skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The impact of having a baby in our careers was insignificant.

That depends entirely upon your minimum standards of parental involvement. Many would argue that the wet nurse/live-in nanny set qualify more as custodians than parents, per se.

To each his and her own, but you're being a bit myopic.

> That said, to be a power mom you just need a power partner.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic here.
Yes, I really enjoy some iced johnny walker black on fridays after a long productive week. :)
I kind of like the manic part. I get so much done. The depressed part I don't like.
10B Parameter Neural Networks in Your Basement [video]
Joe Armstrong – Functional Programming the Long Road to Enlightenment
It's on a Saturday, so traffic shouldn't be a big deal. Prices in SF and South Bay (MV/Sunnyvale/Cupertino) tend to be similar. So it's really up to you. But SF does have a lot of options for budget hostels (outside of the hackerhomes that are available on AirBnB). If you have the cash, I would rather spend it on a nice place in South Bay then on Uber.
Anyone who applied multiple times will get an email for each account with a valid email address.

We should have checked for that both to prevent mixups and gaming the system. Next time.
What every Java developer needs to know about Java 9
I feel like this should be out of the box ssh functionality. This is exactly what I've needed my whole sshing career.
This is ugly yes, but this is a very different experience than Google Glass. Glass is a tiny screen in the top right of your peripheral vision, which requires a conscious effort to glance up and view.

These are complete overlays on top of your complete field of vision. Google Glass can't do real AR, but these can.

Ugly, but pretty neat to me!
WTF Java? Why Not Overload == for Java.lang.Long?
I thought it was known by now that carbs are the Problem and not the solution.
Not sure how it generates power? Pu238 is a very strong alpha emitter. Alpha particles (helium nuclei) are really big and charged, so they don't travel very far and deposit all their energy near where the decay occurs (as opposed to decay with e.g. neutrinos that essentially never interact and thus deposit no energy). The alpha decay carries a lot of energy so a chunk of Pu238 gets pretty hot. Couple it with a thermoelectric generator and you have an ideal power source for space applications.

Also, alpha particles have almost no penetrative power in human tissue so they're harmless as long as the source isn't inside of you. Pu238 is almost exclusively an alpha emitter, so it's completely safe to handle for extended periods, at least radiologically. It puts off a ton of heat and is chemically really toxic though. I've dealt with it in the lab before, it's relatively harmless as far as nuclear sources go. It's not suited for weapons either, so it isn't directly a proliferation concern, though producing it is because it is related to weapons grade production. You don't see it used very often mostly because it can only be made in a specially configured reactor, so it's not exactly common.
Again, for the issue of growing the economy and standard of living through more exploitation of what's on the shelves of the research libraries and the well trained workers in that material, I believe that the bottleneck is, really, with the non-technical suits, the guys with, maybe, a Harvard English or history major, maybe a law school degree, maybe an MBA, but with no real technical qualifications. So, these guys won't bet their careers on technical material they don't understand. Before 1940, the suits could understand enough about, say, radio and cars.

So, do all the pure/applied research you want, those suits won't let, or at least won't help, the results see the light of day.

We did a lot of pure research because (A) that is what the academic world most respects and, thus, for their careers, most researchers wanted to pursue, (B) US research, including workers with pasts in pure research, were a super big help in winning WWII and doing well in the Cold War, (C) the US DoD really liked and respected both pure and applied research, (D) Congress was eager to fund research as part of helping US national security. Part of the rationale for Congress funding pure research was that (A) the leading researchers told Congress that that was the research to fund and (B) the pure researchers were the profs who trained the worker bees for the more applied research -- so Congress was still happy.

What we fund now via NSF and NIH is not too shabby. If someone actually has some good work background and a really good proposal, then likely they can get funded.

But, with some exceptions, take some research results and a proposal for a product to Silicon Valley or the suits in a large company will, get either silence or laughs. Again, the suits want next to nothing to do with research results.

Or, journals will give a serious review of a submitted research paper, but the suits won't get past the title page.
I'm surprised that the author hasn't mentioned the use of toxins (pesticides)[1], to the extent that it is even being used as a real pesticide in various parts of India.

I know some may find this offensive, but sorry, I think I have a moral responsibility myself to let the people around me know of the harms caused by this carcinogen[1].

Cheers.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Pesticid...
It's on a Saturday

Well, yes, but I'll be flying in, and hopefully even meeting some people, on the Friday. ;-)
We did hire a nanny, we both work 7 and 8 hours a day the rest is spent with the baby. As our baby sleep almost half of the time we aren't home, we lose just 4 or 5 hours of parenting time on weekdays.

Not sarcastic at all, What I was trying to say is that most power moms are really moms that have support of their partners.
(information in case you drive, or are wary of your uber driver making you sit in traffic)

Saturday traffic is not bad (though all things being equal, 101 will always be a bit iffy).

Friday rush hour will be relevant since the reception (if you are going) is from 7pm at the YC office. FYI try to avoid 85 south between 101 and 280, 101 entirely, and 280 south after 85 or thereabouts.
> Repurposing earth resources from animals to humans is just delaying the inevitable point where human consumption outstrips resources available.

Don't worry. The 'market' will find a way. Just place your faith^Wtrust in the 'market' and all will be well!
Thermoelectric generators are dead simple means of reliably generating a small amount of power for a very long time without moving parts. What you do is get a lump of radioactive material and stick a bunch of thermocouples around it. The lump of radioactivity stays hot because it's radioactive, and the thermocouples produce a very low efficiency amount of power out of the temperature difference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen...
Interesting, Google announced working on this on this year's I/O and posted the first apps just one week ago ( http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-set-of-android-apps... ).
I think you missed the point, that slide was about the theoretical limits of computation, it is a very weak upper bound that won't be achieved.
Another thing to change for next time: Add a To: header to the email which goes out. It's amazing how missing such a simple thing can cause problems with email filters...
This talk attempts to provide a strategy for reducing complexity within software. The whole talk is really valuable, but if you're short of time.. skip to 36:00. In a real hurry? Start at 44:17.
"...And if you should ever claim that anything we make infringes on any patent that you might have, you can't use our API anymore, like ever."
Great talk. Very light-hearted and entertaining.

Always impressed by Joe. Programming since the 60s and still programming, still writing, giving talks. He is a great role model. I wish I would be programming and be just as excited about it when I am at his age.
Jesus, LOLCODE version 1.3. I'm glad we're still able to have a sense of humour about language development, though.
It's really great that it works out for you, but PLEASE,

> if you fail in whatever you are doing because of a baby, you would fail without it either.

For most people, it's literally like saying "If you fail in whatever you are doing because you don't get enough sleep, you would fail with enough sleep anyway."
“Each program  came folded on a miniature wire hanger like a pair of slacks”
The current plan is to refresh SUS applications just like we have YC applications. Much will be different.
The term is 'Birth Control Glasses', which is not only less offensive, it actually makes sense.
>Please avoid casually triggering rape survivors

Please avoid insulting people with PTSD by promoting the absurd misappropriation of "triggers".

>1/4 women has suffered sexual assault

That is not true. Repeating made up figures that have been debunked for decades makes it very hard to take you seriously.
Everything I have read/seen/listened to about her indicates she is brilliant (including the opinions of her co-workers, watching speeches she has given etc). But intelligence and business aptitude are not synonymous. Pretty sure thats what I said. I wasn't backing off my opinion.
Are you sure you're on the right forum? The kind of hateful comments your every comment appears to be are not needed here.
I would have given a lot for the opportunity you've been given. To have no bills, no worries, no responsibilities AND have the time to learn! I beg you to reconsider. If you haven't made any money yet then there is no reason to start a company. A company is a response to an income problem. You don't have that problem yet so let it go.

Make some apps, as many as you can. keep them small. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Get feedback on everything you do. Get feedback on what you plan to do. The skill you are trying to learn is to really understand what people want and then turn that into an app that speaks to their needs.

Please please please reconsider! I wish you all the best.
Yes, that's kind of my point.
Yes, jslint and jshint both do, by default, iirc. They'll also warn on the opposite (using 'new' with a function that doesn't start with an uppercase letter).
Is this a service that people need on a regular basis, or is it just a once in a while thing? If it's the latter, that would explain it, people got what they needed and left. If they need this on a regular basis, they probably should find a way to get the data before it is put into a PDF rather than relying on extraction.
I have been thinking about more participatory/active comments and discussion chains, on more general audience sites, a lot of comments are no more than quick validations of comments and the sort.

How about have a vote on comments; so if someone puts up something really witty readers can signify applause or some other positive. Likewise for troll comments it could have boo votes.

Might be able to do comment filtering, where only titles or less are shown on downvoted participants based on commenter's popularity track record, be able to review your votes to find comments you liked in the past, etc. Maybe discover you are a fan of a popular commenter.

I was thinking of this for a mobile based discussion to reduce noise... Always there's the issue of folks gaming the system.
He mentions these topics with regards to distributed hash tables:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(peer-to-peer)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia
I'm seduced. But I think this technique is based on tricking those who enjoy reading conventional text articles. It pulls the rug out from under them as soon as they start scrolling. It's mischievous and, in some ways, quite typical of the NY Times.
On http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows... they mention the supported languages and their statuses, but Korean is only "Good".

I freely admit that I do not speak Korean, but if one compares "Chinese Simplified" characters (listed as "Very good") with those in the Korean alphabet, I am surprised those two entries aren't transposed.

Is there something that makes recognizing Korean harder than Chinese Simplified, or was that just a product management decision?
I remember a while back a bunch of anti-feminists were building a tongue-in-cheek language called C+= to make fun of your average SJW (and presumably also compile down to regular C). Did that ever get anywhere?
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To clarify, that linked article states that Coke and Pepsi products produced in India tested extremely high in some chemicals used as pesticides (e.g. DDT), not that all coke products contain high levels of them and they happen to be used as pesticides in India. I found the parent's meaning ambiguous in this respect.
Last year I stayed at a nearby airbnb and took the bus and hitched rides.
I would like to note that they found pesticides only in soft-drinks in India. Tests for the US found no pesticides. I'm not trying to minimize this or anything, it is really horrible but I was wondering if this really was a world-wide problem as the above comment suggests.
The original French version:

http://www.bouletcorp.com/blog/2009/03/01/homo-technologicus...

Some people here (including Americans ;) ) do speak other languages. :)
Chartboost: abstracting monetization for game developers is a great idea. Chartboost improves player experience while creating a pre-built network for great games to plug into. The network rewards good ad placement by measuring performance and rewarding game developers who don't spam their players.
"Without any human intervention, here is a forest with tall, straight trees that are rather widely spaced, plenty of sunlight and lots of open, grassy meadows. Longleaf branches out only after it’s high overhead, where glistening needles up to two-and-a-half-feet long are arrayed in pompon­like sprays. Below the branches is empty space a hawk can glide through."

Sounds beautiful!
This sounds like you'd be better off without a free trial at all. Charge a reasonable fee for unlimited use for a day or two. That way people would feel like they're going to be able to do whatever they need because its unlimited, but you get some renumeration. Just my first thought. i hope you figure something out. Best of luck to you.
First what platform have you chosen? What sort of programs do you want to make or are interested in developing?

Computer languages have their strong and weak points.
Doing Windows, Apple, Linux, desktop, mobile or web, data, games, audio or art? There are lots of different ways to get things done and selecting the right tool that works for the task and that you like is a good start.
Link goes to site homepage, not an article. Can anyone provide a link to the intended story?

edit: or maybe it's my browser, but I didn't check
You’ll be pleased to know that we just updated it yesterday. A good chunk of ES6 is now under development. See the IE blog for further info: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/09/18/updates-to-our...
Does that mean you decided to go?
I'm on an iPad and using Safari or Chrome renders the page fairly unusable. Scrolling doesn't work and it does appear to go to more of a home page than one specific to an article about California.
I live right by a California reservoir that has been heavily drawn down. You can walk right out to the middle of it (dodging a couple areas where there is still water). It freaks people out, but I guess they don't get that this particular water isn't really ours anyway (no water rights, only recreation rights) and as the article touches on, reservoirs are drawn down during times like these anyway. Still, looking at all the barrenness, I really look forward to the next time it floods way over into the parking lots like it did a couple of years ago.
My co-founder got denied and I got an invite. So no, not everyone who applies gets an invite.
Awesome. Do you have link to code or some references?
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=testing+secure+file+uploads#!/stor...

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=testing+secure+file+uploads#!/stor...
I sympathize with the developers here--"one does not simply trust that parallax scrolling will work in iOS" but usually there's at least a workaround in place.
Privacy technology everyone can use would make us all more secure
Not only is the article title misleading linkbait -- it's mostly about the discovery of the actinide elements -- it doesn't make any sense.

The LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) did carry an RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) -- but this was for the ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package), which is what the training photograph shows Lovell carrying. The instruments were stored in an equipment bay and weren't even accessible from inside the LEM, and weren't relevant to navigation or communications anyway. The heat output of the RTG was not intended for life support, nor for keeping any LEM systems within safe operating temperatures. I am at a loss as to how plutonium was relevant to the astronaut's survival.

What is an interesting story is the fact that the Apollo 13 RTG is now resting at the bottom of the Tonga Trench in the Pacific Ocean, since the LEM re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after it was jettisoned prior to reentry: http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/aerospace-engineering/nuc...
new to coding, and volunteered for a couple shifts in exchange for entry. first conference ever. this was AWESOME! incredibly well run, and obv not about the $$ - but they freaking deserve all the success they get, financial and otherwise!
FYI this guy designed Erlang :)
Btw, Johnny Walker was a teetotaler.

“John (Johnnie) Walker (1805 – 1857) was a Scottish grocer, who originated what would become one of the world’s most famous whisky brand names,Johnnie Walker, despite the fact he was himself a teetotaler”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(grocer)
Are there any actual water shortage for normal folks in residential places? For example, do you still have 24 hr water available in your apartments? Is water from tap usually drinkable? These drought stuff is pretty scary but I haven't yet heard if normal (non agriculture) folks getting hurt yet.
Some thoughts:

1. Take notes while or after you read. Not too much, but enough to summarize what you've read. This is especially good because if you do forget what you read you can just refer to the notes.

2. Explain what you've read to someone else. Or imagine you're explaining what you read to your grandmother.

3. Find a way to use what you just learned in a new way or maybe continue to read more on the topic to reinforce what you've just read.

4. Take breaks. It's easy to zone out and start skimming. Allow yourself time to digest the new content. I find this helps for particularly dense or abstract topics.

5. Some people say it's easier to remember things that are novel or emotionally compelling in some way. Maybe create a mnemonic or imagine a scene or metaphor to remember the key points of what you have read.
The thing is, it wasn't going anywhere. I couldn't make any apps that costs money (since I needed to make the company first to get an EIN).
Last year I hosted a tour of the Eventbrite offices for Startup School folk. Is that something that is of interest to attendees this year?
Pfft had this in 2004 with a PCengines wrap running slackware and scripts. The slurpr was a later commercial attempt. And don't forget the wifi pineappple

http://www.geektechnique.org/projectlab/781/slurpr-the-mothe...

https://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/wifi-pineapple
> IE11 just got prefetch and pre rendering, something the other browsers have had for years

Actually, Safari still doesn’t support either, and Firefox doesn’t support prerender. See http://status.modern.ie/prerenderattribute?term=pre and http://status.modern.ie/prefetchattribute?term=pre

The data from the links above is pulled in from Google‘s ChromeStatus site.

Also IE is updated regularly now. Feature updates are often included in patch Tuesday updates, such as big upgrades to WebGL and WebDriver support. As features are implemented (see in development in the links above) they're evaluated to see if they will be included in IE11 updates.
Had a similar circumstance, re: my co-creator getting rejected and myself getting accepted.

I have mixed feelings about my acceptance, because I think she might benefit from it more than I.
No water shortage except for small settlements that don't a well defined water rights and agreements. Mostly cities are asking us to cut back on watering our lawns and our rates have gone up a little. We for example got rid of the lawn in our back yard. We plan to grow a flower and vegetable garden when things improve.
Pu238 is also in very short supply these days http://www.wired.com/2013/09/plutonium-238-problem/all/
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I have found "The Noel Smith-Wenkle Salary Negotiation Method"[1] quite useful. This might not help you right now but keep in mind when you interview again.

[1]http://infohost.nmt.edu/~shipman/org/noel.html
> 12 to 16 degrees of warming spaces out over 100 to 1000 years

Where are you getting those numbers from?
Around the world in 40 days
Great talk by Rich on transducers, instrumental in understanding the "hows" and "whys" behind the concept.
- make little red X's in the margin for important points,

- make cheat sheet or an outline out of those, connected ot Table of Contents

- "triangulate", read multiple books on one topic, say, C++ programming. Make sure they're good books, there's some horrible C++ books out there, and some horrible deceptive amazon reviews.

_______

Cal Newport has some good study hacks on http://calnewport.com/blog/.

HN has lots of study hacks threads: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=study+hacks#!/story/forever/0/stud...

Also this book has lots of interesting ideas for $6.54 + shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Passing-Exams-Dummies-Patrick-Sherratt...
It's not noticeable in SF. Water is available 24 hours a day. If it wasn't for the news reports we'd never know.
Lessons learned from the creators of Ubuntu, Appcelerator, Ghost and more
Embedded programming tutorials with the MSP430
Super Useful 5 minute linkedin growth hack
That was what I was trying to say, somehow badly I guess.
You are talking to a guy who moved to the US from Denmark for nine months before my wife and son came over here so not casting any judgement here just a heads up.

Your baby wont continue being a baby and before you know it they are awake most of the time when you are not around and asleep when you are.

I see many parents who end up seeing their kid for maybe 1 hour a day after they reach the age of 3.
Yes! I would love to visit the Eventbrite office! Always inspiring to be around entrepreneurs that are living the dream.
If you check a sibling thread you'll see I also had some issues with Gas macro capabilities.

Has Gas understanding of Intel syntax meanwhile improved? It had a few bugs when I did this.
That is really cool. Between that and a database of PDF scans of my receipts I'm good to go.
It's more readable than most language o_O