skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I have tweeted this blog post and the accompanying HN discussion and I love discussing things like this, but when people ask "where do you find the time?" they are usually really asking "How on earth can I find the time??" because they are trying and failing. As much as I am enjoying this, I think, in reality, it is different for everyone.

The issues I have had to solve to get to a point where I am finally working on things I want to work on are different from what a lot of people here would have to solve. At times, I have tried to talk about those things here (under a previous handle) in hopes of helping out those who are still frustrated but I mostly felt shut out here.

So, I wonder a lot at how much value it really has to share "what worked for me" (I don't just mean for me personally, I mean posts of that sort) because, on the one hand, there is often something useful to learn but, on the other, very often, many of the people reading it are still frustrated and it still does not solve their own problem of "finding the time" (or whatever). While some folks may nod their heads and agree, often, those voicing agreement are the people for whom this is mostly a solved problem already. People who are still wondering how on earth to find the time for themselves, in their own unique lives with their own set of personal challenges, rarely get some big epiphany from these discussions and finally get cracking. Thus the people who are asking are usually not really getting "answers" -- ie solutions. Instead, they may be getting it reinforced that they are losers, it doesn't work for them, it cannot work them, etc.

And that kind of bothers me. I feel it tends to reinforce a "them that has, gets" type of reality.
Good luck in your holy grail quest for that 100.000%.
You should suggest that if you haven't already, unless you're saving it for the bounty.
No. Let's keep words meaning what they mean.

But we can say this guy violated her space and insulted her dignity and acted in a way that would make most people cringe if not shun the guy.

I wouldn't trust him after seeing him display that behavior. Would you?
Symmetry in game theory: reducing 21 simultaneous equations to 1 equation
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzrap8Vtyq8

I'm going to go for the most pedestrian, naive chess commentary ever by noting that at 0:20 it looks like there is a road through the middle of the board.
Given how hard it is to measure any neutrinos at all I guess one can rule that out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJGxDNaVrJY
Yeah I think you might have cracked the case wide open.
Can you explain what does "playing for tricks" mean in chess?
+100 because we're talking about hotmail (microsoft) here.
I'm a little ashamed to admit that you had me googling for that. ;)

Seriously though, the idea that mice might have a placebo effect is fascinating. I would have thought that the placebo effect would require some high-level form of self-awareness (which perhaps mice do have, I don't really know) and an understanding of at least the purpose of medicine. Maybe not though...
"they think that said men are plotting to reestablish the Patriarchy"

hahahaha you have no idea what I'm talking about or what you're talking about
the "frigid bitch" thing for even the slightest offense is common

You must meet a lot of real assholes :( Again, not a woman, but I've literally never heard a man speak those words, at least that I recall.

Edit: I may have heard it spoken before in the context of ex-wives
Disclaimer: I know some people who work at this company but have never used their product.

https://www.schedulicity.com/
I can totally imagine an algorithm behind Samantha. No strong AI or self-awareness necessary. It just learns from thousands of conversations it has with all the people around the world, and feeds it back. Kind of like what Google does, but with language recognition and some inference (which is doable, as Watson has shown).

Some people fall in love with her as a joke, and Samantha will use these phrases in conversation with other people, and it will eventually catch on for real. So what Theo gets actually served is not Samantha's love, but averaged relationship of all the people that interact with her as a romantic partner.

Of course this technically disagrees with the movie at a certain points, but still is a reasonable approximation that preserves the intent.
>We all know that there are various filters, different for each ISP... Please stop believing that we are stupid enough to take that short hand as literal.

I didn't know this. Perhaps I'm stupid.
> There’s no reason higher level frameworks or ORMs couldn't handle the migration process.

> ...this is a manual painful process today, but theres no reason this can’t be fully handled by PostgreSQL or directly within an ORM .

You mean like EF already does [1]?

> Add-Migration will scaffold the next migration based on changes you have made to your model since the last migration was created

For what it's worth, I don't use that feature. I prefer to use SQL Server Data Tools [2] to maintain a model of the database and use its schema and data diff tools to generate upgrade scripts. This is more due to the database pre-dating EF migrations but as well the schema is fairly complex so having SSDT (with its knowledge of nearly all SQL Server object types) do diffs against the actual database model is better than EF diffing its own abstract model.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj591621.aspx

[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh272686(v=vs.103).a...
"I wouldn't trust him after seeing him display that behavior. Would you?"

Of course I wouldn't. Neither would most people in the Bitcoin community. Nevertheless, now we have "this is how women are being treated at Bitcoin meetups".

Btw not only would I not trust him, I also wouldn't like him.
Are you intercepting URLs typed in the address bar and reverting back to your own site or is Chrome being weird?
She specifically mentioned looking at this as a professional opportunity: beyond the immediate concern of possible retaliation by the attacker there's the concern for what other people might think. His friends might defend him and uninvolved people would remember her for the incident rather than as a professional and potential business partner.

Note that all of the property crimes you mentioned are different in one key way: a large subset of society doesn't initially try to blame the victim when it happen. Nobody is racing to explain that your car was asking for it or that you must not have taken enough steps to make your MP3 player unappealing, all of which are depressingly routine for victims of sexual assault.
The part of a side project that is 'creative' is not often needed in the 40 hour all the time - once the creativity has run it's course into a todo list, I find making sure I have a clear list to pick up something I can start and finish is helpful.
Yes I've noticed the same strange issues using Chrome. Working on it.
How Dogecoin Proved its Worth with Kindness and Generosity
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I wonder if there are also straight people who answer gay not as a joke but to try to cancel out scared homosexuals. I wouldn't be against doing such a thing... though my gay answer would be an honest one.
This is really great, love the speed.

Where does the comment karma come from? Doesn't seem like you can get it by crawling HN directly.
Even now, people who use Facebook regularly have their exposure to information mediated through News Feed algorithms that seem fairly opaque. Of course, you can take manual actions to "shape" your feed, but mostly it's computers deciding who you'd probably like to hear from, and maybe even what you'd like to hear about. It's interesting how such a major part of people's infostreams are invisibly shaped by behavior-trained systems.
I m a search engineer among other things. New update is weird, especially ranking. try 'machine learning', gets something from a year ago then Stanford class from 2011, really ? If you re dealing with 10M entries in the index this is low enough that ranking should be better.

I know how perfect tuning these engine as is difficult, and this one requires some more work ;) good luck and congrats for YC 14 anyways!
Jesus christ you must have SERIOUS emotional issues.

You know how this situation should have been actually handled?

"Hey [groper], get your hands off me, I don't appreciate being touched by someone I don't know and I don't appreciate your remarks either."

10 seconds, situation over. But instead, OP decided to write a novel on this "experience", and generalized to: meetups, women, and tech. Now if other women read this, they will have fear and hostility instilled in them because scumbags like OP don't know how to deal with real life and just want e-attention.
Being in this demographic (I graduated high school in 1996), right away this reminded me of a friend of mine who was so not gay but claimed bisexuality in this time period. I don't think it was in any way a prank, I just think there was a certain trendiness about it. Looking back, a sort of aggressive tolerance of GLBTs feels like a defining factor for my generation from the kids who came up in the late 80s.

After my generation it just seems to be taken for granted a bit more, and thus uninteresting to youth culture. I realize this is just anecdotal, but suffice it to say that this result does not surprise me in the least and I think researchers are bit out of their depth when they try to ascribe logic to the phenomenon ex post facto. The "data" they have does not reflect the dominant cultural psychology of the time which is paramount in any youth study.
>Still though, what is the point of making this distinction? Like, I don't think anyone ever /was/ asserting that running cgminer or holding some doges makes you "as legit" or "in the same vein as" someone who works in SV or works for Microsoft or something.

See the parent comment:

>How many more posts like this are needed to convince you that the whole community of tech meetups is hostile towards women?

Which implies that a Bitcoin meetup is a tech community meetup in the same vein as a Python meetup, and that their behavior reflects negatively on tech professionals.
Gotta plug in the Halo/Marathon reference here: They did a great job of covering this, I highly recommend the game series/books(original halo trilogy). Nylund's and the Halo universe take on AI is very much underappreciated. I'm glad windows named their 'siri' competitor Cortana with Jen Taylor as voice actress to boot!
Unfortunately many women simply don't feel safe enough to fight back and instead will remove themselves from a situation like that. If the space itself feels unsafe (instead of it just being a 'bad person in a good place' situation), that's going to make it seem like a much better idea to leave.

After all, it's not as if these are unusual occurrences. They're all too common.
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I'm fine with a bit of profanity and would like to see more, personally. But when your comment is basically nothing but invective, you don't really have a leg to stand on when you're calling someone else worthless.

And I'd like other potential Meritt's to realize how utterly disgusting it is that he tried to shame the victim into silence.

Meritt said 'say something right then and there, it's more effective. Then write a blog post about that instead'. Whether that's true or not could be up for debate (likewise the victim's responsibility to do something), but you have to be pretty one-eyed to read that as shaming the victim into silence rather than encouraging the victim into action.
There's also an argument that it makes sure other people will be more careful with their work to try to avoid mistakes. I don't think it's the way to go, but there certainly are managers in the world who do. (Hopefully a vast minority.)
(10 Happiest states, according to Gallup 2012 Well-Being index, from happiest to least happy)

Hawaii
Colorado
Minnesota
Utah
Vermont
Nebraska
Montana
New Hampshire
Iowa
Massachusetts

Of those, I've lived in Utah, Nebraska, and Iowa, and loved them all. Intelligently of me, I now live in SFBA.
Hard to know if the product works well/looks good (no screenshots), but if the site is any sign the product probably looks good.

As another health tech founder, I'm just curious: what's the pitch here? Why is this better than competing services? Is this for physicians to see additional patients they wouldn't already see, or to see patients they would already see but just digitally instead (to save overhead, etc.)? If the latter, does this interface with EMRs so the data from the televisit can be saved (the video, patient notes, etc.)?

Good on you for making this!
"After doing so, blog about what happened...."

"I think it's absolutely disgusting that you criticize the victim for documenting what happened to her."

Posted in reply to the wrong comment, maybe?
No one should care how the groper responds, after they hear "stop groping me jerk" he's going to be the one shunned, not her. Assholes never think they're wrong; you shouldn't care what they think. It's not at all hard to do any of that if it's clear to people around you who the asshole was.

I keep seeing people talk about how the groper is going to react... seriously, who gives a shit how the villain acts, he's the fucking villain in the situation. You may as well point out that a rapist isn't going to react well to being made to stop raping someone; I'm stunned you'd even think this a valid point to make.

When people act inappropriately, it's doesn't matter what they think or how they react; they're in the wrong, their feeling are irrelevant. Concern yourself with how the victim feels and stop sympathizing with the groper.
It's a reprint of an article from 2007. Hilariously, it leads off with Apple as an example of a company that foolishly relies on its creativity to keep it ahead of its Asian manufacturers.

Of course, since the article was released, Apple has introduced and iPhone, iPad, and other products, and become one of the most valuable and respected companies in the world. The U.S. went through one the worst financial crises in history, and is still a global leader. Japan has not eaten Boeing's lunch. Etc.

I can't believe the author reposted it willingly. I'd be embarassed if an article from 2007 turned out to be so wrong.
Just a small nitpick: George Harris was not on Burnham's team; he was one of the people bidding for the attraction.
(for more on this, see Devil in the White City)
> “We should have known something was amiss,” says Savin-Williams. “One clue was that most of the kids who first claimed to have artificial limbs (in the physical-health assessment) miraculously regrew arms and legs when researchers came back to interview them.”
love it! The speed is amazing. One minor nitpick would be to improve the experience on mobile. The search works great, but the display is hard to read. Really nice work though!
But then we'd be spelling things like colour incorrectly!
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Algolia (YC W14) is now the default search engine on HN
That's the typical approach, since React supports composition much more cleanly than Backbone Views do. You can use some mixin like this to handle event listening and updates: https://github.com/CGamesPlay/resistance/blob/master/public/...
for the whole movie I thought it would be revealed that Sam was fro. an outsourced call center ;)
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I personally think this is a bad solution. But it is no doubt interesting.
I'm on the reverse end of the spectrum. When researchers came in to ask questions about violence and weapons in schools, I truthfully tried to help them as best I could. It was only later that I understood that, when they asked if I'd seen a student fire a weapon at school in the past month, they hadn't meant for me to include the latin club's trebuchet.
The replies that comment is getting are basically "don't be so vitriolic, calm down and you'll get your message across better", and you classify this as 'absolutely disgusting' and 'twisted'?
I am not an expert on RDBMSs, but isn't the issue of distributed computing and the CAP theorem a far more important driving force behind the NoSQL movement than any of the reasons in the article?
YUP. IF YOU EVER WORK IN WEB SUPPORT. YOU WILL SOON REALIZE HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET HAVE BROKEN CAPLOCK BUTTONS.
Most Québecois speak both French and English, but I get what you're saying.

Toronto is so multicultural it doesn't make sense to claim proximity to Quebec as a language bonus.
Semi-related question about the comments on "how women think" and "what women care about". I am occasionally faced with a discussion, naturally with a woman, about something that has an empirical gender bias. I'm curious what other people think. A recent conversation along these lines:

Them: Smiling, Why are you looking at me like that?

Me: Well, I see that you like X. Most women I meet don't really like X, it's nice that you do.

Is that a reasonable framing?
I wonder what sort of proof you are looking for. I too would love to see some studies on this. Is there a percentage at which you would care? In the mean time, I'll send you this link as well -- http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents -- to at least show that this exact type of incident happens all the time.
No. what Merritt said that if you don't say something right there and then you should never be allowed to say anything.

He's an asshole and a bully. If a victim doesn't protest withim his designated free-speech zone he doesn't want them to protest at all.
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For now, the ranking is only based on the number of points/comments of an item. We're actually working on a way to include the freshness of a post. Thanks for the support ;)
> What exactly is Justin Bieber so good at to earn such a comparison?

The key is right there in the sentence. The comparison being made is "rockstar of chess," referring not necessarily to "skill" or "talent," but to the ability to be famous worldwide.
It protects them from learning about sex. That will work wonders for teen pregnancy rates.
Six Months in the Rearview
Really? I've been a geek since, well, always, have a CS degree and have been working as a sysadmin and programmer since 1996. There have been women along the way, in my CS program, as coworkers, at the various startups I've worked at. Some of them have been a whole lot brighter than me. And in all that time, I've never thought "oh wow, how unusual." I just don't get it.
And that was after the Apple Lisa, which was released in early January of 1983.
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> this won't be the first time I'm giving up on HN,

Giving up...you're doing it wrong.
It should be noted that this is just e-retailers, not the top 100 sites generally. Google was mysteriously missing and it took me a bit to realize why.
In that case, your comment is misplaced.

I don't think this guy represents any group of people either.

I was commenting on why the woman might be justified in worrying about a physical attack if she embarrassed the creep because he obviously doesn't have much in the way of boundaries.
I think you are wildly misinterpreting merrit.

The point is not that blogging about it is bad, but that calling people out on the spot is even better, and people should do it more. Of course it's frightening, and of course it's harder - I'm not sure I would've done it in a similar situation if I were a female, and that's exactly why outside encouragement is important.

I personally would like it very much if people - both male and female - would react more by calling out unwanted behavior right on the spot, and I hope OP will feel encouraged to do so if something like this happens again in the future, knowing at least that she has the support of some people on HN.
Let's not forget the moral outrage at the perceived omission of a floppy drive.
If it learns, it is AI; what you're describing is a chatter bot, Eliza style; it's not learning, it's just doing lookups of previous conversations. Sadly, such bots are more successful in fooling people than any other approach so far in a conversation.
page doesn't exist anymore.
> She ran into a super duper asshole

Well not just that. If anyone at the meeting made it clear that the comments that were happening were not appropriate or welcome either I missed it in the article. It most people this creates the perception that it is acceptable behavior according to group standards. I would bet this perception of group standards is studied phenomena that is the default perception by the majority of people. So it seems reasonable that most people would get uncomfortable by the situation.
9pm to 1am. after the kids go to bed. I don't watch tv. at all. ever. When you find stuff you're excited about, its easy to stay motivated. I keep my side work fresh and new.
Azure prices are pretty high : 10 times more than digital ocean. Does anyone know why this discrepancy?
I believe (belieb?) they are making a statement about how he has a more exciting style in chess, maybe his quick rise to fame and youth, maybe good looking appearance?. If you search "Justin Bieber of chess" you see lots of people are using it, not just this one article. I don't really follow chess, just Bieber, but Magnus seems interesting, going to be reading up on him! But I agree, it seems like an odd comparison.
When non-free software is distributed, it is done so under the threat that the recipient will be thrown in jail if they share or modify the software.

Will the threat itself restrict freedom? Yes. Can threats cause harm? yes. However, so long its not distributed, no one is threatened.

So, on your question, no, its mere existence will not restricts freedom. The restriction happens once it has been distributed.
Because Microsoft is a supplier not a computer manufacturer. If you're going to include them, then why not include Intel or Samsung PC revenues as well?
Why is this downvoted? It's good advice.

The only 'controversial' one is sleep - which can vary by experience. If you're sleeping 9 hours, cutting 1 hour back to 8 shouldn't be catastrophic. If you're already only sleeping 6, then it's a different story.
Thanks for the article Justin, I found it inspiring! I have a 3 year old who is almost beyond diapers, and who is requiring less time to put to bed, which I already see giving me more time for side projects. I've also found setting artificial constraints to side projects helps (to your point #1)...in my case, I set a goal of finishing 6 side projects in 6 months, each taking less than six hours (6x6x6: https://medium.com/design-startups/b602270880fd ); I got a bit stalled at the 5th project after taking a teaching job in addition to my startup gigs, but am still hoping to finish soon (may become 6x16(mo)x6).
> If we can eventually create a strong AI," is basically the same as saying, "If minds are physical"

No it isn't; it's saying if we ever understand minds well enough to duplicate them. Yes, minds are physical, that doesn't mean we can duplicate one yet.
I made the decision not to get married or have children so that I would have time for side projects. Unfortunately, single people are often
expected to stay later to enable those with family obligations to leave earlier.
So you're saying unicorns exist? Because that coin toss could happen. Not sure if finding a unicorn in a forest could happen, unless unicorns exist ;)
I don't think it's possible without a strong AI. For instance, you wouldn't be able to ask it questions about complex aspects of your personal life, which are entirely unique to you, and have it respond in a reasonable way.

Also, it's all too easy to construct questions that have not been asked before, which a human could easily answer but a machine like you describe cannot.
Stephen Wolfram is ego.