skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
oh btw we account for how different parameters effect lead time. You'll for instance see if you simplify your design you might get a quicker lead time.
Yep we need to do a much better job of explaining that! Thanks for the feedback.
If you really get to thinking, programming is all about abstraction. We talk about abstract concepts like functional programming, object oriented programming, structured programming, objects, functions, methods, inheritance, etc. But, in the end, it's all just playing around with stack pointers, instructions and malloc.

As Permit points out here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7274956), a large part of a programmers job is to build a "mental model of their program".

We abstract things and come up with constructs to represent these abstractions to make it easier for us to program a computer: to improve on our mental model.

So, we come up with different programming languages and label them by their approach. This is a functional programming language, this one is declarative, this one is procedural and this one is visual.

My 2 cents.
How can I hack the gassiness of beans?
Red kidney beans are awesomely balanced food, and I find them really tasty.

But I don't know if it's age, or what, but lately, I just can't handle them any more. The gas collects inside my body, and causes sever aches, etc. until I finally manage to expel it (usually while taking a dump).

There are plenty of websites offering thoughts and suggestions on how to combat the gas.

Does the hacker community have advice to share on this matter?
Gillmore: Beware the WhatsApp hype: Mark Zuckerberg is no benevolent overlord
Are you serious? Did you follow the elections? All the surveys were saying Maduro would lose, then he wins by 500 votes?
Harvard Research Computing Resources Misused for Dogecoin Mining Operation
Ruby on Rails job ad, doge-style
Easier to read than the Google link.
Nice story. Whilst there is a growing number of women in IT, there is still a noticeable lack in development roles. Only time and attitudes will change that.

We men are not that different. Last week our garden wall was damaged in the storms here in the UK - I had to Google for "the rounded stones on top of a brick wall" (coping btw) so I could sound knowledgeable enough to builders I called for repairs.

They knew I didn't know what I was talking about - and polite enough not to mention it.
Just had an interesting thought when reading this article.

What if tomorrow, something similar happened in the U.S.? That is, what if government "forces" swept into a major city or cities and began arresting people on suspicion of terrorism, then sweeping them off to unknown locations? Simultaneously, what if drone strikes were called in on other "suspects"?

What in our current laws (or interpretation thereof) would prevent this or protect those who were targeted? The question may sound rhetorical or like hyperbole, but I mean this seriously: is a FISA court the only thing standing between us and such a potential reality?
> But what use cases does a consumer or the average phone user have for digital representations of the physical space around them, particularly given that the user is already aware of the the physical space around them?

For the user? Probably not much at the moment, if ever.

For a company whose mission is to collect, aggregate, and extract monetary value from every last piece of data in the world?

For a government that's interested in extending its awareness?

Priceless.
Again, you're never leaking less information than you think. I also expect that using bitcoin mixers will be prosecutable under AML laws in the medium term, if they aren't already.
The new Atmosphere
A company like Facebook has the resources to build whatever type of app is justified by the current market. If and when HTML5 gains parity with native apps, which I also agree will happen, Facebook can go back to HTML5.

But tech moves quick, you can't just wait around for a fundamental shift like that. You have to build for now and plan for later, in my opinion.
Do the links littered throughout the article bother anyone else?
I agree completely. A simple Google search can teach you just about anything, and almost anyone can change a battery or cook a delicious meal. It's great to see more women stepping into serious roles as lead developers as
more women choose to pursue new roles. Self empowerment is good for everyone!
Thanks for taking a look! Email me at spenser@amplitude.com
>Agents, landlords or property developers would be able to easily create those with their mobile device

But they won't! It is very difficult to get those people to post more than a low res picture of one room online when they can very easily walk through the house with a video camera, for example. Even large apartment complexes have 1-2 pictures on their website and call it a day.
Right.. As a result of shown in graph Facebook buy whatsapp
Ski rental problem
Dreams come true... Wait n Watch
I find it very depressing that socialism gets tried over and over again with the same predictable results. Power-mad but charismatic leader, wrecked national econonmy, widespread shortages of every day items, suppression of free media and free speech and finally the government murdering it's own citizens to suppress dissent. It's the same story over and over but people still seem to think 'this time it will be different'.
Places like Brazil and Australia (where I live) tend to add a larger amount of emulsifiers to commerically produced chocolate. This helps in keeping production costs down, and it also raises the melting temperature of the chocolate so that it doesn't melt in the wrapper while it sits on store shelves.

You typically will not find noticable amounts of added emulsifiers in cooking chocolate, as they detract from the taste and texture of the final product. Furthermore, pure cooking chocolate should be able to be melted, reshaped and reset (tempered) over and over again with no degredation in quality.

Chocolate with added emulsifiers, however, is easy to spot because when it melts and re-sets, it has white splotches on the surface. If your milk chocolate has white bits, that typically means its a lower quality, like basically every mass produced chocolate in US / Australia / probably elsewhere.

If you really enjoy chocolate, you should consider buying cooking chocolate. :)
Yeah but they even said in the video that they struggle with indoor navigation and positioning.
Why do people talk about this !bang syntax so much? I can do the same thing with search provider shortcut in my browser.

For example, after setting up once, I can press "Ctrl+L" then type "gi" then "Tab" and start typing my search keyword. I don't even have to first go to Google or DDG.
Assuming you're filing a counter-notice in an instance where you have a good faith belief that the original takedown notice is in error, and that you can support that belief, it's rather unlikely that the counter-notice alone will make the supposed copyright holder more disposed towards litigation. Especially if they knowingly misrepresented matters in the takedown, opening themselves up to damages and attorney's fees.

In any case, they can already sue you regardless of whether a takedown notice is issued in the first place. :)
2002, why do I care?
Are you seeing support to venezuelan protests from the same people who supported the brazilian protests in June?
You have a valid point, but the "fuck you" is unnecessary. I hope that HN will stay place where people can have civil debates, drawing on evidence instead of emotions.
MtGox to drop Bitcoin and start trading game cards again
Nonetheless it would be useful to know whether you can service requirements like sub 0.1mm track width, HDI, sub 0.2mm hole size and so on. I'll experiment and put something small but tricky through and see what comes out.
Oh man there's nothing better for a hangover than an ice-cold Mexican Coke
Bitcoin Founder's Ex is a Stripper in Seattle
bang bang
I'm confused. What does it do?

"Searches Google and !bangs DuckDuckGo."

What does this mean? It's the equivalent of a DDG !g search? Isn't that exactly the same as just searching Google?
And the OP didn't even discover the legendary Kit Kat Chunky yet...
It can do the amount people are currently listing.
So right now you can buy about 65 MtGox-bitcoins for 0.4 real bitcoins each (or less).
What are you talking about? According to that page, the example from the quiz would result in a tight index scan:

> The GROUP BY does not begin with the first part of the key, but there is a condition that provides a constant for that part:

> SELECT c1, c2, c3 FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 'a' GROUP BY c2, c3;
No I think you're being sort of outlandishly ridiculous .... just to be honest. You would have us not allow for any sort of classification of programming languages then because they are Turing complete.
Are you not familiar with E2? It's like a wiki where a quarter to a half of the userbase have consumed some minor hallucinogens before contributing.
You could just store backups on tape and ship them to a secure storage facility run by Iron Mountain.
Samsung and PayPal or Apple and PayPal......Which would you rather and why?
This could be mobile device makers payment solution..if true. Which would you rather?
For other cmake writers out there, this isn't hard.

set(LIBDIR lib CACHE STRING "lib dir")
install(${lib_targets} DESTINATION ${LIBDIR})

That's what I do and I am able to build packages with it just fine, that send the libs to wherever the hell they want them.
You can't fight the SEO feedback cycle. W3 schools was linked to by some people, so it shows up on Google, so it gets linked to by more people...
Python to Business Intelligence (BI), new open source application
Agreed. It took me a little time using DDG before I could reliably tell the difference between "poor results" and "results that don't feel like Google results".
I think your example proved that the market works surprisingly well, even when subjected to numerous constraints.
I wholeheartedly agree, but I saw some bloodlust playing out in the comments...my comment was directed at them.
He's an advisor at YC and an advisor at tons of other successful startups. Tons of successful entrepreneurs have benefitted from his advice and take what he has to say very seriously.
"An AI programmed to solve a difficult optimization problem might convert the entire mass of the solar system into a giant computer."

ha :) i love this. my initial reaction was again- this is a huge assumption. that is, you're assuming self-preservation would be a goal, before sustaining human life. but then i realized, i guess this is your point! regardless of what goals we intend to program for, their solutions are unknown to us and could be catastrophic by our definitions.

that all said; i welcome robot catastrophe too. if it's going to happen it's going to happen and i'd prefer it be while i can experience it.
Can someone explain to me what "MtGox BTC" is ?
Part of the problem is that privacy, at least in this context, is framed as a "debate" at all, rather than as a matter for individual choice.

Some people would gladly share medical information for the greater good if asked. You'd have to pry it from the cold, dead hands of others. The problem is that we currently don't separate those who would like to provide their information from those who would like to refuse because we're greedy for as much information as we can get, or we don't trust people to make the "right" decision.

A system that worked well and that accomodated both views would be one that really respected a user's choice--one that could handle data in a centralized or individual fashion, accordingly. Data that was willingly given could be used under the terms of the agreement without risk of angering people who don't want their data to be analyzed. It would ultimately provide the same benefits while respecting individuals and not creating controversy.

In the medical records situation, you'd have a group of people at one end that would be quite pleased to contribute their information, a group at the other end that would immediately decline, and quite a few people in the middle who would likely fall somewhat evenly to either side. Sure, some people would probably be fear-mongered out of sharing, but I imagine there'd be a lot less of that going on if people knew they could actually make a meaningful individual choice for privacy if they chose to do so. When opt-outs are buried, hidden, and it's not clear that they actually work, skepticism and fear grow. In a system that doesn't try to railroad people to sacrifice their privacy--a system that actually respects the individual's choice--fear would be reduced.

The only way to cast questions around this type of privacy as "a debate" involves changing the issue to compelled sharing of personal information. In a debate over forced participation, I think it's pretty easy to see why thoughts start to drift towards totalitarian concerns.

I think a system that offered real choice for each individual may drastically reduce the current problems from both perspectives, at the price of some engineering overhead.
This gizmo? ("Kegbot")
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c97...

If that's it, and you are at liberty to say, how much was assembly per board?
Exactly what it sounds like - BTC trapped in Mt Gox.
> Good god I am so sick of reading comments like this.

Then don't.

You just lazily suggested to these people to stop using these products/services, so I suggest for you to stop reading comments "like this."

> Almost as lazy as "remember, if you're using a service for free, you're not the customer, YOU'RE THE PRODUCT!"

By the way, what do you think Facebook bought yesterday for $16 billion? Not a product, but users.
Do you have your own approach to AGI or are you implementing another concept?
It's a Bitcoin stored in your MtGox Account, as opposed to your own wallet or another exchange. MtGox make be experiencing solvency issues right now, and you are unable to freely transfer Bitcoins in and out of your account there. Some people believe that they might not actually exist, and the exchange will default, which is why those bitcoins are now worth less. About 2/3rds less.

Previous to MtGox freezing transfers of Bitcoins in and out of your account, they had restrictions on the transfers of $USD in and out of your account - that resulted in the opposite situation, in which people who wanted to get their $USD out of the system, had to do so with bitcoins (which were, at that time, transferable) - they were therefore willing to pay MORE for bitcoins on MtGox, than other exchanges, just so they could somehow liquidate. This is why, historically, MtGox had a higher value for bitcoins - it was an artifact of customers betting that there was a solvency issue on the $USD in the system.

Everything about MtGox is a train wreck right now. Useful (if expensive of some) lesson in the importance of how far you can trust a centralized exchange for this type of activity.
I don't understand why Kickstarter still has market dominance for crowdfunding even though they have higher fees, no API, and less flexibility for funds dispersal. Is it purely name recognition?
Internet penetration in India is at the lower end of your estimate - 124 million in 2012 (1).

In contrast, the wireless subscriber base was 875 million in 2013 (2).

Source:
1. “Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia's Next Superpower” by McKinsey; Published 2013
2. TRAI: Highlights on Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st October, 2013
Core contributor on CrowdtiltOpen here -- sorry for the lack of international info, we'll update the FAQs! Shoot me an email (lebel at crowdtilt dot com) and I'll happily get you set up with the international beta.
Tox: A Free as in Freedom Skype replacement
i think an intelligent system would be able to think critically, think ethically, and re-evaluate it's beliefs.

what kind of intelligence wouldn't question it's own understanding?
Well aren't we fortunate that holding two separate accounts in a relationship is nothing like this at all!!
awesome, thanks, any feedback appreciated.
It sounds like a very purposeful and directed "fuck you" to me. He's not being rude or crass, he's making the concise and vehement point that if you are a bad actor on Tor, you are harming everyone and he will hate you for it.

Enlightening debates don't come about when everyone mutes their politically incorrect emotions and speaks in platitudes, they come about when people respect each other and can speak simple truths as they would to their peers. Evidence is always useful, but rational argument is equally important.
Set aside some time to hide it on your timeline in the near future!
There are over the counter drugs you can buy that solve this problem. This post doesn't belong on HN. Also, such a wrong use of the word "hack".
I think you are an excellent blogger and glad that you are posting to HN.

That said, I hope that you will think more critically and clearly before publishing vague, fuzzy, uninformed, and unlogical thoughts (not illogical, but unlogical) like the following:

>The biggest question for me is not about artificial intelligence, but instead about artificial consciousness, or creativity, or desire, or whatever you want to call it. I am quite confident that we’ll be able to make computer programs that perform specific complex tasks very well. But how do we make a computer program that decides what it wants to do? How do we make a computer decide to care on its own about learning to drive a car? Or write a novel?

Consciousness, creativity, and desire are all quite distinct things. It is very important for people who are attempting to approach the coming reality of artificial intelligence to be able to distinguish between different things like that.

There have been computer programs that decide what they want to do for decades. Perhaps you were thinking of a specific human-like type of decision process, but if so, you must say so and reason that way. Otherwise you are just conveying some fuzzy thoughts. And the problem is that you are doing so in the context of real scientific undertakings with results directly applicable to your thoughts.

A computer deciding what to care about or learn or what behavior to engage in "on its own" is related to the previous topic you mention, and in and of itself, does not require artificial general intelligence.

How do we make a computer program write a novel? I think that is a good question and an effective answer to it I believe _might_ be in the category of 'real' artificial general intelligence. However, I think that it will probably soon be possible to create 'narrow' AIs that can generate novels without being generally intelligent. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/business/computer-generate...
We're really glad to have you as a customer, Siqi!
DuckDuckGo does not have its own index. They are pretty much layer over Bing plus some customizations for query parsing and head queries for trusted sources which they do index. If Bing decided to block DDG tomorrow, they will be toast. The only impressive thing for me about DDG is that they are able to turn privacy thing in to marketing for geeks and get tiny trickle of traffic to stay alive in hope someone would buy them out.
Speeding Up D3.js: A Checklis
BTC on MtGox are at a very low price right now because people are dumping them for (say) USD because they believe MtGox will go under and they have a better chance at getting USD from MtGox than BTC if that happens. Speculators are betting MtGox survives and buying up these discounted BTC (that perhaps could be worthless...) in the hope that MtGox eventually fixes their problems and allows withdraws so they sell them for a higher price.

These BTC might or might not exist since a bug caused some double spending on MtGox.

That's how I understand it.

http://www.pfhub.com/speculators-purchasing-rights-to-mtgox-...
The super high end board spec's will have delayed quoting for now (probably an hour or two). But each time we quote we learn from it, over time all specs will be instant.
There are no bitcoin withdrawals on MtGox right now. It's a closed-system.
The more cryptographic version is to sign a challenge with the private key that allows spending of the bitcoins on that address to prove that you own the address. Or you know, do what most people do and have a unique bitcoin address for each person in order to identify them.
Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana reportedly the best of Siri and Google Now
Indeed. Panoramic photo VR tours were also gonna be the next big thing for real estate (remember QTVR?) but that only made sense for one-of-a-kind high end properties. Everything else is a commodity.
Sun Microsystems was aquired by Oracle (java, mysql, hardware division, patents and all) for $5.6 billion. Sun could probably be said to have more 'users' than what's app, but it's a different context for the user.

Motorla Mobility was aquired for 12.5 billion.

I don't even know what to compare the whatsapp aquisition to. The valuation seems quite insane.
> Good god I am so sick of reading comments like this.

I suppose your comment has, if nothing else, the virtue of being relatively novel compared against either the comments of those unaware of the privacy implications of much modern technology or those concerned by them. People who are largely aware and untroubled do seem to be in the minority.

> This view of the world is just lazy. Almost as lazy as "remember, if you're using a service for free, you're not the customer, YOU'RE THE PRODUCT!", which seems to get parroted every single time there is any discussion related to google, facebook, microsoft, instagram, twitter, or any other web company that uses ads as a revenue model.

It appears to be, if not 100% correct, a generally good heuristic, and a way of pointing out to people that the costs of participating in nominally free services are often hidden. Perhaps you could explain how this is lazy.

> If you don't like these services, don't use them / If you don't like modernity, stop using modernity.

Whew! Simple binary options. It's all clear now, and anybody who's thinking about this can safely choose one without worrying any further (or being accused of being... lazy, right?).

Or maybe some of us "lazy" people would like to explore the possibility of having a world where we can have the benefits of the technologies and minimize the problems.

> Have you, or any of the other people on HN who repeat this ad nauseum, ever considered the possibility that the people running google are actually just hackers who got lucky enough to have the resources to pursue projects that they think are cool?

I suspect many of them are. My acquaintances who work there seem to be.

But perhaps you are familiar with the aphorism "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" (though perhaps this is something else you consider "lazy"). It doesn't matter what motivated those who pursued a thorough knowledge and practice of various nuclear fission techniques, the fact is that they have various drawbacks (some pretty serious) that aren't a matter of individual opt-in / opt-out. This is true of technologies that extend legibility of personal spaces and activities.

> If you don't like modernity, stop using modernity. Move to a homestead in the pacific northwest, never use a telephone, never use grid power, grow your own vegetables, grow your own cattle, and keep away from the evil, scary spies at gooooogggllleeee

I think I've seen this suggestion before, but less in earnest:

http://www.theonion.com/video/google-opt-out-feature-lets-us...
I agree, they should be called "visual programming environment"
How I learned RegEx in just one week
Or that these bills can be shot down over and over until municipal broadband is built out, at which point the battle will have been won. When people start getting better, faster, and cheaper service it will be pretty hard for legislators to take it away.
My exception was to the idea of this being a premature optimization (sorry, I probably should've replied directly to your comment with the CSS example)
I'm slightly disappointed that it wasn't meant as a literal folly.