skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My company actively encourages people to not over work. The CEO shot down a nap room because it implies people should stay longer.
Thanks for the link. I am experiencing the same issue.
If anyone tries to say we suck, you're gonna pay. Otherwise, we might actually have to get better at our jobs!
Web 2.0 Bible
Shit happens. Refactoring options and shifting things around may suck, but it may have been a requirement of them getting the seed funding. 100% of your options at Zero worth are worse than N% (not a terrible N%) at an actual positive valuation.

I'm not familiar with EU tax rates on short term capital gains in a US market, and would highly recommend spending some of the money you might have spent on a lawyer talking to a reputable financial accountant from your country with experience in this area. In the US you have to set aside a chunk of the proceeds if you do a same day sale when you exercise your options, and are frequently penalized by your state if you don't give them their share at the end of that financial quarter.

There's a lot going on there and I don't think HN is going to give you complete enough advice to rest your mind.
Brands partner with Vine Stars for product placement
Exceptions.js – error reporting with stacktraces, screenshots and DOM dumps
> nemex doesn’t need a database. This means that you can easily download the zipped package, fire up your ftp-client of choice and copy the files to any directory on your web server. As soon as you successfully uploaded them, navigate to the /projects folder and set the permissions to 777. Open config.php in your nemex-folder and change USERNAME and PASSWORD to anything you want.

Ugh.
Hearing about cgroups always reminds me of the resource metering/dispensing parts of the KeyKOS papers. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~KeyKOS/

Convergent evolution is fun. :)
I'm not a programmer, but I burnout from being bored and unsatisfied with my work, I even get burnt out from feeling like I'm not doing enough. If I'm doing something engaging and exciting I'm more than happy to work long hours.
Find someone in that state with the license place LWYRUP and hire them.

http://www.imcdb.org/i303189.jpg
Tachyon DA's CVC Full 1364 Verilog HDL Compiled Simulator is now Open Source
This is correct, that Bitcoin currently has a lot of friction for corporate use in exchanging in and out of fiat currencies. But the longer term vision is for Bitcoin to replace other currencies. Let's project this ten years into the future:

1) Companies have already added BTC as a payment type over those ten years, as they did with Paypal over the last ten.

2) Companies keep cash ledger accounts directly in BTC wallets, rather than purchasing into BTC every time for every invoice.

3) With a wallet containing BTC already on hand, the transaction can be settled immediately. With no settlement period there is no risk of volatility during it.

4) Since companies widely accept BTC directly, you proceed to spend your internet money entirely within the Bitcoin ecosystem rather than exchanging back into local currency.

5) Okay, security is still a risk. But that may or may not post a sufficient obstacle to universal Bitcoin adoption. And also remember that Bitcoin accepts security risk in exchange for reducing other types of risk. Bitcoin is not at risk for government-induced inflation, for example.

I agree that at the moment that transacting in BTC for professional services is impractical. Yes, your cashflow today is more important than trailblazing for the world financial system ten years from now. But enough trailblazers could make for sufficiently widespread adoption to minimize the friction and risk.
Yeah, the fact that they insult guests who leave bad reviews (see their Trip Advisor reviews) shows that they have a level of contempt for their customers that is incompatible with a good hospitality business.
working on your own stuff for 8-12 hours a day 5-6 days a week is WAAAAY different then working 8-12 hours a day 5-6 days a week for someone else and not getting compensated. Your comparison is a complete miss.
Where are you? I've been to many cafes that have run out of seats. In fact I've had to turn around and leave because there was no place for me to sit down. 2 examples off top of my head. Coffee Bar in SF and Bricks and Scones in LA. Both are larger than average as well but very very popular. I've seen most Starbucks in SF and Tokyo full as well. Some of the ones in Tokyo even have signs which effectively say "In consideration of other customers please don't stay a long time".
Nobel laureate Ronald Coase on rights, resources, and regulation (1997)
Why actually spend all this effort on localized Wikipedia articles? Like someone commented, many people read the English Wikipedia because it contains more info. At least I do, I know most peers do, and a Swedish commenter (fiskpinne) just mentioned it. Sure, local articles are good to have for many basic subjects, but when you really want to get into something you probably know English.

People shouldn't want to read articles like the one about cryptography (just picking something technical at random) in a non-English language beyond what the word means and a general overview. There are so many English resources and so many people able to read English if you'd contribute resources, learning it should be encouraged rather than translating everything just because we can.
Visibility Shift in Distributed Teams
Ukraine Crisis War : Marauder of Ukrainian Army Caught | RAW VIDEOS
Pretty ironic ... I wonder if they could run their algorithm on the video on their page ...
Ask Hackaday: What Can Save Radio Shack?
It would appear that 'customer service' is an area in desperate need of a revolution. A relative of mine worked in the BAE call center for 6+ years, and they were constantly reviewed and retrained. This service was exclusively for BAE employees and contractors.

The trend of fucking over customers is a vestige of the near monopoly the distributed cable consortium has in the US. There is no real motivation to do better as most people don't give a shit until it affects them directly (@raldi).

This is probably a silly idea, but what about an all volunteer charity tech support? Are cable boxes really so mysterious and complicated as to be serviced only by 'specially' trained employees and 'vetted' contractors?
Thanks. I have integrated with both Pamfax and Interfax, and neither really makes me happy. I will check this out in detail.

HelloFax is also a great service, but not comparable. It's for end users, not a programmable API.
This article did strike a nerve esp Meyers quote about burnout stemming from the desire to not be able to do what u love regularly.
Paypal Complete 2-Factor Authentication(2FA) Bypass Exploit
Mutual understanding is not the only ingredient that constitutes an enforceable contract. Issues such as duress, inequality of bargaining position, and in this case, the plain bizarre unreasonableness of the terms, can enter into the equation.
Because you don't recommend marriage, or because you think he can find one on weekdays?
> Assume positive intent.

Hmm. You could assume intentions, but since you don't know their intentions, it shouldn't affect your decisions much.
> Russia did not shoot down that jet

But they started massive campaign trying to blame Ukraine. Fabricated Spanish air dispatcher account and clueless theory that Ukraine tried to shoot Putin out of the sky were just a few examples.

However, the real jewel of this campaign was a briefing of Russian Ministry of Defense where their high brass officials openly spread a bunch of lies. That was kinda scary. I mean, North Korea scary.

They were definitely in another reality.
It's not like a fanny pack.

Messenger bags have been around since the days of the Pony Express. They're not going anywhere anytime soon.
Not sure why "test : forall b. (forall a. a -> b) -> b * b" is "the standard first-rank HM polymorphism". The first comment implied "test" is a type error in HM, typed as "forall a b. (a -> b) -> b * b", which fails to unify a with both int and bool.

Based on the principle of least privilege, "test : forall b. (forall a. a -> b) -> b * b" feels the right type. Only the body of test feeds a to the first argument, so forall a is scoped to the first argument, whereas the caller of test needs to consume b, so we scope forall b to the whole expression.
Can you explain how you have better healthcare than 99.9% of the US population?

You realize the wealth of the top 10% of Americans, right? That inherently means you're wrong, and you were exaggerating to a hyper extreme.

I don't think you are likely to have better healthcare than the top 50% of Americans in fact. The top 50% of Americans have healthcare coming out their ears, in terms of spending, check-ups, early diagnosis, and in fact too much medical care - which is part of the cost problems, Americans are the most over-tested and over-doctored people in the world.

You realize very few Americans with a full time, decent paying job are not covered by proper health insurance, right? That gives them access to some of the best medical treatment options, doctors, and technology on the planet.

The US has many of the best health facilities and doctors in the world. In fact the US healthcare system is first world, it's the cost structure that is the problem, not the quality of the facilities and doctors.
Here's the even worse part: Even direct violation of the law during the course of a prosecutor's job is protected by near-absolute judicial immunity. Even if you had absolutely airtight evidence to convict (difficult), an officer willing to charge and seriously investigate the crime (unlikely), and a zealous and competent DA to bring the charge before a grand jury (impossible), the prosecutor could still argue he was acting as a judicial officer of the court for presentation to a grand jury, and thus be immune from prosecution.

The reality is often less "gross misconduct" as in this case, and more "Hey, are you sure you didn't mean the fire started in the corners?" or "I missed that, you said he was 6'2, right?"

But even the worst offenders, such as Ex-DA Nifong in the Duke lacrosse case, face reprimand rarely, true sanctions seldom, disbarment nearly never, indictment infrequently, and conviction under no circumstances.

It's sad, because its the type of event where everyone involved can convince themselves they're doing the right thing, and it's only in those very few circumstances where evidence is brought forth where outside observers, untainted by the culture, can see the naked abuse of power plain as day.

The question that I ponder often is the extent of Western-style law enforcement corruption. Do most police officers and DAs skirt the law in this manner, or is it a low but non-negligible percentage? More importantly, how do we detect and measure it?
Don't get me wrong, I don't think Apple or Google owe money here; I think OP should pursue the cloned game developer.
For freelance work I take the number of hours I will likely sit and then multiply by 75 - 85% depending on if I feel good about the project (can I enjoy it). That way I account for random Reddit/HN checks, email reading, TV watching, and any other distractions.
YC Hacks on Product Hunt
He doesn't like it. Me neither. 777? Too liberal, really not needed. Username and password on a configuration file? Ugh.
the problem is that there is really boring work in every project.
We vetted an idea in 30 days. Then killed it
Thanks so much Ivo for this very good list, yes I'm looking for ones for Node.js as you said they are more organized and cleaner. I will consider Angular first as I learn it theses days and will be great to learn from the source code.
Al-Qaeda prefers Android over Apple's iOS
> Also the Ukraine government accidentally shot down Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 in 2001.

It was shot down during joint Russian-Ukrainian trainings, missile was sent from Russian base... but somehow Ukraine got all the blame?
There are doors that let you in

And out but never open

But there are trapdoors

That you can't come back from
The poster is describing the kind of photography which often includes shooting things with a gun (in this case an air pistol). I had to laugh when I read this line:

"My target backstop is an old O’Reilly programming book."
This looks fantastic - I like the design and obviously I like the free. The interface is much more attractive than the standard SurveyMonkey and Google Forms options.

Two big questions come to mind. First, do you have or plan on an option for people who don't want to embed a survey but link to one outright? Second, do you expect to leave this up, and if it were to become heavily used do you have a plan for monetizing or are you willing to eat the hosting costs?

I ask because with a bit of reassurance that it will stick around, this looks like a nice, clean tool I have regular use for.
-> % gpg --search-keys 3657B901

(1)	Assaf Gordon <agordon@wi.mit.edu>
4096 bit RSA key 2272BC86, created: 2014-07-09, expires: 2015-07-09

Initial announcement ... http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-07/msg00007....
There's only so many consumer eyeballs and wallets in the world, it almost seems the supply of products and services is unimaginably over supplied to a fixed demand?

Are you of the impression that the demand for, I don't know, B2C cell phone apps is fixed in 2014 to the same value it was in 2007? If you (sensibly) do not agree that the iPhone failed to change the underlying demand for cell phone applications, consider the possibility that we are, in fact, crushingly undersupplied for B2C software. This would counsel people buying positive expected value lottery tickets as soon as the startup founders can print them.

What's in it for a founder when you could go get a job at Amagoobooksoft instead? That's a fair question. One: you will not have to work at Amagoobooksoft for a little while. Two: you may improve your eventual position at Amagoobooksoft by doing a startup versus simply applying to them today. Three: you may invent the next WhatsApp, and end up with several billion dollars in your pocket. Four: for a certain psychograph of developer, there are non-pecuniary advantages to running a startup in a manner similar to their being non-pecuniary advantages to doing the Peace Corps for some people. ("Change the world!") Five: You may, accurately or not, perceive that you are presently not likely to receive an offer at Amagoobooksoft, but accurately perceive that "Nobody can tell me I'm not ready to do a startup" and rationally calculate that this is a better way to build skills and reputational capital than e.g. getting a job at Burger King even if the money is roughly similar.

P.S. The Mobifotosocialgames For White And Asian Geeks space is a small fraction of the total market for software, though you wouldn't know it from "the tech scene."
Accessibility was always a concern, and mobile is probably now another one. You'd have to recreate the image for mobile screens, re-map it...
Japan to launch military force to monitor space, the 'fourth battlefield'
It doesn't seem to mention what kind of camera you'd need to do this at the mentioned distance (15 feet). I'm assuming it's at least a couple thousand bucks, or maybe even so expensive that most professional photographers won't have it, but does anyone actually know? Or did I miss it in the article?
Fitmo - Senior iOS developer - Amsterdam, NL - prefer local

Fitmo is seeking an iOS developer for both our iPhone apps for coaches and consumers. You will be involved in all stages of development from specification to design, development, unit and UI testing, deployment and store submission. You are a hands-on self-starter, working with others in an agile way(Scrum). You have extensive experience with various mobile technologies and you keep yourself up to date with the latest.

Full job description: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/11036717?trk=job_nov

About Fitmo: Today, we are witnessing a revolution in personalized health coaching. Millions of people are starting to use popular mobile health platforms, devices and Apps. Whilst these are awesome aides and motivators in the quest to get started, we have found a great need for a more supportive and bespoke approach. We believe that if you truly want to change behavior with platforms, devices and apps, this can be reached with added interpretation and knowledge from a COACH or TRAINER.
https://www.google.com/#q=why+777+is+bad
Windows 8's uptake is even worse than Vista's. Should Microsoft jump ship?
> This is probably a silly idea, but what about an all volunteer charity tech support?

Only if we get prices cut by 90% in return!
So it's just like outlook:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/delay-or-sche...
The Visual Microphone
Russian Engineers Show Their Real Faces: Sexist, Dirty and Unemployable
It's called VPN... and yes it works on mobile devices too.
Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager
Oh god, the code is awful
Why Amsterdam airport prohibits balloons on train platforms
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Thankfully most CCTVs are so crappy and so low framerate, I doubt they can get much out of it.

If you want to record a particular person through a window, for instance, you can get a laser microphone that catches the vibrations of the glass.
> shot down a nap room because it implies people should stay longer

True! Smart move: did it work?
Good to hear that you're happy and your choices have worked out, sincerely. But kindly please consider the following points:

1. You may not have worked enough to burn out. If you're in your 20's you can work longer too. If you don't have a family you can work longer.

2. Not everyone can make the career choices you got to make. I do program and enjoy it but it's way to risky for me personally to quit my corporate job. Please consider you might have some privileges others don't have or less responsibilities than other people.

3. For those of us who toil in the corporate world, depending on the situation, it is just foolish to spend more than the required 40 hours (except for limited crunch time). Why should I slave away and get no reward? I get paid the same. Consider that corporation might take advantage of those who do enjoy programming to do more work for less.

Anyway I wish you all the luck on your idea. :)
Are cable boxes really so mysterious and complicated as to be serviced only by 'specially' trained employees and 'vetted' contractors?

I'm no expert in the area, but if a Modem or Cable box needs to be reconfigured on the service provider's end, you won't get that fixed with a charity service.

Though a charity service could reduce the volume of calls for the serious problems that require service provider intervention.
>Why actually spend all this effort on localized Wikipedia articles?

Because most people can't read English.

If the world's best encyclopaedia was only available in Swahili, would you still be asking "Why actually spend all this effort on localised articles?", assuming of course that you're not a Swahili speaker.
Wow. This is really easy to use. I can definitely see myself using something like this. Thanks for sharing.
There is another view. Programmers commonly have two characteristics that make them talk a lot about burnout:

a) They are analytical people. It comes with the job. You can't program if you don't think analytically, and this characteristic can't possibly be confined to work activities, so it gets ingrained into personality.

b) They like what they do. Naturally, this is not true for every individual, but is true for most. The reason is not that this is a paradise bubble. Much to the contrary: the profession is so taxing for individuals that don't like to code that it self selects "code lovers".

Individuals fitting this description know and actively quantify their productivity levels. They know that they perform better when everything is flowing, and they know when they're off their game. Thus, they are more prone to correctly identifying lower productivity on themselves, when compared to other professions. The result is more chatter about burnout.

This does not mean programmers burn out more than other professionals. It means programmers are more conscious of their own productivity.
"An error" suggests a lack of intent - a mistake, if you will. This isn't a mistake. It's a blatant attempt at gaming a review system.
Doing it that way will rape disk I/O on your server, much better use ZFS snapshot
then just zfs send & pipe thru xz/bzip2 to send it remotely

Example:

#!/bin/bash
TS=$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
SNAP=zpool/mysql@${TS}
zfs snapshot $SNAP
zfs send $SNAP | pv | xz -z | ssh somewhere "cat > /mnt/snapshots/mysql-${TS}.xz"
zfs destroy -Rv $SNAP

Assumes that your /var/lib/mysql is zpool/mysql ofc
The instant your partners know you're involving a lawyer is when the relationship becomes adversarial (possibly permanently). This is not the lawyer moment. The lawyer moment is "after a lot of discussion, these guys refuse to do what me and the rest of the world thinks is fair". Has there been a lot of discussion?

Get on a call with them ASAP. Tell them you think that pro-rata is both what's FAIR and WHAT IS DONE 99.999% of the time in these circumstances-- and mention that you've done a lot of research. Say, "Guys, obviously any two of us can impose a decision on the third, but I trust you guys, so I'm assuming you're doing this because you think it's normal/fair. How about this: I pay for a few hours of a high-end startup lawyer's time and we can get a sense of what's standard-operation-procedure here is? It seems like we might have different opinions about what's fair. I'd propose we appeal to a knowledgeable 3rd party. Is that cool?" If they agree, add: "If this experienced startup lawyer says that pro-rata is what's done virtually all the time in these circumstances, can we agree to go that route?" And see what they say. Just keep saying you trust them and ask questions along these lines. Eventually they'll either agree or it'll come out that they feel that you haven't earned your 10%.

Understand: If things get ugly, they can fire you (wait-- are you vesting? If they fire you after 1.5 years, you lose most of your options). Once they fire you, they can dilute you and other people who are not with the company somewhat easily. Your job here is to be friends and to maintain/earn trust (and to not get taken advantage of!). NEVER THREATEN until there's nothing left to salvage. If you're a fabulous negotiator, you can HINT that you're willing (and financially able) to lawyer up.
The app needs write access to the /projects folder. Many shared hosts need 0777 because PHP runs as a different user than FTP. If you know what you're doing, you can always set it to the minimum required permissions.

What's wrong with the username and pass stored in a config file? Almost all PHP apps store their database credentials in a config.php as well.
Ask HN: Worthwhile subscription sites/communities
I have a little extra money that I would like to use to pay for content or services online that I wouldn't normally pay for. Anyone have a site/service they really love that they think myself and everyone could benefit from? Or maybe a free site that offers compelling premium content?

I wanted to sign up for a local hacker space but don't have the time it would require to take advantage of the services most offer. Here are some ideas I'm looking for

* Paid/curated community for learning (pair programming, hacking, hardware, etc.)
* Subscription site for content (books, apps, movies, etc.)
* Local (LA) community meetings or co-working space

I'm not looking for things like Amazon Prime and I already have a few subscriptions to well known paid services (audible, remember the milk, etc.) so I'm looking for the smaller start ups and unknowns that you have found value in.
How often do you reboot your Linux desktop?