skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yeah, eink is a great idea, but it feels like it's been just languishing in the "zone of OK" for quite a while, while 99% of industry research dollars are focused on fast-update vivid color light-emitting displays.

Unfortunately the latter are arguably more widely applicable, and vivid color displays are reallly easy to sell to consumers, while the charms of something like eink are more subtle up front (even if very apparent in the long term). Eink-type displays, that emphasize long-period eye comfort and texture over vivacity and color, are probably a smaller niche.

Niches don't really get the money... and subtlety doesn't sell.

Oh well.
So, it seems to follow that one could take a bunch of fertilized embryos, measure the genome-wide polygenic score (GPS) of each embryo, then select only the best one.

The only thing missing is that the genome-wide polygenic score (GPS) for intelligence has yet to be discovered.

Unfortunately, even when something like this is possible, it would probably be made illegal even though it would surely be a positive thing for humanity.
Sure. And that's just the spatial variety. There is also the temporal variety of that same phenomenon.

If a 3 million year old ancestor would suddenly pop out of nowhere into our midst chances are that we're far enough removed for interbreeding to be impossible and yet, we were able to breed at every intermediary stage just fine.

But for all normal everyday intents and purposes that definition holds up just fine. It's when you start to zoom in on what a species really is that it becomes more nebulous until you realize that all there is is individuals and their breeding capabilities.

Species are a phenomenon that is observed rather than one that actually exists.

Fascinating stuff.
Hi OP,

I recently wrote a small eBook about building distributed engineering teams, based on our experience in building the team that builds odesk.com (yes, we eat our own dog food and we've learned a lot along the way).

People can get it for free here: http://work.odesk.com/recruit-manage-distributed-engineering...

Hope this is helpful, I'd love to hear everyone's feedback about it.
i work for a big cm and our use of airplane photography has plummeted in the last few years: not because of drones (yet), but because google earth is good enough for a good portion of our needs.
I've never agreed with the UUOC concept when applied to pipelines. Using cat in a pipeline for a single file makes the flow clearly unidirectional, prevents certain types of errors like switching > and <, allows the command to be easily modified to handle multiple files or a glob, and frankly just seems easier to read.

Considering the tiny overhead of an additional cat process, UUOC these days feels like nitpicking.
There has never in the history of mankind been a time when engineers, scientists and makers mattered more than they do today.

8 (or 18, or 38) years ago, before the douchebags tracked the mainstream business culture into startups, reduced engineer equity slices dramatically, and generally made the sorts of people who built the original Silicon Valley into second-class citizens.

There are many who argue that the 1970s was the Golden Age of Silicon Valley. People who actually wrote the software were treated like real people, and equity slices reflected it. None of this 90-hour-work-week-for-0.03% bullshit.
It's less automated data analytics and more chart drawing and semantic knowledge base management tied to a federated search system.

Their principle competitor is http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/analysts-notebook

They used to have a free trial you could run via java webstart on their website, but they've taken it down.

Here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f86VKjFSMJE

It's big data in the sense that using google's search box is big data. But from my time using their demo a couple years ago, the actual tool is fairly small in focus. I don't even think the chart view can show more than a few hundred things.
I imagine there are a number of authors who don't want to be bothered by the extraneous bells and whistles on a new system. It reminds me of this clip of George R.R. Martin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5REM-3nWHg
It's not a bad idea to have an (outbound only) daemon for the sake of reliability. If the remote server is down at the moment your "command | mail user@remote" job runs, you want it to queue locally for later delivery so that the mail command can return immediately.
It's GSA price. My guess is the retail price is somewhat rounder, and after tax and other specific discounts it comes down to that.
Human spaceflight has really only ever been well-funded in response to a Russian (or Soviet) threat. So bring on the new cold war!
I'd be super interested if you could share any of your ARM cross-compilation Dockerfiles.
I messed around with the demo they used to have on their website. It seems to be very much an answer to the 9-11 failure to connect the dots problem.

Unify search, build semantic links.

It was a very manually intensive tool based on what I saw. Very little automation, more like those pictures and strings you see in crime shows on TV...but on a computer.
From what I've read, though, most of the lag/slowness issues with eink are due to bottlenecks in the supporting electronics, which have relatively narrow channels to the display, and not a lot of processing power. Apparently the focus of most current eink tech is (understandably, given the established markets) power saving and cost, with update speed losing out.

I saw a video a few years ago, where someone had bypassed all that, and was running an eink display at video frame rates. It seemed to work fine.

[...google search...]
Ah, here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24srQXX81Oc

There are other similar videos, by other companies, too.

So for a device where more power consumption is acceptable (compared to a power-sipping e-reader), fast-update eink displays may well be possible, and even practical... but it's not so clear anybody is putting much investment in such a thing...
Of note to anyone mentioning "Masters of Doom" are the following two items :

- Apogee Catalog from this time period : http://www.scribd.com/doc/134559074/Apogee-Catalog

and

- The Book of id (from the Id Anthology) : http://www.scribd.com/doc/137817173/Book-of-id

Bask in the nostalgia.
Cost of Posting a job opportunity on Hacker
How does a new start-up place a job posting and what is the cost? What is the distribution or access to this site? Probability of success n finding a top talent in engineering?
Emmotiv seem to take forever with their releases. I have given up hope.

It is nice to see more and more of these headsets coming out. It would be interesting to measure what tDCS actually does, although the tDCS devices may blow the ECG headsets.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tDCS/wiki/faq
But a function could just as well have multiple attracting fixed points (consider the cube root function, with attracting fixed points at both +1 and -1).

Instead, we can look at it like this: If f is a continuous, order-preserving function from a closed interval to itself, and x <= f(x), then x <= f(x) <= f(f(x)) <= ..., with this sequence converging to the least fixed point >= x.

In our case, we can think of f(x) = sqrt(2)^x as a continuous function from [-infinity, +infinity] to itself, and take our starting point to be x = sqrt(2) [or perhaps 1, or 0, or -infinity, each one step back from the previous]; thus, the sequence sqrt(2), sqrt(2)^sqrt(2), sqrt(2)^(sqrt(2)^sqrt(2)), ..., converges to the least fixed point of f, which will be 2 rather than 4.
The bubble will probably wind down in the next 3 years, and douche companies Snapchat and Clinkle have done so much damage to the credibility of technology (even though their founders are douches, not technologists) that, after those assholes finish vaporizing billions, it could be another 50 years before anyone with money takes us seriously.

The problem is that most of the people "out there" don't separate the Google-Glass-wearing douches in most of the executive roles and true technologists. They lump us together and think we're like them. Which is why they hate us.
I mean, different people prefer different things, but there are plenty of high end watches that's square/rectangle, even though circular ones are more common.

Even with the Apple Watch, some of them look beautiful imo:
http://i.imgur.com/qGvqIqK.png

http://www.iphoneheat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/apple-w...

http://images.chinatopix.com/data/images/full/11317/apple-wa...

When it comes to watch design, circle != automatically good looking, in my personal opinion, the Moto 360 is very cool for being circular, but the casing itself looks like one of those $100 dirt cheap Movado-lookalikes that you can get from an outlet mall.
Holy crap - I'm not normally one that gets super nostalgic over chiptunes, but the compositions in Tyrian were brilliant. Definitely getting that.
That's what the Apple Dev Forums are for: http://devforums.apple.com
Does this mean that there will be an update for the Galaxy Nexus?
/r/osdev is one, but it's pretty slow.
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It's not that I don't believe that intelligence is heritable. I do. It's more that I don't believe that it's all that important to be intelligent in order to be a good Human.

People have a natural attraction to those similar to them. In history, the over-emphasis of particular and possibly unimportant (who knows?) traits has often been the cause for wars, genocides and all sorts of other evils.

Further, I don't think that relative Human intelligence has all that much magnitude. That is - a 'really intelligent' Human is not all that different from a 'non-intelligent' one, taken in the context of other species. And, those non-intelligent ones may have particularly interesting genetics that make them important to the species, in other ways.

Humans have done pretty well as a species with lots of diversity. Why ruin a good thing? And, do you really want Humanity to be comprised of near clones?
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Disrupting ticketing is such a painful thing, but its something I've been passionate about for a number of years. Unfortunately, the way things are run at least in Australia means that venues have exclusive agreements with various ticketing providers, so it becomes exceedingly capital intensive to break in :(
I don't find it overly surprising. There are many simple calculation specifications which exhibit chaotic behavior, such as prime numbers and rule 110.
Maybe the friend will now realize he could make more money by starting his own drone aerial photography business.
Favourite part: "Palantir is in no way affiliated with, or endorsed or sponsored by, The Saul Zaentz Company d.b.a. Tolkien Enterprises or the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien."
Unfortunately, there's a huge difference in the psychological impact of seeing role models in-person, versus only on a screen.

I've experienced this many times while living outside of the US, in recent years. All of the people you'll read about in blogs, or see in videos -- they're perceived like movie stars or legends that must have been greatly distorted on their journey to the opposite end of the world. Keep in mind that many small countries have never seen a single big tech-startup success happen within their borders. Even suggesting a remote possibility of successes, will be met with the argument that every successful person they've ever known hasn't followed what they call the "American" startup way.

In-person role models -- can't underestimate the psychological impact.
Keen 1 was 1990, deus ex was 2000. Says how far PC gaming went in those 10 years, eh? It understates it, even, since Keen was a great technical achievement, while Deus Ex had unremarkable graphics - the game sold on a great fusion of rpg and fps, not graphics.
Although assuming it was true that intelligence was mostly based on genetics rather than quality of education (I don't have a strong view one way or the other) then we could use that knowledge to improve wealth inequality by filtering people into school systems with very different curriculum where they would learn the best way to add value with their ability level.
Ha yeah, good point. I meant something else in my head and it got lost when translated to the keyboard.
I bought the bundle a few months ago. The steam start process made the game wonky, so instead of going through the steam client, I made this batch file (for the 4th game):

@echo off
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Commander Keen\base4
dosbox keen4e.exe -conf keen4.conf -exit
exit

The configuration file in question was modified, and these are the changes from the default that you might find useful, in the following sections:

[sdl]
output=ddraw

And this one:

[render]
scaler=normal3x
Sounds like a killer app for separating suckers from their money.
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Ask HN: Is there a simple webinar software out there that works?
I want to run a webinar to show people how to use our product. I literally just need these 3 things:

1) Ability to share my screen in near real-time (I don't need webcam features for this, I literally just need to share my screen to demo the product)

2) Audio so that when I talk, the watchers can both hear me and see my screen at the same time.

3) Chat box - a simple chat box that allows everyone in the room to talk.

I've tested literally every single solution on the market, including Gotowebinar, meetingburner, fuze, ustream, livestream, spreecast, google hangouts, etc.

Every single one has major issues or is overly complicated to use:

Some issues with current solutions:

1) Huge delay in broadcasting (i.e. google hangouts on air had almost a 60 second delay)

2) Viewers had to install software to watch the webinar

3) No screen share capability

4) Overly expensive (ustream is $300 minimum to have no ads and to do screen sharing).

5) Stream quality is very poor

6) Screen share feature, but people have to call into a number to hear audio.

Please someone tell me there is a simple solution out there for people who just want to share their screen with audio and have people watch and learn.
This isn't a new topic -- prediction markets have been poster here before. However, this article also discusses some important issues about how people fail to see into the future. For example, pundits often use their prediction as a method to present their world view in a way that would "otherwise be impossible to explain."

Here is a good quote from the article: "This is because our predictions are about the future only in the most superficial way. They are really advertisements, conversation pieces, declarations of tribal loyalty – or, as with Irving Fisher, statements of profound conviction about the logical structure of the world. As Roger Babson explained, not without sympathy, Fisher had failed because “he thinks the world is ruled by figures instead of feelings, or by theories instead of styles”.

This emotional/social aspect is fascinating as it goes against my programmer-engineer mindset, and it explains a lot about the world. I'd love to hear what HN has to say about the non-prediction market aspect of this article.
It's not a violation of the LGPL.

The plain GPL is usually said to be unusable on the App Store because it has a clause that "no further restrictions" may be made on the use of the software; that may be fine with you, but when Apple redistributes your app through the App Store, they do it with a EULA that prohibits a wide range of things, so, as the argument goes, such redistribution violates the license. The LGPL does not have such a clause, so it's OK. (It does have a clause that prohibits further restrictions on reverse engineering, but the iTunes terms of use have an explicit exemption to the general reverse engineering ban based on "licensing terms governing use of any open-sourced components".)
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Sure. But specifications and prime numbers as well as rule 101 are not tangible objects.

Rule 101 for instance requires a whole pile of infrastructure to even understand it, a prime number requires you to understand what prime numbers are and chaos theory is something many people claim to understand (you get all kinds of talks about butterflies) but to really grok what 'sensitivity to initial conditions' really means you have to dive pretty deep.

Contrast that with being given a pile of tiles and finding that no matter what you do as long as you lay the tiles according to the (very simple) instructions you can't help but discover that try as you want you can't make a repeating pattern.

Anyway, I'm glad to see you don't find it overly surprising, I'm a bit naive when it comes to things like this and find endless enjoyment in such simplicity.
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It'll be fun to have the iFixit teardown!

Given the cost of parts and assuming the chunk of gold accounts for more than 90% of the price, some sort of trade in system should cover this problem.
That's wishful thinking from Gruber so he can withhold judgement/criticism. Apple clearly demonstrated the fundamental functionality of their Watch and the hardware does determine the software — they have a hardware button dedicated to one particular feature ffs. Any additional functionality via WatchKit will at best be supplemental. It'd take a while for iOS developers to get to grips with the new paradigm.

Furthermore, in his haste to differentiate Apple from the competition

> My impression of Android Wear is that it’s best thought of as a wrist-worn terminal for your Android phone and for Google’s cloud-based services. An extension for your phone, not a sibling device. Android Wear devices are almost useless other than for telling time when out of Bluetooth range from your phone. I don’t think that’s a device that many people want; it’s a solution in search of a problem. Call me biased if you want, but I think Android Wear is simply the result of the rest of the industry trying to get out in front of Apple, out of fear of how far behind they were when the iPhone dropped in 2007. On the surface, they do look like the same basic thing: small color LCD touchscreens on your wrist. But all Android Wear devices are larger and clunkier than the larger 42mm Apple Watch, and none of them are even close to the smaller 38mm one. Is there anyone who would dispute that Apple Watch is far more appealing to women than any other smartwatch on the market?

The new Sony Smart watch(1) already has more functionality (gps, waterproof, longer estimated battery, transreflective screen visible in sunlight) than the specs of the AppleWatch while the Asus ZenWatch(2) matches it in feminine looks (if not in expensive materials). Both will be out before the AppleWatch and likely for lower prices than the cheap entry-level AppleWatch. AndroidWear OEMs are iterating faster with a wider range of options. Gruber is comparing actual shipping products (Moto360) to promised unreleased products from Apple, indeed he's hoping Apple exceeds their promises. That's his bias showing

(1) http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/smartwear/smart...
(2) http://www.asus.com/Phones/ASUS_ZenWatch_WI500Q/
Perhaps keep the bracelet, upgrade the body.
Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business
Q: What is intelligence?
A: Thing that is measured with intelligence tests.

Q: What are intelligence tests?
A: Things that measure intelligence.
Perceptions haven't caught up to decline in crime
IT'S A F@#&ING KNOB! Just because you're Apple doesn't give you the right to call it a "digital crown".
For, what is effectively, an iphone accessory...
(I know this isn't cool, but Ob Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-dolphins-not-so-intel...)
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Your value proposition is eerily similar to Toptal [1].
How are you guys different?

1: http://www.toptal.com/
NDIS is just the/an API Windows exposes for network drivers, and ndis-wrapper is the Linux technology that enables using NDIS drivers. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Driver_Interface_Spec...
Probably because the jobs traditionally done by the less intelligent are being shipped overseas or done by machines leaving these people in poor economic circumstances. Intelligent people would not have to be clones, smart people can be quite different from each other in terms of personality, areas of interest etc.
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I don't know how the data is obtained, but it's probably more likely that the driver is tipped but the actual tip amount is unreported than the actual tip amount being zero.
Also wrong about being useless outside of phone range: offline music playback (for bluetooth music playback) and GPS Support.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/android-wear-moving-f...
Most countries have clamped down on Fracking since it is quite harmful to both the environment and the people living in the area.

Only the US seems to plow ahead on the back of political bribes, expensive campaigning, and "energy independence."
Baseballs are safe in their most common state, but can quite easily send you to the ER.

"Hey, how about we have a game where we have one teenager fire a fast moving projectile through a space occupied by other teenagers?"

"Doesn't sound fun! Let's tell the other teenagers to get in the way of the fast moving projectile."
That's a nice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man you got there.

tptacek isn't saying that we should reduce costs under any circumstances. He's saying that we should reduce costs where it is reasonable to do so. There are a huge number of cases every year where everyone knows the defendant is guilty and the defendant isn't interested in defending himself. Why, as tptacek put it, have a "ritualized but ultimately pointless trial" in these situations?
You're either in MA, or that "compensation" schedule is popular. I agree with your description of jury duty, and it has major problems as well. But I disagree with this statement:

> because the costs of a jury trial can't all be settled with cash.

Increase the stipend to be in line with a person's salary, or their education level if they're self-employed. Yes, this is going to be expensive. But just like government efficiency is not a justification to destroy rights, it's also not a justification to demand people's uncompensated labor. And once jurors were properly compensated, I bet it would be much easier to cancel if one really had a problem with losing the time.

(Also, if the issue is only with the cost of jury trials, then I can weaken my argument to say that plea-bargains should turn into judge-bargains, where forgoing the jury will limit your punishment to the smaller amount)

> the right to trial-by-jury ... is in the Constitution

Yes, and my whole point is that plea bargaining has also undermined that right, only by a slow erosion over time rather than by an overt policy choice. To the extent that people would presently balk at eliminating juries for efficiency, they should also take issue with defendants effectively being denied a trial under threat of overblown punishment.
I actually like some square and rectangle watch designs, but in this case I dislike the particular overall shape of the Apple Watch.

It has something to do with the combination of the thickness, and the specific rounding of the corners and sides, that I find off-putting aesthetically.

I want to wear a watch, not a gadget. So I want the technology to be submissive to the watch. When you look at what is on my wrist, I want you to see a watch, not an iPhone mini-mini posing as a watch. We're still a decade away from this being possible.
" Android Wear devices are almost useless other than for telling time when out of Bluetooth range from your phone"

Yeah. This is the part that gets me.

Gruber is willing to withhold judgement and assume apple has not shown off everything.

But android wear makers, you see, they've shown everything in their presentation. No android wear manufacturers are planning anything different than what was shown at I/O.