skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
WHAT? Are you kidding me?

An intelligent database that can cross link a million conditions and varieties with voice-recognized list of identified symptoms?

I just spent two months in three separate hospitals for family members. Diagnosis can be vastly increased in quality and sped up with proper databases and voice recognition.

How about you walk into a waiting room and for the hour you waste there get diagnosed by a intelligent computer expert system. Then when the doc gets around to you they do a separate diagnosis.

Those two will resolve to a set of probability-based diagnoses and automatic recommendations for further tests and questions. It can access a state-of-the-art managed database with references to relevant research and a place to enter commentary and questions.
Yes, I realized after posting that -pedantic is required for strict standards compliance.
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oh i see what you mean. yes im saying they were absolutely right. what was bitter is that they suspended the app with no warning. they couldve warned me and i wouldve had no problem fixing it. the app was completely free with no ads.
Would you be able to provide a breakdown on the industry of the companies beyond B2B, B2C, etc? I'm curious how many are in developer tooling, oil & gas and so on and so forth.
I'm not sure if any of this is sarcastic, so sorry if I've completely missed the mark. But I think despite the opinion that one should have more choice (of which, don't get me wrong, I'm personally an advocate) the problem here goes well beyond the age-old Android vs. iOS debate. Sure, I wish iOS could have implemented features that align with Android and vice versa. But IMO the problem here actually comes from how the "web of apps" evolved separately from the WWW.

On a more concrete note, there are scenarios where neither DNS nor special HTML metadata work. A great example of this is Uber or Lyft. Both of these apps support mobile deeplinking, however there is no real concept of a "page" in these apps. These kinds of apps are more like utilities or services (ride sharing, making phone calls, starting a run, etc), rather than content to consume (reading the news, playing music, watching a video, etc).
Just waiting for the resume in Brainfuck
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8242448
A reliable way to invoke this behavior is to hit the reset button multiple times.
The city already owns the parking spots. No need to condemn anything. Just change the use.

It isn't anti-car propaganda to point out that huge swaths of valuable public real estate are dedicated to providing free storage for empty cars, and to suggest that there are other uses that would be more beneficial to more people.
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As a native German speaker, the way I understand it is (generally):

sollen = shall

sollten = should

werden = will

würden = would

i.e.

Werden wir gehen? = Will we go?

Sollen wir gehen? = Shall we go?

Sollten wir gehen? = Should we go?

Würden wir gehen? = Would we go?

At least Google Translate seems to agree with me (although of course it recommends "Are we going to go?" for the first one).

In other words:

"Would" is speculative but about behaviour: "If this happened, would we do that?" (i.e. does this accurately describe our behaviour?) "I wouldn't do that if I were you..." (you aren't going to see me engage in that kind of behaviour and it's probably a good idea to follow my example)

"Should" is speculative but about obligations: "If this happened, should we do that?" (i.e. are we morally obliged to do that?, or: is it a good idea to do that?) "I shouldn't eat this cake..." (I may or may not eat the cake, but I know it's not a good idea to do so)

"Will" is also about the future but fairly objective: "When this happens, will we do that?" (Yes/No/Maybe) "I will not buy this record, it is scratched!" (Me buying this record isn't going to happen and there is no reason to doubt this prediction)

"Shall" is about an imminent decision: "Now that this has happened, shall we do that?" (Yes/No/Maybe) / "I shall eat this cake!" (I have decided to eat this cake and wish to inform you about my intent)

Of course those rules of thumb aren't entirely foolproof.

"Thou shalt not kill" (or "You shall not kill") is different because it is a command. It makes the decision for you. If it were "you should not kill", it still leaves it up to you to actually follow through on that command.

I'm not entirely sure about Fowler's description of "I will" as "it is my will to". This seems to contradict the equivalent usage of "ich werde" in German (where "ich will" actually means "I want", merely declaring a desire -- e.g. "I want a pony" doesn't mean you are intent on acquiring a pony it just means you'd really prefer having a pony over your present state of pony-non-ownership).

EDIT: Also note that in German "werde" can also mean "to become" (and "bekomme" means "receive", leading to the common mixup "I become a hamburger" at fast food parlors). Going by that meaning "I will kill you" could also be read as "I {am most certainly going to become} {a person who kills} you"). There's probably a clever observation of the usage of nouns and verbs here for a proper linguist.
I remember Crichton describing those in Andromeda Strain, so even Mr. Global Warming denier thought they were coming.

Strangely, huh, the AMA seems to have prevented that undermining of their guild.
CEO of 5 year-old company who raised $4mil enters pitch contests to win $15k
Mastercard had pitch competition called Priceless Pitch at this weekend at the Mashable House in Austin / SXSW

From the site:
How’s it work? Have your pitch for a new business idea, solution or product prepared and our bellhop will escort you into the Priceless Elevator. Once the door closes, you’ll have up to 60 seconds to pitch your idea for a chance at the grand prize of $15,000.

http://mashable.com/2015/03/11/priceless-pitch-brandspeak/

Now the spirit of the competition would seem to indicate that this was for new ideas or for younger startups who have not raised a ton of money.

So it is a little curious that they awarded it to Clearpath's CEO Felice Gorordo.
https://twitter.com/MasterCard/status/577239944357289984

Clearpath is 5 years old and has raised 4 million and is looking to raise 3 million more.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/the-starting-gate/2014/01/clearpath-names-felice-gorordo-ceo-moving-hq-to-miami.html

Seems bad form to me but wanted to get HN comments
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Philadelphia does not have a very good public transit system. It's fine if all you want to do is get to the center of the city, but to actually travel around the city it sucks.

And parts of Philadelphia have a severe parking problem. I'm convinced that the only reason South Philadelphia works is because 1/4 to 1/2 of its population isn't at home at any one point in time. It's like sailors hot-bedding on a submarine.

So if you're going to be an urbanite in Philadelphia, you have to live your entire life in Philadelphia, in your neighborhood. Which is probably why so many of the people I knew there hadn't even been out of the state, say nothing about to other countries.

For some people, that's all they want, a provincial life. It's not for me. I grew up surrounded by people with that very same attitude, in a rural environment, that attitude of "why would you ever even want to go somewhere else?" I really don't see the difference of it in an urban setting and I really just don't like being around it.

But I'm getting sick and tired of being treated like I'm a complete waste of a person for that reason. Seriously, the title is "Why parking spaces shouldn't always be wasted on cars", meaning the other times it's still wasted on cars, but it's somehow ok. It's just a smug sort of attitude.
I came in expecting to read an article bemoaning some niche language and playing the diversity card. I was not disappointed, but as I kept reading, the author made some very good points.

I don't really care that the organization is run by white men who speak English, because frankly the entire computing industry and telecommunications industry is based on that. I'm not going to argue about the original sin there, because the facts speak for themselves: they got shit done.

What I do find really disturbing, though, is that somehow both Linear A and Linear B are included, in their (as known) entirety, while Bengali is not--two languages spoken and written by nobody for over a millenia are included whereas a language spoken and written by millions of people is not. That's bad.

The discussion of somehow creating a CJK superset and then deviations to support each of those languages is worse, and the author's remark about trying to "unify" Greek, Roman, Cyrillic, and Swedish struck home.

Personally, I think that it's nice to have an ever-decreasing number of languages to support, preferably English. The first part of that is because it's annoying enough to unambiguously parse one human language much less dozens, and the second part is pure convenience and small-mindedness on my part.

That said, we don't have to buy into diversity or identity or anything else to note that something here is amiss. This is bad allocation of engineering resources.

EDIT:

And yes, one could make the argument that the computer/teleco industry is being produced in Shenzhen, to which I would respond that the intellectual capital was handled by the West. Nintendo hired SGI, Sony IBM. There is certainly a wonderful and burgeoning domestic talent, but the paths were set elsewhere, to the best of my knowledge.
I did a few exercises a while back in the Python, Ruby, and JS modules. Feedback from other users seems minimal; I only received one comment from another user and one automated comment. I haven't commented on others' code, either, but still, it was good practice.
We (as a culture) have spent centuries stamping out trial by violence and duelling because as a dispute resolution mechanism it overwhelmingly favors young men with training.

We have in recent years marginalized boxing as it gets people killed or seriously injured, causes lasting brain damage even under controlled circumstances, and normalizes violent behavior.

Edit in reply to sibling: HN seems to have some anti-deep-thread mechanism which hides reply links. Maybe you should find someone to punch about that.
Exactly, we went through four revisions of our pricing and I'm not sure we'll ever be certain it's the "right" one. We just knew we had to simplify it and after user feedback this is the one that stuck.

And thanks for the kind comments, we've always loved your animations and the attention to detail you put into your site. I mean who doesn't want a buy bacon button in their header?
Watson?
iPad has had a stopwatch in the clock app since iOS 6. http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/06/11/first_look_apples_...
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It would be interesting to see a breakdown by founder team size.
As the author of the blog, I'll keep an eye out here and try to respond to any questions or comments.
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I'm not sure you can emulate objects with modules. In particular, there is no "self" type with modules... or am I missing something?
That's not what this sounds like, but it doesn't say which brand they bought:

http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/im-terrified-my-new-tv...
I noticed that I can't do more than 5 quality hours of work as well. And mostly, it's all about density.

2 hours of debugging a tricky issue, while having your tools fail you multiple times in the process, can drain me out for the remainder of the day. On the other hand, doing an interesting research/notes-taking or other non-infuriating work, and I might spend 6 hours without even feeling too tired.

On average, 4-5 hours of _actual_ programming (thinking, writing, refactoring, testing, documenting) is all I can squeeze out for a day.

Is this normal or am I not pushing myself enough? I'm not sure.
In the article it says it uses infrared.
Why do you say that? Digital downloads on Nintendo devices have been just fine for me.
If you think Apple will provide a more cooperative experience you are mistaken. I've built apps for years and many times a short discussion with Google allowed me to re-post an app with some modifications.

Unless you are making apple SERIOUS revenue (think high6 to 7 figures) they will shut you down without even a response.
You are creating a fantasy narrative. I guarantee you that nerds don't constantly hit on girls or women. They are famous for not doing that and being more concerned about their computers instead.

My claim was that nerds back in the days of home computers would have been happy to meet a girl interested in computers. That is a far stretch from the Beavies and Butthead scenario you are trying to create. It's simply normal and healthy to hope for other human beings to share some interests with you.
> understand the hate for GPL

Here's an attempt, although before I start, I don't hate the GPL at all. I think it's a clever hack, and a good license for some situations. Sometimes, as a practical matter, it is annoying:

Sometimes, you work on proprietary code (as to why this is, here's one thing I wrote a few years back: http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity/ but it's a long, involved discussion in and of itself!) and would like to integrate some small library that would make your life easier. If you can't use it, it's not really that big a deal, but if you can, great. Someone like myself, who greatly enjoys open source software will also be sure to be a 'good citizen', giving back any changes to that little library, even if we're not forced to.

But if it's GPL, you just can't use it. If this is the genuine intent of the author, fair is fair and you move on. Sometimes though, people just slap the GPL on stuff without particularly considering the consequences.

In some circumstances, BSD licensed code can attract more users, because they are able to use it in proprietary applications. If they 'get' open source, they'll still contribute back, causing the code to actually be more used and useful than if it were GPL and excluded from use by a company creating something it wants to make money with. (Ok, yes, you can make money with GPL stuff, but it's a lot more difficult than making money by simply selling something directly, and even that is not easy, as anyone who has tried to start a software business knows).
Honestly, if I was stuck in some building after an earthquake, I think the only way my day could get worse was if I was then crawled upon by cyborg roaches.
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It's too bad it'll be a long while before these can be used in node modules without a transpiler :-(
To pjc50 to whom I can't seem to reply:

The point is not "who wins the fight wins the argument".

The point is "let's you and me fight, then afterwards, we can discuss the argument with more equanimity".
Square-Enix actually have a bunch of games on the iOS App Store. Most of them are ports, but a while back there was the Chaos Rings series which was original IP (I haven't checked if they have any other original IP for iOS). And they're not just straightforward ports either, for example the Dragon Quest games have all been adapted to play in a portrait layout (because their target customers are Japanese people playing while standing up on subway cars, where they can't do two-handed landscape gaming).

I also find it notable that Square-Enix is maintaining relatively high price points for these games (such as $15), and have done so for years, despite the iOS game market still being primarily aimed at the $1-$3 level. Of course, the fact that the games are being published by a well-known name like Square-Enix lets them do things other companies couldn't get away with, but it must be profitable enough because they keep adding more games to their iOS lineup.
I don't see how you could possibly not see how it has larger implications. For years we've been told that the reason there's no women in tech is because of all us sexist brogrammers, despite the typical programmer being the opposite of a 'bro', while the VCs very much resemble them, and somehow VCs being 96% male with most top firms having NO women as partners slips by unnoticed. VCs intentionally create frat house cultures at the tech companies they invest in because they assume it saves them money to hire misfit programmers who need a workplace to provide a social life rather than act like processionals and demand professional compensation, and that frat house culture is also antagonistic to people who aren't young males. Finally, I don't see how you could read a case where a VC firm made mis-step after mis-step, and a highly qualified woman suggested they invest in winners like Twitter only to be ignored, and brushed off for invites to the Democrats the VCs are in bed with like Al Gore, and not see how she clearly as an extremely strong case of gender discrimination against a rich and powerful sect of elite VCs who have hidden their sickening behavior in the shadows for far too long.
I listen to a few every time there's a new episode:

* Free Beer & Hot Wings -- this is actually a radio show, but I've been listening since I was in high school and I'm a huge fan or their humor: http://www.freebeerandhotwings.com/

* Upvoted by reddit -- Alexis Ohanian takes a reddit comment or post, and turns it into a long-form podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/upvoted-by-reddit/id9541...

* Men In Blazers -- two soccer guys talking about soccer: http://meninblazers.com/podcasts

* Wait Wait Don't Tell Me -- humorous review of the news from NPR: http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/
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> Yes, but there's also a risk of them not having a business.

How? The 3DS is doing pretty well...
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Yep, one of those... which is why I wanted to put something I could control on it, but alas I have updated too recently and am afraid of bricking a $3k tv...
It is my understanding that Kodak invented the core technology digital camera but didn't really do much with them because they didn't want to cannibalize their film business.

What are they up to now? Certainly not leading photography market.
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> As for handing out valentine gifts, hell my entire work place would be in trouble for gifts, cards, and the like.

Oddly enough, where I work, the accepted standard is you simply don't hand out stuff to coworkers on Valentines.

I mean it is one f'n day of the year, how hard is it to avoid that unless your sole goal is to entice someone?

> We celebrate a lot different events

I think you are making my point for me. Any event except Valentines/romance related, the behavior would have been appropriate. Specifically doing it on Valentines with the unspoken implication of he'd be alone with her and his wife would be out of town....? :/

> Let's be honest. We only get a picture, one tinted by personal views and time. It will be interesting what the court digs up and how the final determination comes about.

Of course. However, it disgusts me that the article seems to imply that "hitting on a woman" and "being nice/mentoring" is the same behavior as the positioning of that quote implied.
You're trolling right? Because settling legal disputes with Marquess of Queensbury rules is indeed 19th century bonkers.
Certain bluetooth controllers work with some Android games or emulators, and sometimes they can be attached to the phone so that it feels like a normal handheld. It just needs to be adopted more.
Well, if the device is tablet-like it probably will be near the camera / screen.
No, just $3 for the Android purchases. Since it was made on another platform, Apple doesn't get a cut.
Yes, the masculine/feminine distinction is not completely lost (yet) in modern Dutch. But

> Whether most speakers actually know the correct gender and thus pronoun is another question ;).

There is no "correct" grammar from a descriptive point of view. When most people don't distinguish masculine nouns from feminine ones any more, linguists tend to say "the m/f distinction is disappearing" instead of "there is a m/f distinction but most people don't know the correct gender".
Looking out my window in downtown Boston right now and there's still a bunch of snow steadily melting everywhere, but it's not nearly as bad as it was even two weeks ago.
The experience is pretty smooth:

1) Open the eShop

2) Find a game (tons of features sections, look by category/rating/genre, or search)

3) Tap purchase

4) Add funds if necessary, just a tap or two to use your existing credit card details

5) Purchase

6) Download immediately, or put your 3DS into sleep mode and it'll download hands-free

The only real problem is Nintendo's system for transferring to new devices.
As a huge Scala fan, some of this fills me with apprehension.

Existentials should always be a last resort, so it's ok if their syntax is a bit cumbersome; I find the forSome style a lot less confusing in its implications (e.g. "why can't I add a String to a List[_ <: String]" is a common newcomer question) and it avoids confusion with higher-kinded types. So if anything I'd rather drop the List[_] syntax, and use List[T] forSome {type T} exclusively. (Eliminating existentials entirely would be nice, but they're needed for Java interop).

The dotty approach of replacing type parameters with type members fills me with fear. Type parameters are simple and reliable; type members are confusing and the compiler often needs more help to get them right. I can appreciate the desire to not have two features that overlap, but this is removing the feature that works well in favour of the feature that doesn't.

Monads for effects work really well, and the community is just starting to get a library stack together that makes them easy - look at e.g. http4s for where the grassroots innovation is. They're simple to reason about because they're just ordinary types following the ordinary rules, and we have a lot of library support for making them easy to work with. By contrast implicits are still the most confusing and error-prone part of the language - look at all the trouble people have with Future and ExecutionContext. The example given in the slideshow looks like a perfect use case for scalaz Kleisli. Rather than another specialized language feature, the truly scalalike solution would be to make it easier for "function literals" to have user-defined types - perhaps k{ body } to have body be promoted to a Kleisli, a la s"" interpolators.

Scala gets a lot right, and I don't think I'd ever be tempted away to Haskell - strictness and impurity are simply too useful. Some parts can't be changed - subtying is here to stay (and needed for interop), and much as I wish tuples could be replaced with HLists, they probably can't. That by itself is enough to leave room for a successor to eat Scala's lunch. But for now it's a brilliant language, fun and safe and commercially viable; I really do love the language, and a few of these things (union types) could make it even better. But too many of these ideas feel like missteps.
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That's fair enough, though people retain the right to describe themselves in a particular way whilst simultaneously being entitled to forbid others to do the same.

Lady and Ladies is another set of words that could be used.

It's interesting that "Woman" is seen as stuffy and formal, whereas "man" is often used like "be a man" or "man up".

You usually have to put an adjective on "man" to give it a negative connotation, in my experience.
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There's also a project that attempts to map which AWS region is closest to a country via undersea cable information: https://github.com/turnkeylinux/aws-datacenters
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