skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Seeing as your posting here I'll assume you are of a logical bent.

One of the only certainties in life is that you will ultimately die. So why hasten it? You may as well just continue existing, you'll definitely die eventually.

Lets consider our lives like a video game, the score you get at the end is the sum total of all the happiness and joy you've experienced in your life.

Even if nothing good happens in all the decades of the rest of your natural life, that time would still not affect your score, neither a net loss or a net gain.

Also, this is an incredibly unlikely scenario. Moments of joy an happiness do have a tendency to happen to humans over time, so if you try to live as long as possible your almost certain to increase your score.

I know at times it may seem like you will never again experience joy, but you can refute this by finding examples of times when you felt like you would never again experience joy, and then subsequently did experience some joy.
Even in your short post there is one example..
"I went through a very long period of my life where I was horrendously depressed"
followed by..
"I finally got over it last year when I started doing small kind gestures for the people I care about."

Also in the meantime, you could occupy yourself by achieving and adhering to a strict daily regimen: have a normal sleeping pattern, get 20 minutes of vigorous exercise each day, eat healthily.

It would be a probabilistic miracle for you to not have some amazing moments ahead of you.
To see what's next.
We Don’t Build Websites Anymore (2013)
"Hank" did get death threats, although nowhere near the level that Aidra got them.
That ~30% of GDP number is government debt.

I am not talking about government debt. I am talking about private debt.

Australia has a much much worse private debt problem than a government debt problem: total private debt ~150% GDP; mortgage debt ~80% GDP; gross foreign private debt ~85% GDP; gross federal public debt ~20% GDP [1].

The reason you take on debt matters. Almost all of that debt went towards unproductive bidding up of real estate. Much of the "growth" experienced in the last 20 years was just making the economy larger by importing more money via debt from overseas. I challenge anyone to argue that was a prudent course of action, unless you were a political party that wanted to get re-elected by making people feel richer.

Why intrinsic advantage? Australian wages/salaries are high, in part, because the average Australian has to pay so much to service their mortgage debt. Because service economies are human resourced, any where with humans can do those jobs. If Australia is inherently more expensive due to the overhead of high house prices, what services can we offer for which others are willing to pay a premium? Also, we must have a service economy bringing money in from overseas, rather than just supplying services internally, because we still have all that interest to pay on our debt.

The future for Australia might be bright in as much as it is slightly less dark than some other countries.

[1] https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a...

edit: figures
Why keep living? Because it sure beats not-living. You'll have plenty of time to not live after you're not alive anymore. You might as well try out living while you're still alive.

Anxiety sucks. Personally, I tend to feel more anxious when I haven't been taking care of the basics - eating right, getting regular exercise, working on the things I told myself I'd work on, etc.. getting plenty of sleep etc.

The heart can be a fragile thing. You have to keep reminding it that everything will be alright.
Ask HN: Why Ubuntu sucks?
Hello guys!
This must be an old question, but why do peoples always said that Ubuntu sucks? Another distro is better?
Well, but you forgot that you posted a link to your old page version, which still shows the phone number :], or did it change?

How could you create a solution like this in less than 2 days? Training operators (who where how many, paying a call center?), how are you managing customer data together with those operators etc. Sounds like a logistic nightmare to me, unless you and 10 friends are sitting day and night in your apartment..
Sort of. Store the squares in a hash map with the value used to indicate whether you've already seen it.
What is the 'WTF-stuff' in Ubuntu? What's wrong with it?
Not all (or most) hedge funds do that, but my understanding is that there are still hedge funds that do.
Ask HN: Automate Stock Trading?
I'm building an automated stock trading system for my personal investments. The plan is for the trades to be based on data ingested through past stock performance, current trend, fundamental analysis, performance compared to similar stocks, and other data sources added incrementally.

There is a learning curve in which I'm developing the initial algorithms that will help gain an advantage over simplistic human investing with the computer providing a more deterministic risk-reward management system that it will apply. Once this has been achieved, the goal would be to increase the ROI and maximize the final take-home profit (minimize tax where possible to increase effective ROI). I'm validating algorithms with a back testing approach, currently obtaining data from Quandl.

I'm planning to host this on AWS and use a combination of Python and R. I haven't decided on the datastore yet, but I'm open to suggestions.

Does HN have any suggestions or any tips from someone who has attempted to do something like this in the past, if so, please also briefly describe your past experience and current position with the project?

Thanks!
408-217-1721 in https://archive.today/2ZmPj
Hey just a heads-up - your logo looks very similar to the one Magic FM use - http://www.magic.co.uk/
The front-end looks awesome.

But will it scale?

To me, the obvious value of your business is in being able to train Operators up to the Magic corporate standard. If you can do this while growing the service, you've got a real winner - especially if you put up a web front end to make it possible to become a Magic operator anywhere in the world. I'd be quite happy to do this kind of service work from home - as long as I had the tools to support me, and I think ultimately thats where your real value is going to be - certainly growing the customer base is valuable, too. But being able to train/service Operators who can do the job properly is going to be the key to it all ..
I tried different stylus solutions and iPAD doest NOT differentiate your palm from the pen... (or through software hack) which means you can not rest your hand on the screen (as opposed to WACOM / Galaxy Note/ Surface)
And drawing all day long is tiresome.
Maybe one can get used to it, I dont :-)
Maybe your solution is good I hope.
That's native advertising for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_F5GxCwizc
Funny way to generate a lot of jobs for the future, no?
I mean in future times when everything is so automated that you don't longer work in a supermarket or restaurant, because people don't leave the house any more (sad future, I know).

+1 for the zak game
What I see is Ada picking up steam after being people getting fed up with C like exploits every day.

http://www.his-2014.co.uk/programme.html

Or C being so limited, that it just looks like Ada with C syntax.

http://www.misra-c.com/Activities/MISRAC/tabid/160/Default.a...
Suicidal thinking is always something you need to see a good doctor for. A woman finding a small hard lump in the breast or a man finding a small hard lump on a testicle would see a doctor right away. I know you say you can't afford it but you need to talk to a doctor before you say you can't afford it.

Anxiety and depression respond well to cognitive behaviour therapy. Ideally this is done with an experienced qualified registered therapist but it's possible to do it yourself by book or website.

"Mind over Mood" is a good, recommended, book. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0898621283/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=...

A websearch for the English "books on prescription" scheme will return curated lists of good books.

"Mood Gym" is a recommended website. https://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome

But it is most important that you see a doctor.
Maybe you can look at life this way.

The universe is billions of years old. And it will exist for billions of years more. A long, long time.

And we each exist for a very brief span of time in comparison. Less than an eyeblink, relative to that.

You have a rare opportunity to live, see, and experience all kinds of things.

The universe will go on long after us. So there is plenty of time to be dead... later. Plenty of time. No need to rush that.

Live now.
Do a free 10-day Vipassana course http://www.dhamma.org/

You've got nothing to lose.
Found something:

http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7600/

http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2010073002835OSCYUB
If you're alive you accomplish something;
> Also, where is the archeological evidence of cancer epidemics in ancient times?

Read "The Cancer Chronicles" - George Johnson for a really interesting few chapters on dinosaur cancer.
I havent figured out "the meaning of life" ever since that class i took about philosophy in high school. Each day I wake up and puzzle about this question.

As stubborn as I am, I will find the answer to this question! Or die trying!
Start your coding kata the right way
Automatic (YC S11) Is Hiring a Senior iOS Engineer
Can you boil water with your face?
What?? No, not sarcasm at all, I'm dead serious.

Often I'm just on my phone at night, no tablet/laptop. So say I want to get some food. I've got to go find the damn website. Remember a login maybe. Or deal with some JS-laden thing that doesn't render smoothly on my 6" Android. Sort all that shit out. Wonder if I have cash for a tip, cause I feel obligated most times.

Or calling. I gotta actually dial, talk to someone. Deal with all their questions if I want combos or the offer and I'll save $2 if I just say yeah, and what's my phone number and address again?

I realise I should get over this. That I'd do better in life (especially if I'm gonna sell my own software) if I got more comfortable just calling people and telling them what to do.

Meanwhile, I'm already imagining how awesome this is gonna be next time I'm in SF. I leave the office, start walking home. Text Magic and say "hey get me some X from Y". Get home and unpack my mind and someone comes and gives me food.

If it's an hour confirmation time, that's not as magic, but it's not a show-stopper. With less coordination than making the order myself, I can just pipeline things to work out.

Perhaps this reflects badly on me or is a commentary on society or laziness or I dunno. But I'm pretty fucking happy to imagine I can have someone else unlock the city for me if I'm not feeling up to it.

Here's how sick I am: I would order lunch via this every day, versus trying to get myself to go at the right time. Not too early because of the lines, but not too late because then they run out of good stuff or close. But I should probably get out a bit more so I won't use it every day just because of that. Otherwise I totally would. Hell, if they are streamlined enough, I'd even do it to order a cup of frozen yogurt (I'd probably pay $15-20 twice a week for delivery alone). I do prefer to get out and walk and take breaks, but sometimes it just doesn't work out, or it's too far, or whatever lameass excuse.
We're currently working on a consumer device that could well be classified in the IoT category.

We're pushing hard to put in multiple good layers of security, even though the hackable potential of the device is low. The amount of personal or otherwise exploitable information is also low. But that is no excuse to leak anything, or to allow the device to be taken over by attackers.

The path isn't easy... the library support on many of these embedded platforms is poor. But it must be done.
Killing a conversation unless you have something genuinely new to say about them sounds like a good policy to me.
Why? Your eventual answer may be different from mine, but my character is a really stubborn SOB. I say keep living because to take you down will take being ran over by a Mack truck.

I've had my confidence shattered as well. It happens and can take years to recover it. I for one, am going out kicking and screaming. You've made it this far, saying "f the world" isn't offing yourself. It's bitterly going down to the last round.

I told my boss at work that my gravestone will never say "he was afraid to speak up for himself" or "he was afraid to take his shot". Because I'm not going out quietly, nor am I living meekishly. Speak out when you sense injustice. Join me, make yourself and presence heard.

I'd recommend if you're feeling that down, maybe try a change of scenery. Go to Costa Rica or someplace in Mexico, sit on the beach for weeks and drink beer. Find someone to have sex with, even if you have to pay for it. Use a rubber.

There's no way it's impossible for you to snap out of this. You can, and you will. I hope my words help you.
Well, UIWebView (the standard web view, pre iOS8) does not have Nitro, but WKWebView (introduced in iOS8) has Nitro. The only problem is that while they are similar, the WKWebview API is not feature complete with UIWebView, leading to a lack of adoption from big players such as Chromium.

[0]: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423444
Well, they're showing Magic being used for a lot of delivery services where the deliverer will expect a tip, so it seems like there is a hidden fee in the same sense...

Unless they're working out something with the provider where the third party will not expect a tip, which would be a miracle.

Edit: I stand corrected. Someone quotes the site as having:

> It's completely free to chat with Magic. When you order something, we'll let you know the total price so you can confim it before you are billed. There are no hidden fees, and tip is included.
In my opinion, you don't need reasons for wanting to live: Survival instinct is the default in the human being. Not wanting to live is the strange thing, but in Western society (or Asian)it is becoming more and more normal, because it is easy to not get the basics there.

I have lived in countries like Angola, Uganda, Rwanda with people having 1 /20 of the things what an American has. But they are much happier overall, because they have more in what makes a life human.

First they have friends and they have family. People in Western societies live alone, specially in America most people don't have friends at all. They can live in a McMansion completely isolated from the rest of the world.

"family" for an American means:"your parents" or "your children". For an African person could mean between 20 to 40 people.

This is an advantage for some things. In the west you could do whatever you want, without having to convince people in your family that does not understand, but also is a tremendous disadvantage as you are alone in tough times.

Americans are puritans, they can't see a breast from a woman. The people that do, do it for commercial profit reaping the "scandal", like Madonna or MTV annual prices shows.They could call the cops if they see you making pictures to a kid smiling on the street(being puritan means they are obsess with sex and have a tremendous dirty mind).

In Africa sex is normal. There is no such a concept of "possessing another person" like in the West. In my opinion this alone is pathological creating hypocrisy and jealously . You see people naked from both sexes taking a bath in the river, or women breastfeeding their children in public. It is normal there, like having sex with multiple people(which makes AIDS a great problem).

In Africa you have fantastic weather. Great sun, no winter in most of the continent. In the West lots of people don't see the sun at all because they are working all day inside buildings. In places like Boston you can't simply not live out there in winter, it is too cold.

The food in the US is so preprocessed. People are overweight because the food they eat is so artificial. Food that have stayed in the fridge or is industrially processed destroys lots of useful substances(enzymes, co enzymes, vitamins, fiber and lots of substances that let you incorporate other substances).

In Africa people is young, lots of kids smiling everywhere. The West is becoming an older and older society with worries everywhere, fear for the future.

So I recommend you look at the basics in your live: Do you have friends, love, exercise, quality food, sleep well, go outside frequently?

Do you work too much or too hard?

If not, you need to change your habits first. Traveling far away is a great way of being forced to change your habits fast.

Once you have your basics, start using self help material, like books and videos and learn what works for you. There is amazing material out there, the problem is knowing what works and what does not.

You can learn meditation, which is basically training for controlling your internal thoughts. But this is advanced, you first need to have the basics solved.
In my opinion it is irresponsible to post strongly worded opinions such as these, because you forget you may not be seeing the whole picture.

Cons when the server do the lexing ONCE:
- NOTHING

You are assuming a specific use case, where static code originally exists on the server and the highlighted version is included in a page that is viewed many times.

My use case for these libraries is different: users actually write 'code' in my app, which I wish to highlight as they type it. Of course many users will write the same fragments and energy could be saved by caching the highlighting of those on the server. However, the latency of that solution (roundtrip to server needed to highlight code) and the code complexity (cache expiration is one of the two 'hard' problems in SE) are much worse than for the client-side highlighting solution.
Rust NetBeans plugin now embeds native Rust compiler
How to be web content agnostic (and why you should)
I'm not suicial now, but I have seen doctors about this in the past.

I was suicidal because I felt like my life had no control. The way this has was treated is to have me committed, where I have to spend the little energy I have convincing people I'm normal and sane so they'll let me go, and I will regain the control of being at least capable in theory to take my life. I come out of it much worse than how I came in.

I would love a good doctor, or even an understanding person to talk to. It's easy to snap your fingers and prescribe that, but for some people it feels hopeless to realize you may never get it.

It's called a downward spiral for a reason. One of my life goals, if I can get to it, would be to dismantle the terrible mental health infrastructure of the Western world and replace it with science and compassion.
I loved this post and also the HN comments, which show a wide variety of interpretations.

My interpretation is that the article satirizes modern JavaScript development and startup culture, both of which are heavy on sizzle but lean on steak. It skewers the interviewer, who "intones" a highly refined question that's totally disconnected from the actual content of the position. But it also skewers the candidate, who happily provides an elaborately over-engineered solution that shows off "modern" JS development practices.

The candidate and interviewer learn nothing from each other, but we are left certain that, if hired, the candidate's chief legacy will be a GitHub repo of a JavaScript MVC templating micro-framework that leverages JQuery and Backbone and...
Console prices adjusted for inflation
I was talking about home automation ("domotique" here in France) with a coworker a few weeks ago and he told me about his friends' project, now it's on HN. Glad to see it get a little more exposure, it looks like a cool project. Home automation has been regularly hyped for close to a decade and presented as the Next Big Thing(tm) but we still don't have complete solutions. Perhaps because there are so many legacy devices to interface to.
Is there any particular reason the busybox version is missing?
Well, life is absurd. So to be honest there's not much reason to live.

However, during the time that I'm still here, whenever I feel like crap, I blame myself. If my thoughts are depressing me, then it's my job to change the thought patterns. Committing suicide seems like a cop-out to me. If it's to escape pain, I have to ask: where does the pain come from? Who made up the rules that I should be happy about this and that and I should be unhappy about this and that? Is it society? Is it my family? Nature? Well, if it were up to me, I'd rewrite the rules so that I win. And ultimately, I have to remember that it is in fact up to me to feel good or not.

Easier said than done, but this is the outlook that makes me reject feeling like crap. Remember, your thoughts don't define you. Just because you're the one thinking certain thoughts doesn't mean you should accept them all: pick and choose which ones you allow and which ones you should consider alien. Negative thoughts can be ignored, they can be changed. Meditation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Travel to foreign lands.
You may have users actually writing 'code' on the client side. For those cases a client-side solution gives a better experience that requires less code (no roundtrip to server needed).
Burlesque – A message queue server in Go with an HTTP API
Exactly my feeling and I also feel that sometimes we underestimate the "ability and efficiency" of small teams. I start to believe that a small core team (not to read few contributors) can have a larger impact than an organization.
Software security: Liability changes everything (2003)
How to Install Laravel 5 Step by Step – Whamdeal
Every state allows for substitution of experience for education. Unfortunately, the substitution rate is generally on the order of 10 years of experience or more counting similar to a 4 year degree from an accredited program.

There are also very strict laws for anything that touches the public from the engineering standpoint and also many insurance companies won't touch you without licensure. This will catch up to software engineers some time in the future I imagine and a licensed engineer will be required to oversee and sign off on products just like in other engineering disciplines.

As a tangent, it is actually illegal to call yourself or portray yourself as an engineer without being licensed by the state as such.
Because it's controlled by a big company and not a community. It's like Windows XP with a custom theme and different tools and utilities.
> ...so many are disparaging this for not being backwards compatible...there is simply no need...it's a replacement for ls, so why should it be backwards compatible?

Because unless someone feels like editing every script or tool that makes use of ls, then it cannot be used as a replacement, i.e. You'll have to have both ls and exa on your hard drive instead of just exa. Also, people are used to the options of ls, and backwards-compatibility (in the form of a shell alias) is one less barrier to entry.
There is a nice review of related methods in the book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street"
Same concern exists for all couriers, doesn't it?
Good job of scaring someone away from getting actual medical advice rather than the fucking bullshit being spewed in this thread.
Ask HN: What inspires you at the moment?
What's in your head that gives you that positive flash of inspiration?
>The rest is just propaganda.

ok. Then please do tell us what was so important about the language law that it was the very first order of business of the Kiev's junta on the very first moment it came to power.
I'am working on this.

Only using python , ipython rethinkdb and postgresql.

We are working on a event driven fund to find pattern, but we still need human at the end (the program found pattern and we try to find why and if they are reproductible).

Good luck :)
It looks really nicely done. I'm not sure I'll use it over the local playground that's bundled in my editor though.