skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all the power to the machines. But we are suggesting neither that the human race would voluntarily turn power over to the machines nor that the machines would willfully seize power. What we do suggest is that the human race might easily permit itself to drift into a position of such dependence on the machines that it would have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines decisions. As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decision for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better result than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide."
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And the mystery of how northern Canada and Northern Pole had a common shore.
Now rethink the amount of ice that has melted.
He's an offensive lineman. It wouldn't surprise me if there is less head trauma in that position than in others.

Here's some data wrt to OL being the worst position actually.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/19/offensive-play

This is a crucial point. Much of the attention in the football world, in the past few years, has been on concussions—on diagnosing, managing, and preventing them—and on figuring out how many concussions a player can have before he should call it quits. But a football player’s real issue isn’t simply with repetitive concussive trauma. It is, as the concussion specialist Robert Cantu argues, with repetitive subconcussive trauma. It’s not just the handful of big hits that matter. It’s lots of little hits, too.

That’s why, Cantu says, so many of the ex-players who have been given a diagnosis of C.T.E. were linemen: line play lends itself to lots of little hits.
It was seeded by wartime/cold war governments and large corps.

But back then government was at least somewhat independent of the large corps.

Today Washington is the wholly-owned political arm of the mil/ind/fin complex.

The tail isn't just wagging the dog, it's controlling it with direct brain implants.

If you don't accept this, please explain how the F35 was allowed to happen.

The scale of wastage and - let's call it what it is - establishment-sanctioned corruption is almost impossible to comprehend.
The United States will probably land men and women on Mars before this jet is fully operational.
this is just degree 1 extension K[x] code, do your homework by yourself please.
Just the logical following of the F22 disaster: a plane so expensive that they won't ever dare endanger it in real operations... because $1 billion apiece!
It's a replacement or secondary brick - some people will need to replace the cable too, but everybody got one with the computer.
LOL, been there, done that, and I work at the same place as foz :)
Nice rebuttal. The Apollo program was also delivered on time (JFK's "before this decade is out" deadline). I'd also add the Manhattan Project to this list.

I wonder: why can the government execute Apollo and Manhattan projects, but botches such simple projects as the Bradley APC carrier?
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There is no way to remove it via the UI. You sadly need a rooted phone to remove it.
RoR Gem for Merging PDF Files – Combine_pdf
Discovered a great gem for merging pdf files as an alternative to rmagick/mini-magick, which tends to run into memory/clean-up problems on heroku:

https://github.com/boazsegev/combine_pdf

It is a relatively new gem but appears to work well so far.
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Having performed a thousand interviews by now, I am awestruck by how poor the software development talent pool is.

My experience: exactly the opposite.
Does not work for me. I end up with a crushed soul and a complete inability to function.
The basic perversity is building a gigantic military in peacetime because the arms companies have enormous lobbying power. Everything else flows from and is secondary to that.
Avid chess player and a kickboxer? He could be a really good chess boxer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing
...only a real question if the identities of the people are known.
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I don't have a huge data plan (my wife and I share 3 gigs a month) but that is enough so we can switch off wifi when leaving our house. I don't like using public wifi anyway.
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You have some point, but how many people even know what Native Client is? Or even JavaScript?
All the stuff we have that we don't want to replace with the F35 was built by governments and large companies
you might try adding 5-HTP to the mix. i had the same issue, after taking melatonin – i'd fall sleep, but wake up a few hours later. pretty much every night.

right now i take 1/2 of 2.5 mg melatonin (sublingual) with 50-100 mg 5-HTP, ideally 30-45 min before going to bed.

adding 5-HTP was A MIRACLE ! after just a day or two i slept very soundly and had AMAZING dreams – we're talkin 2160p 10.5 THX Lord of the Rings epic trilogy with you playing lead role. those first few weeks i even went to bed earlier just so i could dream longer. :)
prior to that it had been decades since i remembered having any dreams. (warning though, i've told several friends about it – after they tried it they had to stop because the dreams were too intense.)

i read about 5-HTP in this book i borrowed from my chiropracter: http://smile.amazon.com/5-HTP-Natural-Overcome-Depression-In...
basically it states that melatonin is only part of the sleep equation, seratonin is the other part. your body can produce seratonin from 5-HTP (which is the chemical in turkey which makes you drowsy).

also:

staring at a computer screen can really mess with your sleep – due to chemical imbalance with these hormones. to help as much as possible, i installed F.lux on all of my computers.

i also recently added Modalert to my daily routine, but that's another story...
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I'm sitting in my camper near Tafraoute, Morocco -- near the painted rocks. There is nobody around for miles (kms actually). Somehow there is 80ms ping 3g internet here.

Finally I can concentrate! I'm so happy I don't work in a shared office space -- but they sort of all are shared office spaces. I think my hatred of all that drove me so far away to this place!
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Finding out how someone reacts to being told they are wrong when they know that they are right is a totally valid interview technique.

Furthermore, I think past basic fizzbuzz questions, complex interview questions are good, but someone failing to get an objectively correct solution to an objectively difficult problem is just one signal among many. The goal of asking the questions should be to gather lots of other signals about how you approach writing software, not to pronounce you right or wrong.
Impact speed is important to the effectiveness of a collision. That's why they train to maximize this speed. Saying "the speed isn't high" in a context where maximum speed is a goal isn't a very good argument for safety.

I mean, if I were an exceptionally speedy, brick-wall linebacker, I wouldn't get kicked out for causing extra concussions, I'd be given trophies and expensive contracts.
"...just inconceivable that we have a multi-decade program to develop a new fighter to fill all these roles, and what we've produced is either equivalent to or worse than the incumbent in all cases, is not safe to fly in combat situations, and is more expensive to boot..."

My first week at PLC in Quantico another candidate, prior enlisted recon guy, told me... "War is a racket". Later I found out that the quote was attributed to USMC Maj Gen Smedley Butler. Even read the book. It's kind of amazing how little things have changed at heart since he committed his thoughts to paper.
Yeah good thing no one we're dropping bombs on today has any armored vehicles.

http://defensetech.org/2015/01/07/us-airstrikes-agaisnt-isis...
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the point is to avoid highly processed/prepared foods.
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45 days before my contract expires with AT&T, i signed up a new service with T-mobile, i also ported my number to T-mobile.

With in a week, i got 150 bill for breaking the contract. I argued that i never asked to cancel the service. I want to pay my last month bill and complete my contract.

Nope!

AT&T cancelled my service because i ported my number. I ended up paying them 150$ just days before my contract expires. No prorated no discount.

Never ever going back to anything related AT&T. Never.
I take piracetam/pramiracetam/noopept on and off and cycle between caffeine+l-theanine and nicotine. Some non-nootropic supplements I take are fish oil, Vitamin D3, and melatonin. Here are some of my anecdotes.

::Piracetam

I haven't been able to get very consistent results with piracetam, but it's definitely not placebo. I've found that piracetam is hit-or-miss for a lot of people. Some are very sensitive and only need 500mg, while others, like myself, need somewhere around 10g, and it just doesn't work for others. When I started, the effects were fantastic: I had increased focus, more vivid dreams, and was more outgoing and personable when I'm normally introverted. However, after about 2 weeks of regular usage, much of the effect went away. This seems consistent with some other peoples' experiences with piracetam on the web. It seems to be having more effect now after a 2 month break, so it may just be tolerance. Also, @StevePerkins implied that piracetam is illegal to purchase in the US, but it is still unscheduled and legal to buy in most countries.

::Pramiracetam/Noopept

These are much less subtle than piracetam.

I usually take between 200-500mg pramiracetam and it has the same focusing effect of piracetam, but with a stimulating effect as well. I haven't noticed any tolerance issues, even with a period of regular use.

With noopept, I only felt any effects when consuming around 5mg sublingually. It's not a racetam so it's a bit riskier, in my opinion. I felt focused without any stimulating effects and I found it helpful for exams. Some people have reported short term memory issues with higher doses.

::Caffeine/L-theanine

This really is one of the best nootropics around if you can reduce your tolerance. Just caffeine makes me feel jittery, but taking it 1:1 with l-theanine makes me feel calm, focused, and energetic.

::Nicotine

I cycle this with caffeine to reduce tolerance. I use 2mg gums, and it works pretty well. It feels like caffeine with the edge taken off.

Like others have said, the benefits of nootropics are marginal compared to the low hanging fruit of sleep, exercise, and diet. If you're interested, just do your homework beforehand and balance the risks with the benefits. Everybody's different; find out which ones work and don't work for you, at what dosages. I think the racetams are relatively less risky, but they are psychoactive at high dosages, and there have not been studies on their long term effects over several years.
I usually countered FizzBuzz question with an offer to show of the source code of a small project I wrote while studying. While some didn't care, most interviewers were actually happy about it and let me do it. I tell them about the problems I had and how I approached them, usually leading to a question from me on how the company had similar problems and how they solve them. In my experience this "opens up" the interviewer(s) to talk a bit more honestly about development practices in the company.

On test projects. I generally expect that companies (after a pre screening) put similar efforts in me as I put in them. If you let me do a two day project, I'd expect that one person (preferable my future boss or a future colleague) to show me a "company fitting" solution and take the time to discus my work and theirs. If you're not willing to spend that time I'll most likely think you don't respect my time. Which is a factor in choosing a company. I understand you are busy, I hope you understand that I’m too.

Edit: not a native speaker, sorry for bad english
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This is a case for real journalism, who are these people and what is their story?
The key west agreement:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Agreement

The army isn't allowed to have fixed wing aircraft with combat capabilities.
That's a really terrible analogy. Would you say the same thing about a desire to play chess or a desire to compete in the olympics? Would you say the same thing about a desire to write software? Heroin is pretty self-destructive, and you won't be admired for it or have a successful career at it. Football is different. It's a passion. It requires skill.
Few more tips for successful Python profiling:

* By default, the ITIMER signals used by the profiler interrupt syscalls. Disable that by adding the following in plop.Collector.__init__() after the call to signal.signal():

signal.siginterrupt(sig, False)

* Try all ITIMER modes, e.g. by changing the default in plop.Collector.__init__()
Have you tried not taking it in a while?

I found that modafinil sped my mind up too fast to figure anything out. And I was taking even half what you are taking. Just 25mg.
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> They do it with analytics, they do it with email/IM, they do it with DNS

Send a lot of cookies with your DNS queries, do you?

DNS has this page[1]. Analytics uses first-party cookies, not google ones. The best they could do there is associate it all with an IP address, which would be a bad way to associate data and still leaves the question of what they would do with it at that point. Customize the ads only for that IP address?

[1] https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy
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In both cases it was do or die. Right now is do or ... meh.
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Made this so I could quickly capture a demo screenshot when pushing updates to my applications. To do that, you need to get the Window ID from Quartz to capture a specific window.

Hope this makes some dev's life a bit easier by doing that automatically for you.
OPAM Package:

https://opam.ocaml.org/packages/owebl/owebl.0.1/

Release Candidate:

https://github.com/eatonphil/owebl/archive/v0.1.tar.gz
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In an actual interview, I would only pull out that specific example for a candidate who's worked with CVS and Subversion almost exclusively. The actual question is also a bit more verbose:

Have you worked for a company that strives to do as much development as possible in 'trunk', creating a release branch near deployment time for production bugfixes? Have you worked for a company that preferred to branch at the outset of new development, merging back to 'trunk' periodically? What did you find to be the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?

Their answer lets me read between the lines and gleen much more information about their work history. Have they worked in settings where multiple work streams were in development simultaneously? Do they have substantial experience in collaborating without trampling on shared resources? If so, then they usually mention the different pain points in merging. I don't consider there to be a "right" or "wrong" answer to this question, and not having a clever answer certainly doesn't disqualify someone from being a strong programmer. But it does help to level-set, and identify candidates who think like team leads or might be well suited for responsibly beyond raw coding.

However, I don't want too much text between parentheses that are injected into a long sentence. So you get "trunk-first vs. branch-first". :)
i tried piracetam but unfortunately it didn't have any effect on me. more recently i've been taking modafinil which has helped a lot – not necessarily with focus per-se, but being able to get through any drowsiness or that "wall" of just getting something started.

though i will add my lifestyle is pretty clean, i would probably work on that first if yours is not.

i recently changed my diet to mostly paleo but do include rice and beans. i use a nutribullet everyday to make my breakfast. i avoid processed foods, those with preservatives, etc. and cut down considerably on alcohol intake. i exercise a little bit (cardio mostly).

adding paleo was great in that i no longer experienced the crash after eating a meal. about a year ago it was necessary to take 1-2 15 minute naps per day. now i can go 14+ hours without issue.
The work/benefit/stress ratio of being a janitor is really pretty good. If you want a relaxing job, cleaning floors is really great by comparison juggling a university schedule as a professor is not.
Raising salaries increase cost of doing business for everyone in the sector--increased competition may only result in decreased realized revenue, and often may just result in further investment in the sector.

To use a crude analogy:

Burger King and Starbucks don't mind if a KFC or whatever opens across the street, because while the newcomer is "competition", it isn't a big deal, and may even bring in more customers overall (because now that area is a "food zone").

They will, however, all fight tooth-and-nail to fight raising the minimum wage, because that results in higher costs for everyone.
I am a self taught PHP programmer. Been working in tech as a freelancer since early 2000s. Built real applications.

I thought I was pretty good so a few years ago I moved to Silicon Valley to get a startup job. Boy was I wrong. Even though I had created real applications and knew MVC, etc. etc. I was basically told I was worthless because I didn't know algorithms, unit testing, etc. etc.

So I moved back home (Tel Aviv) and started my own company (lead gen market). Programmed everything myself. Last year I did over $2 mil (70% margins) and this year I am on track for $3.5-$4 mil in revs.

The technical interview was the best thing ever for me because if I had passed I wouldn't be where I am today.
WebAction is working on some complex problems from a data management aspect (continuous queries on streaming, distributed in-memory data). From a front-end dev aspect, we're working on efficient rendering, modular and re-usable UI components and frameworks.
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Ask HN: How to Handle Co-Founders That Are Losing Focus
Hello HN,

Using a throwaway account for obvious reasons.

I have a team of 3 who have been working on a startup for the past 6 months getting a prototype together in our spare time. It's now crunch time with concerns to applying for accelerators & funding and while we've maintained daily communication for the past few months - over the past two weeks everyone seems to be MIA.

One co-founder is close and we have held a friendship for over a decade and one is remote. Our remote founder we've known for less than a year, but over 6 months and we have never had issues with communication in the past. In fact, he's put more solid work in terms of results in the either one of us (...from a coding standpoint).

This is our first attempt at building something from the ground up as a team, and progress has been great up until the past few weeks. Replies to notes, emails and messages have taken over 48 hours - sometimes questions go completely unanswered...

I know an obvious solution is to find new a team, but we've all invested a decent amount of time into this and I don't want to have to start over for our YC application, or wait until the next batch. I also really like this team and what we've done over the past few months...

Any guidance on how to handle issues like this, managerial tips, motivational tips, anything? I'm going crazy thinking that the past few months of work will be for naught in the sense that we've formed all of our funding apps around the three of us and what we've worked on as a team.

I'll gladly give more details if needed...
(NB: It's actually not conclusive that he committed suicide.)

We have have a lot of great minds who are still alive and who are still doing some of the more impressive research in Computer Science -- and they are universally (essentially) ignored. It's sad to say, but I'm not convinced Alan Turing would have met a much better fate.
The closest I get is I occasionally take creatine. I'm vegetarian, I think the studies go either way on if the low creatine in a veg diet matters for mental acuity or not. I'll take 3g daily for a month, then forget about it, feel like it does nothing, etc. I notice small benefits re: muscle size, but never anything mental.
Software licenses.
What about getting punched?
I totally agree with you on sleep, but I also found that green tea helped with my anxiety to the point I was sleeping well.
The act of turning on an oven or opening a refrigerator isn't "doing work", but igniting a fire (and by extension completing a circuit) is.
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Enjoy your heroin!
Heroin destroys lives, dragging not just the users, but those around them down. Similar to TBI.
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The convergence with power supplies for lower wattage devices is impressive. My iPad charger is 10W and just slightly smaller than this. This thing charges (and powers) an entire laptop).

I expect in a generation or so of iPhone & iPads, all of the devices will share a common charger capability.

iPhones & iPads will probably still come with lower-wattage chargers for cost reasons, but if you have an Apple laptop, it's very likely that you will be able to travel with a single charger for all of your devices.

It's also conceivable that a USB-C device may be able to charge at a lower rate with a smaller charger; charge your laptop with your iPhone charger in an emergency.
Do you have a utility that lets me port over my named transformations from Cloudinary? Also, is there any way to pull images directly from an S3 bucket rather than from my Heroku instance?
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We employ z, i, and p, series systems from IBM currently. The biggest costs these days have become licensing software and site costs; power, cooling, site to site comm, and space. The number of languages used across all platforms is varied and well represented. There will always be a lot of business use for large hardware and even languages I thought long past their prime have had enough enhancements they blend the best of the old coding with the newest.
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FWIW, at Kroger and probably other places, just ask for a card and tell them you're in a hurry and will fill out the form at home. Of course, never do that. Been using mine for years. I see it as a win win, they could probably get interesting correlations from my buying habits, but have no idea who I am.

Of course share phone numbers work too, as another poster mentioned.
We're not talking about scaling out cloud deployments or something here. Building a military takes an incredible amount of lead time. If you don't have a strong standing military force during peacetime, you won't have one during wartime.
I got a bit baffled by that too, but came to the same conclusion as you did after a minute or two. In an actual interview, I suppose I would just start by clarifying what is meant by those terms before going on with a discussion about it?
and don't even start to compare it to the life of a Startup Founder ;)