skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Awesome, I always browse the man pages looking for examples ...
It surprises me that nobody on the Android side is advertising they've done this.
Also a Big Lebowsky reference.
It is offensive because it has high potential to create a hostile environment for women. This isn't just me and a few people making shit up, read my comment, it's obvious that the authors knew they were on shaky ground. They tried to defuse the situation with a cute little comment, but it would have been better to just change the name.

Read this comment for a better explanation if you're actually confused: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7121717
Two's Complement Multiplication
Here is a list of agile kanban tools, some of which you can self-host (open source): http://agilelion.com/agile-kanban-library/agile-kanban-tools
Who are these vocal misogynists in this industry? I've never heard of them or seen them...
Debugging?!!

Ha!

Try 10 hours doing security updates!
Your post still being +ve is proof that voting on HN is totally broken.
Love SoundCloud, literally spend 8-10 hours a day on it. Such a gold mine for electronic dance music.
Well maybe but I totally agree with this and will repeat to reemphasize based on my personal experience:

"My one regret was agreeing to stay on for four years."

When I sold my company I had to stay on to consult for 3 months.

3 months that was an eternity.

I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to have to work as an employee at a company that you just sold. Just hanging around not directly tied into the outcome in any significant way just is not the same as being "the guy" in charge.
Credible counter examples are indeed compelling evidence against a universal claim.
IPython's built-in notebook mode (ipython notebook) entirely changed how I use Python. It's like an interactive session you can go save, reproduce, and publish.
I don't think it's sexist; I'm still turned off by the word "bro".
Given the lack of details presented in the article the GP linked to, and the many scenarios I can think of which on the surface would have appeared "risky but not Darwin Award risky", I must conclude that either GP is psychic or is feeling insecure about knowing he'd never make the same decision in the presumed scenario that so many here are respecting, and is attempting to protect his self-esteem by asserting his perspective is the only rational perspective.
Am I too picky about joining start-ups?
It seems like most of the start-up ideas I've heard of or gotten an offer to pursue further and join didn't seem all that great, so I have turned down a few chances in the past. At what point do you think someone crosses the line from simply being cautious about their time and projects, to becoming too pessimistic? Am I being too picky in waiting to join a start-up that I actually believe has a reasonable chance of being successful?
HHVM vs Zend Engine in PHP 6
> A big part of my point is that it doesn't matter what an author is thinking when it comes to discussing how others will react to it.

The problem with that idea is that humans have this pesky thing called "free will" or "agency." We are capable of choosing how we react to things we hear others say. That makes speaking incredibly difficult if your primary concern is whether any human in the world will react by taking offense.

> We can safely say that the creator was thinking of brogramming.

Even if that's the case, is it possible that the idea is to mock the concept of "brogramming"?
What if the wall were a few feet away from the train? Then there would be no need for precise alignment.
This thread has opened my eyes to the sexist atrocities carried on throughout the tech industry. The first obvious one is my current language of choice, Python. That is the worst and most sexist name for language. Why should female programmers have to put up with it? Python == Snake == Slang for male genitalia. It is so obvious! Ladies, I'm sorry for all those years of oppressive code that I've spent writing. But let's continue. What about Unix. Yeah, Unix. Doesn't it sound like the word Eunuch? Which is a term used for a castrated man that guards a harem (full of sexual slaves). How could I have missed it? Amazing. Ever since the 1970s, we have been making women interact with a system that was named after a sexual slavery term. Just awful. I wish I were done, but no. There are still many terms out there that are just offensive. What about the server Gunicorn? It is a play on the word Unicorn, which we all know is a fictitious (I hope) animal that features an enlarged horn on its forehead. That darn horn just looks like a penis, doesn't it? Well, that's is offensive to women. I'm gonna email the Gunicorn team to give them an earful. What were they thinking? Worst is that this is just a small collection of samples. What does C stand for? Cunt? Wait, what about F? Fellatio? Oh man/woman, we need to really reconsider sexism in this industry. Cause bro, its simply not working out.
One of the top headlining comedians in the US talks about this. Some people will be having a great time at his show and laughing at everything. But, then when it comes around to something about them, all of the sudden it's not so funny anymore. If you don't understand how absurd that is, you don't understand comedy.

Hopefully you realize that your personal experience and everything you load into the word "bro" is not universal.
I'm a woman, and I think it's hilarious and not at all sexist. Had to stop myself from laughing out loud because I'm in a library.

Is the association that some people will make with "brogrammer" culture a bit unfortunate? Sure. But there's nothing about this program that's making any assertions about bros, or their gender, or anything else - heck, it's not even really talking about people, it's just a play on the word 'man'.

And if we can have a woman named Siri who lives in our phones who answers our questions, why can't we have a bro who lives in our computer and helps us out with the command line?
Really? You call another HN commenter "some castrating, sky-god"?

You tell them "in reality, you're the enemy of purity."

You ask, "Feel castrated?"

I don't care what your point is, this isn't the place for those kinds of insults and personal attacks.
Big brofist to you, my man!
hit a little too close to home?
If you are unaware that "bro" would connote "brogrammer" to some people, you can't have predicted that's what those people would think.

And anyway, how far should we take that? It is really difficult for me to conceive that many people would find this meaning in it. If I find out the name of my project is offensive to 50% of my audience, should I change it? What about 25%? 10%? 1%? One person?
Are you joking? Seriously, I recently confused a sarcastic comment for a serious one on HN, so I'm asking honestly. Because if you're serious, then I just don't know where to start. I'll keep it short. Using a term to facilitate a discussion of that term is completely and entirely different from using it in other ways. I assumed the intellectual maturity of this audience was higher than it would be on, say, Reddit. Perhaps I was wrong.
The first thing they teach you about rescuing drowning people is to make sure you don't drown too.

How is this any different?

It's entirely possible that he made an error in judgment, and made the whole situation worse because there are two people wounded (well, one dead, one wounded), while despite any attempt he made, there would have been at least one.

I wouldn't want someone to try to save me if I were going to die either way, and they were going to die if they tried.
> many people love that show and many scientists often think it's atrocious

Most people who don't like everything that's on TV think TBBT is atrocious. Not sure what it has to do with scientists, as it mostly tries to poke fun of nerd culture. And it fails even at that.
We just had great success trying this idea out. It was via CrowdTilt, not Backer, but our customers pre-paid over $50k for push-to-cards: http://blog.balancedpayments.com/push-to-cards/

I'm also really excited about open source projects self-funding via this. Or at least, paying for someone to do design, write documentation, or all the other non-development expenses. Think NPM raising that money to keep the service going.
The term "bro" has been closely associated in the tech world lately with things like "brogrammer" culture. I don't know whether that was the intended reference in this case (though it seems pretty likely to me that something of the sort was on the authors' minds when they chose the name: why else would the term feel relevant?).

But the real issue isn't "What did they intend?" in any case: it's "What impact might this have on others in our community (or thinking about joining it)?" And intended or not, the name of this tool will call to mind the "brogammer" image for a lot of people. And that image is a significant part of what makes the tech community feel hostile to a lot of women.

And as I've said elsewhere, these issues aren't about people feeling offended. They're about people feeling excluded. There's a tremendous difference.
I'm conflicted about Hillis. On one hand there's stuff like this, and especially his involvement with the Long Now foundation (if you haven't checked out his design for the 10,000 year clock, you really should; clever solutions to engineering challenges that almost no one has ever thought about before): http://longnow.org/clock/

On the other hand he's part of Intellectual Ventures: http://www.intellectualventures.com/inventor-network/senior-...
>you're doing something wrong if this is an issue for you.

Of course he's doing something wrong. That's the whole point of TFA. That the language, due to a bad design decision, permits this case of doing something wrong, when it shouldn't.

Like Javascript making variables global by default (unless you use var). If this is an issue to you, you're doing something wrong (namely, you're forgeting to add "var"). But the language does an even bigger mistake by permitting this to happen.
I don't understand your point. Technology improves over time, and it's reasonable to expect that Apple will create an even smaller laptop with a Retina display which it might call a "Macbook Air."
> It's a funny joke, I love the name. Change it.

Women everywhere will appreciate your valiant display of chivalry. They shall chant "Thank you Pxtl, for saving us from male privilege!".
Well, that was always one of Guido's goals if I am not mistaken.
So because I find words and actions that might belittle another person offensive, there's something wrong with me? What would you call me if I objected to a racist joke? Would you claim that I was somehow "whipped" by the targeted minority group? Considering the feelings of others is not a defect, it's part of our humanity.
Yeah, he should obviously have someone read these things first. Although in his defence, since he actually lived through WW2 he might have a more nuanced sense of fascism, versus the simplified pulp fiction version of 20th Century history that is now taught to kids, with Hitler as the nexus of all evil, only one step above satan, in the context of which any kind of comparison is bound to sound ridiculous and facetious.
This looks excellent.

We've been crowdfunding an open feature roadmap on WikiHouse.cc and, internally, have been very concerned to build credibility by shipping the funded features before asking for more funds - especially because, with a simple paypal setup, we've been getting paid in advance.

I can see the payment on delivery and project curation being very valuable trust builders, if administered soundly / well governed.
Great idea! Is this connected to App.net at all, or just built by the company?
The IDE is a big pain point of mine.

On my side projects I tend to use Vim for C++ which works fairly well after heavy customization with plugins.

At work I have tried to adopt Vim with Java but Java does not lend itself to simple developments (far too may 3rd party library imports). Eclipse is bulky and slow, doesn't customize well and constantly crashes.

I have heard emacs lends itself better to Java than Vim due to it's extensibility, but devoting the time to learning another application is not really something I want to do.

Vim is too basic for a complete IDE (and it should remain that way it is a text editor after all), Eclipse is too bulky, I want something that is just right.
Hacker News search recently changed?
https://news.ycombinator.com/

At the bottom, the search bar now leads to a new site. Is this new or am I just misremembering things?
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"People like to believe that entrepreneurship is something totally different than executing a conventional career, but that's mostly a myth."

While we all eat shit at different tables there is no question in my mind that being an entrepreneur gives you greater flexibility and to be able to play less games that you do when you are an employee. (Or for that matter have partners).

I'm reminded of this when I do some side consulting and help people with what I am really good at. (Negotiating) I have to spend time convincing them of something that when I do the same for myself I have to convince nobody but myself. (And it's worked real well. For many years.) The amount of extra time I have to spend selling a concept (and writing emails) is a big drain.

Likewise I have a person who does some work for me on the side who holds a full time job with a big corporation doing security consulting. He does the work for me (on the side) because he enjoys the freedom he has to implement his ideas without having to convince his companies consulting clients (or his co workers) that his ideas are right. So he gets pretty much cart blanch with me to try something (and I write the check without all the red tape and effort).
Isn't that a description of Google?
Yes. Geek culture isn't about being a bro. When I think about "bros" I think about guys who party, and then let someone else do the work. It's about power disguised as being carefree. Geek culture is about a kind of unification of mind and action. It's also about creativity within traditions.
> It's entirely possible that he made an error in judgement

And it's entirely possible that his decision was reasonable. Currently the facts presented are wholly insufficient to draw either conclusion. So one must ask why the presumption is that the judgement was obviously flawed, and what one's motivation is for commenting on such an unclear matter in such a way that effectively implies that the deceased is an idiot.
Probably he is saying it is too short even after considering all the fillers that he included which was unnecessary, IMO.
I use this bash function to achieve something similar using the existing (and much larger) database commandlinefu.com:

howdoi() { curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext"; }
Whenever a customer complains about bugs and the price I let them read this article before discussing it.
The article is quite short, but I don't feel like it needed to be longer. I learned something from his experience, and I think that in order for me to have learned more, it would have taken a lot more detail on his part. Concision is a virtue, and I appreciate him not inflating a point larger than it needs.
How does ipy work with virtual envs? I've always admired the feature list, but my assumption is that it doesn't really run in a virtual env, would that be accurate?
If something is obviously not meant to be offensive, but by some coincidence it is, then we should be offended by it?

One day I hope to live in a world where people judge text by what it means, not which particular squiggly patterns ended up on the screen...
I work remotely and the idea of having a robot there as my avatar is a bit ridiculous (this coming from someone who is very into robotics). Unless the robot carries out any specific task (aside from standing around with your face showing in a screen) it is a waste of resources. Plus we have very smart phones these days that are able to do live video calls/conferencing.
Mincing a curse in the headline of an article about not caring what people think strikes me as a bit weak. We're allowed to say "fuck" these days.
Google spends a lot of money and effort on acqui-hires. If the sentiments expressed in the article are accurate, it does a fairly bad job capitalizing on these acqui-hires.

Back in the 90's Cisco had a fairly good reputation for actually being able to capitalize on profitable acquisitions while most of its competitors wasted money on them.

Are any of the current crop of serial acquirers actually good at capitalizing on their acquisitions? It's really hard, but those who can do it will have a sizeable advantage moving forward.
> Poor choice of language can set up an exclusionary environment.

Do you have any examples of this assertion to help understand what you are getting at and how it relates to this?
What about "howto". There's already a vast culture of writing howto pages.

howto curl
howto cc
howto network
Yes it was. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7118496
>>I can't even imagine many of you people watching a stand-up comic.

For the record, I think comedians like Louis CK & Dave Chappelle do society a disservice by making serious issues into trivial jokes but that's just me. So yeah, there are some people out there who can't watch those types of stand-up comics. I also believe the term "brogrammer" and the issues of sexism in tech has pretty much taken over the term "bro" whether you like it or not. The word "gay" originally means "happy", but it would be absurd to use it today and expect people to interpret it with that definition now.
In the world of sports, "bro" probably still just means "Come on, bro!"... but in tech, the term has taken a new definition. To officially use that term in the tech-sphere and pretend you don't know the negative ideas it brings to mind is ignorant/insensitive at best, or just plain terrible & purposely malicious at worse.

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Disclaimer: I'm not going to debate this so don't bother replying me asking pedantic questions or setting up hypothetical situations. Everyone has a bar for sensitivity & respect. I think yours is too low, you probably think mine is way too high. I'm sure you have a bunch of friends/coworkers that agree with you and I have a bunch that agree with me. Don't know where that leaves us... but there you go. Just adding a data point. Off I go...
> How about an individual having backbone and integrity to stand firm, hold the line and not supplicate?

I have the backbone and integrity to know that as I walk through life, I am responsible for stepping carefully and thoughtfully.

I have no problem stepping forward to call people out when they're well-intentioned but wrong, or ill-intentioned. Even if it costs me karma, or sales, or popularity, it is sometimes the right thing to do.

In this case, I am calling you out on the word "supplicate.' I choose to make the world a better place. I'm not supplicating, or white knighting, or anything like that. It's not about appeasing anyone, it's about doing the right thing for us.

The very word "supplicate" implies a them vs. us dichotomy which is itself a problem. YOU are furthering these problems by using divisive language.

The library is an organic creation. Organisms grow and evolve and CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. If you think it would be better with a name that many find offensive and divisive, that's your opinion.

But you can guess what I think of the premise that when things are offensive, it's everyone else's responsibility to change. It sounds like a spoiled brat who thinks the world should revolve around them, and everyone else should change so that they can do as they like without pushback.
The biggest problem (and there are many) is the use of informants and arrest based on information they provide. Anyone can make up a story or evidence this way. There is absolutely no way that crack could be identified in a photo. This is, of course, how the "justice" system works in the US.
A Programmer's Legacy
Lately I'm way more excited about Julia than I've been about any language for years. My son is learning programming, and I was debating between starting him off with Ruby, Python, or Clojure. But I think Julia might just be it. Out of all the languages I've learned it definitely feels the most intuitive. As I read the docs, I constantly find myself saying "yes! this is how it should work!" way more than I did when I learned any of the aforementioned languages (except maybe Clojure).
I hope if I'm ever in trouble that you're not around. Because if you are, I'm as good as dead while you think about what the best judgement call is.

This man acted bravely by trying to save this stranger, this fellow human being. Since no one else stepped up to help (or did I miss the part in the article where it talked about everyone trying to lend a helping hand?) he took it upon himself to do the decent HUMAN thing and try to help.

It's easy to criticize and pick apart this man's actions and judgement from behind your keyboard and after the fact. This man did a brave thing that had bad consequences. Yes it's a sad loss for this family, but this man is a hero in my book. He died trying to help people, regardless of whether he knew them or not.
With the 'Japanese system' you're 100% right sir.

However I believe there is at least another solution doable for commuter trains in the us. It is not that hard and not that expensive to have a sliding panel who opens in front of the doors.

But what probably matters here is that cost of a dead human < cost of new system to protect human lives. So as long as this is the case they won't change it.
Your premise is flawed. For example, I don't give a damn what women think of my calling people out on misogyny. I am not pro-women, I am anti-jackass. Comments like yours are jackasstic. I can dislike them without a moment's consideration of what women think of your words.
Squeezing Juice from Instruction-Level Parallelism
I understand the appeal of a single page "corresponds to a single feature" but is there a way to display the status of a full project?

Let's say I have UmbrellaApp, a website which offers a service. I create a Backer page for a mobile app, and 4 more Backer pages for optional features which I'd be interested in building into both the website and the mobile app but I'd want to gauge interest individually before committing to development.

Can there be an UmbrellaApp page, not a Backer page, but which lists all the possible configurations which Backer would enable (if successful) and their real-time status?
but then you can sneak in between the train and the walls and then commit suicide.
Wow, quite the Google PR piece. Certainly something aspirational.

Though it's unfortunate to see the outdated myth of Google being an apolitical meritocracy still being spread. These days Googlers certainly have their share of politics.
I did a week's contract at ZyXel in Taiwan. Same thing. Once I'd got in to the swing of it, it really helped me to keep focused during some long days
> Lighten up

Please don't be racist, it's inappropriate and unprofessional. If you didn't mean it this way please consider how others may view your language in future, thanks.
It's the software version of "America: love it or leave it".