skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This kind of stuff really is sad, there has to be some solution to not kicking people that have lived in these houses for 30+ years because they can't afford the taxes.

There is, the article points it out:

Owners can buy their homes back with debts cleared at auction for $500 as a solution of last resort.

The problem doesn't seem to be the lack of a solution, but knowledge that it exists and what they have to do to benefit from it.
Correction: Ken Silverman was the developer of the Build engine.

Build was the engine used by Duke Nukem 3D and a bunch of other games from the last half of the 90s. He wasn't the lead developer of Duke Nukem 3D. He licensed his engine to 3D Realms (which developed Duke 3D).
"A chimpanzee cold virus was modified to carry Ebola genetic material conferring protection against the Zaire strain of Ebola."

What could possibly go wrong!
Nice usually means you are a pushover and will go out of your way to make other people happy.

Wow. Maybe I'm just cynical, but nice, to me, means being fair, and generally employing The Golden Rule.

I've been at forks in the road many times in my business career. I always took the fork that allowed me to sleep, which meant I applied The Golden Rule. I have employees that have worked for me for 20+ years and they seem to like me.

I have no doubt that if I were a dick I could be more successful, but the cost of that would be too great for me.
They should remove the privacy protection from whois and state on the site exactly who is behind it. Why should people trust the site and how do they know there isn't a hidden agenda in promoting certain providers? (This was a somewhat frequent occurrence with sites that provided web hosting reviews as only one example.)
Another way to look at it is that we all do some stuff that helps and benefits other people, and some stuff that fucks over other people. When you're a public figure, the stuff that fucks over other people ends up in a bestselling book.

In other words, people are complex, but public opinion is not.

Personally, I don't believe that it's a useful distinction to classify a person as "mean" or "nice". Actions may be mean. A person commits so many actions that how could any person possibly understand and tally up all of them?
A member of my family is a retired psychologist who has treated many CEOs during his career. He once told me that "in [his] experience, most CEOs are sociopaths."
It is extraordinarily difficult to hire sales people, one of the hardest "business" tasks there is. Even on teams led by people with a background in managing sales teams, the hit rate on good salespeople is low. I came up in my career with a bunch of people who went on to start companies, and so I talk to a lot of founders, and the number of tech founders who managed early in their company to hire salespeople that actually worked out is (0) zero.

The biggest problem with this task is adverse selection. A salesperson who can take a product with no traction and no awareness and successfully sell it can sell any other product. The world is full of potentially but not kinetically viable products. Good salespeople have their pick of all of them. So if a salesperson is willing to talk to you... you have to wonder why you're their best option.

An approach that can work:

1. You figure out how to sell your product to some subset of its potential users.

2. You execute on that strategy until you can reliably hit some number every month.

3. You hire an inside sales person, a dial-for-dollars robot, to execute on the script that you worked out in the previous step.

Don't kid yourself about steps 1-2, or you'll just throw money away in step 3. It's important to understand the implications of this: it means you can't easily hire someone to figure out how to sell your product. You have to cross that gulf yourself.
Well my friend raised over $6,000 on IndieGoGo [1] to buy homes at the foreclosure auctions to give to the families who live in them. There's a potluck tomorrow with all the families and funders to celebrate the success.

I could see many more of this type of effort in Detroit being successful.

[1] https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tricycle-collective
Fight Over Yahoo’s Use of Flickr Photos
No, that is not what I'm saying (please stop putting words in my mouth and raising straw-man arguments). I'm saying that clinging to false beliefs is not conducive to problem solving, and so if a society considers it virtuous to cling to false beliefs, problems will tend to go unsolved. It may well be that clinging to false beliefs has other societal benefits, but IMHO those are outweighed by the cost.

I also believe that, all else being equal, an individual more likely to succeed if they don't cling to false beliefs, but that's not what is under discussion here. But if you want to discuss that, there are two important things to keep in mind:

1. All else is never equal. Societal conformance is very important to success, so in a society where clinging to false beliefs is considered a virtue, an individual may well do better by doing so.

2. Individual outcomes have a very high variance, i.e. they are due as much or more to luck as a person's choices. So in a population of millions you will always be able to find individuals who were successful despite doing all the wrong things (and vice versa by the way).
LOL :-) I like how you have no description next to Larry Ellison because it's simply self-evident... (yes and I agree with that)
Mozilla Releases Open Web Music Video
I wondered about that. The spec isn't clear about it, so we've been taking people out if they leave.
aka Someone Else's Servers.
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Oh, yes, for sure. I just didn't want to bring them up and have my comment be too on the nose ;)
The only way pg's article makes any sense if is you read it as "successful people don't act like internet trolls in real life"

Self-control is certainly required to win in business. Only stupid or mentally ill people would ever be overtly "mean" in a situation where they couldn't get away with it (Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Linus, etc know they can get away with it)
That's retarded.

How many more people are employed in, say, southeast Asia doing MS support work and development than were "destroyed" in Microsoft's heyday?

Also, what is "destroyed" to you?

The balance is well in favor of Mr. Gates.

EDIT:

Sure, sure, downvote away. It's my understanding that, for example, Thailand employs a large number of developers on Windows platforms and technologies.
I think PG's point-of-view is rhetorical to discourage founders to be mean.

Who knows if being mean directly or indirectly correlates with being "successful" as a founder. One may have to spend five years researching historical evidence to prove or disprove such a broad perspective.
This is the Safe Browsing API not a cozy relationship with Google but instead use of an API that many browsers use to ensure downloads are not embedded with malware to protect the end user and also to make sure you don't inadvertently go to a phishing site and get owned.
One webclient that handles it well is roundcube (http://roundcube.net/). Others I have seen are the web interfaces of mail providers (i.e. posteo.de), which deploy their own webmail software, or strip all attribution from the user interface.

To be clear: I am talking of displaying a PGP/MIME mail correctly. I am not talking about verifying a signature or composing a signed/encrypted mail (which you probably shouldn't do in a web client anyway). Inline PGP is neither parsed nor recognized.
This is fantastic work. Many thanks. One request though: please add one or more alternate logins than Facebook.
> The Cloud

Quite poetic, how that word, of all words, has come to have such a nebulous meaning.

Another favourite of mine:

- Hacker

I so prefer (and identity with) the "tinkerer" definition, rather than the popularly accepted "cracker/cyber-criminal" one.

I think I speak on behalf of all H^H^H^HTinkerers: we would like our fucking word back now, please.
It depends whether we're debating the actual person, or the fictionalized character depicted in the media.

If you've never been on the other side of the news, you may not understand the difference.
Challenging and impressive.
Personally, I don't believe that it's a useful distinction to classify a person as "mean" or "nice".

For sure, few in history have ever deserved such a binary distinction: Everyone mortal has made mistakes in their life, carried regrets, and so on.

However that itself puts into scrutiny what the point of Paul's piece even really is -- if that piece were randomly posted by some nobody, I would honestly have assumed that it was a passive-aggressive retort to someone who they felt wronged by. But instead it's actually a genuine claim that so-called mean people don't succeed. That is absurd. Again, there is a strong, demonstrated, studied correlation between success/entrepreneurial efforts and sociopathic, and even psychopathic, tendencies. To just outright claim that no, only good people succeed, is simply outrageous.
Nice to see a larger framework that works with ngx_lua/openresty.
That means if you are ever mean to one person, you can never make it up. By that definition everyone is forever mean.
As we complain about narcissism enhancing social websites as we are on a social place portraying our own views and opinions. The line is a fuzzy one.
Yeah, it looks like they even do it maybe once per IP - I tried to reproduce it but couldn't, even in incognito mode.

Glad I wasn't crazy
>Perfectly normal code that treats Java like C.

Again, put forth an argument. If all you can do is make unsubstantiated claims, then you might as well just keep them to yourself. You aren't furthering a discussion.

>This does not negate the fact that you also linked to these microbenchmarks

No, it negates your fallacious point. The claim that it only applies to microbenchmarks. The web benchmarks are not microbenchmarks, therefore it clearly does not only apply to microbenchmarks. Are you being deliberately dishonest?

>Plus, the web benchmarks you linked to are also microbenchmarks

If you consider an entire web server and framework to be a microbenchmark, then you are clearly being intellectually dishonest. This is not the forum for that kind of garbage, take it to reddit.
If you had to build something like AWS from scratch, what would you do?
Property tax is really onerous for those who own their houses but fall on hard times. Its implementation can be terribly unfair, because it essentially says that you don't really own all of your property. You own most of it, but if you don't kick that little bit up every year, then you're out on your duff and what you get back is subject to the whims of the auction bidders.

That's a troubling implication for me. I'm a big fan of first sale doctrine. If you bought it, it should be yours. I'm deeply uncomfortable with the notion that you must always pay rent to the government on something you ostensibly own, or you get the boot.

There are so many ways this could be addressed. Property taxes could be eliminated and other taxes raised for a revenue neutral solution. Or below a certain property value, the tax levied could be zero. Lots of ways to fix this.
You wrote "But the good thing about an Amazon warehouse, is you're not standing next to a heat-treating oven, sweating your bag off."

Quoting from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393303,00.asp :

> One worker, 34-year-old Elmer Goris, said that on hot days, he saw co-workers being brought out of the non-air conditioned facility in wheelchairs and on stretchers by paramedics. Temperatures inside the Lehigh Valley warehouse reached above 100 degrees on some hot days, according to The Morning Call.

> Goris said warehouse managers refused to open the facility's doors on hot days to let more air circulate through the space, citing theft prevention as the reason at meetings with employees. ...

> But brutal summer working conditions were not the only grievance with Amazon voiced by the workers at the Lehigh Valley warehouse.

> They say that Amazon and local temp agency Integrity Staffing Solutions took advantage of high unemployment in the area to churn through a steady stream of temporary employees who were promised a path to permanent work with benefits that rarely materialized.

You wrote: "You're not outside in the freezing cold. You're not standing around in a meat freezer hacking away at a side of beef with a giant knife"

Quoting from http://articles.mcall.com/2011-11-05/news/mc-allentown-amazo... , regarding the same warehouse:

> Multiple warehouse workers were treated at hospitals for exposure after being outside, without coats, in temperatures below freezing for prolonged periods, including one night for about two hours, according to OSHA records.

> Workers interviewed said Amazon forced them to remain huddled in the parking lot on frigid nights while many workers were wearing only shorts and T-shirts. After attendance was taken to make sure all employees evacuated, warehouse workers said they were not allowed to go to their cars to keep warm. Instead, they were instructed by warehouse managers to use one another's body heat and told that anyone caught going to their cars would be disciplined and could be terminated, workers said.

"Pretty cushy"?
According to the Dynamo readme:

> Dynamo is currently in maintenance mode for those who are already using it in production. Developers who seek for an actively developed framework are recommended to look for other alternatives in Elixir.
Well, could've fooled me. Born and raised in the US, can only remember ever seeing homeless people in SF, Berkeley/Oaklandish...
Sociopaths aren't mean to people they need something from and have no power over.
To preface this: I think the site is neat, and you're not going to be sued, and you're on good ethical footing. But: Your specific fair use claim doesn't seem particularly compelling.

First, there's no plausible risk of trademark confusion, so we're only looking at copyright infringement. The list of Seinfeld episodes, and the facts about the plot of each one, are non-copyrightable, so AFAICT all we're talking about is a single 2-5 minute video clip per episode.

The clips are a very small part of the overall episode, and they're narrowly edited to provide only enough context to demonstrate the point, which speaks to fair use. The fact that there's an educational, noncommercial purpose also helps. On the other hand, it's a swath of material cut from across the entirety of the show, with zero other sources, which is pretty far-ranging and speaks against fair use.

If you imagine cutting the clips together into a YouTube video, and distributing that, you would have an extremely tenuous case. You'd be looking for some reason the use was necessary, not just convenient. So there's actually a lot riding on that educational purpose, and unfortunately that seems like the weakest part of the argument.

Here's the rub: The site isn't educating people about Seinfeld. It's about economics. While the clips make for compelling examples, no one could reasonably claim they're the only or best ways to make those points. In other words, it doesn't seem like there's any reason you need to use material from Seinfeld instead of almost any other piece of popular culture. That runs a big ol' hole through the educational purpose argument; fair use isn't structured to let you copy whatever you want to, and simply being a teacher doesn't give us license to infringe at will, alas. (Educational institutions have a substantially more circumspect understanding of fair use[0] than Reddit does, and for good reason.)

Keep in mind the educational exemption applies much more strongly to private performances than reproduction and distribution. I'd guess a university-level, semester-long course titled "The Economics of Seinfeld" where students watch a clip every class day would have a rock solid fair use case. But if the professor starts handing out DVDs, that starts to look like a place where the rights holder would want to draw a line in the sand.

Anyway, again, for my part I see no moral issue, and I didn't really intend to belabor the point this much, just reasoning through the logic of fair use. I assume you haven't been sued for more blasé reasons than your use being legally defensible, to wit the Web double whammy:

1) Your infinitesimal damages are far below the cost of even sending a C&D letter, and

2) Suing any fan site, let alone one for a cult classic that's still showing reruns after fifteen years off the air, is clinically insane.

[0] eg. http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/
Selection bias? Perhaps the non-sociopaths don't come for treatment?
Mo’ Data Mo’ Problems
Hey there fellow flame user! I also have one, and yeah, it would make a great addition!

at the very least, it can be a web-webapp (firefoxOS let's you declare app manifests for online sites)
A site knowing my facebook account is a small issue, facebook knowing a visited that site is the big one.
How about you save my progress in a cookie?

You might find this hard to believe, but I don't have a Facebook account.
Wow, I just noticed the name and saw that all these empty shitposts are the same person.

>No, he gives reference.

Why are you speaking to what someone else knows? Your desire to see your own words exceeds your ability to string together words in a constructive manner.

>Can you support your claims? Surely the burden on proof is on "Haskell is just as fast".

I made no such claim. Your dishonesty is appalling.
How a Redesigned Meal Tray Is Saving Virgin Atlantic Millions
This is wonderful.

I would invest in something that took it a step further; turn it into self-sustaining non-profit or co-op that's focused on keeping people in their homes and able to repay the costs of repurchasing them.
You don't need six months to prepare. You need an hour
Class-based programming in JavaScript with inheritance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8673760
> your statement is just wrong

That is certainly possible. I don't know any YECs personally (thought I know a few ex-YECs) so all my opinions about them are based on what I've read. But I've read a lot, including a lot of YEC literature, because I do think it's important to understand the opposing point of view. (In fact, if you know any YECs who are open to discussion their beliefs I would be very grateful for an introduction.)

I will also say this: individual success has a very high variance, so in a large enough population you will always be able to find outliers. Notwithstanding, I don't find your counterexamples very convincing. Being successful in the fashion industry or the jewelry industry, or even in banking, doesn't actually require a lot of problem-solving skills. Quite the opposite: the requisite skills in those industries are empathy and a willingness to conform to societal norms.

A YEC mathematician would certainly be an interesting data point, but such a person would definitely be an outlier. If such people actually exist, I would truly welcome an opportunity to have a chat with one.
This is good homework/quiz stuff if you're teaching people regexes, just to spice things up a little bit.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hacker#q=define+hacker

hacker ˈhakə noun

1. a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.

2. a person or thing that hacks or cuts roughly.

And only after you expand it, do you get under (1):

> informal an enthusiastic and skilful computer programmer or user

...which isn't exactly it, either. Also, I seem to remember it "google define" used to name the sources, but it doesn't seem to do so for this one.

Wikipedia is right on the money, though [1] [2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(term)
I agree with most of your points, but I don't think you went far enough.
From the moment we are born we do damage; all of us. Even your kindest most respected role model will step on a bug, unknowingly, just when going for a walk. And people do know they're doing this so it is being 'mean' if you're the bug.

Take your counter example pg. He is the business of excluding people which is actually pretty mean when you consider the damage path. The operating mechanics behind this very forum, designed intentionally by pg, are considerably mean, but of course all of this will depend on who you are and where you sit relative to any action taken by any given person.

> For most of history success meant control of scarce resources. One got that by fighting, whether literally in the case of pastoral nomads driving hunter-gatherers into marginal lands...

History is littered with examples how gaining control was simply a matter of: ownership, negotiating, venturing through difficult terrain or access points, or even plain old racing to be the first person there and establishing a stronghold.

The word 'stronghold' is interesting. It implies force, yet often does not require any. Where one person might use the world 'stronghold' another might use 'establishment'. HN is an establishment. It maintains its strong hold on high quality content from its users via mean practices like hell banning over trivial things like not agreeing with it's owners or because of some relative interpretation of meanness held solely by its owners.
If said a implements the Num typeclass (can kind of think of it like an interface) then you can perform Num specific operations such as adding/subtracting or averaging.
Thanks! Integration with openresty was a contribution by Felipe Daragon! :D
Maybe some companies don't view their employees as their exclusive property that they have to be kept under wraps. If you take this idea to its logical conclusion you'd have to ban your employees from using sites like LinkedIn, which make it really easy to find out who works where.

Much better to show your employees that they're appreciated at your company, then maybe they'll continue staying because they really like their job, not because you've set up some policy where other companies who might want to hire them can't find out who they are.
I don't know your career ambitions and goals, but there is a lot to be said for the technician/mechanic/custodian (not really sure of the best word) who solves one problem and moves on.

If you are at all inclined to system administration, your approach (notice problem, solve problem quickly and effectively, move on to next problem) can translate to solid work.

Now I speculate: As an employee, this will probably lead to low to medium pay positions - at least until you start seeing and solving larger scale problems. As a consultant, however, if you can get a stable of repeat clients, preferably under retainer, you may actually do quite well.

Back to reality. How to make progress? Find an OSS project or two that you quite like, preferably ones with really good communities. Go through the lists of current bugs. Find and fix those you can.

Heck, just start finding flaws in people's code and documentation on GitHub, fix, and issue pull requests.

You will get a reputation in the community as a reliable, dependable problem solver. After a while, reach out to people who seem both approachable and a step or two above you. Ask if you might be able to help them with a larger problem, one which they need assistance with and on which they would be willing to mentor you.

That's one approach, at least.

Your academic environment may also have code that needs maintaining, patching, repairing, refactoring. Food for thought.

Keep at it, the penny will drop, things will click into place.
I'm of two minds on this sort of advice. If you don't at the very least understand the core concepts of DOM event handlers and async callbacks and I guess just the DOM tree in general, jumping right into Angular (when you're looking for front end jobs) is doing yourself a pretty big disservice. But as far as just getting a job jumping from hot framework to hot framework probably is just fine...