skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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As well as for the Airport (all of mine required updating when I got home)
As long as arbitrarily huge is finite it doesn't really affect the usefulness of kolmogorov complexity.
On a side note: Is there any reason they ommited the Baja Peninsula? it's a big part of Mexico ...
The Unexpected Downside of Becoming an EIR
This looks like it was designed by someone new to web design...so bland and such weak use of space. The gradients and shadows are oddly used as well. This just comes off as a rough prototype put together over a weekend, not a year-in-the-making-23-person-team real product.

They should really have a UI/UX expert come take a stab at a redesign of this. Hell, throw it up on Dribbble.
I think the developer just meant that he hasn't yet made a FF add-on yet; the code works great for me in FF as well.
The support for Native Client sounds interesting, but the distinction that it's not portable native client makes me wonder what you might use this for. What would one use the native client support for?

Could I use it to allow developers to make plugins for a product in Go and C++ in a secure way, instead of using say Lua?
Apple wants to block texting while driving
And then the question of religion fundamentally becomes "are quantum mechanical effects deterministic".
A day is a drop in the bucket if it earns you 20-30% more salary.
Obsolete advice.

"Anchoring research helps clarify the question of whether to make the first offer in a negotiation: by making the first offer, you will anchor the negotiation in your favor. In fact, Mussweiler and I have shown that making the first offer affords a bargaining advantage. In our studies, we found that the final outcome of a negotiation is affected by whether the buyer or the seller makes the first offer. Specifically, when a seller makes the first offer, the final settlement price tends to be higher than when the buyer makes the first offer."

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4302.html
Happened to me too, on Chrome 35.0.1916.47 beta. I've seen the same issue with other sites using Celery as well.
How to manage your time effectively
Completely agree with the "where has this been all my life" sentiments. This is awesome, thank you.
Rescale (YC W12) is hiring platform software engineers
Rescale is building a simulation platform for engineers (of the non-software variety) to help them design their products faster. Simulation is a $40b market and used across a wide range of industries including aerospace, oil & gas exploration, and life sciences. Our platform has been used by a commercial spaceflight company to design rockets so you have an opportunity to revolutionize computing processes and tools used by scientists and engineers throughout the engineering design industry. We are well funded company by top tier investors (including Jeff Bezos, Paul Graham, and Peter Thiel) and offer a competitive salary with matching stock options. We are located in the SOMA district of San Francisco close to BART and Muni.
As a platform software engineer, you will be building a distributed workflow engine and cluster management system that will run compute-intensive simulations across multiple cloud providers.

We are looking for a few well rounded generalists to join our team. We prefer that you have:

* Experience writing software in Java and/or Python.

* Ability to context switch between tasks ranging from query optimization to devops at a moments notice.

* Ability to take complete ownership of projects, from conception and architecture right down to implementation.

* Education: B.S. in Computer Science or a related field, however relevant experience and proven ability trumps diplomas and certificates for us.

Some nice to haves:

* Experience with AWS stack, especially EC2, S3, SQS.

* Experience with other cloud technologies such as Openstack, Azure.

* Experience writing RESTful APIs and Django apps.

* Release engineering experience using Salt and/or ansible.

* Expertise or strong interest in the following areas: high-performance computing, code optimization, concurrent programming, security, encryption, certificates.

Interested? Contact us at dev-jobs@rescale.com
So with this, I shouldn't let them know my salary in my current company as well?
It's still the same broken public API I gave up on.
Please cease argument-by-repeated words.
What a ridiculous lawsuit. It's barely removed from a bank suing a customer because the customer walked in and said, "Can I have a million dollars?" and the bank gave them a million dollars.
@antimatter15 any recommendations for optimizing Tesseract?
I don't know a lot about sous-vide, I am more of a wood fire and smoking kinda person, but what would prevent you from using a stainless steel canister? That would eliminate the risks from plastic. Perhaps, a ceramic would also work?
> It is insane to say standardized tests "punish disadvantaged students and minorities"

A test can be written with a bias that favors or punishes any group. I don't think its intentional, as it is quite difficult to create them without these issues.

A simple example to show the point:

Which of the following is not like the others:

A) Chicken
B) Moose
C) Cow
D) Pig
E) Dog

Many people would answer A: A chicken is a bird and everything else is a mammal.

But if you come from an agricultural background, in addition examining the animals based on their Biological Kingdom, you might be tempted to say B, Moose: It's the only animal that has no role on a farm. B is not an illogical answer from that perspective, but within the context of the test it's likely wrong.

When people say a test has a socioeconomic bias, they're saying a question can become easier or harder depending on a student's economic background. The question above is easy for most of us, but would probably be solved slower by anyone who grew up on a farm.
I wouldn't let a fillet steak (or a hanger, for that matter) in a water bath for 12 hours, either. Or consider chicken thighs: We cook the best thighs in the world by taking them through a temperature curve. When we have the time, we cook them at 57C for 12-18 hours, and finish them at 63C for 1-2 hours. The end result is silky, sublime, but still firm.

On prep: It's not prep if you don't to put yourself up to it. It's not a chore, it's 10 seconds while the coffee machine heats up. Our idea is that reducing the need to do things, the friction, you'll end up doing them more often.
Hackable robot for $50,000
It said "and water tables composed of different chemicals" -- they will create a density that causes zinc and copper to float but not steel.
Apparently, the API will be revamped soon.
Right now I'm very intrigued by sous-vide but am too paranoid about the plastics to make the jump.

FYI, immersion circulators are fairly common in restaurant kitchens, since it's so much easier to get predictable results with them compared to traditional means of cooking meat. So if you dine out, it wouldn't be surprising if you're already unwittingly exposing yourself to the plastics risk.
Sorry about that, I'm on Celery's case about it. hopefully they'll fix it soon enough.
You still need to put the food in something that keeps it out of direct contact with the water while not leaving enough space for air to insulate the food.
http://play.golang.org runs user programs inside Native Client. See more on the blog post: http://blog.golang.org/playground
The design appears to be inspired by LinkedIn profiles. Make of that what you will.
Ask HN: FreeBSD hosting?
Since Digital Ocean doesn't support FreeBSD, who is the Digital Ocean of FreeBSD? You know, all of the D.O. greatness, $5/month, SSD etc.

If you don't have an answer, that's ok, but please do lend your support for FreeBSD on D.O.'s "I suggest you" User Voice forum for FreeBSD:

http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/3232571-support-bsd-os-
Ask HN: To Ad or not to Ad?
Greetings!

I'm super torn and would like the insights of the HN crowd.

I just released an app on the Play store last week and so far so good, people like the idea and the service and app seems to be functioning the way it should be ... except for the ad banner I included.

I hate ads like anyone else, so I feel slightly hypocritical, but it doesn't stop me from using a free app (and I've already spent money and a TON of my time). As I see it I have a few options:

1) Leave the ad in (and tell yourself that people don't care so you can sleep better at night).

2) Take the ad out and figure out a different way of monetizing. <-- This will be tricky.

3) Take the ad out and put it back in once the user count is high enough. <-- This is the worst decision in my opinion.

Any suggestions or experiences?
CrunchBase was made Creative Commons for non-commercial use.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/crunchbase-new-terms-of-ser...
When a story hasn't yet gotten significant attention, a small number of reposts (2 or 3) is ok. Otherwise, many more good stories would get lost to randomness and churn.
Also, the term "drag catastrophe" appears to have no relevant hits on Google other than this one article.

Ah, the term should be "drag crisis":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_crisis
http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold//papers/golf-flight.pdf
Has technology made our world a better place?
> When people say a test has a socioeconomic bias, they're saying a question can become easier or harder depending on a student's economic background.

That's not their argument.

However, actually the issue you mentioned has long been noticed by psychologists / test makers. Experts in SAT / ACT know a lot about these things. Please refer to Differential Item Functioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_item_functioning
Good points. I should've been clearer. I meant the scene is not such that there is enough work done that a relatively non-techie person can sift through the jailbreaking community work and apply it him/herself.
I think people expect a robot to be able to move at least part of its body. South Africans excepted [1]

[1] http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2378730
And related to roads is the concept of McSparseness, and be sure to follow the update links for a fun adventure:

http://www.datapointed.net/2009/09/distance-to-nearest-mcdon...
100% agree. Plus the characters are actually likable.
10 Hot Hadoop Startups to Watch
slide with your finger, but I guess they expect you to know that.
Is anybody suggesting this should be used for assessing population density? You seem to be attacking a straw man.

The accompanying text states:

> The map tends to highlight two types of areas: places where human habitation is physically restrictive or impossible, and places where human habitation is prohibited by social or legal convention.

And the creator states his purpose (emphasis mine):

> Ultimately, I made this map to show a different side of the United States. Human geographers spend so much time thinking about where people are. I thought I might bring some new insight by showing where they are not, adding contrast and context to the typical displays of the country’s population geography.

I for one found it very interesting to see the vast expanses of the U.S. that record no permanent residences. Of particular interest to me is the administrative effort that must go into maintaining almost five million census blocks that have no citizens to report!
Many (most?) of the companies that presented at the most recent YC demo day had substantial revenue, and many of those were already making revenue before they joined YC.

(That's a big difference from the YC batch I went through back in Winter 2011)
Hi Stephen. We understand your opinion, as I replied to someone else before, there are different ways to take the problem, and one of our biggest challenge is to make the learning easier without breaking the knowledge. I would just add that VisualOps isn't just a GUI tool. We have spent a lot of time to adapt SaltStack source code to something we think to be the right approach. Also, more features are on the way, and we count on your support to bring them to life! Check out our public roadmap board for more details (you're welcome to vote for your favorite ones): https://trello.com/b/wQdmsmp0/madeira-idea
I'm confused. Are the people in this story university CS graduates or not? I think you're saying they are NOT, right?
Four space tabs are like a splinter in my mind.
Awesome dinner out tonight with a great sous vide duck breast or a 1 in a billion chance I will die from the plastic in the bag in which it was cooked? I choose duck.
Thanks Frank! Glad we can help =)
Nothing in the post talks about population densities. All it talks about are census blocks with zero inhabitants. As such, the map seemed clear and clearly labeled to me.
I think you need to kickstarter a breadshoes campaign. Not out of actual bread but fluffy slippers that look like bread.
I clicked the link imaging a moving robot that chopped/prepped food. It was the sous-chef part that made me think that. I don't think I would have interpreted robotic sous-vide cooker the same way. That being said, I definitely think 'smart sous-vide cooker' is a better description and more useful tag-line.
They are still legal tender actually, and stores still accept them. They are just uncommon now.
Proteins aside, auto retrograding potatoes is really nice. It's one of those techniques that makes a huge difference, but you'd never use on a regular day.
>no one is buying the [premise]

is a fine word substitution. but the problem with your observation (assuming it is correct), is that nobody is paying money for commodity education. people are lining up to pay money (in the hope that) a "peer reviewed" credential will set them apart.
You are taking all the questions like a champ. Congrats on that.

All very polite, smart and yet giving real answers without slipping off when there is a problem/concern/issue/doubt/whatever.

Cheers.
And IMHO that's whats killing python - the fragmentation.
Starch retrogradation is neat, but you can do it with a normal circulator really easily. (I'm partial to the IiF 7 minute risotto trick).

What's the win with potatoes while I'm at work? I haven't done potatoes in the circulator successfully yet.
Has YC / Teespring taken a position on whether a L3C is a "non-profit"?
So the focal point is the search for companies, but no category search. When you type a word and try to scroll the results it automatically puts whatever I hovered over in the search bar. Why!? Implement amazon menu delay

trending is now only 5 companies

the slider has a fixed height, which cuts off the bottom text. dots to offer a preview what is next

who is going to swipe 3 times to read the latest news each time.

The landing page looks like you are trying to sell it, than let people use it. Look at angelist for inspiration https://angel.co/companies
You don't really need special support for this. Most music players have a mode for shuffling albums at a time, not individual tracks. Just make a classical playlist and select that mode.

As for shuffling your entire library, I don't understand why you'd want to do that. I get in the mood for certain genres; I don't want to jump from Rainbow to nordloef to Massive Attack randomly over the course of 10 minutes.
What prevents A from "picking me off" (which I assume means "get to the top of the queue")?

Also, "know to ignore the burst" doesn't mean you don't have to process it. It merely means you need to subtract the result of the burst from your signals.
Maybe they should try doing a better job with helping students who have financial problems or mental health issues?

That'd be an easy start.
I see. So a hard sided container won't trasfer heat properly? Sounds like I need to talk to a friend in polymers to really get a grasp on the right approach because I can't really think of a non-polymer material that would meet the flexibility requirement.

In general it seems like sous-vide would result in food similiar to a braise but without the browny bits and the pan sauce? (saying it that way makes it sound unappetising but I understand it is quiet nice) That said, I think while it doesn't have the asthetic of a wood fired smoker, a device like the op's could replace the slow cooker.
are you making enough money off the ad to matter? if not take it out. let it grow.
Which is somewhat nonsensical, of course - they can already separate out the steel pennies magnetically, and it would be pretty pointless to have all of the remaining pennies after that separation step float. If anything, they'll have the less dense non-steel float and the denser non-steel sink.
Definitely not obsolete advice.

Your link references papers that talking about uneducated buyers buying and selling things (or services like car maintenance). Not the same as applying for a job.

If you try to anchor too high when asking for a job you won't be considered for it because they think that you want more money than they can afford to pay.
The land gets a lot more rugged. About 98W is where you start transitioning from rolling plains to mountains, deserts and other features that are pretty incompatible with starting up any sort of permanent settlement.
As somebody's formerly 12 year old cousin: screw you, my broken PHP was STATE OF THE ART for web dev.
Definitely not! Otherwise they'll only give you a small raise from what you were making. If they don't know what you're making (and you're underpaid), you'll most likely receive a much bigger increase.
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Just for reference purposes:

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_popula...
I thought the characters in Betas were terrible. With the exception of the bearded dude, the rest are horrible.

Silicon Valley doesn't seem like it'll be realistic but the acting and writing quality is way way higher.
Cross account IAM access is on our roadmap. You can vote for it on our public roadmap board: https://trello.com/b/wQdmsmp0/madeira-idea
I know a former CS PhD student at a top 5 program who never coded before going into industry oddly enough - it's probably possible to focus more on the abstract side, although extremely rare.
Came to ask a similar question. I love me some maps and data, but the post just assumes everybody knows what a census block is. More importantly, the shape and distribution of census blocks really affect the interpretation. The uninformed reader might assume census blocks form a regular grid, but since they don't, his or her interpretations will be wrong.

And as the note about the ND-SD border mentions, there are artifacts in the map that arise from the shapes and distributions of the blocks. Whether there might be few or many other such artifacts, the cartographer gives us no information to ascertain.
That's true, I'm not making any money off the ad because it's a brand new app. I'm just worried that if I add an ad later, people will stop using it. Whereas now, it's already there... dumb way of thinking?
Noooooooo. Food is not similar to a braise. The point of low-temp cooking (sous vide is low temp under a hard vacuum) is that the cook locks in a perfect temperature for the food and the water bath never exceeds that temperature. In practice, you aim never to exceed the temperature at which the protein expels all the water from the food; think: absolutely perfectly cooked steak --- or, more magically, think a short rib, cooked to the doneness of a perfect steak, but with all the collagen converted to gelatin as if in a braise; it's the best of both worlds. Because a short rib cooked to the temperature of a perfect steak in an oven would be tough as nails, it's something you can really only achieve in a water bath.

There are other tricks too; you can simultaneously cook a dozen eggs to perfect running or "walking" yolk, without paying any attention; you can cook veg to a temperature between the breakdown of pectin and cellulose; you can heat-temper carnaroli or arborio rice and set the starches, so that you can make bulletproof risotto in a pan by dumping all the liquid in at once.

It's a pretty nifty tool.
ORMs are never the "best" approach to data access. They are a heavyweight, leaky bridge between two very different abstractions (objects and relations).

An individual framework may have the right balance of tradeoffs for one's needs to manage the dynamic complexity of certain object graph update scenarios. But a blind choice of ORM has usually ended in tears on most projects that reach substantial complexity in my experience. Explicit SQL is much more predictable and often just as productive as discovering the voodoo to make your ORM-du-jour dance. The lighter the ORM, the better, in my opinion.

For what it's worth, Golang does have an early ORM of sorts, it's called Gorp.
https://github.com/coopernurse/gorp
I'm impressed that you got this exactly right. We've made a few fixes to try to plug this hole, but it unfortunately still happens.
Random question, why would someone use gccgo over the standard go compiler?
Tell that all to the HTTP2 people:(
Interesting CC pics from Flickr will certainly save me from adding more cat pictures to the web - http://placekitten.com/
Admittedly, I don't know much about state of the art sous-vide, but I'd be really interested to see a device with two reservoirs that can be held at different temperatures and fill/drain the main water bath.

Hypothetically, this would allow for cook->chill methods, though the overhead may not be worth it except for a small niche of customers.
78 pts alot better than me. something is up with your sound icon on facebook version. turned sound off then when I got hit by a fish it started making sound and now the button is the opposite.
Everything You Need to Know to Rebuild Civilization from Scratch
Surely you mean a foot :)
Brilliant. Never thought using D3 this way !
Yea and what's the ratio of French people speaking English vs Americans speaking anything but English (let alone French!)?
Welders Make $150,000? Bring Back Shop Class
http://johncompanies.com/

Good guy, does lots of great things for the community. Was one of the very first people to publish a warrant canary (way before the whole NSA thing).
Besides the opportunity cost of not reclaiming pennies for recycling, another issue is that pennies, more so than any other denomination, fall out of circulation quickly. That's because people don't tend to keep them in their pocket like most loose change; they end up in a jar somewhere.

So by deciding not to mint new coins, you're still signing the penny's death warrant. But you condemn it to a slow, messy death. Stores gradually aren't able to acquire the pennies they need to make change on purchases, as the existing coins fall out of circulation. Eventually the day comes where you need to change the way cash transactions work, because it makes no practical sense to consider the penny a currency. So why delay?

Instead, the government flipped the off switch and gave the penny a quick death. Of course, Canadians can still take their pennies to the bank and trade up for a valid denomination.
Actually, some ARM processors have instruction set extensions to execute Java bytecode in hardware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle
60C is really very low for a chicken breast.
Music players with cue sheet support kinda support the inverse of this. Throw a .cue into foobar and it will turn a whole album encoded as a single, giant .tta file (how I wish the Japanese knew of FLAC) into logically separate tracks. As I mentioned above, however, this isn't really necessary when album shuffle mode + a separate playlist solves the problem just fine on every existing music player.
I could, but I wouldn't. You'll be surprised by how many brand name grads can't pass fizz buzz.
I think it's safe to say that'll be 2.0, 3.0, or never -- not a point release.
Maybe they meant $42.5 million in profit?
"None of them read hackernews, so they have no idea that living and breathing computers is prereq for becoming an employable programmer."

I know, right? I forgot that we who check HN habitually are the ones destined for developer Valhalla. Go us!