skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Imagine that you're learning your first programming language. You don't read Hacker News, and you can't imagine why having curly braces on a keyboard is more useful than a snowman character. Then, getting a working conditional statement might be a revelation.

I still remember the first program I ever wrote. It was about 15 years ago, and all it did was convert a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit in C. It was thrilling, and I don't think it even included a conditional!
I think you can hardly push it more than 10. They are recruited before you. That gives them a say, which you don't get.
Nah, not really. Just get yourself a Swahili dictionary and you're set for a whole bunch of projects. They'll have similar names to mine (Rafiki, Nena, Chombo, Sanduku, Ramani, ...) but they'll be easily pronounceable, well-sounding and with a bit of luck even still available in .com/.net/.org/.two-letter-country-code-du-jour.
I heard some people at a local research hospital speculating about this months ago... seem pretty bleak.
This is one of the most effective infographics I've seen, right up there with Napoleon's March to Moscow[1]. I spent at least an hour with it this morning and it changed my understanding of Iraq, Syria and ISIL.

I'm used to thinking in terms of national borders, but this shows how the population is organized by the Tigris and Euphrates, not by artificial lines on a map.

ISIL understands this well, making the Iraq/Syria border into a pretty meaningless imaginary line. The ISIL blitz seems like it came from nowhere, but this dramatically illustrates their methodical progression, over time, following the rivers.

I found myself wanting to know more about the communities, lakes, dams, roads, borders, sects, nationalities other features highlighted in this piece, so I spent another hour manually linking to Google Earth and Wikipedia to drill into more detail.

Along the way I found a lot of content on YouTube of ISIL takeovers of cities, burning of vehicles and disturbing images of executions and crucifixions. I'd seen some of this before, but it would be really powerful to link selected videos and images from the ground directly to places on the map.

I'd be interested in the editorial process at the NYT, how this evolved from idea to realization, who supplied the content, and how the development team coordinated with the reporters.

And I'd like to understand more about how the autonomous Kurdish region fits into this story, both geographically as well as politically and militarily.

[1] http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters
Often times there are very good reasons for those restrictions, especially when pricing for a drug deviates dramatically from actual R&D / operations costs. Take the case of orphan drugs:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnlamattina/2013/10/05/are-300...

Besides runaway pricing, many drugs for which companies are given patents and sole-distribution rights, have already been on the market for decades, just never with proper FDA approval. There are other tax incentives and grants provided as well for reintroducing "new" drugs that were already on the market.

http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/pharma-windfall/2013/no...

Makena scandal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV_Pharmaceutical#Makena_pricin...

Many many other drugs with runaway pricing as well:

Armodafinil and Sodium Oxybate for instance

Europeans decide to enforce price controls? Can't say i blame them.
The most definitely do!
Maybe its just because I came from Windows, but I generally expect hitting the maximize button to take the app to take up the whole screen space. On OS X, some apps do and some don't.

This violates #3 for me.

Another one is minimizing a window and then Alt-Tabbing to it (whatever the Mac equivalent is..) doesn't bring that window back up.. You are just left staring at the same app.

This violates #1 for me.
I think so, based on my reading of the guidelines. jashkenas, a regular poster here at HN, is almost certainly designed and programmed the scrolling illustration.
That's because they're using a derivative of Accumulo (which was developed internally at the Agency).
While distribution and many social factors are important, production is also crucial. Farmers in Africa and south-east Asia have production problems. In those places a 1% yield increase really does equate to 1% more people fed. Distribution is a huge complex issue (many people including governments are actively making it worse with farming subsidies and other harmful policies), while production is a problem we can do something about right now with technology.

I work in food security, my research is on crop productivity and we collaborate with many crop centres including the International Rice Research Institute. Those centres have huge communities of local farmers who are desperate for yield increases and other huge communities whose entire livelihoods were made possible by improvements in agricultural technology.

I can assure you the people whose families are able to eat today because of increases in crop yields in just the last few years are grateful that we're all still working on increasing yields and not just telling them it's a greed and distribution problem.
This is really great I'm finishing up my course on codecademy and will look to this for my next step :)
Thanks for the feedback, that definitely seems like the consensus.
https://dragdis.com/ much
Japanese Weed ORGY Party
That I was unaware of about iTunes, certainly not the case upon Google Play store. As for others i'm not sure either if they add extra value to the products like that.

Though unless current release I often find the CD option cheaper and many do have extra's.

Though I have yet to take advantage of a old CD that has CD+G, not a standard that took off. But still do not get that on the digital version, which is more expensive, still :|. (Alphaville album)

Still the transition from records to CD was often tainted with the same aspects of lost album art and other choice aspects. Recall a Bowie album with a zip in the front, just do not get that on CD, and no way digitally. not that it is much use, just different.
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I read this article the other day, and I really enjoyed both the presentation and the content. The historical and (especially) geographic context provided by the article is really helpful when it comes to trying to understand where ISIS came from, and how it could have taken over so much of Iraq so quickly.
Along with the obligatory poking fun at people having too much fun in the html/css/js tarpit, I mean just faking a simple dynamic application interface- the kind of 'simple interface' you take for granted on native programs- which I have been led to believe needs to be optimized to work solidly on lower-end mobile web devices.
Dataformat is a Java annotation-based binary format to POJO converter
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> "I've never seen or heard a credible source claim they were harmful to human health."

> Which says a lot about the media you read.

Apparently he only reads scientifically valid media, and not tinfoilhat publications.

(But unfortunately it is true, at least here in Europe, that even respectable media easily echoes totally unscientific falce claims about GMOs occasionally.)
For me, the big aha moment with Python specifically was grokking list comprehensions. That was a great day.
Does the starter web page come with SSL?

What level of customization on the starter web page? Able to inject custom CSS and JavaScript?
Thank you! The Freeciv web client is one of my favorite projects. As a civ fanatic I thought often about contributing, but never started to do it.

Maybe someone from the team could say a few words about the projects organisation, plans and communications.

I know there's a github repo [1], but you seem to use a TODO file [2] instead of the issue tracker and/or wiki. Is that a conscious decision? Because any issue tracker would make it easier to discuss the details of the task at hand. Or is there a mailing list/irc channel which gets used for coordination?

I would be especially interested in the client-side code which is readable but, on first sight, a bit overwhelming[3] for something one would do after a regular day job. API docs and/or (more?) unit tests would be awesome because I think one of the benefits of freeciv-web is be that some of it is/could be easy to customize for advanced players.

[1]: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web

[2]: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web/blob/master/TODO

[3]: https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv-web/tree/master/freeciv-w...
Looks cool, but the two movies I selected weren't actually HD movies. Quality was more like a cam movie.

Impressive though, well done!
How long does something like this take you guys to create from start to finish? Are there plans for a behind the scenes article @ source?
how is it different from say, a book?
What is an "extremist forum" exactly? Ars Technica?? That link was in the Ars Technica article.
A bit of a shameless plug, but you might also like this web starter project I put together:

https://github.com/hartleybrody/web_starter

It covers how to get your dev environment setup, how to checkout the repository and how to build a local web app using Flask.

No information yet on deploying, but I'm happy to take pull requests!
One of my grade school teachers taught me a trick for 7x8. She would tell us to think of the grades one would have to pass before reaching the 7th and 8th grades of school... 5th and 6th. Thus, I will always remember that 7x8=56.
This is hilarious and brings back memories.

Being lazy, I didn't actually memorize times tables combos knowing I could just figure it out. For example, the 9x series is just 10 times minus the number (9x4? just 10x4 = 40-4= 36). Or I would just sum up the numbers in my head. To this day I still haven't memorized the full times tables and I'm not sorry. Although, it retrospect it might have actually been faster to memorize, it probably contributed to mental development thinking about the problem each time rather than spitting out a burned in answer.

But there was one combo that didn't have a quick cheat and I couldn't do easily by simply adding. 7*8. So I flat out memorized that one because I didn't have an option. I think it's one of only a few table combos I actually have "memorized".

The teachers were never the wiser or if they were they didn't let on.
The next step is "health insurance" (as we call it in the US, though it's in actuality no such thing) carriers mining your credit card and loyalty program data and hiking your rates if their model predicts you're going to need more or more expensive care.

The problem is that unhealthy lifestyles (drinking, smoking, fast food, &c) are disproportionately found among the lower socioeconomic strata, creating yet another penalty for being poor.
I'm pretty sure he isn't telling you how to get out of learning them, he's answering the OP about how it could have happened that a child wouldn't learn them and would instead have some other system.
Jonathan Dale: PET/CT results
That's pretty useless as a mnemonic. "30 days hath September, August, March and December" fits the pattern equally well.
Previous post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7961133

Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7390638
> Nice idea, but I actually think Edmund's TCO is a bit more comprehensive

It would be astonishing if that weren't the case: one is a weekend hack while the other is a major product in the space.

A good Show HN discussion should engage with a project at its own level. When a comment is too critical, or raises the bar too high, it tends to shut the discussion down (i.e. why bother). Our goal in these threads should be to foster further creativity.

I'm speaking generally—don't mean to pick on one comment (and certainly not to impugn your intent). It's more that this is on our minds a lot right now, and we'll probably post something much more detailed about it.
Where Do the Smartest People Move?
Does volume mounting work with boot2docker yet? That's been the main obstacle I've encountered with it on OS X.
Servers aren't the only thing Docker is useful for. I made the plunge to isolate a GUI app and its daemons from my desktop (krita was trying to run KDE daemons on my xfce system, grr). Something like that might be useful. Another possibility is nice development servers, so you can run something in close to the same environment on your work computer as your servers.
I agree with the paper: the principle issue with GMO is the unavoidable, unpredictable systemic effects it will have.

P.S. I've already found several, almost verbatim, examples of the given fallacies right here in these comments.
Excerpt:

The study's overall takeaway? Smart people just don't like to stay put.
I think there are patterns that help for most of the facts; the 2s, 5s, 9s, and 10s are dead easy. Then there are facts involving powers of twos, squares, the 3s are easy too, really 7 is the first prime that isn't hard at all, and 8 is the hardest fact.

After coaching my kid through Common Core, It recently hit me to think of the progression

14 x 2 -> 28 x 2 -> 56
Facebook Head Of Global Policy Mgmt Monika Bickert On Study: ‘That’s Innovation’
Ah. I just assumed that OSX devops tested their work on a linux VM, I didn't realize it was common to build on OSX then deploy to linux production, I'd have guessed that would be pretty error prone.
Could anyone point to one theme there that looks really good? I had a quick look and none of the themes coming up seemed worth examining further. Hopefully I'm wrong; the idea of algorithmic design seems interesting.
its tough to say, but i can't imagine there being a large increase in torrent downloads over the past year (not much, if anything there has changed), where as streaming services have become more accessible and common.
Oh, neat. Are you left handed by any chance? Have you written about that decision/habit anywhere that I could read? It sounds somewhat interesting.
e.g. Has it been inconvenient in many situations? Should I assume that that implies that you can read mirror image just as well? Why/at what point did you decide to start doing that?

Sorry if this sounds nosy, but I'm curious as to whether that would help avoid smudging more easily for people who are left handed (which I think I've heard can lead to avoiding certain types of pens?). (I personally am not left handed)

Of course, don't feel obligated to answer.
Yup. And I'd say that's pretty accurate.
just commenting that an earlier draft of your post mentioned something specific about [the space that systems like this attempt to map] that we both know is overreaching our knowledge of what knowledge is.
This might be a little off topic but I often read articles like this, and elsewhere, speculate on the "future" where so 'n so is able to see exactly what you purchased on your cards for some nefarious reason.

So here is my question: Do stores REALLY pass on an itemised list to the credit card processor? Because it was always my understanding that all they passed upstream was the amount and the name of the establishment.

This article claims: "Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you [...] make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter"

I don't think that data exists outside of the specific convenience store where you purchased the candy. The CC company would know that you spend an extra $1 at that place, but how do you tie that into bad eating habits? Maybe they purchased an apple or a cup of coffee.

I'd really love some insight on this topic, and I will happily admit that maybe my information is either out of date or just flat out wrong.
How can they tell whether I've been buying cigarettes or carrots at the grocery store?

My credit card statement just shows a store name, timestamp and amount. They'd presumably have to be colluding with the grocery chains to get the sort of information mentioned in the article.
How do they know what specific items were purchased? Is there any way for a consumer to see their own data on that? Also, seems like there would be a lot of false positives as I don't consume or use everything I buy with my card.
You certainly have a problem with lonelines... https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=wtsui
I still use my knuckles. Put your fists out in front of you, each knuckle, starting with the left hand, represents a month--the tall ones are long (31 days) the rest are short (28 or 30).
Good point, I suppose docker is pretty ideal for packaging up a system configuration of any type.
I computed my multiplication tables this exact same way as the great-grandparent during grade and high school. I memorized the tables, but I had this same problem of having to sequentially run through them to compute anything. Eventually in college taking tons of math courses finally ingrained it in my head, but to this day I feel like I must have missed something when everyone else was doing their multiplication tables.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the man is even afraid to drink orange juice, because it's too modern and untested for him:

"Taleb's hatred for orange juice is an example of a wider disdain for the modern diet. He reveals his personal food rules, and very fascinating they are: no liquids that have not existed for at least one thousand years (i.e. wine, water and coffee only), no fruit not present in the ancient Mediterranean (no pineapples, pawpaws or other exotica)"

http://www.zoefcunningham.com/blog/antifragile-5-things-nass...

So I think we can write off Taleb's fears as totally nuts.
As someone who seems to have a lot of insight into this, to the best of your knowledge, could you speak to what factors would most heavily influence this decision (in the context of being made by a founder in Seattle)?

Was MS never even in the running or could it possibly boil down to the cost issue I touched on or perhaps that founders or early engineers chose a different route due to past personal exposure (and would you feel that the financial barrier of entry is a factor in limiting these engineers to this MS software exposure)?

Would have a bit of incentives from MS like reduced license costs steered those early conversations in a different direction or is it simply that the software they offer isn't up to snuff with your particular use cases?
They aren't just mining your credit cards. TFA specifically also mentions store loyalty programs, which do track itemized purchases.
Very clever. I have seen a similar idea used where people gossip loudly in a public place saying nice things about the person they want to ingratiate themselves with who is not present but who can overhear.
It's an issue I care about :)
Except 13/30 on the front page are now "Show HN" posts, making this page slightly redundant for the time being :)
I'm planning to chat to people at OSCON later this month about JMAP, and we're making a big push at FastMail to do exactly what you suggest - build a proxy that can wrap any IMAP/SMTP setup.

It won't be quite so fast as running a server that can support JMAP natively (we also plan to build an open-source JMAP server on top of the Cyrus IMAPd that we use internally) - but it will bridge the gap :)
Paper (iOs app)
Well, we have already learned that their idea of origin country is IP ranges, even if the data clearly indicates otherwise.

That said, they have a variable for directory servers in FVEY countries and one for non-FVEY countries. So I guess they collect everything and the distinction is only here because theres different legal boilerplate for the analysts to follow.
Most extensions play nicely together and even help you to combine them.

Flask doesn't have an equivalent to Django Apps. An extension is not an independent app, you have to integrate it with your Flask app. This is probably the only thing I miss in Flask.
Could you explain what your planned features are & who your target audience is? The 'tutorials', will you have any generic ones for people to use or a repository of them? Can the tutorials be made public vs private? This is interesting & I signed up just to see what it's about. I don't do my own work on my car but I knew a few mechanics & I understand the 'process' of how to do certain things with my vehicle. I also keep a pretty detailed record of the work I do on my car. Neat!
I once went to church with a friend of mine for six weeks, because he was shy and didn't want to go to church by himself. We get there, and this woman walks up to me.

Her: "What's your name?

Me: "Brian"

Her: "Brett! Nice to meet you, Brett. What's your last name, Brett?"

Me: "(my last name)"

Her: "Well, it is SO nice to meet you, Brett Psycho."

I was too flabbergasted to respond properly. Even worse, we had the exact same conversation each week for the next six weeks. She couldn't even be bothered to remember my discombobulated name.
I realize that the popup survey/newsletter box is the rage on literally every website (though I don't understand it as I find them annoying). It immediately turned me off to your website. I was watching your embeded youtube video and then all of the sudden your popup takes up my screen and interrupts my viewing of your about us video. Are you seeing a big engagement of this popup survey/newsletter? Are you keeping track of how many people immediately close it compared to filling it out?

If you are seeing a great amount of engagement from your visitors with the popup then please disregard me as I may be an outlier.

With that said, I think your website is a great idea and you executed well. I love the overall idea and the community is definitely there for this.
>I don't know if it's safe to assume longer tenured members inherently have more class when offering feedback.

I don't think it is. If anything, tenured members may feel more entitled to be rude without consequences. Karma isn't really a measure of civility so much as popularity over time, and it doesn't really communicate any context. Also, if there were a minimum for commenting, there should be a minimum for posting, which might leave new users with interesting projects out.
From TFA, emphasis added: "The company purchases the data from brokers who cull public records, store loyalty program transactions, and credit card purchases."

Store loyalty programs do track SKU-level purchases. There was a case years ago where a patron tripped and fell at a store, and filed a personal injury suit. The store pulled up that person's loyalty program records, noted that they'd been purchasing a larger than average amount of alcoholic beverages, and insinuated at trial that the patron might have been drunk.

Guess who won that case.
You're not the only one. Deceptive title. What's wrong with honesty?

Domain + Google Apps + Web Page for $5 per User per Month

Google Apps for Business by itself is $5 per user per month, or $50 per user per year.
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I think people are too busy, too desperate, and too badly educated to do anything about it. Most people were only being kept solvent by credit cards, borrowing against the equity in their houses, and taking massive loans for major purchases - and when credit got tight, people started setting up tents on Wall Street. The next crash is going to be a terrifying experience.

A little bit of war, however, will probably dull any of that.
I'm a fan of the knuckles mnemonic: Starting on the outside knuckle of either hand, a high knuckle is 31 days, and the valley between knuckles is less than that (generally 30; FU February), then when you get to the other end of the hand, you double-count the knuckle (or count the knuckle on the other hand) for July and August.
i asked a simple question... got "Sorry, I don't know."

instant? answers? any question? 3 strikes and you suck.
Is there a major new release this week? I tried recently, and the UI performance was painfully janky.
The trick is to remember the product of every number multiplied by itself and go from there.

It's easier for me to know that 7x7 is 49 or that 8x8 is 64.
Then I either go up or go down. If asked what the sum of 7x8 is I remember that 7x7 is 49 and add 7 to it or remember that 8x8 is 64 and substract 8 from 64.