skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So don't buy where there's HOA, Condo Boards or Historical Districts. That leaves you with a lot of options.
> As such, any reforms that involve replacing the daily standup meeting, the sprint planning meeting, or changing anything about how Scrum works at all are not open to discussion. How is that "Agile?"

Its not. Scrum is a collection of practices (many of which may have been developed through an Agile-like attitude wherever they originated) dictated, adopted, packaged, and sold as exactly the kind of processes-over-people-and-interactions manner against which the Agile Manifesto is a reaction.

Almost all of the individual practices of Scrum are good ideas to consider (whether or not they should be applied is organization-specific) in Agile/Lean organizations, but Scrum, qua Scrum, is not Agile.
The thesis is that the source of the 'stink' is Ammonia and the bacteria are eating it and turning it into nitrides. The question is of course how quickly they can do that.

Its a pretty interesting theory.
Captured? I thought they killed him and dumped his body out of an airplane.
Honestly? Doesn't anyone understand how important the physical plant is to Google's advantage, for that matter?

"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware."

http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...
Dwolla accounts are still funded over the ACH network (requires account/routing number). The exciting thing here is you only need a debit card number to send money.
Yes of course, as long as their mission was not to outright assassinate him no matter what.

Assassinations and Kidnappings are just crimes to me, I can't believe we are even having this discussion.
My experience has been the same as yours, but:

> Make sure you interview with the same standards as anyone else

Reading these open letters, isn't that The Wrong Thing? "Promote the fuck out of diversity" (from the OP) sounds as if we should strongly prefer female programmers, with a bigger focus on a healthy team than on skills alone. (Also related: http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug)

I'm genuinely curious because my experience is the same as yours (= nothing bad happened), but it dawns on me that I am now considered a part of the problem. :|
The HN community is quick to attack MBAs, but when my first startup was in trouble, the founders weren't communicating, and Board members were yelling at each other, the conflict resolution skills of one board member, a business school professor, may have helped the situation more than anything else. His skills were a major motivation for me to go to business school, where I learned many relevant skills -- negotiation, general management, leadership, etc.

I now consider conflict management and resolution skills among the most important in making relationships endure and critically important for business leadership.

From one of my blog posts, "How to make relationships last":

I consider the main skills in resolving conflict

- Listening to others’ issues to understand them

- Making them feel understood

- Supporting them for their beliefs without judgment, even if you don’t agree or support their beliefs (not the distinction between supporting someone versus supporting their beliefs)

- Communicating your issues without blaming

- Maintaining calm

- Patience

- After all those, regular problem-solving skills

Develop those skills and you’ll be able to make relationships last longer by instilling loyalty.
Why is this question only directed at men? Are women's views on this matter invalid because they're held by women?
I had a Sidekick Color and a Sidekick II. I also carried a Moto RAZR while I was in high school.

The sidekick was a phenomenal device. Battery lasted all day -- I could text and had unlimited data over GPRS (maybe EDGE?) - and I was one of the only students who could Google and read in class. I browsed forums, looked up answers, even started essays on that keyboard.

You had a persistent AIM -- and the interface was prettier and more fluid than Android (up to the latest release).

What a delight that device was.
Putting your life on the line to kill or capture someone who is responsible for the unwarranted deaths of many (i.e. a terrorist) would be heroic, in my book. :) Peaceful negotiations are not always an option.
> And that's a hero?

Yeah, it is.
Yes, as a male, I see this behavior regularly.

If you're not seeing it, it's statistically highly unlikely that you're not coming into contact with it. Reading and understanding feminist perspectives can help you become more observant. Hacker News provides plenty of opportunities for practice identifying hostile-to-women comments.

If you're not hearing about it through word of mouth, then it could be that you don't talk to a lot of women in tech, or don't talk to them about these issues, or you aren't fully hearing what they're saying. It could also be that they don't feel comfortable in discussing them with you. Look at your language and behavior and think about what could be sending unintentional messages that cause people to steer clear from this discussion. How many can you spot in this post, and in your reply to Anil?
I know a number of people who provided primary material to Molly Raskin. In general, they feel the reporting was balanced and accurate.

To harp on whether he was precisely the first victim or not is trivializing the event, the man and the impact both had.
> Only 4%? An index fund will return higher than that.

Just like homes will always go up?
At least this pile of code turned into something, unlike my local Cover Oregon which has been killed following a $250 million outlay and still no end in sight [0].

Funny that oft-mentioned Oracle used their work with Oregon to tout how their enterprise prowess "plays an essential role in establishing Oregon as a leader in healthcare reform", but the link to the source piece is now dead [1]. I did, however, save a copy of this PR fluff when it came out in 2012, just to see how it would all pan out... [2].

[0]: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-us-attorneys-o...

[1]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/entarch/oeea-home...

[2]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnt15vqdc15aopj/state-of-oregon-18...
I've been hosting a few and back in February when we announced one via cryptoparty.se I got a call from Swedish national radio to comment on it.

So if you're hosting one, make sure to announce it to various sites.
Hatsune Miku is far from erotic except to a specific subset of fetishists, the robot restaurant is a gimmick, and study after study has demonstrated that people need actual human contact in the nursery and in times of stress or illness. People who are raised by machines fail to thrive. People who are visited and cared for by human beings recover better from all manner of illnesses. When I said that we could automate these jobs but they would fail, I was not speaking from ignorance.
Of course, it's clearly BS. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't see that.
Nobody is claiming that it's cause is simply bias. It's a particular instance of the general structural issues women face.
extremists tend to use this wording.
Modern games reimagined as 16-bit retro games
Thanks for the links.

A question - Do you think (or have any information) on if this is particularly worse in tech, than in other industries?
Google Is Killing A Beloved Site And Nobody Can Figure Out Why
Note that this is not true for the US - makes it trivial to cancel a stolen debit card if you realize it's stolen before it can be used.
Seriously. There are so few women in the tech industry, how would it be obvious to notice they have been unfairly treated?

One place I worked has a newspaper article on the wall about the high numbers of women hey hired. There were still only 3 on a floor of around 100 staff. All the places I have worked they have been treated as equals.
What is "the right way", if you're allowed to disclose that? I remember that Square Cash was doing their transfer feature using refunds[1], is that the same way that Stripe is doing it?

[1]: http://jonbwhite.tumblr.com/post/66853226398/how-square-move...
Yes, its a PC like every other and they have to follow their own requirements for Windows 8 (to give the option to disable Secure Boot).

I have done it (with Ubuntu) but keep in mind touch & wacom support on most linux OSes are still finicky especially for high DPI devices.
I feel strongly that we shouldn't allow ourselves to forget about the "death by a thousand cuts" aspect either. Even the "decent, upstanding guys" (a cohort that we are presumably a part of) are most likely responsible for a papercut or two (I certainly am). And these papercuts are just as profound a barrier in impeding progress in this area than the readily noticeable offenses, in my opinion.
Original Credit Transaction is not a loophole. https://developer.visa.com/vpp/documents/json/Original_Credi... I don't know if Stripe or Balanced are using this feature.
It was a boat.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...
Hm. There are actually a bunch of inaccuracies in the above, but I don't think there's much point arguing about the details -- specifics aside, I agree that Balanced has quickly launched some cool stuff. Congrats on your time at Balanced and good luck with whatever comes next!
I wonder what the time-frame is for pg's observation that 20% of founders leave. During the 3 month YC period? Or ever?
Perhaps it's a "thin content" penalty.

Looking at the site, the posts have low wordcount. No images. Lots of links.

That's kind of consistent with the other trends we're seeing from Panda 4.0.

Thoughts?
I assumed that was a dig at Jeff Atwood, who initially refused to link to Shanley's piece on the grounds that it was hateful.
Noticed that you took the time to reformat the html that you initially pasted over. Thanks for taking the time to do that for us :).
No, he was dumped overboard several days after he was killed in the raid and his body interred on a Navy vessel.
Some of the passengers were in contact with the ground:

"According to flight attendants Amy Sweeney and Betty Ong, who contacted American Airlines during the hijacking, the hijackers had stabbed flight attendants Karen Martin and Barbara Arestegui and slashed the throat of passenger Daniel Lewin.Lewin, an American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur, had served as an officer in the elite Sayeret Matkal special operations unit of the Israel Defense Forces. Lewin was seated in 9B, and Suqami was directly behind him in 10B. The 9/11 Commission suggested that Suqami may have stabbed and killed Lewin after he attempted to stop the hijacking. Lewin was believed to be the first fatality in the 9/11 attacks."
Swombat and the founder of MVC have sparred over twitter numerous times, and he had to unfollow me because I retweet her often.

Sometimes, people just don't like each other. (I have no beef with Swombat.)
I think you're thinking about it wrong. I believe women that this happens. I wasn't asking for "views" so much as, "what have you seen?"
I didn't criticize that part or any other part of his life, I'm just shocked that this aspect (assassinations and kidnappings) is presented like it's a great thing he did.
They would have loved to take Bin Laden alive, it would be the ultimate humiliation for him.
Why doesn't Cuba do something about the situation at Guantanamo? They are already embargoed indefinitely. I don't understand why they don't address the situation there.
Yes, I've seen this stuff, repeatedly, and passed off without comment.

More than that, I have the good sense to take my female colleagues at their word.
On my last trip to London I noticed several people riding unicycles around and I started wondering if it's a growing trend in urban environments (I'm intensely intrigued by the urban landscape and how people cope with the challenges there). I plan on purchasing one myself simply out of curiosity (and because it would be a boat load of fun). Any pointers on brand, technique?
Far Beyond Snow Fall
Did Snowden, as a user of Tor, benefit from having more nodes in Hawaii at the time?
(I'm a co-founder of Balanced, a payments company also building push to card (p2c) functionality [1])

> There's no way to map debit card numbers to routing/account numbers (afaik).

You're correct.

> They're probably using the ATM network primarily and another method if it's not supported.

Based on the settlement times advertised, it looks like Stripe is simply performing "unreferenced refunds" to debit cards, rather than using the various ATM networks to push funds out to cards. If they were using the ATM networks, you could expect sub-10 min settlement times.

[1] https://www.balancedpayments.com/push-to-card
I have left a company because they flat-out refused to consider hiring women for coding jobs, with the CEO saying that women are too fragile for critical roles.

This kind of idiocy is relatively common in UK executives, as a fairly large chunk of them went to exclusive private boys schools and so never had to really deal with women as equal peers until adulthood.
"this is one of the more thoughtful pieces i've read on the issue" is bull shit. I'm male and even I can figure this out.

Do you see what you're doing here? Do you even realize? Your comment reads: "THESE women are actually thoughtful, not like those bra-burning man-hating diatribes that I've come across from those crazy women in tech. If only all women were this calm and docile when talking about this subject." Maybe that wasn't the precise thoughts behind it, but it comes off as that condescending to everyone (particularly the women) who don't fit to your standards. You are saying "if you're going to talk about gender in tech, or even gender at all, be like these women or I don't care/you're crazy."

Every "piece", whatever the tone, is written for specific reasons, and you'd rather take the lazy route and rank them as "more/less thoughtful" than actually try to understand those reasons. Hey, I agree, there are some articles and such on gender-in-tech out there that could make points more strongly, could be tailored to their audience better, etc etc. You should respond to those with honest, interested questions. Not this. Edit: from the actual article itself:

"Being nice doesn’t work. We’ve been nice. Some of us that have written down our stories here have even been paraded around by men in the industry for how nice we’ve been in trying to address the social problems in tech as a way to discredit more vocal, astutely firm feminist voices. We don’t like this, we’ve never liked it, and it needs to stop."

Parading this article as "more reasonable" is the same dynamic; don't settle for the speech that you're comfortable with. Go back and try to understand why the other, louder speech made you uncomfortable.
"So what do we call the feminists who ..."

A parody. That one's easy.
Thanks Patrick! And thanks for Stripe: it's great that you all kicked off this 'let's make a better payments API' space. And giving people good APIs in general.
I worked for less than 5 months in a non-tech industry (and in a female-majority workplace) to form any opinion on that.
And Opera announced their move to the Chromium Content API and WebKit around a fortnight before Blink was announced.

And note that isn't the first time there's been Opera interest in pdf.js — I spent the majority of summer 2012 working on trying to get pdf.js running well in Presto, as was relatively well known around pdf.js contributors.
I want to bring in a funny point here. Am I the only one who thinks iPad Air screen is too small (not talking about the quality of the screen, which is excellent, no doubt) for reading documents? I have tried it out in Apple Store; it seems like a toy screen to me. This is the single reason that I have not bought an iPad.

I consume passively for about half of my time and produce actively (run programs on a server via Terminal) the other half. So, if I had to read a document, I think Surface 3 is just the right size. Plus the stylus there is very good for annotations. And then I can work in the Terminal using the Keyboard accessory. Also, switch between programs via Alt-Tab, multiple side-by-side windows etc. Install iTunes to bring over my music collection.

So I am very very tempted to move from my 13" MacBook Air to Surface 3. Price is not really a consideration for me. So, what am I missing?
Washing with soap disrupts the endocrine function of the skin, which doesn't fully recover for a couple days. It's not a matter of bad chemicals in the soap; stripping away the natural oils messes up synthesis of things like Vitamin D. The article didn't even touch on this and instead just talks about bacteria.

Frequent use of soap is going to impair the skin's barrier function and leave you more susceptible to infection. You should really only be soaping up as needed.

Personally, once a week is fine for me. I'll just rinse off as needed the rest of the week, which in winter might be once.
We really don't know what specific missions someone was involved in during their time in a special forces unit, but I tend to think negatively of Israel's kidnappings after this eggregious example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

Imagine if we had done this to Snowden? Would those special forces men necessarily be heros for following orders?
Why does this even remotely matter?

We're in tech. This is our home. Let's clean it up.
I think he's the guy that created D3, so I'm guessing that's what he used. (Or at least I'm pretty sure...)
As a white male, I've never encountered this when actually interacting with, well, any feminist I've ever met.
a genuine question for other male readers. Have you heard of, or come into contact with any of this abhorrent behavior that's mentioned?

Why do you need a "male reader" to confirm this to you? Your question reads thus: 'I can't believe this if I only hear it from a woman-- is there a man in the audience who can confirm this?'

To turn it around a bit, why do you find these stories unbelievable & why do you need a man to confirm their veracity?
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I cannot downvote you hard enough.
Absolutely. Go look at the Middle East, visit Tehran. See how many 80 year old male taxi drivers there are. The men are obliged to support to women into old age, who are legally entitled to privileges. See how many 80 year old women do the same.

Of course this gets rewritten into a "woman are victims" narrative where they aren't allowed to leave the house, even though few Iranian women care to change this situation.

Women have in group bias, the Women are Wonderful effect exists, and the bottom half of the men are invisible.

If you really want to understand this as a man, start to engage in feminist discussions with a female nickname. All of a sudden, you can be hyperbolic, hypersensitive and hysterical, and people will somehow find a way to excuse such behaviour. Post the exact same comment as a man, and you will not only be dismissed, but often seen as a credible threat.
> Of course, there’s still a big intangible difference between having debt and not having debt,

Both renters and owners need a place to live in the future, assuming they're not dead. If we exclude those who live with mommy and daddy or mooch off of other people...

Well, then whether the debt is formal with a mortgage or not makes little difference. Even renters are on the hook to come up with $1000 for the month of October 2016. It's just not in writing.
I am sorry that you got cancer and had to remove those parts of your body. I am also happy that you now seem better (and I am guessing and being hopeful here).

That said, I do not think it is right to try to guilt people into using things they do not want to use because you think it could possibly aid your health. If you had provided links to research that proved that soap and shampoo use in the larger population made people with a defective immune system safer I would not have a problem with your comments, but I am just not sure that is the case.

If I try to give an example, there are people that are hyper-allergic to peanuts and they will die if they are exposed to peanuts. Why do we, despite this, allow peanuts in our society? It is not a necessity.

Edit; Just to be clear; we are not talking about vaccination; I think that is a completely different thing.
It's disappointing that you think advances in rights for women have to come at the expense of men.
Well, I want to read it, but not badly enough to figure out how to bypass the certificate issue...
As a 'gifted' but bored student, I see so many programs (online, self paced programs) that I would have loved. My youngest brother was able to graduate from high school a year early with honors, yet he was the least academic out of all of us kids (5 total). I went to small high school with only AP Spanish and AP Calculus, of which getting into depended on what track you were put into in middle school (didn't make it due to just moving into the area). My parents were also very wary about not screwing us up socially (no skipping grades). Having these types of programs that go with you if your family moves, interest changes or anything else, would have been amazing!
(Balanced co-founder)

> I don't know if Stripe or Balanced are using this feature

Yes, Balanced is.
Greg Galanos (founder of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrowerks) and his associate Mark B Johnson (Apple alum).
I'm not disputing that they tried to capture him alive.
That's not the logic. It's more: "I'm an iOS user and every time an Android device is on the network my phone crashes." * "I use Android and have never seen this. Have any other Android users seen this?"
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The burial at sea was within 24 hours of his death, I believe in accordance to his religious customs. That's the official story according to wikipedia anyway.
"Unreferenced refunds" are the 'wrong way': the card networks don't like it for various reasons. ATM networks are starting to offer an API that just does this, which is the 'right way.' Visa OCT was mentioned elsewhere in this thread, for example. This means you have to integrate with a patchwork of different networks if you want to have good coverage.

I don't have any special insight into how Stripe is doing it, but the extremely low cost and the '1-2 days' sounds like unreferenced refunds. I could be wrong.
Sexism is notoriously pervasive in Europe. And America. And really, the entire fucking globe.
This is for bipolar disorder/schizophrenia?

Melatonin always worked very well for me but I developed an allergy to it.
I'm sold! How do I get a bottle?
If, in posting something out of concern, and in trying to understand something better, I still am going to get chastised for "doing it wrong", then it really is an uphill battle.
>The Surface costs more than the average laptop and tablet it is supposed to replace.

Not necessarily for an i7 machine in the form factor, but yes based on the average its too much to invest into.

>And God forbid you want or need processing power or RAM >= 8GB..

A few years ago I would have disagreed with you but heck what are we feeding browsers nowadays. My chrome with a handful of websites hits the 1GB mark easily. Talking about an IDE and VM on top of that, we are already at 8GB and to think years back I was comfortable with a Netbook with 1GB of ram.
Be careful all of you criticizing DominikR don't fall of your high horse.

We all know that government authorized assassinations and kidnappings are always directed towards terrorists, and not to achieve geopolitical goals. /s

I'm not saying this is the case here; I'm saying serving in elite forces and battling "terrorism" doesn't instantly mean "hero".