skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
First, you said the issue was: "companies ... use[ing] the privileges granted to them by the government (such rights to lay cable lines) as an anti-competitive tool." Now you're saying the issue is: "explain[ing] the monopoly without invoking government intervention." Do you not see how those are two different contentions?

The Ars Technica narrative is that we need to regulate the telecom companies because they abuse their privileges to keep out competitors. But what's keeping out competition is, e.g., Baltimore forcing companies to build fiber service to the 25% of the city that's below the poverty line as a pre-condition for building anywhere in the city. It's Bill de Blasio turning FiOS deployment into a civil rights issue.[1] It's not clear to me how these requirements are the result of telecom companies abusing their privileges. And it's not clear to me how the solution to a problem created by over-regulation is imposing even more regulation.

I'm not a anti-regulation type. If a telecom company is digging under roads in a way that's hazerdous to public safety or the environment, that should be regulated. But this is an issue that turns mainstream liberals into Nader-ites espousing thoroughly discredited regimes like Title II. For god's sake Kushnick thinks the government should be in the business of telling companies what prices they can charge. As someone too young to remember the 1970's, it comes across as insanity.

[1] http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/new-york-mayor-bill... ("If you can’t afford to feed your family by the end of the month, you can't afford $75 a month for the broadband service. And that's what we have to fix.")
Looks like it'll run you about $10k, which is honestly cheaper than I expected.

http://show.aad.org/annual11/Data/EC/Event/Exhibitors/152/pr...
If you don't have private registration a whois query on the domain shows the public your name and address. If you do it shows some nominee company instead.

For example https://who.is/whois/habinow.com is one of mine that is private

while https://who.is/whois/ycombinator.com is pubic and shows Nicholas Sivo as the admin and an address and phone number for y combinator
AWS is HIPAA compliant (http://aws.amazon.com/compliance/). The CIA selected AWS for a large ($600MM) buildout. Strategy and design documents are already in the cloud organically via OneDrive, DropBox and Google Drive. NASDAQ does sell Sarbox compliance as a key feature of its cloud product but I have a hard time seeing how in the long run that will really differentiate.

The reality is that AWS is likely not any less secure than legacy IT infrastructure. It also provides great primitives for writing more secure applications.
14 things entrepreneurs should learn from each other
>In fact, you'll slide back down the ladder

Money, titles, who cares? Life satisfaction is much more important than climbing ladders.
Venture Ethics
Bay Area OpenSource Meetup: How to License You OSS Product?
I'm using the latest version of Chrome on Windows 7 and I'm not seeing your errors.
Matthias Troyer: “High Performance Quantum Computing” [video]
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I nearly choked when Steve Jobs described iTunes for Windows as "a glass of water for someone in hell". More like "a bucket of lava for someone somewhere reasonable".
I also found the slideshare helpful (it's a little more "tl;dr"):

http://www.slideshare.net/GyulaFra/flink-apachecon
Building a Book Scanner (Part I)
Abraham Lincoln was not just a great president, but could probably be considered a psychic in many circles:

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
Current version of Chrome, but my Windows font settings are set to 110% (system-wide, not browser specific) to make it easier to view text when in a high resolution on a small monitor. I see this issue with various sites that assume a fixed font size which can never change.

If I manually add "font-size: 16px;" to your html,body CSS definition, everything displays properly. The discrepancy is occurring because you are using a fixed pixel height (eg: for the "ten heuristics" div its height is 500px) but letting the browser/system determine the font size.
Modern browsers don't actually let you redefine `undefined`.
That's not how /r/dataisbeautiful works.
1) Locate VP of engineering and/or engineering manager.

2) If you want their job: assert dominance.

3) Otherwise: flip finger, leave, start your own startup.
>then Google would be cheaper than the other providers, as they sell it as an add-on

Godaddy also sells this as an addon, actually, every domain seller does, I don't know what is so special about Google's offert.
1) if you haven't already take a vacation.
2) What do you want to do? What do you want to focus on? You used to have a lot of different tasks that you probably did a good job at given your constraints but probably didn't excel at. You're now being given the chance to specialize and focus on only a few things.
As others have said, your co-workers probably haven't thought too much about growing your career. Once you decide what you want to do have a talk with your vp of engineering and possibly your early co-workers. Your vp should be willing to give you the opportunity to grow especially since you already have a lot of technical knowledge and general company knowledge. Also they presumably hired the vp because he has experience with bigger companies our more mature companies. Take the time to soak up some knowledge.
While not a first choice, don't be afraid to leave for better opportunities. You've proven that you can build up a product and accept general responsibilities.
That may be the intent of regulation but what ends up happening is that companies shape the regulation in a way to benefit the incumbents and push out competition.

The government should stop granting companies privileges and let the free market work.
Quality 3d assets are very expensive.
Page 210 of this microeconomics textbook[0] MIT uses covers minimum wage. It's a classic example used to show the effects of price floors. There are macro implications if you install a simultaneous price floor across all markets but that only makes it a micro and macro issue.

I have no idea why anybody would try to reformulate microeconomics into physics via thermodynamics. That doesn't even make sense, you don't derive physics from thermo, it's the other way around.

[0] - http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/14/14.01SC/MIT14_01SCF11_rttext.p...
I think the key insight of the sentence is that "possibilities" are subjective, and don't necessarily match reality (the truth).

When fiction defies expectations (possibilities), we reject it as absurd. When reality does, we have to accept it (modify our notion of "possible").
Bitcoin works right without "the internet" or even an IP network, you can sneaker net around the Blockchain, if you like.

But indeed, Bitcoin-- and the technology in it-- doesn't generally solve the hard problems the web presents (just like the prior distributed system technology before Bitcoin didn't solve Bitcoin's issues). There is a lot of seriously misplaced hype in this space.

A bit of pedantry on your last comment: "The biggest problem with the blockchain is that every (at least veryfing) node need a full copy of it" -- this isn't true. Please see section 7 of the original Bitcoin whitepaper "Reclaiming disk space".

It's still not a suitable mechanism to store arbitrary data, however.
How I Sold 1m of Art
For the one way trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfxdeRx2fLA (Not me or anyone I know, that is a pretty stupid flight).

About the thinner air... I regularly fly a hexacopter at 7500' (MSL here in the mountains).

With all other things being equal, the thinner air means you have to run the motors at much higher speeds to appreciate the same lift, and the resulting loss in battery life is pretty significant. The same configuration that gets a 30 minute flight a 1000' MSL will only do about 12 minutes at 7500'.
Not sure I see how it's relevant to the discussion... The article you linked talks about Woodman's stock grants, and mentions how stock option repricing is used primarily by companies with volatile stock prices. The price hit the stock took would lower the value of Woodman's grants, so I don't feel like that article really dampens the main point in any way... Would you mind clarifying?
I think what's troubling people about the e-mails, and I'm not sure it's 100% clear cut, is that while it is plausible that this was a clumsy interaction, it seems more likely that this was classic bait-and-switch, and that these two individuals have a playbook they execute on the regular.

Anyone distracting someone who could be spending time on their own business, or billing hourly, with a business offer, should be incredibly concerned about a Lost Opportunity suit. Come up with a way to value the time that you spent, attach it to an opportunity cost, and bam, your dishonest business partner has caused your other business dealings to fail.

I don't want to encourage further abuse of the legal system, but IMO it is an abuse of the legal system to engage in an act you know to be unlawful or harmful, but difficult or costly to enforce.
In response to the three replies already here. I've never done this, I'm a game programmer. But I would use a big bag'O'tricks to address this. Getting unrealistically long distances out of your wifi data? Have the user enter a square footage and normalize on a logarithmic scale bounded by heuristics. Use the accelerometer not for tracking but detection like going up and down stairs, walking short vs. long distances.
Gibbons' actions are extremely selfish in my opinion. I know someone who used to work behind the cash registers of gas stations in North Houston. He has been robbed and held at gun point multiple times. According to him, the experience is traumatic and made him fearful and stressed out at work. To put someone through that for no reason other than your own curiosity is intolerably inconsiderate.

Instead, Gibbons could have picked up a copy of Crime and Punishment or some other work of art if he wanted to acquire a sense of the desperation felt by "the disenfranchised of society." It is not a stretch to imagine that it probably sucks.

Great art can teach us about life without the burden of living through the worst it has to offer. Trying to force traumatic experiences on yourself at the expense of others is not art but stupidity.
You cite the Capitalists' Dilemma, but Christiansen's argument actually suggests that the strategy of building companies to be bought by Apple/Google/etc is a good one. Why? Because they have tons of $ on their balance sheets and don't know what to do with it.
> Where did I fail to claim my part when the company was growing?

Seems like it is not too late; just talk to the CEO and VP of Engineering and say you want a new role created called Chief Architect or Principal Engineer. As employee #2, it seems perfectly fair that you should get some additional recognition above and beyond simply "developer". If they like you and want to keep you, then I think definitely they would not object.
The blockchain is to the web as the web is to television and radio. It's an infrastructural component and any time we have new infrastructure we redistribute our resources to gain the most benefit but we never replace old infrastructure we just change our utilization of it. The blockchain is ideal for directories and metadata; data that needs to be public, immutable, and verifiable. Anything that does not directly benefit from the features of the blockchain should be handled by other protocols such as torrent or web or other.
CAM tools turn a model into a toolpath. I use MeshCam.
This is kind of a 'no true scotsman' argument right? In Voxelvoid, I resample the 3D models to a grid in real time.
Why justin, why photoshop your groin, the original pic was good enough
Scoop looks really awesome. Will definitively keep an eye on it.
'"almost any"'

I reserve the right to later redefine this threshold but for now, call it %85.
No, you're just spreading FUD about Linux. There is no audio clusterfuck, just incompetent developers like those working on Skype that only support PulseAudio instead of using a library that would give them ALSA, JACK and OSS support.
There is some pretty misleading writing in this article. Take the sentence below:

"Some years, international comparisons of GDP per hours worked have found, workers in Norway, Ireland, Denmark and even France, with their 30 days of paid vacation every year, their café culture, their generous paid family leave policies, their short work hours mandated by law and their new directive forbidding some employers from expecting workers to check work-related texts and emails after hours, beat us by a mile."

In other words,

In some years (not others), the GDP per hour worked is higher in countries where employees work fewer hours per year.

If people work 20% less and are 10% more productive per hour when they do work, they're still less productive in total than if they didn't reduce their hours.

Why does a company care if their salaried employees are more productive per hour? They just want that employee to maximize productivity over the employee's lifetime with the company.

If the article has only historical anecdotes to demonstrate that employees are more productive in absolute terms if they work fewer hours, that's not very persuasive toward the point the author is trying to make, that major industries and large companies should change because they get more value out of having employees work fewer hours.

I'm not saying I disagree with the author's point, only that they are using misleading evidence to try to support it.
Yes, it does: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1347922?hl=en
It's included with Google. Thus if it's something you use (and most people do), then Google's pricing is very competitive for domains.
In a strange way this makes me very optimistic about the future. That in the age of free-flowing information, we can find and (hopefully) snuff out these egregious attempts to take advantage of the system.
T&Cs aren't always legally enforceable though right?
FWIW, you're wrong.
Did you try searching for "6502 php"? The first hit would have given you a pretty good overview of its operation. Assembler mnemonics are usually unsearchable without including the architecture in the query.
Can I pay with bitcoin? or paypal?
"20 minutes twice a day"

Or you could spend that time exercising, which costs less and has other benefits.
Show HN: Put TODOs in their place
It's Like I'm Talking to a Machine: psychology of speaking to virtual assistants
https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/07/11/toward-a-12-second-bloc...
How about restrict the upvoting too? You're only allowed to upvote/recommend a single post per day :)
That's really subjective, but for me I suppose it's two things.

First, I'm probably not alone on HN in reading that last sentence of yours that begins "Other than..." as being roughly equivalent to "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?" OS X doesn't just have "some degree of POSIX-compliance"; it's Unix, full stop. If you are that "specific kind of user," this isn't optional.

Second, as squishy as this sounds, I simply like the OS X user experience more than Windows or any Linux/FreeBSD desktop environment that I've tried. The Mac gets the GUI right in subtle ways that are hard to describe but that I always notice when I'm using other systems. And this isn't due to lack of personal exposure; I'm, well, old by today's computing standards, and I've used the original MacOS for years, FreeBSD for several years (including professionally) and many versions of Linux, from the SLS days up through Ubuntu 12. (Actually, I'm running Ubuntu 14.10 and Arch Linux on two different servers, but they're GUI-free.) And I wouldn't trade OS X for any of them.

I know for some people, being able to tile terminal windows into a 3x3 grid without ever touching a mouse is their UX nirvana, but I am not one of those people, and I don't think I'm less productive for it. The fastest way to get a window the size and place I want it is often with a mouse. The fastest way to copy and move files is often with drag and drop. I know (some) people insist that I must be slowed down by constantly using mouse-driven software and switching between a tabbed terminal, a GUI text editor and a visual diff tool -- all with (gasp) overlapping windows! -- but I'm not. Really. And there are a fair number of Mac-only programs that I prefer to their Linux or Windows counterparts, if I can even find such counterparts. (Keynote, OmniOutliner, Soulver, ReadKit and xScope all come to mind.)

And, last but not least, it's nice -- at least for me -- to have a full Unix system that also has a lot of commercial software support. I don't run much Microsoft or Adobe software, but I'm glad I have the option. The applications I mentioned in parentheses there are all commercial, and as cliché as it may be to claim that commercial software generally has a better UX than free software -- and even more obnoxious, that Mac software tends to have a better UX than Windows -- it often matches my experience.
Clash of Linear vs. Exponential by Peter Diamandis
I am aware of endochrine disruptors causing problems, but is there evidence of the average level of BPA exposure causing negative effects to be concerned about. I can't find any studies that show this.
I Put the “Pro” in Procrastination #5kpermonthchallenge
You have to ask for equity at the beginning otherwise you have no leverage down the line. They don't want dead equity on their books so they are more likely to give you the position you want if you already hold vested equity.

If a company refuses to give you equity, you shouldn't join that company - People don't change like that; if the employer has an exploitative attitude at the start, it's not going to change.

Also, you have to be assertive when you talk to them or they won't respect you and will just use you and put someone less qualified (but more assertive) in your place.

It really sucks, but this is life. You have to lock-in the value of everything you produce before you even start! You can't give other people options because they will screw you.

Not all managers are like this, but most of them (by far) are! I think Silicon Valley might be an exception - Mostly because CEOs there are younger and more optimistic.
I personally feel DNSSEC and DANE are just a grave misplacement of trust, and hope something similar to Namecoin is pivotal in what comes after DNS. I'd rather this was the legacy of Bitcoin than a mildly interesting poke at the Fed where you don't even get the privacy afforded to you by a credit card transaction over TLS... oh dang, sorry, my jaded cynicism slipped in again.
Transman here... I don't know if the tech is here yet or not, but I'd love to see a double-sided toy that responded on one side to sensations from the other side. For example, my girlfriend could give me a handjob, or what not, that I could feel.
I wonder if they'll cut all ties with him, ban him from campus, revoke his emeritus status and remove his online courses from the OpenCourseWare site...
Some say it is the Golden Age (see MrMember's comment), some say the Dark Age. I say there is a bit of both, but it is getting so crowded with people trying to make a buck, vs. people trying to make good games, that it is easy to be pessimistic (I definitely am in many regards).

There is not enough accountability on Early Access and Kickstarter, and this is magnified by the fact that most people are not good at judging a team's ability early on (see: YogVentures, etc).
are partners good "matches" if their 5-factor personalities are approaching congruence?
Gin Gonic May Be 40x Faster Than Martini, but It Is Not Better
SumUp - Berlin, Germany - Front-End Web Developer (m/f)

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Key responsibilities

Expertise in Angular.js, our framework of choice, is a huge plus, but we're also interested in your history with other javascript frameworks such as Ember, Backbone, or Knockout. You are fluent in Javascript, not just jQuery, comfortable with modern front-end development tools like Grunt and Sass, and you are proficient (dare we say, pedantic) with Git. Your eye for UX and usability are also essential to succeed in this role. Experience with at least one server-side language, especially Ruby, demonstrates that you are the kind of flexible and well-rounded developer we are looking for.

What we expect from you

You care about performance, clean code, and enjoy experimenting with different approaches to a technical problem. And of course, you know your way around Linux and have either a Computer Science education or understand the equivalent fundamentals. You love to work as a reliable part in a dedicated, high-performance team. Your excellent communication and written skills in English will help you collaborate with team members from a wide range of countries and cultures. You love what you do and strive for improvement in all areas of your life – whether at work or in your free time. You are excited and motivated by a good challenge.

What you can expect from us

An amazing working environment at the beautiful riverside in Kreuzberg, Berlin – the heart of the most vibrant city in Europe. Short decision-making channels in a technologically demanding, international and motivating environment with flat hierarchies. Challenging tasks and responsibilities and a wide scope for action. This full-time job, now.

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If you’re interested in joining us, please send a copy of your CV and/or a link to your Github to careers@sumup.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Maybe not even the cofounder.
Is the low quality intentional? We made better looking, sounding, and edited videos in high school AV class.
Startup Advice Blog – Launching Next – Learn How to Listen (IllaiJacobG)
Silk Road Defense Says Ulbricht Was Framed by the ‘Real’ Dread Pirate Roberts
But it doesn't connect to Google Apps yet, does it?
"How to License You OSS Product?" Wow intelligent one...
Why would you need your girlfriend to do it? You can just auto tune it for maximum pleasure.
The Dawn Wall: A Simple Explanation
Like with the endless fractal images from the '90s, it takes a certain kind of blinkered idea of aesthetics to get excited about this. At least the Mandelbrot set was mysterious and surprising.
I'm not sure how much of the success it attributable to Steam, and how much of it is just a consequence of the times - lots of cheap tech, lots of people using cheap tech, and most importantly, video games being something everyone does. In the 80s and 90s, video games were for geeks. Ha, in my freshman year of college in 2001, my roommates were baffled that I would put on a headset and seemingly talk to my computer while playing a game on it?

Anyway, I will say the Steam Early Access program is amazing. It basically lets developers develop games in a Lean-Startup style, by releasing an MVP and then iterating on it, and it lets customers buy the game at any point to fund the development.

I've been playing Kerbal Space Program (highly recommended if you're interested at all in spaceflight, orbital mechanics or rocketry) on the Early Release Program, and it's just awesome. The developers are cool and are pretty at-large in the community on reddit.