skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> Apparently, only the information that maximizes search advertising revenue is worth organizing and making accessible.

I don't even understand the theory of how there is a profit motive here.

How does Google make more money by asking webmasters to hide parts of their site from the indexer?

Doesn't Occam's Razor say that a more likely explanation is that innocent sites are being caught in the never-ending arms race between spammers and Google?

If Google didn't care about the "indie" web, why would Google employees be taking their time to coach indie website operators on how to improve their site's rankings?

I know this is a frustrating situation for everyone involved. But the cynicism that says there is some ulterior motive cuts deep, especially coming from someone I respect like you, Matt.
You spend your time fixing bugs. You can teach that but it takes up to decades.
Do you mean flushing it with _mm_clflush()/CLFLUSH? Which architecture, and what's your use case? Any theories on why this was helping?
Women outlive men. An evolutionary curiosity may explain this
What Does a Neural Network Actually Do?
Kickstarter is basically tech's closest thing to a PBS pledge drive. This is quite a bit less problematic then Sesame Street. I really don't get the writer's outrage other than he needed to fill column inches.
Mozilla partners with TokBox
A link to the actual report: http://www.google.com/get/videoqualityreport/
Bro, do you even program? The case of non-programming programmers
Introducing Beta by Crashlytics
I think the point is that there are multiple sites like eHow, and searching each of them individually and then deciding which results were the best is sub-optimal. Plus, it prevents the serendipitous discovery of new sites like eHow.

If only there were a way to search multiple content farm sites at once, and rank those results according to how useful they were...
Completely agree. They seemed clueless about the fact that they could issue a restricted stock agreement and still allow us control of the company without having vested. It was awful.
Tech needs to decide which master it’s going to serve, contd.
I think the distinction of intent is important, though it certainly doesn't excuse the words. Someone who is saying something sexist out of ignorance can be reached out to, possibly brought over to the right side with reason and the right approach.

Someone who is saying it even though they know they're wrong, just to get a rise out of people, is sociopathic, and engaging with them would be a waste of time.

In other words, some people are bigots of circumstance - having been born, raised in a time and place, or otherwise exposed to certain views at certain moments. They can become allies, or at least brought to a position that isn't firmly bigoted. I think it's worthwhile to recognize the difference if only for the pragmatic purpose of knowing which arguments might be worthwhile and which are clear wastes of time.
Yes, it's not very useful. But there it is. It's no worse than "Hispanic" which isn't really a race, culture or single national origin.
Yea, I really agree with that statement. There seems to be much bigger problems that most people (starting out or moderately advanced) have with A/B testing. I hate when I see articles that talk about getting amazing results in "just 2 days."
Agreed, but I suspect trolls do to some extent agree/believe. If they actively were against it, they wouldn't say it (or at least I certainly hope so). What concerns me is the casualness with which trolls threaten rape/death/other violence behind the anonymity of the internet; the more frequently this behavior is seen, the more normalized it becomes.
It's an error to think that you can distill any event, much less one like this shooting, to a single root cause. Guns played a role. Misogyny played a role. Racism played a role. Mental illness played a role. And different groups of people interested in each of those aspects have been taking action on each of those fronts (if you think it's been completely coöpted into a discussion about misogyny, you haven't been paying attention).

Because a phenomenon involves another cause or affects another group, is no reason to ignore its effect on, in this case, women.
Cars are pretty huge. Toyotas and Hondas can get sold an hour after posting (I've witnessed it).
We migrated SVN exactly the same way. Except I didn't write a corruption script. Turns out VSS was capable of corrupting itself beyond repair with no help from anyone! Or wait, did you work in my office?
I wonder if moot could post some of the analytics data? I'd be curious to see, for example, what boards get the most traffic, where users mostly come from, etc. etc.
If you already have a bunch of bitcoin sitting around for other reasons (you stuck a bunch of savings in it, or are selling drugs for bitcoin, or you do substantial amounts of mining) and you want to pay for stuff with bitcoin anyway, this saves you a step, and time waiting for bank transfers and such.
''' ...in 1983, the big question was, “how do we get kids interested in reading?” By 2009, that question had become, “how do we teach kids to read, period?” '''

I remember learning to read. I taught myself (mostly) because I wanted to read books. I went to a tiny rural school with 3 grades in each room. After school it was an hour or so before my dad could come get me. I sat and looked at books. When I didn't know a word, a very patient older lady, the teacher, would tell me what it was while she sat and graded papers (probably cursing my dad to herself). I learned to read in kindergarten, a full year before the rest of the class (admittedly this wasn't a high achieving school and was nearly 40 years ago).

The point is... To teach kids how to read is just like teaching anything else. Get them interested in it. Or, we can keep trying to club them over the head with reading. Even though that approach doesn't seem to be working.
The skills he talks about are useful, for lawyers, politicians, sales and other such professions. They are useful in STEM type subjects as well, but usually only if you have the "harder" CS / science / maths type skills as well.
LeVar is currently giving an AMA on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/26sn1c/im_levar_burton...
This isn't anything out of the ordinary or directed at 4chan (like the tweet is trying to say, in my opinion). Google Analytics is free for up to 10 million hits per month and then they ask you to upgrade to premium. Most people just assume that Google Analytics is free forever but there is a limit. I would agree that 150k per year is exorbitantly high for that service, however.
>In fact, while the Kickstarter promises to deliver more books to low-income kids, there are already some hints that it’s not totally up to speed with those same kids’ digital realities. It’s well-documented fact, for instance, that low-income households are disproportionately more likely to access the Internet by cellphone. And yet Reading Rainbow wants to put its app on desktop computers first — which requires both computer ownership and high-speed Internet access. (Less than half of households earning less than $30,000 a year have high-speed broadband, per Pew.)

It looks like the writer of this article may be one of those disadvantaged illiterates. Or at least a technoilliterate. The kickstarter is about getting Reading Rainbow on the web, and thus everywhere; desktop, tablet, phones. I see no mention of any desktop-specific app, or indeed any app except the pre-existing iPad one.
Using MWAIT in spin loops (2011)
X-37 is launched on a traditional expendable rocket and only glides to a landing. SABRE is an air-breathing SSTO spaceplane that takes off from a runway. They're completely different beasts.
Actually the first rule of bash programming should be: Don't use bash.

If your script is longer than 10 lines then you should probably write it in a less error prone language.
Another interesting thing is that in the diff for 7.1a and 7.2 the author changed U.S. to United States several times. Some people think this is to draw attention to it being related to the US government
Cyberattack that locked Apple devices in Australia reaches U.S.
The Serval Mesh
There are a wide range of modules in the Qt library including an OpenGL library if you want to do 3D games. I would say that Qt is strongest in doing basic apps with standard components like buttons, images, sliders, etc. since there is a large built-in library of Qt widgets to use. The down sides are that your apps may not look 100% native and the Qt libraries add a few MB of bloat to your app size.
That's correct - I was thinking of using an Apache VirtualHost file. (Isn't using the .htaccess file slower(?) than using the VirtualHost file?)
I can't vouch for anyone else, but I've invested my time and energy in a few different business ideas, one of which might pan out, two of which haven't.

If you're doing that sort of thing, having liquid funds and cash is a hell of a lot more useful than pieces of paper that might suddenly go up in smoke when you need them.

I'm not claiming it is ideal, but it does explain some things.

Also, there's not really a compelling vision of the future to invest in right now, right? Everything's ruined forever, and getting worse--or so it seems.
Not too surprising, unfortunately. I hope a few people saw it and found it to be an interesting read before HN groupthink killed it off.
Okay.

Could we please reinstate the "built by a former Airbnb Data Scientist", though? That's material information, in that this is not just any curriculum, but one that's expert-curated. As people on this thread have indicated [1], the credentials of the person building a Learning Path are important.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7816100
I'm a Simple customer and I love them.

I've been a customers for 6+ months and haven't had any of the issues mentioned above. Granted, I haven't had to deposit a $3,000 check yet, but I use direct deposit and PayPal for almost everything. Their mobile deposit works far better than Wells Fargo. I still have Wells Fargo for my business accounts, and still send half of my direct deposit to Wells Fargo because I want the options of a big bank just in case as well, such as the $3k check problem and lots of locations and ATMs.

The only speedbump I've hit with Simple is for some weird reason my rent payment got rejected even though everything was good in my Simple account - but I explained the situation to Simple's amazing customer service and they refunded all the fees that went along with rejection - not sure how big banks would have handled that.

After you purchase something at any store, it shows up within minutes in the Simple app and you get a notification on your phone which is perfect for making sure there wasn't any funny business when you swipe your card at random locations. The goal tracking is really good too in order to see what money you actually have to spend outside of your goals and they'll "hide" your own money from you at your own set intervals which is good for undisciplined consumers like me. I guess I'm not yet in the right stage in life to really benefit highly from credit card cash backs, which would only be worth it above the yearly fee if you put almost all bills on it. I do have a short term CD savings account with Ally Bank that's separate. Overall Simple is the best bank and app I've ever used.
How do I Connect a 30yr-old Tandy 1400LT laptop to the internet?
Joke is on them; I was already willing to drop $250 on an autographed headshot of Levar Burton.
merchants should not store credit cards in any form.

pretty much every payment processor / gateway allows you to create payment profiles with reference ids which you can store and reuse later to process additional payments.

if DISH got hacked, all the hacker should be able to get are useless payment profile ids.

EDIT: i hope everyone who's downvoting me does extensive pen testing and security audits on their servers/network. storing even properly encrypted card info is a huge liability.
> a good place to pitch your savings product for wealthy investors

I think Bill Gates is trying to spend his money, not save it.
CS professors do grade for clarity and not just "does it work/compile?" but as a matter of relative weight in a grading distribution I think it gets less attention, and necessarily so for the more challenging problems. Writing prompts have a simpler objective domain to test (grammar, word usage) so the bulk of the grade weight goes to interpretation and style, which is of course subjective.
I think you're right that guns and murder are the main issue in the shooting. But it's not the only issue. The reason that the gun issue has not really gotten as much attention is because after Sandy Hook it seems like there is absolutely nothing you can do in the USA to get the gun laws changed to make them even one iota more restrictive. If the NRA and their supporters isn't moved by the senseless gunning-down of 20 kindergartners and 6 brave teachers, then what would move them? Well, nothing.

The issue of misogyny, however, is somewhere we might be able to make a difference, so it should be addressed. It's a separate issue. Saying it should not be addressed because it's not the issue you care about isn't really fair.

The other issue, insultment, ridicule, and harrassment of all people--not just women and girls--is a third issue. (I don't think being fired because you're a man is a large systemic issue, sorry.) This issue is probably best classified as bullying and, if you don't have kids of school age you might not know this, it is a huge issue in many parts of the US, and is being addressed accordingly. My kids' school has a zero-tolerance policy towards bullying, for example.
Do you have a '+' in your string? In URL it's interpreted as a space, use '%2B' instead.
Market cap isn't real. That's just a valuation based on...well, usually, 'feelings'. Microsoft has real money. Google has real money too, but not Microsoft money.

That's why Twitter, which is a tiny company with no profits and probably not much more growth potential, has a higher market cap than some insurance companies an retail chains with good growth, real money and solid long term market potential. "Feelings".
I was expecting to see this hashtag show up on HN eventually.

Personally, I don't find it particularly helpful. Tragedies like this always lead to chaotic aftermaths in public discourse, a variety of lopsided and one-dimensional argumentation, as well as the incessant need to pin down one specific cause, when most likely there was none in particular.

Rodger's motivations were fueled by misogyny, but social isolation, mental illness, etc. all played roles. For what it's worth, 4 of his 6 victims (this is excluding himself) were male.

Not to mention, the whole thing feels tasteless. Almost as if the authors are bandwagoning on this little understood tragedy to show off some sort of moral superiority. "We will be vigilant about the voices we choose to amplify, and those we do not." is a truism that applies to virtually all publications, and the rest has hints of tokenism.

Nonetheless, I wish them luck.
Microsoft Jumping Into The Wearables Market With Its Own Smartwatch
Extensive discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7797155

Also submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7796336
One point the author makes that I'm hoping the Reading Rainbow team will address is the need for high-powered devices to consume this content. I don't think a million dollars is going to cover the subsidy needs to get this content into the hands of kids that could use it if it has to cover the cost of iPad-equivalent-performance devices to handle all the audiovisual bells and whistles that we see in the tablet app (and, to some extent, that made Reading Rainbow so much fun to watch on TV).

So I have some concern there... But in general, a project betting against devices in the future---even in the hands of at-risk demographics---being more powerful is a project that is targeting wrong. So the concern may be overblown.
I'll repeat my question, which you ignored in favor of quibbling with a tangential point: What makes you think U.S. law treats makers of products any differently, assuming TrueCrypt's creators and maintainers can be identified?

If you want examples of FBI surveillance untethered to the law, we can provide those. Look at the video of the public forum I hosted with Ladar (of Lavabit) in SF last fall. Look at warrantless cell tracking, which I was the first to disclose circa 2006, and which is now the subject of significant litigation. Look at the warrantless use -- not just by the bureau but other police agencies as well -- of physical GPS tracking devices. How about surreptitious black bag jobs to install key loggers to extract PGP passphrases before this was authorized by the 2001 Patriot Act?

Here's another from last summer, which I was the first to disclose:

http://www.cnet.com/news/fbi-pressures-internet-providers-to...
"The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts..."

Huh! Where does the FBI get the legal authority to do that? Shouldn't, you know, Congress set the rules here after openly debating them in a public hearing?

Again, all these points are tangential to the question of FedGov product backdoors. (Note I'm expressing no opinion here about what's going on with TrueCrypt.) This survey I did in 2007 is probably worth repeating:
http://news.cnet.com/Will+security+firms+detect+police+spywa...

I'm no longer doing this kind of reporting (and left to found the SF-area startup http://recent.io instead) but I hope someone tries to replicate it today with a broader set of companies.
That's sort of a straw man, though, isn't it? The Google guy said he'd take a B-level CS major over an A-level humanities major. So you're not comparing top-25% CS to top-25% humanities. You're comparing second quartile (roughly) CS to top quartile (again, roughly) humanities.

Now, I'm a just physicist with no skin in the game, but it seems to me that arguments on HN in support of the Google position (and yours in particular) all try to argue that CS is generically "harder," or that it's easier to graduate with a humanities degree, or that the xth percentile CS major is smarter than the xth percentile humanities major.

So far I haven't really seen anyone address the assertion that graduating with an A-average in a humanities major is very difficult. Maybe it really is easy to get a BA in humanities with a 2.0 GPA (I don't know, but it sounds plausible). But that's not the issue. The issue is how a 3.5ish GPA humanities major compares to a 2.5ish CS major.
Bitcoin Set to Overtake eBay's PayPal in Transaction Volumes
Anatomy of a Rails Vulnerability: From Directory Traversal to Shell [pdf]
I do not see the request from the government to remove the slide. Did I miss something? Maybe they decided to just remove the slide on their own?
You're totally right. Copy-editors make the book readable on the sentence level, editors make it readable on the chapter level...

The work done by an editor of a publishing house in the process of producing a book, is much more than the work done by project managers in the web world, yet it seems this is increasingly the tasks asked of them in industry.

What was previously the job of giving constructive feedback to the author has now become a project-management+coordination+marketing position and thus less time for constructive feedback is left... to the point where perhaps contracting a knowledgeable person to be your editor rather than hoping to get your 10-minutes of attention from a mainstream editor is the better strategy.

Note: Friends are family are not the best editors: you share too much common baggage so they will understand and find logical certain parts in your writing that readers at large won't.
Touch on any surface outside of the screen
A curriculum of books to go along with these would be great.

The thing with online courses / video series is that they can give you a great introduction to the topic, but it is often difficult to know where to go next for a deeper understanding!

Also useful for filling in gaps of prerequisite knowledge e.g. "before diving into this stats book, make sure you understand the concepts from this basic algebra book!"
I'd like a little more detail on what happened with the cofounder. WTF? Did he have a mental illness? I mean, I could understand some decline in performance or something, but totally stopping? What was he thinking?
All I get is "Results from your location are not yet available."
It would seem like MONITOR/MWAIT (https://blogs.oracle.com/dave/resource/mwait-blog-final.txt) would be the best of both worlds: extremely low-power and low-latency. But I see very little about it. Are there reasons that it's not more widely used?
I read it the way you apparently intended to write it. In college, getting to where I could write and get published poems that weren't a personal embarrassment took more or less the same amount of study and practice as getting my CS degree. I think mastering either craft would be a comparable endeavor and accomplishment (though one would pay much better).

The nice thing about compilers is they tell you when your code has a problem. There's no equivalent barrier to posting awful poetry-drivel on Facebook ;-)
Andromeda and the Milky Way: A Merger of Galactic Proportions
Yes, but the blog post makes it pretty clear that easy JSON decoding/encoding is a primary goal, and this is not friendly to that.
Using <script> ... as a payload won't work because the browser won't execute scripts added after the page has loaded.
Cost of Military Programs
I'm sorry, did Prof. Raffa really just admit to the First Great Sin of Dante Studies---taking the Inferno in isolation, separate from the Purgatorio and Paradiso? I do believe he did! And he's from UTAustin! Argh! And he's the Danteworlds[1] guy! Salvami!

[1] http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/
> OK, so it sounds like they've got a fix that'll only take a couple decades to implement.

So? Some things takes lots of time to do right.

> In the meantime, how do you think Google is going to improve their minority percentages in the absence of qualified minorities?

I don't think Google has said anything which indicates that they plan to "improve their minority percentages in the absence of qualified minorities."
Seems like the issue is trying to keep type safety when doing a PATCH so instead of polluting the struct with pointers so it can be used to do a PATCH, why not create a separate type specific to that purpose:

type Repository struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Description string `json:"description"`
Private bool `json:"private"`
}

// response to blog post https://willnorris.com/2014/05/go-rest-apis-and-pointers

type RepositoryPatch struct {
Repository
patched_fields []string
}

func (rp *RepositoryPatch) SetPrivate(private bool) {
rp.patch_fields = append(rp.patch_fields,"private")
rp.Private = private
}

func (rp *RepositoryPatch) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
// marshal rp to []byte then unmarshal to map[string]interface{}
// filter patched_fields and then marshal again
// ;)
}
Productive Developers are Smart and Lazy
What are interesting HTML/JS/DOM/CSS hacks that most web developers don't know
it's not blocking the scripts from being inserted. Inspect the DOM and you'll see them there.
I'm looking the report here: http://www.google.com/get/videoqualityreport/

But I cannot understand the graph (Video consumption and Quality). Can anybody help here?