skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Some of the examples given are fairly dubious, were those really intended to be running? I'll grant the Greek vase but the statue of Khonsu has the left arm forward not in a running motion, but to grip his staff, which has gone missing from this statue. It's his standard pose. I'm not saying the thesis is wrong, just that seems to be a bad example.
> d) switches off caching for all /admin pages?

Just get your /admin-system to send the correct Cache-Control headers, Varnish will respect the headers, and serve it correctly.
I would love to work somewhere, where there's the 20% time, it makes me so much more productive.

If I leave the office stimulated and excited about what I'm working on, I will work until 2 or 3am in a frenzy, and get a lot of work done.

If I leave the office tired and exhausted from hours and hours of yak shaving, I go home and rest.

Everybody wins on the 20% days, especially if they're friday, because I will likely spend the weekend coding what I didn't finish friday night.
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It's may be easier to negotiate what you need by starting with one of the local gigs than flat out going solo...free-lancing is hard and clients can be as demanding as bosses and much much less likely to pay quickly or at all.

To put it another way, it is quite possible that one of the local companies needing your skill set would rather contract out the work than hire a full time position.

Good luck.
At this point, I think Mozilla really needs to: 1) launch a high end phone, capable of competing in specs with the Nexus 5 and the like; 2) release the first Firefox-OS tablet, which would be a prove very valuable to kiosks.
I'm pushing that to its logical extreme already ;)
That is putting the wagon in front of the horse IMHO. A monopoly doesn't drive progress imho it takes advantage of an opportunity no one else did compared to where the world is at any given time.
When I was growing up they'd tone down the spice for kids until they were 5-6+. Still slices compared to American food. Our daughter has been eating spicy food since one or so. Not the super hot stuff that even makes Indian people sweat, obviously.
Thanks for a great article. Do you know if the keywords used in reviews have any impact on rating? I assume not since it's the first thing to be gamed.
I came here to ask the same thing - my understanding was that Innovation at Google had shifted from "Internal Curiosity - 20% Time" to "Inspire via Moonshots - Acquire what we need to get there".

But that's my external perspective.
He has also written some good stuff. I had the pleasure of translating "Why OSS/FS..." for my LUG, some time ago:
http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
-> http://hispalinux.es/informes/wheeler/index.html
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Google is always hiring. I'm happy to help with applying.
It feels like it was done only for the ad at the end. It is hard to take it seriously considering this.
> Because other mass transit systems tend to treat people as cattle herd.

We should be so lucky. You'd get arrested if you put a cattle herd through what passengers are put through on some London trains.
Enough with the "Kansai people don't eat natto" thing, that's just not true. I lived in Kansai for years, and there were like a dozen brands of natto on supermarket shelves, everywhere. Big beans, small beans, with sauce and mustard, with just mustard, with added kombu taste, treated with "stink-less" process, you name them. My neighborhood sushi place had natto-maki prominently on the menu. If you order a traditional Japanese breakfast at an upscale restaurant in Osaka, it will most likely include natto.

Lots of Japanese like natto, lots of Japanese don't like natto. Go to France and you'll find the same thing is true of blue cheese.

Maybe natto is slightly more popular in Kanto. Maybe it wasn't common in Kansai 100 years ago and that's how the myth started. But let's stop staying Kansai people don't usually eat natto, when it's plain to see that's not the case.
> I can't think of many wars that were not the product of politicians run amuck.

I don't think you know of many wars then.

Let's see:

- World War II (Europe)
Not caused by a politician, caused by a dictator (a different thing). Arguably caused by economic and social forces applied to Germany after WW1.

- World War II (Asia)
Not caused by a politician. Arguably caused by either nationalism which was an outgrowth of their forced modernisation; or caused by encirclement and the risk of losing their new empire.

- World War I (Europe)
Not caused by a politician. Simplistically caused by nationalism, perhaps caused by economic issues.

I'm sure there must be some examples of wars caused by politicians - but it's doing a disservice to the complexity of issues to point at a single person, and giving them too much power.
I just started a few months ago. 20% time is still alive, and easy to take.
If you're passionate. you'll execute anyway.
He's a fantastic author, but beware: most of his books say… nothing? It's about someone, possibly a man, to whom something happened. And he meets someone he used to love at the time. Not sure he still love her. She looks more beautiful now. That's it: I just spoiled the entire plot, in every detail. And there's a house, too. Looks smaller now.
I believe that makes it easier to translate (I read them in the original French) but the absolute lack of detail, story line, makes it incredibly either relatable (if you are in that mindset) or frustrating (Whyyy?! Why did she leave him? Or he left? Did he? You can't tell.) I love it - but beware, it's very tacit.
As someone who turned 30 recently and would classify my 20's as 50/50 win-lose, I feel I can add to this.

I am single, however family is becoming increasingly important, but to each his own. As much as I dreamed of being a playboy entrepreneur in my 20's, I started tuning in to what I really want, and it's scary.

How will I still achieve my dreams and embark on something as demanding as a family? Feast or Famine is not an option amongst other things, but this is not about relationships, it's about career.

My recent job search was eye opening, I decided to get back into the working world after 8+ years and here is what I have boiled it down to:

1. My biggest mistake while I was an entrepreneur was failing to develop a role for myself. Although you may have to wear many hats in your day to day, you should always try to become an expert at what you're good at. For example, I did marketing and development, pretty good at both, but when looking for work I did not have much of a portfolio and to be very honest, I felt like a hack. Stay prepared and be able to demonstrate and prove your ability at any given time.

2. Failure happens. The delicate part is not looking desperate. Lifestyle change, sparked interest in a new industry or just simply making the next step in your career are all good reasons for transitioning from founder to employee. However, I felt there was some judgement passed on a few occasions. Forget them, it's not worth it.

3. Going out and taking a swing at your dreams deserves a lot of respect. There is so much mediocre in this world that an attempt to do something substantial in your life is not crazy.

4. Being a founder is a thankless job. There is no love until you become successful, or at least look like it. Forget what society thinks, you will almost never get the response you want when you make this decision.

5. Optimize, automate or delegate. After years of overworking, deferring life, missed encounters..... It's not worth it. Having a family may make you a better founder because it gives you boundaries. Respect your time, set your hours and give it your all when you are working at it. Nothing is perfect, but it's amazing what you can achieve when you have 8 hours to GTD.
I've never been a googler but I think that makes sense. In the early days google could deploy an MVP and people would try it out even if it wasn't "done" , now the level of polish expected from a google product is much higher than could probably be produced by a 20% project.
Why don't you mine for BC using the super-cheap gas (6 cents a gallon)? (the ultimate insult to environmentalist, such as myself, everywhere)
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"I don't use the magnetic strip (only chip) and I don't without pin."

The same here, but then I encounter more and more places where they offer you to type your pin only in an open and insecure manner. This sadly makes the pin usage a joke and something of a hassle compared to the older magnetic strips.
1. Security by obscurity

2. Security by obscurity
I agree. If I am happy I won't leave for 5%. If I am unhappy I would leave for a pay cut.

In my current position I wouldn't say I'm unhappy but would consider leaving for a 10% raise. Only because jumping ship tends to be the only way to get significant raises, over the normal 2-3%. Even if you use another offer to get a raise in your current position.
Inflation is measured by an increase in the price of a basket of consumption, not the value, which is almost unmeasureable. If the size of the economy increases faster than the increase in the money supply then there is a greater demand for money to buy all the new stuff being produced, so money is more valuable, therefore you can buy more with your money, ergo prices fall; all taken with the same amount of handwaving bullshit that applies to any economic argument, of course.

Also, the increase in consumption, from basic income, and hence any direct inflationary effect, is bounded by the level of basic income. For basic income to be worthless the level of inflation on the goods bought by those who are the prime targets of basic income (i.e. the poor) would have to match or exceed the additional cash obtained through the basic income. Inflation in goods and services mostly bought by the rich, due to increased wage pressures, are basically (ho ho) irrelevant.

What is required is an argument as to why the inflation on the price of the relevant goods would be higher than the level of the basic income being used to pay for those goods.
Pfff I can't believe they're doing this. This is taking a tiny step in optimizing it. If we're eliminating train drivers, why do we even bother with having carriages ? Why can't I just get on a train at any station I want, and have it take me to any other station I want, ideally directly to street level ?

I understand in 1798 why they went with one locomotive and lots of carriages. The engine is too expensive. One driver per carriage is not feasible. Great. All of those are eliminated. Electric motors are cheaper than "real" breaks, so every 2 wheels have an electric motor anyway. And if you have to have them, people power the train using the lots of small motors, because that means no big engine in the first carriage.

But given that you need those things, why can't we just have every carriage be it's own "train" ? Why can't every carriage just have the destination that would be most convenient at that moment in time ?

Why can't London subway be a traffic-immune taxi service ? Now THAT, I want.
> Being able to afford a $300k house on $50k/year is great until you don't make the $50k/year anymore because you've been automated out of a job.

It doesn't even work like that. Rent is basically fixed by the average income level. The price of the house is then annual rent / interest rates.
Bit of a mixed bag here:

> Inadequate rewards

In my experience it's very rare for someone to leave for a 5% uplift in compensation.

> Awful office space

Bang on the money. What is even worse is when engineers have a great space that gets changed. Always churn after that.

> No self development

Typically the people who say this are the people who are most likely not to get much from free time to learn new stuff. if you are the type of engineer to learn new stuff then formal training and free time is not going to change your ability to pick things up. If you come to me and say I could not learn X because I had no free time, I am generally sceptical.

> Inefficient collaboration

Generally means other teams / people do not recognise what an awesome thing I did. Generally implies your awesome thing was not massively awesome.

> Negative people

Totally true. The most devastating thing that can happen to teams is to have negative personalities.

> Fear of failure

Did not understand this.

> Lack of clear goals

bang on the money.

> Micromanaging bosses

it's different strokes for different folks. Whilst lots of engineers like the freedom to get to the goal by themselves there are some who actually really enjoy the directive style.

> Useless meetings

Is this still an issue in 2014?

> Wasting your team's time

I sort of get this but again it varies per engineer.
Whatever the cost it wouldn't be worth it.

First some lines run within metres of one another so you couldn't expand because there just isn't space.

A back of the napkin plan if you were to go ahead would look like this:

1) Shut down the line completely
2) Remove the tracks
3) Design, build and then get underground some new boring machines which need to be capable of removing the metal lining, digging through earth and concrete then relaying the lining.
4) Rebuild platforms which would inevitably be damaged
5) Relay tracks
6) Design, build and get to London new wider trains

Realistically you're looking at 3-5 years (at least) per line to widen them.

I don't know if you live in London and are therefore aware how much we Londoners rely on the tube - even if they only widened one line, having it out action for that long would have devastating consequences for communities and businesses and every day Londoners' lives.
They may be underpaid. 5% looks a lot more appealing on the lower end of things, and if you're underpaid, there are probably other things wrong.
I'd say "bad scrum". If you do scrum well and get the spirit of it right, it's a joy to work in. It's not perfect, but compared to what happens almost anywhere else, it's great.
This is probably the price with contract (i.e., it's subsidized by the carrier and the true cost is higher)
> The roads are free at the point of use, the tube isn't.

Perhaps it should. Surely it must have been tried somewhere?
Thanks!

I am not sure, but I don't think so, for the same reason as you.

However, I have heard your overall ratings (and I suspect comments too) will affect your rankings for keywords in general. One of the best way of climbing the keyword ranks is by getting great ratings.
That is wrong, how? Revenue streams (and corresponding cash flows) are the lifeblood of any business. It's a nice notion to build an organization solely to do cool things but, if you don't make money somehow you'll go out of business and will never be able to do cool things.
From previous responses to this question, it depends entirely on your manager. Some make it easy, some mess up prioritization so badly you can't get regular work done to allow for 20% time.
Is 20% time really still alive and well at Google?
I have not looked into the economics of app stores myself, but I imagine they are following a similar trend that google did. I bet there are a lot of opportunities for developers selling cheap long-tail apps (recipes, quotes, etc, i.e. "resources") to niche customers. But I have no idea.
Agreed. Felt like '95. Look at the white space... wait... wait...
> You can choose not to.

The angst is because you largely don't have such a choice.
"2. AWFUL OFFICE SPACE Not providing an environment that nurtures productivity Open oce setups report 62% more sick days Fix: Re-think the open oce layout"

Or maybe allow partial remote work. I think I have called in sick 1 time in the last 5 years because I couldn't get out of bed. Other than that work from home makes it much easier for employees to not have to take days off for things.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. This announcement is specifically about the deep-level lines. Read the details: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/campaign/new-tube-for-london

The new trains, platform-edge doors, and air-cooling are being introduced for the Central, Bakerloo, Waterloo & City, and Piccadilly lines. The tunnels and trains will still be small, there's not much that can be done about that, but they will be cooler, safer and hopefully a little less cramped, due to the extra capacity provided by walk-through carriages.
I don't think it is specifically about capitalism.

When you look at how empires fall you can argue that it can often be attributed to increasing wealth inequality to unsustainable level.

And revolutions / civil unrests are often romantically portrayed as a battle for democracy / free rights while they seem to me more about food and jobs.
Fear of failure means whether you work in an environment where it's ok to fail. Environments where it's not ok to fail are normally counterproductive and hinders people sometimes form doing the right things.
Personnally, I would also love to have a second phone like this one. Cheap, simple, just to "phone&browse". No apps.

I live in France
> Nobody in New York ask him to pay 20,000 usd to the city for the privilege of opening business.

Nobody ask for that in Europe either, unless you're interested in heavily regulated industries like energy or banking (and they ask for more than $20,000). But we're talking about small businesses, right?

I don't know if fashion industry is heavily regulated in Paris, but a 15,000-euro fee to the government sounds like a big stretch. They used to require 7,500 euro of starting capital for SARL (a private limited liability company), but it was still your money, not the government's. But it's irrelevant, because the minimum amount changed and it's 1 euro now.

There's still an issue of paying various legal and professional fees before you can start your company. It depends on your needs and type of the company, but according to Doing Business report by the World Bank [1] this cost (represented as a percentage of the country's income per capita; not ideal but good enough) is lower in France and dozen of other European countries than in the United States.

1 - http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploretopics/starting-a-b...
The flip side of being a customer is the responsibility of improving your experience always resides with you. If the service doesn't fit you should shop elsewhere. That reasoning falls short for obvious reasons with most infrastructure services.
What is the advantage of releasing a high-end phone?

They've made a sensible strategic choice to target a low-end market -- probably the place where firefox-os has the best chance of competing with Android. Trying to have a high-end flagship would dilute their branding and divert their dev efforts.
Well, systembolaget.se and alko.fi do… Fantastic choice, exceptional service, and crazy expensive because the excise taxes are paying for the perfectly fine and very expensive education of Nordic children. Also, not available in the US. (Sorry, just left the country to start a new job in London, still under the shock of having cheap, good, strong alcohol in supermarkets.)

More seriously, I think the sweater thing was a tease at a competitor (who's presentation include an awkward “Say you want to buy a nice sweater… — But I don't! — Let’s say you do!”). Then that-guy-who-makes-all-the-cool-product-videos got creative with URLs.
To a point. They walk up and down the train, do the door opening / closing, check tickets here and there, and occasionally drive the train (though it always seems painfully slow when under manual control).

I don't know how they'd do it on the tube. Presumably door closing would still require manual control.
Nope. It's actually $33, also in developing countries nobody pays more than $0.01 for a phone on contract.
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>It's disappointing to see that they're only stating launches, rather than sales and return figures, and calling that growth.

Seeing as this is HN, and part of the start up community. I think you've falling out of touch with the modern techno-economical world ;P

/s
I don't have evidence but I always assumed they do it to mask wear and dirt - the odd geometrical patterns make it less obvious how old and dirty they are, compared to a single clean colour.
No, I've only spent a few weeks there. But I did absolutely rely on the tube for most of my transport until I figured out the bus system.

Of course it would be horribly disruptive, but it might somebody be a necessity.
You must always have infants within eyesight. You don't need to be guiding them. But you need to watch them to make sure they do not discover a danger that you were not aware of.

English parents will spend time and money on plug guards - this is pretty much pointless because all English mains voltage plug sockets have in-built guards. An infant would need to insert something into the earth socket (to raise the guard) and then insert something into the live or neutral sockets. However, many parents with a flatscreen TV don't think to bolt it to a wall, and some children die from pulling the screen over on top of them.

"Heuristic Play" is a relatively modern concept where you give an infant a wide range of everyday objects (different textures, colours, sounds, etc) and then you just monitor for safety and let the infant explore.

There are very few occasions where it's safe to let a two year old be out of sight.
We had one in NYC in May. We might be coming back next year :-)
There a difference between being disengaged and being negative. You can be highly engaged and also quite negative.
The average speed of a Tube train is 33km/h, but speeds of up to 50mph can be reached on the Victoria line and 60mph on the Metropolitan [1]

[1] http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/09/london-underground-turns-150-t...
SensorTower is buggy and annoying, I much prefer AppAnnie & MobileDevHq. I compared[1] them a while back and ended up concluding that the free tiers of AppAnnie/MobileDevHQ are enough to do some basic ASO.

[1] http://www.androidb.com/2014/07/10-tools-to-help-with-google...
The group viewing is a nice idea. But I am not keen to put my photos into another garden.
It's called moquette and "is renown for its hard wearing, durable and fire resistant qualities"

http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/for-home/furniture/about-moque...
I've used to play without parent supervision in front of out block of flats since I was 2 years old. AFAICT it was not unusual back then (Eastern Europe, cca 1975).
I havent used Cortana but in my experiences Siri has been much more accurate in guessing what I said. Google now on my S4 is horrible when I try to use it. Most of the time I have to talk like a robot to get something right.

That being said I really like Google Now but the accuracy of speech to text is what killed it for me.
Owning the .com domain name for your company?
A lot of good domain names are taken - by hoarders and brokers, as well as by businesses who don't seem to be optimizing them (e.g. the domain is not the name of the business and/or the name is clearly not optimized for search).

1. While it is not optimal, is it viable to give a new company a name for which the .com domain is owned by another person/entity? Why or why not?

2. What are best practices for obtaining a taken domain? E.g. is it useful to buy all other top level domains for the name? At which stage of company development is it optimal to make an offer for a negotiable domain?
Also, I don't know what Hong Kong is like, but London has been a major city for about 2000 years, and under the surface contains not only rail lines, but sewers, tunnels, underground rivers, burial pits, bunkers, luxury belgravia basements, and the detritus of two millennia of occupation.

Trying to dig anything under London now is a huge effort because of all this.

This is very much a 'move slow and try not to break anything' environment.
When are you launching Disco Fingers?
Rendering is pretty slow for me.