skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Again I agree with most of this.

> So decreasing epsilon increases the catch-up distance extrapolated from the LIF such that the extrapolated catch-up distance remains much larger than the size of the LIF.

A fatal problem though: you arbitrarily chose the size of your LIF to make it too small.

The size is determined by the accuracy the experimenter wishes to achieve, e.g. 6 significant digits. When I compare the laws of physics between two LIFs I have even greater freedom to choose the LIF size. I choose both LIFs to be the same size and as large as needed for overtake to happen in the skydiver's frame (e.g. the width of a particle and extending a megaparsec outward into empty space). I choose a black hole massive enough that the tidal force in the astronaut's frame is less than in the skydiver's frame.

Now, when overtake happens in the skydiver's frame but not the astronaut's, I know the difference isn't due to the tidal force, because tidal force has no ability to cause one particle to overtake another (it only stretches and squeezes objects or systems), and the tidal force in the astronaut's frame can't be the reason overtake didn't happen there, because the tidal force is less there (the system of particles was stretched less there, than in the skydiver's frame). Having ruled out the tidal force completely, my result definitely shows a violation of the EP.

> There is no way to tell which LIF you are in

There are ways that allow the LIF to be arbitrarily small. For example, let the probes be tiny rods. Fire them vertically-oriented, the first probe completely above the horizon, the second initially stradding the horizon and partially alongside the first probe. In the skydiver's frame the second probe will be overtaking the first probe, moving outward faster. In the astronaut's frame the second probe, unlike the first probe, cannot reach a higher r-coordinate (lest it be moving outward through the horizon, which GR disallows), hence it won't be overtaking the first probe.

Also I still agree with the picture in the blog. The cloud splits apart at the horizon, in violation of the EP. Go back to your original probes experiment, as test particles. You say the probes can approach each other in the astronaut's frame. I say they can't. When the first probe's r-coordinate is increasing and the second probe's is decreasing, they are receding from each other as measured in any LIF that wholly contains them. You obviously wouldn't be able to devise an experiment to show otherwise in the skydiver's frame, and there's no relevant difference for the astronaut's frame.

We needn't refer to r-coordinates at all. Here is a simple law of physics (I just devised) for an LIF that you seemingly disagree with: Two free test particles each moving toward destinations beyond opposite sides of the LIF recede from each other.
>Most movies / tv shows are already currently available digitally or without DRM (Netflix, Hulu, Apple, Amazon, etc).

I'd just like to point out that this is categorically untrue. What's available legally is a fraction of what's been produced, and even that fraction is fragmented across so many platforms with a lot of their own quirks and limitations.

And there is only one country in the world where it even approaches truth.
You wrote a very thoughtful piece but I think you will have a hard slog here on HN where Kim Dotcom is considered a hero.
Please don't post victory screenshots...
> Excellent insight. One of the issues with the retired leisure lifestyle is that your scope narrows and you don't have very many interesting problems to work on. ("steak or lobster?", "Gstaad or Monaco?")

That's really up to you. No one is stopping rich people from going into scientific research or philanthropy (for an example, look at Bill Gates).
Try n=1000 or n=10000.
And here lies the problem
Flappy Bird to Return to the App Store
You get a new private repo which you can't make public. It works pretty well.
Thanks so much! We really appreciate the insight!!
As others have noted, even the FAQ basically says you can pay $19, get the source code, cancel, and develop away without further subscription fees. The /mo part keeps you up to date, and you'll still be on the hook for giving them 5% of any revenue based on that code.

$240/year for full access to a state-of-the-art graphics engine is cheap. Your cable TV probably costs more than that.
There are several of these people/stories out there. All still use some kind of currency, though. Usually favors, or they trade physical things. What's wrong with a paycheck when you're doing work that solves a problem? It's still a system of mutually-beneficial trade, yet it's seen as less noble. Why is that?
By (2), are you referring to the fact that you don't have to refocus your eyes when shifting your view between objects at different distances?

I've never tried one, but I'd assume the screen is projected at infinity or close to? This should only be an issue with objects that are closer than 1.5ft or something.
rsync will easily handle a few lines changed in a large number of files.

Or you could just, y'know, run the static site generator on the server. What Linux doesn't have Python installed?
There needs to be a moratorium on the revisions of 2048. They're not even fun anymore.
Do you work with Internet/Web technologies? That list seems slanted towards that kind of gig.
I was going to play it to 2048 until I saw my score wasn't doubling at every barrier, but rather incrementing by one. Thanks but no thanks! Not trying to spend 5000 seconds on this today!
If it isn't, it certainly is getting closer every year. There are thousands of examples. Groups like Austin Ventures, Foundry in Boulder, and many others are out there writing checks. Thousands of angel investors exist in literally every city.

I've raised quite a bit of money in Colorado, and it matches my experiences in the valley.

I think Cuban, however, is spot on. There remains a very persistent advantage to Valley money. It more often than not, buys you an exit. I'm currently on the board for a company that is attempting to exit, and we're having a hell of a time connecting with buyers within the SV ecosystem.
If Popcorn Time can do to the TV and movie industries what Napster did to the music industry, more power to it.

The idea that technology is a threat to jobs is not a new argument. It's true that things are progressing more quickly now than in the past, but that should be to our benefit. The problem is not that technology is obsoleting certain jobs. It's that the profits from the increasing productivity of our economy are by and large not going to the average worker, but to the Larry Ellisons and Tom Perkinses of the world. So long as the middle class's income remains stagnant, so will the economy. Put the record corporate profits into the hands of the employees who made them happen, and they will jump start the economy. The richer the middle class becomes, the more jobs there will be. But so long as we allow the takers at the top to amass all of the rewards of our technological progress, we'll see high unemployment and stagnant wages continue at the bottom.
incoming 4D Flappy2048
I find it helpful to read accounts of people in old age, near death who are pondering their life and what is/was important to them. I contrast this with my own aspirations to succeed in business and hopefully come out with a reasonable plan for everyday life.

I try to put myself into uncomfortable situations that I know will have the potential to enrich my life. I try to balance my need to "plan ahead" with the realization that "living in the moment" is far more enriching (but also dangerous at it can negatively effect tomorrow). What good is a mountain of money if you never get to spend it? If I ignore the need to make money how will I be able to enjoy my life tomorrow if I can't provide the basic essentials to myself and my family?

I also try to minimize the need to be "happy" and instead look to fulfillment as the measure of "success". IMHO it's not right to say the ultimate goal in life is to be happy, because for many, happiness never comes but they are still able to lead a meaningful life.
Who is "we" in this post, I wonder.
A great deal of art is iterative, and the copyright maximalists in the industry groups seem to have no concept of "fair use". Always more restrictions, always more things protected, always less and less allowed.

Think of it as the cultural equivalent of the patent minefield one steps into whenever they do something novel with some existing technology.
They they should have added stipulations like "5% of all sales over $10k" and they could have put a cap of like $5 - 10 million for the real big titles as well.
CodeCombat (YC W14) Wants You To Learn To Code By Playing Games
Augmedix Raises $3.2M To Make Google Glass Standard Kit For Future Doctors
Thanks for the advice. Some people do ask out of curiosity in the initial conversation. Or just ask "what else are you working on?"
I can safely say that this one is not going to wind up in my hosts file.
I'm interested in what you think the value of studying classic ciphers is.
Near human level of face recognition accuracy achieved
Any reservations I would have had about the rift are totally destroyed by the fact that Carmack is on the team.

I held off on the first Dev kit, mostly because I didn't have a decent gaming rig, and the lower resolutions, but I just bought a new machine, and I couldn't give them my money fast enough to get in on the Dev Kit 2
`Go` uses them in that manner.

f, err := os.Open("filename.ext")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
what purpose does Glass serve?
Thanks! This is definitely targeted towards developers. There's certainly some sections that require you to be able to read some code, but I'd hope to eventually tone those down to a minimum. My personal popular science favorite for that is probably the Code Book by Simon Singh.
Andrew Solomon: The Father of the Sandy Hook Killer Searches for Answers
Lack of Sleep Causes Loss of Brain Cells
It is really interesting how people get so concerned when google "reads" their email to target ads at them, but they expect google to "read" their email to filter spam. The machine act of text processing of the email is same in both cases, yet only one is offensive to users.
from math import sqrt
from decimal import Decimal

def fib(n):
x = Decimal((1 + sqrt(5)) / 2) ** n
x -= Decimal((1 - sqrt(5)) / 2) ** n
return x / Decimal(sqrt(5))

print fib(1000)
print fib(10000)
print fib(1290309123)

$ time python ~/fib.py
4.346655768693891359691727380E+208
3.364476487644307695949089018E+2089
2.879417086171668653426018537E+269658658

real	0m0.138s
user	0m0.086s
sys	0m0.026s
"How would you implement a secure login field on a high traffic website where performance is a consideration?"
....
"wanting to serve the front page in HTTP, while needing to present the login form via HTTPs"

Maybe. There will still be a link on the HTTP page that takes you to a HTTPS page with a login form. Someone with MITM access could alter that link. A better way would be to serve all pages via HTTPS
From what I understand, this actually makes fun of those endless iterations and I actually laughed out loud when I saw the title. It was all a joke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7418400
You can call it whatever you want. No part of my point hinges on me litigating the distinction you're trying to make.
I don't think that's an unpopular suggestion here - every month when this thread re-surfaces, someone suggests it and others "Me too" it. As you said, "In one particular aspect" it's a good analogue to HN - perhaps multiple aspects.
You miss the point.

It's not that there's an assistant, it's that there's just one assistant reading everyone's mail, they can take all the tit bits to make a story and they've got a perfect memory.

This is one of the many differences between the new and old worlds, the sheer scope of the damage they could reap.
I don't know what the center of gravity is for that thing, but at a glance, what about the idea of less (or less tight) strap, more counter-weight on the back?

P.S. Although that would represent more mass to accelerate/decelerate with head movements...
Staaahp.
New RFS – Breakthrough Technologies
The fastest algorithm for computing the sum 1 + 2 + 3 + .. + n is constant. But the result of the sum is O(n^2).

You can use that result to conclude that algorithms like for example bubble sort has a worst case running time of O(n^2), since it does (n-1) + (n-2) + ... + 1 swaps in the worst case during the whole sorting.
Did you just refer to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan as a reform movement?
They would, somewhat righteously, kick and scream until copyright law tramples on internet freedom.

So, in order to defend our principles, we should surrender our principles? This doesn't make sense, except from a specific, non-principled point of view.
Competitive intelligence in a mobile-centric environment
I've used Direct Note Access several years ago (soon after it was released), and it's really good. Like creepy good. I put some full-band bluegrass tunes through it and it pretty much caught every note. It doesn't attempt to separate out instruments, so the output was just one MIDI track, but I could easily go in and separate out bass notes, mandolin solos, etc.

It had trouble with most pop and rock music, presumably because of the crushed dynamics and drums. Of course, it's not even designed for analyzing multi-instrument recordings.
LOL I never played flappy bird, but if this is what it's like, I can see why it might be a little addictive for a while.
FAQ: When you cancel your subscription ... your login will remain active, and you are free to continue using the versions of Unreal Engine 4 which you obtained as a subscriber under the terms of the EULA.

$19/mo is for code updates. What they really want is 5% of your revenue, which ends when you stop making money from it.
> Most movies / tv shows are already currently available digitally or without DRM (Netflix, Hulu, Apple, Amazon, etc).

NO. NO. NO. Where did you get this information? It might be that the US of A is nearing such a state of affairs, but over here in Europe, these services are either not available or devoid of content.

For instance, I like to follow Continuum, Justified and Game of Thrones. The only one of these that is available online over here is Justified.

"Watchever", the service that carries it, however, is crippled by weird licensing deals where seasons of TV series appear and disappear seemingly at random, because they only get the rights for a limited amount of time. So if I get a Watchever subscription, I _might_ be able to watch Justified _some of the time_.

As for the other two, they are just not available online. The poor sods that can stand to watch it in the dubbed version with commercial breaks will get to see both series on free TV with a delay of more than a year.

There is no reason to assume that watching Game of Thrones with a one year delay is problematic in any way. After all, everybody (in Germany) watches it at the same time, one year later, right?

For GoT there is actually a third option. I can get a subscription with Sky for 35€ per month, where I'll get tons of sports television and one TV series of interest: Game of Thrones.

Oh, and that subscription? First time you can cancel it is after 24 months. So if I want to watch two seasons of GoT, it'll cost me a mere 840€.

Do you see the problem here? If HBO were to shut up and take my money, I'd gladly pay ten bucks per episode to stream it. But that would be soooooo 21st century, wouldn't it?
> Money is a tool, a form of power.

Money is also a simplifier of trade. I write software, my dentist fixes teeth. When I get a cavity and my dentist puts a filling, I don't pay him/her by giving them code, I give them dollars instead.

Do I have power over my dentist, since I can choose to not give them money? Sure, but then he/she will also not fix my cavities.
I actually found the “Highlight this” example at the top a bit confusing. Could you write “Display this” instead? Or give a better example to demonstrate conditionals?
I...just...ew.

When your sex doll breaks up with you you know you have some real growing to do as a person.
"If I untether myself from the work that led to the ideas I want to pursue, then where will the next ideas come from? And how will I know whether they are worth pursuing?"

Can't you always dive back into industry when you're past your current crop of ideas?
Show HN: SpectrumPrinter, converts images/text to spectrograms
Nice work dude!
Cool stuff, man.

Where do you think your book stands in relation to other books like Cryptography Engineering? Should people new to crypto read your book before or after CE, or instead of?
I think that's statistically true of poor people living in a first-world or middle to upper class environment.

Anecdotally I spent time in one of the poorest counties in Florida but never saw so many "normal" people with expensive cars, jewelry etc.

The want to appear to be rich is strong if you are surrounded by it.

I can't say the same would be true in a society where all were relatively equal or didn't wear their wealth on their sleeve.

Again anecdotally I find the differences within regions of the US intriguing. I'm from New England where there is clearly a lot of upper middle class people, but you don't see them flaunting their wealth. Other regions of the US (to remain nameless) however seem to be much more concerned with showing off their wealth. I think many factors play into this, not just the region but culture, upbringing and the media.
What is crazygames and why is nothing happening on that page?
I was expecting there to be two simultaneous games of Flappy Bird and 2048, where any arrow key jumps the bird and moves the blocks in the specified direction in 2048. Both games start over if your bird dies.
GitHub Showcases
This is a fairly common complaint with stoicism. Just because you're happy with what you have doesn't mean you can't also be intrinsically motivated to make life better for yourself and others. But it also leaves you in the wonderful state wherein you don't mind the outcome of your efforts because you were already happy with your state to begin with. It's a fuller appreciation of what you can control and what you can't and the in-between states where you can control your inputs but not the output. You start to set goals that focus only on the actions you have complete control over and don't worry about the outcomes you can't control.
Sadly, I assume you're referring to my reply, rather than your inability to detect obvious nonsense.

Here's just one minor hint out of many serious problems with that article: try to look up "military response code 7610-4J".
I'm a bit lost. What genocidal violence was it, that caused the formation of the state of Pakistan?
3 19 2014 Dear Mr. Heaton, In my humble opinion,a thoughtful post, and funny too! All the best, safe journey to the Valley. Be well and happy. Cordially, Virginia
It'd be interesting to know what proportion of their revenue the Asset Store accounts for. My own guess is very little compared to the revenue from licensing Unity itself. When a 20-person company licenses Unity Pro with iOS/Android support and the Asset Server, that's either $100,000 in licenses up front (plus upgrades later), or $2450/mo for the subscription option. And there are quite a few companies that size (not to mention bigger). I would be surprised if Asset Store revenue is really rivaling that. Hence my guess is that the free version of Unity is mainly intended as a "freemium" product to drive later sales of the Pro version.
Well, to be frank, I am putting off thinking seriously about retirement. I feel like I can accomplish some substantial creative work and that the time to try to do that is now while I'm young. I guess you could say I'm hedging multiple interests, with the expectation that if none of my experiments takes off I'll have to try out something different and more full time in the future. Just to be clear, the idea isn't to not work. In many cases I'm actually working far more than 40 hours a week, but I'm only doing 25 hours of work for some person or organization that is paying me. But I'm working on stuff I personally care about.
You don't get the jobs you don't apply for.
I propose that GP is closer to the truth than you may believe. All of the modern logistical systems in place (in the US) are based on embedded controls. Train switching is hugely important for freight, and there hasn't been an 18-wheeler manufactured in the last 15 years (at least) without electronic engine and braking controls. Those together are the lifeblood of American logistics. If these control systems are simultaneously borked and not repaired/replaced, grocery stores would show empty shelf sections within weeks and would have to adjust their business models quickly to stay open.

Industrial food machinery would be likely disabled by anything strong enough to affect logistical systems. No more pasteurized milk from automated systems, there goes >80% of supply. Anything not driven by a belt or shaft would be taken out. That means that the farming machines in use today which allow a farmer to produce orders of magnitude more food than a century ago "may" work, depending on how they're controlled. Most modern systems have electronic controls of ancillary systems, but many farmers can get around that sort of thing in a pinch.

Also, anyone on life support would die. Anyone requiring dialysis would likely die. Hospitals would have power from generators, but their power distribution and control systems would be fried. Doctors are able to use modern knowledge but have to look everything up in books. Digital patient records are inaccessible. Medicine supplies are restricted to what is on hand, which likely amounts to less than a month's stock. This is due to logistics, but also to the control systems in place at pharma manufacturing plants being fried.

This is just food and medicine. All programmers who can't hardware hack become farmers and traffic control officers until power comes back, which could take time considering the machinery to make modern transformers has digital controls.

This assumes that factories have inadequate EMF shielding, which is the premise of the situation.
Hey, if I've got enough money to not worry about it, I'm likely to do things right for the sheer pleasure of it.

I suppose it's a bit like wordworking. Sure, most things serve some purpose, but I think that - ignoring costs - it's more pleasant for everyone involved if the end result is pleasing to look at and well built.
"society's increased productivity allowed it to make more goods and services and thus employ more people than it did before."

I agree, but only if we can solve our energy and resource problems. If we can't do that, supply constraints will keep that scenario from happening again. There won't be any growth. No growth + automation = massive unemployment.
Every time this topic comes up I'm reminded of The Pirate's Dilemma [0], which is a great read that I recommend. The way the author presents the problem, using history as a reference, is that when "pirates" come to play and achieve acceptance by the masses (basically everyone "pirates" sometime at this point because people like what they're offering) you basically have two options. You can compete with them and potentially win big like Netflix or iTunes. Or you can fight against the change to the bitter end. History would suggest that the first option is always the better one yet the second option seems to be what the incumbents almost always choose.

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Dilemma-Culture-Reinventing-Ca...
>> Given that, as an employee, you are the seller in the relationship

>Very serious question: Is that actually true, and why do you believe it?

Because we don't talk about the "buyer" of USD except in a currency exchange context - you don't say, "I just bought $100 with my old bike."
Reddit wants to put a Dogecoin car in NASCAR
You might not. Others do, apparently.
I'm getting this error on Chrome: The key "minimal-ui" is not recognized and ignored.