skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
When a car with power-steering loses power, it doesn't become like a car without power-steering. I've had a car shutdown at highway speeds, and turning the wheel is incredibly difficult. At the time I was a fairly muscled weightlifter, and I could not turn the wheel more than a few degrees (I managed to change one lane into a turn off).

mzr's comment above gives good advice: don't turn off or remove the key in a moving vehicle. Shift to neutral if the gas pedal is stuck.
I know, how did they force him to use SkyDrive?
Maybe this is a stupid question, but why is it that MySql can write so much faster than SQLite?
"(an obvious example that may have had potential 5 years ago was sentiment, although now everyone and their dog is offering that and it's not entirely clear there's direct value to it)"

Presumably the sentiment you are referring to is real time financial sentiment derived from online chatter. A source other than online chatter wouldn't yield enough data in terms of time granularity or symbols, i.e we've had sentiment data for decades in the form of the AAII and NAAIM, they just weren't useful as data sources for active trading.

5 years ago a statistically significant sample set of investors and traders wasn't chatting online to yield actionable data. Today there is, the data has alpha, and smart money is trading on it.
Well, for one, a decent number of prominent American universities have set up satellite campuses in Doha.
Not sure. Snapchat uses that in transit.
I think they call it OneDrive now.
Any idea if what you did, i.e. sold your company and then did whatever you want after that is common with people in your position?

Perhaps most people who get a few million do exactly this.

But surely it's weird that people make 10 M and don't just do whatever they want. Honestly, what point does money after that?

People like Gates, Jobs, Brin and Page might be the outliers because they keep going even after obtaining enough wealth for a lifetime.

Or perhaps it's only if you have the drive to make that kind of money that got them going anyway.
I'm sorry but every time I hear someone go "[a]gile is SOOOO diferent from [A]gile" I also hear that same person pushing the same agendas and doing following the same practices based on zero evidence for their efficacy.

This whole "little-a vs big-A" is just another way for people to keep pushing the same thing they've been pushing to make money rather than admitting it's time to move on and admit Agile didn't work. Same as the "Scrum-but vs. Scrum" people and the evolving manifestos the Agile guys produce:

http://agilemanifesto.org/
http://jchyip.blogspot.com/2010/06/kent-becks-evolution-of-a...
http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/

Just people trying to keep their agile consultancies afloat after screwing people over for years.

Signed,

Zed of http://programming-motherfucker.com/
I knew it was coming.
The screen spans your entire field of view. You can still look around with your eyes only. The only problem is the low resolution.
Only spent 5 seconds playing, but this is brilliant. Well done :)
So if you mother or father is a bad person, then automatically you are. Great logic.
I'm not sure what you're saying. As far as I know, Crypto II has never been offered, so the problem is probably that they haven't developed any course material for it.
Take a look at John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace work, or at XCOR aerospace.

Design a better pump. Build a VTVL hopper. Work on a GPS that will work at high altitude / high acceleration. There's a whole group of new-space companies out there. Solve one of their pain-points.
I've had this one bookmarked for a while, but unfortunately haven't gotten around to reading it:

http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html

Don't know if that's easier to read though.
What I'm trying to say is that by the best estimates I am aware of, the point at which it becomes less work to brute force the 256 bit seed than it would take to factor the modulus comes at around 15360 bits.
HN seems to assume most URLs won't end with a period? I suppose that's reasonable, and URI escaping symbols is always an option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer,_Jr%2E
It is a way to check you before you leave. Like a security guard checking your bag before you leave a store. Do you owe money, have legal trouble, etc. I am not saying it is right but that is how it is viewed.
Paul Hammond (Flickr, Typekit, Slack) giving a talk on Time
I enjoyed this one. It was an easy going read.

http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Great-Marcus-Aurel...
How The World's Largest Solar Power Tower Field Powers 140,000 Homes
The thing I hate most about stack overflow is that you can't say please or thanks. You didn't solve the moderator problem with that one.
The popularity of something on HN vs popularity in general is not comparable, HN is only a small subset of the general developer population.
For those looking for more information as to how personally damaging "the comments" can be, I'll just leave this here:

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-ar...

To me, it seems simplistic and woefully inaccurate to characterize all internet communities with comments as sufficiently similar to even consider either approach as a blanket dogma.
Envisioning the Future of Computational Media
The bigger question is: can you get someone arrested for copying your startup software to some non-startup servers?

We read lots about federal agencies involvement in corporate troubles.

Where is the threshold of involvement? What makes corporation eligible for such a care?
A system designed to exploit desperate people is just that. Systems are put in place in many countries that prevent this exploitation because it is terrible. Because people are desperate enough to be exploited doesn't mean they deserve it.
>Architects depending on slave labour... runs in the family.

instead of "depending" (which sounds in this context with some active/intentional meaning) i'd say "doesn't care". Such attitude may naturally be passed up from father to son. And role of that attitude in the history of evil, and particular Nazi Germany history is well known.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436364
Actual PDF can be downloaded from this page: http://mediasystems.soe.ucsc.edu/
Including the original flappy bird. Drove me nuts.
Yes, for about $15000-50000 per month x the number of individual services you want to aggregate.
Oh, I understand what you're saying now. I didn't consider that, because brute-forcing a 256 bit number is totally implausible. :)
Qatar is actually a pretty rich country. They treat their migrant workers as barely a notch above slaves and do all kinds of scummy things and bait/switch them. Anyway, lots of money going to Qatar is not necessarily going to do anything but further enrich the ruling class there, and I highly doubt it will do anything for the migrant workers.
That is the point. We should stop calling founders and businessmen hackers. A hacker is a person dedicated to technology and freedom. A silent hero, fighting everyday against against oppression, law and order. A person whose sole interest is keeping information free and accessible to everyone. Maybe he is not the best guy in socializing and communicating his interests and maybe some hackers are doing pranks and breaking your phone switches. But these are the people who are the front line the only ones who are willing to carry the fight for freedom and equality into the internet and against the people who are now calling themselves "Hackers". Businessmen, lawyers and founders all those people which interests are to make money and obey. YOU silicon valley guys aren't hackers anymore. you have become the mass you have sold your ambitions. I'm going to shed a tear now for all of you. Hacking is about rebellion hacking is keeping the internet free of scum like fascists and governments Hacking is the way of autonomous thinking. Hacking is keeping freedom in your heart and helping the oppressed. Hacking is so much more then "finding the best way to optimize your workflow"

this is what a hacker stands for
https://w2.eff.org/Censorship/Internet_censorship_bills/barl...
How's the fact that his dad was an architect during Nazism even remotely relevant to this discussion?
HN is a very loud bunch on some topics, but it's still a tiny number of people. Every wordpress instance out there is running on MySQL. Wordpress runs > 18% of public websites.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/27/wordpress-now-power... and http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all

Let's say their numbers are off by 2 - "only" 9% of public websites on wordpress. That's still a staggering number, and they're all running MySQL.
If you want the best graphics, you probably can afford the engine already.
Until the TPP's signed in which case..
This was the best translation I've found.

http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Great-Marcus-Aurel...
They're money grabs. Bargain priced prostitutes have more self respect.
Not only is the United States not going to invade Qatar, it's going to be loath to make even a peep about human rights abuses. Qatar is host to one of the US's key middle eastern military bases, home of the United States Central Command: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base
Edit: parent posted "Pricing starts at $499... ouch :("

I made this comment below as well but it seems applicable here:
> The pricing and licensing model seems right on. As a consultant, this is the cost of a couple of billable hours. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for a client project where they needed these kinds of graphs. https://variancecharts.com/examples/

If you need this kind of thing and are being paid to do it then this is small potatoes to most consultancy/software development companies. $500 is a lot to come out of your pocket but negligible to your employer. And it's free for non-commercial use.
On HN? Yes. Globally? No.

Think about the tens of thousands of cheap, shared web hosting services that provide the same Apache+PHP+MySQL setup. Not many of them are providing Postgres as an option.
Money is not the problem. Qatar isn't a poor country; it has the world's _highest_ gdp per capita [1].

[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
My strategy, if I can't talk people out of their legal threats and requests for content removal, is to replace the content with something like "Content removed at the request of [fullname]." I figure that anyone likely to have taken warning from the original content having find it on Google will potentially get the same from that notice. e.g., if they're asking for stuff to be removed, maybe there's something going on.

Source: I've run a public forum with anonymous posting for about 10 years and get regular legal/removal threats. Had four in one day the other week. None have ever proceeded beyond a threatening letter from a lawyer and most don't get past "I've printed this out and I'm taking it to my lawyer."
I wish people would stop posting paywalled articles here...
Which are the CS subjects/papers every good systems programmer should read?
The first rule of about the Secret HN Board is:
You do not talk about Secret HN Board.

The second rule of Secret HN Board is:
You do not talk about secret HN Board.
Getting database consultation from a cloud service is probably not the best idea ever.
From the guidelines section (link at the bottom of the page):

Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.

Although I do concur that this post is off topic, what is or not pertinent to this site is a subjective matter resultant to the sum of the views of everyone(by points) and heavily biased towards the view of the few who control the site.
I too am breaking the same guideline if you extend it to comments, but there is no other way to let you know why you were downvoted by others (as there is no PM system AFAIK).
Heh. Your logic is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man ... I never said that. On the contrary, I believe that each person is ethically responsible for their actions, direct or indirect. This man and his father are both guilty.
How are you supposed to do a burnout?
Uh I don't think you understand the way middle eastern labor works.

Qatar is not a poor third world country. Flooding money into a country swimming in oil is not going to help laborers from actual third world countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, India etc. They are taking advantage of ignorant people from third world countries. I grew up in the middle east and I know the way they treat people from the countries I listed. They TAKE YOUR PASSPORT and hold it hostage until you finish work. Everyone that is a citizen is involved in this from the top to the bottom. They don't even pay you enough for you to BUY a ticket to go home. IT IS ALMOST SLAVERY.

And theres stupid fucks made of ignorance like you that actually say that you don't fucking care. I suggest you do research before you spew more disgusting, poisonous shit from both ends.
Heavycoin- Democratically Managed CPU-mined Crypto with Awesome Encryption
Mysql can cache to memory and and defer write operation for latter the most used storage engine (MyIsam) seems to be less resilient and have limited feature compared to sqlite, plus SQLite support for transaction bring some latency and is designed to be resistant to corruption due to power loss or unexpected program crash.

A more fair comparison would be memory stored database benchmark.
Barlows Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
He wasn't just an architect, he was Hitler's favoured architect and then promoted to run the entire wartime economy due to his ruthless efficiency. As such, he was the main guy in charge of the extensive Nazi use of slave labour.
Really great question...I'm hoping someone chimes in here.
>But if you take such a job, you know the dangers. So you can take the job or don't.

Watch the documentary I posted below, in most cases they are not aware of such dangers. They are promised high returns and better living conditions than their original home by various agents.

>Why don't we try to advance 3th world countries instead of raging over this?

Almost every human rights violation has its root in poverty. This doesn't mean we ignore the dangerous practices of middle-eastern government. The fact is that these countries have enough money to easily avoid such conditions but choose not to, hence the outrage.
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You have 3 assumptions here, all of which are very questionable.

1. The workers are informed of the risks and safety hazards.

2. The workers will starve if they don't work this job.

3. The workers had a free choice whether or not to work there.
This treatment of mice or any sentient being is cruel and inhumane. It should be criminal to conduct such experiments. I hope one day it is.
Thanks so much! That really helps.
Holding sons accountable for crimes of their fathers is immoral. Let his actions stand on their own. No one's father should matter.

Pointing out that someone takes jobs in a certain area of the world seems morally questionable at best. He had to take jobs somewhere.

I feel awkward for posting this, because at first glance it looks like I'm defending something terrible. But the reason I'm saying this is because this is otherwise how witchhunts start, so this is the right thing to do.

If this guy is using the modern equivalent of slave labor, then he should be punished for it. That's really all there is to say.
Just make sure they know they still need to manage data replication themselves. You plan on entire machines going dark, not just drives.
My point was that during the next financial crisis, everyone might just sell all their Bitcoin, not that everyone would run to it.
re: do you know how to actually name functions and variables well (unbelievably important)

It's also subjective and can be taught. If I asked people to name some functions in an interview, what would I really learn?

Similarly, the other things you mention, while important, don't seem particularly testable. They don't give me anything I can give to the hiring committee to back up my answer.

Actually learning something real about a stranger in 45 minutes is pretty hard. Asking them to solve a problem means you can have a technical conversation in front of a whiteboard. It doesn't answer much but it does let me know whether it will be worthwhile asking the candidate to help me solve a tricky problem, or whether they'll be coming to me for help all the time. After all, ideally I'm looking to hire someone smarter than me.
That was far more amusing that I thought it would be. I'm not entirely sure why, but just I can't stop laughing at all the doge faces staring at me...
I guess I was wondering where the startups themselves or press coverage used the analogy.

And wasn't Yahoo's category system like a file organizer for the web? Google is more like sifting through co-workers papers to see what sources they use most on a given topic.
Actually, you strongly implied that his father being a Nazi somehow influenced his own behavior. Why bring up his father at all otherwise?
I'd actually like to see a communications link between the battery and the charger -- when you charge it in your garage, you swipe your credit card and get billed for that charge. As long as it is, say, half the price of a tank of gas, then all is good.

But, I just ran the numbers -- a Tesla battery costs about 30 grand. If it lasts 10 years (120,000 miles), and gets 300 miles per charge, that is 400 charge cycles -- or about $75 a fill up. Adding in electric cost ($5 at the cheaper rates), and gasoline price of $3.60 per gallon, then you are looking at getting a car with the equivalent of 22 miles per gallon.
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I meant for a moderator to fix the hacker news headline!
Maybe not so much if you count the still-existing North Korean slave camps in Russia.

http://mondediplo.com/2006/04/08koreanworkers
I believe that each person is ethically responsible for their actions, direct or indirect. This man and his father are both guilty. "I needed the money" is no excuse before a court of law, even if you are a capitalist. And I don't believe for a second he needed the money.
Not in all cars or for all drivers. My rear drive car barely slows, and I can control the skid in my front drive car. These are as tested by me at 80+ mph on a racetrack.
Wow, such a flippant response...

Workers from Africa/Asia are lured to the middle east for the promise of a good wage and the possibility of helping loved ones back home. When they get there, they have their passport taken, are given jobs which aren't remotely like those they were offered and are essentially forced to work as slaves in appalling conditions with no hope of ever leaving.

Google "qatar slavery world cup" and do some reading. Just one of many examples of this happening in the modern world, Dubai is another.

So, really what you're asking is "why should I care about slavery?"
Configuration Management for Continuous Delivery (part 1)
Ditto everyone else's comments. This is a really good book. Readers should be aware that Irvine's goal of "persistent tranquility" isn't really what the Stoics had in mind; their objective was much more radical, in the same way that TED-talk "mindfulness" is a parboiled version of a much more radical Buddhism.

But still, a good intro.

There are other good Stoicism books, and anyone who's been through cognitive behavioral therapy will find Irvine's book a bit of a refresher course. Anyone have any comments about
"Philosophy for Life" or "Stocism and the Art of Happiness"?
So what analogs can we draw between the universe and the commercial web? How is it that we don't know what we're doing when working with documented and supported tools? It's almost like some kind of separation of duties to keep us blind to the big picture. God must really hate us!
I dislike debts, so I'd rather pay upfront, which might be a bit expensive.

Also, having 50-100 your yearly incomes invested effectively retires you and your family: you don't have to work for money any more and can pursue what you love. Exactly as the original article suggests.
I wish you were the person I were addressing. I'd like to challenge the following assumptions:

"The target" didn't think before he posted.

There is value in silencing "the target".

"Ridicule often gets through to them -"
> Some key investments: 75m for Coinbase, 20m for Xapo, 9m for Circle (still haven't launched) and many smaller investments.

That barely breaks a billion. It doesn't seem massive to me in relation to the rest of Silicon Valley. For comparison: Instagram.
Me too and that's exactly my point. I don't know you but based on your writing and presence here on HN we probably have a few things in common. Specifically a need to be challenged and a need to learn and/or explore. This leads us to change as a person each day and it is very interesting the types of things a person will pursue when not pursuing money. For that matter, the same applies to marriage. When I stopped pursuing a mate I had the time to indulge on myself.

Some of the weirdest things I've done that I never would have seen coming:
- paint. I literally rent a warehouse so I can paint on massive canvases. Been doing it for years now, I don't show off my work, I have no need to be an artist I have a need to be creative
- work a 9-5 mega corp job. I know this sounds like a bummer to most of the HN world. But it keeps me active. Gives me a place to be and a regular schedule and a network of friend. Where I live 5 days a week there is nobody my age that isn't at work. Without a job, my natural habit it to be nocturnal and I don't live in on of the few cities where that is reasonably possible.
- code for fun and not the profit. I've coded since ~97, that's when I was in high school. Before that, I wasn't a typical kid that was coding back then. I was semi-popular bully/pothead/dropout kid that just wanted to party all the time. But I always liked math so my counselors would force me towards computers. That changed everything for me. I never saw it coming but now recognize that was the most pivotal part of my life

Point is, speculating on what you will want to do with your time in the future assuming two of the biggest variables in our society were removed or became inapplicable to you is like guessing what the price of bitcoin will be in 3 years. You can guess, and probably make a solid case to defend your guess but more than likely three years from now you will be proved wrong.

Either way I agree with your message and agree that you should strive for this thought process. Always chase a passion and always look for new ones. Too much focus on money and fame will likely not fulfill you in the long run.
why not just use a real keyboard?
Google Unveils Software for Smartwatches-to-Be
I read something a couple of years ago about the phenomenon of expats fleeing Dubai after the economic downturn because of the Emirates' harsh treatment of debtors (no bankruptcy, pay up or be jailed). Supposedly, it was common for people to just abandon their cars at the airport and high tail it out of town, never to return. I just found a delightful article highlighting the phenomenon of swanky luxury cars being abandoned at the airport or on the streets. I suspect that this is the main justification for the imposition of an exit visa. But of course the upshot is probably that British financiers end up fleeing their debts anyway, while poor Bangladeshis suffer indentured servitude.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/05/21/so-in-dubai-the-amo...
Oh, come on.

On that note, what's your dad's name?
What do you think of Discourse? Is it really revolutionary? I still don't get it.
Unreal Engine 4 Features Trailer – GDC 2014
Is it possible to write working code without understanding O()? Definitely.

Is it helpful to understand? Definitely.
Bitcoin: The Digital Currency Invented by Thomas Edison?