skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If B were to come to me to complain about A. I would ask the following:

- Did you talk to A about the problem? (generally the answer is no)

In whatever case, you set up a meeting. And you LISTEN.

What comes out of the meeting depends on the situation. It might be a real problem, or just a misunderstanding. You might be surprised how much A and B will be grateful for the meeting.

By doing this you send a clear message to potentials As and Bs.

"If you come to me and talk about someone, I will make you say that to his/her face."
"If someone comes to me and complains about your behavior, I will include you in the problem solving, nothing will happen in your back."
I doubt that most users of a service are in any position to audit complex crypto code.
She claims she already has a new job to go to. I have to wonder, though, whether that is still the case after she talked to TechCrunch.
Ask PG: Does Y Combinator blacklist applicants?
Does Ycombinator black list certain applicants who they won't consider in the future for whatever reason?
An organisation without management basically relies on having people who all act rationally all the time and in the best interest of the company as a whole.

The problem is that not many people like that exist and can be recruited. For a sufficiently small organisation peer pressure and a clear-cut common goal may help smooth over the imperfections of the individuals involved. But once the organisation grows to a certain level, those forces will start losing their effectiveness and you require a substitute to ensure reasonably smooth operations.

I think the key take away is that there is no perfect organisational structure. All you can do is to find a structure that works best for the current situation, but you need to be prepared to make changes if your organisation's current stage of development requires it.
Isn't that the EFF?
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AirBNB's entire business model is based on people NOT thinking that.
The best part? Those ads exist in pirated versions on the newsgroups as well!
My brain cells hurt today. I got excited about cheap
domain names. Went to link; and saw $135 for a domain name?
Then went to a link; and saw a we are sorry letter-- too many requests. In all reality, why can the founders of these sites explain what they are doing better? Use 1. this is what. 2. I am up to. 3. today is Sunday. Use
short choppy sentences. Just get to the point. By the time
I really understood Bitcoin, they were too expensive to mine. Maybe that's the catch?
The assumption underlying this analysis is that no merit exists outside of subjective value judgement. Furthermore, subjective value judgments are biased in favor of the existing privileged groups. Do I have that about right?
It was, but the number of people spreading misinformation (like the top of this thread, or the article's author just a few days ago) was huge, and since nobody had firsthand experience with it, most people simply ignored.

Any problem you have with your computer now, you are required to buy another Windows copy.
Yeah that joke is part of the western propaganda that tries to distill something not so simple into something that can be captured and made fun of in internet-meme format.
The options are:

"Are you in favor of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation?"

And

"Are you in favor of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?"

One option quite clearly is for joining Russia, while the other option quite clearly is for staying within Ukraine, albeit with increased autonomy (the loss of which in the past was hugely unpopular)
I would just like to say that this is not a "women in tech" problem. It's basically that the same dynamics that exist in high school often exist in business, especially small businesses. Replace the location: github with the high school cafeteria and it sounds like not unexpected behavior.

I'm not exactly sure why women in tech think this is about being a woman or being in tech or working at a tech company. The same behavior exists in non tech companies and you can have equally screwed up relationships with coworkers and their spouses as a man.

These problems are basic problems with people interacting with other people.
Not really. Installing Linux on a computer running UEFI is perfectly possible. It's just really hard. I'm typing this on just such a machine and it involved activating BIOS emulation and then when the Ubuntu purple loading disk screen came I needed to do a magic key-combo and set some options I don't remember. Then I needed to run bootrepair and instruct it to make Ubuntu UEFI bootable and finally I could turn off BIOS emulation.

It's hard as fucking hell.
They did that as well: https://www.facebook.com/lookback/edit/
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I doubt that method would scale - it would seem like it would encourage open season on poaching employees since it introduces inflexibility and other companies knowing what it would take to entice someone away. It may minimize some form of politics to a degree, but it also increases the risk that you will lose quality employees.
Are Malls Over?
There's a _possibility_ that it was just that suddenly after the failed come-on, her commits suddenly needed a lot of reverting (though you'd think Github, of all companies, would have decent policies on communicating on changes; silent reversion is not normal and is likely to cause a lot of confusion).

However, it allegedly started happening _after_ the failed come-on, which would make it retaliatory. That's unprofessional, and probably amounts to gross misconduct.
That's not a fair comparison at all. Interviewees know well in advance of when the interview will happen. A more apt comparison would be telling an actor what script to use for the audition vs giving them a script they've never seen before at the time of auditioning. This still isn't a fair comparison though because they're testing acting talent, not the specific script. A good actor can learn the script.
> try to run OSX on a Dell

I don't get what you're trying to say here, so pardon me if this response is totally orthogonal to your point.

OS X isn't supposed to be run on PC's (laptop+desktop). Nor is it expected. Desktop Linux, however, is.
Very similar page design, even the scrolling is the same.

http://www.greyp-bikes.com/

http://www.teslamotors.com/charging
True. I have a computer with no OS and UEFI and there were zero problems installing Linux. UEFI!=Secure boot
I don't believe this story is on "male behavior" nor an attack on every male in the world. It's an story on predators that happen to be male (and female for that matter).

Your answer is kind of what I expected: You believe sexism is an attack on men, and therefore need to be on the defense.
Don't take this the wrong way. I think hula hooping is a fine activity that probably burns a decent amount of calories. However, I've never worked at a job where employees jumps through these kind of hoops. I will probably look. And then look away. Pretty much everyone I know will think hula hooping at work is weird. If people tend to stare at you when you hula hoop, do hand stands, or pick your nose you may just have to stop doing it. Most people do not do these things at work and are happy nonetheless.
GitHub uses campfire, but HipChat does not give any way for a account owners/admins to read personal 1-1 chat logs.
I don't understand why she didn't see the founder's wife asking her out to a drink and saying she would work to make her very happy not as an opportunity. She could have asked for her own office at that point, or asked to not have to commit code anymore if the pull request feedback was too harsh and just run the pro-women project she was running, etc.. I would have loved that opportunity.
Profits would only go to zero if everybody was equally talented, equally educated, equally industrious, and equally lucky. Reality, of course, is quite different.
> If you are male and a founder, one of your most valuable business resources is your wife.

Um, I'd say that your spouse (of whichever gender) is one of your most valuable business resources, period - if they're someone who can hear your side of the story who aren't actually involved in the situation and someone who knows you better than you know yourself.

But that person should never proceed to involve themselves in your business situation, unless your colleagues approve of their involvement. That appears to be the issue here.
Isn't this the model we're trying to move toward in medicine?
Well, once they do that, the same way that one should avoid Windows 8 if he wants to have a chance of running Linux, one will also be recommended to avoid an Intel processor if he wants control of his system.

Except that Intel has less of a monopoly than Microsoft, so that's way easier.
Service as a gift
Relationships breaking down are messy at the best of times, toxic at their worst. More people than not, when faced with the collapse of a relationship, will act like a 13 year old than a rational adult.

If the company is seen to have encouraged or even acknowledged the relationship it can create a huge liability, especially if one of the people involves feels like they got stiffed because of relationship issues (sidelined, transferred, had to resign, etc).

The number of couples who say they met at work suggests that blind eyes are often turned, but a company has those official bans on intra-office dating for good reason.
>This is going to hurt Horvath more than it hurts GitHub.

Really? You'd rather pay out a $250,000 settlement than incur an increase in the number of negative comments you receive on the internet for a couple weeks?
Github has designers? I guess I've been going to the wrong
site? I see absolutely no design. It's all business look
has always depressed me.
I know people who have their OS in English even though they're not fluent in English - they can't be bothered to reinstall OS that came with the laptop (or cracked torrent) and understanding a few words like "ok/cancel" is enough.
This is a pet theory I've had but never bothered to research in detail.

In all honesty, what is the dating scene like in the SV? Are loads of guys still single, desperate, and oh-so-awkward in those sorts of situations? (in caricature , I am imagining me and my classmates in HS and Uni) I feel like that would help explain so much of what I read (obviously doesn't make it much better)
"The @ operator would do away for a matrix type" which is only an issue because every lib needs to define its own matrix type ? Then why isn't the solution to provide this type in the standard lib ?
I will be glad to move out of Jersey (likely next year). I live in Fort Lee and was trapped in "Bridgegate" traffic last fall. My cautious optimism over Christie has faded over the years as he has so transparently started focusing on positioning for 2016. This cave-in to the dealership lobby is just another reason to take my talents and tax dollars elsewhere.
The parent poster said, disable UEFI Secure Boot, not UEFI, in which case Windows will continue to boot normally.
It loads for me currently, after a bit waiting though, here is a mirror: http://archive.is/8WQV5
>No one promised her a job (as in, no actual employer told her "I've got that job here, as soon as you show me your diploma you come and work for us"),

Actually, high schools in the US often hold events where employers and college recruiters show up and give motivational talks where they do precisely that. No contracts are ever signed of course, but young minds somehow wind up with the impression that the way to achieve success in life is to get a college degree at practically any cost.

People in better circumstances can squeal all they want to about "responsibility" but, if you are a businessman whose profit is predicated upon convincing 18 yr-olds to mortgage their lives for a chance at the job-lottery don't expect a lot of sympathy from me when it all goes south. The failure of this student-loan scheme shouldn't surprise any one. It is dependent upon having a supply of well-paying jobs waiting for graduates. If the jobs aren't there, the students won't get (gainful) employment, and without gainful employment, what method do you propose that students repay their loans?
This guys story is an example of a reasonable reason to restrict. Tons of horror stories like this. I would not be surprised "Airbnb clauses" become standard in rental contracts AND maybe even condo and co-op bylaws, depending on how the owners vote, of course, which will vary by building, some allowing, some not, but it should be a conscious decision, not a silent issue kind of thing. The clauses will probably forbid Arbnb rentals. If Airbnb rentals are allowed, the landlord and/or condo/co-op association should get a cut of the money. Administrative costs, extra hassle, risk, insurance, and, yes, a share of the profits for enabling it.
Yes. But are they?
What has this got to do with Secure Boot?
Subletting for less than thirty days is always illegal.
The essay "The Tyranny of Stucturelessness" is an excellent analysis of this problem: http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/structurelessness.htm
Disclaimer - I am a co-founder at ONDiGO Mobile CRM.

I completely agree with what I've read here on previous answers..
Being a solo freelancer or a small business owner you don't need a CRM. At least not the good old fashion CRM solutions our there.

What you do need is a simple to use, easy to on-board and free solution. It should also be mobile as we're constantly on the go and rarely sit all day in front of the desktop.

That is exactly what we had in mind when we started working on ONDiGO.
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... and that's exactly why HN has a "don't editorialize titles" rule.
> "admittedly reasonably attractive"

Admittedly, you seem reasonably intelligent, but this is out of place.
Canceled my Prime membership just now. I don't want any videos, I consider them a waste of time, so they are upping prices to make me pay for offering me a waste of time easier. Greeeeeat.
I don't get how UEFI is still "getting the kinks worked out." Hasn't Apple been using it since they converted to Intel? How many years ago was that? How long does it take to "get the kinks worked out?" Or is this more of an issue between Windows / Linux implementations of UEFI support?
Big-data Analysis to Show what the Government is Keeping Classified
Except that OSX does run on PC's. The architectures are identical now. My MacBook Pro can run windows natively because it is an x86/x64 architecture from the ground up.
http://www.tjpottertrucking.com/trucking-oversized-loads/hea... ... if a plane can carry that, then transport by air is possible. The Antonov An-225 Mriya could probably carry a large transformer.

IEEE (or the manufacturers?) have commissioning procedures. Typically the larger transformers are manufactured elsewhere, then reassembled on-site and commissioned (figure a week to a month).

Your ballpark estimate on the cost is close enough.

One point to remember is that 'if it bleeds it leads', news stories are often sensationalized to achieve more viewers/readers. Typically for power applications, the sizing of equipment is based on peak demand such that the equipment is only fully utilized in a short time period (people get upset when power isn't available or a fire is started). While this report is probably correct in essence, without knowing the exact scenario that was modeled it is difficult to determine a solution.
COME FARE SOLDI CON INTERNET
I'm sure it happens in hotels all the time.

I don't want it happening next door to my apartment, with strangers inside my building
Within the context of the company, it's his responsibility as an founder and an executive. His wife (AFAIK) has no formal title or role at the company - all her power and influence is derived from his status as a founder/executive.

Yes, as a person with free will, his wife is ultimately responsible and "shouldn't" have done what she is alleged to have done. But in the context of corporate governance and law, he is responsible for allowing her to have privileges and access to the company that are quite unconventional.
every time you use the app.
The linux experience now extends before installation ;)
The German Model of Podcasting
If I were a cynic, here's how I would read the upvoted comments: Regulations are bad when then they impair a YC company's ability to make money.
Would matrix multiplicqtion be useful for anything other than matrices ? I can understand to provide an operator in the language when it's usable by many types, but i don't understand what sense would it have to create an operator just for one type... Even more so when that type isn't part of the language.

Or does it mean that @ would be used just for arrays, and that it would be useful for cases when arrays aren't matrices of numbers ?
For those of you that didn't realize "Tiny House" was a thing, here's a fb list I created of Tiny Houses:

https://www.facebook.com/lists/4064803732495

ph0rque, your AutoMicroFarm side project looks interesting. It's a idea I think about often. Instead of an upfront purchase of the hydroponic system, a SaaS model might increase adoption. e.g. You charge $100 per month to manage the customers vegetable garden. Basically, it's a hack. The farmer just hacked a way to farm w/o having to own land, pay for water or utilities, and gets paid regardless if the crop fails. Farmer earns ~$100 per hour per customer, and can scale. Inspiration for idea: Our local non-tech gardeners.
Marriage is typically associated with sharing assets and belongings. While some parents can be quite free in helping their children out financially, it doesn't mean you can just go into your parents' house and take their money out of their wallets without asking them.
I currently use a couple of recycled core duo 2 thinkpads. BIOS so of course GNU/Linux installs easy either whole disk or dual boot with windows.

In the future, I suppose I'll need to look to a Chromebook as a cheap platform for my GNU/Linux.

Unless people actually start making open hardware...
Actually, announcements have since become less cliché - or from another perspective they are now based on a IMHO silly we-are-a-happy-company cliché (including GIFs).
It's straight up sexual harassment, which goes beyond sabotaging code. He shouldn't have made it through the day.
How do I watch Movies online, they won't let me
I just activated my amazon prime. Just when the movie was about to begin, the popular and infamous message appeared " this is not available in your country "., I then tried to sign up for Netflix, and got the same, Hulu, nothing different.

Now these motherfuckers have banned Popcorn times, they won't take my money, nor let me watch movies through torrents. I am just baffled in 21st century I am writing about this crap.
UK government wants “unsavoury” web content to be removed
Ask HN: Does season affect Y Combinator results?
The summer versus winter batches makes for an interesting experiment in seasonal effects.

I would think that longer days mean more distractions, but perhaps also more energy. Personally I find that I'm somewhat more productive when I have longer days.

Does anyone have hard data on the differences (or an idea to easily test it)? Other than season, are there other differences between the summer and winter batches that would influence the data?
It's like asking, shouldn't the CEO be representing the interests of the shareholders? In theory, but it's a classic principal-agent problem. The agents have different goals than the principals and can be expected to try to game or corrupt whatever system is in place to make them accountable.

The trouble is that the accountability system in government doesn't take that into account. The state's attorney is presumed to be representing the interests of the public, so nobody is provided to argue the contrary position when the state's attorney ignores his duty by advancing the interests of the state instead.
I'd like to do that. The only problem is the switches are mounted on a custom plate. Fabricating a new plate isn't trivial because of tight tolerances. I haven't found any examples of someone who has taken on such a project as well.

What keyboard do you use?
The Stress Of Being A Computer Programmer Is Driving Many Of Them Crazy
I'm now happier than ever that I bought one of the last pure-BIOS motherboards of the i7 era, and a laptop (Thinkpad X60) that can run completely free software (https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/gluglug , although I didn't know that when I bought it several years ago ), and I plan on holding on to these machines and making the most of them for as long as I can, because the future of the PC is looking more and more closed with each new change.

It was only a few decades ago when IBM released the PC AT, complete with a full set of documentation, even the full source code of the BIOS. Now you're lucky if you can even get a datasheet for the SuperI/O chip or processor VRM controller. I've observed this decrease in openness through the years, but it's only most recently (post-Nehalem?) I've noticed this happening at an accelerated pace.

Throughout this time, all the changes that have been made for "security" appear to me as more and more like attempts to secure systems against their users, taking control away from them and forcing them to trust some authority instead. Code signing, secure boot, TPM, patch protection, etc. It is becoming more difficult to stay in control of the hardware you bought.

It is true that several years ago, it was probably much easier to infect systems with malware, but at the same time, the users had more freedom; including the freedom to explore, use, and modify the OSes of their choosing. Is this freedom something we should really be sacrificing? The well-known quote comes to mind: "Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither."
I love this line of reasoning. X isn't perfectly Y, so let's get rid of it in favor of something that's even farther from Y!
Yes, but a last straw is by definition a small thing, so of course it's going to be a small thing. Real life is not a novel.
If you pick the "Prime Instant Videos" section at the top, it is exactly this, right?

I don't think there is a way to "search" only for Prime videos. But if you are only wanting to browse, I am 90% sure that is covered. (Currently letting the kids watch stuff, so can't verify the section name.)
Yeah, it's called the Hackintosh
It isn't the default for most people. Download a browser and OS localized to German, French, or British English and Accept-Language defaults to that instead of "en-US".
Pretty sensible article. I think political problems in a company become more likely as companies grow and add more people. A dozen close-knit people who trust each other will have less trouble than a 200+ person company with layers of management and numerous colliding ambitions.

If possibly perhaps the best thing is to keep your company small? We don't all have to try to be Facebook. I like to dream about starting a small company that offers a simple product that just does one thing well so that me a handful of others can just run the thing.