skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Assuming you're not american, by the way you reference it. Thought I'd throw in a few things I've experienced in America, that I think are pretty common.

Almost every job I've had with a company that's of any decent size (e.g. ten years ago when I worked for a five man moving company) has made it pretty clear that sharing compensation numbers with a coworker was an immediately fireable offense. I never really considered whether or not that would be typical outside of the US. Anyone care to comment? I'd be interested to know.

You're still right though, that in my experience there's a social pressure not to share as well.

I also definitely agree that saying "a junior programmer makes x dollars a year" or "a senior programmer makes y dollars a year" has been pretty meaningless at the major corps I've worked with. They're typically had some kind of pay band where "junior" meant x to y, and the closer you got to y, or if you crossed y, meant getting approval from higher levels of management. I'd be interested to know if this has been other peoples experience as well.

As an example, I know a guy (not in programming) who went from being in a realtime data monitor to a supervisor in a call center, and jumped his salary probably 15%, then went back to being the data monitor a year later, and retained the salary increase, which was way larger an increase than the company at the time would have allowed, had he stayed the data monitor.
>> You said you only care about readability.

Nope, he never said that. I did. And I use monospace fonts.

I understand the formality that is conveyed; I just don't care for that layer of information myself. I'd find it silly if I saw monospace typography at Disneyland or a children's book -- but from a readability standpoint I think i'd likely be impressed.
Apple Denies Working With NSA on iPhone Backdoor
There are already analogues of hallucinogens used to treat headaches/migraines. They've been around for decades...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatriptan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methysergide
Ask HN: Heroku or AWS or?
I'm currently in the development phase of my new venture and looking to compare services. My site revolves around text tables and a very limited amount of images (none uploaded by users). I do NOT expect to have 50k users within 6 months of launch, but there is a possibility it may happen. Within a couple years however, I do hope to be in that 100k+ range.

So, what do you fine folks recommend?

Looking forward to hear your thoughts, thanks!!!
is data not good enough?

i don't really care to speculate on the cause - that can be debated. there are plenty of differences in brain physiology and development between sexes though. its a much weaker hypothesis to assume that there is no difference imo. we have every reason (including the objective data) to believe that there should be a difference - even if small.
I think one of the best things about Google Fiber is actually how it is shining a light on the levels of bureaucracy in our governments and the ways they can either be a catalyst or an impediment to progress, innovation, etc.

I don't necessarily want more government or less government--I want better government, and more transparency on when our government is working or failing is helpful for getting there.
Catholicism absolutely does not view sex as only for breeding.
I'm in favor of diversification but not diworsification. E.g. when Apple already makes an iPod and an iPhone then it's smart diversification to make an iPad. That gets you growth without needing to resort to share buybacks.

Apple's smart growth is much better than the flailing growth that many companies attempt. E.g. Google has search so Microsoft does Bing. Apple has the iPod so Microsoft does the Zune.

New products are OK if they are clearly better than what is already out there, but in Microsoft's case they weren't. Contrast with the iPhone. It was IMO clearly better than what was already out there, if for no other reason than Apple refused to be the wireless carriers' bitch.

But now even Apple is doing share buybacks, because they're running out of smart diversification ideas. An iWatch wouldn't be big enough to provide meaningful growth. I'm sure they'll eventually do it, but the law of large numbers is no longer on Apple's side.

The example I gave of me wanting Intel to become a world class foundry is IMO smart diversification. TSM's market cap is about $93 billion. So, clearly, there's room for competition.
How to kern type perfectly (2010)
If you need a plugin, it is not web-based.
Surveys like this often have error rates of 7%, and it is common for 11.5% to be considered the lower bound for significance.
Chicken = Around 26g protein per 100g (219 calories)

Pasta = Around 13g protein per 100g (371 calories)

Potatoes = Around 2g protein per 100g (77 calories)

The chicken contains twice as much, for not far off 50% less calories. Add in the fact that the chicken will probably also make you feel fuller for longer - chicken is near enough 0% carbs, versus the pastas 25% carbs, makes eating a chicken breast seem like a more logical choice than a bowl full of pasta to me.

You'd need to eat a hell of a lot of potatoes to get a decent quantity of protein and don't even start me on the modern monstrosity that is cereal.

Most of the protein in the pasta comes from animals anyway...a key ingredient being egg, after all.
Yup.

And if they print so much money that it becomes worthless, then that'll have a similar impact on lenders than if they just default, which is the government's first option and everyone else's only option. The government's only option, too, if the debt is denominated in someone else's currency.

To that extent, governments having the option to print money to satisfy debts is a good thing. As soon as there are two evils to choose from, it becomes possible to select the lesser of them.

In other words, don't think of lending money to a government in a currency it can't debase as if it were somehow less risky. There's still plenty of risk, it's just that it comes entirely in the form of default risk rather than as a mix of default risk and exchange rate risk.
It really depends on the neighborhood. Huge swaths of the city are zoned for single family homes only. This is something we need to change.

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Research/gis/webplots/smallzonema...
I think you're taking the example of a systemic failure to mean that all such insurance is a waste of time. But most failures aren't systemic or massive.

It seems implausible that systemic failures for bitcoin in particular are going to be generational.

Insurance for entities subject to systemic failure is about having many hands looking the process and having the appearance of solidness. Appearance really is as important as reality for keeping such entities afloat.

You gotta admit "Insurance works most of the time" is kind of like a tight rope walker saying "that net that's there to catch me works most of the time, meaning that it definitely works when I don't fall and it makes people happier".

And my main point would be that state regulation and guarantees are the more serious measures and private insurance is not nothing but fairly weak affair. I'd trust regulation on a financial entity much more than I'd trust insurance on such an entity.
Thanks for linking the study. I find these articles interesting, but I always end up skipping them, instead of looking for the core data. For some reason my brain is too lazy to skim the two page article to find the source, but is interested enough to skim and potentially read the 40 page source when found directly.
I remember how on my first visit to the US one of the things that surprised me most was how different car models were from the ones in Europe, I couldn't recognize a single one (not to mention the monster sized SUV and trucks that I never saw before).

I believe the difference in distances, city planning and fuel price play quite a role in consumer preference on the two sides of the ocean.
When you say something completely ignorant and offensive you only make it worse by bracketing it with "not to offend anyone".
As a female developer, yes, those things are hard to believe.

This is a great example of why I was hesitant of entering the field. You feel totally comfortable saying this when your profile links to your blog with your real name and place of employment. If you're that comfortable in this belief you can't expect me to believe that you don't treat women in your work place differently and with less respect.

Gender roles still very much exist. If something biological were keeping women from entering the IT industry it wouldn't vary so much from culture to culture.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/gsf/12220332.0001.103?rgn=main;v...
I'm thinking about opening up an exchange for crypto-currencies with a guarantee that deposited coins are put directly into a cold wallet. The only drawback I can see is that (so far) I don't see an easy (and secure) way to make withdrawals instantaneous.

Perhaps my background in hardware systems leads me to solutions that use physics to solve certain security problems, but to me, sending bitcoins to an unconnected computer over a unidirectional link seems trivial.
That doesn't say they don't hold copyright over the material. In fact, it implies that they do, since otherwise, whether Aereo is doing a public performance or not would be irrelevant.
Success: Stories Vs Processes
Including allies? Something is very wrong with wherever you are picking that definition from.
this is an interesting post, i think it points at fundamental differences in how people think. why would it be any less real if it was a drug-induced experience created entirely by the mind? your normal waking form of consciousness is a drug-induced experience created entirely by the mind, the only difference is the difference in binding affinities of your natural neurotransmitters vs. some psychoactive drug. in my opinion, the profundity IS the feeling, the experience - there is no separation. your philosophy seems to come from a paradigm of knowledge trumping experience, but mine is just the opposite.
I haven't dismissed 'patriarchal society' by being offended at an exclusionary conference.

I am simply upset at the idea that people think that large problems that were caused by painting with 'too wide a brush' can be solved by exactly the same methodologies.

If I started a gay male-only developer conference, people would freak. If I started a female to male transsexual only conference, people would freak. If I started a socialist dog-only developer conference , people would freak.

It's not that people are against a certain ethos or political movement. That's not why they are upset. People get upset at exclusion, and by creating these specialist conferences, we do nothing but further an exclusionary rift that we already know exists.
Women as a whole aren't born being more inclined to go into non-CS fields. This preference is acquired at some point in childhood. I am comfortable making this claim because we know that in the mid 80s 37% of CS graduates were women vs. 12% today. Something happened in the meantime.

I don't think it is a result of supposed wage gaps (which supposedly exist in all fields) or supposed widespread sexism (as if other fields are any better). But I do think it is a problem. We have a shortage of good developers in this country and not being able to draw talent very well from roughly half the population is not helping.
wait.... really?

am i the only one who sees this?

http://imgur.com/apYhmRw

glancability? that l is an embarassment. sorry, but the idea that this a well designed font is to me - a joke. and i am not particularly an expert. this is much less readable than comic sans or courier new imo at least with my config on windows 8 with cleartype and chrome!
Yes. Let them just give away a viable alternative to one of their primary revenue sources.

What a fantastic idea; I wonder why they hadn't thought of it themselves.
The Top Venture Capital Investors By Exit Activity
Release notes: https://github.com/knockout/knockout/releases/tag/v3.1.0
https://www.google.com/search?q=home+icon&tbm=isch

The floating roof, the windowless house and the chimneyless roof are all in widespread use. The + shaped window is a rarity.
If it's her personal experience, then yes, she can say that.
Basically I just want all dependencies works as well as when I test it, and in accordance with the guidelines getcomposer.org :)

This platform prioritizes writing through the admin panel, the convenience for users, particularly for non programmmer or for those who are not familiar with coding at all.

If you have other views, you can contribute to the project, so that we can discuss it further.
OpenResty[0] is a web application framework that consists of nginx and a bunch of plugins, including Lua scripting.

[0] http://openresty.org/
Rubygems.org AWS bill for Feb 2014 [pdf]
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If you try it, you will realize that to write an article using the admin panel is quite user friendly :)
You can't put money directly into a cold wallet, if I understand correctly. If you can manipulate it directly then it's hot by definition.
If you're asking because you're wondering how bad the latency is, remember that microwave is the speed of light and the most direct route between two points. It'll be better than fiber, all other things being equal. It's possible the bandwidth isn't up to snuff, but latency shouldn't be a problem.
Sibling Posters: Re NFC: Guys, I hate acronyms too, but Near Field Communication? Seriously?

Parent poster is talking about Non-Fiat-Currencies.

edit: oh, sorry I thought it was obvious, but I say "seriously" because how could you seriously think this bitcoin topic is about Near Field Cmu.....
From Okhrana to KGB: Russian foreign intelligence ops since 1880s
somewhere along the way when I was young I learned "were" and I almost wish I hadn't haha. here in the northeast/midatlantic the majority of people use "was". it's only a slight nuisance now :) and i'm not even a native speaker. can't imagine how english teachers and actual writers and such feel about it.
> Almost every job I've had with a company that's of any decent size (e.g. ten years ago when I worked for a five man moving company) has made it pretty clear that sharing compensation numbers with a coworker was an immediately fireable offense. I never really considered whether or not that would be typical outside of the US. Anyone care to comment? I'd be interested to know.

Almost every job may say that, but in almost every case that provision is illegal[1] and grounds for a lawsuit if they actually carried it out.

[1] http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/salary_discussions.html
Serious organized crime operations would also never use Bitcoin for the same reason. Physical cash still offers superior anonymity and obfuscation to BTC. Also, when you're laundering hundreds of billions of dollars, you can use real banks and the legitimate world financial system, not some fishy online currency.
Andrew 1989 excerpts: https://plus.google.com/103530621949492999968/posts/jQr3Dzxd...
So Why Did All Those Movie Sites Lose Google Search Traffic?
Not necessarily; some APs and BPs communicate over USB rather than the BP acting as a hypervisor.
Descriptive linguistics doesn't mean "whatever anyone says is correct and it should go." This ain't 'nam, there are rules, and you can still run afoul of them. The basic tenet of descriptivism is that, as people who study linguistic patterns as a science, we can't make a value judgment about a certain set of rules or what a person "should use". However, I think it's generally accepted that we try to strive for some common set of agreed upon linguistic rules when trying to formally communicate on the Internet, and many would claim that the subjunctive mood would fall into that.

I saw a really good write-up about this before and wish I could find it :(

EDIT: This one's not it, but it's very similar: http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/descriptivi...
Are there any places with Condo Internet that might be considered affordable? Something less than $400,000, or $1300 a month rent? I'd be willing to move for this, but so far I've only seen it available in the $2000/month range.
So this is like a nested subroutine illegality (Fraudulent overcharging by illegal spy company) of a main illegality (Govt. Spying).

Got It!
Some design firm in South Carolina.
I don't think that the way you're phrasing this is as tactful as it could be, given that it's going to be a really divisive thing to say no matter the efficacy, but I don't necessarily think you're trying to be an ass.

I think it's better to assume that two groups of people are less different than one would initially think, because of the natural tendency to create in and out groups. When there has been a history of systemic oppression between those groups, I'd lean toward requiring more rigorous proof of the differences before accepting it, and I'd be very careful as to what I accepted as rigorous proof.

This is my quick thought on the subject. Please don't consider it my philosophical magnum opus on discrimination.
False dichotomy.

I can believe that there are biological differences that make women, on average, less likely to enter STEM fields, and also treat those that do enter as equals.
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And also use Gregory Maxwell's proof of solvency scheme: https://iwilcox.me.uk/2014/nofrac-orig
You don't actually get your money back "automatically." The merchant has a chance to respond first. It's almost impossible to get money back from a company that knows its way around a chargeback (like a gym membership).
Goxcoin: Humint's Proposal to Recover the Mt. Gox Coins
Yeah well, welcome to the early modern period. The Catholic Church from the beginning had outlawed the persecution of witches and condemned belief in their power as superstition. But people will still do crazy shit.
I think you'll find that is a terrible argument and isn't going to achieve your desired result. I personally use Free as in Freedom software. Which of course, doesn't require that it be free as in price, but usually is. So right now I'm sitting on probably millions of man hours of developer work and it hasn't personally cost me anything.

The problem isn't that I'm not willing to pay for software, in fact, I definitely am. It's just that I don't need to. Which is apparently the same for icons, since there are GPL licensed alternatives out there.

The irony of course is that I would rather pay for software released under the GPL then pay for a closed piece of software. But, by virtue of it being under the GPL, I probably don't need to pay for it.
This is what I needed! Waiting for Chromecast support...
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> This project as it stands, quite frankly, looks like the worst of both worlds.

It's okay if you think like that, but you should try it first and then compare it with other similar solutions (i.e Ghost).
1. Lots of things. Sometimes it's a service such as configuring an enterprise app. Other times it's content in a .docx file. Finally there are .html files that are usually zipped and emailed or sent via a Dropbox link.

2. Email or Dropbox if there is a deliverable. Though sometimes it's via FTP.

3. Always before but only because I work with businesses. In the past I worked with individuals and I did half up front and then half on delivery.

4. PayPal, direct deposit, and international wire transfer.
Ask HN: Hacker community for Eastern Europe?
Hi,

According to a recent HN poll[1], 262 users said that they are based in Eastern Europe. This is a small number for a geographical region this vast. I was wondering if there is any other online community for hackers and developers based in this region (specifically for Romania and Moldova).

My definition of Eastern Europe is according to UN definition; i.e. Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Any input would be much appreciated.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6582647
How should the U.S. respond to Moscow's military move in Crimea?
I'm predicting the imminent collapse of Mt. Gox collapse stories, following an indeterminate period of irrational exuberance.
is data not good enough?

No. Otherwise, "Storks Deliver Babies (p=0.008)" :http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9639.00013/a...

The way science works is that you start with a hypothesis of how the world works, based on cause and effect, then you test that hypothesis. Data by itself can have any number of explanations. In particular, you cannot construct a hypothesis from statistical data and expect that to hold water.

its a much weaker hypothesis to assume that there is no difference imo.

Nobody says that there isn't any difference. But you have to exclude the possibility that the difference is caused (primarily) by cultural factors. You also offer no explanation why, if there is a biological difference, it does not favor women instead; if the entire basis of your hypothesis is that men and women are different in some way (which is as of yet unknown), then any difference can go either way.
Peeves make TERRIBLE pets. Set them free; you'll be glad you did.
Educating the ignorant can backfire (research)
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Or much much lower cause you bring worldwide competition with no infrastructure.

Disclaimer: I'm with GreenAddress.it
Interesting; thanks for the link. I'm going to read it over in a little bit (making food).

I'm not beyond believing that it's mostly just common lore, and I'm definitely going to look into it.

An unrelated instance of something like this would be how most hourly workers think they're legally obligated to get a lunch break and a paid break if they work x hours, when in the states I've lived in there's no legal requirement, except under specific circumstances (I think missouri was for employees under 16 working in certain kinds of service industries).
I don't use the last commit date itself; I use how many issues, pull requests, and mailing list posts there are, how recent, whether the library author is replying, and how many others are using the library in their projects. For any reasonably sized library, there should at least be some of this happening. I don't want to take on the full development effort of the library by myself if I run into problems with it.
The comments to that effect were balderdash.
You're got to wonder what they're thinking--after all they're giving away $100k per startup. Do they really expect any of their members to have a successful exit after giving away half the company?
Yes, this is a good idea, but you need smart people auditing
the books(system). The smart part is a problem. Industry
hires too many credentialed fools. Hire a criminal to
catch a criminal.
And then you realize the dust is made of stars...
Two thumbs up for this guy!
Great article. Really good use of infographics. Also great responsive designs - the inforgraphics change to be mobile-friendly on a smaller screen!