skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm saying that what we call consciousness is merely a qualitative, subjective, signifier (correct word?) which describes the degree to which we consider the dynamic behaviour of parts of our universe to be similar to that of our own.

Essentially consciousness is nothing more than the mere passage of time; change itself. And if the universe is not deterministic that the required 'magic spark' is unlikely to be reserved to just (our) brains and is more likely a universal property of the universe.
I just don't see any reason to pay $1,000+ for a PC Ultrabook that invariably falls short of an MBP Retina in some core compatency. For example, both machines you mention are $1,000+, have HD 4400 graphics versus the MBP's IRIS Pro, and have substantially worse touchpads (I never use an external mouse). The XPS 13 doesn't have a high-DPI display, and the Yoga 2 Pro has dramatically lower battery life (5.5 hours of web browsing on notebookcheck's review versus 9.5 hours; 6.5 hours of streaming video versus 11 hours on Engadget's review).

Surface Pro 3 probably won't measure up to an MBP Retina in terms of battery life, and the touchpad on the Type Cover is atrocious, but at least it offers something the MBP doesn't: a great form-factor for touch + pen support. If you can't execute a traditional notebook as well as Apple, you can at least try to execute something else.
The device catered to the HoH community - the keyboard was great, and there were several "tty to voice" relay apps available where a HoH person could type messages to an operator from the device and an operator would place a voice telephone call for them and relay messages back and forth. For free.

There was even an unofficial ASL gesture for "smartphone" now which mimicked the "flip screen" of the Hiptop since they were so pervasive in the community.
I beated till 3 levels, really cool. What algo you are using?
Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/195/

Edit: I wish there was an updated version.
*Most kill nonselectively. Thanks for the nitpicking correction. My point still stands.
It's not so much a joke as it is a reflection on the history and development of Canada.
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TFA doesn't contain enough detail about hand-washing as opposed to body & hair, in much the same way that most people don't like talking about wiping their backsides vs washing them after defecating.
seriously? yes, I'm saying these women wrote a particularly good letter. i think its important to praise good work.

i didn't say anything about "if only all women were this calm and docile when talking about this subject"--that's all you. all i said was that this was particularly good.
New Thermal Technology Turns the Entire World into a Touchscreen
If anyone has been keeping stupid people quiet, they haven't been doing it very well.
How Europe’s voting system is facilitating the rise of the far-right
I can't help but wonder how much better off Nintendo would be right now if they had bought Danger when they had the chance to partner with them.
I also was worried that there was something wrong with my reading comprehension. To me, one of the most critical parts of the essay seemed the most weakly written, namely the "Encouraging greater diversity in the workspace" section. Here I am thinking "ok, here comes the concrete suggestions for what men should do"--and then I'm left with a phrase without a definition. That section talks about events thrown by women for women it seems--precisely the things companies that "only pay lip service" would point to as evidence of their feminist credentials. In other words, those places and events don't look like "workplaces" at all. They may be encouraging women to work in tech "in general" and improving their skills but they are no means directly getting the women hired into the workplaces in question.

So just so I get this right: When they say "Encourage diversity in the workplace" do they mean "all things being equal, hire the women", or do they mean "all things being not immensely unequal, hire the women"?
Wow, that's super cool, especially for a first Ruby project. Hopefully my bike doesn't get stolen, but if it does I'll be sure to use this (Who am I kidding? It's the bay area, when it gets stolen).
First, it depends on the rental market. Unless the local housing market deflates, after several years you should be able to get more than your expenses in rent, even after giving the management company their 10% (or whatever it is in your area).

Second, the break-even point is based on the principal to interest split in your payment. That is a function of your loan term and how deep into the term you are.
How about judging this article by what it says?
Thanks for posting (and your kind comments in email the other day) - /\/ick
The land of theoretical engineers
Great strides will be made when the cost of each IPv4 address rises significantly. That's when you'll see real progress, though not necessarily in the right direction.
Whenever a geek says how much he loves unvarnished communcation, what he means is that he loves sending it - the same people regularly hit the roof when they receive it.
>> I agree with the negative comments about the surface mini

If they had released a Mini with the same pen tech for instant OneNote access, I think a lot of people would have been all over it, even if it was running RT on ARM.

Looking at my own use cases for note taking, I often use my Surface Pro in conjunction with my Macbook Pro when collaborating in meetings, because it's simply easier to have the note taking device doing only one thing.

I don't think MS realizes it, but I think there is a market for a small, reasonably priced "virtual notebook" appliance (that can do other stuff as gravy), especially since the NoteSlate turned out to be a dud.
I never saw these devices. Did they make it to Europe?
I had the same problem. I solved it using Aleppo soap (100% natural) once in a week, and no more chemical aggressive shampoo.
A competent Hiptop user could easily type 60-70 wpm on the keyboard without too much trouble. Clever use of the autotext dictionary could easily fake out 80wpm or more by replacing "txt spk" with actual words and phrases.
Thanks, that’s a good suggestion. There are additional tax considerations with second homes (and business properties), but it’d be nice to include these in the model.
Even better on the buying side, though, to quickly check if a bike is stolen before buying a used bike from a shop or off of Craigslist.
This is a topic I feel very strongly about, but I have to treat like it's radioactive. Hence, this is a throwaway account and I will not be using it again.

I am a white male in my early 30s. I'm strongly libertarian and do everything in my power to make sure that people have the opportunity to work in a safe and non-threatening environment. I go out of my way to make sure that people who do not share my "type A" personality are included in group activities, and spend a good deal of energy monitoring and adjusting my body language to be inviting without being aggressive. This in particular doesn't come naturally to me, and as an introvert, is quite exhausting.

The one time I attempted to work with the the social circle that authors and maintains Model-View-Culture, I was met with the single most obvious and aggressive display of sexism I've encountered in my professional career. They used gender-based names to refer to me in a very derogatory and degrading way, and proceeded to go through my social profiles and mock my private life and family - because I had the audacity to attempt to engage them in a conversation while being male.

> Does this mean we’re going to get angry at you if you try to help and get it wrong?
> This is an a fear that has come to light through side channels. Men know there is a problem, and they’re worried the women they know are on the defensive - especially when reading a direct call to action like this one.

> They want to help but they’re worried if they don’t get everything just right, someone will chastise them into oblivion.

No, I'm not worried that I'll be chastised - I'm worried that my gender will result in a situation where any action (or inaction) on my part will result in my being ostracized from the professional community to which I've devoted a large part of my adult life. Further, I base this fear on my own actual experience and the direct observation of the experiences of others.

> The people signing this document are patient when they see someone trying to make a difference.

Perhaps. To be fair, the people who lashed out at me are not listed on this document. They are members of the same social circle though, and the thought of putting my career and my family's livelihood on the line to try and solve problems that do not directly impact me is terrifying. I am supposed to trust them not to dox me, spread that information to their entire social circle, then use it to publicly shame me?

http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/investigation-online-gath...

I want to help. I really do. I have a wife, daughters, and my own mother is a long-time feminist. I consider myself a feminist, though not of the radical far-left variety they practice. As much as I've been preached to about how feminism is hostile because they are not in a position of power, they've wielded that power arbitrarily and willfully when they found themselves able to do so.

The only way to win this game is not to play.
This has nothing to do with nazism, this is observing a common political strategy. The naming of "The Patriot Act" is another example.

We should judge ideologies by their rhetoric, actions, and outcomes, not their marketing slogans.
You might want to revise your post. It has some good points in it (e.g. the CEO bit), but they're hidden inside a very long rant laced with red flags like:

Until they start shoving these sorts of issues down my throat

I'm willing to bet that nobody has ever done anything like shoving anything down your throat, and that sort of repulsive hyperbole is just a marker for irrational, reactionary flame-bait.

Incidentally, if you believe that writing a blog post is "shoving these sorts of issues down your throat", then you should take a serious dose of your own medicine.
I already had a feeling we were essentially arguing the same thing...

Yes; the managed time approach in Glitch is very interesting and indeed a competitor towards addressing the same problem I originally raised.

The core of my original statement/problem definition was that real mutable state, i.e. throwing away history by default, was no longer the smart thing to do given current hardware.

From what I can tell you would also agree with that...
We can only wish that it would mean an end to RT.

I'd rather see a Surface non-Pro running an Atom and full Windows.
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I really do like this new version as it seems easier to answer the main question at hand. I did like some aspects of the older one though (all #s more easily digestible, the big graph) so seeing it in a new home would be nice.
Stupid crusading women complaining about being harassed at work. Why can't they just write code like I do? When I write code, nobody ever bothers me!
Good stuff, addictive!
You should register it before it gets stolen, so that you have all the important information if it does. https://bikeindex.org/bikes/new (you have to create an account)
Uber drivers will do the same thing when Uber start shifting to Google driverless cars.

I walked past the Hailo office earlier (it's right next to a taxi drivers café, by the way). If anything was scrawled on any walls, it must have been inside. The outside looked normal.
Another factless, speculative PR-Hit, brought to you by Friends of the Deep State, LLC.

I kid. The KGB General in question has been in exile in the US since the 1990s according to the article. What he knows is around 20 years out of date, no? Why would currently in the know Russian security types leak information to him? How would they leak info to him? This totally doesn't make sense. It's rumor-mongering at best.
Really like it - what algorithm are you using for the robot?
I didn't use GAE that much, I only know that whenever I needed to try something for free, Heroku's plugin architecture comes in handy, since most addons have free tiers. They even support neo4j, an amazing graph database I just started playing with (and it's in beta, so they give a shitload of space for free).
> so that they'd have one good eye to operate the plane after (atomic) bomb detonation.

Serious question, this is quite interesting to me... why? I mean, if the Cold War had gone "Hot" there likely wouldn't have been anywhere for them to land (presumably the Soviets would have bombed the bases), they'd have been basically dead upon takeoff. Seems like they didn't even really need to carry enough fuel for a round trip, just carry enough to get to the target and fly faster. Do you know what the plan was for after the bombs went off?
@lateguy - am one of the developers. try figuring it out ;)
Thank you for your honesty. As a woman, I tend to respond to these situations in the exact same way - out of shock and mortification. But that's exactly why this behavior can continue. So together, let's speak up for ourselves, for others, and for what is right.
> Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.

Our Blood by Andrea Dworkin, 1976

It's not a strawmyn when it's based on reality. Not all feminists, not even all radical feminists espouse views like this, but they exist and to brush them under the rug impedes meaningful discourse.
Alien Life Discovery Could Happen Within 20 Years
Have you ever been denied? My understanding is that hosts are required to justify usage, but that they aren't exactly scrutinizing that document.
Deep learning.
Even if a block is not publicly advertised, it is still entirely possible that it is used internally. Using the 10/8 range was not common place, and certain organisations have IP's that are technically publicly routable in their internal infrastructure.

As for 44/8, there are still those that use it, taking it away would mean having to renumber all of the equipment on that network...

No, trying to reclaim IPv4 addresses by making people go through herculean efforts to renumber their networks is not the way forward and simply delays the inevitable. IPv6 is the way forward, start pushing that, and get more people using it.
It's trivial to get new IP4 addresses on AWS and Rackspace. I guess it depends on the company. Microsoft's Azure does a weird thing where instances all share the same IP but are accessible via different ports when in a group.
Another open source option is PageSpeed, which does it on the fly as an Apache/Nginx plugin.

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/module

(Disclaimer: I work on this.)
I don't understand, are you saying that there are too many languages? I find it very reasonable:
- css, js, html are unavoidable for a web app
- sql is as standard as it gets for interacting with your database
- shell is also widely used as a glue + mini tools/scripts
- maven, xml, xsd, xslt are pretty much all xml, and good luck writing a modern java app without touching it
- java is the main language in there.

If anything I'm surprised at the small number of languages.

It would be way bigger for the project I'm currently working on at work: we have python for scripting and integration tests, ruby for chef deployment, java as the main language, some shell tools, js/html/css/xml/yml, some legacy groovy, etc..

It's very common to have little scripts and tools hacked together that are rarely used (or even one-offs) making it to the main codebase.

As for the number of lines of code, I don't know how they count libraries and dependencies, but with maven it's very common to be pulling half the universe's libraries through transitive dependencies for parts of the libs that are not even used. It doesn't mean your code is wrong.

It feels like people are just trying to find reasons to criticize that project.
play a few games and try figuring it out ;)
Webdev Screencast: How to center an element with unknown dimensions
It doesn't make her gender/orientation/race look worse. I've been critical of the article, but you're being ridiculous trying to blame a group for her comment and deletion. In fact, I suspect you already don't like those groups and this is just some confirmation bias on your part.
Ben Rich's book [1] about the development of the SR-71 explains the reason behind the hammer story. Cadmium plated tools were traced to embrittlement of titanium panels; they spent quite a bit of time tracking down the source of that problem and eliminating Cd plated tools from the factory.

As far as coffee makers go, it's not always true in aircraft---especially combat aircraft---that gravity always points down. You see the same awareness in NASA Tech Briefs: coffee makers, toilet seats, even simple things like cabinet latches can't depend on gravity always having the same magnitude, or direction, or steadiness.

[1] Ben R. Rich. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed. New York: Back Bay Books, 1996. ISBN 0-316-74300-3.
I think an important question to be answered now is "which is less hygiene"? There have been a few one-offs of people that forewent not showers, but soap in the showers, in preference of scrubbing themselves, but not using modern cleaners. Them doing that was probably a much slower version of what was happening in this experiment's case.

It didn't go into details; but, if the flora and fauna on our bodies actually protect us from the bacteria that is bad for us, then it is beneficial to have a layer of it. If instead, we're just carrying around animals that just happen to be there and don't do anything, then it may be a moot point. That said, if it is beneficial, then the population is actually less healthy for not having the layer; and if we had the layer, we'd get sick less often and be in less danger.

hygiene and rubbing chemicals all over yourself, while certainly related, aren't the same thing
Europe Wants a Supercomputer Made From Smartphones
I don't think people necessarily see that as a perfect solution in which they make a profit. If you can come close to breaking even by renting it out, that gives you more runway with which to sell the place. Reduces the time pressure, so to speak.
The calculator is surprisingly accurate based on some math I did late last year when thinking about buying a house.

A small (1300 sq ft) house in SF can be bought for $750K in some neighborhoods in the south of the city. The ones in between the fancy ones and the crappy ones.

I did a pretty detailed analysis of what everything would cost. Loss of investment income on the down payment, insurance, property taxes, etc. And came out to around $4100.

You can rent the same house in SF for around $3750/month, so unless you're assuming a pretty spectacular rise in home values, it doesn't make sense to purchase.
That depends on the leverage you use. If you have 100k and use it to own one 100k contract, it cannot go below zero.
The point is that they convey information without building trust. Research has shown that face-to-face contact is essential for building trust, because there is a lot of subconscious emotional information conveyed in body language. E-mail and other electronic communication conveys the factual, logical information, but not the emotional information. So if you want representatives to collectively decide things based on what is rational and logical but not be subconsciously influenced by lobbyists or other politickers, cut the emotional channel out of their communications.

It's the same reason that Google makes promotion decisions by a committee located on another continent. You want people to judge based on facts and not impressions, so divorce the objective facts from the subjective impressions.
Yeah, Ford definitely does not need its own block
A Comparison of Go Web Frameworks
Probably the same day that the Voyager spacecraft finally leaves the Solar system. What I mean by this, is that the line is really fuzzy -- you can always buy a block of IPv4 addresses, if you pay enough.
"If I see a black kid in a hoodie on my side of the street, I’ll move to the other side of the street. If I see a white guy with a shaved head and tattoos, I’ll move back to the other side of the street."

This quote is hard to parse. Is it a simple "I avoid black kids in hoodies and white guys with shaved heads and tattoos" or does it say that if he sees a guy with a shaved head and tattoos, he'll move back onto the side of the street with the black kids in hoodies?
I don't think you're fairly summarizing the Politico article. It does cite trial lawyers as a key reason:

> One of the biggest friction points was over fee shifting, the idea of making the losing party in patent lawsuits pay the winner’s legal fees. Republicans on Senate Judiciary and pro-reform groups made it a top goal, but some Democratic members and trial lawyers warned that fee shifting could keep companies from pursuing legitimate lawsuits.

But it goes on to say:

> Earlier this month, Senate negotiators began to coalesce around compromise language from Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that included milder litigation reforms. That effort, however, frayed as universities and other major patent holders argued the measure would have negative consequences for the patent system.

It's Politico saying that universities and other major patent holders also argued against the measure, not Democrats.

> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) played a decisive, behind-the-scenes role in the legislation’s fate, according to sources on and off the Hill. Reid told Leahy he could not put the bill on the floor given the opposition from trial lawyers, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology giants, the sources said. Reid’s office did not comment for this story.

You characterize this as Reid simply trying to "spread the blame" but it wasn't the trial lawyers that sent a letter to Leahy the morning the bill was killed. From the ArsTechnica article linked above:

> Early this morning, several groups opposing the bill denounced those provisions, promising they would be united in their opposition to any bill that included them. "Many of the provisions would have the effect of treating every patent holder as a patent troll," read a letter sent out by the Innovation Alliance, which was signed by the American Association of Universities and the biotechnology trade group BIO.

Your point about fee-shifting is absolutely wrong. Universities and small patent-holders oppose it, because litigation is always uncertain even when you've got a good case overall. You can never be sure what'll happen in a Markman hearing, or what a jury will do, or whether all your claims will hold up in light of developments that arise over the course of litigation. This is particularly true because the law requires you to bring all your claims at once, or forfeit the ones you don't bring. The plaintiff ultimately bears the burden of proof, and just because he can't meet that burden for every claim doesn't mean he brought any of them in bad faith.