skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've done a Spanish course in my early 30s. I went to Spain, did a two week course there, four hours a day, very basic. The afternoon was free, although we had to prepare homework, which could be quite a lot if you wanted to commit to it.

Before going there I learnt some basic stuff: conjugations of being, having, doing, most prepositions, basic counting (1-100), some emotions and words like walking, seeing, right/left etc. The first morning they had a basic test and I could skip the first course because of my preparation. The first week was quite boring, just like being in high school, with stupid stories etc.

The second week on wednesday night we had a Sangria-tour around town. After several beers and sangrias I started speaking Spanish. Up til then my Spanish was mostly impaired by fear of failure, afraid to make mistakes. My teacher was there and I spoke to her for a half hour, of course with lots of help, searching for the right words, making many mistakes, but suddenly the fear was gone.

Russia: do the vodka tour! ;-) Laugh a lot and don't care about what they think. Listen to their English and compare that to your Russian.

I stayed in an appartment with other foreign students. Among eachother we didn't speak Spanish. You could stay with a Spanish family, and they don't speak English in general, so then you have to find a way. That will help a lot.

After these two weeks I've done two courses in my home town, and left it at that. Now when I'm in Spain I can speak Spanish after several days. I can manage in hotels and shops, have very basic conversations. My French has improved incredibly since then as well.

Disclaimer: in High School we had English, German, French, and even Latin and classic Greek, so I had a good basic knowledge and knew how to learn a language. It takes a lot of effort. After finishing high school my languages were bad and clumsy. After going on holidays I suddenly got to enjoy it. Doing a study where all books were English it all started to change.

Long story short: it takes a lot of effort. Do it all - traditional and pragmatic. Going to Russia is probably most effective.
I freaking love this. I'm pretty bad at it. I especially like the fact that I can play the game on the website and then have an iAP to give you some money. So I paid the iAP.
> For some reason, people seem to not have noticed this or raised the alarm. We certainly haven't seen much "INSTALL PATCHES NOW" fear mongering. And we really need it, so I'm hoping this posting will start a panic.

Should we also alert the President? Maybe OP is only talking regarding to the ml he has posted on but we're out of context here on HN? Only affected systems in production seems to be RHEL 6.6 on Haswell.

Ubuntu 14.04/Debian 8: have the fix for a long time [0] [1]

Ubuntu 12.04/Debian 7: was never affected [3] [2]. Newer enablement stack kernels for Ubuntu has the same fix as [1].

RHEL 7: OP only talks about 6.6 so I assume either it doesn't have the regression backported to it or it already has the fix

SLES: don't know, don't care.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?showmsg=1...

[1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?showmsg=1...

[2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-st...

[3] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-precise.git/tree/...
Ask HN: Why don't websites have 'text only' backup versions?
I am a long time lurker here, though not a programmer, but a system admin and professional manager, open source enthusiast. A trend which I am seeing is that websites may use latest programming paradigms and designs to make them beautiful and stunning, yet they are so engrossed in javascript and 'awesome' interactive graphics and images, that a website cannot be viewed without javascript and images disabled. To save bandwidth or during slow wireless speeds, it is desirable to run browser without javascript and images disabled but websites don't have any kind of 'text only' versions for such use. In an ideal situation, every website should have 'text only' version which can be opened in CLI browser like Links. As an example, this startup http://qfusionlabs.com/ website looks like blowing a bubble without javascript and images disabled.
Edit: I am glad that Hacker News works perfectly without javascript and images disabled! Why can't all of discrete websites be like this.
Dimensions of the One Machine (2007)
very interesting !

>>There are some who may scoff at bytecode optimization, reasoning that it’s a worthless skill for modern computer science, especially those working in high-level languages. Understanding what the compiler emits however is a skill still very much alive and well in embedded programming, FPGA programming, and other performance-oriented disciplines.

A few more use-cases are with building instrumentation modules, profilers besides byte-code analytic for automated-binary-audits,obfuscation amongst others.
Interesting. Unfortunately it's specifically for Google Search Appliance - not for the main Google web-search: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14314111/avoid-google-to-...
If you google my name, you're also going to find some completely different guy who looks somewhat like me, did time in Walla Walla commencing in 2005, then perished in a shootout with the Tacoma police a couple years ago.

I terminated the interview process after I decided it would be a conflict of interest. I didn't go to mountain view, I had several phone interviews. I was expecting to go to mountain view when I withdrew.

I would give my life for that of another, even a complete stranger. In general I make decisions like this without any consideration for my own best interest; to the extent that I do consider it, it's over things like my sentimental attachment to my Xeon box.

There are times that my decision making abilities are indeed impaired, but I don't think I'm symptomatic in that way presently. I've been sleeping too much lately - "hypersomnia" - which is commonly a symptom of depression, however I am not otherwise depressed.

My family is not useful for these kinds of discussions, I might as well have such a discussion with my cat. Friends though are commonly helpful.
The life of Writing Wizard app
For the first time I got an email from my Wordpress installation yesterday, asking me to update. Have not seen that before. A nice detail I appreciate, so I don't have to keep up with what i the latest release of Wordpress at all times.
No, that's the point. He doesn't care enough to try to make others pay attention. He just went on with his life. Unusually mentally healthy crackpot? Perhaps.
Walt Disney Recycled Animation Scenes
I am sure that in the 21 minutes that elapsed between this comment and the one left by you above it, you could have just hit the page with curl.

Stop making embarrassing excuses and just read the article.
BPF is used at CloudFlare for DDoS filtering. We've recently written a JITer for it as well to get even greater speed.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/bpf-the-forgotten-bytecode/

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-the-bpf-tools/
Not true, it is architecture independent (commit also mentions Android) and i can find this bug backported to atleast RHEL5.11 with 2.6.18-404.

Also, i don't believe your queries are a sufficient check at all.

You can clearly find the missing default case in http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-precise.git/tree/... . So i guess that means ubuntu precise is/was also affected?

Same in your other link https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-st... .

Please check your facts next time.
Send Bitmessages from a browser
Ask HN: Why is IE8 usage growing?
It might not be much, and it might be slow, but the last 3 months the IE8 usage is growing at a slow rate[1]. While I expected to see it dead by now [2] from the last year's decline, this is not the case.

The second part of the question is, how do we stop this or should we just ignore it? Although this is a particularly more difficult one...

[1] http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop+mobile+tablet-browser_version_partially_combined-ww-monthly-201501-201505

[2] http://ux.stackexchange.com/a/64361/19209
Even if the Estonian corporate taxes are extremely favourable, and paperwork is quick and digital only, then one thing to still keep in mind is that whichever country you live in may impose additional taxes on the personal income after you take it out as dividend or salary.

And if you are an US citizen, then you have to file and pay US taxes regardless of where you live, or where you earn income from.
A New Set of Wants
Great, thanks.

It happens that a close friend of a close friend owns quite a lot of high end NYC real estate. He offered me a job back in the day, but I didn't want to leave Santa Cruz.

I expect he's a busy guy but perhaps if I asked the right way he might have some interesting things to say.

I may be busted flat and out of work, but in part that's because I generally don't care to find work through personal connections. That is I won't ask a friend for a job, I'm cool with getting work through professional colleagues. Another friend of a friend is the governor of california, another friend is a top hollywood animator.
The Pain of the New Normal: Guinea After Ebola
It sort of depends on the area - eg. for filesystems there is xfstests: http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xfs/cmds/xfstests.gi...
I am unaware of any "sufficient" solution in any field. Despite millions of pages of regulations, people are still being injured, killed or defrauded.
I'm having too much fun duking it out with whoever keeps modbombing me.
Grades are at least supposed to reflect the quality of the students who pass the tests with some level of linearity. If the author doesn't believe this is the case, s-he shouldn't use them in the first place, especially not to discuss grade inflation.

The kind of false impression that at least I get when I look at this graph is that the grades were multiplied by a factor ~1.3 over the past 20 years when they were only multiplied by a factor 1.06. For anyone familiar with GPA, this is misleading.
The problem is: you are too cheap. A programmer in Europe can earn much more than 12 euros an hour, but you're not charging more. It makes me wonder why. The only reason I can think is that you're inexperienced, just starting out. That doesn't tally with the statement that you can do any kind of code. I've been programming for many many years and I would still be wary about saying I could do 'anything'. There are lots of hard problems in Computer Science. Mobile app development is not one of the hard problems, so I would wonder why you would exclude that and not, say, massively scalable cloud computing, 3D rendering, etc.

I would suggest you be a bit more specific about what tasks you want to do, and double or triple your prices. ;-)

I wish you very good luck with the company though!
Too much time on their hands, and not enough REAL problems to keep them occupied.
A lot of people who run Wordpress have clients who need a nice, easy user interface to be able to update their site. Do you have any suggestions for software that fulfills that need and is "secure, not bloated and easier to develop with".
What about grade deflation ? in the UK, where at least in social sciences ( Business Degree included) you are not graded against set standards but graded against your fellow students, with whom you are supposed to collaborate with as I understand it.

Even more, students are awarded between 0-70 max,although the documentation says it's 0 - 100. I've also discussed with several professors that they are encouraged to degrade the student, even if they find nothing wrong with the paper, because otherwise the results won't be consistent with past data.

Does anyone see any problem here ?
That's the guy who invented distributed NoSQL databases?
Produce (if you don't already have one) a list of security measures companies that interact with your data must have in place. Send it to them, giving them a reasonable amount of time to implement the security (say, 2 weeks?)

If they fail to meet the security measures, block they're IP.

If your data is that sensitive and you don't want it to get into other companies hands, it's a reasonable request.

Just because they're a "big" company, doesn't mean IT is properly staffed. They may have 1 poor guy managing everything and it might have been a (albeit big) oversight.
Same here. There is no animation request so the game is not refreshing and so not playable :(
I hope that they can switch out Atom with this.
In land of fakes, Chinese e-commerce giant sells trust
Benedict Cumberbatch Lends His Voice to Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis
You can find this bug backported to many 2.6.x kernels, so don't rely on the 3.14 version number.. See my other comment regarding Ubuntu and RHEL https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9544272

But i didn't check if there are updated kernels for those versions in Ubuntu.. Atleast for RHEL5.11 it looks to me that the -404 kernel is the latest...
"Modbombing"? Your comments have been voted down by regular users of HN. You've been here long enough to know how this works.
Telemores. It's a feature which may be a necessary arbitrary limitation. Or it saves us from a much uglier ending that would risk the lives of people who care for us. Maybe we shouldn't read anything into species that don't have telemore limited lives, like lobsters.
10$ per hour for a programmer? As a programmer (none of my contracts is below 65€ and i'm not that well-paid) myself i feel giving you any money would just aid the exploitation of decent programmers or get me really shitty results.
As someone who hasn't bothered with WP in a long while, is there any way to do this safely whilst still using 3rd party plugins and themes?
This is fascinating and I think I can understand why he finds it so interesting, and useful, to study people who disagree with probably the most testable, established, unquestionable parts of science. I hope it will help identify bias and groupthink in less testable, established science.
> A lot of people who run Wordpress have clients who need a nice, easy user interface to be able to update their site.

This is clearly opinion, and should be taken as such, but I absolutely loathe Wordpress' admin interface. I'm sure at some point it was a nice, easy user interface but those days have passed. Anytime I have the misfortune of being thrown into a Wordpress backend I have no idea how to get anything done.
Because the quickest way to fix something is usually the most robust solution for the long term?
You seem to be arguing that the solution here to make sure everyone is priced out of the market, and no one should be able to live in these properties. I'm not sure how that helps anyone.
> Because supply of money is basically unlimited, schools can increase tuition each year.

While I am not an expert on the matter, I do work at a college and in my experience there is more to it than that.

Just to name one, when I went to school in the late 70's we lived in cinder block dorms and ate in a cafeteria that basically had one dinner choice, while if we offered that today students would not come here. All that stuff costs money, also. Plenty of blame to go around.
It is difficult to design meaningful unit tests for preemptively multitasking, protected memory operating system kernels. I don't know that it's actually impossible, but difficult.

While there are many advantages to unit testing, kernels are typically tested from userspace.

Some tests are laughably simple. I panicked the OS X kernel a while back with a shell script that repeatedly loaded and unloaded my kernel extension. Only a minute or two was required for the panic.

Apple fixed the panic but never told me how they screwed up.

EDIT: Of significant concern is how the kernel deals with the electrical circuitry. While the kernel is implemented in software, the reason we even have kernels, is so that end-user code doesn't have to understand much about physics.

AMCC - since acquired by LSI - sold some high-end RAID Host Bus Adapters. We had quite a significant problem with motherboard support. We had to test our cards on a whole bunch of different motherboards as well as PCI expansion chassis.

One might protest that "PCI is a standard!" but what we have is what we can buy at Microcenter. :-/

While not all of the kernel is concerned with physical hardware, much of it is. It's not really possible to write unit tests for the parts that have to deal with edge cases in electrical circuitry.
I'm wondering the same thing. The one thing I know that changed in Haswell is that the transactional memory instructions were found to be broken, but I assume those aren't the issue here...
Here's an example: https://www.u-he.com/cms/diva -- it's widely regarded as one of the best sounding analogue emulations (mostly due to its filters) and as a CPU hog (in its "divine" sound engine mode).

Mind you, in a modern CPU you can still run a few instances, but very fewer compared to regular plugins.
Performance of prototypal constructors vs. object literals in JavaScript
really Offtopic: but does time really slow down or just the clock we use are dumb? I never believed it.
How we managed to work remotely while skiing in the Austrian Alps
Here's a much, much more accurate article about Einstein's correspondence with astronomers:

http://huntingtonblogs.org/2015/03/einstein-and-the-astronom...

Also, by the way, the first result on Google when I searched for it.

As you will see (if you care to read the article) his first calculation was made in 1911, only 3 years after his special relativity publication, and before he even knew about differential geometry.

His second calculation was based on general relativity, and the fact that it predicts twice the angle of his previous calculation is hugely important in the history of science.
I'm not sure what the issue with touch at the edges might be - perhaps it thinks you're making an System-level gesture?

I didn't get what the other comment meant by throwing, but it just clicked when you said it. Thanks for the idea, I'll look into it.
Fun game, got to 20 x2 :)
Among the most productive workdays I've ever had, was while my bride-to-be was driving our car through rural newfoundland, while I wrote a C++ graphic editor on my Windows NT Compaq Presario 1800T. It was powered through an inverter by our car's cigarette lighter.

I couldn't get on the Internet then, you see.
When on Earth am I going to die? How technology is affecting life expectancy
Morale: find a class of morons, get seen as a superstar.

This may seem counter-intuitive, but there can be huge differences between classes and/or years. Same teacher, same material, seemingly similar students and widely varying results. Ask teachers and they'll confirm this appreciation. And this grading system completely ignores the fact...
How to Become a Project Ara Module Developer
Pay a huge salary. If you can't afford it, share the profit. Three guys means 33% for each one. So offer 33% of all profits for the next two years, paid monthly or when the company gets money. It's expensive, but you keep your equity. Offer less, and nobody will be interested. The offer must be compelling. Nobody likes cheap nitpickers.

After a year or so you can also figure out if this new developer should be an equity owner. Or if paying him for work is enough.
Smegal posted this link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9544163

If you read that the person involved doesn't seem to be enjoying the experience; they frequently attack others; they take up quite a lot of time; etc.
Thanks, I've corrected the links, please check them again to see they are pre-regression versions [1]

> Not true, it is architecture independent (commit also mentions Android)

I saw it (and arm64 comment in this thread) but I didn't include them because I don't think it would be a production-serious issue there. Thanks for clarification.

> Please check your facts next time.

Thanks to your post I've corrected links, but no need for such an aggressive tone, huh? Maybe you should try to be more polite in your next refutal tries?

[1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b0c29f79ecea0b6fbce...
I guess, and i have limited understanding of software philosophy, that i perceive a 'bug' as an unintended flaw or occurence that flows from the interconnectedness of different systems.

Hardware limitation, to me, is like limited rack space or ports.
I love something about this comment. But what!
If you're in the position to be selling code to people then (presumably) you believe your code is good enough for people to buy. As such the examples need to be code. If you haven't got examples then you're going to have a tough time persuading people that you're capable of fulfilling their requests.

This is the same problem people have when they apply for development jobs. The solution is to write some code you can show people. Get a side project, or do some work for free (or cheap enough that people will pay even without seeing examples of previous work), or ask people you've worked for previously for permission to use what you wrote as examples of what you can do. Don't just say "I haven't got anything." That won't work.
I commented earlier that I didn't like the timer. I much prefer this version. Also despite my criticism I do love the UI, polish, sound and gameplay.

Kudos and well done! :)
"...find a class of morons, get seen as a superstar."

I am assuming there are entrance exams as well.
The Programming Trifecta: Three Tips for Absolute Beginners
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If there was a short-cut, wouldn't everyone take it?

Here are some tips:

* Finding a Russian-speaking buddy you could go out with shouldn't be too hard look. Look around for local ex-pats - at least Russian-speakers are everywhere. No need to actually go to Russia.

* Drink a small amount of alcohol when practising speaking - its called a social lubricant for a reason. Or do things you enjoy - find a buddy you could talk with about your hobbies in Russian.

* There is a false dichotomy between practical and formal learning - they complement each other. Unless you are 5, learning a language only from practising can form bad habits and learning only in a classroom means you cannot apply your knowledge.

Желаю Удачи!
Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback! I'm certianly not trying to say I can code everything, but I thought making list of things I can do would exclude a lot of other stuff that I might still be able to do. I'm working on something of a porfolio right now, so I suppose that shows what I can do, but still doesn't really exclude everything else.
You may not believe it but there are a lot of enterprises that are still running Windows XP and just now in the process to upgrade to Windows7. IE8 is the default browser in Windows 7.

Just a guess, but for example, i know for a fact that the german telecom is doing this XP->Win7 migration in the coming months...
Time really slows down. GPS satelites wouldn't have worked if it wasn't taken into account.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_P...
Please define "dumb" in the context of a system solely guided by one of the most basic, non-emergent process conceivable (caesium oscillator) ?
Or maybe he was just wrong.
Vulnerability Name Generator
What if you infuse your papers with some minority and gender studies crap (even if it's not related)? Wouldn't it improve your grade?
This is mot possible, hackers would never do that.
I've a similar thing. I get most of my good ideas (and those are not necessarily big ideas, but simple tweaks) while not having Internet access and therefore not the opportunity to be constantly distracted.

Examples: driving a car (without radio/podcasts), sitting in a chair lift (when skiing), kitesurfing.
These are all resources and tips I could dig up for aspiring module developers. Most people consider it as very high tech, but there are so many low tech applications which could be created by anyone.
Depends on the themes and the plugins. Basically: not really, but if you've used a small subset of themes and plugins you should be okay.