skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I don't think my point was entirely made if you're saying this.

There are two parts. First was your statement

> There were a brief few decades in the United States where you couldn't be born the "wrong color", born the "wrong gender" ...

I agree with jwise0, that I can't think of a decade where this assertion was true. It looks like you've toned your original statement.

Second, you pointed to "general sentiment" among Americans.

This isn't a valid basis for making a useful inference. In a hypothetical case where 97% are in the majority and 3% are an oppressed minority, then it's entirely possible that general sentiment is that things are well, while if you ask the 3% they will tell you that things are horrible.

Thus, if all "bad" groups but one - let's say "atheists" - achieve parity, then your analysis, based on "general sentiment", would conclude that things have improved. While my argument is that you have to look to the traditionally-considered "bad" groups specifically.

And yes, tolerance for traditionally "bad" groups have generally improved. I pointed out research which agrees with that statement, though it does comment that atheists are now the least accepted.

That 2006 paper is at https://www.soc.umn.edu/assets/pdf/atheistAsOther.pdf . Quoting from it:

> Atheists are at the top of the list of groups that Americans find problematic in both public and private life, and the gap between acceptance of atheists and acceptance of other racial and religious minorities is large and persistent. It is striking that the rejection of atheists is so much more common than rejection of other stigmatized groups. For example, while rejection of Muslims may have spiked in post-9/11 America, rejection of atheists was higher. The possibility of same-sex marriage has widely been seen as a threat to a biblical definition of marriage, as Massachusetts, Hawaii, and California have tested the idea, and the debate over the ordination of openly gay clergy has become a central point of controversy within many churches. In our survey, however, concerns about atheists were stronger than concerns about homosexuals. Across subgroups in our sample, negative views of atheists are strong, the differences being largely a matter of degree

It does report Gallup polling data which suggests that almost 50% of the US would vote for an well-qualified atheist for President, and that percentage is the best it's ever been. But most Americans would rather have a homosexual president, and acceptance of a homosexual president or any other polled category has increased more rapidly than an atheist one.
How does a law that bans gay propaganda to kids have anything to do with Olympics? They don't ban gay sportsmen or anything, I don't see why they are making such a big thing around it during the Olympics...has nothing to do with Olympics.

I wonder if Olympics were held in USA this year, would those same magazines put NSA logos and colors all over their screen just to show that spying on own citizens is bad? Or would google put DO NOT TRACK logo on their doodle? I doubt...
Wow, nice catch. Sadly it looks very intentional. You can see the Yahoo version has been edited to include the date "2-7-14", even though the copyright still says 1995.[1] It is indeed a 1995 cartoon.[2]

I can't imagine Scott Adams being OK with this.

[1]: http://imgur.com/kBHJ0eq (thanks to another commenter for the image)

[2]: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-01-28/
In India, the Supreme Court recently quashed an appeal and made homosexuality an illegal act under Section 377. Its reasoning was that it is the law that must be changed and therefore it was a legislative act that was required to quash what is an obviously discriminatory law.
I applaud Google for their stand on Russia, but I question why they didn't do the same thing in India. Conspiracy theorists would say because Russia is a strategic foe of the USA and India is not. I am not in that camp, but I do find the question interesting.
so, it's not only that apple will not let you do bitcoin apps because they're p2p, it's also that you're not allowed to send money.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Burn Apple.
A great list.

I'd add the str bits of http://libslack.org/ to that list.
the background image for Google Now on my phone is also rainbow themed

http://i.imgur.com/sgfXgvs.png
> "gay propaganda"

What's that now?

> "to kids"

Ah, "think of the children", the rallying cry of the oppressor.
when a private entity chooses what it displays to the public I have no qualms with it, its censorship when a government entity chooses what you can or cannot view, say, or read.
That design looks familiar http://liber.io/
Just the West trying to make Russia look like the only barbarians in the world. Hoping that we all forget about the damage they (colonial powers) have inflicted on the world over the past centuries, not to mention the NSA crap going on now, what better to distract people than some vapid finger pointing at Russia for banning gay propaganda.
Automatically generated novels aren't interesting (currently) because computers are still extremely bad at common sense knowledge and natural language processing (and that's not likely to change until we get at least human level AI.) However music generation is entirely possible and some attempts have been very successful so far.

Does it have intention? Is there any way to distinguish a sound file with intention from one without? Are the bits the wrong color?
The anti-gay laws are there not because the Russian government is homophobic. These laws were created to provoke reactions like this or http://youtu.be/0KWhaqr1v8s which will help to turn some strata of the Russian population firmly against the West and prepare ground for the new Iron Curtain. Thank you Google for helping Putin!
I hope when the games start these reports will diminish. However these games are controversial - I recommend this (http://youtu.be/H59qzY_8XbM) documentary that was shot in the years up to the Sochi Olympics that explains a lot of the controversies. More details: http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episodes/putins-road-to-soch...
Java has trouble with this as well:

```
Integer foo = 5;
int bar = 5;
System.out.println(foo == bar); //true
```
because its yellow? and has a hero?
Well "rare" ... the Wikileaks embassy cables are GBs of intra-governmental communication.
Here is the one Yahoo is publishing for today from Dilbert.com: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-01-28/

Interesting to note that the between the panels info has been updated (and contains the todays date-code). So I'd think this might be done in collaboration with Adams.

Speculating further, the "great idea" might refer to this comic shuffle.
On a related note, Does anyone have any experience with schema migrations in 1.7? Is it similar to South in function and performance? In other words, should I keep using South, or try to learn to use the new implementation? Do I need to be a guinea pig?
Genetic algorithms could eventually produce music that triggered a emotional response in humans. Your "fitness test" would need to be having real people listen to procedurally generated scores and rating the emotional impact (if any) of each sample. Perhaps a task for mechanical turk?

In the end though, I think we seek out music or art that puts us in the mindset or emotional state of the artist. Forging a connection of shared experience.

If the music tugged at all the right heartstrings, but you knew it wasn't made by a human, could you feel that depth of connection?
Yes, gay propaganda, like kissing your loved one in public. Or admitting that you find someone of the same sex "hot". I'm pretty sure gay athletes are not feeling like the big welcome mat has been rolled out for them at this year's Olympics, and Russia totally deserves to be publicly pilloried for it.
The similarities defo end there
You are a good human being patio11. People who show love and assist to others regardless of whether they will get anything in return should be awarded the nobel peace.
So what? They should threaten to withdraw the sponsorship if they really think being associated with the homophobic laws is bad publicity for them.
Scientists have yet to prove any genetic causes for homosexuality. Saying something is innate without any proof is quite misleading.
Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument.
I don't think equating porn and gay rights is very helpful.
Stand up for your ludicrous opinion, please, Mr throwaway account.
It's a contentious issue, and a bit of an inflammatory comic. I'm not surprised they pulled it.

Imagine it was about abortion or gun control.
Homosexuality has not been illegal in any manner in the US or any US state since the Lawrence v. Texas case in 2003, which overturned the last few state holdouts on this issue. And don't kid yourself about what some ignorant thugs in Russia have made illegal...
your examples are pathetically absurd, what next, getting thrown in jail because you admire your next door neighbours body, because he goes to the gym while you stay inside all day?
How does it compare to strbuf that is used in git?
If Google does something it isn't automatically on topic of 'hacker news'..

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For a science magazine, this article does a terrible job of talking about spin. Saying "spinning as it zips along—to the right like a football thrown by a right-handed quarterback or the left like a pigskin thrown by a lefty" is immensely confusing to anyone who actually wants to understand what's going on.
Not to forget classic coding scene from Swordfish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk
Well, homophobia is generally supposed to be considered in the light of Yoda-ism "Fear leads to hate..."
It's not a ludicrous opinion because scientists have yet to determine any gene that causes homosexuality. I encourage you to Google yourself for research papers that definitively prove the causes for homosexuality. None exist.
Both are using Bootstrap with what appears to be a theme similar to the Bootstrap's own site. Looks like less of a case of one copying the other, and more of both copying the default bootstrap site.
Unless AI just "happens" by itself, it will always be a result of human effort and ultimately an expression of human intent (if you ignore the pesky issue of free will, that is). But we generally love creating things and then worshipping them, so I'm pretty sure that will be quite lost on us when AI comes.
Good example of use case in the other response. Other use cases:

- you want a seat at the board or at least a hotline to someone up the chain in a key partner company. This will give you insight and influence in your key partner's plans, health, future products, as well as CI.

- drive costs down. Buying a stake in a supplier doesn't necessarily mean you will pay less, but you get some of it back through your stake.

- getting access to know-hows/technology/ consulting/distribution.

- reimbursement for know-hows/technology/consulting/distribution. i.e. you a have substantial distribution channel in a vertical market, but developing it does not align with your focus. You can sell it at a big discount, squeeze it as much as you can, or lease/sell it to a company which will find a tremendous persistent value in it. Compensating you according to the value they gain in hard currency is difficult, even impossible for smaller companies. Getting equity or options in the partner company while leasing/selling your asset to them will ensure you get maximum value out of an under utilized asset.
how progressive...
I doubt that gay athletes are thinking about promoting homosexualism among kids in Russia, they have more interesting and important things to do on Olympics games. The only people who seem to be bothered so far are the media outlets looking for bold titles.

There are so many gays in Russia and I have several gays friends back there, and they live the same life as none gay people. There is NO law agains gays in Russia, the law is agains propaganda of homosexuality to kids, thats it. A lot of Russian artists and media hosts are gays and they never hide it and Russians don't really care about it as much as Western media does.
Yes, they are pathetically absurd, we can agree on that. They are also illegal in Russia...
Jazzpunk: An adventure comedy game
Even worse, there's a whole bunch of malware Youtube downloader programs/browser plugins. It's pretty crazy but using TPB is at least easier and safer.
Both are offensive to some section of the population...
Yimou pays $1.2M fine for having 3 kids in violation of China's 1-child policy
Could you please furnish me with an example of "gay propaganda".
Tangentially related, but this is one of the most eloquent, simply stated views on the issue I've seen: http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/watch-an-irish-drag-quee...
Cite some evidence to show that "saying someone is hot" is illegal in Russia.

Perhaps if you said it amongst some school kids...
Stop muddying the waters with tangents. You clicked on the thread, we didn't collectively wander to earshot of your soapbox.
They may be hiring, but they're not getting back to me. I've applied to yahoo, google, twitter, mozilla, facebook as well as 30 smaller companies. Some aren't hiring people unless they have many years behind a specific skill set (Twitter), others haven't gotten back to me or rejected my application for different reasons (Didn't go to prestigious enough school, haven't worked anywhere with 1 million users, they wanted to hire a friend instead, etc etc.)

I think there's this veneer of can do optimism that pervades the valley. I honestly wouldn't be here if I didn't buy into it. But I kind of want to buy out of it at this point.
> Anyone who wants to present can simply join the hangout from their laptop and then share their screen

This is in line with every other solution like IBM Smartcloud or Citrix GoTo meeting, there isn't anything new or innovative about this it's just a little cheaper. Also comes with the nice vendor lock-in that it's not self-hosted so all those sensitive business conversations are going over google servers - see how that goes down at audit and also that you are required to have google apps.
Ask HN: Is it a good idea for Microsoft to buy Vaio?
I mean that Microsoft to buy the sold Vaio from JIP(and Sony). It will be a great help to their hardware development.
Cheap Trick 28: Point out someone elses past mistakes to distract from your crimes against humanity. (taken from "How to be a hardcore Dick-tator)
They were discussing morality, not legality. There is a difference. You can base your decision to do/not do something because (you feel) it is immoral, whether it is illegal or not.

Often legality and morality do align (but really not as often as you'd think), and this is fortunate, because it allows good people an easy mental short-cut for weighing one's actions based on legality (and punishment), as well as protecting the weaker-willed parts of society that often end up on the wrong end of moral decisions by people like sneak, who'd let people drink themselves to death because if everybody was completely free they'd surely decide out of their own free will to do what's best for them and nobody would ever prey on the weak-willed like that, ever.
You'd be wrong, I suspect they are all deeply concerned about just what displays of public affection are considered acceptable at these Games. It's hardly fair to force them to have to face this distraction whilst they are trying to compete in a sporting event. Shame, Russia, shame.
What seems to be consistant is that they don't actually care about cryptocurrencies. They care about not copping the blame when third party payment platforms cause problems for their users.

If there was some sort of security hole in a bitcoin iOS app that caused the owner to loose money, Apple will recieve some of the blame and negative press. Apple disallowing these apps is their way of mitigating that damage.
I go with flat-priced projects as much as possible. I break the project into milestones, each one priced and paid separately. If there's extra scope added but not a ton, I don't mind because I've already priced this in. If things get excessive, I can point to the milestone and show that we didn't plan for it.
I wouldn't say the societes were "insensitive to losses". It's just that anyone who expressed their views would be killed/imprisoned.
It's news because yesterday there was a story about them removing a Bitcoin app.
Those who support the rights of homosexuals better hope they cannot prove a genetic link. With the technology we have today many will ask to screen for it and the fight over their right to end pregnancies because of that will be far nastier than that over ending the pregnancies of birth defects and such.
I bet they wont to the same with the World Cup and the United Arab Emirates ,too much oil there, hypocrites. And what about India? and all the other countries where homosexuality is a crime ?
Holy f*ck you're a !"#!"#. "gay propaganda".

Not to mention practically state sponsored attacks on LGBT.
The fact that you're at the top of this post scares the living crap out of me.
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Something being innate doesn't necessary mean it is in your genes.

It could be influenced/decided by any event or hormonal level during pregnancy / early childhood.
It helps to highlight our cultural biases. In some cultures pornography is more acceptable than homosexuality. These are just different prejudices that different people hold. It's not obvious which is more right or wrong.
Verging offtopic I guess but:

As an example though, I'm not a pedophileaphobe - I'm not afraid of pedophiles. I think what they do is wrong.

The number of people who are "afraid" of homosexuals is miniscule. Most people who you'd label "homophobic" actually just believe that homosexuality is wrong, not that it's scary.

So the "homophobic" tag is pretty silly.
Hint us a company name, please! want to find the stories
An Idea.
Saying something is innate is maybe, possibly something technically incorrect, from a biological perspective. As is saying pretty much anything about human personality and behaviour.

The reality of the political struggle is that gays are and have been oppressed, mistreated, abused, raped, labeled insane, labeled as dangerous, killed, maimed or criminalized for the "crime" which is not a crime, not to anyone with a decent sense of morality. Political messages need to be simple. "They are how they are and they do harm to no one." To try and pick apart a political slogan demanding equality and tolerance with a semantic argument as if it was a statement of biological fact betrays an intention.

Alan Turing, war hero, scientific hero & intellectual hero was convicted and chemically castrated for homosexuality. He was driven to suicide. One of many.

Sometimes in history there is a line and you can stand on one side of it or the other.
http://www.blacktie.co/2013/12/flatty-app-landing-page/
They both use the same 'Flatty' free bootstrap theme http://www.blacktie.co/demo/flatty/
I hope you charged accordingly!
It may not be genetic, but so what?

It's a preference. As long as people with aligning sexual orientation can express this under conditions of consent, where's the problematic element? Where's the harmful or damaging part of this?
People say "invoking Godwin's law" as if that person is demanding the conversation halt there - but I very rarely see this happen in practice. It's simply an observation. "Oh, we compared them to the Nazis". In decent discussion fora such as this one I almost never see an associated suggestion that the argument is invalid, or that discussion should end.
Because there's no Olympics in India right now?
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We're talking about a country that put members of a rock group in jail for several years for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" when they peacefully protested against Putin. I don't think it's unreasonable, bearing that in mind, to expect that a law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" will be used to prosecute people engaging in public displays of same-sex affection. Unless you have some evidence that this has been specifically excluded in the law? I mean, I'd love to be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure this is a law designed to force the gay community underground once again.
The app is new but the title is sensationally banking on that yesterday's story. Apple has only banned wallet apps, not every app related to cryptocurrencies.
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We do. It a) offsets our risk and b) gives them a tangible goal to shoot for.
Yeah, I agree with that but I think that's an opinion that only really holds amongst technical types. I suspect the vast majority of Apple's hundreds of millions of customers don't even know this kind of thing is happening. Or really care.
...if you're a white collar, white well-off person, that it. Important caveat, even if not strictly relevant in this context.
From what i read, they said that they didn't get enough customers and revenue to justify it's existence - what other reason should there be?

And it was not sudden, they informed customers 3 months in advance.

I've been with 3 swedish voip providers that shut down after a couple of years, so i'd guess it's hard to make it work.
It's easy positive publicity. Same reason why AT&T "took a stand" against the anti-gay propaganda law. Same reason why some politicians are calling for a boycott against the Olympics. In fact, I'd wager it's the same reason why Google decided to publicly support the movement against SOPA some time ago.

If these companies were truly concerned about human rights, they would take a look at themselves first.
I've seen this trend several places recently.

People are trying to dumb down science so it can be "understandable", often by using sport-analogies. It doesn't help that these dumbed down sport-analogies often feature American sports seldom found in other countries.

The net effect is that if I was in need of a explanation, I'm still confused and all of a sudden annoyed at footballers too.
Which has a more professional ring to it,"Hacker News" or "Programmer News"?

Who are you trying to reach? Thise interested in teaching or those interested in pedantic job descriptions? To put it another way, which is a better submission guideline, "anything educators might be interested in" or" anything teachers might be interested in"?

The tarnished domain name might be evidence that it's not that good for reasons that aren't obvious. "Educator News" sounds like journal articles for academics on campuses not those on campuses.

Replicating Hacker News is hard because YC profits off the thinnest of the exhaust fumes it generates. If it throws off a single startup and that startup has only a mediocre exit, the direct cost of running HN for the next few years are probably covered. That's why it doesn't have ads and affiliate marketing or require an email address or Google ID. It's a capital investment in YC's infrastructure and their unique business model allows it to take its unique character.