taskpaper.vim>. I just need to reconfigure vim's display of folded blocks so having all task comments folded is less painful.
For mobile integration I highly recommend a CalDAV[1] feed. This sort of budgeting really makes a calendar view essential, and CalDAV integration with the phone's own calendar seems ideal.

Beyond that, some minimal mobile access would be nice for things like adding/modifying recurring events, updating the balance, or entering a new one-off debit/credit.

I stress this because I think for a lot of people budget applications provide a peace of mind, and it's nice to be able to check in on and confirm these things while you're on the go.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV
If you're a company and you get to the #1 spot organically you can stop buying AdWords clicks for the same keywords.
He's making a good point in the abstract, but I think Horowitz is too close to the matter to understand that a lot of the negativity he cites is a natural reaction to the totally overblown rhetoric of the start-up scene. He inadvertently proves this by referencing such epoch-defining inventions as the telephone and the internet. Many tech start-ups are creating interesting, useful, and sometimes even novel products, but it's nonetheless annoying to anyone with a sense of perspective to hear from every angle that Start-up X is going to change the world by revolutionizing, you know, shoe-resoling.
The title of this post has annoyed me.
Exactly. I know the scene here feels bad for RapGenius because they're putting themselves in their shoes and appreciating how devastating a penalty this is. But I don't feel bad for them whatsoever, and neither should anyone else.

This is a penalty that they deserve. They took a risk and they lost. They knew what they were doing and the potential destruction of their traffic, and they did it anyway.

You don't get less time in the penalty box just because you're the favorite or best player on the team. In fact, you have a greater responsibility to play by the rules and I would make the argument that your penalty should be even greater.

Besides, if the refs played favorites, the refs would have no credibility.
A site with millions of uniques doesn't = revenue. Nor does it equal success, interest from investors, etc. Source: running a ~2m unique site right now.
SV veteran, Bronwen Clune, says VC only wants high-calibre founders
What's it like seeing the world in black and white?
>When I google "rapgenius eminem" they don't appear in the results. That's pretty close to censorship.

You can also go to rapgenius.com and search for eminem yourself. Or navigate a few pages in the search results until you find the link.

Think of it this way, if I want to be listed in a phonebook but I'm an obviously shady actor and the phonebook company refuses, is that censorship? You play by the rules if you want to be ranked.
They'll recover. As much as I dislike their PR attitude (whether an act or not), they have a good product. I still listen to rap music, and I still want to know the meaning of the lyrics, so I'll go directly to the site if I have to. Google made it one click easier, but whatever, I have time.

Companies have survived much worse blows. I worked for a music company that was not only being sued by every major record company, they were also taken out of all app stores. They persisted, and today I still listen to music from their site, even almost a decade later.
Lean Startup Does Not Mean Cheap
Cryptology and Physical Security
Sound waves are longitudinal waves of air pressures. What you feel is just the bulk of molecules hitting your hand at different frequencies and positions. The closest feeling I can imagine would be to immerse your hand in an ultrasonic bath. I've done this multiple times as an undergrad, it's nothing special. It feels like your hand is buzzing.
Combined with dropbox or some other remote storage and sync tool across multiple devices, this works wonders. There is an org-mode app for mobile devices as well. Of course people who dislike emacs might have a problem but it's quite hackable and there is nothing to keep one from associated .org files with emacs and using emacs just for todo lists (theres only about 5 or 8 commands in org-mode that you really have to know to be effective).
What do you use to keep the iPad on the fridge? We’ve been looking for a way to repurpose an old one of ours and this may be perfect.
I'm getting tired of all of these organizations, startups and companies saying they're running 'lean startup,' when they mean they're firing people or being cheap. I argue in the post that Lean Startup does NOT mean cheap or bootstrapped.
KISS: Keep It Secret, Stupid
A cat that wants to be fed at 6:30 in the morning works wonders as well.
Does "Good Behavior Game" reduce smoking & drug use later in life?
> Cambrian explosion followed by consolidation.

The term is "adaptive radiation", of which the Cambrian explosion is a prominent example. (Unrelated but awesome note: search for "edicarian biota" to look at some body plans that might have won, but didn't.)
Working with OS environment variables in Java
I work at Wistia. Glad that we made it to the list of good pricing pages!
Disciplined, is not the words I would use - SBC was the most corrupt (IMO) of the former baby bells too. They have been slimy for a long long time. In the 70's several executives were fired for what amounted to having a political slushfund [1] to buy off state officials when needed.

While they may be successful they miss the concept of "Spirit of Service" in whole.

[1] http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19760728&id=p...
After seeing this on so many Hacker News comments to threads like this I finally gave in and started to read it. It has definitely opened my eyes to how I interact with people and made me a lot more self aware.
Did anyone else think this was about Haskell and get disappointed?

When I saw nytimes.com I thought of the Haskell project they did with the supermodels.
Negative commits? Interpolation is a subtle beast...
>nor a very good justice system

Compared to the government-can-do-as-it-pleases, life-in-prison-for-having- done-3-BS-offenses, largest-incarceration-rate-in-the-world, disproportionate-amount-of-blacks-in-prison, slap-on-the-wrist-for-rich-folks, private-prison-racket system?
Google should wait for RapGenius to a) clean up their backlink profile b) Submit a request for review just like everyone else.

I work at an online marketing firm and I've seen dozens of companies come to us for help with the process. RapGenius shouldn't get preferential treatment.
>an unwillingness to appropriately punish established players

Can you find another example of the other lyrics sites pushing a quid pro quo scheme on Twitter?

The other lyrics sites might be scummy and Google doesn't care -- or they might just cover their tracks enough to avoid giving Google enough proof to hang them.
i thought that mining with nvidia is too expensive.
Is it not ASIC new tech for mining?
We bought this: -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Combo-Magnetic-Refrigerator-Fridge-W...

but, the brackets are a bit too small, so the iPad doesn't fully sit well. The iPad does stay put and hasn't fallen yet, but I'd recommend trying another brand.
"Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone," obligatory to mention the other inventor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray
Drawing a line between believing that it's not unethical to violate Starbucks' trademark and Hitler is jaw dropping, and really pretty hurtful. I don't think we share enough common ground to continue this discussion. I apologize if I've offended.
Agreed, this point is nonsense, as well as being incorrect.

A person can be a "gamer" without having video games be their whole culture and identity, just as they can be a "sports nut" without having their favorite team be their whole culture and identity.

The fact that there's a concise word for "enthusiast in this particular area" doesn't imply anything about gamers that it doesn't also imply about other enthusiasts.
2014 - the year to say goodbye to cash
> I hesitated since I didn't want to get my IP banned or something

If you're worried about that I would use something like a DigitalOcean droplet. If your IP gets banned, at least it's not your home IP.
"it's impossible to compete in the organic rankings against them."

Isn't that precisely what rapgenius had done (affiliate linkscam notwithstanding)? They were already the top result for many lyrics queries, they just got greedy
It's not that fickle. Even if all their competitors are engaged in blackhat SEO and buying links from other blog sites (using cash, tweets, etc). RapGenius was the one who publicly boasted about it. Which caught the attention of Google. Which earned them the smackdown. That's not fickleness at work. That's... what's the opposite of genius?
Well maybe PR0 is better than PR >0 with no possible growth.
There, you just found proof that Bitcoin is going to collapse in the future!
I don't think it is specifically the mind-hand connection that makes the difference; the important parts are

1) having a ritual
2) being away from both distractions electronic and human
I spoke to a friend the other day with a SaaS and they are aiming at the long-tail of sites as their customers, and they chose 1 price plan, regardless of how big the customer sites were. Their advisor said simplifying would reduce fear in customers, especially small businesses.

I've been considering a similar approach for a simple SaaS we run, which we have had trouble with getting traction for.
Obvious caveats:

-it is Jolla's home market of Finland

-Finland is a small market where slight changes in absolute sales volume can show significant changes

-Jolla is satisfying pent-up demand for their phone

-it is on one carrier in Finland (the only one where Jolla is offered)

-iPhone aggregate demand is split into 2 whereas there is only 1 Jolla model

But hey, a win is a win...and it is certainly better than, say, failing to outsell the iPhone on this one carrier in one country

And the Jolla also outsold high-end Nokias (only the low-end Lumia 520 outsold the Jolla)
Yes, if you have drivers (hardware, not software) that can produce the desired interference pattern. I would think a high driver density, large frequency range and high resolution would be needed. But I'm not an engineer, so...
Ocropus is using Tesseract as OCR engine.
And you aren't?

The point of involving angels and aliens is to make clear the absurdity of assuming some superhuman agency which handed down the knowledge from on high. Scientists are human beings, too, with all the fallibility and lack of prescience that is our common heritage, and the fact that "others may very well have eventually given them the same" is the very crux of the matter at hand.

From our perspective, with the benefit of hindsight, it is trivially obvious that the Third Reich made no significant process toward the attainment of nuclear weapons, and that such weapons were not necessary to guarantee the Allies a victory in Europe. Do you think that was trivially obvious in 1942? It was nothing of the sort, and for all those who worked on the Manhattan Project could know, their efforts were absolutely vital to their nation's successful prosecution of the war. In such circumstances, what you would no doubt consider a principled refusal to participate in the project would, in fact, constitute moral cowardice of the highest order, on the part of anyone who found Allied victory in any sense preferable to Axis. They could not have known, after all, that the Third Reich had no realistic hope of developing an atom bomb, given the time and resources available to them, and judging them on the basis of what we know now, seventy years after the Third Reich's abject defeat and dissolution, is purely foolish.

All of this goes to demonstrate your basic error, which is to consider "scientists" a single, unified category which can, or can be expected to, act as a whole in whatever it believes, again as a whole, to be the best interests of mankind. This produces a sort of "us and them" mentality, which implicitly elevates your "scientists" category to the level of the superhuman actors whose existence my "angels or aliens" formulation makes explicit. It is this mentality which permits you to expect knowledge and behavior of scientists which you do not expect of humans, and it is precisely this mistake the original author makes.
Thanks for such extended reply!
Another way to look at it - one coin has two heads, the other 999 have two tails. You flip the coin and get one heads. What is the possibility that the next will be heads?
I had problems with conflicting files in dropbox / google drive so I just have a single directory with all of my org files in it versioned with a private Github repo.

For private stuff I just use the :crypt: keyword org extension to encrypt that entry with my GPG key...
They may not be back at that top spot, though. It depends on how much of their ranking was organic and how much of it was due to the cheating.
To recap. Google's algorithm is terrible, and despite having more PhDs on board than my uni, can be played by anyone with two brain cells and a mildly popular Twitter account.

To rectify this, they crippled my search results by penalizing Rapgenius and instead pushing some AZlyrics junk that not only lacks annotations but is inaccurate.

Seems like an easy fix, for the end user at least, add a keyword search for 'lyrics' to go directly to Rapgenius, right? No. Here's a search for smoke on the water

http://rapgenius.com/search?q=smoke%20on%20the%20water

First result? Pro Era – Like Water. Second? Childish Gambino – I. The Worst Guys. Third? Smoke DZA – Diamond.

Arguably the most popular song in the history of rock and roll? Sixth.

Those are some of the smartest people on the planet. I'm not being sarcastic. How depressing.
Also Sentry brand safe locks are awful(ly easy to pick), as well as handgun locks, sadly.
Freestyle machines are already networked. I'm surprised it took them this long to buy a block. I wonder what vendor's range their existing devices use.
Finding a bug in find
People rob and steal, does that make it acceptable for you to do it? People are racist, does that make it acceptable for you to do it? People don't give up seats for pregnant and old women, is it acceptable if you don't? Not everything is black and white, but this is. What I'm getting at sscalia is that the small minded way people like you think is something that's wrong with this society. Fix up.