skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's a semantic rut, perhaps. It's not necessarily my semantic rut. Off the bat he was arguing down this road as if to suggest that I was implying that "remaining silent" was explicitly spelled out in the Constitution -- something I never implied. I'm not stating solutions. I'm commenting on results. Ideas for solutions are numerous and probably least served for attention in this thread. A full constitutional amendment would be great. Agreed. Unfortunately, that's a daunting likelihood given the prevailing winds.

This matter would benefit from re-reading my comments equally, as well, but I digress. No worries. Thank you for your added thoughts.
pronounced ee'eesti
Interesting question and response. I haven't used either but read about both systems independently. A bit more googling and I found:

http://www.slideshare.net/gschmutz/kafka-andstromeventproces...

Slides 42 and 43 describe an architecture with all three ... hadoop, storm and kafka. Seems like a beast and I don't have applications but pretty cool combo of technologies.
Generally it is a bad idea to let a company probe deeply into your technical specs without having a good indicator in place that they are proposing some sort of deal that would be favorable to you. Usually that means an LOI stating the broad terms of what they intend to do, subject only to a definitive agreement and to satisfactory due diligence.

Don't be lulled that it is a big and reputable company. If they are doing their own independent development, it is relatively easy for them to claim that they developed whatever it is they later develop based solely on independent efforts and it is pretty hard for you to cut past that claim, especially when the only of doing so is to sue and spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars to try to win that suit.

It should be a staged approach. The deeper they want to probe, the more they need to declare themselves.

And, by the way, make sure that the NDA is very tightly drafted to severely limit the impact of potential weasel language, e.g., pertaining to independent development efforts - thus, for instance, make sure it says that such efforts must be capable of being documented by written evidence. On this point, though, it is impossible to advise in the abstract. See a good lawyer on this. Very important.
Side note: bacon wrapped shark is pretty tasty: http://finsmediagroup.com/bacon-wrapped-sharkscallop-kebabs-...
Thats true, the startup that I'm working on is Jellybean and I am considering on applying for YC W15. When I rethink Jellybean's idea and comparing with some of the YC startup batch it feels pretty intimidating especially when you have awesome ideas and technology and people.

Thanks a lot for replying, really helped me to think further on the meaning of idea itself.
Being human doesn't mean you have to be an asshole though.

ysihan is really on the side of politicized, sanitized, pretentious, weasel-wording sock puppet; minus the sanitized part.

Consider his posts about the celeb nude photos leaks

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/every-man-is-responsible-f...

and

http://www.reddit.com/r/yishan/comments/2frlxb/and_now_to_ma...

compared to somebody who's actually speaking like a human being

http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_t...
"owns" in this sentence is problematic. It is a highly technical discussion so it is probably best not to dwell on it. But the government regulates the radio spectrum on behalf of the public, who own it.
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Wow, thanks for the info! What an amazing story, and photos.
They get a demo. They do not get to see the code in detail or know your trade secrets without a tight contractual agreement. You need a lawyer experienced in startup acquisitions. If you're in Silicon Valley, it's not hard to find one.

This is when you need a patent.
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Nice read. At my previous job we used storm for all sorts of cool things. It worked great and it was a pleasure to be the one at the company that got to really cozy up with it. Deployment (with or without storm-deploy) was also well thought out.
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It's really incredible how much work has been put into the Humanitarian OSM Team's projects. Many cities in disaster-struck regions now have better detail and quality in OpenStreetMap than your average American city. Compare the city of Lubumbashi [0] linked from the article with a random mid-sized city near you.

[0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-11.6648/27.4900
buddha knew how to shut up, unlike osho. osho were alive, he would endorse my comment :)

the smart thing about buddha is he kept the discourse always on the root ("dukkha" , look it up). It's very easy to loose one's way, which osho did, if you see his life's progression.
"I for one welcome our new fair use overlords..."

Really it's ridiculously frustrating to use Youtube for anything that could be copyrighted anywhere. If only swarm based video streaming services with WebRTC were a reality[1].

[1] - https://github.com/feross/webtorrent
About 10 years ago I intended to read "Towards a new Socialism", after reading an article about the chileniean experiment that also mentioned this book. Perhaps it was actually an article about the book. I don't quite remember. I never read the book and only got reminded about it by this article now. The topic itself is quite fascinating, especially if you think about what amount of planning happens in huge companies.

You can, if you are interested in the topic, find the book at http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/
But around the equator, the length of the day barely varies, so the entire idea behind it is lost.
hahaha that's my funniest typo to date.

I meant "prince", but I expect everyone had worked that out already :)
This is relevant for such a small company in stealth mode.

Worth noting one other point. Investors. They are unlikely to support "go to war" strategies with strategic buyers.

They may need realtionships with that company for other resons (supplier or customer of another investment, potential future exits, recruiting, etc).

So its really best to win by not needing to fight.
"or to people who will provide good return on investment to the rest of society"

It's a tricky one. While I am certain that science moves society forward (though the rate is decreasing), I am not convinced the median scientist contributes in the positive direction.
Ouch, that must hurt. I love Lyft and I despise Uber's anticompetitive tactics, so this is sad news.
2 things:

Cornell, basically an engineering school at this point, has a big reputation for 'gorging out'. AKA jumping off one of the many bridges on campus. This negatively affects the admission rates (from what I hear and no, I have no citation for that) Campus life is a big driver for many schools these days. It's not all new gyms and tail-gating, it's also the rape and suicide stats.

2: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/504/h...

The intro here is a very good look into the lives of admissions officers. The students, the parents, and the schools themselves are all guilty of 'pushing' the idea of college.
the "" is confusing, explain what you've learned and why you would be an asset
I agree this is interesting, but the problem is that there is nothing to stop the government of the country in which you physically reside from having different ideas about what laws govern your dealings.

If the country you are physically in wants to (e.g.) tax you, they can. (There are, of course, many more nefarious possibilities than taxation.) This is, I think, true in an "in accordance with international law" sense (though there is the possibility that a bilateral double taxation treaty might apply) and it is certainly true in a "who's to stop them" sense. (And if we're hypothesizing that the person is physically located in a corrupt/war torn country, the latter would probably be all that matters anyway.)
Would you allow a police officer to do the same?
Have been through an acquisition before as a core/senior team employee at a startup.

The big company that acquired us didn't even ask to take a look at your code until after a deal was discussed, and intent signed, but before closing. (i.e., final due diligence... and they wanted it to scan for GPL violations, etc.). They evaluated our software/company by focusing their efforts on extensively using our software in various (stress) test scenarios prior to discussing the deal. They also asked us to add a few features on short notice to test our ability to execute.

In fact, they kept the competing implementers (read: engineers who would actually write code) away from the deep technical decisions (and they had a competing effort which they merged with us later). Most of the technical discussions were limited to the engineering director who ran the group. They took a very caution approach: they have much more to lose then us if the deal didn't went through and they did in fact end up launching the product (i.e., possibility of a failed startup suing them).

I think if it any reputable big company in the valley, they will probably follow the same protocol.

One word of caveat: you may end up working on a deal, but generally it will take a LOT of your time. So you should find out if the discussions are leading to something you want ASAP.
Yeah, remember how best buy had to pay out $25m for stealing a startups IP -- http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/05/techforward-wins-27m-in-law...
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This is what we've been doing at my workplace, we're a Google partner so all Auth is done through Google.
Very nice tutorial how about more on unit-testing
Calling it "IFTTT for developers" is fairly misleading. This doesn't require any real coding or offer any flexiblity and is seemingly drag and drop, with some random backend API's and the ability for a developer to use these on the front end. It doesn't really do anything different than IFTTT for developers except generate endpoints from the things they define you can do. There isn't any customisation for the developer to do what they want to do and it's unclear if you can build your own integrations how you want to outside of what they deem important.

We're building an integration platform at http://hoistapps.com/ that is more accurately reflective of 'If This Then That For Developers' than this is, in a sense that you build the integration you want, using your own code, not off the box one-size fits all modules, then we host and scale your integrations for you (amongst other things).
Yep, on it's way :)
The lack of anybody attempting to prosecute them.
His allegations were a mix of the implausible and the cliché. It would take a remarkably naïve candidate to both take these allegations at face value, and think Reddit is somehow unusual in being on the wrong end of them. If not having this stain is the criteria by which they judge potential employers, they will find no employment.

Now, however, potential experienced employees who actually live in the real world will be avoiding Reddit. Why put your career at the mercy of an obviously angry, irrational CEO? There are all sorts of companies big and small where the CEO is either rational or at least kept on a short leash by a competent board of directors.

Going into ordinary damage control mode whenever somebody says something negative about your company is worse than the original damage. Any statement at all draws attention to the issue and risks making you look defensive.

But this isn't even ordinary damage control mode, this is a CEO personally attacking an ex-employee. It may even make mainstream news now (...and so it begins[0]). And worse, he's doing this right after getting another $50 million to play with and announcing a new anti-worker policy.

Before seeing the CEO's response, I would have said that responding to the thread at all was the worst possible choice. But I would have been expecting the response to at least be of a remotely responsible form. If the comment hadn't already been two hours old when I saw it, I would have thought it more plausible that the account had somehow been compromised than that anyone would actually think to respond in such a manner.

And now he's doubled down, but vaguely[1], "there's actually more, but we're pulling our punches, if you can believe it". If the original comment wasn't legally actionable, that one might be. The CEO has created a PR and potentially legal nightmare where there was originally nothing but some guy howling at the moon.

I'm reminded of the OMGPOP/Dan Porter/Shay Pierce fiasco. Troubling that the CEO of "the front page of the internet" wouldn't have learned from that...

[0] http://gawker.com/reddit-ceo-shames-ex-reddit-staffer-on-red...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditCensorship/comments/2ifd3p/ud...
It's the same concept as maker time vs. manager time, just expressed differently.

This is especially interesting:

>Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to savor the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.
This is a fantastic idea, I really like it.

Any chance I could subscribe through RSS instead of e-mail?
As a homeschooler I think Common Core is a good thing in that it tells you what you need to cover, and it means that I can choose from a lot of different curricula which include it.

If you work through Kahn Academy math, you will certainly run through some of these areas where kids are pushed to do some kind of math problem in a highly stylized way that (i) they struggle with and (ii) don't see the relevance of. Elementary school teachers have told me the same thing, but it is not the end of the world.

There is "no one true way" to do arithmetic. When I was in the fourth grade I had the worst time with 3-by-3 digit multiplication. That didn't stop me from getting a B.S. in Physics and Math, with an A average in my majors, and also getting a PhD in theoretical physics. Recently I read that a lot of other people who were "good at math" struggled with the curriculum when I was a kid so nothing is going to be perfect.
Or Red Dwarf's "Rastabilly Skank", 1988.
Jamie Zawinski. He wrote part of Mozilla, made some money, and now runs a nightclub in San Francisco.
That is not a tldr. That's your interpretation.
Trespass to land doesn't require damage, all it requires is the willful, unauthorized, entry onto land in another's exclusive possession. Vandalism requires that there by some property damage.
Maybe your brand is different but in Ontario pre-cooked bacon is gross and tastes like McDonald's bacon. The texture is all wrong, it's thin and weird.
Not necessarily more important, but usually more entertaining than most.
I think it's reasonable to not argue the merits of a post from someone[generic] known to be manipulative.
Toast and chips are still simple carbohydrates.
Facebook's implementation aside, the user-to-user payment feature can be very useful. My SO and I both have Google Wallet accounts and one of the things we use often is the "send money" option. She cuts a check for the mortgage payment every month and rather than set up a third joint account (such commitment!) or write two checks, I can just open Wallet and send her my share. It's not much different than setting up a bank transfer or using Paypal but the implementation makes it much more straightforward. I'm basically sending her a message and "attaching" some money.

Same thing with going out somewhere and splitting a check with a few people. If nobody has cash (which happens often enough), it's easy for me to just pay the tab and then the rest just send me their share. It shows up in a minute or two and there's no fuss with splitting checks or deciding who owes who the next time we go out.

Probably one of those things where I'm trading some info about my interpersonal connections for convenience but frankly it's much more streamlined than Paypal ever was and accomplishes the same thing. It's no wonder Facebook wants in on that with Wallet and now Apple Pay getting into the same sort of functionality.
I made one too. ;)

http://libertyresourcedirectory.com/d/podcastsaudio.php
It really depends on the big company. See what kind of track record they have in dealing with small startups like yours working in a similar space. If it's Yahoo, maybe you'll get acquihired. If it's Amazon, you're probably toast.
Personally, I'm persuaded by my personal experience as well as testimony from /r/keto. I've lost nearly 100 lbs over the past year by switching to a high-fat, moderate-protein, and ultra low-carbohydrate diet. I really can't endorse it enough.

If I had to guess, your family's health problems weren't with lard -- they probably resulted from the companion toast and french fries. Any calories you eat will be directed to storage if your insulin is spiked... which happens when you eat carbs like those found in wheat and potatoes.

That's not to say that glucose, which you find in potatoes, is necessarily awful. I don't eat it, but Dr. Robert Lustig (an incredible font of knowledge) thinks glucose can be a valuable part of a diet. What's particularly important is to eliminate fructose and sucrose. They're toxins with no redeeming qualities except making fat-free foods palatable.
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The fact that Sparta treated women better than the average Mediterranean city-state makes it ipso facto feminist.
Artfully telling lies is really a managerial skill in many workplaces.
I misread the title to be about Beacon (since a story about it was trending earlier on HN), and your quote really threw me off, like why is this guy talking about pork :P thanks for the comment, it both fixed my mistake and provided insight once I got on the actual story :)
In the USA you're still allowed to homeschool, at least. In many other countries, such as Germany, that makes you a criminal.
Precisely. It's a hugely, and highly subjective detail. Is he a lazy slacker? Or was his idea of a full-time job not in line with management's (possibly onerous) vision of the same?
Actually many private entities use it as well. It's an authentication layer anyone can easily implement. Same for digital signatures.
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One end of the spectrum is being too careful, the other end is not taking any kind of precautions. Both are probably a bad way to live. (ie: if everything is equally dangerous, why not let children smoke a pack a day while working in a coal mine? They'll all die eventually anyway).
To be fair, the Soviet-backed police states (eg, Idi Amin's Uganda) were not particularly appealing either. Unfortunately, both parties were too involved in their little games to care about the welfare of their pawns.
There's no such thing as a revolutionary startup idea.

Ideas become revolutionary only in retrospect, when the product or service becomes so good that it becomes obvious that this is how it should have been done. You may be associating the term "revolutionary" with solving a difficult problem, like nuclear fission or biotech. Obviously the more difficult the problem, the bigger the payout. Scale seems to matter, because we wouldn't call marginal products revolutionary.

A successful startup is one that solves a problem, and (eventually) makes money.
It's definitely for a different use case. Phantom/Nightmare is for automating web page interaction, whereas Selenium is for cross-browser testing.
No, this really is true, RMS wanted to make sure the GCC front ends and back ends could not be seperated, because he didn't want people using the front end for other projects. This has (in my opinion) hugely set back open source software, and is why everyone new uses clang for any situation where they want to parse C++ -- because g++ is purposefully designed to make it painful to just get a C++ parse tree.

Here are the words from the man himself: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-01/msg00008.html
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Someone shits on your company in public and you lead with "we're sorry?" I'd quit working for you on that alone.
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You have things backwards. It was the systemd developers that didn't want the debug command line to be used against systemd. They were the ones who filed the patch to prevent the debug command line from reaching user space (/proc/cmdline) and it was the kernel developers (well, Linus specifically) who refused to patch and demanded that systemd cleaned up their debugging output so that 1) it didn't crash Linux (which it was doing previously), and 2) the output was more useful to end users for debugging.
Any emotionally mature person shouldn't have a problem with what you've described.
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Incredible, a product that nobody wanted became a success.

I wonder how much products failed because people haven't found their real function. They did just some adjustments on bacon and it became a success as a flavor enhancer.
This is a great opportunity....to raise $$ from investors. Every startup knows that they have to convince investors "why to invest" but fewer know that they also have to convince them "why now?" Having a company sniffing around the fringes is a big motivating factor for potential VCs. It also can be a serious motivator for the "big company" if there are VCs interested as well. They willingness to acquire you at a premium can be driven by their assessment of the probability of "taking out a well funded competitor".

So, a long way of saying, if you're going to talk with them in detail, make sure that you also talk to some investors at the same time (Google BATNA).
> You have no idea how much respect I have for this.

Same here. A CEO doesn't have to be a "soulless robot like David Simms" type... showing some passion, fire and enthusiasm and being - as you said - "a fucking human being" is a Good Thing in some eyes.
This actually points out a huge challenge for Estonia. As well as the tax advantages, another (and perhaps the primary) reason businesses incorporate in Delaware is their extremely well developed (and business friendly) body of corporate law (the stuff that governs the relationship between shareholders and the corporation, duties of a board of directors, that sort of thing) and a judiciary that is highly efficient in resolving internal corporate disputes. If you study corporations in any law school in the U.S., they will teach you Delaware law, regardless of what state you are actually in.

I would love to see Estonia take on this challenge as well, but it will take a long time and concerted effort.
Looks good. I'm a content over style guy so I didn't mind palest of pink on white background.

I signed up. I see you mailchimp, just like def newsletter.

Compare and contrast with Normand's weekly "clojure gazette" or "def newsletter" which have very similar at first glance biz models. I think I know the difference, but you should probably talk about it on your site.
The mining self-balances; if enough miners shut off their rigs, the difficulty goes down, and it becomes profitable (or break-even) to mine again. (Mining was heavily over-invested, and it's in the ugly process of rebalancing now.) It's possible that Bitcoin will be relegated to a fringe of techno-libertarians, but it is unlikely that the network will ever disappear.

Also, the network is "single-purpose" in the sense that an ethernet cable is single-purpose: while it only accomplishes one thing, it is a building block that can be leveraged in lots of interesting ways (smart contracts, proof-of-extistence, sidechains, colored coins, etc.)