skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Right, that is what I'm getting at: How does one actually teach oneself the fundamentals of HTML/CSS though? Off the top of my head, I know I've read through

- http://learnlayout.com/

- http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/internals/howbrowsers...

- http://htmldog.com/guides/html/beginner/

- http://htmldog.com/guides/html/intermediate/

And long ago did the same with w3cschools.

But it feels like the box model only accurately describes how browsers work about 70% of the time. How do I learn to be able to predict at least 95%?
I have suspected that the right approach is actually to take 50 or so layouts sketched on paper and do them. Is that actually reasonable?
Also just as a note, I would shorten that demo video by just skipping over that Twilio setup part.
To be fair, almost all that stuff uses calculus too.
Well, my current ASUS laptop (about $700 ~3 years ago, including the Swedish 25% VAT, Windows preinstalled) has so far worked almost flawlessly with Linux. My bottom row is Ctrl Fn Super Alt Space AltGR Menu Ctrl. Some keys are a smaller than on a full-size keyboard, but everything (except for home/end/pg/...) is in its usual spot and it works absolutely fine for me (I'm primarily writing in IntelliJ or Vim though, not Emacs).
> Not saying EY is god and can do anything but I trust more in his potential and competence when he actually starts working on a task than in any random claimed profesional on said task.

What are some examples of substantial accomplishments that we can look to so as to justify this faith in his ability to get things done, and done well?

I think you're taking my criticism as much more severe than it actually is. I don't doubt there is a lot of optimization that can be done in the realm of (for example) startup investing - I've seen enough of how the business world works - and I expect that EY may indeed be able to make a difference there.

But to have more trust in EY than professionals and subject-matter experts in general seems rather absurd, and is what opens up EY to criticisms of supporting a minor personality cult.

> He specifically addresses these issues (scene where harry learns to 'lose').

In which he is intended to learn delayed gratification, not humility.

> He knows the only price for asking is hate by this group of people and the reward is far greater so why NOT ask?

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with asking. I hope that he does succeed, particularly in contacting JKR, maybe even winning a Hugo awawrd (I enjoy HPMOR but I think that it is overrated). I have no problem with him seeking contacts to become an investor, talk to people about city optimization, etc. I have a lot of sympathy for what he's saying about the attitude he gets, and that is reflected on the rest of his work, because he's famous for writing fanfiction.

But simply reading his writings provides ample evidence that EY, while genuine and sincere in his beliefs, and intelligent, has a rather overly high estimation of himself and his work, and knowing that puts OP's comment into more context.
I think this is really bad.

Specifically because of the way that it burns the SEIS allowance.

I would be tempted to call HMRC and explain what the accelerator are doing, that they are using the investment incentive as a service charge for themselves, and to ask them to clarify whether or not this is allowed and the degree to which it creates an issue for your company.
> Absolutely not! It's a simple, clear, actionable, moral rule. It's also a core principle of international law. I'm not sure why this is so much of a problem.

> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!

This quote seems very fitting here. It is indeed a simple, clear, actionable, moral rule - just one that doesn't bring in profits.
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Iteration (Or: how to write something that will be seen by millions)
Your narrative is broken. What actually happened was a bunch of ideologues came to power, saw an opportunity to remake the middle east in aid of a "new american century", then lied about wmds to convince the public there were WMDs.

The weapons inspectors were thrown out of Iraq because they were spying for the CIA. They were desperately invited back by Iraq to try and stop the war, to no avail, because WMDs were never the issue: war was.
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I agree that it isn't suitable for hobbyists. For what it is worth, length matching is a function of the layout. Impedance matching doesn't require any crazy manufacturing technique, just choosing the correct pre-preg type/thickness by manufacturer. I've never known a board house who couldn't do it.

As for USB 2.0 conversion those pins are directly on the connector [1]. No need for anything beyond routing out those pins to a different connector. USB Type-C is essentially a USB 3.0 connector, but changed to be symmetrical and the SuperSpeed pins are used for other things like DP or other highspeed serial busses.

[1] http://www.vrworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/USBTypeCPi...
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I've heard (with no evidence) that it is usually someone on the team who wants to go somewhere, and they get approval by taking the cameras with them. I'm sure that's an oversimplification, but perhaps there is some truth to it.
I was puzzled as well. There is an analogous of the FFT method of multiplying polynomials and integers to the matrix multiplication case [1], but it is not as simple and probably does not belong in an introduction to linear algebra.

[1] http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307321v2
We use 'plane' for all kinds, from toy to passenger to freight to fighter. Perhaps 'fighter drone' or 'armed drone' would be better.
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Those "in power" are motivated by far more prosaic notions than local leadership succession in certain Muslim nations. It's actually all about the money: for contractors, lobbyists, politicians, and those pundits who act as mouthpieces for all of those. Whether they "perceive" their own cupidity is a question the answer to which is of no consequence whatsoever.
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How following the crowd can ruin your life. (Start blazing your own life path)
“What's in a Name?” Using DNSSEC/DANE for Authentication of Internet Services
Now we get a full panoramic view of how much trash all these rich day hikers have left up there.
You are mistaken. In many countries an explicit, legal line is drawn between uploading and downloading copyrighted material, and some allow downloading because otherwise clicking on a link might already incriminate you. What k___ is saying is that it's the illegal upload part that moves people away from torrent.
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>The article author seems to have had very little experience actually in the positions that he criticizes

The article author runs a company for 10 years that creates a single product for B2B market.
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> Of course I can. Learn some humility, diplomacy, and restraint.

Huh. The fact that there is a chain of command that this decision must pass sounds like the idea of restraint is not lost on these people. In fact it seems quite the opposite, that there is a directive for restraint. It's not up to the pilots and spotters, no matter how gung-ho they may be(many aren't at all, unlike what is portrayed in the article).

The billions the US is pumping into their communities in the form of assistance seems like some form of diplomacy to me, or at least due diligence for the massive social disturbance. I could be wrong. You'll have to explain to the people receiving said aid that it's either misguided or not enough, though.

> The military has no business in Iraq and needs to leave. Iraqis have said so countless times.

We're talking about Afghanistan, not Iraq. The US involvement in Iraq was totally illegal, but it's worth noting that many Iraqis definitely wanted us there after the invasion. They certainly want us there now.

> Learn diplomacy" means "use diplomats." And it also means talk to some countries who know how to do so successfully, and follow their lead.

This statement sounds buried within ideology rather than facts. The US has a massive diplomat corps and engages in some form of diplomacy every day with every country on the planet, save a few. Even moreso in Afghanistan and Iraq. You'll recall that diplomacy did not work shortly after 9/11 when Afghanistan was identified as a host country to Al Queda.

Again, the situation is as it is today. We cannot go back and alter the past. So what better way is there to proceed? The US spends billions on aid and reconstruction efforts in both countries, are they simply supposed to ignore threats?
I mostly write raw SQL for everything, but I'm a bit privileged in that I have years of DBA experience.
I haven't watched.

Does he confirm 1080p max on external monitors?
Is this for free? i cant find pricing information
So your company blocks "non-work" sites, but somehow allows Tor?

I'm reasonably certain that, even if I installed Tor at home to get around the site blocking, that the traffic would never make it through the proxy. Also likely is a call from security about wtf I'm doing.
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nobody wants this war? are you kidding sir?
there is a lot to earn on every single war, these one being no exception. All companies manufacturing weapons, ammunition, subcontractors etc. Stop wars, they are out of job.

Is it utterly immoral? But yes of course.
Is it clear to most people outside of US? Not much doubt there.
Is this going to happen again? You bet it will. Why? Just because US can.

There was not so long ago perception that US is the world police, the good guys. Well, these days, you guys are working hard to convince all the rest that China might be more suitable for this task.

Is it really hard to see how much evil is US creating in our tiny world? Did it at least once to people like you occurred, that you really, REALLY cannot well justify waging war half across the world, for laughable reasons?
Is the code available (e.g. github)?
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I have concluded that singletons should not be used ever for anything. Because practically always there appears a situation when a singleton has to be used as a doubleton or multipleton, and doing such refactoring is a mess. I am not even talking about such things as automated testing, multithreading, self-referencing, the order of initialization, etc.
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I mean exactly that in the article. Spaces between forms and labels.
Previous killings used mass bombing (which obviously kill too many civilians) or cluster bombing (again, killing and maiming too many civilians, especially hen the bomblets were the same colour as food-aid air-dropped packages http://www.landmineclearance.org/page2.html http://www.rawa.org/cluster2.htm)

In that context drones feel like an easy sell to the public. "Targeted!"

People opposed to drone use need to show how untargeted they actually are and how international law is probably being broken.
are there any open source toolkits that handle user workflows well?
tqbf - this one is for you! :-)
Ask HN: Alternatives to Productized Consulting
Brennan Dunn has an excellent post [1] today on a productized consulting offering (high value services)

The example given - and that of many on his Freelancer's Guild forum - is they're selling revenue enhancing solutions: remarketing, landing page optimisation, CRO. All things that have a direct "Makes you more money" link once you get people to see the benefit.

Productized Consulting seems to work very well at this: a stated ROI (how is that guaranteed for each client?), a cost, and more money in return.

For people like myself who have no skill in offering services like these, who write like 8 year olds and create A/B tests that are solidly inconclusive - what alternatives to productized consulting are there?

1. http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/guide-to-selling-ecommerce-clients/
What We Know, Now, About the Internet’s Disruptive Power
What’s better than being able to provision on-demand?
Very impressive. The eyes are still glassy and the nostril seems to be lighten from the bottom or from the inside, which is weird.

But we are getting there.
Just out of curiosity, how has your income from these more, I assume, passion-based writing projects and consulting jobs compared to the income from your original profession that allowed you to initially retire in the first place?
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Ah sorry, I take that back then
Who’s to blame for the digital time deficit?
Close your chat. Managing distractions is YOUR responsibility.
The way he stares at me when he moves is terrifying :(
The server you are showing is a stratum 1 time source intended for LAN use. It's not at all a given (and arguably not likely) that it would be suitable for exposing directly on the public internet to handle high traffic volumes. If not, then that means putting an ntpd in front of it, talking to it over the LAN, in which case you no longer have a stratum 1 time source available publicly.

I everyone had boxes like this, then yes, great, we'd not need reliable publicly accessible stratum 1 servers. But most people don't.
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"Then you had the UN weapons inspectors who kept being thrown out of Iraq."

One of the reasons Iraq didn't co-operate with weapons inspectors was because they were infiltrated by US and UK intelligence. As far as I know they were never actually "thrown out". The other big reason is that the weapons inspections was the only bargaining chip they had left.

"If the weapons inspectors had been allowed to remain and do their job, there wouldn't have been a second Iraq war."

That is not what happened. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/weapons-inspectors-leave-iraq/
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Completed a M.Sc in Physics with a focus on theoretical (computational) problems. Worked in the gaming industry for a while, and more recently branching out into Machine Learning for more interesting applications.
YC does not do this.
Another really good course to learn the basic about programming language design:

http://nathansuniversity.com/

And if you want to actually build a "real" programming language, I advise you to try llvm - it really takes away the pain of generating bytecode, and gives you everything you need to deal with the actual design of your language.
Interesting! I hadn't seen a daisy wheel before. Nice to see they could print proportional fonts [1]. Pretty good for printing one character at a time.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFC5PyJdVIg
> This is actually kind of a point for the other side.

I wanted to move the goalpost from "Java is insecure" to "the Java sandbox is insecure". I completely agree with the second statement, so I don't think I made a point for any other side.
Bizarre (and probably illegal) candidate requirements
The beginning of the 21st century shall always be remembered as the moment humanity became really sophisticated at killing poor people who live in mud houses from far far away.
That's why orchestra companies will conduct blind auditions rather than check a musician's SoundCloud portfolio.

If you want to see someone's actual work, you will have to simulate as closely as possible, in a controlled and repeatable fashion, the conditions under which that person will be doing work for you.

If you're looking for a cello player, you don't watch YouTube videos of musicians tap dancing, making trick shots in billiards, sawing lumber by hand, or performing close-up magic tricks. You number them, sit them down behind a visual barrier, and listen to each of them play the same piece of music. Then you pick the number that played it the best and hire that person.

Pulling back from that metaphor a bit, software professionals don't play just one instrument, or one genre of music. We know multiple high level languages, use different framework tools, use different design patterns, follow different processes, and the only thing we really all have in common is the ability to take a large, human-sized task and break it down into tiny, specific instructions simple enough for a stupid electronic machine to carry out--the paths between origin and destination being uncountably varied, and the ones chosen being largely a matter of arbitrary choices or aesthetic preferences.

If you won't consider anyone that does not have a public portfolio, you are inviting the obvious countermeasure of creating a sham portfolio just to jump through your hoop. You are encouraging people to write code that advances the author's interests rather than those of a project.
> when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US and what will the implications be?

I'm fairly certain of the outcome; UAVs will be banned from private ownership.

Only the military and approved commercial organisations will be permitted to own and operate them, much as with armed aircraft today e.g. http://tacticalairsupport.com/services/our-aircraft/
If you read between the lines "not trying to own the ecosystem" is just business talk for "we want ya'll to feel safe about buying into the thing we've built, so at the end of the road when we own the ecosystem, the checks go out to us". There's nothing wrong with that, as long as you understand what they mean.

Remember that Docker is a funded business, that has an obligation to its investors.
Write a nice, professional letter and leave out all of that crap.
Southwest is still living on the goodwill they generated from their huge fuel hedge last decade. They don't allow their fares to be shown in the aggregators but they've convinced a large segment of the population to start their search at southwest.com rather than Orbitz/Kayak/Expedia because they believe WN will have the lowest price, but that's hardly ever true anymore.

Brilliant but hardly consumer-friendly.
It is convenient to pretend that these missions are not being run from Europe, but they are and the battleground will be in Europe where it is much easier to attack.
Definitely some neat features here which will help people who need to use Docker but can't use the command line.

For example, when you click the 'Terminal' button on a running container, it automatically starts a docker-exec command in that container for you, which is handy.

For people checking it out today, note that it creates its own boot2docker VM, even if you have one on your system already. So Kitematic won't be able to see any of the images or containers you have running through your other boot2docker VM.
It would be nice if people questioning what he's paid would ask questions first, before making claims about what he should be doing...

> Well, the article does a terrible job at explaining why that rack is needed and why it can't be in a datacenter in the same city as the NTPd maintainer.

For starters, the majority of the servers are currently hosted for free at isc.org. You'd save a tiny amount on his monthly travel (I don't know what his costs are, but I used to stay in Palo Alto for weeks at a time in my last job, and it should be doable for him to travel to, and stay in, San Jose for a week for <$1k/month), in return for a as much or more in hosting costs unless you can find someone willing to give him free space.

That's assuming you can find a nearby suitable data centre.

> I wonder what prevents that hardware from working from, say, a desk in the house of the maintainer

Nothing. If you're willing to fund sufficient low latency, high capacity, redundant internet connections to his house. The price would almost certainly be far higher than flying him to San Jose once a month to maintain the servers there.
If these products were cheap I could buy this argument. But I see stuff licensing for 6 or 7 figures with UX from hell. The problem is that the people who are forced to use this crap are not the "customer" who pays for it, is sold on it, meets about the purchase, or cares about usability.
But it's not technically spam, as you have actually signed up for the analytics account. Perhaps this illustrates the reason why it is tagged as spam: a lot of people just hit the 'mark as spam'.

The irony is that most of the spam that gets through my spam filter comes from gmail.
knowaveragejoe: "the billions the US is pumping into these communities"

the actual article: "$5000 and a goat"
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Agree 1000%. Haven't used once since 2002 since I started using di containers.
You might want to let HMRC know about this.

https://www.gov.uk/report-an-unregistered-trader-or-business

That page is aimed much more at the "cash in hand" trader, but they'll take reports on anything.

You don't have to know that it's tax evasion to make a report.
Controller, Helper, Util, Governor.

Pick any, or invent your own.
I would argue that this represents an almost trivial minority sentiment today, in contrast to a pervasive belief among IS militants and supporters.
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>This is great. More competition is great for me, the consumer. Recently Lyft and Uber have bother offered flat rate rides for $5-7 anywhere in SF. When people ask me how it can be so cheap, I always joke it's because it's a $15 ride but you're splitting it with a venture capitalist.

Competition to reduce prices by increasing efficiency is great for the consumer. Competition to increase market share by offering things at below market value by burning VC money or taking advantage of drivers is fine in the short run, but will have long term problems.[1] The other shoe has to drop, and it will either look like a huge price increase to make these companies profitable or investors losing a bunch of money.

[1] see Groupon et al.
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Another perspective: I am trying to teach myself physics from Morin's books, and for the first time I see how well structured was my lower division calc sequence d for this application.
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Ack. Thanks.
What I typically miss on Windows is "rsync".
Huh. I made something very similar to this:
http://feud.mattgmade.me
Founder of http://Accelerat.io here. This is exactly why we started our project, we hear a lot of these stories of second and third tier accelerators doing these kinds of shenanigans.

Would love to put up the accelerator you're talking about with clear information so future entrepreneurs applying can know about this upfront.

If you contact me at hello at accelerat.io I'll set it up for you. Rest assured, it will all be 100% anonymous.
Reading the NTP wiki page leads me to believe he's maintaining several reference clocks that can be used if you have no atomic clocks of your own. I would guess that he has to maintain servers with different implementations of the time algorithms so he can test new code against them. He needs to be able to simulate network configurations so he can reproduce issues.
Find out what you're good at and can package up. And if you're not good at anything, practice, I guess.
Cygwin should only slow down syscalls. Syscalls should not be a significant fraction of the running time of compression software.