skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The 18% increase was a result of the auction designs's flaws. Buyers of course have a demand curve but for this auction they were required to pick a single demand point. So, googles IPO price was $85. If I was a big buyer who actually bid 100,000 shares at $120 for the auction, I would have received my 100,000 shares at $85. But my demand is a curve - I would probably be willing to buy 125,000 shares at $100 or 175,000 shares at $85.
So, the price increase on the first day was more due to bidders filling their demand at the IPO price.

EDIT: here's a link to a more detailed explanation, also linked elsewhere on this page - http://optimalauctions.com/designing-a-better-google-ipo-auc...
If nothing else, the RNN would be great for generating bogus source code for use in television programs and movies.

It would drive those who attempt to understand & reference it absolutely crazy. :D
That kind of "it works better for everyone" stuff is a nice bonus, sure. If you use proper labels for your radio buttons, they get a bigger click target; if you make your app keyboardable, it's better for power users; if you follow WCAG color contrast guidelines, it'll be more readable in any lighting condition; if you write good alt tags, your content will be more searchable; if you use clean semantic markup, it's more maintainable and evolvable over time.

But that only goes so far. There's no reason at all to make sure that your accordion widget properly sets its aria-expanded attribute except for people using assistive technology like a screen reader. There's no reason to put role=checkbox on your flashy custom selection widget except for AT users. There's no reason to use aria-describedby to tie an error message to a form field except for AT users. And so on.

At the end of the day, for better or worse, it really does come down to caring about all your users.
We (streak) keep the SDK up to date. The JavaScript you put in your extension remotely loads the actual implementation of the SDK. If gmail changes, we change the implementation (fast) and your users get the change automatically. You the app developer dont need to do anything or even update your extension.
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To be honest the main reasons are:

* network effect / hype

One of the main reason. It sounds lame, but I can justify to a customer re-writing a project in Rust because they've heard about it and they will be able to hire people who have either used it or at the very least will be interested in learning it. Also, they network/hype means that we are going to see good libraries emerge fairly quickly.

* multicore support

A year ago I was ready to move to OCaml, bought books, started to learn it, but the multicore situation was worse than python. Today we hear that "there is a good chance it's going to get multicore support". In Rust, it's already there, and it's not and after thought.

Rust also happened to be slightly faster for most things according to micro-benchmarks, but we know how reliable those are, and it's we're not talking order of magnitudes here, although it is early and we can hope it gets even better.
This service is a little bit slow when accessed for the first/second time. After been CDN-cached, everything is fine.

The full log can be found here, http://pastebin.com/9SLsLZCS
My pleasure. Hope you find it useful. It was certainly fun to write.
CA gets a ridiculously oversize portion of the river. The 'Colorado' river is mostly an Arizona watershed. Yet the rules are basically 'Arizona gets what's left after CA is done.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_v._California
Will your service save your target customers time and make their lives easier or make their work more effective? If so, charge for it! Even if only a small amount, don't undersell yourself. If its not worth paying for, they probably won't use it for free either. You should definitely consider a free trial if nothing else but keep it in their minds that your service offers value. If you have paying customers you will also be much more likely to devote yourself to improving the service and seeing it through to full fruition. If a prospect converts to being a paid customer, they will be invested in using the platform and continuing to validate what you are doing.
Lucky you. My advisor has a reputation of not even reading theses (http://www.thespectroscope.com/read/dont-stress-over-your-th...) which makes it hard to gauge what the thesis should even be.
How exactly is that "better yet"? Lower standard of living sounds precisely worse.
But how will you find that needle in the haystack that works. This is effectively producing random code samples that look syntactically correct.

There is no need for to produce readable code, it makes it easy for humans, but computers have no problems with generating and subsequently understanding unreadable assembly.
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Very short video about the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBkzqLJPkmM
Assume that the purpose of this exercise is to ensure there's some way to deliver a court order, subpoena or other law enforcement notice to a domain owner. In that context, this is going to ensure either (a) there's at least an e-mail on file that reaches the current owner, or (b) the domain can't be used for any illegal purpose, so the issue is moot. It's not a perfect system, but it'll probably do the job in 99%+ of cases.
I would be cool to pull the SEC filings at the time of IPO, then grab the Open/Close data and build a tool to generate those automatically, but i'm not sure if the ownership section of the filing is well structured enough.
They vary by area because of the nature of research.

It is much harder in the experimental sciences to "schedule" results. My PhD has both experimental (lab work) and computing aspects and all the computing research took within the expect time (+- 20%). The lab aspects were much more variable. I had one experiment which I expected would take 3 months to finalise that worked first time and I was finished by the afternoon (this doesn't happen that often unfortunately), while other experiments I thought would take a week ended up taking 6 months.
Great list! I personally use http://c3js.org for all charts on https://wakatime.com/ because it's easy to use like highcharts, but comes with an open license. It's basically a wrapper around d3.js for all the common reusable charts, which makes it very easy to style and customize.
I can't work productively from home:

1. Young children don't understand daddy having to separate work time from home time

2. Wife that doesn't get that just because I'm in the house, it doesn't mean I can babysit or help with household chores

3. Crazy dog barking every time a car passes outside the front door

4. Lack of a dedicated space (in an already small Bay Area living space) for doing work

5. Commuting is my way to mentally get myself in and out of work mode, driving around the block doesn't cut it

6. Lack of regular, daily human interaction (even if it's just co-workers) is depressing after a day or so

7. My typical work role has me having to hunt people down who don't respond to E-mail/text/etc.. can't effectively do that from home
In the experimental sciences there is also the minor problem of getting the experiments to work. Until you have the data you can't write anything.
Why should you be liable if someone else uses your property without your consent or you being aware of it to commit a crime?

If I left a toolbox that contained lockpicks at the sidewalk, am I liable for a thief stealing the lockpicks and breaking into another house?
Actually I know several projects bursted into flames because of Hadoop. There is a notion among some developers of Hadoop solving all of the problems and this is the only solution they consider (literary). Needless to say that real time systems with tight SLA cannot really use Hadoop, and if you are trying to sell it for this use case, you might get fired. :)
This is pretty cool, actually. I especially like using Lambda to process Dynamo event streams to S3 - that's a clever solution.
Reference counting?

The second line is why GC is a lot of hype... eventually you need a pthread_mutex_t and GC programming becomes just as onerous as reference counting.
Examining the actual power here:

What would occur if ICANN, at the behest of law enforcement, changed their rules to require a phone conversation explaining what the domain is for, forms filed in triplicate, a cheek swab, a rectal exam, and 1% ownership in the company?

If ICANN turns into an unacceptably bad actor for whatever reason, where does that leave the Internet, what is its recourse?
Yes, committing to print a warning letter is a decision. The claim I responded to, "Science hasn't yet made a decision on May 21 about something sent to them on May 19", is clearly false. They have made one. They've purposely deferred a different (though closely related) one. Why? What do you think could conceivably come to light that would make the Expression of Concern appropriate, but a retraction by Science inappropriate?
Have a look at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fove/fove-the-worlds-fi...

They are working on a similar technology.
Watch Delta Dawn, its a great video on paddle boarding the Colorado.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot3059iwiWo
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Beware the fake job requisition. They say never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence, but many people really want to hire their friends, and HR policies force them to do a full search to help prevent that. What often happens is a poor experience for everyone but the intended hire, which simply damages the company's reputation.
> What makes you think you can own land in the first place

Well sure, if you want to define it that way. But my argument is coming from pragmatic utility - when people own things, they are freer to choose their own path as they are less encumbered by obligations.

A major assumption of the concept of free markets is that the parties to a transaction are coming from roughly equal bargaining positions with regards to walking away. But a starving man doesn't have much choice of what job he takes or how much it pays when he just needs to eat.

If everybody had their basic needs taken care of and people were working solely for extra gadgets, which job do you think would command more compensation - sitting in front of a computer writing CRUD crapps or arduously picking up garbage while wrecking your body? Is the current gradient of pay rates actually inevitable or simply just convenient?

So what I'm pointing out is that in my opinion, the main problem with our economic conditions is that the concept of ownership has been greatly eroded. People that have to continually pay rent don't have much choice whether to work (whether scraping by minimum wage or hitting it out of the park with an in-demand job), and your proposal makes the problem even worse.

> The land belongs to the US, and is the birthright of every US citizen

Now you're proposing your own narrow framework, which actually contradicts your previous sentence - why wouldn't it be the world population? (USG holds a force monopoly on one chunk, but one can make the same argument about individual self-defense bootstrapped up through game theory and pooling in a sheriff)
Perhaps you can rearrange and be the one to work part time while she continues doing what she enjoys doing. You are the one who wants this more than her, and perhaps you will both benefit better if each one did what they wanted.
I like this approach's writeup for several points it makes. 1) Planning ahead and framing your definitions through a deep engagement helps developers focus through understanding their work and it adds to their motivation. 2) Consistent engagement with users helps with adoption. 3) Code is only part of the picture, and a release produces ongoing opportunities for improvement.

In terms of 1, within Drupal's developer community, I remember an aphorism, "Talk is silver, code is gold", which served to promote valuable productions over endless discussions. Then, someone took that and a general feeling of a need for foresight before hasty implementation and said, "Talk is silver, code is gold, and planning is diamonds."

In terms of 2, for free software and community projects in general, I get a sense that this approach aligns with stakeholder engagement[0] toward empowering active developers with broad community feedback through timely awareness and helps community cohesion, as well as user empowerment.

On a brief theoretical view of this aim to align shared interests, this approach strikes me as an appropriate response to dramaturgical awareness. In terms of impression management[1], I get a sense that contributors generally want users to see them as involved for good cause and effect, and users want to be seen as grateful, willing participants (hence comments sections on release posts with floods of thank yous). This outlet seems like one way to deepen this two-way information flow.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakeholder_engagement
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression_management#Erving_G...
>It grows compounding at 7% year-over-year because it's invested in companies and people that are growing their own businesses because of it. Money doesn't just grow on its own; capital accounts don't accumulate by virtue of their own gravitational pull. The degree of risk doesn't really change the fact that that capital is risked as investment hopefully helping other people succeed, rather than just sitting in a Scrooge McDuck swimming vault somewhere. You can still lose it, and it has to be somewhere that someone else is using it to produce wealth in order for your own accounts to grow.

This is my entire argument. Lets not consider risk for a moment... If someone else is producing wealth in order for your accounts to grow and you as the owner of the accounts are the beneficiary of this growth then that means you are exploiting someone else's work. This is NOT fair.

Now lets take a look at the equation with your statement involving risk.

>"Low risk" is not "no risk". I mean, heck, look at 2008. People invested in index funds - frequently considered one of the lowest-risk, most stable stock vehicles - lost 50%+ of their invested value in a hurry.

Low risk is not no risk but does low risk justify extravagant returns? No.

If I have 20 million dollars in a stable fund that grows 10% a year, that means I get 2 million a year sitting on my ass. The majority of people in the US will not never even touch 2 million in their lifetime. You want to justify that kind of compensation by saying that index funds still involve certain risk?

Let's be real, bubbles pop and industries heal, the economy goes up in aggregate, and many rich people stay rich or get richer in extreme and extravagant ways that are grossly un-proportional to the amount of work they output.
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You have to train your housemates to respect your space, and having a dedicated home office really helps. One of our bedrooms is a combined guest room/office and a closed door means "don't bother daddy".

IMO the best usecase for WFH is to live in a lower-cost area. If I was in SF or SJ metro instead of the Bay Area suburbs I'd probably go to the office just to hang out with people, cause that's kind of the point of living in SV.
"Facebook would not be happy that they only got $10."

The question I would ask is: "who is it that isn't happy"? Employees? Their stock options are worth the same regardless of what the IPO price is. Investors? Same thing. New investors? They're getting an immediate return. I mean sure, the company doesn't get as much to put in the bank, but ultimately who is upset about that?
> In other words, economics of mining leave among miners only the biggest believers in bitcoin driving out lesser believers. That's why in practice all miners are "honest" - all of them have dug the deepest hole possible, none is interested in short-term "profit" from double spending that would not return even a fraction of their investment.

GHash already conducted a 49% attack against a gambling site. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=327767.0 They blamed a rogue employee - but then the claim is no longer "miners would never do that, it wouldn't be in their self-interest" but "no single person at any mining concern would do that, it wouldn't be in the mining concern's self-interest even if it it was in their own". Which of course isn't true. (It isn't true in the wider financial system either, which is why regulations exist.)
> Google's new Glacier competitor

Near line storage. (https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/nearline)
Lawn Love (YC S14) is hiring a Front-End Engineer in San Diego
Hi there!

We're hiring a front-end engineer. We're a small, nimble team working on interesting problems.

We're building a modern, on-demand lawn care marketplace. Over 80% of American households have a lawn, yet the industry is fragmented and thoroughly low-tech. The process of finding a lawn service is unduly painful and quality is all over the map. We're introducing software and 21st century convenience to this traditionally low tech space, and are bringing the love to lawns everywhere.

As an early engineering hire, you'll have broad ownership over the product and will help define our culture as a company.

Here's what you can expect from us:

- Great compensation and real ownership (both equity and over the product).

- We'll make your life easier with great benefits (full health coverage, open vacation, regular catered lunches).

- New gear and whatever else you need to be productive.

- We're well funded by great investors and are growing quickly.

Our requirements:

- You love working hard, not just for financial rewards, but for the opportunity to grow personally.

- You are intellectually curious and you get stuff done. Results are what matter to you.

- You have deep experience with front-end dev. Visual design chops are a plus.

- You live in (or want to move to) beautiful San Diego.

We'd love to hear from you at jobs@lawnlove.com. Resumes are cool, but we're far more interested in seeing what you've built. :)
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I've got a 2-year-old and my successful founder friend has two under 4, we both WFH full time. Although I think he has a co-working space within biking distance in case he really needs to get out.

Teach your kids boundaries young!
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Can anyone explain why IPOs are performed as a block of shares instead of trickling shares out into the market over time?

Presuming that the aim is to sell shares of the company at market-price, it seems like a good idea to slowly establish what that price is rather than be subject to the variance of first-day hoopla.
There is no need these days for brevity with methods since everything is online. Put it all into the SI and be done with it.

One problem with many methods is the lack of description of the pitfalls and critical steps. When you go to repeat an experiment you often don't have exactly the same equipment or reagents as the original paper. Most of the time this does not matter, but in an annoying number of cases some particular step needs to be performed using a precise piece of equipment or brand of reagent. It is only when you can't get the experiment to work and you contact the person on the bench who did the research that you learn "yeh we tried all the other reagents and only brand x works". If there is something critical put it in the method that it is critical!
Thanks. Those are the interviews I like. But I this case, I didn't get a chance.
Hey, shameless plug but in case you need react integration maybe have a look at my project.
https://github.com/codesuki/react-d3-components

I am using that for a dashboard and fixing the problems as they come.

I'll push a new version soon that incorporates some of the issues mentioned on github and animations.

Anyway good luck with your project!
I concur and I have seen the same, especially for folks with complex projects, tight deadlines and budgets, and older distros of Hadoop that were not as stable and/or production ready.

In a rush to get to the next big thing, many have taken a lot of risk with Hadoop. Some with the resources to really support/make Hadoop their own have had a lot of success. But I think there are fewer who have success stories.
Very cool. Has anyone seen a step by step tutorial for a result along these lines?
Nominet (UK domain regulator) allows you to hide most contact info, even email address.
My understanding is that it does not have multicore support.
Because everyone eating meat everyday isn't sustainable?

Your idea of quality of life will need to be compatible with the carrying capacity of the physical world.
6 months is a very long time in terms of development cycle.
jwz backup:

http://www.jwz.org/doc/backups.html

I have a script that makes this a little more complicated and gives me incremental backups:

https://github.com/krupan/incremental_backup
Modern day Hadoop doesn't limit you either.

YARN containers are pretty generic and I have used them to run all sorts of things: Kafka, ElasticSearch etc.
Seems both this and Hello deal with/go through Telefonica. Advantages I can see for this are call filters? Seems to be it.

>we use industry-standard encryption technology

Which would be? I see no documentation behind it. Was it even implemented properly? Has it been audited? Anyone who actually gives a rats ass about security cares about details like this.
Looks like people don't get it. Or maybe they have a different view on what's funny. In any case, commenting about downvotes just attracts more downvotes.
Because, by definition, a series of offerings isn't a single offering, initial or otherwise.

Beyond that, I suspect the expectation of further releases would depress prices early in the series of releases, making that approach unattractive compared to the initial approach.

I also suspect that, while pips get media attention, IPOs are usually fairly well-proceed these days, but if it's not giant and/or wildly mispriced, you don't see much about it in mainstream news sources.
I don't know the history of threads/NPTL on Linux. However, the distinction between "thread" and "process" in the Linux kernel is mostly a human one, not a technical one. Take a look at the clone() syscall -- spawning a thread vs. forking a process amount just to different flags to that call, to tell it whether to copy pages or not, how to assign a new ID to the new thread/process, etc. (Not sure if that's how fork() and friends are actually implemented under the hood.)
So we can actually iterate over every possible solution pretty quickly. If I cared more, I'd look into using `fractions.Fraction` so that I didn't need to use floating point math.

from __future__ import division
import itertools

def f(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i):
return a + 13 * b / c + d + 12 * e - f - 11 + g * h / i - 10

for choices in itertools.permutations(range(1, 10), 9):
if abs(f(*choices) - 66) < 0.001:
print choices

There are also some solution that your code will give that are wrong due to your code using integer division.
Cool, thanks for the report.

There is a code generation process that needs to occur, but I suppose this could be optimized.
Do they really get better? I'm either going to jump straight to the (R) Statistical Inference[1] course from JHU, or switch to the Berkeley/EdX Spark course[2].

I use a lot more Spark in my day job than R, but I really should learn statistics more formally.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/course/statinference

[2] https://www.edx.org/course/scalable-machine-learning-uc-berk...
Missing Plottable.js by Palantir, a solid modular charting library based on d3: https://github.com/palantir/plottable