skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Whoops, I probably should have checked the exclude.php page in the Wayback Machine before pinning a date on it. My bad.

> An updated robots.txt does not irreversibly delete prior captures, so if the robots.txt changes again, access to previously-collected material can be re-enabled.

Is there any official statement you can cite? Generally TIA does not mince words and is honest. If they say "removed" then I would assume they are not doing Facebook-style "deletion" shenanigans.
You’re a designer. And you work well with the CEO.
I like the x-webkit-airplay="allow" parameter in the <video> tag.
rap music websites
Rap music websites are free to promote independent music. Rappers upload music videos independently to these social media sites for promotion.
Yes, this would be more than enough. South Koreans paid average $90/month in 2013 for National Health Insurance Service.
We still haven't reached the average height we were 40000 years ago[1]. Agriculture allowed us to feed many more people, but it came at a terrible price on human health.

And the fact that the article says we are taller now than we have ever been in history, which is patently not true, casts a serious level of doubt on the article.

1. http://australianmuseum.net.au/How-have-we-changed-since-our...
I have one here.. it's quite engaging but don't have much time to make it as a business.

http://quickasian.com
An interesting proposal, certainly. Have you carefully thought through the ramifications? (I've not yet, and I'm not hinting at anything, I'm just looking for more thoughts in the space).
It isn't, but it is the opinion of the people who run this project.
We are discussing fucking BI. Is BI more likely than single payer? "Medical care in US is drastically more expensive" is a problem to solve to implement proper BI, not a deficiency in BI proposal.
Anyone else here clicked the link thinking of Anki Drive? (anki.com)
Asked the same question on Quora [1]. Adam D'Angelo's answer:

There are a bunch of reasons why it's valuable for Quora to be a YC company:

>>We'll have Sam and all the other partners to help us.

>>We get to be part of the YC community / alumni network of founders.

>>We get access to all the resources of YC.

We were raising money anyway, so there was no overhead in letting YC participate. And independent of the benefits to Quora, I think it will be fun personally to participate in some of the YC events. I hope my perspective can help some of the other companies.

[1] http://qr.ae/y2vdI
Your comparison does not take into account the relative cost of living of those places.

Furthermore, why do you say "merely" a moral judgement? Is a moral judgement that optimizes for human happiness somehow worse than a logical one that optimizes for efficiency?
In my opinion, Japanese homophones only become a significant in problem in fairly advanced Japanese, when the proportion of Sino-Japanese words (as opposed to yamatokotoba, "native" Japanese) increases.

In conversational Japanese it's rarely an issue. Don't sweat it. Just avoid learning 2 homophones at the same day/week so that you don't get confused.
I don't understand the arguments against the merger very well. From what I've read, there is currently very little overlap between the regions of Time Warner Cable and those of Comcast [1]. If this is correct, how could the merger allow either firm to raise the price?

There are also arguments that combining the customer base will give greater buying power when making deals over content (ex. complete broadcasting power over local sports franchises). But the combined customer base is supposed to be less than 30% of households that subscribe to cable or satellite TV [2].

I understand net neutrality is a huge concern, but that seems to be a separate issue from the Time Warner - Comcast merger. It looks like the problem (which is addressed at the end of the post) is higher barriers to entry from local governments. If that's the root cause of net neutrality, that probably deserves more focus than just preventing a merger.

[1] http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-13/six-takeways...

[2] http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/28/news/companies/comcast-timer...
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How much horsepower do these things need?
My thoughts exactly. We use python extensively, so have a large code base laying around, and, even with that, I chose Python 3 for the new project I recently started since it is fairly independent.

I'd word this more like "projects should use Python 3 unless you have an existing reason (a core library, existing code base, etc) to stay on 2.7". A year ago, I couldn't have said this. Six months ago, the possibility of missing, critical libraries was still very large, but, today, it's a reasonable approach (IMO, of course :).
Why is Pepper Flash dismissed so handily in tech circles? It is ridiculously better than Adobe's version, in every aspect. Even with click-to-play enabled, lots of sites still continue to use flash, so how can anyone justify using Adobe's sleazy bug ridden updater?
The Future of Retail Checkout: No Checkout at All?
Note that the $12K/year is per person and excludes children. The federal minimum wage is considered to be too low, in part, because many of the people earning minimum wage have dependents.
I've never heard this before. Do you have a source? Some cursory Googling gives me nothing.
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Ideally, make this a state thing so regional differences can efficiently work.

The problem with this strategy is it creates massive disparities between states, as the burden of caring for the poor will be disproportionately shifted to the progressive states providing a basic income, while the conservative states don't need to pay for anything.

Furthermore, state governments don't have anywhere near the tax base or cash reserves to implement a basic income. This can only be done on the Federal level.

A UBI provides mobility to citizens by not trying their source of food to their location. If a UBI can't support you in San Francisco or New York, you have the ability to move to where it will.

There's no need to have this be a state thing, except to screw up the program.
I think there is a certain amount of cross-talk here. I get what you are saying about the oath but it is administered by Federal court judges so it is apparently not in conflict with the Supreme Court ruling. Secondly it is not what the Supreme Court said that matters here. By asking the naturalized citizens to take the oath it is entirely reasonable that their native governments construe the action as renouncing their original citizenship. It is literally what the oath says. I get that with the Supreme Court ruling it is possible for American citizens to obtain another citizenship without losing their US citizenship. I think that is a good thing in this increasingly globalized world and hopefully one day national borders will mean a lot less as it is in Europe today. However we were discussing what you said: "So becoming a Chinese citizen means renouncing your US citizenship." Does China actually enforce it by demanding proof or also just make you take an oath? I understand there may be little data to tell at this point. And when I said that US does the same I meant that the US make you take the oath to renounce your native citizenship.
to be fair, i assume he's only asking because github starring something is actual a fairly good way of keeping track of projects in the way he's talking about. i agree that it sounds a bit presumptuous to say "where's the github mirror, mr. unpaid contributor to open source project", but on the flip side it's a fair point in terms of potentially capitalizing on exposure for a project. and also it's very true that you can sometimes find the best code in very unassuming places.
Why would YC taint itself with all that pg's quite accurately criticized Quora for.

Scammy SERP practices and forced user count inflation. Hardly something to encourage.
Sorry but I'm a big fans of Tony Stark, so everytime anything stole from me. I always said :

"You can take away my house,
All my tricks and toys
One thing you can't take away...
I am Iron Man."
I'm using CoreOS to pxe an image to provision bare metal as part of Openstack Ironic. Check it out here: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ironic-python-agent/...
An important factor has been overlooked in this analysis: synergy. Individuals with low income live with other people.

You make the assumption that they should be required to live with other people.

When a group of people all start receiving a BI, their spending power will be more then the simple sum b/c they share and buy in bulk.

So do rich couples. This is a non-sensical argument. I'd rather not keep repeating how wrong you are, but suffice to say, nobody lives on $600/month in America. Your number is simply unintelligent.
How is an education purchased as a display of wealth? Education is the single most efficient way to raise your standard of living compared to that of your parents.
Same on Nexus 10. Didn't bother me, but I thought it was weird.
The "official" Docker workflow looks like this:

* Install Docker on your dev machine (remember, there is a Mac version too)

* Add a Dockerfile to your source repo, specifying how to assemble a container image from source.

* Use a combination of "docker build" and "docker run" to test during development. You can use docker tags to build a separate image for each git commit/tag/branch.

* When ready to deploy, use "docker push" to upload your image to a registry (you can run your own, or use the official registry at https://index.docker.io). Note the official registry supports private images.

* From your production machines (presumably CoreOS but you may have a mix of other distros too) run "docker pull" and "docker run" to deploy your app.

* Use Links ("docker rum --link") to interconnect containers, for example your frontend to your database, etc.

Mostly if you use Docker for development, you don't need Vagrant. Specifically the Dockerfile is basically a replacement for the Vgrantfile. The caveat is that you can use vagrant for machine deployment to get to a working docker deployment. We used to recommend this but people got confused between the 2, so now we recommend boit2docker instead.

I hope this helps.
> so the top 10 percent or so that cant be troubled to pick up 12k laying on the ground would reduce it to 2.3 trillion?

I don't know, that's what I was asking.
If this isn't the death nail in the coffin for Oracle Java, I don't know what is. Why would anyone continue to use Java when they can potentially be sued into oblivion by Oracle for trying to use their products? Run for the exits while you can.
This is more of a way to get nationalized video sharing sites, etc., and massive censorship. People could make the argument that if you don't license website operators in the same manner you license other broadcasters, they will do things that seriously harm the general public, and therefore a regulatory body that can prevent/punish such infractions must be created.

Honestly I'm surprised a more serious push for that hasn't happened yet, but a stunt like this by "critical infrastructure" like Google would not be received kindly. It's not as simple as you're stating here.

And of course, all of this ignores the fact that almost all of those sites would do massive harm to their own businesses if they intentionally cut off access to 90%+ of American customers, even if it was only for a few hours. That flaunts facts that the internet companies would rather not have flaunted and seriously damages the trust of advertisers (the real customers for most such companies).

It's better to settle it the old-fashioned way, like gentlemen, and get a lobbyist.
Yes, my mistake. Has the Hiller Air museum there, which is awesome btw.
Another non-obvious change would be the elimination of minimum wage, which would improve corporate profits, which should (theoretically, at least) increase the taxes they pay.
It's worth noting that increased economic activity would mean collecting more taxes even at the same rates. It's probably nonetheless true that, at the numbers given, there would have to be an enormous increase in tax rates - just trying to keep all the pieces in view.
My idea of an alternative would be Basic Land: everyone who is poor/starving can get some free fertile land to work (enough to sustain a family). That way, they can become self-sufficient and live off their own work.

There are some extra issues with this, but I think they can be fixed. One would be housing: the land would also have to come with a house, and maybe transportation.
Python is easier to type but its harder to read. Ides that help you code faster are a better investment of time than a language that's easier to write in notepad. My ide does brackets and indention for me. I never think about them. They're just there for my reading pleasure. I like these things its easier to follow the code when reading.
Incidentally, when I said "live on less than the average poor American", I meant in terms of material consumption. I have no car (75% of poor Americans do). I can't drink the water coming out of my tap. I have a small living space.

Americans believe everyone should have basic things like sanitation. Arguing that the poor somehow shouldn't just because India hasn't been as successful at infrastructure development isn't really a good argument.
How could it be handled? Perhaps a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the broadband customers who are not getting the service they paid for.

Of course, this is not without great difficulty.

I'd estimate that roughly 100% of US consumer broadband providers have written into their customer agreements clauses that a) provide no guarantee for any level of service and b) require customers to wave their right to file a lawsuit for any reason, class-action or otherwise. So, first these provisions would be challenged, and then the case could continue.

What is the outcome? Cynically, 10 years later, the broadband company settles out of court, admitting no wrong-doing and changing nothing in their business, and the lawyers get paid millions, the consumers sort of just plod on.

On a larger scale, I think the biggest mistake that we've made as a culture is that we no longer expect the government to be the final arbiter of justice. Indeed, the political winds on the matter of hated "regulation" shifts so frequently that regulators themselves must be a bunch of basket-cases. My sense is that in other countries the issue of fairness and acceptable behavior is more deeply understood. There is no doubt that it is the government who is the ultimate boss, and the folks that work there see it as their noble purpose to prevent large companies from taking advantage of everyday people. But for some reason people that figure out how to get away with it are admired, respected, and feared by government.

It ain't right.
What an amazing speaker. He brings what should be boring technical details to life in an engaging, humorous dialogue. Obviously a very technically intelligent man, and an excellent public speaker, that seems like it's a rare combination.
In case anyone else thinks they're insane, the two are the same. The second one should have been

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So I am just a guy on the internet, not an expert, but did you look into using "Amara"? It's not completely clear to me but it seems like it might be possible to get volunteers to do the transcription. They also claim to offer lower cost professional captioning services, too.

http://www.amara.org/en/

If you do contact them, please consider sharing what you learn--I'm completely ignorant but willing to learn, and you might help the next guy. Good luck!
Your comparison does not take into account the relative cost of living of those places.

You didn't read what I wrote.
The Foursquare outage
Found out why (or maybe there is more) - it's using mmap() which is not directly available on Windows (but there is MapViewOfFile and CreateFileMapping).
Future of Google Play Store Predicted
On a related note, fellows of St John's Cambridge are the only people outside the Royal Family allowed to eat unmarked mute swans in the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_College,_Cambridge#Ea...
I'd also point out that not having to work has the potential to decrease expenditures quite a bit.

For starters, the post itself assumes that if you don't have to work, transportation costs decrease quite a bit. Keep in mind that people who have a hard time finding work often travel farther to find work or hold down multiple part-time jobs instead of one full-time job, which increases transportation costs. If you're living in the Bay Area and have to commute every day, e.g., San Jose to San Francisco, a Caltrain + MUNI monthly pass works out to an extra $300 / month in expenses that you wouldn't have to spend if you weren't working.

In addition, the fact that you don't have to work gives you more flexibility in choosing where to live -- if you're not concerned about employment, you can live where the cost of living was cheapest.

We're also assuming that that basic income will always be guaranteed. One reason the federal minimum wage might be considered too low is that it doesn't leave any income left over to save for unemployment, retirement, or other scenarios where your income source is lost. That becomes irrelevant if everyone gets a guaranteed income.

Finally, simply having an extra 8+ hours of free time each day makes it a lot easier to optimize your costs. You have more time to plan your meals, to research and compare prices on every kind of expenditure, to exercise and minimize long term health costs, etc.
Can't use AWS unfortunately - this is not within my control.
Indeed the documentation notes this.

https://metacpan.org/pod/CDB_File#PERFORMANCE
Reddit is only "devouring" it because it has no decent competitors. Quora could potentially be one if it at least let you read without registering. I can understand wanting to restrict it to "real name"-type contributions, but it's a major mistake to make it unreadable imo. This also prevents indexing by search engines.

I even have a Quora account, but rarely log into it. Most of the time when I come across an interesting question on Quora and it asks me to log in to read more than the first answer, I say, "Well, I guess it's not that interesting anyway."
We need some evidence of this. Ive often heard that people are 1/2 of their adult height by age 3.
Nope, never heard of them until now. I'll look into it. Thanks!
Could the fact that America has been a melting pot of immigrants moving in from various parts of the world affected the average American height? I am from Southeast Asia, where average heights are less than European or Americans'. And my impression is more people like me have settled in America in recent years than say several decades ago, causing the average American height to go down. In which case, nutrition and healthcare may not be the (sole) cause.
Yeah, I dislike comments like the parent comment. The statement is clearly based on his/her own intuitive understanding based on anecdotal experience; something that can be useful in forming-opinions/developing-understanding , but shouldn't be asserted as fact.

It's particularly annoying because a statement like that isn't easily refuted; I mean, after all, a child who literally doesn't move at all has no physical activity and therefore doesn't grow(dies pretty quick actually), whereas a child who exercises regularly does grow, so the MUST be a correlation between exercise and height right? Ultimately, yes, there obviously is _some_ correlation, how much of a correlation and exactly how exercise reflects on a humans development are left unanswered though.

edit: Nvm, it's deleted now.
I'd use that if you make it frictionless enough (i.e. automatic parsing of HN comments, a bookmarklet or something).
Yep, this very possibility is stated near the end of the article.

"That’s probably not the full story—immigration and fertility changes play a role too, after all."
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I've always wondered - when synthetic meat becomes economically viable, and animal rights come even closer to human, will we end up in much greater need systematically controlling most animal populations? What are we going to do with all those caracases? Feed the poor?
They're good for when you need heavy lifting and processing on the backend. It's great as an API, with a javascript front end.

The JVM ecosystem has amazing parallelism, and when tuned right has amazing speed and scales well. The distributed systems stack from hadoop et. al also has produced tooling for handling at scale operations for building services.

This is why facebook builds databases with it (presto) or twitter uses it for all of their services (mesos/scala).

The uberjar has also allowed for go like deployment schemes with everything in one package so it can play well with external services or using something like dropwizard.

Those mentioning RoR and the like as a middle man...if you're starting fresh, I'll pose the opposite question, if you aren't experienced in a particular language why have a middle man? It's great to keep your services modular, and if you already have an existing stack, yes rewrites are expensive.

Tooling wise, there's a lot of great support for hosting as well. Openshift, cloud foundry, and the usual suspects come to mind for java hosting.

That being said, use what you know.
Eh, I dunno. I think it creates an egotistic atmosphere that creates problems for both participants and moderators. Someone is much less likely to admit they were wrong or let something go when their professional headshot, real name, and high-powered corporate position is next to it. They reply because they think they get it, find out they were wrong, but feel they risk embarrassment for themselves and their employer if they admit their mistake or don't vigorously self-defend. Under these conditions, you almost need a PR team to manage your Quora account.
"From what I've read, there is currently very little overlap between the regions of Time Warner Cable and those of Comcast [1]. If this is correct, how could the merger allow either firm to raise the price?"

I read an article on this the other day, can't find it right now. The objection is based on the merged company gaining too much power over (potentially competing) content providers, not over their own customers. I think the gist of it was that Netflix (or any similar company that serves content requested by ISP customers) might be able to thwart "extortion" by individual smaller ISP's, because if Netflix stood up to the ISP and ISP responded by cutting off Netflix service, Netflix would still be able to survive and derive sufficient profit by serving the population of ISP's in other areas. If a single ISP serves too much area/population, however, Netflix's negotiating power falls rapidly. In Time Warner/Comcast case, the single merged company would control so much area that as a practical matter Netflix would have to do whatever they demanded, because Netflix would lose too much money if it tried to fight the extortion and lost ability to serve all Time Warner/Comcast customers. (I believe crux of this argument depends on antitrust laws preventing individual ISP's from acting in concert against Netflix, which laws would not apply against Time Warner/Comcast as single entity.)

So basically the argument is that the TimeWarner/Comcast merger would create a company that has too much power over its competitors, leveraging its function as last-mile ISP to gain unfair advantage over content providers it competes with in providing its own content.

I did find the article, and there's a lot more to it than what I wrote in previous paragraphs:
http://www.vox.com/2014/5/6/5678080/voxsplaining-telecom