skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I concur with this comment. Few years ago I was in a similar situation. I was not in a mission to change the world, though. All I wanted was to be a programmer, good enough to earn enough money. Along the way, I burned out. I have not achieved any of my set goals.

But it was easier for me to move on - or, my situation forced me to move on. You see, I have a wife and 2 kids. I need to continue to work. I didn't become a programmer, but life goes on.

I have other goals I wanted to pursue. Damn, I failed to reach those goals again. And life goes on again.

I want to get better and I fail each time I try. But, I am a better person after every failure. I become a better person because of my failures.

Life is not that complicated if you know when to pick up the pieces and move on.

Fail often. Then move on.
It would be great if some of the info from the video was on the page. I was just about to ask questions related to how this differs from the GeekDesks we are using now, before I decided to play through the whole video.

After watching the video, I saw it was mentioned that the horizontal stabilizer was removed, which saves on material costs. Have you compared the stability of the StandDesk with other solutions? Currently I've found the GeekDesk to flex a little more than I would like when at standing height and I lean on it.
Entrepreneurship is like going fishing
(Disclaimer: FB employee.)

Do you also argue that C++ is built on top of a crumbling foundation, because it's based on C, a ancient language with almost no type-safety?
I think you have to explicitly enable that. Or it isn't enabled for me, perhaps because I installed Mavericks as an update rather than a full installation? I didn't even notice it was an option until I was adding a 3rd layout the other day.
I suspect that Lemkin would disagree with the order here, FYI. Lemkin clearly states on sasstr.com and quora that he thinks you essentially hire 2 sales reps, then a great VP of sales.

He also states that on their blog. http://blog.close.io/how-to-hire-your-first-vp-sales-and-not...
In absolute terms, you're right. But in relative terms this just eliminated the majority of brackets. And since Nate Silver's bracket is probably one of the more intelligently picked and widely disseminated out there, a huge number of the people who probably had better odds of winning just got knocked out. So in relative terms, it absolutely changed things.
Turkey's Erdogan threatens to ban Twitter
Could we please stop conflating the military and use of it by the government to laws that were enacted long ago to protect consumers when buying a car? The military isn't going to take over a dealership with armed service personnel to keep Tesla from selling their cars. Sheesh.
You are reading the documentation right. I wasn't here when the syntax was codified, but my understanding is the following. For parameter types our hands were tied, since PHP actually already has this syntax for object types (unless we wanted to needlessly break compatibility here). We just extended it with primitive types, generics, etc. For return types, we wanted to preserve the greppability of "function add" in large codebases, both for the actual "grep" tool itself as well as for any other tools like ctags that look for strings like this.
What are some good alternatives to using Hosted Gmail (custom domain)?

I know of Gandi and fastmail.fm [hosted in US though, so not much of an improvement].
45 minutes later: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljo1ie3ly6g2pqf/Screenshot%202014-...

I'm done. I have banished myself from these kinds of games.
There are some great mass produced standing desks already. The Humanscale Float is priciest but it also has it all: height range, no motor (counterbalance mechanism), no support brace that gets in the way of your legs, good size (up to 72x30") and weight support (200 lbs).
Aaaah, ok got you. No, they don't care what you use as long as what you send is in the right format.

The tasks require you to compile and boot kernels, and all submissions are email, just like Linux developing. So, no web involved.
I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just trying to point that, in most cases, it is legal to follow someone around regardless of whether you have a form of license provided by the government.
You're not really allowed to as part of the PHP terms. (IANAL)

http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

3. The name "PHP" must not be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without prior written permission. For
written permission, please contact group@php.net.

4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor
may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission
from group@php.net. You may indicate that your software works in
conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of calling
it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo"
... yes.

don't ever become a teacher.
How many people in Texas enjoy the car buying process, versus hate it? Now do you get why that might not be a sufficient explanation?
Homeland Security's social media monitoring handbooks
So if Larry Page wants to read my email, he cannot? I somehow doubt that.
> "Hotels are expensive and cookie-cutter."

Some are, eg big franchises like La Quinta, but many are not.

The pressure they put on them is because they skirt the laws and play by different rules, yet those who use AirBnB look just at the rates. What's more, the low rates are the direct result of them skirting the rules and expose those who rent their rooms to fines, taxes or worse.

There's also a complete lack of enforcement/adherence to regulations that ensure safety, cleanliness, etc.

They don't even protect the rights of the home owner (eg there are special rules in NYC for stays exceeding 21 days, exceed that, and the "short-term" vacationer becomes a tenant with associated rights, ie try to get them out even if they do not pay "the rent").

By the way, the hotel industry is lobbying big-time to address these and other issues. I doubt they'll roll over anytime soon.
It doesn't end asymmetry when politicians can use a car service, but most people can't afford to.

It's creates a new and unstoppable asymmetry where wealthy people can avoid this tracking mechanism, but the poorer people cannot, and anyone can exploit the poorer people in society.

Politicians and powerful people will never feel the effects of this.
Correlate Bitcoin prices with anything
>Google is taking steps to ensure all data is encrypted-at-rest

Are there any references or details regarding this?
For a few years Ikea has been selling a _relatively_ cheap motorized adjustable standing desk with Linak legs: http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/catalog/products/90088946/ -- this also only has the two legs and no stabilizer. (I'm not sure what the StandDesk patent could possibly be for, it looks identical to the Ikea version)

I bought mine in The Netherlands for EUR 560 and I love it to bits. The more affordable adjustable standing desks, the better!
Accessibility seems like an issue then?
How is that? My definition of government is not merely a set of functions performed, but rather the way they are performed, funded, chosen, etc.
This post is also from a teacher of statistics. Sure, you can weigh the whole bag to get the total (or average) weight; how do you propose to measure an aspect of an entire population, say one as large as a country? Sampling has its uses, when done properly. Besides, as others have pointed out, most people are notoriously bad at estimating weight.
It's still annoying to need to change the entire input method, and then remember that it's different for that window (or globally, depending on particulars of your system).

In any case, QWERTY is not the default worldwide. The letters 'a', 'w', 'e', 'd', 'z', and 'x' have no special semantic significance for this game, they're chosen for their relative positions in a particular keyboard layout.

The actual game actions of 'shift upper left', 'shift upper right', and so on, should be able to be associated with any particular input - including other keys, or relevant swipe gestures on mobile.

I agree with OP - there should be a standardized way of doing this, so that game authors don't have to re-invent keybindings for every new game. (or, as they're wont to do, fail to re-invent keybindings)
I use Asana at work, and it loads just fine for me. So, if this is supposed to be a joke, it's not funny.
I agree. I enjoy weird quirky books that actually have a narrative and you build projects and learn the syntax while you are doing more interesting stuff.

However, I've read many books with tables of contents that look like that, yet they were actually pleasant to read and much more interesting than their contents implied.
I disagree with you.

The likely outcome of this kind of openness law is that powerful and wealthy people use a car service, making them untrackable, while poor people are stuck being tracked not only by the currently powerful, but anyone that feels like attempting to gain power over them.

You've simply widened the market for who can exploit the data without causing any damage to the people who initially did so - something I think is strictly worse than the current state of affairs.
For the same reason there are companies writing software for Windows. Or companies putting Windows on all their workstations.
The beta site is a very bad desktop experience compared to the current site. It's a bit like when gmail was redesigned - needs an ultracompact view with way more information density.
The colossal arrogance of newsweeks Bitcoin scoop
It was just an example of some of the powers the government is given by its people. He's not saying they are equivalent.
That's not the only difference. Pipeline workers who work at remote encampments work in shifts, like truck drivers; they get prolonged time back at home. That's not how a software job works; that time at home is like PTO.

Also, pipeline workers need to work on remote sites. Software developers do not. That will matter at trial.
Find your first tweet: Twitter opens archive for its birthday
The "wisdom of crowds" part of the title is a bit unfortunate. While there can be systemic problems with that type of approach, this does not really demonstrate them.

What is demonstrated is when you give the students an algorithm for a biased estimator, the estimate they get is biased. This is good; empirical demonstration is useful... but it isn't the wisdom/unwisdom of crowds, really.

edit: good responses! Unfortunately I don't have enough time right now to properly clarify how/why I'm looking at it this way.
"Free" does not mean "anarchistic." Free societies still have (often complex) laws, just like free markets have (often complex) regulations. The existence of laws and regulations does not necessarily make a market less free.
Well, $400M can purchase a lot of lobbying. All this makes me wonder–in 3 years, who's gonna be spending more on lobbyists: AirBnB or Uber?
please do. would be awesome to see.
The js_of_ocaml bits are actually what are powering our interactive tutorial (http://hacklang.org/tutorial/) -- the tutorial is actually a full build of the typechecker running in your browser :) The source for it is mostly at https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/tree/master/hphp/hack/src/j... minus a little bit of glue.
Actually I disagree in a big way. I think it's a mistake to conflate choices in tooling like HAML/HTML & mySQL/pg with architecture choices.

Your architecture choices change the way you write your application code and how you utilize the Rails framework. On the other hand HAML is not going to change the way you write markup, it just provides a different syntax that some people prefer. Postgres has features people like that mySQL lacks. MiniTest & Rspec are different syntaxes for testing. These three choices have very little to do with how you use Rails & write your app code, they just happen to be made by the same people who advocate big architecture changes.

I fall in a camp where I use HAML, postgres & Rspec but I also use fat models and skinny controllers. I have a few really small services in my apps but I try to reserve them for cases when the standard Rails pattern is extremely ugly rather than actively seeking out replacements for the Rails way.
OK, not a well researched estimate, but I would say close to 100%. No jurisdiction that I have lived in allowed short term rentals without jumping through a lot of hoops: zoning laws, accommodation taxes, hotel regulations, and so on.
London already has this.
They also need money for bigger plans/additional services.

See http://www.fastcompany.com/3027107/punk-meet-rock-airbnb-bri...

By the way, bad stuff happens all the time. I assume a lot if this doesn't make it into the press as they pay people off.

Just last week:
http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/airbnb-freak-fest/

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-airbnb-x...
Why do you say C has no type safety? Only way around the type system is void, explicit casts and I guess unions.

It admittedly doesn't have a very advanced type system, that's true.
Because my todo list finally gets it right.
Damn you beat me to it!
On the other hand, if you start a blog and all it contains are silly articles like "What I learned by writing 'Hello World' in Go, and why you should do it too", then you're probably doing yourself a disservice. If your writing has poor grammar and is full of typos, that won't reflect well on you either. If you want your blog to enhance your reputation, you're going to have to put some real effort into it.
And wiper blades. The brake pads should go ~100K miles between replacement.
Unfortunately, this product doesn't seem to be available in the US.
I've read that ATMs use Windows XPe (for embedded systems) and that the end of support is for standard XP.

Anyone can confirm this with some source?
I realize this is hard to ask for at this stage because Docker is still rapidly evolving, but all I want is a thorough book/tutorial/guide/screencast that walks me through the process of barely understanding Docker to using it for my web apps.

I know that I will want to use this in the future, I just can't be bothered to learn yet-another-thing given how fast everything changes nowadays.

Is anyone writing a book on Docker? Tutsplus.com screencast series? Udemy course?
If they have him dead to rights on the breach, they probably wouldn't need motive for probable cause to investigate. If you walked out of a bank carrying a big bag of money while wearing a ski mask I'm sure the police won't bother over why you want the money so badly before investigating.

I would think a prosecutor could still use it in the trial if planned properly. Might as well prepare because I would guess the defense would try to use the old "they deserved it!" defense.
I am glad Darwin's parent did not think this way.
People may not enjoy the car buying process, but many of them will still choose to put up with it if it means keeping their neighbors employed. Because if the neighbor loses their job, they can lose their home to foreclosure, and foreclosed homes reduce the market value of the rest of the houses in the neighborhood... and so on.
Jury: MP3Tunes and its founder must pay EMI for copyright infringement
You're right.

I'm a big fan of Lemkin but might disagree here although I'm not sure if it's semantics or if we truly disagree.

I think after you have just 2 reps it's usually too early to hire an experienced VP of Sales although I guess it's fine if you hire someone and give them that title.

Someone who is currently a director of sales or sales manager might be better for phase 2 although you should start looking for a VP as early as 2 reps since it's going to take a very long time to find the right fit.
> On the very optimistic side, consider the possibility that AirBnB makes hotels almost entirely obsolete (it is definitely putting pressure on them). Hotels are expensive and cookie-cutter. While in some ways predictable is their advantage, expensive is not, and cookie-cutter is boring. AirBnB offers location (location location), comfort (home away from home), privacy (if you want it), and novelty (every trip is different). Major pluses in my book.

I don't think you've done the market segmentation here... you're assuming that the majority of the market is similar to you.

Business travelers want reliability and predictability, and the companies that they work for want to negotiate rates in exchange for being preferred vendors.

Travel agencies need the reliability and predictability.

Anyone organizing for a larger group (weddings, sports teams, church trips, conferences, etc.) can't deal with a smattering of different housing providers.

A lot of people just don't want the obligations that come with the AirBnB experience... if you've got a family with three young kids that tear the crap out of things and make messes, a hotel room is a better bet.
Growth Hacking Misconceptions
Does anybody know if Hack can correctly parse integer literals, properly rejecting malformed ones?

PHP cannot, so I wonder how deep the relationship goes.
Unless Tesla starts 'donating' to politicians, it won't go anywhere.
And it's the best todo list ever.

Until I make mine...
I love my height-adjustable desk.

When I started looking for one I didn't want to use an electric motor... too slow, used up a plug, etc. I wanted a mechanical one that was affordable and didn't use a crank. Counter-balance or pneumatic-assist only!

I found the Ergotron Workfit-B HD [0] to be good for me. It's just the base and let me convert my existing desk. It was about $150 more than the price mentioned in the video for the StandDesk via on online retailer.

It does have cross-bars which may be annoying for some people though but I don't find that they're much of an impediment. It rises and lowers almost effortlessly with just a squeeze of the lever. However there are lock-points where it locks into place that are about 1-inch apart. However I also use a monitor arm and keyboard tray so I get every height I need perfectly anyway.

Might be something worth investigating if you're not interested in the slow-electric motor tables and want something you can get now.

[0] http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/757/l...
Except basic interfaces can still be done with things like iOS. If you're going to take the time to build a UI framework, it shouldn't specialize in being craptaculuar.

I'd also venture to say a lot more than 1%. Modern world (finally) recognizes that design/experience are core to any product, enterprise or not. That's part of the reason there's a whole new breed of funded enterprise companies out there -- they're taking lessons from the web/apps and applying them to replace old-school solutions. [I'm personally hoping more people recognize this need for developer tools which typically are the worst offenders of all, particularly on the database side.]

Part of having a good framework is what allows apps/applications to excel -- it helps you raise your own bar because the tools are just so much better that nicer UI/UX can be had without being a nightmare in code. That's a win for everyone.
As I point out here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437872 I think Steve Klabnik's argument is actually conflating two phenomenona. One that there are a set of tools/gems that are more conducive to productivity than the Rails defaults (HAML/Postgres/Rspec) and another that some developers find the Rails architecture to be a pain point.

They are overlapping camps but not exactly the same.
That would be a good idea for a writeup. I'll have to get that done. For now, I have a couple more details.

We're using the closure_tree gem to give a hierarchy to the permissions; every permission can have a parent, which may further limit which abilities are allowed on a managable by a manager. This means that if user A has abilities "1,2,3" on an object, when he grants a permission to user B, while he can create the permission with whatever abilities he wants (maybe abilities "2,3,4"), the parent of that user B's permission is user A's permission, which restricts the real abilities user B has so that user B effectively has only abilities "2,3" on that object. To do this, we get the whole ancestor chain and take the intersection of all the abilities of each permission.

We also have organization objects; these are the owners of everything in the system - they own the users, the roles, the permissions, etc. Organizations may also be a manager or a managable; in fact, an organization automatically gets a permission with itself as both the manger and the managable, with every ability. We also use closure_tree with organizations: when an organization is the managable part of a permission, that permission applies to everything the organization owns, including all descendants.

So we have permissions with a hierarchy where we look upward at its ancestors to limit its abilities, and organizations with a hierarchy where we look down to find the scope that permission operates on.
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May I ask, where'd you get the dataset?
I've been using a "Haworth Eddy Adjustable Height Desk"[1] that I picked up at Crate & Barrel. It was inexpensive and I liked the aesthetic, however it has one flaw that makes me excited to find an alternative.

The max height is only 40". At the time of purchase it seemed like it would be sufficient, however in practice my arms are not been parallel to the keyboard. I've started to notice some RSI/pain in my wrists/hands from the downward slope. When I return to sitting mode for a day or so with proper ergonomic positioning, my wrist pain clears right up. I'm 6'1", so my next desk needs to be at least 42"-43" tall -- the more the better! (I'd prefer not to have to be at the highest elevation setting).

Right now I'm experimenting with elevating my keyboard furniture risers to life the whole thing up.

[1] http://www.polyvore.com/haworth_eddy_adjustable_height_desk/...
Who do think is putting pressure on these organizations?
Bloomberg is a dinosaur.
zoho mail, it's a breeze (1-2 mins) to add in a new domain.
The Ephemeral Symphony
I wouldn't want to do without a desktop, but I also like having the option of going to a coffee shop or park to work, especially when I'm having trouble staying on task at home.
It depends on what you mean by "with Hack". You cannot do this in Hack code -- we disallow the dynamic features of the language you need to do this; they are impossible to statically typecheck and verify. However, Hack code iteroperates seamlessly with PHP code, so there's nothing stopping you from having some PHP files in your codebase that do anything that standard PHP can do.