skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Did someone in the video squeeze leafs in order to extract chlorophyll or something? It sounds crazy to destroy leaves in order to build artificial leaves..
That's for the whole of Palestine while you implied it was all for Gaza. 1.37 billion SEK = 143 million EUR which you can check for yourself in two seconds using the google query "1.37 billion SEK in EUR" so there is no excuse for giving a wrong number. This for the period 2007-2008 so two years not one. I think it's classified as "emergency relief" (there was a war going on), the running year-to-year aid is much lower.
Your concern seems fair and valid. Have you raised this issue on the mailing list?
awesome, thx for the pointers!
>I don't see how "VR" will be any faster than input mechanisms we are already very familiar with

If I had asked people what they wanted they would have said a faster horse.

This is going to be big, but it will not give your faster input. If you want that, take a course in faster typing.
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My favorite quote from Patrick's post:

"The slip date shipped repeatedly."
> arrays (aka maps) are basically used for everything.

This is interesting. In fact, I believe object properties share the same mechanism as associative arrays, that is, $a->b will actually lookup the hash of "b" in $a. Does this new hashtable layout influence object properties/methods too? That would be huge!
I love how you say that your view is good and the other's is bad.

They think doing what they do is good, you think it is bad, who's right?

Are we going to start a war every time we disagree with the choice of a country? Might as well nuke the whole earth.
I hope you're not jesting, as this was my first thought. I definitely found it easier to fall asleep and stay asleep after installing Lux on my tablet, and phone. Flux for my computer.

If I disabled Flux -- like I just did -- it's awfully painful! Torture! How did I used to stare at this awfully lit thing for hours on end and expect sleep to be peaceful?!

On a serious note, it'd be interesting to see whether it's the actual 'light exposure' that's hindering the sleeping process, or the 'blue light' that Flux, Lux and others have set out to solve.
Next artificial meat. Simply grind some beef and mold into a patty.
Yeah... this isn't new at all... it's a concept design, it doesn't actually function. Last time I saw this it was blown out of proportion in /r/futurology and people had to damage control to explain to people it wasn't actually science...
Not sure if that is actually a solution? No studies have been done yet (I think) which investigate if there's a 'safe' threshold for amount of light the screen exposes a person to, under which the effects on sleep etc are absent or extremely small. So for all we know it might be better with f.lux, or the same, can only guess.
Many rich families own (at least) one car per family member. We are talking about luxurious add-ons which is why I bring this up.
Does it really? After reading 30 minutes of a PDF I knock out! :P
The reason why is the same as I originally stated, reality does not care what you believe. Either AI is possible (or not) and it does not matter if you believe in it or not.

To put it more bluntly it is meaningless what you believe, the only thing that matters is why you believe what you believe.
Immersion in porn is a huge deal. I could see this making dating less attractive for a lot of people and as VR progresses and becomes more and more immersive it will become harder and harder to see or feel the difference between porn and reality, but porn will always be cheaper and easier to get.

BTW don't confuse not being able to see or feel the difference with not knowing the difference.
I look forward to your review of my code.
I agree that BBC is capable of better journalism. This resonates with the article 'Why so many health articles are junk' posted 5 days ago on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8764871
tldr; protip: potty train.
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is the same case with having my macbook pro on my bed every night before I sleep?
I assumed they used C++ std::map<>
Javascript's arrays cannot be used as maps or associative arrays. Arrays require numeric, consecutive keys. Otherwise it's an Object.

--

Clarification edit: Creating a new key on an array using arr['key']=1 creates a property on the arr Object but does not add an element to the standard array.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8630471/strings-as-keys-o...
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If you really have to read with a backlit display on your iPad or another device, just get flux[1].

[1] https://justgetflux.com/
C++14 version that sorts random strings: https://gist.github.com/det/57c7f0e377e02ccc696f
In the DRM model, car dealers would sell cars for a very low charge, then sell DRM'd petrol. That would be way funny, with all its inconveniencies.

Should we make it mandatory to display the DRM situation on the box before the purchase? I assume it's already done, in the form of "Recharge with our verified capsules for the highest standard of hygiene" in case of the cat litter box. It's not easy to inform consumers upfront in a meaningful way.
I know what you mean. Fastmail sync is definitely superior to Gmail for me, and DAV support may push me over the edge to switch my domain to FM. For Google Docs etc., maybe a private cloud provider that lets you add apps--ownCloud or something like that? I'm not sure if any of them provide apps at the same level of maturity as Google's offerings, but they could work depending on your use cases.
You are assuming he hired programmers full time. Where did he state that?
Why did they break it down like that? It seems almost nonsensical.
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Talk to people. Go to meet-ups, networking events, cold call potential customers, get on social media, use free promotion services. Google 'growth hacking', which is pretty much the art of building traction at minimal cost. Find a cofounder who is well-connected and get them to advocate your product. Find evangelists who'll shout about your product simply because they love it. Hustle.

And remember that for most technical founders, the marketing side of startups is really damn hard compared to writing code, and is absolutely the main reason why most startups fail. You really should have this stuff figured out before you write a single line of code because without it you have no chance of succeeding. Products do not sell themselves.
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If the problem is that too many members of the underclass live in D.C. without representation, then rising house prices is, in a somewhat sadistic sense, a potential solution.
> an iPad probably has less of a deleterious effect on sleep than a Kindle Paperwhite does

uh, how so? You didn't give an argument for this point. At the very least Kindles go far dimmer than iPads do.
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Can't believe I have to jailbreak my phone to get f.lux on my phone. Love it on my Mac. Seems so obvious.
Look up the documentary series "Moon Machines" - it does an amazing job of telling numerous stories of the engineering feats behind the Appllo project, with first-hand accounts and some pretty awesome B-roll from the archives
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The retina contains receptors sensitive to blue light, and stimulating them suppresses melatonin production:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsically_photosensitive_r...
Other frequencies also suppress melatonin production, but less strongly.

If you look at the progression of artificial lighting, from candles, to incandescent, to halogen incandescent, to fluorescent, to LED, each generation typically increases both the blue light production and the brightness. Such strongly blue spectrum isn't an essential feature of the technology, so I suspect that it's marketing driven because it looks more futuristic.

Additionally, a lot of LED lighting flickers at frequencies that are visible when you move your eyes via the phantom array effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flicker_fusion_threshold#Visua...
I personally find this very annoying, but even if you don't consciously notice this it's something not found in nature, and I'm not aware of any long term safety studies.

I'm very skeptical of these changes. Humans have a poor track record of predicting safety implications of new technology (eg. radioactive materials as health products, leaded gasoline, etc).
The boid do seem to to like to hit their pals a lot though.

I've also noticed that the boids do seem to only care about obstacles when they're really close to them. I've added a small gap in a huge line of obstacles and they seem to never fly through it - looks liek they'd rather fly through the obstacles themselves more often.

Nonetheless, interesting to watch.
I'm testing it on default settings.
Thanks. I've been using Twilight[1] so far but it's not as nice as f.lux on my desktop screen, so I'll give this a try.

1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
Having followed the course in 2010 I can fully recommend the script. It gives an exceptionally comprehensive explanation into the most important distributed computing principles without requiring much (if any) previous knowledge on the topic.

The course helped me a lot to get a grasp on the complexity of the various underlying challenges the distributed computing and routing world is facing (and with it an idea of the speed achievable).

I can recommend anyone enrolled to visit the course in person (most algorithms and solutions are being "discovered" together with the class on the blackboard, which helped me a lot with a deeper understanding), but I found that the script alone already gives a very good foundation of the principles of distributed computing.
I guess this tries to solve the same issue as microsoft active sync, just in a open specification way.
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This is my point exactly. I'd consider both git and the Linux kernel tough projects, so the choice of the programming language is interesting. More so, given his stance on C++.
No, they shouldn't. I'm glad you weren't hurt, but your freak accident aside, most plastic bags are just plastic bags and human drivers are not expecting vehicles to yield to them. (There is also a difference between a plastic bag moving on the ground and one flying around.) If we are erring on the side of caution we shouldn't be creating a more probable hazard to avoid a less probable one.

And if we remove humans entirely from the equation what we get is traffic that comes to a stop because none of the vehicles can avoid or get past the plastic bag which floats around more-or-less randomly.
I completely agree.

It's difficult to find a place for C++ in my little projects, given that I can use C for low level stuff and Python or Lua for high level stuff.
I want to explain why you are getting down-voted: Hacker News don't like onomatopoeias like “hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”. In general, a neutral tone is preferred and tongue-in-cheek is acceptable (like parent).

This is an important difference with most subreddits (some, like /r/AskHistorian have a similar ambiance); it avoids ending up with long, heated and shallow conversations.
The journal article says that they even set the brightness of the "LE-eBook" (iPad) to maximum.

I guess we'll have to wait for more detailed studies.
Arrays are always objects in JavaScript, and they can be extended like any other object or used as maps (barring key conflicts).
That's the same with smartphones and tablets.

For the sake of simplicity and to keep it as thin as possible, they use edge-LED lighting with a diffusor layer to spread the light evenly.
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I have a Paper White, as well. I can't imagine the light, when at its dimmest setting would be more trouble for sleep than any LCD thing. And, in fact, soon after I got a Nexus 7 and starting reading with it more often than my Kindle (using Twilight to redden and dim the screen dramatically and using the Kindle app in black background mode), my sleep schedule has kinda gone to hell. It's 3AM here, and I'm probably two hours from sleeping. There are confounding variables (winter always screws me up as I get Seasonal Affective Disorder something fierce), but still, now that I'm thinking about it, I think I'm gonna go back to reading on the Kindle before bed and see if it improves my sleep situation. The Nexus certainly hasn't helped.

For reference for those who don't have a Paper White; when at its dimmest setting, it is probably less than the ambient light in the room from neighbors porch lights and street lights. It is almost completely dark, and looks like an older non-lit Kindle in any room with lights on. I do wish it could turn off completely, however.
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I agree, employers tend not to care about which degree you got from a top university, as long as you got some degree from a brand name. And masters courses are less competitive to get into.

I teach at a large, well-known (in Europe), and decidedly mediocre university. I always get my top students into masters and PhD programmes at top universities where they then tend to do well. Mediocre universities often try their hardest to help their top students.

I do this in parts because that's also my own trajectory: undergraduate at mediocre place, PhD at top school.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8774246
From a career point-of-view, the ability to speak foreign languages, and a proven track record of navigating foreign cultures is a plus.
... though I wouldn't necessarily call Lua's way of doing things "sane". E.g. if Lua encounters a `nil` somewhere in your table, it will stop iterating.
I really hope this gets into Java9 http://objectlayout.org/
Gives the same benefits as C structs while still behaving like Java objects. i.e. has the structs memory semantics while having java function/method semantics associated with the memory.

Better explained in this presentation http://medianetwork.oracle.com/video/player/3730888956001
(there are other sources as well).
On the other hand highways are much simpler and could be completely self-driven with today's technology, probably much more safely than a human driver. This takes people out of high-stakes boring driving where the vast majority of fatalities take place and give them an easier, safer commute.

I can't react to debris in the road, a pothole, or a deer crossing the road in 1 ms like an automated driver can and at 80 MPH that's where it really matters. A 25 MPH collision is basically just a matter of money, as with today's cars there's almost no mortal danger. Hitting a deer at highway speeds is a life-threatening problem.

You can make a flatbed-type powered sled that people drive their cars onto and it drives you from exit A to exit B. It can enclose and lock the wheels of your car for safety. This can even be electric or hybrid to reduce costs with a long, flat Tesla-like battery under the flatbed. If I could drive my car onto a system like this and take a nap for 5 hours on the highway I would do this in a heartbeat because I have confidence that today's technology can drive a restricted access road better than I can in good conditions.
Another option is to get orange-tinted glasses.[1] That will block blue light no matter where it comes from.

1. http://www.amazon.com/Uvex-S0360X-Ultra-spec-SCT-Orange-Anti...
I'm not very familiar with community colleges in the US. If it's such a viable route, why don't more people go for it?
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Not just some objects, but different methods to access different objects, and it's those methods that implement the semantics - the base of JMAP is just an encoding for bulk RPC.

What I mean is, if tomorrow I add a file with the mediatype application/vnd.icebraining to my server, an intermediate HTTP proxy can still cache it even though it knows nothing about my format.

But if I add a new object (say, Note) to my JMAP server, along with the appropriate methods (getNotes, getNoteUpdates, etc), an intermediate JMAP server will be unable to cache them, since it needs to know the semantics of the new methods.

So frankly, I don't see how their protocol follows an uniform interface at all.

I still think it's pretty neat, though, don't take me wrong. I just want people to stop abusing REST. There's nothing wrong with RPC!
Maybe I do not understand what you mean by meaningless?

Beliefs can have consequences that do not depend on the cause of the belief. The actions one takes depend on one's beliefs more directly than they do ones reasons for those beliefs, in many cases.

(For the insect+food example, consider the options of taking it as axiomatic on a whim, or being made to believe it via propaganda+magic(magic here just for sake of argument). What causes the person to believe the thing does not effect whether the person intends to allow a fly to land on their food.)

(If I believe my hand is on fire, whether I attempt to remedy this does not depend on whether I see it or feel it, nor on whether it is on fire. If I attempt to remedy it, while it is not on fire, there may be an unpleasant result. The truth does of course matter, but beliefs are a useful predictor of future actions.)
I've been looking for a laptop with a kindle like screen and a cool ARM processor for ages. My brain gets burned by the backlit screen and my lap gets burned from the steamy hot intel processor. I would be happy to switch to Ubuntu even if I prefer OSX if this became available.
Definitely social media also if you can take you story to front page of HN it will be great though it requires 100 karama
Napoleon is normaly considered one of the "great captains"

the gereral consensus is that the great captains are
Ceaser, Hannibal Alexander, Churcill (John not Winston) Wellington and Napoleon.
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I have been working on an AR clone in Austria since mid September (https://www.terminerinnerung.org). I focus on getting enterprise customers. My website is hardly visited (so far). I got my first two customers by simply walking into their offices and asking whether they'd be interested. I asked them to pay me for 12 months in advance, so I have earned 5368€ (6565 US$) since I started. I'm hoping that I will earn this again in 2016, when it comes to renew the contract for these first two clients.

My approach is more high-touch - I don't rely on people searching for "Terminerinnerung" ("Appointment reminder") and then coming to my website. I think most doctors don't do that. I go out and talk to them.

I also by default offer to develop integrations into the customer's existing appointment reminder system - because the majority (~66%) of my potential customers here already have some computer system. This means reverse engineering the customer's existing system to be able to continuously export its data. I did this successfully for one of my customers (it was a Java/MySQL application). The other customer I developed a web calendar for.

I have now completed the development for my first two customers (I hadn't completed development when I sold the service to them. I just pretended I had, to make the sale). At the beginning of next year I'll start to acquire more (enterprise) customers.

I'm happy to talk about this via email if anybody's interested. My address is [my first name]@[my last name].io (Michael Herrmann).
I think the desire to form an organization which has the purpose of interfering with life at a fundamental level is quite dangerous, particularly since it seems focused around the desires - and thoughts - of a single individual. The creation of alternate-to-nature/-robot life is, arguably, another way to build yourself a slave colony.
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Are there any smartphones/tablets that have the light hit the display surface from the front and then bounce off like the kindle does? I thought they all either used a backlight shining through the display from behind or were an array of tiny little light sources (depending on the screen technology used) - either way the light is being broadcast direct from the source to your eyes; not hitting a surface and emitting diffuse light out.
>The problem is that, in the absence of God, there is no absolute morality that is not the result of an arbitrary choice.

Simply wrong. Morality is either absolute, in which case it binds God Himself in the first place, or it is meaningless, unworthy of being called morality, mere signaling.

Of course, I'm a stark-raving realist on the matter, but it really depends how you define the word. It's only my preference to be realist about everything, to define my words so that they point at things whose existence does not depend on the words.
I wonder if these things could be used in potentially 'easier' niches like long-haul trucking: you'd create a loading/unloading port near the freeway, and send the truck to another port across the country.

Naturally, I don't know anything about trucking, and you'd want to be really sure something so big and bulky is safe, but the idea would be, rather than "do everything a car does all at once" to do something relatively simple.
It depends on what you do. B2C? B2B? SaaS? Ecommerce?

At the beginning, the idea is to "do things that don't scale": do things manually, go get your users one by one.

At the same time experiment with traction channels: SEO, content marketing, social media, email, PR, email marketing, outbound sales. Do small experiments and do more of what works.
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> Does this new hashtable layout influence object properties/methods too?

Not sure, but I don't think so. Ppl often think object properties and arrays are much alike, but the array's HashTable struct and the object's store struct are very different. The main performance gains are not about the buckets (which are simple and quite alike) but the array's hashtable idea.

Often objects (php>=5.4) have a better performance than arrays; arrays have an undefined length while with good code, all object properties are defined at compile time. Because of this, you don't need to store the data in a hashtable. Nikic has a post about this subject too: https://gist.github.com/nikic/5015323
Yeah. I backed sandstorm.io and been closely monitoring it. The day collaboration apps on it closes the usability gap, I will switch.
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I also followed the course in 2005/2006. It was one of the better lectures and I really much enjoyed it at that time.
or if someone parks a flatbed with a ramp in the road with lines painted up. Will the Google car just drive onto the back of the truck? Would this be how you kidnap the cars and occupants?
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Ran it about 10 times and using msvc the sort version is around 2.5 times faster. Maybe you just got lucky once? Or something went wrong with timing?
There are a lot of e-book reader with a built-in backlight that can be turned on and off, like the Kindle Paperwhite.

But I agree that using iPads then calling that "a backlit e-reader" is pretty stupid. That's a tablet.
Not sure germanys experiance of rule by a millatery oligarchcy was on balance a good thing :-)

Its a pity that Kaiser wilhelm did not take after his father who wanted a consitutional democarcy closer to the UK's system.
All I see is a page with a login form.
> As we are discussing the immoral actions of a government and its agents

And that's exactly why it's off topic. It's politics.