skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Potential things for 1.8 that I'm aware of are composite fields and improved aggregates. Hopefully, there'll also be some work on .values(), .annotate(), and .order_by() that will allow a much broader range of options, which is part of a larger internal refactor of the ORM. No guarantees on any of the above though.
To a large degree I agree with your sentiment. I have never had to manage a site with thousands of pages but I would assume even then any template changes would not be that hard to render and then upload to a CDN.
America is certainly nowhere near the top of Developed western countries, so maybe they're not even talking about Americans when they say "..is for western patients who can afford it"
Correct, I called out the provision that patents must be licensed at a reasonable rate in the attempt to draw the parallel with the reasonable market rate compensation for eminent domain, but left that portion out by accident. Thank you for calling it out.
Yeah I would say once the "War on Hackers" begins to ruin people's lives on the order of 100,000s of people, now we're actually getting CLOSER to being similar to the War on Drugs.

But suggesting otherwise is analogous to stepping on an ant colony and calling that genocide.
Hmmmm ... I think I believe both articles! Higher education and social media are both in decline. Who needs critical thinking and the ability to gossip 24/7? I'm going to go rewatch Idiocracy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/).
Genentech dumped billions into developed AIDSVAX. It never worked for them well enough to market, but VaxGen took the IP and has shown interesting results - but still far from production ready.
> They make every attempt to reduce costs and increase development speed, and it's possible that in the long run, things are better.

My point is that research companies should focus on discovering how the human body works and reacts to different substances, not how to create the drug efficiently. Their output should be scientific knowledge (and we would pay them for that), not industrial processes. That can be left to manufacturing companies, operating in a mostly-free market (but with quality regulations) and all that.

> Also, if research is publicly funded, it would probably tend to focus on whatever the public is more aware of. Public awareness of diseases doesn't do correlate well to the severity of the problem.

True. But profitability isn't really the same as the severity or "ethical" importance either, and that's how things are today. Directly funding research is how things are done with particle physics for example.
Just because it's a 'bonus/bundle/offer' doesn't mean he didn't buy it and is not obligated to receive it. In fact, an "offer" and an "acceptance" constitute the fundamentals of forming a legally binding contract in the US and many jurisdictions globally.

Unless you're a lawyer or very well-versed in the UCC, I'd avoid trying to make conclusive statements like that about this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offer_and_acceptance
Pentagon Report Faults F-35
Ask HN: What does “git” stand for?
My collegue asked today, what does GIT stand for. I tried searching and found out that GIT "means" idiot, an unpleasant person, etc... but could not find out what the acronym of our versioning tool stands for. Anyone know?
> What's wrong with the normal haskell-mode?

The indentation doesn't work well. It gets the indentation right maybe 80% of the time, but missing it 20% of the time is a big deal when you have to deal with the "tab-cycle." I spent so much time fiddling with indentation that I turned off auto indentation...and Emacs without mode-based auto indentation is much worse than Vim with manual indentation.

I also had problems with inferior-haskell-mode. I could have tried to fix them but I was fed up with futzing with Emacs, especially when I can go to Vim and just use ghci in a terminal.

A response might be "but you can use ghci in a terminal and still use Emacs." Which is true, but then I'm using a not-so-great editor that's not fulfilling its promise of integrating other tools. What's the point?

> Have you tried magit?

Yep. I still need to know Git and its command-line interface. With magit I was spending time learning magit, but not getting functionality beyond what the Git command line offers. Not worth it.

It seemed to me I was spending time learning tools in order to justify my use of Emacs. That's backward, so I stopped. I could have kept using Emacs without the other baked-in Emacs tools...but then you're just left with an editor. In that case I will pick Vim since it's the better editor.
> And of course proponents like the idea; they're already invested in Bitcoin.

That's a circular argument. Why would they have invested in Bitcoin in the first place?
Instant buy. Waited for years for keyboards like this!
AVX-512 is a big step forward - but repeating past mistakes
This is pretty funny, although they ruined it with their "HEY GUYS THIS WAS A JOKE" at the end.
As said below their would be a difference in the subdomain.

The only difference is with the LA Times is it turned out decent looking. This is the second mobile site I clicked on today and the other one was horrible for desktop.
> You'll need money for lab mice

C'mon, mice can't cost that much.
global interconnect telconect
You cannot overestimate enough how old folks growing up with Fortran just won't accept Array indizes starting at 0 instead of 1.

Then because professors demand it, colleges buy Matlab campus licenses and "encourage" their staff/students to use it, incorporate in teaching and research.

Sadly, when the student is not on campus anymore, he/she cannot reevaluate old date and in the new job they then demand a matlab license. Its the Matlab tax.
That's not really HN's forte. You may have better luck over at the Motley Fool (http://www.fool.com/)
Exactly, drug research is science and should be treated as such. Other scientific discoveries are not patentable and we don't have problems with lack of scientists willing to do their jobs for university salaries.

For me the notion that someone can claim a right to a chemical compound that has positive effect on our bodies is absurd. It's like Einstein patenting e=mc^2 and asking nuclear power plants to pay him.
Become a software engineer.
> People will soon find out how easy it is to manipulate a currency with limited supply.

As opposed to inflationary government currencies, the entire point of which is to be endlessly manipulated by a central authority? I don't think the track record of those is anything to be proud of.
This is like two days late, but its incredibly refreshing to people acknowledge that they had a wrong/flawed perspective, especially on HN.
Indeed, it is quite likely that Merkel was less interesting at the time they started tapping her phone than Bill Gates is now (or has been since Win95). Her phone was already being tapped in 2002, when she had freshly become opposition leader in Parliament.

If push comes to shove, I wonder if waving around that "US citizen" badge actually protects you from _any_ snooping.
Emacs as Word Processor
"amount payable only after a person is found and hired, and refundable if the candidate leaves the job before 90 days"

So how do they follow up with this? What if someone just says the person left the job? Do you have to sign a contract with angellist? And how is equity calculated for private companies?
Perfectly happy about my Lumia 620. Great bang for buck. However, it's not a phone to brag about.
Doesn't anyone else find it ironic that now it's rich people who ride the bus, and poor people who are forced to drive their own cars?
The costs involved in bringing a new drug to market are more than just the salaries of researchers though.
My investment account seems to disagree too. The stock was down more than $1 before the market even opened based on that sham study by Princeton.
troll or foreals?
Revenge-Porn King Hunter Moore Indicted on Federal Charges
Internal validate code was spread right around the framework in various places. It has been refactored into a single, extensible location.
This is an idea that startups often try and quickly abandon (see Toast in Boston). The clear winner in Manhattan is Cover - I think this is exactly what you're looking for.

TabbedOut and MyCheck have really struggled to get any real traction here in New York. I saw recently that Cover does more volume in Manhattan than all the competition combined. Not sure if there are any good options in SF.
I ported this to Lua as a PNaCl demo: https://gonativeclient.appspot.com/demo/lua

Click the "Donut" button, and press enter.
If they are legit then it shouldn't be hard to get some NIH funding (you know, the crowd sourcing platform that I pay into already

I'm a grant writer who works for nonprofit and public agencies, and I actually just finished working on an NIH proposal.

Getting NIH funding is very hard. First you have to find a program that fits the purpose. Then you have to get the application instructions. Application instructions look something like this: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-383.html , and those are just the instructions. [1] Assuming you can actually write a coherent narrative (this isn't easy either), or hire someone to write one, you have to gather the numerous supporting documents.

Assuming you have a complete and technically correct application, you then have to a) wait, b) compete with everyone else submitting applications, and c) hope the reviewers understand what you just submitted. It can easily take a year or more from the time you think, "Gee, I should submit an application" to signing a contract with a program officer.

It may be worth doing but alternative approaches make sense too.

[1] Application instructions are so hard to read that people on HN routinely don't recognize them as opportunities to get money. There are a bundle of related Federal programs call Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) that I used to submit to HN because potential YC applicants might be interested in SBIRs. Eventually I stopped because they rarely got any upvotes.
On Ronaldo: "They fear it - but he didn't"
This is what I'm doing with the PS3. Looking to buy one right now so I can finally play (and own) all the PS3 exclusives that will only be available on PS4 via their subscription streaming service.
I agree.

In other words, automatic program-correctness check is a crucial feature if project goes larger. And type check is actually one of the simplest, easiest and fastest way to archive that.

But most dynamic languages doesn't provide type-check. Really sad.

Adding type annotation on dynamic language is a kind of best mix of two worlds, and Julia seems pushing this approach even further - JIT static types from type annotation.
Well this estimate http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/19/how-many-users-does-snapcha... is that snapchat probably has at least 10M users. So let's say you wanted a 10% return on your $3B value, you would have to generate $30 in net income per user per year ($300M). If you charge a 'membership' fee of $3/month [1] that gives you $360M a year, leaving $60M/year (or $5M / month "burn" rate).

So would people pay that? I don't know. But it would be the sort of math you would go through evaluating that deal.

To evaluate the server deal you have to look at how many units you think you are going to ship, what your COGS are on them, and your gross margin. You can't really give someone 'free server' for a year because you have money sunk into building it and shipping it.

Further your revenue probably doesn't change if 100 people use a server or 1000 people do.

My point remains that it is not possible to compare 'goods' economy companies with 'info' economy companies.

[1] [Edit: added the RPM rates] Conversely, in advertising terms with 400M snaps per day you would need a RPM of $2.50 to generate $360M/year in revenues.
Why do you expect them to be professional? Obviously, the response was in jest and wasn't some formal response by FB's PR group. This was just done by a couple FB workers who laughed at Princeton's methodology. To expect a certain level of professionalism for someone's FB post seems a bit absurd and pedantic.
Yeah it's pretty easy to spot the Microsoft interns after that gift haha.
Bing, Surface, Windows Phone and Xbox are all listed in the financials as doing pretty well. Quoting:

Windows OEM revenue declined 3%, reflecting strong 12% growth in Windows OEM Pro revenue, offset by continued softness in the consumer PC market.

Surface revenue more than doubled sequentially, from $400 million in the first quarter to $893 million in the second quarter.

The company sold 7.4 million Xbox console units into the retail channel, including 3.9 million Xbox One consoles and 3.5 million Xbox 360 consoles.

Bing search share grew to 18.2% and search advertising revenue grew 34%.

http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...
The Net Neutrality Endgame
> not all research is created equal

You mean "not all linkbait is created equal?"
McDonald's: Fewer Customers Stopping In for a Bite
> My dentist recently told me about 2 drugs which are essentially the same. The drug made by the foreign company costs Rs. 200 (approx $4). On the other hand the India generic version costs Rs. 30 (approx 50cents).

Well, sure. All the hard work's already done for the company making the generic version; even complex syntheses are trivial by comparison with the staggering amount of effort required to find and validate an effective new drug.
Yeah, the middlecoin.com boat has sailed, alas. Ask him how it's doing now with that pool.

The multicoin pools like Middlecoin are essentially arbitrageurs of the many crypto coins, and the more people that enter the market (and there are a lot coming in), the less opportunities there are for arbitrage. Now, you're best bet is probably to mine Dogecoin and hope that it reaches the potential that seems likely, since its coin supply will decline dramatically in less than a year.
There aren't any library features for TDD per se but standard JavaScript testing practices work on React objects (barring some weirdness around autobound methods)
If you look at the segments report[1] you'll find that the real drivers of the increase was Devices and Consumer Hardware, which was mostly driven by the Xbox launch, and Commercial Licensing.

But the Gross Margin tells a different story. When you subtract the cost of making the Xbox consoles the D&C Hardware segment actually decreased from last year. The only real increase is Commercial Licensing, which is mainly Office and servers.

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/Investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Fina...
These are all fantastic ideas, though I find it fascinating they're all about sharing the benefits of enormous wealth with the greater community, so that everyone can be happier and healthier.

One wonders when America as a whole will realize the benefits of doing so and catch up to the rest of the Developed world.

In my experience, Americans would rather "get mine" than share.
I wonder how much of that money is spent on the actual R&D and how much goes to the fancy looking offices, management, administration, marketing? When you can dictate the prices of course you'll set them as high as possible and than pump up the expanses, but with a bit of real competition I'm convinced you could significantly cut the prices and still make some money.
That's just for traveling.
I don't know many people, in a B2B context, who actually object to receiving cold email IF they fit the criteria above

As a person in charge of both buying and selling B2B services/products, I couldn't agree more. I absolutely abhor and detest long cold emails from strangers who want me to give them money, but I don't mind receiving short, snappy emails from people who have something to offer me (and have done enough homework to think I might want it). The former are adding work to my pile (if I bothered to read their long stupid emails) while the latter are taking work off my pile (saves me time researching the space--99 times out of 100 I'll go with the guy who has already made an effort towards establishing rapport over the strangers with the nice website).
Hi mrjatx,

Domestic P2P lenders like Lending Club and Prosper may be able to shave a fraction of the cost of borrowing within the US. But I think the real windfall to be gained from P2P lending is where the local alternatives are most expensive and inefficient.

For small loans to low-income people in developing countries ("microfinance"), the global average interest rate is about 40%. It is not necessarily profiteering; their model is just incredibly inefficient.

Even zero-interest Kiva loans cost more than 30% on average to the borrower, simply because the local banks that manage the loans need to charge that much to cover their operating costs.

Zidisha bypasses all that by offering a do-it-yourself microfinance marketplace. Our operating costs are roughly 5% of the value of the loans, versus the 40% or so that is traditional in this sector. The savings get passed on to borrowers and lenders, who are free to negotiate the interest rates they find appropriate for each loan.
Truecrypt Audit Update - As of 1/21/14
"Survive" and "innovate" aren't the same thing; if pharmaceutical corporations did what you suggest here they should, we'd just be hearing about how evil it is that they don't develop new drugs any more because of all those evil profiteering CEOs.
I don't think react speaks to that, nor does it care to speak to that. It only addresses the view component of the app.
I hope this becomes a bigger story than the original. I can't tell you how many times someone has thrown a junk science article in my face, thinking that the issue in question was now settled. A survey with a small sample size, outsized extrapolations and numbers that don't match the accompanying conjecture.

There should be consequences for the people who publish these things. People have a tendency to believe anything that someone in a lab coat says, especially if it supports their point of view or anecdotal experience. In many cases the people who do the research present it with few qualifications while not standing behind assumed implications. If someone publishes sensational and link baity findings they should say, unequivocally, "I'm willing to stake my reputation on the idea this trend is real and will continue" or "These are just data and I'm not willing to say that they have any bearing on reality".

Facebook may not have been right to dignify the initial post with a response, but I hope it works for the best. They say that some attention is better than no attention at all. It's important that this applies to self promotion and persona creation and not science. If somebody has something crazy to say, they should start a personal blog. Those who want to intentionally attract media attention should present themselves as such, instead of pretending to be doing any kind of meaningful experiment and hypothesis testing.
Hi Heynk,

I realize now that was unclear - thanks! Yes, the 5% service fee is paid to Zidisha at the same time interest is paid to lenders, as the loan is being repaid.

We have a separate registration fee that borrowers pay upon joining Zidisha, but it is only paid once and only in the event the borrower raises a loan.
I also hate sarcastic responses, america, and cake.
Lol just made that up, or maybe its gross interracial transexual.
Yes, Instagram is super slow because of all its useless Javascript. And it took Twitter years of optimization to make it about as fast as static HTML.
startups which provide deluxe on-site benefits could extend
their daycare, meal and on-site walk-in health care to
people who have WIC or EBT cards and can show that they
live in the neighborhood. The bonus here? You can meet
actual people in your neighborhood.

I really, really, really want Anil Dash to try this with his own startup on Market Street in the middle of the Tenderloin. Send us the video. Show us how it's done, Anil! Practice what you preach.
How about an answer from the official Git wiki?

https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Git_FAQ#Why_the_.27Git...
I really appreciate your posts, although they are not short.

It takes more than a moment to read, but as long as it provides relevant information, it should be ok.

The rest is really about a pattern or manner for people to communicate. Somehow in some pattern, things are easier to be accepted than other manners. It's very hard to tell.
Stretchr
This seems to be a well known pattern no? The people of SF benefit from the technologies and wealth the companies build and give as tax, which was thought of as 'free' or at whatever market price but there was a hidden, extremely expensive cost that manifested from your number 2. I find it funny, a city known for being progressive, now chaffs at relentless progression to the cadence of a different drummer: tech.

As for the article, I'd say whatever to these specific ideas, but the call to action is correct I believe. Something must be done to alleviate tension.
I mind if it's not fast. I think everyone does. Doesn't matter if it's just or not. If it's not fast, I'll be irritated.
None of this will work. The hatred of tech has nothing to do with techies themselves. It is a channeling of people's anger about high rent towards an easy-to-demonize group of outsiders. The political organizers fanning the flames are largely the same people who caused the situation by demonizing (real estate) developers and making it hard to build.

Techies can volunteer until they are blue in the face, and it will only ever be seen as an empty, fake gesture. The real estate situation in SF is a hard reality and volunteering will not diffuse it.

"Look at these techies, they make so much money and sanctimoniously act like they are saints for deigning to volunteer once a week."

We're talking about people who demonize shuttle buses here. Shuttle buses unquestionably reduce congestion and help the environment. This is not about who the techies are, or what they do. It is about the xenophobic scapegoating of a group of socially awkward outsiders by political organizers whose previous shortsighted outrage campaigns have screwed up SF's real estate market for decades to come.
> what microsoft has been selling that everyone wants?

Continuity.

If you have a full Windows shop, with hundreds or thousands of users on Active Directory, with e-mail and calendars on Exchange, all their important documents made in Office and stored on SharePoint, all their internal apps in VB/C# storing their data on SQL Server (or Oracle running on Windows Server) you'll have a hard time selling anything much different. It's always easier to upgrade to a newer release of Windows than to Linux or OSX.

Microsoft has perfected the art of vendor lock-in. I believe only IBM's zOS customers "enjoy" a similar situation.
I have never seen "Git" written in all-caps, and I've seen no real indication that it's an acronym.

It looks like you may have stumbled upon this already, but according to Wikipedia, Linus said the following about Git's name:

> Torvalds has quipped about the name git, which is British English slang roughly equivalent to "unpleasant person". Torvalds said: "I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'." The man page describes git as "the stupid content tracker".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)
FWIW, there is a Julia library that allows you to call out to R (https://github.com/lgautier/Rif.jl). I'm not sure how well-developed it is though. There are also a lot of R-inspired Julia libraries, such as Dataframes (https://github.com/JuliaStats/DataFrames.jl).

There is also a pretty good Julia-Python interface (https://github.com/stevengj/PyCall.jl) and bindings to Matplotlib (https://github.com/stevengj/PyPlot.jl).
Has YC considered any sort of broader access to the non-profits' portion of demo day for potential donors?