skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Thanks for providing more detail and context. I wonder how the clash in terminology came about ! Who would have imagined naming things uniquely would be so hard (pun intended).

I understand that your example is entirely pedagogic, but just a cautionary note for the unwary (a) although it is tempting to fold the variance calculation into a single loop (accumulate the totals of x and x^2), (b) neither that obvious single loop version nor the code above are good ways to compute variance if one cares about preserving precision, more so if x has a wide dynamic range. In large scale problems it does raise its ugly head and these bugs are difficult to catch because the code is mathematically correct. Using double mitigates the problem to an extent (but then floats are faster for SIMD vectorization).

Another side note, I have gradually come to realize and appreciate the unique position that Fortran holds. It is not often that you have compiler writers with a background in numerical analysis or vice versa. I BTW have background in none and sorely miss that.
EC2 is generally very expensive for CPU. RAM and storage are okay but CPU is crazy.

I'm leaning towards becoming an EC2 apologist on here, but just running quick benchmarks on a t2.micro versus both the $5 and $10 Droplets.

sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=40000 run

$5 Droplet ("2.0Ghz", bogomips 4000)- 99.4981s

$10 Droplet ("2.4Ghz", bogomips 4800) - 88.3740s

(I can't find any actual documentation detailing the $10 option being faster, so perhaps this is just random luck on instantiation)

t2.micro ("2.5Ghz", bogomips 5000) - 69.5248s

Now of course the t2.micro won't let you run that around the clock, which for many workloads is entirely fine: as a standard blog host and the like, or the overwhelming majority of server implementations, bursty CPU is exactly what most natural workloads look like.

Add comparisons of the CPUINFO for each-

Both droplets (identical cpuinfo flags) -

flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm rep_good nopl pni vmx cx16 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm

Amazon t2.micro-

flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm xsaveopt fsgsbase smep erms

Of particular relevance is that the Amazon instance (E5-2670) exposes SSE4 and AVX to your VM, which for many workloads could dramatically increase its advantage.

I guess the whole point of this is that the vague CPU terminology that the various cloud vendors use is seldom really comparable. However to your core question, Amazon becomes a value proposition when you are using all of the parts -- S3, load balances, elastic IPs, shared volumes, availability zones, security zones, VPCs, private networks...it is all multipliers to the value of the platform.
Lawyers have historically had little trouble suing John Does and subpoenaing ISPs/websites to get access to IPs and the users underneath them.

All that said, the point apparently wooshed a few miles above your head.
You can read the actual complaint here:

http://www.rezlaw.com/News-Events/06-30-14_Complaint_with_Ex...

It's bad.
Its crazy how much this helps conversions
the user signs their own transaction.

If I understand it right then that is a lie.

In reality you ask the user to sign a transaction that you create for him.

This is extremely dangerous for the user (pretty close to signing a blank cheque)
and I don't like how you try to downplay this flaw.

Your API is broken by design and puts anyone who is naive enough to use it at great risk. You should take it offline.
There's also something deliciously ironic about literally being on a treadmill while you're working. It's a metaphor we often use to describe the feeling of not getting anything done, or working just for the sake of working.
> C or C++ code bases get really brittle over time as developers forget what is actually going on

This is very true. And one of the culprits is a lack of modules, an shortcoming that Rust avoids. A module system for C++ is grossly overdue, and I'm not holding my breath that one will be forthcoming.
In the UK it's free to submit prior art (S21 of the CDPA I think) to the patent office and IIRC also free to request the office re-examine a patent.

There are better places than HN to submit a defensive publication but HN posts aren't outside the locus of prior art searches unless they get delisted from Google.

Of course it doesn't matter for a competitor what the granted patent says, if they have date verified disclosure prior to the priority date of the granted patent then they can submit that to the court and win a case by invalidating the granted patent.
"Well, USD doesn't have that feature either, but we have central agencies we trust (e.g. kickstarter). There's no reason why that model cannot be used with Bitcoin (so nothing disingenuous as you claim)."

Well, in this case, they're using one of those central agencies (PayPal). So using PayPal as the central agency on Bitcoin would be exactly the same, and using a different central agency is a change independent of the use of Bitcoin.

"The real power of Bitcoin would be to be able to do this in a trust-less manner. It hasn't been implemented yet, but exists in the Bitcoin Protocol. You're welcome to take a shot at it, by the way, the core developer team is always looking for new developers."

I don't know that 'Bitcoin has X if you write code to let Bitcoin do X' is quite the same as 'Bitcoin has X.' Lots of things can do X if I put in all the work to do X.
I think what he is pointing out is the paradox of walking inside a house int he middle of the redwood forest. If you're a hiker, it's a wonderful place to hike. I'm not a hiker, but hell I would love to spend the entire day walking in the redwood forest.

Not sure that I'd jump to the conclusion of him personally destroying the redwood forest in order to live there. I think much of the bay area was redwood forests which were used to build houses and boats etc, over the last few hundred years.
How did you do? what was so simple to do in 5 min?
Did you redirected your no-ip.org DNS to the ddns.net? How did you do it?
thanks
Because of the amount of real money invested, I would (somewhat jokingly) say that securing Bitcoins is a business more valuable than Bitcoin itself.
This is probably the best answer I've heard. It's so obviously simple and true to the culture of this site.
Discussion about what, exactly? That women are not trusted enough to not bring false allegations, therefore men should always have witnesses to make sure that men are not victims of even false allegations?

Seriously, if you are the victim of a false allegation that is later proven to be false, then your reputation is not destroyed. If you are the victim of one instance of a false allegation that later reveals a pattern of bad behavior, then you should not have behaved badly in the first place.
Location: Baltimore, MD

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Prefer MD/DC area, but anywhere East Coast will be considered

Technologies: Matlab, Python, Java, Linux

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Email: macarlin [at] jhu [dot] edu

I’m finishing a PhD in speech/audio signal processing with a focus in computational neuroscience; planning to graduate in the fall. My grad school training and research includes machine learning, statistics, and optimization. I’m looking to work on challenging problems in noise-robust signal processing, time-series analysis, and data science.
Am I the only person who uses hackerne.ws?
The extended content in grey covers my experiments with standing desks prior to this. tl;dr: Standing for a half hour leads to aching body parts — walking doesn't.
Only if you know for a fact that the hiring manager is also a member of Mensa.

http://greencomplianceplus.markenglisharchitects.com.s3.amaz...
With ReactJS you get to code as if everything is a component, why use polymer now instead of that?
Exactly. They weren't shown to be true, either. He is in the embassy waiting to be charged, not avoiding trial.
Thanks for contributing to the gradual destruction of computer science.
Does it really just cut off? I colored the second, less essential half of the article grey for visual simplicity. Is it not showing up as such for you?
Did not know such a thread existed, so please forgive me if I do not have my information available in an orderly, but anonymous fashion.

Location: 2 hours away from Silicon Valley

Remote: Yes, with the option of working 1 day a week (2 days perhaps before releases) for companies in the South Bay.

Willing to relocate: Yes. I will be relocating in the near future, which is why I am searching for short-term/remote positions.

Technologies: Strongest skills: Java and Elasticsearch.

Resume: None at this moment (please see my first sentence).

Email: evil_goodness@hotmail.com I do not have a proper anonymized email account, so let me reuse one from an old band for now. Will update this post when I create a better one.

I am a back-end developer with interest in data and search engines. Long time Elasticsearch user, have written some plugins, few source commits and one of the main contributors on the mailing list (was asked to help moderate as well). Java developer since 1.1. Not entirely by choice, but that is what companies pay me to work with. :) I have written professionally in Scala (would love to reuse) and Python, but I am not tied to any language. Whatever it takes to get the job done.

Currently working full-time and on site, but because of the lack of local opportunties, I will be relocating to elsewhere on the west coast (not the Bay Area). Open to remote positions, both short-term (2+ months) or full-time. Due to upcoming summer vacation plans, I am looking for a change starting in August at the earliest. For now, I just want to open the lines of communication.
Besides one other commenter, looks like it. I never knew! But then again, I typically type it like twice a year, the rest of the time n+enter does the job.
This doesn't appear nearly as quickly as the software in OP's post would.
It's been a long time, but I believe it was a real IQ test.
Keeps away idiots?! You clearly haven't been here long.
Wouldn't that money be better spent going to a charity or a startup?
that's lying to yourself :p
This is the last paragraph I see when I get to the bottom of the page:

Noise — If you’re in an office environment noise is a real concern, especially for the $35 Craiglist special. There are exercise treadmills out there that are whisper quiet but you’ll need to find out which ones. I assume the new generation of treadmills geared for desk use are a fair bit quieter.
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Remote: Only for the right team

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, SQL, JavaScript, Backbone.js

Résumé/portfolio: http://cristischeye.com

Email: See résumé/portfolio

Database nerd, currently learning mongodb. I am a detail-oriented developer concerned about the user experience and proficient in Rails, JavaScript, Backbone, SQL, and HTML/CSS. My previous position as a market research analyst involved a substantial amount of technical work: I led the firm's transition to a production level SQL database away from legacy systems, automated many manual tasks which substantially improved productivity, and contributed to visual design code for some of our products. Currently seeking work as a web developer. I like to work across the full stack, but lean more toward the back end (again, database nerd!).
I'm not sure I understand how the AGPL allows them to do that. Doesn't the AGPL just require people "releasing" derived works as part of a service to also make their modifications free? I don't really know much about the AGPL other than what I could find on Wikipedia.

Assuming I understand the added requirement of the AGPL, wouldn't RStudio's legal recourse apply only to derived works that didn't release their code?
There are also languages that are frequently used, infrequently complained about, and reasonably well designed (like C). I think Stroustrup has an emotional interest in thinking otherwise.
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Denver, CO

http://itskrish.co/freelance

I'm a full stack web developer available for hire. I can pretty much do anything web-based you have for me, but my standard packages are:

1) Landing Pages
2) Organizational Websites
3) Prototype/MVP of a web product

My 'stack':

HTML/Jade/EJS
CSS/LESS/Sass
JavaScript
Angular.js
Leaflet.js
D3.js
Node.js (Express.js, Sails.js)
MongoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
PaaS/IaaS

Overall, I'm looking for quality clients and interesting work, and I'm a student so that definitely factors into rates and discounts as well.

Something recent that I've been a part of was GoCodeColorado (GoCode.co), a government run statewide competition regarding web application development for civic purposes. I won 1st place at the Denver level, and made it to the top 10 in the whole state, where the top 3 won $25k and the opportunity to get $250k more. During this experience, I worked quite a bit with the aforementioned stack, winning acclaim for my work with the UI, data visualization/mapping, and scalability of the backend of the product I built.

Some relevant links:

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Transcriptic: Full-stack developer (emphasis on frontend)

Menlo Park, CA

Transcriptic is "Amazon Web Services" for the life sciences. Rather than carry out wet-lab experiments by hand, researchers can code up (or visually configure) their experimental protocols and then run them in Transcriptic's central, highly automated 'biocenter' in an on-demand way. Customers have no upfront capital costs and pay for only what they use. Life science research today is incredibly slow, error-prone, monotonous, and expensive with researchers spending many hours a day every day just moving small volumes of liquids from one place to another. We're building a long-term company to completely change the way life science research and development is done.

We're looking for a highly talented full-stack web developer. On top of our robotic work cells is a slew of internal services as well as a Rails app that acts as our lab information management system and customer-facing UI. Challenges range from building rich, interactive interfaces for composing protocols to presenting analytical data generated by the lab back to the user. We use d3, Backbone, and some CoffeeScript today, but you'd be free to choose your own tools and libraries.

We're a rapidly growing startup (you'd be #18), but well funded ($6M) and have customers at places like Harvard, Caltech, UCSF, and Stanford. You'd be able to work on interesting science and hard technology in a small, all technical team with lots of freedom and resources.

A biology background is preferred but not strictly necessary for outstanding people.

Recent coverage:

- http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5216738/inside-transcript...

- http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/aws-for-life-science-with-4...

team at transcriptic.com

https://www.transcriptic.com/
Right, but I wasn't talking about walking vs. standing, I was talking about standing vs. sitting. There seems to be evidence that being upright all the time isn't good for you either.
It's slow for me also on Chrome 35, but i can't jump to any assumptions on why, without doing the proper debug. For example, the home page is loading a video and adding syntax highlighting to code examples, which can also be slow. Also the UX can be improved using [unresolved] on elements: http://www.polymer-project.org/docs/polymer/styling.html#fou...
Vimium: type b to search bookmarks (or shift+b for new tab), and then h to bring up Hacker News
There is truth in that. However why are computer programmers utterly fascinated with the concept, but not, for example, accountants? Or stock traders? Or customer service? Those seem like even more stereotypically cyclical jobs.

I propose the analogy of the "endless loop" of the treadmill and endless loop software bugs.
Sitting and standing for extended periods both have their perils. However, given that we're built for long distance walking, that might be more optimal:

http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/13/the-dangers-of-sitting...
You can invent whatever descriptions you wish, but it is victim-blaming. Vague threats of a public backlash against sexual harassment lawsuits is an attempt to blame women for filing them and attach implicit suspicions to their claims. Reminder that Tinder has confirmed the inappropriate messages.
This past year the (now) rising junior class had the highest number of females that we have ever had in the Physics major. We had all of the things mentioned in the article: significant collaboration outside of class, a community of students outside of class who were all friends, and what I thought could have been a "critical" mass of females for them to feel not alone. However the hope for the record number of female physics students deflated with a pffft as I learned that 7/10 of the girls in this class were dropping the major. The majority reason cited: it was too difficult. Perhaps it was, the physics program at my school is known for being rigorous and difficult, however I feel that it is not the right thing to do to fault my department for its difficulty, it is part of our good reputation. In this way, I think it is more important to inspire a passion for physics before coming to college, so comparatively less females drop when the going gets tough.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to add a parallel track for the less competitive students, "easier" classes that don't go into the same depth with the material. I sort of cringe at that option, but some departments I know have done that, and it has raised female participation. It does raise the question of how far one can get while in such a track. Physics is unique in that there is a relatively defined mountain you need to climb in order to be recognized as "educated in physics" (I'm thinking the Griffith's books, Taylor's Classical Mechanics, and the other big ones) and you really need to put in some blood and sweat to get through them. I'd worry that you could not get through any of them to any significant level if you insisted on ease of learning. Definitely not far enough to go to physics grad school, but perhaps far enough to get a finance job somewhere...

Relating this to coding. Perhaps there is too much emphasis on rigor than there needs to be in current curriculum. Not everyone is going to become a computer scientist or chief software architect. Perhaps it would be better to have more project based courses that are open ended in a way for people to just make what they want instead of "rise to a challenge" which admittedly some people just don't have the motivation to do. Just my thoughts.
> If it's a criminal case, you'd think they could subpoena the necessary records.

Yes, but they may not be able to meet the threshold of not having a criminal case against the bank, as such thrown out without evidence that the bank was obstructing the investigation into criminal behavior for which there was significant evidence occurred at the bank.

So there can certainly be some sense where obstruction by the bank provides additional reason to believe that what is going on is criminal action by the bank, rather than merely criminal action at the bank.

> It's not something to be making a plea bargain over.

When both civil and criminal charges by the government could potentially apply to the same conduct, limiting action to civil charges is a frequent negotiating tool in seeking a settlement that achieves the objectives of stopping the conduct, imposing a penalty for the conduct, and providing access to information necessary to assess the scope of the conduct and to assure that it is, in fact, stopped.
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Our offices are a five minute walk from the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe and Heavenly ski resort is a fifteen minute drive from the office. As a developer you’ll also get your own private office and even though we mostly develop on Windows, all our developers have Mac hardware. We prefer to hire generalists who are as curious and excited about technology as we are. All of us enjoy learning new technologies and tools; we have a small team and each developer should be able to work on every aspect of the system.

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Your car metaphor is just an example of a shitty system. There's no direction. A reasonable system would be "drive generally south". Of course, your system needs tuning as you get closer - but that's going to be true of most systems.
It's reference to an 80s rap song. First post suggesting selling women's bodies (pimping). Second reply is reference to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRoEfRJSGs
Neither an e-mail address nor a bank account number really provides any of the information PayPal would want to know to risk large sums of money on an account: who they are, who's paying them, what those people expect to get for their money, whether that thing is legal in their jurisdiction and not a disallowed use of the service, etc.