skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I used this to buy a cheap rice cooker recently. I'm glad it's making you some cash.
If by weird you mean terrible and dehumanizing, you're entirely right.

It's designed to rape the most money away from sick people while providing them just enough care to keep them alive and needing more care, and thus spending more money. It's also designed to be extremely expensive even for those who are healthy by artificially inflating the costs of routine stay-well procedures and testing on top of the ridiculous monthly fees.

And you can forget preventative medicine or any cutting edge treatments unless you're flush with cash.
Don't forget that equity doesn't vest immediately. If you take a pay cut in exchange for equity but you leave or are let go before your cliff, you've essentially forfeited a portion of your compensation package in exchange for nothing. I guess this should be obvious, but it may not seem like a real consequence when the founders are asking you about what kind of car you think you'll buy when the start-up explodes.
>So when you make a statement like "It doesn't have to come from rich people, it comes, ultimately, from profit," it's a somewhat meaningless distinction because every piece of profit is controlled by a person somewhere.

It is not meaningless at all. Rich people are individuals that control large amounts of wealth. This is opposed to groups of people who collectively control large amounts of wealth. A superintendent of a large school district can control a billion dollars of wealth but that doesn't make him or her rich (though they make a good salary I'd still classify them, personally, as solidly middle class).

And it certainly does matter if we rely increasingly on fewer and fewer individuals (due to increasing inequality) to make economic decisions for everyone. It is inherently inefficient. What we are talking about is identifying this trend as a problem and implementing policies to counteract it before it becomes intractable.
Funny enough, Chrome used to say that incognito mode doesn't protect you against spies. It still says it doesn't protect your data from governments.
Yes, there's a lot of friction when I try to write a new program at the same time I learn a new language: designing a new program is also a learning process.
well we have started little early but we speed things up at 2013-2014 and cleared the mile store of 1MN$ revenue we are now largest self created open source plugin marketplace https://store.webkul.com/ .
Another -ski here. Sometimes there's room for varying pronunciations of the same name. I grew up pronouncing my last name the way my non-English speaking parents thought it should be pronounced in English. It wasn't until college that I realized there was an easier way to pronounce it.
There are some great tips/tricks in this document. Too bad it's not in Markdown or something easier on the eyes!
Lellan - Redwood City, CA - Director or Sales & Marketing

The position is a key member of the leadership team. The candidate will be responsible for the overall marketing strategy and vision, setting the sales distribution and rep network strategy and fielding early sales. The ideal candidate excels at both strategic and executional levels and thrives in a startup environment.

Responsibilities:

-	set and execute sales distribution and rep network strategy

-	field early sales calls and manage early customers

-	devise and set marketing strategy, positioning and vision

-	work with executive team to identify and develop strategic alliances and major customers

-	understand and test key value proposition and articulate features and benefits

-	set up marketing structure of company

-	propose and develop sales, marketing budget

-	represent company at key events and trade shows

-	set strategy for hiring reps or sales team

-	develop and manage effective PR strategy

Experience and Qualifications:

-	successful experience selling and marketing products as a Manager or Director level in a fast-growing company

-	experience setting marketing strategy and direction for new products in new market segments

-	ability to plan and manage at both strategic and operational levels

-	prior startup experience required

-	7+ years' experience with progression responsibilities

-	MBA preferred

Compensation:

-	we offer competitive salaries, equity and benefits

Apply here: https://lellan.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk08ds
Is San Francisco becoming toxic for new startups?
Who tweets about xkcd?
Right, it's a narrative. What are the numbers? It's clear enough that the working class has gotten the short end of the stick over that time period, but some actual exposition of what has happened is more interesting than declarations that something happened (that's pointed more at the first post I replied to, not at your response).

Real estate in general isn't all that expensive. The fact that desirable jobs are concentrated has driven up prices in some areas; if employment were better in general, those jobs would likely be (relatively) less desirable and it is likely the price pressure would relax. Coming at it from a different direction, the price of housing in San Francisco or Brooklyn simply isn't relevant to an awful lot of people (edit: which sounds dismissive of the problems it causes for people local to those areas; that isn't what I was trying to do, I was talking about the many millions far away from those metros).

The positions cast in that article are definitely the weaker part of it. But $30,000 of debt is not a huge liability to take on in order to gain access to a better career path. I don't mean to argue against reducing it, I'm just not convinced it is outrageous.
Can the Bitcoin protocol morph into Virtual Collective Consciousness?
I always see this claim that companies have to try and maximize profits. Where does that originate? I see many companies like Costco take long term paths to sustainable growth and success without trying to wring every penny of profit out of the business. In my opinion customer satisfaction, quality products, and employee growth and retention are far more beneficial goals than short term profit taking.
The issue with that, is there's no good way for the doctor to get paid for doing it. Prior to 2009 there was no billing code for phone calls or email and currently the rules around what is a "billable" consultation are complex and the coverage by insurers is far from uniform.

More info here: http://patients.about.com/od/followthemoney/f/Why-Doctors-Wo...
Even if you could price "poor area" fares lower, how is that helpful as a taxi driver?

Cab fares don't scale, so working the same time * lower fare = less wage.
Contacting companies are almost instantly profitable by their nature.
Glorious, I can't wait to come up with a project to use this in.
How To Perform A Customer Analysis
Cool, good job. I had two issues:
1. The fixed header is an issue when scrolling. Also, the pricing table has the <li> bullet points still showing. (edit: on Chrome current version)
2. Looking at the pricing page, it took me a minute to distinguish between the names of your packages. Maybe have something less "mathy".
Otherwise, great job.
Thank you! This looks like it could be useful for any system that could be threatened by censorship.
Also questionable is how the computer that sends out the e-mail can have a "good faith belief"? Especially given that their detection rates are often abismal.
Unless it's been revised, the actual article (not the business insider summary) says "Somalia or Congo", not Africa. See page 3 of the link below.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchfork...
Proper DMCA notices are supposed to have a signature. Under "Elements of Notification" you can find 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A)(i) -

"A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."

Ref: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html
That's a really good idea. Well done, sir.
Cool! This is something all businesses need, and seems to be something they never get right.
Zih-tidge is my guess.
Location: Palo Alto
Remote: Sure
Relocation: Maybe
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS, Swift, Java, Android,
Python (Flask), JavaScript, HTML, CSS,
JSON, XML, SQL, Git, Bash, Linux
GitHub: https://github.com/vrcode
Web: http://vrcode.co
Contact: vrcode at icloud dot com

I'd say I'm better at doing iOS development right now, but I'm familiar with Android, JavaScript, and Python; I also know SQL, and the usual JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, jQuery.
> The reality of big insurance has always been to be paid more than they pay out.

Well yes, that's how a company stays solvent...

The problem with health insurance is that it's been perverted into a discount club rather than being insurance for catastrophic occurrences. It divorces consumers from the true cost of services and hence service providers are free to play with the costs all they want. Hell, you can't even really get an upfront estimate for a procedure...

Car insurance covers accidents, theft, etc. That's it. Can you imagine how much e.g., an oil change would cost if it were commonplace to use car insurance for such routine maintenance? That's what really went wrong with health insurance in the US, and we're too far down that road to fix it.
I've been having a lot of thoughts about why I love technology so much, and this really put the biggest smile on my face!

Thank you so much for creating this. It's so unique, classic, novel.

I sincerely hope all the best for your career and your aspirations!
How libertarians might prove useful -- and vindicate Calvin Coolidge
Because early on when you only have 500k-1M in the bank, you can't get the tier-1 150k+/year engineers and preserve your runway easily. Also, base+equity allow people a bit more of a trial period and spreads out the risk more. Lastly, retention is super important and you want to align risks/rewards. The idea is that you are giving people stock and diluting your share because you have conviction that post-dilution your sum will be a LOT more. :)

FWIW, I joined a startup as that third partner (domain expert + execution guy), taking 10% of the equity while collecting 70k/yr (my base rate is north of 200k/yr otherwise). It would have brutalized the startup's seed money and jeopardized them if I somehow didn't perform and deliver.
Cool resource but it seems like there's a risk that an employee would inadvertently reveal sensitive financing information by completing this form.
So if the billionaires are putting their wealth in savings, isn't it because they are getting good returns on it, implying that there is demand for capital in the form of loans? What is to say that this isn't what the economy needs?
You're warning people about the possible consequences of reading BoingBoing on a site called Hacker News, Where actual hackers and technorati hang out and complain about the American government all the time.
Yes, trolls, you are right!
Shady, this seems to be riding the coattails of Motus Global...
http://www.motusglobal.com/
Yes what was the dollar amount? What was the original, and counter offer?
is this how people feel about religious texts?
They are absolutely required to by law immediately. They must wait 2 weeks before putting the files up again to give Qualcomm a chance for further action.
I started a 401(k) account and put it on S&P500 index fund, it's gone up about 65% in two years. The best part of the business is that I work less than Timothy Ferris, "0-hour work week"; I let the money do the work for me, not the other way around.
Mind sharing which start-up?
We launched the LinkRisk suite in April last year http://www.linkrisk.com and we are profitable (and hiring!)
The problem here is that, by the time an employee is considering leaving, it's too late.

For people who ask their current employer for a counter-offer and accept it, 80% leave within 6 months.

There's a reason people are looking for work and it's usually salary and/or working environment.
You can also use the following options to see and edit all expansions before running a command:

shopt -s histverify histreedit
As soon as the page came up I instinctively took my hand off the mouse and placed them on the cursor keys, which made me laugh.
I think learning the frameworks isn't nearly as important as trying to learn the standard library.

If you start to rely on frameworks, it's entirely possible you'll bypass some pretty spectacular features built right in to your new language.
Show HN: Word.Center – Generate made-up words to name your startup
If everyone was more privacy conscious in the Internet, the NSA and other agencies that do mass surveillance would not be able to target, well, everyone. That'd be the end of mass surveillance. Therefore, it's probably better to be a little privacy conscious and use services outside the USA whenever available, for two reasons:
- if the economical impact on the US economy is bad, the gov would have to rethink things
- it makes it harder and more expensive for the NSA to spy on you

Ultimately, trying to hide from the NSA is pointless. If they actually want your information, they'll get it. But making it impossible for them to do mass surveillance is a whole other thing. And an important one !
I mispronounce my own name most of the time. When I'm speaking English (which is 99% of the time I guess) I just use the English pronounciation, because it is easier, and who cares, really?
Here is something similar, but it uses text rather than voice and only has Indian names so far. http://www.howdoyousaythatagain.com/
Equity clearly has some value though, based on the fact that in any successful startup investors pay a lot of money for it.

If you are considering taking equity, you should treat it like a potential investor would. Ask hard questions. Look at the balance sheet. Look at the company deck. Look at the previous funding rounds. Research the backgrounds of your potential coworkers. (If the company wont share this information with you... don't work there).

Now even with this, you might say that a person would be terrible at evaluating that equity, and that is probably right. But investors are terrible at evaluating equity as well (considering that most funded startups also fail). But you do the best you can. Of course you need to decide whether you are interested in having a high-risk investment as part of your income, because if not you should not work at an early stage startup anyways. But don't ignore it completely.
Quite true PaaS and SaaS are all about locking in the users without giving anything back.

No different than the native OS silos that those webdevs argue against all the time.
It's legally unclear whether automated takedown notices (especially when they end up taking down legitimate material) are legitimate or not. The only case I know of was a countersuit in the Warner Brothers/Hotfile case, but unfortunately Hotfile lost the original suit (WB had sued them for copyright infringement), closed and settled both cases.

The EFF filed an amicus brief (https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/Hotfile.EFF_.Amicus.Brief... ) arguing that this kind of takedown was illegal. Warner Brothers, unsurprisingly, disagreed (http://www.scribd.com/doc/184407656/warnperj542724ff-69be-42... ), with the primary argument being that the perjury language only refers to the claim that the agent is authorised on behalf of the copyright holder to act on their behalf, and not on the claim that copyright is being infringed.
Ahhhhh, a nostalgia Bootstrap I can get behind.

Unlike http://code.divshot.com/geo-bootstrap/
Launched iOS Leads [0] in May. Spent a few months testing the product before launch. Only a handful of monthly software expenses (Mailchimp and Memberful).

Currently at 4 digit MRR, and almost full. The program is capped at 40 customers.

Also went indie dev in 2013, but selling product is way harder than selling service.

[0] http://iosleads.com
Love the idea, good luck!
It's a single C++ file containing some matching rules to identify tor users. From the article it's not very clear where they got the source from and if they have the rest of the program (although they show some other screenshots).

It would be interesting to see where the data is transmitted to from the monitoring nodes.
I very recently launched an ecommerce site[1] selling shoe shine kits of all things. We just launched a few weeks ago but are already making money. It was a nice feeling to be able to pay myself yesterday, even if it was only $500!

[1] http://shinekits.com
Chef as a Community
Very true, I definitely have not been doing that at all, and at this point I don't even know where to get started.

Thanks.
This is clever! Bought -- and good luck with school!
Someone should make a bot that DMCAs accounts belonging to employees and their connections in the parent company. For each unverified DMCA they enact.

They're the employees who will have to get in and make changes to the system and they work for the companies that have to make noise and say no to the DMCA issuers.

If they blanket exclude their own employees of the policies everyone else has to abide, well, that'll say something won't it. There seems to be no negative effect of making false DMCAs so play that game.
Even as a company founder, I don't keep half the stuff mentioned on here top of mind, so I doubt that any employee is going to have enough information to complete it correctly. e.g. to model what you "would have made" if you'd joined Uber at X stage, you'd have to know the pre-money valuation of each funding round they received, along with the investors' liquidation preferences etc and who knows, they may take on even more funding before going public, which would mean your shares would get diluted even further.

Overall, if anything, this just serves to illustrate all the complexities involved in trying to model how much a startup's equity offer is actually "worth" in the long-run and that trying to do calculations to model it against an offer at a big company is totally the wrong way to go about it.

It just validates what Mark Suster says here: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/04/is-it-time-for...

don't join a startup because you could potentially make millions of $. Join if you want to learn; any money you make would be if you got really lucky and is a nice side bonus.
I used to do this when living abroad. I always liked it, it reminded me of how arbitrary names and borders are whenever I used it.
I think you're broadly correct. The issue is identified in these two sentences for me:

> I slowly explained that I’m a social entrepreneur promoting global change through the concept of ‘hackathons’ where attendees work together and find solutions to community issues within a tight time constraint... We spoke two totally different languages

I'm sure that's the case. The office wanted to know what she did, She offered something that sounded like am elevator pitch - it failed to give them the reassurances that they needed to make an easy judgement about her work status. Add a paper-work mix up on top of that, and I'm not too surprised they popped an X in the box and went to get a coffee.
Product creation shouldn't be dictated by designers
NSA: xkeyscorerules100.txt
> a system that serves drivers and passengers poorly in many respects.

but also serves drivers and passengers pretty well in many other respects
The sad thing is, it seems your tongue-in-cheek comment is exactly their mode of thought.

Mind boggling, isn't it?
It's evil, inconvenient, and (amazingly) it's even less efficient that its government-run counterparts both inside and outside the US: http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourc...

What will it take to convince people of this? Our society already accepts that markets aren't a suitable medium for every human endeavor, how long must we continue to experiment with private (basic) health insurance before we add it to the list of exceptions?

If our health sector ran as efficiently as everyone else's (as a fraction of GDP/capita), the money we currently pay for medicare and medicaid would suffice to provide universal coverage for every single person in the US.

http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourc...
There are two variants of this story on the front page. The other one has the fuller discussion, but this one is the original source. We'll bury this one as a dupe and change the url of the other one.
Also in the industry, but on the HL7 interface side.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. I've seen studies that suggest, for example, a 75-90% reduction in med error rates in hospitals that have gone to computerized barcode systems. So there's a tremendous amount of good to be done in the field.

But, as you point out, the potential damage that can be done by mistakes makes for a fair bit of anxiety at times. Fortunately, it's been my experience that people in the field tend to take testing very seriously as a result.

Another interesting thing on that aspect - I'm one of the only people in my department that doesn't have a prior clinical background. I almost wonder if the fact that they're less trusting of the technology at times is a good thing to some extent.
the design is handed down by government mostly, because of the bewildering number of laws, regulations, and such, that have wrecked havoc in health care for years. Then to top off whatever mess the Federal government makes each state just has to be enough different that what you bought in one state might not be exactly the same in other; used to be (and might still be) that you could not shop across state lines because of government.

Then once you pass that insurance hurdle that regulation/regulators/insurance companies put up its off to the races with the doctors and facilities who may both not be covered by policies again because of the weird way regulations and such work. What can and cannot be performed by who and where it can and cannot be performed.

The the kicker, using low payouts of medicare and such because the government knows the insurance companies and hospitals will make it up on people who can pay thereby redirecting the ire
I take D in the wintertime.
US NIH Launches 3D Print Exchange Library
I'm one of those people still using Zephyros, mostly so that I could keep using beer (https://github.com/v-yarotsky/beer). I skipped Phoenix but might give Hydra a try (knowing no Lua though) just to see what you've been doing with it.
Indeed you can :)

But I prefer not to have to manually keep sending that ;)
How about downcase all instances of FREE?
Changed the url from http://boingboing.net/2014/07/03/if-you-read-boing-boing-the..., which points to this.

There were two versions of this story on the front page. This thread has the fuller discussion, the other the original source. In such cases we usually merge them by reassigning the url and burying the other thread.
I like this kind of project. Small in scope, quick to understand, attention-getting. It seems like a fun thing to make.
Thank you. I fixed the pricing table. I plan to do a refresh of the landing page in the near future and might remove the fixed header at that time. Also, great tip on the packages. I let my passion for math slip through into the pricing.
Does anyone know what kind of algorithm they'd be using to "average" all of the letters? If you look at the I's and J's, you can see that though some people use horizontal crosses, they aren't included in the universal letter. Anyone have any insight here?
They don't want to do this because the secret to making money in IT is creating a glut in the supply of labor for IT workers. When you add licensing (i.e. requiring a license as a doctor or a lawyer does), this creates a barrier to entry, which will cause an upward pressure on wages for IT workers.
You can't take one owner saying he will fire an employee to mean that unemployment as a whole will increase. What about another owner who suggests he will hire more people, since all his customers now have more money to spend and will increase his business? You're demonstrating exactly why microeconomics != macroeconomics: you can't just eliminate the vast number of other factors involved when trying to extrapolate a micro result to the macro sphere.