skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Dweck's last comment really got struck me. By virtue of being taught to place authority and trust in the parent, the child generally wants to do what the parent says is "right". Some children, by virtue of their nature or peer pressure in their surroundings or whatever in addition to parental disapproval, begin to feel that negativity toward their interests reinforced. Had my exceedingly conservative grandparents and parents actually been able to "okay" my early interest in engineering and the sciences at the very least instead of telling me it was unfeminine (as well as my brother's early interests in fashion and mathematics, which were strongly labelled both at home and among our peers as faggy and uncool) I think both of us would have had less anguish and self-doubt and emotional issues as teens and in our early twenties.

If children are stubborn enough, they can overcome this kind of negative reinforcement at home of the societal norms they see expressed at school and throughout much of whatever culture they belong to. However, as is the case with other people I grew up with who had similar backgrounds, without stubbornness and the willingness to recognize where one would be most happy and useful it is possible to drift for a long time without understanding why everything about one's identity is orthogonal to how it feels it should be, or even to just end up in a mediocre paper shuffling job forever.

Imo it isn't about encouragement or positive reinforcement, but rather (as a parent) helping your children to figure out what they want to do and what they are interested in without projecting your own hopes and aspirations on them. Regardless of if your kid wants to live in a garage in Monterey and make sculptures of feet (or, hell, move to India and build water treatment plants, or study blue whales, or whatever), even if you think they'd make an amazing neurosurgeon/NFL player/xyz, don't push them to be something they're not. They get enough backlash from their peers and the rest of the world as it is.

Too many kids don't just quit STEM (or never start) because they're pushed out of it or excluded for one reason or another, too many kids go into what seems socially acceptable because they aren't allowed space to grow into whatever the hell they are.
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Kidz Learn applications are designed for kid's to have fun and enhance their learning abilities. They are available for download in iOS App Store, Google Play and Amazon app store. The many paid, and unpaid applications do not require WIFI or net connection to play.
Possibly because Windows has a 255-character limit per pathname component; HFS doesn't. I suppose unit tests for some encoding internals are shared between the two clients.
I still don't understand why developers want this over something more simplistic like this: http://jsfiddle.net/quje39qa/1/ - Am I alone in thiking JS frameworks are not the future?
Didn't DC just vote to legalize it, you just cannot buy or sell it.

Here is to hoping the next big issue after marriage equality if fixing our drug laws, which are more damaging than many will admit and far too profitable to law enforcement and the prison industry.
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Well, SF runs a lottery system, so your rent was largely irrelevant until recently (the system is changing to give some preference to people who reside in a school district).

That said, you really should investigate SF public schools a bit more. There are a large number of very high performing public schools, as well as some terrible ones. That's actually no different from the 'burbs, it's that if you live in the Gunn district in Palo Alto, you get to go to Gunn. If you live in a particular school district in SF, you aren't guaranteed a slot in that school.
At this point, I suspect that the majority of published results in any field cannot be replicated. A certain number of the ones that get a great deal of publicity[1] don't seem to pass a sniff test.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7143630 [2]

[2] Before you go all "grr, journanists, grr", I first heard about that one on both the Science and Nature podcasts.
Majority of Top Messaging Apps and Tools Fail EFF’s Security Review
He is right, one of them has to go.
I can totally relate to how insanely screwed up Microsoft accounts are, particularly when it comes to regions.

I purchased a Surface 3. Later on I decided to add their warranty ("Microsoft Complete") due to concerns about heat levels on the i5 S3.

So I went to their warranty page, entered all my info, and nothing. It stopped me on the shopping cart page with the warranty in my basket, no error. Just refuses to continue.

After spinning up the developer bar and looking at the network tab I was able to discern that an error was being returned but it was just a generic internal code with no description or Google-able resources.

I talked with support, they couldn't help me, and just suggested I email a different support email address who never got back to me (even now).

After a couple of weeks I had all but given up on ordering the warranty. But after having activated Google Authenticator on my Google Account, I decided to poke around in my Microsoft Account settings to see what they offered security-wise, and noticed my "basic info" region was set to the UK (I am in the US currently), even though my billing info was set to the US...

After changing my "basic info" region the warranty site just worked correctly as you'd expect. Not that I ever would have known that had it not been for pure luck.
This is very interesting idea. I met two realtors last week who use whatsapp to answer questions from current and potential clients. My gut instinct is there is definitely a market for it. How do I contact you ?
Interesting, can you talk about how this came about in your situation?
The law is still developing here, but personally, I'd prefer that it develop in a way consistent with long standing principles.

The approach the police want is to be capable of spying on everyone, then making a mockery of the justice system by constructing a plausible case based on illegally gathered evidence.

I think that the NSA's has a national security responsibility that may justify the extraordinary power that they are invested with. The problem is that their close collaboration with law enforcement is causing their "ends justify the means" culture to leak into law enforcement. How can we expect law enforcement to enforce the law if we're ingraining contempt for the law into their operating process?
Does the federal govt monitoring the border become a friend of local ganja producers, effectively protecting the market for local growers?
I would love to love this... but it's only for @gmail.com accounts, so far. What a disappointment.

It would seem like Google would get more REAL traction with this if they made it available to Apps for Work customers. Every single one of my business domains uses Google for email.

Business folks use productivity solutions more than individuals, I'd think. I don't understand why they don't target us first??

The only people I give my personal @gmail.com address to any more, are ones I don't want to be bothered by, in my main mailbox.
So drop the GUID in favor of a simple coordinate system -- you have enough space for a latitude-longitude-altitude triplet, with a reasonable amount of precision.

Then you need to program your beacons at the time of placement, using whatever locating system you have that works but is too bulky/expensive/power-hungry/hard for users to use.
Have you read the EULA? ;)
You could definitely just set up, say, a squash network and call it "Office Ping Pong". But note that recording scores only allows inputs between 0 and 6. Might be nice to enable up to 21.
All jetbrains licenses have to be renewed yearly, AFAIK. Personal licenses certainly do (unless you don't want to upgrade)
I wish the people here would upvote more posts by actual researchers and programmers and fewer press releases from university PR departments.
>I imagine the rise of this sort of mimicry leads investors who previously would consider investing in an idea and seemingly great founders to more strongly favor traction.

Not sure if you came to that conclusion inductively or deductively based on experience, but it is basically 100% the case. Every potential investor we have spoken with doesn't really seem to care about anything but traction.
Nice, BTW, TAO itself is not opensource? right. :-)

I love to try build a golang version of TAO as good mental exercise.

Anyone if something similar in golang or any other open source packages exist already?

Anyone else interested in such thing?
I think the problem is that it's hard to tell which particular facet is at play here. In all likelihood her problems are at least heavily influenced by her race and gender, even if those factors are neither the base nor the entirety of it.

Non-white, non-men start out from a severely disadvantaged position in our society in general and in the industry in particular. I presume this simply serves as a magnifier when it comes to the problem others (namely white men) would experience in the same situations. Plus the gender/race card is obvious for both sides (i.e. she is more likely to blame negative experiences with other people on it, but they may also be more likely to explain her behaviour with it). Consider her reservations about acting in a way that might affirm stereotypes, for example.

The entire situation is so messy and taboo-laden from the get-go that it's difficult to assess what's really going on here and what the chain of events was for each individual situation, but it's empirically obvious that there is a very real problem and race/gender is a major factor.

EDIT: Also remember that "race" can be a misleading term. It's often about culture and cultural biases about other cultures -- ethnicity just tends to be a handy shibboleth. As an anecdotal example: in Germany (and likely other parts of the EU too) you are often at a serious career disadvantage if you have a Polish or Eastern European accent, even if you are very good at what you do, especially if you also happen to be female (though the exact stereotypes you face might again depend on your age). It doesn't even have to be a national thing, you might also face negative stereotypes if you have a regional accent (think Eastern in Germany or Southern in the US).
Why would it depress prices for other crops? The economic phenomena you're describing is called "replacement" but it's not like farmers aren't growing opium poppies because cannabis is so easy to grow.
Profitable? It costs the state a lot to hold a prisoner.
The YYZ/YTZ distinction shouldn't be allowed, I've been fooled by too small a font size before so I didn't notice one of a list of segments was "Toronto YTZ" rather than "Toronto YYZ"
I really doubt there will be much trouble moving weed between WA and OR. Even during the period when it was legal in WA and illegal in OR, OR police pretty much turned a blind eye to interstate "tourists" on suspiciously short trips across the border and back. Now that both states have legalized weed, this will be even less of an issue.

And the likelihood that you run into a federal officer while crossing the WA/OR border is pretty slim.
*...time doing nothing was just getting closer to dead with nothing to show for it..."

I realized the same, however I understand and appreciate that others do not share this same view.

The question becomes "What would you do if you were financially independent?" For me, it still would be to create, build, explore, learn, and tinker - basically what I do at, and outside of, work.
These problems with path names on the Mac have been an issue ever since FolderShare was originally ported to Mac OS X. Those limits are straight out of the Windows API (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx).
Exciting development from R&D perspective for sure. Love the infusion of capital and the media buzz.

We have been tackling the opportunity of point-of-care ultrasound with a phone and tablet solution for a few years now (www.mobisante.com). There are interesting nuances related to business model, education, and market adoption even within US, and non-trivial complexity in purchasing dynamics and politics when it comes to emerging markets. These are just as important to break through as cost and complexity barriers – which we have already done to some extent.

That said, we would love to source these transducers when commercially available and cleared by the FDA, and integrate them in our solution offering!

Sailesh Chutani, CEO Mobisante
Ask HN: My penmanship has gone to shit, what can i do?
I've been sitting at a computer for way too long. My handwriting used to be clean with style. I have lost it. It's starting to bother me. I have been writing more but I am disgusted with the results. What can I do to get my penmanship back? I am seriously considering hitting up Amazon for some grade school penmanship practice guides but will this retrain my style?
The to-do app is just an example, an over-simplistic one, but if you ever try to write any large-ish app using the jQuery approach you'll get your answer.
You could watch a static video, but head motion would not be tracked in that configuration. They probably recorded with some sort of non standard fish-eye lens, so no video player will exist that could achieve the desired effect. A bunch of transformations have to be done to make the video work with cardboard (source, I have developed a quick demo with cardboard and OpenGL before).
It doesn't work for gainfully employed professionals! This is how you select university students for entry level positions and interns.
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The trouble with that argument is that every driver is guilty of "bad driving" at least momentarily from time to time. What good does it do to punish someone who is reasonably skilful, reasonably responsible, but only human?

The inconsistency and selective enforcement is part of the problem here. If our driving laws were routinely and universally enforced to the letter, with every infraction punished as the law provides, then there would be no-one left entitled to drive within a few weeks and the absurdity of the system would be clear for all to see.

As it stands, there seems to be an element of lottery: I know plenty of people who are basically responsible drivers but have picked up the odd ticket for doing 35 past a camera at the bottom of a hill or something, and I also know plenty of people who I literally won't ride with any more on account of their crazy driving yet who have completely clean licences. Evidently the system is not currently effective at promoting safer, more considerate driving, which in the end is what it should be doing.
If you want to just drop CSV files into MySQL, go for it with using the CSV file backing:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/csv-storage-engine.ht...

As the comments say, create the table with a CSV storage backing and then delete the file and symlink any file to the same location. You are now querying your quicken export or your excel file.
I'm surprised to see no mention of the wage stagnation that has been occurring, at least in the US. Quite simply, people can't stop working if they need the money that 40 hours of work brings. Meanwhile, inflation keeps ticking up and housing bubbles at rates far above inflation.

It could, in fact, be argued that we have made negative progress since 1910. In that same time period, most households have gone from one worker to two as women join the labor force. So now, on a household basis, we are looking at 60+ hours per week instead of 40.
Having an open bottle of alcohol and drinking it is legal on a boat. You just can't be intoxicated.
I agree with you 100%, I wasn't trying to argue with the OP point, just reading this make me remember a funny moment that I shared. I wasn't trying to argue or disminish anything.
Teespring (YC W13) Is Hiring Skilled Front-End and UI Engineers in SF
Overview
Teespring, an innovative web-based crowdfunding platform and tech startup, is seeking a Sr. UI/Front End Engineer for its San Francisco office. A graduate of the Winter 2013 class Y-Combinator, Teespring launched in 2011 and has helped its users sell over 2 million shirts to date. We are hunting for engineers to work on problems that contribute directly to our two main goals: growing the company and making our users happy. We are among the fastest growing new companies in the country and are always on the lookout for engineering talent to help sustain our growth and product.

Description
We are looking for a Sr. UI Engineer that has extensive experience with object-oriented JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. You will be responsible for building out our next-generation mobile applications. We encourage innovation, creativity, and a think outside of the box attitude when solving complex problems and implementing new solutions. You should have a strong passion for design and product development with solid communication skills as you will be interacting with all teams, in particular the product and creative teams.

The front-end engineer will help us push the boundaries of what is possible. You'll work side by side with outstanding designers. You should be proficient in HTML, CSS and Javascript. You should appreciate the details that make a front-end user experience memorable, and demonstrate enthusiasm for new front-end technologies.

What the UI Engineer will need:
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on UI and firm understanding of Front End best practices.
- Expert experience with object-oriented JavaScript and frameworks such as Backbone.js, NodeJS, Knockout, AngularJS, batman.js, Closure
- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, SASS (we use SCSS), jQuery as well as comfortable writing native Javascript.
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop mainly)
- Ability to own and execute complex projects
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience is required

Nice to have as a UI engineer:
- High Traffic Social Network, Gaming or Web Experience
- Experience with Agile/Scrum
- Experience with Front-End performance testing and optimization.
- Experience working with Rails and Grunt/Gulp JS
- Experience with OOCSS
- Experience with HAML/Slim templating engines
- Experience with Javascript Testing Frameworks like Jasmine, Mocha, QUnit a plus!
Possibly because your title contains popular keywords so your game is still in a large list. Balls Falls or Balls Blitz might do better. From what I've read so far about ASO I think it's all about individual keywords not phrases.
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Your work life balance hangs in these four quadrants
Works fine for me on Linux. Some icons are too small, but apart from this, no complaints.
Especially if you write it on a team with other people.
@metrix many prisons are run by for-profit companies. It costs the taxpayers a lot, but there is profit to be made, and some elected officials benefit at least indirectly. edit: awkward wording
I still find it very strange that California wasn't one of the first states to legalize marijuana. Now there are three states ahead.

EDIT: Looking at the results, these counties that voted 'No' surprised me

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Pomona, Palmdale, Pasadena, Torrance, Inglewood, Burbank, Carson, Santa Monica etc.)

Santa Clara County (San Jose, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Gilroy, Palo Alto)

Riverside County (Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Palm Springs)

Orange County (Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach)
I am curious about how they will define correctness. With many parts in a system, code can look correct in its small unit, but not until it is running in the real world, is it obviously wrong.
Yeah, some people don't like the tech debt metaphor or think it's always a 'bad thing', but I like the metaphor since, like real debt, it's useful but dangerous. Also, like the US debt ceiling, your limit probably depends on where you are at the time, not some perfect idea of where you want to be :-)
Correct - if you're flying intra-California you are free to carry your medicine with you on the plane for example.
To be honest, this is arrogance on the employers part to the absolute extreme. Interviews are two-way streets.

When I interview, I am as much interviewing the company, if not more than they are interviewing me.

With the shoe on the other foot, how about candidates vet employers for suitable work environments, measuring them on things such as provision of ergonomic workspaces, quality of perks promised, finesse and speed of HR practices (do they pay on time, is just the tip of the iceberg there), acumen of core founders (it sucks when you start a job and realize the founders are actually utterly incompetent), etc.

This isn't a workable practise in either direction.

Also, if you cannot ascertain if the candidate is able to perform the job function through a simple conversation then either A) the employee representing the company isn't qualified to make the assessment, or B) the role specification isn't clear to the company.

I'll accept that mis-hires happen, again, in both directions, but this is age-old and won't be solved by this one-sided approach.

We're talking about human beings, who need to work for food. When we cut away all the stuff about 'roles' and 'careers' and 'value', what we're really talking about is a human paying another human to do a job.

And that's fine, as long as we don't pretend it's something it isn't.
I agree with you, but to be fair it is possible to build a large jQuery-only application and be successful. You'd just end up re-inventing a lot of things that a framework could have given you, or writing a lot more code. You'd also have to impose strict guidelines for your developers, since there'd be no "established" way of doing certain things (the first time round).
The whole country needs to legalize MJ. what a great plan to boost our depression!!
I agree regarding hemp. It's a very versatile and relatively hardy crop, and with shorter growing cycles than other crops, so the same applies to it.
Yes but you're forgetting that there's a private prison industry. A lot of states have outsourced it. I feel that's what Shivetya was alluding to.
"At the time, chief executive Harold Goddijn promised his company would prevent the data being used in that way again."

This is the crux of the issue. Companies will continue to reap the financial benefits of selling the information and then back off if they get caught.

This is a very dangerous game of, "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission"
My mother in law broke after 30 years of this. She now costs thousands each month in disability, housing, medical and mobility costs.
What do you think of this bit?

In "Why not to start a startup"

http://paulgraham.com/notnot.html

"9. Family to support"

"This one is real. I wouldn't advise anyone with a family to start a startup. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, just that I don't want to take responsibility for advising it. I'm willing to take responsibility for telling 22 year olds to start startups. So what if they fail? They'll learn a lot, and that job at Microsoft will still be waiting for them if they need it. But I'm not prepared to cross moms."

Can you see how a statement like this might make people with kids more reluctant to apply to YC?
Just logged in to say wsend is one of my favorite "do want thing well" tool.
Interesting. Is this a side-effect of the old Google Wave design, which had collaborative documents where you could watch your collaborator type in realtime?