skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A summary for us laypeople [1].

'The authors suggest that people who deliberate less are better at implicit learning because they have a wider span of attention and focus on a wider variety of stimuli. In turn, this makes them more likely to capture relevant associations in complex tasks.'

'But they also found several positive correlations between mindfulness and previously investigated cognitive and psychological health outcomes, “supporting the idea of a tradeoff in benefit,” Stillman says.'

1: http://www.georgetown.edu/research/news/mindfulness-cognitiv...
If you're interested in the matter, here's more background info on userland TCP stacks:

http://perso.uclouvain.be/olivier.bonaventure/blog/html/2013...
Ask HN: can anyone come up with some old English language adage (or in any other language) which says the same thing as this paper?

For instance:

"Abstract: the timeliness of mindful preemptive action is positively correlated with mitigated needs for subsequent compensating or reparative measures."

--> "A stitch in time saves nine."

--> "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

Not being able to "see the forest for the trees" is in the right ball park. Cliche Zen ideas come into play here also: opening your mind to the broader experience, rather than straining at focusing.

"Turn on, tune in, drop out, man! ... and, like, learn more!" :)
Once you've looked at sup, take a look at Notmuch (http://notmuchmail.org/), which separates the search/indexing of incoming messages from the mail composition from sending/receiving. As a spiritual sup successor, it has a few nice clients for the command line (bower?) and various editors (Emacs, maybe a vim client too)
I believe my first conscious experience of this was when I tried to write a towers-of-hanoi program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi

My 'hands' figured out the algorithm in a minute or two, and could fly through the stacks without a problem. But when I tried to be mindful enough of what I was doing to write an algorithm for it, I basically forgot what i was doing, and had to painstakingly reteach myself.
Well, stuff that you implicitly learn are things that you cannot 'explain'. In the paper, they say they use sequence learning as their implicit learning task. In sequence learning, you show some visual stimuli, and the subject reacts. Depending on the test, the sequence may have underlying structure. I don't have access to the paper, so I'm speculating here, but its probable that they used a test with underlying structure, and measured the reaction times of the subjects. This test essentially tests the subjects 'subconscious' pattern recognition. And one of the hallmarks of implicit learning is that your skill is only weakly transferable to other skills. So it might be that only sequence learning is impaired by mindfullness. Who knows.

As for if implicit learning is 'bad'? Well, it certainly depends on context. There are definitely large areas where it is preferable to have explicit knowledge. That said, there are also lots of situation where it simply isn't feasible to get that explicit knowledge - we must fall back to implicit learning. For example, language learning is a pretty weird case. As children, language learning is pretty much mostly implicit - it is entirely possible to develop into a passable English speaker without being to articulate any of the grammer rules. Even as adults, we are often told to stop worrying about the rules, and just get exposure to the language - this too relates to implicit learning.
> Automation is doing automatically what humans manually. So your point misses the point.

Could you clarify what point I'm missing? It's true that I am, intentionally, conflating automation and formalisation of mathematics, activities which can be meaningfully distinguished. Is it to that that you object?

On the other hand, I think that it is also meaningful to point out that, although automation is just a version of human activity carried out by a computer, not all human activity is subject to automation—at least, not yet. The two bad examples that spring to mind are chess-playing and facial recognition (bad because both have recently come into the reach of computers).

In principle, any human activity that we understand can be automated simply by giving a computer sufficiently precise instructions; but (1) if those instructions are too detailed and ad hoc, then it may be just as hard to give them as to carry out the task, and (2) there are many human activities that we do not understand.
Yes, at its core, this is the "overlapping hierarchy" problem. I believe in the case of the internet, this is almost a regulatory issue. Not to be dismissed, but failure to build a simple network structure is largely due to the number of players involved. Perhaps we could encode an ISP ID in the address as well, but that has its own issues.
Show HN: Heatmaps.tf – Custom map analytics for Team Fortress 2
Ask HN: What's it like working at Apple?
So I went to a job hiring event on Sunday and I got a call sunday asking to comeback tomorrow for an interview. From the way it sounded on Sunday they said if I got a call asking to come back in I was basically hired and they just wanted me to come back to see where I would fit in at. So I was wondering what exactly is it like. Would I have to own my own apple product because I don't, but I have knowledge on them because I have family members that have them and I'm the family IT guy.
The scaling of sphere SA to Volume isn't exactly linear, its more logarithmic Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Com...
Thanks for the shout-out :) (am part of the Sendbloom team).
I wish the PersistIQ team well, it's really exciting to see other entrants in this space, especially one that's backed by YC. Verifies that there is a demand, or at least a projected demand for this sort of an application.
It's not incorrect syntax; indeed, while the preferred method of showing possessives where the possessing noun ends in an "s" is is a stylistic issue that is subject to much debate, most of the rules that I can find suggested now would find "Consumer Reports'" to be the correct form, not "Consumer Reports's".

[1] Eg, this source ( http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp ) reports several rules that are in use for singular and proper nouns (see Rule 1c):
1. Add just an apostrophe after the "s" for any word endign in "s"
2. Add an apostrophe and an "s" to a common noun ending in "s", but just an apostropher to a proper noun ending in "s".
3. Write the word as we speak it.
Further, in Rule 2a: regular nouns that form plurals with "-s" or "-es" just get an apostrophe (no extra "s").

Consumer Reports is a proper noun formed from the plural form of a common noun that is pluralized by adding an "s", so all those (except perhaps "write as you speak", and then only if you'd say "Consumer Reportses" for the possessive form) support adding a bare apostrophe rather than apostrophe plus s.
This is an object lesson about customer segmentation and about purchasing intent.
I use GMelius, and love it.

Website: http://gmelius.com/
Chrome store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmelius/dheionainn...
If she started a kickstarter, I'd be happy to fund...
More specifically: weight/lift ratio is a cube to square relationship. Lift increases with the cube of the radius, weight (of the envelope) with the square. So a collection of smaller spheres would have a higher mass.
That would be a good question for Randell Munroe. https://what-if.xkcd.com
Are Memories Important To You?
Discussion from just the other day regarding another piece of home automation software called Domoticz if you're interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152714
Other than vacuum not burning.
Which theory is stronger, that iron came from outside or was formed in Earth?
Thanks for the correction. How did things get so screwed up? At least it's still miles better than IPv4 I suppose.
You lose 10t of lift.

If a hydrogen envelope of 10t ruptures, you lose 10t of lift and have a major fire hazard.
Unfortunately, I already posted my link in the news section and not able to delete it. Thanks for trying out the platform.
2014 Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize Winners Announced
Indeed there is, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCP_theorem
The rush to judgement in situations like this is just sickening. And that goes for both sides.

No investigation by anyone has revealed anything about either side. I can't figure out what's worse anymore - the media's complete dive into yellow journalism or the fact that so many people on the USA fuel the yellow journalism.
https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17170
The New York Post is owned by News Corporation. And like all their other publications their modus operandi is propaganda and FUD. That is how they became hugely successful so there is no reason for them to change.

As for whether the press is allowed to do it well that's more tied to the US constitution and it's belief in free speech. Most countries have a more sensible version of this.
Would you be able to share platform/performance numbers? I've actually been thinking about doing something like this but I'm coming from the opposite direction (hardware guy who's always wanted to learn more about 3D graphics).
It was dismissed without prejudice. This means nothing. If a patent troll wanted to do the same thing & file for the same lawsuit, they could easily do so. This isn't a "win" for the sutdents as much as it's "oh, let's just drop it."

I'm glad they didn't have to the pay the troll, but I also hate when the troll doesn't get what it deserves, either: losing.
Darn those sexy investors.
Somewhere between, say, the EV version of an ignition switch failure and a knob coming off on the radio (although I'm guessing the Tesla doesn't have knobs), there are things that render a car inoperable to the point where it has to be towed. And I'd consider those pretty significant flaws in any car I purchased even if they didn't reach the "OMG, I could have died" level.
Is it me or is that site lacking in any information what-so-ever?

How does it work? Even vaguely?

What is your privacy policy?

Where can I learn more about who you are (without going to Facebook)?

Edit: Formatting
Yes, it looks like steel is the only safe alternative. Even completely bisphenol free plastics seem to be just as bad: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certic...
I have a couple of friends working there. It's pretty dry corporate culture. Expect being overworked sometimes. But on the bright side they pay really well and the RSU will be a lot of money. At the end of the day it all depends on who are you working with not the company itself. I hope you get lucky and get into a good team.
Wildly off-topic but which GTK theme is that?
Ex
I like it's lack of visual clutter even against greybird or numix.
The New York Daily News is where I go to get important news, like how Bat Boy fared in his fight against the Vampires on Saturn. Just sayin'
Amazon takes on Disney in DVD pricing fight
Keith Alexander: I'm Patenting A Way To Stop Hackers (I Didn't Tell The NSA)
Im surprised that there isnt just some kind of API that inspects files and says "not legal"/"legal" for website operators to use. Then they can just refuse to traffic said files if illegal. It could be as simple as testing a file hash like VirusTotal and making a judgement call. Then if someone wants to traffic in illegal content they'll at least have to resort to crypto.
It's not possible to have a clear and concise plan.

You first need to figure out what the problem is, and you won't figure that out by writing a detailed and worked out feature set solving a slightly different problem.
This rail-bound tank was probably not designed with weight savings as a prime considerations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM

Still, this is a fascinating idea and I would love to see someone make a serious attempt at it.
How Indifferent Corporations Help Sexist Internet Trolls Thrive
Ugh. I'm having a kid soon and now what's my best option? Glass? I'll gladly pay extra not to poison her.
So much WIN!
Just because old people tend to break their hips more often than younger people wouldn't necessarily make soccer anti-correlated with hip injuries. In your example, if you compared two groups that are identical, the only difference being one plays soccer and the other doesn't, you'd find a correlation between soccer and broken hips.
http://chriskresser.com/do-raw-vegetables-hurt-your-thyroid-...
Yea I know about that, fixed. MVC5 is working, even razor views with some tweaks.
No, you haven't shown the explanation to be poor. You've implicitly invoked one possible reason why unprofessional behavior among men might create obstacles for women, rebutted it, and declared the debate over. If this was an argument over the right way to interpret statistics over a website optimization scheme, you'd laugh at you.

Considering only gender policy, what is the most significant difference between doctors and engineers? Obviously: distribution among genders in medicine is much more balanced than in technology.

Stipulate that romantic overtures are as common in medicine as in technology. What basis do you have for your implied claim that the impact of such an overture is the same in medicine as it is in technology? It seems straightforward and reasonable to presume that the impact of an unwanted overture is much more powerful for someone who is part of a small minority, for whom the overture comes from a member of the overwhelming majority.

Michael O. Church has conjured an entire ethos in which he's been oppressed not just by venture capitalists but the entire industry they fund. He believes it so strongly that he has advocated violence to address the problem. And he's a guy, who feels locked out of the industry not because of a gender bias that has persisted overtly through pretty much all of human history, but instead due to unfair performance reviews.

From your comment history, you strike me as someone who has in his life actually talked to a woman. But comments like this force me to remind myself of that. Have you not talked to one who was shaken by being hit on by a guy in a work setting? I am not the suave, athletic bachelor you obviously are, and I've managed to hear this story from actual women repeatedly. If you have heard this story before, how are you managing to handwave it away so easily?
Lubuntu default theme :)
In all likelihood, it doesn't exist yet. The domain was registered today, and these sorts of landing pages are commonly used to validate ideas before committing to actually building a project.

...not that I think thin, content-free pages have any business on HN, of course.
The full paper is linked here in a toplevel comment. It seems like speculation is unproductive, because the paper is highly technical and has particular definitions for all of its terms. Without reading the paper it'd be hard to know what they're talking about.
Ask HN: What kind of software tutorial would you like to see?
Tutorials like The Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl have proven to be very popular. Have you ever thought of a tutorial you wished exist, but didn't? Tell us about it. Maybe someone from HN can build it. :)
I posted on Show HN. No luck so far in getting traction on it either. Any other ideas to get attention of HN users?
You lose 10t of lift in a horrifyingly destructive implosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM
s/people/careers
In a small number of cases it can work - but, you can't expect students to take on legal cases for you for free-99 whenever you like.

This is no different than big companies hiring unpaid interns. Sure it can kinda work in a handful of cases, but it's harmful to exploit people to perform unpaid labor.

I can recall a great many HN articles complaining about companies asking coders to work unpaid in a variety of situations. Working unpaid on learning projects in school is super! Getting experience is great! But, the reality of the situation is there are massively degenerate patent laws at work here and the solution isn't for startups to expect a contingent of students to work there buts off gratis for them.
Its worth noting that this force is not due to air preasure per se, but the difference in prrssure between the inner and outer volumes; if you can distribute the 'crush force' over a series of concentric partially pressured shells for example, the force is significantly reduced.

...not sure how it would apply to balloons, but its used in a number of things to contain high pressure on the inner ring.
With these kinds of Heisenbugs, even the most diligent software tester isn't likely to catch it before release.
Facebook’s Messenger Watching You?
DeepField, ultra high speed entity extraction from text
Yeah, your balloon just implodes at the speed of sound.

In terms of disastrous outcomes, it's pretty much the same thing. Hydrogen explosions are scary, but the ball of flame also rises very quickly. Most of the people on the Hindenburg survived.
Your phone can be tracked even when turned off and the battery is removed
Once a new phone is turned on, it remains "on the grid" even when turned off and the main battery is removed. NSA can use this to track your location at all times and even send a drone to kill you. Changing SIM cards does not help as it does not change the IMEI number.

www.secdef.tk/the-hidden-second-battery-on-your-mobile-phone.html
Thanks EC - I didn't understand his point either but I expected it - that a self appointed spokesperson for these huge tech companies will try to invent some reason why they cant get this data. Of course they can - that data is readily available. The "someone who needs to do more research" it the person who made the comment - because his "research" attempt to find a reason to discredit this failed, though I am sure there will be more by apologists for this kind of behavior. If there really is some legal reason why summary statistics on employee age data can't be released, I still have never heard of it.
Brilliant, this clears up the usage a lot more than the rest of the prose in the comment thread.
Also with regards to the article: frankly it doesn't matter what Brown did/didn't. The article is about how media's choices shape narratives in a way that the hash tag users feel creates a bias against Brown and is part of the greater fabric of racism in america.

I repeat that's all regardless of Browns actions.
TicketLabs (YC S14) Helps Small Music Venues Get More Fans Through the Door
Yes, glass is the safest option.
The real question is why does this depend on the BIOS
The way you describe it, implicit learning is the formation of associations, pattern matching, and what some call intuition. I've seen great things done with fact-based x-causes-y deduction as well as intuitive understanding that is hard to explain. I've also seen cases of each where a person who thinks the other way would never have found a solution to a problem. I would not discount implicit learning, nor promote it as "better".

Are we getting at the old right-brain left-brain thing here?
One side here is dead and the other side isn't saying much that has made any kind of real sense.

You cannot blame journalism for people being angry at unarmed teenagers being shot.
A Custom Font That Helps Kids Learn to Read and Write
But SA/V isn't the important ratio here. The important ratio is weight to volume.

Surface area only matters in terms of how much pressure the system needs to resist, and using compression members means you have some room to play with. But if you have a a structure from which you've removed the air that is too heavy to float in air you get no prize.
First woman wins maths' top prize, the Fields medal
there's lots of stainless steel bottles and containers out there for when you're on the go. pyrex is also great for food storage in the kitchen / fridge (cheap glass breaks :). small Corelle dishes are ideal for snacks / fruit at home - they are almost indestructible.
Read the blog post MyraMains pointed out. Don't sign an NDA unless, after you have read that post, you think the benefit you will get is worth what you'll be giving up.

Also, if you do ever sign an NDA, read the document carefully. If someone drafts a legal document and puts 'non-disclosure agreement' at the top, this heading doesn't put any restriction on the clauses within. There could be onerous (for you) provisions relating to liquidated damages or injunctions. Be sure that you're happy with each of the clauses individually, not just OK with the general idea of signing an NDA.
Wikimedia creates superprotect right to force MediaViewer on German Wikipedia
Australia yes, but please don't include New Zealand in that! Our internet is roaring along thanks to enlightened regulation and significant government investment. We're half-way through rolling out a GPON fibre network which will cover 75% of the population by 2019. I'm on 100/50mbit fibre right now, looking forward to a 1000/500 upgrade before the end of the year - totally uncapped and unshaped.
I like this thinking! Like dropping a beach ball into a swimming pool.
I suppose I was unclear. I should have asked, is the file ready for me to download? (Not, "does such a certificate exist, in the platonic sense")
First, you shouldn't be getting downvoted. This is a legitimate question in my opinion.

In America, there's generally an attitude of caveat emptor for non-essential things, news publications included.* I live in New York City, and I think most people understand NYDN falls more on the entertainment side of the spectrum, and read it for entertainment rather than to be informed.

*Meaning we generally are happy to have things like food and drinking water and transportation regulated, but not so much things like movies or video games or books.
Trade offs to avoid lawsuits. Poles are dangerous. Stairs are 30 seconds slower and you can also fall on them, but there won't be safety lawsuits.

Sleeping on the floor where car maintenance is performed is also dangerous, there are extra fumes and toxins.
And, adding to 'lotharbot: in case you're feeling stung by this rather superficial and perhaps confusing subthread: we don't have a lot of input from dentists here, and it's very cool to have one commenting. We very much appreciate the injection of new expertise!

Just put what you'd put in your signature into your profile instead. :P

Welcome to the site!
No, but I can blame them for going after headlines instead of reporting responsibly; which they do far too often.

I can also blame the people that fall for it every time as well, as they're equally part of the problem.

The other side isn't saying much because there is an investigation going on. Too many people are not willing to wait for it. They'd rather make assumptions and draw their own conclusions then chastise those that refuse to accept them prematurely.

The rush to judgement that the officer did something wrong is no more correct than the rush to judgement that Mr. Brown was a criminal (or at best a future criminal) who did something wrong. Both sides are equally irresponsible at this time, which is something that used to be worth a chuckle but more and more has just become sad.
How much fire is normal?