skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That is highly disingenuous. The advice they gave, in context, was:

1.Speak Up _in Class_

Raise your hand, even when you’re not sure about the answer. Avoid editing what you want to say in your head, and try not to worry about being wrong. Speaking up isn’t about having the perfect answer. It gives you the experience of thinking on your feet, debating with others, and wrestling with an idea—all crucial skills that you’ll use in every area of your life.

- http://banbossy.com/girls-tips/
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> it's a cert that requires you to own a car. a mazda biante here cost around $150k SGD, not sure about other countries though.

The price of car ownership is no doubt extremely costly in Singapore. But that is to offset the cost of public transport, reduce traffic and of course generate revenue. I lost count of how many BMWs I have seen parked in HDB parking lots though :)

> furthermore, there's a lot of taxes we need to pay and we don't even know where these tax goes to!

However in my opinion this is something I do not agree with, taxes in Singapore are extremely low. The highest tax rate is 20% at that is on $320,000 and above, 7% GST ( which is applicable for businesses above $1m income). Then there are annual GST rebates, spouse rebates etc.
Russian Propaganda War In Full Swing Over Ukraine
Two years to gain an important skill for someone interested in technology sounds like a good deal.
If A) Why are the releasing their music at all?

If B) Why are they not opting out of ASCAP, and in general only distributing it through channels that are free, then?

Happily, these are both options that some musicians are taking (presumably, in the case of the former). But not 'most'. Just some. I suspect 'most' simply want to make no effort in creating a new distribution model (I don't blame them, that's effort that is not going into making music), but also be paid more. But the change in technology has allowed people to want and expect to be able to listen to music from hundreds of artists, finding new stuff they like, and in general -explore- music more. The existing distribution model can't cope with that and make it as black and white, successful or failure, as it could when people either bought an entire album, or not, and there was no in between.

What is the value of listening to a single track, on an internet radio station, once every few weeks? "Hey, I had a million listens, I should be paid X for that!" Should you? Would any one of those people have been willing to pay $1 for that track? You don't know; there's ambiguity when the old distribution model is applied to the new digital listening patterns, that was never there when we ignored celestial radio, and only counted album sales.
This issue (and many other resource measurement issues) are solved in OpenVZ but not yet in lxc. In supplying the user a whole virtual image, they are able to shortcut many of the things that don't make sense if you are only sand boxing a single process.

If you are managing a single process then you shouldn't expect to be able to sideline anything in successfully. If you do want to do that, then the single process model isn't the one you ought to use.

I think it's reasonable for lxc to say that an exiting model doesn't fit but it feels very wasteful to throw away a whole raft of user land stuff.
Dying for an Ubuntu Linux phone? Here's how much it'll cost you
A modern OS is definitely a virtual machine, where each process perceives that it is running on a single CPU with its own single contiguous bank of memory. Threads are a bit of a leaky abstraction but whatever.

What is interesting is that the operating system virtualizes a machine that doesn't actually exist: fake "hardware" that can execute syscalls like read/write/exit. A VM in the contemporary sense has the exact same functionality, with a different interface. Rather than read/write as syscalls, you have to send SATA commands to disk, or commands to a network card, or whatever. Instead of an exit system call as an interface you work with a hardware interface that powers down the physical machine.

Containerization is actually a logical next step from this. Why virtualize a REAL hardware interface only to virtualize a fake one on top of it? The only reason to do that is if you want multiple fake interfaces, eg Linux and Windows. When virtualizing a bunch of Linux machines, mostly you really just want isolation of your processes. Virtualizing real hardware is a hack because Linux was not capable of isolating processes on its own, so you had to run multiple copies of Linux! Now with cgroups and other resource namespacing in the kernel, it can isolate resources by itself.
Note this is about OpenBSD dropping support for OpenBSD's own fork of the skanky old Apache 1.3 line, which hasn't been officially developed in aeons, and no official security updates since 2010.

The title implies some vote of no confidence by the OpenBSD team regarding Apache, when in actual fact they're just cleaning up their own mess, due to objecting to an earlier licensing change in the 2.x line.
Couple kicked out of McDonald’s for sitting ‘too long’ gets free meals for life
You'd need something stronger than a tinfoil hat to think that EU elections are important.
Not sure how much more expensive Redmond is compared to Seattle, but Numbeo [1] would also be a good start when comparing locations. (Numbeo has no numbers for Redmond.)

[1] http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...
Russia Is Preparing to Invade East Ukraine, Estonia Says
>There are enough professional and user reviews, video clips, etc of everything for sale online that anyone can make an informed decision on whether the product is likely to be something they'll enjoy.

Most people have bad taste, or are fan-boys. I didn't like "The Batman Rises". Yes, it's Nolan. The extra (actors) were aweful (some of them were laughing in fighting scenes). The scenes where there was a riot, I've seen extras punch the air, etc. Sometimes, Batman wouldn't even hit somebody for them to fall, or worst, hit someone and someone else falls(scene where he gets attacked by a group at night). This is sloppy. Not to mention that the fighting scenes are basically the guys lining up to get their arse handled to them. Why don't you use your gun and shoot the little bat ?

Just weak.

There are tons of movies that are basically a pump and dump scheme. They go heavy, all the way marketing and amping it before the release... Not to mention include scenes in the trailer that aren't even in the final movie. And then release and try to make a killing the first days, because they probably know people will realize it's a shitty movie.

The rest is DVD's, etc..

How many actors can you say are great ? How many screen-writers write really well ? How long have you not seen a movie as The Godfather ?

Extend that to music, too .. How many artists there are, really ? Most music is junk, it sounds exactly the same and you wouldn't be able to make a difference between two tracks (and I have a good musical ear, I mean, I can sometimes recognize a song playing in somone's headphones by its beat).

Furthermore, a lot of "artists" look the frigging same. Lyrics ? Where are the Queens ? And I'm not biased.

Recently, I watched a video of Miley Cyrus a friend was watching. The video was "Jolene". I was speechless and said "Wow ! This song is great". I mean, the lyrics of it. It's vulnerable, etc. It moved me.

And then I said "My God, this song seems coming straight out from the 70's". The tempo, the style, etc.. I listened to it repeatedly. Until I realized that it actually is a 70's song by Dolly Parton (I didn't know her, sorry).

Point is: Good music isn't bound by time. People still listen to The Stones and watch The Godfather.

How many will still listen to the fad music and movies coming out ?

This is the same with books. Pump and dump. Most books I was reading, I'd skim through and then throw it because it's junk. The point is that it would take me more making sure the content is good before buying it (searching reviews of people who aren't me, possibly biased by the author, fans, haters, affiliates) than actually judging by myself (which is done quickly).
Language learning as an adventure game
"Ban Bossy" Spokesperson: Beyoncé

Beyoncé Lyrics:

Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches

Bow down bitches, bow bow down bitches

H-town vicious, h-h-town vicious

I’m so crown, bow bow down bitches

Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z Lyrics Excerpt:

My nigga, please - you ain't signing no checks like these

My nigga, please - you pushing no wheels like these

My nigga, please - you ain't holding no tecks like these

My nigga, please - you don't pop in vest like these
such pleasure to read Musk. he's got that evangelial air... of course, it helps that he's in the right.

I wonder if he'll end up Emperor of Mars?
Is there any empirical evidence this word harms girls?
UniMelb students hack on subjects handbook
Well, with an OpenVZ VPS, the most common variety these days, you'd have to have it offered by the provider.
150 Chinese on board. Maybe a kid of some high Chinese party official was on board?
Weren't relatives able to ring the phones of the victims just a few days ago, but well after 8:11 a.m. ("toward the very end of the plane’s fuel")?
> The title implies some vote of no confidence by the OpenBSD team regarding Apache

No it doesn't. It says what it says: Apache was removed from base. Now that there is a reasonable alternative with an acceptable license, it is time to move on.

> when in actual fact they're just cleaning up their own mess

You choice of words sure reeks of negativity towards the project. The fact is, skanky old Apache 1.3 has served the project well for a long long time, and it has had a good track record as far as security goes. Keep in mind that code in the base system has been audited, patched and maintained by the project.
dont bother, look what happened to XUL, or gecko powered node.
I get the feeling no one has a clue yet. It is easy to come up with theories... e.g.

Malfunction in plane - transponder turns off - cabin loses pressure (and everyone on plane goes unconscious or similar) - because cockpit is locked crew does not manage to do anything in time - plane keeps on going - fuel runs out.

of course that is probably totally wrong.

One thing though - if it did fly low over land - I would expect at least someone would have used their cell phone - so I would rule out that option.
I feel like that would stem from the belief that people only watch movies once, ever.

I mean, people re-read books. People listen to the same music many many times. And I don't know a single person who hasn't watched a movie they really like more than once. Most have seen some movies dozens of times.

I would not mind watching a movie with ads in some crappy streaming service for free if I also had the option of buying a DRM-free copy (an actual copy, including all the rights afforded to ownership of that copy by copyright law and by consumer laws, not a license to access a copy) at a reasonable price that I could then play on ALL my devices at the highest available quality.

That's how music works. That's even how physical books work. I don't buy the argument from big media that movies are special snowflakes and deserve to be protected from us by DRM and kept in bullshit distribution systems (like movie theaters or "pay per view" premium cable services).
Why the wealthiest countries are also the most open with their data
I can't imagine what it'd be like to work a case like that. Was he really friendly to you?
Steve Rosenberg, Moscow Correspondent for BBC News just said on Twitter: "Ukraine's Interior Minister says Russian news agencies reporting some events in Ukraine even before they happen."
You are being very naïve if you think Chilean legislature had no idea of the impending coup. As for the lack of evidence, I tried to find some and came back empty handed. If there were anything even distantly resembling the systematic use of violence Pinochet employed made by the Allende regime, I'm quite sure it would be amply documented by now, if, by no independent historians, by the Chilean military. Since I can't prove it didn't happen, do you have anything more solid than this to demonstrate it did?
Some countries under embargo have aging aircrafts, a functional one or spare parts...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo#List_of_countries_under...
Sadly, this probably is because your manager is "freelancing" on the mobile app on a shoe-string budget because it doesn't have support from most of management. The result is that it has to camouflage in some other budget. The way to win here is to ask your boss or your boss' boss for a nice, well paid, ideally somewhat privileged project in 6 months, then hold him to it. Or move to a decent company of course.

Not necessarily saying anything about your particular situation, but I've seen this before.
They probably were detected by radar, but geopolitics means few countries will admit they were able to detect it to avoid revealing military capabilities.
Yep, I used to used as.Date(), but ggplot2 doesn't like class Date, it prefers POSIXct.
NCage
No, the ring is done by the system while it tries to connect with the target phone. If any cell phone on that plane passed in range of any cell phone tower they would have been able to pinpoint the plane's location fairly quickly.
Because TV and Movies enter the common culture. How often do people quote, or reference something from a film or movie? New movies and TV shows are often the first thing spoken about around the water cooler. If you cannot access these things easily and affordably through legal means, are you just going to wait, and miss out on interacting with your peers? Or would you just pirate it?

What do you think people do? Artists make works that are supposed to be enjoyed by the public. Why make art if no-one can enjoy it?
The fact that an OS supplies system calls is mostly irrelevant – it is a separate concept (not listed in the original article) which we usually call “Software Libraries”. But innovation #2 did not list the standard libraries as a point of an Operating System – the process isolation is the point. Libraries had been in use long before.

I definitely agree that hardware virtualization is going the long way around, and that more refined process isolation is the way to go. The Operating System was made for this, and it should continue to do this; there is no architectural need for an additional level of isolation.
I guess you could use the same system to control a screen behind a showwindow, or have limited control of a remote tab (the user lets you use his tab to do or show something specific to him).
It's a nice demo I think.
>torrent of the HD version had been online for 30 minutes already.

Same for the news servers. The TV companies could learn a thing or two from the efficiency of the pirate world.
Forbidden Problems – A talk by Lawrence Lessig
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This idea actually predates bitcoin which I think is interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash
What was the incompatibility?
Nice point.

The etymology of the word bossy, boss with the -y suffix, suggests that the lady manager is acting like a boss but she is not a boss. The writer here makes it clear that this is intended to have a negative connotation and is therefore questioning her authority.

Recent meme has reinforced that. If we want to express this idea positively, we don't say "bossy", we say "like a boss".

"Bossy" means you are acting like a boss but in a way which is disapproved of. If this word is targeted more often at women, then that deserves reflection (especially in cases where we would praise men for the same behaviour).
How good is OpenBSD's USB support on recent motherboards? A USB bug that affects motherboards with Intel chipsets in FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE makes me think of switching; it hit print servers bad.
I live in a central european country, there's not one service available to me (other then an overpriced ISP with IP TV option) where I could legally watch movies and series on demand.

On the other hand I also play PC games occasionally, I just buy them on Steam, GOG, Humble Indie Bundle, ...
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Apparently residential areas that mean, "won't be stabbed" equals, 1400 a month && 15 dollars per meal.
1.Be upfront , and talk to your supervisors or better yet the person who got promoted and let them know that it's not okay (preferably in a social setting) Give them some time to reflect on their actions and if they continue to kiss ass , let them be their own person. People who are higher up value loyalty more than they show.

2. Work your butt off , get noticed and then quit to join a more conducive work environment.

3.Team up with colleagues and ask an immediate supervisor the same question you posted here. Ask them in a way that doesn't seem like you're complaining. You'd be surprised at what may come out of that conversation.

4. Above all , use the rationality principle , cut your losses and move on.
Maybe you don't need to do it in software?

That's my thought. An optical sensor that detects changes to the screen from the viewer's perspective would provide an accurate signal and decouple the instruction timing. from hardware response.

Measure the results not the inputs.
What would be the theory of least effort? By that I mean least people involved, least criminal energy, least planning.

Could a pilot do this completely on his own? Turn off the communication system, fly 4 hours into a different direction and then nosedive into the ocean?
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I think 9400/month was a mistake on the author and someone just gave him commit access/he can publish w/o editing or doublechecking.
Windows Phone Store rankings appears to be manipulated with bots
Style Jukebox is a free Google Music alternative for Windows Phone
You just sold me on trying ansible.
I've had mixed results, though my sample set is small, and I can't say for certain that the problems I've had are a software issue. Also, there have been some recent cleanups and fixes in the USB stack that I have not tried yet. For these, you need to grab a -current snapshot or wait for 5.5. Note that the xhci work is post 5.5.

Your best bet is to find some spare hardware and give it a try. I wouldn't switch a production box over before that.
Cargo. The cargo list has still not been released. It is speculated that the cargo was heavy as the max amount of passengers was 50 less than the number of seats.
Amazon Instant Video is, for one, unavailable in neither my native country (italy) nor the one I leave in currently (hungary, where there isn't amazon at all).
Rinse and repeat for lovefilm, netflix, hulu etc.

Also majors have decided to delay releasing movies here because they think we are the main people pirating movies.

Price counts, but service counts more, IMVHO.
nice to see even in sort() we have innovation!
Fix to SimplePie unable to resolve cache folder path
The cargo list for this flight has still not been released. The max amount of passengers allowed to board this flight was 50 less than the number of available seats. Suggesting the flight was carrying heavy cargo.
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So I can see this getting boring pretty fast, but whatever.. on reading the title I wondered "why!", and on reading the article I find a recommendation for nginx. The reason for this appears to be entirely due to licensing in modern (and more comparable) versions of Apache 2.x than anything technical. The article does not make that clear at all.

Apologies if you read so much negativity into my choice of words, it wasn't meant as an attack on OpenBSD, forking unmaintained software, or whatever else, just intended to point out a correction in the way probably half or more of readers will interpret the article – as some kind of indication that Nginx is technically somehow better than Apache
They got out of the smartphone market (and the investments needed to compete there), they are still making them for niches.
Architecture at different stages of a startup
Slow burn fire randomly taking out communications systems and electronics undetected over a long period of time. Pilots freak out and head West for the coast, program way points on autopilot. Fire then cracks the hull, leading to a slow depressurization, incapacitating crew. Plane heads into the Indian ocean with all onboard unconscious or dead, until it runs out of fuel.
In my experience, there's a huge amount of work involved in just getting Ansible (and other CM systems) to work right in the first place, especially if you're relatively new to CM.

Sometimes you're working on a scrappy prototype and it's just quicker to use shell scripts initially and then go back to solidify the setup into CM scripts afterwards, once you know what you actually need.

Of course that approach will fall to hell if one never gets back around to making the CM scripts.
Believe it or not but RSS is still an obscure technology for most people.
No. That wouldn't be sufficient. Here's why.

Imagine that I built a machine and told you, "Press this button here. If P=NP, the lamp will turn on. If P!=NP, the lamp will not turn on." What would you make of it?

So what if I opened up the machine, and showed you all the components, would that convince you?

I think you'd only be convinced, if:

1. We could agree on some basic axioms of how the basic components of the machine operates.

2. From those axioms, I could prove the proposition that, for a machine of this design, the lamp will turn on if and only if P=NP.

I think that, one day, somebody WILL construct a formally verified silicon system capable of proving the four color theorem. (Putting aside the issue of unreliable logic gates.) But I don't think it will be in some high-level system like Coq, because there are so many layers of abstraction we would have to formally verify. I think it's more likely that the logic would be implemented directly in silicon.
Lambdas have definitions, but they have no communicative meaning to human beings. They have to be bound to words to provide us with a humane way of using them.

The lambda calculus is great at describing computation formally, but says nothing at all about programmer ergonomics. What we really care about is the abstraction capability of "node" or "word", the implementation is encapsulated.
My parents have and still watch Russian satellite channels,
what is shown on Russian news channels when compared to every single other news channel outside of Russia is very different.

Either there is a conspiracy between all the news channels of the world to portray Russia as a bully which is silly and doesnt pass Occams Razor test or the Russian tv has gone into full propaganda swing.

I hope the irony of calling the west and Ukraine "fascist" is not lost on Russians when Putin and co are using every trick and behaving in a manner that would have made the 3rd Reich propaganda ministry proud.
I would rather "slut" gone, than bossy.
Yep. Some people are taking this too literally. (Nerds parsing? No!) The heightened awareness of how word choice subtly undermines behavior we presumably want to encourage, is the point. This article suggests that instead of banning, women embrace the word as a badge they're doing something right (a la 'nerd'), and undermining the undermining would work too.
1.The focus should be on creating a conducive studying environment , where knowledge retention and skill demonstration via projects is given more importance than a score on a paper.

Let's face it , every newspaper you open is flooded with an add of the mother being thankful to a coaching class for a good education. (Not a school or a teacher) commercialization of a students future and dream is what needs to be tackled.
Cheating would hypothetically cease to exist if students didn't feel like they have a need to prove themselves on paper by a score
That is pure awesomeness =).

My parents are from Singapore, and I've been back enough that I at least got some of those jokes...haha.

Very cool.