skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Professionalism encompasses the whole lot. And I believe the presence of GTFO is not especially professional. It's spoiling for a fight, basically. And it got one, and it will lose. Pathetic, really.

(I really wanted to close with a saying along the lines of "one man's politically-correct bullshit is another person's basic standard of human decency", but I saw somebody say this - or something very much like it - once on HN, and it was followed up by a comment from somebody complaining that this level of politically-correct nonsense was infringing on his fundamental immutable human right not to be implicitly compared to something inhuman. Which I suppose is fair enough. And I certainly wouldn't want anybody to feel oppressed.)
Any half assed blog engine would be better than wordpress.
> Is it true that people actually don't care about keeping ownership over their content?

Sometimes, it can be good for things. Take parody, for instance. My favorite Medium collection is "CSS Perverts"[1], which is basically really silly, fake articles about programming stuff. Sample article: "How Node.js will replace JavaScript."

Because it's on Medium, people are more willing to believe that Jenn is serious, and so she gets confused readers[2], people who are actually quite upset[3], and serious rebuttals[4].

It's one of my favorite things on the internet right now.

1: https://medium.com/cool-code-pal

2: https://medium.com/cool-code-pal/cf72b588b1b#ad4c-7315e80e40...

3: https://twitter.com/jennschiffer/status/424683365980069888/p...

4: https://medium.com/p/5133e7296592
If you suppress prices, you reduce supply. Demand remains high, supply is now artificially low.

One unspoken benefit of this history of wage suppression is the dearth of engineering talent today. Rather than high prices signaling an opportunity to invest in an engineering education, labor market participants should have rationally chosen different skills and disciplines given the relatively low perceived market pay.

It stands to reason that engineers are getting paid more now than they otherwise would be thanks to temporal lags and education costs. If an unrigged market had been signaling prices that conformed to job market participant's real demands, the students of yesterday could have recognized better job opportunities today.
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Hey, I'm building techendo and you can follow people. Would it be interesting for you to follow people and have the option to have a different stream of their actions? Do you just want posts or other actions like comments, etc?
"To the moon" isn't exclusive to the bitcoin community. The phrase has been used in pump and dump schemes before.
Fuck and other profanities are signal words for extreme emotional state. Professionalism includes remaining fair and emotionally unaffected under most reasonable conditions. Hence the dissonance of using "fuck" and other charged (culture-dependent of course) words and sentiments in work life.
I agree writers should have more of an ownership stake but think of writers at large newspapers, journalists etc. Even though they are writing for the brand they are also building their brand. So in a way Medium, Svbtle, etc are all new magazines or papers that are a chance to get noticed more. The smart brand aware writers will use it as another draw. It is a bit like a new 'guest post' combined with writing an article for a third party.

But is ev getting rich again off your content a third time? Yes he is a smart man.
> I believe that the surprise would come from it not meaning "get the f out." Which makes perfect sense to me - GTFO has a meaning, and re-backronyming it can only harm understanding of the standard.*

Considering the general highlevel meaning of "get the fuck out" and "General Termination of Future Operations" in the context of this protocol is the same, is it really going to harm anybodies understanding of the standard? Worse case scenario, people know what it does, but are surprised that it is an acronym for something "SFW".

> Also consider non-native English speakers, which is really important when developing international standards.

Is the concern here that they will not be familiar with the typical "internet meaning" of GTFO? They might not get the joke, but I don't see how that would harm their understanding of the standard. They'll read about GTFO, learn that it means "General Termination of Future Operations", learn what that means, and they'll be good to go. Just because they don't get a chuckle out of it doesn't mean that their ability to work with it is impeded.
I'm getting the impression you might not play the game actively. With that in mind let me assure you that as both a player and a super capital pilot that yes they are used without easy ways to replace them regularly. Even if you can afford to replace them straight away build time cuts into that an no alliance can afford to have 70 titans sitting around waiting as replacements. The side that dropped sov in this has had near immunity with using their super capitals as the other side was more risk adverse with them. The other side decided that this was the time to go all in and they happened to win. One of the sides is believed to have a small cache of titans for rainy days. The other side isn't.

Dozens is also high for how many titans have been lost in this conflict. It's been going on for a while but from what I can remember the number is actually less than 12 up to this point with no other real super on super fights.

Another point is that at this level most of the people are just looking to finally use their titans in a fight. When you fly a titan for most alliances almost all you will ever do is bridge other fleets so its not hard to convince titan pilots to get into a fight.
I know how a lot of us like to condemn "political correctness" or whatnot, but saying something crass (and , honestly, I've never seen someone use GTFO in a non-crass situation), where half of the shock value is just the language, is pretty pointless.

There's a lot of stuff out there by comedians about how saying "fuck" is probably the cheapest way to get laughs. It's pretty much cheating. At least saying your server is a teapot is slightly unexpected.

considering what the output is supposed to be, I would think something like PLZSTOP would be slightly better than GOAWAY, but in any case GTFO is not even really funny, kinda wears away at our already limited supply of swear words, and isn't worthy of the high-grade humor that is internet specification humor.
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So.. like MyFitnessPal?
Yeah, this is point 3 under the mitigation section. The only gotcha with this one is that you want to be sure there aren't any vulnerable local services on the proxy server itself. But this should be manageable.

It also may be possible to bind the connect port on the proxy and then use an iptables rule to prevent any connections from that source port from connecting to localhost.
GOAWAY is less than ideal not because of the "GOAWAY", but because of the association with the expression "Go away, ${RANDOM_INSULT}."

Seriously, you're no better than the person who sees "brogrammer" when the word "bro" is mentioned. This is such a narrow and ridiculously flawed way of thinking.
Humor and allusions to profanity are not the same thing.
That's because you're not using Haskell. :) Herein lies the crux of my point. Haskell's purity and strong static types allow you to make lots of very strong assertions about what kind of evils you might be unleashing.
My wife Twitter account, unused for five years, just got hacked... how?
Avatar is very complex and we were aware that many questions like these would come up. That's why we built a forum just for this purpose, where we can go through all these issues in detail. https://discussions.avatar.ai
This wouldn't be labeled 'sneak peek' if we weren't seeking for security audits and architecture reviews before publishing it officially.
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Suspected filesystem issues, typically from losing power without shutting down properly.
I'm not asking for continuous play really, just that it only be one click when the credits begin to roll ( or however they determine when to pop up that little modal for the next episode ).
Do I understand correctly that browsers obtain source code through bridge (local HTTP server?) from Avatar network or is it downloaded traditionally?

EDIT (from here to end):
to clarify - my question is to assess security of the 'runtime' - if it's downloaded from the server what is there to stop malicious party from compromising the server and sending modified verification code?

Would it be downloaded through the bridge then (and only then) verification with block chain could be done on received updates (providing first d/l wasn't compromised). User browser would then access files exposed by the bridge.

At least this is how I imagine it but the OP overview is light on details.
Certainly no more problematic than SMTP's HELO...
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Relevant: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831....
Does medium have any current revenue stream or any plans for revenue?
Probably still safer than driving though.
After reading this post I completely understand the value in svtble. The key here is a super easy interface to thought dump, and an easy way to turn the thought dump into a published blog post. I have tons of these in my notes/sms/facebook etc, but they never get shared publicly because there's no natural transition / lack of time to thoroughly research. I'd encourage you to push an iPhone app soon, and it needs to open up and get me typing instantly like iOS notes
Indeed. You, know, though... I was almost afraid to click this from my personal machine.

Fortunately, links in a browser will always perform a GET, which hopefully is unlikely to do anything terrible on your own computer.
I can't imagine that using Microsoft's outlook.com email service is the best avenue to anonymize one's blog posts.
This was on mobile as a game a while ago
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/map-mayhem/id608008620?mt=8
It all starts with a thought
With that out of the way, the pearl-clutching about the word "fuck" and how unprofessional it is irritates me. We have this weird notion that it's OK for us to curse individually but that there's this wider world out there that hates cursing.

Different contexts call for different language and tone of voice. I don't think cursing is a special case in this regard; it's just that it is by definition harsh and forceful and informal and thus does not belong in formal language like standard documents.
Unfortunately, the type of people that actually get offended by this stuff tend to go around looking for this stuff. And once it finds it, it starts twitter campaign against you and your project.

If you are have no public talking experience/training, you are going to loose and be labeled ugly names.
Also think of all those http://staticsitegenerators.net/
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I think people know what it means, but the bigger issue is that a lot of non-native English speakers do not parse nuance very well, and might not understand that the term in itself is somewhat strong.

I've heard a lot of foreigners (especially people from nordic countries or germany) speaking English in a way that is a lot ruder than they might realize. One thing is the personality (they seem to be more direct), but there have been many instances where it's obvious they aren't aware that the language they're using is way too strong for their situation. This goes doubly so if your main English education is internet forums.

Not saying that it's a reason to remove GTFO, but the humor (which is slightly in the very exaggerated vocabulary, which seems to be misinterpreted as a strong intent) is probably lost in translation.
I've always liked GNU Screen's "Suddenly the Dungeon collapses!! - You die..."

Well I mean, I hate when that happens, but the message is great.
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As Jeff Jarvis wrote: Yo, @ndr, if you want to change the world with your journalism, you have to let the world see it!

https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/427803809688338432
I thought lisp pretty easy to approach coming from python once the parens stopped sticking out. lisp is not really a FP language.

http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html
Don't give up! You have a lot to improve on your website, marketing & UX.

Here's what I think:
1. I only saw the "Feedback" widget AFTER seing the movie. Either make it bigger or point a big arrow on it.
2. I'd love if I could adnotate highlights with some text.
3. Your prices are too close together, so the cheapest one still seems expensive. Try testing with 2x price for Start up and 10x for enterprise.

BTW, I am using http://www.criticue.com to get feedback on my websites, you can use that too.

Good luck with the project!
Really? My perception is that "the HN crowd" is known for being pedantic know-it-alls criticizing every minute detail of anything. "Man-child" seems much more Slashdot/Reddit/Digg/4chan plus the rest of the internet.
I think it's disgusting that such a crap product with no real revenue stream got $25 million. Makes me sick.
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On the other hand, my parents and grandparents were engineers who worked hard, had a dacha and a boat, went to music school and went on vacations to Crimea, Moscow, and so on- now my father works several hundred km to support our family while the factory my mother worked at went bankrupt because they cannot compete with third-world labour, but in the process she developed a tumor and other health issues from working with chemicals and she cannot afford to get any training for a different job. Also, unemployment benefits will cease soon.

Such is life.
I've started down this road a few times, with some fairly high profile companies, but it's never come to anything. Probably because I have zero experience selling enterprise software.
I think this is generally an improvement over the status quo but it doesn't solve the problem we've created with email being our single point of security failure. From where I stand, the only sane way forward is to stop storing data in these big juicy silos that are very attractive targets for hackers (gmail).
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Maybe not, found this on http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/re... :

"How dangerous is flying? There are 16 fatal accidents per million hours of general aviation. It is fairly safe to assume that when a plane crashes and someone dies, everyone on board dies. By contrast, the death rate for automobile driving is roughly 1.7 deaths per 100 million vehicle-miles. Car crashes don't always kill everyone in the car so let's use this statistic as provided, which is for an individual traveling in a car rather than for the entire car. So considering that the average airplane accomplishes a groundspeed of at least 100 miles per hour, those million hours of flight push the occupants of the plane over more than 100 million miles of terrain. Comparing 16 fatal accidents to the 1.7 rate for driving, we find that flying is no more than 10 times as dangerous per mile of travel. And since most accidents happen on takeoff or landing, a modern fast light airplane traveling a longish distance might be comparable in safety to a car.

By Philip Greenspun at http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/safety
(whoever that is, I don't think he is making things up)"

EDIT: fyi, "general aviation" refers to non-airline civilian traffic
It's the one trait that I've found separates entrepreneurs from everyone else. People are naturally risk averse and prone to analysis paralysis, etc.

Just practice doing shtuff. Don't let people stop you.
Is spoiling for a fight necessarily a bad thing?

As far as your saying goes - fair enough. The problem with total freedom, however, is that it's sort of an idealism. Now, I'm an idealistic kind of guy, but I realize that the idea is contradictory. Your freedom to feel "decent" infringes upon my freedom to drop my favorite dirty words in front of you, and vice-versa (though personally I don't give a fuck about being "made to feel inhuman").

So, what do we do?
First microsoft provides linux images on their cloud vm service azure, and now this. Is microsoft slowly embracing open-source (at least when it makes financial sense)?
This is a common misconception. Haskell is extremely readable. You just have to learn it.

Python reads like pseudo-code where as Haskell reads like math. Both are readable, they are just different.

I suspect it's easier to teach someone Haskell if they have never done imperative programming before because they have a lot less hang ups.
This lines up will with what I wrote about a month ago. Everyone's focus is on the Xbox One and Playstation 4, but the real challenger in the console space is an upgraded Apple TV (and other emerging products).

http://goldfirestudios.com/blog/121/Why-the-Xbox-One-and-PS4...
Uh...you did.
So weird that I never seem to engage with the arguments I don't see issues with. What mental illness must cause that, I wonder?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal
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First, are statistics about AP Computer Science classes actually reflective of the "state of computer science education"? If they're the only computer science courses being offered, than perhaps this is the case but that isn't substantiated in the article. If they're not, you're making quite a generalization. Even if they are though, that is just as big of an issue to raise on the state of computer science education. At least back in my high school days, kids separted pretty early on into those that took advanced courses and those that didn't. Just because you don't have the ability to keep up with the pace of AP classes, doesn't mean you shouldn't have the opportunity to be exposed to computer science classes.

Moving on from that, the article discusses differences in ethnicity among test takers. I think to some extent here, you need to make a comparsion to the distribution of ethnicities amongst students that take AP courses in general, not just to the general high school population. Which is not to say it isn't a problem, but that it isn't necessarily a problem directly associated to AP CS, but to advanced classes in general.

Lastly, the statistic used of ".0034% of 10-12th grade students across the state" took the AP test in 2013 may be true but its a bit disingenous, since its comparing the amount of kids that took it in one year the total population of students in grades 10-12 (some of whom may have already taken it, or may be taking it the following year). A better statistic would be the amount of students who have taken it upon graduation, or taking the 3 years of AP numbers and comparing it with the number of students that were in the eligible pool those three years.

Besides those points, I found this to be an interesting read through.
i understand that, but ostracizing a group of people that are probably some of their core users right now (tech community) seems stupid - adding the feature would be very easy
Signalling an extreme emotional state is only one of many uses for the word "fuck". It is an incredibly versatile word: (probably nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5eYFH8HZ8
I do not remember which apps specifically stated "without notifying the user", however it was worded and I can't find any permission that specifically states that now but I am pretty sure that with MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS permission it can be done by an app using the AudioRecord object:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioRe...

To my chagrin I find 31 apps on my phone now that have that permission.
You are making my point. Ukraine has existed as a country for a very long time. It has been fought over and divided by neighboring countries for most of its existence. I am saying that it's time for Ukrainians to find, define, and defend their identity.

> Are you implying Stalin didn't kill Russians? That Russians somehow benefited from Ukrainian misery? Or, that Russians also didn't starve during those difficult times?

He did kill a fair share of them, but yes that is exactly what I am saying. Stalin wanted to assimilate the rest of the soviet republics into one homogenized Russian-based people. Holodomor was a part of it. Re-read the Wikipedia article and the primary sources.

Re. Stalin: Let's not re-write history. USSR was Russia and Russia was USSR. No other country really mattered under Stalin and it was the Russian way or the highway.
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What's "awesome" about that? That's the "opinion" people have about every coin they hold that is dropping in price, because it is in their best interest to encourage people to buy more so they don't get stuck holding the bag.
I don't think "operating system" is a particularly technical or well-defined term. It can mean anything from "kernel" to "kernel, userspace libraries, UI, package management / update infrastructure, etc."

Its meaning is only slightly different from "platform", which basically means "any API to which you can program applications."
That doesn't change when you add peers, though, so it's kinda besides the point. Oh, and a normal shutdown doesn't prevent flipped bits due to cosmic rays either ...
Thanks for the feedback. Updating the homepage is now top priority, as it seems to be the most common advice here. I'll be sure to make the third party integrations more prominent.
I’ve always been interested in this. Are you using the term “check” literally? Did you actually get someone else’s money in your bank account before writing any code? It seems like a very Kickstarter-esque way to build a product (I mean that in the best way possible).
The Wii version of Netflix also does not play automatically - it's pretty much the only thing I use the Wii for.
I wonder how many 13 year olds will read that....
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And then there's the ol' writing your own publishing platform because nothing does quite what you want...

And this time it's going to be done right!
sure, glad u like it.
Welp, time to start figuring out a business to build around the Apple TV. Should have started that a while back, but I was waiting for a sign they are moving.

This is the equivalent to a highly telegraphed right hook from a boxer - that also happens to be heading directly for an opponent dazed, on the ropes.

Sweeeeeeet.
I think that the Apple TV is best misunderstood product that Apple makes (and perhaps it's misunderstood, and sometimes frustrating, because it's dependent on another device - your TV).
I think this episode and the recent brouhaha from someone naming a CLI "bro" have shown that an attempt at humor in naming things generally just diverts the attention from the technology to other things.
Agree. We need the consistency, at least in a certain period of time. Whenever the search results changes, we are lost unless we choose to do the filtering. But the group of filtering does not quite make sense for everybody.

Google tried to be more intelligent on search, but it's not the right way. Let people keep their useful information of their own should be the right direction. See the video here:
http://bit.ly/1hJKNux
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A cute site. What it lacks in functionality it makes up for by being made by a woman. Pro-beginner-tip: Don't make social networks.
The wage suppression and agitation for imported labor has cultural impacts more serious than supply and demand. The message sinks in that the occupations are low prestige, regardless of earnings. High prestige occupations don't get kicked around like that.
Downvoted? For saying women are necessary in the birth of children?

HN is weird.
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