skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've recently gotten into podcasts, using Stitcher as my app of choice (which is ok, but not great -- any suggestions for Android alternatives?)

Other have already nailed the main points driving adoption: simplified workflow and the desire to fill dead time (driving is mentioned in the article; for me it is cleaning the house.)

I don't think enough is made of the fantastic marketing channel that podcasting is. If you put out a high quality podcast you can get into the ear of your target market every week, and they are even going to seek you out. It's really hard to match this with another channel, IMHO. Blog posts are of course super competitive. There is just a deluge of content and playing the sharing game is hard work, and visitors bounce. Email newsletters perform well but there is no doubt that processing email is a chore for most. Video requires too much active engagement, and is too expensive to produce. Podcasts aren't so popular yet that the market is crowded, listeners hang around for a long time, and they seek out podcasts for fill time in their day, rather than your content having to compete with other tasks that demand more active attention.
You need to count the array at runtime and convert to a tuple, the only way this can be done using PDO (AFAIK) is by appending the tuple to the string itself because PDO provides no tuple type.
This is about Priorities–

I suggest you spend a few minutes and do a deep session of introspection and meditate on what your true priorities are.

It's not nearly as easy as it sounds...

Here are some questions to get you rolling:
Why are you working so much? For you? For someone else? For the money? If so, why? What will you do with that money? Is it for you? A family? Do you find yourself enjoying your girlfriend more than your work? What do you get out of your relationship? Why are you with this person? Why are you working on your specific project?

The idea is to discover what you truly value and align your priorities with that– Good luck!
Plugging stuff into the wall isn't all that cumbersome. I'm not sure why I'd even want something like this. Not trying to be a troll, just really missing the appeal on this.
Do what you love. Balance is not quite possible. I work a lot. I probably spend an hour or so a day with my kids. But I love my work. They will understand. As for dealing with SO, if they are not on board or understand your passion then you got bigger problems than time management. You are on a mission. Your SO should understand that. It is who you are.
If you can get through Organic and P. Chem, you can get thru this stuff!
Yeah but why would they do it when they know that number is registered to an iOS device? Why the double entry? (Perhaps it's a fluke in my case.)
The only thing that bothers me here is that Qatar is toted as an example.

Fun fact: all these athlete citizens in Qatar have a special class of citizenship, as in they are made Qatari but experience none of the perks, especially the very nice benefits of a petro-gas welfare state where basically everything from property to utilities to education abroad is subsidized.

Oh, and when they stop being useful, the citizenship is stripped. This is common knowledge and leads to interesting situations.

More interesting are Palestinian athletes who are not even made citizens. They are not allowed to see their passports. On trips abroad, their handlers carry them and they are only authorized for travel to and from Qatar for any event. Then, they are destroyed/cancelled until the next event.

So, please, do not use Qatar as an example.
fair. It seems 'opt-out' is fine to me though and here is why: I want to contribute to some persons tiny little 4-stars github project because it saved my ass.. it is a bit audacious for long-tail repos to be signing up to accept tips; but sometimes my long-tail tip will cross her long-tail repo.

Even more, what does mitsuhiko care if other people are getting money for contributions to his repos. If mitsuhiko is getting spam or seeing stuff in his issue queue despite opting out; that is a serious breach of ettiquite.

It doesn't seem to me this is the case though.. it's like he is angry that other people are getting emails?
Probably because unlike this comment you left out context, and it'd be just as easy to read it as snark.
The Podcast ecosystem allows programs to automatically fetch, pre-download and archive specific subscriptions of content. It's not a stupid idea. Perhaps some implementations are poor, but I'd rather have a purpose-built format for pulling down content than clicking on an Apache index page for the .ogg I want.
I can highly recommend Pocket Casts for Android.
Precious metals are a commodity like any other commodity. They are valuable because people had to spend effort finding and mining them, and because people find them useful enough to exchange other valuable commodities for them. Their price, measured across decades going thousands of years back, is tied to their use value.

It is true the prices can be manipulated over the short term - in 1979, the Hunt brothers made silver go from $6 an ounce to $48 an ounce before it crashed back down. Over the long term though, the value of commodities are tied to their value - how hard it is to find and mine gold, and whether people find it useful enough to exchange other valuable things for it.
Either the service is just funneling money to software authors, or they are collecting it themselves and holding it unless and until authors want it. So if it's the latter, then they are raising money using someone else's name and reputation. Either way, that's not at all cool.
Don't take it in a wrong way, but I checked your web page, and while it looks very impressive, I have no idea how you guys are making money. Would it be OK for you to explain a bit?
> For example, the currently highest-voted comment on /r/bitcoin for the story [0] says "I disagree with him [mitsuhiko]".

Not true (anymore?). The top 3 comments are now:

- "I think [mitsuhiko] complaint is 120% fair..."

- "It seems like tip4commit is trying to ram a Bitcoin service down peoples throats..."

- "This has nothing to do with Bitcoin at all. It's people being jerks..."
It’s hard to judge the Apple Watch, but from their promotional photos it clearly looks like a watch. I really don’t see the discrepancy.
It may be a common problem but each solution is going to be different. Before you have a solution, you need to understand the problem. Listen to her. Why does she think you work too much? What would she prefer you do (spend time with her is too generic: she most likely has specific issues in mind. ASK).

I can't stress this enough: listen to her. Listen to what she's saying, not just what you expect her to say or what you think she's saying. Actually clear your mind and listen. Then the two of you can start to figure out what to do about it.
Really wish I had uber in my area, sadly I'm not in one of the big cities.
Yes, I think so too! But I'm biased almost surely. You probably didn't notice, but the "Nathan Kurz" who wrote that email and the 'nkurz' that posted this are both me. That's why I was excited to finally find some sort of external confirmation. :)
The service being offered at this company looks pretty interesting. The quick start example looks very reasonable (I didn't sign up to run, but I guess it must all work out). I was kind of confused though about finding and/or registering reagents and cell strains. How do you do this? It would be nice if there were another quick start example that completes some kind of standard growth assay for a verified bacterial strain (does Transcriptic have a strain library?) in one or two different media types. As a potential customer this is the sort of proof of concept example that I would want to see before pursuing anything further.
Set aside the legal/tax questions since it just brings out the armchair lawyers.

It is simply not cool to use a project's name to collect money from its fans without their permission. And without any promise that the money will make it to the intended recipient. And certainly without any indication of what happens to the money that doesn't make it to the recipient.
I guess the real reason was Armin's sincere indignation (quite justified in my opinion) about some random site on the web making use of his project name in some questionable way that appears like it is encouraged by the project maintainer himself. Emails are minor nuisance as you always can create one more filter to get rid of known spam. And then "shit just hit the fan", so all discussion that follows is more about making noise and threats about throwing lawyers in each other than really trying to solve anything.
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We're embarking on a fresh take on search for the mobile world.

For the next 6 months, Relcy is looking to hire the remainder of the core Engineering team and officially launch the product. We recently raised $9MM from Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

The team consists of PhDs, distinguished Stanford Alumni as well as former Google and Facebook employees.

Search & advertising are the biggest source of revenue for internet companies around the world and we are targeting both revenue streams, so we are very bullish on our future prospects.

Read more about us:

- http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/17/relcy-mobile-search/

- http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/07/17/relcy-emerges...

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I leave the office before 6 almost every day to pick up one or the other kid. Wide does the same. Always have dinner together. Never work weekends unless it's a serious emergency. You'd be amazed how easy it is to just get up and go and finish what you're doing tomorrow. Hasn't slowed my career much at all.
> Google is opt-out tool and I don't see anyone complaining.

I see plenty of people complaining. That's why "Right to be forgotten" has so much traffic in EU.

> Instead of complaining, come up with ideas to make it better

People have suggested ways to make it better. The project has ignored them.
The Adam Curtis blog is the best thing on the BBC. When a new article comes out someone generally posts it to HN much to the delight of myself and plenty of others.

If you are totally stuck for what to do, 'raising awareness' is a good thing. Therefore, why don't you just use some social network gizmos to promote the fact that a new Adam Curtis article has arrived on the internets? Email/IM/Tweet to those that matter to you and share the good stuff with them.

What good will this do? Well, for people that would like to think differently and value some of the core themes of Adam Curtis' work, just reading his articles might help them to keep the faith and have a bit more confidence in their ideas.
IMO a very important practice is designing to block escalation of privileges. For example, if your web server never stores a list of all e-mail accounts but instead queries a different service for an authenticated user's e-mail then even a complete compromise of the web server would not allow an attacker to get a list of all user's e-mails. Perhaps the canonical example is the handling of passwords in Unix/Linux. Most competent developers know how to handle passwords but it seems not necessarily the underlying lessons/principles. Even if you manage to gain root privileges you can not retrieve user's passwords. Another way of thinking about this is defense in layers while assuming the exterior layers can be completely broken.

I like the idea of deploying an antidote but that won't always work and I can see people not liking it. CloudFlare would be an example of defense by layers.

Another observation is about how the vulnerability is disclosed. I don't think this was handled properly here. Ideally you want to see a disclosure that allows users to take action without actually revealing the specific vulnerability. An extreme example would simply be to tell all Drupal users to take their sites down and give them enough time to do this before disclosing anything. Possibly a less broad action could be taken while still hiding the specific exploit. To release a patch revealing the exploit while many users are still open to an exploit is extremely problematic.
Looks very promising. Did a quick set up but unfortunately some counters couldn't be initialized on my VM.
Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Remote: Yes, I'd prefer remote work

Willing to relocate: No (I've just relocated from Costa Rica to Mexico)

Technologies: Xojo (Real Basic), Ruby, C, PHP, shell scripting. Currently working on adding AngularJS and Javascript to this set (with others to follow).

Resume: http://linkd.in/Rawh7G

Email: andres.cabezas@domador.net

I've most recently worked as a self-employed developer and as an IT consultant, but would love to join a startup or an established company. I've worked primarily as a desktop software developer, but am currently retooling to strengthen my web development skills using currently popular frameworks.
Sometimes, that's simply not possible.

Those of us that don't have the option of a better employer need laws that mandate some reasonable minimum of benefits, because we won't get them any other way.
I really enjoy BeyondPod, but sometimes I find it too complex for driving in the car, when it wants to create a new playlist or something. I have been looking at AntennaPod for that reason, its open source too!
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I cannot judge the merit of this approach but I have been eagerly waiting for WiTricity or Cota to show up in my electronics gadgets. Can't wait to get rid of charging cables. I am sure the engineering takes lots of effort and time but I remember seeing WiTricity TED talk years back :(

I was expecting Apple to integrate such technology for it's Watch. I don't want one more device that I have to remember to charge everyday.

http://witricity.com
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/cota-by-ossia-wireless-powe...
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Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Remote: Yes, I'd prefer remote work

Technologies: Xojo (Real Basic), Ruby, C, PHP, shell scripting. Currently working on adding AngularJS and Javascript to this set (with others to follow).

Resume: http://linkd.in/Rawh7G

Email: andres.cabezas@domador.net

I've most recently worked as a self-employed developer and as an IT consultant, but would love to join a startup or an established company. I've worked primarily as a desktop software developer, but am currently retooling to strengthen my web development skills using currently popular frameworks.
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We do not have a strain library that's generally available across customers. That's organization-specific IP. Strains (which we'd call a type of "resource") are usually sent in by the customer, created from scratch (eg buy TOP10 cells and transform), or bought from a commercial vendor through us. Send us an email and we'd be happy to talk more! team@transcriptic will go to me and a few other people who can answer these questions.
BeyondPod is an excellent podcast client for Android.
was the world of radio so different 8 years ago?

Everything you mentioned is a negative for traditional radio.

Podcasting became "a thing" many years ago, but it's experiencing a 'Renaissance' in 2014, which means that it's "coming back" to put it simply.

What is actually different in 2014 that makes podcasts successful?

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I personally believe it's the success of internet connected mobile devices. Your phone is a true functional replacement for your car radio. Today, you can TRIVIALLY listen to live or prerecorded podcasts.

In 2006 you would have to pre-download everything you wanted to listen to, using a PC or a Laptop. If you wanted to listen to something on a whim, your only choice was radio.

Today, you can see a tweet from someone you follow, tap a link, and listen without any technical knowledge.
Couldn't that be fixed by having contributors creating a specifically named repo with the address in a file? Still opt in. It could be opt in for the maintainer too, following jchrisa's suggestion, meaning the maintainer could veto payments.
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hybris is embarking upon a journey to create a comprehensive data management platform that allows for the collection of large data volumes and real-time analytics needs. We are particularly focusing on the domain of customer data aimed at driving customer insights and relevance into our product portfolio.

This person must have a unique mix of both domain knowledge and implementation experience in the big data problem space. We are seeking someone with experience as an architect as well as hands-on experience with big data tools and technologies. This person will be instrumental in helping to carry out this vision from conception to reality.

Minimum Qualifications

* BA/BS degree in a computer related field (10+ years of degree relevant experience)

* Ability to work within distributed teams around the globe, in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment

* Deeply analytical capability and experience in big data problem space

* Ability to write production level code

* Significant hands-on experience in software engineering related fields, e.g., Java web development, data mining, business intelligence

* Ability to wear multiple hats around architecture and software engineering

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in implementing and/or operating big data applications in a public/private cloud environments

* MS/PhD in a quantitative subject would be beneficial

* Direct experience utilizing Agile methods and practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

* Domain knowledge in customer data related fields with strong quantitative focus (e.g. CRM, Marketing, Customer Analytics, ecommerce)

* Deep experience with predictive and/or prescriptive analytics

* Hands-on experience with several of the following big data technologies: Hadoop (HDFS, HBase, Hive, Pig, Squoop), Spark, Storm, Cassandra, MongoDB, Kafka, Mahout

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* Experience with relevant SAP products such as SAP HANA, SAP ERP, SAP BW, KXEN/InfiniteInsight would be a plus

Responsibilities

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* Deeply understand (and possibly challenge) business requirements and provide a vision of a software implementation

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* Development of proofs-of-concept to validate various approaches and assumptions

* Influence and/or decide on technology selection for the platform

Please submit your CV at endurancecrew AT hybris DOT com referring to Big Data Architect.
> I just did. What a bizarre construct. Totally unenforceable. Y

Oh, well thank god for that.

Whoever might have legal issues with this can just tell the relevant authorities in their country that scotty79 on HN says it's bizarre and totally unenforceable, and that'll shut them right up, won't it.

And, also, hey who gives a shit if the people involved in the various projects want their project associated with this. If there's no legal means to prevent it, then it's 100% ok because there's no such thing as just respecting the wishes of the people involved and being a decent person. After all, those people for put their code out there in public, so they have it coming and fuck them if they don't like it.

Can you seriously not see why people have a problem with this? And why it'd be good for the folks running the site to not automatically include whoever they please in their scheme, and to allow projects to remove themselves if asked?
Public launch is early '15. We are in private beta right now and getting great feedback from our users. You should have received a confirmation email with a link to your place in the wait list. Please let me know if that wasn't the case, thanks for your feedback!
Everytime I go to https://www.google.com/settings/security and click on 2-step verification, I'm required to enter my password if I haven't done so in the last 5 min or so.
I do love Bitcoin criticism from people who've done their homework. Thanks.

I don't think Bitcoin is meant to be your direct mean of payment for coffee. Centralized solutions are cheaper than decentralized ones. In case of Africa for example, you can have many different competing centralized payment systems. But you can fund them with bitcoin, not depending on government printed money. In developed countries, we have CCs and some wanna-be payment systems, but there's very little competition, mostly because it's very expensive to create such company. You cannot start a new VISA in your garage. That's because of how banking system is constructed. But you can start payment system backed by bitcoin in your garage. More competition = lower transaction fees.

And given your background I'm assuming you already know counterarguments to "deflationary store of value by wasting electrical energy" and just used it to make your point.
If you store your images on a bunch of online storage locations, you could use http://mazira.me to see them all at one place (even from inside your email).
I genuinely don't see how I can take your continued trolling at face value and pretend you are honestly trying to have a conversation.
I am not going to apply or anything but I got really curious reading this "REMOTE from US East Coast, Western Europe, China, Brazil, Mexico or Japan". Do you have any particular reason to limit your remote workers to this areas? Why exclude Eastern Europe, South Korea, Canada, Australia, etc?
"Common Sense" by Dan Carlin, too!
Or better: archive.org ?
> They could just as easily have chosen something Pythonic and ended up with something close to Groovy

If you're talking about syntax then do you mean Dart? Now Dart compiles to JS, perhaps it's time for it to compile to ART.
On the other hand, the whole thread has been killed by an /r/bitcoin mod apparently for inciting anti-bitcoin sentiment. http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2kz9x0/please_remov...
I've been into podcasts for about 6 or 8 years now and, as stupid as this sounds, it has really changed my life. Not in some huge way, but still, those are strong words. There are just so many mundane, crappy things you need to do throughout the day. Especially since I've now got two kids. I have no idea how many hours I spend a week preparing meals, cleaning the kitchen, picking up toys, vacuuming, etc. Radiolab, TAL, Serial, Startup, et all turn that time from boring drudgery into something I _enjoy_. The quality of some of the content is amazing. I feel like I've sat down to watch a documentary, but instead I just cleaned the whole house or went for a run.
No, a username is not meant to verify identification. Your username is your identification. It's public (or at least, not sensitive). Your passwords is the authentication to your identity.

Sure, a fingerprint might be one of several factors for authentication at secure sites, but that is rarely the only thing. It usually coincides with badge readers, photo-ID, etc.
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