skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I highly doubt you engaged these issues critically if you seriously don't believe that most institutional structures are dominated by men.

Great, student bodies have slightly more women than men. However the vast majority of professors, researchers, and administrators are men. It's the positions of power being dominated by men that makes the institution for men. Much like the positions of power in politics and business are undeniably dominated by men.
The consequences for Dr. King's actions were not three decades in solitary. The consequences for Snowden's actions - effective banishment from his home, separation from family and friends (and girlfriend) - are actually more severe than the (collectively) several months King spent in jail. This is not to detract from the greatness of Dr. King - he stood up also to violence and more - but to say that they faced very different systems.
It's not new. They've been this way as long as they've been a real business, since the '90s.
How many users do you have?
"Don't use NetSol" is the original "Don't use GoDaddy."
4 things we learned from the Empower conference
"Separate but equal" is the problem.
Open Source Key Server - For those of you interested in hosting your own key server (ACM) or helping to make a free and open source key server a reality, we're looking for people to help us. Contact me if you're interested.
The much more expensive first class mail could be thought of as the subsidy--it allows the USPS to funnel buckets of cheap junk mail into our boxes.

Except for package delivery it's all unprofitable though, especially in rural areas.
By running your own node. You can know what is public and what is not.
There's no cultural significance, it's just (hetero) male bonding.
My guess is the same legal team that OK'ed this.
Well as the article said, try http://www.truecar.com/ I guess. Being in Canada, I was hoping that CarWoo would do well and eventually move up north. The car purchasing experience is terrible, and is very ready for a disruption.
Wrecking ball
Centralized technologies: Compuserve, MasterCard.

Decentralized technologies: The Internet, Bitcoin.
Did anyone stop to think that woman generally just have differing interests and natural skills than men? Why is there so much emphasis on women being the same as men in everything? I don't see campaigns to get more women interested in auto repair or plumbing.
Tattoos have simply become more acceptable in some circles where they previously were not.
I always like thinking about this "company culture" question when you see the external communications from a company.

GoDaddy is very similar in that most all the emails they send are titled "ACTION REQUIRED" or another equally misleading alert. Very frustrating, builds nothing but distrust from me... like having a friend crying wolf every 10 mins.
After quickly glancing over their credentials, it seems like the underlying problem is that the key leadership is entirely business people while the people with actual training in CS or engineering handle smaller responsibilities like "Online Marketing". In today's world of developer-friendly SaaS, they're doomed.
How has language been corrupted? They say exactly what they mean. They might lead you to believe they are saying something different, but is that language's fault, or is that because they are silver tongues?
So, You Want to Write Your Own Language?
A lot of economists who have a phd in in economics, were Engineering, Math and Physics majors as undergrads. To get into a good phd program in Econ, you have to have taken and aced a lot of math classes such as Real Analysis and some very advanced Probability courses. Taking some grad level math classes would probably increase an applicants chance. So yes a lot of economists are really really good at math. And yes a lot of it is used in research.
How to fork bitcoin and build your own cryptocurrency
>By analogy to the original problem as stated, that's like saying you don't need an intermediary to confirm that a message with particular content was delivered between two generals.

No, that's not analogous. Bitcoin prevents double-spending. It doesn't just deliver messages.

You're talking about a whole other level of cooperation. It's true that Bitcoin doesn't guarantee that, but no one said it did, and that doesn't imply it doesn't really solve BGP.

Bitcoin does have a built-in feature, multisig transactions, that makes a more-trustworthy form of escrow possible.
We're lucky to have quite a few more than 10 following through! We're well on our way to making our target of 200 participants this summer.
Not sure about his case, but in my case I still keep my failed startup online (http://friendcameo.com/)

Mine failed in the sense that there's no way of growing or monetizing it in a way that's worth my time and effort. But at the same time, I can sometimes run experiments/surveys on it that allows me to learn and apply finding to other more successful ideas.

I'm guessing Canvas is along the same lines.
SSL Labs: Stricter security requirements for 2014
I do agree that it would be better if the DoD money was used for something more peaceful. On the other hand was the Manhattan project quite cool and DARPA-net turned out to become something quite useful.

To be a bit more serious: I do consider the notion that private enterprises always are better to be stupid. For large projects the private bureaucracy are usually as big as the government ones. The private enterprises are with a few exceptions very shortsighted; that is why I joke about another tablet. Show me the company that put serious money into e.g. fusion.
His case, concisely stated is:

1. All births are good things.
2. Contraception causes fewer births.
3. Therefore contraception is not good.

...of course, correct me if I'm wrong.

It's a philosophical argument, not an empirical one, so it might be a little alien compared to the typical discussion thread on HN and similar venues.
You specifically posted links equating radical feminist concerns with queer theory/transactivism with "transphobia," cheapening real transphobia, given that the links I posted (have you read them? I recommend them) illustrate that "radical feminist" desired exclusion of transwomen from conferences, etc, is not motivated by hatred, but a gender politics that doesn't have much to do with queer theory/transactivism specifically.

If you think I'm saying bigoted things (or trans*-spectrum-phobic), I'd appreciate knowing where I've done that so I can learn not to.
My screencast [1] covers it, but if you're comfortable just diving in, the official docs are very good. Choose a simple task (like implementing a bare-bones HTTP server) and dive in.

[1] http://www.letscodejavascript.com
Has to be other HN readers who have gotten similar emails if this is true (I know their twitter support person confirmed it is real, but the price seems completely outrageous to be true). Looking forward to the first person with 200 domains registered there to write here that they got auto-enrolled for a cool 100k a year?
It should be logical that the presence of people with a legitimate condition + the presence of people who erroneously think they have that legitimate condition != overreaction on the part of a given person that thinks that they have that legitimate condition.

Being sugar-free and carb-free are also buzzwords, and for sheeple, right?
Definitions of words are a) subjective b) tools for communication and c) political. I think my definition of discrimination is better, because there's no objective definition of 'good discrimination' versus 'bad discrimination'. Defining discrimination to only mean 'bad discrimination' is then futile, and doesn't really help with communication. In fact, those endless debates of what is and what is not discrimination would be replaced with slightly more constructive debates of where discrimination might be justified and where not.
Fast Clojure/Java Web Apps on Nginx Without Any Java Web Server
Also note that truly random data can encrypt other data simply by XORing it. That is, truly random data can in fact be a cryptographic key, if you use it as one.
The welfare system in Sweden IS seen as a massive success because it HAS been a massive success, and didn't have many serious problems because people respected it as a temporary thing, and receiving welfare came with a social stigma.

That is changing as a direct result of increasing immigration, and welfare reform is on the horizon across Europe, not just in Sweden.

Instead of asking them a loaded question in order to receive the answer that you want to receive, why not try asking them an unloaded question? Something like: do immigrants treat the welfare system differently than do native Swedes? Obvious answer is obvious.

But you've already said enough to refute your own argument: the immigration problem. It's a problem, is it not? And it's a problem because those people respect the system less than Swedes do, thus necessitating reform. It's not a major problem because the Swedes are proud of their system which has worked so well, with so little abuse, until just recently, and they're certain that they can figure this problem out as well before it gets too bad. But it is a problem nonetheless because, well, I'll just let you go back and read my original assertion.

How the fuck is it that a forum of supposedly intelligent people have such a massive problem with basic fucking logic?
It sounds like their original business model got shut down due to positioning: they pitched it as reducing postal spam, and in the proces they attracted unwanted attention from the USPS, who profit from postal spam.

Meanwhile, Earth Class Mail (https://www.earthclassmail.com/) seems to be going strong following the same "digitize your mail" approach. They don't seem to build their business around spam reduction specifically, just around paper reduction, which doesn't threaten the USPS.
I'm afraid that's the conclusion I've come to with every idea for a tattoo I've had over the last 20 or so years. I can't come up with anything with which I care to be stuck for the rest of my life. "Yeah, that's not going to seem so clever in ten years, is it?" So my skin remains untouched by the inky goodness of my local tattoo artist.
I think it probably has more to do with just how prevalent tattoos seem to have become in America in general.
With the listed problems getting to breakeven density, marketing traction, and a mention of an email marketing campaign for what is a physical->electronic mail service, I can't help but wonder if Outbox had ever ran a physical junk mail campaign for targeted physical addresses in order to push up the customer density. (not meant as a criticism, just idle curiosity)
> B-con is confused. The behavior in question - the drive powering down right away - would actually occur less frequently if I were trying to do something "high performance."

I'm not confused.

a) The drive will only stay on if the performance requirements are constant. But many performance use cases don't ensure that there is constant activity to the drive, so the drive may shut off.

b) The Black line consistently posts better raw benchmarks than the Green line. (The last one I looked at: http://www.legitreviews.com/western-digital-2tb-caviar-green...)

YMMV for your specific situation, obviously, but buys should know that the Green drives aren't oriented at performance. If they give you what you want, great, but don't buy them and then be surprised when little performance hiccups happen.
A Look at DevDocs.io
This is interesting but most likely a consequence of their affiliate program, which like any affiliate program rewards traffic and thus tends to spawn a lot of referral volume at the expense of authenticity.
Downvotes for an honest call for understanding and self-improvement? Really, HN?
Seems really strange that they're shutting down. With a substantial customer list and some infrastructure that's hard to build, that's a business that could be sold for something -- perhaps not substantial exit money, but still.

That said, they were charging less than what the service cost to provide, and -- judging from the comments here -- less than what their customers valued their services for. So perhaps they didn't have a good idea of what value is and how to sell it.
I'm glad to see he's transferring to hover.com. I moved my domains there a little over a year ago and couldn't be happier. I didn't have issues with NS but had a lot of issues with Register.com doing shady things like this.

Hover.com is about first domain registrar I've used that didn't feel shady as far as milking every last dollar they could out of me. Trying to up sell, etc.
The lack of antimatter is an enduring mystery. And creating it is always cool. And I find it particularly fun to imagine anti-matter fusion plants producing anti-helium (more bang for your buck antimatter :-).
I'm so glad I cancelled my Network Solutions account 2 months ago. I discovered they were still charging me for a domain I no longer was interested in. Unlike most other domain name registrars, they actually auto opt-in for automatic renewal.

Pissed me off to no end. To cancel, I had to :

1) Find out that you cannot delete your domains or let them lapse. Gotta call them.

2) Call them. They will tell you to send an email instead

3) Email them at deletions@networksolutions.com.

4) Get a confirmation email, which you have to call in to verify.

I ended up cancelling my account after 4 phone calls.
But if you are making less than pennies on the dollar, was it ever a success anyway? Having users and traction is not success. Plenty of companies get both users and traction, all they have to do is tolerate negative profits...
I always thought it was absurd that they actually had people picking up your mail from your mailbox. I wanted a "Google Voice" for mail. Just let me give out some proxy mailing address that goes straight to their scanners.
I think it's just an underlying insecurity and zero-sum-game thinking, basically "anything intended to help women must also hurt men".

A part of me feels pity for them, after all, they're fighting a doomed fight, but it doesn't excuse their behavior.
Best way to grab a domain listed as EXPIRE-HOLD on NameKing?
None of the auction sites show this domain as up for auction. The 65-day holding period will be up in 18 days. Two skank companies have already emailed me offering their services to grab this domain because I already own a similar one. Any advice?
Steganography, then?
That's interesting. I've used gem, npm, pip and luarocks. With my limited experience I'd say they're all pretty similar and all have their pros and cons. I usually resort to my OS's package manager instead. Is there a specific reason people think npm shines over the others?
Apparently they've already banned JW publications as Extremist Material.
Currently in the single digits, this is my zombie project. I haven't actively marketed for a few years - moved on to other things. People tried it a few days and left, I guess there are better free options or they just didn't like the interface.
Very sorry to hear this outcome, and I wish the best for the team. Perhaps you can sell standalone products? There is still value in never having to touch paper, and I would have been a happy customer had I known the wait list was done. It was such a promising product!

Most interesting quote to me, and thank you so much for the candor.

> After several months of testing and refining, we reasonably concluded that we were executing well and collecting good data—it told us that there wasn’t enough demand to support the cost model. Our monthly operating deficits were too high, and even though we continued to get better at acquisition, each small success actually saw our cash curve decline further because our density remained flat. For longer than we would be willing to tolerate, we would lose money for each additional customer we gained. Despite the massive interest in our company, we learned that the product we built did not find fit in the market we targeted.

P.S. I am doubly sorry to hear that the USPS shut down the partnership due to threatening unwanted!! ad revenue... this is making me feel even more sad.
I have no idea. I was surprised at how high it was.
I'd say Scala's SBT. Detractors say it's too hard, but unlike other build tools, it let's you get the job done with minimal fuss.
namecheap is also great IMHO
I may be wrong but truecar doesn't remove the need to haggle?
You probably are a naive idealist; there's nothing wrong with that.

If you want to get rid of that give the IAT on gender a try at https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit

I'm willing to bet that just the experience of taking it will make you somewhat uncomfortable.
is't it the registrar we are talking about, who would register a domain name himself, if you search it using their website. Only to find, you would have no choice for 5 days except to register it with them or wait for 5 days to register with someone else. 'douchebag' is seemingly an innocent word for this kind of business.

>Back in December, the domain registration and hosting company tested a new system that would automatically register any domains searched for by users of its site. That system went live last weekend, meaning users doing a search found the domain they wanted became unavailable and held by Network Solutions shortly afterwards.

link: http://www.geek.com/news/controversy-surrounds-network-solut...
This is mostly right. DrawQuest would make a fine lifestyle business for a few partners, but is unlikely to become a business that represents a venture-backed opportunity. However because we built it as a venture-backed business, that's the bar we're held to.

Per my post, I'm exploring options for keeping the service alive for the next few months (and hopefully longer), and am cautiously optimistic we'll be able to figure something out.
Is that a strength? It didn't end up meaning much for Rose and Digg which was perhaps even bigger at its peak, or ThePirateBay who unsuccessfully tried to build a legitimate offshoot many times.
I really digged the idea of CarWoo when I first read about it on HN years ago... sorry to hear this news, all the best to the team.

On a side note, kinda crazy reading about 3 well-funded venture-backed startups shutting down at the top of HN today:

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/canv-as

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/outbox

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/carwoo
How is this question not blocked yet?
> TL;DR - Ex-Facebook exec creates a startup to replace email, insists email is dead and we should all pay him to drag away the corpse. Email refuses to die.
I have my username tattooed in binary on my arm:

http://imageshar.es/52deec31f629007c14000e24
http://www.federalreserve.gov/bankinforeg/regecg.htm They would be in violation of this above Regulation for banking. Chargeback through your bank would be the quickest way to both get your funds back and penalize them. If you want to make it a federal case that is also an option.
It's an interesting article but of course the writing deadline was only a part of what killed him. His health declined during the period of being a tramp and working menial jobs in France where he was hospitalized with pneumonia. It didn't help being shot through the neck by a fascist sniper in the Spanish Civil War and also being a heavy smoker. Lastly, wintering in cold, wet Scotland isn't a good plan for anyone with bad lungs.
make u think!
I have a theory that foreign language tattoos (or code tattoos, for that matter) arise mainly from a desire to have something (seemingly) unique tattooed. That, and some signalling implying some hidden skill/knowledge that the tattooed person must have.

The uniqueness bit is somewhat ironic, considering it's the thing that a large part of your peer group is rushing to do, as well.
it worked for Google.
Map of preventable disease outbreaks [...]
That is one reason why the underlying tech we're using, particularly the TDF, is designed to allow you to use any key server you want. Our hope is that we're the first of many TDF key servers out there, and are working to open source a key server under Apache license so anyone can use and contribute. If you're interested in helping make that possible or know people who might be, let us know.
Poll: Do you donate to charity?
Out of curiosity after the new Gates letter was published (http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/?cid=bg_fb_po0_012103/#section=home)
How is that a value? Even if it is a value in some bizarre universe, it's not intrinsic, but an external one.
Thanks for the feedback, it's really valuable! The idea behind Geocodio is definitely to prevent you from needing to go through the hassle of building a dataset yourself and hosting it, it is indeed a very time consuming process. Note that mapquest still has a 5k/requests per day limit [1] making this a viable alternative.

As mentioned in our FAQ [2] we do indeed provide special pricing and capacity for high-volume users, we would definitely be able to match Google's pricing by far.

[1] http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/dev-services/geoc...
[2] http://geocod.io/faq/
What I'm saying is explicitly written down in the posts I've made. If you're willing to engage the points I'm actually making, I'll have a discussion with you. If you're just going to throw broad-reaching polemical feminism 101 articles at very specific points, I'm not going to take you seriously. You didn't even state why you think those articles apply to the (again, very specific) point I made.
You should just watch with an open mind what is going on in the world. There might be no mass-thought-reader yet, so you get through with your deplorable thoughts, but just take as a small example the era of McCarthy -- those that openly expressed possible communistic thoughts where persecuted.

Or (to name a more current example) just say at the NY airport that the security measures are bullshit! ... just as doublethought-enhancer.
As a matter of context, this paper was published in Philosophy of Science. This tells you quite a bit about its goals and audience.

The central claim is "Our claim is that economists are willing to accommodate mere computation more readily than simulation mainly because the epistemic status of computational models is considered acceptable while that of simulation models is considered suspect." and "We argue that a major reason why simulation is not granted independent epistemic status is that it is not compatible with the prevailing image of understanding among economists." (pages 306-307)

Somewhat surprisingly, they also write "The claim that economists shun simulation for epistemic and understanding-related reasons is a factual one. Our aim is to explain and evaluate these reasons by considering the philosophical presuppositions of economists." (page 306)

These claims make sense from the tradition of philosophy, where the study of meaning and knowledge is central. But, from the perspective of a practicing economist, you have to question how many are conscious of (or aware of) the biases and preferences of economics when it comes to what counts as valid knowledge, experimentation, and reasoning.

In addition to the explanations inside the paper, it is implicitly or indirectly promoting the importance of the field of philosophy of science. Put this way, if economists were more aware and open to their biases, they would be more likely to "break away from ... methodological constraints" (page 326) and escape the constraints of traditional economic orthodoxies.

In particular, I'd be interested to see a survey of economists to see how many have been exposed to the key concepts from the philosophy of science.
Canvas was targeted at a separate demographic. I remember reading the introduction screens for canvas and cringing.

"Take this image and remix it with your creativity!" (to paraphrase) That line alone could of caused the mass rejection of canvas from the denizens of 4chan. Canvas was not targeted at 4chan's users.