skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
These guys started working on this 3 years ago during their college. One of the guy has just passed out of college, 2 months ago.

They have done a pretty good job in this short span of time.

P.S. - Founders are my college seniors.
Qt gets separated into own website
There's a lot of negativity going on here...

As far as my experience goes, I've found it actually works really well on all the servers I've moved to CentOS 7 and on the Fedora desktop I play around with (my main dev machines are Macs) it's significantly improved boot time...

I'm sure there are some valid concerns about design and such, but as far as my usage in production goes, I can't say I've had a single problem with it... It makes it a lot easier when I need to write files then the messy init scripts before also.
I don't think he means the money, I believe he meant distribute the workers.

More likely than not a majority of the people cutting trees down in Liberia are going to continue cutting trees whether the government wants them to or not.
Which will lead to a lot of drama.

Imagine - you break up with your partner, and he/she deletes the other side of the conversation.

This may not be a problem in work settings, but it has the potential to cause a lot of pain in personal conversations.
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I really really like this idea as long as the money does not go to bureaucrats. If governments and people were serious about pooling money and purchasing land for conservation (ala Ted Turner) and/or supporting conversation efforts, the planet might have a fighting chance.
"all the comments here", "just angry", "no understanding".

That's why you're being downvoted. Plenty of people present non-majority views without being slammed for it. They happen to do it without being condescending.
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'One million babies' created by EU student exchanges
Though I used Heroku in the past and enjoyed the seamless(mostly) experience, I am in the process of moving my infrastructure to docker containers.

I dislike the proprietary nature of Heroku platform and I am betting on Docker + Flynn/Deis as a future golden standard of PaaS. My confidence is based on the momentum of Docker and Docker hosting services (orchardup, tutum, stackdock) as evidenced by their funding/acquisitions and tech news hype. Also digitalocean, linode and other VPS provders have easy to install docker images.

I am enjoying (probably false) confidence that investing now in the docker expertise, I will have my development and deployment strategies mostly set for next 3-5 years. Rvm, virtualenv, haskell platform, etc - everyting becomes easier with docker to develop AND to deploy. Heroku doesn't solve that. New services and products would be adopted by decentralized docker ecosystem faster than by Heroku.

This feels really nice.

Am I wrong to bet on docker? Should I return back to the the poisoned fruits of Heroku walled garden or venture forth in the great ocean with Docker? Is there a consensus in HN community?
>>Taxes should apply to the production or consumption of utility

Then why do we have inheritance tax? It's a tax on something that already had tax paid on, nothing is produced and nothing is consumed.
Microsoft Azure login process, with 8 seconds of redirections
The paper (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...) is not an example of good science.

First: did they even find some kind of correlation, or is it just a statistical aberration? Second: if they found a real correlation, is their explanation of why that correlation exists correct?

IMHO, their evidence does not support their claims. Where are the controls? What are the sampling biases? What are possible alternative explanations, and why are those not considered? What is the relationship between a person's response to a hypothetical situation and his/her actions in a real one?

They greatly overstate their findings in the discussion section. It's almost painful to read:

> We have shown that people’s moral judgments and decisions depend on the native-ness of the language in which a dilemma is presented, becoming more utilitarian in a foreign language.

> Most likely, a foreign language reduces emotional reactivity, promoting cost-benefit considerations, leading to an increase in utilitarian judgments.

> This discovery has important consequences for our globalized world as many individuals make moral judgments in both native and foreign languages. Immigrants face personal moral dilemmas in a foreign language on a daily basis, sometimes dilemmas with even larger stakes such as when serving as a jury member in a trial.

> Given that what we have discovered is surprising and unintuitive, increasing awareness of the impact of using a foreign language may help us check our decision-making context and make choices that are based on the things that should really matter.

> Foreign languages are used in international, multilingual forums such as the United Nations, the European Union, large investment firms and international corporations in general. Moral choices within these domains can be explained better, and are made more predictable by our discovery.

Wait, what? When was that covered in the rest of the paper?
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Come on Google, when you are going to impress us again?

Things like this feel like the 90s and shouldn't even to be something worth speaking or caring about.
Patience, Grasshopper (Some Things Can’t Be Hurried in a Startup)
Wouldn't the subsequent recoil push the MSL wayyyy off course?
The most expensive element you can currently send to Mars is platinum [1], which would equate to a value of roughly €10 million. All other things you could send either decay quickly (plutonium) or otherwise devalue over time (micro sd cards) or fluctuate too heavily to depend upon (microSD cards filled with Bitcoin private keys, LSD).

I wonder what would happen if a space agency went to Mars and dropped a minted coin valued €50 billion (or something) by the US Treasury/European Central Bank/National Bank of China and see who could retrieve it the quickest. That should be an interesting competition.

[1]: http://what-if.xkcd.com/108/

(Edited because for wrong terminology)
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You didn't read the article.

The headline is sensationalist, what they are doing it paying for the government not to issue more logging licenses (easy to verify) and putting forests on "protected" status (as well as other concrete, targeted projects).

It's not like they are handing out cash to the government against a promise.
We have a similar language here in Portugal (I believe it's a copy of Delphi) and I also find it extremely unpleasant to even read it.
Found them a bit cliché, apart from not really giving any real advice I did't already know. Thanks for sharing, though.
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Excellent how this problem is continuously attempted to be solved.

As a wannabe programmer, one thing I always lacked from these sites was the ability to somehow see my code live. I.e. it's fun to write html and css on codecademy or python from LPTHW or whatever but how on earth do I get it on the web or assembled into .app? In actuality, the complexity that surrounds DNS providers, server apps (or whatever you call filezilla etc), server providers (here i mean heroku, AWS, Cloudflare etc), those weird githubs and repos that people chat about etc etc, is way more deterring than actually learning what a "class" is.

Learning is fun; endless googling is not.
Have you ever been to Russia? There is no "free to not wear a seatbelt". Only fines.
I'm not talking about just the characters. I'm talking about background and context.

You clearly disagree, which you're perfectly entitled to do.

For everyone else: I've worked in the financial markets for over a decade, I'm an ex-trader who used to deal with hedge funds like (and including) George Soros's Quantum Fund. My advice is to read Liar's Poker first.
UNICEF to design new Ebola app
The site in question is http://exercism.io/
Graylog2 v0.90 has been released
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It's a reasonable expectation, and they're reasonable shortcuts. They many not conform to as strict syntax as other vim shortcuts, but english doesn't conform to any of it's own rules and I doubt we would call it unreasonable. All language is an abstraction of modelling the worlds things and concepts into sound.
> My confidence is based on the momentum of Docker and Docker hosting services (orchardup, tutum, stackdock)

Orchardup was acquihired because of an open source tool they hacked and they are discontinuing their hosting service.

Tutum has no SLA at all and explicitly recommends only using their service for toy products. Basically, they're not a real hosting provider right now, just a very expensive toy.

Stackdock has been "currently upgrading our platform and sign-up has been temporarily disabled" for months now. I'm wondering what's going on, but I wouldn't be surprised if blocking new signups for such a long time means they're about to pull the plug, for whatever weird reason. So long without new customers (while I'm sure some are leaving) can't be healthy. I really want to give them money but I can't.

Finally, the people who made Docker itself once ran a PaaS service, dotCloud. It has been sold off and does not seem to be getting much new investment - definitely not any support for directly hosting Docker containers.

In short, there are currently 0 real Docker container hosting providers (and by 'real' I mean that they will exist past October and have at least some uptime guarantees).

I really want you to be right, but currently the evidence looks very bleak IMO.

We made this same bet last January and we're currently spending way too much effort DIY'ing it all on a VPS.
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1. Love what Life360 is doing with the shared resources. Anti-patent troll caselaw has been AMAZING the last few months. I'll try to put together a good collection of the recent wins.

Anyone can reach out to me at @teachingaway if you want some law students to pitch in on a patent troll defense case. We don't have a huge capacity, but we can help a few startups with legal defense.

2. I'm getting FOUT on life360.com. Possibly caused by loading typekit fonts with tk.async="true"; ?
You have me curious now. What's some of the background and context from Liar's Poker that's valuable for reading When Genius Failed?
The fact that badly implemented Scrum can devolve into something terrible, doesn't mean that it always does. I have often seen Scrum that didn't really work right, or simply got ignored, but I've also seen it work right. At a major company even (the Dutch railway company NS). Though they didn't work with egg timers, and managers certainly had no business messing with the Scrum process in the way this author is describing.

The point of Scrum is that the team controls the process, and management can only listen. When done right, the team dictates to management what they need.

Also: "If you're tracking velocity, your best-case scenario will be that management realizes it means nothing, even though they're tracking it anyway, which means spending money and time on it."

No, the best-case scenario is that management doesn't even see your velocity, unless they ask for an estimate when things will be done. That is the only thing these points are actually for: estimating how much work there still is to be done, and when you can roughly expect the whole thing to be finished.

The author gets way too much uninformed management involved in his Scrum. He shouldn't do that.
I think Docker really awesome to deploy app. However, I am not sure how to deploy DB to Docker to persist data to disk. Currently I am not really impress Heroku's app deployment, but I like their PostgreSQL offering (which quite expensive).
This is based on Reveal.js. You can download the source code directly from the web site. To see changes in background shaders, move left and right using the arrows at the bottom right of the page. Note that this requires WebGL to work ;-)
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This project keeps getting better and better every time they release an update. Can't wait to see how it works!
Mars Maven Begins Mission to Take 1000s of High-Res Desktop Backgrounds
This page uses a specific shader courtesy ShaderToy that does real-time ray-tracing in the background. You can verify that it's real-time by moving the mouse. Moving left and right changes the amount of "frosting" on the cakes. Moving up and down changes the zooming factor. Enjoy.
these comments are always discouraging to me. i work in a different field (sysadmin), and i've been struggling to get a job programming. am i that bad at programming? or that bad at finding work?

i feel like i know the basics of several languages as well as html, css, sql and git. i wrote an IT-ticket system for a healthcare clinic in python consisting of a basic html form and a SQL database backend (i know this isn't terribly impressive to adept programmers, but i've been applying to the most entry-level programming positions). i also specialize in powershell, which is object-oriented, even if it isn't used for enterprise level web apps. and that hasn't been nearly enough to get a job, at least in pittsburgh.
>Systemd has made it impossible for me to run an up-to-date Gnome on FreeBSD. That feels a lot like taking away my freedom.

It sounds to me like Gnome is the reason why you can't run Gnome without systemd, and that you should probably direct your complaints against them.
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I couldn't agree more. If it become impossible to use linux without systemd then I won't be using linux any more.
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There is just so much competition in the HFT space. Its starting to clear out though.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-06/how-the-robo...

I think in the next 5 years we'll be down to a handful of true Ultra low latency, high frequency traders and they'll probably be the ones you know, TradeBot, Getco, Citadel, etc.

I think I'm very fortunate not to have to compete in that space, it allows us to concentrate more on the algorithms than the execution.

It's very hard to get started in it anymore. I work for a decent sized firm and we can get laughed out of meetings when we ask about some of the more desirable fiber routes. I can't imagine what it would take to get any microwave spectrum space:)

The incumbents have the spectrum and fibre locked down and the bigger players like Citadel pay the retail brokers for their retail flow so they can trade against the "dumb" money before anyone else. I've heard that most Canadian banks sell their flow to a big US fund that has a chance to trade against it before it reaches the market.

If the CN tower was available for renting out microwave signals I'm sure someone would have rented out the entire spectrum and held it for themselves. Its in a very good location for Inter-listed arbitrage between Toronto and Chicago and Toronto and New York:)

This is a good article about the cutthroat business of being in the HFT space and the one I think the post was talking about.

> "There are rumors in the industry that people have bought tower space or have bought frequencies that they don’t use,” Cumberland said. “We call it ‘frequency squatting’ or ‘tower squatting."

> "Traders need multiple towers because signals run the risk of breaking up beyond 100 kilometers (62 miles). Controlling a single tower wouldn’t benefit a trader unless the goal was to force rivals to go around it by using a slower, less direct route, or hoarding the frequencies that companies rely on to transmit financial data, said Colt’s Cumberland."

Meta note, if anyone wants to talk trading algos or technology feel free to reach out, email in my profile.
The real option actually is to bring up FreeBSD to the level that it can provide the same functionality (specifically, dbus interfaces) as systemd and Linux. Gnome depends on systemd features because they're useful and solve real problems. As it is, FreeBSD can't provide those features.

You can of course make the case that the interfaces provided by systemd are substandard, but so long as you don't have an alternative to offer, it's just talk.

As far as I know, Gnome does currently have fallbacks (with reduced functionality) on non-systemd systems, so it's not the case that they just ignore things. However, I perfectly understand why they would not bother with duplicating code just to support systems that aren't good enough.

EDIT:
I'm apparently not able to respond to the reply below me for whatever reason, but... It's been said many times that making systemd portable makes no sense, which is why it provides interfaces. And regarding the interfaces, which part of them, exactly, are not stable? There's a very reasonable interface stability promise, which to my knowledge has held, so far.
Am I wrong to bet on docker? Should I return back to the the poisoned fruits of Heroku walled garden or venture forth in the great ocean with Docker?

I'm a huge Docker fan, and I think Docker is probably a decent medium-term bet at this point (with very real short-term issues). But I also think it's a bit unfair to call Heroku a "walled garden":

- Heroku buildpacks rarely require modifying your application much. Typically, you just add a two-line Procfile and maybe a list of libraries you depend on.

- When Heroku does invent something propriety like a Procfile, they usually release an open source library to allow other people to use it.

- Heroku uses standard storage infrastructure: PostgreSQL, memcached, and so. Unlike Google and Amazon, they don't actually provide many propriety cloud APIs.

As somebody who's worked on Heroku-based projects ranging from throwaway hacks to huge production systems, I've never had the impression that Heroku was trying to lock me in.
Does anyone know what happens to the pod after a shuttle-craft docks and delivers cargo?

Do they push it back to earth? Into space, leave it in orbit?
Yes, your arguments are convincing.

However, Orchardup was acquihired by Docker itself and I am sure they are planning to provide container hosting.

Tutum has just raised about $2M and are in the process of going gold with their service.

Yeah, stackdock is MIA.

However, the main point is that Docker is quite young and already has a developed ecosystem. Also all of these are specialized docker container providers, while I have no problems deploying a container on most VPS providers, IaaS platforms or even bare metal.

The Docker ecosystem is just starting to develop, Docker PaaS platforms are still in beta and while there is a lot of uncertainty, the vitals of the ecosystem look good. I may be wrong, but I am taking the plunge and my efforts will contribute a small part to the Docker ecosystem.
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There are some fairly easy ways to get some code up if you go for the easiest solutions. eg web2py/pythonanywhere.com for Python, http://www.appgyver.com/ for javascript/phonegap apps
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A bit of an unfortunate choice of name if you consider the name a smiley DX
Iwant to E-techonology Web Site
I want to build a e-commerce web sites.
and build. !

then what? What should I do now?

http://www.senamasasandalye.com
The only thing that I could think of was trying to imagine what the Museum Dioramas will be like once the third or fourth generation of consumer VR rolls out?
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OK, two railguns pointed in opposite directions :)
It seems to me that Gnome's position of "we want to use this useful library that exists on our biggest platform" is much more reasonable than systemd's position of "we won't accept patches to add cross-platform compatibility, and we won't provide stable interfaces".
A solid lump of duct tape. Guaranteed to be useful in future.
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I thought Uber wasn't banned, only UberPOP, because that is really in direct violation of a number of rules.
Oh, and it requires everyone to rewrite their code to use systemd's dbus library rather than libdbus too.

Have you actually read the mail you're giving as "evidence"?

The last paragraph begins with: "The current idea is that systemd will provide a bridge service, that
offers the current D-Bus socket, and an unmodified libdbus (or an
alternative implementation) can talk to that socket like it talks
today to the dbus-daemon."

Edit:

kdbus is also not a NIH-implementation, in any meaning of the word. It was "invented there", and it also fixes things: it will have much lower latency and overhead than the current userspace D-Bus.

http://kroah.com/log/blog/2014/01/15/kdbus-details/
> Payloads replacing Balance mass should perform some type of scientific or technological function adding to our knowledge base while closely matching the volume and weight characteristics of the original Balance mass.

Um, the one being replaced was solid tungsten, which is almost twice as dense as lead. How is anything going to come close to matching that?
That would rather defeat the purpose of the study... if neither language is really foreign to you how could we look at the difference using a foreign language makes?
Who's using it in production?
Mars missions have to do a lengthy burn to drop into orbit. Point it the right way and you're even using less fuel.
This is an interesting approach of which i never heard before. Is there somewhere where i can see a list of the other countries?

Edit: Found it on the gov. site . The one related to this article also includes Peru: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/smk/press-center/Press-rele...
I've had fun doing the haskell challenges. I really like the peer review aspect of it and the git style terminal submissions. But these are just small practice problems and are not geared towards "Teaching you to code well enough to get a job". It's just one of many helpful ways to learn the ins and outs of a particular language.
for context: Russia has 12 times more proven oil reserves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil...). Now imagine russians in this situation.
Maybe when you ask native people in a foreign language, they perceive it as a game and are less serious?

Maybe this "results" are nothing to do with moral judgment?

I am a native french speaker and live in the U.S. "Moral" decisions feel the same for me at least. I will be more influenced by the culture around me than a choice of words...
The Captain America stuff was fascinating, thanks for sharing!
correct, and the body of the article correctly identifies it as such.
None of the languages you listed are technically programming languages (I guess PowerShell could be considered one, but it's more for automation rather than programming actual applications). Maybe you're using the wrong terminology during your interviews.
How does the new Dashboard + Metrics compare to using the New Relic plugin?
That's a question that's already had a lot of attention devoted to it; look up the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis if you're interested.
You can either use an external service or migrate your data when updating a container: http://wiredcraft.com/posts/2014/06/25/data_migration_of_nam...
Any other suggestions for reading materials on this? Sounds like slightly faint praise for Dark Pools.
It is written up now
Ask HN: Relocating a company from US – UK
During the relocation of a company that is still active are there any good resources for how a company might transfer to a place outside of the US. I understand that any agreements would need to be resigned under the new company.

The company would also retain the same name does that have any ramifications to the process?

What about the tax and US Authorities how should they be notified? Are there any useful resources for this as I've only found articles to do UK -> US and not the other way around.