skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It looks like only the front end has changed. I have a Python library (github.com/jordan-wright/rapportive) that directly calls the backend API, and it still works fine.
Experience is significantly more valuable than reading 200 articles (and as a result, I am inclined to view CS grad school as a waste for many people).

Build stuff. It doesn't really matter what it is, there is enough overlap between all of the disciplines to compensate.

Having said that, and as was mentioned already, Algorithms is probably the one topic that truly differentiates people.
How to Hunt Down Phishing Kits
Wups, meant to write IR.
In the analogy the customer is the landlord giving access to the could service. Giving someone access to your property does not automatically give the government the right to search it.
Wow! Hats off to you.. You know hearing stories like that make me feel more determined than ever.
A city is not a tree – Christopher Alexander
Even with $1bn, Flipkart faces uphill task against Amazon
Walking and sprinting and weight training boost metabolism. Doing a lot of jogging actually lowers resting metabolic rate because the body adaptively conserves energy when confronted with such stress. After a few weeks of a daily jogging habit you're in total burning barely more than you were when sedentary.

This is why you see so many people pounding away on gym treadmills month after month and still looking squishy.
According to wikipedia, preferred walking speed is 3.1mph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_walking_speed
Swanodette has already posted on his blog about immutable-js [0].

[0] - http://swannodette.github.io/2014/07/30/hijacking-json/
Thing is, my budget is actually higher than that, but that's how much the campaign actually uses up each day. Not enough reach / people clicking on the ad.

I could try other ad channels, but I'm talking with a publisher who might be interested in publishing it so haven't tried that yet.
Sorry, I can't for fear of competition.
This link has a few examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7122999
Poorly Managed HealthCare.gov Construction Cost $840M, Watchdog Finds
Just because you can see the flaws doesn't mean you're hypocritical. There are legitimate issues involved with suburbia.
Don't use boiling water with hot water bottles; the ones you can buy have warnings about this (it can damage them). Just use hot water from the tap (which hopefully should be more efficiently heated than however you boil water as well).

Don't worry about energy consumption; it's negligible for the hot water bottle, and for the electric blanket as well, especially compared to keeping your house heat up high at night. Not really worth debating, though do note: the hot water bottle has a fail-proof, gradual, automatic shutoff, it fits any size bed, requires no electric outlet, requires minimal storage space during warmer months (so you can have an extra for guests), and has an initial investment of, like, $4. :)
Yeo, Front End Developers: It's Time To Streamline Your Workflow
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor is dead from Ebola
Here is the full testimony to be delivered tomorrow: http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20140731/102587/HHRG-...
"average 3 foot-per-second walking speed," That's painfully slow.
Nordstrom Buying Trunkclub a Website for Men’s Wear
Great story. Well done.
I really like your city plan. Ideally I want to live somewhere I can walk or bike to everywhere I need to go but still have the neighborhood feel that I grew up with.
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Just to clear things out: I already did Learn Python The Hard Way all the way through and I think I understood like 90 percent of it (the last two exercises were a bit too much for me).

For now, I think I could focus on web development since I can setup Wordpress blogs or static pages and tweak CSS. My goal would be to become mobile app programmer/embedded programmer.
So I thought about learning Swift - it's new I know but it feels a bit like Python.

I want to treat my self-teaching as something serious - set aside at least 10h weekly which I think I can do. It's just sad feeling for me ... new city, totally new job. But you all are encouraging while also setting real expectations = I'm determined to do this.

I will try to figure this out without CS degree. Taking a year off of work just to learn programming is something I might be able to do financially, I can just move out of Canada back home where it's 5x less expensive or to South East Asia where it's even less to focus on this.

I think the reason why I fear this is because I have no connection to other programmers. I am not shy, actually quite opposite, I have "cool" hobbies (film making, bmx bikes, music) but smart people are kind of intimidating, even more so when I'd like to discuss my projects with them.

Anyway, so far I programmed this little CLI utility (just to paint you a picture how "far" I've come from non-programming to newbie since Jan) -> https://pypi.python.org/pypi?name=flashCardStudy&version=1.0...

Anyway I want to thank everyone for their input. I discussed how frustrated I am with my life with my girlfriend and she totally supports me - she'd be willing to push me through school = universities are "free" (paid from taxes) in my country so I just need money for rent and food. We have CS programmes where you obtain bachelor degree in three years but it's heavily connected to math which I kinda suck at. We'll see.
best. hn. ever.
Fix tar errors on OS X
This, along with "UN discusses plans to ban 'killer robots'", are the two recent headlines that convinced me I'm living in the future.
Thank you! Should be linked on sublevel.net
New Zealand's North Island has a similar problem. A typical house has cheap construction with thin exterior walls, unfinished crawl space with exposed soil, no insulation and no heat pump. Coupled with a damp climate 5-25C, in the winter one gets heavy condensation, black mold, chills, and the fingers don't work.

I bumped into a guy here from Northern Germany who said he's never been so cold as in a kiwi house in the winter.

The NZ government is trying to change minds, but I still see houses going up with empty wall cavities and no air barrier. But then, the natives wear shorts and tees outside in 5 degree weather all winter. So, maybe its just me.
> In Australia a non-car lifestyle is possible but very limiting

I take a huge affront to this, as an Aussie who has never owned a car. Sure, you have to live in a city, like 90% of the rest of Australians.

And both London and Melbourne/Sydney/Adelaide have night buses.
This was how a lot of perl5 was when I used it in the early 2000s.
This cold winter in Chicago I tried an experiment where during the day I just heated one room with an electric space heater (a Vornado) and let the rest of the house get to 50 F. It ended up saving me exactly $1 because turns out electricity is $$$ and I discontinued the effort.
Testing Add-on Compatibility With Multi-Process Firefox
tl;dr just go for it, don't care for the requirements, impress them.

Why i'm saying this? well ...

I don't have a CS degree, matter of fact i dropped out of university, i got hired three times as a developer in three different companies with a very good salary (compared to Palestine standards, since i live in Palestine), i switched jobs because i hated working for someone, so the last job i quit i decided to start my own startup, and now i am into a lot of programming projects.

I program in Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, C#, ActionScript, Java, and i play with other languages, i taught my self all that, so my friend you can do this and even do better, jut believe in your skills.
Tracking.js Computer Vision In The Browser
Our field is wonderful in the way it encourages and rewards those who, with or without formal training, make things people want.

Learn by doing.

And if you feel now or in the future that you'd like a dash of fundamentals to go with your programming practice, you have options beyond those of traditional education. For example, Udacity has a great Introduction to Computer Science online class:

https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101

The free courseware includes the lectures and auto-graded exercises. It's Python-based, but goes beyond programming languages to touch on foundational CS concepts in general. Recommended.
>No turning right at red lights. Some visitors to NYC don't realize this is illegal in the five boroughs.

I live on the island of Montreal, and this really makes a difference. It's such a relief not to have to worry about cars from a third direction. I still look, but it really makes walks more relaxing, and also encourages critical mass of pedestrians.

Montreal island has many similarities to new york. You might like the plateau/mile-end area. Subway ends around 1am unfortunately, but otherwise we have most of the pros of NYC.
Are 506c General Solicitations legal?
A leading GP from a VC firm told me that 506c General Solicitations (advertising publicly on the internet raising funds and getting money from accredited investors only) is illegal. I don't believe this is correct, any comments?
I think what a lot of people are missing about this deal - net neutrality aside - is how silly it is from an advertising and marketing angle.

A significant amount of of Facebook's business model is based on advertising. Now, those links go where? Nowhere? Error pages?

All of those funny tweets containing links? Do those timeout?

Are the top 500 sites supposed to create closed-loop experiences?
The Google gods (AdWords and organic) were kind to me.
At the University of Illinois there is centrally-heated steam that's used to heat many buildings
http://www.dailyillini.com/features/greeks_and_campus/articl...
Every building was always super warm in the winter
Completely agree! I can't finish books in one sitting on my laptop (my eyes get tired quickly), but it is easy on my Kindle paperwhite.
I'm a Google Summer of Code mentor for SymPy. There's a number of good additions to it being done this summer. My student is working on systems of ODEs. There's 10 different projects in total, including work on optics, 3D geometry, and vectors (and hopefully vector calculus).

The optics and the 3D geometry should help a lot with teaching and learning.
Closer Look at Color Lightness
Three-Banded Armadillo Rolls Around on the Floor with His Favorite Pink Toy
This is a romantic fantasy. One I sometimes share, but I recognize it as fantasy.

I understand the aim of what's being advocated here, and I really enjoy visiting cities like this (it saves on car rentals). But there's significant reasons people have spent a century or so trying like hell to escape these kinds of cities. Sprawl is a problem, but modeling cities after 15th century Italian towns is a mistake as well. I'd love to live in a place like this I suppose if we're all boutique shop owners and grocers this might work. But most people aren't these days. We actually have to get places that aren't necessarily right in our town.

One of the significant reasons we started moving away from this kind of development, even before cars became common, is that it traps people inside of them and prevents people from getting into and out of them. He uses Barcelona as an example, but he uses the Medieval part of Barcelona, not the 19th century bits.

So now we have to build extensive mass-transit. I'm thrilled as peaches to do that, but it's unbelievably expensive to finance. One of the reasons so many roads get built and expanded is that local governments can finance road development by forcing developers to build the roads or they won't get the zoning for their new mall or suburb (and the increased tax revenue is intended to cover long-term maintenance).

Brand new, above ground, subway/metro runs around $250 million per mile [1] in the United States (built on existing right-of-way). No developer can finance that. A brand new rural/suburban road runs $4-6 million per mile, and $8-10 million in urban areas [2].

I wish that humans had managed to develop a way of life and an advanced economy that made this possible. But we didn't. It sucks, but even if the car had never been invented, cities would no longer look like this.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Line_(Washington_Metro)

2 - http://www.artba.org/about/transportation-faqs/#20
I am not impress with the quality of this article. What about device specific feature like camera or GPS? Also they use standard angular router which is way below standard
I commented on a comment in this thread, but anyways, i just want to tell you, go for it! it's NEVER too late.
My point was the title and url you switched to were previously submitted hours before mine but drew no interest. It was my title and url submission that caught fire with the HN crowd.

Spin? Come on... The article was right on. I know people like to pretend everything has two sides but in this case...NOPE. This Sprint plan is totally bad for consumers and the future of the Internet itself. Any one who thinks otherwise is a troll or just an idiot.
I've never been to my community pool, but it is packed every weekend. I live near the ocean and own a boat, so that is how I spend my summer Saturdays.

I enjoy the cutting the grass. My yard takes about an hour to do the whole cut/edge/trim. I view it as exercise and time to think.
Tech Companies’ Secret Weapon: Animal Logos
Came here to recommend "A Pattern Language" -- truly a transformative book. The article touches on a few of the patterns it lists, but I think this nascent project would benefit greatly from the author reading it through.

For instance, just building narrow streets is not "all we need to do" as the author states.

Full text available on Archive.org (but it's worth buying a copy for the illustrations alone): https://archive.org/stream/APatternLanguage/A_Pattern_Langua...
This is an excellent explanation, thanks!
Maybe you're going to the wrong bars. :)
Do you mean to say that Facebook and Twitter have paid to get in to this value package? Or is Sprint offering the package on its own? There have been similar facebook deals in India. There was one in which facebook could be accessed via a special URL for free (0.facebook.com). There are packs available for WhatsApp now.
I have often wondered why we don't all sleep in heated pods (bubbles). All of the wasted heat to keep houses warm at night drives me nuts.
I highly recommend looking at the comparison of the two mentioned in response to this. It's a bit out of date, though. It has a reference to SymPy 0.7.2 upcoming, but it's already past that.

Basically, Sage is more comprehensive as it pulls in a lot of different packages. SymPy is designed to be a Python CAS that you can use with other Python projects. Also, Sage doesn't directly support Windows, it requires the use of a VM image instead.
Questions for the site's creator, about http://lucianmarin.com/archive/sublevel.html

> No JavaScript. Sublevel works with JavaScript disabled. Dumb phones supported. Sublevel works with Opera Mini. Responsive design. Sublevel works on any devices with a modern browser from smartphones to TVs.

Is the lack of Javascript motivated by security or minimalism?

> Different than Twitter. Sublevel is not a clone of Twitter like App.net neither trying to reinvent the wheel. There's no character limit, Sublevel is limited by design only.

Can you share more about the scalability of the backend?

> No API. Sublevel doesn't need an API, just better web browsers. Instead of an API, Sublevel will try to have an open database.

Do you mean CC-licensed, torrent delivered? That would support analytics, but what's the Sublevel position on third-party web clients?

> No user tracking. Sublevel doesn't store any metadata associated with users or replies.

Does this mean HTTP metadata, e.g. IP address, browsers, etc? Are you saying there are no web server logs ever written to flash/disk, or that these are stripped of user-identifying information?

> Discoverable. Sublevel is using an explore page to keep people informed. Similar to HN, DN or Reddit.

> Clear searching. Sublevel lets you independently search for replies or people's usernames, bios, locations.

Is this mechanism intended for search by humans or apps? Is there any difference from Twitter's search functionality?

> Just text. Sublevel won't provide support for images, videos, gifs, mp3s. Third-party services do a better job. Sublevel provides support for links, mentions and hashtags.

Is there support for mentions? The following bullet says they are not needed.

> Threaded conversations. Sublevel reply system is clear, there's no need for mentions. It lets you join in any conversation.

Without mentions, how would someone invite/address another user to join a conversation?

> Less spam. Sublevel prevents spam using two features. First, it lets the parent of a reply to delete any children replies. Second, it lets people send just one reply, expecting answers back from the other participants in the conversation.

One reply per item? Can you reply to siblings of your reply?

> Powered by mini ads. Sublevel is free and the ads will never be intrusive, actually they look quite good.

Examples?
Despite peoples grumblings about parameter order the only real reasonless difference is string functions are haystack / needle, whereas array functions are needle / haystack. Once you know that its not that difficult.

Some other minor inconsistencies like array_map vs. array_filter are simply due to the fact that optional parameters have to be at the end of function calls. On array_filter the callback is optional, whereas on map you can map a list of arrays.
I wouldn't consider this as an example of having lost money. You built something with the intent of acquiring knowledge (Rails). It's also something that you use. I would say that it's a success based on your original goals for the project.
Read your whole answer, thanks. I decided I'm gonna go for it no matter what.
Walter notes two advantages of that scheme over extension methods. One of them is that extension methods can not be called with the standard prefix notation. This is not actually true, at least in the languages most known for extension methods, Visual Basic and C#.
Some people use Calibre.
Is it still impossible to get an invite? I requested one as soon as it was announced, and haven't received it yet.
And where is Temple OS creator's comments? I believe they are markov chains of a sort.
The article was about saving energy using a specific approach _until_ the article's author took the side trip into world politics.
If companies get into such deals with the isp's they should be blamed. What if tomorrow Google forbids any ISP from creating a Google pack or say Facebook? That would help the cause of net neutrality. Can we have companies supporting the cause oppose such packs?
Wasted heat? All the wasted heat goes into the air, warming up the room.
I would eat a game like that up.

SimCity has so wholly established the popular concept of what a city simulator should be that everything else, from Cities XL to Cities in Motion, is inevitably built on that template.

Don't get me wrong, the SimCity series is great, but the domain of urban simulation could be vastly wider than what fits within the boundaries of the Maxis tradition. Different things could be abstracted; other things could be simulated in greater depth.

I'd love to see, for instance, less reliance on detailed buildings and more reliance on realistic building plans. Or less direct control over construction and zoning, having to go through councils and referenda, or backroom deals to get things done (imagine all these things having various stats for rolls like an RPG).
I'd rather have sky walkways above ground-level cars for a lot of reasons; Hong Kong's central district does this quite well.
Those sites usually have links to less popular sites.
Check out this example with pies:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/matrix-multiplying.html

Now, you might often see this particular problem in terms of database queries, and that is fine. But the uses I have seen of linear algebra in machine learning are essential to achieving performance. There, the algorithms are often highly iterative, using the same exact source data. To perform such calculations with a loop is extremely inefficient. Even chasing pointers can be a significant cost. There is a reason why Fortran code is generally faster than C for linear algebra out of the box.

Also see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/146186
I get to enjoy the modern stylings of a postage stamp sized property with an oversized house. Where most older homes would have people in the backyard, I'm in my climate controlled living room.

I hire a guy to come by every two weeks and mow my lawn. He charges me $30 each time. I used to do it myself, but I decided to spend my time doing other things. If I did it myself, yard maintenance is unbelievably cheap and not all that time consuming, a half hour every 2 weeks. I probably didn't even get through 3 gallons of gas over an entire season and I've had the same lawnmower for 6 years. I don't water my lawn, it's pretty brown right now.

I use the pool system (we have 4) a handful of times during the summer, but I don't mind paying for it as part of my fees since at least I have the option. The pool houses double as community centers and party spaces which is nice. I can take cheap yoga classes in one year round, I think it's $5 a class.

I don't use the playgrounds and don't have any kids, but my wife and I make extensive use of the private park and trail system in my development. The central park is about a half-mile long (almost exactly long as NYC central park is wide), wooded, filled with trails (a circuit is about 2km), a small lake, adult exercise equipment, tennis courts, a field hockey pad, a basketball court and a few open green spaces. But there's something like 20 more miles of trails and smaller parks and green space all throughout. It's all immaculately maintained.

At one end of the park is a small amphitheater where they throw a summer concert series. We get our own 4th of July fireworks show too.

If I lived in a dense Manhattan style city, I'd probably end up spending it all on building fees, higher rent and significantly higher grocery prices.
> I view it as exercise and time to think.

That's kind of interesting, but it's how I view my commute (mostly walk|bike given bearable weather) in NYC.
Well, we have autonomous drones becoming a mainstream thing (written about by TV personalities), we have anonymous distributed data transfer and even value transfer (!) networks. The government is working hard to eliminate digital privacy. Large IP holders are lobbying the government to regulate data ownership. Massive networks of anonymous users coordinate through message boards and social networks to perform human action on a massive scale. Individuals flee their home countries and become icons in international politics because they are, effectively, data smugglers. There are entire organizations dedicated to disseminating data that government interests are fighting to keep secret. Wearable electronics are coming of age. Electronic surveillance is ubiquitous. Police militarization is increasing significantly. Internet-based physible replication technologies (like 3D printers) are coming of age.
As someone a bit further up the snakes and ladders board than a lot of younger nomadic types, I woudo like to see a specialised house swapping community around remote workers. This woudo be houses with necessary workspaces, connections and the like. I would happily swap for periods of time during the year, but with dependents in tow. This type of thing woudo be excellent for relocating into time zones suitable for specific projects.
"I did my best to master the moves and angles that would result in most arresting pictures and video."

Heh. Arresting. Heh.
Is it me or is that not that much money for a system that serves a 350 million-person nation?
You mean, the ones that _did_ exist according to Clinton:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcript...
PS, this, "Voted down, then responding in case you don't know why" is passive aggressive.