skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The "corporate" or the "farmer" part. One is a corporation, the other is a person working for and/or owning the corporation. Once you realize that corporate farmer isn't some magical combination the question is uninteresting. But, for the record - the farmer is an individual and is just as deserving (however much that is) as anyone else regardless of his profession. But we don't owe him that livelihood and aren't under and obligation to support his enterprises in that area.

As to "advance in society", it's pretty easy for (most of) us to take a two-day course in some flavor of the week and have a piece of paper that helps to do so. For someone working a subsistence job it's not so trivial. Many people may waste it but it only has to help create a few productive taxpayers to be a net win to all of us.
I really did mean the Mac Pro! I've also done VR on a MacBook Pro and that's obviously much worse even than the Mac Pro.

VR doesn't work well with SLI right now, many people end up disabling all but one GPU in a multi GPU setup.
It's not like the Wolfram Language examples you see are independent of the Wolfram KnowledgeBase or their other cloud services, and you have to leverage it from some deployed product (like Mathematica) you're paying for. This detail is sort of glossed over.

You can do some of it from free-to-use services like Alpha.

Also, good god does he love to take credit. There's whole teams of people who work on the underlying technology that powers it, although he does credit the guys who come up with algorithms that they use, especially when documenting them, but you have to dig for that... and then there's the people that gather, purchase and curate data sets that power the Knowledge Base, and even the SMP engine that became Mathematica was a group effort...

Which is why I'll never pay for a Wolfram Research product, as interesting as or powerful as it could be.
All it does it serve to support the legacy of an egomaniac.
It's fascinating (not being snarky) that this post has received about 50+ votes since I first saw it, and I've not once been able to pull the site up completely (never made it past the bot detection, and most of the time, won't even come up).

So I'm trying to understand the phenomenon:

- HN folks are bookmarking it for later based on comments (even though it may/may not be worthy of a +1)

- HN folks are +1'ing it based on the idea derived from the comments

- Those +1'ing it are actually able to make it through (though it doesn't seem so based on most of the comments)

The fascinating part to me is that, assuming it's one of the first two, how much +1's an (arguably) broken link can get based on comments.

The idea sounds interesting, and the site may very well be +1 worthy.
"Always bet on Javascript" - Brendan Eich
Namibia is also worth a mention. Both countries are kinda quietly doing their own thing & doing a decent job of it too. Still third world country, so realistically it is less than perfect & some roadbumps are to be expected but respectable anyway.
http://whichcms.org/CMS/Enomic%20CMS

Should this be Enonic?
I wander if this could be from the guy asking how to spend 100k on AWS.
Thanks these are great questions. We do want to open source the scheduler but we wanted to launch the demo first. This is to get people talking about auto scaling with containers and to build what we learn into the scheduler.

I definitely agree that there is a place for auto scaling both VMs and containers. Auto scaling with VMs means if it takes several minutes to add a VM to the cluster you have to scale up early and scale down slowly. We think auto scaling with containers can help a lot here by smoothing out the demand. Lower priority containers can be stopped while extra VM capacity is added.
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You mentioned that TextMate was dated. Have you tried TextMate2? I feel like the UX is a lot nicer than Sublime.
I would have sworn this happened a couple of weeks ago, but apparently I was thinking of Ben E. King.
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Why are you not bothered about the "safety guarantees and what not"? Note that "what not" includes a lot of performance and portability which Python will likely never have, but Rust might.
There's also this classic:

"A Rare Blend of Monster Raving Egomania and Utter Batshit Insanity"
http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/
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Fix your RSS so feedly can find your most recent posts.
Oh I missed the dates, I thought it an incident from the 60s when the article takes place.
I've always been puzzled by the fixation on similarity as a metric for determining compatibility.

As you point out, too much similarity can adversely impact compatibility. Conversely, lack of similarity is often times a positive thing.
It's OK. Debugging is doable, but it's a bit awkward IMO. In terms of discoverability, well generally the documentation is among the best you will find anywhere and it's all inter-linked and full of examples, so that's a strong point. You can build programs with state, it mostly a functional language but it doesn't enforce purity or anything.

It is certainly capable enough that building something like what you're describing wouldn't be hard, but my experience is that it really isn't that great for that kind of usage (part of this is the readability, more on that in a sec). I think of it more as a "query" language... I tend to find that it works best if you use it by building up a few fundamental entities (say, symbolic equations or data) and then analyze them (transform data, plot, solve equations etc). In this usage it's pretty amazing, but whenever I try to do something like in a "real" programming language it is miserable. For instance, I once implemented GMRES in it and jeez it was absolutely miserable. On the other hand, I can do pure wizardry with stuff like data processing and visualization.

Basically, as long as you stick to composition of built-in functions, it's wonderful. When you want to do something from scratch though, that's when the suffering starts. It's also really easy to shoot yourself in the foot performance-wise... the language is very flexible in terms of allowing many different programming styles. Typically, however, only the functional-style implementation is really performant. For instance, you can use traditional indexed loops just fine, but their performance is generally at least an order of magnitude slower.

One other thing that drives me nuts about it is readability. It suffers from the same issue as Lisps with parenthesis overload, except for WL it's all braces and square brackets. If you put in good spacing and let the autoindent do its thing then it is pretty readable, but a lot of people don't. Somebody elsewhere linked this image http://indiegames.com/2014/03/10/wolfram%20example.jpg , which is a pretty good example of how it can be really awful. And writing code that looks like that is pretty widespread in the community, though it has gotten better in the past couple years.

Tl;dr I think it's pretty sweet, but I wouldn't use it for what you ask for. Your tastes may differ, though.
I'm getting the same thing and it's incredibly frustrating on an otherwise interesting article. I had to Right Click > "Open In New Tab" for links I wanted to read later.
I'm glad they ditched OSX and Linux to focus on Windows.

OSX and Linux are not serious gaming machines. It makes sense to improve the 95% of users gaming on windows machines and sacrifice the 5% who are simply complaining that their manufacturers/vendors won't support their gaming needs.
I've read so many different multi-factor authentication schemes, and they're often brilliant, but I've yet to come across one that would pass the "my grandpa could use it" usability test.

The holy grail for security, to me, will be something (an OS with it elegantly integrated for example) that the user has to try hard not to use, but doesn't feel like they're having an O'Reilly encryption book rammed down their gullet either.
Unfortunately, yes :/. Why don't you take a look at this? https://github.com/oakes/SolidOak

I haven't given it a try, but it looks as it provides basic functionality. Since Rust is such a young language, I don't really expect much until at least a few months have passed. We will probably start seeing plugins for Eclipse and other big IDEs in some time.
I've noticed two things that have ruined hackathons for me:

- People that say they have skill in XYZ, when in fact they have little to no experience in XYZ. It would be nice if I could have some reasonable confidence in a stranger's ability to be experienced in a skill they claim to have.

- "Entrepreneurs" interested in getting free dev labor for their unicorn app idea. I sign up for a hackathon to have some fun and write some code with hopefully cool people, usually for some cool or good cause. I don't come there to make a beta for some greedy MBA student.
Not a very well developed thesis on Artillery. If the author is reading, please get a copy of Dunnigan's How to Make War which describes in detail how to calculate the various effectiveness of different artillery strategies. I've got a dog eared copy of the 2nd edition I was using while writing my 'ultimate replacement for Bright's empire' game (unfinished :-) But overall, in the context of war gaming it is an excellent reference.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Fourth-Edition-Comprehensive/...
Each map in the actual book has a page of text accompanying it and it usually explains what the shaded areas refer to. As I recall, the absence of a name is meant to imply a pre-state, tribal zone, and the different patterns indicate the basic cultural-linguistic group involved (i.e., diagonal lines = eastern European Slavic tribes, etc).
Dr. Ahn even tried to run for president and likely to try again in the future.

Mention 'snowden' or 'privacy' and people won't bat an eye in Korea I bet. Pretty much same with most countries. People just don't seem to give a damn, the same old 'im not a criminal so I am okay with catching terrorists by spying and controlling the rest of the population'.
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Truth be told, opposites don't usually attract. People prefer others who are similar to themselves.
I've been trying to implement a open source version of the Wolfram language for FenixEdu but is extremely hard. For the most part is possible as long you don't use stuff that depends of proprietary data sets. Also, after 30 years working on it, it is quite faster than anything else.

I truly would like to see the community come up with a open source version of it, but with such a huge size, the language would be near impossible for one single individual to implement a compatible version.
In every single job I have, there is an unwritten rule that you can show up at anytime in the range 9-10:30am as long as you make up for the time. The only exception would be a meeting or something but that it was rare.
Yes but I believe it makes quite a bit of sense for some select areas. The problem is that trains seem to be a cultural shift, so building for those niches where it makes sense is going to be hard.
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> the only thing in Apple's lineup that supports this is the narrow market segment of people who own the Darth Vader Trash Can

Not even that, I think.
In case anyone is interested in the HN community thoughts on this, it was discussed at some length 9 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8178536

It was also submitted many times, showing that quite a few people thought it was interesting. Here are some of those submissions, even though they generated no discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8584823

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8440675

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226605

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8212817

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8173722

Found using this search:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22how%20to%20be%20polite%22&s...
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If you're not 100% set on your current editor or would just like to see what else is available out there, then I'd recommend giving Atom a try.

I'm using it as my main editor on an older 2010 Macbook Pro and the only issues I've been experiencing with it are the slow startup time and auto-complete in php files causing a noticeable delay.
The git integration, community packages, and extensive customization options more than make up for those minor annoyances.
> Will Rust always be faster than C?

(By 'always' did you mean 'ever'?)

That may be so, but their advertising gives the wrong impression. They should keep their claims muted until they can back them up.
Except that I'm fairly sure a lot of studies have shown that the more time you spend with someone, the more you like them (at least if you liked them to start with).

I suspect you're much more likely to find a good romantic partner by spending more quality time with people you initially like and find attractive, rather than spending all your effort trying to meet as many different people as possible.
What is being a good developer? How can we work to become better?
What's the business model of Wolfram? Do they make most of their reveue from Mathematica or do other things like Wolfram Alpha and Wolfram Language bring a significant chunk of it?
Honestly, what a waste of tax dollars and effort.

On the one hand, the IRS is getting squeezed by congress and is facing some tough budget cuts.

And then there's this shit.

Maybe it's cause/effect, but it doesn't instill any confidence or sympathy for their current position.

He worked 13 years to save up $107K, and they wanted to give him back 50% of it; even though he did nothing wrong? I mean, 6.5 years down the toilet over... what? How is that OK?

It seems the government can't pick on the rich and elite, so they pick on the bigger of the small fish. Which, is really sad.

I'm working my ass off, working 60 hours a week to try and save up and get myself in a good situation finally. The thought that the government could come in and just shit on me like that, after climbing out of debt, because i structured my deposits in a weird way (or for any other reason they might come up with) is unsettling.

And this is, ALL of his money they took. Good luck with food, paying rent, car payments; let alone defense or anything else. That's insane!

Yeah, he definitely deserves the $22K back that he was forced to pay with money he didn't have, over nonsense that they cooked up.

There are no winners here. Tax dollars wasted, IRS resources and manpower wasted, emotional toll and time wasted for the victim and relatives; it's a blatant opportunistic move by the IRS; they see easy pickings.

Our government is predatory, and we're the prey; that's certainly comforting.
JavaScript is a bad language from the start, not really deserving to be called a language. jQuery makes JavaScript usable.
GNU Parallel is a wonderful tool! I use it all the time.

If and when I ever write an academic peer-reviewed paper that heavily relies on GNU Parallel as part of my data processing pipeline, I'd be happy to give it a two-line citation. Until that happens, the `--will-cite` flag silences the error message. So does the patch that disables the message (this is GNU after all :)
Griswolds
night and day difference. It makes me cringe when people try to group them up together. If they were indeed similar and identical they should've produced the same result but it hasn't, one is a failed state and will forever be noted as an embarrassment to human race, the other a thriving developed country.

North Korea even had a head start by a far margin. Up until 1970s, North Korea was pretty much the better equipped, better fed, and stronger military force.

South Korea would not have survived had it not had military dictatorship guarding against North Korean aggression both externally and internally (lot of bitter South Koreans wanting communism).
no, because they have a shit ton of artillery aimed at Seoul, tunnels under the dmz that can be packed with explosives, possibly nukes (which even if fizzlers could do a lot of damage)... and China.

there are in the perfect situation to do evil and get away with it.

Even funding a insurgency would be difficult. the population is so downtrodden they must have forgotten what freedom is (think 1984). the penalty for disobedience is your entire family in a concentration camp.
Does Golang support dynamic linking? I think a Hello world binary in Go is about the same size? I know I'm sort of comparing apples with oranges here.
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Does Golang support dynamic linking? I think a Hello world binary in Go is about the same size? I know I'm not really comparing Apples with Apples here.
I came up with the same theory independently. There used to be a restaurant here in Brisbane Australia called Pastoodles. I know the road where it was, the exact shop, I drove past it many times intending to go there. One day it wasn't there any more. In its place was a different shop that had obviously been there for years. Google doesn't remember Pastoodles, nor do old paper copies of the white/yellow pages, nor do registered business listings from the years I passed it. I have looked into this. My best friend and I discussed going there multiple times but she has no memory of the conversations. The only conclusion I can come to is that Pastoodles exists in an alternate universe and I've traveled between the two.
I signed up. I personally always prefer an email option. Or no signup at all where possible, especially to let people try it out.

I got to the source selection list and the continue button was unresponsive. Do I need to choose a minimum number? I'm on my iPhone and can try on desktop tomorrow if I remember.
It's super weird to me how Hackernews is extremely skeptical of Stephen Wolfram's god-genius persona, while simultaneously being generally very receptive to Elon Musk's similarly ginormous ego-tripping.
This was one of the reasons for me to stay on Sublime.
Though over SSHFS (I have to :() Sublime is still better (but far from good).

Get a rocking solution for SSHFS support and you'll have it all :)
It's a trade secrets case, not a patent case. Trade secrets are the lesser-known 4th kind of IP after patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Here's the actual complaint: http://www.scribd.com/doc/265362619/Uber
From all indications it looks like OP's boss and coworkers have zeroed out all trust in him. They're watching the door to mark when he's coming in. When people have earned a certain level of trust, this just doesn't happen.

Either that or you're so incredibly valuable and irreplacable that you can afford to take a fuck-this attitude. But I don't know a lot of 21 year-old junior devs that qualify for this. In fact, nobody really qualifies for this anymore, unless it's your name on the door.
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One is dynamically linked and the other is not, so the comparison tells us nothing.
done!
it's based on Macsyma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macsyma
which is now Maxima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_%28software%29
MAME is going completely open-source to be a 'learning tool for developers'
I've hired quite a few people over the years and had an excellent success rate. I look for a few things,

1. Cultural compatibility. Ego generally not good. Wanting to work with others - good. I've knocked back "stars" because they'd try to derail a good team
2. Basic competency in the areas needed. If I need real-time knowledge or distributed systems, show me enough that you know the traps.
3. Ambition/commitment. If they're too ambitious they won't last. If they lack commitment, they won't strive.

Ultimately, it's about creating the culture where willing and capable people will fit.
Someone mentioned about their wife being an expert and not being hired despite HR recommendation. I've seen this on several levels before, "I like this person so they should be hired". However, HR do not understand culture of teams, relevant skills, etc - although they will tell you that they do. "When I said they need to be able to program machine language, I didn't mean stacking vending machines". My example is flippant (I'm tired, not thinking), but the idea is there. HR don't have the knowledge in most organisations I've worked for.
In case you don't know, there's "Tweet-a-program":

https://twitter.com/wolframtap/ some incredible Wolfram examples live here.
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Are you married ? Just curious ;-)
Uhh, I agree with you. But what I don't get is where you see the contradiction in what we both said.

Where do we disagree?
You committed badthink, so you get downvoted. Try not to take in personally. It's just what happens here these days.

As for what you said, I don't think it's useful it put everything in camps of "lucky" and "unlucky." It assumes that there's nothing an individual can do himself to improve or worsen his station. In the USA and Canada, of all places, that's manifestly untrue. While rags to riches stories are rare, poor to upper middle class stories are extremely common, especially in tech.
Restarted the router 3 times thinking it was a problem on my end. sigh
I'm using Adobe Brackets, does this make me a loser or noob here?
The most pervasive and harmful companies all use JavaScript and couldn't do the harm they do without it (or, I suppose, an equivalent technology).

I would venture that I could solve all the problems you would solve with open source JavaScript with another programming language, because almost no program actually needs to be a web application.
Getting homeless people to accept housing that's any useful distance from where they panhandle or scavenge trash ranges from incredibly difficult to functionally impossible.

Which is to say that no, the homeless aren't likely to accept free housing in Walnut Creek. Not if their living patterns center on Van Ness.
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For what it's worth, The Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences[1] confirms his claim.

[1] https://oeis.org/search?q=3%2C+6%2C+9%2C+21%2C+22%2C+47%2C+7...
I was expecting Google doing good but I guess I keep being disappointed.
I wonder if the Americans' books of tables were generated by automated computers.

You'd think the Germans would find their own way to such a dominant approach -- especially as it was so suited to mobile warfare, which they were reinventing early in the war. An absence of the technical resources to generate the tables would be one explanation for why they didn't.
South Korea is taking the "Nanny State" concept to a whole new level.
But how "big" those changes are, is pretty subjective unless you're talking a pretty narrow context... the UI changed significantly in any number of areas between releases... if you have to access those a lot, that change is huge... to you. Frankly, I don't find any of them too different from each prior version... over time they're more significant.
I gave atom a shot ~6months back (ooh pretty), but gave up due to just how slow it was. I just downloaded it and it's still much slower than sublime text3.

SublimeText3 works great, so why are people willing to jump that ship onto this? Surely paying ~$70 is ok, laudable even, for a daily tool (notwithstanding the fact that it's supporting a indie dev).

Do people use this for day-to-day coding or is this like installing linux back in the day?

Maybe my coding style (bunch of microservices projects open in multiple windows at the same time with multiple tabs) just doesn't work with atom yet?